Roger Ludlowe High School - Fairfieldiana Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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Class History Our flight was scheduled to begin Wednes- day, September 3, 1941. Our Pilot, Peter Bordes, and Co-pilot, Milton Pellett, warned us all to be on time. The Navigator, Ann Bradley, saw to it that all was well, and 'the Steward- ess, Barbara Porter, had just come forward for a few last minute instructions. Our plane, a B-41, was to take off from Roger Ludlowe Field - our destination Success Airport. The crew assembled for a few final words from the airport supervisor, Miss Eleanor Foley, who wanted everything to go off as planned. Iust before the take-off, we were given a handbook of by-laws to abide by on this eventful trip. Opening my copy, the first sentence I saw was the school motto, What I am to be, I am now becoming. It was unanimously agreed among all present that there would be any all-out effort to work and live up to this age-old adage. After being well underway, a party was given. Iohn Ganley was chairman of the af- fair, and we were highly entertained in magic by a fellow passenger, Mr. Morrow. Dur- ing one of the local stops, a banquet for the girls was given to better acquaint all female passengers. Unable to take off because of necessary repair work, we were somewhat startled if not totally shocked to learn of the tragic events at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, but proud of President Roosevelt's de- fying step in the declaration of war, Decem- ber 8, 1941. A ban was immediately placed on wartime travel, and a priority had to be secured t.o continue on our journey. As the repairs to our ship would take a long time, we were transferred to a B-42 in order to finish the next lap of our journey before the summer weather grounded us. Our travel was resumed again in Septem- ber with a B-43. We recognized this to be the plane we had abandoned for repairs. Its con- veniences being modernized, it was given a new title B-43. This time, however, activities of the passengers were curtailed and the girls' banquet and party could not be given. Our crew remained the same, and we felt secure as we had already become well ac- quainted with them. Since every passenger had now become quite war-minded, it was their intent more than ever to work for the two goals upper- most in their hearts - victory and success. A brief stopover was given to relieve tension and strain on all passengers. After a summer's rest we again boarded a plane, this time a B-44 which turned out to be a more highly developed plane than the previous one, in order to continue our jour- ney. This time our crew was made up of Pilot, Charles O'Connor: Co-pilot, Robert Sadowski: Navigator, Peggy Walton: Steward- ess, Barbara Porter, with Miss Nell Garofalo, airport supervisor. During the trip the girls busied themselves selling stickers and pencils in order to finance our next year's trip. After a short time, Charles was transferred to another plane and Robert Sadowski took over the controls. A D. A. R. Essay Contest was also entered by the passengers to pass the time. The successful authors were William

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CLASS HISTORY CC0llfflZll8dD Baird, Vivian Carroll, and Bernard Lee. Along the route we stopped at several places to at- tend the following social activities: the Girls' Banquet - the lunior Girls versus Women Faculty Basketball Cwe lostj - the Komian Play Cafter which several members of our class were selected for ThespiansD - and finally Iunior Prom which again had become formal. ' During one of our stops we bade farewell to Iames Marshall and Charles Rotolo who were leaving for the service and would not continue with us on our journey. Back on board we found that several juniors had been selected for the National Honor Society. Alex Skultety had been chosen football captain for the following year, and the girls were practicing for the Daisy Chain. Before say- ing goodbye for another summer, we chose our Senior Council members. The following fall we again met, very proud that this year we were to continue to our goal on a reconverted B-45 Superfortress. We were indeed coming up in the world. Our pilot this year was Edward Lobdell, Co-pilot, Pat Parma, Navigator, Iosephine Sliney, and Stewardess, Marge McNamara and Miss Garofalo, Airport Supervisor. Immediately many of the passengers joined first-aid classes while others continued selling roster cases, pennants and pencils. Class pictures were also taken and the idea that we were near- ing Success Airport was keenly felt by every- one. Our first social event of the year was the Senior Council 'Dance followed by the Hallo- ween Dance. Meanwhile our year was turning out to be a very successful one from the sports angle. The football team had an undefeated season. The All Sports Banquet and Football Hop were held in December. The Basketball team played in the New England Tournament in the spring. A Numerous students had the opportunity to be X-rayed for tuberculosis. More of our mem- bers were selected for the National Honor Society. In February, after much work and effort, the Commercial club issued an inter- esting edition of Commercialite which had not been published for a number of years. Soon after this we were in the midst of Class Day preparations and we realized that our plane was circling Success Airport. Amid the preparations for our landing we could not help sensing keenly the absence of those boys who had left us to join the services of Uncle Sam. As we finally received our admittance cards to Success Airport and walked down the run- way, we were obliged to admit that true to our motto, What I am to be I am now becom- ing, had truly materialized in each of our passengers. BARBARA BORSODY ANN IAcoBs FRANCES KACHMAR ANN 'MIHALOVIC EDITH PALL MARGOT BOBERTSEN MARION T1-toMAs BARBARA WISHNESKI