Shelton High School - Argus Yearbook (Shelton, CT)

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Class P1 ophecy LANDONA LILLIAN YOIA emrnent chrld psychologrst who was vrsrtmg wrth her felt th1s to be an rdeal spot for a summer camp for underprlvrleged crty ch1ldren A good rdea and worth rnvestrgatrng As we neared our destrnatron I notrced a placard 1nv1t1ng attendance to a fashron show to be presented by ANGELINE DE MARCO rnternatronally known modrste Out of sheer cur1os1ty I dropped rn for a few moments and found department store magnate RICHARD NOWAKOWSKI rn con sultatron wrth NANCY SCHMIDT general manager of the show MAR GUERITE TONUCCIS models seemed to make the greatest lmpressron on them They were rdeal 1n style for the modern young busmess woman At the hotel I found ANN DZWONCZYK well known av1atr1x stranded by lack of funds Her ab1l1ty was unmrstakable so I had her fly me to Borse Idaho Here I made arrangements whlch entered her rn the Flyrng Races and provrded enough funds to carry her comfortably untrl then She rmmedrately contacted the best mechanrc she knew IOHN MUCHISKY and asked hrm to tune her shrp for the test When the news began to spread HELEN ZASKALICKY feature Wrrter for the Chrcago Sun called for an mtervrew VIG telephone lust before we left the f1eld RAY STOCKMAL the lone flyer came rn from a secret mrssron on whlch he sard he had been successful As long as I was here I felt I mrght as well V1S1I some of the lead mrnes Not far from them I saw a cluster of cottages wh1ch proved to be a nursery marntarned by PEGGY BASSETT for ch1ldren whose mothers were the communrty I assured her these would be provrded by the fund and left The next morn1ng I drove on to Butte Montana On the outskrrts of the crty I stopped for lunch At the tea room I met IANICE MCLEAN who was dean of a school for rncorrrgrble boys She was returnmg to the school wrth one of the rnstructors ROSE CHUPICK and a group of her charges The work of rehabrlrtatron whrch they were dorng was excellent and I found that wh1le funds were suffrclent an endowment to msure 1ts cont1nuat1on was necessary Here rndeed was a worthwhrle cause On through the Dakotas and rnto Mmnesota I drove A cloud of steam brought me to a halt rn a heavlly wooded area The radrator needed water I Walked a short drstance to a lumber camp where the foreman FRANCIS HEIM had rt attended to He sard they had stopped for the day 1n order not to drsturb FRANK KOSEWSKI the dlrector who was f1lm1ng some of the scenes for hrs prcture Call of the Trmberland Thrs was an adaptatron of NELLO CRASILLIS real l1fe experrences as a hermrt rn the wrlds GENEVIEVE POWELL sard she found the scrrpt easy to wnte for the story ltself was so lucrdly presented After a late lunch I journeyed on I had a report to make to my em ployers and must get to Chrcago by noon of the next day I totaled my expendrtures checked my notes and decrded that 1f ever another such opportumty came my way, I should accept 1t for after more than twenty years I had seen all of my classmates agarn RUTH GILL Charrman MARIAN GOOLEY ELIZABETH IOCITUS MARY TALCIK ALICE FORTIER IAMES SHANLEY I working. She said she needed larger quarters in order to meet the needs of

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Class Prophecy h1s secretary DOROTHY ANDERSON to have the report submltted by DOROTHY DIDSBURY supermtendent of the Hollywood Hosp1tal for broken down mov1e stars checked and to postpone h1s appomtment w1th ANNA WALSH 1nvestment broker of the Authors Book League of wh1ch orgamza t1on SHIRLEY PLACE 15 presldent we were on our way When we arrlved at the Broadwood Country Club we were gutded to our table by the charm1ng dmmg room manager CARMELLA BRANGACCIO The next mornrng I left for Portland Oregon by tra1n On the observa t1on car I met DOROIHY SMITH who was 1nvest1gat1ng travel1ng condmons for the Interstate Commerce Comm1ss1on She told me that 1n her travels on the numerous rarlroad l1nes 1n the country she had met many of her classmates Two weeks prev1ous at the Lake of the Woods ln Northern Mlnnesota she lunched w1th TILLIE OLIWA onet1me queen of the dare devlls who was there look1ng for peace and qulet IRENE ZIMOLAG her compan1on and nurse was travellng w1th her On heanng that WILLIAM TAIVIBURRINO was our eng1neer I left to SGIISIY an old deslre to r1de 1n an eng1neer s cab The next mornmg on arr1v1ng 1n Portland I went dxrectly to M1nnos Turklsh Bath where after refreshmg my body I rem1n1sced w1th BOBBY MENUSTIK the propnetor Needlng a tooth brush I stopped at the f1rst drug store and was tempted by the appet1z1ng s1gns At the soda fountam CORA MARGARET TIERNEY served me w1th a very speclal double con coct1on Duly refreshed I started toward the buslness sect1on of the town The f1rst thmg to catch my eye was an elaborately decorated wlndow of one of the better department stores Iust 1ns1de the door was a large stock1ng counter surrounded by excxted women The exhausted saleslady hast1ly answerlng the demands of the customers was my old frlend and compamon ALICE FORTIER S1nce she was knee hlgh to a grasshopper her only amb1t1on had been to sell stocklngs Not havrng a chance to re new old acquamtance I declded to v1s1t the mus1c department wh1ch was 1n the basement Be1ng one of the b1gger stores It employed a p1ano player to xntroduce all the latest h1t songs The pramst whose f1ngers ghded sklllfully over the keys seemed famxllar and yet I could not place her As I drew nearer the p1ano I could see that 1t was FRANCES WIL LIAMS who evldently has made good use of her muslcal knowledge Because I was beg1nn1ng to feel a b1t dlsheveled I V1S1l9d the beauty salon managed by BETTY FINN the famous beauty expert One of her steadlest customers IIMMY PETERSON was gettxng lnformatron concern 1ng the cond1t1on and care of hls curly ha1r These treatments seem qu1te beneflcral for h1s haxr do has retalned 1lS qual1ty and quant1ty Whlle 1n the salon I prcked up a book ent1tled How to Bluff and St1ll Surv1ve wrltten by TOMMY SAVARLSE It surprlsed me to learn that he had wr1t1ng ab1l1ty On my way back to the hotel a lrttle boy approached me and humbly begged for a small contr1but1on wh1ch would go 1nto MCCLOSKEYS Fund for Homeless Boys He has dedlcated h1s l1fe to char1ty for ch1ldren I ment1oned th1s to HELEN KALINOWSKI who was here attendlng a conventlon of the embalmers of the country Her fa1thful ass1stant HELEN PECYLAK had been left beh1nd m Bndgeport to carry on unt1l her boss got back I was bored w1th myself and tr1ed to fmd a trave11ng compan1on One d1d turn up DONALD BLESSING who had just dec1ded he was t1red of chauffeurrng others agreed to come along as far as Seattle En route we stopped at a lxttle ways1de shoppe owned and operated by MILDRED l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 - ' . ,1 . . . . . . 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 , . 1 - 1 . . . . . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 . 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 . , ' , . 1 , . 1 1 ' 1 ' ' . . 11 - - 11 1 1 1 . -1 . , . . . - 1 1 1 - 1 , . f 0

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Class Wzll We the Class of 1942 of the Shelton H1gh School C1ty of Shelton County of Farrfreld State of Connect1cut Unlted States of Amerrca be1ng of sound mrnd and body do make pubhsh and declare th1s to be our last W1ll and Testament hereby revok1ng all other and former Wrlls by us at any tlme made We the Senzor Class remorsefully leave to our faculty the peace and quret wh1ch they have farled to enloy dur1ng our bnef solourn I George Ryan do leave my bed of roses rn B2 to D1Ck1e Iefferson provrded that he l1ves up to the standards of that noble pos1t1on We Mary Mrtel and Marguerlte Tonuccl w1ll our art1st1c ab1l1ty to Norma Goad and Helen Manna It IS our w1ll that Nancy Schmldt leave her constant use of the addlng machme to Elrzabeth Zaskal1cky We Cork Tlerney and Bob Menustrk bestow upon Freddle and Lou1se our grand romance I Alrce Fortrer do hereby w1ll my t1tle of Wolfess to Glorra Walsh May she enyoy taklng up where I left off' I Irene Zlmolag cheerfully grant my deep 1nterest IH the Glee Club to V1rg1n1a P1sacane I W1ll1am West leave my unusual style of wearmg unl1ke socks to any Iun1or who w1ll have the nerve to don flashrer ones than I drd We Sh1rley Place and Anna Walsh rellnqulsh the second table 1n the chem lab to any young Iumors w1ll1ng to take up the task of calhng the fue department every Wednesday Just 1n case' It has also been decrded that Arthur Petnllo much deservlng of the honor w1ll be the he1r to the p1ano accomplrshments of Douglas Whlttaker I Marlon Gooley present my unusual glggle to R1ta Albery I Helen Zaskahcky leave my typmg abrllty and afternoon sesslons to Herman Pastore hopmg that he too may occaslonally flnd tlme for drnner I Mlchael Casso hand down my toupee of curls to Iames Beatrrce and guarantee that he w1ll never have to use curlers I Don Cocks unw1ll1ngly leave Betsy 1n the hands of some other Romeo but hope he wont be so farthful as I am I Dorothy Heusser bestow upon Bermce Loper my unruffled and trdy harr do and pray that she w1ll be as farthful as I have been to hours of ted1ous work rn front of the mrrror I Angel DeMarco submlt my bookkeeplng wornes to Eleanor Drxon and remlnd her that there are very many of them before the end of the year arrrves We Iean Stockmal and Helen DuBrava w1ll our up to date wardrobes to Chrrstme Smlth and Babe DeMarco I Dorothy Anderson w1ll my good nature and sweet smlle to Barbara Perry I Elrzabeth Ioc1tus w1ll my naturally blonde tresses to Gladys Kudej I Iamce McLean grant anybody the use of my newly acqulred spec tacles rf he needs help 1n f1nd1ng h1s way through the fog A peaches and cream complexxon has been donated to Tommy Ryan by that sweetheart of the senior class Iack Dalton I Iulra Wa ecke bestow my 1nterest 1n the Unknown Boys Athletrc Club upon two capable sophomores Rlta Rrbas and lane Ef1metz I Tom Savarese permrt the use of my m1ll1on excus s for be1ng late or for go1ng to see the coach to Ray Ott I Rose ChUp1Ck leave my tranqurlhty to Clara Canganelll We Frank Horvath and Frank Kosewskl mournfully QIVG up our posr t1ons as tlcket collectors at all the games to any Iunrors who w1ll be falthful to the task and w1ll enloy 1t . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 . . . . 1 1 . . . . ,, ,, . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 11 11 - - - - 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 ' . I. . . 1 . , I ., , , . Q 1 1 v 1 1 - 1 1 '