Shelton High School - Argus Yearbook (Shelton, CT)

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became the scene of a gay carnival. On the night of the big event our guests, to their amazement, saw pink elephants and green lions. We danced to the music of Art Maresco's orchestra and enjoyed Rose Ryan's rendition of Close as Pages in a Book . Red Saulnier was master of ceremonies, and was the life of the party with his jokes. Comedy made its appearance from time to time. Well do we remember the morning Bob M3:Leod appeared minus those curly locks. However, Pineapples are supposed to keep one cool. We soon discovered that we had our own Frank Sinatra in Red Saulnier. Many times we were entertained by his baritone voice. At the end of the year we regretted the loss of Fred Cotter, for he left to attend St. Iohn's Military Academy in Washington, D. C. As all good things must come to an end, so did our junior year. We left for our vacation with many fond memories, but also eagerly awaiting the big year. On Wednesday morning September 8, 1945 we began our first peace-time high school year. Mr. Karl K. Tarbell, our new principal, back again after serving in the Navy, welcomed us all in an informal assembly held that morning. It did not take us long to get down to work and attend to important business. Elections were held and the results were as follows: President, Gene Buchlig Vice-President, Geraldine Gaetzp Secretary, Irene Sedlock: and Treasurer, Iohn Veneri. Bob McLeod was elected president of the Student Council. This year, the Student Council held a major position in the governing of our school. It organized a new activities program under the guidance of the faculty. Every Wednesday the last period was set aside for meetings of the various clubs. Each of these clubs was represented on the Student Council. Our Student Council became a member of the Housa- tonic League of Student Councils, and played host to an executive board meeting on February 14th. During the course of the year three members of our faculty returned from the service to resume their work with us. They were Mr. Finn, Mr. Freiheit, and Mr. Murray. Each year the senior class chooses a girl for the D. A. R. award. She must be depend- able, trustworthy, loyal, honest, intelligent and co-operative. Ioan Wilcox was selected. Many sayings and doings will long be remembered. Roy Brainard commented, If Ioan Wilcox is an encyclopedia, I must be her little cousin, notebook . Pearl Giesen's daily jokes brightened our more serious moments. Famous were those Carlson-Rousseau debates. They linger on in our memories with the Lincoln-Douglas debaters, the only difference being, we never knew or fully understood what Val and Fred were arguing about. We never knew whether Mr. Tyrrell had a soothing voice, or whether it was the approach of spring, but . . . why did Tootie Rogowski fall asleep in Law class???? The last few months were crowded with exciting activities-class pictures and Argus Board deadline-Senior Dance-graduation music and essays and, finally, Senior Week. How eagerly we awaited our coveted diplomas! In the midst of all of our happiness, we were saddened as we realized that another September we would no longer be active members of the Shelton High School. Signed: Helene Skelly Irene Sedlock Wilfred Rousseau Faculty Adviser: Miss Lee 26

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interested in --l- biology???? Oh, don't let us give you the impression that we did not learn anything in this class but how to swoon. Believe us, when Iune rolled along and our course was completed, we could not only name, but illustrate, every plant, animal. flower and insect imaginable! With open arms we welcomed Ioan Wilcox, a new classmate from Vermont. She was a regular all-round girl, yet a quiz kid in her studies. . Early in the year our whole class assembled in the auditorium to elect class officers and representatives to the Student Council. Bob McLeod was elected presidentg Daniel Blackwell, vice-president: Frances Yoia, secretaryg and Geraldine Gaetz, treasurer. Irene Sedlock and Shirley Denny were elected to serve on the Student Council. Due to the sudden death of Mr. Harry Fowler, the superintendent of schools, our faculty was upset. Mr. Percy Kingsley became superintendent as well as principal: with Mr. Burtin Glendon and Mr. Norman DeMarco as assistant principals. Mr. Tarbell was serving at that time in the Navy. Under their supervision and guidance we continued our sophomore year smoothly. The big social event of this year was our St. Patrick's Day dance, which proved to be a success. This year sports and other extracurricular activities played an important part in our school life. Frances Yoia represented our class among the cheerleaders. On the football, basketball and baseball teams were Dan Blackwell, Fred Deninger, Iohn Fallon, George Mclntyre, Nelson Bacchiocchi, Allan Ousterhoudt, Harry Comcowich, Buddy Dalton, Roy Brainard, Zoltan Szarka, Bill Simics and Bob McLeod. In our eyes these boys outshone all the others and we were sure if it were not for them, we would not have defeated any of our opponents! The continuous demands of the war were again felt in our midst when Fred Deninger and Dan Blackwell left us to serve in Uncle Sam's Navy. Thus our sophomore year came to an end. We began the second half of our high school careers as juniors on a bright and sunny day in September. For a time King Confusion reigned, but with the aid of Mr. Glendon, acting principal, we soon settled into the regular school routine. First came the election of officers. After a vigorous campaign we chose the following officers: President, Robert McLeod, Vice-President, Geraldine Gaetzg Secretary, Irene Sedlock: and Treasurer, Iohn Fallon. Miss Farrell, Spanish and English teacher, was a pleasing addition to our faculty. We will always remember her combination of lessons and enjoyment. At this time too, Mr. Esposito returned to his duties on the teaching staff. Uncle Sam's gain was our loss when Buddy Dalton, Bob Wells, Louis Saverine, Iames Martin, Iackie Fitzgerald. George Mclntyre and Allan Ousterhoudt left us to answer their country's call. Even though we lost some of our star players, our boys teamed together in a good football offensive. Some of our classmates who held positions on the team were: Francis Masiak, Buddy Ousterhoudt, George Mclntyre, Bob Wells, Harry Comcowich, Zoltan Szarka, and Nelson Bacchiocchi. Cheering these boys on to their hard-earned victories were Frances Yoia, Helene Skelly, lean Rourke, and LaVerne F ette. Not many months had elapsed before we began to plan for the social event of the year, the Iunior Promenade. Under the able management of Miss Titus, the auditorium 25

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WUXTRY EDITIQN Editor: Miss Titus Weather forecast: Staff: R. Ledger, C. Occasional icicles and Iones, E. Buchli, R. snowballs tomorrow McLeod VOL. l CLASS No. 82 SHE-LTON, CONN. IUNE 21, 1956 f PRICE: 10 CENTS Class of 4-6 Holds Gala Re-union WHAT'S LEFT Paris, France - From Miss FRANCES FELTOVIC, Secre- tary to the BAKLIK Dress De- signing Agency, we have great news of the develop- ment of new designs in Women's gownless evening straps. The Misses SHIRLEY DENNY and LAVERNE FETTE will be sent to the United States to model these straps. Their hair styles are creations by the master hair stylist, LOUISE FAR. New York City, New York- The paintings of the artist, VAL CARLSON, are on dis- play at the National Art Gal- lery. His magnificent portrait, A Lady , is the leading at- traction. Miss Gerry' GAETZ posed for the portrait. I LADY SENATOR ON IOB Washington, D. C. - Claire Booth SEDLOCK reports that every woman in the state will be able to secure a pair of the lovely, sheer, steel hose which last a lifetime. BELIEVE IT OR NOT By RIPLEY ROUSSEAU IEAN FITZPATRICK was embalming one of her stiffs when it arose full of life and greeted her with a cheery Hello . T ' Eccentric fannerette TOO- TIE ROGOWSKI rolled her potato patch with a rolling pin with the final result-mashed potatoes. i EDITH ZIEGLER, Professor of Trigonometry, has recently discovered a method of divid- ing 35397.63-16 by 12W and adding them during the same operation. POLICE FORCE BUSY Shelton, Conn.-The Shelton police have been kept busy chasing two speed demons who have been flying around town in a jeep. The two vil- lains are ex-marines, BOB Mc- LEOD and BILL HOGAN. Shelton, Conn. - I O H N VENERI, local man about town, has been voted by the townspeople, in a recent poll. to be the man most likely to stay unemployed for the rest of his life. -..- INDIAN WELL FLOODS Shelton, Conn.-Another rec- ord-breaking c r o w d over- flowed the Indian Well State Park yesterday afternoon. The newly inaugurated caretaker, CHARLES HESS, found it nec- essary to float 200 automo- biles out on the river. BERTHS WHEELER, HERBERT - h a s finally secured a permanent berth on the city-Manager of the City Parking Lot. DEBTS FALLON, IOHN - from this day forward I will not be re- sponsible tor any debts con- tracted by me. MARRIAGES KOLAKOWSKI-B a j e j e e - Greenwich, Iune 20th, by Ius- tice of the Peace, FRANK BIRD. KOWAL-Teapee - Branford, May Sth, by Iudge FRANCIS TRCKA. 27 The class of 1946 of Shelton High School held its second reunion in IU years last night -this time at the Silver Fox Inn, formerly Rapps' establish- ment. After a delicious snack, pro- vided by that well-known meat packer, FRANK PAG- LIARO, IR., the entertainment commenced with a vocal duet rendered by Miss DINAH YOIA, and the swoon croon- er, FRAN'KIE SAULNIER. Humor was provided for the occasion by ABBOTT SI- MICS and COSTELLO SYL- VESTER. As soon as the laugh- ter subsided, MICHAEL ZAS- KALICKY stepped to the piano and played his recent compo- sition Rhapsody in Purple. Then Miss FLORENCE LAR- SON took the spotlight, hold- ing the audience spellbound by her magnificent rendition of The Flight of the Bumble Bee , on her Stradivarius. At this point, a rumor passed through the crowd that NEL- SON BACCHIOCCHI had re- cently become Notre Dame's football coach. Therefore he was literally swept to the floor to give a brief talk on the Ele- ments Comprising the 'Z' For- mation . Nel was mighty glad to give the floor to DR. IOAN WILCOX who spoke on her pet subject, The Advance- ment of Atomic Injections as Cure-Alls . The program was concluded with Turkey in the Straw played by the King of the Violin, NESTOR MEN- GUAL, and the amazing S y m p h o n i c Accordionist, I OSEP OLTRA.