Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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.ad MARY ANN VERDERAME Verdi Of gentle and agreeable humor Born in Southington, Conn., February 14, 1934. Activities: Dance Committees, 3, 4, Fashion Show, 1, Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Business Club, 3, Pep Club, 3, 4, Senior Play Commit- tee, A.A., 3, 4, Majorettes, 2. right good gal . . . pleasant to know . . . friendly in every way . . . mail from a male. REGINA WENDT 6SRe gi! Wit and personality, mirth and versatility Born in New Haven, Conn., May 29, 1934. ' Activities: Bowling Club, 2, Latin Club, fPres. 21, Dance Committees, 2, 3, 4, Junior Prom, Senior Prom, French Club, 3, Cheerleader, 3, 4, Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Red Cross Rep. 4, UNESCO Conference, 3, Photog- raphy Club, 4, Chronicle, 4, Senior Play Committee, Hi-Y, 3. variety of friends . . . eat, drink, and be merry . . . peppy cheer- leader. JOANNE LOUISE WITT caloeyv Her life will be gay for she throws cares away Born in Allentown, Penn., De- cember 11, 1934. Activities: Mariners, 1, 2, 3, 4, C-lee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Majorettes, 2, 3, 4, Emblem, 4, Chronicle, 4, Senior Play Committee, Latin Club, 2, Band, 4, Parade of Youth Correspondent, 4. hard-working majorette . . . good sport . . . cheerful spirit. ELIZABETH MARY ZADNIK c6Bettya-1 Silence-more musical than any song Born in Southington, Conn., June 8, 1934. Activities: Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, French Club, 3, Square Dancing Club, 3, 4. loves proms . . . enjoys hiking and sports . . . pleasant acquain- tance. NOT PICTURED RODERICK GERARD CYR Rod . Sure is his step and purpose Born in Grande Isle, Maine, Nov. 2, 1933. Activities: Transferred from Van Buren Boys' High, 4, Glee Club, 3, Basketball, 1, 2, Baseball, 1, 2, Chronicle, 4, Tumbling Club, 3. y new addition to Southington . . . a smile for every boy-two for every girl. JANICE MARIE DiCAPRIO GGJ'an99 As pure as a pearl, and as perfect a noble and innocent girl Born in Bristol, Conn., July 3, 1934. Activities: Librarian, 4, Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4, Connecticut Festival, 3, 4, French Club, 3, Emblem, 4, Chronicle, 4, All-State Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4, Latin Club, 2. puts her heart in her music . . . capable worker . . . true friend 23

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- -i -1.,,11gl.:'f24,a .W QH NHAEE N NWS Hear Ye! Hear Ye! THE CHRONICLE GENIUSES AT HIGH SCHOOL September, 1948, brought a new class to Lewis High School on Academy Hill. Henceforth these beautiful and handsome geniuses shall be known as many things, but to us, as The Class of '52, ELECTIONS The Class of '52 held its first high school elec- tions. Results are as follows: Thomas Romano, presidentg Joyce Brown, vice-presidentg Joan Meade, secretaryg and Dick Beatson, treasurer. Miss Mary Barry, a teacher from the Green Mountain State, was chosen as advisor. SELF GOVERNMENT The Freshmen sent four representatives to the student governing body, the Student Council: Joyce lBrown, Joan Meade, George Snow, and Jim Halla- an. MUSICAL TALENT Here it is October and already the Freshmen are showing their marked talent. Dick Beatson and Bruce Bennett were admitted to Miss Beach's Min- strels. Three freshmen have been selected from Con- necticut's high school instrumentalists for the All- State Orchestra. These are: Joan Meade, violin, Barbara DeCaprio, 'cellog and Janice DiCaprio, string bass. MAGAZINES FOR SALE ' No, Ma'am, I'm not working my way through college, just high school. Curly Davis of Curtis Publications found the Freshmen real salesmen, their first year in high school and they emerge vic- tors of the annual magazine drive. Maybe it was the money-it did help the class treasury. ORATOR . This year, the Freshmen class had a representa- tive in the American Legion Oratorical contestg Con- nie Getman. Quite a feat for a freshman. MEN IN SHORTS AND TEE SHIRTS RUNNING , ABOUT TOWN The scantily clad young men are nothing new to Southington, just Lewis High's track team getting ready for future meets. Male freshmen went out for basketball, football, and baseball as well as trackg and were successful too. WELCOME SWEET SPRINGTIME Spring was given a fine heralding this year. She was ushered in bythe music of the glee clubs and orchestra in a joint concert. It was a job well done. Her second tribute was the freshmen Wel- come Springtime Dance - the Freshmen's first - a financial and social success. . MORE WELCOME SUMMER Spring is overg joy reignsg finals are finished, summer's here. The Class of '52 having survived its greatest test, now begins a well earned summer holiday. THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE September arrived and back to school went The Class of '52, now sophomores. Promptly they elected their officers, Joe D'Agostino emerging as president, Ray Michanczyk as vice-president, Felecia Bobrow- eicki as secretary, and Shirley McKay as treasurer. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT The sophomore delegation to the Student Council remains the same this year with one exception, Jim Hallahan willbe replaced by Ray Michanczyk. UNBEATABLE Guess who? The football team of course! Nine of our men were on this history making team: Tom Adams, Joe D'Agostino, John Fontana, Ray Michan- czyk, Tom Niland, Dick Mayo, John Prytula, Roy Scott, and George Snow. NEWS presents: Four Years, F lashbacks OVERLOOKED? No siree, they were not! Perhaps the football team got most of the glory this year, but no one forgot the usual fine jobs done by the other teams. The track team had Tom Adams, Bob DeBishop, and Dick Rider of the sophomores. Class members of the basketball team were: John Fontana, Dave Marshall, Joe LaPorte, Bill Simone, George Snow, and Ray Michanczyk. Baseball claimed Anthony Alderi, Frank Albrycht, Joe D'Agostino, John Fontana, George Nyren, Tom Niland, Bill Si- mone, and Roland Smith. Thanks a million, boys. MORE TALENT DISCOVERED Two more members of The Class of '52 were adopted by Miss Beach's Minstrels. These are Alice Hall and Bob Haskell. The class again had reason to be proud of Barb, Joan, and Jan, who were select- ed for All-State again. By the way, these three were the first to represent Southington in the All- State Orchestra. NEW NEWS REPORTER Pat Garling succeeds Nancy Pepe as our class re- porter to The Emblem. She gets the delightful job of reporting class news to the school paper. Poor kid. SORROWING SOPHOMORES IN SLUMP There's Curly, oh boy, that means more money for the class treasury. That's what we thought. I guess we were a little too confident of suffering from sophomore jinx because we lost to the Juniors. Oh, well, c'est la vie. A THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR . That is to say the least. Miss Beach and Mr. Eukers again directed their groups in a musically worthwhile concert for Southington citizens. Lovely gowns and lovely music. WHY WE LIKE SPRING We like spring 'cause summer comes soon after, bringing vacation. At last you're here O long await- ed Vacation. Certainly we are all happy, but remem- ber, Kids, there's a big treat in store this coming September. LATE SEPTEMBER, 1950 Oops, almost didn't make it, did we? But we fin- ally did get into our brand new high school on Main Street. Have you ever seen such a handsome build- ing? Joe LaPorte, Dick Mayo, Joyce Brown, and Johanna Triano got the job of guiding the Juniors through their first year in Southington High. INCREASE IN REPRESENTATIVES Today I passed a room full of ambitious looking young men and women who were, 'as I found out later, our new Student Council. Junior representa- tives are: Joyce Brown, Joe D'Agostino, Gail De- Vries, Dick Mayo, Nancy Pepe, and George Snow. JUNIORS COME OF AGE I am proud to annouce, Friends, that our class has finally come to its own as far as our school maga- zine, The Emblem is concerned. We are now of age to act as assistant editors whereas before we had but one editor each year. Here are the Juniors of the Emblem Staff: Connie Getman, Jim Hallahan, Judy Dewey, Joe D'Agostino, Joyce Brown, Bob Haskell, and Heather Pryor. V MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC Our music department seems to be really on the upbeat. Recently Mr. Dominic Miraconda, whose job is to develop a band, joined the faculty. Gerry Allen and Bob Dlugos are the junior members of this new group. Good luck, everyone! l AND MORE MUSIC Once again our three girls are going to the All- State Orchestra. Two other Juniors are going to the 24