Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 196 of the 1948 volume:

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'Q H L.,,f.:Sn1 .- H 1 W - , . 12 aw A 2, IQTM' frggf ' ,Mg-' Q 'iii Qtfffn. dpkg D E5 ' K it 1612 ' L I, g .4, fLv0- il W3 , ' ., , 4 5' ' w, Y . 1 if W . f ' gk ,I il if -Q ' .,, , Wi- 155 7 'i ' ...- W ' 'V' 41 4 f 41, , V x g 1 4 ww , 455 A 2 X .L ,eg 1-Af da' if N x ' 1 'A' xii. ,E K A. J A 551+ 'XWWH ., .A in x 1 !.xk A 4- -Sg5,,Tge,.. 1-,,, ' 1. X O the Board of Education, in appreciation for its years of faith- ful service, the Class of '48 dedicates this yearbook. Always in the back- ground, this group of public-spirited citizens has made possible three years of thorough and progressive education in Stamford High School. Its panel of nine members has con- tinued to maintain the highest edu- cational standards which became traditional when the first local Board of Education was established in 1641. In this small way the Class of 1948 hopes to express its sincere thanks. ERE'S to the Spirit of '48-a swivel-hipped half back swinging down the field, a name on the Honor Roll ringing through a quiet auditorium, a late spring prom dancing itself out under a pale blue sky. Here's a tribute to Stamford- High: Here's to old S.H.S.! ...ir af Q ,. X CY Weffvfaf, :itin- -W.,. W, ' Vffikik' ' l SENIOR ACHER, friend, counselor, Michael J. Nagurney has helped in guiding the Class of '48 through the problems and difficulties, successes and achievements that have made these three years so happy and profitable. With a B.A. from Scranton University and an M.A. from Columbia, Mr. Nagurney teaches in the science department. But we of the Class of '48 remember him more clearly as he faced us on the stage at the assemblies or at the meetings ot the Homeroom representatives. His skill at listening, his sound advice, his firm leadership, and his unfailing good humor have made Mr. Nagurney an adviser to remember. t si - ADVISORS ER d ors rown and green are personal touches that keep Mrs. Bohn alive in the minds of the Victory Class of '48, Mrs. Bohn's Alma Mater is Swarthmore maioring in student personnel adminstration and guidance. In 'I9 I ns wi was om, tact and skill. This beloved teacher, loyal friend and gifted adviser through her tireless efforts and devotion to the Class of '48 has won a lasting place in our hearts. eep understanding, her magnetic smile and the inclination towards the col b College. Later she received her M.A. from Columbia- 47, Mrs. Bohn was appointed Dean of Girls, a position in which she funct'o 'th ' d 9 xx fx Jr ' x J' 1' X K ,Q Y ,N m 3? ,ivy fxxf, 'W ,iff Q 3 x f ,V . g v ' 5 an uf 'K 3 Q' ,gg .f'Q qs! -GQ 353' fy Q 5 , 0 ivfi W . 3 Q M 8 B .gmwqbi x x .Y ,m x X X s OU, the Victory Ctoss ot WAS, shouid iet no teeiing ot tinoiity creep into your victory. For victory is no guorontee ot which must be ochieved independentiy ond not os o ' tory. men todoy toce o towering choi- '1.enship. With norrow- determino- peoce, ct ot vic oug wo rotic citi ons the d scene. by-produ Young men ond y ienge in the occeptonce ot democ ing worid boundries, Americon citizenship me tion ot the rote the United Stotes must pioy on the wort Oniy by examining the responsibitities which tuii citizenship imposes, wiii the tutt potentioi ot todoy's youth meet tomorrow's choiiengefond there is not much time. REGtNP-XD A. NEUNNHN Superintendent ot Schools. 7 rinferwlenf 5 5,,, 9556090 ted with OR two yeors it hos been my privitege to be ossocio you os your Principoi. The events ot these yeors hove impres- sed me with the thought thot the odutt wortd in which you ore to seek your pioces is o divided worid. Seit seeking ond indiffer- ence to the generoi weitore hove cost their portentous shodow everywhere. in view ot this situotion it hos been o pieosure to be osso- cioted with o cioss which hos provided such octive ieodership in promoting the generoi weitore ot its schooi. Moy you corry this spirit ot constructive ieodership into the homes, oitices, shops, ond councii chombers ot the notion. Moy you give ot your best ou be btessed in the giving. ROY W. Hill, Principal G0 dmoyy 7 rincipa 5 0556192 I2 Mo yaolminiotrahue Miata E. H. BERTRP-Nt HUMPHRXES LOUXSA H. BOHN Vice-Prtndpat Dean ot Gtrts far NORTON RHOADES ' ttve Assistant Admimstra 13 P-LTON L. RHOP-DS Administrative Assistant WALTER G. BUCHANAN W. RAYMOND RANDALL Mathematics Music PN EARLE V. GOOD DOROTHY M. ATKINSON MAYO SORGMAN Science Homemoking Arfs I4 cf .ileacii 0 elaarfmen fri ITHOUT our efficient, trustworthy, and helpful set of department heads working together for the success of the school, S.H.S. could not exist, let alone function. The qualities necessary to carry on the responsibility of leading a department success- fully include cooperativeness, willingness to serve, efficiency, intelligence, tactful ability and expert knowledge of subiect matter, all exemplified in the men and women who guide the various departments in S.H.S. Through their very real interest in each student and their professional standards in education, the department heads have established a true liason between students and administration. l s J. EDWARD HUGHES CHARLES C. OLSON CARl N. NUTTER English Commercial History L' Louis MARTINELU DR. MATHILDA A. KOEHLER ichdrmani lChairmanJ Modern languages lam' 15 HCM 7' H HERE better to start a tour of the faculty than at the office, general headquarters for the com- plex organization that is Stamford High School, and where, under the firm and stimulating leader- ship of Principal Roy W. Hill, Vice-Principal E. H. Bertram Humphries, along with the administrative assistants and guidance personnel, the varied acti- vities of the school are coordinated, guided, and integrated. Here, too, one meets the office staff, Miss Bertha Cooke, Miss Lenore Genovese, and Miss Theresa Zebrowski, busily engaged in typing letters, sorting mail, keeping records up-to-date, receiving visitors, handling telephone calls, and expertly and efficiently carrying on the thousand and one details of office work. HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE STAFF Theresa C. Zebrowski, Bertha Cooke, lenore V. Genovese. HELEN A 1'OBlN SUPERINTENDENVS STAFF Asst Supt of Schools left to Right: Kermit R. Shulman, Norris W. Brown, Sarah F. Smith, Eugene L Daly, Ellsworth H. Plumer, Joseph E. Staiger, William O Shaughnessy. mi . S 16 ARTS DEPARTMENT First Row Left to Right: Mrs. Nellie B. Burow, Mayo Sorgman, Mary H. Milligan Henry W. Bartnikowslsi. Second Row, Left to Right: Myron N. Morris Robert M. Whiting, Carl Mattson, Ralph W. Savage, Edgar L. Bugbee Lester J. Myers. Next door is the Guidance Office, presided over by Alton Rhoads and Miss Esther Wheeler, under whose direction every pupil in the school is assigned to a counselor who takes an individual interest in him and who, in group discussions and individual conferences, guides the students to wise decisions in all their problems: the selection of subjects, the for- mation of programs, and, in cases of maladiustment, the alteration of schedules to fit the individual needs and abilities of the students. This admirable system of guidance, incorporated this year, has certainly accomplished much toward achieving its goals: that of giving experienced and professional coun- seling to every student in S.H.S. who needs it or desires it. In addition, the guidance department assumes the burden of offering vocational advice to those who can profit by it. GUIDANCE COUNSELORS Seated, Left to Right: Enda Riordan, J. Edward Hughes, Louisa H. Bohn, Alton L. Rhoads, Esther M. Wheeler, Walter G. Buchanan, Margaret K. St. John, Louis Martinelli, Mary Ryan. Standing, Lett to Right: Michael J. Nagurney, Carl N. Nutter, Herbert C. Bird, Earle V. Good, Frederic T. Hawes. T 1 i First Row f left f . A 9elu T, E, T, mghh Ruth F , . COMMERCIA Keane Alf poiifol Mary P - Higgins Edwh L DEPARTMENT ' fed A. S ' little, M ,I I L- Sfiqg E- essa, Alben sch Orion B. Mars . :lean M. Km er, Frederic T Hoe, Angela F. FiorePPg Charles C- olso ' Wes, John B ' econd R n, Don, M aggi. PCUIJ owl l-eff f ' Pofhnu ' K'-'Glo O Ri9h': Jam I . es H. Norton Across the haii, ot course, i meet Rhoades, administrative assistant in charge oi attendance and homeroom programs, giv- ing out and coiiecting his siips oi various coiors to mark every type ot absence or tordiness, iegai or iiiegoi. As i ambie siowiy irom the oiiice, the strains ' Elijah echoing moiesti- he Mendeissohn s manate from t o caiiy through the corridor e smaii auditorium where the A Cappeio Choir is iubiiontiy chanting the famous oratorio. This piece is but one ot the many seiections chosen by W. Raymond Randaii and his coi- ieagues in the music department, Miss Ei- trieda Pfeiffer and Leon E. Coriiss, to enrich i background and know the pup ii's cuitura PHYSiCM. EDUCAUON DEPARTMENT First Row, Lett to Right: Frances Baiiard, Ruth E. Cragen. Second Row, Lett to Right: Raymond P. Booker, Jock O. Lockery. 18 Mr, Ku Wttson . left to Right no, R. Con NKEDXCAX. ST AYP 1 Nl. Ctoeta, R. tynch, 1.brennan,E. Murphy, Dr. Davtd rAcGourty, Mary A. BOT , tedge at mustc. Assembhes aftordtng both groups and indtvtduats an oportuntty to per- torm wttnessed the Chotr's rendttton ot Ntounder's Bethlehem at the Christmas con- cert. The Band and Chotr made an onnuat pttgrtmage to the New Engtand Musk. Festi- yat, trom whtch the Chotr brought home the hrghest posstbte award. Next on my hst was Mr. Nutter, whose otfrce was tust down the hah a tew steps. As X opened the door, t was greeted by Nxr.Nutter, who btd me a toytat Hehe, and ostaed me to be seated. Mr. Nutter advised me that the tdtstory Department had acqutred two new tacutty members at the begtnntng ot the year ENGL ISH DEPARTMENT Fifi' Row I Ld., 0 Right 2 L eon W. Jaiven C , ctherin e A an D lingsl ey, Jane w K. . Angnon . Glad YS C A . 'my . J, Edw ard Hu ghes W. , lnihed Shack Iey , Morgue,-he E F . cvrao , gorbu fg A . Kane ' R- St., an Palm er, Seco nd Row I Ley' 1 o Right. .Morgorm A Q . uinn Glo , d S M . Leo G d J . B-b. Y n r . 1 ,ana S fqrk J . ohn J . Morris , Ag nes L. Momgome 'Y. Mar Y E, Mo k r S, Gertrude K P . eigel La , WUC W ' ell, SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Left to Right: Mr. Joseph J. Zdanowicz, Mr. Michael J. Nagurney, Mr. Joseph F. Cun' ningham, Miss Ruby B. Wilbur, Mr. Earle V. Good, Mr. Walter T. Selg. They were Mrs. Andersen and Mr. DeVito, both former graduates of S.H.S., whom Mr. Nutter described as Grand People. He announced that the Political Science and Debating Clubs had had very active years, with many significant debates, and a few outstanding speakers. He believed the history courses accomplished a great deal toward helping boys and girls of high school age feel at home in the world, and that they left school better prepared to take their places in a Democratic Government. Sudclenly the bell rang, sending Mr. Nutter scurrying in one direction and me in another. Since the next department on my schedule was English, I was headed for the office of Mr. Hughes. As head of the English Department, Mr. Hughes feels that it is necessary to stress the fundamentals of English which are a necessary part of the basic knowledge of the individual, regardless ofthe field that he plans to enter. Besides these fundamentals, the department emphasizes the study of literature which is intended to aid the student LIBRARY STAFF First Row: J. Odomirok, M. Kesches, L. Doak, P. Partch, S. Archie, C. Oberg Second Row: J. Gavigan, J. Henley, L. Murphy, L. Gerber, Miss Priscilla M. Rhodehamel, Mrs. Emma E. Bastian, N. Burke, E. Smith, L. Levine. Third Row: J. Swinnerton, B. Winslow, O. Hynes, P. Egan, E. Faryniarz, R. Scofield, A. Belcher, and D. Tamburri. 20 HOMEMAKING DEPARTMENT First Row, Left to Right: Mrs. William Cederstron, Mrs. Harriet Barber, Mrs. Ellen K. Campbell, Miss Dorothy M. Atkinson. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Left to Right: Walter J, Farrell, Herbert C. Bird, Nellie C. Spears, Walter G. Buchanan, lucy A. Wightman, Michael B. Stecyk, Lewis J. Maxwell. Absent when picture was taken: Mary R. Ryan, Charles J. Haughey. by enabling him to understand and to cope with cultural and social problems. At the conclusion of this interview, I again found myself out in the corridor repeating in my mind the words that Mr. Hughes had iust uttered. All at once my interest was attracted by an exhibit of mask paintings in a glass case near Room 265. These, it appeared, were a product of the art classes. My curiosity having been aroused, it seemed an ideal time to find out about the Art Department. The person to interview was Mr. Mayo Sorgman, who, besides being head of the Art Department, is an artist in his own right, having exhibited a group of his paintings at the Ferguson Library at the beginning of the school year. Mr. Sorgman summed up the aim of the department in this statement: The Art Department realizes the importance of arts as a method of creative expression, therefore, we attempt to give the student a background of apprecia- tion for arts. Among the many items on its agenda for the past school year were 21 -..K LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT Seated, Left to Right: Alice T. Ryder, Mathilda A. Koehler, Ph. D. CChairman of Latini, Miriam Andersen, Camille Manuel, Blanche E. Vaudreuil. Standing, Left to Right: Louis Martinelli lChairman of Modern Languagesl, Enda Riordan, J. Bibiana Stark, Anita Murray, Raoul d'este Palmieri. exhibitions at the Superintendent's office and the library, trips to various art studios, a fashion show, and speakers on the subjects of art and designing. After leaving the colorful displays and interesting projects of the Art Department, I entered the class- room of Mr. Martinelli, chairman of the Modern Language Department, and was astounded to find students expertly conversing in some foreign lingo which, to my uneducated ears, seemed to be French. After interviewing Mr. Martinelli, I dis- covered that this year, through more modern methods, the students have acquired both a more practical knowledge of the languages and a better understanding ot the peoples and cultures HISTORY DEPARTMENT Seated, Lelt to Right: Barbara L. Belanich, Louise M. Moser, Louisa H. Bohn, Harriet M. Bigelow, Abraham Hecht, Rita M. Ryan. Standing, Left to Right: Carl N. Nutter, John J. Dunn, Miriam W. Andersen, Cathryn H. Leary, Margaret K. St. John, Esther E. Wheeler, Nicholas R. DeVita. of the various countries. Among the many interesting and educational proiects made possible by the department were the iourney of a group of students to a meeting of the United Nations Assembly at Lake Success, the presentation of Christmas parties and a Pan-American Day program by students of the Italian, French, and Spanish classes. I decided to amble up to the Science Depart- ment, from which I noticed several slightly unpleas- ant odors floating down the stairway, accompanied by the musical tinkle of test tubes. Arriving at the third floor, I was quickly assured by Mr. Good, head of the Science Department, that nothing serious was happening, it was merely the students conducting their regular laboratory experiments. I learned that the aim of the Science Department is to help students become worthy citizens and home-makers in the community. They certainly have accomplished a grand iob this year through the various courses presented by the department. One of the outstand- ing accomplishments of the Science Department has been the invaluable aid of its faculty members in the Atomic Energy Exhibit at Burdick Junior High School. Overcome by sharp pangs of hunger, I decided that perhaps I had better visit the cafeteria. While descending the rear stairs, I noticed several delec- table odors issuing forth from the Homemaking Department. Entering one of the classrooms, I spied a delicious meal in preparation. In other rooms I noticed girls upholstering chairs and draping dress- ing tables. From Miss Dorothy Atkinson, head of the department, I learned that the food classes have supplied delicious refreshments for faculty teas on several occasions. Students have also upholstered a davenport for the stage, furnished a very attrac- tive bedroom, and upholstered several chairs for outside customers. It is evident that, this year, the Homemaking Department has certainly achieved its purpose of interesting young girls in the home. The able cafeteria staff, under the supervision of Mrs. Boynton, was preparing and serving sand- wiches, hot meals, salads, desserts, and milk. In order to make the students' eating place more pleasant, the walls had been painted light yellow and gray earlier in the year. Closed sanitary refuse cans replaced the unpleasant open ones. I entered the girls' gym to find the class engaged in a lively game of basketball, one of their many and varied activities, which include volleyball, bad- minton, hockey, and ping pong. This year, through the increased use of the Jewish Center, students were able to use not only the swimming pool, but also the bowling alleys and gymnasium. Moving on to the boys' gym, I found that they had had an equally active year. Under the supervision of Ray- mond Booker and Jack Lockery, the boys took part in such sports as tumbling, football, volleyball, basketball, boxing, and wrestling. While walking upstairs from the gymnasium, I encountered Mrs. Bohn, who I understand is the newly appointed Dean of Girls. It is difficult to enumerate the many duties that fall upon the dean's shoulders. Like a wise, understanding, emotionally stable mother, she serves as a confidante, adviser, and social arbiter for students. She is an under- standing friend who has deep sympathy and insight, who can view the problem obiectively. Mrs. Bohn also has charge of the social life of the school. Upon interviewing Mr. Buchanan, newly ap- pointed head of the Mathematics Department, I learned that the mathematics courses at Stamford High School are planned to meet the needs of four groups of pupils: those intending to enter colleges and technical schools, those intending to specialize in vocational pursuits requiring mathematics, those intending to major in science, and lastly those electing math because they like it. Next on my schedule of interviews is Dr. Koehler, head of the Latin Department. Dr. Koehler stressed the importance of Latin, both as a language in itself and as a basis for the correct usage of many English words. The department also stresses the importance of ancient Roman civilization upon ours. The Junior Classical League and the Classical Seminar are clubs sponsored by the department. Next I decided to visit the school library, which is perhaps the only spot in S.H.S. known for its exceptional quiet. The library, besides being used for reference and enioyment in the literary field, is also employed for various of the school activities such as teas, exams, yearbook pictures, and club meetings. Many new books and magazines have been added to the already ample collection of the library. Nearing the end of my interviews, I was very pleasantly greeted just outside of the medical office by Miss Wilson, the high school nurse. Her duty, she informed me, is to administer aid to students who become ill or iniured. Dr. David McGourty, the school physician, examines each pupil during his iunior year, and reports on physical defects to the student's parents. Every attempt is then made to correct these physical deficiencies. CUSTODIANS First Row: Leon S. Kaylor, Paul Vakos, Dominic Germano, John J. Delfino, Hurry Wakos, William Broadhurst, Dominick Carluccl. Second Row: James Zito, Carl Tuttle. At the close of school I noticed a squad of cus- todians busily sweeping the corridors. I wonder if the Stamford High students realize how much they owe to this able custodial staff? Who picks up those scraps of paper and wads of gum so carelessly dis- carded throughout the halls? Who toils for hours after school in order to make this building more healthy and clean? That's right! The custodians! After having visited the different departments of S.H.S., I certainly think that this high school is a grand place. Its faculty is doing a good job, in helping the student become a better citizen in school life and later on in the life of the community. So here's to old S.H.S., the school we love the best! CAFETERIA STAFF First Row, Left to Right: Mrs. G. Ungemack, Mrs. H. Bylin, Mrs. S. Swanson, Mrs. I. Davis, Mrs. J. Boynton, Mrs. S. Plunkett. Second Row: E. Wilbanks, Mrs. H. Westerberg. if ,X ,,1..lxA.f L., ' 7 DNP: A Y .,-'-1 aim :-'f - X' ,' ,,,... , 5525: .,. , W , 41 3 QI 41 5 X X '22 x '-vue---v .. , - oa7f - 1001 Gum V 1 , A I AVL., 4 6 'I .,.,. K Q ff X- ,J ll ,, W4 es RBP165enxo m 9.00 Home - r semo enior .jvkdfory Come give a rousing cheer! -a cheer for three whole years of geometry, Latin, English, and math, of baseball, football, basketball, and track, of class plays and proms, fads and fancies, first dates and undying loves, of clubs, assemblies, locker rooms, and big games, of yellow passes, blue passes, white passes, and pink. Here it is, wrapped up and sealed, and tied in a pretty ribbon for commencement day. CLASS ELECTIONS Come give a rousing cheer for Brace Wynkoop, Al McElwee, and Rocco Collatrella, our three class presidents. Although we missed the excitement of a national election, we made up for it with our own ballyhoo of campaign speeches, vote-for-me pleas, petition-signing posters. We learned such astounding facts as Frank Mariano's ability to emulate F. D. Roosevelt, Sam Annunziato's honesty, Barbara RansahoFf's ability to write with both hands, and at the some time, too. Then came the suspense of the primaries and the finals, with all the eager beavers at Mr. Nagurney's door. The ultimate results were sophomore officers: Brace Wynkoop, president, John Cerulli, vice-president, Barbara Ransahoff, secretary, Sam Annunziato, treasurer. Junior officers, Al McElwee, president, Henry Chidsey, vice-president, Selma Sigler, secretary, Nancy Frank, treasurer. Senior officers: Rocco Collatrella, president, Bob Heisinger, vice-president, Dorothy Wanamaker, secretary, and also chosen D.A.R. candidate, Sam Annunziato, treasurer. SCHOOL COUNCIL Come give a rousing cheer for the School Council and our six representatives: John Wynne, president, Barry Weissman, vice-president, Barbara Ransahoff, secretary, Ann 26 XZ I 2 D'Elia, John Tavlarides, and Gerry Myers. Who can forget the wonderful football dance they spon- sored? John Wynne in o short, orange, crepe paper skirt as head cheerleader, Mr. Sorgman as water- boy, Mrs. Bohn in bobby-sox as a teenager, the T formation with tea cups. Remember the school meeting they sponsored, modelled after the town meeting: Vito Bruno dressed as the town crier, ringing a bell, discussion between Council members and the rest of the student body, the first assembly of its kind? Three cheers for their new honor roll, for the improvement in the boys' and girls' rooms. At least, we're on the right track to school government. SPORTS Come give a rousing cheer and fight on to victory thundered from the shady side of Boyle Stadium during the football season, from the bleachers in the gym during the basketball season, from behind the catcher's backstop during the base- ball season. We gave rousing cheers for our three-letter quarterback, Joe Morelli, for our goal- menacers : Vin Cioeta, Mike DeVito, and Art Nixon, who wrecked rivals like Greenwich 33 to 0, and New Britain 13 to O, for our rookie center, Mike Buzzeo, for our aggressive, All-State guard, Al Shanen. We cheered Mary Ellen Gallagher's fire- twirling, and the bare legs of the drum corps, the popular attractions that captured the eyes of all but the hot-dog lovers during the half. We screeched Aces High, Deuces Low! and The Team Yell under the able direction of Lois Annunziato. Then during the basketball season we gave cheers '-MXXXXF for top basket ringers: Jack Kelley, Art Nixon, and Bob Lynch, while braving the questionable odor filling the gym. Each spring thawed Joe Morelli's pitching arm, and turned football players like Mike DeVito and Vin Cioeta into sluggers, leading Stamford to first place in the state. THE CLASS PLAYS Remember our sophomore class play, in which we got the first view of our budding actors and act- resses? There was the sudden switch from FIRST CLASS MATTER to A WEDDlNG, leaving the problem of too many leading ladies, a dilemma solved by letting Chet Andrews marry Dot Mravu- nac in one performance and Joan Coy in the other. Then there was Chet searching madly for his collar button, best man, Joe Tooher, trying to calm him, Lucille Gerber and Jane Robin causing complica- V X I iN Bra--Q bv!!- f H, v- 'jj 114' 52.4 DR . fWff no QFVO-1 C QR Rx tions, and the bride screaming, l wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth! Of course there was the happy ending, and, after the wedding march, the presentation of flowers to the coach, Mrs. Gertrude Peisel. Next came the junior play, EVERY FAMILY HAS ONE. Skeletons popped out at one from ceilings, bulletin boards, and all closets, while rehearsals were held in feverish haste. At last the great night-back stage scrambles, granny Lucille Gerber hobbling around stage, Oh's and Ah's as Joan Coy descended the stairs in her shimmering wedding gown, the arrival of cousin Joan Smith, all the skeletons dragged out of the family closet so that the bride woulcln't marry that stuffed shirt, Brace Wynkoop, the boy-friend, Andy Rudman, disliked by mamma , Peggy List- won, the brat, Nancy O'Connell, complications, solutions. Again came the flowers, this time to Miss Gladys Leonard for her wonderful coaching. Our 'Www final production, THE SENIOR PROM, saw a welcome change from the usual family plays. Remember the class prophecy, written by snob- bish Selma Sigler, flighty Jane Robin and Clara Curtin, with its dig at that plain chicken farmer's daughter, Peggy Listwon? And then came the Sen- ior Prom, with the nasty iokes and accidents which happened to Peggy, Joan Smith's anger at her snobbish friends' antics, her cousin musician, Joe Tooher, who offered to take Peggy to New York as a singer. Then remember the rich, glamorous star who returned to wreck vengeance with a picture of a two-headed rooster, a pair of saddle shoes, and an old evening gown, and her chagrin and the ro- mance with Joe? There was the audience breath- lessly waiting for clinches that had been cut out. Again the happy ending, and the flowers to Miss Leonard. Fads, fads, fads! Some of them lasted the whole three years, others burned out in a week. Some of the more lasting were knitting, bangs, long skirts, crew cuts, hand knitted sox and plaid woolen skirts. A fad which caused much criticism was the New Look. The boys think the skirts are too long! Bud Lovell says The New Look? Who would look twice? With the New Look came bright colored scarves, wide leather belts and ballet length skirts. The sloppy look went out in early '47, The tube skirt was often seen, especially on Joyce Waldman, Leona Maffei, and Julian Skirpan. The dear old prontos were still worn. White knee sox were seen almost as much as bobby sox. Everything was smoother, women became feminine! The boys had a new look, too. After football season in senior year they selected coat sweaters EIL if instead of the regular pull over. Everyone expected the team to appear the Monday following the foot- ball dinner all decked out. Remember all the surprised looks when they didn't appear until Tuesday? Crewcuts came in at the beginning of the iunior year. Shirts were worn outside. Most of the rugged men preferred huge black and white checks. Army clothes stolen from big brother's closets made their appearance, too, and pants were rolled half way to the knee to show oft the hand knitted sox. Knitting was the biggest fad in the senior year. Every boy who had a girl had at least one pair of hand knitted sox. Remember the time Ann Steed lost her sock, and the piece in the lost-and-found section of the bulletin next day? identification bracelets were a three year fad. Almost every boy and girl in the whole school owned one. lD'S signified whether a fella was going steady, and many a girl wore them with the name of her heart-throb inscribed on the front. There were loads of sayings and songs, too. Everything good was Hubba Hubba. Handsome boys caused the girls to reach for their drool cups. And a not so pretty girl or silly boy was referred to as a drip or a droop. Some things were simply ravishing. Kilroy was the man who caused ardent lovers to break up. His name was on the tip of everyone's tongue, and appeared everywhere, everything good and bad was blamed on Kilroy. lf someone annoyed you he was told to D. D. T. idrop dead twicel or F. F. F. F. F. T. Cfall flat fatally on your face five times.l There were many songs echoing through the halls. Remember Mairsey Doats in our sophomore year, and the lovers singing To Each His Own and wg The Anniversary Song to each other, and hum- ming to themselves as they parted for classes? In '47 Ted Weem's version of Heartaches was imi- tated by almost every boy. Near You was the song every lover sang into his girl's ear at the dances. About the same time the whistled tune of Peg O' My Heart was heard echoing through the halls when everything was quiet. In the senior year I'm Lookin' Over A Four-Leaf Clover was sung, whistled, and hummed by everybody every- where. Peg O' My Heart and I'm Lookin' Over A Four-Leaf Clover were first published in the early twenties. CALENDARlA Come give a rousing cheer for Calendario, for Mr. Whiting, for Miss Burrow, for Phil Jones, for the cast of Calendario, who made Stamford High School a little Broadway during the weekend of May 'l0, 1947. After three successful performances, Wifi i ,nl which added over S300 to the school fund, apolo- gies about the lectures given to students missing their classes, mothers hugged and kissed the sons and daughters they had scolded for missing Satur- day lunch while camping in the large auditorium, for staying up 'til two A.M. at a dress rehearsal. Remember the scenes of the luminous skeletons, the Lindy Special, the cupids with Marie Yanelli and Mike Oscar singing Love Me Tonight, School Days with Nancy Jordan as school marm-what a school marm! OH, HOW WE DANCED I'II Walk Alone was the theme song of our first dance in S.H.S.-the sophomore reception, where the juniors aided the quaking sophs through the receiving lines. There the iuniors poured the tea and we, the novices, spilled it. And there we first wit- nessed some of the talent of S.H.S., Angie Fioretta's dancing and Bill Daly's band . . . I Can't Begin To Tell You about the first school dance since our arrival at S.H.S.-the Victory Dance of '45-about the big football players still making passes, snow covered streets, the first taste of S.H.S. cookies and Bob Crane's music . . . Always appropriately ushered in the second dance event of the year- the Valentine Dance, where our banner made its grand entrance. The junior reception of '47 was our big chance to retaliate, that is, to entertain the incoming sopho- mores, where Donny Wright fa iunior, by the wayj and his band played, and where Mr. Hill, our new principal, was introduced to the social life of the school . . . For Sentimental Reasons there is noth- ing like a Junior Prom, especially our own in '47. Memories of our beautiful queen, Dot Mravunac, and Hubba Hubba King, Henry Chidsey, will always be cherished by the Class of '48 as will the exotic decorations, the flickering lights, crepe paper flowers, and Chinese bridge. Dance, football player, dance at the first fall ball given in the senior year-the Victory Dance of '47, It was another first, the initial undertaking of the School Council and it was a smashing success, dishes excluded. A surprise team, the female coun- cilites altered aptly in football uniforms, took the field at the dance. The devastating T formation of the S.H.S. football team was emulated by the Tea formation of the refreshment committee. The eve- ning certainly fitted perfection to a T . . . Now ls The Hour -the glittering gowns, the smooth tuxes, the flickering lights and all the dream dust. Even as the seniors walk solemnly into the sta- dium on graduation day and receive their well- earned diplomas, their history isn't over. It's iust beginning. Up to now the school has guided their mental and moral footsteps: now they must walk alone. Good luck, Seniors! We know you'll make it, So come give a rousing cheer for the Class of '48! 'i L , r , - f X .:g,: Q, gtg -, :fri ,QQ 1.11 .--my -gf . Z' ffgi ,f L' ,S gf I -if 4 A favs xxx .ff .. . , rg!! 2 ,V 9' ,,-an .f+ I H1 7 vw 24, s . . 4 3 l 7 - R . :M J-'QI . r x t ,-1 ix' ROCCO GEORGE COLATRELLA We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Roelxle : Class President 12: A.A. Photographer 10, 115 Home Room President 11: A.A. Agent 10. Future: Otlicer In the Unlted States Army. W. ROBERT HEISINGER Man, like a watch, is to be valued lor his manner of going. l'le1x g Claes Vice-Prelldent 127 Junior Clauleal League 105 Tennis Team 11, 12g Slren Staf 10, 11. Fu- ture: Medicine. DOROTHY VERA WANAMAKER She shall have music wherever she goes. Datty p A Cappella Cholr 10, 11, 127 French Club 10, Secretary 11, 125 Junior Representative of the Honor Society Committee 117 D.A.R. Award 12. Future: College and Music. SAM ANNUNZIATO Loving hearts find peace in lavep Clever heads lind proht in it. Sammy 5 Class Treasurer 10, 125 A Cappella Cholr 12: Home Room Rep- resentative 11. Future: College. 33 enior Omcera SENIORS JOSEPH ADILETTA Learn today-gain tomarrow. Little Joe : Track 11, 12: Soccer 10, 11, 12: Junlor and Senlor Choir 10, 11, 12: Home Room Vlce-President 12. Future: College. n PHYLLIS NATALIE ALEXANDER She that can have patience can have what she will. A Fllp : Home Room Representatlve 10: Slren Agent 10: Home Room Treasurer 11: Home Room Program Committee 11. Future: Designing SALLY ANN ALBRECHT She may be quiet and demure: May be-but don't be too sure. Home Room Representative 11, 12: French Club 12: Junior Prom Pro- gram Committee 11: Yearbook Bl- ography Committee 12. Future: Mer- chandlslng. II BERNARD CHARLES ALLSOP The hardest iob of all is trying to find a soft job. IernIe : SHS Band 10, 11, 12: Band librarian and unlform attendant 10, 11, 12: State Music Festlval 10, 11, 12. Future: Electronics. JOHN C. ALMOND lt is better to be ignorant ol a matter than to halt know it. Partlclpated In Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Accountant. School and Fashion Illustrator. MAXINE ANDREWS Daisies are my favorite Bowers. lunny : Yearbook Llterory and Biography Committee 12: Home Room Representative 11: Home Room Presl- dent 11: Slren Agent 12. Future: Ad- vertlslng. LOIS BARBARA ANNUNZIATA Blessed is he who expects nothing tor he shall never be disappointed. Lo : Cheerleader 10, 11, 12: Intra- mural Sports: Home Room Secretary 11: Home Room Treasurer 10. Future: Buslness. ROBERT SIDNEY ANTHONY, Jr. Girlsl Stop it, I love it. Bob : Football 10: Track 12. Fu- ture: Mechanlcal Draftsman. SAM ANNUNZIATO Loving hearts find peace in love: Clever heads lind profit in it. Sammy : Class Treasurer 10, 12: A Cappella Choir 12: Home Room Rep- resentatlve 11. Future: College. WILLIAM WALTER ARNISTER They live long that have lived well. WiIlIe : Slren Agent 10, 11: Out- door Traclx 12. Future: Ollcer ln the United States Army. DOUGLAS AUTHELET Eat, drlnk and be merry. Doug 1 Partlclpated ln Home Room Actlvltles. Future: U. S. Navy. ELIZABETH AGNES AVALOS lt's a friendly heart that has friends galore. letty 1 Slren Agent 121 Partlclpated in Home Room Actlvitles. Future: Business. AUDREY JOAN AVERY That age is best which is the first. Aud 1 Shorthand and Typing Certl- Roates 10, 111.A.A. Agent 11, 121 A Cappella Choir 12. Future: Secre- tarial Work. EMILY JOAN IACKMAN She walks in beauty, like the night Ol cloudless chimes and starry skies. Becky 1 French Club 10, 11, 121 Secretary Classloal Senlnar 111 Home Room Secretary 111 A.A. Agent 10, 12. Future: College. DONALD BACHMAN Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early sta-rt. Dutch 1 Partlclpated In Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Farmlng. HELEN JULIA BAKER Honesty is the best legacy. Treasurer, El Circula Castellano 121 Le Cercle Francaise 11, 121 Glrls' Glee Club 10, 11, 121 Yearbook Llt- erary Committee 12. Future: News- paper Work. CHARLES LOUIS IAKES l think we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger ot being dull. Dean 1 Band 101 French Club 11, 121 Latln Club 111 Junlor Classlcal League 12. Future: College. WILLIAM R. BANNING Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. Dugan 1 Soccer 10, 11, 121 Home Room Treasurer 111 Home Room A.A. Agent 10. Future: Electrloal Engl- neer. RUDOLPH JAMES BARCELLO ll you must kill time, try working it to death. Rudy 1 Spanish Club 121 Partlcl- pated ln Home Room Actlvitles 10, 11, 12. Future: College. OLLIE ANN BARGE Love makes the world go round and who am I to stop it. A Cappella Cholr 10, 11, 121 Short- hand Certificates 10, 111 Typlng Cer- titicate 111 Junlar Red Cross 10, 11. Future: College. 1948 SENIORS ERNEST J. BARKER Good humor is the wealth ot the soul. ErnIe y Siren Agent 12: Yearbook Photography Staff 12: Participated in Home Room Activities: Intramural Basketball. Future: Musician or Busi- ness. MICHAEL PETER BARRETT Believe you have it and you have it. Mlke : Home Room Amusement Committee 11: Home Room President 10: Siren Agent 11. Future: Sales- MARJORIE EDITH' BARRETT The smiles that win, the tint: that glow. Margie y Participated ln Home Room Activltles 10: Reception Com- mittee tor Sophomores 11: A Cap- pella Choir 12: Ticket Committee tor Junior Play 11. Future: Nurse. MARLENE EMMA BARTHELMESS May we look forward with pleasure and backward without regret. Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Business School. RITA BATTINELLI . Be happy, be gay-sing your cares away. Bat p A.A. Agent 10: Home Room President 10: Secretary, A Cappella Choir 12: Senlor Play 12. Future: Business. JOSEPH S. BATURA Life is a school ot probability. Joe : Home Room President 10: Intramural Basektball 11: Intramural Track 10. Future: Merchant Marine Academy. ELIZABETH RUTH BAUER Some think the world is made tor tun and sport, and so do I. Llz : Yearbook Advertising Com- mittee 12: Girls' Glee Club 12: Siren Agent 12: Hockey Club 12. Future: Secretarial Posltlon. SOLIME LIBIET BELLEFLEUR, Jr. JAMES RAYBURN BECHERT Seek thee out a kingdom worthy ot thyself. JIm : Chess Team 10, 11, 12: Home Room Treasurer 11: Home Room Rep- resentative 12: Sophomore Reoeptlon Committee 10. Future: Agricultural and Mechanical College at Texas. V:'omen: Lou con't gtt o:on? with Ross BENNETT .M anwirhzuufsamhg. gong No legacy is so rich as honesty.' em , Band to, 11, 12: cm.f ggllfgim' MI Electrician for Senior Ploy 12. Future: Business. ANN BOGARDUS WALTER B. BENNETT A keen mind is razor-sharp. Walt : Home Room Representative 10: President of Hl-Y Club 10: Soc- cer 10, 11. Future: College. College. ll I Lite may be real and earnest, but it sure is lun. Bugs : A Cappella Choir 11, 12: Home Room Secretary 12: Calendario 11: Cheerleader 12. Future: College. ROBERT ANTHONY BENTO The tools to him that can handle them. Bob : Italian Club 11, 12: Particl- pated ln Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Toolmaker. EDWARD JOSEPH BERARDINELU People say money talks, but all it ever said to me was good-bye. Ed : A.A. Agent 10, Participated in Home Room Activities 11, Yearbook Distributing Committee 12. Future: DOROTHY JOAN BIESSMAN Friends multiply ioys and divide Blessy ': Home Room Treasurer 10 Home Room Secretary 11, 12: A Cap pella Choir 11, 12: Home Room Vice President 12. Future: Business. MIRIAM SHEARER BETTENCOURT What you cannot say with words, say with music. Mert : Home Room Vice-President 11: German Club 11: A Cappella Choir 12: Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Merchandis- ing School. CANDIDA MARIA BOCCUZZI When someone thinks l am his enemy, I become his friend: therefore l have no enemies. Deet : French Club 10, 11, 12: Vice- President of French Club 12: Year- bool: Statistic Committee 12: Year- book Subscription Agent 11. Future: Teaching Profession. VALENTINO BOREA let all your things have their places: Let each part of your business have its time. Jabbobe : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Track Team 11, 12: lnterclass Track Team 10, 11, 12. Future: Farmer. An. 1948 ROBERT ANTHONY BOTTlCEl.I.l Doubt whom you will, but never Botch : Home Room A.A. Agent 10: Parfticipated in Home Room Activi- ties 10, 11, 12. Future: Commercial GEORGE G. BONGIORNO Somebody has to take it easy, so it might as well be me. Bongi : Italian Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Business. SENIORS RUTH R. BOUTON A rare compound ol mystery and lun. Hockey Club 12, Varslty Baseball and Basketball 10, 11, 127 Gym Assem- bly 111 Home Room Program Com- mltee 10. Futurex Professlonal Ath- lete. BEVERLY A. BOWLER Happy and gay, l laugh my lile away. lev f Varslty Hockey 10, 11: Junlor Prom Committee 115 Intramural GLORIA MARIE BOVA Let this be all my care-lor this is all. Polock 1 Home Room Secretary 10, Home Room Treasurer 117 Yearbook Typlng Committee 12, Senior Sta- tlstles 12. Future: Enter the luslnese World. DOROTHY AGNES BOYLE Live and Learn. Dot , Slren Agent 11, Partlclpated ln Home Room Actlvltles 10, 11, 12. WALTER BOYLE To argue with one fool shows there are two fools. Dewey , Soccer Team 11, 12, Char- acter A.C. 11, 12. Future: Lawyer. Sports 10, 11, 127 Siren Stall 12. Future: School of Journallsm. Future: Baby Nurse. CORINNE M. BRADT Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Corry g .lunlor Cholr 111 Costumes- Calendarla 11, Prom Decoratlon 113 Partlclpated ln Home Room Actllvtles 10, 11, 12. Future: Model. JACK EDWARD BRENNAN Every day is a hollday. Ducky , Varslty Football 11, 121 Varslty Basketball 11, 12, Home Room Vlce-Presldent 11, Partlclpated ln Gym Assembly. Future: College. HARVEY BROOKS All love may be expelled by other loves, as poisons are by poisons. Hap , Came from Haoran Hlgh School, New York Clty, Home Room Vlce-Presldent 12. Future: Engineer- Ing. HARRY FRANKLIN BRENSINGER, 3rd . ln order to acquire intellect one must need it One loses it when it's no longer necessary. Junlor Classlcal League 11, Spanlsh Club 121 Intramural Basketball 11. Future: College. RACHEL BROWN Youth is the title for pleasure. Rae , A Cappella Cholr 10, 11, 123 Varslty Basketball ll, French Club 10: .lunlor Classlcal League 11, 12. Future: Nurse. YITO VINCENT BRUNO A smile costs nothing, but its worth a million. Sonny 1, Home Room Vlce President 101 ltallan Club Vlce-President 11, 121 Home Room Representatlve 11: Band 11, 12. Future: Buslness. THOMAS HOWELL BULPITT The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you. lsometrlc 1 Spanlsh Club 10, 111 Junlor Classloal League 111 Slren Agent 101 Home Room Vlce President 10. Future: Automotive Englneer. ANGIE M. BUONO Cannot be seen, but can certainly be heard. Brown Eyes 1 Yearbook Advertlslng Committee 11, 121 Sophomore Re- :eptlon Commlttee 111 Shorthand Pln and Certrltlcates 11. Future: Secre- tary. MARILYN IRENE BURKHARDT lf music be the food of love- play on. Lynn 1 Slren Exchange Eclltor 111 Slren Photography Staff 101 H. J. Stltt Chemistry and Englneerlng Club 121 Yearbook Blography Commlttee 12. Future: Commerclol Photogra- ll RONALD BRUCE BURKE War does not determine who ls rlght -only who is left. Red 1 Social Usage Representatlve 101 A.A. Agent 117 Slren Agent 113 Itallan Club 11, 12. Future: Business. FREDERICK JAMES BURNS l.ife's a pleasant institution1 Lef us take it as it comes. J. B. 1 Home Room Treasurer 101 Intramural Basketball 102 Home Room Committee 111 Partlclpated In Home Room Actlvltles 10, 11, 12. Future: Unltecl States Marines. u pher. MARY E. BURNS A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. French Club 10, 11, 121 Yearbook Subscrlptlon Commlttee 111 Cheer- leader 121 Home Room Program Cholrman 11. Future: College. SHIRLEY MAE BURNS only God and I know what is in my heart. Burnsey 1 Participated ln Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Teachers Col- lege. MARJORIE ANN BUTLER A bashful girl for a bashful boy. Margle 1 Yearbook Advertlslng Commlttee 121 Porticlpated In Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Secretory. MICHAEL ANTHONY BUZZEO Sport is my fun, and fun shall be my sport. Bebs 1 Varsity Football 11, 12: Var- sity Basketball 11, 121 Varslty Base- ball 10, 11, 121 Home Room Repre- sentatlve 12. Future: College. 1948 SENIORS JOHN EDWARD CAl'llLl. Where there's Irish, there's laughter: where there's laughter, there's Irish. I-toIIywood : Home Room Vlce-Pres1- dent 10: Choir 11: Home Room Presl- dent 12. Future: Southern New Eng- land Telephone Company. HENRY J. CALLADIO Music is the real universal language ot mankind. Band 11, 12: Orchestra 12: State Music Festlval: Swing Assembly 11, GRACE MARIE CALABRESE Make the most of life, for lt is short and wears away. Home Room Treasurer 11, 12: A.A. Agent 10, 11: Shorthand Certlticates: Intramural Basketball. Future: Secre- tary. JAMES B. CALLAHAN Absence makes the heart grow tonder. Participated ln Home Room Actlvitles. Future: Mechanical Englneer. 12. Future: Studlo Musician. PAUL THOMAS CAl.l.Al'lAN 'Tis modesty which makes me so divine. Pablo : Home Room Presldent 10: Decoration Commlttee for .lunlor Prom 11: Home Room Program Com- mlttee Chairman 10: Usher for Junlor Prom 11. Future: College. CARI. GAILLARD CALLUM Generally speaking-he is generally speaking. Yearbook Biography Committee 12: Debatlng Society 12: Assistant Home Room Representative 11, 12: Home Room Treasurer 12. Future: Teacher. ANTHONY CANAl.E FRANK EUGENE CANDID Lite is what you make it. Tony : ltallan Club 10, 11: Home Room Vice-President 11. Future: U. S. Armed Service. JAMES CAPPIELLO Lite is a theatre in which the worst people otten have the best seats. Cappy : A Cappella Cholr 10, 11, 12: Home Room Vice-President 11, 12: Intramural Baseball 10, 11, 12: Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 12. Future: Navy. A little nonsense naw and then is relished by the wisest men. Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 12: Varsity Baseball 11: High School Band 10. Future: Armed forces. l.ORRAlNE ANNE CAPPIELLO Like wine she stimulates: like champagne she sparkles. Tootsle : Home Room Program Com- mittee 10, 11: War Stamp Agent 10: Italian Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Model. SALVATORE NICHOLAS CARIONE The future is no more uncertain than the present. A Cappella Choir 11, 12: Home Room Vlce-Presldent 10: Home Room Soclal Representative 11: Italian Club 11, 12. Future: Barber. LOUIS CARELLA Cheerful at morn he walres from short repose, Breathes the lreen air, and carols as he goes. Lou : Itallan Club: Partlclpated ln Home Room Activities. Future: Busl- ness. ARLINE MILDRED CARLSON l had a thought in my head, but it died ot loneliness. R : Spanish Club 10, 12: Partlcl- pated In Home Room Actlvltles. Future: College. GRACE A. CAVALIERI She who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow. Gro : Home Room Representative 10: Jr. Red Cross 10: Yearbook Typ- Ing Committee 12: Malte-up and Costume- Calendario 11. Future: Secretary. HELEN LAURA CARMAN Five secrets of happiness: money, money, money, money, money. Honey : Junior Choir 12: Partlcl- pated In Home Room Activities. Future: Secretary. GRACE ANGELINA CERULLI Common sense is not a common thing. Soclal Usage Representative 10: Shorthand Certlticates 10, 11: Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Committee for New Members of Italian Club 12. Future: Secretary. PATRICIA ANN CHARLESON Even an ant casts a shadow. Pat : Home Room Secretary 10: Band 10: Cheerleader 11, 12: Span- Ish Club 12. Future: Medical Secre- tary. ELAINE VICTORIA CHIAVASSA Whoever gossips to you will gossip ot you. Lalne : ltallan Club 10, 11: Tlcltet Committee: Costume Designing for Calendario 11: Participated in Home Room Actlvltles 10. Future: Business. HENRY W. CHIDSEY Against honesty, perserverance and concentration no problem or obstacle can stand. Jlggs : Class Vlce-President 11, Stage Crew 10, 11, 12: Stage Man- ager June Mad and Calendarla troupe 11. Future: Undecided. TONY CHIRAVOLO lt you want it, go get it. Lefty : ltallan Club 10, 11, 12: Home Room Vlce-President 10. Fu- ture: Marlnes. 1948 SENIORS' FRANCIS ALFRED CHMIELINSKI Fame is the beauty parlor of the dead. Posty : Partlclpated In Home Room Actlvities 10, 11, 12: Future: Drafts- man. LOUISE GLORIA CIPRI Music is the moonlight in the gloomy ' night of life. Slp : Red Cross Committee 11: Decoratlon Committee 12: Member of VINCENT GERALD .CIOETA One man's fault is another man's lesson. VInnle : Football I0, 11, 12: Bas- ketball 10, 11, 12: Baseball 10, 11, 12: Home Room President 12. Future: College. MARIE ANTOINETTA COGNETTA The wise are never without friends. La : Home Room Treasurer 10: De- coration Committee 10: Program Committee II: Italian Club 10, I1. Future: Business School. ELVIRA NANCY COLACCHIO Friendship often ends in love: but love in friendship never. Vera : Home Room Secretary 10, 12: Home Room Program Committee 10: Home Room Representatlve 11: Itallan Club 10, 11, I2. Future: Busl- ness. Y.W.C.A. 10. Future: Muslc. ROCCO GEORGE COLATRELLA ANNA L. COLAMONICO Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. SI:orty : Itallan Club 10, 11, 12: Junior Red Cross I0, 11: ltallan Club Cultural Committee 12: Chalrman, Italian Club New Members Commlt- tee 12. Future: Beauty -Culture. ANN DOROTHY COLATRELLA Live, love and be merry, for tomorrow is near. Vice-President of Home Room 10: Italian Club 11. Future: Nurse. GERALD BISHOP COLE All is fair in love and war. Jerry : Football 10, II: Cross Coun- try 12: Slren Agent 12: Track I1 Future: Buslness. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Rockle : Class President 12: A.A. Photographer 10, 11: Home Room President 11: A.A. Agent 10. Future: Otllcer In the Unlted States Army. BERNICE COLEMAN Silence is golden. Shorty : Home Room Actlvltles: Calendario - Costumes. Future: Beautlclan. ELIZABETH ANN COLOSI While kllllng time one must be core- lul not to murder opportunity. Betty , Home Room Secretary 113 Intramural Hockey, laseball, Basket- ball I1f Calendario 115 Decoratlon Committee, Senlor Prom 12. Future: Art. ,W ,,v.??i-..., ,,-. HELEN DIANE CONIGLIO What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness. Itallan Club 11, 127 Yearbook Adver- tlslng Commlttee 127 Home Room Vlce-Presldent 105 Home Room Enter- talnment Commlttee 10. Future: Deau- tlclan. EDWARD GEORGE CONKLIN A man ol words and not ol deeds ls like a garden full ol weeds. Eddie , Soccer 101 Home Room Treasurer 103 Spanlsh Club 11. Fu- ture: College. RICHARD CONNOR lf you want to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. Ng Dick , Varsity Football 10, 11, 12, Track 10, 11, 12: Home Room Astlvltles 10, 11, 12: Home Room President 11. Future: College. GEORGIANNA JESSIE CONKLIN One never knows, does one? GIdge g Junlor A Cappella Cholr 11: A.A. Agent 12. Future: Com- mercial Artist. Il MILTON JOHN CONTARAS There's no business like show business. MlIt i Yearbook Picture Appoint- ment Committee 12, Participated In Home Room Actlvlties. Future: Motion Plcture luslness. LENA KATHERINE CONT! Happy the day, she laughs life away. LII , Program Committee 10, 11, Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Shorthand Certlt1cate 11, Scholastic Award Con- test 12. Future: Commercial Artist. JAMES MICHAEL CONVERY God gives to every bird its food, but all must lly for il. Cross Country Team 12, Spanlsh Club 10, 11, Junior Prom Decoratlon Com- mlttee 11, Program Commlttee 10. Future: College. NANCY ANN COOPER Ambition is the key to success. Home Room Secretary 125 A Cappella Cllolr 11, 127 French Club 101 Home Room Representative 10. Future: Col- lege. JOHN J. CORDON We are all players in this human comedy. Flash , Siren Photographer 10, 11, 12, Bulletin Board Committee 10, 111 Stage Crew 12: Ollice Boy 12. Future: Naval Academy. 1948 SENIORS AMEDEO JOSEPH CORRENTY Look before you leap. .loe : Italian Club Representative 10, 11: Home Room Vlce-President 12: Intramural Basketball 11, 12. Future: U. S. Armed Service. ELEANOR JEAN COUCH l.ove is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child. Norn : Alternate Representative 10: Stamp Agent 10: Yearbook Typist 11: A.A. Agent 10. Future: Clerical JOAN B. COUGHLIN Good, better, best-never let is rest 'till the good is better, and the better best. BIondle : Home Room Secretary 10: Home Room Representative 107 A Capella Choir 10, 11, 12: Senior Play Usher 12. Future: Secretary. HENRI RUSSELL COWIC The ice of lite is slippery. Hank g Siren Agent 10: Home Room President 11: Program Committee 115 Choir 10, 11, 12. Future: Naval Avia- tion Mechanic. Worker. JOAN R. COY ll every fool wore a crown, we'd all be kings. .laycee : Home Room Secretary 10: French Club 10, 12: Prom Decoration Committee 11: Girls' Glee Club 10, 11. Future: College. FLORA LOUISE CRANE He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. Flo , Italian Club 10, 115 Home Room Treasurer 10: Red Cross Agent 117 Participated ln Home Room Actlv- ltlel. Future: Oflice Work. PATRICIA JUNE CUPP Appearances are deceptive, tor mischief dwells within. lntromural Basketball 11: Shorthand Certificates 11: Spanish Club 12. Future: College. CARMI NE D'AGOSTlNO Better be happy than wise. Il Corm : Home Room President 10: Football Squad 11, 12. Future: Busi- CLARA LOUISE CURTIN lt is good to live and learn. Klki : Class Play 11, 12, Spanish Club 10, 12, Siren 10, 11, 12: Home Room Representative 11. Future: Col- lege. CLAIRE MARGARET DALY lt's ioy and laughter, giggle and chatter. Wherever she is-it doesn't matter. Participated in Home Room Actlvltles: Siren Agent 11. Future: Travel. NANCY ANNE DALY Worry-never heard ot itl lrlsl1 p Shorthand Certificates 10, 1 1 125 Typing Certlticates 10, 11, 125 Basketball 10. Future: Private Secre- tary. WILLIAM DALY Life is just a chance. Swing Assemblies 10, 11, 127 Home Room Representative 10: Calendarla 11: Home Room Vlce-President 11. Future: College. ll PAUL DeBARTOl.0MEO None are fools always, though ever one sometimes y . Aggle p Home Room Treasurer 10: Slren Agent 115 Italian Club 10, 11. Future: U. S. Navy. MARGARET AGNES DAMMASSA lf you can't be good, be kind. Marge 5 Varsity Baseball 10, 11g Home Room Representative 10, 11: Home Room Treasurer 12. Future: College. JOANNE J. DARASH Tomorrow will not be too late. Jeanette p Home Room Secretary 10: A.A. Agent 10, 11: Siren 12. Future: College. NANCY LOUISE DANN Knowledge is a treasure: but practice is the key to it. Girls' Glee Club 10: Shorthand Cer- tlticates 105 Choir 11, 12. Future: Secretary. ELIZABETH ANN DAWLESS You never offend a triend by returning a smile. Linie p Service Club 10, 11, 125 Junior Prom Committee 115 Drama Class 11, 125 intramural Sports 11, 12. Future: Radio Actress. BETTY A. DeBLASl Better a blush on the lace than a blot on the heart. Bet p Junlor Red Cross 10, 117 Stage Crew 12g Home Room Activl- ties 10. Future: Hairdresser. EVERETT JOSEPH DeCARLO Some people grow under responsi- bility, Others merely swell. Italian Club 11, 125 Home Room Treasurer 10: .lunlor Choir 127 Par- ticipated In Home Room Actlvlties. Future: General Contractor. ANN D'ELlA A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. An 5 Home Room Representative 10, 115 Student Counsellor 127 Chairman of Yearbook Biography Committee 125 Girls' Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12. Future: Junior College. 1948 SENIORS PHYLLIS LUCY D'ELlA You've got to have lite to love life. PhyI , Siren Agent 125 Shorthand Certificates 10, 11, 12, Typing Awards 11, 125 Community Chest Agent 12. Future: Secretary. , WESLEY RAY DEICKE All work and no play, only a moron could be that way. Stamp Agent 10: Home Room Pro- gram Chairman 11, Intramural Bas- IDA HELEN DeFELlCE Life without a smile isn't worthwhile. Home Room Treasurer 11: Shorthand Certiticotes 11, Italian Club 10, 11, Home Room Representative 12. Fu- ture: Business. ROBERT GABRIEL DeLUCA lt takes two to make a bargain. Snap : Golf Team 10, 11, ltallan Club 10, 11, Participated In Home Room Activities, Intramural Basket- ketball 11. Future: Undecided. ball 10, 11. Future: Golf Professional. U MARIE DE NICOLA A cheerful heart, a sweet smiling lace, puts sunshine in the darkest place. Home Room Secretary 10, 127 Siren Agent 11: Yearbook Committee 12. Future: Model. MICHAEL JAMES DeVITO, Jr. The child is father of the man. Miki , Varsity Football, Basketball, Baseball 10, 11, 12: Home Room President 10, 11: A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Italian Club 11, 12. Future: College. KAY JUNG DIDION Some are wise, but l'm otherwise. Glee Club- 11, 123 Calenderla Cas- tume Commlttee 11, Home Room Committees 10, 11, 12, Senior Play Ticket and Advertisement Committees 12. Future: Interior Decorator or Architect. JEAN L. DILLON A happy disposition is a gilt of nature. Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Hairdressing. BEVERLY M. DIEKOW l laugh at everything, for lear of being obliged to weep. Bev , Senlor Cholr 11, 12: Home Room Representative 105 Siren Agent 10, 117 Stamp Agent 10. Future: Medical Assistant. CARMELLA M. DiNAPOLl Today is the tomorrow that l was worrying about yesterday. Carm p ltallan Club 10g Gregg Shorthand Certlticates 10, 11. Future: Secretary. JOAN DIONNE Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things is the proper aim ot art. Frenchle : Stamp Agent 10: Home Room Representative 11: Junior Clas- slcal league 115 Participated in Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Art School. BENILDA MARY DIOTALEVI Always happy, full ol fun: gets along with everyone. Benny z Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 121 Community Chest Agent 10, 11: Italian Club 10. Future: Interlor Decorator. ROBERT ALAN DISESA All great men are dying, and l don't feel so well myself. De p Siren Agent 11: Assistant Home Room Representative ll: Cap and Gown Committee 12. Future: Veterinarian. ORCHID DOBLANDER Don't worry about the tuture-it may not last long. Home Room Program Chairman 11: Shorthand Certltlcates 11. Future: Secretary. NANCY TERETTA DIXON Good humor is the health of the soul. Terry 7 Home Room Program Com- mittee 10: Make-up Committee for Junior Play 11p Guide Committee 12. Future: Nurse. ll FRANK ANTHONY oomuco When you make a mistake, have the courage to acknowledge it, and then determine never to repeat it. Home Room Representative 10, 11: Slren Photography Staff 10, 11, 12: H. J. Stitt Sclence and Englneerlng Club 11, 12: Spanish Club 10, 11, 12. Future: College. LORRAINE A. DUFFY l strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope. Dut1 : Home Room Treasurer 10: Slren Agent ll: Home Room Activi- tles 10, 11: Shorthand and Typing Certlticates 11. Future: Secretary. DURWARD ADELBERT DUNBAR Silence is as deep as eternity: Speech as shallow as time. Woody y Home Room Vice-Presl- dent 10: Partlclpated Home Room Activities. Future: Business. PAULINE MARTHA DYRAK A smile is like a ray at sunshine. Honey 1 Participated in Home Room Actlvltles: Social Usage Representa- tlve 10: lntra-mural Sports 10, 11, 12: Future: Conover Model. Mme Aucf :Assn Tall, slim, always in trim. - Moe : Assistant Home Room Secre- tary 10, Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Secre- tary. 1948 SENIORS JOHN l.EE EATON, Jr. A true friend is a friend forever. Jack g Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 125 War Stamp Committee 10. Future: State Trade School. ' MARVIN ROBERT EISEN Only a fool is never happy, and I am never sad. I , Participated In Home Room PATRICIA RUTH ECCLES Wherever there are giggles and chatter, there I will be. Pat , Italian Club 10, 11, 12, Home Room Secretary 105 Home Room Rep- resentative 117 Siren Agent 10. Fu- ture: Business. RITA JEAN EPSTEIN A good cause makes a strong arm. Eppy , A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 125 Siren Staff 11, Calendario Soloist 11: CHARLOTTE MARIA ERIKSON lt is sure to be dark if you close your eyes. A Cappella Choir 12, Typing Certifi- cate 115 Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Oflice Worlr. Activities. Future: Farmer. Assemblies 10, 11, 12. Future: Col- FRED PAUL EVARISTO The bold are always lucky. Freddie , Program Committee 10, 115 Yearbook Committee 12: Italian Club 11. Future: Business. LEON JOHN EZZELL No wealth is like the quiet mind. Varsity Tennis 11, 125 Debating Soci- ety 11, 12: Home Room Representa- tive 10- Junior Classical Lea ue 11. ' 9 Future: U. S. Naval Academy. EDITH MAE FALBY A little nonsense naw and then is relished by the wisest men. EdIe g Homeroom Representative 10 Junior Rece tion Committee 11 7 P 1 German Club 12, Senior Guide Com- mittee 12. Future: Teaching. JOHN FAHEY What ou learn today, will benefit Y you in the future. Johnny , Intramural Baseball 10, 11, Intramural Basketball 10, 11, Home Room Entertainment Commit- tee 11, Stamp Agent 10. Future: Photo Engraving. VIRGINIA TH ERESA FARENGA She shall have music wherever she goes. Jynni , A Cappella Choir 11 12 cms' ci.. Club to, A.A. Agent 112 French Club 12. Future: Teachers Col lege. DOROTHY C. FARRELL All work and no play-Gee l'm glad l'm not that way. Dot , Social Usage Representative 117 A.A. Agent 125 Home Room Pro- gram Committee 11. Future: Business. LOIS MARIE FILLMORE FRANCES EVA FETTER Music is the joy of life. Russell p Attended Grover Cleve- land High School 105 Calendaria 115 Junior Choir 12. Future: Piano teacher and singer. .S Y Never without a smile you'll find it worth while. Lo : A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Sophomore Variety Show 105 Alterna- tive Home Room Representative 105 Yearbook Picture Committee 12. Future: Secretary. JOSEPHINE MARY FIORELLI To have a friend is to be a friend. Babe g Home Room Secretary 11: Siren Agent 11: Yearbook Advertis- ing Committee 12, Junior Play Ticket J. RICHARD FINE Success is for those who try their best. Junior Classical League 11, Pres. 127 Home Room Secretary 117 Political Science Club 12, Senior Play Usher 12. Future: College. ANITA M. FLANAGAN lt's nice to be natural, when you're naturally nice. Flanagan , Participated in Home Room Activities: Junior Red Cross 10, Committee 11. Future: Secretary. DOROTHY KATHERINE FLANAGAN A smile costs so little, but means so much. Babe p Stamp Agent 10: Home Room Vice-President 10, 11. Future: Business. 11, 12. Future: Sales business. .Q , KENNETH FOSTER Why aren't they all contented like me? Calendario 115 Home Room Repre- sentative 11: Siren Agent 10. Intra- mural Basketball. Future: U. S. Armed Forces. - E' N , . .age Q - .. 3. ' I A fi- .JOSEPH DANIEL FRANCHINA lf folly were grief, every house lst 4 . . F2 i. -.. f t Xi NANCY LOU FRANK 5--?'E+, ,, Life is nothing without friendship. A . gig ' would weep. I is , H ,, . Treasurer of Class 11: Home Room Bull 1 Home Room Representative S . . ecretary 10, Secretary of Spanish 10, 115 Band and Orchestra 10, 11, . ,, Club 12: Home Room Representative y, N ' 5 121 Home Room Secretory 10: Home . . , , J, ,i.a.., 1 5 , . , 12. Future: Airline Hostess. .kv Qi 1 1 V ffsgkg ,k- sig: sg Room Activities. Future: College. X 6 ' li 1' ' 3 fi i -f ' ii 1948 SENIORS ALAN D. FROEHLICH A good exterior is a silent recommendation. Al : Home Room President 10, 12: Intramural Basketball 11. Future: Army Air Force. CATHERINE MARIE GARAFFA Speak your thoughts, but not too loud. Shorthand Certificates 10, .1 1: Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Italian Club Sec- retary 12: Italian Club Cultural Com- SYLVIA Y. GALELLA I am wealthy in my friends. Italian Club 10, 11: Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Modeling. PRISCILLA GATES Full ol lun and always cheery. What should one do but be merry? Pre : Junior Classical League: Year- book Literary Committee 12. Future: Nurse. ARTHUR FRANCIS GAUDIO To say well is good, but to do well is better. Guttero p Band 10, 11, 12, Home Room Vice-President 11: Home Room Representative 12: Football Program Photographer 12. Future: Commerclal Photographer. mittee 12. Future: Secretary. .el VILMA ANNE GAVAY Take care that no one hates you justly. French Club 10, 11, 12: Junior Clas- sical League 11. Future: Fashion De- signer. RITA GELB Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. Re : A.A. Agent 10: Home Room Secretary 10: Girls' Glee Club 10, 11: Siren Agent 11. Future: Secre- tary. FRANK MICHAEL GERACE A tool always finds a greater lool to admire him. Cheech y Siren Agent 10, 115 Finance Officer 11: A.A. Agent 10, 11. Future: Florist. ROSEMARIE GRACE GENOVESE Dynamite comes in small packages. Ro : Junior A Cappella Choir 107 Girls' Glee Club 10: A.A. Agent 101 Intramural Sports 11. Future: Busi- ness. DONATA MARIE GERARDI My life will be in sports and dancing. Donnie : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Program Committee 11: Captain of Intramural Basketball Team 11. Fu- ture: Hairdresser. FRANK VITO GERARDI After all that's said and done, life was only made for fun. Junlor : Participated in Home Room Actlvltles 10, 11, 12. Future: Business. LUCILLE GERBER The world's a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill. Junior Play 11: French Club 10, 11: Library Stah 10, 11, 12: Literary Committee of Yearbook 12. Future: College. G. LEROY GERKE The outdoor life for me: that's all that I can see. Lee : Home Room Vice-President 10: Home Room Representative 10: Track 12. Future: Forestry. LUCY L. GIAGNORIO Wisely, and slow: they stumble that run fast. Lou : Home Room Secretary 10: Spanish Club 10, 11: French Club 12: Slren and Yearbook Art Staff 12. Future: Art School. JOHN JOE GIAGNORIO Do little ordinary things in an extra- ordinary way. Sherlock : Cross Country 11: Italian Club 10: Tennis 12. Future: Chemistry. STELLA CARMELLA GIAMBA She is little, she is wise, she's a ' terror for her size. ltalian Club ll, 12: Assistant Pro- gram Chairman Il. Future: Secretary. BETTY C. GIANCOLA The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. TwIn : Home Room Secretary 10: Class of 48 Ring Committee 11: Yearbook Advertising Staff 12: Short- hand and Typing Certificates 11. Future: luslness College. JEAN F. GIANCOLA lf silence is golden, l'll never get rich. Twin : Soclal Usage Representative 10: Class of 48 Rlng Committee 11: Yearbook Advertising Committee 12: Shorthand and Typing Certificates ll. Future: Business College. ROSE M. GIANCOTTI Always keep a song in your heart and a smile on your lips. DimpIes : Choir 10: Siren Agent 11: Home Room Program Committee 11: Glee Club l2. Future: Singer. CLARA REGINA GIANFRANCESCO lndustry and kindness are man's greatest tools. Jean : Italian Club 11: Community Chest 12. Future: Telephone Oper- ator. 1948 SENIORS JOHN JOSEPH GIGLIO Life may be real and earnest, but it sure is fun, 'Shibak , Home Room Vice-Presi- dent 11, Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Business. JACQUELINE GLAZER Good nature inspires friends. Jay , Home Room Stamp Agent 10, French Club 11, 12, Players Club 10, Intramural Basketball 10, 11. Future: JOAN ANNE GILLESPIE When Irish Eyes are Smiling. A.A. Agent 10, Home Room Secre- tory 11, Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Typist. ROBERT GORDON Be happy-smile-life's all too short to let your troubles get you down. Participated in Home Room Activities, Vice-President, Home Room 10, New York Times Agent 12. Future: Busi- Nursing. BARBARA LOU GORTON The voice and nothing more. Bobby , Junior Play Committee 11, Home Room President 11, Drama Class 12, Hockey Club 12. Future: Dental Hygienist. MARITA A. GRANBERG Fate leads the willin and dra s HOPE ELAINE GRAY Easy Street is a blind alley. FRED WILLIAM GRAB The fruit of performance is satisfaction. Bubby , Home Room Treasurer 10 Home Room Representative 11, Par: ticipoted in Home Room Actlvtles 10, 11, 12. Future: Radio and Television 9 9 along those who hong back. Spanish Club 10, 12, Home Room Program Chairman 11, Girls' Basket- ball 10, 12, Shorthand Certificates 10, 11. Future: Business. JANE MARIE GREANEY Full of spirit, full of fun, full of the pep that gets things done. Home Room Representative 10, Home Room Secretary 11, French Club 11, 12, Yearbook Biography Committee 12. Future: College. Home Room Vice-President 10, Home Room Secretary 11, Biography Com- mittee Yearbook 12, Siren StafT-Ad- vertising Manager 12. Future: Busi- ness. FRANCES C. GRECO On with the dance-let the ioy be unconfined. Fran , Home Room Treasurer 11, Italian Club 11, 12, Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Beauticlan. DOROTHY MAE GREENE There is music wherever there is harmony. Dot , Home Room Secretary 10, A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12, Sopho- more Reception Committee 10, Cal- endarIa 11. Future: Music. CARMELLA MAUDE GUGLIELMO We know what we are, but not RITA ESTHER GUGLIELMO This above all: To thine own sell PHYLYS J. GREENE Flames ot dark passion burn within her. Phyl , Spanish Club 12, Players' Club 12, Junior Classical League 12, Senior Statistics Committee 12. Fu- ture: Dancer. what we may be. Twin , Varsity Hockey 10, 11, 12, Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12, Choir 10, 11, Gregg Shorthand Certiticates 10, 11. Future: Commercial Field. ACHILLES ANTHONY GUILIANI lt's a friendly heart that has friends galore. Ike , Home Room Representative 10, 11, Home Room President 10, Italian Club 10, 11, 12, Home Room Vice- President 10, 1l. Future: Mechanic. be true. Twin , Home Room Representative 10, Captain of Hockey, Basketball Varsity teams 12, Choir 10, 11, Year- book Advertising Committee 12. Fu- ture: Commercial Field. MARGARET ANN GUARINO The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Molly , Italian Club 10, ll, 12, Junior Red Cross 10, ll, 12. Future: Beautician. ELLEN J. GUSTAFSON The lady with the lamp Gussle , French Club 10, 11, A Cap- pella Cholr 11, 12, Yearbook Sub- scription Committee 11, 12, Home Room Representative 12. Future: Nurse. 3- of LUCILLE RUTH GWINNELL 'fA clear conscience is worth more than gold. Lu , Spanish Club 10, Home Room Secretary 10, Shorthand Certlticates 11, Vari-Typist 11, 12. Future: Enter the Commercial World. WILLIAM KARL HABEKOST The secret of success is constancy at purpose. Secretary of German Club 11, Siren Agent 12, Participated In Home Room Activities. Future: Merchant Marine Academy. WILLIAM HAGAN Good Humor is the health of the Soul. Bill , Intramural Basketball 11, 12, Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12, Partici- pated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12, Bulletin Board Committee 12. Future: Technical School. 1948 1 ? SENIORS DEENA HADASSAH HAKLAI Simplicity is beauty. Home Room Representative 10, Year- book Literary Committee 12, French Club 10, 11, 12: Political Science Club 12. Future: Teacher. MARY THERESA HALTON Silence is golden, but l like silver. Tessie p Stamp Agent 10, Home Room Representative 11: Sophomore Reception Committee 11: Calen daria Ticket Committee 11. Future: Secretary. DORIS GRACE HALPIN We know what we are, but know not what we may be. Yearbook Literary Committee 12: Spanish Club 10, 11, 12: Varsity Bas- ketball 11, 125 Glee Culb 12. Future: College. JOAN ANN HAMMERSHOY To say much shows ignorance, to say little shows wisdom. Home Room Representative 12, Home Room Secretary 10, 117 Siren Stott 11, 12: Spanish Club 10. Future: Bry- ant College. 1 . 51. K 5 . , 1 its N b 4 1 X r S. L 4 gg . .gk ' M. - , . ik ,J S . as - .A , S'- i'3 my hiv 4.12 WAYNE HARTLETT Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Business. l v IRENE ELIZABETH HARVEY Whenever you are down at the mouth, Remember Jonah, he came out all right. lr Harvey : Junior Classical league 11, Co-Editor ofthe Siren 12. Future: Journalist. 1 ,. 3 If-3. 3 . K. '54 ' A-i an- ' '1 - fi-,.,,e 2 ' n BEVERLY JANE HAUPT Where there's a will, there's a way. Stretch , Sophomore Glee Club 10, Junior Prom Publicity Committee 11, Yearbook Typist 12, Yearbook Adver- tising Committee 12. Future: Business. ANNE GERTRUDE HAYMON The road to success is a steep hill. Sis : Home Room Program Commit- tee 107 Junior Prom Decoration Com- mittee 11. Future: Business. DAVID E. HAWKINS I have been five minutes too late all my life time. Hawk p Home Room President 10, Home Room Secretary 107 Red Cross Agent 10. Future: Travel. FREDERICK HAYNES laziness is premature death. Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Go to Art School in Texas. -X 2 f., af j 'WR' X W 5, -i i A .., l 1 i S S iii? EE C' NANCY CAROLYN HAYS Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and take what comes. Nan - Gus : Girls' Glee Club 10: Statlstlcs Committee 12: Prom Com- mlttee 11: Home Room President 11. Future Art. DORIS HEIN A girl's blush is pretty but sometimes inconvenient. Dorry : Home Room Secretary 107 Home Room Soclal Representative 11. Future: Nursing. W. ROBERT HEISINGER Man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going. l'lels : Class Vice-President 12: Junior Classical League 10: Tennis Team 11, 12: Siren Stat? 10, 11. Fu- ture: Medicine. EMIL HELSING, Jr. You only get out of life what you put into it. Spanish Club 10: Active in Home Room Activities. Future: Mechanic. WILLIAM ROBERT HELLER Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'. A.A. Agent 12: French Club 12: Otiice Assistant 12. Future: College. JAMES MONROE HERTZIERG Any fish can float with the stream, It takes o live one to swim against it. Jim , Norwalk Hlglu School: Foot- ball, Hockey 10, 11: Track 11: Home Room Representative 11: Student Council 1 1. Future: King's Point Acad- ANNE LOUISE HICKEY The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do. Hlck : Home Room Representative 11: Yearbook llography Committee 12: Prom Decoration Committee 11: Varslty Basketball, Hockey, Baseball 10, 11, 12. Future: Nurse. emy, U. S. Maritime Service. THOMAS EUGENE HOGAN, Jr. The birds can fly, An' why can't I? Tom Participated In Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Avia- tion. JOHN HOLKO Strive and thrive. Howks : Spanish Club 105 Home Room Treasurer 10. Future: Navy. WILLIAM RICHARD HOLT Well begun is good, well finished is better. BiIl : Home Room President 10: Home Room Secretary 11: Baseball 10, 11, 12: German Club 11, 12. Fu- ture: College. 1948 SENICRS MICHAEL HOLUB Work makes life sweet. Uki Pigeon 7 Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Architect. EDWARD HUEY Education is the breath of life but I am short winded. Participated in all Home Room Activi- ties. Future: Traveler. JOAN DIANE HUET My own business bores me to death, I prefer others. Puss 7 Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Traveling. BARBARA ANN HYNAN While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity. Bobbie 7 Home Room Secretary 107 Junior Red Cross 10, 117 Home Room Program Committee 11. Future: Hair- THEODORE R. IMHOFF June brings tulips, Iillies, roses, and graduation day. Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Radio Repalrman. dresser. KATHLEEN L. INGERSOLL Sense taught is better than sense bought. Kay 7 Social Usage Representative 107 Home Room Treasurer 117 Adver- tising Committee for Yearbook 127 Typing Committee for Yearbook '12. Future: Business. Character is a diamond that EDITH ISAACS Man has the will, but woman has scratches every other stone. Political Science Club 11, 127 Debat- ing Club 11, 127 French Club 10, 11, 127 Speakers' Bureau 10. Future: Social Worker. MARGARET A, JAROMBEK Thoughtfulnoss makes friendships, and thoughtfulness keeps them. Wimpy 7 Home Room Treasurer 107 Social Usage Representative 117 Shorthand 8. Typing Certificates 10 117 Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Future Business World. 1 the way. Stilts 7 Home Room Secretary 107 Home Room President 117 Home Room Vice-President 127 Track Meet 11.. Future: Secretary. JOYCE IRENE JERMAN The path of right is not always in sight, But hope shall be my guiding light. I1 .loy 7 Yearbook Advertising Com- mittee 127 Intramural Baseball 117 Home Room Program Committees 10, ll: Hockey Club 12. Future: Busi- 11885. E. DOUGLAS JOHNSTONE lt is better to live rich than to die rich. Sailor , Participated ln Home Room Activities: Assistant Home Room Rep- resentative 10. Future: Navy - Fire- man. JUDITH GRIFFITH JONES Take life as it comes. Judy : Jr. Classical League 11, Choir 10, 12: Home Room Entertain- ment 11, Statistics Committee 12. Future: College. DIANNE AUDREY JORDAN lt's the song you sing, the smile you vlear, that makes the sunshine everywhere. Dinny p Siren Agent 10: Sophomore Reception Committee 11: Costumes, Calendario 11: Participated ln School Activities 12. Future: Fashion Designer. PAMELA JUDSON A good nature is the air of a good mind. Pam : War Stamp Agent 10: Home Room Representative 11, Spanish Club 12: Siren Agent 11. Future: Col- ll NANCY ANN JORDAN He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first rung. Calendario 11: Social Usage Rep- resentative 10: Girls' Glee Club 107 Entertainment Committee for Sopho- more Receptlon 10. Future: Dancer. JOAN MARIE KANE Youth is a treasure. Social Usage Representative 10: Home Room Vice-President 11- Home Room Representative 11: Junior Re- ception Committee for Sophomores lege. MARIE CHRISTINE KANEI. A girl with a smile is a girl worth while. A.A. Agent 11: Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Business. 11. Future: Undecided. ALFRED AVERY KANZLER 1'hinlc. H. J. Stltt Science and Engineering Club 11: Participated in Home Room Activities: Atomic Week Program 12. Future: College. BEATRICE KARP Farsalre not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. Bunny p Intramural Sports 10, 11, 12, Senior Prom Decorating Commit- tee. Future: Art School. SONYA RUTH KARP lf dreams could do homeworlr, l'd be valedictorian. Sonnie : Home Room Representative 10: Players Club 10, 12: A.A. Agent 10, 11. Future: Business. 1948 SENIORS IRENE BARBARA KEARNS Work is lor old age: Play while you are young. Social Usage Representative 10: Vor- sity Basketball and Baseball: Junior A Cappella Choir 10: Intramural Sports. Future: Secretorlal School. ARMIN THEODORE KEIL Use each moment immediately, tar lost time never returns. Ted : Secretary of H. J. Stitt Science and Engineering Club 12: Debating Society 12: German Club 12: Came from A. B. Davis High School, Mount Vernon, New York. Future: Physician. JAMES KEARNS All that glitters is not gold. Pan American Assembly 10: Home Room President 11: Yearbook Adver- tising Stalf 12. Future: College. GEORGE THOMAS KELLEY All fame is dangerous: good bringeth envy: bod, shame. Corky : Home Room President 10, 11: Calendario 11. Future: Morti- cian. JOHN KELLY Doing nothing is doing ill. Jock : Home Room President 10, 11: Drama Class 12: Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12: Baseball Manager 10, 11, 12. Future: Physical Ed. Instructor. Lite without virtue is dead. ARTHUR HENRY KIJEK MARY J. KELLY With the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing. KeIly : Home Room Secretary 12: Shorthand and Typing Certllioates 11: Scholastic Honor Roll 12: Yearbook Biography and Typing Commlttee 12. Future: Secretary. Social Usage Representative 10: Home Room Secretory 10: A.A. Agent 12: Home Room Program Chairman 12. Future: Ministry. LEON EARL KIMBELL Lite is hard, by the yard: But by the inch, Life's a cinch! Killer : Varsity Football 11, 12: Track 10, 11, 12: Home Room Pres- ident 11, 12. Future: Boxing. ll l rest, l rust. Art : Cross Country Team 12: Track Team 12. Future: Jockey. SALLYANN KING A smile can go a long way. Attended Milford High 10: Freshman Chorus 10: Calendario Agent 11: Senior Class Play Agent 12. Future: Medical Doctor's Assistant. ROBERT J. KOBA You will never be sorry for doing your level best. Cobra : Soccer 10, II, 12: Home Room Representative 11: Badminton 11, 12: Home Room President 10. Future: Navy PT Boats. BETTY ANN KOCH Tomorrow comes and we are where? Then let us live today. Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Typing and Shorthand Certllicates 11, 12: Participated in Home Room Actlvltles: Spanlsh Club 10. Future: Secretary. GENEVIEVE T. KOZIOL Friendship is ta be valued for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it. Gen : Community Chest Agent 10: Defense Stamp Agent 10: Hockey Club 12: Yearbook Typist 12. Future: Secretary. MADELINE M. KUTSCHIREK There's a dance in those big blue eyes. Kltten : Social Usage Representa- tlve 10: War Stamps I0: A.A. Agent 12: Shorthand and Typing Certificates 10, 11, I2. Future: Business School. JOHN NICHOLAS KULIK Should life all labor be? Answer I, 'Nol Russian : A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Home Room Representative 10: Siren Staf 12: Participated in Home Room Actvities. Future: Business. Ill MILDRED KWOCHKA Procrastination is the thief of time. MlIly : Treasurer of the German Club 11: Yearbook Subscription Com- mittee 11: Yearbook Biography Com- mittee 12: Political Science Club 12. Future: College. GERALD LA BLANC Ambition is the fuel ol all fame. A.A. Agent 10: Intramural Basketball 10: Home Room Representative 10: Track Team 11. Future: U. S. Navy. '32 fix VICTOR ROBERT LABOZZO The longer a man lives, the more he suffers. Woo-Woo : Home Room Presldent 10: Italian Club 10: Ring Committee 11: Intramural Basketball Il. Fu- ture: Business. ' jglfgijf c iixfiflfi .5 L: K as f ' q L I f5'ff,-:- - - za : fm: t , , , t nk.: K 11,1 f DOUGLAS LAMB And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. Doug : Participated In Home Room Activities. Future: U. S. Naval Acad- amy. LOUISE GENEVIEVE LANDI Short but sweet. Shorty : Home Room Secretary 10: Junior Red Cross Agent 10, 11. Fu- ture: Secretary. 1948 SENIORS SLYVIA LANYON lt is more noble to make yourself great than to be born so. Smoky , Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12, Typing and Shorthand Certifi- cates 11, Home Room Program Chair- man 11 , Social Usage Representative 10. Future: Secretary. .IACQUELINE LASTOCY To get what you want is success, To want what you get is happiness. Jackie , A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12, Intramural Basketball, Baseball, Hockey 10, 11, Junior Classical League 11, Student Council Repre- sentative, Alternate 12. Future: Pub- .IOSEPH PHILIP LASAGNA To have friends, be one. Flash , ltalian Club, Home Room President 11, Participated In Home Room Activities. Future: College. JAMES E. LAUGHLIN Goodness and greatness ga not always together. Jimmy , Home Room Vlce-President 10, Home Room President 12, Home Room Program Committee 11, Siren Agent 10. Future: Photo Engraving. JOSEPH LEARY The occupation most becoming to a civilized man is to do nothing. Mac , Home Room President 10, Intramural Basketball 11, 12. Future: Marine Corps. lic School Music Supervisor. ROBERT RICHARD LEARY Great oaks from little acorns grow. Blitz , Varslty Fatball 10, 11, 12, Varsity Basketball 10,-11, 12, Track 10, 11, 12, Home Room Vloe-Presl- dent 11 , 12. Future: College, Dancer. EUTHEMIA CHARLES LECOURAS Then she will talk-good gods, how she will talk! Petroleum , Drama Class 12, Gym Leader 12, Red Cross 10, Italian Club 11, 12. Future: Rldlng Instructor. AUDREY E. LETTAU This world is full of a number of things, l am sure we should all be as happy as kings. Participated in Home Room Activities 11, Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Commercial Artist. RICHARD LeMAY To enter, to glimpse, to leave so much so soon. Dick , Home Room President 11, Home Room Treasurer 10, Particl- poted in various Home Room Activi- ties 10, 11, 12. Future: College- Mechanics. LOIS LEVINE Alasl For one thing that goes and never returns. What is it? Youth. Shorty , Players Club 10, 11, A.A. Agent 12, Yearbook Advertising Committee 12, Political Science Club 12. Future: Kindergarten teacher. MURRAY STANLEY LEVINE ldeas are funny little things: they won't work unless you do. Bucky : Home Room Vice-President 10: Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 12: Cross Country 11: Home Room Program Committee 10. Future: Busi- ness. , SUSAN BELLE LEVINE ' Lite is what you make it. Chippy : Home Room Secretary 11, Twirler with band 10: Music Assem blies 10: Yearbook Art Stott 12 Future: College. xf' DOROTHY S. LEVINSON lt's great to be great, but its greater to be human. Class Play 11, 12: Home Room Presi- dent ll: H. J. Stitt Club 11, 12: Play- ers Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Art field. DOROTHY LIONETTI Like a fairy page, as merry and no taller. 'Shorty : Home Room Representative 11: Junior Play Committee 11: Drama Class 12: Siren Agent 12. Future: Comptometrist. I DAVID LlNEl'lAN A good mind is lord of a kingdom. Dave : French Club 10, 12: Presi- dent 11: Classical Seminar 11: Debat- ing Society 12: Home Room Repre- sentative 10. Future: College. MARGARET A. LISTWON She did nothing in particular, but she did it. well. Pe9gy : Siren Art Stat? 11: Year- book Art Committee 11, 12: Junior Play 11: Senior Play 12. Future: Art. 1, I I' JAMES S. LOCICERO lt's better to succeed than to explain why you dicln't. Jlmmy : Home Room President 11: Junior Classical League 11: Track Team 11: Home Room Program Chairman 11. Future: Chemical Engi- neerlng. CARMELA P. LOFFREDO The best right a woman has is the right to a husband. Mlllie : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Shorthand Certilicates 11: Typing Certiticates 11. Future: Otice Work. JANE M. LOGIE People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy. ll Jayne : Home Room President 12: Ring Committee 11 : Siren Advertising Stat? 10, 11, 12: Yearbook Adver- tislng Committee 12. Future: Doctor's Assistant. HELEN M. LOGIS Many climb to considerable heights by remaining on the level. Niki : Library Stott 10: Home Room Treasurer 11: A.A. Agent 12: Junior Choir 12. Future: Business. 1948 SENIORS DOLORES THERESA LOMBARDO Brown eyes and deep laughter. Butch : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Yearbook Biography Typist 12: Par- ticipated in Home Room Activities. Future: Receptionist. ELVIRA FRANCES LORENTI Let me laugh, dance, and sing: lite is such a lovely thing. Vera : Home Room Vice-President 11, 12: Home Room Entertainment Committee 11: Italian Club 12. Fu- ture: Business. CARMELLA MARIE LONGO To rely on others is to borrow their troubles. MiIlie : Home Room Representative 10: Home Room Secretary 11, 12: Italian Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Housewife. JOSEPH JOHN LORENTI Courage may drag but hope will carry: lite is what you make it. Ani : Italian Club 10, 11, Track 11, Junior Guidance Committee 11, Home Room Representative 12. Fu- ture: Business. DONATA MARIE LORUSSO God helps those who help themselves. Mlnnie : Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Yearbook Advertising Committee 12: Siren Agent 10. Future: Sewlng Machine Operator. FLORENCE MARIE LUCAS CHARLES LOVELL Be slow in choosing a lriend, slower in changing. Buddy : Home Room Treasurer 10: Home Room President 12: Home Room Secretary 11: Calendarla 11. Future: Stetson University. LAURA MARIE LOVELLO lt matters not how long you live, but how well. Buz : Intramural Volleyball ll, 12: Senior Play Usher 12: Junior Red Cross IO, 11, 12. Future: Otlice Worker. ' ANTHONY PETER LUPINACCI I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved. Nin : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Choir 12: Participated In Home Room Activi- tles. Future: Music. Ideas die in some heads because they can't stand solitary confinement. Flo : Cheer leader 10, 11, 12: Siren Advertising Committee 10, 11, 12: Yearbook Advertising Committee 12: French Club 10. Future: Business. DAVID LUPO Get wisdom and understanding tirst The rest will be added to you. Protessor : Participated in Home Room Actlvties 10, 11, 12. Future: Minister. ROBERT JOSEPH LYNCH Death before dishonor. Varxl Football 10 11 12- Ca taln ty 1 1 I P of Football Team 12, Varsity Basket- ball 10, 11, 125 Varsity Track IO, 11, 12. Future: College. FILOMENA P. MACARI Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. Phll 5 Italian Club 'l0, 11, 12, Pro- gram Chairman 11, Make-up Coln- mlttee 117 Home Room Secretary 12. Future: Dress Maker. 3 ROBERT L. MCCDONALD What you are, is made up of what you do. What you do is what you feel and say. Mac g Stage Crew 10, 11, 12: Sound Technician In June Mad 11, Stage Manager of CalendarIa 115 Junlar Play 11. Future: Technical Dlrector for Play Productions. RODNEY R. MacNICHOLL Oh iayl an argument. Mac g Siren Art Stall 10, 11, 125 Yearbook Art Staf 11, 12, Prom Committee 11, 127 Track and Cross MALCOLM D. MacEWAN A day for toil, a day for sport, but for a friend is life too short? Bud , Came from Hamden High School: Defense Stamp Agent IO: Home Room Preslclent 105 Partici- pated In Home Room Actlvltles 10, 11, 12. Future: Own a Hardware Stare. LEONA MARGARET MAFFEI Dark eyes shine brightest. Lee p A Cappella 10, 11, 12, Slren Agent 101 All-State Chorus 11: ltallan Club 11, 12. Future: Berkley Business School. SAMUEL A. MAGLIARI A man who breaks his word must pay what it costs to repair it. Tebs f Italian Club: Football 11: Intramural Basketball 11, 12. Future: Landscaper. Country. Future: Sport Cartoonlst. EMILY T. MAMMONE l take things as they come-Easy. Yearbook Advertlslng Comrnlttee 12: A.A. Agent 125 Italian Club 12: Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Future: Business School. ELEANOR MANCUSO ANTHONY JOSEPH MARCIANO, Jr. Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with l love to roam where the roaring thee fest and youthful iollity. sea foams. El , A Cappella Cholr 10, 11, 12, Junlor g Home Room President 107 Home Room Representative 12. Fu- Intramural Sports, Italian Club 10, ture: Music. 11, 12. Future: Business. 1948 SENIORS FRANK ANTHONY MARIANO Live and be merry today for tomorrow we die. I.ardie , A Cappella Choir 10, II, I2, ltallan Club IO, ll, 'l2, Presi- dent 12, Varsity Football I2, Home Room Representative II. Future: Col- lege. IRA C. MARROW When we do ill, the Devil tempeth us, when we do nothing, we tempt him. Home Room Vice-President I0, Siren Agent IO, Home Room Speakers' Bureau IO, Siren Stat? I2. Future- HELEN MARIE MARREN A nature that wins friends, a wit that brings u smile. Elsie , French Club 10, Glee Club 10, Yearbook Agent IO, Home Room Program Chairman II. Future: Nurse. BETTY JANE MARTIN l'd rather be small and shine, than large and cast a shadow. Imp , Choir I2. Future: Undecided. Business. GERALD E. MARTIN, Jr. Don't just be good, be good lor . something. Jerry , Participated in Home Room Aetlvltles. Future: Muslclan. RAYMOND J. MARTIN To make yoursell happy, cheer up someone else. Spanish Club IO, II, 12, Treasurer, Home Room 'l2. Future: Radio An- nouncer. THOMAS WILLARD MARTIN Playing Jazz is talkin' trom the heart. You don't lie. Dixie , Band and Orchestra 10, II, I2, Assembly Programs Il, I2, Fu- ture: Professional Musician. THOMAS ROBERT MASONE lf lame is to come only alter death, I am in no hurry for lt. Soccer Team 10, II, I2, Home Room President IO, German Club IO, Soph- omore Guide Il, I2. Future: Engi- neering. ROBERT A. MARTINIK Doing nothing tor others is the undoing of ourselves. Bob , Participated in Home Room Activities, Home Room Representative ID. Future: Marine Corps. DOLORES JOAN MASSARE Ah, for the good old days when boys were sailors. Rah , Cheerleader 10, Il, 12, Home Room Treasurer Il, Home Room Sec- retory IO, Drama 12. Future: Nurse. JOAN CATHERINE MATHEWS Walk with kings, but keep the comon touch. Joonne : Home Room Representa- tlve 10: Soclal Usage Representative 115 Junlor Prom Committee 115 Year- book Subscriptlon Committee 12. Future: Secretary. ROBERT JOHN MATTIS Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Bobby , Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Travel. JEANNE ROSELYN MAYNARD Music is the joy of life. A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Siren 125 Organ Class 11, 12. Future: Music. MARGARET ANN McCLELLAND But when l gave to a lriend in need, l found the lord of love indeed. A.A. Agent 107 Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Buslness. ELLEN McCANN And alter all what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade. Helen : Home Room Secretary 11: Social Usage Representative 10. Fu- ture: Comptometer Operator. ALEXANDER BELL MCELWEE A rolling stone gathers no moss. Al , Home Room Presldent 11, 127 Class President 11: Football 11: Span- ish Club 10. Future: Continue School- ing. CAROL ANNE McHUGH The first time doesn't count, that's just for practice. Mac g A.A. Agent 10: Sophomore Reception Committee 11: Home Room Vlce-President 11: A Cappella Choir 11, 12. Future: Doctor's Laboratory .Technlcian. EDWARD MCNULTY Among ten men, nine are sure to be women. Mac , Stage Crew 10, 11, 12: Siren Reporter 12: Sound Technician for Junior Play 11. Future: Reporter. RUTH McRAE Success of tomorrow depends upon the preparation we make today Tootsie Girls Basketball Team 11 Jumor Red Cross 10 11 12 Home Room Secretary 12 Future College FRED MEAD Fame IS my desire Bob Participated ln Home Room Activities Future Travellng 1948 SENIORS WILLIAM FRANCIS MEAD Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is subject to divorce. Red , Cross Country 11, 12, Varsity Track 10, 11. Future: Radio Announ- cer. IRENE V. MELFI We should so live, that when we die, even the undertaker will be sad. I , A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12, Spanish Club 10, 11, 12, Home Room Representative 10, Home Room Vice- President 10. Future: Business. WILLIAM T. MEEHAN To err is human, to forgive is divine. Wah Wah , Varsity Soccer 11, 12, Program Chairman 10. Future: U. S. Marines. RONALD MARTIN MELMED The right way to kill time is to work it to death. Grecko , Tennis Team 11, 12, Home Room Treasurer 12, French Club 11, 12, Debating Society 11, 12. Future: College. s , K I vi' THERESA ANN MERCEDE To have joy one must share it Happiness was born a twin. Terry , Home Room Secretary 10 Advertising Committee, Siren 11, 12 Home Room Representative 12, Year book Advertising Manager I2. Fu ture: Private Secretary. EDWARD ANDREW MIREK Dishonor is the grave of luture A lse l' '- . ' I tr... ., - ,gi 1 ,I i'.i??-fifii ,y gy i rw? .xy K K ROBERTA G. MITCHELL .i J .Q I . K if ,.. X 6 Keg' K w x 3 ur s ROGER E. MILLER Many things are invented, but few are perfected at the same time. Dap , Indoor and Outdoor Traclr 10, 11, Home Room Treasurer ll, Program Chairman 10. Future: Agri- culture. credit. Eddie , Orchestra 12, Track 10, 11, 12, J. V. Football 10, Band 10, 'Il, 12. Future: Aeronautical Engineer- ing. BETTE ESTHER MOKER There's a devil in her laughing Irish eyes. Smokey , Participated in Home Room Activities, Jr. Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Business. lt's nice warir if you can get it And you can get it if you try. Bobbie , Social Usage Representa- tive 11, Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Office Worker. RENALDO D. MONACO The best way to get ahead is to use your crown. Ray , Band 10, 11, 12, Italian- Club 10, 11, Treasurer 12, Drama Class 12, Musical Programs. Future: Musician. RUTH CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY The great secret of success in life is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Cl1rIs g Sewing Exhibition 10, 11: Glee Club 107 Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Nursing School. is I ' ' J. ',, 'N -ft - M mm . - . 1.25.3 x . 4.9555 -- vfv. '- V. - ' NJN -5, Clip, f ix '- Q fmt. A . E-1512 . Sf , E i ' h . t.. , ,K ,. H Sf: fs. si . C ,go x Q .f '-4 .F JOSEPH FRANCIS MORELLI Make the best better. Sonny p Varsity Football 10, 11, 127 Home Room President 10, 117 Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12, Varsity Base- ball ID, 11, 12. Future: Professional Athlete. MARGARET D. MORRELL V And now abidith faith, hope, charity, these three, But the greatest of these is charity. Peggy g Yearbook Biography Com- mittee 12f Siren StaR 12, Varsity Hockey 11, French Club 10. Future: Nursing. STEVE MOSTOWY As a man thinlreth in his heart, so is he. A.A. Agent 11, Otiice Helper 11. Future: Armed Forces. WILLIAM E. MOSER l hold this to be the rule of lite- Too much of anything is bad. California , Varsity Football 11, 127 Home Room President 11: A Cappella Choir 12. Future: College. DOROTHY JEAN MRAVUNAC Friendship is the wine of life. Dot , Home Room Representative 10, 12: French Club 10, 11, 125 Junior Prom Queen 11p Debating Society-Secretary 12. Future: Col- MARY K. MULHARE Music is the universal language of mankind. Candy p Home Room Representative 10, Home Room Treasurer 11, 125 A Cappella Choir 11, 127 Yearbook Advertising Committee 12. Future: Music. GEORGE KENNETH MULLENS Youth shows but half. Ken g Soccer 10, 11: Baseball 11, 12: Track 10. Future: Navy. CLAIRE MULREED lt is sweet to da nothing, hence delightful idleness. Spanish Club 10, Political Science Club 12, Student Guide 11, Partici- pated in Home Room Activities. Fu- ture: Artist. PATRICIA ANN MULREED Her very frowns are fairer than smile of other maidens are lair. Pat p Home Room Secretory 11, 127 Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12, Home Nursing Certificates 12. Future: Nurse. 1948 SENIORS MILDRED LOUISE MUNCH One life! One lovel Why should the devil have all the lun? Munch , Varsity Baseball, Basket- ball, Hockey, Volleyball 11, 127 Social Representative 117 Chairman Prom Program Committee 113 Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Future: Model. ALICE MARIE MURPHY From little sparks may burst a mighty flame. Murph 5 Vari-Typing for Siren 11, 12, Intramural Basketball 11: Short- hand Certificates 10, 11: Yearbook Typing Committee 12. Future: Busi- AGNES L. MUNRO Entered High, leaving low. Aggie y French Club 10: Home Room Treasurer 11, Hockey Club 12: Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Interior Decorator. FRANK MURPHY Make the most of life while you may, life is short and wears away. Dank p Siren Agent 11. Future: Dental Mechanic. GENE MURPHY Try a friend three times before you fudge him. Beans g Varsity Football 11, 12, Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 123 Clan President 10, Home Room Presi- dent 11. Future: College. JOHN FESSENDEN MURPHY A light heart lives long. Young Murph p Home Room Presi- dent 10: Soccer Team 10: Home Room Representative 10: Social Usage Com- mittee 11. Future: U. S. Navy. MARJORIE ANN MURPHY Always wear a smile: it's good for you. Murph g Home Room Treasurer 10: A.A. Agent 11, Intramural Basket- ball 11, War Stamp Agent 10. Fu- ture: Dietician. SUMPAD NAJARIAN Make the best ol what you have. Track Team 11, 127 H. J. Stitt Science and Engineering Club 11. Future: College. . GERALD A. MYERS There was never a saint with red hair. Gerry p School Council 125 Home Room Activities 10, 11, 127 War Stamp Committee 10. Future: Printer. ALICE NELSON All the world's a stage and all the people in it merely players. Alley Oop p Home Room Program Chairman 10, Stage Manager at Class Plays 11, 12, Calendario 11, Spanish Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Art. LAWRENCE S. NESTOR Variety is the spice ot life, never get yourself a wife. Farmer : School Orchestra 10, 11. 12. Future: Agriculture. RUTH ELEANOR NILSON More than wisdom, more than wealth, a merry heart that laughts at care. Ru-Ru : A Cappella Cluolr 11, 12: Home Room President 10: Glu Club 10, ll: A.A. Agent ll. Future: Secre- tarial Training. MlRlAM NORMAN ARTHUR WILLIAM NIXON Veal, vidi, vid. Gunner : Varsity Football 10, 11, 12: Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12: Varsity Baseball 10, 11, 12: Home Room President 10, 11. Future: Pra- fessional Baseball Player. GEORGE ROBERT NIZOLEK l love work. I could sit and look at it for hours. Varsity Basketball 10, 11: Home Room President 10, ll: ltalian Club 11, 12: Intramural Basketball. Future: College. EVELYN J. NIZOLEK Lite is too short to frown, l'd rather smile. Junior Red Crass 10: Shorthand and Typing Certificates 11: Program Com- mittee 11. Future: Secretary. MICHAEL NOMACK 'lResist temptation. Dagwood : Golf Team 10, 11, 12: Intramural Basketball 10, 11. Fu- ture: Golf Professional. ':Even her laughter sounds like music. Mlml :Glrls' Glee Club 10: Calen- darla 11: A Cappella Cholr 11, 12: Muslc Appreciation Prize 10. Future: Laboratory Research. EUGENE F. O'CONNEl.l. Better late than never. Gene : Football 10, 11, 12: lase- ball 10, 12: Home Room President 10: A.A. Agent 10, 11. Future: Col- NANCY 0'CONNELL Flattery is soft soap, and soap is 9896 lye. O'C : Cheerleader 11, 12: Every Family Has One , Jr. Play 11: 'lCal- endar1a 11: Junior Classical League 11. Future: Laboratory Technical Work. GLORIA JOYCE ODELL I simply have tried ta do what seemed right each day-as each day came. Digger : Home Room Secretary 10: Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Particl- pated in Home Room Activities 10 11, 12: Worked in Olfice 11. Future: Business. r 1948 : w 1 LEONARD A. PACE ' The youth ol a nation trustees of posterity. F Buck : Participated in Home Room I Actiivties. Future: Business. . , 22 qsfc :yi 5 1:1 A ' SENIORS BRUCE JOSEPH OGLETREE He that ceaseth to be a friend never was a good one. Ogey : Home Room Treasurer 11: Participated in Home Room Activities: Intramural Basketball 11. Future: College. WILLIAM C. OSTER, Jr. Money isn't everything, there are also stocks, bonds and other securities. BiII : Stage Crew 10, 11, 12: Pro- perty Manager 11: Assistant Property Manager 11. Future: Civil Engineer. are the ANDREW PALMER No claim to fame, 'tis enough I came. Dumbo : Football 10, Il, 12: Home Room President 11: A.A. Agent 12: Track 12. Future: Architectural Engi- neef. STANLEY F. PARKER I will find a way or make one. Siren Art Stott 12: Yearbook Art StaH 12: Participated in Home Room Activ- ities. Future: Automobile Stylist. MICHAEL O'GRADY An Irish heart is always filled with laughter. O : Junior Play Ticket Agent 11: Home Room Representative 12: A Cappella Choir 11. Future: Business. ANGELINA A. PACE Oh, how I hate to leave these beautilul halls. Angie : Christmas Seal Agent 10: Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Junior Play Ticket Committee 11: Home Room Secretary 11. Future: Business. ian: xl.. EVELYN MARY PACELLI Don't put too fine o point to your wit for fear it may get blunted. Evy : Italian Club 10, 11: Cham- pionship Basketball Team 10: Girls' Glee Club 10: Shorthand Certificates 10, Future: Office Worker. HELEN MARIE PALMER Music oft times expresses that which we cannot find words to say. Peanut : .Yearbook Photograph Committee 12: Spanish Club 10: Home Room Program Committee 11: Shorthand and Typing Certificates 10, 11, 12. Future: Receptionist. IRMA THERESA PARRELLA Every beginning is hard. Irm : Home Room Representative 10: Home Room Vice-President 10: Spanish Club 11: French Club 12. Future: College. I tl' .S THOMAS JAMES PASTORE l.ove, live and laugh: life is too short for work. Lucky : Golf Team Captain 11, 12: Home Room Program Chairman 10 Stamp Agent 10: Intramural Sports. Future: Business. DONALD PASTUSZAK Ability is man's wealth. Pat : Soccer 10: Home Room Vice- Presldent 10: Assistant Home Room Representative 11. Future: Business. JOHN MGCDONALD PEEBLES A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be o brother. Pepsi-Cola : Soccer Team 11, 12: French Club 10, 11: Junior Classical league 11: A.A. Agent 10. Future: ' College. MARCO PENSIERO Success comes before love. Polo : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Orchestra 10, 11, 12: Intramural Basketball. Future.: Musician. JOHN PENACHIO I.ife without a friend is death without a witness. Jack : Home Room President 10: Home Room Representative 10: Or- chestra 12: Yearbook Photography Committee 12. Future: Certified Pub- llc Accountant. ELSIE PERKINS There are people who like to work, and there are people who like to let others works. Perk : Home Room Secretory 11: Red Cross 10, 11, 12: A.A. Agent 11: Homemaking Proiect 10, I1, 12. Fu- PHYLLIS M. PERRY A good history student-fond , of dates. Phyl : Junior Classical league 11: Junior A Cappella Choir 11: Home Room Secretary 11: Home Room Treasurer 12. Future: Buyer. ture: Housewife. MARGARET PERVEllER He who loves is a slave: he who is loved is master. Marge : Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Typ- ing Certificates 11: Home Room Pro- gram Committee 10: Participated ln Home Room Activities. Future: Secrle- PAUL GUSTAVE PETERSON Silence is golden, but who wants to be rich. Pete : SHS Band 10, 11, 12: State Music Festival 10, 11, 12: Assistant Home Room Representative 10: Orchestra 12. Future: State Police. very. LOUISE A. PETTIT No man but a fool ever writes except for money. Home Room Representative 10: French Club Secretary 12: Political Science Club 12: Co-Editor of Year- book 12. Future: College. 1948 SENIORS THERESA MARIE PIA What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. Terese i A Cappella Choir IO, 11, 125 French Club 10, 11, 125 Girls' Glee Club 10, 117 Calendaria 11. Future: Nurse. JEAN MARY PIORKOWSKI Happy are we met, happy have we been, happy may we part, and happy meet again. .Ieanie p Home Room Secretary 10: Home Room Siren Agent 107 Year- book Biography Typing Committee 12, Yearbook Picture Committee 12. Future: Business School. SUSAN THERESA PINTO A cheerlul heart, a smiling lace, puts sunshine in the darkest place. Sue , Chairman of Home Room Pro- gram Committee 11: Social Usage Representative 107 Shorthand and Typing Certificates 10, 117 Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Future: Business School. FRANK PITTARO Knowledge is power as well as lame. Frankie p Spanish Club 107 Intra- mural Basketball 10, 12. Future: Pharmacist. ELAINE MAY PLATSKY Pray as il everything depended on God, and work as il everything depended on man. Home Room Secretary 117 German Club 10, 11, 12, President 12, H. J. Stitt Club 11, 125 Home Room Trea- surer 10. Future: Medical Research. DOROTHY ANN POLASKO DENNIS JAY POLLACK IDA PLETCHNY While a breathe, I hope. French Club 10, 111 Home Room Pro- gram Chairman 11, Yearbook liter- ary Committee 12g Political Science Club 12. Future: Illustrator. xl There is no genius like the genius of energy and activity. Dottie p Home Room Program Chair- man I0, 117 Junior Choir 10: Siren Advertising Stal? 10, 11, Alternate Home Room Representative 12. Fu- ture: Business. PATRICIA ANN POST Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the lrindest way. Pat , Glee Club 101 American Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Trick Horse- Back Riding. Strive, learn, dare. Eppets p H. J. Stitt Science Club Vice-President 10, 11, President 125 Class Plays 10, 11, 127 Siren Photo- graper 10, 117 German Club 10, 11, 12. Future: Bacteriologist. MARGIE POWELL Easy come, easy gal Chairman of Home Room Entertain- ment Committee 107 Assistant Home Room Secretary 10. Future: Business. DORIS MAE PREGLER Only a lile lived for others is a life worth while. Came from Belmont High School In Senlor year. Participated In Home Room Actlvltles. Future: Bookkeeper. DOROTHY GERALDINE PROCTOR Experience is good medicine, but it is never taken until the sickness is over. Dot : German Club 10, 11, 123 Prom Decoration Committee 11, Polltl- cal Science Club Secretary 125 Speaker's Bureau 10. Future: College. THEODORE A. PRZYBYLOWICZ I look forward with pleasure, backward without regret. 1'ed : Usher Calendario, Every Family Has One 11: J. V. Football 10: Home Room President 12. Future: Drafting School. JOSEPHINE MARGARET RAFFAELE Sweetness of smile indicates sweet- ness of character. Josie : Italian Club 10: Participated ln Home Room Activities 10, 11 , 12. Future: Buyer. BARBARA MARIE QUEENING Success is ambition, courage, and common sense. Bobbie : Varslty Basketball 11: Girls' Glee Club 10: 5 orts 10, 11, 12. Future: Retoll P Modeling. CLIFFORD RAGSDALE Silence is golden. Clit1 : Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Took art in all Home Room Activi- P ties. Future: Nurse. THOMAS D RAHMLOW The good and the wise lead quiet lives. Wlngs : Slren Agent 11: Junior Classical League 11: Senior Statistics Committee 12. Future: Aircraft De- signer. BARBARA JEAN RANSOHOFF Temptation is something that shakes hands with you, and then leads you straight into trouble. Blnky : Secretory of Student Coun- cil 12: Secretary Class of '48, 10: Calendario 11: Varsity Hockey 11, 12. Future: College. CHARLES RAYMER l came late, yet I came. Red : Participated In Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: United States Air Corps. 1948 Intramural DOROTHY RANDI Dimple in chin, devil within. DottIe : Itallon Club 10, 11: Junlor Red Cross 10, 11: Gregg Shorthand Certiticates 10. Future: General Otiice Worker. SENIORS SHIRLEY JEAN RAYMER All things are dilticult belore they are easy. Shirl p Siren Agent 105 A.A. Agent 117 Social Usage Representative 10: Shorthand and Typing Certificates 10, 11. Future: Modeling. PAULINE VERONICA REHORIC Every beginning is cheerful. Polly p Home Room Treasurer 107 Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11: Hockey Club 125 Yearbook Advertising Staff 12. Future: Seam- stress. JEAN E. REDIGAN Good humor is goodness and wisdom combined. Home Room Secretary 10: Spanish Club 10, 125 Literary Committee of Yearbook 12: Glee Club 10. Future: College. MADELINE CHARLOTTE REMBISH Common sense is the measure ol the possible. Mitzi p Home Room Representative 10: Typing and Shorthand Certificates 115 Yearbook Typist 12: Home Room President 12. Future: Business. F 3 is Q I 5 l 1 t., AEM MARIE RICH W is Her joy is in faithful sport. W Ye : Intramural Basketball 11, 'J Italian Club 10: Home Room Repre- ' sentative 115 Intramural Baseball 10 H Future: Beautician. W 3 CHARLES FRANCIS RICHTER Don't let study interfere with education. Junior Red Cross 10, I'1, 127 Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12: Track Team 10: Intramural Basketball Team 10, 11. Future: Tool and Dye Maker. 't .- . A ' - lap. -r f ' 5 'X Q.: ,,, , 1 , H9 9? ty S- fs ag, BERNICE IRENE RITCHIE Time flies so don't waste it. Ritch p A.A. Agent 127 Shorthand Certificates 117 Junior Choir 125 Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 125 Future: Secretary. NORMA ROBBINS Life is to rise and not to rest. Spanish Club 11, 12: Yearbook Liter- ary Committee 12: President of Polit- ical Science Club 12: Piano Soloist in Music Assemblies 10, 11, 12. Future: Concert Pianist. ERIC WILLIAM RITTER The first ot many obstacles overcome. Tex : Stamp Agent 105 Home Room Treasurer 117 Siren Agent 115 Par- ticipated in Home Room Activities. Future: Photo Engraver. RICHARD JESSUP ROBERTS Never put oft until tomorrow what you can put alt until the clay alter. Dick : Siren Art Staff 11, 12: Year- book Art Stalt 11, 12: H. J. Stitt Sci- ence Club 12f German Club 12. Fu- tuure: Museum Curator. 55' K -. ? it S ,fc e 'Q .gi tg fl' fyfilx -HE Qtfwsu 3 ',: J' V- ,ii 'ze 555' Q, Kwib . 1 . , . ' 2,5 43 .six . ee: 'f' -. ' 1 ' fcfgfiif t 3 -s t , ,e:?f'i,: ' A 'uf entitle if ff if ' 11:4 Q 1-.st lhiri JANE B. ROBIN The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, the pessimist fears this is true. Class Play 10, 12, Siren Co-Editor 12, Yearbook Literary Stott 12. Future: Writer. GUY CHESTER ROBINSON This, too, shall pass. Intramural Basketball 12, A.A. Agent 11, Home Room Treasurer 10. Future: Automobile Racing. ROBERT ROBINSON Say it with swing, but be-bob is the thing. Ace , Bond 10, 11, 12, Stamp Agent 10, Home Room Program Chairmen 10, Intramural Basketball 11, 12. Future: Musician. JOAN ELISE ROCKWOOD To strive, to seek, to t'ind and not to yield. Treasurer of Classical Seminar 11, French Club 11, 12, Home Room Trea- surer 12, Home Room Representative 11. Future: College. wlLuAM PAUL noaom - M Blushing is virtuous color. Rowboat , Home Room Presirent 10, A.A. Agent 11, 12, Varsity Football 12, Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 12. Future: College. CHARLES A. RODIN The Future I may face now l have proved the Past. Chick , Siren Stat? 11, 12, Yearbook Literary Committee 12, Debating Society 11, 12, H. J. Stitt Science Club 12. Future: Writing. M5 sg , . . t -. ln' so .P . , s ii' .t , sgi? Qs 9 e., 2 9 'i .1 -A X Q 5 N I 9. ,-9'-.1 ROSE CARMELLA ROSA 'iDoubt whom you will, but never yourself. Rosie , Itolion Club 10, Shorthand and Typing Certificates 11, Partici- pated in Home Room Activities. Fu- tu re: Secretory. ROSE MARIE ROSS Eat Little, lor the Gates of Heaven are narrow. Ro , A Cappella Choir 12, Siren 11, Managing Editor 12, Basketball and Baseball, Attended New Jersey High 10. Future: Secretary. 5 RITA ANN ROSSI He who laughs at everything is as big a tool as he who weeps at everything. Ri , Italian Club 10, 11, Drama 12, Yearbook Typist 11, Gym Leader 12. Future: Office Work. PAUL JOHN ROTANTE Music is the inspiration of my lite. Puppy , Chairman of Entertainment Committee for Music, 10, 11, 12, Band 10, 11, 12, Orchestra 10, 11, I2, Swing Assembly 10, 11, 12. FU- ture: Radio Musician. 1948 g . i 1 SENIORS THOMAS PATRICK ROWAN His conversation was marked by its happy abundance. Tommy : lntramural Basketball 10, 11: Program Committee, Home Room 10: Siren Agent 10: Home Room Trea- surer 12. Future: Business. JOSEPH INE RUSSO Sport is fun and fun shall be my sport. Jo : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Junior ANDREW C. RUDOMANSKY Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Andy : Band and Orchestra 10, 11, 12: Syling Assemblies 10, 11, 12: Senior Class Play 12: State Music Festival 10, 11, 12. Future: Writing and Arranging Background Music. RALPH ANTHONY RUSSO. Jr. A kind heart beautifies an ugly face. Home Room Treasurer 12: Band 12: an g MARY THERESA RYAN loads of fun, cheerful and bright: You are your friends greatest delight. Moe : Home Room Representative 10, Alternate 11: Drama 12: Junior Play Committee 11: Sophomore Re- ception Committee 11. Future: Model. Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Typist. cided. Italian Club 10, 11. Future: Unde- , 5 -. I. , T. W' .Vis I ::' . , ..-g L gh, 3 1 5,1 .L Rf- -, .A x- i . :v g.-,S 41 I g A i 3:5 Girl , : fwflgff- P2 -X f ' g AN L. . - , sg , ,tif ' W. 1-ff' :M - SH' r- v - V, .3 M- PHILIP JOHN RYAN, Jr. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Phil : Home Room Vlce-President 10: Home Room President 11: Home Room Program Committee 10, 11. Future: Business . JUl.IET1'E A. RYLE There's a wee bit of mischief in those shining green eyes. Jul : Home Room Vice-President 10: Siren Agent 10: Shorthand and Typ- ing Certificates 10, 11: Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Future: Secretary. MARY JANE SANDELLA Man has his will ,but women have their way. Janle : Social Representative 11: Home Room Program Committee 11. Future: Beauticlan. IVAN SAC IUK Don't do today what you can put ott till tomorrow. Sache : Home Room President 10: Home Room Vice-President 11: Siren -Agent 10, 11: Intramural Basketball. Future: U. S. Navy. JOSEPHINE E. SAUL Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how: Everything is happy now. Jo : Home Room Treasurer 10, Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Track Meet CGym Assemblyj 10, 11: Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Business College. HENRY B. SCHILLING, Jr. The road ol excess leads to the palace of wisdom. Gus : Home Room Treasurer 10: Yearbook Committee 12: Participated ln Home Room Actlvltles 10, 11, 12. Future: Draftsman. STANLEY SCHOLSOHN Wisdom is knowing what to do next. I1 French Club 10, 11, 12: Home Room Vice-President 11: H. J. Stitt Club 12: Soccer 10. Future: College. LOLA-MAE SCHULTZ Silence is golden-but we're off the gold standard. l.o : A Cappella Choir 12: Classi- cal Seminar 11: Spanish Club 10: A.A. Agent 10. Future: Secretarial School. PEARL J. SENTEMENTES Here's to the future. Sente p Basketball and Hockey 10: Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: ltallan Club 11, 12: Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11. Future: Busi- DOMINIC FRANCIS SCUTTI, Jr. lt was a hard struggle. Daggers p Track Team 101 A Cap- pella Choir 11, 12: Home Room Activ- ities 10, 1I. Future: Naval Career. OLGA PAULINE SHTEKLA A face that always wears a smile. Og : A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Home Room President 10: Siren Agent 12. Future: Business. SELMA WYNN SIGLER The virtue lies in the struggle. not the prize. Scoat : Junior Class Secretary 115 French Club 10, 11: Home Room Trea- surer 10g Senlor Play 12. Future: Col- lege. GENNARO SIGNORE Silence is the sign of wisdom. Siren Stott 12: Home Room Commit- tees 11f Siren Art Staff 12: Spanish Club 10, 11. Future: Journalism. MAURICE BERNARD SILVERMAN Never a thought of care. KarIol1 : Siren Agent 10: Home Room Vice-President 11: French Club 11, 12: Soccer 10. Future: College. KENNETH GEORGE SIMPSON Ons enemy can do more harm than ten friends can do good. Ken - Siren A ent 11 Partici ated 1 9 i p in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Business. 1948 SENIORS WARREN R. SIMONSEN Love thy neighbor, especially it she is pretty. Si : Intramural Basketball 10, 11, 12: Home Room Representative 107 Senior Choir 10, 11. Future: Travel. BETTE ANN SKLAR Silence is golden. Bott , French Club 11, 12: Siren Agent 127 Glee Club 12: Social Usage Committee 10. Future: College. .IULIANN SKIRPAN There is no genius without some touch ol madness. Actress , Shorthand Certificates 10, 11: Yearbook Typing Committee 12: Speakers Bureau 12: Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Future: Dra- matics. CLIFFORD WALTER SLOAT Worry-never heard of it. ClitI p Home Representative 10: French Club 12: Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Radio. DORIS CLARKE SLOAT A way to make friends is to be one. Dot p Home Room Representative, Assistant 10: Participated In Home Room Activities. Future: Art. TH ERESA MARIE SMERIGLIO I CHARLES DONALD SMITH LOUISE THERESA SMERIGLIO The tuture has no care tor the past. Lou : Italian Club 10, 11, 123 Home Room Representative 10: Home Room Secretary 10, 11: Yearbook Advertis- ing Committee 12. Future: Secretary. Go fl. 1 5,3 , '7-Q: - , . WV' 'rgl ' wx.: V: , H.. .1 4 V guy.. , , U W pf 4 K S u i 2 ? I5 .L ,.,. f 'Vt Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Terry g Home Room Treasurer 10: Home Room President 11: Italian Club Board of Directors 11: Yearbook Advertising Committee 12. Future: Business. EDWARD G. SMITH There are but two boons in lite, the love of art and the art of love. SmItty : Home Room Vice-President 10, Home Room President 11: Chair- man Home Room Decorating Com- mittee 12. Future: Commercial Artist. lts a great lite it you don't weaken -but there are so many weak moments. Smitty 1 Intramural Basketball 10, II, 12, Home Room Treasurer 10, Stamp Agent 11: Home Room Repre- sentative 10. Future: Advanced Schooling. HAROLD JAMES SMITH Full of lun and fancy tree. Smitty : Varsity Football 11, 12: Home Room Representative 12: French Club 10, 12: Home Room Vice- President 10. Future: Teacher. JOAN MARIE SMITH Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Joanne : Home Room Representa- tlve 10, 11: A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Junlor and Senior Play 11, 127 Home Room President 10. Future: Cal- lege. PIERCE V. SMITH We are on the road to success, God help us if we ever slip olTl Smitty , Home Room Representative 10: Band ond Orchestra 10, 11,'12: Calendario ll: Tennis Team 10, 11, 12. Future: Julius Hartt Conservatory of Music. Q' Wav WALTER GERALD SMITH Of all the words of mouth or pen there are none so sod os- lt might have been. Smltty : Vorlety Show 10: Calen- dario 11: Siren Agent 10: Junior Prom Committee 11. Future: Account- ant. JOHN JOSEPH SNIFFEN Cheering ends when the big game is over. SnilT : Baseball 11, I2: Soccer 10, 11, 12: Junior Choir 12: Future: Mer- chant Marines. JOHN FRANK' SMOLKO Glodly would he learn and gladly teach. Co-Editor of Yearbook 12: Home Room President 10, 12: Debating Society 11, President 125 Chess Club 10 ,1l, 12. Future: Priesthood. ANNA JANE SPANOS Smile and be happy, o new day is coming. Shorthand Certllicotes 10: Ring Com- mittee 11: Co-Cholrmon of Yearbook Typing Committee 11, 12. Future: Business. - .r ,mr -11. ' A 1 ,X . -.,. , - ., kr -Q ft Q: . .2 :A ' ' ,. - a Km f- '. , ,, 1 'HB 'H' . ' 'S 'Bm ' . HELEN J. SPARTAS ' Make merry, though the day be gray. Forget the clouds ond let us be gay.n ll ll Choy f Stamp Agent 10: Home Room Treasurer ll: Intramural Bos- ketball 1l. Future: Business. F HERMAN FREDERICK SPATH The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god. Junlor : Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Contractor. DOROTHY MILDRED SPIGNER I love the life I live. Splg 1 Home Room Secretary 10, 11: A.A. Agent 10: Assistant Home Room Secretory 11: Junior Red Crass 10, 11, 12. Future: Attend o designing school ln Parls. MAUDE I. SPOTTEN Smolll But oh my. Siren Agent 10: Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Participated ln Home Room Activities. Future: Designing School. 1948 German Club 12, Band 10. Future: SENIORS RUTH KATHERINE STASHENKO Remember this and keep in mind, a truthful friend is hard to find. Utchie g Shorthand Certificates 10: Home Room Easter Seal Agent 11, Ring Committee 'lip Co-Chairman, Yearbook Typing Committee 11, 12. Future: Secretary. HERBERT STEEN Where there's a radio-there's Herb. Herb p Social Representative 11, ANN LESLIE STEED The best is yet to come. Teek p Home Room President 117 Senior Prom Committee 11: Girls' Glee Club 10, 11p Senior Classical League 11. Future: College. ELAINE FRANCES STEFANOWSKI A rare compound of mystery and fun. Stef p Girls' Glee Club 10: Junior Choir 11, Home Room Program Com- mittee 107 Junior Red Cross 10, 11. Radio Eng HARRY F. STEFFEN Hard study will make a master. German Club 10, 115 Latin Club 11 12, Home Room President 125 Inter- class Basketball 10. Future: Artlst. 1 ineer. Future: Merchandising. ARNOLD STEIGER Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. H. J. Stitt Club 11, 12, Vice-President 125 Senior Yearbook Statistics Com- mittee 12p Soccer Team 107 Political Science Club 12. Future: College. JOSEPH STEPCHIW When in doubt, say nothing. .loe p Soccer 11, 127 Home Room Vice-President 10, 121 Home Room Treasurer 117 Intramural Basketball. Future: Continue education. ELEANORE A. SULLIVAN Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ElIie p Spanish Club 105 Home Room Treasurer 10, Home Room Vice-Presi- dent 11, Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Beautician. STERLING A. STURGES Give me a gun, a dog, and the silence of the woods. Sturge p Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Agricul- ture. PATSY JOHN SULLO Who says he does not err, errs in conceit. Pat p Italian Club 10, 11, 127 Par- ticipated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: U. S.'Navy. THEODORE FRANK SULLO There is no wholly satislactory substitute for brains, but silence does pretty well. Tede p Italian Club 117 Senior Choir 12: Home Room Vice-President 12: Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12. Future: Music. JOHN PATRICK SWANSON AII the world loves a lover. Home Room Secretary 10: Home Room President 11: Soccer Team 12. Future: Telephone Company Llne- man. LILLIAN ELEANOR SWENSON Goog things come to those who wait-so here I stand! lil , Home Room Secretary 11: Vari- Typist 11, 12, Yearbook Typing Com- mittee 12. Future: Secretary. CAROLYN IVY TALBOT The still smooth the vexed. Bermuda g Home Room Treasurer 10: Costume Designer for Calendaria 11. Future: Dress Designer. ROY BAKER SWYGER1' lt is easier to understand a nation by listening to its music than by learning its language. Duke p Basketball 11, 127 Home Room Representative 12: Senior Choir 121 Yearbook Typing Commit- tee 12. Future: U. S. Army. GWEN TANDET Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. Yearbook Literary Committee 127 Spanish Club 11, 12: Siren Stat? 10, 11, 127 Debating Society 11, 12. Fu- ture: College. MICHAEL TANGI Where there's lite, there's TANGl. Miken: A Cappella Choir 125 Italian Club 11. Future: Theatre Manager. ANITA TERESA TARANTINO l'm not afraid of tomorrow, for l have seen yesterday and I love today. Italian Club 10, 11, Home Room Rep- resentative 11, Junior Play Ticket Committee 11: Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Future: Secretary. JOHN THEODORE TAVLARIDES Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can. Greek y School Council Represena- tive 125 H. J. Stitt Science Club 10, 11: A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: Siren Student Business Manager 12: Future: Business. DANIEL TELESCO Y P and they'll be good to you on the way down. Band 11, 12: Varsity Baseball 11, 127 Home Room Representative 11. Fu- ture: Baseball Player. 1948 Be good to people on the wa u 1 Door Knob , Varsity Soccer 10, 115 SENIORS JOSEPH D. TELESCO The only wealth that will not decay is knowledge. Curley 7 Vice-President of Home Room 117 Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Travel. ANN MARGIT TERZIAN Music lovers wel ' Home Room Secretary 10, 117 Pro- gram Committee 107 Band 10, 11, 127 Orchestra 10, 11, 12. Future: JOSEPH JOHN TOOHER Business. WALTER M. THOMSON No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend 'till he is unhappy. lntramural Basketball 11, 127 French Club 127 Siren Stat! 127 Home Room Treasurer 10. Future: Sports Writer. MICHAEL TISCIA Let not life all labor be. Tlsh 7 Italian Club 10, 11, 127 Intra- mural Basketball 1l, 127 Home Room Vice-President 10. Future. land- scaper. ' KATHERINE MARIE TORCHIA Resolve to perform what you ought7 perform without fail what you resolve. Rena 7 Varsity Hockey 10, 11, 127 Spanish Club 127 Social Usage Rep- resentative 117 Yearbook Advertising Committee 12. Future: Teacher. RODNEY EUGENE TEMPLETON lf you want to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. Temp 7 Junior Classical League 11, Spanist Club 127 lntramural Base- ball 11. Future: Chemical Engineer- JUNE GRACE THAYER l would be well content, the sweetest hours of all my life to deem in thinking spent. Junior Choir 107 A Cappella Choir 11, 127 Shorthand Certificates 112 Participated in Home Room Activi- ties. Future: Oflice Worker. Druggist. Hats ot? to the past7 coats ol? to the future. Joe 7 Class Play 10, 11, 127 Junior Prom Committee 117 Home Room Treasurer 107 Senior Yearbook Ad- vertising Committee 12. Future: Col- lege. ROSE MARIE TORTORA Make new friends, but keep the old. These are silver, those are gold. Ro 7 Italian Club 10, 'lli Shorthand Certificates 107 Usher for Senior Play 127 Senior Guide 12. Future: Secretary. WILLIAM D THORME BilI 7 Varsity Football 10 11 12 Track 10, ll 12 Alternate Home Room Representative 10 Future ANTHONY M. TOTll.0 Music is the ioy of lite. Tll : Golf 10, 12: Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Band 10, 11, 12: Choir 12. Future: Music. ANDREW TREHUBENKO Life is amoozin: but canfoozin. Andy : Home Room Vice-President 10: Home Room Treasurer 11: Senior Prom Decorating Committee 11: Yearbook Picture Committee 12. Fu- ture: Business. JEANNE TUITE The one seII knowledge worth hav- ing is to know one's own mind. Participated in Home Room Activi- tles. Future: Reporter. BRUCE MOULTON TWIGG A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Twiggy : Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Participated in Home Room Activ- ities. Future: Radio Technician. OLGA TURZER Bewarel I may yet be famous. Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Home Room Activities 10: Home Room Pro- gram Chairman 11: War Stamp Agent 10. Future: Business. JANE MARIE TYMULA Laughing eyes, winning smile: Sure they'd any heart beguiIe. Cl1ickle : Home Room Secretary 10, 12: Siren Stall 11, 12: Siren Agent 10: Yearbook Biography and Typing GEORGE C. UPTON He who invented work should have Hnished it. Yearbook Llterary Committee 12: Yearbook Biography Committee 12. Future: Engineering. Committees 12. Future: Business. NETTIE URMANN Happiness is the true measure of success. Ned : Spanish Club Vice-President 12: Pan-American Assembly 11: Junior Play Ticket Committee 11: Glee Club 12. Future: College. FRANK VACCARO Gold that buys health can never be ill spent. Babe : Football 11: Home Room President 10: Home Room Repre- sentative 11: Basketball 12. Future: Physical Ed. Instructor. PATRICIA ANN VAGEDES Mare than wisdom, more than wealth, a merry heart that laughs at care. Butch : Candidate for Class Ottlcer 10: Yearbook Advertising Committee 12: Sophomore Reception Commit- tee 11. Future. Bookkeeper. 1948 H SENIORS DONALD JOSEPH VAN PELT All mens' friend, no man's friend. Dutch , Home Room Representative 11, German Club 11, 12. Future: Merchant Marine. RAYMOND VASQUEZ l can resist anything but temptation. Spic y Choir 10, 11, 12: Home Room Representative 10: Spanish Club 10: Program Committee 10, 11. BRUNO V. VASONE Just as the twig is bent, so the tree's inclined. Brud p Italian Club 10, 11: Intra- mural Basketball 10, 11, 12. Future: Landscape Gardener. CONN lE G. VERDEROSA Charm strikes the sight, but merit wills the soul. Con , Home Room Secretory 105 Home Room Vice-President 11: Junior Classical League 11, Year- book Advertising Commlttee 12. Fu- EMILY N. VITTI ROBERT JACOB VERNAL l live to eat. Bob , Varsity Football Manager 11, 12, A.A. Agent 10, 11. Future: United States Navy. Future: Conservation of Wildlife. ture: College. ANDREW THOMAS VIGGIANO Let us take things as they are, not as they ought to be. Kid : Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 123 Participated in Home Room Actlvi- ties. Future: Chemlstry. CHARLES L. VINIOS I believe in selt-confidence. Participated in Home Room Activi- tles. Future: Fireman. LILLIAN M. VlTl'l Let us work without protest, it is the only way to make life endurable. Vi : Italian Club 10, 11, 12: Home Room Program Committee 107 Home Room Community Chest Agent 12, Senior Play Ticket Committee 12. Fu- ture: Business. ll Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Uncky p Italian Club 10, 11: Red Cross 10, 11, Home Room Activities 10. Future: Business. ROSE F. VlTTl Yet love will dream and faith will trust That somewhere, somehow, meet we must. Twlnkles p Yearbook Advertlslng Committee 12: Italian Club 10: War Stomp Agent 10, Shorthand Certlti- cates 11. Future: Dental Hygienist. CATHERINE VORVIS There's o little devil dancing in those Greek eyes. Kate : Participated in Home Room Activities 10: Home Room Secretary 11: Varsity Baseball 11: Varsity Bas- ketball 11. Future: Beautlclon. ROBERT J. VOSSLER Fortune is like glass-the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Bob : Home Room President 10: Home Room Vice-President 11, 12: Siren Staff 12. Future: Navy. ALVIN WAGNER Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not yet comparable unto him. Science Club 12: German Club 12. Future: College. PAUL WALCZUK Here is a keen mind bent on success. Stage crew 12: Golf Team 11, 12: Participated in Home Room Activi- ties. Future: Undecided. BETTY ANN WAINWRIGHT Where there's on Irish wit, there's a happy way. Red : Typing and Shorthand Cer- titicates 11: Yearbook Biography Committee 12: Yearbook Typing Committee 12: Intramural Baseball 11. Future: Secretary. JOYCE ANN WALDMAN Without love and laughter, there is no ioy. Jerce : Cheerleader 10, 11, 12: French Club 11, 12: Senior Ploy 12: 'ALFRED E. WALKER Silence is golden. Dixie S onlsh Club 12 Partici- i P I pated in Home Room Activities. Fu- ture: Electronics Technician. Siren Agent 12. Future: College. JOHN WALSH - Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. Nooney : Varsity Football 10, 11: Home Room Vice-President 10: Home Room Treasurer 11. Future: Buslness. 1 is ELISE WALTHEMATHE ls she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Home Room Secretory 12: Scholastic Art Competition, Posters, Senior Play 12: Calendario Production 11. Future: Nurse. ELIZABETH MARIE WALTERS lf you want o thing done right, do it yourself. Shorty : Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12: Scholastic Art Award, Weaving 11: Calendario Production 11: Usher for Senior Class Play 12. Future: Ottice Worker. 1948 SENIORS ANN MARIE WALTHER Don't wait tor your ship to come ing go out and meet it. lntramural Basketball 10, 117 Home Room Program Committee 10, 117 Junior Red Cross 117 Senior Play T1cl:et Committee 12. Future: Secre- tory. DOROTHY VERA WANAMAKER She shall have music wherever she goes. Dotty f A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12p French Club 10, Secretory 11, 127 Junior Representative of the Honor Society Committee 11p D.A.R. Award 12. Future: College and Music. WINIFRED D. WATERS Let they speech be better than silence, or be silent. Winnle p Junior Classical League 11: lntromurol Sports 10, 11p Schol- astic Magazine ArtKAward 10, 11. Future: Art. RUSSELL B. WEAVER The woods and a song, and l'll go merrily along. Russ p Home Room President 10: Siren Agent 115 Calendario 117 Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Forestry. BARRY SHEPARD WEISSMAN The hours of folly are measured by the cloclrf but of wisdom, no clock can measure. Shep p Vice-President of Student Council 121 French Club 10, 11, 127 Senior Class Play 125 Debating Soci- ety 12. Future: Accountant. BRUCE WARREN WALTON Don't give up the ship. Swabby p Junior Classical League Vice-President 117 Home Room Rep- resentative 12p Junior Prom Decora- tion 117 Spanish Assembly 10. Future: College. ' LESLIE GEORGE WATERBURY The road to success-What a hilll Sonny p Home Room Vice-President 105 Soccer 10, 11, 12p Band 10,11, 125 Orchestra 12. Future: Music. JUNE MARIE WEIR Common sense is not a common thing. Kitten p Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Secretory. WILLIAM F. WEISSMAN He is but o stone tossed up into air by fortune's sling, to receive the greater fall. H. J. Stitt Club 12: German Club 11, 12p Debating Society 11p Home Room Representative 10. Future: College. MARGARET JANE WEAVER Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Magglee Junior Red Cross 10 11 Future: Otiice worker PAMELA M. WELDEN Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. Pam f French Club 10, II, Home Room Secretary 105 A Cappella Choir 12, Yearbook Literary Com- mittee 12. Future: College. FRANCIS WINSLEY Haste makes waste, but he who hesitates is lost. I am nonchalantf' Choir 10, 11, 125 A.A. Agent 10: Track 10, 11. Future: College. RICHARD P. WHITE Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone. Dick , Choir 10, 11, 12, A.A. Agent 10: Variety Show 10, Calendario II. Future: College. EDWARD EDMUND WIENSKI To be trusted is a greater compli- ment than to be loved. Eddie , H. J. Stitt Club 125 Prom Committee 11, 12, Home Room Activ- ities 11. Future: Dentist. HENRY J. WING, Jr. Always look for the silver lining. Hank p A Cappella Choir 12, French Club 11, 125 Debating Club 11, 12, Senior Play 12. Future: Col- MABEL LORRAINE WILLIAMS No one but God and I know what is in my heart. May , Siren 10, Participated ini Gym Activities 10, 11, 125 Senior Prom Decorating Committee 11: Girls' Glee Club 10. Future: Com- mercial Art. WILLIAM HENRY WINNE Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature but of will. Bill p Soccer 11, 12, A Cappella Choir 11, 12, Intramural Basketball 11. Future: College. HUGH F. WINTERS Quiet paths are mine. Hughie : Participated, in Home Room Activities. Future: Business. RUTH M. WOOD lt's great to be great, but it's even greater to be human. Siren Agent 105 Shorthand Certifi- cates 10: Home Room Committee 11, Spanish Club 10. Future: Business. EUGENE F. WOODS Great fortune brings with it great misfortune. Rip g J. V. Football Co-Manager 10, Varsity Football Co-Manager 11, 12. Future: Maritime Service. 1948 SENIORS GORDON WRIGHT Music is the only universal tongue. Donny p Band 10, 11, 12, Orchestra 10, 11, 121 A Cappella Choir 125 Swing Assemblies 10, 11, 12. Future: Professional Radio Musician. BRACE RICHARD WYNKOOP Honesty should be expected, not praised. Duggie : Sophomore Class Presi- dent 10: Home Room Representative 11, 12: Junior Class Play 11, Cross Country Team 11, 12. Future: Engi- JANET WRIGHT Keep Smiling. Home Room Program Chairman 107 Varsity Basketball 10, 115 Hockey Club 125 Intramural Sports 10, 11. Future: Missionary. LOIS M. WYNN Fortune, when she caresses a man too much, makes him a tool. Butch , Home Room Representative 107 Social Usage Representative 11. Future: Retailing. neering. JOHN BEN EDICT WYNNE A heart to resolve, a head to con- trive, a hand to execute. School Council President 125 French Club 10, 11, President 12: Home Room President 10, 'lip Debating Society, Executive Council 12. Future: law. MARIE SANDRA YANELLI The divine meaning of a true friend- ship is the priceless gilt of seeing with the heart rather than with the eyes. Home Room Vice-President 10, Home Room A.A. Agent 10: A Cappella Choir 10, 11, 12: French Club 11. Future: College. MADELINE FLORA YANNEl.l.l A good reputation shi tar more han gold Madie - Home Room Siren Agent 10: Typing Certificate 11: Shorthand Certificate 11. Future: Modeling ANNE ALICE YANYAC A smile is worth a million tears Annie Refreshment Committee f Sophomore Reception 10' Home Room Secretary 11, Home Room Pro- gram Committee 10: Hockey Club School. ARNOLD YEl.lN Quiet persons are welcome everywhere. lntramural Basketball, Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: News Photographer. 12. Future: Seamstress. SAMUEL H. YOUDIN Speak boldly, but speak truthfully. Sam g Home Room Program Chair man 10, 11, Cross Country Team 10, Yearbook Distribution Committee 12 Future: Business. RUBY A. YOUNG Procrastination is the thief of time. Attended Jasper School, South Caro- lina, Basketball 10, Participated in Home Room Activities 10, 11, 12. Future: Nurse. HARRY YOUSOOF A sculptor is to marble as education is to the soul. Home Room President 10, A.A. Agent 10, German Club 10, 11, Home Room Treasurer 11. Future: Electrical Engi- neer. DOROTHEA ANNE ZAFFINO l like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Dot , Cheerleader 10, 11, 12, Var- sity Hockey 10, 11, 12, Varsity Bas- ketball 10, 11, 12, Varsity Base- ball 10, 11, 12. Future: College. RITA MARIE ZALENSKI Girls we love for what they are, boys lor what they promise to be. Re , Social Usage Representative 10, Home Room Secretary 11, Home Room Program Chairman 11. Future: Telephone Operator. MARY ZAHARIS l know ol no way of judging the future but by the past. Zee , Assistant Home Room Repre- sentative 10: Junior Red Cross 10, II, 12, Participated in Home Room Activities. Future: Secretary. DORIS ZELLER There is mischief in her eyes. Junior Play Committee 11, Hockey Club 12, Varsity Basketball 12, Gym Assembly 11. Future: College. CAROL ANEITA ZERBARINI Be just and tear not. Siren Agent 12, Junior Red Cross 10, 11, 12, Christmas Seal Agent 10, Usher, Senior Play 12. Future: Nurse. fi- 2 X32-1114 , I N T .V f 4:4 ' if 3 H. ii ET-3 .Q . ' Eff if iiyf , 551' , i I M' l 'ff -i'-' his kts OLGA V. ZUKOWSKY ANTHONY LAURENCE ZEZIMA What you refuse, you lose. Genzo , Track 10, 11, Football 10, 11, Italian Club,11, 12, Participated in School Activities. Future: Tailor. CHRISTINE MARIE ZITO He's lifeless that's faultless. Chris - Class Statistics'Re resenta- I P tive 12, Italian Club 10, 11, 12, Home Room Secretary 10, 11, Year- book Advertising Committee 12. Fu- ture: Dress Designer. Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we might oft' win- by fearing to attempt. Spanish Club 10, Vice President 11, President 12, Debating Society 11 12, Alternate Home Room Repre- sentative 11, 12, Play Prompter 11 12. Future: College. 1 r 1948 I X f' y A ll 'ill X EN X X , 'D 41, mil .4 ,J X f r I P1 5 1 x s ' L , W Q K r JL- ff' ,jg , f' , ag' , lllllll K .MVK KX X J? I .1 I 1 l i 1 1 Q I Yrfzr 4. an 4 N 2 5 ra , 5 QS wk 1 4 an I if C P 5 . -3 .. S i f K , 'jwvbgggywwwwaqqagmwmuuwxwv 1 W. 1 CLASSES J -15 L .MJ ..... ' ui ROBERT HOWARD Vice-President PAUL BROWN President CAM ES, safe at last from che-mystery and commer- cial geography, from the first night nerves of the Junior Play, and from the rushes, crushes, hopes and blushes of a last-minute date for the Junior Prom: safe at last from the in-between-itis of being no longer a sophomore and not quite a senior, and sadly, too, safe at last from all the ex- citing things which made our junior year the most memorable. With a superior air of knowing where we were going, we juniors walked eagerly down the all-too- familiar halls of S.H.S. on the first day of school. In our squeeking new shoes, we shouted gay Hi's and Who d'you have first period? to our sun- tanned friends. The Junior Guides were there, sweetly disregarding their poorly learned geometry theorem that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line as they mis-directed the gullible sophomores. Made wise by experience, we juniors dashed madly for lockers within running distance of our sixth period class and scrambled wildly for last-row seats near our friends. What appeared to be a ration line outside Mr. Rhoads' office was only the dissatisfied juniors who had dis- covered their friends in typing fourth period and suddenly found out they they, too, wanted typing fourth period. Much to our surprise, we juniors found ourselves as green as the sophomores. Everything had changed. Our teachers had packed books and blotters and gone gypsying about the building. lt was like plunging into ice water to walk into a room expecting an easy, familiar teacher and finding instead a stern-eyed fugitive from another room. There was an unconfirmed rumor that several jun- iors fainted at this severe shock. The egos of our more intellectual classmates received a rude sur- prise with the discovery that there was to be no BETTY STEWART Secretary 1949 creative writing class. It seemed that our verse had grown worse and there was a shortage of student Shakespeares. To the accompaniment of moaning and groaning juniors, English teachers gloated with glee at the news of English five times a week. We juniors could no longer depend on a day's rest between assignments. We now developed our bi- ceps in a second period stolen from home room. Our gym classes increased in size and fourteen-man basketball teams became a familiar sight. We jun- iors had no chance to stroll about the well-guarded halls with sweet Sally Sophomore or strong Sam Senior, for each class had a different home room period. Young love received another setback with the order banning hand-holding in the halls, but no rule or regulation could ever conquer spring feel- ings fwhich generally start in September.j To throw us into complete confusion, the seven-period Friday was created. What ruby faces were seen as some juniors hastily backed out of a third period class when they should have been demurely seated in assembly. The ancient excuse of not doing home- work because of an unexpected assembly was no longer accepted, for we still had home room on assembly days. We loudly acclaimed one change, however. This was the rule of not having to return to homeroom after sixth period. We were safe at last from the summoning notes, library slips and afternoon appointments. EDITH SORENSEN Treasurer This year the school as well as the girls wore that new look. Old S.H.S. had her face painted. Many juniors received early track practice as they jumped over bending painters and cans of blue-grass-green paint. At this point, a moment of silence is in order for the poor, superstitious members of our class who failed to survive walking under the ladders. The blue-green paint, which was supposed to soothe the nerves and tempers, seems to have failed, for the teachers were still adept at scolding the ioking juniors. However, it was worth all the trouble since we now had a more pleasant atmosphere to work in. Our cafeteria was greatly improved by a coat of battleship grey and cream-dark grey where iuniors could touch and yellow cream where we could not reach. Last year's slogan, Music Divine as You Dine, was changed to Less for More as prices skyrocketed 20'M:. The result was bankruptcy for some iuniors. Inflation became so severe that many iunior girls were forced to wear grandma's long, black skirts and Gibson Girl blouses. The suf- fering iunior boys had to look twice as hard to see half as much, as iunior girls, wrapped in scarves and trailing s-k-i-r-t-s, stumbled by. Part of the New Look not inspired by the pages of Vogue and Seventeen was the booted look. Never before had such a variety of rubbers, galoshes, and boots been seen. There was a new look in the boys' room- the locked look. Guards patrolled inside, outside and all around. Thanks to Mr. Rhoades, the non- smoking iunior boy no longer had to cough through the smoke of Club l3. In the ladies' lounge, typed cards from Mrs. Louisa H. Bohn, the new Dean of Girls, thanked the moral femmes for their aid in curtailing smoking and wished them a Merry Christ- A mas. Outside Mother Nature had also donned a new look, the white look. It seems that the weatherman's new motto was Let it snow, let it snow. Safe at last from the reception line-up, the sweetened punch and delicious cookies, and safe at last from the solemn hand-pump- ing of the Sophomore-Junior Re- ception. Our Southern hospitality fSouth Connecticut, that ist was promptly displayed when we graciously initiated the sopho- mores into the mysteries of higher society. Stamford High's four hundred, each guest in his best, turned out to this palm-crushing event. Our iunior class officers, President Paul Brown, Vice-Presi- dent Robert Howard, Secretary Betty Stewart, and Treasurer Edith Sorenson, were charming LEWIS J. MAXWELL ENDA H. RIORDAN marionettes of hospitality, their smiles flashing like neon signs and their hand clasps automatic. The reception was the coming-out party of the sopho- mores as well as the debut of the junior class officers. This year, in addition to water in the punch a float- ing scarf was added. Along with the New Look, Edith Sorenson was wearing a splashed-punch print. American flags served as decoration over- head while an excess of girls ornamented the side lines. However, the music of Don Wright's orchestra finally got the loitering boys to dance-over to the refreshment table. Safe at last from the promising candidates, from the campaign speeches and election talks, and safe at last from the oratory of the first session in our Congress, the School Council. While some iuniors were struggling with the square root of x or bal- ancing accounts fwe hopej, others were playing Senator in our first School Council. Although the successful sextet of Parliamentary lawmakers, Bar- bara Adams, Louise Strelakos, Irene Chemelewski, Salvatore Retonte, Roger Young and Louis De Rubis, did not hand out cigars, or even pass a bill for a two-day week, they did please the masses with a football dance and put C holders on the Honor Roll. The highlight of this dance was the appearance of a mystery team. The cheerleaders, with the shapely legs and bass voices, urged on a football eleven of girl Council members who passed and punted in an unusual way. If Congress, like the School Coun- cil, sponsored football dances, perhaps the State of the Union might improve. i They've come up from passing the pigskin and checking the king, from twirling batons and hitting homers. In all sports, the Class of '49 distinguished itself. Our goal- post gladiators included All-State Al Shanen, -a fiery Gardella, and defense leaders Griffen and Crutchley. Turning to the brain- taxing chess, Tommy Bechert, Burkhardt Weiss, and Hans Chris- tensen represented us. Out on the gym floor, shooting baskets, were Griffen, Crutchley, and Moran. Baseball, track, golf, tennis, and soccer all had their share of junior players. Not only the lads but the lasses of '49 went out for sports in a big way. This year, it was the rule and not the exception for junior girls to participate in sports. Our frail fem- inines chalked up plenty of victories in basketball and hockey. Cheering our boys on to triumph was the junior drill team. Fifty flashing batons followed by fifty high-stepping junior girls in white sweaters and black skirts strutted down the stadium and formed giant S's. Led by fieet-fingered Mary Ellen Gallagher, this famous fifty even traveled to Hill- house High to urge our team on. To bewitch Green- wich at our traditional game, these junior girls had a green witch beating with a broom while the Orange and Black went on to victory. With our tonsil trio, Adams, Wood and Strelakos, to repre- sent us among the cheerleaders, we rocketed to fame in all sports. Safe at last from pockets bulging with cans of beans, from the atomic shocks of the Brookhaven Exhibit and safe, too, from the crushing crowds of the Freedom Train. We juniors had two new trains of thought, the Freedom Train and the Friendship Train. Both of these re-routed our thinking. We lucky juniors who took history were given the bruising opportunity to see the Freedom Train. Hundreds of us were funneled into the entrance, pushed past the imposing documents and toothpasted out the exit. ln order to get in, many juniors committed the un- pardonable sin of saying they were from Green- wich and joining the Greenwich High line. Our first reaction immediately after leaving was Gee, I can breathe now. Our next thoughts were serious and more lasting. We became more aware of the great efforts of men like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to guarantee our freedom. Our freedom is not an abstract thing but includes the freedom to print our views in the Siren, to govern ourselves in our School Council, and the freedom for all of us to attend Stamford High School. By the time the Brookhaven Atomic Exhibit reached Stamford, most juniors had recovered from the bruised shins and smashed toes ofthe Freedom Train. All juniors went to this exhibit, which was a hair-raising exper- ience to some and a shocking one to others. But to all of us, this exhibit brought home the sharp realization that ours IS the Atomic Age. Of course, some of us were disappointed to find that the Atomic Pinball Machine did not take nickels, the Geiger Counters were not receiving messages from Mars. We who didn't have the benefits of chemistry were completely befuddled by terms like E-MC2 and PU 239, but we made up for our ignorance by proudly pointing to the pictures of our friends in Life. With the arrival of another train, the Friendship Train, juniors raided mother's pantry for cans of corn and carrots. It was only while hearing of the plight of Europe's children that iuniors were thank- ful for our school cafeteria with its shrinking meat balls. Safe at last from lost lines, missing props, and towering scenery, from the casting quibbles of too many stars and no understudies, and safe at last from the choosing-a-hit iitters of finding THE play for THE iunior class. But in an orgy of effort, somehow lines were learned, costumes designed, programs printed, tickets sold, and on April 9th the curtain went up on the sparkling comedy Come Over To Our House. A million butterflies fluttered under our ribs, but the entrances and exits went off as in a dream, and crashing applause told us in thunderous triumph that we had a hit. Safe at last from the hope and flutter, the almost asked and last-minute stutter of a date, oh a date forthe Junior Prom, and safe at last from the awful worry and last-minute scurry of how to get a car, where to get a tuxedo, the flowers . . . and, oh yes, a girll For those who are factual and believe but the actual, let us state categorically and not meta- phorically-there was a prom-oh what a prom! The telephone company recorded palpitating re- ceivers and trembling lines, a prom-time malady. If all the tulle of the prom dresses were measured, asserts a mathematician, we could make a path to the moon. The junior girls wore the new look with that old feeling. They found that golden slip- pers had the same effect as Golden Earrings. The punch had no punch, but who cared? A queen was selected, a king was elected. Oh glamour and glory . . l The floor was like glass, of course, and frightened feet missed not a beat as they glided to How Soon and for should we say untill l'll Dance at Your Wedding. Not a hem was ripped, not a rhumba step skipped. But there were some mishaps. In the bulletin next day appeared an appeal of anguishl Lost at the Junior Prom-one heart. Finders may keep same in exchange . . . Safe at last from that strange, that wonderful, that queer year, that almost-but-not-quite-real-year, when in our lives, as poets say, We stood where brook and river meet. Safe at last from the last inch grown, the first it-will-last-forever crush fthat didn't lastj and safe at last from the first breathless impact of what to do when we get out of S.H.S. Safe at last from the first bewilderment over college catalogues, business school prospec- tuses and career advice books. Safe at last from all the shivers of uncertainty. Safe at last in the Senior Class! DR ,Zhi vi ax Q u ..., lf?x, , mf -in 4 fy, ., :, W M, l If f xxx , vfi 2 wsav -wx If D .J 'I -. ROBERT MARCIANO President 2 t .- . 1- ,ia , .. 1 ' ', ' Q ' ' K '. Fla.. WE N' 's -1' ., , . ' SQ., i , .fi-' 3 .W .... , 4 i- a t ' JOHN ROBERTS Vice-President CAM soPHoMoRE HISTORY Don't you love it? So many peoplel l'm lostl Standard cries, these, and we shrieked them in endless cycle to fellow babes in the woods. The iuniors looking a little more sedate, sauntered calmly through the halls when in our presence, and the new members of the senior class, having reached the regal old age of really seventeen, practically doddered. Awe-struck, we learned that there were two courts in the heart of the building, about seven hundred rooms, and thousands of meandering corridors, well-calculated to keep us in complete mystificationp and, wonder of wonders, at which information the weaker of us swooned away, that in this fabulous edific there was actu- ally an elevatorl Oh, imagine the splendor of riding to and from classes in this chariot of heaven! But our rose-colored visions were soon dashed to the ground-but hard! In answer to our breathless inquiries for a first trip, we were met with an ada- mant Nol But undaunted, determined to take the bitter with the better, and armed with maps and compasses, little safaris set forth to discover first period class- rooms. Several times we found the need to return to the starting-point, but soon learned to use the not-infallible method of peering out the windows of nearby rooms, and ascertaining our position in relation to Strawberry Hill. Having managed ad- mirably to arrive at each and every class no later than ten minutes past bell-time, we Jacks and Jills fell down the hill and home again, tired but exhilarated. This was, of course, only the first of one hundred eighty school days, but it hardly typified them. We looked forward to the Sophomore-Junior Reception, 0 I 00 DOLORES TAMBURRI Secretary 190 which would be our debut into Stamford High's whirl of dances, parties, clubs, ball games, and, incidentally, classes. Came the day, and all good little lower classmen trotted to school in their best Sunday-go-to-meeting raiment. Promptly at two- thirty we appeared in the gym, to push limp, clammy hands toward the hearty faculty. This or- deal terminated, we settled down to a session of punch, women, and song. ln October, when the Freedom Train paid its visit to Stamford, we were among those who were given the opportunity to inspect it. lts three cars contained all the most interesting and valuable documents pertaining to the United States and its policies. Included in the collection were the Declara- tion of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, l.incoln's Gettysburg Address, anti-slavery bills, and flags of famous commanders and places. From President Roosevelt there were scrawled mes- sages instructing the commencement of certain attacks in World War II, and many other exhibits well worth a few broken toes and ruined shoes Cobtained in the crowd while awaiting entrance.J Although we sophomores pushed and shoved our way through hoards of other proud Americans for a glimpse of freedom in historic documents, we can never, in all seriousness, forget the impression the Freedom Train made on us. Again, in October, several figures were seen scurrying about wherever any sophomores were to be found. These figures were commonly associated with certain mysterious documents which were also being circulated. Out of it all, what to our wonder- ing eyes should appear, but about twenty candi- dates for the various class offices. After vigorous campaigns on the parts of about three such candi- dates, a sophomore assembly was called. We BARBARA GUZEK Treosu rar listened passively while the young confidents articu- lated on their duties in school from 'way back when. The tabulation committee announced that our votes had placed Bob Marciano in the office of president, John Roberts had been voted into the vice-presidency, and the offices of secretary and treasurer were voted to Dolores Tamburri and Bar- bara Guzak, respectively. Impeachment was never thought of, which iust goes to show. Meanwhile, we were becoming more and more swelled-headed with the modernization of the phy- sical and methodical aspects of the school. The painters were perpetrators of a renovation of which we were apparently the inspiration, cause, and beneficiary. The halls were tinted with a pale green, the locker rooms likewise. College prepara- tory and commercial courses were not distinctly separate any longer, o School Council was organi- zed for the first time, and plans for the revision of the Honor Roll were under way. The gym depart- ment obtained permission to take classes to the Jewish Center to make like fish in the pool, and to bowl some of the lowest scores ever to disgrace a score card. Next on the agenda was the Sophomore Party. Having been formally introduced to our class officers, we danced to the music of Bill Daly's Orchestra, spilled punch, grew cross-eyed trying to follow Larry Robinson's flying feet, and munched steadily at the cooking class's culinary tri- umphs. The gym was attractively decorated in our class colors of green and white, and the girls in all the hues of Mr. Sorgman's art classes. And, speaking of athletics, Pass On To Victory became a chant of inspiration to sixteen sophomore boys who attained coveted berths on the Junior Var- sity Football Squad. They were Prince, Raymond, Barnett, Gal- lace, Petrilli, Haggerty, Saunders, R. Crutchley, J. Tooher, Bates, Lester, Abbazia, Dahlgren, Mc Cullough, Godfrend, Flannigan and Sentimentes. We are espe- cially proud of Sentimentes, who HERBERT C- BJRD MA RY R. RYAN made the Varsity team. The J.V. eleven won all of their games this year and the boys will have an opportunity to iustify Coach Kuczo's confidence next fall under the Varsity title. Basketball tryouts drew over one hundred sopho- more boys to the gym, and the coach proudly chose the cream of the crop : Sylowasly, Cullinan, R. Nixon, Barnett, Crutchley, Batura, and Gallace for the J.V. team. The boys also won all their basket- ball games and the coach has great expectations for the following two years. Not to be outdone, the Girls' Physical Education program has taken a decided step for the better. Over fifty girls tried out for the hockey team this year and it was a difficult decision for Misses Bal- lard and Crogen to choose two teams of eleven girls each. Three sophomore girls had the privilege of making the first string-they were Virginia Alling, Katherine Bridge, and Joan Kellogg. The girls try- out for basketball exceeded 90, but still eleven girls gained positions on the squad, J. Kellogg, M. A. Ferrero, V. Alling, M. Otta- viano, R. A. Baron, M. Rasile, J. Ludwig, R. Amiello, A. Haggerty, E. Jackson, and D. Ancrum were the lucky few. Stamford High boasts a splen- did swimming-bowling program for boys and girls at the Jewish Center. This year approximately 150 boys and girls, more than ever before, learned to swim and dive. Minerva Ulshen, Dolores Tam- burri, and Joan Kellogg all fig- ured prominently inthe masthead of the Siren, and many other members of the class also mana- ged to squeeze their names into some corner of this publication. Language clubs were outlets for a great number of us. They not only improved our conversa- tional French, Spanish, German, and even some Latin, but famil- iarized us with many customs of these respective countries. Each of us chattered gaily away, hop- ing desperately that no one would know any more than we did about the language. Of course, our hopes were realized. 1 A 1 A ,pi if ' K sw-.. i if ' Ax g But the Player's Club was probably the most popular, for here a person could let his ego take a rest, while he stepped into the role of an admired character. This was the year when the Stamford Teen-Age Council, of which Stamford High School students make up a major part, began to write, direct, and enact their own radio programs. These presentations were under the direction of Mr. Friedberg Cmore commonly knows as Mr. FJ, director of Junior Activities at the Stamford Jewish Center. The group presented plays and other programs of interest to teen-agers, including one stressing friendship during National Brotherhood Week. They were well done and very popular. The annual Football Dance was another high spot in our first year. Sponsored by the School Council it gave never a dull moment. For days we had had it straight from the grapevine that a guest football team would attend, but no information was imparted as to which of many it would be. Of course there was much speculation, but we were all astounded when a group of orange-and-black clad figures flounced out of the locker room. We promptly recognized them as the feminine members of the School Council. With them appeared a bevy of beautiful, if rather masculine, cheerleaders. We were con- vulsed at the ludicrous spectacle, as the grid stars raced madly around the floor, and the cheerleaders cheered cheerful cheers. With the A Cappella Choir as a goal, our young Lily Ponses, the sophomore girls' Glee Club, composed of Mary Rynard, Margaret Rallas, Sylvia Archie, Virginia Bak, Stella 102 Boccuzzi, Florence Brown, Leila Buck, Noveen Burke, Nancy Couremenous, Sally Craig- head, Joan Dann, Jean Dugdale, Genevieve Ezzell, Ella Garfauo, Angelina Giamba, Mary Giordano, Barbara Gordon, Virginia Hartwright, Betty Hempstead, Helen Hudak, Patricia Inzitare, Shirley Jewell, Bessie Johnson, Nancy Karbowski, Louise Kersten, Grace Kozna, Nancy Leibfarth, Keren Lord, Marianne Magnusson, Clara Mancine, Martha Miller, Monica Myers, Philomena Russo, Amelia Sessa,.Harriet Shaul, Jill Staiger, Joan Swinnerton, and Mabel Winsley, was indeed an asset to S.H.S. Every afternoon, with Miss Pfeiffer as instructor, the girls warbled under her direction, continually striving to better themselves. The band and orchestra, the Junior and Girls' Choirs, were other fortunate recipients of the ability emanating from the sophomore class. And under the direction of Miss Gladys Leonard, Miss Rita Ryan, and Mr. Herbert Bird, casting began in March for The Tantrum, a one-act play which was presented for the pupils, by the pupils, and of the pupils of our class. After years of gruelling rehearsal it was finally presented, but it was worth it-a good iob well done. ln fact, a good iob well done was a term applied to most of our enterprises. There- fore, we of the Class of 1950 firmly believe that with this auspicious beginning, we will leave Stamford High School a better place than we found it, and confidently challenge any class, past, present, or future, to do any better. asa 103 Il-,QQ t annum 'mmf' :H N, - Q, ,M ' 'NS-NJ xp- Qf J, M 3,9 K bf' if-. 'i fs Qs dv QQ fx ,' P' , i f f E , H 'S 4 Y f.L' FQ- wf' . -4 hi 4. , K . 3 4 , -v--In I N Aq- Q5 'Hank 'E 'H' x.Q,3.a:.,., VA dx - vw'-Q. nm , 0 1 1 d X 'AJ I-W? S wr-KV--. ' -' wi --..,d-.X it .jsm O51 4 1, k 4 1- .X B? v-. Q- N Y 2 vt r L- R, 'Q A 4 X V A 5 in 1 1 ' I I ...xg Q.. ..- 4. f W. 5 Y . . E ii X L 'N 5' 'Q L A . L' L. y Co-editor C o-editor Coordinator YEARBOOK FACULTY Left to Right: R. Stuart Palmer, Joseph F. Cunningham, Cathryn H. Leary, Rita M. Ryan, Barbara L. Belanich, James H. Keane, Lester J. Myers lYearbook Directorl. LOUISE PETTIT JOHN SMOLKO Y' 111. if fy V . 'W L .Q E if. f ..,.. -- L ' ' -12 2 H -wut: .. , !.Sf1sf1,. . Q, ..., , , 15,55 I K I A ? . -. , , . wg.fi,f.,5 , ,lr E ,L '3:.,,..z5.:L?, f f' 'ff.g.f, . 'Q af A 3?'55',t- ' F HT? X ' i s, 'iiflgl-315 -3 M g, 2 .Ji sgir DAVID LINEHAN we .gioirif 0 f HIS is it-our brain-child! We nursed it and doctored it up a bit until it really developed into a fitting Spirit of '48. Now it's all yours. The publication of the Spirit of '48 was directed by Mr. Myers, who was assisted by the co-editors, Louise Pettit and John Smolko, literary committee chairman, Dorothy Mravunac, and David Linehan, the student coordinator. They and the teachers who worked with the nine committees and advised them on their various assignments made this finished product possible. The lay-out, odd shots, end papers and divider pages were made up under Mr. Myers' capable supervision. Working with him were Joseph Peralta, Fred Roberg, Arthur Gaudio, and Dennis Pollack. The photography committee, under Miss Rita Ryan and Miss Catherine Leary, arranged appoint- ments for individual yearbook pictures. Lois Fill- more, Jean Piorkowski, Andrew Trehuebenko, and Jack Penachio worked on the committee. Miss Ryan and Miss Leary, again helping as faculty advisers, handled subscriptions-right down to delivering the finished product. Some seniors worked hand in hand with Mr. Lester Myers to boost sales, sponsoring an assembly program to this end. Under the direction of Mr. Palmer, the literary committee reported all the events of the year. This job was efficiently handled by the committee 108 PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS sat 5'-S . A. ' ' 'Ng I ? I 125 ART GAUDIO is , 4' DENNIS POLLACK consisting of Dorothy Mravunac, chairman, Maxine Andrews, .loan Coy, Jane Robin, Barbara Ransahoff, Deena Haklai, Margaret Morrell, Lucille Gerber, Charles Rodin, Priscilla Gates, Joanna Baker, Linda Wofsey, Joan Kellogg, Helen Baker, .loan Backman, Joyce Waldman, Ida Pletchny, Norma Robbins, Clara Curtin, Joan Rockwook, Gwen Tandet, Walter Thomson, George Upton, Doris Halpin, Jean Redigan, and Pamela Welden. Mr. Sorgman's art staff of Walter Obman, Art Koch, Stanley Parker, Selma Sigler, Dick Roberts, and Rod MacNichol is responsible for the art work throughout the book. Credit goes to Sal Savona for the design of the cover. Senior biographies were compiled by a group with Ann D'Elia as chairman, and a committee, under the chairmanship of Rosemarie Genovese, handled the senior statistics. Miss Belanich's direction and personal efforts greatly aided these committees. The mammoth task of the business and advertising was handled by Mr. Cunningham's and Mr. Jaiven's efficient staff, including Theresa Mercede, Pat Vagedes, and Bella Davis. These and many others deserve a vote of thanks, for, had it not been for their tireless efforts, the Spirit of '48 could never have materialized into this tangible symbol of a wonderful year. PHOTO, ART AND STATISTICS LITERARY COMMITTE N! , f CWC - 4. AJ- 4. - ,A g K ,W s.. E wi. BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING TYPING, SUBSCRIPTION AND BIOGRAPHY -- M - A 'ag xv ,, gf ri-.I - U difsltn, ' .fd Cillalaeffa Clzoir O the ears of anyone walking down the corridors of Stamford High School during the first period class might come the sound of the beautiful melodies which the Stamford High School A Cappella Choir is practicing at that time of the morning. These won- derfully blended voices have floated over the air waves via the magic of radio to the music hungry multitudes of our nation. The Choir has been highly honored this year with requests to sing at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Society in a series of Youth Concerts, and to sing upon the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. The A Cappella Choir is composed of the best voices in the school, selected and trained by its director W. Raymond Randall. The members have worked hard this year to produce a choir to rival their predecessors. In addition to the activities previously mentioned, the A Cappella Choir has given several other brilliant performances. Early this winter the Choir's performance of the Christmas Cantata Bethlehem high-lighted the season. In April it gave its annual Easter Concert which consisted this year of the Oratoria Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn. The A Cappella Choir has also attended and received honors at several Music Festivals through- out New England. Of course the fact that the Choir has participated in numerous student assemblies must not be overlooked. Of all the selections given by the Choir, the Fred Waring arrangement of Dry Bones was probably the students' afvorite. Since all good things must come to an end, this year's Choir will assemble for the last time to raise their voices in song, paying tribute to Stamford High School at the Commence- ment Exercises in June. UA. Bm! ITH the blare of bugles, the roll of drums, and the glitter of polished brass, the Stamford High Band, garbed in their brilliant orange and black uniforms, and accompanied by the strutting drum maiorette and her corps of baton twirlers, marched into our Saturday afternoons, while from the crowd rang the strains of our school song. A familiar scene indeed to the students for whom the band played such an important part in this and many other activities. During the mellow fall days of the football sea- son, the boys of the Band were the boys behind the team. For, while the team was on the muddy field, the band in the stands sent forth the stirring strains which filled the air with pulsating rhythms and helped the team to win. Between the halves the Band got a chance to show its fancy marching routines and to serenade the visitors. The Band not only played for football games, but also donated its talents for varied public occasions. lt participated in the Rededication to Democracy Week parade and the Memorial Day Parade. The Band held its own on the concert stage, performing classical works as well as popular ballads in many student assemblies. The members of the Band were a hard-working group of boys and girls under the baton of the smiling Mr. William O'Shaughnessy. This year the Band was made larger and more colorful by the addition of the Junior Girls' Baton Twirling Corps, which made its debut during the 1947 football season. The termination of the year's activities took place when the Band played for the memorable June Commencement Exercises at Boyle Stadium. NDER the expert baton of Mr. Leon Corliss, the Junior Choir has this year given many musical performances which were enioyed both by the participants and by the high school audience. This was the third Junior Choir to be entered in the history of Stamford High School. Each year there is a variation in the membership of the Choir as the older members proudly pass on to the Senior Choir and the new members enter hopefully from their respective iunior high schools. The actual work of the Choir has been filled with the study of better choral classics. ln order to do iustice to these works the members were aided through tone drills and the practice of better vocal production. This necessary practice is what aided the Choir in producing their desired pieces in such an enviable manner. ln addition to their fine work as a single group, the Junior Choir has also combined its voices with those of the Senior Choir and the community chorus to form one grand singing group. ln this manner they were able to put on large productions for the entire community of Stamford. The singing of Bethlehem by Mounder and the singing of Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn were both fine examples of this coniunction of the Choirs. Meeting daily during the first period in Room 102, the seventy members of the choir have done much in accomplishing their two aims: namely, to develop singers and to give more students an opportunity to participate in singing. unior.f4 Calalaeffa Cjlwir OFCAQJ fra AP, rap-a scurrying of feet and a scraping of chairs and stands-rap, rap- Give us an A -an eerie note from the oboe, followed by a weird conglomeration of sounds from the strings-one more a rap of the baton on the podium. Ready, shouted the conductor. Carmen, Then a pause-the downbeat. Then suddenly the whole auditorium was filled with the sound of stirring music. And the Stamford High School Orchestra was launched upon another of its perfection-pointed rehearsals. The Orchestra was formed of a group of students who shared a mutual love of music. Here they gathered musical knowledge of orchestral works under the coaching of Mr. W. Raymond Randall. Although small and somewhat handicapped by the lack of certain instruments, the Orchestra made up in determination what they lacked in size. A welcome addition of two flutes, an oboe and a cello enabled them to produce varied musical effects. A concert version of Bizet's Carmen, the exotic March of the Sardar from the Caucasian Sketches, the pompous Entrance of the Peers from Gilbert and Sullivan's lolanthe, were among the selections presented by the Orchestra at student assemblies and at the Annual Spring Concert. The Orchestra along with the Band, the A Cappella Choir, the Junior Choir, and the Girls' Glee Club, combined to give Stamford High School one of the finest musical programs of any high school in the state. 032- 5 is ...-1 -f' ,E if 4 I 9, Q H 'tln L. aff'-Q. ' mx r Wliigfge I, ,gf 'gfqwgfff 5' ' C 1 I ,ffif ri' t1ff'fj,f: ' I ...'- C' .. fy? , 'Fi ', fit., ff '1 as cw NCE a week on Tuesday afternoon from 2:15 to 3:15, the fifty-five members of the Girls' Glee Club gathered together to blend their voices in song. This club was originally organized to give girls an opportunity for singing together. Many of these girls were not able to take advantage of music classes in their high school course because of certain required subiects or rigorous schedules, and, therefore, they looked eagerly forward to meeting each Tuesday afternoon and training their vocal chords in the art of song. There were sophomores, juniors, and seniors in this group, all of whom had a decided interest in music. They were not compelled to meet any special requirements in ioining the club and therefore it gave everyone a chance to express her desire for music. This meeting also provided a splendid opportunity for an interesting singing fest and the partaking in an extra curricular activity. As their director for singing, the club was honored in having the expert baton of Miss Elfrieda Pfeiffer, who devotedly gave her time to the development of the many girls' voices. This development naturally included practice in better vocal production and also in tone drills. VERY day during the sixth, period, the thirty-eight members o fthe Girls' Choir gathered together in the cheery atmosphere of room 156. There, under Miss PfeiHer's expert direction, they set about the task of singing for the purpose of training themselves for future material for both the Junior and Senior Choirs. This training included such funda- mental steps as practice in tone drills and vocal production. All the members of this Choir were sophomore girls who took their singing very con- scientiously as they were all hopefully aspiring to continue with their music in their remaining years of high school. As a part of their task, the girls studied many classic choir songs and tried to portray them to the best of their ability. However, the real purpose of the Choir was to develop better choirs and to give vocal training to girls. As a result of their careful training the members of the Choir were able to perform very favorably before a large school audience where they were very warmly received by the members of the student body. Thus the Choir contributes to the future enjoyment of each girl, and because of her training and experiences with this group, she will undoubtedly be a more poised and accomplished person. ir 5 i Clzoir .',-' . 1 4 , ' -4 I VIE an t g ivan:-' W g 1' ' Agn .3 . , -1,3-. 'LTRS' Tiff: 37 4-' K igt't'E'4ex 92' ff 16 SVT! wil! fl. sfrfg-v fltiiiziigf 553555 '- lv -'.. .1- .vi ,..' 115 yaaniftlz E9 Callan ustedes! Favor! Silencial GAIN President Olga Zukowsky calls to order one of the always exciting meetings of one of the most active clubs in the school, El Circulo Castellano. The minutes, read, of course, in Spanish, introduce the regular order of business, to be followed by whatever program of entertainment the committee has pre- pared-entertainment that often consists of clever Spanish games, poems, or songs, with appropriate prizes, Spanish, too, as a reward. This year the club is under the direction of Miss Anita Murray, and its otticers are Olga Zukowsky, president, Nettie Urman, vice-president, Nancy Frank, secretary, Helen Baker, treasurer. In addition to the regular programs, each year is high-lighted by the presentation of special activities: the commencement cere- mony and the Christmas program. Traditional Spanish customs are employed at these affairs to create a truly Spanish atmosphere. This year the Christmas program presented the voice of Marie Yanelli and the special talents of Hank Oscar and Mary Ellen Gallagher-and, of course, the breaking of the pinata, a iar filled with candy, to the delight of everyone concerned. fm' AK ,fi-4-1 efbff WM 'I 'i:!s.-Q - L., L SPANISH CLUB OFFlCERS Olga Zukowsky Nancy FFUDLK Nettie Urmon Helen Bdkef First Row, Lett to Right: J. DeAngelis, P. Charleson, A. Bogordus, M. Minoff, N. Robbins, M. Gallagher, L. Strelalxos, P. Judson. Second Row: A. Armstrong, E. Kraut, N. Frank Qsecretaryj, N. Urman fvlce-presidentl, O. Zulcowslxy lpresldentl, H. Boker Ctreasurerl, T. Chields fprogram chairmanj, B. Malkin, Miss Anita Murray. Third Row: P. Perry, F. Gilleski, R. Kuczo, L. Wofsey, J. Porter, J. Peralta, R. Barcello, H. Brensinger, J. Roberts, H. Falk, R. Templeton, F. Dorrico, J. Doig, R. Guinta, P. Levine. Fourth Row: I. Melti, S. Ackman, J. Robin, C. Curtin, G. Tandet, B. Goodlwe, B. Checllo, P. Cupp, D. Holpin, M. Grandberg, J. Redigan, E. Brown, J. Blake. 'II7 FRENCH CLUB OFFICERS John Wynne Louise Pettit Candida Boccuzzi Joan Rockwood First Row: D. Hancock, L. Geoghegan, A. Roche, B. Orlinski, M. Maxine, B. Thomas, J. Bello. Second Row: M. L. Farrell, P. LaCroix, M. Billone, R. Trohn, T. Kerran, S. Berstein, D. Wanamaker, l. Poeczko, Mrs. Miriam W. Anderson fSponsorl. Third Row: J. Baker, A. Kowalski, N. Bialy, L. Erlemeyer, M. Deschene, R. Germain, M. l.. Stefanouski, B. Sherman, P. Rosin, B. Wilkins, D. Dodd. H11 f A 11, P-. I i IL FRENCH Il First Row: J. Gavay, J. Coy, D. Mravunac, B. Sklar, M. Burns, L. Giagnorio, J. Backman, V. Farenga. Second Row: C. Bakes, J. Smolko, J. Rockwood ltreasurerl, C. Boccuzzi fvice-presidentj, J. Wynne lpresidentj, Mrs. Miriam W. Andersen Csponsorj, L. Pettit fsecretaryj, D. Linehan, B. Weissman, T. Pia. Third Row: D. Haklai, R. Melmed, H. Wing, B. Ransoholi, C. Sloat, D. Wanamaker, S. Scholsohn, J. Glaxer, W. Thomson, D. Sloat, M. Silverman, A. Baker, W. Heller, l. Parrella. 118 2 e Circa jrancaid te- ' hoS C' no dersen nee keeping' Mcdcmemcgh for Us Gppeoro N her u 'nules markable Home F l age: Ml book re . the US P 8. Twenty t r the tnscriP n,,on d the dole 192 as 0 19431 is, on June of Le Cercxe Srila: on the icggjartle Frdncois wc ttipPe . YQQYS Q e . 1, John h regular meetigg :M by the presiden T 9 2 ' n . - 99eS o 1 : de The SU called to orde' G mu . Q the d Sen ing 0 WYl1ne. Madame Azoebe 'he lost mee' cOm' of the OC I e ,hm WGS we G resume thug smc W ers Should 9 IC uf The 0 - 5 tithe ve h ents of the Club' d'do BOCCUIU' e plis m ' S I . h is To . e Presudeme' can h C c 1 btw ' To the vu ' ose of 'he C U ' 9 nrly, lo Sm k of stating me putfporler mofe Hue defilond gas mbers he me to un Gnd i enC enable' more Ossuredwihe vivduous Fr h 50095 Frenc the his10'Y G nd cusl0m5 of h. 3K 'umm H92 lt. W .lily M Nl! 'tit' The fob of reviewing the accomplishments of the Club was divided. Joan Rockwood, tresorier, des. crtbed the Christmas supper, the inspiring talks 9'Ven bt' Fllfher St. Martin and the French priest, Father Marcel Denaire, the Christmas spirit of One W0rld, and even the traditional creamed chicken, The secretaire, Louise Pettit, went over fhe jess spedacula' bu' lUSf US S0f5SfY5f19 accomplishments of the club-the two French movies in February- the 5P 'n9 'FFP f0 New York to see a French mgyie -the genuine French cuisine. The last, and perhaps the most significant, speech was made by the presidente, John Wynne, who smd' FO' the Seniors, G phase of life is over. I am sure that phase has been made more enjoyable by the friendship experienced g n Le Cercle Francais. 119 JW' VER Wo sch Club I hder ool o they lv or lvhy s many people st n the h'rst Monday of ever eren7 caught shfoplng do walking the halls lwtho the ltahbn Club holafy The club has one school this y 4not is ' 07 J' '77 W0 Uf Q its of t ear her If-S' 0 P I 0 at9er onth 9 No to 7 ,oa me he l nun, rea ble 0077 ' hofnp ss. lt' Sflll arge ber ' son f lead len' are f sonfs s just thot gs on this date. st enrolhryents In the Ing forb' members. or the success ofthe ltahan Club ershfo. Frlendhf Srgnor Raoul deste ahrects the organlbatlbng and its owcers Frank Mariano, president- Wo Bruno, wbe- DPESIHGDC' Catherine GaraHq secretoy- r?ayr1-io aco, treasurer Educational opportunftfes constitute far 0001 least otrroctfbn of the I to give you an :ded heres th Ing takes. lt is opened '311y Country 'Els meeting the warafg the If Y lj- the last but tahan Club. Just e form a Lvpicalmeet- with an ltahbn renohtfbn of of Thee. During the busln members 'foorlono ltahanof' Cultural Confnybfee takes o ess After- V871 N X ITALIAN CLUB OFFICERS F. Mariano C. Garaffa V. Bruno R. Monaco First Row: C. Garaffa, Raoul d'este Palmieri, V. Bruno. Second Row: A. Pace, A. Colatrell, F. Greco, M. Guarino, G. Cerulii, M. DeMasi, C. Loffredo, G. Sementini, C. Macri, M. Zenobio, S. Giamba. Third Row: M. Altieri, L. Vitti, A. Tarantino, R. Rossi, C. Zito, M. Garafia, A. Dicine, L. Cappiello, C. Longo, F. Crane, L. Maffei. Fourth Row: M, Pensiero, D. Zaccagnino, V. Lupinocci, D. Behunick, S. Macari, S. Galella, V. Caporizlo, P. Colo, N. Boccuui, A. Chiravolo, A. Lupinacci. Fourth Row: F. Gerace, A. Solinas, F. Melchionne, R. Russo, R. Patalxy, A. Lucia, B. Summa, E. Blosio, F. Godfrend, E. Capasse. oh - FI First Row, Left to Right: F. Marino, Raoul d'este Paimieri, J. Saul. Second Row, Left to Right: A. BUIZOO, P Macari, T. Lionetti, L. Pacelli, M. Cognetta, M. Pistininzi, M. Spremulio, B, Montagnese, D. La Russo, V Calacchio, J. Alvaro. Third Row, Left to Right: D. Roberts, B. Cortese, E. Sabia, J. Sochol, M. Ferrero, V. Comito V. Lorenti, J. Fusci, P. Tangi, E. Mammone. Fourth Raw, Left to Right: R. Attanasio, F. DeMasi, J. Sassano, M Bernardo, R. Marciano, R. Biancardi, W. Coughlin, M. Rosa, A. Preli, L. Pensiero, C. DeMarco, Fifth Row left to Right: F. LaBeIIa, D. Maiizia, E. Abbazia, A. Sapelli, S. Petrilli, J. DiPietro, P. Puzzuoli, A. Miranda R. Palumbo, D. Julian. I2I First Raw: B. Bagi, E. Maurer, R. Roberts, M. Bagi, E. Platsky, W. Holt, A. Main, H. Caravell, Edna Riordan. Second Row: K. Wilder, M. Roberts, C. Helsing, A. Wanger, D. van Pelt, H. Christensen, N. Gibbs, T. Keil, T. Bechert, S. Abrams, L. Erlenmeyer, D. Proctor. Elaine Platsky O many people try to see into the future they overlook the fact that the past can be just as interesting. Take the German Club, for example. The club business of the future will be hard put to out-shine this year's accomplishments. Each meeting of Deutscher Verein aims to teach the students some practical German. The seventeen members speak die Deutsch and report on the country's music, art, folklore, customs and current politics. III!! ll lAmvBvB7lb1Lxx Mlttutl l t: I I 111lll1 A'.l ill LIIWU . 1 'N . iii-.-.-:L-I-F '. .' 3 2?.'.'.' 'L' .21 . . 5.1::qgqai-.'.-.f.fsQ. -wr 2 1w.1::'11-'-f-f. .:T if nn an .-'rlui ..l ii i, 4 1 4 v A if 131 .T CT 3' II' .L ,l ,, Q, ,ii .I ,f 1 1, '-les pun .I ll-l...1+ in L' 521223 3 ::f.-: t 122 .Ieuf:5cAer erein The organization is under the helpful leadership of Fraulein Enda Riordan, and Elaine Platsky, presi- dent, Marie Bage, vice-president, William Holt, secretary, and Dick Roberts, treasurer. In December, Deutscher Verein added a remark- able Christmas party to the general good time. The members caroled in German, though for a moment it looked as if the piano accompaniment would be a solo. Most enjoyable of all were the delicious, unpronounceable German refreshments, like flaky anisplatzchen, fruit shaped marzipan candy and delicious pfeffernusse nuts. A Spring trip to New York made up another red letter club day. The members watched a German opera from one of the Metropolitan's famed golden horse shoes and later ate in a little restaurant where the food was quite as good as the atmosphere. On second thought maybe the club had better not exploit the past, or it might hear from the A.C.C.G. fAmerican Confederation of Crystal Gazers.J First Row, Left to Right: A. Stieger, G. Vacco, D. Proctor, N. Robbins, M. Carl N. Nutter, D. Haklei, E. Isaacs. Second Row, Standing, Left to Right: L. Levine, D. Treadway, J. Baker, C. Curtin, M. Kwochka, G. Tandet, L. Pettit, J. Smolko, D. Levinson, N. Gibbs, L. Cilenmeyer, R. Fine. pogfica .Sience NDER the leadership of Glenn W. Moon, the Political Science Club was begun in 1933 for those students who wished to broaden their know- ledge of world affairs. Today twenty members con- tinue the same purpose under the guidance of Carl N. Nutter. These past few years have presented the world with war and revolution, social upheaval and unrest, and new and untried social experiments. To clarify the thinking of students on these significant affairs, the club has invited several guest speakers to give explanatory and interpretive talks. Bernice Tandet from the Stamford Advocate and a graduate of S.H.S. discussed consolidation, Rep- resentative Melvin Dichter spoke on the sales tax, Rabbi David Pearlman talked on the subject of Palestine, and the Reverend Donald Campbell pre- sented an enlightening talk on atomic energy. Other programs included discussions on politics and an analysis of different governments and laws by Norma Robbins which people are governed. Also, during the year the Political Science Club held a debate with the Debating Club. Meeting the first and third Thursday of every month, the club elected Norma Robbins, president, Deena Haklai, vice-president, Dorothy Proctor, sec- retary, and Ida Pletchny, treasurer. The Political Science Club is doing a helpful and useful iob to clarify and explain for its members national and international problems and affairs. A I 7 123 Mary A. Wilson ome naming NDER the watchful eye and instructing hand of Miss Mary A. Wilson, R.N., the Home Nursing Class learned to care for sick persons and babies in the home. To make the care more interesting, whether the discussion for the day was communi- cable diseases or the proper method for taking temperatures, one the girls acted as a patient and saw how it felt to be at the other end of the thermometer. Each girl took a turn at being the nurse iafter Miss Wilson demonstrated the proper method of treatment.J The unit of baby-care was made more realistic by the use of a baby-sized doll named Cookie. The girls learned when and what to feed a baby as it grew older, and under Miss Wilson's direction, they learned how to dress a baby in various kinds of weather with Cookie as the ever-patient model. The class also was taught bathing and general care for infants. Communicable diseases received much attention, because of their many occurences in even the normal homes. Treatment and origin of these vari- ous illnesses were discussed by the class and Miss Wilson. The Home Nursing Course was recognized as invaluable by each girl who elected it. With the knowledge gained in this class, they can meet many emergencies and treat many maladies in their future homes with a sure efficiency. With this training, the girls themselves will be able to per- form more adequately the duties involved in the care of the sick as well as help preserve the health of the family within the home. Left to Right:E. Waltemathe, P. Gates, M. Munch, P. Mulreed, M. Murphy, G. Gordon, R. Rossi, C. Ragsdale, Miss Mary A. Wilson, D. Hein, J. Tuite, M. Barett, D. Massare, D. Diekow. J, K 7' ink fwvf - sl . QM X . . is A ' -- First Row, Left to Right: J. Tymula, J. Kellog, J. Walling, B. Davis, J. logie, T. Mercede, L. Gwinnell, M. Ulshen M. Morrell. Second Row, Left to Right: I. Harvey, H. Gray, Mr. Keane, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Kropp, Mr Myers, Mr. Hughes, R. Mancuso, J. Robin. Third Row, left to Right: F. Roberg, E. Goldfard, D. Hamilton A. Gaudio, G. Zwart, G. Signare, J. Gordon, J. Tavlarides, W. Thompson, E. McNulty, W. Obman. Fourth Row Left to Right: C. Curtin, G. Tandet, J. Hammershoy, F. Dorrico, B. Bowler, N. Skirpan, T. Trzcinski, H. Baker F. Huey. Jane Robin Irene Harvey Most of the literary work comes from Stuart Palmer's iournalism class, which produces sport col- umns, poetry, personal interviews, and gossip of the school, to mention but a few. Editors Jane Robin . c and Irene Harvey also include an editorial in each X i . , N of the eleven issues. The ultimate result stems from the combined efforts of sophomores, juniors and seniors working on the varied phases of photo- graphy, mastersheet work, busines, vari-typing, and advertising. 342 gfen Although chiefly a student publication, the Siren . is ably guided by some members of the faculty: Mr. Palmer instructs the iournalism, Lester Myers heads the mastersheet and photography work, pened. Mayo Sorgman directs the artistic accomplishments, Actually more of a literary periodical than a newspaper, the Quarterly for a long time held top spot as the school publication. As S.H.S. grew, how- ever, the need arose for a paper that would come out more often than once every ten weeks. Thus was born the Orange and Black, established in 1926 by ROM the Quarterly, to the Orange and Black, to the Siren! That, in a nutshell is how it hap- Frederic Hawes takes charge of business, Mrs. Eileen Kropp, advertising, James Keane, vari-typing, and, J. Edward Hughes, head of the English department, is coordinator. This interest and pride might well be felt since the Siren has already received first place awards 1 r three seniors interested in journalism. The Siren as we know it today, more dashing and less conserva- tive, supplanted the Orange and Black. six times and medalist four times from the Columbia Scholastic convention in New York as an outstand- ing high school newspaper. Left to Right: Mr. Nagurney, R. Roberts, C. Rodin, S. Scholshon, D. Pollack Cchairmanj, T. Keil, A. Steiger, M. Marseglia, J. Balcar, D. Levinson, M Burlxhardt, G. Tandet, E. Platsky. Seated: A. Wagner. . .Sllili .Sience INCE 1939 the Henry J. Stitt Science and Engineering Club has performed its function of promoting interest in fostering the hobbies that lie within the broad field of science. Thus the interested pupil or the gifted pupil may delve more deeply into science than he might be able to do in classroom work. An active program has been planned and carried out by a group of interested and enthusiastic students, who at the beginning of the year elected Dennis Pollack, president, Arnold Steiger, vice-president, and Ted Keil, secretary-treasurer. Although the club was organized by Michael J. Nagurney and is under his super- vision, other members of the department have helped develop many programs. Mr. Zdanowicz presented a program of radar and electronics, Colonel Good dealt with air power, Alton Rhoads with the X-ray, and Mr. Nagurney with the work of a chemist in an industrial laboratory. In its name, the club honors a former member of the Science Department, Henry J. Stitt. 126 Dennis Pollack First Row, Left to Right: D. linehan, C. Curtin, E. Isaacs, J. B. Wynne, J. Smollno Cchairmanl, B. Weissman, O. Zukowsky, D. Mravunac, H. Wing. Second Row, Left to Right: Miss Barbara L. Belanich, J. Baker, P. Welden, S. Kaplan, E. Goldfarb, C. Rodin, W. Byrnes, T. Keil, D. Levinson, L. Exzell, R. Melmed, C. Callum, G. Tandet, J. Odomirolz, M. Nathanson, J. Doig, T. Kernan, D. Treadway-not pictured. W John Smolko mega, fin? ociefg NDER the interested and stimulating leadership of Miss Barbara L. Belanich, the Debat- ing Society of Stamford High School developed its program on the theme of under- standing of world problems and growth in speaking ability on the part of the students. A lively discussion panel was arranged jointly with our own Political Science Club as well as spirited sessions with Mother of God Academy and Fairfield Preparatory School. . On the questions of arbitration of labor disputes in basic American industries, com- pulsory military training, and other subjects, the Debating Society developed an interest in the world of today and tomorrow. This worthwhile club will flourish as long as there are students in Stamford High School who realize that the basis for good living is not in the man whom the world understands, but in the man who understands the world and its problems. The unusually large number of twenty-six members chose for their administrators John Smolko, president, Dorothy Mravunac, secretary, and Henry Wing, parliamentarian. The club set the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month for their meetings. 127 First Row, Left to Right: G. Puskas, D. Haklai, P. Greene, J. White, R. March, A. Nelson, J. Marcus. Second Row: G. Vacca, D. Almond, N. Bialy, R. Fine, C. Helsing, H. Steffen, D. Hancock. Third Row: Dr. Koehler, T. Bulpitt, C. Bakes, T. Bechert, T. Rahuilow, C. Nollman, R. Brown, B. Malkin, R. Heisinger, J. Monio, R. Unger, R. Guinta. Not Pictured-E. Butler, F. Content, H. Deleo, M. Deschene, T. Kernan, E. Knepper, J. Mullen, M. Preli, R. Templeton, B. Walton, N. Waters. unior gfaaziica league Qe- Richard Fine S as . . 3, , ,r,...,. . . 4 from f Mew .f Scientia est Potentia Knowledge is Power O you know what the new look was in 48 B.C.? What Thumbs Up originally meant? What a Roman ate for breakfast? So you know the answers, huh? Then it's two to one you were a member of the Junior Classical League. This club is sponsored by the American Classical League-a national organi- zation. Its offspring, which was organized in the United States in the fall of 1936, has now a country wide membership of over 11,065 members with 375 active chapters. The Stamford High chapter was introduced some years ago by Dr. Mathilda A. Koehler of the Latin Department. Once a month the thirty-five members gather for their meeting. President Richard Fine or Vice-Presi- dent Claire Helsing conducts the business, Secretary Norma Baily makes her report, and Treasurer Harry Stelfin collects the sixty-five cents membership dues. The purpose of the club is to increase our culture through studying the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The members learned that much of our modern law, government, language, literature, and art had its inception in the classics. Programs for the year consisted of reports on different phases of Greek and Roman life, their menus, styles, entertainments, and religions. After careful consideration of all facts presented, more than a.few members agreed with Thomas R. Ybarra when he said: Oh, the Roman was a rogue, He erat was, you bettum. 128 3400! Counci In January of i947 a baby was born to S.H.S. . . and shortly afterwards christened The Stamford High School Council. Since its birth in early '47, this long-awaited arrival has certainly accom- plished much toward achieving its purpose: that of bettering the relationship between faculty and student body and of furthering the school interests by giving students an opportunity for self-govern- ment. Under a constitution drawn up by a committee John Wynne of homerooms the Council is given the power to investigate and make recommendations to the principal on matters concerning its purpose, and to appoint committees to carry out the Council's recommendations. The principal alone is vested with veto power over the actions of the Council. Repre- sentatives from the student body, faculty, adminis- trative department and custodians comprise the working body of our organization. The council is definitely a school rather than a student organiza- tion. Among the many accomplishments of the council this year have been our gala Football Dance, intro- duction of a new Scholastic Honor System, and im- provement of the conditions in the boys' and girls' rooms. The first slate of officers elected by the Coun- cil were John Wynne, president, Barry Weissman, vice-president, and Barbara Ransahoff, secretary. Congratulations for establishing democracy in S.H.S. on a firm basis! f' First Row, Left to Right: R. Colatrella, G. Myklebust, R. Marciano, F. Gilleslxi, D. Germanc, Mrs. it Louisa H. Bohn, B. Ransohofi, J. Wynne, B. Weissman, L. Maxwell, A. Sessa, l. Chmelewski, l. DeRubis, A. D'Elia, S. Rotante, l.. Strelakos, G. Myers. Second Row, Left to Right: K. Bridge, M. Brownstein, E. Pawloski, J. Roberts, J. Tavlarides, P. Brown, R. Young, B. Adams. Not Pictured: Mayo Sorgmon. NXXXCY, yA,XfxswIon,Y Oveene, .Eix9Xev, QA. owon- E 9-aim, S. Yind, O. 'Luv-o-MQ1-1. 'Wind Y-own if-. Xookwev ,X.. SN olseq , P-. 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Besk Be 'mc 'xo X936 ' I P QCMQOYZD 130 Firsr Rok le0 0 Wgluf: -Sf Karp, R Monaco. Secon 41arren, 41. Cuflfluardg ,L Wrugluf. 7lu1rd1Pcw.- 0 ff Oalvles-g Y Bruno, 1 A1-MQ .A Slvrpan 41. leonarq d Pow: 41. lukfwon, D ass-are, If . llbnefnj G. Cordon, 'Q Fossil E lecouras, , N Robbins, Fi Greene, 4. Colafrella, Gladys llue world of flue flueafer fornued flue background for flue work of fluff? years Drama Class. flue people wluo recorded flue dralna of ble, flue plays of flue pas! and present flue personabffes of fluose wluo gave fluefr Aves fo flue sfage becanue nuore fluan fbsf nafuues. Nof 0174 pubnsluedplays, buf orfglnalplaylefs wlufclu were lvrfffen Qndproduced uh flue class roonu pro vided opporfunffy for eaclu sfudenf fo experience flue foys ofspecfafolg of aufnoq Und ofacfolz Under flue aurecffbn of Miss Gladys 44. leonaraf flue Drafna Class nuenubers assrsfed fn assenublv progranu producfuons. Several sfudenfs announced ,orogranusg ofluers gave peeclues,- some pro vfdea' nuusfcal nufn6ers,- and some even wrofe orfgfnalplaylefs. l'Ql72 Q CZJJ 13' SCAOJ gli 05 The High School Guides, a fairly recent addition to the clubs and societies of Stamford High School, were organized this past year under the leadership of Mrs. Louisa H. Bohn, Dean of Girls. These students acted as the only reliable sources of information on Sophomore Day, having promised not to sell those win 9 gan cl One of the best swing bands in S.H.S.'s history, namely The Paul Rotante Band, made its musical debut this year. Since its first assembly, the band has been definitely on the up-beat. Playing for school proms, swing assemblies, banquets and dances, the band hasn't sounded one sour note on First Row, Left to Right: J. Greaney, M. Burns, E. Sorensen, J. Mathews, A. Hickey, Mrs. Louisa H. Bohn, H. Balmer, A. Nelson, J. Tymula, J. Pierlmowslxi. Second Row: C. Callum, B, Holt, E. Gustafson, L. Palmer, P. Smith, E. Haggerty, K. Torchia, T. Bechert, P. Brown. Third Row: J. Kearns, B. Heisinger, J. Con- very, B. Walton, D. Wanamalxer, L. Fillmore, M. Kwochlca, D. Mravunac, A. D'Elia. proverbial elevator tickets, but to direct the be- wildered horde of newcomers correctly, and on the easiest route. The service of this useful and helpful group of students is not limited to starting an the right foot, but these guides may be seen directing visiting persons and committees in any hour of the school day throughout the entire year. Approved of by the visitors, the teachers and the grateful sophomores, the permanent organization of the High School Guides seems assured. In addi- tion, this group gives the students a chance to assume responsibility and prove to people not familiar with the building that Stamford High School is a well-run and thoughtful institution-and big enough to give the guides a iob to do. Our guides are all set for next year's sophomores. its climb to success. However, its most acclaimed achievement was an assembly entertainment pro- gram for the senior class, where Bizet Has His Day, a swing version of a concert piece and a saxaphone rendition of Opus in Pastels were in the limelight. Paul Puppy Rotante started his musical career early in life. In the grades he began studying the saxaphone and after studying several years Paul arranged an intricate rendition of Holiday For Strings. From such an illustrious beginning, it is no surprise that he organized the winning swing band of S.H.S. The swing band organized by Paul Rotante is but one of the many such groups which made life in Stamford High enjoyable. First Row, Left to Right: P. Peterson, T. Damasi, J. Maina, Paul Rotante lband leaderj, M. Serulli, M. Altieri, T. Martins, B. Ogletree, J. Hagan. Second Row: J. Penachio, G. Wright, E. Esposito, H. Calliadio, A. Rudomanslxy, L. Waterbury, J. Franchina. Top Fair: L. Digironimo, S. Skigen. Middle Pair: T. Sentementes, W. Robbie. Bottom Pair: F. DeSalvo, T. Smith. Standing: F. Winsley. Here they are! These are the fellows who now carry books instead of guns and are working out algebra examples in place of navigation problems, but it is still basic training. The veterans have put their noses to the grind- stone to try to make up for lost time. Through the full cooperation of faculty and pupils these fellows are getting a fresh start in the high school com- munity. The vets, as they are called, have won the friendship and respect of everyone at S.H.S. They have applied mature iudgment and a new-found earnestness to their work, setting a shining example for all. Their sincerity of purpose is overlaid by a superficial blase mask. Under this mask of frivolity, they are earnest, hard-working students, grateful for the second chance they are receiving. After their On October 23, 1947, during the Hillhouse-Stam- ford football game, the spectators witnessed the debut ofthe Junior Drill Corps, a flashy and brilliant addition to fall Saturday afternoons. Under the supervision of William O'Shaughnessy, and drilled by Mary Ellen Gallagher of the Class of '49, these high-stepping twirlers supplied their own orange and black dickeysand other equipment and met every Tuesday for instruction from Major J. T. Totalias, who is the undefeated national champion. A constitution is in the making, and the ground- work for a permanent organization has been laid. Mary Ellen, their leader, has been executing her astonishing routines for four years, and twirling dangerously with fire for two years. Among other things, she won the New York State Junior Champ- First Row: E. Johson, J. McKeithen, J. White, J. Finch, J. Totilas, M. E. Gallagher, A. Main, J. Case, R. M. Pinto, R. Kellner, V. Totilas. Second Row: S. Harris, D. Childs, J. Walling, L. Rowan, l. Saumell, C. Bancroft, R. Pizarelo, C. Nollman. E. Raymond, M. Millett. Third Row: M. Cappelluri, M. A. Cater- bane, L. Vaelintu, M. Porter, M. E. Doherty, M. Perdreaux, L. Palmer, E. Haggerty, N. Powers, B. Holt. Top Row: L. Marshall, M. White, J. Racanello, R. DeNilie, B. V. Lundberg, P. Lees, D. Serels. ulerana schooling they will go on to a success that cannot be lost merely by delay. On their way, they will take with them the good wishes of the hundreds of real friends they have made. May the future give them'what they deserve -the best. ibrif! .gqzlacl ionship held at Poughkeepsie, and during the past summer she worked with the Blessed Sacrament Fife and Drum and Bugle Corps of Bridgeport, Connecti- cut champions for ten years. We look forward to viewing the new dynamic drill patterns planned for next year. Y dfi Ne...-A gall' I I ,-'-N y ., F' , r ,QW i F K l Wg uuflw 7 E I ek' I suiQc1..5Uulu,w i vn1llhQpl'1Nf rQl1nqVXf'QH f!z 'r!El' X' Y , W YW ' 1 ' N in N'0'5:.Xl'Q 't 'mul if SK ,.,,,,,jxk Ag. gf QS Q1 -X msbws l Seated, Left to Right: John Baggs, Paul J. Kuczo. Standing, Left to Right: Jack O. Lockery, Raymond P. Booker. 'in A '7u . l ion'-Y nzwfo D41 r 4- 8 Ute CHE5 oifelqliosf tgyordugd cheer! MEADE 'fflre . Z 1 I Sqd RS . omno' gconnsil, E L ' 3ur,., ' A C USU.: , lr ' l S E Mogieiitonf Dwizldmon 8 Oro ' Ofnb ' , ' D Ur - - woo dl, dg, Y 1 f a x Stadium-John C. Campbell 1 .f4fALfic .xgaluidory ommiffee HE smoothly operating program of sports and athletics which has so capably met the needs and interests of Stamford High School boys and girls is in no small degree the work of three men-John Baggs, Paul Kuczo, and E. H. Bertram Humphries, who, working with other members of the physical education department, form the Athletic Advisory Committee. Mr. Baggs supervises all business connected with the athletic program, Mr. Humphries represents the position of the administration, and Mr. Kuczo, with Mr. Booker, and Mr. Lockery, coaches the var- sity teams. Together, they plan the program of intra- mural sports. The Board has in Principal Roy W. Hill, a little publicized but interested and valuable participant. Often during the year the committee confers with Mr. Hill on any problem concerning athletics at Stamford High School. The full and varied athletic program at Stamford High School, ranging from varsity teams in all sports both maior and minor to a schedule of intra- mural sports which engages the interest and parti- cipation of the maiority of the school, requires careful planning and coordination. To guide and conduct this program, the Athletic Advisory Board was formed and has been active for several years, carrying on where the late Michael A. Boyle left off at his death. We or it jooflaf 'it INE points from glory! Standing between Stamford and the state championship was probably the greatest eleven to be developed in a Connecticult high school-Warren Harding's Presidents, who shattered Stamford's title hopes 9 to O on Armistice Day. Nevertheless, the 1947 season kept the throngs in a constant uproar, with Gardella's whirling dervish for 25 yards with every Greenwich player having a shot at him-Morelli's magnificent punt bouncing out of bounds on New Britain's six-inch line---Shcinen stealing the ball and scampering 32 yards against Hillhouse. DeVito led the scoring with 48 points, followed by Gardella and Cioeta, each with 42. Harry Smith, Stamford's kicking specialist, booted 18 extra points. Opening with a 7 to 0 victory over Port Chester, the Stamford gridders, gaining momentum each Saturday, trounced New Britain, Ansonia, Norwich, Central, Norwalk, and Greenwich until on Thanksgiving Day they reached their high, battering Fairfield Prep, 40 to 6. First Row, Sitting, Left to Right: E. Gardella, F. Melchione, H. Smith, W. Thorme, J. Morelli, D. Behunick, W. Moser, J. Stobbie, A. Palmer, V. Ciota. Second Row: E. O'Connell, W. Robotti, R. Leary, A. Shanen, L. Kimball, M. De Vito, M. Buzzeo, A. Nixon, J. Brennan, J. Griffin. Third Row: R. Vernal lco-managerj, G. Sentementes, M. Cerulli, R. Connor, R. lynch Ccaptaini, P. J. Kuczo fcoachi, H, Crutchley, J. Bocchicchio, D. Lewis, E. Murphy, F. Mariano, E. Woods lco-monagerj. ' ei Ch 0 L Q LH .- 6. 9- 1 A .Ni First Row, left to Right: V. Cioeta, M. Buzzeo, M. De Vito, J. Kelly, A. Nixon fco-captainj, J. Morelli fco-captoinl, R. Lynch, J. Brennan, R. Moran. Second Row, Left to Right: N. Cocolis fassistant managerl, R. Brown fassistant managerl, J. Sasano, D. Batina, R. Crutchley, R. Vitti, K. Rielly, J. Griffin, H. Crutchley, F. Ley, N. LoRusso, F. Meldrione, J. Coppola, J. Cullinan, R. Nixon, P. Kuczo Ccoachj, P. Kotosky imanagerj. gaalwldaf INISHING a highly successful 1948 court season, winning fourteen games and losing only six, the orange-and-black-clad hoopsters received a much coveted bid to the CIAC tournament, only to be eliminated by New Britain. Starting out very slowly, the S.H.S. courtsters lost their first three games, to Harding, Central, and Ansonia. Finding the winning pattern to their liking, the Stamford team proceeded to win their next six games in a row until Central knocked them off. After losing to Greenwich by one point, S.H.S. won the next seven games, bowling over Warren Harding and Ansonia, who had previously whipped them, in the process. Co-captain Art Nixon was Stamford's most consistent scoring threat throughout the season, scoring a grand total of 260 points on 104 field goals and 52 foul shots. This was an average of 13 points per game and placed him well in front of Jack Kelly, who scored 184 markers. Joe Morelli, co-captain along with Nixon, tallied 137 points, and Roy Moran netted 127. gi lain ITH virtually all of last year's crack squad, in cluding Captain Thomas Pastore, back again, the golf team looks to be championship-bound this year. In 1947, under the coaching of Mr. Joseph Zdanowicz, this self-same squad went through a highly successful season, winning eight out of nine matches, losing only to a championship Danbury squad, an outstanding record that carried them into the finals in the Connecticut state playoff at Man- chester. del, ealfl UEEN highl Under the coaching of Walter T. Selg, the chess team of Stamford High School became the outstanding team in the Fairfield County League. The regulars made Stamford's name a challenge in the chess rooms of Central and Bas- sick. Amid cries of Checkmate and J'adoube, these intrepid generals of Kriegspiel marshaled and maneuvered their armies of obedient wood and plastic over cardboard battlefields to victory. Left to Right: Mr. Joseph J. Zdano- wicz, Robert Deluca, Raymond Pa- taky, Michael Nomack, Austin Saba- tio, Thomas Pastore. Husain!! OT since the days of Robotti, Tosches, Signore and that rollick- ing crew has the Orange and Black had a baseball team comparable to the 1947 squad. The S.H.S. nine lost only two contests throughout the season, to Stratford and Greenwich by close scores, and ranked with the state's elite. Perhaps the most memorable incidents were the 24 to 0 shellacking of Harding on open- ing day and the 26 to 6 massacre of St. Basil's Prep. Tony Martinich, left- fielder, and twirler Vin Speranza, with his 33 U3 consecutive scoreless innings, seemed headed for profes- sional ball. Sitting, Left to Right: T. Bechert, J. Smolko, B. Weiss, N. Bechert. Standing, Left to Right: J. Scheller, J. Bech- ert, H. Christensen, Walter T. Selg, M. Roberts, B. Landau, A. Wagner, J. Doig. First Row, Sitting, Left to Right: P. Mullens, V. Speranza, V. Cioeta, F. Melchione N. LoRusso, K. Mullens, J. Parese, Molaskey. Second Row, left to Right: M Buzzeo, J. Morelli, A. Koch, W. Holt, A. Miranda, E. King, A. Nixon, R. Vitti M. Francis, T. Bechert. Third Row, Left to Right: J. Kelley Cmanagerj, M. Fratarolli A. Martinick, D. McCarthy, H. Crutchley, J. Snilfen, M. Cerulli, F. Ley, F Fitchben Ccaptainj, P. J. Kuczo Kcoachj. .. L A - ennirt ESPITE the lack of facilities which forced the squad to prac- tice in Woodside park, the S.H.S. tennis team held its own in the 'I947 season, winning five matches and losing five. With Leon Ezzell, Ronald Melmed, Robert Heisenger, Pierce Smith, ' nw- and Walter Obman back from last year's squad, Coach W. Raymond Randall is looking forward to more and better First Row, Left to Right: W. Obman, P. Smith, R. Melmed. Second Row, Left to Right: J. Giagnorio, R. Heisinger, l. Ezzell. tennis in S.H.S. this year. Many new promising prospects try- ing out for the team give hope of better things to come. OCCQI' OMING through with an extra-ordinary season, the high-flying S.H.S. soccer team emerged on top in every game they played this year. Paced by their co-captains, Joseph Stepchew and John Snif- fen, as well as by the outstanding Joseph Adiletta and Leonard Molasky, the all-victorious squad ran through a string of eight straight victories, defeating Peekskill, Greenwich, Norwalk and Fairfield. This record marked the second year in a row that the team was undefeated, not having lost in their last sixteen starts. The team this year took the unofficial Fairfield County championship. Although there were many seniors on this year's squad who will graduate in June, Coach Raymond Booker expects to have a solid nucleus back again in 1948, around which to build another champion- ship team. With such outstanding material to start with as Joe Fuda and George McCloud, next year's team may well be even as good as the one that rode roughshod over all opposition in '47, First Row, Left to Right: K. Trefry, G. Sentementis, H. Yonicky, J. Fuda, T. Masone, J. Swanson, J. Cullamen, E. Cross, G. Mclaud. Second Row, Left to Right: J. Michelson, W. Boyle, G. Connors, H. Macardy, H. Weise, J. Malasky, F. Winne, R. Sandor, B. Weise, N. Schmid, M. Weise. Third Row, Left to Right: J. Adiletta, J. Peebles, F. Lee, M. O'Brien, B. Kobo, J. Naraika, Raymond Booker, C. Aveon, J. Sniffen, J. Stepchew. road ounfry Although handicapped by iniuries to Fagen and Kiiek, the Stamford High School Cross Country Team, starting the season with losses to Harding once and Greenwich twice, bounced back to eliminate Fairfield and Darien twice, and win their second meet with Harding. Captained by Rodney MacNicholl, a senior, the outstanding runners were MacNicholl, Bruce Wyncoop, George Fagan, Arthur Kiiek, and David DeBell. First Row, Left to Right: C. Spignesi, R. McNichol, A Kiiek. Second Row, Left to Right: M. Egan, J. Convery R. Hogan, F. Meade, A. Lupo. I CLC Sparked by the performances of Bruno Giordano and Carl Yoder of the Class of '47, the boys de- feated over half of their 1947 opponents. In defeat- ing Stratford, Staples, St. Basil's Milford Prep and Norwalk, while losing to Greenwich, Cheshire and Harding, Stamford piled up 466 points against 368 for their opponents. On the side, the intrepid Stamford tracksters garnered 7 points in the Indoor State Meet, 'IO in the Connecticul Relays, 8 in the Outdoor State Meet, and 32 points and fourth place in the Fairfield Country Meet. In the New England Scholastic Track Meet no points were scored, but the school mile record was broken by Bruno Giordano. Senior track men were June, Yoder, Giordano, Koesen, Murphy, Ballantonio, Gluz, Griffin, Bores, and Bocchichio. Members of the Class of '48 in- cluded MacNicholI, Thorme, Lorenti, Leary, Adi- letta, Lynch, and Connors. Sophomores were Gar- della, Shanen, and Stobbie. First Row, Left to Right: E. Kresan, C. Pradyza, R. Bridge, C. Yoder, R. June, B. Giordiano, M. Griffin, R. Shields, W. Bishop, T. Murphy. Middle Row, Left to Right: D. Ballentino, R. Connors, A. Shanen, R. Miller, J. Lorenti, J. Adiletta, W. Thorme, R. Leary, F. Mead, V. Borea, R. McNicholl, S. Naiarian. Back Row, Left to Right: A. Moehler, E. Mirek, L. Kimball, G. Fagan, J. Stobbie, W. Lewis, J. Bochicchio, J. Griffin, E. Gardella, C. Vaccaro, J. Crane, Coach R. Booker. '5 fx T f y A 2 'UNF' 4:5 Q. W 'V ll wt! Q'!4i: f' I 'f3VU's Wa. Q, aa 6 H' Aiagi 'VII Q uf 15 ff, fm Q xl' A ir irgi , Zgyaorffi Autumn, winter and spring-the three seasons of the school year brought with them a lively round of girls' sports, all under the genial and expert supervision of Miss Frances Ballard and Miss Ruth Cragen. Hockey highlighted the fall season, and from a turnout of ninety girls who participated in intra- mural games, the coaches fashioned a varsity team whose undefeated season included a victory over New Canaan. Meanwhile, along with hockey, soc- cer, touch football, and speedball kept the young ladies' circulations brisk during the cool crisp autumn days. Came the winter, and with it basketball taking the spotlight. Each class participated in an intra- mural competition to determine the school champ- ionship, while the varsity squad racked up victories over New Canaan, the Sacred Heart Academy, and the Amazons, among other rivals. The winter season was ushered in with the wel- come news that the winter sports' program was to be expanded by the addition of activities at the Jewish Center. Each class was divided into swimmers and non-swimmers, and the latter enthusiastically plunged into a Learn to Swim Campaign. While they paddled about in the pool, their classmates busied themselves chalking up strikes and spares on the alleys and playing basketball in the gym. With half the class at the Center, the remainder kept busy with basketball, ping-pong and bowling at the high school gym. Calisthenics, folk dancing, badminton, volleyball, and shuffleboard contributed zest to the sports' program. Several Play Days with the girls from neighboring schools were added pleasures. Spring-baseball, the outdoors again, and the long vacation only o jump away. W-- 1 Q, v HOCKEY TEAM First Row: Left to Ri ht: D. Zoftino C. Gu lielmo M. Ba i R. Gu 9 I 9 I 9 I 9' Iielmo, B. Bagi, T. Mercede, K. Bridge, K. Torchia, A. Hickey. Second Row, Left to Right: M. Morrell, R. Bouton, B. Ransohoff, V. Alling, E. Bauer, M. Ottaviano, E. Signore, G. Koziol, J. Ludwig. Third Row, Left to Right: Misses Ruth E. Cragen and Frances Ballard linstructorsl, D. Zeller, E. Elliott, H. Chicko, J. Porter, A. Armstrong, J. Kellogg, H. Cakavell, G. Crawford, A. Yanyoc, M. Munch. VOLLEYBALL TEAM First Row, Left to Right:R. Guglielmo, C. Guglielmo, D. Zaffino, T. Mercede, K. Torchia, M. Morrell. Second Row, Left to Right: J. Ludwig, A. Armstrong, J. Porter, L. Lovello, L. Annunziata, F. Lucas, M. Munch. Third Row, Left to Right: R. Bouton, R. Brown, V. Alling, B. Ransohoff, D. Zeller, A. Hickey. BASEBALL TEAM First Row, Left to Right: R. M. Ross, E. Iglesias, R. Vasone, A. Hickey, D. Zaffino, M. Munch, M. Dammassa. Second Row, Left to Right: A. Armstrong, R. Bouton, B. Bowler, I. Kearns, A. Janik, J. Porter, J. Presutto, M. Guorino. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM First Row, Left to Right: M. White, M. A. Ferrero, B. Bowler, A. Janik, I. Kearns, M. Munch. Second Row, Left to Right: R. Vosone, A. Hickey, R. Guglielmo, C. Guglielmo, D. Zaflino, M. Ottaviano, R. Aniello. Third Row, Left to Right: B. Ronsohoff, J. Ludwig, E. Jackson, J. Kellogg, R. A. Baron, M. Rasile, A. D'Elia. Fourth Row, Left to Right: E. Iglesias, V. Alling, M. Bagi, B. Bagi, D. Halpin, D. Zeller, R. Bouton. BADMINTON CHAMPIONS D. Vogt, B. Koba. S.. .... -' I I 'I .ff J' v,,T,,,f' J Z sw ,Q fl' 'W , P y ,J , ' ,, ,-H' K .V -M. ' 1 1 Q VJ I V A! X x X , .- , ,291 3 X 1 ff X 11 O 4 I Q x z A 1' 'FHS Z W ?Y,,.vf-e-'K . gf' , ' 'ea Y ,, ' -' E.. H Mwmvs, ...zpx I ' JV E . 9- W LX SK' mx wKW:fA?M v . I fr 4 NAB 3 AMW X x 6 ow ' Searls With the war years long past, and the commando training of a few years ago an ancient memory, this year the boys' physical education department is completely back on a normal basis. The depart- ment under the guidance of Raymond Booker and Jack Lockery has emphasized athletic achievement and physical development. In the regularly weekly gym classes many sports are taught to the boys through active participation. During the fall and spring the boys went outside and played softball and soccer, during the winter they came indoors to play either basketball or volleyball. They also sweated out a calisthenic workout before each period. As many of the classes were large and unwieldy, they were divided into two parts for the indoor season. One group used the high school gym and the other took advantage of the facilities at the Jewish Center: the bowling alley, the swimming pool, and the gymnasium. In this way class numbers were cut down to a minimum, enabling more individual instruction to be given. Supplementing these regular school classes the department sponsored extra-curricular intramural competition in several sports. Starting in January and running to March, a basketball league with fourteen iunior and senior teams and ten sophomore teams in competition was sponsored. In this sport, Mr. Booker struck an encouraging note by point- ing out that, Not one team failed to show up, something that has never happened before. In March came the inter-class track meet between the sophomore, iunior, and senior classes in the football stadium. Ending the intermural sports, baseball competition in the spring brought out many teams. 145 'WY' fl 'w in Q Nw: ,,. .nv - ew k,,...-- . ,.,, ., .Q ,Q .1-'Q 9 A ' Q Nr . W' 'C 'gag g Y m?,'k.',1'3 AQHQL.: NX X .fl rg :V .. .. , ,, 5?.A.4.gL1,..?awaaf.MwQL32 FEATURES It Pays to work at Murphy s If you are thmkxng about enterxng the retaxlmg fleld let me tell you about my experlence Varrety store busl ness IS fast movmg and mterestnng Each counter IS a store m xtself Here at Murphy s one learns retanlmg from the bottom up' I started out as an extra salesgxrl work mg every day after school When I graduated I was fortunate to be placed 1n charge of a counter I never knew how really xnterestmg thrs work could be nt s just hke having a shop of my own I m growing here takmg more responsxbnllty as I go There s strll more room for advancement I can work myself mto a posmon of merchandlse buyer sectxon supervxsor or bookkeeper m the office And a few weeks ago one of our gnrls was selected to tram for the job of Personnel Dxrectress m a large new Murphy Store All of us at Murphy s have an equal chance to better ourselves and there :sn t a store rn town to beat Murphy s on employee benef1ts' If you re ambmous to make a go of retaxhng joxn the gang at Murphy s And from what I can see Murphy s IS tops xn tramlng' G C MURPHY COMPANY 1 .. , .. - 9 u , - - a . .,. . . , . . , . , . a P 'U ' Y y -- u nr -- -- -1 U 1 , . ,. . .. o 0 148 .!4L0llt OLD' j2llfLll'e5 Here are the places we went and the things we did. The varied community activities in which we took part were a real and integral feature of our high school education. Here we met our friends, had our fun, and yet stepped into the world around us. In the following pages, The Spirit of '48 has chosen fourteen of the many organizations which enlarge the educa- tion of youth physically, culturally and morally in surroundings that are whole- some, pleasant, and recreational. Bert Wishes zo the CLASS OF '48 FRANK MERCEDE 8- SONS el'gll.J0l'l clfgfafy OT the least of the educational centers which lie outside the building and which supplement the work of the school is the Ferguson Library. Rush hour comes for the librarians any day between two-thirty and three-thirty, when hordes of sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors, armed with assignments, references, and outside readings, descend upon the library in overwhelm- ing numbers, certain from long experience that they will find what they want. Nor is the library only a center of learning, for here the boys and girls find a central meeting place, convenient to both school and town, and so nicely situated on the route to and from school which so many must follow. The special reading room has long been a haven of refuge and recreation for S.H.S. students, who find in a well-chosen selection of books something to suit every interest. The program of the library, by which every sophomore is introduced to its facilities, has aided no end in making the library a more friendly and useful place for students. In addition, the library cooperates with the visual aids pro- gram for the school by furnishing films from its extensive collection for use in almost every department. All in all, every student in Stamford High School will keep a warm place in his heart and a fond spot in his memory for hours spent at the Ferguson Library. 149 C omplimentx of STAMFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION A SAVINGS INSTITUTION 46 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN SAVINGS INSURED TO 35 000 ASSETS Ovsx 311 500 000 IF IT IS RECREATION EQUIPMENT WE HAVE IT AT THE SPORT CENTER A complete stock at all umes of A G SPALDING AND GOLDSMITH ATHLETIC GOODS Sport Clotbmg Bzcyclex Shoes Bafeball Equzpment Archery Badmmton Rzdmg Togx Auto Kobe: Glovex Lzrzeaf and Unimed Golfers Supplze: DRESSING CASES and LEATHER NOVELTIES CAMP EQUIPMENT 1076 Dxscount to I-hgh School Students GAMES COMPLETE VARIETY AT ALL TIMES BALMER and FERRIS 150 FLOOR SHO W? WHERE? WHY AT THE FLOOR COVERING SHOP 108 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. We floor your rooms- Not your pocketbooksl Sl LADl'S Broadway Pharmacy Jos. W. SILADI, Reg. Pharm. Telephone 4-5744 BROAD AND SUMMER STS. STAMFORD, CONN. KETTER BROS. GARAGE REPAIRIN G TO WING ESSO PRODUCTS Telephone 4-2484 1032 HOPE STREET SPRINGDALE, CONN. jewidk alder HERE is a noticeable rush down the driveway immediately after the bell rings, almost any day in the week. Though the figures change, the routine remains the same. The rush lasts only as far as the top of Prospect Street. Then many of the book- carrying boys and girls veer off into the communal gathering spot, the .lewish Center. Activities in the familiar red brick building are numerous and varied. Maybe the girls lust stand around and discuss the day's happenings or perhaps go down to the pool for a dip. Then, of course, the gym is always open to those who wish to play basketball, volleyball, or the like. Many gather in the iunior lounge, with its familiar comic murals, to play ping-pong, listen to the radio, or form a vocal group. Those who are bur- dened with homework are sure to be found busily engrossed in the task of completing it in the library. Still others can be found in the bowling alleys, vigorously trying for a higher score, or playing a game of billiards. ln the assembly there may be a group trying to prepare a skit to win a contest or perhaps deeply engrossed in watching a movie. These activities are but a few going on in the Jewish Center which keep it humming in the evening as well as the afternoon. lt is in the twilight hours that most of the club meetings are held. In one room a heated argument is in full swing over some point that the Center Youth Council is trying to straighten out, and in another, a forum headed by distinguished guest speakers, who are trying to enlighten the people on a world situation. 151 ,Qccubvzf TRAINING FOR BUSINESS Lguccccs Sbovu Seneiaual Smbool II accredzted by tbe Connecticut Stale Board of Ezlucatlorl 11 alio a Charter Member o lbe National Council of Bulmen Scboolx and ba! been approved for lbe ofermg of lbe folloumg Standard Course: STENOGRAPHIC SECRETARIAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAL JUNIOR ACCOUNTING HIGHER ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION VETERANS TRAINING PROGRAM CUnder G I Bull ofR1ghtsD ILLUIZXI L A T SUMMER SCHOOL DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS CO EDUCATIONAL Specnal SHORT courses for students who are planmng to go to college-Refresher courses for commerclals who are planmng to go to business EARLY REGISTRATION is ADVISABLE F A L L T E R M S EVENING SCHOOL SEPTEMBER I5 DAY SCI-IOOI SEPTEMBER 7 INQUIRIES AND VISITS to tbe fcbool are znwled If you are mlerexted In a buxmen career or 1f you are mll undecided call unte or telephone for free lllerature We Jball gladly prozzde complete xnformauon on couney ralel and time required uitbout obligallon in lim picture lbrough buszrreu lrazmng AIVITR C0lIIl'LI'TINCT YOUR COURSE our Placement Deparlmenl ull! ann! you m Jelcclzng 4 good :farting pon non u here you can male good me of the bumzen Jkzllr and knou ledge you bat e acquired IN SHORTS SECRETARIAL SCHOOL you will dzxcouer bou quukly you can prepare lor a good pofmon IIIIIT IITAII CII The School of Bufznen, Accountzng and Secretarzal Trazmng 505 ATLANTIC STREET TELEPHONE 5 3185 STAMFORD, CONN , .4 I I' I f A SCENE in a lypical buxinen omce, You can place yourself 1 A I Y If I 1 .... I ' II U Il I II IT II II II rr ' - ' ' ' U 152 THE BARRETT BOOKSTORE BOOKS CARDS STATIONERY RENTAL LIBRARY Phone 3-7344 75 BROAD STREET CA: Summer Streetb STAMFORD, CONN. FRANK MARTIN 8. SONS, Inc. CLOTHING of CHARACTER HABERDASHERY of DISTINCTION 261 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. GRUNBERGER, Inc. JEWELERS DIAMONDS - WATCHES SILVERWARE - GIFTS Official Watch Inspector New Haven Railroad Phone 4-5167 135 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD, CONN. ywcpa. HE Young Women's Christian Association, through its interest Tin the spiritual, physical, and social welfare of young people, contributed to the ideals exemplified by the Freedom Train- tolerance and understanding. Familiar to boys and girls alike, this building was the center of fun and frolic throughout the year. The cool dip in the pool after school, those wonderful roller skating parties, and those never-to-be-forgotten dances on Halloween, Valentine's Day, and numerous other occasions will not soon be forgotten. Under the guidance of Miss Jean Prusia, director of the teen-age program, Girl Reserve Clubs, which had as their symbol a blue triangle signifying mind, spirit, and body, were organized by students of high school age. Their many and varied activities included worthwhile contributions to the com- munity and the nation. Successful fashion shows, parties, mother and daughter banquets, teas, and dances were given by these various clubs, which possessed such interesting names as the Ace of Clubs, Chatterbox, Teen Timer, and Live Wires. A number of activities were planned by the Y.W.C.A. in which the various age groups might participate. Swimming, roller skating, athletics, and ping-pong were but a few of the programs provided for the youth of the community. 153 8 H FRANKEL 8. SONS PICKWICK ICE CREAM 262 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN wHITEI0l-UJER I Con mtulatio ns! CLASS OF '48 Compliments Of CO. 9 ' - i' f li f I . Loren Murchison 8. Co. CLASS RINGS Club and Fraternity Pins Imfimtiom and Diploma! Medal: and Trophies' 14 PARK PLACE NEWARK 2, N. J. Con gratulatio ns CLASS OF ,48 CENTER PRESS 82 GAY STREET STAMFORD, CONN. BOB'S-SPORTS SPORTING GOODS ' S portxwear ' Tennis ' Golf ' Archery ' Badminton Team Athletic Equipment BOB'S-SPORTS Telephone 3-1 176 STAMFORD, CONN. My Scoufa NDER the direction of Ellis S. Middleton, president of the Alfred Dater Council, Boy Scouts of America, and several scoutmasters in this district, Stamford boys have an opportunity to participate in a program of interesting and useful activities, learning the mysteries of woodcraft, first aid, swimming and life-saving, of outdoor cooking and camping, of signaling, map- making and citizenship. There are approximately fourteen hundred Boy Scouts in Stamford, divided into nine senior units, twenty-four troops and fourteen cub packs. The Sea Scouts maintain their base at Cummings Park, where the boys, fifteen and over, participate in cruises around Long Island Sound. Explorer Scouting is a program of adventure on land, based on advanced merit badge work and advanced camping and trips to the woodland areas. Boy Scouting was brought to this country forty years ago by William D. Boyce, Chicago publisher and traveler who was assisted to find an unfamiliar address in London by a British Boy Scout. On February 8, 1910, Mr. Boyce and others inter- ested equally in boys and citizenship formally incorporated the Boys Scouts of America. Thus, the Boy Scouts of America help to build the character of young boys and men on the foundation of truth, helpfulness to others, loyalty, friendliness, courtesy, kindness, obedience, thrift, bravery, cleanliness, and reverence. 155 Conde Nast Publications, Inc GREENWICH, CONN. d SPRINGDALE COFFEE SHOPPE JAMES J. CURTIN, Prop. Home Cooked Meals Candy, Cigars, Cigarettex, Paper: and Magazines 918 HOPE STREET SPRINGDALE, CONN. Compliments Of TRU N K and UMBREl.l.A 'A' THE HATCH' 8. BAILEY CO. ESTABLISHED 1872 SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. AND FAHEY STREET SPRINGDALE, CONN. gw 5'....f. NDER the direction of Mrs. Joseph Green and her able assist- ants, eighteen hundred girls, members of the Stamford Area Association of Girl Scouts, participate in varied and interesting programs. There are three divisions of the Senior Scouts, girls ranging between the ages of fourteen and eighteen: the Service Scouts, Mariners and Wing Scouts. The Service Scouts have a combined program of fun and service for the community. The girls fold letters for the Com- munity Chest, deliver Christmas packages to patients in local hospitals, and give parties for underprivileged children, serving Stamford in every possible way. The Wing Scouts have a tech- nical course where they learn the ground work for flying. The girls study the mechanical parts of the plane, take trips to nearby air fields and take active flights. The activities of the Mariner Scouts take place during the summer time. An old whaling ship, the Joseph Conrad, has been donated to them, and trips are being planned for the coming season. At Christ- mas these girls went caroling at local hospitals. On March 'l3th the Stamford Area Girls presented a fashion show at the Y.W.C.A. Girl Scouts from the United States, Canada, and Brazil will be co-hostesses during August at a World Conference at Cooperstown, New York, where girls from twenty-three different nations will meet to discuss world affairs. 157 SERVE COKE C ongmtulatiom AT YOUR to the DANCES and PARTIES GRADUATES NORMA-HOFFMANN e O DRINK I I I REG. 0.5, PAT. OFF. STAMFORD, CONN. C omplimentf 0 f NORTHAM WARREN CORPORATION STAMFORD, CONN. I I I Manufacturers of CUTEX The largest selling line of Manicure Preparations AND ODORONO The oldest name in Deodorants 158 FRANK M. WEST HARDWARE, PAINTS. HOUSE FURNISHINGS and BOAT SUPPLIES Phone 4-7339 1.8 PARK ROW STAMFORD, CONN. C 0 mplimentx Of LINCOLN and COMPANY C 0 mpliment: Of HOLY NAME ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Inc. erwoocl 6011 fel' HE Yerwood Community Center, located on West Main Street, is a place where anyone could find recreation. One casually strolls into the snack bar to be cheerfully greeted by Mr. Powell, the director, or his assistant, Mr. Walker. Both there and throughout the center, groups are having a grand time chatting amidst the confusion. Many of the younger set formed clubs, one of the oldest being the Crusaderettes or Socialistics, who specialized in sports. Their baseball and basketball games were played on the field of athletics. The Wolverines had an outstanding record for their performance in athletics. Both the Wolverines and Social- istics learned while young the responsibility of becoming good citizens, and were instructed by professionals upon the value of living harmoniously together for the common good of all. Girls did not form the only groups that frequented the Center. Boys came in after school to play ping-pong. Their chief interests, however, were basketball and baseball. Calling them- selves the Eagles, these boys have been honored highly for their magnificent sportsmanship. The Yerwood Male Chorus, under the leadership of Dr. U. J. Yerwood, was one of the more prominent Negro choral groups. , In the pleasant atmosphere of the Center, where there was no room for preiudice, anyone could belong to any of these groups if he could meet their liberal requirements. 159 L G BALFOUR NOSAL REALTY CO COMPANY ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CLASS RINGS and PINS COMMENCEMENI INVITATIONS DIPLOMAS PERSONAL CARDS APPRAISALS MEMORIAL PLAQUES W Telephone 3 8983 Representauve MR GRON P LLOYD 79 CLINTON AVENUE Box 144 CANAAN CONN STAMFQRD CONN C omplzmentx UR IN ONE SHOP nc -afi- 63 BROAD STREET STAMFORD, CONN DOUGLAS E COOPER, Vzce Pres u I u i. A.1T u.2g7 ?i'A'.Y-s CLUB INSIGNIA P. O. , . , , Of F O - - , I . -M A W.- 160 C omplimentr 011 LOU KONSPORE MEN 'S WEAR 502 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD, CONN. C omplimentr Of Ka rp's Hardware Opp. Post Ofhce FEATURING- GIFTS HOUSEWARES TOOLS ELEC. APPLIANCES Good Luck to the CLASS OF '48 ROVENS CURTAIN SHOP Stamford 3-8627 3128-530 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD, CONN. Greenwich 8-2730 169 GREENW ICH AVENUE GREENW ICH, CONN. unior mmanb URING our high school years many students became acquainted with the Stamford Woman's Club Juniors, in which they performed several community services and supple- mented their formal high school education. This group was organized to acquaint girls with the routine of the Woman's Club, so that, upon completing their education, they might become active members of the association. Meetings were held once a month in the auditorium of the Stamford Woman's Club. Mrs. Edmund H. Bucy, Senior Club Chairman, assisted by Mrs. Fred Paulitz, served as adviser. The club strove to present varied and interesting programs. These included a series of lectures by a representative of a famous New York beauty salon. Other lectures were given on textiles and materials, colleges, and various fields of work. The major event of the year, however, was the annual Christmas Ball. Another commendable occurence was the presentation of a successful spring concert in April, 1947. The program, directed by W. Raymond Randall, included the Senior A Cappella Choir and many talented students. Part of the proceeds were donated to the Stamford Work Shop for Crippled Adults and Children. The officers elected for T947-1948 were Dorothy Wana- maker, president, Janet Cooper, vice-president, Nancy O'Con- nell, secretary, and Clare Harrison, treasurer. T61 OIL BURNERS-BURNER SERVICE THIS TIME IT's HUDSON FUEL OILS See the Car of Tomorrow Pnnw G 8: B SALES and PETROl.EUM HEAT SERVICE Inc and POWER CO Telephone 4 4145 MAIN FACTORY AND OFFICE 874 EAST MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN STAMFORD CONN SENIORS We, too, Salute You' Young men and women who are qualnfymg to graduate from Stamford I-Ixgh School you are addmg to Amerxca s most prrceless resource IIS trazrted brampower We therefore congratulate you and your teachers' Your trained braxn power helps make the Unrted States a strong natlon today and even stronger tomorrow Tramed brampower also helps desxgn make and dlstrxbute the YALE locks and bunlders hardware that are used everywhere In the world where houses exnst Please come and see for yourself how 4 200 of your nenghbors make the products whnch have brought such world renown to your hometown Our Indus trIal Relatxons Department wnll gladly arrange a trIp through the Stamford plant for you J BRYAN WILLIAMS JR General Manager THE YALE 8: TOWNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY STAMFORD DIVISION An Important Part of Stamford for 79 Year: AT nuuxmovv. o o I o o 1 - , . I 0 , . 1 I . , . - 9 - s 'Q 162 We TELEGRAPH FLOWERS Bonded Member of F.T.D.A. Racanello Florist . Phone 5-2167 187 MAIN sTREET CCorr1er of South Streetb STAMFORD, CONN. C 0 mpliment: Of A FRIEND LEON DERAN CAMERAS and SUPPLIES Everything Photographic u Telephone 4-0938 32 PARK ROW STAMFORD, CONN. .jsloriyaifaf .xdicled LTHOUGH up until the present the Stamford Hospital has not provided for a group of high school girls as aides-a project which it plans to initiate in the future-such an organi- zation composed of girls from S.H.S. has been active in St. Joseph's Hospital. On duty from 3:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on weekdays as well as Saturdays and Sundays, these girls have performed vital work for the hospital and have themselves received valuable training. Their work consisted of emptying and replenishing water pitchers in the patients' rooms, passing the food trays, making beds-hospital style-taking care of the fiowers sent to the sick, and offering general assistance to the nuns and nurses. The girls in the kitchen arranged the food trays and cleaned the dishes. Two girls were on duty in the office, one of whom distributed tickets to visitors to prevent overcrowding in the rooms. In almost every part of the hospital, work was found which these girls could perform usefully and capably, under the supervision of nuns and nurses, who, of course, gave the girls the necessary training for their duties. Many, if not the majority, of the girls who offered their services as aides were planning to enter nursing as a profes- sion, and the work and experience in the hospital provided invaluable preliminary training which should get them off to a fast start when they enter the hospital as nurses in training. 163 Let Jean Sardou Portraits record all the important events in your life Your Official Photographer jean Sardou Studio Mezzanine THE U. 0. MILLER 00. John A. Scalzi Co. Wholemle and Retail Diftrilmtorf PAINTS and PAINTERS' SUPPLIES IMPERIAL WALLPAPER AUTOMOTIVE PAINTS Telephone 3-1187 52-60 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD, CONN. Telesco Fuel 8. Masons' Material Co. FUEL OILS-BURNERS COAL-CHARCOAL READY-MIX CONCRETE SERVING STAMFORII SINCE 1915 Telephone 5-1 1 1 1 Yard! ut: 61 LIBERTY STREET 151 GREENWICH AVENUE fMeadow Street Dockj C omplimentf of The Wm. H. Jones Drug Stores 427 MAIN SIREET Iss BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. 4-4164 - Phones-4-3111 unior Rm! Cross ROUPS of sophomores and iunior girls, under the super- vision of Dr. Mathilda Koehler of the Latin department, have been active for some years in the Junior Red Cross work carried on at the Red Cross Rooms after school hours. The work was comprised of folding bandages, running the sewing machines, pressing, doing clerical work, and preparing discarded material for salvage. The girls also assisted the Motor Corps personnel. Emergency calls were most cheerfully answered even when occurring on Saturday, which was a free day for pupils and teachers alike. Spring conventions of all Connecticut High School Junior Red Cross chapters, held on Saturdays, were attended by several girls chaperoned by Mrs. Howard Smith, then chairman of all Junior Red Cross Work in Stamford Schools, Miss Maida Burdick, and Dr. Koehler. Many examples ofthe beautiful work done in all the Stamford schools were displayed. ln June, Betty Checko of this special sophomore group was one of two Stamford girls selected by the American Red Cross to represent the Junior Red Cross at the convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Smith was in charge of these representatives. A memorial service in tribute to Miss Burdick, who passed on soon after assuming the chairmanship of Junior Red Cross for 1947-1948, was held in the late autumn at Stamford Hospi- tal. Dr. Koehler was delegated to represent the High School. 165 C 0 mplimentx Of THE FRIENDLY STORE 232 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN GRAVES 8. STRANG Inc 556 CANAL STREET Phone 3 3181 STAMFORD CONN LONG, HW' the terrntory wnrh quahty materxals for many years DHT CIT' COAL FUEL OILS REFRIGERATION BUILDERS SUPPLIES and HARDWARE PAINTS FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS and CABINETS SPRINGDALE ICE 81 COAL CO 943 HOPE STREET Phone4 6173 SPRINGDALE CONN S. S. KRESGE CO. -..4gUg,.,.- I o Two long established business concerns-serving lt . . . . 166 For the Best in Young Men'.r Clothes POPULAR PRICES ST EIN-BLOCH CLOTHES TIMELY CLOTHES WALK-OVER SHOES 79 ATLANTIC ST STAMFORD, CONN! C ompliments Of Cashman Laundry Corporation 3-1151 37 GAY STREET STAMFORD, CONN. Complimentf and Good Luck to the CLASS OF '48 KEIL 8. KEIL SPORTSWEAR 255 BEDFORD STREET y STAMFORD, CONN. Cafhogc youd Organizafion About a year ago the Catholic Youth Organization was in its infancy in the state of Connecticut. At that time, Bishop O'Brien, seeing the need for religious and cultural training for Catholic youths in the state, organized the C.Y.O. under the direction of Rev. John Wodarski, who had just returned from service in the army. In a short time, every parish in the state offered a four point program for Catholic boys and girls of high school age. Here in Stamford, under the first District Director, Rev. Norman St. Martin, the C.Y.O. got off to a flying start with the immediate organization of a District Council, which began preparations for the various activities which go to make up the C.Y.O. program. The Catholic Youth Organization was established by the Bishop of Hartford to coordinate under a well organized and well directed structure all the leisure time activities of the Catholic youth of the Diocese. These include all their interests along religious, social, cultural, and recreational lines. In the short time since its establishment, the C.Y.O. has grown in strength and membership to a great extent. At the weekly meetings held each Tuesday, Catholic youths receive religious instruction, after which they engage in many kinds of recreational activities, such as ping-pong, pocket billiards, piano playing, and shuffle board. During the past summer, teams from every parish competed in a city-wide baseball league which was very successful. The league play revealed many promising young hopefuls. This winter also witnessed the continuation of the annual basketball competition. The District includes Norwalk and Greenwich, and both cities were repre- sented inthe race for the trophy. 167 FINAL 'WHAT war the lndurtrial Revolu- tion? In 4 few worcir, tell when it occurred and bow it har ejected your life. We're only kidding, of course. We know school and tests are about over now, and you're probably tired of history, math, and who won the Industrial Revolution. We haven't been to school in a long time, and we certainly wouldn't dare match answers with you on that question up there. But we do know that you of the Class of '48 are living in an irzdurtrial world, that Stamford is an imiurtrial town. Leaving history out of it, you might like to know something about one of your community's larger industries-Pitney-Bowes. WHO are we? Well, to begin with, we're 5,420 stockholders, many of us living in Stamford, with our money invested in a business which now pays us a return in the form of dividends. CThere was a time, of course, when this was a very risky investment, and some of us didn't know whether we'd even get our money back, let alone dividends. Your parents, if they were in Stamford 25 years ago, can tell you about the little frame building that was then Pitney-Bowes? And we are 2,300 employees who work together as a team to make, sell, and service postage meters and other mailing machines. More than 1,300 of us work in Stamford, the rest in 85 cities all over the nation. The Men and Women of PITN EY - BOWES, Inc. Stamford, Conn. EXAM WI-IOM do we serve? Tens of thou- sands of businesses all over the U. S., and in Canada, Central and South America, whose mailing is made faster, more eco- nomical and convenient through postage meters and Metered Mail. WHO get: what? Well, let's look at our last report-for the 9 months ended December 31, 1947. After we'd bought raw materials, goods and services, paid taxes and insurance, etc., we had avail- able for dividing among the people in this business 37,435,000 Of this, we paid out 36,120,000 to our employees in wages and salaries, leaving 31,315,000 Our stock- holders received 3572,000 in dividends. Our employees received S303,000 in prof- it-sharing payments fover and above their regular wages and salariesb. This left us 3440,000, which we put to work for the needs of our business. THERE'S a lot more to Pitney-Bowes than what we've been able to tell you here. If any of you are interested in hearing about it, or in talking over the possibility of a job, drop in anytime and ask for Mr. Robert Moore, in the Personnel Building on Walnut Street. You'll be very welcome. Meanwhile, to you young men and women of the Class of '48, congratulations and the best of luck! , 'Y-an s 9 .--' f 2 1 5' ff ' we it ' Y kyifaoo 4 - 3.2 11 vamp! i ng- 'Q Coll+'?Wf5i'5 Q - it, , of fb ggi' 'lik gran 5, V? . 168 C ompliments Of PACKARD STAMFORD, Inc. 30 BELL STREET STAMFORD, CONN. AMERICAN CANDY CO. I. ALSWANGER, Prop. Dixtributon of SCI-IRAFFT'S CANDIES 68 GREYROCK PLACE STAMFORD, CONN. THE A. H. EMERY CO. TESTING EQUIPMENT SPECIAL MACHINERY 682 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. Wray. HE Young Men's Christian Association, a world-wide organi- zation founded in 1844 for the improvement of the spiritual, educational, social, and physical condition of young men and boys, offers an excellent program for the youth of Stamford. The brick building situated on Atlantic Street, with its swimming pool, gymnasium, and facilities for ping-pong, billiards, and other recreation, gives high school students the opportunity to meet and engage in activities for their physical betterment. Also, the several clubs sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. afford them a chance, through their meetings and activities, to prepare for citizenship and active participation in community life. ln addition to the recreational part of the program, other activities include the attendance of officers and other delegates at district, state, and national Hi-Y functions, such as Hi-Y coun- cils, conferences, camps and congresses. As an example, the Stamford Hi-Y club will be represented by three delegates at the Youth for Government Convention to be held in April at the State Capitol in Hartford. Also the club will contribute a sum to the World Youth Fund of the Y.W.C.A. For this generous purpose, the boys got together and sold trees during the Christ- mas Season. They also sponsored the Annual Faculty Dinner in March. The Hi-Y has its own regular pin, with a diamond-shaped cross in the center. This pin is worn by members in every section of the United States. The adviser for the Stamford Hi-Y Club is Mr. Bird, and the officers are Thomas Bechert, president, Robert Duguay, vice-president, Robert Brown, secretary, and Jack Lawrence, treasurer. 'I69 LAMINATED SHIM CO., Inc. GLENBROOK CONNECTICUT STAMFORD WATER COMPANY I I I 9 I I I Compliment: . of C 0 mpliments Of fs s A if N Qi 1 i 5 it .ts 9 EW un , g i up ii. ROlilitl'S YMPOQ NPC O x 15 5'-0 SYSCQ lltllly ' , . is All ' 'fK.n:lJ5.1?fi. lil NS 395 MAIN STREET .S7famK2rz! ,jwloqoifaf N integral part of the Stamford Hospital, the School of Nursing provides instruction, guided experience, and super- vision along the lines of effective nursing. lts obiect is to turn out nurses skilled in the work of saving human lives. Training is intensive, yet rewarding. Many of the School's graduates hold responsible positions in hospital nursing, private practice, teaching, and supervision. This fine record of achievement speaks well for the educational caliber of the School of Nursing. lt attests to the fine quality of work done both by the faculty and the students themselves. Along with lecturers from the staff of the Stamford Hospital, graduate nurses, under Sylvia Walter Mertin, R.N., A.B., the principal of the School of Nursing and Director of the Nursing Service, make up the faculty. Courses cover such wide and diverse fields as psychology, sociology, the history of nursing, and diet therapy. Much work is done in the ever expanding field of surgical-nursing. Lectures are given in sanitation, pediatrics, dermatology, and gynecology. Coming in for a good deal of emphasis is medical-nursing, while stress is also laid upon operating-room principles. The Social Activities Committee, which is made up of the Residence-Director, and graduate and student nurses, draws up the schedule of the School's social activities. The summer is memorable for the picnics and bathing parties on Long Island Sound while the winter brings along bowling, ping-pong, swimming at the Y.W.C.A. pool, and skating. Tennis and bad- minton courts are right at hand. Also to be found in the schedule are the monthly teas. 171 C omplimentf Of UNITED CLOAK MFG. CO., Inc. JOSEPH GRUBER, Prefident Telephone 3-8044 17 BECKLEY AVENUE STAMFGRD, CONN. REDMAN CHEVROLET, Inc. PASSENGER CARS-TRUCKS SERVICE-U. S. TIRES WEST MAIN AT MILL RIVER STAMFORD, CONN. HEADQUARTERS for Famous Make Watcbex Stamford High School Clan Ringx Saperlative jewelry JN JIWILIIS will! wa. 455 MAIN STREET THE DOWN ES-SMITH CO. Reliable Brands and Service Since 1910 Rangei, Wafberf, Ironen, Cleanen, FrigidaireJ,Kitcben Ware, Cabinets and Sinkf, Bendix Automatic Home Laundry Equipment, Thor Azttomagic Wafber and Dixlowafber Phone Stamford 4-2136 433 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. 172 ABBEY'S RED ABBAZIA, Prop. GREETING CARDS GIFTS - TOYS 387 WEST MAIN 'STREET STAMFORD, CONN. BEDFORD DRUG CO., Inc. Louis O. LEVINE, Reg. Pharm. Phone 3-5613 269 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. George Sarvinas Co. FURRIERS EXCLUSWELY FUR STORAGE Cleaning and Glazing Rextyling and Repairing Telephone 3-5 605 30 PARK ROW STAMFORD, CONN. Sckoof cggfafy At any time of the day from eight fifteen in the morning until three fifteen in the afternoon, juniors, sophomores, and seniors could be found in the High School Library, talking, returning books, taking them out, studying or just browsing. Miss Priscilla Rhodehammel and Mrs. Emma Bastian have willingly answered innumerable questions coming from the student body, questions ranging from the whereabouts of infor- mation on hobbies, fashion, art and design, to queries regard- ing plays for Miss Favrao, soles talks for the salesmanship class, French novels for Mr. Martinelli, and life histories of frogs for the biology classes. Displays of work done by the students or of interest to the students often graced the walls. In particular, dolls fashioned by one of the art classes, drawings and photographs attracted much attention. Some students went to the library during homeroom period because it was one of the few places where one could find a reasonable atmosphere of peace and quiet, some went merely to meet their friends. Every morning before school some one rushed in to do some last minute research on an American History talk, find the author of the novel read for English book reports, or to get a glimpse at the Times, the latest Boy's Life or Seventeen. Whether the days were hot and sunny in the spring and the fall, or cold and wet in the winter, a group of Stamford High School students could olwoys be found busy in the High School Library. ' 173 THE MERRILL SCHOOLS LN iglgh f WTUS my South Norwalk Stamford 97 Washington Street 60 Strawberry Hrll Phone 66034 Phone 31444 C oursex m Banners Traznmg lndwzdual Imtructzon Co Educatzomzl and Non Sectfman Accredlted by the Connecucut State Board of Educauon Cf , l flI 'I! III'lI Il Inmvrl , N M52 Wear. ,,rr :lrUzp......prNI:,..,..:Ul A 'xxj E - 6 'f , Cf ll 174 Bedford Furniture HAND-MADE FURNITURE CUSTOM-BUILT BEDDING 231 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. KW ll X A L - K E N FLOWER SHOP AL BUCKETT KEN CATINO FLORAL DESIGNS WEDDING BOUQUETS DECORATIONS Phone 4-1856 215 ELM STREET STAMFORD, CONN. P. SABINI 8. CO., Inc. Visit Our New Model Room: HIGHEST QUALITY FURNITURE Phone Stamford 4-6109 175 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD, CONN. Um ici 60,2 CM UIETLY, yet efficiently, the Stamford Boys' Club has been fostering the physical, moral, and educational development of the high school boys of Stamford. Offering a far-sighted, comprehensive, and well-planned program, the Boys' Club has succeeded in bridging the awk- ward gap between school-life and citizenship in the community. Under the executive director, Paul J. Smithson, Jr., efforts have been made to bring home to every high school boy the realiza- tion that a good citizen is what the community wants, needs, and must have. Toward this end, elaborate recreational facilities have been placed at the disposal of club members. With the cooperation of the Board of Education and the Board of Recreation, the Boys' Club has succeeded in making available the Cloonan Junior High School gymnasium to its basketball teams. Along with basketball, the boys show interest in billiards, boxing, wrestling, and ping-pong games. Each of these sports is encouraged, and the facilities at the club headquarters on Pacific Street are always in use. Another aspect of the Boys' Club is its interest in the moral training of boys. Guidance at a crucial moment has often proved to be one of the most beneficial and satisfying results of the labors that have gone into creating this organization. A third feature of the Boys' Club program is its educational value. Here the emphasis is wisely placed informality. Cloth, metal, and wood constitute the three main fields covered. 175 T OTOOLE 8 SONS INCORPORATED LITI-IOGRAPHY 696120 PRINTING 3l JEFFERSON STREET STAMFORD wi CTICUT TELEPHONE A 5088 GRAPHIC ARTS M . f . I R 176 ur Mai uf EJ mo Most ron s.H.s. Alternate Choices Girl Boy DID MOST FOR S.H.S. Barbara Ransahoff Barry Weissman MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Louise Pettit John Smolko MOST POPULAR Lois Annunziato Arthur Nixon Barbara Ransahoff Rocco Colatrella Dorothy Wanamaker John Wynne BEST LOOKING Selma Sigler Robert Koba MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED CUTEST Maude Spotten Rocco Colatrella MOST ATHLETIC Dorothy ZaHino Joseph Morelli BEST DRESSED I Giancola Twins William Daly BEST IN STUDIES Deena Halllai John Wynne MOST TALKATIVE Rita Battinelli James Callahan WITTIEST Dorcgthly Vxnamoker Rita Battinelli Gene Murphy 0 n Ynne QUIETEST M ST PULAR Vilma Gavay Richard Roberts 0 Po BEST ALL-AROUND CMOST VERSATILEJ Dorothy Mravunac Gene Murphy MOST ARTISTIC Margaret Listwon Richard Roberts MOST MUSICAL Dorothy Wanamaker William Daly MOST DRAMATIC Margaret Listwon Dennis Pollack MOST LITERARY Dorothy Mravunac Joan Rockwood David Linehan Gen' Murphy CHOICE OF SISTER Nancy Frank BEST LOOKING CHOICE OF BROTHER X Vincent Cioeta BEST DANCER Lucille Gerber Charles Lovell MOST INTERESTING PERSONALITY Barbara Ransahofi John Kelly CHANGED MOST SINCE SOPHOMORE YEAR Joan Coy Michael Buzzeo 177 Lois Annunziato Michael De Vito CUTEST xv! Nancy O'ConneII Gene Murphy MOST TALKATIVE Barbara Gorton Michael Tangi MOST ARTISTIC ff -, Selma Sigler Rodney MacNichoII CHOICE OF SISTER CHOICE OF BROTHER Dorofhy Mravunac John Kelly ! MOST ATHLETIC BEST 95155559 -v if - E Q ' I ff ,. , My gf ' W Y' A ' '- ff I 5.1-I I J a '1 - .,kpa...-Maul' Ruth Bouion NGNCY FY'-'Ink Anhur Nixon Michael De Vito WITTIEST QUIETEST . ' I 'S' ea Y P S A' Barbara Gorion Rose Rosa Michael Tangi Vincent Cioeia MOST MUSICAL MOST DRAMATIC 1' Mqrig Yqnelli LUCIIIB Gefber Paul Roennfe Joseph Tooher MOST INTERESTING BEST DANCER PERSONALITY Patricia Charleson Doroihy Mravunac Richard Connor Rocco Colatrella 178 BEST IN STUDIES Louise Petiif John Smolko BEST ALL-AROUND KMOST VERSATILEJ Barbara Ransahoi Michael De Vito MOST LITERARY louise Pettit John Smolko MOST CHANGED SINCE SOPHOMORE YEAR Nancy Cooper Brace Wynkoop GOI-IldeI1'S SIOYUQS Music Conservatory 8. vqn CQ, 24 Park Row 2nd Floor Rear ESTABLISHED 1889 Phone 40213 Telephone 3-2604 Individual Lemon: on All Imtrumentf 152 Summer Street Stamford Conn. Instruments Furnished if so Desired Best Wirhes and Success to the CLASS OF 1948 Complimentx of C EI t IC Vuono Construction amsan ec ma O ELECTRICAL CONTRACTINC COITIPCIHY HOME APPLIANCES 512 36 Greenwxch Avenue Stamford Conn 'SQYKESKWSK 5M23 ICE CREA The Cream of Qual: y It hos been o fovorute food product for Ice creom us on excellent source for supply mg the nutrnents that are so necessary your dolly duet EAT A DISH OI-' HUBER S ICE CREAM EVERY DAY' A1vE3359AIS9A59A53 W355f O Q I 7 , ' Z' ,1 I C- I I - ti - . v - I - - - CC 't 23 over 50 years. ' ' in I gf. ,. 1 : 179 CGMPANY C a ATLAS POWDER MACHLETT LABORATORIES, Incorporated World J Foremost Producer: X RAY TUBES FOR MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL PURPOSES ELECTRON TUBES FOR RADIO TRANSMITTING INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Sprmgdale Connecucur C omplzmentf THE CHAS H PHILLIPS CO DIVISION STERLING DRUG Inc GLENBROOK CONN THE PERKIN ELMER CORPORATION OF O ' ak Of I C omplimentr Of OF , . 1' 181 INVEST IN HAPPINESS Spend an enjoyable hour or two nn our lovely dlmng room where good food and a pleasant atmosphere re1gn ROGER SMITH HOTEL STAMFORD CONN C omplzments o f Your Local I nternatzonal Harvefter C0 Dealer Stamford Truck Sales, Inc 435 West Mam Street Stamford Conn SEE MOHAWK FIRST Goodyear Tzrer Taber and Batterzex A A A Road Serwce Vxsxt Stamford s Automoblle Corner Mohawk Service, Inc Telephone Stamford -4 7521 Myrtle Avenue and East Mann Street STAMFORD CONN THE BEST IN MILK FOR THE BEST IN HEALTH SHEFFIELD FARMS-MAPLEHURST O 7 - a K - - ll ll . , . Recappmg and Vulcamzzng I O , . , . H ' H O 182 C 0 mpliments SCHICKINCORPORATED Manu acturers of SCI-IICK ELECTRIC SHAVERS Thorme s Pharmacy WM J THORME Reg Pharm Prop Phone 3 6461 921 East Mam Street Cor Maple Avenue STAMFORD CONN C omplzments 0 Furers,Inc Telet mon Radio Recordf Pzanos Muszc Elecmc Applzance: Samuel Phllllps, Inc IEWELERS Dzamoml: Watches Szlverware Gz tx 2 Doors from C O Mlller 25 Bank Street Stamford Conn C omplzment: of MANAGER Toddle House 62 Broad Street Stamford Conn I f I . r f . . , . ., . I Q ,.A. -u . -- , . , . o o . O Q 1 1 ' 1 OF , . 7 183 With Compliments NE Ofi STLE'S 0 Boyle Utilities Co. ENGINEERING I Automatic Heating, Plumbing, Pumpr, Air Conditioning, Appliances Compliments TELEVISION of Norwalk 6-1117 Stamford 3-3900 Greenwich 8-2720 YOUNG and Ricels H A R T W R I G H T RAYMOND K. EVANS, Prop. Flowen - Seezly - Garden Supplier Phone 3-5769 I COpp. Telephone B1dg.D 578 Main Street Stamford, Conn. WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS 184 Compliments Of Electric Service Co. 205 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. C omplimentx 0f ARNOLD COVER'S SERVICE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRIN G 90 STATE STREET C Opposite Railroad Station! STAMFORD, CONN. Stamford Rolling Mills Company SPRINGDALE, CONN. ign ere C 0 mplimentx Of C. Pond Webb, Inc. REALTOR -INSURANCE 65 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. RECORD BAR DANIEL J. GENOVESE, Prop. CONNECTICUT29 JAZZ RECORD CENTER Stamford 4-0954 25 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. STEVENS, Inc. FINE LUGGAGE and LEATHER GOODS Telephone 4-2390 153 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CONN. 7 ere foo, i you re IOOIQUKGJ' . l To Preserve Your Diploma Have ir Framed at Stamford's Art Store ARTIST 'S MATERIAL CERAMIC SUPPLIES FIRING SERVICE SILK SCREEN THE SPELLCO PAINT COMPANY Stamford 3-4393 544 MAIN STREET STAMFORD, CONN. SATIN BROS., Inc. WHOLESALE CANDY, CIGARS, CIGARETTES and TOBACCO Phone 5-5513 3 ADVOCATE PLACE STAMFORD, CONN. 'A' C 0 mplimentr Of PALACE THEATER A ' fl fm? 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