Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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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 .

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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

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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