Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 216 of the 1950 volume:

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X C' Q ' f Stamford High som kk 1 13' 7 I f Valedlctlon Look ahead orty jean' Pee1 ezpectanf bzgb Jzrang T111 Ibe tra1l duappearf Down tbe zuta ar ang? Yon 7117111 be p701Z667'J' And zndeezi ralber young Bllf look back forty jean Spent Ibe gozflbfnl among Slored 11 1111 proud J07lZ67II7'J'D Ah the Mcbneff znzfzfng Tbal pap glad lz ef anearf ' 0724 can! belp bn! feel you MARY E MARKS 1950 7 To Miss Mary Marks whose strong good nature and good natured strength have com plemented the lives of everyone she knows we dedicate this yearbook Graduated from Greenwich High School Miss Marks took her B A at Oberlin Col lege together with a diploma in physical education Later she added a Columbia MA in cation and years later to join the English Department and to preside over the Stamford Teacher s Association As adviser for the Quarterly for three yetrs Miss Marks began the yearly submitting of an SHS publication to the Columbit Stholistic Press Association competitions and took students to the conventions A night school educator for ten years she brought the realization of dreams to her immigr mt pupils by journey ing with them to tour Washington and by standing witness to their naturzlizition as American citizens Now after forty years of unselhsh struce in Stamford High Miss Marks is reluctant to retire even as we are reluctant to lose her Our deep appreciation will go with her and we hope she will remember us with the same xx rrmth of feeling we hold toward her , 4 ,fix i , 7 4 4 ' L c ' 4 I I 7 A , I . . c - ' I i U I SL K . - C -L . f . education. In 1910 she first came to Stamford High School to be Director of Physical Edu- , L , 7 L L . . . y Q x t y . . I . .Y 1 . Y . 7. . A . i . 1 z . ' . ' ' . s ' , ' 1 Hiker. -if ,AQQQ1 THEME Fxfty years of progress IS a stupendous amount especrally when we ve lrved only seventeen or erghteen years of rt and even they have been crammed wrth events and srghts and sounds In fifty years there have been two wars with a depressron sandwrched between There have been the thousands of memorres of thousands of people for garnrshmg the St Lours Exposrtnon the cakewalk the Ford horseless carnage the Grbson gxrl dancrng Isadora Duncan Rudolph Valentnno as the Sherk then Flamrng Youth wrth flappers and flappmg raccoon coats and hnp flasks and Stutz Bearcats and the Charle ston the glorrous gaudy Zregheld Follres the burst of modern art cubrsm sur realrsm Matrsse and Cezanne Dall and Prcasso the jump of scrence leapmg lrke Halley s comet pen1c1ll1n and sulfa antr hrstamxne and ACTH electrrc lrghts to shrne on faces cosmetrcs to cover them the gatherrng speed of speed from the racrng car of 1900 to the super sonrc jet of 1950 Stamford has progressed too and w1th rt Stamford Hugh School Back rn 1875 the hrgh school was housed rn a srngle room rn the old Center School then moved to Franklm School The present Burdrck was burlt rn 1895 specrfically for a hrgh school But when an unusual number of students wanted to contrnue after erghth grade a platoon system of half days was maugurated trll addrtrons were made The Strawberry Hrll school was erected rn 1928 and here rt 15 The century has had a heap o ltvrng even for hrgh school graduates Theres an awareness rn us that drdnt exrst rn our parents or our grandparents Wese broken out of our trght lrttle shell of adolescence to see the lrght of may and the lrght of the world The Unrted Natxons rs wrthrn our ken and the sense of the world as one whole We are serrous wrth the serrousness that may have been forced upon us but whxch we accept And thrs has made our Golden Year STAMFORD HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1884 TO 1927 QNOW THE BURDICK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLJ . . . , . s ,4 4 . 4 . 4 I . 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 4 4 ' , , ' , 4 4 4, - 4 4 , , a 1 ' x s . 4 . 4 4 ,4 ' 4 4 . 4 .. ,.. .. ' 1 74 . 1 . . . , . , . , . K . , w i It 5 WW, . ,Ar SENIOR Mr. Bird was the wishbone and the backbone of our class activities, He carefully, capably coped with our class desires, started us on our startling way, and piloted us to the end, Mr. Bird majored in mathematics and science at Harvard University. and later added a masters degree in education. After combat duty in the nrstWorld War and service in other schools. Mr. Bird came to Stamford High School. Now in the Mathematics and Science department, he also does a good deal of guidance work, showing real and helpful interest and kind understanding. Anvzsons S x .xx X xy 0 fr -if gi'- GNU fx f- f ' -- H . 1- - i Qx-Zi 5' B ' ! K 5 BOARD OF EDUCATION I to Ruhr r V UL umm Sr Ink u I M nxull I An Iruxs Dominic LSQO I L mn mmm hu su 11 Rcmn 111 A Ncuxx Ln A un 1 ww cnc 1 Rx 111 IIIIILIS 1. Brlm IXUI plctu Iohn L XX mrubum NORTON RHOADIZS Tint AtJlIli7If!f?'dfiI'0 Affiuanf -ng ALTON I.. RHOADS Affiffmzt Prirzripaf ESTHER XVHEELER Afffzzifliffrfzliw Auiitafzl ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS bg LOUISA H. BOHN Dean of Girlf SUPERINTENDENT S MESSAGE f'ir-Q its-. In tod1ys world we are not able to rest on our laurels nor on the llurels of others No mltter how golden the first hllf of the tvwentleth eentury may have been we must be Interested ID the brlght and shnnnng 12055lblllIlCS of today and tomorrow as we begln the second half of the century The great aeeomphshments of the past h1lf century prov1de advantages on wxh1eh we mly dex elop our futures The most momentous development of the century w IS the realm 1t1on of atomxc energy Th1s dlscovery wlth tts lrmrtless potentml for mms good was el1m1xed by the atom bomb ln turn surpassed by the hydrogen bomb ruth all 1ts dreldful power The glory of the next hfty years hke the morn mg sunrrse IS threatened w1th obhteratlon by the dlrk elouds of m1sunderstand1ng lntoleranee and selfishness These elouds em be drlwn aslde 1f the peoples of the world so desrre Leadershlp 15 the task of Amerrea to lead the world away from destruetxon and to the wonders of the future PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE As the youth of 1900 looked ahead 1nto the twenueth century httle dtd they dream what the next fifty years held rn store for them The anrplane sound plcture radlo televlslon and atomlc power were completely unknown the automobrle phono graph and srlent motxon plcture were 1n the1r mfancy Yet from the fertxle mnnds adventurous sp1r1ts and dlllgent hands of the youth of that day has come to you a great her1tage of materral thrngs capable of brmgrng to mankmd great bless rngs or great sorrow The challenge to you the youth of today 15 to guarantee to yourselves and to posteruy the bless mgs brought w1th1n your grasp To meet thrs chal lenge calls for the hxghest development of mrnd and character, to fa1l to meet lf suggests conse quences too awful to contemplate May your generatlon be able to realrze, 1n the realm of the sp1r1tu.1l, the progress whrch the pre cedmg generatron has made rn the realm of the materlal 4? WIA , , , , 1 ,V r t ' 1 ' . , . , 1 r . e 5 v , . r A L Y , - . K . t . , . w , . , K 7 ' U ' e 1 I y X T 1 . y L ' Q . . . 1 :ff Aff H . ' ' ' ' L ' ' . . A - . 1 . V 1 . '1 . A , . 1 Y , W 2 ' r , e , k , ' ' I ' 4 'Z . . y v ' . - . . , I . . . . . . . , ., L , f 2 Q ' lv S ' N ' A . 2 2 . K X t . 4 , gl L . .4 1 , A f - - N 7 - 9 9 K' 3 7 a 7 ' 1 . - u , , r C , , Y K K I . . . . ' 1 , r - K 7 3 ? BERTHA COOKE OFFICE STAFF I Efhciency has been the by-word of the ohice staff in Stam- ford High School for many years. The ofhce staff is composed of four extremely capable members: Miss Cooke, who is the official contact between the high school and the Central School systemg Miss Beaudoin, who acts as administrative secretary and makes out the daily bulletin, Miss Miazga, who is depart- mental secretary and in charge of accounting system, and Miss Genovese, who is secretary to the guidance bureau. All of their exacting duties-typing letters, sorting mail, receiving calls and visitors, and keeping various records, to mention a few-have been expertly and efficiently accomplished, thus making this important staff a contributing factor in the steady progress of Stamford High. SHIRLEY C. BEAUDOIN AMELIA T LFNORE V MIAZGA GENOVESE Tix? New ts: 5 ELLSWORTI-I H PLUMER WILLIAM O SHAUGHNESSY .yi T9 -Q--M JOSEPH E SARAH F STAIGER SMITH HELEN A TOBIN SUPERINTENDENT S STAFF Members of the Superintendent s Staff under the direction of the Assistant Super intendent of Schools Miss Helen A Tobin take justifiable pride in the half centurys progress in the physical and curricular helds that they and their predecessors have supervised Fifty years ago thc majority of the school buildings in Stamford were ungraded one room schools Stamford vias still a rural community large in area and the school houses were dotted oxer the ltndscape like little community centers in themselves Eight years before the turn of the century the school committee appointed the first superintendent to ox ersee all of these separate schools and bring them together into a system mth the adx anttges which such uniformity offers In 1900 the superin tendent recommended the consolidation of the rural schools into graded schools and the provision of free text books for all students Now in 1930 Stamford no longer bears the characteristics of a rural community It is truly a city but at the samc timc it is an integral part of the greater metropolitan area This great change has taken pllcc in a rclltivcly short time and for the school system it means a pressing nccd for mort school housing a broader curriculum and the kind of educational opportunity bcst suited to the needs of boys and girls in a growing urban metropolitan Stamford NORRIS W KERMIT R EUGENE L BROWN SHULMAN DALY - A . . ,iw ' 'W' flier, .V 'i?'Ef'fl3 3515 f - l ,J-at il W , .', ,. . -1 , r , Qi? . ,3 li. -kkk. 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MYERS MATSON WHITING BUROW I ndzutrml Tmznm g ARTS The Arts Department of Stamford Hrgh has filled the golden year vu 1th the d1vers1hed act1v1t1es that make up 1ts progrxm Dabblers were to be found IH every held of aft ranglng from mechantcal and arch1tectural drawmg to stagecraft costume deslgn weavmg and com merclal art The fine arts classes wh1ch prlmarxly deal w1th palntmg and color problems have taken on water colors and poster work wh1le advanced groups have been lntroduced to o1l pa1nt mg abstractxons and sculpture Before Halloween students decorated Stamford store wm dows w1th sketches dep1ct1ng the bew1tch1ng hohday and pr1zes were awarded to the most orlgmal d1splays Also exhtbnts have been glven 1n our own lnbrary by 1nd1v1dual students showmg the1r art work done outsxde of school Then the many ab1l1t1es of those takmg art have been lent to the decoratton of the unxor and Semor Proms and to the publ1cat1on of the Siren and the Golden Year The costume desngn classes have always been an attractlon to the glrl mterested ln clothes color and styles Intens1ve study IS also BIVCH to make up smce the class donates 1ts serv1ces to producmg putty noses doubles chms and wr1nkles for the schools dramatlc efforts In the weavmg classes well equ1pped w1th eleven looms students garn a firm back ground 1n all phases of weav1ng and the desxgn of textrles The classes rn stagecraft have dealt chxefly wlth the techntques of the theatre Specnfi cally they have taken care of the l1ght1ng and scenery for our own plays and assemblxes and communrty stage producuons too Industrlal arts classes have made posslble vocatlonal tratnlng tn the use of tools and maternals whnch developed a further understandmg and apprec1at1on of mdustrlal processes so much a part of Stamford s golden progress IH the LTISE fifty years of our century y , I MAYO SORGMAN MARY H MILLIGAN HENRY W BARTNIKOWSKI RALPH W SAVAGE ,nn- -555? 44 EDGAR L BUGBEE 5 BYRON A BERRY , 'ff -N ,jg 7 ' L- ,. 7' 'QQ U- t Q. 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Y . v u L s ' 7 A 7 7 5 . . - A . y 1 7 . , , COMMERCIAL Switchboard Operalzon ALFRED A SESSA EDITH L STITT , ALBERT ' SCHER JAMES KEANE Dzctapbone Pmctzce MEDICAL MARGARET M WILLIAM D KATHERINE ARMSTRONG TROY M D RITTER R N Szck Leave The S H S Health Office has grown rn scope and Office orrgmally occupled only one small room Today rt cons1sts of two large alry rooms wrth several beds and a good varrety of medlcal and therapeuuc equ1pment Superrvsed by Mrs Kather 1ne Rrtter the mcomrng tlde of sophomores rs grven a thorough physxcal examrnatlon All students found the Health Oflice an excellent refuge when rllness crept up on them Here they recerved an exammatron from Nurse Rrtter and rf necessary a v1s1t from the doctor Another mam functron of the Health Office was the regular check up on mem bers of the vars1ty teams to assure thelr hrghest physrcal level M ' f . X, efiiciency with each new school year. The Health XVAITI R C BULHAINJ Q ILOX D HI RBI RT C BLANC HARD BIRD 'di Si! Q-A WALTER FARRELL MATHEMATICS XX hir is X If you guiltily tonfcss it is 1 m1rk th it iutomttittlly stops your illoxy inte ind nothing more then uidently you irent iequunted with the Mithemttics Depirtment Aecordlng to Mr BllLl11l1lI1 the eorreet inswcr would be X is the unlxnoyyn q untity The Mtthcmutics Depirrmcnt his expmded md nnprox ed since the d ty s xy lien 1lt,ebr1 xx 1s 1 College subyect ind it still retuns the mourn thu mathe mitits is 1 umyersql lfintgufige This yewrs mltliemsities PYOBFIITI hfis been de signed to suit the needs of yirious groups the college prepeimtory students the business 1spimnts future muh or science miyors pupils trying to Correct 1 muthemitie yneikness Truning is given not only in the knowledge of higher mfithematlcs but nlso in the trust that this knowledge will be 'applied to logic in future years. .,, PAUL J KUCZO v--. PHE? P MICHAEL B STECYK 9411 II t Iwo! U- LEWIS J MAXWELL Y 1 'U' LUCY A. NELLIE C WIGHTMAN SPEARS . ,w ilgfg ' I - 'i Habla Efpalzop , 2-ff' ' ef M Ma if me ' 'Sag A' A at gl ,I I J, , 0 L. LOUIS MARTINELLI CAMILLE RAOUL D ESTE MANUEL PALMIERI M'3l'E,?Y TSEQIZESTG LANGUAGES ENDA H J BIBIANA RIORDAN STARK T' DR MATHILDA A KOEHLER BLANCI-IE E VAUDREUIL The Language Department perhaps does more than any other to cement xnternatronal relatrons Drscrples of the five language courses offered 1n S H S learn not only the grammatrcal constructrons of therr language cho1ce but also absorb the culture and geography of the country nnvolved Headed by Mr Lours Martrnellr and Dr Math1lda Koehler th1s department has engrneered a many and speakrng rn French German ltalnan Spanlsh or Latm can be acqurred by any student Along w1th foundatlons the puprl IS served many supple ments For example mov1es about the cultures and peoples of forergn countrres are a frequent mednum Records of famous mus1cal contrrbutrons are also used Specml projects have been planned by lan guage teachers wh1ch tend to abol1sh old ldeas of dryness If - u . f 4 1 l W l - , . . - faceted program. Proficiency in reading, writing, ' X - ' 7 3 I 7 . . . K , ' ' 2 I VY . A1 l - GLADYS C ALMY fe 'Q M KINGSTON JAMES DONNELLY f't if LEON W JAIVEN CATHERINE A BILLINGSLEY BERYL E CRAM JANE W AGNES I. MONTGOMERY J EDWARD HUGHEs 1 E GLADYS M LEONARD MARY E MARKS JOHN J MORRIS ENGLISH Readrn the Hrst of the three rmportant R s has been steadrly rncreasrng rn volume mfluence and scope rn SHS Thrs year the Englrsh Department under the leadershlp of Mr ohn Edward Hughes has agam emphasnzed the necessrty of readmg ab1l1ty for all hrgh school graduates Puprls have been classed accordmg to thelr capacmes rn thxs Held rather than by the old fashroned methods whrch group the puplls accordmg to future ambmons such as college or the commercral held Macbeth A Tale of Two Crtxes and Juhus Caesar mlngle wrth the take home nrghtly books of Strawberry H111 dwellers and the prmted word rengns as krng over seventeen class rooms Wrrtln close behmd rates second place Thts phase of Englrsh be1ng pertrnent to the futures of all puprls has become a major mterest of teachers who strrve to augment the powers of the rndrvrdual to express hrmself wrth forceful clarrty Both of these fac1l1t1es are needed for better understandmg of every subject Outsrde of mstructron rn elementary Enghsh the department steps mto extra currrcular acttvrtres by grvmg students of noteworthy talent a chance for development rn classes of journalrsm drama and speech Also school publlcatrons The Szren the Yearbook and the Pzlot Wheel were superv1sed by the Engllsh Department Other acnvrtxes mclude assem bhes, Players' Clubs and oratorncal campargns for pubhc charlty drrves MARGUERITE E FAVRAO BARBARA A KANE fi - M, V a -, - . , ra, . . Jana. ' ,fav .5 f gl l .gum 1 Mfg' g.wu'.' r' gs , af ,MV ,A , . 3 4 W 7 . J , ' 1 7 ' 7 9 7 3 ' 3 7 5 , . 7 1 ' 5 I ENGLISH I4- ,un ff? A L 3,5 Y OOUIV5 GERTRUDE R STUART MARGARET A PEISEL PALMER QUINN Chalk Work nz Englzfla Grammar Ruler AEA LIBRARY I Q CP' PRISCILLA EMMA E. RHODEHAMEL BASTIAN Our library once boasted of less than a thousand books, but that was when Stamford High School overlooked Forest Street instead of Strawberry Hill, and Nhorseless carriages rather than fishtailed Cadil- lacs awed the students within. Now, more than twenty-two thousand volumes offer the reader anything from Seventeen to the imports of Siam. Because of the additions to already well stocked shelves, and the eye-catching displays of prize- winning photographs and weaving accomplish- ments, the yellow-pass wavers admitted to these silent confines received much-needed homework, help and recreation. Miss Rhodehamel and Mrs. Bastian, the undisputed powers of the four walls, again earned the applause of students for patience and understanding toward those not yet learned in the intricacies of the catalogue. The new green color scheme, too, tangibly celebrates the library's golden year. LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Ist Row, Left to Right: B. Hunt, C. Costanzo, R Telesco, G. Mainero, J. Hopkins, A. Fleischer, L. Lucia Znd Row: B. Boccadoro, E. Isaacs, J. Davis, M. Guth F. Hollstein, V. Alling, A. Huey. 3rd Row: E. Bur- riesce, E. Faryniarz, M. Rahmlow, L. DeMino, G. Car- penter, M. Hogan, F. Henriksen, E. Caswell. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Cm you lIT11.,1I1L 1 pl1ySlLll eduettton progrtm without 1 gym ntsxum' B tele tn the etrly 1900 s there yy ts no 50 x 160 gym w1th the extensne equlpment for vs restltm, boxlngn tumblmg bqdmm ton yolleybtll tndoor trtek plng, pong, bovylnng dmcnng and btsleetbftll thqt we enyoy todty Students often fall to appre-crate the physlcul educmon proprtm now offered 1n Stamford H1gh School but lf 111 of these f1e1l1t1es were ltelexnga we should Con stder xt 1 greftt m1sfortune Bftcle 1n those pre lustorle dtys only 1 smrtll number of the stu dents p1rt1e1p1ted 1et1yely rn the phys1c1l educat1on program lNoxx eyeryone hfts tn opportunlty to enggge 1n qctutres Whrch tre both enjoy lble md soelllly md phystetlly beneflclal The rntrftmurtl contests lre tn lmportlnt feftture of the gym schedule ts tre the outdoor tetnwttnes of btsebtll soccer lftcrosse trlcle horseshoes lrehery hoeleey 1nd toueh footblll ln 1dd1t1on we 11 ue htel the PI'lX1lL2.,L of using the Iuxlsh Center s svnlmmlng pool boxyl1nyJ tllcys mel gym X et no p trt of these um mes would he of my eonsrructne mlue rf they were not properly superxtsed 'Iherefore mueh eredtt rs due Miss Bxlltrd Miss liertrtnd Mr Booker Mr Loeleery Mr OMe1r1 mtl Mr lxemp for their efforts 111 proyldlng a well rounded physletl eduettlon proprtm if XVILLIAM H PAUL J JACK O WALTER C KEMP JR KUCZO LOCKERY OMEARA It But. 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Q . x fs l x ig s., ,ju fs. 1,5 . --.Q - ' -a 'YU , ,- Deep Ivzce Bendr Rope fnmpzng SCIENCE Mmy new rm enttons hue lust recently occurred arrplmnes and 'tutomobxles rtdto 1nd ICILYISIOD mtl btottcs 1nd vrtftmms the releftse of 'ttomtc energy these h we evolvcd wlthtn the pftst flfty yeirs Keepmg up yy 1th the new sctcnttftc ClliQOV6I'lCS by remodehng 1nd rmprovmg tts courscs PCI'l0LllL tlly tn order to most beneht the student hers been the poltcy of our Sctcnce Deplrtment The cur rtculum ts drvtded mto two groups of subjects The Hrst group whtch mcludes the subyccts of btology chemlstry for those who plan to further therr educttton nn thts field 1nd physrcs ts offered to those students who qre preparxng for college The second group of subjects which rncludes sctence survey chemrstry for future nurses consumer scrence general geology current scrence 'md the study of electrrctty mftkes tt possrble for 1 generftl or com mercml student to acqmmt lumself wrth the scrence thftt 'tppltes to lndustry md the home Thus the purpose of the Scrence Depart ment 1s expressed by the 1ble depwrtment hewd Eftrle V Good To srtttsfy the mrred tnrercst md requrrements of all groups rs fully cftrrred out Indeed the Sctence Department has aclueved through the veftrs 1 plftce of tts own tn screntlhc progress MICHAEL J, FLORENCE A. RUBY NAGURNEY PAINE WILBER EARLE V GOOD W A lf'- WALTER T SELG .As JOSFPH ZDANOWICZ OSEPH F. CUNNINGHAM C olor-Band Amzlyrir Biology of Birdr W If 4, 1 Q- i ' , A.. K , X .4 3 1 'tt - h ' :Mt 1355, . t 5. Lwlrffi f - , , ,., X X' W. RAYMOND RANDALL XX , i Avi, K. .1 - ,,.1 1- 5. , u A 25525152 MUSIC '?i?ilE'i?Q The Music Department. headed by Mr. Randall. provides for the students of Stamford High School opportunity to gain musical knowledge and practical experience through its variety of courses. In addition to A Cappella. Sopht more Mixed and Ciirls' Choirs. the band led bt Mr. O'Shau1hness', and Mr. Rand.ill's orchestra. the de wartment also has voice It I classes, music appreciation classes and classes in harmony and organ. As in previous years. the Music Department has sponsored the annual student trips to the Metropolitan Opera and has been represented in the All-State Music Festival at Hart- ford by members of both the choir and the orchestra. Now in its second year the program for the presentation of the monthly Arts for Youth concerts have continued to stimulate interest in one of the liner arts, to provide an outlet for the musically talented, and a source of enjoyment to the appreciative public. The department has also planned and supervised the presentation for the graduation exercises. XVith the varied, inspiring and interesting roductions in its urorram, this de nartment has done much in the mast 'ear to encoura e 5 better inter-school relations and to enrich the pupils' cultural background and knowledge of music. 1'1r1f71i0l1j Tmfizizzg Choir P1'11t'lft'e 'iv be DOROTHY M. 'rf A ATKINSON t 1 I-IARRIET T. El-I-EN K- BARBER CAMPBELL PEHLESSLE' HOME ARTS S'Eil5E'TlHa Fifty years ago, girls in their starched, tight-ntting costumes, long-flowing and heavily festooned, might be seen only in the home, where their only opportunities for learning the finer points of Home Arts were the hand-me-down modes of great grandma. Today, home instruction has been moved bodily into the school curriculum, and the Home Arts Depart- ment, under the guidance of Miss Atkinson, is justly proud of its accomplishments in this Held. The girls of the food classes have tantalized the school with the ambrosial aroma of fresh cookery, for they are virtuosos in the arts of preparing and serving meals, balancing both budget and diet, fshioning holiday goodies and devising fancy plates. Other girls, choosing clothing instead of foods for their study and not to be outshone by their culinary sisters, became model modistes, primed on the creation, flair, combination and purchase of clothes. Furthermore, advanced clothing classes furnished completely a bedroom and a dining room, and were given the opportunity to work on furnishings for their own home. The Home Arts Department realizes that the home is the most important foundation of a nation, and is teaching the girls of our modern world to excel in homemaking in order that the foundation of our country may be secure. Interior Decoration Kitchen Cbemiftry .. ffl CARL A NUTTER pts CQ- I MIRIAM W ANDERSEN 'Q' JOHN J DUNN 'EARBARA L BELANICH Q' LOWELL I GORDON HARRIET BIQELOW Daley and Ez mir HISTORY Drd ytu knovx thit Amerrtln IIISKOIQ vms once tn Llgllfli grtde subyett' Ctrtunly mftnx clmnges 11 ne been mlde during, the exolutron of the mo telther 1IlSIOI'y deplrtment of 191w 1nto Mr Nut ters rtomlerzed hfteen tuther deptrtment of world hlstory Ind economies Het there IS one phxlosophy tlut hfts survrved throuhh the yelrs the hope thlt our boys 'Ind girls V111 lCll'II 1nd xssotlxte themselxes YNIIII the gut truths th rt 11 me eome out of the expenemes of m1nk1nd The belltf tlut current tffurs should be lrnked xx rth the pxst underlres the depmrtmcnt s promotlon of Debmng, Llub Polrtlt 11 Qeltnte Club Untted Ntnons sesslons 1nd Blllflel of Representettnes Meetmgs Thls deprrtment lnsnlls rn students 1 respect for the drgnrts md worth of 111 races and belrefs R' ob- Q., ABRAHAM LOUISA H NICHOLAS R HECI-IT BOHN DEVITA ang ESTHER E WHEELER 15 Us ROBERT P SERAFINO MARGARET K sr JOHN P N RITA M RYAN LOUISE M MOSER CATHRYN H LEARY 1 .V o--. m ' N Q I sew f.,f- Q - ' 9 A 5- F fini- - 'Hia 9 ' A 1 ' 6 V 4 I 1 ' fga I A A11 fl! I A ,, , . I ' I I Y v :rig s 1 VK' ' t ' 2' Q I1 t ' ' . 1' . J fbi A - , I . L I y I . 1 f - 'L 5 f A ' -1 ' I ' ' L ' A I . - I f - if , 4 . U L - I 1 1 , - .K - . . 1 , ' -nn. . . . ,Q f f Q . today, tcnchxmg American, modern, nncrent and ' fx S1 . ' V I I V I J.. f K- 1, 2 ' MQW ' pt, . ,ff f, , . ' ' A , 1 t ' f. ', 'A ' ' '11 1 ' L H . . ' 1 I y' V' Ii 2 L -'l . . , . 1' 1 Y 'L . L 1 ' ' ' A J 'A ' ' , v. e I A we - - ,E ' '1eE.,j k g Q A V . Q N . 1 , , 1 . A , . U- is , X 1. . 4, :V ,,-Q ,515 -J 1 ' ' ' 1 1 I . ' I H , h h A H 1 A ' A I 1 ' - 5 I Q L Y , ' , t f- A :K ' I ' A A 5' , M. . . . FACULTY-MEETING COMMITTEE A mid-century innovation which exemplifies Stamford High Schools spirit of progress in educa- tion was the formation of a committee of faculty members to plan professional faculty meetings. Beginning in December, 1949, alternate meetings were planned and directed by the Faculty-Meeting Committee. Formed of non-administrative members of the faculty, with one representative from each depart- ment, the committee elected Mr. Alfred A. Sessa as its chairman, and formulated its plans on the results of a comprehensive questionnaire submit- ted to all members of the faculty. At the first meeting, Mr. Walter Raleigh, Exe- cutive Secretary of the Stamford-Greenwich Manu- facturers' Council, addressed the staff, and at sub- sequent meetings a sincere attempt was made to discuss and plan solutions for many educational problems of today and tomorrow. lst Row, Left to Right: Miss 1, Bibiana Stark, Miss Mary H. Milligan, Mrs. Blanche E. Vandreuil, Mrs. Jane W. Kingston, Miss Ruby Wheeler, Mrs. Harriet T. Barber. 2nd Row: Michael B. Stecyk, Lowell I. Gordon, Alfred A. Sessa, Chair- mang Leon R, Corliss. GUIDANCE COUNSELORS lst Row Left to Right Barbara L Belanich Esther E Wheeler Alton L Rhoads Margaret K St john Margaret A Quinn 2nd Row Byron A Berry johnj Dunn Leon W jaiven Joseph j Zdanowrcz Nicholas R DeV1ta Abraham Hecht 3rd Row Herbert C Bird Michael B Stecyk Lloyd G Blan Chard FrederlcT Hawes 4th Row CharlesC Olson Michael J Nagurney Earle V Good The Guidance Council is composed of faculty members who plan develop and carry out many of the organized guidance activities within the school This year as in the past every pupil was assigned to one of the members of the Council who worked with the counselees individually and in groups in an attempt to find solutions to vocational educa tional and social problems as they appeared New pupils were helped in making an adjustment to our school through a program of orientation to acquaint them with the traditions customs and regulations of the High School In grades eleven and twelve greater emphasis was placed on vocational planning to meet individual needs The counselors working closely with homeroom and subject teachers fol lowed each pupil s progress through school recom mending and advising on matters pertaining to his school program I 5 . . 7 3 7 , . , Q 1 ' 3 , . - , . . 7 l , I . , . , ' ' ' . , . . , . . : . , . , . , ' . , . , . . . , . , . 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THOMAS PAUL FERRETTO VAKOS fix JAMrs z1To PETER TUITE JOHN J MAURICE HARRY DELFINO KENNEDY VAKOS CUSTODIANS Stamford High School IS xndebtcd to the cus todnl sttff whlch has done a splcndld job to keep her looking young Through the years they have rttendcd to thls rmportftnt ttsk muntemnce of the school Under the le1dersh1p of Mr Leon Kaylor S H S hats been kept spotless and Sllllllllclj and always nn top notch shape The custodmns have done the yob of keeptng her ln good condmon as well as remmdmg the students to be careful when usmg school equrpment Thus squad has been very cooper atlve ln helpmg students break mto stubborn lockers, or teachers who were locked rn or out of rooms, and IH replacmg pencll sharpeners accldently tossed from wrndows On numerous occaslons they have assisted rn decoratmg for proms, prevented eager students from rushmg 1nto the burldmg at etght sharp, and replaced burned out hght bulbs Above all they have been real fr1ends of Stamford Hngh and her occupants Emergency R epazry fg K i ts 'N . ' i'-f . fir . if ' l 4 if .fa , tg f ef.. ' . . ' 'fiwivi-5' Rx,- p t ,T X i. 5:55. 392 15 '- 0 A - W 'Y S . ' 5, do l I i l' 2 'A K l 7 ' ' I . .1 2 , .N 3 . , I Y - L S 1 ' ' ' . a , 2' L R , t I . L , A . . I q I Y 1 L 6 ' T - -L A v 4 V MRS. I. DAVIS MRS. JENNIE BOYNTON CAFETERIA Stamford High's able little restaurant, with its operating staff of fourteen employees has been rejuvenating students during fifth period for many years. Under the management of Mrs. Jennie Boyn- ton, the staff has provided the pupils and teachers MRS. H. BYLIN MRS- H- of S.H.S, with nourishing hot lunches. MRS' ANDREWS Working along with the efficient staff, six Stam- SWANSON . f,p.'. 5 ford High girls acted as cashiers and four muscular ' 1 boys as general helpers. Besides running a success- sm . 1, ful cafe during the daytime, this tireless staff man- aged to provide weary dancers with a much appreci- my 4 ' ated lift during proms, hops, and other evening 'I' events. 4 To add to the enjoyment of lunchers the cafe term has been sound proofed thereby deadenlng the MR E clatter of dishes and chatter of students to a soft MRS A WILBANKS mumbling hush TRAFF Joan Coesens PUPIL OFFICE STAFF S wztcbboard Standing Left to Right Claudia Flecker Connie Gaudlano Shirley Beaudoin Edna Goodlne Eleanor Pietruski Henrietta Grabowskr Bar bara Phillips Frances Belasco Nancy Charlson Irene Sotire Emily Brown The High School Office has been helped a great deal by the many students who have given their free periods to assist in the office It would be very diffi cult for the ofhce to get along without their gen erous help These girls are switchboard operators Audrey Miller Elizabeth Fields Frances Belasco Maureen Hogan Joan Coesens Helena Benham and Henrietta Grabowski general office help Ctyprng delivering messages receiving students parents and other visitors in the office etc J Joan Smith Anne Egan Nancy Charlson Emily Brown Angle Giamba Connie Gaudiano Edtth Farrell Claudia Flecker Barbara Phillips Eleanor Ptetruskl Edna Goodine Jennie Offiero John Wondolowski Jeanne Dempsey Joy Osgood Irene Sotire Marion Pearson Angie Mariano Joan Longnecker The experience and training these girls have received in general office routine will be a great help to them in obtaining Summer Jobs or jobs after graduation 4 - 7 . . 1 ' 4 9 ' ' J , . 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L1 11- 111 1111111-111111111 .11111111g 1111-11111111-s. .11111 11.1 111111 111111 11-11111-11 111 1111.1 1111- 111111111 1111- 1111111 1 8111111111 11111111 .EI 111c 11.1I1LLA SENIOR H.R. REPRESENTATIVES lst Row, Left to Right: B. Guzek. A. Hammarluntl, I.. Sagnelli. D. Tamburri, W. Raymond, S. Craighead, A. Mariano, K, Bridge, N. Goldman. Zntl Row: A. Truglia, M. Magnusson. A. Haggerty, N. Couremenos, D. Lombardi, D. Bez, J. Martin, R. Rosenberg. Std Row: R. Grasso, E. Lupinacci, E. Pawlowski, C. Neighbors. And that was the year of the Freedom Train . . . worth the wild crush . . . the hour-long wait in the heat and dust . . . the condition of our shoes and socks . . . the Friendship Train . . . our coming to school under a load of food cans . . . and the warm glow around the heart to balance the ache in the back . . . the hair-raising Brookhaven Atomic Exhibit of colored lights and crackling noises . . . the golden age of science. Our first class elections . . . the sheets of grubby paper, shoved at one with a pleading sign here . . . the assembly and campaign speeches . . . those feeble, forbidden jokes . . . the long lists of former offices, hopefully advanced as qualifications by every frustrated little milk monitor . . . then even without listening, we made a swell choice anyhow . . . Bob lNlL1l'ClLlI'l0 for president, John Roberts for vice - president, Dolores Tamburri for secretary, Barbara Guzek for treasurer. The Sophomore Party . . . Greetings! from our new officers and our green and white Class of 1950 banner . . . more greetings from the cooking classes in the form of traditional refreshments. Remember . . . how anxious we were to prove ourselves . . . little Horatio Algers . . . Strive and Succeed' '... we all strove and some succeeded . 1. like Snooky Sentementes on the Varsity . . . or the sixteen others who made the Junior Varsity . . . the seven boys who made .I.V. in basketball . . . Ginny Alling. Cathy Bridge. and joan Kellogg on the first string hockey team . . . Minerva Ulshen, Dolores Tamburri, and Joan Kellogg made the masthead of the Siren. X. . l , M . 1 . i A ' Q Picture Taking Ham! 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Betsey Brattons monstrous flowered hat . . . amazed after- laughter when we heard the cool way Bill Raymond exited to brush up on his lines, exited leaving Marc Brownstein and ,lerry Balcar adlibbing frantically, and plot-carriers ,loan Kellogg, Martha De Mey, -Iohn Roberts, Martin Egan and Kathie Bridge holding their breath off stage. Prom time promenaded past with its feverish welter of preparation . . . Mr. Birds wholesale house for decorators' passes . . . the SOS. call for a night session of gyin-draping . . . the shaky ladders each suffocated by six people . . , the perpetual insuf- fiency of thumb tacks and the urgent trek to town for more. . .our prosaic gym . . . transformed into a cross between a Southern plantation and Fairyland . . . with tell-tale scissors and rolls of crepe-paper beyond the blue horizon of the gauze sky . . . the dreamy. foot-tangling. dim music. dimmer lights, and dimmest dancers . . . suspense of the moment before the announcement and coronation of the King and Queen. Maurice Lynch and Honey Fusci , . . the regal procession . . . the feeling of dewy elation . . . the dignified departure for the glamorous nightspots . . . and the grim determination to stay ...out . . , till . , . dawn. XX'e bridged the gap between our junior and senior years with the election of our last set of officers . . . w e seconded the motion for an unusual class with the first female senior class president in the history of Stamford High, Suffragette Sallie Craighhead . . . and a worthy cabinet: Bill Ray- mond, vice-presidentg Dolores Tamburri, secretaryg and Marion Masone, treasurer. And then the last few days of school . , . the feeling of impending freedom in the air.. , Halle- lujah, l'm a bumf' '... the sudden overwhelming realization that next year would be our last . . . soon swallowed in the gay whirl and sweltering, fuzzy heat of summer. Fifty years of progress . . . and that summer, l9-l9, the Stamford Exposition of Progress was in pro- gress . . . Stamford preening herself on her indus- tries' display of wares . , . an assorted menagerie composed of the museums monkeys, a long rope of a snake . . . two Sheffield-Maplehurst calves munching calmly on their cuds and our skirts . . . the Seniorf at Canteen Dance usual County Fare of pink cotton candy and apples-on-a-stick . . . an un-audienced band . . . myriad guessing games . . . How many plastic tiddley-winks in this bowl? . . . find-your-number mate-in-this-mob . . . Give that man one silver dollar! . . . and the blazing young man on the fly- ing trapeze . . . plunging into a flaming inferno of a water tank. Reluctantly draggin' our feet back to school in September . . . even lacking the twelve-year-old urge to dress up on the first day . . . reluctant, not really to start school, but because it meant we were finishing . . . we got acquainted with what we fondly believed were the worlds toughest teachers . . . settling our shoulders under the weight of the responsibility we felt . . . after all, we had to set an example for the whole school . . . show naive sophomores and cocky juniors what was what . . . and somehow they just didn't want to be shown . . . what was wrong with this younger generation? . . . When we were very young we alzmyr listened to our elders . . .again wading into frothing senior and school activities . . . limp wallets, the Truth and Consequences of drives for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, the March of Dimes, and Lion Heart . . . committees . . . clubs . . . and incidentally, very incidentally, schoolwork. Stamford Highs House of Burgesses, the School Council . . . we've nursed that Council through three years from its birth in our sophomore year, support- ing all its projects from book jackets to football dances . . . its three-year list of accomplishments including the Exchange Club's Canteen Dances, the dispatching each month of a fresh-scrubbed junior Rotarian, four free dinners and all the speeches you can take, qualification for admission . . . take a field, any field, and be outstanding in it . . .clearing house for cafeteria complaints . . . uncontested Alma Mater contest . . . regimentation of test days . . . idealistic codes of behavior . . . the renewed vigor each year of the Abolitionists in their battle for No Smoking . . . the revision of the Honor Roll Bright Autumn accented by the hammering hel- mets of our team . , . becoming a 9O-second bat- talion at the Ansonia game . . . every football candi- date was immediately and automatically a clinic candidate . . . Sal Petrilli's snapped ankle . . . Buddy Saunders' sorry shoulder . . . the linimented limbs of every varsity man' '... Butch Dugan's conversion from an end to a hurtling half-back . . . Captain Snooky Sentementes scintillating in the line . . . Cudgeling Cullinan and Percolating Prince engi- neering our team to a T . . . lanky Jess Bates acclaimed the Most Valuable Player . . . the rootin' tootin' rooters under Tug Lombardi in orange beanies to match the players' helmets . . . cheer- leaders Palma Tangi, Kathie Bridge, jean Dempsey, Audrey Miller, Noreen Burke, and Eleanor Lion- tanaro . . . the whirling dervishes of twirlers . . . their new uniforms and their batons gleaming and glistening, and the burnt-cork blast furnaces on the ends of Roxine Pizarellos stick . . . autumn changed to winter, football season changed to basketball season, drop-kick changed to dribble, and the cheer- leaders changed their bulky white sweaters for blouses and vests . . . the headliners, Michelsen, McLeod, and Nizolek . . . the track team tracking into first place in the Fairfield County Meet . . . then dashing up to the New England Track Meet . . . flashing Freddy Robinson . . . joe Sassano . . . and big Bill Raymond putting the shot eggzactly where he wanted it . . . the big bang baseball team batting a thousand by winning the state champion- ship . . . Connecticut Yankee Bob Attanasio aspir- ing to the New York Yankees . . . Snooky Sente- mentes slamming again in America's national sport . . . Crutchley, the big pitcher with little ears, for a change . . . smashing and snatching Vinnie Bar- nett . . . Philly Prince stopping them short at short- stop, a Keystone combo with Bobby Attanasios second base place. Play-time for seniors . . . the resurrection, or exhuming, of The Late Christopher Bean' '... grey posters of' country churchyards . . . Bring your father, your mother, your sister and your brother, . . . wheedling ticket salesmen . . . the mystery of the ticket printer's bills . . . they were paid, but not by us . . . the characters in the play . . . carrot- scraper joan Kellogg . . . spinster-at-26 Nat Gold- man screeching If she gets married before I do, I'll die, I'll die, I just know l'll die! . . . the can't-elope Egan and Guzek . . . what a pear . . . Martin with his radish hair . . . and mercenary mother Martin, who wasn't satished with her husbands celery . . . but lettuce dispense with this nonsense . . . hunting season interfered with the convening of the rest of the cast, which included Marc Brownstein, jerry Balcar, Warner Graves, and Pete Strelakos. More fads and fashions . . . vests and weskits for all the girls . . . diagonal-zipper shirts . . . twin sweaters and shirts . . . the inevitable argyle socks . . . young bucks in dirty white Yale-type bucks . . . cars, fancy-schmancy as usual . . . Joan Kellogg's, Marty Schor's, Lefty Lester's, john Roberts, Ronny Stevenson's . . . new Moser-style term papers in- flicted on long-abused preps . . . canasta hitting with a bang . . . wriggly green rubber lizards squirming on victim shoulders . . . the choir's smashed-in fatigue hats . . . new wages for destruction: must pay the custodian for smashing your locker lock . . . 25 whole cents, and buy a new lock besides. Fishing for the yearbook title, and catching The Golden Year . . . the merry-go-round of year- book photos . . . the little lost appointment cards . . . the painful interviews with Mr. Bugbee . . . panting up the stairs on time for our appointment, then waiting half an hour , . . the glaring lights and twitching eyelids . . . the pitiful attempt at our usual sweet smiles . . . the dark stranger in our proofs . . . the ragged hair, out-standing ear . . . the canni- balistic cry, lt looks just like you! . . . the devout hope that it didn't . . . the final, doubtful, might-as- well choices . . . the swirl of attached biographies . . . the long questionnaires: interests, accomplish- ments, friends . . . the bombshell order, Write your ownl' '... chewed pencils, muttered cmrses . . . then into the Dispose-All hands of the commit- tee. . .wondering and rumors . . . forbidden glimpses of the finished products, and subsequent gasps and shudders . . . then the book and its sentimental sig- natures. First entering the newly sound-proofed cafe- teria . . . the cathedral hush . . . the first plate smashed . . . the attempt at a resounding Ooooo! that went over like a lead balloon. Senior Prom . . . the perennial contrast of stiff black boys and fluffy pale girls . . . nostalgic glamour . . . willing to camp in the transformed gym for- ever and aye . . . and the sizzling graduation re- hearsals . . . green held, white stands, green gowns, white gowns . . . a very modern, f1fty-years-of- progress type of graduation, in nylon . . . traditional music . . . speeches . . . tears . . . pride . . . and now diplomas. It's over. Dramatic Moment at Auembly Pupil Ofce Staj Write-up THANK YOU . . to the following friendr of the Senior Clair who have contributed .ro much ialnable help lime ande Ort JIMMY ZITO For berng champron step ladder srtter rn the decoratron drther for mak mf, the proms such beautrful places to be NELLIE BUROW or costumes and cosmetrcs for patrence and parnt for bemg an Angel rn the Wtngs at our class plays MR ROBERT WHITING WILLIAM OSHAUGNESSY RITA RYAN For lead For colorful background For provrdmg musxc that mg rn the fall our house of materral for sheddmg lrght on had charm to sooth the savage ushers for controllrng the Nothmg But the Truth and The Late Chrrstopher Bean MISS GLADYS LEONARD For leadrng us wrth banners flyrng 1l'1IO our three theatrrcal productrons she came she saw she conquered NELLIE SPEARS or spearheadrng the refreshment campargn at Prom mme for provldmg the bread of nrght 1 e , I ff I ' x . . L - . Q . . Y . .. ,, . . . , S the subject at The Tantrumf' audrence at the plays. plays enthusrastrc audrences I Q . Q , . , , lf . SALLIE CRAIGHEAD Ike our class presrclent hrst gurl elected to thus oflice ln the history of S H S versatllnty xncorporated a blg splash m svummlng clrcles a volce where ever a good soprano lS needed ballernna on the dance floor College wxll be her next conquest MARION MASONE Mo, chancellor of our class exchequer dlrector prompter extraordmalre her quxck dou ble take brand of humor has net ted her hordes of frlends Integral part of most commnttees and clubs champlon ofG1lbert and Sulllvan plus Ogden Nash fan atxc WILLIAM RAYMOND B111 our class veep popular man about H I-I S held hls steady helping hand on 19505 tlller shone In track junlor Rotarlan played blg deal Ralston ln Nofbmg But The Truth w1ll make a name for hnmself m law and polnncs DOLORES TAMBURRI Tam our tvnce elected class scr1be super school splnt buss bee m almost every class event by loolcmg for the good ln everyone Tam has a host of frlends her honors nn secre tarlal tralnnng g1ve her a blg start nn her proposed career SENIOR OFFICERS . - - ,' - ' , ' . . . 1 ' ' - l In H I l 7' ' ' - ' . . . . . . . . . . . H ' 3 ' ' . . . . . . a ' 'I . I , I . . . . v ' I I I Y I I 3 . s ... -D . a - ' KENNETH Accousri I Hen, friendly and good-looking . . . flyinglenthusiast . . .avid mem' ber of the C.A.P. . t . one of the proud hor-rod owners . . . ' oes all out for sports . . . Golden Year ' photographer . . . sees college ahead with his own airport in mind STU T ADE S u O oddy b o Blog mitt eves fter in the to r e on y one wa o colle witha dentist y lor claims is post diploma f BEVERLY ADKINS Bea quiet and intelligent active member of Players Club and Spanish Club appeared on a WSTC science program Head lines in Chemistry is an ardent sports addict plans to take up surgical nursing as a career MAE AGOSTINO Maggie the helpful girl as an outstanding ability to be friend ly with people has a liking for classes the clinic School Coun cil people helped on football dance committees could be a good nurse but has chosen New Haven State Teachers College ANITA AGULE Hap chatterbox usually seen with trumpet in hand virtuoso of the band all three years played with orchestra during sen tor year brains behind the music for rumor play wants to take after members of Phil Spitalny s orchestra Y' Q. Q63 'fl X 1 ' -sf Xf 'Y .4 Q I - ' r Q N . V , IIN- 'C fx x, , n ' l ' N I BARQAR AGUIJ5 'B and the impf . . frolicked on the ockey field nd the softball diamond . . . enlisted in German Club . . . publicized Open House . . . believes that Genius is a ner- vous disease . . . numbered in the ranks of Yearbook Biography Committee college is in her future HENRY ALEXANDER H the farmer interested in agriculture played intramural football basketball and baseball sopho re homeroom rreas urer his c ief interest in school is history will be remembered for his nice smile his intention is to be a farmer I HEODORE ALLEGRINI Io! the accordionist harmony and music send him wrll be remembered as being., cheerful faxorite saying, When you do the common things in an unusual way thats when you command the attention of the vuorld as chosen a music school for his future VIRGINIA ALLING C mm the platinum capped a whiz in a gym suit she cham pioned the basketball hockey and baseball teams assisted in library and vuth the Yearbook biorraphies was a member of the A Cappella Choir and French Club plans a future in nursing., EDWARD ALPERT Buddi dark haired Casanova a popular member of the senior c ass is captain of the jewish Center swimming team complishment of the year is to speak Spanish practices this saying Never do today what you can do tomorrow medicine ahead 11116 MICHAEL ALTIERI Skippalong, Abajaba man . . . likes girls, swimming, social activities, sports, C.Y.O ..,. has an interest for music, science, sports . . . vo- calized with the All-State Choir . . . congregates at the corner near room IIS . . . a future in music is reflected in his stars, I I, f ' I , I ff li fr,W!f-A 1 1, . L ,fa 4, DOLORES A T MARE J 'TJ' Be T1 cutie active in member warbled helped t e an senior future JOSEPH AMATO joe serious and studious ives his philosophy Anything can be conquered if you try hard enough enyoys badminton stamp col lecting and speaking and writing French college and medical School will be in his future DOROTHY ANCRUM Goldy unusually good natured craves potato salad and fried chicken ping ponged her way to athletic fame tossed basket balls with sophomore varsity trusts that It takes knowledge to get to college hopes to be a beautiuan xx JOAN AN DERSEN X joan sweet and unassuming delicate fingers molded for art admired for deft back slant hand writing reviewed for Play Reading Committee active in Players Club benefitted Year book and Art Staffs her star shines in secretarial work PHILIP ANNUNZIATA Sonny, quiet and dependable . . . practices what he preaches, AI- ways crank your brains before put- ting the jaws into gear . . . his- tory, gym, and lunch are his chief school interests . . . intends to go into interior decorating. ' ROBERT ANNUZZI A I A a sharpy is baseball crazy active in football base ball and basketball lives up to his motto Life is what you make his outside clubs are the Kerrytown A C Paragon A C and the Redbirds will enter the business world SYLVIA ARCHIE Syl fuliei-the clickens. .-assisted in libraryx agent for Sven and A A cards partook rn Lmior Play Reading and TrcketxCom mittees participated in Junior Re Cross for three years Glee Chlb and Girls ol' foresees xpursrng as 2 career ROBERT ATTANASIO Skeeter Mr Baseball unfor gettable performer at second base for S H S made All Star team in the Independent League president of his senior homeroom member of Italian Club and winner of the 49 Italian prize future teaching LAWRENCE AVIGNONE Natural the seldom scored on garrrsoned varsity soccer goal Intramural All Star three years standing enjoys sports of all sorts 48 homeroom treasurer is looking forward to advanced schooling and business T! 1 ig VIRGINIA BAK Gmny ns amrcable has no shortage of frrends served as treasurer of the Stamford Drstrrct Counul of the C Y O skates and plays basketball for relaxation says A merry heart urns many frrends vyxll become a secretary COLEMAN BAKER Colm the coltrsh a bug or dancrng., especrally Lundy knows raduos rnsnde out spark rn Scnence Club ma about math and scrence as s W at rs so rare as an A june7 armnng at electrical enarneerrny, at MIT HENRY BAKER Num the hot rod haPPI IS wolf vxhrstle heard by many dam se s agent for Athletrc Assocx anon represented homeroom n J uce presxdent of yunror homeroom treasurer for home room rn IS Crystal Rock Sprung Water Company holds hrs future GERALD BALCAR jerry a clever Casano debon arr pack of all dra an rades neoned as lea Iov rn Nothing But The Truth a eamed agaxn I rn Chrzr Bean re d sopho I, more plays rn Patrrclt Henry of De ng ,co lege follow! I JQANNE BALKO Bono, prrde and roy of the Art Department Norman Rock well ed The Golden Year spare trme finds her wrth orl pannts as well as knrtnng copped second prxze for Halloween wmdow pamt rn plans to go to school of mterror decoratron ALBERT BARKER Al the artlst plugged on the Szren Art Staff and the Yearbook Art Staff rn both his jumor and senror years sports are very rmportant to hum ran on the cross country team vull turn hrs hobby of art rnto a professron that of ullustratmig VINCENT BARNETT ll' hlfilpl popular presrdent of St Mary s C Y O recexyed a var srty letter for football and baseball for three years plays basketball for St Mary s member of the Junror Amerrcan Legxon baseball team has plans of entenng a preparatory school any I VL! I-3 ,ywzfljfff X. D Lilryiol,- K-l'4e'jjJJ NME 9051 W R0 of lc dosco 1 l nlng Lbf'ATf5e Gold a leadmg spit yee i6 J 1 id of her fr ends fb if ,gr prons ie rr ht out eg glad teachmg h tt LOTTIE BAROSKY Lot the vnvacrous blonde and blue eyed mnss gets pleasure from dancing, and bovyllng scrrbed lunror and senror home rooms school van ty prst Cap and Gown Commrttee wom Debonarr Club member to be an excellent secretarv rs ICI' ANTOINETTE BARRELLA Ann, the happy go lucky slsted wrth Jumor Prom plans Chrrstmas Seal salesman and Jun nor Red Cross enthusrast on ored wrth shorthand cernhcate agrees that 'To make frrends IS to be a frrend forecasts a post non as secretary ARTHUR BATES jeff lofty and lean as an mtcrest rn all kmds of sports rolled on the football team for thrcc years was on the track rcam rn hrs sophomore year has not formulated has plans for the future but thrnlxs he mrght make .1 good polrceman PASQUALE BATTINELLI Pal the frrendly fellow was awarded a second prrze rn t e semx finals of Sclaolartfcr art con test served on the staff of the Szren belreves Those are r1ch who have true frrends wr conrrnue hrs rnterest rn art rn further schoolrng M QL! AJVK X9 DONALD BATURA Ba! blond blue eyed sportsman rugged competrtor rn baseball two years forward on Hrgh basketball team for three years 49 Communrty League Bat homeroom presrdent as sophomore future busrness or baseball EDWIN BAUM Eddfe the Casanova greatly admrred by the demorselles record club Jorner hard worker on busrness and advertrsrng staffs of The Golden Year likes eat mg and dancmg he wrll at tend college wrth ,the mtentnon of becomxng an accountant JEANETTE BEAUDOIN Fzmny Face prompt and decrded relrshed all studres cooper ated wrth school drrves and cam pargns had a smrle for every one xdoltzed Vaughn Monroe and ballroom dancmg clarms that a bank worker or telephone operator are rn her future ELEANOR BECHEL 30114551 E7 as Vg ffiiislffff stud g co U V1 Mw- MAXINE BECKER Mar a talkarrve rdealrst dreams of bemg a successful wrrter ns rumored to have used thrs talent rn satrrrzmg her teachers clubs Polrtncal Scrence and Brndge wrll be remembered for her mce sense of humor may atrend a busrness school SYLVIA BEEGHLY jake the socrable rmrtates Gertrude Ederle rn the channel between the Shrppan beaches has taste for La Przza 15 con stanrly heard saymg bug made posters for the Junror play hopes to know the crtxes and ways of many people v1a the Waves DENNIS BEHUNICK J Wbrley ace football craftsman flashy prgskrnner three years at S H S medalrst rn track relays rn New York at Polo Grounds sophomore and yumor homeroom presrdent parnal to all ath letncs and Broadway shows college hfe comes next FRANCES BELASCO Fran the reverent grves many our of school hours to church work one of the thrrd penod members of the ofllce staff worked on the Trcket Commuttee for the yunror and senror plays wnll devote her future to work as a mrssronary f , ...h - , - - N .in 21 S- ' , te ics. .fb , m b fo as if ' ' v Q0 an r' v z' . , ' f e i - v 'r ', i es. ll , - ,V Mfr t ,- , ix, Champ . .- . A.A. agent and ' ,J H l l'f .' ' U , .2-a NA! lj AL 1 ff ' r 1' t. A C' ll y' I, :.. .Ha .,- - l Q - . . I '.,.'!'. 'v ' ,-rx, 43 ELCHER I e serene and self pos s e ered forlidsfuor class hel p bl ze he Late C opher rved on S tor Prom C ittte I hi sophlzes e shadows of this rfe are caused by standing in our sunshme a future model JOYCE BENDER joy the vivacious believes that A girl with a smile is a girl worth while holder of the Curved Bar the highest award in Scout in excels in athletics skates and dances with ease headed for college and later house keeping HELENA BENHAM Ann an ardenvbasketball fan captatned a winning am in t e Inter Church Basket l League holds position of correspond mg secretary of the Methodist Youth Fellowship after gradu ation she plans to enter the teach mg profession LEANDER BENNETT Whzrl an avid sports fan ticlpated in intramural football and boxing member of varsity basketball and track teams . . . efhcient secretary of the Mercury Athletic Club . . . admits girls as his one interest outside of sports . . . goes on to college. ,tmlsfll Dave, a tru 3? . four lett Latin listed in unior Classical ea ue book lg' es . . . tedvw S.H.S. ers . . . l T e ' GQ ' . . . en- . Q - g . . . gre -hai fromrwriting Year- L Dodgers will romp on ever' . . . collegys in wifi I 'FQ' lv' s T fr, Ee st ,i ., ,,..,t.z1, 1' . - ..s, 4 ea 9. l. ,Q M XX 4 w 43 ,pai DIANA BEZ Smzley of the serious expression Iturbi s the piano in her spare time answered the roll call in Spanish Club philosophizes Ah PTO You can t live with them or without them going to New Britain to learn to be a teacher RALPH BIANCARDI jufh good natured gay blade wears East Side Crusaders maroon and grey warm up packet ar monica harmomzer on a big scale enrolled in the Italian Club likes music in school reliable on the stage crew wil become a Marine fgaafjiwi ffdj' I ERNEST BISA LON Frenchy our English boy ar ticipated in cross country track and intramural basketball was chief electrician for Nofhzng But The Truth and assistant property manager for The Lale Chrzrtopher Bean is looking forward to becoming a commercial artist ALLEN BLACKMAN Buck one of our artistic seniors t member A Cappella Choir for two years a Junior guide . . . Won first prize at Regional Scholastic Arr Exhibit . . . believes The wise benefit by the fools mistake . . . looks to art school in the future, INGEBORG BLASS Inki, our gentle genius . . . a nim- ble itter . . . prizes her gift of gabgi . wields her own black magic over marks . . . waltzed away with the Algebra Prize in '49 . . . dazzled Debating Club for two years . . . dreams scheduled to come true include college, Europe, and fame. DAVID BLOOM Curly, a hunter of the woods . . . spends many week-ends and sum- mers camping, hunting, and enjoy- ing water sports . . . tries skiing occasionally . . . is a top man in architectural drawing . . . likes geometry also . . . spends money on his car and girl future college ROSALYN BLOOMFIELD Roz sincerity itself on Year book Business Staff live wire of French HJ Stitt Science and Political Science Clubs reigned as Queen Esther of the jewish Center holds three year honor roll positron campus life ahead EDWARD BOBROVICZ Luke the witty boy veeped junior homeroom agent for Christmas Seals and Cancer con tributions rn yunior year p 1 losophrzes Vessels large may ven ture more but little boats should keep to shore hopes to see himself in a Coast Guard uniform NICHOLAS BOCCUZZI Bang the quiet type enjoys being a part of the Italian Club and the A Cappella Choir thinks Its a friendly heart that has friends galore girls sports and music are his chief interests is going to a preparatory school STELLA BOCCUZZI Boe dark eyed and sere treasurer and represent or her junior homeroom enior Cap and Gown Committee admits a love for French member of the CYO an Lite Clubs this lrve ire planning a career rn nurstng rw as as 7 fffz 57 ff , ,ff if 't. f I ' ,WDM iff! GEORG'E43'ODETKAf George, all, suave, and handsome . . . spadtled in intramural sports . . . won place on honor roll . . . hnds enjoyment in watching S.H.S. gridders when not in front of a television set . . . believes Life is to rise not to rest ' will enter engineering held MARY BONINA Mary Mr Rhoades right hand spoke for Cancer Drive prizes her hundred and twenty word shorthand pins says Ability will enable one to climb to the top but character is the only thing that will keep one from falling future secretary JQSEPH, 'SDNOMO pe steadfast rooter follows the Yankees to a active rn Holy Name- uniors pumps the accordion ams a radiant m to all friends dabbles in electric and woodworking t few years will be in a te levision college FERNANDO BOURDETT Tony the likeable Latin Illl ported to us from Panama enthusiast of many sports especi ally soccer takes exceptional delight in history and physics devotes linguistic talents to Span ish Club reads his horiscope for college ROMAN BOYKO Roman hustltng inside right thrives on all sports captamed forty nine soccer team to finals of State soccer playoffs enyoys talking to his friends m front of his proverb is Life is what you make it electrical engineering calls him X... 0- ti Yx ,fl W? rv JO BOYNTON Ri , thfforgetful type . . . ser- iz 'Manners are like ciphers ' tix-ieticg they may not be gtuQ in themselves, but they are capa le of adding a great deal to the value of everything else . . . played intramural sports . . . will go into the field of electricity. MARY BRATTON Berry, chatterbox . . . took part in sophomore and junior plays . . . helped decorate for the junior Prom . . . served as an alternate School Council re tesentative p . . . handled the money for tlyvjuniorf' W ' C . . . t beta tes:.a:5a2a':5,r riffs rg. , ,1, ,l.f:yf I .f t f , , I l M2 t'f'1f if if iff! 1 rf' yn , ing ,. if - vi I 7 ,fy ANNLEY BRENNER Annley, one of 1950's future teachers . . . delights herself with music . . . has been an active mem- ber of the French, Debating, Po- litical Science, and Players Clubs . . . believes Good manners and FLORENCE BROWN Florry of the fiery crown . . . has many charming qualities . . . sings in the A Cappella Choir . . . dances like a cork on a wave . . . sits in with the Junior Woman's Club , . . committeed many times for her class . . . will become a profes- sional pin-curler. HELEN BROWN Brownie, the fun-loving girl . . . played varsity baseball for three years . . . her interest in sports belies her favorite saying, Work fascinates meg I could sit and look at it all day . . . a member of glQ'Y-Teen Timers . . . may be a singer in the future. MARC BROWNSTEIN King DoDo, the Scaramouch . . . flipped backwards to spark his classes . . , vice-presidented the Spanish Club . . . big as the Year- bok coordinator . . . vocalized in the Student Council . . . thespian- il! f f I sqft words, have brought many a ized three class plays . . , future ,Qld difficultlthmg to pass. V? lies in college and criminal law. I , ,f 'f f I r ' ' . 'I ' K f I M ' X 1 It ' . ff I' fl r sf7'ff 11 ' 4 I My ,.fQ,!' I r KATHARINE BRID E Kathie, effervescent and popular cheerleader . . . sparked the School Council since its initial year . . . noted among friends for adlibbing as the maid in Nothing But The Truth . . . advocates Say what you think and does just this . . . as- pires to psychology. DORIS BRITT Britt, the athlete . . . dotes on sports . . . won a letter for work on baseball team . . , active on Wolverine basketball and base- ball teams . . , also an accomplished dancer and swimmer . . . will try to wait for the best opportunity and then decide on a career. ff ,' ,ff W f ., . --41 Qi '.' friita. ELIZABETH BURKE Betty, a diminutive miss . . . ac- tive senior year serving as A.A. agent and selling football pro- grams . . . played basketball junior year . . . appreciates people that are friendly . . . she will stake her future somewhere the business world. A NOREEN BURKE Nor, effervescent live-wire . . . led the school cheers in senior year . . . relished singing . . . her golden tones were heard in the choir . . . answered roll call at Political Science Club . . . great lover of sports . . . small but mighty . . . business is her future. -tiki . F , v 'fl 119' X' . ,V HELEN BURNS Burnrey of the Irish temper . . . helped out in the library junior year . . . was active in the Junior Classical League . .. believes, They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts . . . plans to enter the field of nursing in a Bridgeport hospital. ,HELEN BURR Red, with a fine sense of hum r . . .'565r9-sgeternally worried aborrrfpging on thne-fafschool . . . two yeargiizen agent IfQ-S,pan- ish Club .mpnrber-n.J . decorati, for Sophomdigggop if., fplans fur gudi s in mercialxub- jects! ' SUSAN BUSH Sue, the vivacious sport enthusiast . . . played varsity hockey . . . . . . modeled for Cap and Gown Committee . . . enjoys tennis and skating . . . will long be remem- bered for her sense of humor . . . believes A friend in need is a friend indeed . . . future: secre- tary. BARBARA BUTKOVSKY Babr, as lively as an automobile battery . . . constantly on the buzz for the senior class . . . publicity committee woman for The Laie Chrirtopher Bean . . . ad-getter for Siren . . . her inquisitive look is misleading . . . a commercial aft school will shape her future. 1' GEORGE BUTLER George, quiet and conscientious . . . has enjoyed vari-typing as well as reporting for the Siren . . . philosophizes From a pure spring, water flows . . . spends after school hours working at the Grand Union . . . plans to join the Uni- ted States Army. ADALINE BUZZEO Buzz, ever friendly . . . noted for getting to school on time every day . . . played varsity basketball as a junior . . . was a member of the Italian Club . . . concentratls on driving and dancing out-of- school . . . has made no plans for her future. . '17, ,, 'V 1,- . I lg - I 1 .1 ,' f wrrrm BYLNES ,7 , f Bill, the All the news that's fit to print fellow . . . dished out both New York Timer and New York Herald Tribune in the morn- ing for two years . . . main school interest is in history and Debating Club . . . will pursue a college career after graduation. GEORGE CAKAVELL Greek, tall and reserved . . . ever- present in the intramural football, basketball, and baseball line-ups . . . ardent sports fan . . . avidly interested in current science . . . collects sports pictures and auto- graphs . . . a trade school is next. SALVATORE CALVI Sal, the quiet, good-natured chap . . . active in Italian Club, intra- mural basketball and baseball . . . shines in shop and science . . . favorite food: ice cream . . . after graduation will sign with Uncle Sam for the Navy. M M Wg?- 4'lm JOHN CAMPBELL Soup, the carefree tennis star . . . skiing is his favorite sport . . . played on champion intramural football team .. . easy-going, friendly nature exemplifies his philosophy, He who laughs last, laughs the longest . . . business administration is in his future, g xt ifgs WZ? LOUIS CAPPIELLO Sonny the taciturn won Italian prize iunior year and honor roll niche senior year served in Italian Club Board of Directors climaxes each situation with How about that interests run to sports e desk of a business exec e awaits him if Yfff ,ffl X MARY CARBONE Mare 1205 redhead success fully combined honor grades vsith extra curricular activities Siren agent intramural basketball and baseball Italian Club School Council Literary Staff of The Golden Year her ambition is to teach JOSEPH CARELLA Googre Ketrytown Handyman a real buddy to his friends fine worker for football junior varsity peppy basket and volley ballet Italian Club reliable plans to be world s travellin champ aiming for a spin with the United States Air Force. RUTH CARLSON Bucky a cute cookie . . . known for her cooking and for bringing samples back to class . . . roller skating is an outside favorite . . . Practice what you preach is her philosophy . . . a business career will keep her busy in the future. ESTELLE CASSELL I. Belle, unoflicial jewelry queeh of S.H.S .... twice a Siren agent . . . crazy about American history and dancing . . . her belief, AI- ways happy, full of, fun, gets along with everyone has made h r' pop- ular with all her friends jf. she will go into merchandising. Y. ANTOINETTE CAVALIERI Ann cute brunette worked on Cap and Gown Committee avid dancer skater and music lover believes that He who invented work sho finish it the st show a o e rac Ann s re at I a LOUISE CECCOLINI the slick reliable mem ber of the Italian Club a firm believer that A clear conscience is a sure card held the purse strings for her sophomore home room a fervent indorser of Beechnut products will become a secretary GLORIA CERULLI Glo exuberant and 'friendly bulwark of the football cheering section answered roll call at Spanish Club for two years lwvotlced on play ,committees orned the gym for the sopho more and iuruor dances o will attend a business college. xo ' CHANDLER Green-Eyer the peppy Siren re- Yporiey. . . enjoys dancing house 6 Qltpriing mid-get to racing and eatin junch thx'-?uperiod A lieveie'fWeI-hxdge ourselves by wi? he fre capable of doingg qdt ers bulge us by what we have - done . . . looks forward to mar- riage. LEWIS CHERNIACK Lew, a sportsman . .f. thrills to the whine of racing stock cars , . . is a crack shot with a rifle . . . is weighted with marksman- ship medals . . . has fun hunting and at parties . . . signer? with the Debating and Politica Science Clubs . . . next fall, college. SALLY CHIAPETTA Cbzp the lively one dresses with that Mademozrelle look held a homeroom office for three years graduation will find her nostalgic for her many friends and certain spots in the halls of S H S will go on to a busi ness school HELEN CHICKO Cbzckze the gentle one mem ber of the Senior Play Ticket Com mittee swimming and dancing are her favorite pastimes played on sophomore hockey team believes Always be true to your friends and they will remem ber you strives for business school FRANK CLARK Clarkw important addition to SHS came from New London in h1s yunror year played in tramural football basketball and baseball now a National Guardsman he looks to a future in some branch of the armed serv rces JAMES cocous Coke tall and good looking served as manager of the S HS basketball team worked as A A agent in his senior year contends that The only man who nevermakes a mistake is the man who never does anything . . . ' headed for the business world. we Wei ANTHONY COLABELLO jabry, a rts Bend . . intramural football asketball, nd baseball kept c u 'e after school for t a s . . . eels his out- stan ug omplish ent was pass- i n'lish . . . th present keeps hirryii busy to t ink about the fur re. f ALICE COLE Al the newcomer member of our varsity basketball team sings with Glee Club square dances her cares away believes in laughter and the uselessness of tears enjoys all sports still undeci ed about future I vicronm GOMITO Vicky ap outstandmg commercial student secresafy of C Y O for tvno years Italian Club Polrtr cal Science Club Yearbook Liter ary Comnflftee her smcere manner and pleasing personality should make her a top flight pri vate secretary ANTOINETTE CONETTA Tom the girl with the coal black air played intramural base ball and basketball her sophomore year enyoys ice skating pamt mg with oils and the company of a well known Kerrytowner plans to study art for awhile be fore getting married ELIZABETH CONETTA Bert the petite miss served as Christmas Seal and Siren agents covered the halls third period for the Siren often seen knit ting emoys football and ice skating her shorthand honors should place her well in the bust- ness world. EDGAR CONKLIN Shorty, the corn popper . . . S.H.S.'s Joe Miller . . . quite an artist, too . . . A.A. agent and A Cappella Choir member . . . be- lieves Laugh while you can, for life is short . . . will take up elec- tronics in the military service- United States Navy, that is. ggi' A- ' . a , . . . 1 - - - . . .... . L , , Q , . 4 . h ,x , K in Ll , , 4 ' V ' ' 2 CT-TL' .n , ' f ' ' ' A 7 1' t x - O a A 1 X . .3 ,C 0. ' 4 f . '- - ,,.A ' - 1 xx' V ,, , . , i' ,Q x . 3,533 i 54. W If , 9 , , ', , F 1-A, , ' ' I ' Y: T: ' ' I P 1 1 'J A . 4, , A -I V' .1 , . . . - , i . I I l - A I . . . I , . . . ' Y . . . , . . . , ' . . . I DI . - II ' - , . A .L ., i ia-fa . . . . . I, i i. ' ' h . . . - 1 n Q ' ' ' . l ' ' , ' 1 Y Y A ' b - l 1 . , , , . . . , ' . . . ' ' - . I' . 1 . ' A I I . ' Il ' . IS Eb , qv' GEORGE CONNORS George, quiet but unassuming , . . was homeroom vice-president . . . athletics offers a major bid for his interest . . . participated in basket- ball, baseball, football, and soccer on an intramural level . . , college comes first in his future. CTHROL COOK Gahvl very aqistic senior onthe Sven and.Yearbook Art StaH energetic Players Club member also on the junior play reading committee known for her artistic individuality pllns to continue her artistic endeavors in art school ANNA COPPOLA Ann a girl with a sense of duty was awarded a shorthand certi ficate has a mania for swim ming and dancing sighs Ah for the good old days when men were really men' has taken commercial subjects in hopes of filling a secretarial position JOSEPH COPPOLA Joe of the smooth line dancing takes up most of his time is own maxim is A motor is to a car as dancing is to oe too part in Harvest Moon Ball and Phil jones recitals for three years undecided between business or dance instructing NANCY COURFMENOS Nanz the Lily Pons of S H S sopranoed in A Cappella Choir was homeroom representative for three years gave vocal re citals in Stamford and Mt Kisco has sung in almost all the school choirs hopes to sing professionally gel! f' e l 1 NORMAN COVER Norm, trackster . . . a solid friend . . . starred on track team as javelin and discuss hurler, shot - putter, runner, and broad-jumper . . . garnered subscriptions for the Yearbook . . . enjoys sports and singing above all . . . has decided to attend college. ROBERT COWLEY Curly of the crrnkly hair sports fiend played intramural foot ball basketball and,baseball Qufs a mean caper on the ice sophomore homeroom representa tive found C YO an interest ing diversion expects to don Navv blues after graduation GERALDINE CRAWFORD Jerry our Queen of Swing played trumpet in S H S band and earned a band reward for com munity service is mad about music believing Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of 1 e zesty in pep rallies future music and business PALMINA CRISTOFOLO Pam the friendly vice presi dent of her sophomore homeroom enjoys C Y O and movies school interests include salesman ship and bookkeeping would like to be remembered for her jokes bank vyork or sales work have taken a bid for her futurc DOLORES CROLLA Dee happy go lucky kept her homeroom records in order as sec retary in her junior year loves music and dancing intrigued by office machines her fine sense of humor helps keep them laugh in future plans revolve around secretarial vtorlt e CS' T -1-Y GEORGE CROSS Schookfe the wrse cracker short but dynamrc neat dresser eternally yokrng contrnually advrses Dont lose worked on stage crew rnterested rn sports scrence and Marrne Corps Reserve hopes to 1orn the Unrted States Marrnes JAMES CULLINAN jay See Sportsman Inc lack ed grrdsters three years past master at basketball and base ba sang wrth the A Cappella Chorr motto Through drfh culty to success future physr cal educatron teacher WALTER DAHLGREN Wo an off campus athlete played baseball for the Barton Motors team of the Independent League was a courtster for St Maurrce Church rn t e basketball league served as vrce presrdent of hrs 49 homeroom looks toward a preparatory school next year ELIZABETH DALEY Betty a study rn mrnrature u of common sense and darnty pret trness always a smrle or a cute lrttle huh representrng her laughter gave her all to every 50 functron three year mem ber of Spanrsh Club wrll major rn forergn affarrs at college PHILLIP DALTON Phzl the arr mrnded served as Szren agent and homeroom treas urer rn sophomore year fascrn ated by physrcs relaxes at home wrth woodworkmg querres Brrds can Hy why can t I7 plans to End out as aeronautrcal engrneer JOAN DALY joan the cheerful fluttery chrck vrce presrdent of the Student Councrl the prexy of the Jun ror Womans Club acted rn The Tantrum sophomore play has trred her hand at sports was homeroom representatrve jun ror year plans on college JOAN DANN Cmdy the cheerful grrl lrkes square dancrng and bowlrng was awarded shorthand certrficate rn yunror year would lrke people to remember her for her loud laugh her motto rs Al ways keep smrlrng hopes to become a secretary after gradu atron JANE DARDIS Janey the outdoor lass pe dled trclcets for The Late Chmto phar Bean her favorrte quotes are Srlence rs golden also Do unto others as you would have them do unto you rates base ball and dancrng hrg ly not too sure about her fu re ARTHUR DAVIS Brother Boner the fun lovrng comedran recerved lunror champronshrp touch football award presrdent of hrs senror homeroom phrlosophrzes Never apologrze rt shows a srgn of weakness Unrted States Arr Corps rs hrs future ROBERT DAWSON Boh the quret boy rntegral part of Spanrsh Club repre sented Junror homeroom a fingers rn the Rrng Commrttee states Srlence rs golden but I lrke srlver proud of danc rng talent college rs on hrs horrzon ,y-49' C1 an 4 .5 ' T, h 4 ., ,, it..-f,Q,a Q., t X ' - ,c 1 .'...a... 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' '- ' ' ...hd JOHN DE BLASI john De the silent and practical can speak Italian like a native has an affinity for Norton Rhoades pink slips realizes that you live and learn and that he is still learning hopes some day to be Stamfords ace mechanic ANN MARIE DE CARLO Cbzrken the sewing queen helped with make up for 'The late Cbrmopher Bean nkes football baking five feet two and under club She is little she is wise she s a terror for her size aims to win renown for her dressmaking GEORGE DEEGAN Deeg Flash Gordon known as friendly and cheerful lieves that If at first you dont succeed try try again finds trout fishing and pheasant hunt ing favorite pastimes enloys all sports and plans to yoin the armed forces after graduation FRANCES DE LEO joy doesnt believe in worrying fond of activity in the form of swimming or intramural bas ketball served one year as A.A. agent and homeroom treas- urer . . . pocketed two shorthand certificates and place on the honor roll . . . future: undecided. SALVATORE DE MAIO Sal Giant fan . . . president of Club 69 . . . played intramural baseball, football, and basketball . . . always raving about Bob Thomson of the N.Y. Giants . . . fond of golf, hunting, and me- chanical drawing . . . future is still undecided, just good times ahead. Y-1 N-AY -Q.-5 l 8 l a mi'-tv i I 3 t T' fi CARTER DE MARCO Cartzer an amusing personality was elected president of his hom room for two years and vice president of 120 senior year likes to hang out with his gang near 128 philosophizes Eat drink and be merry wants to be a motion picture camera man JEANNE DEMPSEY Jeanne the buoyant blonde led cheers for the Orange and Black crowded senior year with A Gippella Choir Yearbook Biography Committee and Speak ers Bureau spoke to Kiwanis Club on behalf of Christmas Seal Drive her future is still un decided DORIS DEMPSHER Done a sparkling entertainer danced and clicked her castanets at innumerable school programs music and swimming are sec ond only to her love of dancing German Club member breezily good humored hopes to become a dancing teacher -4.1 nj ,2- 7.1 JJ 5 L.:-1 FRANQD IQQGLX A! Cofttry boy oco r baseball and football corraled vice presidency of yunior homeroom fancies home de signing . . .gets a bang out of good jokes . . , rounded up dues for '48 homeroom . . . out gunning for an architectural engineers career. jOAN DIBBLE Dibby. quiet and conservative . . . served as ticket agent for iunior and senior plays . . . en- ioys tennis, bowling, and swim- ming . . . says, Let me laugh and dance and singg life is such a lovely thing . . . will be answer- ing the Secretary-XY7anted ads in june. LORETTA DI CECCO Loretta the nicknameless girl has held homeroom ofhces likes choir CYO bowling work placed on honor roll in her sophomore yeat hustled duc ats for Nothing But The Truth some lucky office will have a good bookkeeper after June MARY DIC Mary the liltir? alll! he sparkling blgdge ff nu in thesa sofg uni a nior ro co e of true love neve runs smoot the crystal ball shows collqe in her future LORETTE DIDION Lorezze t took part rn. ma'ny sport mc ding intramural badminton hockey and bowling keeps money for the Mariners in her spare time oprnes that If you tell the truth you dont have to remember anything life on the-campus hes ahead M DI GIOVANBATTISTA Mafalda a busy bee three year veteran of the Italian Club an ardent Yankee and movie fan one of the loyal rn the C Y O likes football games and cheers for old S H S relaxes in spare time with music and dancing hopes to be a secretary ANASTASIA DI GIRONIMO Ann the mischievous . . . served on both Junior and Senior Prom Decorating Committees . . . gets a kick out of driving a Cadillac . . . enjoyment of her course in office machines and her work at St. Joseph's Hospital has interest- ed her in becoming a medical sec- rerary. STV JEAN Dl SETTE Sneaky movie fan member of Italian Club sophomore year solicitor for Red Cross and Szren agent in tenth grade derives pleasure and relaxation from dancing the outline for her future has not been completed et AGNES DOHERTY Aggie the model lives for swimming and dancing er wise motto is No matter how good you think you are there is always someone better was in CO Millers Fashion Show her ambition is to be a model JAMESON DOIG jim the Californian rabid Redbird fanatic explosive in debating cross country and track man checkmater at chess slaved for Siren Yearbook biographer inter ested in all phases of sports rates cafe period highly co lege comes next FREDD DUDLEY Dud full of fun and always yok in an Eastside Crusader was vice president of sophomore and senior homerooms con tributed to SHS sports events on intramural basketball and bowling teams skilled stage hand plans to become a me chanrc JEANNE DUGDALE lay a pleasant girl . . . likes danc- ing and good music . . . takes in- terest in her work in the com- mercial course . . . relaxes playing badminton and caring for horses . . . has entered Twirling and Drum Corps meets . . . will seek a position as a doctor's secretary. 53 ,r A WL? D NE XBr lyn th dyed rn the wool gre OEO secretary o HJ trtt pub avrd pund r of gwcymarks electronrcs photogra pbf and les Mandi filler e s on hrs w y to 1 pw rsmg future rn radio ngrnetrmg fter college CLAIRE EATON Honey a sweet gurl can always be seen wnth a smrle on her face loves to cook and knrt represented her lunror homeroom and served on Senror Play Trcket Commrttee the Rainbow Grrls occupy much of her trme tends to go unto busrness MARTIN EGAN Marta thespran popular vuth the ladres gave outstandmg performances rn The Late Chnrto Truth golfs and dances ma ches with the band and vuth the local Natrcagj Gcfagl some held Gf bu es51shrs future EILEEN ELLIOTT El a petrte lass won an honor certlflcate In shorthand and a let ter m hockey sold many trckets for The Late Christopher Bean proclarms photography an rnter estrng srde llne wrll make a good busmess woman dont you thunk' GLORIA FABRIZIO Chloe the cashier kept money and mrnutes for her homeroom In her sophomore year enrolled vsrth Manners after school worked as an AA agent rn the tenth grade made change rn the cafeterra for tvco years aspxres to become a secretary EDITH FARRELL Peanut: short and snappy laughlng all the tlme as a wholesome lnterest rn the II-I Club rs vrce president of the Methodrsr Youth Fellovsshrp fond of chrldren enloys mustc and dancmg was A A agent looks forward to a busmess career ELEANOR FARYNIARZ Ele vrvacxous frlendly et petual smnle coupled wrth envrable sense of humor pranoed ln Senlor Chorr worked on Yearbook Brography Commrttee 1c1 d rn French Club spurred on Football Dance Connectlcut Unnversm I5 her campus ANTHONY FEDELF 'Ions the hugh jumper mem ber of the ltalrau Club loys musxc and sports acnvc sonallty makes rt easy for htm to get along vuth people should be a brg success rn the restaurant busrness MILTON FERGUSON M111 the 1n betys een guy qulet but yet rs a lot of fun was elected semot homeroom uce presrdent rn the Natronal Guard chief mterests girls and sports played Intramural basketball has decnded to let the future take htm Into draftrng JULIA FERRARI Jupe the loquaclous a vet peeve of Mrs Morse farthful to the ltalran Club ratcs typ mg and baseball as favorrte school Interests expresses drslrke wnth Flap rt foresces career rn ofhce work possrbly as a secre tary 4 I .L 'Q 0 xl A . , ' ' Kf- ' .A . 'Uh' I. . . ' . an , ' ...so- 1, I 'A ' -V ' Il-..en. piggy Bean and Nglhing 32,1 The in C..Y.O .... Ahis pleasing. per- : v ff ...he I I l I ' ,nv f rf' I' A I Q ,D ' ' It , ' ..,Ac Q 15 MARIANNA FERRERO Bomb, the big explosion , . , par- takes in all sports . . . she likes roller skating . . . can usually be found in a crowd as she laughs her troubles away . , . her height helps her excel in basketball . . . her future lies either in the new roller derby or in modeling. ANITA FERRY Anna sweet and charming was active with the Debating Club Players Club and French Club enjoys bowling playing., the piano ice skating and danc in observes The sun can he seen only by its own light will pursue the teaching pro fession wad x W JAMES FERULLO ,hm with the cute smile hung up a record for being elected presi dent of his homeroom for three years played on the soccer and basketball teams realizes that He who is patient will be uell rewarded aspires to college EAN FICKETT Babe the Irish colleen has a temper to go with those frec p rticipated in French lub Jugiiotlfllassical Le e A Cap pella Choir and usflfgfng 'for the senior plpy yearns for the military llfeun the United States Women s Marine Corps RICHARD FITZMAURICE Dirk the comedian has an eye for practical jokes co lects coins likes art and sports member of the German Club was an active player on the tennis team for three years plans to be an architect after S H S and college HAROLD FLANNAGAN Flip, a regular fellow . . . enjoys a good bout with the boys . . . was a sophomore intramural courtster . . . saw action with the '48 Tennis Team . . . outside in- terests are skiiing, skating, and swimming . . . is looking forward to a future with A.S, Beck. WILLIAM FLOODY Bill todays Punch soundly and unimpeachably a loyal resi dent of Springdale whips up the best soda in town at Siladl s rolls around in his 41 Pack ar loves Irish stew best hopes to take up movie rojec tion by way of the Unite tates Navy Q1 JIM FLYNN Errol history enthusiast study ing American history mechani cal and architectural drawing keep him happy in school prefers classical music to jazz college is in his plans and then he will be the last person to let a friend down as a mortician .fig W frm RO ER FL NN e 1 dus us st likes sports and enjoys playing the piano claims The trick to being a happy student is taking notes and paying attention helped in preview of senior class p ay plans on business of his own JOECILLE FOURNIER I a terror for her size with her finger in every pie staunch supporter of the School Council interests lie in clubs dancing hen parties and football would like to be remembered for her ability to gab looks to college life Q? ff Xtra l i 'hs LILLIAN FOWLER Diamond Lil, a female Frankie Laine . . . harmonized with Glee Club . . . collected for Cancer drives . . . dabbled in creative writing, especially poetry . . . says, May your life have just enough clouds to make a beautiful sun- set . . . she has decided on a musical career. CECELIA FRAGOMELI Cezl the slim blonde attended Barbizon School for models last summer Won a letter in var sity basketball sang with the junior Choir took part in Italian Club as a sophomore likes to model and hopes to make it a career otherwise retailing EDWARD FRANClb Smash Gene Krupa jr tea yazzophile plays with Bill Dixons orchestra beat the skins at New York Apollo Thea ter in a variety show at peace with the world hep in our yazz assemblies music is his life and future QNX DAVID FRANK Shamrock crazy over women decorated for Junior Prom committee man for The Late Christopher Bean senior Sfren agent active in history panel discussions enjoys himself especially when at parties and dancing will enter the Marine Air Corps COTI LDA FRATTU RO Tzllze the generous of heart has been both Siren and AA agent thinks her outstanding accomplishment was passing his tory says Life is a mirror you get out of it what you put into her honors in shorthand presage success as a secretary. MARY JANE FREND jitzie, a mere slip of a girl . . . a Scholartic art award lies in her memory book . . . scribed for her sophomore homeroom . . . better late and sometimes never describes her attendance in school . . . will dress m'lady's coiffure in the fu- ture. yew flvgffiliify yd ARD FURANO Slmz the uno trus we known for his shyness towards the opposite sex German Club member and senior homeroom veep an ardent participant in soccer track and tennis aims at college with engineering as his choice of mayor JOSEPHINE FUSCI Honey the sweetest gal you could ever know was queen of the Junior Prom kept class books last year was a member of the School Council commit reed for the class play and Year ook sparked the Hi Lite Club at the Y W business beckons DOLORES GAIPA The Kid the quill driver of the Siren recorded all boy meets girl views in Thu n That telephoned pa rents for Open House won a three year place on honor roll homemaking and journalism vie for her future ARTHUR GALLUP Buddy the artist cartoon sketched for the Sven was vice president of tumor home room water colors his spare hours away noted for athletic prowess knows They are rich who have true friends wood working or carpentry carve his future. MICHAEL GARAFFA Mike, the crafty guy . . . believed that he could talk a teacher out of keeping him after school . . , played football for three years . . . an Italian Club member . . . also an enthusiastic supporter of Y.M.C.A. and Kerrytown Club , . . will become an optician. CIRO GARFANO Jerry sports fiend exuberant member of the bowling league played intramural basketball football and softball president of sophomore homeroom and lun ior homeroom veep interested in racing pigeons will become a wholesale meat dealer ELLA GARFANO Ell happy and smiling all the time contributing member of the sophomore Girls Choir sen lor A A agent did well in the senior bowling league believes Life is full of splinters so be careful where you slide plans on designing womens clothes MARVIN GARNETT Marv the shy playboy enjoys Spanish and chemistry mem ber of the AZA and Spartan Boys Club is often seen on ice skates was a sophomore honor sudent believes A word to the wise 15 sufficient college will claim his future CONNIE GAUDIANO Chzcby the cheerful sopho more homeroom treasurer member of Political Science Club Cap and Gown Committee and outside of school the Debonair Club enjoys horseback riding and tennis . . . usher for senior pay . . . she plans to be a sec- retary. 0 'ff JEAN GAVIGAN Little Gabby, the petite one . . . president and scribe of her sopho- more homeroom . . . Max Factor- ed The Late Christopher Bean . . . assistant librarian . . . favorite pastimes include square dancing, swimming, and sketching . . . hasn't been able to plan her future. MICHAEL GAYOWSKI Mike the high voltage electron vice president of HJ Stitt Science Club shutter bug radio keeps him busy out of school prize winning student in me chanical drawing and algebra I will be an electronics major at Connecticut University CAMI LLE GENOVESE Camzlle a girl with a happy smile says If silence were golden Id be a pauper certain proof that squirrels aren t the only things that chatter enyoys pop- ular music dancing and cooking plans to enter nursing after High School ANTHONY GENTILE Tony Alaska bound foreigner from Greenwich planning to travel to the Yukon to raise ant mals fondness to roam led him to enlist with the Naval Re serve Forget not the mean ing of truth is his motto expects to travel or go into bust ness ANNA GERARDI Ann a gay optimistic girl claims that Honesty is the best policy mam interests are twirlrng sports and food was homeroom vice president andA A agent her sophomore year . . . member of drill squad for two years . . . future is undecided. 57 wir ANGELINA GIAMBA Angr the lauchrng gurl rkes seyxrnr., and musrc trr otlrce work sang rn Crrls Chorr helped rn Chrrstmas Seal Sale and Cancer Drrvc says that tonhdence only allows one to see success ahead honors shorthand show a future as a sec retary JOSEPHINE GIAMPA In quret mannerecl but sprrnkled yxrth laugther actrvated gorngs on at the Stamford Crrls Club and Y W C A delrghts srngrng dancrng and sports belreves Dreams also constrtute part of ones educatron ture rs rn busrness AURELIO GIANNITTI Mourey the Red Sox rooter rates baseball hrgh Ted Wrl lrams hrs rdeal represented sophomore homerooms three years on CYO dramonds clarms Learnrng vyrthout thought rs useless thought wrrhout learn rng rs dangerous seeks a draft rng posrrron WALTER GIBSON Czlnby tall and handsome was homeroom representatrve and A A agent played football as sophomore hrghly attracted to stock car races and plane flyrng has decided upon a career rn aeronautrcs FAITH GILLESKI Fazfhze a vrtal spark plug rn al most every 50 actrvrty vrvacr ous and popular charrmaned Yearbook name commrttee helped decorate and advertrse out class dances served on the School Councrl and manv of rts Committees wrll go rnto mer chandrsrng MARY Rormo U Pelunza sweetest lrrtlc floxxtr tx bloom rn Hrgh School frrth ful yyorker for tht Clrss of IOUU as Yuen agent prom decorator and Late Chrutopfycr Haan publr crst art has an attrrctron for er has found knrttrng an rn teresrrng hobby future beautr cran SALVATORE GIULIANII Sammy a fellow vyrth a brg future rs a semr pro boxer was honored vnrth an amateur trophy has talent for golf hrs key to success rs Get what you can when you can may be the next welterwerght champ or a profes sronal golfer EDNA GLEDHILL Erldre the companronable sesses quret frrendly manner famed as an able rce skater served as Siren agent for her sophomore homeroom favors math belreves Desrre success and you shall command rt hopes to wrn success as book keeper NAVY' X X., CHARLOTFE GLENER Char the worryrng type joys takrng part rn all school ac trvrtres loves frrends but yyor rres about school tests belreves Great talkers are never great doers Spanrsh Club member bustness college rs rn store for the future FRANCIS GODFREND Irub the lady krller hung up a record for arrrvrng at 8 38 wrth an apologetrc smrle realrzes The road of lrfe has rts ups and downs has charmed the ladres rn A Cappella Chorr wrll keep musrc as hrs hobby but hrs future rs strll undecrded i T'-1 gf, 'QA-V MJ 5 FRIEDA GOLDBLUM Free the optimist confident of a silver lining in every cloud yoined the Debating Spanish and French Clubs avidly be lieves No wisdom like silence appreciates the finer arts but succumbs to bop crystal gazes at Europe and teaching 4 SIDNEY GOTTFRIED Sid mad patron of the arts amuses his friends with Ogden Nash and Gilbert and Sullivan taps the gavel at the HJ Stitt Club and plans programs for the Political Science Club expert coordinator for The Golden Year next fifty years teacher Www .fiflzllv Name sugar n spice n all thats dramatic cast as a temptress in Nothing ButTbeTrulb and a hus band hunter in The Late Cbruto pher Bean 505 lunior year secretary forever losing her locker key fancies a modern dancing., career or a receptionist BARBARA GORDON Boo boo the Songbird took part in Spanish Club activities vocalized in the Sophomore Choir a semi professional popular ballad singer with Billy Dixon s band professional singing or a business career come next 5 JAMES GORDON FlaJl9 a fellow for the great out doors on rolls of Stamford Fish and Game Cl-ub a participant in intramural basketball football and volleyball takes to swim ming for recreation along with being a football fan . . . will join the United States Army. GLORIA GOSTOMSKI Glo, the blirhe . . . noted for her great sense of humor . . . a short- hand certificate winner . . . finds much enjoyment in her our-of- school hours at McDowell's School of Dressmaking . . . says, Pre- paration is half the battle . . . dressmaking follows. MARY JANE GOUNOUD Mary the sweet and silent honored for basketball skill was Siren agent in iunior year bandaged and baumed fallen heroes as clinic assistant as ever ready sense of humor as not decided her positron in the held of business HELEN GRABOWSKI Helen the fortunate finder enjoys football games sopho more assistant homeroom repre sentative yunior homeroom Szren agent membered the Cap and Gown Committee mad about music especially piano playing will be a fine secre tary ELIZABETH GRANT Betty an attractive brunette enjoys sports as a pastime worked as a dental assistant membered in the C Y O and Hi Lite Club is often dated by the boys coins as her saying I've got news for you' . . . become a nurse is her desire. RAYMOND GRANT Rabar, a raving demon of the Stamford Mad Rider! . , . has a big heart in a big body . . . is a member of the Bar X, a local fraternity . . . pretty girls rate high in his interests . . . likes driv- ing and cars . . . intends to be a Connecticut state trooper. Z . X .J RALPH if GRASSO Grau, unofhcfallyj mg best drqs d boy in S.H.S.'T . . played bria- mural bgeball and 'JV ,football . . . ggfsident of the ltman Club in senior year . . . was also presi- dent of C.Y.O .... a good dancer, he likes Stan Kerrton's music . . . will go to technical school. X V .-! 1 WARNER GRAVES Digger the actor . . . played part of Doctor Hagget in senior class play The Lale Chrutopher Bean was elected president of the A Cappella Choir his motto Always leave them laughing indicates he will lean toward comedy in drama school RAYMONDZFK 'J Ray a lad yithd niagow late fr Ls has giv out of sch urs to Glenbrook Valu tee re epartment es e rien for some un own r his future for the ne ears will be with Unc e a n e Navy CLIFFORD GREENE Cliff tall and witty a practical yoker quite the German stu dent and a member ef I her Verein enyoye p int mural b all a football 50142 b p AMELIA GRUNBECK A Peggy a quiet but fun pgfgfrf dances listens to to me an S ,kllyif ub ievedfggor roll likes 19 and biology p ans t uter a teachers coll e ANTHONY GUARINO Tony, one of 1950's musical mem- bers . . . a senior A Cappella Choir mainstay . . . band claimed his interest as sophomore and junior , . . sophomore homeroom presi- dent . . . junior year saw him A.A. agent . . . fills post of Choir treas- urer . . . music is in his future. NICHOLENA GUARNIERI Nichey, one of the crowd . . . starts each morning with a smile Spanish Club member hawked tickets for and helped ad vertise The Late Chrutopher Bean earned shorthand certificate further plans call for secretary s o JOSEPH GUBITOSE Gzh the hot fodder played intramural football for two years dislikes quietness English and homeroom teachers likes girls metal taps on his shoes and his self built Ford with a Cadillac motor the United States Navy will welcome C111 MARIE GUTH Mary Lou the flutter by re hot knit wit with ice clam hands enyoyed supporting the radical side of any argument Webster ed for tolerance and equality id a bang up Job in the library and pr decorating pulls ishbo e for ollege or Europe LN-ox Hr 57 5 BA ARAGZK hy t e sweet and viva E hoarddd our money in the sophomore year prom decora or portrayed Sweet Susie in The Late Christopher Bean franc collector of the French Club selected as Junior Class Sweet heart hopes for college of WW? on tts hr 1 com nn Junror Woman s P JOHN HAGAN jack the glib happy go lucky Irishman played on football and basketball teams rooted French horn in band and estra relaxes by hunting and 'fish mg convinced that Attgons speak louder than words plans telephone work for future ALICE HAGGERTY Al the very heart of kindness wants people to know that Only God and I know what is rn my heart steers towards sports acclaimed the first girl football casualty of 50 a most agree able person the business w rll bec AZ! k J EHRICK HAIGHT Ehrzck the racquetter served volleyed and slammed for the S H S tennis team has had an out of school position at Remmg ton Rand proud owner of Model T and a B rn English believes He who hesitates rs ost ahead an engrneerrng school 4-, AAA iz.. 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LEROY HAIGHT Roy the cowboy of Long Ridge clops around rn high heel boots fondness for yodelmg square dancrng intramural soft a hunts in spare trme his skill IS such as to shame even Ten nessee Jed has the draw o a career as an architect 1 A LUND A t at r prxie o Senior Pl rcket and crty Commrtt Golden Y as W tor homeroom representative next Connecticut University WILLIAM HARDIN G Bzll the tuba fiend captured a band Oscar after two years of expert tootmg participated m semor intramural football as a mama for sailing member of the C Y O hrs yen for build mg leads to contracting NANCY HARGROVE Twzrp an import from Port chester has quickly entered into the actrvrues here as ketball and baseball take her fancy rs partial to chocolate sodas and hrllbrlly music er gentleness draws her towards nurs mg as a career GEORGE HARTLETT George the accordxanrst soda yerked at Georgras Luncheonette and Winskrs member of Southfield Vrllage Social Club chref rnterests include piano voice skung swrmmmg ro poses after graduation to play rn a band and to tepch accordran VIRGINIA HARTUWRIGHT Gznn quret sweet mustcal me er of the A Cappella Chorr on the membership lrst of both the German and French Clubs Music is the unrversal language of all mankrnd membered for playing the piano for assemblies plans on col ege DOROTHY HARVEY Dome the cute blonde with bangs a live wrre of 50 corn mitteed for Yearbook class plays and school dances enjoys knlt ting and football games vital part of the H1 Lite Club and CYO hopes to make the grade for an air lrne hostess J l .I ,Ar GRACE HAYMON Hay ma the girl of a hundred moods takes a great interest in sports especially in baseball feels that He who invented work should have finished it active member of the Glee Club will yom the Waves for ad venture on the high seas HLNRY HAYNES D L a lad with a sense of humor takes to dancing and young ladies a flash on the basketball court for Mercury A C AA A aL,ent has prepared himself by taking art courses and working after school at a cleaners for a future as a tailor ALLEN HAYS Al a future leatherneck as :i pleasant and friendly personality favorite class was history was on the rolls of the German Club helped to enliven his homeroom his future after college will be as an officer in the United States Marines GLORIA HAYWARD Cloria quiet mannered and easy to please . . . likes eating movies. and clothes . . . says My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me . . . Gloria will put her skill in shorthand to good use in office work. THOMAS HEGINBOTTOM Twp, one of the Springdale gang . 7. was a gnember of the intra- n',ural bowling league , .-. takes American history as 'his most in- teresting subject . , . Rippowam Granxze is where he spends most of his time . . . he'll keep girls as a hobby, but hopes to be a flyer. ELIZABETH HEMPSTEAD Belly the Songbird enjoys Bridge Club German Club A Cappella Choir and playing hock chief interests are horse back riding history German and choir like to quote Bible by saying Seek and ye shall find singing claims her future JOAN HENLEY joame cute and quiet work ing at Stamford Hospital occupied her after school time enyoys reading nn-vels and knitting., has a communications bureau of pen pals believes in being, never without a smile wi enter the nursing profession C iifvcss HiNR1Qsar-to Rfk the li la ore the cash registe for two Il'l ed in he and checked books in the library dur ing her junior and seniopgodzgr was onxthe Yearbook Busi ness and Adve ing Committee will take up a reer of busi ness BARBARA HILL Bobbie a sport fiend . . . a varsity member in hockey and basketball . . . harvested three letters for athletic ability . . . unrivaled in tardiness as verified by Mrs. Morse . . . her stars predict a place in the Spars. DOUGLAS HLUBOKY Lubok, spirited sportster . . . par- ticipated in homeroom activities . . . hockey is his favorite in sports . . . sports, girls, and swimming are tops on his list . . . will become a mechanic or join the Army or Navy in the future. THOMAS HOGAN Tom, the Sirenhr own Al Capp . . . likes modern American music as played by Stan Kenton . . . is a member of the National Guard , . . Live by the day is his philosophy . . . he plans to con- tinue his education after gradu- ation. EDWARD HOOK Eddie, the studious, quiet type . . . famous for his wisecracks . . . enjoys racing cars and baseball . , , admits he is a woman hater . . . industrial arts has been his chief interest in school . . . hopes to go on for further schooling. DONALD HOUSER Don. the spider . . . burned up S.H.S. track . . . harmonized in school choir . . . was successful as a vice-president for his home- room sophomore year . . . wants to know What's happening? . . . Don's Utopia is the Negro Center . . . all is not clear in his future. STANLEY HUNTS Stan, the fisherman . . . enjoys all sports but likes fishing best of all . . . was homeroom treasurer as a sophomore . . . played intra- mural basketball . . . has found that In still water are the largest fish . . . will make dentistry his life work. RAYMOND INGRAM Ray, the fellow with the electric guitar . . . plays with Billy Dixon's orchestra . . . helped advertise the senior play and the Siren drive . . . is proud of perfect at- tendance as a sophomore . . . his mind is made up to seek success as a musician. PATRICIA INZITARE Dub, bright-eyes . . . an often- dated gal . . . was one of the faithful in the Spanish Club . . . M,C.-ed our Forty-nine Football Dance . . . a penwoman on Year- book Literary Staff . . . altoed in A Cappella Choir . . . fond of debating . . . plans to enter Pratt Institute. RANDALL JEANS Randy, friendly and courteous . . . sandlot sports and television rate high . . . decorated for Sopho- more Hop . . . honor roll as junior . . . C.Y.O .... baseball interests Ran . . . on the rolls of the Jun- ior Classical League . . . a career in medicine is his goal. ' au! 9 Af. K ' 1' 0 BARBARA JENSEN Bobbie, Jeepers! . . . finds The way to be happy is to make others happy . . . helped make-up the Nothing But The Truth actors . . . likes sewing . . . played softball and basketball in the intramurals . . . her skill with a needle offers a seamstress' career. ELLA JENSEN El of the serious nature . . . quiet and thoughtful . . . utilizes her artistic talent in sketching . . . her sports interest centers around rid- ing and playing tennis and bad- minton , . . has not yet formula- ted her plans. SHIRLEY JEWELL Shirl, owner of a golden voice . . . an enthusiastic member of the Speakers Bureau and the A Cap- pella Choir . . . spends her time outside school serving as treasurer for the Long Ridge Youth Group, skating, barn dancing, and sing- ing . . . will try office work. ISABEL JOHNSTONE luxe the merry maid cheer fully takes life as it comes was homeroom secretary in sopho more and rumor years lives in Loving many trusting ew at dancing shes right at home hopes to achieve her goal in the business world AUDREY JONES A1411 the quiet student enjoys square dancing and MYF won a Scholastic award n weaving Community Chest agent Semor Play Ticket Com mittee motto is Keep smil in school mterest is bowl in will continue in a busi ness school MARGARET KALLAS Babe a girl with a sense of hu mor enyoys good music has a changeable personality but no shortage of friends sings and bowls at her church vocates Music is the way to every ones heart plans to be a secretary VIOLET KARASS Red the picture painter . . . was elected treasurer of Connecticut B'nai B'rith Girls' organization . . . ushered for senior class play . . . filled sophomore year with Debating Club Red Cross and Community Chest Drives . . . wi be a hairdresser. NANCY KARBOWSKI Nance of the warm brown eyes . . . vended A.A. cards for two years . . . altoed with the A Cap- pella and junior Choirs . . . added zest to the Players and Spanish Clubs . . . played intramural bas- ketball and hockey . . . next stop, a teachers' college. 64 'C' JOAN KELLOGG joan our Laurel State girl won our hearts as Gwen Nofbmg Bu! The Trulia and our applause as Abbey in Cbrzf Bean packed her in and out of school life with many olhces and committees played three var sity sports next role college LOUISE KERSTEN Toolue a friendly gal a real chatter box had a voice in the Girls Choir loves to square dance and is fond of dogs says Im not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today hopes to be a secretary after graduation MARILYN KESCKES jane of the gay personality worked on the Business and Adver rising Staff of The Golden Year was an active helper in the library through her high school ie knows A smile can go a long way intends to go to a rumor college JEAN KING Jeanie of the happy smile . . . - lieves 'Life is what you make it . . . has an active interest Ln biol- ogyxlhnd history . . . loves dogs . . once aspired to be a veterin- arian but has decided nursing will be more rewarding. I . Q, ,f . E 'I - ln lfff'T77' - ,ff EDWIN KNAPP Eddie, the artist . . . art is the most important word in his dic- tionary . . . the Yearbook has claimed his drawing talent . . . participated in homeroorn activi- ties . . . Art for art's sake is his by-word . . . more years of school- ing ahead. MARY KOCAK Mary, sweet and gentle . . . be- lieves A cheerful smile makes life worth while . . . earned short- hand certificate and honor rating in her junior year . . . active sec- retary of C.Y.O .... fond of bowl- ing . . . office work is her chosen occupation. REGINA KOCAK jean our musical belle music sends her marched with SHS band and won Oscar from Service Clubs a superla tive accordionist commercial subjects make up her school in terests secretary of pumor homeroom future music edu cation fffffj WILLIAM KOLLER Bfll will be remembered for his cool sax unforgettable mem ber of the band and orchestra played for the swing assemblies homeroom representative sophomore year music looms large on his horizon so he and his sax will turn professional STANLEY KOZIOL Stan earnest takes everything in his stride Imperator of junior Classical League was honored with membership in the Nutmeg Boys State in 1949 acttve participant in football in tramurals plans to go to col lege and then see the world GRACE KOZMA Grace the companion of fun .r answered roll call inrtlk German Club A Cappella member shone as a varsity hockey star and tntramural basketball player president of her senior home room hopes to become secre tary to a good looking boss I .2 ,ar CHARLES KRAMER Doc, the farmer . . . constantly friendly and cheerful . . . much of his spare time spent working on his Chevy . . . enjoys fishing, es- pecially for black bass, and using his twelve gauge shotgun for pheasant . . . is preparing for college. ELIZABETH KRASNIEWICZ Bet pert and pretty drsposi tion to match her comelmess one of the YWCA Debonairs finds recreatron rn huntmg skating and tennis homeroom treasurer in 1949 likes danc ing has to qualify as a book keeper DANIEL KRENICKI Dan music minded active rn band three years played at swing assemblies he was a member of the orchestra yunror and senior years played at many different places tn town his life circulates around music expects to become a musician SANDRA KROHN Sandy the friendly type ar ticipated in the Girls Choir Speakers Bureau and layout for The Golden Year did usher ing publicity and programs for the senror play wants to go to college to take up phystcal therapy WILLIAM KWOCHKA Bzll a lad immovable in has con victions equally firm tn his loyalty to his friends takes honors as a student of strence believes in and acts on the saying Variety is the spice ,of life will study architectural engineer ing with the Coast Guard DENNIS LA BLANC Buddy a mans man rntra mural footballer homeroom presrdent rn sophomore year Another day another dollar hrs answer to economrc problems drsplays a hne sense of humor and oozes pleasant manner at all trmes future rs rn the Army JERRY LA MoTrA jake sports fan hkes to say How about that' played rntramural football and baseball has gone yauntrly late to hrs classes for three years and as proud o rt hrs abrlrty to draw foot ball players tea leaves a sports rllustrator BENJAMIN LANDAU Ben a thmker seldom sur assed rn scrence and math on seven out of erght games for the 49 chess team presrdent of the Polltrcal Scrence Club was a frustrated drop krcker P R IUICICSICCI In Cl'lgII'lCCI'If'lg A 1 oo loves re than the trcr ted rn cross ears and track three elreves stalwartly Self elp rs the best help wr y for college CARL ICAUBRIQH Carl quret and happy beheves Lrfe rs what you make rt made hrs MUSIC by playing rn the band and orchestra for three years the Arts for Youth Concerts and Connectrcut All State and Stam ford Symphony Orchestras future a Navy band J MARY LAWLOR Mary the typrst What you dont get done today do tomor row rs her phrlosophy t rs senorrta was a member of the Spanrsh Club for two years Connectxcut Unrversrty followed by teachmg rs her mam desrre MARILYN LAWTON Mum a quret but delrghtful con fectron backstage make up 1.,rrl for junior and senror plays doubled as sophomore home room presrdent and secretary was drnll squad treasurer costume desrgner deluxe wr continue wrth her schoollng JERRY LAZARUS Luz lrke the Mrssourr farmer you have to show htm not tell hmm enloyed two years of rntra mural baseball and basketball presrdent of hrs senror homeroom thrnks that Lrfe IS amusing but confusmg mtends to enter the busrness field NANCY LEIBFARTH Lee of the laughrng face sang rn Sophomore -Iunnor and A Cap pella Chorrs answered roll call rn Players Club served on Brography and Layout Com mrttees of the Yearbook yoys musrc art and dancrng future nursrng EDITH LEIDOLF Edze the contented artrst con tnbuted outstandmg art work to the Siren and Tbe Golden Iear won Scholastxc art award her hobby rs makmg artrhcral flowers 15 actnve rn her church Youth Fellowshrp wrll go on to Mernlls School .. y ,.' , .' ' l,.' - h', f' ' - , - . U A' I.. ll W 4 I ' ' D - a member of the German M ' I - -' .D . A- I 7 1 G flil E sk' M r . f his u ' g . ' ' ' rg! v 11 ' 'llr .Y . Z en' , V, 1- I . V-.yr .lnl I . U , , 66 'N abJlimJfr'9T,'Q1l Zo: I9 K I afdo rn school cupne with band orc stra on d u ra phy utsx n owds l I w th hunt: ,u seback nd mg d wn orches ra P ateers hopes to com and conduct r a name band WALTER LESTER Lefty called the Kat we knovun fullback on the varsnty football team all applauded hrs entertammg antxcs at the Foot ball Dance vocalxzed rn the Junior and Semor Choxrs presndent of hrs sophomore home room future may be work or school LW ll l LAMINE LETTAU Wzllfe the athlete enyoys all sports member of the Junior Nutmegs recerved softball award wants her short halr cut remembered mtramural softball hockey bowlxng and basketball are her mam school actrvntnes future plans are un decxded LOUISE LIVINGSTON Lou the dreamer belreves lnfe slrps by rf we want would rather dream than get down to acts relrable consumer of the Wrrgley s product actrve par trclpant rn after school sports finds that lrfe looks happy for a dreamer but m what Held? DORIS LOMBARDI Tug actrve and attractxve our head cheerleader also used energy m commrttees for class play football dances and Year book elected to Y H1L1te presldency was sophomore and semor homeroom representa trve from here a busmess career 2 67 Dov.-JA VUL' ow: 1014, EVELYN UGEAY Ezy wht mlsc mak r always rn ber of the Szren Art Sta and the Yearbook Brography Commlttee semor homeroom secretary an actrve member of the Ram bow Gxrls she plans her fu ture rn aft school MICHAEL LOUGHRAN M1ke the redheaded sports thusrast mtramural sports JV basketball m sophomore year acrrve presxdent of St john s C Y O Mzke stars rn the dnamond sport and basketball for hrs C Y O further school mg rs ahead ,-I5T f .A4 ' J-P-51 ANTHONY LOVELLO A nl gabby dark home room prestdent rn sophomore year great lover of baseball m school Current Scxence flend For every bnt of dark ness theres a lnttle lrght plans further schooling for fu ture RUTH LOWMAN Ruthfe sprrrted semor served as homeroom presrdent m semor year knows her shorthand has certrflcate to prove joys the mystrc depths of a good book as well as sports Y W C A Choir and Debonalr Club her future 15 set on a busmess career ADELINE LUBERTO Al a merry child with harr of raven black mscrrbed on the rolls of Iralnan Club stenogra phrc speedster ardent follower of the CYO professes that Wtthout love and laughter there IS no joy belreves her future vocatlon wrll be a beautxcran -3 BOWDEN LUCAS Luke the rebel Don juan wolfs hrs way through lrfe tlnkers wrth motors and hot rods more often than not greets one wxth H1 Baby' dreams of spendrng the future back rn Atlanta G maybe at Georgla Tech fl flfv uf -'V NV JOAN LUDWIG Dmzple: of the smrlrng drsposx tron captanned the varsrty hockey team was co captarn nn basketball won drstrnctron rn yearly track meets rs an established member of the C Y O well quallfied to seek a career as a gym teacher EMILIO LUPINACCI Lupe the dashmg cavalrer srngs nn the A Cappella Chorr served as a senror homeroom representatrve played three years of Intramural basketball phrlosophrzes To get what you want rs success to hold what you get rs happrness busrne ahead VINCENT LUPINACCI Beam the yoker Italran Club member for three years vrce presrdent of the Abajaba Club rs mterested rn eating radlo and busmess member of C YO Make up Committee for sen nor play plans to study rn th field of radro and IClCVlSl0n ALBERT LUPO Al the srlent sportsman tramural football baseball bas ketball and boxmg kept htm busy after school was a three year man rn track and cross country belreves Health rs wealth enjoys readmg rn hrs spare trme xntends to be a mechanrc 4!I. ',f if 'is Xxxl MAURICE LYNCH Moe our mellow Melchror took precedence as vrce presrdent and Prom Kmg of the jumor c ass edlted Siren sports sec tron and football programs often eyaculates Hey gee A Cappella Choir member college lrfe wrll be part of hrs future SALVATORE MACARI Sal master of the trumpet rmportant part of the band and orchestra awarded band trophy elected presrdent of hrs sopho more homeroom enthuslastrc member of the Italran Club and IIS Board of Drrectors plans to be a musrc supervrsor ff! Vffwf JAMES ONNELL Santa Clear the jolly old fellow hrmself rn the Chorrs Chrrstmas program partrcrpated rn WSTCs program Headlrnes rn Chemrstry actnve nn French Club wrll study psychology at the Umversrry of Rochester MICHAEL MACKI Mzke Mr Hechts assrsrant actnve member of Italran Club sang wnth the Senror Chorr lrkes roller skatrng and musrc yunror homeroom vrce presr dent opmes that Better days are comrng future holds busl ness for htm 0X4 0 C' . YV f 44-f 1 I .as SIGRID MAGNUSSON Mammne a blonde touch f Sweden 1949 Glrls Badmrn ton Champron ran the gamut of school actrvrtres from the A Cappella Chorr to the Yearbook Busxness and Literary staffs charrman of the Rmg and Pm Commrttee asprres to retarlrng after college DOROTHY MAIN Dot the stamp collector terested rn homeroom er outstandrng accomplishment was the wrnnrng of a shorthand certr ficate quotes Srlence rs gold en but I lrke srlver wrll take posrtron as an office worker rr th we t one ne of odels ered f rot ay a u leso nce and att d C Y O eetrngs s rs b he Yanke u wrth a modelr nc ALEXANDER MAKOWSKI Mack the sports Bend chrefly rnterestecl rn rce skatrng and foot a Senror gurde always BRIS durrng fourth perrod admrrer of sharp clothes and H is Notre Dame wrll spend hrs rmmedrate future wearrng Navy b ue WALTER MAKUCK Dzck the blond wrth a crew cut lrkes to play Jokes but can take them as well a cross country runner he also played rn tramural football and basketball quotes Speech rs the mrrror of actron hopes to contrnue hrs schoolrng at Notre Dame CLARA MANCINI Cmy a friend to all conhdes that If musrc be the frurt of love play on a relrable mem ber of the A Cappella Chorr Musrc and Glee Clubs danc rng and drama are addrtrons to her musrcal drctronary wrll contrnue studyrng rn a musrc school Sk V rv x 2. is M ff7ff Tzge ster s phercled the ass of 1950 thorugh a suc ces ul sophomore year has a tatron as a solrd pal keeps a class lrvely wrth hrs jokes drafted by Italran and Spanrsh Clubs and A Cappella Chorr future school or busrness ANGELINA MARIANO Ang the seamstress presrdent of the Debonarr Club manag rng edrtor of the Szren secre tary of both her sophomore and yunror homerooms senror homeroom tepresentatrve terested rn sewrng and wrrtrng looks ahead to a posrtron as a 5C3l'DSffeSS J RAYBURN MARKWARD Ray quret mannerecl was three year member of the band and orchestra played rntra mural badmrnton hunts fishes and skrs rn hrs spare trme rs mterest rn the outdoors and guns forecasts work rn forestry or gun smrthrng NORA MARRON Nor a demure mrss has an art of merrrment about her Y W C A Debonarr actrve rn C Y O Junror play usherette earned two shorthand certrfi cates rn the French Club ranks honor roll student rs arm rng for a secretarral job ROBERT MARTENSON Bob of the jumprng sax organ rzed hrs own orchestra ZCIIVB rn band and orchestra New Can aan Symphony Stamford Sym phony Connectrcut All State Sym phony thrnks musrc rs the unrversal language radro wrll clarm hrs talents 69 AJ I e 1 I 1 I 'I 1-sq N- .ff .J RGE MARTIN Lank Ace of ease lrcvei Rollrng stones colgg moxss played mtramural otball baseball and basketball unror and senror vrce pre nt of sophomore homeroom an presr dent of yunror homeroom wrl fly off to the Art Force JOYCE MARTIN Joy Where theres Jo there rs laughter has worke hard for many class and club actrvrtres wrll be remembered for her Ma Hagget rn The Late Cbrutopber Bean 'says o what rs to be done today f tomorrow never come f re law maybe MURIEL MASTRICI-I Murzel a heart crusted wrth gold juntor Prom apvd Sophomore Receptron Com tree grrl secretary of het YWCA club oprnes Trs better to be farth ful than famous forever hurryrng to catch the 2 30 bus busrness secretary lres rn her future MARCIA MATZNER Marcia a magnanrmous soul has a natural sweetness of drsposr trorr came to us from Lafay ette Hrgh Brooklyn a boxer named Major occupres most of her trme hopes to enyoy four more years of schoolrng ROBERT MAYES Wzldman, the strong and srlent played varsrty soccer and mtramural football, baseball and basketball rs hrgh on all sports, CYO and pretty grtls has a motto, He who rs patrent rs wrse ' looks toward a career wrth Sears Roebuck and Company DAN MCCARTHY Dan the Sports fa man t' of our Corlnektrcutllnter scholgstic Basleball Clyamprons member of the Y MCA andR'Stamford Frsh and Game Cub rn A' mural all stark as a paisron for chocolagr e cream l C Y O mem future sp6ll's wrrt rn WILLIAM MCCARTHY Mac the sport entertarns hrm self athletrcally wrth soccer bas ketball and baseball was presr dent of hrs senror homeroom and representatrve sophomore year AA agent rs plannrng to attend a busrness school after graduatron JOHN MCCULLOUGH Mac lover of sportsmanshrp and sports hustlrng end on the Varsrty Football Team for two years basketball and baseball are two more feathers rn hrs sports ca presrtled tn hrs yunror homeroom St johns star athlete wrll add pep to col lege lrfe GEORGE MCLEOD Mickey the fisherman can be rdentrfred by Scotch plard tres crooned rn senror A Cappella Chorr Mrkan ed basketball squad three years Junror Amer rcan Legron baseballer home room executrve preparrng for busrness school EDITH MEEHAN Red, the quret has a mrs chrevous gleam rn her eye rs easy to get along wrth actrve rn athletrcs a member of Sen ror Chorr has fun at barn dances wrll be remembered for her red harr and ready smrle hopes to be a model or a book keeper 3 Q7 w V' lr CARMELLA MELCI-IIONNE Calm the friendly lass garn ered subscrrptrons for The Golden Year partrcnpated in home room actrvrtres believes A smrle can go a long long way Carm is usually happrest when talking a busmess career bec kons to her I 'f WILLIAM MENO B111 the photographer three star intramural stalwart :rolled first base for SHS State Champs rn forty-erght amateur photographer atfer school eats sports of all varieties plans to view the world as a member of the U S Navy by y 49 x'-f ROBERT A MERNSTEIN Roberta lover of music swered roll call at the Sparush Club and junior Classical League solicitor for Szren member of Glee Club and orchestra Junior Red Cross member college has made a bid for her future PATRICIA MEYERS Pa! the busy bee hustled as agent for Community Chest and Christmas Seal drives and as Siren agent loves homeroom where they ll listen to corny yokes srngs with the A Cappella Choir a busmess college claims her future WILLIAM MIDDLEMISS Rag: the eccentrrc made an able homeroom representative sophomore year hrs team's delight in rntramural basketball skimmmg the ice at a fast game of hockey is his favorite sport as an automotive dare devil he'll play dice with his fu ture AUDREY MILLER Aud horsewoman extraordinary lusty voiced cheerleader Forty nmer Football Dance com mrttee woman square dance and sports fiend rodeo per former sophomore Sven agent homeroom president and scribe senior prom decorator hopes to be a nurse JI 1 CAROL MILLER sunny omore I an Club member and kgand Program Committee wor er likes br ology and A e a tory shell take he Stam ford Hosprta ft-3N,JC-o- o'-A-Jf,m.32N +-Y' dv-L MARTHA MILLE Maude the merry assisted on the Senior Play and Football Dance Ticket Committees ated as a lumor homeroom presi dent enjoyed being a mem ber of the Drama class and the H1 Lite Club proposes to be a private secretary RUTH MILLER Rutbze a happy go lucky gal belreves that Smile and the world smrles wrth you earned a one hundred word shorthand certificate sold senior play tickets and typed Yearbook brogra phxes her rnterest in law should make her a good legal secretary JOAN MILLIGAN Bunny the picture parnter believes, If srlence IS golden, I'll never be rich talks endlessly boys and English are the at tractrons school has for her finds dancing great fun life looks pleasant for her rn the field of commercial art 71 1' - - I . . . . ' I Q wg. 1 . . . D . . . - , . . . I V' I 1 . 1 I ' 7 C, 1 I I 5 T . 3. l ff fr' 3 V 'vi'-,I .I t4 N1 LV-'J - rv, ,,,. -D -- ' ' lawn - -g Q I' :rf . 3 - Lat Q V l-cu.-B .--.' .V ,., . i 'YEW . , -1 ., - .... , I , . --.xx ,I , s In ' 7 . I 5 41,5 :.l-XJMLH ,i I ---,U L-.gx J tp ' , . . . ' h i . . . . . pa- 1 or a g i' g . . . 1 g ol. lii i 2 ' 'fl-'ff'f'i'f - , . Mi, U f . I , - -V g . fe 1 1. l I ,- I v If I f 5 . 'v 5' - I 1 g '- ' I .1 . , , , . . . an- , , , , I ' f ' . I ' I ' ' ' . . . offi- Q55, , If .. I f , - - . . . .1 ' ' ' - u - , . . . - - . , . . . l riff ILEEN IN TCHILL f rre rn any srtuatr n r l Chorr song, t rrous for qu k r s ardcd vwrth o m te Iunror Prom e 1 thc Stamford Wcrmans Chorus carcfrec manner marks her no dtfrnrtc future planned k X VINCENT MOAVERO Vmm the guy wrth the flashy tres seldom seen vrrthout a pencil on hrs ear lrkes popular musrc enroys all sports and cameras holds as hrs phrlosophy For get the past lrve rn the present prepare for the future rs future rs rn accounting JOSEPH MOCCIA Pedro wrll be remembered for hrs sense of humor played rn the rntramurals engrneered the program of The Late Chrutopher Bean fancres Always leave them laughing and they will think of you and smrle wrll enter electrical school FELIX MODUGNO Boy a quiet lad short dark curly harr wrelded racquet for the tennrs team actrve rn rn tramural baseball member of the photography staff of The Cold en I ear golf enthusrast hrs future plans are to attend col ege PATRICK MOLLO Mol curly-haired sports fan . . . has interest in mechanical draw- ing on the campus and in magic tricks while off of it . . . played most intramurals . . . veeped his homeroom as a sophomore . . . signed with Italian Club the same year . . . looks toward cabinet making. 72 BARBARA MONTAGNESE Bobbi one ,xo be remembered for her gay and ha y smrle pends a good dial of trme rn YO and Chrldren of Mary rn her out of school hours hustled tickets for Nothing But The Truth her sympathy for the unfor tunate has drawn her ro nursing 'c ELEANOR MONTANARO Fl baby face captrvatrng cheer .leader for three years served as Szren and A A agent was a member of the Football Dance and Senror Play Trcket Commrt tees clarms All work and no play gee Im glad Im not that vsay future housewrfe JULIO MONTELEONE Julze a do or dre Dodger fan belreves All great men get lazy adding Gee Im tired repre sented hrs rumor homeroom baseball rates high wrth hrm has starred on CYO dramonds for three years he plans on professronal baseball LENORE MONTELEONE Lee the chatterbox never at a loss for words or smrles vended Sven marnstay of Italran Club Board of Directors declares Lrfe rs too short to frown I d rather smrle hopes for a career rn busrness MARTHA MOODY Martha the humorist . . . was a member of the publicity commit- tee for the senior class play . . . fond of badminton and horseback riding also square dancing . . . warns She may be quiet and demure maybe but dont be too sure . . . hopes to be a medical secretary. JOHN MULROONEY Bud always rs saymg I lke that' has an Interest rn every subyect except Englrsh and all ac trvmes represented the Sven and A A rn hrs homerooms hrs work car and grrl take up hrs out of school ume usmess rs rn hrs cards JAMES MULTNER lim the man of action always busy has a great rnterest rn ranlroads rs a member of the Model Rarlroad Chjvfdf Stain r as a wl mechanrcal drawtng osophn es t wnrhout goodggvdork js ufszlesni future ranlroadmg JOAN MURPHY Murph musrc lover wxth bnght blue eyes has chxef xnterests of llstemng to good musrc eaung rn the cafe enyoynng weekends and playmg her accordron membered nn Glee Club and Grrls Choxr sold tnckets for our senror play nursrng rs her future Lois MURPHY f Muff the smrlmg songstress wrth the melodnc vorce altoed rn the Glee Club the Semor Chorr and All State Chorus C Y O edrtor at Sr Maurrce s Church practrces Laugh and the world laughs wrth you arms for Connecncut Umversrty MONICA MYERS Momca of the contageous good humor her gemal sprrrt ns extended to all Joms her sxsters to form a sweet and hot song trto tnlled m Gnrls Choir and Jumor and Senror Chorrs strrves for erther musrc or nursnng nn the future i 2' A GRETA MYKLEBUST Myke the talkauve blonde ways has somethmg to say honored wrth the pesmon of School Councrl secretary as many oursnde mterests m Grrl Scouts and Y W C A appeared on many school and class com mrttees hopes to become a teacher qjfjjlf Ai j f JOSEPH NARA JKA I Varxrty joe an all around boy hkes sports of all kmds and good musnc served on commnttees m school sang wrth the A Cap pella Chorr ran wrth the track team and played for Y M C A and C Y O believes A man must know hrmself future col ege 1 CHARLES NEIGHBORS Chulk the lad, who hkes to affect a caustrc tonghe our Jumor year prexy also 50 Spanish Cllb pfesadenx I actwe rn the Speakers lBurei Polrhcal ,Scl- emle, Players and H1 Sturt Scx ence Clubs a C A P cadet will eqd sozirh to Texas A 84 M RICHARD N IXON Gluck the sports devotee Joys eatmg and sports partrcr pared rn varsrty baseball and bas ketball homeroom representa trve and AA agent Semor Chorr stalwart member of North End Club baseball team arms to be a barber JOEL NORGREN Joel from the West Coast came to Stamford Hlgh School as a senror from Sequola Union Hugh School Menlo Park Call forma has a favorrte expres snon It rs a matter of opmron wrth whrch he trres to stop argu ments plans are not defimte as yet 7 X It-5 C -.S akin iw IRENE NOVAK f keeper of St, Josephs password . . . was Siren agent for her sopho- more homeroom . . . enjoys being Mr. St- 'k's pet peeve . . . claims , Yo , dancing, and skating as favorite pastime . . , says, I ove work, could watch it for hours . . . next office work. ROBERT NYSTROM ob our '48 tennis cham on' eplayed to c football bad and vol e ll ored m thes sportsllw in amural fl' ldtters uote Li e wi hour a hen d th thoryxt algtness s ch t enter the busi n S worl M 'no ocCUL'ro V1 our own jimmy Dorsey a real be bopper at a jam session ace three year bandsman and member of 50 orchestra Music is everything he says but he has found time for Italian Club and homeroom activities the tea leaves foretell professional music JACQUELINE ODOMIROK Jacky ever happy ever busy member of at least a dozen clubs she is best known for debating avid collector of post cards and stamps echoes Better late than never can be count ed on to win a place on the honor ro will be a secretary PATRICIA O HARA Pat the playful one high pressured ads for Szren and Gold en I ear usheretted for senior p ay signed with Spanish Club and junior Classical League membered in CYO and Hi Lite Club doctors assistant after school future nursing JOYCE osooop jm, the girl with the Southern inflection . . . cute as her accent , . . likes to dance . . . member of the Spanish Club and homeroom vice-president in junior year . . . active in the Y.W.C.A .... look- ing forward to a future as a travel- ling private secretary, MARIE OTTAVIANO jo jo a prize athlete the joe Di Maggio of the Stamford Nut megs softball team always full of high spirits joined hockey and baseball teams captain of girls VaI'SlIy basketball squad lover of all sports hopes to enter professional sports paw ,cuff ff Ziff' UCILLE PACELLI L the bashful redhead one 0 our popular cheerleaders won shorthand certificates two years member of Italian Club Hi Lite Club and CYO enjoys ice skating and playing the accordion her future will be in the secretarial field FRANK PAGE Such the artist used his talent on the art staff of the Szren and the I9 and 50 Yearbooks ar ticipated in intramural basketball for three years was homeroom treasurer his Junior year plans to go to art school upon gradu ation PHYLLIS PALUMBO P1131 an all round girl e nitely a brain won Gregg certificates ardent sports fan has done some fashion model in is known for her bubbling enthusiasm and dramatic outbursts will be executive secretary in a law firm in the future J' i Y I . S ' if 47 B. dl ' A-W i A HEAIOD ' bi, L, I J I ' , 5 ff 'V , ' 1 ' ' f - ' -ff' lr f I . f X ,JJ ff i , ij , fi ,, af ' f-.,' I A I V 'Mn f' ' . Y I f f i' X VJ f o 7 ff 71 -1 'Y . ' . ' wif' -. l U . I P - 3 ll . .. ' , 'C I V o 1 - . ' ,'l' ' -- ' . . ' d Fl- 1 ... ... . . A ' i.. - 1 . 1 I ' - ' ' ... gm: , -I A 74 RALPH PALUMBO Palum, the joker . . . president of the Abajaba Club . . . has been in the Italian Club for three years . . . junior homeroom treasurer . . . enjoys basketball and parties . . . served on the Cap and Gown Committee . . . business will oc- cupy his future. I r LL lzfffs, ' WILLIAM PAPAZIAN' ' Willie, the happy- o-lucky lad . . . likes photograiy best both in and out of school . . '. gives a little time to sports . . . says, I don't know where I'm going until I get there, but we've been told that he intends to become a photo- engraver. SALLY PAPPAS Sal, a dark twinkle . . . her baton glistened before the band for two years . . . feet twirl too, on the dance floor . . . three strikes! in bowling, not baseball . . . she's active in athletics and at the Greek Center . . . her sparkle will settle her future soon. ARTHUR PARKIN Ari, a quiet one . . . played foot- ball for two years and intramural basketball three years . . . member of the track team . . . jack-of-all- trades, but is particularly interest- ed in photography and science . . . hopes to be a disk jockey. I . I I fi ,,.f'. EUGENE PAWLOWSKI Gene, lover of sports . . . quite ready and able to work on com- mittees . . . member of varsity football team and track team . . . School Council and senior home- room representative . . . plans to enter into the business world. ,Li-' - fix!-UL! ' . 1 1,5-,,1,,,a.4,' A 'I .-Iv ii' s I I ,-QQ, V, .1 V.-M' t , If-7 KMILLICENT PEEBLES Mil, the ambitious . . , taker of minutes in sophomore homeroomq . . . crazy about gym . . . avid biology fan and Frenc Club member . . . homeroom vic resi- dent and Siren agent . . . captqjrs of basketball team . . . nursingli or teaching claim her future, . ' ' , if 14.4.4,,'L, ' ' f x,Z 4.1,-as 1 1' CLARA PENSIERO Clara, friendly and enthusiastic . . . opines Where there's a will, there's a way . . . homeroom found her willing to participate in activities . . . holds well- deserved A in shorthand . . . Clara looks forward to a career in business. LEONARD PENSIERO Lenny, sparkle plenty . . . can al- ways be seen with a smile . . . his philosophy, I may be little but I cast a big shadow, fits him to a T . . . big wheel in Italian Club as member of Board of Di- rectors . . . scores a strike in bowl- ing . . . college is his future. . 4' 1 I I, , , l-I I 1.x1prX Pisiisiianlo J ,L' 'afys smilingl. xl .I knows .that smile cosfs nothing but -is worth afmi1l'ion . . . was avmefn- ber af the Board of Dikectors of the Italian Club . .'. sports and dancing rate high with her . . . she intends to go into office work. JOSEPHINE PERNICIARO Io, the pleasant one . . . helped out in the attendance office her sophomore year . . . joined the Italian Club for two years . . . likes music, dancing, friendly people, and reading . . . her short- hand certificates will help her in a business career. :X GLADYS PFTFRS Baba a short ftve foot nrne represents thc Tcen Trmers Club at conferences sends forth swcet notes across thc mountarns rn Echo Chorr anythrng., but qurct vxhcn on the panel at a Po lrtrcal Scrcntc mectrnr, post braduatron costume dcsrgcnrng, ROSARIO PETRILLI Sal wrnged halfback grrdrton Hercules three years presrdent of sophomore homeroom and Barkley ed punror and senror homerooms hnds amusement rn dravung chref motto rs I try anythrng once wrll be a scholarshrp student at college ANNABELL PIA Babe one of our most avrd and best athletes she Irves thmks and dreams sports famous for her stellar play wrth the Stamford Nutmegs enhanced the lrne ups of the basketball yolleyball and the baseball teams ook mg towards professronal athletrcs CATHERINE PICATAGGIO Cathy personalrty plus charm rng smrle homeroom repre sentatrve Players Club mem er feature edrtor of the Sven usher at yunror and senrot plays member of School Coun plans to be a nurse HILBERT PIERCE Bert a lofty and lean blond not too actrve rn school but a sporrsman outsrde of rt as great rnterest rn rce hockey and rs a hunter of the woods enyoys auto racrng and above all pretty grr s hrs hopes of the future are strll varred 76 1... N, ILORI NCE PINTEK Pnttzc quretly attractrve er calm manner and easy corng ways mn hct many frrcnds has a crcat rntercst rn sports and movtes bclrcves Sorrow rs solrtary but joy demands company one of our engaged gurls but plans a career as store manager RUTH PISTINER Tanky the cyclrst alvsays merry and smrlrng hnrshed book lteeprng and typrng at Merrrlls thmks that Each man rs a volume rf you knoys how to read hrm has a partralrty for the Army vyrll someday be pound rng the keys of a good old Under vnoocl f half Tim SONDRA PLATSKY Sohn the femrnrst adamant rn her belrefs kept coffers rn Qcrence Club and mrnutes rn Get man and Polrtrcal Scrence Clubs wrote for The Colden Year served on every commrttee where a good vsorker was needed her tea leaves pattern college MARGARET PLETCI-INY Maggze the Eprcurean t e vorce hehrncl the curtarn for the class plays helped to whrp up our brographtes fond of Nut ter s Greeks caters to cats and cookrng stands by The way to a mans heart rs through hrs stomach a future dretrcran WILLIAM POLOTAYE B111 the Navy fan played rn tramural football rn hrs sophomore vear rnterested rn shop and auto mechanrcs now a part of the Naval Reserve he plans to Jorn the regular Navy upon hrs graduatron DONALD PONT BRIANT Don an all around fellow photographer for The Golden Year designed and executed the senior play program terest lies in scouting and wood working apt at architectural drawing will be either architect or a photographer MOND TTS N neat dresser topped b fla mg hair loyal to the S for Young Mens Republican Club enrolled in CY O has habit of always whistling and vocalrzmg believes These mortals are fools a United States Arr Corps or television fu ture ALICE POWELL Blondie the fair haired cafeteria cashier served there three years scribed and collected for A A her sophomore year ikes sports and photography best fo her leisure hours her shor hand honors will elp he in th bu l l Charlie tall and yitty Aa mural stan 0 fn ball and basketball me er of Church Recreation L gu and Board of Recreation team our amateur chemist nourished on sports plans on further schooling after leaving S H S CHAI? R 1 JOHN PREGLER jack the friendly played in tramural football softball volley ball and basketball mam school interest ts chemistry believes friendshtp is a top neces sity . . . acted as president for his senior homeroom . . . will enter the Held of chemistry. DANA PRESTON Dana the thoughtful enjo English best believe rt or not' outside interests include bridge and swimming 1950 president of the French Club philosophy is Give not fortune but eternity will study business administra tion in college ULLLAX .af FELIX PRINCE Pbfl the mighty football mite quarterbacked our T for three years Marty Marion of our baseball squad three seasons silver tenor in A Cappella Choir sports as can be seen his special menu his dream hav mg his own business ETA PRIZIO E believes that A smile costs nothing but is worth a million she acquired three Gregg Shorthand certificates an effi cient Szren reporter and member of the junior Prom Decorating Commlttee honor roll student future ofiice work GERALD QUINLAN Ixnobby the exuberant lad inevitably on the spot and on the aversion to school work and librarians an able C Y O vice president president of his sophomore and junior home rooms played intramural foot a will be apprenticed in printtng HENRY RAGSDALE Lee a quiet one for a fellow who admits his chief interest in and out of school is girls has played intramural football and basketball . . . made the honor roll sopho- more and senior year . . . is con- sidering the possibility of college. I3 'X I I JZ J jew RENHBKI ff Qgttfef the iumpi ean always his a Vgfeat interest in sc ,ol trvitres especi ally sports has done some fashion rrybd ling believes that If yqu ant to loved love and be Iolreabl expects to be a private s ta An a law firm 4 an fix Qu-Q V1 DONALD RICHARDS Don the music minded won three year stripes in band an orchestra played in two swing., assemblies gained intramural football award in junior year veeped homeroom in 48 e ec t d homeroom president in 50 fnusrc dominates his future A iw nl 'I J , I, ,555 - 3 ' r ' N I, ' ,., . ,f X I xx D x U ' Q I KA f i v',,f ' , '- L. . I ' ' I ' A I ' ., , y vi .lg ayt p pppppt C W . 'gl' Q . I I ' ' C ' ' .lf ' N' ff to ff QIXXQ-ry 'J' 'SA I-DE ravxlj' Y l e l I , '40,f',Y.f , .'U' ' 5, '1 t C : , -J a ,Q , ..'.' V . f .Ni f af ' . Y. ..-.the - -H , I bw Q -3' I I O XUJ PQ C' fl t lv CAROL REYNOLDS Carol ever willing to help friends are the jewels of her watch runs the rounds of class ac trvrties aged fifty years over Yearbook biographies scribe and subscribes to the Players Club anticipates many morrows of stenographing HELEN REYNOLDS Shorty small but sweet was homeroom vice president in her senior year is good humored and holds that Honestw is the best policy likes swimming and weaving vnrll make a good seamstress don t you think? DOLORES RICH Dee the well dressed repre sented her homeroom in her jun rot and senior years decorated for the junior prom vson short hand certificates ep minutes in sophomore homeroom business world will rule her fu- ture. X ' ,LOIS RICH Lo, the girl with the smile . . . spirited and gay, she alwayy wins new friends . . . her reaction to work is I love workg I could sit and lookiat it all day . . . mem- ber of the Debonair and the Hi- Lite Clubs . . . likes sports and typing . . . hopes to enter nursing. 0' ALICE RICHTER Rxckj the sport lover was Siren agent likes baseball swimming and roller skating has no shortage of friends and can usually be found talking and iok ing with them has chosen to go into office work CATHERINE RICHTER Kate best known as Better late than never membered junior Classical League captarned hockey and basketball teams seldom missed a chance for ice skating she believes God helps those who help themselves her eye s on being an air line hostess JOAN RICHTER foams superb artist cats and Spike Jones are her other loves assisted the Siren and Year bookf rn the art department believes that Wlut can t be said is often whistled plans to be COITIC 311 Zfflsf Of 3 Sefffefafy. STELLA MAE RITCHIE Stella-Mae, a new-comer from For- est Hills High School, Forest Hills, New York . . . member of the Leaders' Club and the girls' cheering squad . . . made the vol- leyball team . . . enjoys golf and dancing . . . hopes to become a secretary after she collects an S.H.S. tassel. ' - ' '. ri-15 4 up 5 - t K THOMAS ROBERTSON Torn, our quiet Scotsman . . . al- ways even-tempered and depend- able . . . president of his sopho- more homeroom . . . played in- tramural sports . . . enjoys good music . . . a believer in a live- and-let-live philosophy . . . is toss- ing a penny over the Air Force. FREDERICK ROBINSON Freddie, the best of good sports . . . '50 track team captain . . . rates tops in broad-jumping . . . won many track medals in country, state, and New England meets . . . served on School Council as sophomore . . . college and physi- cal education beckons. WILLIAM ROBINSON Will, the equestrian . . . enjoys horses and riding . . . served as sophomore homeroom vice-presi- dent . . . member of the Debating Club . . . an assistant manager of The Golden Year . . . his plans are to go to college. GERALDINE ROCHE Gerry, lover of humanity . . . sales agent in the 1949 Siren skit . . . seldom missed French Club meet- ings . . . held important position as exchange editor of the Siren . . . received Shorthand certificate . . . will follow heq entvasm and beccfne a journa N- . 4':i , 4 fy .5 t I xv 'x . - I A x ' 77 - x to C 'LORRAINE ROGERS VX.. Lor, lots of fun . . . vended tickets for Football Dance . . . was Y.W. C.A. delegate to Summer Confer- ence . . . practices, Happy and gay--I laugh my life away . . . punched a tardy time clock in senior homeroom . . . will take temperatures after a stretch at nursing school. N1 'X MICHAEL ROSA Reeh, a scholar of radiqfanftelec-V? tric' .ml ,..was inketfthe comple- fH' nf f ,. , o meters for-1-ndigs pa ici ed in its Bahan Club ...i seofe fyof Nberlleen ffBbys' Club . . si na lead to . .411 S. hi a future in raldio engneering. MARTHA ROSEN Marty, petite 'n pretty . . . mem- bered Spanish, Players, and Politi- cal Science Clubs . . . gave blood to Yearbook Business Staff . . . helped choose senior play . . . has a passion for modern dancing . . . will become a teacher of reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. PHYLLIS ROSEN Phil, the happy-go-lucky punster . . . has a million of 'em . . . splurges on urges . . . notorious for her Brooklyn accent coupled with a contagious laugh . . . beats rhythm with her twinkle toes . . . worked on Yearbook biographies . . . next step, college. ROBERT ROSENBERG Rugged, old Gabriel's greatest competitor . . . j.P. Morgan-ed The Golden Year . . . a three-year homeroom representative . . . liv- ing proof that shrimps don't al- ways come in cans . . . his ambi- tions are first college, then to starr worrying Harry james. HELEN ROSTKOWSKI Rurty, a Sinatra swooner . . . main- tains a Betsy Ross love of sewing and weaving . . . says, Cease not to learn until you cease to live . I. . famed for shyness in Mr. Dunn's room . . . will use talents to provide competition for estab- lished seamstresses. SONDRA ROTHFNBERG Skzppf rosy cheeks with a blush and a dimple she says What a viondcrful world this would be if we all did as well to day as vue expcct to do tomorrow delights in Chinese food and oriental dolls will snip and sew her may into the world of designing GRACE ROTTNER Baby expressive eyes a poet and cook all in one has achieved an A in English likes to turn the ballbearings of her roller skates neatly bats a volleyball spends time writing down her thoughts in poems her plans are not yet completed ELAINE ROVEN Elaine the laughing crusaded for Yearbook Business Staff was secretary of French Club numbered in the ranks of thc Players Club and Speakers Bureau practices perpetual optimism next milestone is interior dcc oratmg GLORIA RUDISILL Glorza the reliable can always be counted on to lend a helping, hand tripping a light fantastic is favorite after school pastime feels greatest honor is going., to Stamford High School sec retarial work is her post-high school plan. EMILY RUGGIERO Em of the laughing lips and rougish eyes . . . worked on the Advertising Staff of the Siren . . . earned certihcates in shorthand . . . tried her hand at basketball . . . also served as A,A. agent . . . was on the junior play committee . . . has secretarial hopes. 80 T7 C7 PI-IILOMENA RUSSO Ihzl a friendly girl prides herself in being a champion talker plugged for the class on the ticket committees for both plays and the Cap and Gown and B1 ocraphy Committees her 100 vtord shorthand certificate will vun her a fine place in business WILHELMINA RUTI-IERFURD Mlm: a blushing lass was Szren agept interested in American is ry and office ma chines 1 o phy is To ease anothers he he is to forget ones own our crystal ball show b oming a very pab etary ERARD RYAN Dapper the business man always happy and friendly history and math rate as his favor ite subyects he hunts in his spare time his main occupa tion outside school is working in his fathers store plans to go into business after graduation ANTHONY SABIA Tony with the castanets on his shoes can be heard clicking through our halls every third period a letter man in intra mural football basketball is his pride and yoy intends to fur ther his talented strokes in an att school. ELIZABETH SABIA Liz has a heart of gold . . . is pop- ular and talented . . . helped make-up the actors in the class plays , . . prepares costumes for dance recitals in her spare time . . . held membership in the Italian Club . . . will become a hair-dresser and costume designer. GERTRUDE SABIA Genie, the happy - go -lucky girl . . . took part in intramural bowl- ing and did make-up for the sen- ior class play . . . always full of fun, she is interested in music, food, and television . . . will study to be a beautician, ROSALIE SABIA R0 cute interested in book keeping was exchange editor for the Siren likes sports treasurer of Debonarr Club at YWCA If at first you dont succeed try try again ture holds secretarial work LUCILLE SAGNELLI Nucl.: scrntrllatm and fascmatm secretary of the Italian Club served faithfully and well on many class committees C Y O scribe three years an honor student proof that brains and beauty do mix will vie for top secretarial positron JOAN SANDOW Sandy an all around senior enjoys eating dancing and swim ming her friendly smile is shed on everyone presided over her homeroom in her sophomore year is taking a commercial course in hopes of realizing her ambition of becoming a secretary JOSEPH SASSANO joe president of our School Coun a popular all around joe vitally interested in school affairs sprinted for two letters in track keeps the atmosphere charged with adlrbs favorite word Hello' future is re railing insurance Xl C? fl? os. Q ina: L a q2..jjQfj' f ' .1 U' , 4 LAWR CE SAlUNQE11S.f, '-Labnfoaltlw thg qluiet . . .inter- ested in f all and baseball . . . likes to re and collect stamps . . . his'favorite saying! is Wait until fl6XkvC'8'ff?'i . . has decided to let the ture rake care of itself. who It .. .- cb LA' THOMAS SAUNDERS Bud Bird if you know him well one footballer who deserves a purple heart threatened as an offensive end and merited loud cheers as a defensive half was a star first baseman too enjoyed office machines future offers preparatory school ADELE SCHACHT Dellze the careful listener had a hand in the make up for The Late Chrzrtoplaer Bean worked on Yearbook Business and Biography Staffs believes It takes a great man to be a good listener guide for two years she hopes to be a stenographer RONALD SCHACHT Ronnie the human adding ma chine served as president of Debating Club and assistant bust ness manager of The Golden Year participated in Spanish Bridge and Political Science Clubs Scouts and Yankees have caught his interest next stop college JOSEPH SCHELLER joe math master favorite with his classmates checkmated Board One on the Chess Team and championed in bridge and soccer represented the Nutmeg Boys State and was one of the faithful in the Junior Classical League plans on industrial engineering NORMAN SCHMID Norm the hunter clumped the halls vrrth seven league boots played tyyo years of rntramural soccer served on the Szruz and X earbook Art Staffs rumor year rs happrest when huntrng. and frshrng, art school rs rn hrs rmmedrate future 7,370 MART SCHOR Marty m n 1 a flyr ord tortured many batrng Clubg le for r ra mural footba honors belreves se trme as rijygu v lue W I s 'beat 6'iLYankees rn orld Serres future college KAW! RALPH SCOFIELD Shorlr the relrable hrs qurer efllcrency was a great help to Mrss Cooke and the lrbrary actrve rn Turn of Rrver church affarrs belreves If you want a thrng clone rrght do rt yourself soda master at Srladr s arms at busrness ANDREW SEMSEL Andg the chemrst managed cross country and track took' part rn rntramurals had a hand rn German Club Photography Club and orchestra lrkes fish rng, and skeet shootrng as mapped our a c mrs aff! W W JOAN s ISEL I0 the chorr ange has had three years of chorr work rolled rn the German Club slayed for Golden Year Lrteraty Commrttee one of our Junror Woman s Club members Joys her musrc studres rn school foresees teachrng as her fu ture GEORGE SENTEMENTES mokze our handsome football captarn trrple letter man rn football and baseball rumor homeroom presrdent and AA agent rnterests lre rn sports and hrs hrstory petrod belreves Happrness rs found rn success hrs future rs wrth agrrculture yes PERICLES SENTEMENTES Lucky perpetual motron of the soccer team gave a full three letters worth of servrce for that roop gets a brg krck out of adrng too clarms It s better to be late than never hrs next goal rs an electrrcrans career S AMELIA SESSA Me always a happy countenance known for her abrlrty to trckle the rvorres sang vyrth the Sophomore Grrls Chorr and the Junror and Senror Chorrs te e phone swrtchboard operator first then a housevyrfe H'ARRlET SHAUB Ha! the grrl vsrth a passron for ireland member of the Year book Brography Commrttee reporter for the CYO Sou Wferter sang vyrth three school chorrs enroys a rugged game rn any sport a French Club membre clarms a future as a nurse ROSEMARIE SHERIDAN Red the Iaughrng redhead takes lrfe lrghtly belrevrng Everyday s a holrday loves to eat and srng has been a member of the A Cappella Chorr for two years actrve too rn CYO and Hr Lrte Club hopes to become a medrcal secre tary f V - - - Sr ', XV. , foe-J f If ', a ' ' F . . -y ' ' fb' - ... -r rr t an-' t . . al fl to e , , , th ' . . , . r I ..,., : . 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' n ...en- ', ,' M 'V Q? 93' CYVIA SIB-LER Cyv the Spanrsh whrz won the Sparush II prrze rn 1949 represented her sophomore home solrcrted ads for The olden Year and Szren worke on Yearbook brographres ph losophrzes Help those who can not help themselves future forergn relatrons ELEANOR SIGNORE El a raven tressed beauty was a member of varsrty hockey Ital ran Club and make up staff for Junror play sewrrrg and cos tume desrgnrng clarm her rnterest rn and out of school asprres to become a seamstress ANTHONY SIMONELLI june Boy has a great sense of humor rs a basketball en thusrast was a sophomore homeroom presrdent boomed rn the band for three years helped backstage for the senror p ay grrls rrrrtate hrm but he lrkes t hrs future rs rn the servrce BARBARA SKOLNICK Bob srlent but efhcrent a a hand rn the publrcrty and make up for The Late Cbrutopher Bean worked for the Yearbook Busr ness and Brography Staffs hopes we ll be wearrng the clothes she desrgns a few years after her graduatron from Traphagan JOSEPH SMITH joe the hrgh sprrrred redhead hrs enthusrasm soars at the men tron of racrng cars also lrkes CYO dancrrrg rce skatrng cafe terra and of course grrlr laxes by huntrng small game does not know what he wrll do after graduatron MARILYN SMITH erle the quret held office of sophomore homeroom secretary and was on the entertarnment corpmrttee for her runror home room lrkes hrstory and bowl rngs says All that glrsters s not gold often have ye heard that vto no plans PHYLLIS SMITH Pbyl called Frzz by her frrends runs over the keyboard wrth expert fingers Secretarral Trarnrng rs the class she most enloys her favorrte food rs salted celery Phyl arms to carry on her relrgrous work rn Brble College f THOMAS SM TH X yr alhree year band d r estra man appeared rn A1 St Stamfcyd, and ew' Cana Orchestras and the Arts I uth Co certs, dhioys sarr Loi the rckd td success Wo ' what a lull' hrs road rs marked Unrted States Navy Band WALTER SMITH Hot Rod boy mechanrc votes most of hrs trme to cars works as a mechanrc for Turn of Rrver Frre Department rs favorrte sayrng rs Srlence golden talk rs cheap plans wrll rnclude the Unrted States Army MILO SNIFFEN Smff the joker sophomore homeroom presrdent won hrs letter rn track much of hrs trme outsrde of school rs spent wrth the Natronal Guard or the Long Rrdge Frre Company belreves that Fascrnatron draws attractron the contractrng busrness surts hrm ff -, IRVI SOB I the ase r es se on te rn eadcd h room cer Re ross and stmas l cam r ns rs rps ork Yankees To yy g.,lor ous farrly rs ar glor us 4 ahead fx JAMES SPEER lumor the hreman rs a mem ber of the Turn of Rrver Volun teer Frre Department xxhen the vrhrstle sounds he moves fast relaxes drrvrng., cars sharp at mathematrcs and squarc dancrnp, looks forward tovr ard a future rn electrrcrty KENNETH SPIERS Ixen already a seaman apprentrce rn the Naval Reserve vrrll yorn the Nayy after graduatron terested rn mechanrts horseback rrdrng and vsrnter sports rs phrlosophy Saddle your dreams afore you rrde em rcveals hrs practrcal srde CHARLES SPICNESI Poucher track star helped SHS beat farrfrcld and Darren rn cross country meets rkes to rrde the fastest horse rn Stam or enjoys yxatchrng the Grants on televrsron copres thc Mel Allenrsm Hovr about that' hoprng for further educatron JEANNE SPIGNESI Spzg the mermard has had a try as a model rn the Hr Lrte Clubs fashron show svrrm mrng tops her lrst of actrvrtres peddled trckets for the class plays won a shorthand certrfr cate typed for the Yearbook vrrll become a secretary LEO SPIGNESI Boho the quret one a stage hand for Nothing But The Truth played intramural football as a runror fond of sports favorrte pastrme rs sleeprng vrarls Money talks but all rt cvcr sard to me was Goodbye a future busrnessman BARBARA SPRINGER Bah a home lovrng ,crrl enroys cookrng, nursrng and chrldren vsas AA agent and member of varsrty hockey team sophomore and yunror year lrves by the Colden Rule favorrte sport rs rce skatmg shovys srp.,ns of makrnge an excellent nurse VIRGINIA STABELL Cnzme the rournalrst lately exalted to the trtle of busrness manager of the Szren her cheer ful smrle agrees vyrth her phrloso The best may to wrn an argument rs to avord rt marn hobbres are photography and poetry a would be wrrter DOROTHY STACK D01 the alert and eager proud possessor of a shorthand certrfr cate athletrcally rnclrned towards syxrmmrng and rce skat rn rates dutres on office ma chrnes among her favorrtres wrll carry busrness abrlrtres rnto future JAMES STERLING jzm the frrendly one he takes lrfe as rt comes member of chess team can be found at all the football games rs a vyays at hrs best vyhrle skatrng has many frrends ,hm IS undecrded as to what the future holds rn store for hrm RONALD STEVENSON Ronnie, the man with the '33 Ford convertible takes pride tn his hot rod will be best remembered for his quick wit mechanical drawing and people are his interests says A sense of humor reduces your troubles future college CARLA STICH Carla a shy attractive blonde was a member of A Cappelli Choir took a try at modeling sewing and swimming rate with her was awarded a short hand certificate contends As you sew so must you rip fancies a career as a seamstress DOROTHY STOCKWELL Dot small but zesty partici pant in junior Choir and Girls Choir enyoys typing and office machines seldom seen without wool and needles decorator for the Sophomore Hop School Council alternate as a sophomore future office worker WARREN STOKES Tory the loafer the word work isnt in his dtctionary seems intent on having a good time spends much time riding motorcycles likes to go square dancing c n oftembe heard exclaimmg How about that' is undecided about plans for the future -SMJJ x, NORMAN STONE Noman the boy with too many nicknames participated in in tramural basketball badminton softball football won a letter for running with the cross country team quotes One for all and all for one except girls ture engineering Qs Q7 Q rf' ,. wifpf' , PETER STRELAKOS Pele, the lad with the eyes . . . suave and serene mimed a forget in The Late Cbnrtopber Bean named The Golden Year manager of Canteen Dances for 1950 has his eye on col lege South America and aero nautical engineering ALFRED STUDWELL Bmg quiet in classes attended junior Classical League and French Club meetings doodles with biological problems av orite brain food study of heredity enyoys talking to people is looking forward to hanging up his ovsn MD shingle MARION SUDEN Manor: the quiet light spirited blonde active in German Club Junior and senior year enjoys biology and music took part in the Community Candlelight Service for three years er steady dependabilrty will make her a good laboratory technician icq, 4-AJ-J -0, 5' SYLVTA SULLO Syl a happyfolilcky miss Szren agent for two years member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Club her Junior year is fond of dancing feels Success is for those who try their best she will do hers m Office work CHESTER SURMACZEWICZ Chet the slick operator queer inner quality about him as had his finger rn the Szren pie this year is a Senior Guide mans a gun in the National Guard was on program committee for Football Dance Police Department is in his crystall ball B5 437 ELSIE SUSKEVICZ Sun the flashy athlete played on the varsity hockey and baseball teams in 49 was an ardent supporter of the Italian Club socialized at the Debonair Club will be remembered for being friendly vxill become a secre tar JOAN SWINNERTON Summe the Wlt sings and talks and debates with Mr Dunn sang with the Senior Choir for two years active in the Y Hi Liters and CYO philosohpizes Hurry is only good for catching, flies is inter ested in nursing, ,V-JA WI l4M ' PV AL -L' z I J' bvhlsffv vw! T yy ,CTW I JULIE sUTHERLAND fl-f'4'TfF PETER TAKEMOTO Dixie the nature lover advo cates instituting camping as an elective delights in The Derert Song and Robert Frost talented toes caper to modern dances vivacious varsity field hockey play er outdoor life has adapted her for professional scouting ALICE SWANN Al of the friendly smile and tavxm excs sang in the Girls Glee Club and junior Choir was one of the Spanish Clubs faithful holds undying faith in the New York Yankees as vnorked hard in the chemistry lab because her future is nursing BARBARA SWIFT Bobbie the lighthearted ways laughing, and full of fin she is liked by everyone he t three homeroom offices . . . at a finger in every home room pie . . , took part in intramural sports . , . will some day greet us at her job as a receptionist. SHIRLEY SWIFT Sbirl, the history whiz . . . excels in chemistry, too . . . a camping enthusiast . . . handles a hockey stick nicely . . . member of the Political Science and Spanish Clubs . . . played intramural bas- ketball and baseball . . . college is next on her list. Tak of the big brown eyes vsine vsomen and Cadillacs catch his eye is fond of saying Give me liberty or give me love played intramural sports includ ing football achieved the honor roll in his senior year college is next PALMA TANGI Pam of many pantomines served on School Council belonged to the Italian and Play ers Clubs junior Choir and base ball team deserves laurel ac colade for her Betty Hutton panto mines an energetic cheer leader will become a fashion designer CONGETTA TARANTINO Connie a generous nature thats full of fun on committees for Senior Prom decorations and in vitations committees . . . Italian Club member and A.A. agent . . . says I've been two minutes too late all my life, . . . we see good things in her future. JEAN TAYLOR Jeanie, quiet and petite . . . loves to date and dance . . . member of the Hi-Lite Club at the Y.W.C.A. . . . joined the Spanish Club dur- ing her junior year . . . kept busy in junior and sophomore years working on ticket committees . . I a career as a secretary awaits her. 1 qv fl' X Nf 'QM rf GRACE TERENZIO Tracie, the party sparkler . . . acti- vated Political Science and Debat- ing Clubs . . . spun a beaming baton for two years . . . scored for senior intramural basketball team . . , a Yearbook committee member . . . will become miladies' dress designer after training. 1 JOAN TIRPAK joanre the model has done various activities homeroom sec retary Sophomore Hop Commit tee AA agent Szren agent I can resist anything but Iempta tion is her quote will be a secretary after she graduates JAMES TOOHER jzm the strong silent type popular with everyone sang a mellow baritone in the A Cap pella Choir played on the oot ball squad as a sophomore and yunior enjoys all other sports has much interest in the C Y O his next stop college ANTHONY TOTILO Tony the lad with the heels hopes hes clicked his way into his classmates memories cludes woodworking basketball football and baseball among his interests sang ,with the 8 Cappella Choir f the United States Navy will welcome him soon KEVIN TREFRY Kev short and freckled took part in intramural football and soccer outside of school he likes hunting and skiing . . . vice- presiclent of his sophomore home- room . . . he is an avid sports fan especially basketball . , . hopes to go to college. ' . -Q I 1 EDMOND TROIDE Ed, tall, likeable cartoonist for the Siren . . . has two favorite periods, att and lunch . . . goes in for skating, swimming, and, of course, girls . . . practices his philosophy, Take life easy . . . hopes to attend an art school to study comic strip illustrating. JAMES TROY ,lim a lover of the outdoors holds keen interest in nature lore especially birds being a Dod get fan isnt enough he roots for Notre Dame too baseball and football are on his sports parade Jzm looks to agriculture as an occupation ANTHONY TRUGLIA Tony a jitterbug loves danc ing and displays it frequently A Cappella Choir member selec ted for All State Choir says I did nothing in particular but I did it well gets along fam ously with the weaker sex plans to settle down in business STANLEY TYS KA Stan identified as Legs Diamond loves food more than any thing else tall people make a hit with him very certain that A clean mind makes a clean heart enjoys all sports also appreciates good scenery archi tecture reigns as his chief ambi tion MINERVA ULSHEN Mzckey the madcap always found in hot water frisky in French the Brenda Starr of the Szren . . . and the gal with the thirty-six blouses . . . jack Horner- ed into many activities . . . college and journalism await beyond her blue horizon. sql 40 -HPV THOMAS UVA Googy Brown, jr., the athlete . . . on football team for three years . . . received a football letter . . . was homeroom president jun- ior year . . . life rotates around sports and car racing . . . he ad- vises Better late than never . . . intends to become a businessman. CARLENE VAN O LINDA Conme the blue eyed lass a fingers in Yearbook layout and Biography Committees checked in at meetings of Political Science and Debating., Clubs shot bas ketballs to teammates in senior intramurals dreams of a wed ding ring DOLORES VENFZIO Shorire one of Mrs Boyntons efficient workers played tunes on her cash register mth our nickles for three years with this connection weve failed to figure her philosophy Take from the rich and give to the poor desires to be a secretary AL REDfV iffy, A amia e imember t e ian b aye ra ral footb l7j logriisx to nyoys base bzmitgfjba ind ack rid mg J v asr and QYKM W. VL V2 Ni PAUL VIDULICH Paul the strong silent type good at tennis played on in tramural football and basketball teams rates square dancing as loads of fun believes A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds business school is next l CWA 4 U01 is ?'-. Yuma X ffffe i5'f . time vfvffrjiljru smile . . . o for junior Prom . . . member of the Yearbook Typing Committee . . . achieved scholastic honors as a senior . . . was an ardent rooter for our football team . . . her am- bition is to become a secretary. DONALD VIOLETTE Beano a flashy dresser was homeroom president lunior year enjoyed an occasional walk on a yellow pass believes Everything goes when the whistle blows future is as yet unde termined C NS E VIRGIN Conn sta c out sports p ay baseball an ketb o played wut h u ears lleas ng d fun to ta lf life lives ou will ive it r plan o enter the orts eld F3 K JOSEPH VIVONA joe Cobb the nail and hammer enthusiast ansvsered roll call at the Italian Club lover of sports baseball in particular has a mania for carpentry fav orite saying What a catastrophe plans to be a carpenter CAROLYN vossuziz c h mn!! me t e gr s enyoys anana tiff dislikes being called Kid ut hppmfi tfxbe remem bered for h9i-'fed locks given honorary membership in the Womahs Club believes Knowing how to wait is the secret of success will be a secretary 'Qivffd MARJORIE WALKER Margze one of our engaged sed lors has found little time orx extra school activities key Watching sports has avworth while philosophy A stitch Hn time saves' nine for a irl whose immediate future is to e a good housewife JOAN WATERBURY Mo a snake lover insists upon bringing odd creatures to school won ribbons at 4 H fair active in basketball was on publicity committee of The Late Chrulopher Bean has artistic leanings after graduation she hopes to enter the agricultural e JOHN WEAVER Dee Dee a camper and sailor is a leader in the Explorer Scouts worked last year as assistant waterfront director of Camp Toquam biology and mechani cal science claim his interests says Don t fence me in wi study agriculture in college LEONARD WEISS Lenny the Marconian can take a radio apart in two shakes of a television dial built public address system for Rogers junior High Melchior ed for the A Cappella Choir two years clicks with Photography Club s future hes in radio tubes STEPHANIE WELDEN Sief, usually buried in books . . . swimming, riding, and basketball cram the rest of her time . . . sparked Cancer Drive , . . Better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt . . . flips the coin for the future toward art school. if 'X E PHYLLIS WESTON Couz ever ready with a scoop strove for The Golden Year and The Late Chmlopher Bean an intramural basketball scorer raised voice with Glee Club figured on roster of Political Science Club hopes future will hold happiness for her RUTH WICKSMAN Wzrlae the Beechnut girl num bcred on the rolls of the French and Bridge Clubs scribed lun lor homeroom right hand woman with Junior Prom decora ting crowd sports take the rest of her time future is college or business school DOROTHY WILLIAMS Dot of the happy smile perpetual knxtter took a prom ment part in planning and decora ting for the junior Prom stand by of the Italian Club enthusiastic about chemistry CY O member will study nursmg at the University of Penn sylvania OLIVIA WILLIAMS Lzbby a quiet congenial girl hails from Matheo Academy where she spent a year in the Girl Re serves .fpracties the Golden Rule Do unto others as you would ave them do unto you e and then either teach ing or nursing a her plans for the future RALPH WILLIAMS Nippie, the good-humored Card- inal fanatic . . . A Cappella chor- ister . . . junior and senior home- room president . . . music and sports lover . . . choir representa- tive . . . has mania for crew cuts . . . St. Maurice's C.Y.O. president . . . sports writing is his future. 89 ,e s ,-, , Q . fs! 1 I y 7, U r 1- J! , ' ,ji I I 1 1 M lf J -,I I ' TI-IELMA WILLIAMS Rozittie, jazz Hend , . . likes bas- ketball and track . . . she headed the Red Cross Committee in school . . . can usually be found humming a tune . . , wild about jazz . . . has a sparkling personality . . . her desire is to become either a bop dancer or a private SBCl'6I3l'y'. BETTY ANN WILSER Betty Ann the introspective is apt to exaggerate defends cats against all adversaries active member in Spanish Club and Junior Classical League pride and joy of the Rainbow Girls toiled over the Yearbook biographies future teaching MABEL WINSLEY Shrzmp talkative for her size popular secretary of the A Cap pella Choir singing and re ligious vyork take her time out of school wants to be remem bered as a girl with a song in her heart and a smile on her lips will be a doctor s assistant BARBARA WINS LOW Bohhy silent blonde Siren agent and library assistant feels her accomplishments were getting to school on time and mak ing the YWCA swim team enjoys art and horseback riding the business world will claim her future BARBARA WITT Baht a ray of sunshine from San Francisco California was a Y W C A club president won honors for high grades basket ball riding and swimming en thusiast enjoys good music plays violin in S H S orchestra plans to enter college A LINDA WOFSEY Ilinda, the champagne cocktail girl . . . Luced The Golden Year and The Pilot Wfheel . . . mimed a notorious gold-digger in Nolhing But The Truth . . , whims unveil unconventionality . . . stakes claim to title of Best Dressed . . . col- lege, Europe, glow in het crystal a DOROTHY WOOD Mzdge a smart little lassie er enyoyment of studying has put her name on the honor roll sports and knitting interest her lieves Always look on the best side of life her quiet and efficient manner should make her succeed in any business JOAN WYNKOOP Ioan very blonde and cute treasurer of sophomore homeroom and secretary of yunror homeroom ansvwcrs roll call at the Span ish Club always saying Is that so' loves swimming and dancing was a member of the Hi Lite Club her future is undecided DONALD ZACCAGNINO Zack a second Atlas known for his great sense of humor played IV football mainstay of the Italian Club blue rib bon in Mr Nevy fngland junior Physique contest in 49 vneight lifting and Be Bop are outsidc interests will be a florist RICHARD ZANIILLI Rzch the electrical hend holds philosophy To be silent is to be safe silence never betrays you maintains Einstein interests in chemistry physics and math avid sideline sports rooter preferably baseball his horo scope casts engineering EDWA 9 ZA 1SKl Ed, the easy ,I . . . resented 1 O 0 6 scho i are I th a is- thrives ' I ' , doesn't t m ' . . ma ia for sharp suits . coll c claims X 3 i . k . 2 an K ho XX ' ph l- r... y i. tory ioy the .4 il ph lt . h s his future. i LESLIE ZIMMERMAN Ler, a true blue . . . has a smile that could eat a banana sideways . . . never dares to he as funny as she might . . . was a lively mem- ber of the Glee, French, Players, and Bridge Clubs . . . known for her ivory rendition of jafouric . . . has future designs in cos- tuming. SENIOR PLAY The Lale Cbrirlopher Bean Left to Right: W. Graves, J. Martin, B. Guzek, M. Egan, J. Kellogg, G. Balcar M. Brownstein, N. Goldman, P. Strelakos. -'..:. rl. T3 f f ' . ,167 f rf , . 11- , , H ., i L J L. DONATO ' ZIURELLA Q w Danny, the Mop . strikes a ' wicked average on the bowling alley . . . roots fps-the New York Yankees . . ,Superintended vari- ousiflharitable drives in his home- room . . . joined Naval Reserve in 1949 and intends to keep on sailing with Uncle Sam. JOAN ZWART Ginger, talented lassie with a needle . . . makes own clothes . . . loaded with baseball enthusi- asm . . . holds letter and badge in the diamond sport . . . likes sales- manship, movies, and music . . . hopes to get a position selling. 1, ,rs A 'G -L Q, -.aural W 'M' ' 0 P. s. .0 -Ll ,rl ull I 0 l f f- ff , D114- 'A1', X , .-..,1....L- SCHOOL GUIDES lst Row, Left to Right: A. Kaplan, J. Kron- holtz, P. Sloman, Mrs. Louisa H. Bohn, J. Bragin, M. Nishimoto, D. Shavelson. 2nd Row: C. Harding, V. Wilder, M. Tavlarides, M. Hickey, M. Jones, H. Shaffer. 3rd Row: M. Macri, M. Callum, J. Moore, B. Taub, Y. Brazel, J. Freedman, H. Beningson. 4th Row: E. Somody, H. Rockwood, R. Dawson, W. Broadhurst, J. Flynn, A. Makowski, E. Schlam, J. Rabinowitz. 91 L-. ,L J 4s I ix gf! A, 'f Q, . S fi' 1 D' . f -4 WMV X 2, vam- 1 -f 1 J f, 3,55 Q 3' in 'N .t gglg ?'i5?k'vQv p 1 nz C211 5 il L -,rg . il:-1. 'ix ,g if g i i 1' a'f.f. t S., :ga :L 1. any sf 5' A ggi 1 S R ,xr-mf K ,- 171 M' as-Q X 4, s W ei 1 - s 5 . 1-'xl m,u..a ii . f- ti -A x BX A X.: cz K A A A A A f . M, 1 , ,,ear4A v'1 ' X ' X 'if . gg L J XV 06 ,O J 0 W' vo ,pf fr 'Na' 'mv z ' QW-r ' ,M 9 , ,NN 0 Lisp A x D fig , if. 4 J 5 X 0' 1 , , X 4, 'M I IUNIOR ADVISERS LOUIS MARTINELLI CATHRYN H LEARY CLASS OF 1951 W th M les Callum rs presrdent Pete Telep as x me presrdtnt loan Wxenskr as secre W 1 Y tary and Pat Horton as treasurer me plunged rnto the acrrvrncs of our junror year e soon found ourselves busrly engaged rn plannlng the lunror Receptron for sophomores Havmg passed the ordeal of tr11l by hand shake both classes or at least the junrors danced to the smooth rhythm of the Lemos Band The afternoon vs as chock full o Rockwood Urban and Volpr wrth Mrtch Srnraxn er and Elmer on the srde and one of Stamford Hrgh s oldest tradrtrons those S H S refreshments We battled our may to the hotdog, stand nn the brrsk cold of 19495 autumn whrle our junror grrd stars battled thcxr may throu5.,h a spectacular se ason Crres of Haxe no fear ll here and VUL re gonna mn cuz Motgans rn were heard and few vnll cuz Russe s forget such heroes as Punk Cameron Phll Booker Butch Duggan ohn Hagan or Dodo Dastolr We pald trrbute to our team drrll squrd chtcrleaders and xxarerboys at the annual 1 h l d rs n er football dance Addrng beautx mtercst xx ere tough tonsxled muscu ar c eer ea 6 2 lNfYLES CALLUBI Pl't?.flI!EI?f PETER TELEP Vlfe-Presmlezzt JOAN! WIENSKI Serreiary XJ FyAnrrc1iW1-roarofsr JUNIOR HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVES lst Row, Left to Right: J. Wienski, N. Scigliampaglia. J. Nishimoto, E. Karukas, J. DiSette, B. Groginsky, D. Johnson. 2nd Row: P. Hickey, L. Geoghegan, V. D'Angelis, A. Stephanowski, B. Serafm, E. Zwart. 3rd Row: M. Callum, Y. Brazel, T. Cole, L. Masotti, J. Freedman, H. Ben- ningson, P. Telep. the whip of petite Dodo Dastoli. They were fol- lowed by Major Totilas' prize pupils and an harmonious sextet of such specimens of feminine pulchritude as sweet Butch Dugan and svelte john Hagan. Winters basketball season followed quickly, and with an up-and coming squad, speedy and sure- handed juniors such as Bruce Michelsen and jack Nizolek were destined to be the stars of our 1950 team. But we must not neglect the feminine counter- parts of our athletic world. Hockey coach Miss Bertrand's Irish eyes often stopped smiling when her protegees sludged forward like Frankie Lane's Mule Train. Among the squads fleetest were Susie Alling, joan Sommer and the jolting john- sons-Doris and Lois. Our girls made a big splash when they appeared in those glamorous Esther Williams' bathing suits at the jewish Center. Waiting for winter as anxiously as New York City waited for water, our battling belles became infected with basketballitis and concentrated on backboard bounces. Among the fragile forms on our court were such jaunty juniors as Marie Daly, Ann Lawrence, joan Wienski, and Rose Sileo. Chompin' Down the Virtual! Then came that eventful day in April, when out darling appeared-the junior Play. For long hours had our stagedoor johnnies and Belindas suffered the agonies of casting. At last, those upon whom Lady Luck had smiled met the glories of backstage life. Days of grueling rehearsal followed, when everyone began to to doubt the outcome of our dra- matic aspirations. Before we had recovered from an attack of dress rehearsal, opening night was upon us, and the traditional butterflies had swooped down. As the curtain rose and fell on a brilliant performance, we heaved a sigh of happiness. After a prelude of anticipation came the swirling laces and laughing faces across a crowded room, swaying to soft refrains and jitterbug strains-our Junior Prom and the end of our middle year. Thus, under the friendly and understanding lead- ership of our class advisers, Miss Leary and Mr. Martinelli, we have completed two-thirds of our career in Stamford High. After a few brief weeks of vacation we shall begin the last chapter of our history. We begin it in the golden year, with firm faith in the golden future. Santa IJ A Popular Guy TI-IE JUN l7IlL7A'flfI!X1ff4f'.J-J'l5U-1731 2 4 1 I I g., A .. 2 6 I-lomer00mJ153 - 204 - 216 - 221 . wk , s at Y' C F an gf ,I Q ' , ,E 5, 'fy 5 1 V511 M '11 Pfglif I fig, 'Q V95 Ft 'KV' L' bf 'Q Nut 1 'vi ,lf lv er 'E F X r. . 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'wr wif X' Y : Q 1 M Q i .Q-zu Jw A QBN . if at ., an Y V xujqr if M SOPH ADVISER9 XX IAIX EIN DORA M POCHNA CLASS OF 1952 It was mth ncndxsh s1d1st1c tntxctpttnon thftt the lumors 'muted the 'xrrrval of us sophomores jumor f.,L1ldSS hld been stmte5,1c1lly plfnced to fI1lSCl1fCCE us We cast Confused 'tnd apprchensne looks ln thetr dlrcctlon then forgot 1nd fell innocently mto thelr clutches But desplte thelr tndefftttyblc efforts to lmrtss 1nd Qnnoy me hftve passed a successful ye1r 1nd hwe emerged wlth lljlllb colors At the un1or Receptlon for Sophomores we attended en mstsse mth 'all the bmmdo we could summon md moved mechmlcally past the recervrng hne But here we fell down we knew wed seen these teuchers before their names s1mply left our consuousness We gathered the shattered brts of our d1gn1ty and earned them over to the bleftchers but toward the end of the afternoon we were sufnclently recox ered to outshlne anyone at dancmg Whlle we xx ere bemg, cftrefully led by our chss ttdvxsers Mxss Pochna 1nd Mr alven IUIO the socml customs of Stftmford Hxgh we were explormg for ourselx es the mftny facets of student llfe whtch the uppcrcllssmcn herd begun to take for grftnted For mstdncc uc found th lt the bredd lmc ln the cwfeterm was 1 good example of Hfty BARBA RICHARD BUR Pfeflfjfllf RA GREENE KE NANCY CHARLFSO Vice Prernfuzt N JANET BANCALE Secrefary T fedfllfff ggi? .l E K Ref ls'-2:ti . N. Icmv ,,, E ,Z , . , ...t . . . . ' ' ' 1 H . j' . . ' ' . . Y. A ' . 1 1 . ', ' t . . . . v 1 ' Y Q . j ' t 1 V L t YL v Q L . , . -- L E a . . ' ' 1 . . . ' , ' . .J , ' 'L K ' v , 1 Y ' y v L ' ' EL ' t Y t . . A, 'A 1 t l A ' t '. . A I . ' I 1 r I 1 SOPHOMORE I-IOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVES lst Row, Left to Right: I. Farfaglia, J. Adkins, B. Mangano, R. Telesco, P. Tangi, C. Dudley, A, Fleisher, J, Lovell. Zntl Row: P, Sackman, J. O'Meara, V. Iiortt, D. Koprowska, A. Baron, F. Leary, A. Bongo, M. Pertel. 5rd Row: A. Osker, H. Alswanger, D. Graham, R. Grasso, CAlt.J , P. White, N. Larson, years of progress. Compared to what we had ex- pected the cafeteria was a little Utopia of peanut- butter-and-jelly, ham-and-cheese, and bruises and blues. Then, too, we didnt feel that our elders appreciated the unerring genius with which the whole school had been planned-it was really wonderful. We got lost every time, Our own Get-acquainted party in November was the next social event to seek us out. As proto- types of this year's fashions, we grandslammed into the gym that day. Blue and white, in the shape of our banner, and blonde and brunette, on the heads of our new class officers, made up the view. This party was actually our initiation, and so we had to undergo the initiation rites-munch for six minutes on one hard cookie, and then wash down the frag- ments with diluted punch. The ofhcers we'd met were the outcome of a more strenuous campaign than Huey Long ever waged-what with the con- fetti of petition papers, the flurry of desperate, unfinished platform promises, and the imposing row of candidates stretched across the stage. Bar- C anleen Dance Pazro nr bara Greene for president-dah-dya-dya-dya! Rich- ard Burke for vice-president, Nancy Charleson for secretary, and janet Bancale for treasurer, was the final list of winners. The Emily Post convention of the year took place in the spring. The faculty came one, came all, and the afternoon was spent in a contest to see who could balance a teaalp most precariously while reciting the appropriate phrases for a tea. Spring brought our last two major events, the Sophomore Play and the Sophomore Hop. The first of these was the traditional one-act playlet, a dra- matic triumph for the sophomore class. The Sopho- more Hop realized all our expectations. It was less like a dance than a big friendly party, where every- one knew everyone and had a wonderful time, and still it had some of the dash that makes any dance a success. So was our whole sophomore year, we feel. It was the first tangible evidence of our growing up. We've weathered it, and were coming up for more. Caught Red-Handed Homcmonu 202 - 205 - 209 - 210 I ..- . -a A Ai ag Q x 54 2' ,, A '6 g f? fl gs S 'E' if ii 2' 1 ,ff -' 11 fi 'r f if ' 3 'if-5, el Q 1. 'Y rv-x1.'i gi' .I 49.6 ' 5s ' fx, ' 1' ' , ef' 5 K '57 I 3 5 Q Q lb 1 .-K a 5 4' f 11 5 xg- f Jw li tl 51- 'V P: Il I a Homeroomx 109 - 38 - 125 - 126 . A 6 S1 rfb' , 1 f Q, I , , . ,T 1 , K K 1, 1 ' 5 0 ox' p Sv frmfif ' .fi N W 5 1: A 'N N 5 K Q iv Z , an S' V 'ff Q 'f H Q. K , K we , Xi. if Homeroomfl-40 136 154 156 u . 1 1 W ff: 5 if PQ 1 W' ir ' X 1 Q Q0 'dir if A x Q Q 9 Q' N, f S w ,-H ' ' 'f J A ,, L ., in H 'f . ,, v ' K . ,t y V ., V g S gf ' 1 'f ' 5 ,F ' 19 5 2 5' Q ' 5. E N 'E' V ' A f fe x fljgg ,. .A Q V, Q. 5 a , M3 ,, , . gg 5 If l-cEff5i1m'5l5 v 513. ww X 17 if y A A A A N A A A 'A A A -f-vi ' 7 5 im.. -wx -f .,, f. r Ei fic-ff,-V x 'Lx w f W - C Q-9 N.: ' s Y L 5 ' I HI' Chairman BIIIIIIEJI it . 'A ima., ABIT P .nl if MARC BROXVNSTEIN LINDA A. WOFSEY Crmiuffmzfor Editor YEAR IR 70K FACULTY COMMITTEE Left to Right: James H. Keane. Herbert C. Bird, Ellen K. Camp- bell, Albert Scher, Mayo Sorgman. Lester J. Myers. Jane W. King- ston. lidgar L Bughee, Marguerite E. Eavrao. The golden year has come for us. and for Stam- ford High School. too. XVe could give a few bits of appropriate history on the progress of our school -about the exhibition of Stamfords public school work at the St. Louis Exposition in l9O,l. or about the janitors' complaints when physical ed. in the form of the waltz and the two-step. felled the ceil- ing of Center Schools single room. But our Gnlrft I1 Your wont treat only of ancient history. It's a synopsis of the first installment of the centurys history. within the limits of Stamford High School. Mr. Lester J. Myers has supervised the layouts and general publication of The Gf1f1fL'7l Year, Editor Linda XVofsey and Assistant Editor Rose Ann Baron assisted him and chairmanned the Literary Staff. while Marc Brownstein acted as footsore co- ordinator. Faculty adviser Mrs. Jane Kingston supervised the Literary Committee again this year. Most of the YEARBOOK LITERARY COMMITTEE Ist Row, Left to Right: M. Carhone, L. Sagnelli, I. Blass, P. Inzitare J. Wienski, R, Baron, Assistant Editor, L. Wfofsey, Editor, N. Doig J. Bragin, J. Nishimoto, J. Kronholtz, M. Ulshen. 2nd Row: S. Parker, M. Callum, A. Klatsky, C. Baker, J. Sommer, P. Hickey, L. Zimmerman, C. Neighbors, B. Calabrese, S. Platsky, J. Martin, C. Reynolds. 3rd Row: M. Marts, S. Gottfried, J. Potter, J. Semsel, M. Masone, C. McCue, M. Magnusson, L. Przybylowicz, M. Pertel, F. Krantz. 4th Row: M. Lynch, D. Berman, B. Raymond, G. Balcar. 1 historical data and annual records included in the straight articles were gathered by the senior part of the committee, who also wrote the articles and interviewed the several Stamford industries por- trayed in the feature section. These seniors included Linda XVofsey. Rose Ann Baron. Marion Masone, Marianne Magnusson, Anne I-Iammarlund, Sidney Gottfried. Minerva Ulshen, Carol Reynolds, Sondra Platsky, Pat Inzitare, Victoria Comito, Joan Semsel, Coleman Baker. Edwin Baum. Leslie Zimmerman, Mary Carbone. Ingeborg Blass. Gerald Balcar, Lu- cille Sagnelli. Dave Berman. Bill Raymond, Maur- ice Lynch, Charles Neighbors, and Betty Daly. Juniors contributed to The Gnldefz Year. too, in the form of the junior history. These were Joan Nishimoto, Peggy Hickey, Jane Kronholtz, Selma Parker, Joan Sommer, Barbara Wuerz, Carol McCue. Judie Bragin, Myles Callum, and Alan Klatsky. The sophomore committee was made up YEARBOOK BIOGRAPHY COMMITTEE Ist Row. Left to Right: M. Pletchny, G. Terenzio, H. Shaub, J Dempsey, B. Agule, B. Skolnick, A. Schacht, P. Rosen, P. Russo B. Wilser, S. Sigler. 2nd Row: C. Van O'Linda, C. Reynolds, P Weston, M. Guth, M. Ulshen, R. Baron, M. Masone, L. Zimmerman E. Lougeay, J. Sutherland, E. Eatyniarz. 3rd Row: P. Strelakos, J Doig, J. Balcar, D. Berman, S. Adelkopf. n Co chairman Emmet: RONALD scHAcHT MARY CARBONE Co-chairman, Typing DON BER M AN GERALD BALCAR Co-chairman, Biography ' El . 1 SIDNEY GOTTFRIIED CLAIRE VINCENT ROSE ANN BARON Ani. Coordinator Cofcbairmau, Biography' Co-rbuirmarz, Typing AIU- Edilw' of Fred Krantz, Nona Doig, Mitzi Drucker, Joyce Bender, May Pertel, and Lorraine Przybylowicz. Again this year, Mr. Edgar Bugbee arranged those biography photos, this time under the blazing lights of Carman-Cater's studio. Other yearbook photography was done by Ronald Colosi, Harry Luperti, and Walter Zukowski, under Mr. Myer's direction. More advertisements . . . more subscriptions . . . more . . . was the constant chant pounding inexor- ably from Mr. Scher's homeroom, alias the office for the business staff, headed by Bob Rosenberg and his avid assistants, Ronnie Schacht and Bill Robinson. Mr. Sorgman's art staff poured their creative efforts into this fifty-year golden vessel, too. It num- bered at least fifteen, with joan Balko, Al Barker, Carol Cook, -lean Gavigan, Eddie Knapp, Violet PHOTO, ART, TYPING lst Row, Left to Right: J. Balko, V. Karass, E. Liedolf, D. Lombardi, J. Spignesi, J. Gavigan, J. Richter, M. Catbone, M. Masttich, C. Vincent, J. Martin, P. Russo. 2nd Row: Francis Page, E. Knapp, G Peters, R. Miller, J. Andersen, M. Sudan, C. Stich, G. Kosma, R. Colosi,sR. LeMay. 3rd Row: A. Barker, E. Troide, N. Schmid, W. Zukowski, J. Lemos, H. Luperti. Karass, Gladys Peters, joan Richter, Norma Schmid, Ed Troide, joan Anderson, james Egan, Tom Hog- an, Edith Leidolf, joan Faye, and Francis Page. Mr. Keane organized a committee of typists with Mary Carbone. Jeanne Spignesi, Claire Vincent, Carla Stich, and Greta Myklebust, who did up the twice-typed tales to perfection. Miss Favrao's biography committee has inaugu- rated some really cataclysmic changes! Instead of the mechanical listing of impersonal activities, each graduate is endowed with his own private character sketch- The better to remember you with, my dear. We hope the whole Golden Year will be The better to remember with. With real gratitude to everyone who has formed it, we'll cherish it as we travel through the next half-century to another golden year. YEARBOOK BUSINESS STAFF lst Row, Left to Right: L. Zimmerman, M. Magnusson, P. O'Hata E. Roven, E. Baum, R. Schact, R. Rosenberg, W. Robinson, R Bloomfield, J. Coesens, C. Reynolds, G. Cerulli. 2nd Row: K. Bridge N. Goldman, F. Gilleski, M. Ulshen, C. Sigler, J. Fusci, D. Tamburri B. Guzek, M. Kesckes, A. Schacht, M. Rosen, B. Skolnick. w v THE BAND A distinctive and vital part of every Saturday afternoon football gathering was the Stamford High School Band. Rain or shine, victorious or defeated, we found this group behind the team. providing stirring music and arousing school spirit. Claiming many feminine members, with the result that this year's group was one of the best, the band was no longer a male organization. Displaying a line sense of timing to match their sense of ryhthm, the band showed its fancy marching routines and formations on the football held, pleas- ing both their fellow classmates and visiting on-lookers. Not only in the stadium could we hear the hne music of our band, but also in many public activities. Community parades would have been lacking much had the band not appeared in them. Willingly' the students gave of their talents so that Stamford High School might be well represented. Not forgetting to include their own school songs and those well-loved college tunes, the band entertained delighted SHS. audiences with fine renditions of everything from Brahms to Bop. ln spite of working under a handicap-the fact that so many good bands had gone before them and they had a reputation to uphold-the members of this band have adequately fulfilled our expectations and have come through with flying colors. As conductor of these versatile musicians stood Mr. Wfilliam O'Shaugh- nessy. a smiling. capable leader. admired and respected by the students who shaped this years group into one of the best ever to represent Stamford High School. Ending the golden years list of sparkling accomplishments, the band appeared in the graduation exercises in june. providing a htting climax to another season for the SHS. Band, lst Row, Left to Right: l. Davis, S. XVeisstnan, D. Boccagna, R. Martenson. XV, Koller, D. Richards, C. Laubrick, N. Jensen 2nd Row: XVilIiam O'Shaughnessy tDirettorJ. R, Markwartl, -l. Perna, V. Occulto, li Childs, E. Memsky, E. Francis, K Pribonic, L, Gabriele, R. Rich, G. Hoyt. A. Simonelli, A, Pagan. G. Crawford, A. Agule, P. Zwart, E. Dehfarco, R. Pizarello 3rd Row: T. Dunlap. il. Hanulik. B. Taub. li. Connors. P. Buthetto, W. Goggin, L. Kresmerv. WI. Lemos. nl. Selleck, D. Kreniclci L. Zalensky, L. Nitk, VI. Delhionaco, -ith Row: P. Rotante, I. Moses, C. Brown, ul. Hagan, M, Egan, T. Smith, L, Lasagna, W Harding, J. Krushel, W. Young, A. liurth, P. Paspalis, A. Klatsky, l. Mitchell. SENIOR CHOIR The Stamford High School A Cappella Choir was organized in September, 1955, by Mr. W. Raymond Randall with a balanced group of thirty-two singers and eight alternates. Since its organization, the choir has grown in size as well as in popularity until it has become one of the best known organizations in High School. This year's choir, one of the largest, totaling ll6 voices, has worked hard to preserve the fine reputation that has been built up by previous groups. As in years gone by, the demand for concerts displaying the varied repertoire has been great. In the Christmas season alone, the choir presented programs for Stamford Hall, the combined Service Clubs and our own student body. In addition to this, they performed at Dolan School and at an Arts for Youth concert. In February, the choir kept pace with the everachanging world and was televised over station WOR-TV. Again in the spring many programs were given, highlighted by the exchange concerts with the Mamaroneck choir. The choir, in addition to the leadership of Mr. Randall, has benefited by - Q- .K . the services of Miss Elfrieda Pfeiffer, who has not only capably filled her job i ' i ' gli L 'V F K as accompanist, but also has assisted in many other ways. 'I ir lilfif' Thus, as another successful year comes to an end, the choir of '49-'50 ii Fi' will perform for the last time at graduation exercises in June. With this final I. 5 gif!-. i t -,Rl display of its Hne and famous talent, it carries on the traditional spirit of per- Lil fection instituted by choirs of the past, and bequeaths this spirit to the choirs I of the future. As its golden tones float on the soft evening air, they will add their an lustre to a sparkling finale for this golden year. lst Row, Left to Right: C. Bennett, V. Hartwright, M. Jones, A. Sessa, G. Tripodi, L. Murphy, J. DiSette, B. Alswanger, P. Cantrell, M. Diddion, E. Karukas, N. Karbowske, J. Fickett, D. Altomare, H. Shaub, M. Meyers, R. Mernstein. 2nd Row: Miss Elfrieda Pfeiffer, C. Mancini, M. Slavinski, J. Nishimoto, S. Craigheatl, J. Dempsey, J. Altomaro, B. Moavero, J. Wienski, A. Lawrence, A. Volpe, M. Winsley, J. June, R. Pavia, B, Sven, A. Mitchell, P. Inzitare, D. Johnson, N. Couremenos, S. Moeckel, Mr. W. Raymond Randall. Std Row: J. Hagan, A. Blackman, L. Harvey, R. Sheridan, D. Malcolm, D. Levandowske, R. Meyers, L. Barrett, F. Brown, A. Atterbury, J. Yanyac, J. Semsel, N. Liebfarth, V. Alling, J. Swinnerton, M. Mariano, S. Jewell, H. Rash, Z. Parker, F. Dugan, B. Michelson. flth Row: E, Faryniarz, G. Kozma, S. Alling, E. Meehan, C. Stich, W. Lester, R. Nixon, R. Marciano, G. McLeod, P. Prince, E. Conklin, A. Truglia, S. Giuliani, J. Mareno, C. McCue, E. Hempstead, M. Magnusson, P. Meyers, M. Urban. Sth Row: W. Ragsdale, N. Boccuzzi, E. Lupinacci, J. Pearson, M. Marts, E. Somody, N. Cover, G. Phillips, J. MacConnell, R. Carpenter, J. Cullinan, J. Sassano, M. Macri, M. Gaynowski, W. Graves, President, F. Parker, J. Santangelo, A. Williamson, M. Altieri, P. Carpenter, F. Godfrend. 6th Row: J. Tooher, E. Pawlowski, H. Rockwood, R. Crutchley, W. Raymond, M. Lynch, R. Williams, D. Bogardus, M. Kranyak, J. Narajka, A. Totilo, R. Schuetz. l lst Row. Left to Right. B. PhiIlips.S.Printiotti.M.'I'.iy1.iritles, M. Kranyalc. XV. Raymond Randall. Qntl Row: C. Landrich, D. Richards, M. l.ox'.1llo, R. Carpenter, M. Rapa, S. I5t'tll.ttdyz. 3rd Roxy: XV. Koller, R. Blarlenson, J, Hanulilt, D, Boccagna, DI, Lt-tnos,l. l1l.tg.tn,'l'. Smith, C. Brown. gl. Petna. V. Uttulto. -ith Row: D, Kreniclti, A. Agule. S. Matari. ith Row: R. Dicken- son, M. Jamison. R. Markxyard, I. Davis, L. Gabrielle. THE ORCHESTRA l The Stamford High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. XV. Raymond Randall, provided good entertainment in the golden year of 1950 for both their fellow classmates and many outsiders. They gave a concert at a High School assembly, a performance at Dolan School, and collaborated with the A Cappella Choir in the production of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, which was recorded. This group of thirty-six boys and girls practices every fourth period, and many Stamford High students were pleasantly lulled by one or more of the many themes rehearsed. Some of the notable works studied were Bee- thoven's, 'Coriolanusf' Nicolais Merry Vifives of Windsor,', the Mozart Suite, and the Symphony in D Minor by Franck. Most of the orchestra members have been studying music, both in- strument lessons and such courses as harmony and music appreciation. Some expect to continue with music as a life long career. For them we predict a bright and golden future. II2 lst Row, Left to Right: Leon R. Corliss, F. Berardanelli, P. Wright, D, Mackin, VI, Esposito, B. Coleman, P. Tangi, E. Gasew- ski, M. Linc-han. M, XY'altcrs, DI. DePalma, L. Milligan, G. Kovacs, rl. Smith, M. VUalters, W. Ballo. Znd Row: V. Ward, M, Pearson, J. Hawkins. L Guarino. A. Bongo, KT. Martin, B. Cialitla, B. Moody, A. Jensen, S. Wilkes, E. Bonina, S. Templeton, P. Santore, R. Yanclli, Srtl Row: F. Gardiner, J. Carmel, C. Brown, A, Grasso, G, Uva, L. Przyhlowicz, D. Bowen, Y. Vitti, V. Lopiani, M. Perrel, J. Swann. H. Unnever. J. Sorbo, W. Horner. -ith Row: L. Hatdvall, A. Oslcer, F, Caputo, L. Gabrielle, L. Lasagna, J. O'Leary. H. Vossler, E. St. john. A new organization in the Music Department this year is the Sopho- more Mixed Choir. Under the baton of Mr. Leon Corliss, the choir, totaling fifty-five voices, has taken its place in the music curriculum of the High School. Since this choir is organized chiefly to train and prepare voices as candidates for the senior choir, its appearances are few. In the fall, the choir presented a Thanksgiving program for the school. This program includes many favorite and familiar songs. Again in june, it appeared as a part of the combined chorus, which is inevitably an integral 'part of the graduation exercises. Though still in its infancy, the choir has proved itself to be one of the fine organizations in our Music Department, and it has been very enthusi- astically received by the student body. Although this group still has much to learn, with such a good beginning it should not find difhculties in gain- ing further recognition. 113 GIRLS CHOIR A eomptrltlyely though no entxrely new orL1n1z1t1on IH Stlmford H1311 School IS the Glrls Chotr Thus ehoxr ts under the dxreetron of M155 Elfrred 1 Pfexfler Smee 1ts org 1n1z1 tron four e trs 1 to thus eholr hls tuned consrderdble reco rmtron for rtself md h1s troyyn 1 L- E mcredsmgly popultr tmong the student body The urls rehelrse recullrl ln the sm 111 audrtorrum ey er det 1s 1 credrted sub ect m is 1 Y Y J therr proy,r1ms Srnce therr hrst meetrng rn September they have bu11t up 1 xery fine repertotre Durrng the sprmg the ehorr tdmrmbly drsplay ed thelr yarted repertoxre uhrle per formmg 'lt 1n Arts for South Concert thus shovyrng thtt though young rn ftge the Chorr IS worthy of lnelusron IIT the Musre Dep1rtmentofSt1mford Hlgll School A progmm presented to the sehool cue thxs Choxr 1 second sttlee rn thelr brd for ftme In une the glrls xytll complete the yerr by combrnrny, yuth the Sophomore 1nd A C1ppe111 C:110lI'S for the IflL11I1OHl1 musre tt the grtdu ltron exererses Although tts 1et1y1 tres 1re not ts numerous ts those of other musre 11 0I'L,1ITlLlI1UIlS thts group h ts proy en to the school thtt tt rs deseryxntg of prnse The exempltry success of thus yetr s group rnsures the LOI'll'lI1Ll'lIlLL of the Crrls Chorr 6 Ax A 1stRoxx left to Rlcht M l1te1m,mn D Rzccmrdr B Montagnese T Confortr I Buzzeo M Gnordmo lllrudxl Pfe1Her I lxnlpy M Salxatore M M111er I Harrnson B Brown N C lltlflllfl Tn1Roxx M Loxello 'NI Dah NI Robmson I Murphy N Nayatxan C Saumell D Stoeluxell A H.11ton R lxearse j Brondo A GAVISAU I Sena B Grogmslen wre1Roxx S lxrohn I Mrttheyxs B Gruenet G Such I Johnstone C Strate H Gray A Gll1'IT15l I ,ll1Jl7LII9 M I.1m1son 'Nl Bochxecmo M Taylarrdes A Davis C Y1am1s I Benham 1th Ron I late E Bumescr H Graboxxslo R Holt L Goeghegan E Engrmto L DIXTIIILO A Lmsley M Boyd S - ,. ,r I v f A ' 1 V ,, ' ' ' f ' ' . . , t . D. . . ' , Q ' A L . L t' a . . ' L L . .. . ' e I , , , . . . . . .-, sv , , , , . t . t 1 t e ,, 1 Y , . . . X 3 L , V , , , . ,, , .. V. I Y . r t . . , L t , . . . . . . . ,I Qt ' f v - - s 1 - , f , W 'Q U A 1 . L 5 Q ' ' K l . - V, -. - , , ,- , 'rn , bl . yi I 1 . .. . . . 'IL' 1 . '. 'Q 4 't Que K' -gy . 1 ' 1 ' ' A JL L , ' L ' .- W . .Q - . .Q . X X- . . . ., -, N . . 1, , . 1.7, 1 v,, I 1 . K . . . . . , U, ,V . A, ,V , t . - Q ,rt '.' 'fe If . f rf- - 4' - E .. y y . .. . . . . ,, . ,U , . 1 .1 '11, ' ', ', L M ..t' , . ,., ' s . A -, . vi L., x 'I . .1 . f '.l . , . ', . , , - e- -2 , 's, , ',, ' ,' . ,e , , , , ,. , , ,. , . . . H , 4 , A .-. H . . . . . ,. , , , , , , , , ' ' ' v ' , . - ,. .y .1. . . , . , . ,. I -' -.' . - - v A v - y A 1 - v . 1. , . , . . lst Row Left to Right: P. Paspalis M. Hickey Barbara A. Kane Gladys M. Leonard Louisa A. Bohn. 2nd Row: J. Edward Hughes Robert M. Whiting Roy W. Hill Norton Rhoades, W Raymond Randall Assemblies for the school in this golden year of 1950 were produced through the conscientious effort of the Assembly Committee this committee chairmanned by Miss Gladys Leonard consisted of two student delegates as well as faculty representatives and met on a bi weekly basis to plan and coordinate future programs The committee efficiently made all the numerous arrangements for an assembly After choosing the program it rex iewx ed the presentation and then provided for the necessary stage day of the assembly The main objective of this committee was to bring together representatives of students and teachers to consider their complaints and requests Out of this caucus has come a fine series of assemblies which provide educational value as well as entertainment This year the committee has supported the Szren assembly the junior and Senior Plays an inspiring Christmas program with the A Cappella Choir and orchestra a debate between the arch rn al Debating and Political Science Clubs and a one act play by the Players Club The Assembly Committee represents yet another phase of progress to be recorded in our memories of the golden year ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE , , , 7 7 apparatus, took care of advertising, and organized with the office the bell schedule for the 5 7 , - . I . . . . - , . st Row left to Right Xl 1r 1r1t A Ouinn D e 1 A Alitemo R XX orlt J Xxlllflilxl Hun 1 U14 1 1stn N 4llll1'lI'l P Sllllll Vithsin 111 I lx 1 Xlt ut on 7111 Rt 1011s Xl XX eissmin l mtr x hill l unt li Ciuzelx A 1 11 Mn ll 1 Nl Plttt t Ron N Jug so r 1 1 lIlLl Nl Cvrunbet ', . ry no 1 s 1 1 rson uthtoi ll B Sny er K ll 1 1 I S 1 os 25.111, , Rabinoxs itz x' V The yeur 1936 saw the birth of the Players' Club, formed for those students who were LlT11I'IT11IlCf1lly inclined. During its fourteen yL'.1fS of existence the club has presented such delightful pl11ys LIS Si11g11po1't Spider' in IUE6. In l9-lil they presented The Kid Makes Up His Mind, Ll guy comedy of youth ill' Ll prep school. Other Players' Club babies were Betts Best Bet in 1943 11nd Miss Personality Plus in l9-16. Tl1is yCL1f the club elected 11s its president Martin 123111111 AIS its secretary Carol Reynoldsg as its vice-president Carol McCue. The organization is under the able supervision of Miss Gladys M. I.eon11rd. Included in its bi-weekly meetings are the presentations of short, interesting plays, each time by I1 different one of the groups into which the Club is divided. These friendly, informal meetings provide fun 11nd entertainment for all who attend. Ist Row, Left to Right: E. Bratton. M. Guth, V, Wilder, M. Urban, Robert M. Whiting, Gladys M. Leonard, Nell Burow, J. Martin, B. Guzck, J. Kellogg, N. Goldman. 2nd Row: M. Pletchny, R. Flynn. M. Egan. 1. Crowley, V. Stevens, R. Iiitts, G. Balcar, W. Raymond, M. Callum, J. Moore, P. Strelakos, C. Bridge, J. Wienski. The cue for a queue at the S.H.S. box office in November was the performance of Sidney Howards The Late Christopher Bean. as presented by the cream of the senior dramatic crop. With Miss Leonard, Mr. Whiting, and sundry crews and committees as theatrical angels, the production was a popular and pecuniary success. The auditorium shuddered with Doc Graves' earthly troubles. shone with Joan Kelloggs stellar interpre- tation of Abby. The footlights blinked twice at Natti Goldman and Bobby Guzek. husband hunters, and their ma, Joyce Martin. Martin Egan, the love interest, showed a convincing temperament. Complications were supplied by the tri-named Pete Strelakos, Jerry Balcar as the crypic critic, Davenport, and Marc Brownstein as the suave salesman, Rosen. The Class of '50 players fretted their last hour on the stage of S.H.S. in a performance perfect to a cue. 7 DANA PRESTON Preridenl 2-ll f Q ROSE ANN BARON Vice-Prerident LE CERCLE lst Row, Left to Right: D. Preston, President, Barbara Guzek, Treasurerg Mrs. Miriam W. Andersen, Sponsor, R. A. Baron, Vice-President, F. Roven. Secretary. Znd Row: J. Nishimoto, J. Kronholtz, P. Kelley, J. Frankel, T. Gold. P. Sloman. J. Bragin, A. Law- rence, B. Brown, D. Shovelson, A. Ferry. 3rd Row: P. Hickey, M. Strelakos, M. Forbes, M. J. Sommer, R. Work, A. Brenner. L. Zimmerman, A. Aliterno, G. Zauras, P. Fleckner. sith Row: J. Rabinowitz. G. Peterson. J. MacConnell, J. Freedman, L. Cohen. This year, while everyone was engrossed in the golden aura of '50, Le cercle francais was enchanted by pearl, the symbol ofa thirtieth anni- versary. Since the first rcmzimz of the club in 1920, as faithfully recorded in the book of minutes which is now entrusted to Sponsor Madame An- dersen. steady progress has been made. In addition to the keynote affording its members a chance to improve their French by constant usage, the program of the club has always given a high rating to enter- tainment, both amusing and educational. In 1928, when some of the club's meetings were held in Pythian Hall, the members themselves presented various musical numbers. This year the musical education of the club was enriched by Miss Elfreida PfeifTer's talk on French music, M. Buhle's first hand account of the modern French Chorale, and Madame Vaudreuils teaching of Le: clmmovzr dc Null to the members. In 1930 one program included folk dancers in appropriate costumes and another consisted of a French cwmfdie called Chez le Dentistef' Once again the present program schedule is parallel to former schedules, this year the playlet is still a comddie. but it is called L'homme Qui Epousa Une Femme Muettef' FRANCAIS lst Row, Left to Right: D. Preston, President, B. Guzek, Treasurer, Mrs. Miriam W. Andersen, Sponsorg R. A. Baron, Vice-President, E, Roven, Secretary. 2nd Row: D. Levnandowski, C. Gordon. I. Christensen, S. Munns, S. Shanen, G. Mainero, M. Drucker, ELAINE ROVEN Secrelary 1 . S Gerber, R. French, J. Cunningham, A. Kaplan. 3rd Row: B, Riley, A. Davis, P. Grun- BARBARA GUZEK beck B, Samer, I. Cohen, E. LaCroix. J. Parker, C. Harding, C, McCue, V. Alling. 4th Rom E. Zwart, E. Iiatvniarz, M. J. Boyd. I Southcomb. This club, one of the most popular and active in Stamford High, has held annual Christmas parties. abounding in Ujnie tic z'iz're and wishes for Joyeux Nuff. Another eagerly anticipated event is the annual trip to a New York theater for the purpose of seeing a French movie and the subsequent pilgrimage to find a restaurant which specializes in the fabu- lous art of French cuisine. This desire for excellent food has no doubt been the motivating force behind the refreshment-topped meetings. In addition to the play and the two musical programs, a magician performed for the combined Spanish and French Clubs and there was a gala 5Oth Anniversary Party that was attended by some of the first members as well as the present members. The club exists not merely as a source of entertainment for the mem- bers, but as a useful institution. The Genevois family in Paris continually received CARE packages and clothing from the French Club, financed by cake sales and white elephant sales. Under Madame Andersen's guiding hand and led by its officers-Dana Preston, presidentg Rose Ann Baron, vice-president, Elaine Roven, secretaryg and Barbara Guzek, treasurer- the club has achieved its purpose of promoting understanding of the French language and culture. Treamrer F1 DEUTSCHER VEREIN BERNARD TAUB President Bitte, die Versammlung in Ordnung zu-kommen was Presi- dent Bernie Taubs request for the Deutscher Verein to come to order. This years large membership in the German Club has proven that substantial progress has been made by Stam- ford High School students toward better understanding of foreign nations, and especially of Germany. German lore, songs, stories, custom and traditions gave the students a broader out- look on German life. Another important step has been taken in recognizing Germanys poverty-stricken position today, a reali- zation subsequently resulting in our sending packages of cloth- ing to her needy families. On the social side. a trip to New York was planned for the fall, including attendance at a German movie, and indulging in the famous German Ratsl-teller. The president, along with the vice-president, Pat Horton, secretary, Sondra Platsky, and treasurer, Lucille Yurkas, pro- moted the social highlight of the year, the German Club Christ- mas Party. Pfeffernusse. anis platchen. marzipan, and apfel- sinesaft reigned supreme, while the entertainment was second to none: lovely German songs. stories of Christmas traditions of other foreign countries. German folk dances, and gay and festive celebration. Contrary to our policy of isolationism in bygone days, we have now realized that an understanding of other foreign na- tions is imperative to world peace. and in this aspect do we salute the Deutscher Verein. and its able leader, Miss Enda Riordan. lst Row, Left to Right: H. Drentkhahn, B. Davies. D. Dempsher. N. Stadal, J. XVaterbury, P. Rosen, L. Yurkas, B. Taub, S. Platsky. B. Agule, rl. Lynch. G. Masiotas. N. Palodwar. C. Carlis. Znd Row: D. johnson, M. Sthalk, L, johnson. S. Parker. V, Vfilder. M. Masone. M. Suden, B. Hempstead, V. Hart- wright, j. Semsel. H. Jung, B. Gruener. M. Magusson. G. Kozma, J. Zurell, M. Hogan, A. Scharrenberg. 3rd Row: Enda H. Riordan, S. Gottfried, j. Hanulik, -I. Mellecker, C. Foerster. H. Beningson, T. Schiller, M. Marts, B. Bialy, A. Schmidt. bl, Lovallo, R. Sporbeck. C. Greene, R. lfurano, E. Schlam, G. Balcar, R. lfitzmaurice, L. johnson, B, Landau. li. Somody, Y. Brazel, W. Schalk, S. Schlager, S. Adelkopf. More than fifteen years ago, the ambitious, fun-loving in- structor, Signor Raoul d'Este Palmieri, assembled twelve mem- bers of the newly-formed Italian class of S.H.S. where the stu- dents partook of tales and tea, laughter and good food. It was with eagerness, therefore, that the pupils accepted the maestro's invitation to meet informally again. Thus was born the Italian Club of Stamford High School. In those days students hardly realized that at the half-century mark this same club would be one of the most popular in S.H.S., and renowned for its gigantic annual festivities. Yet, in spite of such rapid progress it has remained true to the theme upon which it was founded. The dinner dances held during the past few years are a far cry from the little tea which brought the club into existence, but they have retained the gay informality of that first afternoon. In mild weather the spirited members of the Italian Club still betake themselves to the home of Mr. Palmieri, to the lawn behind the house, for their garden parties. Here they dance beneath multi-colored lanterns, and here they relax and enjoy themselves, for that is the main purpose of the Italian Club-to be a source of pleasure for its members. Under the leadership of the same Signor Palmieri, assisted by officers Ralph Grasso, presidentg Nick Zaccagnino, vice- president, Lucille Sagnelli, secretary, and Rose Brancato, treas- urer, 1950 has been a record year for the Italian Club, both in membership and in festivities. RALPH GRASSO Preridem fSenior2 lst Row, Left to Right: R. Brancato, J. June, M. Fabricatore, Raoul d'Este Palmieri II, E. Suskewitz, R. Verrilli, L. Sagnelli. 2nd Row: N. Zaccagnino, A. Fedele, J. Vivona, N. Hargrove, D. Williams, V. De Angelis, P. Ceccolini, C. Redfield, L. Sementini, R. Grasso. 122 1 A Q CHARLES NEIGHBORS Pfesiden! ISu1iorI ' i EL CIRCULO CASTELLANO lst Row. Left to Right' E. Baum. M. Rosen. N, Sciglimpaglia, J. Wienski, R. Ackman, N. Goldman, C. Neighbors, A. Murray, N. Goggin, B. Daley, E. Gilleslti. A. Borg, M. Brownstein. 2nd Row: C. Sigler, B. Gordon, M, Lawler, B. Corbo. E, Karukas, D. Haynes. M. Chmiewlewski. A, Segoins, S. Schultz. R. Mernstein, A. Stefanowski. 3rd Row: R. Sayre. R. Schacht, A. Klatsliv. R. Dawson, Swift, Egan, E. Alpert. M. Schor, R. Rosenberg. El Circulo Castellano. under the able leadership of Miss Anita Murray, meets once a month in the small auditorium. When President Carlos Neighbors commands Attencion! the mem- bers immediately prepare for the business and entertainment of the meeting. The entire program of the session is spoken in Spanish. enabling the members to improve on the conver- sational language. For example. when Vice-President Marc Brownstein announces the roll call. the members respond by naming a Spanish city. or in some other unique manner. During this confusion. Edwin Baum. el tesorerof' is desperately trying to persuade the members to pay their dues. Surrounded by these male officers is little senorita Natalie Goldman, who records the minutes of the meetings in Spanish and fulfills many other important duties. The big social event of this season was the celebration of the Fiesta de Los Reyes Magosj' which is the Spanish Christmas. For the first time in the club's existence this party was held at night in the teachers' cafeteria. Under the direction of HSCEIOIJ, Bob Rosenberg. his committee decorated the room with Spain's gay national colors, red and yellow. As soon as the students and guests had arrived, refreshments were served by Mary Lawlor SPANISH CLUB EL CIRCULO CASTELLANO lNcw Members! lst Row, Left to Right: A. Mayctte. 1. Ingham. B. Galitla, N. Charlc-son. R. Verrilli, Miss A. Murray, R. Telesco, B. Cable, C. Scicli. M. Hixon, P. Wright. 2nd Row: J. O'Meara, B. Groginsky, E. Lawson, M. Sommer. VI, Longnecker, N, I-lecker, A. Yeomans, J. Abate, 1. Coesens, J, McMeekin, M. Jones. 5rd Row: M. Garnett, J. Fumega, N. Broder, E. Caswell, A. Lindsley, A. Fine, B. W'verz. C. Thompson, G. Peters, S. Abrams, J Wienski, W. Jacquette. 4th Row: E. Young, M. Siniawer, R. Brown, R. Smith, J. Neigh- bors. and her assistants. After the chattering had subsided and second portions of refreshments had been distributed, all attention was turned to Estelle Karukas and joan Wienski, the program chair- men, who introduced Mitch Siniawer, the celebrated ventrilo- quist, with his pal Elmer. In addition. specialty numbers were performed by Palma Tangi and Doris Dempsher. For the high- light of the evening the audience gathered on the stage of the large auditorium to try their luck at La Pinata. The object of the game is to break the large papier-mache ball which is Hlled with small prizes and much candy. However, the per- formers lind it quite difficult because they are blindfolded and la Pinata is constantly moving. After many students had unsuc- cessfully tried their skill, Mr. Hill stepped forward and made a direct hit. The prizes came tumbling out, and the students went dashing after them. Furthermore, this meeting was import- ant because it enabled all first-year students to get their first taste of El Circulo Castellanof' Other activities of the group were their appropriation of money for Spanish records, their correspondence with our South American neighbors and their observance of Spanish traditions and customs. 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', such top1cs as the effect of comtcs and movres upon R0NA,E2,,E,S,fjACHT DEBATING SOCIETY club under the sponsorshnp of M1ss Rlta Ryan Of the total of more than forty members the greatest tn tts htstory everyone has trted to contrrbute some thmg to the club From the leaders Ronald Schacht Cha1rman Edwm Baum parllamentarlan lngeborg Blass secretary and the executtve Com mtttee on down they have fulfilled the objecttves of the Debatlng Club a qulck mtnd a qulck tongue and a knowledge of world alfarrs They held 1 serres of debates and round table dlscussrons on It has been almost forty years smce the Debattng Soctety was founded the oldest club rn Stamford Hlgh and one of the most actrve Mr Nuttet re vxved tt when he came to Stamford rn 1913 and was then 1ts sponsor for twenty years The htgh argumentatrve capacmes of the members have made the slogan of the Debat1ng Club Any s1de of any argument anytlme anywhere The golden year has been a banner one for the chnldren management and labor the rmmrgratnon quota Communtsm and the electoral college There have also been several tradltlonal rrvals Mother of God Academy and Farrfleld Preparatory School The Socrety also debated wtth tts arch rrval the Pol1t1cal Sc1ence Club The Debatmg Socrety has seen almost all the fifty years of the last half century and st1ll hopes that tts future years w1ll lrke th1s be golden ones lst Row Left to Rxght P lnzntatte S Shanen B Lessard j Bragln E Baum Parlxamentarlan I Blass Secretary R Schacht Chanrman R Work G Zavras M Sommer P Hickey 2nd Row A Ferry P Grunbeck V Wrlder F Alexander R Mlller E Isaacs J Khmoy J Odomxrok 3rd Row Rrta M Ryan Advxsor J Dong J Rabmowttz G Balcar J Freedman E Somody S Adelkopf . .5 wc. , -,Y Y W . . . 1 3 ' 4 4 , , - r I - I Y 3 7 3 7 1 3 l , 2 'i s ,t . 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Y L 1 1 , 1- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 - , 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 , 1 V Y J' 71 , 1 r - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . . , . 1 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 . 1 - - 11 11 - 1 'X' . lr' Lil - I-at 'C lst Row Left to Rrght G Tarenzno J Carlson I Blass A Brenner P Rosen 2nd Row J Bragrn N Goggrn E Baum S Platslty Mr johnj Dunn B Landau S Gotrfned N Burke A Borg 3rd Row M Betl-.er R Bloomfleld G Peters J Scheller R Schacht M Schor C Nerghbors V Comrto S Svuft J Odomrror POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB In nmeteen thrrty three a group of students mterested rn wrdenrng therr understandlng of state and world affarrs organ rzed one of Stamford Hrghs most outstandrng groups the mg and explamrng to 1ts members problems of natronal and mternatronal rnterest has been perpetrated wrth the assrstance of movres promrnent speakers student debates round table drscussrons and forums Frfty years of progress have led the restful secure l1fe of mneteen hundred 1nto war and revolutron socxal upheaval and unrest and the novel and untrred socral and screntrfrc experr ments of a new atomrc age To strmulate and d1rect the students thrnkrng on these srgmficant affarrs the club has presented several speakers who del1vered explanatory and rnterpretrve talks Mrss Belanrch for mstance detalled the Cond1t1ons of Europe today and Mr Zdanow1cz outlmed the pollcy and mechanrsm of the government rn newly consolrdated Stamford for the benefit of the members In the tradmonal tussle wrth the Debatmg Socrety the latter s afhrmatrve team won thns year on Should Communrsm be outlaw ed rn the Umted States? This year under the leadershrp of Mr Dunn the group has met br monthly under the officer d1rect1on of Ben Landau presrdent Edwm Baum VICE presrdent Sondra Platsky secre tary and Srdney Gottfrred program cha1rman BEN LANDAU Preszdent l - y - I 7 y - 1 - ' X ' s A Q - 1 - a - 1 . ' , . I . , I . A ' ' , .V ,I . , . , . , - , - s - v - ' y - - ' v I I 4 , . . . , , . . ' . ' if M Polrtrcal Sctence Club. Th1s year the Club s objectrve of clarrfy- , . 1 a x ' I ' A , . I . , 7 7 2 . - ., . , 9 t , - 4 , - 3 7 ' lst Row Left to Rrlght Stuart Palmer Iames lxcane Fredernclt Hawes D Galpa Edrtor J Edvard Hughes A Marrano Edntor Mrs Yrletn lxropp Maxo Sorgman Lester Myers Znd Rovs E Lerdolf M M'asone J Choylte I' Conttta M Wrnslu Nl Grordano L Ruggrero A Lop1ano I Ballxo G Roche 3rd Rovs P Olalara I Barosltx A Chanlltr B Butltoxsltx M Ulshen R Sabra C Plcatagglo I Cousrns 13 Vvucrz I Antltrson I Stutn on lth Ron L Cohen NI Lynch N Schmrdt A Reynaud P Battrnclll C Ntrphbors C Butler I Xelar I' Ixnapp E Trord H Lupert B Myers A Barker T' DOLORFS GAIPA Editor TIIE SIREN To prrnt the news and student vxews was the slogan xxhtch procleumed once agaxn that the Szren pencrls were on the loose The four page barometer of student oprnrons proved a werrtable meltrng pot of talent footvs eary ads and black rnk Poetry edrtorrals feature storres and strarht news sprang from the pens of Mr R Stuart Palmer s understudres Contrrbutrons of rnterested bystanders added to the feelrng of school partxcrpatron Other reportorral and feature columns gave lrvely mjec trons to the Szrefz th1s year such as sports vxrrtrng personal rnteruevss Interestrng Personalltres students In the Llmelrght and frrendly g0SS1P The Aprrl Fool s edrtron turned back the clocks hands for subscrxbers and traced lmprovrsed drgm tarles of a half century Thrs was one of the sales breakmg rssues of the Press of Stamford Hrgh as thrs golden year calendared another successful attempt to make the new feel at home and to keep the old vxell rnformed t + 2 Q -E ' - W , f 2 ' f f ,L , , . . . , . - 1 - 1 y 7 . ,Q y y - v v '. 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VL - 7 I t Y CLICK CLUB Except ln the Famrly Album one would thmk the daguerrotype forgotten rn th1s fast progresslng world but a collectnon of daguerrotypes and tm types belonglng to the Clrck Club show the hrstorr cal development of the photograph and the portrart techmques of dlfferent eras The Clrck Club was formed rn October 1949 under the leadershxp of Mr Myers and IIS elghteen members are mdeed p1oneers 1n a new and expand mg field Some of th1s year s hxghlrghts were demon stratrons on Contact prrntrng and enlargmg lectures and demonstratrons by well known photographers and a v1s1t to a commercral photography plant Here the members noted opetatrons 1n professnonal developmg and prmtrng Many prctures were en tered rn the Kodak Fourth Annual Competrtxon therr work berng rated very hrgh rn compar1son wrth that of other schools An exh1b1t1on of the members photographs was the conclusron of the years work VALVERDINE DEANGELIS C hazrman 1st Row Left to Rlght E Rlchmond W Dunn W Zukowskx R Colosn V DeAngel1s Lesterj Myers H Lupertl R I.eMay M Snyder D Gaston - 1. - H f v y . v s s . , . . , . . 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JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE Tnme marches on most of the xxorld m1rches xxlth lf but exen 1n thxs modern age mldxxay ln the txxentteth century xxe snll respect 1nd study tl1e Cl1SSlLS Tl1e atm of the unxor Ql1ss1c1l Le1gue IS to keep burnlng tl1e torcl1 OfLl1SSlCllC1W1llLlIlOfl The Sf1mf0fd Hnbh School Chapter of thns n.1t1on vxtde org1n1z1t1on xx IS begun some ye1rs ago by Dr Mathtldt A Koehler and has flourtshed 1nto an extremely aenxe group under her gutdxng h1nd Early IH tl1e tlrst school semester St1nley Kozlol xx IS chosen to head the club for thts ye tr joan Nlsh :moto xx 15 eleetedx lee presldent 1nd M1r5,1retH1clc ey bec1me mtnute keeper Under these ofhcers the club produced 1 lughly successful re1son At the meetnngs dtseussrons ffllgllf .1r1se on Romm archr tecture poss1bly on anctent Rom 1f1 foods or about the great heroes of the early L1t1n countr1es These talks reflected tl1e spnrtt of the club and the desnre to become more flmllllf xx 1th the cultural herrtage of the western vxorld STANLEY KOZIOL PreJnI'c nt lnste td of l10lLllf1g 1 CllI'lSIID IS PIII, tl1e L1I'llO1' C llSSlL1l lL1l,LlC celcbmteel the old Rom1n fCSI1V1l of S1turn1l11 xxhxeh occurred txxo xxeelxs before C llI'lSfIUlS The fcsttx 1l h 1d 1 sertous slde xx 1th short comments on the RllH1lH Hebruc 1nd Cl1I'lSIl1l'1 xxcre sunt, 1nd the 1mmort1l Qflb hte xx lS ptssed Tl1e ott1c11l ereetnng., of tl1e cl 15 xx IS not Merrv C,hr1stm1s but lo S1turn1l11' il-l11l Slfllffllb Here 1nl9D0 xxe cm look baclxxx lrn 1nd see the unror Cl1ss1c 11 League 1ccompl1sh1ne nts job lst Row Left to Rnght M HlClxCy J Nrshnmoto Dr Mathxlda A Koehler S Koztol 2nd Row E Karukas B Wtlser A Geordano R Acl-.erman B Daley P Sloman M Pletchny R Work 3rd Rovx D Levxandoxxskn E Larson L Murphy C Tlecher J Longneclcer M Sommer S Parker J Meelxln 4th Rovx I Sehenn H Schaffer R Lncht S Schultz S Boccuzz1 H Burns J Southcomb 5th Row M Pompadur, D Broadhurst A Studxxell J Randall,J RSDIHOVIIZ, D Berman, L Cohen Not plctured R lNI6fl'lSCCll'1,J Scheller,j lranlxel,j Sutherland, A Kaplan, M Drclc, H Boyowslcx, F Robmson . 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' , . , . , JOSEPH SASSANO Prerident Possibly the most significant example of fifty years of progress in Stamford High is the develop- ment of our School Council. ln 1900 the idea of a student representative body would have been unheard of radicalism but in 1947 the School Council was formed in which teachers students and custodians meet to consider the various school problems Although the Council has advisory power only it is tremendously active and useful The Council has for the last three years sponsored the gala Foot SCHOOL COUNCIL ball Dance, which this year shattered all attendance records for a school social. Also, the Council under- took and did some fact-finding to answer the many complaints of the students. Since the Council has joint control over the school fund with Mr. Hill, it has in the course of the year refused and recom- mended various expenditures. Mrs. Louisa Bohn, one of the founders of the Council, was faculty leader again this year, proving to be a highly efficient, understanding leader. This year the representatives elected joe Sassano presi- dent, joan Daly vice-president, and joel Friedman secretary. Mr. Louis Martinelli was the representa- tive from the administration Mrs. Ellen Campbell represented the class advisers Dr Mithrlda A Koeh ler represented the faculty at large and the cus todians delegated Mr Dominic Cvermano Now in this the golden year we look back at the laudable achievements of the Council and we look ahead to another fifty years of progress in student democracy lst Row Left to Right Mr Dominic Germano Mr Louis Martinelli Mrs Louisa H Bohn Dr Mathilda A Koehler Mrs Ellen K Campbell 2nd Row J Rabinowitz j Sassano J Daly S Craighead Barbara Greene P Paspalis H Schaffer M Callum J Freedman 3rd Row I Christensen M Agostino P Tangi K Bridge J Blssalllon E Karukas M Hickey W Zales 4th Row S Acker man R Pizarelo J Fusci C Studwell D Zeppiero 4 4. , 1 . . . .1 . . ,, . 1 ' ' ' . L , . . . ' ' 4 , ' 1 , 1 , , . . . . , , L a . . L . s 1 . . 4 7 4 1. 7 . . . . , 1 1 4 . 4 4 4 - , . . , . , . . , . 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X . gxxxx x n fu A A yy 'Ex ?71 Q A, 1 fw V GX ri -Q t 4' X 3 f X. , ATHLETIC The Athletrc Advtsory Commrttee estabhshed rn l947 IS under the supervrsron and charrmanshrp of Mr John Baggs The commrttee was orgamzed to determrne the athletxc pol1c1es of the school and to develop plans for governmg the xarrous mtramural and rnter scholastrc sports The Councll rs composed of the prmclpal the supermtendent one member of the faculty the physrcal educatron drrectors the coach mg staff and the pres1dent of the SHS School Councll The marn functtons of the A A C are the dtrectron of athletrc pol1c1es the determtnauon of arms obyectrves practrces and constderatron and drsposrtron of the budget for all athletrcs The Councrl meets once a month to dxscuss any problems vshrch may have arrsen and to formulate plans or to make suggestrons for the rmprovement of athletrc pol1c1es and procedures The pol1c1es that are approsed by the Councxl must be adhered to unless they are found to be unsatrsfactory and then they can be changed only by the xote of the Coun The chairman acts as admrnrstrator and he endeax ors to see that all branches of athletxcs co op erate ruth each other The coaches are glven free dom III the selectxon of opponents provxded that the selectron comes mthrn the Councrls standards and also vw 1th1n the lrmrtatrons of the approved bud et COUNCIL JOHN CAMPBELL Stadru m At thrs trme revenue from the football games rs the support of the vtrde range of warsrty sports whrch for the grrls mcludes hockey basketball base ball and badmmton and for the boys track tennls golf cross country soccer baseball basketball and football There rs also some rnterest 1n beglnnrng 1ce hockey and lacrosse The rncome from football has been greatly reduced so other ways to mcrease our rncome must be found rf our broad sports pro gram rs to contrnue The Athletrc Advrsory Councrl IS now planmng to formulate a new standard rn the varsrty award requrrements gomg rnto effect rn September, 1950 1st Row, Left to Rlght Asst Prrncnpal Alton L Rhoads, Prmcxpal Roy W Htll, Charrman John Baggs, Supermtendent of School Regmald A Neuwren, J Sassano, Presrdent of the Student Councll 2nd Row Raymond P Booker, Wrllard H Kemp, Jr , Mxss Susan J Bertrand, Head Coach Paul J Kuczo, Mrss Frances Ballard, Jack O Lockery, Walter C O Meara . . . . . - ' , 1 ' ma -, 5 L, . c - tt, 1 1 1 , 1 ' ' 1 - 1 i 1 . a v 9 f a ' , 1 1 , , 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' ' , a ' l ' v' 1 ' 4 J 1 - 7 a 5 Y - . V . a 1 ' a s s crl. , - , , - 1 . ' ' ' . 1 1 1 , i - ' 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 - - , , . 1 r , ' 1 1 . . . , . . ' 1 . . . . . Y. . , . . , L . . . 1 1 1 lst Row R. Pizarelo, J. Bisaillon. 2nd Row: J. Smith, S Pappas J. Toner. 3rd Row: D. Altomare, E. Karp, J Ohero 4th Row: R. Holt, M. Daly, I. Benham. Sth Row A Berardi, B. johnson. G. Terenzio. CHEERLEADERS Give a cheer! Yes, a cheer to an assemblage of girls who are meritorious of our praise. The efforts of both the football and basketball reams could not have been so successfully completed without the spirited spark of our cheerleaders. Our squad has rapidly progressed in the past ten years. Aforetime the cheerleaders wore long, orange corduroy skirts with heavy sweaters. Today, our girls wear attractive, flaring skirts, sweaters, and cute beanies perched atop their heads. There was a time when there were fellows on the cheering squad also, but in the past few years the turnout has been largely girls. The girls were drilled by the Misses Ballard and Bertrand, who did an excellent job, as we so clearly saw from the bleachers. The fine efforts of our illustrious group of girls was acknowledged at the annual football dinner. We, as members of the Stamford High School, are proud of the excellent work of this group and know that it will continue to improve in the many won- derful years in the golden future of S.H.S. They rtrained their feminine voicef By rbouting for Ilaeir pair. S0 now let'r give a great big cheer For our cheerleading galr. 'I37 .I , TllVIRLERS f 'ff f i f Eyes forward! The S.H.S. drill squad is passing in review. The squad steps rhythmically to the beat of the drums, while all eyes await the signal for the troupe to twirl their barons. Wliat a wonderful spectacle our drill squad has presented during the football games! Their perfor- mances, adding color to the golden autumn days and spirit to our hard-fighting teams, have been anxiously awaited by the multitude attending the games ever since the squad was formed in 1947 under the direction of Major T. Totilas. The uniforms worn by the girls have changed considerably in the past few years from those with long, black skirts to the very smart uniforms that were instituted this year, the short skirts, bell-boy jackets, and white boots gave the squad a new look. The girls deserve credit for all their long hours of routine practicing and our appreciation is exten- ded to Mr. Jaiven for his wonderful organization. The whistle has blown! It brings to a close another execution of the talents of the drill squad, who have successfully twirled the name of S.H.S. to illustrious acclaim. lst Row, Left to Right: E. Montanaro, D. Lombardi H Rush. 2nd Row: N. Burke, M. Salvatore, B Moavero 3rd Row, L. Pacelli, P. Tangi, B. Kuczo. Smilb illilkcif IO Agtzfmt Grewzzcicb - 'l Drziloli Pzzlfcff Dozwz by Norzztzlk .Sit f2f7f7l'HtQ Neil' Briltzizz FOOT JACK LOCKERY 1n crisp autumn. King Football marched into Boyle Stadium with his boon companions, Chills, Thrills, and Spills. This year as usual, SHS. battled a schedule of Connecticut's best, The Forty-nine edition of our grid machine was a tribute to head coach, Paul Kuczo, in his twenty-first year, and to Buddy O'1N1eara and Jack Loclcery. The Lock City juggernaut whitewashed visiting Flushing High, 20-03 then shifted right into second by shutting out the New Britain men, 7-O, In our third outing, an eighty-yard march in the last ninety seconds defeated the Hillhouse aerial circus. In the next two jousts, an aroused Ansonia team stalemated us. 12-12, but Collegiate Prep was easily subdued. 22-12. Cen- tral's collection of speedy scat-backs and a hard-charging vet- eran line got their break when Ralph Gravino scooted eighty yards for the hrst and last touchdown of the day. As the game- ending gun sounded, our new electrical scoreboard readz Home-O . . . Visitors-7. Bouncing back from this heart- lst Row, Left to Right: Ifranlx Pironto, Walter Lester, XX'alter Dahlgren. Glenn Gray, ,lack Nizolelx, Phil Prince, Clarente Cameron, Larry Depaolo. 2ntl Row: Coach P. liutzo, Nitk Santisero, -lohn l7.1fl'il1L11'SI,-lOSff17ll Macari, Pere Mullins, Russ Gladwin, .lohn Morgan, Phil Booker, Vince Barnett, Sclztcnzczzttr ffl II N5 P nlvwlflli 'I' ,- mi 55: , . is ,. ., Mil: , A Jw. 4-AS -1:52155 Af LIE' 1' KAAQ 3 A ff Q 'sv ivw ' ' P., 3-'19 X . ku:fE.vg.1 . , , 1+ 'Jw '19 KP Q . kf't'Avia'tfx,5llA-1 ,i 4 ' 3 ,dwg otecling Cameron w , I Z Y s wi' rs by. ,g, ik -X . 651 4 lst Row Ltfi to Right: J. Cullinan, C. Cameron. G. MtLeod, P. Kuczo, W. O'Meara, J. Nizolek, R Nixon D. Batura. Znd Row: XV. DeLeo. J. Matari, J. Holt, B. Michelson, F. Dugan, R. Goings J Hagan. This year's basketball team was off to a hard luck start with losses to three tough com- petitors in Ansonia, Darien, and Central, but our boys rebounded from these setbacks and began to settle down and carve themselves a place in state ranks. They handed the highly touted Danbury quintet a defeat that was extremely gratifying at that particular part of the schedule. Yet, in the next three games with Roger Ludlowe, Norwalk and Fairfield Prep, the boys couldnt seem to hnd the hoop. They met these set-backs graciously, and recuperated to win three straight games before being headed again by Fairfield Prep and Central. Another joyous note was registered as Stamford trounced the favored Warren Harding team 54-32. Darien. West Haven and Danbury made things look bleak for a while, but smiles radiated once again when we broke into the win column at Ansonias expense. We suffered at the hands of Stratford but our fighting team finished the season in a blaze of glory by winning the last three games, and thereby gaining admission to the C.I.A.C. championship tournament. This season was marked by many superb individual performances. Bruce Michelsen and George McLeod headed the scoring column with 187 and 168 points respectively. Nizolek follovved close behind with 1 iw points to his credit, while DeLeo tallied 129. Baltlmg It Out With Greenuzcb 140 BASKETBALL TENNH lst Row, Left to Right: R. Nystrom, J. Scheller, R. Content, Coach Nicholas R. DeVita, C. Neighbors, S. Ackerman, P. Mullins. 2nd Row: R. Cowley, J. Camp- bell, J. Montenegro, P. Vidulich, M. Loughran. 3rd Row: E. Haight, V. Lup- inacci, R. Palumbo, 1. White. 4th Row: J. Tooher, E. Alpert, J. Rabinowitz. 5th Row: F. DeNicola, L. Cohen. The aim of our tennis coach, Nicholas De Vita, is to have a championship squad, and Stamford's better-than-average standings in the recent campaigns have given him good reason to believe that power squads are forthcoming. The slate of the present tennis team includes some of the opponents of the Hrst S.H.S. teams, such as Rye, New Canaan, Greenwich and Bassick. Last year's tennis squad included fifteen boys and suffered but three setbacks while triumphing seven times. The team, including Mike Billone, Pete Redfield, and Phil Cipre, also made an excellent show- ing in the County Tennis Tournament. Ehrich Haight, Bob Nystrom and Lenny Cohen will form the nucleus of this year's squad, which has good potentialities. CHESS lst Row, Left to Right: N. Bechert, B. Landau. 2nd Row, J. Scheller, E. Baum, J. Sterling, J. Doig, S. Schlager, J. Mel- lecker, Walter T. Selg. Check! Checkmate! These are the symbolic cries of the chess team. In the 1949 season, Coach Walter T. Selg's varsity team won the Fairfield County Championship. This is Stamford's second titleist team in eight years. Since the introduction of the game into Stamford High in 1933, no team has ever risen to the heights achieved by the '49 team. The team won all their games until they met Central in the last match and dropped this finale. Mr. Selg accredited Captain Hans Christensen and Ben Landau, who won seven straight games, with leading this assault on the Fairfield County Chess League, backed up by jim Doig, Joe Scheller, and Burkhardt Weiss, and substitutes, Edwin Baum, john Roberts, and Nancy Bechett. - 42 TRACK Stamford Highs 19,19 track team was one of the most successful teams to emerge from S.H.S, in a long time. This stellar aggregation won all of its dual meets with Warren Harding. Greenvvich, Norwalk and Fairlield Prep by bounteous margins, and captured the coveted Fairfield County Ch.unpionship. By lighting hard, the team gained a second place in the state-wide meet. losing out to the iirst place winner by only four and one-half points. This exemplilies the teamwork .md the well-balanced working of the squad, for while the first place school had tive lirst places to her credit. all we had gathered were second places and lower. Victories took the form of sweet revenge in our setting-down of the many intertown rivals. The boys who scored repeatedly all season long got their due reward in the 100, Robinson with a first in the broad jump. and Crane coming through with a first in the pole vault. In this meet Stamford placed in each and every event. Instrumental in our many vic- tories were john Gritiin, Buny Vaccaro. Norman Cover. jimmy Montenegro, and others too numerous to mention. Coach Booker expresses high hopes for the l95O squad. This years squad will be headed by Captain-Elect Fred Robinson. Others from whom much is expected are Norman Cover. Jackson Britt. joe Sassano. Bill Raymond. jimmy Montenegro, Al Lupo, Tommy Vfright and many other willing contributors. lst Row, Left to Right: A. Lupo, J. Doig, A. Lorenti, H. Richter, E. Bisaillon, G. Fagan, T. McCormick, E. Frances, T Wright F. Robinson, J. Parkhurst. 2nd Row: Manager A. Semsel, R. Crane, R. Rich, C. Vaccaro, J. Sassano, D. Vann, G La Police J. O'Connell, R. Booker, E. Gardella, R. Howard, N. Cover, R. Furano, F. Dugan. Znd Row: Coach Raymond P. Booker A Staak, L. Bennett, J. Narajka, W. Raymond, N. Stone, A. Shanen, J. Grifhn, R. Fitts, P. Kotosky, G. Phillips, D Lewis J Britt, J. Stobbie, R. Gladwin. - - SOCCER Fifty years of progress in physical education have broadened the scope and number of extra-curricular sports. Of these sports, many boys have elected the rough-and-tough game of soccer, which has been included in the agenda for about twenty years. This year thirty boys make up the ranks, and all. whether sophomores, juniors, or seniors, whether poor, good, or only fair players, have had a chance to boot the leather in most of the games. Outstanding this year were such gulp-in-boots as Lucky Sentementes, Roman Boyko, George Gardone, Walt Schalk, James McCann, George Manjuck, and Larry Avignone. From these soccer enthusiasts has come a string of victories. Norwalk was grounded twice by the same score, 4-0, and Greenwich lost two contests with the respective scores of 6-1 and 1-0. Fairheld Prep was beaten with the l-O tally, and Peekskill's second game under- went the same trial with the verdict of 2-l in our favor. The only tie of the season was with Fairfield, 1-lg and we suffered only two-set-backs: West Point, 7-O, and Peekskill, 1-0. Then in the county tournament, S.H.S. took Hillhouse 5-O, but lost the state championship to Wheathersfield, 3-O. The improvement of equipment of the various teams is strikingly evident in the soccer teams gear. Although the equipment coffers of the soccer team are far from over- flowing, there is enough to go around, and the actual playing facilities are good. lst Row Left to Right: E. Healy, J. Pasick, W. Schalk, O. Schlunkofer, G. Millecker, R. Boyko, L. Sentimentes G Cross G Gardone G Manjuck, L. Krushel. 2nd Row: Manager E. Schlam, M. Callum, T. Ottaviano, 1. LaRusso, J. McCann N Larson W Broadhurst, L. Avignone, R. Furano. D. Berman, F. Caputo, J. O'Leary, C. Sharman, J. Brown, Raymond P Booker CROSS COUNTRY Any afternoon during the fall, one can walk into Michael A. Boyle stadium and watch one of our unsung athletic teams practice diligently and compete with the true S.H,S. spirit. The sport is cross-country. This year, as in many previous seasons, Stamford High has been represented by a hustling group of runners. Under the excellent tutelage of Coach Ray Booker, himself a great runner in his day, our harriers had one of their best competitive schedules, compiling a record of six triumphs and two defeats. The two defeats were at the hands of Greenwich, who placed another great team on the overland grind. On home ground, S.H,S.'s distance aces ran such rivals as Norwalk, Roger Ludlowe, and Warren Harding into the ground, over our two and one-half mile course. As a visiting team, our boys continually rubbed salt into their enemies' wounds by belting them soundly on their home territory. Our best runners competed in the state and county meets. proving them- selves among the best in Connecticut. With only two seniors, Al Lupo and Norm Stone, lost through graduation, our next year's team shapes up as another top-rung crossrcountry squad. Returning to the next year will be such standouts as Tom XX'right, jack hlamieson. Bill Zboray, and Frank Barrardinelli. lst Row, Left to Right: I. Kresmary, -I. Hancock. XY . Zhoray, J. Jamieson, W. Meyers. 2nd Row: Manager L. Zalenski, j. lireedman, S. Schnider, A. Baker, N. Stone, T, Wright, A. Lupo, Coach Ray- mond P. Booker. ,M Sitting, Left to Right: P. Telep, C. Dastoli, R. Pustair, W. Mono, R. Attanasio, P. Prince. R. Nixon, D. Batura, -I. Cullinan, V. Barnett, R. Goings. Standing, Left to Right: W, O'Meara, Assistant Coachg F. Mazzola, N. LaRusso. Captain, R. Crutchley, G. Sentementes, E. Molaskey, R. Vitti, A. Miranda, M. Del.eo, J. Holt, P. Kuczo, Coach. BASEBALL Str-iii-ke Three! No other sport in the world can compare with baseball for excitement, interest and thrills for players and spectators alike. During the past half-century, the sport has grown and become so popular that today it is called Americas National Pastime. Here in S.H.S., baseball soared to great heights last year, as Coach Paul Kuczo's bril- liant ball club copped the State Championship for the second consecutive year with an enviable record of nineteen wins against only five setbacks. Two regular starting moundsmen, Dick Haggerty and Funzy Miranda, were the main sparkplugs. Stellar performances were rendered by shortfielder Ralph Bonus Vitti, hot-corner specialist Nick LoRusso, and fly-chaser Edward Moe Molaskey. The coach will have much new talent to chose from this spring, in addition to regulars, George Sentementes behind the plate, Bud Saunders at the initial sack, Bob Attanasio at the keystone position, and Dick Nixon and Punk Cameron patrolling the cow-pasture. The new pitching department will boast Bob Crutchley, jim Cullinan and Dick Pustari. N174 i3?tT1ZZY.2?, iS:.f'rEZ,i?hi50f'SiilliS.ki5.' EQQEZTSZ FOOTBALL PROGRAMS B. Miller, J. Remski, P. Palumbo, B. Montag- UCSC. This year the talents of the journalism Class extended to include the football programs, with their listings of starting line-ups, players' numbers, and officials' signals. Co-edited by Maurice Lynch and joan Choyke and sponsored by Coco-Cola, the programs also included prose and pictures perti- nent to a pig-skin pageant. ,IJ . I A '- KX , A ij ' f , fu.. I f' Qfmf'5 'n'6.6Q.v' ' 1 I f Q X ina f 1be W X g s H 1 X ,nfifgltj QYQXM , ' . Q' T 3 f y If 5 ,Q E :f U' lffly . 10,04 is Q me - , . ' 3 f 5, w. A Q Aww! 3 ' was x 5 1: V54 X, Qi 2, I if ffl W 4 krftf sm ' 1 pi ,!H,...'A K ri-45538. X. 'Q Q 2 'X .N 'lm 51111 5 fl? Y . 2 .M ,ff '?' 1 ' 3 ' N-. .. rw 11 df I mi f ' x 1 , E ,X I . i 7 9 A , 311, ksiglfx ' fx r.,. J., X , A5061 i lst Row, Left to Right: D. Johnson. M. Sthalk, J. Wienski, L. Francis, A. Lawrence, M. Daly, l. Benham. 2nd Row: A. Pia, M. Ottaviano, M. Ferraro, V. Alling, J. Ludwig, C. Virgin, ll. XY'aterbury. 5rd Row: M. Phelps. R. Sileo, L. john- son. D. Kuczo. S. XY'ill:s. H. -lung. J. Brandenburg. H. Mott, 1. McTigue, G. Rewalk, L. Przybylowicz. S. Alling, Miss Susan Bertrand. lst Row: J. Harrison, M. Daly, J. Ludwig, M. Ferrero, M. Ottaviano, R. Sileo. 2nd Row: C. Virgin, A. Pia, 1. Wienski, L. Johnson, B. Kutzo. S. Alling, V. Alling. GIRLS BASKETBALL To flue top fbefe player! bare atcefzded, Till in rirfory their rearotz but emlea',' Selling mu' 1'emrfl.r over olfl. Tlveir .f1fcfe.fr vzufzy limer will be tolfl. This has indeed been the greatest girls' basketball team in the history of Stamford High School. Prov- ing their worth against the challenging teams of Norwalk, Wlestport. Darien, and New Canaan, they have shown their spirit and have come out on top all through the season. Marianna lierraro, Marie Ottaviano, Sue Alling, -loan Ludwig. Annabell Pia.Marie Dalyuloan Water- bury. Anne lawrence, Rose Sileo. Connie Virgin and Ginny Alling. experienced from last year's varsity. have toxvered over all opposition with the best basketball we have seen in many a year. VOLLEYBALL Flfzflting tzlnenrl zviflu z'ic1m'y in miml, Om' foam bca! all of Ibct ber! kifzrl. Ona' zzmre tm mole mn' plate 011 lop, For in gtzining .scorer we izezer Jlop. The girls of Stamford High School show a definite preference for the game of volleyball. Since the game doesnt require a great amount of physical strentgh, the practice has originated of combining the boys and girls on competing teams. The wide popularity of this game has prompted the selection of volleyball as one of the many games highlighted by playdays at other schools. This year our long-standing rival. Darien, invited us to a playday at their school. This was one of the outstanding events of the year, as we spent a grand afternoon showing our best in sportsmanship. TEAMS SOFTBALL Over lbe green 156111 Ike ball roared! One of our playoff anolber point rcoredy Oar bareball team bar paired ilr left: lVe have proved that zve are one of the bert. Play Ball! The pitcher stopped, looked around, and threw in her first ball. It was immediately taken up and smacked into a homerun by one of our most excellent players, Marie Ottaviano. And so our games proceeded with such outstanding players as Marianna Ferrero, Annabell Pia, Joan Ludwig, Deena Kuczo, Marie Ottaviano, and Lois johnson coming up to bat for S.H.S. So once more we look back on an undefeated team, this time with lumps in our throats, but we are happy in our knowledge that we have left such a record to S.H.S. HOCKEY Again our Ieam made many a goal Over Ieamr Zlvat were rfrofzg and boldy Another greaf .fvamfz they have mmpleled: Credfl there girlr zvbo are znzdefealed. Hockey is celebrating its 50th year as a girls' high school sport, and the Stamford High School Girls' Hockey Team has celebrated another success- ful season. Stamfords opposition was unusually strong, but the Stamford girls proved themselves equal to any- thing when they played their annual rivals-Darien, New Canaan and Westport. Showing outstanding ability and skill were: Grace Kozma, Ginny Alling, Joan Ludwig, joan Sommer, Shirley Swift, Barbara Green, Lois Francis, Yvonne jacquette, Pat Horton, Inger Christensen, Suzy Alling, and Marta Schalk. lst Row: A. Pia, M. Daly, R. Sileo, J. Ludwig, M. Ottaviano 2nd Row: D, Britt, M. liabricarore, B. Agule, J. Wienski B. Kuczo, H. Brown, C. Robertino. 3rd Row: L. johnson W. Lcttau, C. Virgin, M. lierrero, B. Hill, P. Tangi, M Schalk. Not pictured: G. Haymon. lst Row, Left to Right: B. Greene, H. Jung, N. Charleson D. Kuczo, L. johnson, R. Sileo, Y. jacquette. 2nd Row: J Harrison, 1. Vifienski, E. Maloney, B. Agule, L. Francis, Di johnson, J. Sutherland. 5rd Row: V. Taylor, G. Kozma, J Sommer, M. Schalk, j. McTigue, I. Christenson, J. Ludwig, P. Manes, S. Alling, N. Connors, J. Brandenburg, A. Egan V. Alling. v w GIRLS Both XVorld XVar I and II have given a tre- mendous impetus to physical education. The whole- sale physical defects disclosed by examination dur- ing both wars have been almost erased by the help of Physical lfducation in grade schools and high schools. Years ago it was considered a novelty for a woman to participate in any kind of game. but over the years women have shown that they have equalled and, in many instances, surpassed men. In Stamford High School the physical education program under the direction of Miss Frances Bal- lard and Miss Susan Bertrand has branched out and expanded to a large degree this past year. Starting early in September, the jewish Center program was enlarged to let more girls swim than ever before, with the aid of a Red Cross Instructor. At the Center. other girls enjoyed bowling and gym and even parchesi and jacks. Meantime. back at the high school the regular classes of hockey, soccer, touch-football, lieldball and speedball were enjoyed by all. A new intramural program for hockey was started and intramural hockey games were played in addi- tion to the regular varsity teams program. A bowling tournament was welcomed by more than 50 students at the beginning of December. This new addition met with favorable results as the twelve girls' teams convened at the Elks Alleys on Tuesdays from 5 :OO to 5:00. Another delightful feature was the trophies donated by the Elks Club for the victors of the high single, high triple, high no-mark and high-average. SPORTS During the winter participation in indoor sports was enjoyed by everyone. Folk-dancing, volley ball, badminton, tumbling. apparatus, shuffleboard, bowl- ing, ping-pong, and basketball were the outstanding games. Our intramural basketball games held after school drew many an enthusiastic audience. Spring is here, and a girls fancy turns to thoughts of . . . baseball, or so it seemed with the S.H.S. gym classes as once more they took to the spring air for baseball. But baseball wasnt all-archery and track helped to vary our programs. At the end of the year the big event was the boys' and girls' Inter-Class Track Meet. Here letters were given to outstanding players, and with the applause still ringing in their ears, they proved their stuff by giving exhibitions. The tension was high as class competed against class. GIRLS' BOWLING CLUB Ist Row, Left to Right: E. Garfano. C. Moavero, L. Fran- cis, P, Moloski, H. DeBone, V. Nocita, S. Domino, B Mangano, L. Didion. Znd Row: L. lfvory, J. Pelton, V Taylor, L. Pastore, N, Sciglimpagia. C. Abbazia, D. Alto mare, B. Galida. Srtl Row: li. Zwart. C. Harding. N Hemingway, S. Parker. R. Spremullo, B. Moavero, B Hunt. A. Goetz, XV. Lettau, lf. Paaso, L. Przybylowicz M. Didion. D. Licek. BOYS ln Stamford High School the boy of the golden year not only practiced his favorite sport in class, but also got a chance to play it in competitiong for, no matter what his favorite sport might be, foot- ball. basketball. badminton. horse- shoes were played one time or another. in intramural athletic leagues. Most of these intramural games were played after school or on week-days. XY'eelcly physical education classes. at some time in the course ofthe year. sampled a bit of almost every known sport, Their schedule included foot- ball. soccer, basketball. volleyball. and some ball- room dancing. ln addition to the usual course. there was the comparatively new program utilizing the facilities of the Jewish Center. which include a large fresh- water swimming-pool, an elliciently equipped gym- nasium, and three excellent bowling alleys. ln the spring, enthusiasts for the games of lacrosse, horse-shoes, and softball suddenly emerged, as well as some of the embryo track stars in our midst, heretofore capably concealed. Lacrosse inter- ested many of the boys, and the finer details of the game were explained to them. Softball, as a general rule. required no additional explanation because most students had played the game since grammar school. The game of horse-shoes was enjoyed by those devoted to it. To return to intramurals in Stamford High, a basketball league was set up in the early winter. SPORTS The league lasted until March, and enjoyed the whole-hearted participation of many students. Many fans attended the after school games. ln March, a badminton tournament was drawn up, which included sophomore, junior and senior Hbirdmenf' Spring brought the most popular leagues of all -softball, which embraced a league for each class. In june, the inter-class track-meet was held with teams competing from all three classes. Intramural awards were also distributed at this time, and the program included the distribution of varsity letters to the tennis, golf, and chess teams. The inter-class meet is always fiercely competitive, with members of each class cheering its stars. It is evident in this middle-century year that the athletic program has realized its goal of fair play, the elements of good sportsmanship, and teamwork. INDOOR TRACK SQUAD Ist Row, Left to Right: VU, Me'ers, G. LaPolice , . y J lferullo, F. Berandinelli, W. Arnister, D. Mitchell, J. Condito, E. Bisaillon. Znd Row: Coach Raymond P F E Booker, P. Tarantino, R. Richardson, W. Zhoray, . Andrews, F. Robinson, J. Sassano, J. Reddy. 3rd Rows Young, N. Stone. A. Baker, A. Lupo, J. Hancock, J. Montenegro, D. Gaston, J. Britt, R. O'Connell, R. Booker, T. Wright, R. Furano. Q Q Y Y I l Y , x Q V . ,A llllx K A W. ,K 4 f A Ai-li 1-2537- NA Q . L ,kxkx F N ,iff T A -Q C? JT HJ Q , A ' w 1 ff ,UXJ Q, - Q ,. '- 'V- Ii: - ., . ., fa fi'2i'viAr M-ii i' 1i,42iL V EDUCATION FOR CAREERS IN INDUSTRY FEATURES IX or kzzozt t rf 111011 zz fm! .xr Qll721C7If Thy llfe to tlnq vzelqfvbm r tree ffmr lent All are needed by etzcb wit Aolbzng If an or good alum So stated Ralph Wlaldo Emerson rn his poem Itztlv rim! All rn words rs true then long before this twentieth century as they are today True progress both that which we haxe achieved and that for w hrch we hope depends on true thinking, W'e would do well to consider the great Amerie rn philosopher s concept that e rch one of us rs dependent on all that surrounds us Surely the people of Stamford and the industries of Stamford haxe been dependent on each other rn the past hfty ye rrs during which both h rxc contributed to the rrprd grow th the Stamford of tod ry rts people ind its industries c in lixe well ind prosper furly each con trrbutrng to the future of all In that future education plrys rn important prrt and holds 1 large interest The school boy or girl of today will be the crtrzen and the worker of tomorrow and he must be educa ted for the part he w rll play both rn hrs personal lrxrng md rn the lrfe of the community To determine what that education should be what training industry requires rn the men and women rt employs The Golden I cm has put those questions to a number of Stamford rndustrral hrms While undoubtedly there are others whose oprnrons would be of equal worth the lrmrtatrons of space rn our feature section w arr rnted our choosing industries we felt to be representative rn their helds Their Cooperation has been noteworthy their infor matron xaluable Read on to learn how eaeh of us may train for hrs part rn bringing about a golden future for all 156 l I -,- - - , ' i . 7 ' ' lk , ' ' ' ft , ' . , . .p I, ,A . . . 4 A Q . 1 1 . ' 1 . ' L L v ' W , ly I ' ' 7' V 1 1 I 1 I 1 Al 1 . 1 ' i ' L . ' I A . ' ' . ' 1: ,, ' ' 4 ' ' X 1 ' ' of the community, and to the physical, social, and economic well-being of its citiiens. In af ta i' i' 'Q 12. ,a ' - . . . ' 1 ' 1 ' . 1 . 1 r ' A . ' yn 'l .- 1 L v 1 vs L A N t - 'I I i i I c i 'I 1 i i I . I . l if I h L HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, CLASS OF '50 CONGRATULATIONS A Successful Future Belongs To Those Who Plan For Tomorrow Your Future Is Secure Only Through Specialized Training SHORT S SECRETARIAL SCHOOL is accredited by the Connecticut State Board of Education is also a Charter Member of the National Council of Business Schools and has been approved for the offering of the following Standard Courses STENOGRAPHIC SECRETARIAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAL HIGHER ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION VETERANS TRAINING PROGRAM QUNDER GI BILL OF RIGHTSD IZ-LQX 0 19 'Ness 4' wir First Essential Step To Security Specialized Training 'S' SUMMER SCHOOL FALL TERMS Y-2 Day and Evening Sessions Day and Evening Sessions All Commercial Subyects Offered Day School September 6 Tutoring Make Up Work ln Commercial and Academic Refresher and Comptometer Sub yects Courses INQUIRIES and VISITS to the School are invited REGISTRATIONS now bei accepted Future Security 5551! 5 tgemefzwaf tgcffaaf The School of Business Accounting and Secretarial Training Telephone 3 3185 305 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONNECTICUT Evening School September 7 U8 3 . 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C omplimentf PALACE THEATER and STRAND THEATER THE BARRETT BOOK STORE BOOKS CARDS STATIONERY RENTAL LIBRARY Phone 3 7344 BROAD STREET fAt Summer Streetb STAMFORD CONN C omplzmenlr WALLMAN S FURNITURE STORE Phone 3 1773 12 PARK ROW STAMFORD CONN THE TAYLOR REED CORPORATION The Taylor Reed Corpotatron of Glenbrook Connectrcut rs one of the newer mdustrtes rn thts area It employs about seventy persons rn many types of Jobs All these jobs requrre some sort of trarnmg whether tt be advanced schoolrng or specral mstruc tron at the factory Thts corporatton can fulfill most of tts needs w1th hrgh school graduates However some chemrsts and engtneers who deslgn new machrnery are needed and they naturally need further edu canon beyond hugh school Also some secretartes who are em ployed at the company have attended schools luke Merrrlls Short s and Kathernne Grbbs In accordance wtth these statrstlcs one can readnly see that most of the personnel needs of thts the Jobs that offer employment are stock room assembly lme clerrcal testlng and mamtenance work All workers are requrred to wear umforms Thxs factory does not have a regular cafeterra as yet but ns hop1ng to burld one soon Included rn the etght hour work day are mud mornmg and afternoon cuts as well as a long lunch perxod The Glenbrook establrshment of thrs company rs the mam shrpprng plant Other products from other branches are brought here for shtpment Perhaps the most famous of tts varrous products are Q T Ictngs and Cocoa Marsh beverage The publtc schools can well assrst thus lndustry tn 1ts person nel department by teachrng rts puptls to thtnk for themselves and not to need others around them constantly to tell them what to do Responsrbrlrty of the rndrvrdual for the good of the whole rs an educatronal goal whxch rndustrrallsts value and respect 158 l ...C . -1 , 0f 3 - ' , . . . 73 . . l . - ' Y . . , , , . , , . . U . . . company can be met within the community of Stamford. Among 5 7 D . , . , . H of . . ' . . I 7 , . To Graduates of the Class of 1950 Sig 91 Cv' Eid S 'fp qi'-flag ,sf ARE YOU THINKING OF A BUSINILSLS CAREER? MERRILL Business Preparatlon Course wnll tram you for office manage ment and h1g.,l1er accountancv fhrected toward l P A MERRILL I'xecutwe Secretaru1I Course wlll prepare you for a posltlon as a capable asslstant to executlves MERRILL Stenographu' Seeretarzal Course IS a toe ln the door oppor tunlty for those mtercsted ln RdVCI'tlQlI'lg r'1d1o etc MERRILL also offers Selected Bustness Subjects to those deslrlng mten slve or refresher tralnlng Indlvldual teachmg ln all major subjects Vocatlonal Dlrectlon and Placement Service Enter any sesslon day or evemng Loeducatlonal Wrlte call or telephone NOW for CEBERAL BULLETIN SUMMER QFSSION THE MERRILL SCHOOLS TTGIJILIII., for Success U1 Business SOUTH NORWALK STAMFORD 97 YV8ShlUgt0H Street 60 qtraxvherny Ildl Phone 66034 Phone 31444 Fully accred ted by The C nn cllcut State Board of Fdu all The Natlonal Councll of Bu me School .' 'Y K xx, ,I f mm, lp V, , ,WI lr I4 4 I My A. Il ,. Illml' x 'A . as S 3 42 Cj 155 , - I' Q L , . . . - . b. . E . . , Y ' ' 1 , ' ll c n . . . . 4 . . . . I f I, V f LL . . . . .N M . ,, J A I A . - - . L . L , L , c , . L . . . . 1 ' hi- 0 4 . . - . T 1 3 5 Y o I k J 66 ' ' K ' ' 5, rr 1 A 1 L k . I ' I t ' i .o e ' ' A 1' 'on ' , ' S' ss s C omplmzemf HENRY KLEIN WHOLESALE PROVISION DEALER BOLOGNA and SAUSAGE SUPPLIES 553 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD CONN C onzplmzenls HOLY NAME ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Compliment! MATTY .I U D EM MUSIC STUDIOS Phones 5 3692 3 8795 24 PARK ROW STAMFORD CONN NORTHAM WARREN Powder n paint those objects indrspensable to women and admired by men ire behind many job opportunities fOr both In the use of Northam Warren the paints are almost literally that for their products ue the CUTEX and PEGGY as well as the college graduate will find careers in this ever growing corporation A commercial student may become a member of the office force as a typist bookkeeper secretary or in any of the other related lobs There are also opportunities for accountrng majors and the advertising department must be staffed Particularly the trade school graduate but not excluding the mechanically minded hrgh school graduate may be employed as a machinrst For the unskilled worker there are places in the assembly lrne The linguistlcally inclined will find an ideal situation in the export department of Northam Wtrren since a thriving busi ness is carried on with foreign countries The sales department offers much opportunity for advancement for there is an office staff as well as one Of rc ad salesmen The college graduate lso has 1 niche in the Northam Warren Corporation partrcularly in then' laboratory Here a scrence enthusiast is in his element developing new chemicals for the company compounds Northam Warren draws the bulk of its five hundred em ployees from the populace of Stamford and hopes to provide situations for an even larger force I6 Of ,.. 1 A v' A - 4 s ' , V N f I A' S, , ap' V M ' if ' of . X . . , . ' t - - , . g 1 L t SAGE lines of nail polish, lipstick, etc. The high school graduate I. 4 . I . ' 7 7 Q I . t , . 1 , . 3 I - I I Y Y 6 , Y of ' . 1 . . . . K K , . . 1 . '- - ' Y a . ' ' , 7 I 1 0 www Ao Refreshment for U S L l Complzmentf STAMFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION SAVINGS INSURED TO 35 O00 AssETs OVER 3512 000 000 46 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentf NORTHAM WARREN CORPORATION CUTEX ODORONO O O O I6I Of .251335555553if51535:33555155252:':5x?5?Ifl5EiiESS55 1:1:3:'-:1z1:2i2E'f2E2 S2 ' ' I5:3I34 5'5Z ' -g:.j.Q:5.j:3:5:1-3::.55:5 ':5:5:5:j -3:5:5:3:5:5EF Esisiaisisifsif' Nw -'1E2rE2ZrE3E5ErEfS O O -2535513335551 NA 5551155355551 I 1,1 A SA VIN GS I N ST I TU TI ON x ' 1' :A:A:-:-:- :-:-:-:-:-:.-:-:-: : :-:-'-:-:'.-.1:3:5:-'. .-:-:f:3:3:-:iz-.-:5:i:1:-.15:ci5:54:51125:1:I:5:7:i:2?:3:5:5:lI:5:I:i:1:3 , . Of Z'- fldff EEE lllrnrelow HOBBYCRAFTS Headquarten or Every MODEL BUILDER ARTIST and CRAFTSMAN Phone 4 9882 157 MAIN STREET OFF SOUTH STREET STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentr o the VVM I1 JONES DRUG STORES 44164 Phones 43111 427 MAIN STREET 188 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN ATLAS POWDER COMPANY Zapon a name well known where qualrty counts IS the trade mark of the Atlas Powder Company s Industrral Ftnlshes Department Contrary to popular supposmon nerther face powder nor gun ponder IS made at the Stamford plant The local plant makes lacquers and emmels for 1ndustr1al appllca tron Thrs flrm hrst came to Stamford IH the early 1900s and 1S constantly SII'lVll'1g for better and more useful finishes More often than not a drum of Zapon l:lI1lSl1 IS a spectal concoctlon Atlas chemrsts and technxctans are constantly occupxed tn the laboratory worktng vuth the-1r raw materrals nrtrocellulose Cmade from cottonj synthetlc res1ns and ptgments A college educatlon IS generally requtred 1n the laboratory and a trade school background would be helpful However most other postttons can be filled by capable hrgh school graduates In Stamford about 150 people call the Atlaf Ponder Company thetr bustness address They 1nclude chemxsts engmeers m1ll operators salesman supervtsors technxctans and other spec1al tsts There are equal chances for the hrgh school graduate the trade school graduate and the college graduate to advance except 1n the laboratorres where spectftltzed tratmng IS usually requrred The top people today at Atlas are for the most part the people who started from the bottom and clxmbed slowly upward The Atlas Powder Company looks forward to many years of progress tn Stamford As thetr held IS a hlghly competltlve one they are constantly kept on therr toes to equal and surpass thetr rrvals 162 I I i' Q , 2. Q Km Q'Il 1.1 t X I , f U H . . I , ... E ..,. .., .D , g , . Y. . .,. , , . ' 9 A . 7 H f . , S A . .7 . y. 1 5 . 3 1 l . - O I l ' 7 ' 7 - - -- , 1. ... ' ' 7 1 , . 7 . THE DOWNES SMITH CO CAMERA CRAFT Inc FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATORS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER RANGES TVASHERS IRONERS BENDIX AUTOMATIC HOME TELEVISION and SERVICE FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL 410 ATLANTIC STREET 433 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN STAMFORD CONN Bef! Wzxhef to the CLASS OF 1950 ATLAS POWDER COMPANY ZAPON INDUSTRIAL FINISHES REVOLITE LAUNDRY ROLL COVERS STAMFORD CONN l63 . FRANK MARTIN 81 SONS, Inc. CLOTHING of CHARACTER HABERDASHERY of DISTINCTION Phone 4 4121 761 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN P SILBERMAN Inc EsTABL1sHED 1890 STAMFORD S L 1lRGEST FURNITURE STORE 509 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN GRUNBERGER, Inc O cm! Watch lmpector New Hat en Razlroud 133 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS Flip Vogzzer vibrant pages have designs on Home and Garden or snip around a Vogue pattern Somehow Conde Nast Publications seep into almost every life Whats more a great many lixes are part of Conde Nast Approximately fifteen hundred people are employed at the corporation virtually all of them from Stamford and its vicinity COf these about ten per cent are unskilled forty per cent semi skilled and the rest skilled J The company chooses to take its prospective workers in all fields and train them itself A num ber of commercial positions may be filled by high school gradu ates as typrsts filers clerks and messengers Production tasks are offered to trade school graduates as apprenctices to com positors ad machinists or bindery pressroom and electrical helpers Business school too can prepare a person for such phers and secretaries A college education is of course excellent training for any career Here at Conde Nast places as account ants and statisticians as production managers or members of the technical planning staff arc available to the college graduate For a career in the administrative or executive departments at Conde Nast a college pupil should study such subjects as eco nomics labor relations finance and business administration Mr Bogin vice president of Conde Nast believes that in the next fifty years there will be great technological improve ments in living Stamford will continue to grow industry with it and employment opportunities with both 164 , . O I Q . , . . . 1 ' ' v , 1 . . . . , . Q i 1 .- , . 7 7 ' , - . 7 . . , . y . 9 ' i 1 1 IEWELERS positions as bookkeepers, junior accountants, clerks, stenogra- . I L . . , 7 . , ' If T . . .L , . . X L P 1 X . - . 5 . I ' , 0 i ' - 5 Y 7 ' U . , . - . , , . . , . . . . S . . j . . , . PUBLISHERS d PRINTERS VOGUE GLAMOUR HOUSE 8: GARDEN VOGUE PATTERNS Greenw1ch London New York P a r 1 s Tum UUNIIE NAST PUBLIUATIUNS, INC THE HEALEY BUICK COMPANY SALES and SERVICE 11 ELM STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzmentr STAMFORD ROOFING COMPANY Phone Stamford 4 2926 C omplzmentr TOBIAS Jewelers Swur American Watchmukerr and jeweler! Sznce 1898 Phone 3 7355 180 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN YALE AND TOWNE Yale and Tow ne one of Stamfords largest nndustrres has been located rn Stamford for ox er e1ghty years Thousands of Stamford resldents have been employed at Yale and Towne The resultlng payroll has created a very deslrable purchasxng power whrch has helped put Stamford IH an enuable spot on a per caplta basis Yale and Tow ne has conducted 1ts aFfa1rs w 1th the cornmunrty mterest at heart It has actnely urged and encouraged therr workers to become mterested rn the communnty Good CIIIZCU shxp has been the basrs of therr plannlng A plant of such SIZL must look to our school system for workers These workers are drawn from the hlgh schools trade schools and colleges H1gh school graduates quahfy for general cler1cal work Trade school graduates are usually employed rn the manual and operatlonal departments They are found rn the machme d1ecast1ng and other mechanrcal departments College graduates are found 1n the varxous engmeermg depart ments and ln general busmess operatlon Th1s department IS d1v1ded 1nto a sales department and 1ndustr1al relatlons d1v1s1on Then too there are the accountrng pay roll and purchasmg d1v1s1ons The Stamford drvrsron has led the Held 1n locks and burlders hardware The skrll and prec1s1on of tts workers are due rn no small part to the excellent workmg condxtrons of the plant Th1s IS defimtely a plant whrch our graduates would do well to con slder for thelr future careers 166 I O , . 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Rosette s W STAMFORD s LEADING ,PR FUN SPORTING GOODS STORE Telephone 4 2117 53 ATLANTIC STREET MAIN AND SUMMER STREETS STAMFORD CONN STAMFORD CONN Yale 8: Towne Congratulates The Class of 1950 May the next half century brmg you success and happmess' Stamford Hngh School has ass1sted you by helpmg to bulld th1s base by addmg work experrence and study By your own efforts you can make yourself a useful and well respected cm zen So II IS wrth mdustry' Yale 8: Towne has rmproved IIS plant durmg the 82 years xt has been 1n Stamford through work experlence and study Today If supplles the world wrth top qual1ty YALE locks hardware and other YALE products Thus If too has become a useful well respected c1t1zen 1n the Stam ford commumty Yale 8: Tow ne IS proud of the students who wrll recenve thelr hlgh school drplomas m 1950 It hopes to contmue to deserve the fr1endsh1p of these students for 1ts Stamford Dlvlsxon whnch has helped make made ln Stamford a label known throughout the world THE YALE at TOWNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY STAMFORD DIVISION An fmportant part of Stamford for 82 years 167 of ' Q, ,. ., .1- 1 -- -5 :C -in o .4 Q. , 6' - 9' f 66 a strong foundation for your future. It is up to you to build upon ATLANTIC .IEWELERS Dealer: in DIAMONDS - WATCHES IE WELR Y - RADIOS CLASS RING Fon 1950 Phone 3 5545 314 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN FLOOR SHOW? WHERE? WHY AT THE FLOOR COVERING SHOP 108 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN We Floor Your Room: Not Your Pocketbookff Bert Wzsber an Good Luck to the CLASS OF 50 B e CI u I' y S ca I o n Indrvrdualrzed Harrcuttmg Louis AND TONY Telephone 3 9690 463 SUMMER STREET STAMFORD CONN AMERICAN CYANAMID Amerrcan Cyanamrd Company Stamford Research Labora tornes founded rn 1936 and one of the five largest chemxcal research laboratorres rn the Unrted States offers to the Stamford Hrgh School graduate many posrtrons rn the unskrlled field as well as great opportunxtres to framed screntrsts About fifty per cent of 1ts etght hundred employees are unskrlled labor A graduate of a trade school has an opportunlty for employ ment as a machrnrst Although two years of college work are preferred for employment as a member of the non technrcal productrve group whrch rncludes laboratory asslstants well qualrfled hrgh school students are acceptable In the admrnrstratron and office departments at Cyanamrd there are many posrtrons sultable for the hrgh school graduate messengers rn the mall room secretarres stenographers bookkeepers and filrng clerks It rs one of the polrcres of the Amerrcan Cyanamrd Company rn Stamford to draw as much of rts personnel as possrble from the Stamford area Thrs IS not possrble rn all departments how ever For example top rankrng screntrsts some havmg doctors degrees are brought to Stamford from all over the country Frequently a member of the non techmcal productrve staff lrkes hrs work so much and becomes rnterested rn one particular branch that he goes bftck to school for hrs degrees then returns to Cyanamld and IS heartrly welcomed If a graduate rs qualrfled there rs a brrght future wartxng at the Stamford Research Laboratorres of the Amerrcan Cyanamrd Company 168 , . . . , - 1 a .. L. . . ' 1 ' ' - . , . . . , .. . ., i . 5 a .1 J 4 7 . G , . .. . . ANTONE'S , '- - 1 , . . . . . , ' a - a .. . . . , , BY . .' 1 . . 1 I , 7 ' . . . Compliment! Of W VUONO CONSTRUCTION STAMFORD RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF THE AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1900 Telephone 4 3197 217 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN AMERICAN COLLEGE For HAIRDRESSING JULES DE BLANCHARD NIC Dzreczor Mr jules de Blanchard formerly Instructor Hair dresser Pars and Ne York Instructor Co sultant ith the AMERICAN HAIR DESIGN INSTITUTE in Ne York etc is the inventor of Pre Heating Permanent wave machine and the author of text books g y y un imite practice on I ve models in our clin cal department Learn this ARTISTIC INTERESTING AND PROFITABLE year round profession Our place ment service for positions at excellent salaries is GUARANTEED for OUR graduates Special tuition plan PAY WHILE LEARNING Phone 8 5228 29 NORTH MAIN STREET SOUTH NORWALK CONN Congmtulatzom to e CLASS OF 1950 LEO P GALLAGHER , . 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Mr. jules teaches the technical skill and the scien- tific knowled e to create hair st les, b I' ' d I I . . ,, O , . 1 169 fu 'c, 'ge' Al KEN FLOWER SHOP AL BUCKETT KEN CATINO Floral Derzgm Weddzng Bouquet: Decomtzonr Phone 4 1856 215 ELM STREET STAMFORD CONN LORING STUDIOS Exlendr Bert Wzrber lo the 1950 GRADUATING CLASS New Englands Leading School Photographers 440 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN C omplzments HITCHCOCK MUNSON lNcoRPoRATEo GUILD OPTICIANS Phone 3 2181 180 BEDFORD STREFT STAMFORD CONN NORMA HOFFMAN Here rn Stamford we have one of the most progressive ball bearing Industries in thus section of the country Norma Hoff mann Ball bearings found tn numerous applrances from wash ing machmes to arrplane motors afford many interesting occu patrons to both men and women of our community High school graduates are hrghly acceptable for substantial posrtlons while college people become therr sales and mechanical engrneers laboratory workers and hold several other skrlled posrtrons In both fields the work IS lntensely rnterestrng and here at Norma Hoffmann workrng condrtrons are excellent for cleanlr ness rs a necessity rn the bearrng lndustry The office administration rs marntarned by well rnformed skrlled people among whom are many hrgh school personnel The personnel needs are filled from the people of this com munity and they affect many aspects and drfferent phases of the bearrng lndustry The bearing trade IS raprdly growrng due to the increased demand for precrsron instruments Norma Hoffmann IS ex tremely proud of the fact that it IS closely related to the a1rl1ne industry Their bearings are used ln jets and many other vital commodrtres Every day new uses for bearrngs appear and the demand provides extensrve applrcatron 1n thls field In the past fifty years there has been a tremendous tncrease rn the manufacture of bearings and we see 1n nts future an even more eminent rrse and an accompanying ascent rn employ ment for wherever a shaft turns a ball bearrng will always be needed Increased need for personnel will merge wrth Stamford s mcreased flovt of hrgh school graduates to serve the golden future 170 li I u , . S . . Y . . - - 1 v a v - K I - s a , . a , . 1 ' a , . f . , - . . . . . r L , , a v 4 . . fr - . 9 s 7 , ,, . . , . . v NEW TYPE BEARING BETTER 8 WAYS NORMA ll0fl'MANN'S PATENTBD CARTRIDGE BEARING 100m more qlealo capaclfy Fm-I y qreane parked alloc hvei years ol e vxca Gran e rein: ed CI e lo hall! an eway by bu It In wsu Ieu seal Flanqed seals q sale qrooval keep qt A e keepd I I Ellmxnafeu p I I0 A P some conve Nona mou IA :gs Pm ents slxppaqo penn mg cock nq Increase hall qh redune ov rh q px vxdes c. pa ln ss almp oven appear-1 c proye hnq s ew: nor plugs needed PICKWICK ICE CREAM IIIJRMA HOFFMAN!! BEARINGS CORPORATIOII STAMP ORD CONNECTICUT Complmzentf STAMFORD AREA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION Inc I7'I I li ll I 1 ' ' - 2 of : - OI 8 I . 3 cl PM ' T. , . B. 4 , Q , m , . , If Qu. SHA-.ffI1m.nq uop in., . 'fDECIDEDL 1 ff .nd W 22 ls ni Y DIFFERENT 5, V f 1 ' 1 , . sewn I g 1 I ep I D0 7' 1 Of I I 0 O O O GEORGE SARVINAS FURRIERS EXCLUSIVELY Fur Storage Cleamng and Glnzzng Rertylmg and Repamng Telephone 3 5605 30 PARK ROW STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentr WQODSIDE LAUNDRY INCORPORATED LA UNDERERS and DRY CLEANERS Woodsnde Street and Washlngton Avenue STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentr FRANK DALY and HIS ORCHESTRA gg THE CHARLES H PHILLIPS DIVISION Sterllng Drug Inc One of the best job huntmg grounds for an untramed h1gh school graduate IS the Phtlllps plant of the Sterlmg Drug Cor poratlon There are many pos1t1ons open to sn orkers If a summer job or a get some money for college commxsslon IS all that the dlploma holder wx lshes he can alw xys find the duties of packing bottles bottle toppmg pxcktng up orders or runnlng 1 packlng machme awattmg htm The mayorlty of all those who enter the grllle gates on Glenbrook Road are mexper1enced the factory trams tts workers all of vshom l1ve ln the Stamford area of mexpert employees Vocauons tn personnel or management are the alms of many from errand boy s asslstant upward The requlrements for 1 Fhlllnps executxve are not too unattamable Although a college dtploma IS deslred the graduate from a business school lf he person llly measures to the standards of conduct and carrmge rates consxderatlon As Mr Kltchens yoked spell1ng and punctuatxon are valuable tn all secretarxes All of the employees are protected by old age pensrons and msurance pol1c1es Other xmportant phases of the occupauons needed 1n Ph1lllPS are too often forgotten or ox erlooked The trades such as car pentry and electr1c1ty are requlred for the da1ly functtons of the chem1cal plant There IS also the golden rmg of sales Now that the wage rates are rtsrng and because th1s sect1on of Amer rca IS hrghly pa1d flocks of Job seekers mtgrate here Thats why Stamford contxnues to grow and that s why the S HS has a wonderful advantage where a career beckons 172 ,X K CO. , ' , , . I of of 5 ' I I 1 I I 7 . . 1 I I I 1 . I K . . 2 7 ' . . v . I , ' 1 . The chances for advancement are not shadowed by the masses A . 1 ' I I I 1 1 . . 7 l 1 l I , 1 1 Of I . I . . . 1 I , 1 ' 1 . . I , . 1 1 I 1 1 4 I G . Y . 7 - . Y . . . . - , , . U , I . . . O . C07I1f7lf7Il67If5 INCORPORATED TH CHAS H PHILLIPS CO PhOf1f42151 Dlvlslon of Sterling Drug INCORPORATED STATION PLACE GLENBROOK CONN STAMFORD CONN GET THE BEST We Invm You to V1s1t Our Plmt it Your Convemence SHEFFIELD FARMS MAPLEHURST CUSHING STREET SPRINGDALE CONN In Of E GET SEALTESTU Fiqh, Compliment: C POND WEBB INCORPORATED REALTOR INSURANCE 65 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN AMERICAN CANDY C0 I ALSWANGER Prop Dutrzbuton o SCHRAFFT S CANDIES 68 GREYROCK PLACE STAMFORD CONN ATLANTIC ELECTRIC CO TELEVISION ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Telephone 3 5145 441 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN SCHICK INCORPORATED In Sttmford s South Lnd tndustrml sectron ytsxble from the rarltoad tr tcks ts 1 promlncnt ncon slgn vytth the name Schlck Shay ers Thts mtrlts the loc ttton of the world s llrgest electrtc shaver mtnuftctuter l'oundcd tn I9-I0 by Colonel jacob Schtck the tnxcntor of the lcctrtc shncr Schtck Incorporated has grown so that tt now muntuns branches 10 forty four ctttes throughout thts country 1nd Cantda The Stamford plant has approxlmately sm hundred employees Because the Schtck Shner ts precnsron made many sktlls that a htgh school md trtde school graduate could Ht 1nto vstth on the Job tratntng are tmmedmtcly eytdent Examples of these are tool and dle makers metal hardeners grtndtng spectallsts electrtctans carpet ters ptoe htters and patnters Postttons for clertcal vyorkers are oHcred rn the ofhce and opportumttes for to those showtng promise There are cqu tl opportunttrcs for the college graduate Hold tng lmporttnt POSIIIUIIS trc LlLSlg,II mtnufacturtng and methods engtnccrs ltborttory tcthntcttns 1nd tsststlnts bustness admtn tstrators mtntgcrs tnd thc vtorlccrs tn thc stlcs and servtce deptrtmcnts Thc pl tnt prcscnts opportunlttcs for the hugh school trade school tnd collcgc gr tdu ttc 1nd most of thcse postttons can be filled by tru rcstdcnts Schtck Incorporttcd crcttcd thc clcctrxc shay er tndustry and has enjoyed 1 study groyx th Thts progressne manufacturer looks form ard vw nth conhdcncc to greater progress for the elec trtc shay er tndustry tnd for Sttmford tn thls second half of the twentreth century 'I74 Of O , . I , . K. y 5 v. A . I A .Y V. L ,, . v l' lf f f- -I ' I f ' I ' . ' ' W ' , , f . L 1 . ' C , . , C 1 - ' - k- A V , V ' - Y ' ' 1 Rt L . K L Y .A va I y ' l I 2 L O 7 t t l 'D ' 'D K l I Y L - Al J Y V. . t L I - L v 7 s 3 1 I V 5 - 3 ' . advancement in the service and sales departments are available 1 . Y . y t ' 1 n l ' Y . - 9 . . . . , . I L .K . l ' AC l , 1 t 7, A Y' 4 ' ' fi Z..'.f1 , ' ' - - 1 ' . A, 1 1 'A ', 1 ' ' ' A 5 ' J 1 1 ' ' 2 ' . . 2 .S . x- ' ' ,- ' y - 1 - .1 ' ' Y A 4 gt ' I ' ' Yi 11 1'- 1 I I ' ' 1 A ' ,L I 4 , A ' I ' e K v I ' ' t ' 'z ' ' . ' Y 1 ' ,L 1' - ' . - . y t y , ' I 'L 1 I I t V SCHICK INCORPORATED Manu acturcrf o ELECTRIC SHAVERS HUGO'S RESTAURANT KNOWN for HOSPITALITY and GOOD FOOD 475 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN CURRENT ELECTRIC CO J E CLARKE Serwng the Home Electrzcally Phone 4 9258 330 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN BALMER 8. FERRIS ATHLETIC GOODS Wholesale and Retaxl SPORT CLOTHING CANOES Bzcyclef Luggage Camp Equzpment Saddlery Bzcycle and Luggage Repazrzn g Department! Telephone 4 0721 21 BANK STREET STAMFORD CONN f 2 f ' ...0... 9 - Riding Booty, Stable Suppliex, Auto Robef FRANK S RADIO INCORPORATED RADIOS RECORDS APPLIANCES TELEVISION RADIO REPAIR SERVICE 143 145 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN THE ABBEY PHARMACY DOM A sam Reg Pharm PRESCRIPTIONS Serwce to the Szck Phone 3 7393 387 WEST MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN LINCOLN COMPANY GENERAL TIRE DISTRIBUTORS 'MK aj THE DORR COMPANY The Dorr Company begun 1n 1904 at South Dakota gold mrnes has swelled steadlly to 1ts present slze Basmg, work on the IDN entrons of tts founder Dr john Van Nostrand Dorr the company 1S prrmarrly deyoted to the handlrng and treatment of hnely dn xded sollds suspended rn lxqutds and to the engx neermg of complete plants Its classlher thrckener and agbrtator are 1n use throughout the world today 1n chemreal metallurgrcal and sanrtary helds The Chrcagjo slnxtary sy stem for example 15 employs the company s machmery One hundred workers at the Dorr Company rn Stamford are college graduates and professlonal englneers elther chemrcal metallurgrcal or C1V1l About srxty five others have come from trade school to work as draftsmen The remamder have started dtrectly from hrgh school or busmess school Mr Anable the publrc relanons drrector remarks that the best trarnmg, for a man at The Dorr Company IS an engrneerxng school and next best a buslness educatron The company somenmes hnds rt necessary to lmport experrenced workers though they would rather use Stamford people The two hundred twenty hye employ ees at the Dorr Company haye found a y onderful sxtuatlon Plrt of the company s policy rs an extremely rdx rnced personnel pensron and a slnde rule yaertton plan besrdes group lrfe lnsur mee and a tlnrty year old bonus sy stem EXCLUIIXCS bcgrn as draftsmen or engneers and ascend accordmg, to the company plan of mertted promonon Nearly all stock tn the Dorr Company rs held by the workers thus elrmtnanngj drsabreement between management and labor I7 We ' 'X I Ne . l ' , - A 3'3 A ' - I, .K . . , c a 7 T T I I a - 1 I I A. I I K I Y K ' ' 77 A . . . . . . . I . . 4 K T I .II Q L I' y I , K K Y. I I I I K EK , K Y , . ' ' . f z ' 1 ' , , ' ' almost completely Dorr work, and our Shippan sewage system y ' I I , I A I K T 1 7, , . .4 . - l I 1 L I K I I I . . 4 , . 7. . , 7 I I I 1 K I . K I , 4 Q y y v- A v 1 y S A L . ' ' 'N A 1 ' , 1 A ' . ' ' I ' 1 4 Y V1 4 1 ' 3 1 I K K - I - '. 1 A 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ,. . ' -' - . V 1 ' - I v I y' 1 K 1 y' 7 K K E I Y E 1 K, I I . I A I I 7 I , I I 1 I 7 I e I ' I I , 6 NOSAL REALTY THE HALF-WAY HOUSE C O M P A N Y -..,.,gH9..- R E A L E S T A T E and INSURANCE OPEN ALL YEAR 'ROUND AIR-CONDITIONED Advixorx - Appmiferx - Broken Manager: -,,,EUg....- Telephone 3-8983 POST ROAD 79 CLINTON AVENUE STAMFORD, CONN. DARIEN, CONN. TYPICAL PROJECT OF THE DORR COMPANY ENGINEERS OF STAMFORD CONN Se en Do Thnckeners each 300 to 325 feet d ameter ha dlmg 50 000 tons a day of aste copper tal gs r Phelps Dodge Corpo atxons modern concemrat ng plant Morencx Anzona 177 'l y 1 - v rr ' , in i , n ' , W i ln a r ' ' i , ', ' . NATHANSON MOTORS OLDSMOBILE R 0 C K E T S SOUTH STREET STAMFORD CONN To Preserve Your Dxploma Have tt Framed at STAMFORDS ART STORE ARTISTS MATERIAL CERAMIC SUPPLIES FIRING SERVICE SILK SCREEN THE SPELLCO PAINT COMPANY Phone 3 4393 544 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN INCORPORATED INTERIOR DECORATORS Window Shader Venetmn Blmdr Slzp Covent Upholrtermg Curtaznr Draperies' Complete Stock of Curtams and Fabrrcs Phone 2 6001 SHERWOOD SQUARE WESTPORT CONN Phone 4 4196 63 BROAD STREET STAMFORD CONN PITNEY BOWES On the corner of Paclllc and Vlllnut Streets stands an rmpos mg, structure Prtney Bow es Incorporated makers of postage meter machmes Thls Stamford branch of a country wlde organ lzatron employs approxxmately one thousand flxe hundred per sons wxth a job range encompassmg everythrng from manual work to hrghly specrallzed trammg One and a half per cent of Pltney Bowe s employees do manual work whrch requ1res no specral aptrtude or trarnrng The next class1ficat1on IS skrlled manual work whrch mcludes machme operatxon assembly rnspectron tool makmg dye makrng and model makrng Trannrng on the premxses lS preferable for most of these jobs but trade school experrence IS a dehnxte ald It also helps 1n the maxntenance department where electrrcrans plum bers and carpenters are all employed The more technrcal posts such as accountnng and engmeermg obvlously requrre speualrzed college trammg also a help wlth most sales jobs and all personnel and executrve posrtrons Prtney Bowes recommends for young, people asplrlnf, to executrve posts a pcrlod of tlme devoted to workrnf., ln a factory prefer ably the one rn which they hope to progress to an executrve office Thls IS called work expertence and grves the asprrant an 1dea of the workxng, mans phrlosophy atutude and the rrght psychologrcal approach to many factory problems There IS a mmrmum of these problems rn Prtney Bowes for th1s progressrve company provrdes clean workmg condrtxons an excellent cafeter1a and one of the best senrorrty and retrre ment plans rn the country Its future promrses many oppor tun1t1es for ambrtrous young men and women 178 151 1 ' ' . - I ' 'l 'z 1 I - A 7 I Z I ' V a 4 r A 6 . V K - K Y 7 - , . . ' - Y ' 7 7 5 - Y - 3 , - . . . . . , . a v ' O The 4-m-One Shop I ' 7 T Y 5 . 1 N T L lt y . , . 4 . . . D . ' . I . I 7 L I h I L I ' A - - . . X . , ' ' ' 7 I 4 , ' - . V .Q 7 L . . . , , 7 , , 4 . . - D , a L x , A . . . . - YOU and YOUR FUTURE O questlon about nt you ve reached an lmportant mllestone ln your life Some of you plan to go on to college but a good many of you must face the problem now What work am I going to do? Thls may seem luke the most xmportant dCC1SlOD you ll ever make And ln a way xt IS Except that you wrll have other chances to reverse your course and start a new tack lf your orxglnal declslon cloesn t work out A more nmportant declsnon for you to make now-one that could have far greater rnfluence on your future lnvolves the thmg you probably thmk you re done wlth at last' That thmg IS learmng Most of us after twelve or more years of school heave a slgh of relief when we finally earn the rrght to descend the alsle wxth mortar board and gown lt IS an understandable feelrng But rf your educatron has been effectrve you w1ll find rt has whetted an appetrte for learnxng that youll never satrsfy OUR future depends less on the w1s dom or chance of your cholce of work now than rt does on your attltude toward learnmg durnng the rest of your lnfe The mmd lnke muscle gets flabby when rt lsn t exercrsed Learnmg and the curxous mtellngence whlch makes rt possxble keeps the mmd rn shape prevents If from grow mg stale Thxs IS the best posslble assurance of success ln any l1ne We may envy the professor the mm lster prrest or rabbl for the opportunity they have had to learn so much and we may envy the r1ch for thenr access to fine unlversltxes but we are foolrsh to do so The raw marerrals necessary to produce great knowledge are avallable for all who can read and thmk and the cost IS next to nothmg ONSIDER the facllmes ln Stamford We have an unusually good llbrary and lf s free We have a good adult educa tion school whrch offers an amazmg varrety of courses and agam nts free What IS the practlcal value of all thns learnmg you ask? Well learnmg lf xt IS elfectrve makes us thunk And thmkmg produces rdeas Fresh thmkmg and xdeas after commodltnes IH the world today IH buslness rn government rn the pro fesslons whatever the callmg The problem of your future wrll solve ltself whatever work you choose to do lf you resolve that you shall never stop learmng 1f you w1ll resolve to challenge all rdeas wlth your own mmd nf you wlll keep your m1nd open for fresh ldeas Its a complex world wrth complex problems and xt needs the help of young m1nds whlch are eager to learn E congratulate all of you rn the Class of 1950 And 'lf any of you are lnter ested m talkmg over the possnbnlrty of a job drop ln anytrme and ask for Mr Robert Moore rn the Personnel Bunldmg on Walnut Street Youll be very welcome PITNEY BOWES, Inc Stamford, Conn 179 I O N ' . ', ' H . , A K L 6 'K L ,-- ' 7 7 '4 ' - ' -4 ,L '. r ' . . C . ' K . . .. .. . ' 1 K Q ' . D a 1 ' s 1 . 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' 7 7 1 ' ' Q Q - - ' - 2 3 ROVEN'S Curtainr Bedrpreadr Linen: Domerticf Novelty Gi tr Blankets Com often Drener Unzformr Furnzture Slzp Cover: Dmpener Venelmn Bl nd: Wzndow Shader Telephone 3 8627 332 334 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzment: A F R I E N D C ongmtulatzontf CLASS OF 50 H FRANKEI. 81 SONS 262 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN MACHLETT LABORATORIES INCORPORATED Machlett Laboratorres Incorporated of Sprtngdale assures the mexpertenced hlgh school graduate of a falr chance to dns play hrs 1nd1v1dual personallty and ablllttes and to recerve due conslderatlon as a future employee on these bLSlS Thrs flrm pomts out too that most of 1ts personnel needs can be met rlght IH thls area Also the hlgh school graduate IS usually equlpped to learn almost any of the jobs this lndustry has to offer All of these statements are 1ndeed encouragrng to the confused un skllled graduate seekmg a secure posltxon tn Stamford Machlett Laboratorles has m tts employ at present five hund red and ten workers the majorrty of whom have been tramed for the1r jobs by the company Itself These people eventually become sktlled as glass blowers tube exhaust operators electrxcal testers mspectors assemblers parts fabrxcators and thorouhgly tramed productton workers The only workers who must be sktlled at the trme of employ ment are tool and dle makers IH rhls held trade school graduates are preferred College graduates who have majored ln electrlcal engmeertng are also 1n demand for engmeermg work For the office jobs gtrls havmg the usual office skrlls of typmg short hand bookkeepmg or bookkeepmg machme operatxon are usually quahfied to fill posttlons Thls firm belteves that our publlc schools are domg an excel lent job 10 trammg the1r students for local mdustrles It also belleves that there wtll be tremendous growth ln the field of electrontcs tn the next fifty years whxch should be an mcentrve to our graduates of 1950 180 I I , f , 1' I 1 , . vf E . .7 f a a a . . .Y Y . .- a ' f'. a v ' 9 1 . I 7. - 1.11. , v a s 3 I . . Y- . y a 9 I . . 1 a Y . . . . . , Y. . . . . Y. . . . - r 9 . .7 . . 1 1 7 BEST WISI-IES to the CLASS OF 50 82 GAY STREET STAMFORD CONN MACHLETT LABORATORIES Incorporated ELECTRON TUBES XRAY RADIO TRANSMITTING INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES SPRINGDALE CONN 181 'K 'k 'k CENTER PRESS for For the Bert in Young Menr Clozlaer POPULAR PRICES STEIN BLOCH CLOTHES TIMELY CLOTHES WALK OVER SHOES HERON 79 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN B 0 B S S P O R T S SPORTING GOODS Sportfu ear Tenmr G 0 Archery Budmmton TEAM ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT Telephone 3 1176 STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentf B R 0 W N S JEWELERS MAIN STREET STAMF ORD CONN Q K -if? PEABODY ENGINEERING C0 The Peabody Engineering Company is the center of a great international organization that has its home in New York City All engineering work IS done here in Stamford for the entire company which manufactures oil gas and coal burners for factory use Peabody services England Europe parts of Africa South America Central America Mexico and Canada The many departments into which a worker may go are the accounting drafting engineering research srenographic and general clerical The machine shop tool room work welding inspection offer potential opportunities for trade school gradu ares Peabody employs about one hundred and sixty five workers from the Stamford area Many of these were untrained and unskilled high school graduates or non graduates but in service training teaches them to advance on the job A college education is required for only two phases of work at Peabody the research and engineering ends Specialization in college for the latter group must be of a scientific and engi neermg type On the office staff the company can use girls who have graduated from high school if they have something between the ears They must have intelligence and an urge to advance Most demands for commercial and machine employees can be filled from the Stamford area but engineers specialrzed in combustion lines are often imported from neighboring cities This may serve as a hint to future graduates of Stan1ford High who are looking for fields in which to specialrze 182 I PP 1 J I I If I i I . . 7 . ' I . . - - Q I ' lf . . 0 I , , ' , . ' 7 7 7 5 9 ' ' I 7 I 7 I I 7 5 I ' 7 D , - and fabricating of steel, assembly departments, shipping and Of . . . ' , . . l . . . I . . . .- 1 -1 , I . I , - 395 - - 7 ' . . . I I V I .I I . . I , . 7 Complzmentx Congmtulatzom to the CLASS OF 1950 PEABODY ENGINEERING Q CORPORATION I Excellent Fac1l1t1es for Banquets Wed 39 MAPLE AVENUE Important Busmess or Soclal GLEN BROOK CONN Funfrrlons Complzments STAMFORD WATER COMPANY 183 Of VL ' O . . . ding Receptions, Parties and Other I I I Of I I I Complzmentr LIGGETT S DRUG STORE MAX K TRELL RADIO SALES AND SERVICE APPLIANCES HOBBIES and CRAFTS Phone 4 1705 497 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN Qt CORPORATION THE PLASTLIGHT CORPORATION The Plasttllght Corporanon offers great opportunxty to strongly ambmous workers malnly because of the good possl btlmes for rapld advancement Plastlllght rs 1 new growlng lndustry whlch has not yet so much as scratched the surface of the demand for tts product Baslcally thls product IS falrly srmple Sheets of chemlcally lmpregmted paper of attractlve deslgn and color are treated IH specral presses wlth great heat and pressure to form a plasncrzed sheet whnch mll not crack chnp cut starn corrode or fade and whlch lS decoratlve as vsell These sheets are used to make table tops for dmlng room krtchen and bedroom furniture drug store counters decoranve tlles coffee tables and even pnctures Naturally there rs a great demand for thus product both ln thls country and abroad Plasnlrght as an expandmg lndustry offers growlng oppor tunltres for employment No speclal tralnrng IS necessary for the company prefers to tram tts own men a knowledge of chemrstry or chemlcal engrneermg IS helpful but not essennal The qualtficatlons whlch are essentlal are physxcal strength mtellxgence and a sense of responslbxlrty The physlcal strength need not be excesslve but the work rs heavy and not of a whrte collar type Not brllllance but common sense IS requlred Advancement rf earned IS raprd there are cases IH whlch a green hand later rose to foreman and department head Although Plasnllght IS a small plant at present tts personnel needs are growrng rapldly It prefers to hlre from the com muntty and not to lmport labor Requlrements are not difficult work IS pleasant and advancement 15 rapld 184 I ' ' b ....- ---Q--4.-pg... A Nam., -Q O 4 1 ' - v r . r , r - 1 , L t . . . Y. a v 1 w v a 1 ' . . v - a v 1 ' a 1 ' v 4 - , r . s 'f 1 ' - u v r , . a , . . . . . - B 9 U n , . , . 1 1 7 L y ' a , 4 . SPRINGDALE FLORISTS GREENHOUSES, Inc FUNERAL DESIGNS A SPECIALTY FLOWERS for EVERY OCCASION WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS Phone 2 0348 At St johns R C Cemetery CAMP AVENUE SPRINGDALE CONN MAGNETIC POWDERS Inc Complzmentr THE CONNECTICUT PLASTILIGHT CORP Manuffzctzzrerf 0 Decoratrve Plastrc Sheets for Counter Table and Krtchen Tops Decorated Plastrc Trles and Trays Crgarette Proof Transluscent Plastrc Sheets for Srgns Name Plates Lamp Shades Etc 481 CANAL STREET STAMFORD CONN Wztb the Complzmentf STLE . Of Complfnwntf Alcohol Proof, Acid Proof, Alkali Proof? Of ' ' , I u Of N E ' S O O O Iss C omplzmentx UNITED CLOAK MFG C0 , Inc josEPH GRUBHR Prenden: Telephone 3 8044 17 BECKLEY AVENUE STAMFORD CONN C omplzmentf KERMES YES' WE HA VE IT 501 GLENBROOK ROAD GLENBROOK, CONN ,ks Q- 4- seo 5' J' o -29 Q 0 TIME INCORPORATED S Were rt not for the prrnted word modern educatron and modern l1fe would not flnd 1950 such a golden year Prror to the dnscovery of prrntmg the comman mans lot was one of dull rgnorance but the development of the art maklng possrble wade communxcatxon of thoughts and xdeas has brought enllght ment and a means of progress Tnme Incorporateds Sprlngdale Experrmental Laboratory has the prlmary objectnve of provndxng new methods of prrnt ang wnth great efhcrency and hngher qualnty Wrth almost no exceptnons every worker at the lab could be classxfled as a hlghly tramed technrclan Hugh school graduates should not be d1s couraged from entermg thxs Held however for the prrntmg lndustry IS on the threshold of tremendous technology advances durrng the next decade Tnme Incorporated publlshers of Tzme Lzfe and Fortune belxeve so thoroughly 1n the golden future of the next fifty years that they mcorporated xn 1945 a country wnde program of constructrve expansnon at a cost of 350 000 000 Of thrs expan sion program the Sprlngdale Research Laboratories are a part therr work encompasses numerous projects such as xmproved methods of makrng plates for letterpress and offset prmtmg new press designs nnk experlmentatron and a recently perfected method of provldmg color separation negatlves from koda chrome orngmals For the hrgh school graduate plannmg to enter the graphrc arts field and wrllmg to undergo the necessary techmcal trarnrng thrs forward movement wrll guarantee an extremely mterestlng and rewardmg career 186 ' og 2 SPRINGDALE RESEARCH LABORATORIES 43 ' l . y' . 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I ' ' . 1 - Q . , I K . , . . . , T QTQO E 53 SQNS INCORPORATED LITHOCPEAPHY 96120 PRINTING 3l JEFFERSON STREET STAMFORD CQBECTICUT TELEPHONE A 9?26 MASTERS OF THE GRAPHIC A15 ' LJ ' DIRECT NEW YORK WlRE'MELROSE 5-41ll2 C omplimentf of ARNOLD COVER'S SERVICE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING 90 STATE STREET COppos1te Railroad Statronj STAMFORD CONN STAMFORD ROLLING MILLS COMPANY SPRINGDALE CONN THE A H EMERY CO WEIGHING SYSTEMS HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC 682 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN PETROLEUM HEAT AND POWER C0 The Petroleum Heat and Power Company one of Stamford s best known rndustrlal organrzatxons IS the outgrowth of a busn ness that was started before 1900 Thrs plant occupying fifteen acres on the west branch of Stamford harbor has grown steadlly and IS at presence the mam office and manufacturmg plant of the company Their busmess IS devoted to the manufacture sale and mstallatxon of 011 burnmg equipment and the sale of fuel 011 they also servrce therr equrpment The Petroleum Heat and Power Company draws most of nts 361 employes from the cnty of Stamford and offers many oppor tunrtres for the hugh school trade school and college graduate A commercral student may become a member of the office force as a typxst clerk stenographer or rn any other related job Other jobs offered to boys are those of salesman servrceman and truck drrver The trade school graduate has a great many oppornmrtres rn such fields as draftmg tool desrgnmg machme workmg car pentry and electrrcrty A college educatlon rs excellent trammg for any posntlon therefore graduates would have an opportumty for work m the laboratory rn the engmeermg field and rn the office nn the admmrstratron end of the busmess Because the Petroleum Heat and Power Company contrnbutes to the comfort of people nn the community rt will grow wrth the communlty and w1ll provtde opportumtres for graduating classes m the years to come 188 , . I I 9 , . ' 9 7 ' 9 1 , . , . , . , . x v - x Q Q 0 . v s 1 ' 1 9 1 v 7 , . . . . . 1 Y Complmzenzf PETROLEUM HEAT 81 POWER do vsap sys CAMERAS and SUPPLIES Everyzhzng Photograpbzc Telephone 4 0958 32 PARK ROW STAMFORD CONN REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Phone 4 7439 105 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzmentf THE PERKIN ELMER CORPORATION ZANTOW FERGUSON INCORPORATED DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY Telephone 3 2233 59 ATLANTIC STREET CNext to Palace Theaterb STAMFORD CONN h 1 oooxi of X ox, . 9 , .Nb K coo 'Av LEON DERAN WILLIAM H. BRENNAN Of lot , ' IW Greetings Class of '50 May We Extend Our Best W1shes for Future Success CARMAN CATER STLIDIG Ojiczal Photogmpbe for Stamford H gb School 421 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN 9 1 1 +1 I I I P s Q r ! wig. , i 5 lg: vial. M I 1 Qi, ' f 6 p ' 0 ay N Compl' DR NOAH N SQLOFF C pfmentxf MEAD and MEAD Co pl'me I: of LINSLEY and MURPHY ' II 0 DUREY PIERSON WARD and PRINGLE Complzmentf C omplzmenty Complzmentf BRENNAN and GAFFN EY E GAYNOR BRENNAN MELVIN M DICHTER JOHN M HANRAHAN Complzments WOFSEY ROSEN and KWESKIN :menu of om 1 0 m 1 n Complzmen f Of 0f MOORE 81 EPIFANIO A FRIEND 1.01 - -nz-Hfqw- Of 01' I . 192 r I' I s v' l x 1 I' S' y Q 'v 11493822 Q J mg: 9 15 I J, 52- 1' fe I ' 1 -'12, ,Q 3 we QQ. W Y .N an if vw MW 2, hui 3 y :Ag 2' fr gi ' ,,.r' .5151 - ly .'s iffig f HW-,, .- fi ' - Q? H 1.5133 Il I Z1 2 I ' 4 A EQ W V N?-9 Q' E,- ixgqf 5' A I iffjg L ig 9 fu 5 X f' ..... 4 i ' 0 'H DR EDWARD E WEINSKI C0 lPIlm6'V1U0f D1x7157 GORN ELECTRIC W A PARTEE Roxaf Tgpcurzlerf Slarldard and Portable! DPCCIAI Rates ro Sru ienrs STAMFORD TOOL DYE 54145 and Serzzfe for All Maker Phone 5 6670 S W PARK PLACE STANIFORD CONN C Hllplllllt 1115 0 F nzplzmuzfs fwzzpllmuzlf DUKE LABORATORIES Inc A F R I E N D w75 FAIRFIELD AVENUE STAMFORD CONN Cmzzplznzcnlf THE MAGAZINE PHOTO ENGRAVING CORP STAMFORD, CONN I94 .1 517 14 11 f f f ' - L 81 . J K. TN . ' ' - I 4 , .U A , , 4 ! . of of 1 0 - -njffe - , , of - Q 'A' OUR BEST DID MOST FOR S.I-I.S. DID MOST FOR S.H,S. DID MOST FOR S.H.S Marc Brownstein. Bill Raymond Maurice Lynch Dolores Tamburri Sallie Craighead Josephine Fusci 1950 CLASS STATISTICS ALTERNATE CHOICES BOY GIRL DID MOST FOR S H S Jerry Balcar Marion Masone Joseph Sassaro Katherine Bridge Charles Neighbors Linda Wofsey BEST LOOKING MOST POPULAR Ray Markward MOST POPULAR George Sentementes Barbara Guzek Maurice Lynch Dolores Tamburri Sallie Craighead Warner Graves Natalie Goldman BEST LOOKING Kenneth Accousti Eleanor Montanaro BEST IN SPORTS Fred Robinson Annabelle Pia Sal Petrilli Marian Ferrara BEST ALL AROUND Maurice Lynch Josephine Fusci BEST IN DRAMA joy ce Martin jerry Balcar MOST POPULAR BEST IN SPORTS Sal Pefflul George Sentementes .I05CPh1UC FUSCI Marie Ottaviano BEST IN SPORTS OUTSTANDING IN OUTSTANDING Jlmmy Cullman MODERN LANGUAGES IN HISTORY Joan Ludwig Stanley Kozlol Stanley Kozxol Rose Ann Baron Ingeborg Blass RIMLAND S I SIIOIS III N I 0 III 'X KIIII I7 N AC II IC STANIIORD CONN I I 1 I If ALBREN S Jewelers NI Bums my I NIAIIN STREET SIAMIORD CONN SKIPPER RESTAURANT 8x BAR ll ILIIX CO0IxI'Nf OIIC YIICIAILII Inlcphonc I 5hHN B Nl I1 C IIIC IIIST QL ALITI II ICINITLRE I151! Our N zz II del Room! Telephone I 6109 I m1pI1n1uzfr GENERAL INSURANCE and BROKERAGE AGENCY Inc jus! I 11 Rim III C MIS ATIANIIIC SIRII I AMIORD CONN. ffmlpllmc mf ELECTRIC SERVICE IIIIIIS IN APPIIAINCLS 705 MAIN STRIIT QTAMTORD CONN GRAVES 8. STRANG Inc 556 CANAL STREET Phone 9 HSI STANIFORD CONN Tvso Ionf est1IvI1shcd busmcss Concerns serxmfv the ICFYIIOFI vurh quihty m ltcruls for many years CO lil Il II OIL9 REI RICERATION BI II DERS SI PPI IIS md IIAICDII ARF PAIIN I Y FROZI X IOUD I0CIxIf1C5 md CABIINEIS SPRINGDALE ICE 8. COAL CO. 933 HOPE STREET Phone 4 6173 SPRINGDALE, CONN 196 ' Cfmzgm lljdl-H711 tn flu' CfIu,r,f o 250 QI'.'iI.I'I ' Q mls ' , .ff7I', . Rlff I. .',,4'. IN P I I lS'I'RIfIf'I' ,I I 7 , Q . A I I ' .I . . 7 , A P . S A I 8: C O . , I . , . A A , . , , , 7 Jw, . . - , I ' ' f I7 Y H I V 'A I . 'ff I 0 f ' ' ' ' - IIIII Af- 1 552 MAIN STREET STANFORD, CONN. I'5 PACIFIC STREET STANFORD. CONN ff ' - , 0 If of I 0 , . , . I . Y , . . II, fs . H. 1.1.1fI - ST f . i 1 ' ' ' ' I I l I :I L ' , . v al E i A 1 l A A xi Y. D 1,-f'5, I- 1' ' II 1 , 5- - ' 7 , 1 If , - v' ' 4 C C 4 4 C 4 . .Y'5A'.' 4 'f.z't ' re BEST ALL AROUND BEST IN DRAMA OUTSTANDINC IN LATIN Bull Raymond Warner Graves Stanley kozlol Sallxe Cranghead NH! G0ldm2lfl Ellzabexh Daley OUTSTANDINC IN OUTSTANDING COMMFRCIAL SUBIECT9 IN SCIENCE Phxllls Palumbo .ICYVY BPIICHI' Eta Pnzlo In8eb0f!- Blass OUTSTANDING IN MATH OUTSTANDING IN ART Ben Landau Edvun Knapp Ingeborg Blass joan Balko OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING IN IN ENGLISH IN MUSIC HOME ECONOMICS Jameson Doug Robert Marunson Carolyn Vossler Sondra Platsky Sallle Cralghead Betty Grant 1 . 7 , K I . . Y 1, 'am ,,L,,i, ye. V. , Fomplmzentf ol BROCK PRESS Inc SCIIOOL OUTFITTERS Dual th phone 5 3111 39 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN R L U R I E IAILORED CLOTHES In Food Tafte SENSIBLY PRICED Phone 4 9994 Compizmenlx of MILDRED S BEAUTY SALON HAIR ST1 LISTS for TEENAGERS MAX GOTTFRIED Inc ROOFING and SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS STOLFI S Inc RADIOS TELEVISIONJ Phone 1 7541 16 RICHMOND HIIL AVENUE STAMFORD CONN C omplzmerzn MERCHANTS of RIDGEWAY SPOPPING CENTER LOREN MURCHISON 8- CO Inc CLASS RIAGS TROPHIES MEDALS PINS REFVESEIZHIII1 e R L BR W 205 P1nc Tree DFIVL Box 1713 Red Oflk Mxlls POUGHKEEPSIE N Y 198 4 ' B. . CO I . .. 1 1. I 4. . I 0 - . . I of RIfFRIGIfRATORS- WASHERS .!. U' I . . O . . V, 1 L V . CONN PLATE GLASS GLASS FOR ALL PURPOSES Telephone 3 4277 109 117 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD CONN S A R N E R S W EARING APPAREL STAMFORD HOSIERY SHOP 119 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN RICHARD 8. .IESSUP C0 Inc FOUNDED 1907 Heating Verztzfarmg Sheet Metal Work Plumbing Roofing Au' Conditioning 615 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN THIS TIME ITS HUDSON SEE THE CAR OF TOMORROW INCORPORATED Telephone 4 4145 874 EAST MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN WISE S PAINT STORE, Inc 28 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD CONN THE MICHAEL HOFFMAN FUEL CO Phone 4 4181 100 SOUTHFIELD AVENUE STAMFORD CONN G. s. B. SALES and SERVICE Te1ePhO0e 5-2119 7 ' -.,.gHj...,- what on mm IS a LAMINAIED slum? We d lxke to have a nlckel for every tame one of you nexghbors of ours has come by our bunldmg on Unnon Street and sand What on earth do you suppose a lammated shnm 157 You certainly have a rnght to know because about 75 of your fellow Stamfordxans work here And wed like you to know So here goes Ever played cards on a table that had one short leg? Remember how you folded up a pxece of paper to put under the leg to make the table even? Well you ll probably be really surprxsed to know snmple way to make small accurate adyustments They re used a lot ln machinery But let s say that after you put the shnm ln place that the leg IS then too long So just luke any engmeer would have done you took out the paper and tore off a few of the extra folds You see your shlm was lammated that IS If was made up of layers of paper Well we make lammated shxms too only they re brass or steel and they re not often used for card tables LAMINATED SHIM GDMPANY INC 200 l 3 . - - , - ,, 3 . , Y . that you were using the paper as a shim, It's sort of a spacer -- a , . , .. - ,, - ' 7 9 Y 7 Q ' 3 1 7 , , I , . Complzmenlx of A F RI E N D Compliment: of GABRIEL T COLBI Jeweler EXPERT WATCH and CLOCK REPAIRING 343 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Compllmenlr of REMINGTON RAND STAMFORD FLOOR COVERING CO LEE AND TFD LIONFTTI RUCS CARPETS LINOLEUM Wzrzdou Shade: Venetian Blind: Rubber Tile Telephone S 4960 25 SPRUCE STREET STAMFORD CONN S T E V E N S I ll C FINE LUGGAGF and LEATHER GOODS Phone 4 2590 153 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN Compliment! of AUGUSTA SHOPPE 336 338 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN SILVERMAN and SHANEN SCRAP IRON and MFTALS 85 HAWTHORNE STREET STAMFORD CONN LARRY S LUNCHEONETTE ITALIAN and AMERICAN FOOD Free Road Service Telephone 4 5742 470 W INIAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN Compllmenlf of M U Z Z I O B R O S SWEENEY S SERVICE STATION GREASING SINIONIZIIVG WASHING Gasoline and Ozl Corner Glenbrook Road and Mam Street STAMFORD CONN Complxmentx of PARK VIEW RESTAURANT Compliment! of HART S FOOD CENTER JOSEPH HAM Prop 207 SHIPPAN AVENUE STAMFORD CONN SHOE CENTER Inc CANCELLATION SHOES Fme Shoes From Fine Sourcex Phone 4 7417 On the Post Office Block 549 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN HENDRIE 8x LOVATT Inc CLOTHIERS and HABERDASHERS 103 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Compliment: of B 8m G SURPLUS STAMFORD CONN GREENWICH CONN PORT CHESTER N Y .IULIAN BRIDAL SALON Cuxtom Made Brzdal and Ezfenmg Goum' Telephone 4 3995 558 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN 0 I 1 1 Y Y ' . ,... - . V . . . 1 , . l I ' A . 7 ' --A I I 9 1 1 1 - - 1 1 - I , . , . ' 1 , . 1 1 - , . , - 1 1 - 1 1 - . . I 7 4 I ' - , .. , . NU MODE CLEANERS 8: TAILORS 3 HOUR CLEANING SERVICE Phone 3 5313 454 MAIN STREET STAMEORD CONN Complxmenlx of PATRICK 8 SON IIIC D ALESSANDRO BROS FURRIERS 148 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzmentx of A R KLAHR Jeweler Next to Stamford Trust Co 312 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN Comphmentr of the Amerucan Home Construction Co Inc Phone 4 3401 125 TURNER ROAD STAMFORD CONN CONETTA BROS FLOOR COVERING CO Telephone 3 6626 195 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN THE W FLEMMING COAI. CO ESTABLISHED 1898 MASONS SUPPLIES fuel Ozl Oz! Burnzng Lquzpment Coal Coal Burmng Equzpment Phone 5 1147 SHOWROOM AND OFFICE PLANT AND OFFICE 52 Pulaskt Street Stamford Conn Complzmenlf 0 live WENZEL COMPANY Telephone 46051 P I E R S O N 81 S M I T H REAL ESTATE IIN YURAINCE 65 BROAD STREET STAMFORD CONN Compliment! of ARTHUR CLOTHES GROVE STREET STAMFORD CONN PETER S FLOWER SHOP f'loralDeJ1gn5 U eddmg Bouquet: Deforanons Wfe Telegraph Flou ery Phones 4 2333 Resndence 3 9611 81 SOUTH STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzments of G R E E N B E R G S Complmzentx of EVELYN S BEAUTY SALON Telephone 4 6876 473 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN E T H E L A L L A N It I Cood Fmbxon If It Wear! the Label STANFORD CONN 202 - S . , . . . , Ml O I A f 32 Richmond Hill Avenue, Stamford, Conn. 707-7,7 GREENWICH AVENUE I ' 1 , . LINDSTROM-HOYT, Inc. A. W. L1NDsnoM Prop, REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Compliment: of GEORGE L HICKEY Inc STAMFORD FUR SHOPS C realorf and Manufacturer! of FINE FURS Compliment: of THOMAS A .IENNINGS Complzmentx of FITCHETT S CAKE SHOP Complzmentx of THE TEXTILE STORES 11 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN TONY S RIDGEWAY DRIVE IN Fmeft in Hamburger: and Hot DogJ Phone 4 1587 BULLS HEAD AND WESTPORT CONN Compliment: of F I R E S I D E I N N 22 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzmenn of SAMMARS SERVICE STATION KETTER BROS GARAGE 1032 HOPE STREET SPRINGDALE CONN JOHN A SCALZI CO Wholesale and Retail Telephone 3 1187 52 60 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD CONN THE HOUSE OF CARPET Inc BROADLOOM LINOLEUM TILE Phones 3 2678 3 4456 MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN Compliment: of RACANELLO Florist Complzment: of WILLIAM GORDON IEWELER ANGELO S BEAUTY SALON Telephone 3 7238 Opposute Y M C A ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Congnztulatzom io Our Future Cuxtomen' THE COUNTRY SHOP Lid . , . I , . I . . . I 0 Diytribulorf of Pain!! and Painterx' Supplies' 7- -' - ' 153 , , I I .--n I . 568 , , . 203 STAMFORD RADIO HOSPITAL Inc Hot Point Applxances Telewnon Radio Repair Phone 3 6291 494 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzmentf of STAMFORD LUMBER COMPANY Telephone4 1129 297 PACIFIC STREET STAMFORD CONN KNITTING CENTER FREE INSTRUCTIONS BANK STREET STAMFORD CONN Compliment! of KAY S WOMAN S SHOP INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY FUEL OIL Burner Salex and Sen :ce THE CHOCOLATEERS Fme Candzex From All Over the World MUSIC CONSERVATORY INDIVIDUAL LESSONS ON ALL INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS FURNISHED IE So DESIRED Phone 4 0213 24 PARK ROW 12nd Floor Rearj STAMFORD CONN THE HATCH 81 BAILEY LUMBER SINCE 1872 FAHEY STREET SPRINGDALE CONN Complzmentx of SCHACHT 81 SONS CENTRAL WILLYS MOTORS MAIN STREET STAMFORD CONN Complzments of RICE S FLORIST Compliment! of MAC S DINER Compliment: of VOGUE BEAUTY SALON Complzmertx of B I. O O M F I E L D S PLUAIBING 24 MAGEE AVENUE STAMFORD, CONN 204 , . - ,. 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