Staples High School - Stapleite Yearbook (Westport, CT)

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t 1APf52iE,Uf37 DEMOCRACY FACES THE FUTURE BY SEYMOUR BRESLOW The audrence has arnsen and the graduates begm the last step nn hugh school lrfe After twelve years of concentrated study we the graduates of 1939 are leavmg to make a place for ourselves rn th world Some of us wxll contmue work rn colleges and profes snonal schools and some of us wrll seek posmons at once but regardless of what we do we wxll all be faced wrth the problems of today Today more than xn other days we are drsturbed by the problems of government upheaval m various parts of the world On one slde we see vars of aggresslon rnvaslon of lnnocent countries and the consequent actrvmes which make one wonder lf the world rs entxtled to be called cxvllnzed on the other srde drctatorshxp rs spreadmg castrng rts evil eye on the small countrxes unable to defend themselves We rn Amerxca are not nn xmmedxate danger of mvaslon by aggressors or of having our government overthrown by communrsts or facrsts but we are constantly bemg propagandxzed wrth the materrals released by these groups When we conslder that for over 150 years we have lnved happrly under the demo cratrc form of government rt rs mdeed dlfhcult to acknowledge the value of any other form of government for us rn thls country Under no other form of government can the people and the press state therr vxews and oplnrons wrthout fear of death or oppresslon We have only to take mto account the suffermgs of people rn other countrnes before we can apprecrate the blessrngs of democracy whnch we enloy In Germany for example vue fmd oppressed people fillrng the concentratron camps suifermg unspeakable mlserxes of horrrble torture and rnhuman treatment In the Unlted States people fill the lecture halls and amusement places Wrth utter drsregard for the fundamental llbertres and rrghts of human belngs Fascxsm has brought mto use methods whxch were condemned rn the We rn the Umted States are fortunate rn that we have both the Atlanuc and the Pacxfrc as natural boundaries These mlghty barrrers are not yet easnly penetrable by modern arrplanes and bombmg expedmons We are also fortunate rn the fact that we are almost self sufficxent We are not dependent upon other countrres for food and the other great essentials We have only to look at England whnch IS separated from the contrnent of Europe by but a few mxles and France which IS located rn the mldst of her enemnes before we can realize gust how lucky we are Bombs cannot be flown across our great barrrers to hall death and destructron on our c1v1l1ans and property The prrncnpal danger of an attack on us can come as many men have sand from wrthxn The Unlted States has less to fear from guns and bombs than from the sub versrve efforts of enemres w1th1n the country Other natrons spend mnlllons of dollars for propaganda alone We are bombarded darly by propaganda from forengn governments trymg to spread therr doctrmes We Amerxcans detest communxsm fascrsm and Nazrsm If there are any good pomts rn thelr doctrmes let them become developed rn therr own countrxes nnstead of berng forced on us If the prmcnples are good and sound we wnll event ually adopt them But the evndence thus far avarlable pomts wrth very httle llkelrhood m that drrectron In brnnglng these words to a close I would lxke to say that m the years we have spent at Staples we have seen fine examples of democracy at work rn our classes our class meetmgs our clubs and our actrvmes Our teachers have cooperated wnth us rn a manner befrttrng grown men and women of a free country It IS my fervent hope that the democranc spmt whxch has been mstrlled rn all of us wnll remam rn later lxfe 3 Y 7 l 7 7 U ' Y I ' a Q y Y , ' 7 3 7 . , . . . . Mldde Ages as barbarous. . . y . . Y Y , . ! Y ' Y 5 ' . 3 - . . , . y 9 7 , .

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LEW rAPtieEE,Yg CLASS HISTORY It was rn September of that momentous year 1936 when 80 members of the rntellrgensa NJ dec ded to rnvade Staples Senrot High School The honorable Tom Paynter presided over our class meetings with George Powers vrce presrdent Shrrley Mrlls secretary and jack Hall treasurer Eddie Dolan jimmy Duffy Nooky Powers and Brll Baynham carried their football prowess over from junror hrgh and turned out some excellent games The basketball season was an important one for Staples smce we were state champrons rn our own drvrs ron We sophomores contributed Nook Powers one of the stars of the team The baseball season rolled around wrth Jrmmy Duffy prtchrng for the Wreckers He was supported by Roger Wrllrams Nook Powers Steve Popo wrch Hank Torska and Brll Baynham Patsy Cool Frank johnson and Charles De Mana represented us rn the Student Councrl Alan Senre and Seymour Breslow contributed their talents to Inklrngs We hope rt was partly due to their efforts that the paper won first prrze at the National C S P A conventron Hrgh posrtrons on the Honor Roll were held by Patsy Cool Frank john son and Shrrley Mrlls Alan Senre was pesrdent of all Westport Junior Red Cross Chapters Both the boys and grrls rifle teams seemed to have a fairly successful season We thmk rt was partly due to the good marks manshrp of Ruth Keene Rog Wrllrams Herbert Bald win john Pfrngsten and Harry Neilson The endrng of Christmas vacation was not as much regretted as rt mrght have been thrs year smce upon our return to school we held classes rn the new burldrng Following the custom of last year s class we held a p cnrc at Compo Beach where swrmmrng lunch and games were enjoyed by all We sard au revorr to Staples rn june pleased with our lrttle taste of rt and anxious for more Wrth jack Hall gurdmg the shrp of state George Powers as vrce presrdent John Leahy as secretary and Mrdge Westrng as treasurer we sailed into our junror year Staples popped up with an excellent football team this year most of the places on the squad frlled by jun rors Eddre Dolan at halfback turned out to be the Staples flash Nook Powers starred at quarter back and jimmy Duffy at fullback Captain jack Hall led the boys rn blue and white to a hard earned vrctory over Norwalk score 13 6 A record crowd turned out for this game and we were proud of the excellent school sprrrt displayed Several juniors came to the ard of Captain George Pow ers when the basketball season came up Al Marlm and Rog Wrllrams helped to burld up the bowlmg team The Student Councrl as usual functroned successfully Shrrley Mrlls vrce presrdent jack Hall Frank johnson and Patsy Cool represented the junror class The juniors were prominent members of the French Club this year smce they held practically all the offices A goodly number of the class turned journalrstrc and wrote for Inklrngs The orchestra was loyally supported by Seymour Breslow Vrrgrnra Closson Marie Drmond Charles De Marra and julia Gombos The month of Aprrl found us followrng the custom of previous classes and presenting a play A Howling Success by name The star role of this three act farce was played by Sherwood Welch He was supported by a splendid cast rncludrng Alan Senre Marge Lrst Herbert Baldwin Frank Johnson Mrdge Westrng Margaret Nash and Marguerrte Boughton A number of junrors partrcrpated rn a state wrde poster contest Becky Boyer drstrngurshed herself by wrnnrng the hrst prize of ten dollars The Garden Club sponsored a poster contest which was won by Sophie Prackup The class gave a prom to which the seniors were rnvrted I was held at that beautiful Longshore Beach and Country Club The last leg of the journey began by the electron of class officers by the regular state and natronal electron methods When the polls were closed and the votes counted Brll Massmann was presrdent Charles De Maria vrce presrdent Mrdge Westrng secretary and jack Kerth treasurer Shrrley Mrlls Rerner Mumm Lawrence Mad dock and Marge Lrst were elected to the Student Council The football season passed rn a blaze of glory The Staples men under the captarncy of Larry Maddock were champrons rn the CD drvrsron They were presented with the Waskowrtz trophy at the annual Fathers Club banquet We drdnt wrn the champronshrp rn basket ball but we had a farrly good season supported by a loyal team For our senior play we presented George M Cohan s Seven Keys To Baldpate The plot rs lard at a summer resort on the top of Baldpate Mountarn The members of the cast rncluded Charles De Marra Ruth Ellrot Bar bara Hubbard Seymour Breslow Frank Johnson Fred Webb John Pfrngsten Mrdge Westrng John Leahy and Herbert Baldwrn Inklrngs agarn won the first prrze at the C S P A convention The publrcatron was supported by a great many members of the senror class Among them were Marge Lrst Becky Boyer Ed Pratt Ethel Wallace Elean or Treadwell Margaret Nash Seymour Breslow and the loyal typrsts included Charlotte Wrlonskr Vrrgrnra Clos son Murrel Brown Evelyn Hurtuk Ruth Drrscoll Frances Dombroskr A number of students turned out to help Mrdge West mg, editor rn chref to make our year book brgger and better than any precedrng one School rrngs and prns were purchased as the year drew to a close The annual senror prom was held at Longshore perhaps berng appre crated only the more smce we all knew rt was our last hrgh school socral affair Wrth the grrls rn lovely whrte gowns the boys lookrng very immaculate we received our diplomas and left the halls of our alma mater forever as students l . l 1 . . , 7 Q .. - .1 . . . r. 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MYQWQ, AMBITIONS Dorothy Avery To be a commercral arttst Shirley Allen To be a writer Warren Baker To see every state m the Unron before he 15 21 Herbert Baldwln To play the tuba ln Toscanms Symphony Orchestra Wnlllam Baynham To become a professxonal :ce hockey player Sherman Betts-To popularxze Bean Bag Charlene Boughton To be a secretary Marguerxte Boughton To be a bubble dancer Betty Bowen To stay m the country Rebecca Boyer To go to Alaska Amta Breschel To be a nurse Seymour Breslow To be a doctor Muriel Brown To be a good secretary Katherme Capetamdxs To smg lxke Mxhza Korjus Vlrgmta Closson To cross the ocean Margaret Cool To have a good PICIUIC taken of herself Charles DeMar1a To get a Ph D from a Barber College Marte Dxmond To be able to look a teacher rn the eye and say My homework s done' Edna Dlsbrow To send one down the alley straight' Frances Dombroskl To be a fellow vagabond wnth Ruth Drlscoll Ruth Drrscoll To be a vagabond ames Duffy To be a tough sergeant tn the U S Army Ruth Elhott to play the organ Anastasta Furmanek To travel Ednth Gartrell To be a pnvate secretary Theresa Gjuresko-To travel ulla Gombos-To be a chlld nurse Francis Grant To become an undertaker Ceventuallyl ohn Hall Never to have an ambltlon' Barbara Hubbard To succeed Everett Hurlbut To succeed after havmg failures Evelyn Hurtuk To own a florist shop Charles Kappus-To be a research phystcrst Ruth Keene To smg ohn Keith To be captam of a boat Wxllnam Koster To marry a rlch woman acquelme LaMotte To beat Bobby Rogers at tenms' john Leahy To be a singer or a sailor Marjorre Lrst To open an rce skatmg rink rn Westport Lawrence Maddock To stay a bachelor' ' Mtldred Mam Who hasn t got a slngle one' Alfred Marlm To be Number One bowler of Connectrcut Wnlham Massmann to a scxentnst Irene Matyas To be amblttous Shirley Mxlls-To be a lady of leisure Reiner Mumm To be a WPA worker for loaferl Margaret Nash Stay out of war' C not to be taken too lxterally' 5 Harry Nellson Have plenty of money and have plenty of good places to spend rt Lours NISIICO-T0 be a WPA foreman john Pfrngsten To bunld a model of the whole New Haven Ra1lroad system Ray Phelan To be a research chem1st Steve Popowxch To be an avxator George Powers-To keep movrng Sophle Prackup-To learn how to dance and to roller skate Edmund Pratt To have loads of money and mvent mechanrcal applrances Florence Reed To explore an Egyptian pyramxd Oliver Reagan To be a football coach Wxlmont Reed To find a suntable yob Betty Rxppe-To be both secretary and traveler' Marshall Roy To form a good orchestra joseph Ryley To travel anywhere and everywhere J G - ' ' . . . J ' , ' t - J . -. . H ' Nellle Horelrck-To learn to drxve. J e. . ' - ' . - J ' - . . ' -