Staples High School - Stapleite Yearbook (Westport, CT)

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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 ' - . . ' -

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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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1APf?2HRhq37 Shlrley Allen Dorothy Avery Warren Baker Herbre Baldwm Bxll Baynham Sherm Betts Charlene Bougehton Ruta Houghton Betty Bom en Bet-ty Boyer Nnta Bresthel beymour Breslow Murnel Brown Katherme Capetamdls Vrrg,mxa Closson Patsy Cool Tom C rlst Charlre De Marta Nlane Dlmond Izdna Dnshrow I rantcs Dombrov. sk: Ruth Drrstoll jnmmy Duffy Ruth hllrot Anastasia I urmanek Edrth bartrell Theresa bjuresko julia Cyombos Franus Curant jack Hall Nellie Horelltk Barbara Hubbard Lverett Hurlbutt Evelyn Hurtuk I rank johnson Charlre lxappus Ruth lxeene Jack Ixelth Brll lxoster Jaclue La Motte John Leahy! Marge Lust Larry Maddoc' lY1lltlfLklM3lD Alfred Marlm Brll Massmann Irene Matyas Shlrley Mills Remer Mumm Mouse Nash Harry Nerlson Louls Nrstlco john Pfmgsten Ray Phelan Steve Popowxch Nookre Powers Sophie Prackup 1-tl Pratt Ollver Reagan Florence Reed Bull Reed Bettv Rrppe Marshal Roy loe Ryley Vmcent Santanello Peggy Scofield Pauline Scott Mary Scrxhner Sy lvma bnmmons Ruth Smffen Leonard Stevens Florence Tanner Nell Tracy Fleanor Treadwell Bob Wakeman Fthel Wallace Natme Weber Fred Webb Mlke Welch Mxdge Westlng Rog Wlllrams Charlotte Wnlonskt Dorothy Wohlfonh FAVORITE SAYINGS But dehmtely' Oh hddle sucks I-Il Chum Merry Chrxstmas Bull Dlcky What a vrslon' H uh thmk rt am t' Varrety 15 the sprce of lrfe I don t remember Holy Iosephnne jumpmg, jehosephat Do they not' tsk tslt Ca nonseb W tl bust ma butt Oh shutlts' I thought I d due Okay I lash nn the pan Oh plffle' Larr e e e' Dehmtely' We ann t proud C harp,e' Bush' l don t knovs I um a drddle' bhutks' Am t the way I heard rt Am t me Shenff' Oh nuts' Don t get hufly Oh Golly' H ou yyouldn t krd me would you? Why ' Oh quiet' Quret Breslow' Heavenly Pups' Why shore' Oh Bosh' Oh really ' You know' I don t knovy I dunno' Honestly f To be sure' Cnot prmtablej Chxlx beans' Well' For cryxng out loud' Whow' I must be crazy' I-Ilya grrls Good mornlng 11 Contact' Hr krds' Oh for Pete s sake' Buck up' Flasher dashe Don t ask me Hrya sweetheart' Is that so? You am t lymg Jake' Could be' What do you thmk a out the Chmes srtuatron Y e h' More fun for the kiddies Oh gosh I don t know Whoozle whats ll Really honey chxle Srnk me' Ah gee' You am t lymg' Why sure' Who do you thmk I am Santa Claus? That makes rt ntce' Defmltely Hello Judas Prrest' lv Very I-onya , , , 7 . , ' 1. - - . 4 nl - V VI v ' . .. 7 -- , ' - f r hes! r I ' , . , A . . .. . Y ,, O. 9 ' . ' 4- - n . , .. ., , ' .c . NH. .. , . . I .. - r,,. , ,. , ,.. , . ' u - v - n . .. . ,N . Q s Y . . , t I . .. A ..N ,.. .. . ,.. . .. ,., ' ' UH' tr ' ' - -1 - 'nn , , , 'u n 4 - -' -'