Stonington High School - Pawmystonian Yearbook (Pawcatuck, CT)

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CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY'THREE 31 Freshmen of West Broad President, Richard Freestone Secretary, Dorothy Davison The Frosh of West Broad number about seventyfiive and compose a very large class. lt is a very active class, and is certainly far more active than the Stonington Freshmen. We sincerely hope that this class will keep up its good work in its Sophomore year. The Frosh of West Broad can look with pride upon their athletes who have taken a prominent part in the athletic field. It is expected that many of the Frosh will take part and distinguish them' selves in scholastic, athletic and social endeaf vor in Stonington High School. This class is distinguished by many honor students who have struggled for scholastic leadership in all their undertakings. Among these may be found the names of Dorothy Davison, Mary Champlin, Irene Martell, Kenf neth Lattimore and Clarence Burdick. Cn the gridiron and diamond it is expected that Charles Moosey, john Lazzaro, LaVerne Stillman and J. Micelli will take their places with former stars. These athletes have worked V1cefPresident, Margaret Sullivan Treasurer, Kenneth Lattimore very hard to attain their letters and deserve much credit. Among the musically inclined individuals may be found the names of Peter Vardilos, the great piano playerg LaVerne Stillman and Henry Babcock, the Ruhinoff of the class. In the social whirl may be found Mary YVilcox, Marguerite O'Keefe, Mary Law, Margaret Parkinson, Henry Babcock and Harf vey De Movick. The Frosh conducted a broadcasting prof gram in which the most talented students im' pcrfonated Bing Crosby, Kate Smith, Ruth Etting, Rudy Vallee, and many other famous radio celebrities. The Frosh have organized a Dramatic Club under the able direction of Mr, Anthony Pupillo. lt is expected that this club will go over big and that the members will present many interesting plays. We hope that this class will keep up its good work and become a credit to Stonington High School.

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30 sToNINGToN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK Freshman Class of N36 President, Aleck Nasiatka Secretary, Madeline Meuse VicefPreside'nt, Frederick joseph T1eas1we1'.'losephinc Santos The Flippant Froslr The Freshman class of this year is certainly the largest in the history of the school. The class has taken for granted that it can do any' thing without permission. It is a very noisy class in general and has not shown the proper amount of respect for the Seniors. Socially the Frosh have failed, because they have not followed the custom of Freshmen classes of former years in giving a social. This annual affair, which was usually well attended, has been missed hy the upper classmen. Failing socially, the Frosh have redeemed themselves in the athletic Held of their school. Among their athletes whose names will be ref corded in the S. H. S. hall of fame are: joseph Pont, Clifford Jones, Joseph D'Amico, Donald Reed and Bill Sylvia. The Freshmen are to be congratulated in their effort in striving to pay their Athletic Association dues, in order that their room might be one hundred per cent. This class is distinguished by a few excepf tional scholars, but no intellectual geniuses. The Freshmen are an unusual class in that its members may be found to have talent in certain lines. In the music field are Madeline Meuse, Arthur Freidman and James Rittenf house. The Freshmen, in doing their bit toward putting on enjoyable assembly programs, dis' played dramatic ability in presenting a one' ilct play entitled, The Boy Comes Home. Those taking part in it were: Joseph Pont, Frederick joseph, Louise Kelso, Ruth Vargas and Clara Melvin. Among those socially prominent are: Marf guerite Welsh, Madeline Meuse and Mary Shannon. We sincerely hope this class will follow the traditions upheld by their predecessors and will further the standards of sociability of S. H. S. during their remaining high school years. Elsie Piver

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32 STONINGTON HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK Girls' Prophecy Loud peals of thunder break the monotony of the seemingly everlasting rain. Zigzagged streaks of lightning flash outside-the only means of light in my dreary abode. Ah! a loud clap of thunder-it is a stimulant to the queen of the witches' brain. The fog and filthy air clears-WI must work upon my, great mission-to reveal all concerning the female graduates of the class of '33 of Stonington High School. The queen must begin at once-I shall call my capable assistants, my clever witches who have magic power and due to this are able to go to all parts of the world and draw out the deepest secrets-what other way could the queen discover what thirtyfone young women are doing in this advanced year of 1953? Fair is foul, and foul is fair -the aged prophecy of the witches comes to me. I shall call them. Spirit One, come hither. You shall go forth and find the whereabouts and occupations of the girls in question. You have the lst, take care nothing escapes. Spirit Two, accompany Spirit One and aid her to keep the magic pot prepared. Spirit Three, you shall go along with my two witches and return to me as a mortal. Then with all your astuteness must you discover and relate to me all you have seen and heard. 'Tis Time, 'Tis Time. Depart! The thunder has ceased. The rain is no longer dripping: the lightning has also ceased, making my den so dark I no longer can see. I step outside. The moon appears through the clouds. Stars are twinkling. What a perfect setting for the rendition of such def lightful informative tales of one's classmates' Hark, the pot is boiling-'tis nearly the seventh hour! 'Tis time, 'tis time-How well will my mission be done? The pot boils o'er! 'Tis the seventh hour! Ah! my third spirit has come-a mortal. She sits beside me-with a nod of my head the third witch begins. Oh Queen, the mission has been well pref pared. You will be satisfied. We have seen the thirtyfone women we sought. I shall tell all. In our travels we met a good' natured young lady, a traveler like ourselves. Her fluency in speaking the romance lan- guages was superb. She spends her time in drifting from one country to another. She probably contracted the fever for traveling from circumstances connected with her Eng' lish notebook during her Senior year. Elsie Piver always did have the neatest, and proba-' bly the most complete, notebook in the class. Dean's Mills next, in all its glory. A well constructed diving float onefeighth of a mile square, takes up a huge space in the water. Many people are gathered on the float-it is the day of the diving championship. All bets are placed on Margaret, who, due to her athletic training at S. H. S., has gained a wide reputation in all fields of sport. Diving at present is her hobby. Many contestants entered, dove, failed. Amid much spontanf eous applause Peggy executed a beautiful swan, landed without making a ripple-just another cup added to the collection! Seated quite near the diving structure was a young lady who seemed all wrapped up in the great idea of computing the distance between the ripples. If this problem is solved her name will become a byword in the field of mathef maticians. Yes, Catherine Vargas-still ref taining that devout interest in math. Kayren has the Old Red Barn all Exed up now so that all the youngsters are able to learn the multiplication table easy-real live animals are used in illustration. The greatest financial move of the day is that of a certain young lady who put a price tag on her fudge. Wequetequock is the fudge making center, and the place, due to this thriving industry, is entirely cured of the de' pressing situation way back in 1933. Everyf one can remember how fast Margie Maries daily box of fudge disappeared. Margie does' n't advertise at all-the unwavering popular' ity of the candy will never fail. On shore, opposite the float, was the new Stonington High School gym, the old gym having been torn down the previous year to make room for Miller's addition to the founf dry. Inside the gym were gathered many people, listening and hanging on to every word the political speaker had to say. She has retained her forcefulness in manner of speech as in her high school days. Her main theme was advocating bigger and better Unions -which she says would have been a sure cure for the depression of our senior year. Such was Luella's philosophy. On the outside of the gym stood a very