Suffield Academy - The Pioneer Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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GEORGE B ABBE BA Umverslty of New Hampshxre MA Unxversxty of Iowa AGNES K MILLER RN The Hartford Hospltal School of Nurslng WILLIAM MORAN JR Stanstead College VINCENT C OKEEFFE BMus Boston Umversxty MA Columbxa Umversxty BETTE B REYNOLDS BA Southwestern at Memphis MARSHALL E SEELEY WILLIAM H UPSON MD Tufts College Creatwe Wntzng Resulent Nurse Supermtendent Band Tutor Glee Club School Physzcum MARIO J VINCENTI BFA Rhode Island School of Design MFA Cornell Umverslty Art VIRGINIA M WILLIAMS BA Smxth College Music and Piano C 1-3.3

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1 HAROLD A WIPER BA Dartmouth College Geology D JAMES S WILLIAMS BA Amherst College English CLINTON B YEOMANS B A Wesley an Urns erslty French if-.N

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Class Ihstory In September 1954 seven studrous boys came to Suffield to frll the ranks of the Freshman Class We were fortunate rn havrng among us the good wrll Ambassador from Mexico Vrctor Weeds Vales whose abrlrty to skrp soccer practice was the envy of all Drck Leonards psychology course falras General Screncey started the year off wrth a shock As the Englrsh Department head we were fortunate to have jungle jrm whose spellrng was atrocrous and whose grammar was worse Casual Gordon saw that thrs drdn t last long Pmkys Latrn I proved to be an excellent course rn logrstrcal trarnrng the merrts of Fox Company and the faults of Easy Company Through the benevolence of Sandy Sanderson we were able to spend a cloudy afternoon rn the lush green mountains of Massachusetts DeMaro and Ko walczyk capsized whrle teaching those uninformed about canoeing the proper way to handle the craft We concluded the day wrth a harr rarsrng soft ball game rn a nearby swamp In 1955 we saw a lot of new recrurts fillrng up the ranks Harlrng from Larchmont came Bloom rngdale Krensky who rn hrs more undesrrable moods alras jerry From Wethersfreld came Cars Lepper to rntrrgue everyone wrth hrs automobile know how Drck Leonard resumed hrs psychology course un der a new alras Brology By the way what ever hap pened to Lrttle DoeLrne 7 Latrn agarn proved to be trme out for a lrttle braggrng The Coachs French Class eventuated rn a hot contest between Amplrfrer jennrngs and Bloom rngdale Krensky to see who could out wrt jerry Durrng thrs year we were very unfortunate rn havrng to say goodbye to one of Tvrlles delegates Sam Peraro whose golfing abrlrty was not apprecrated by Jungle jrm Under the able gurdance of Dewey Reynolds the lrghtwerght Soccer team frnrshed wrth a glorrous sea son of no defeats Sandys posrtron was serrously threatened The wrnter term came and so drd our prospective stars Kowalczyk rn basketball DeMaro rn wrestlrng accompanied by Gordon and Singer rn hockey Sprrng came and left and we completed our sec ond year at Suffield The Fall term of 1955 found us rn mrd stream wrth a srnk or swrm ultrmatum Slrde Rule Sammy s power packed Chemrstry assrgnments began submerg rng many the hrst week whrle Leo was baptrzed by re The class athletrc talent was soon drscovered as Bob Daly The Bear and Ernre Rrchards joined The Anrmal under DD Prnky and The Wrpe On the lower fields there was to be heard the plarntrve calls of antrcrpate and contain the play as the old Scotchman broke rn hrs newly acqurred talent Guyer was looking good and wrth the addrtron of Brownre Westre and Eddre the backfield hopes were hrgh The Fall term soon passed rnto memorres but not without such memorable events as Bullet Bob s butt room the after hours drscussron groups and Ser lrn s low slung Cadrllac Chrrstmas vacatron saw Brddy and Rrchardo Kahn threatened by second floor Fuller and two cartons of Chesterfields Whrle above The Coach was makrng a valrant defense agarnst firecrackers B B guns and Brran Webster Bullet Bob made no secret of the fact that currency was of the greatest necessity and that French shrrts were worth more after he had worn them Green Sneakers proved worthless on the floors of Memorral and frre escapes rcrer than ever The wrnter term saw Locko comrng out of the physrcs lab and onto the basketball court The Bear teams and Daly when he wasn t scoring pornts was addrng to what looked lrke one of the Tigers better basketball teams Bullet Bobs water polo team looked promising although the apparent necessrty of lungs became more evident The Animal led hrs mat men through therr first ofhcral season which proved to be very successful as Byers Gordon and Fungr provrded depth and pornts for the team Satgeant Lepper Frenchre Ernre and a quret lad whose name was belreved to be Sherman reported to Dewey for Hockey Bromes Arena offered not the best rce but the boys managed Squeaks and groans were heard as J C E pulled and pushed hrs barbells and paved hrs way home Knuke was rackrng up accrdents as qurckly as Zrmmy gained pornts and occasronal crres of where s Ferg were heard As japan had drsbanded the Kama kazre planes Saff took on the role of a student and proved to us that brarns do not necessarrly accompany brawn As we started down the stretch we began to learn that Hartford partres had to be left at 10 00 Saturday nrghts srnce drrvrng condrtrons were slrppery As a O , , . , . , fr . . . - . I 0 U . , . ., ,. , , H N . . . . ' I l ' 11 ' I1 ll Dv ll ' ll ll ' ID , , u n . l , . - 1 , .. . ,. - - , , . . , ' 1 y ' G v ' , ' 1 - ' s ' y 5 threatened to buy the school and fire The Coach , also staggered around the court frightening opposing Q , - 5 Q Q 4 . , , a 7 , . - I1 I I1 ' ' , . ' , . I u - I 1 1. 7 7 , . , . . l ,I . , ., . - I ' ' Y . . . . ,. . - , U , I