Suffield High School - Sagitta / Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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Cutest BALLOT MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT Danny Sullivan Susan Burt CLASS POETS David Gaughan Ellen Conley BEST ALL AROUND SENIORS Danny Sullivan Susan Burt MOST POPULAR Danny Sullivan Susan Burt TEACHERS PET Donald Wood Ann Egelavage MOST PLEASING SMILE Danny Sullivan Gladys Bogdanski CLASS SPINSTER AND BACHELOR Donald Wood Florence Burel NOISIEST David Gaughan Helen Larson CLASS COUPLE Joe Lewandowski Helen Larson CLASS PLAYBOY Charles Rapacki Most Business Like

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Class Optimist CLASS CLASS PESSIMIST Donald Wood Barbara Adams MOST MATURE Dick Stewart Janice Buckley LEAST MATURE David Gaughan Helen Larson MOST SOPHISTICATED Dick Stewart Judie Anderson MOST AMBITIOUS Danny Sullivan Susan Burt MOST STUDIOUS Donald Wood Lois Ineson CLASS WITS David Gaughan Helen Larson HEARTBREAKERS Joe Lewandowski Helen Larson MOST ATHLETIC Joe Lewandowski Irene Rutkiewicz BIGGEST BLUFF Charles Rapacki Helen Larson CLASS FLIRTS Charles Rapacki Helen Larson Shortest and Tallest

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1953” ...IKE REIGNS U.S. A.... 1953”... PENNSYLVANIA PRISON RIOT ... 1953 . . . SUFF1ELD HIGH GRADUATES NO. 40 . . . Yes, a bright and glorious year, the turning point in the lives of many of us — the year the Republicans gained possession of the government — the year forty bright-eyed, carefree students were graduated from Suffield High. Let us glide through future years; in these years both happiness and sorrow prevailed, but we have accomplished something, we have made a place in this world for our¬ selves — now voters in this thriving modernistic chrome- plated age. Ah, yes, but for a moment let us reminisce, the basketball team, four of the Big Five seniors; the corridors forever echoing many of our voices, the new Senior Patrol, the digesting of knowledge which flowed inside Suffield’s walls but while the curtain of fate slips aside, let us step into our future. Remain with us for a little while to see us the men and women that will now face life as Citizens in the United States of America.. Doctor David Gaughan, who is known in the East as one of the biggest and best operators, today performed one of the most difficult operations of his long career—the removal of an appendix through the esophagus. - Doctor Gaughan was assisted by none other than Madame Janet Marie Rague, recently voted the Ideal Nurse of the Year. Well two of our classmates have certainly reached the top of the ladder of success. Betty Biggerstaff is now married to a tall, handsome Texan and lives in Texas. Since Betty was always the out¬ door type and longed for the wide open spaces, she is very happy there, and her guitar sure came in handy. It took someone from the 1953 Senior Class to put Suffield, Connecticut on the map and it was our well-known and liked classmate, Susan Burt. As you all know Susan is the first-woman candidate for the President of the United States. She’ll have some load on her shoulders, but the way politics are today, she’ll succeed. How can Susan miss with Judy Anderson as her campaign manager. She might not get many votes from the women, but she can charm the fellows with her beauty as she did back in Suffield High. Jimmy Sheridan, center of the basketball team in his senior year, realized just how much fun it was being the center of attraction. He also realized how much the bus ride to away games meant so he combined both and he now drives the bus to every away game. Of course Jimmy wouldn’t be satisfied with a regular school bus so he bought one cheap and painted it blue and white, added duals and seats that can be made into beds. You can imagine how popular he is with the team now. Larson’s Speedway, the first woman-run track in Suffield is now operated by none other than Helen Larson, our former classmate. She always did like big crowds and lots of excitement so last week she signed up two world- renowned drivers, “Hot Rod” Borowski, and ’’Whizzer” Spaulding. These thrillers ought to draw a big crowd. Bobby Hinckley has just finished piecing together his new type of car that proved to run smoother yet faster than any other car in the world. It took him so long to put it together that he can’t remember how he did it. He says that he won’t take it apart again just to know how he did it in the first place. After winning a trip to New York in the U. N. Essay Writing Contest, Lois Ineson decided that she would like to write and produce motion pictures. Her latest one is called ’’Firemen in the Last Balcony”. I’ve heard it’s the best produced by Lois so far but after all she did have first-hand experience . . . how about it, Lois? Seeking an efficient and talented young lady to manage her confidential papers, Queen Elizabeth has chosen Ann Egelavage as her private secretary. This honor will be bestowed upon her tomorrow amidst a great colorful ceremony. We all regret that Shirley Howard is leaving all her friends in Suffield to accompany Mario Lanza on his musical tour throughout the United States. But maybe it will turn out for the best, because now everyone will hear the beautiful voice she possesses. Pat Hoyt who wanted to be a social worker, worked her way through college by baby sitting. On one of her social visits after graduation she met a very nice fellow whom she lost contact with while she was in college. Pat always thought that the woman’s place is at home and you can always find her there now. Guess who I bumped into at the West Suffield Grammar School this morning! Why it was none other than our old classmate, Emily Grabowski. She’s still unmarried and says Nowadays it takes all our energy to teach these kids so that we have to retire at seven o’clock each ni ht or else ... We just don’t have any time for extra activities. Same Emily all right! Ellen Conley who was the captain of the cheerleaders back in Suffield High advanced far into her field of cheering. Ellen is now not only modeling cheerleaders’ outfits every afternoon in New York but she is also teaching the New York cheerleaders some of the cheers that were hits at Suffield High. Gosh that does bring memories back! Always anxious for a successful rally and a good bon¬ fire, Danny Sullivan and Joe Levy have reached tbeir goal in life. They now go around and build bonfires at various schools supplying the matches. The school spirit was really rising until Joe and Danny got the directions mixed up a little and set the school in fire. The only spirit then that rose was the School Board’s but the fire didn’t get too far because some sensible person summoned Fire Chief Charles Giblin and his Five Fire Fighters who had the fire out in no time at all. Barbara Whalen has a very interesting job where she can study the characters of many people. She is an usher at the Paramount. Now she can see the double features for nothing. Remember that cute little girl who always drove the huge gray Packard? It was no other than Norma Chagnon. 20