Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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llle Taft Annual DUDLEY FERRELL BLANCHARD U1 lvlanslleld Road NorTh l-laven Conn D11 3 3 eau Alpha Hue Dud s versaTuluTy IS obvious from a qunck glance aT hls many acT1vuTues The TacT ThaT he as a Three leTTer man awards whlch he has earned In TooTball hockey and Tennis belng Co CapTaln of The laTTer sporT and a lVIonlTor speaks Tor hrs ouTsTandlng characTer Add To Thus hrs presidency of The Gun Club and The leadershnp of The Dance Band and you IusT began To see whaT he has done Tor TaTT Duds abllnTy To pay any nnsTrumenT and any sporT well plus his good looks has made hrs Trnends envious of hrs power over The Tanrer sex LasT buT noT leasT lS has cheerful and Truendly personallTy Dud us headed Tor The Naval Axr Corps and laTer Yale and we say farewell To hum assured Thal he wlll make as superb a record IU The servlce ln college and laTer MonlTor 44 VarslTy FooTball Squad 42 43 VarsnTy l-lockey 43 44 Tennns Squad Gun Club 42 PresndenT 44 Dance OrchesTra 42 43 Leader 44 Camera Club 43 Concerl' OrchesTra 43 Upper School Common Room CommlTTee 44 Library Com muTTee 44 War Bond CommuTTee 44 Fall Dance CommuTTee 43 Chalrman Sprlng Dance CommrTTee 44 Orlocos 43 OuTung Club 42 ARTHUR DEAN BLISS Ul 50 Randolph Avenue WaTerbury Conn All 2 5 eva Ben I e ArT came To TaTT Trom Crosby l-lugh School rn WaTerbury To sTarT has upper mlddle year here He played club soccer club baskeTball welded a Tennis racleT durung The sprung Term l-le played The clarlnel ln The concerT orchesTra ar-d The saxo phone IH The dance band and even Though he ex celled IU music he ouTdud everyThlng an has acT ng nn boTh The BeTa club play and The lvlasque and Dagger school play ln The laTTer he Took The parT of The buTler ln The play Cha leys AunT Besrdes all This he was a sTudenT oT The TlrsT waTer AlThough he worked hard he was also Tull oT Tun on The corridor enTerlng unTo all The bull sessnons and rough houses We all know ArT will succeed IU llTe wrTh his True-ndly naTure and has abullTy To sTuck To has work Concerlr OrchesTra 43 44 Dance OrchesTra 44 ChemlsTry Club 44 Masque and Dagger SocneTy 44 IQ44 I. . J ' f -4 I l ' l 3 5 ll l yy . I I . . 5 .' . ' . '42, VarslTy l43, Co-capTaln '44: Glee Club '43: Choir '43: OcTeTl'43q SecreTary ,dl . T i ' . 1 v ' . I . - - 5 -

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Trrft Jlrrnrrrrl PETER RANDOLPH BETTS TJ, VVaTer own Conn 74 In -l 611 Al ilu D II flllflllffi PeTe came To us Trom WaTerTown Tour years ago as The lowesT Torm oT lrTe aT school a lower mrd dle newboy dayboy Sr ce ThaT Tme he has rrsen sTeadrly Trnally aTTarnrng hrs goal a posrTron on The VarsrTy Hockey Team Hrs home has arways b en a drversron Trom Therr rouTrr'e Tor e 'laTT boys durrng The r Tree aTTernoons There was always Tood eTc Tor everybody and PeTe wel comed all He can oTTen be Tound rn The lrbrary or The upper school sTudy hall durrng nrs Tree perrods Talkrng over hrs TavorrTe subrecTs WaTer bury grrls BuT serrously PeTe rs a hard wor er and hrs conTrnual Trrendlrness has Tound hrm a greaT many Trrends here aT TaTT We wrll all mrss Thrs Tarrnarred son oT ConnecTrcuT buT we Teer sure ThaT DarTmouTh wrll proTrT by our loss Lower School Baseball 4l VarsrTy Hockey 43 44 VarsrTy Baseball 44 ALBERT RAYMOND BETTS Ill TFT 2376 Maorson Road CrncrnnaTr Ohro Re C15 Te Alibi 1 Tae Comrng To TaTT as a lvlrddler Thrs red head Trom CrrrcrnnaTr has succeeded rn esTablrshrng a real place Tor hrmselT rn The esTeem oT hrs classmaTes Though qureT and unassumrng Ray h had h hand rr many oT The school s acTrvrTres ArT Cur renT EvenTs and DebaTrng comprrsrng The bulk oT hrs rnTeresTs NoT To be overlooked rs hrs sub+le wrT so well drsplayed by hrs work as edrTor oT The Oracle Come Sprrng Ray can be seen swrngrng The clubs on The VarsrTy GoT squad and Thrs Fall he gave hrs all rncludrng Two uppers Tor The Alpha A eleven BeneaTh hrs mrld exTerror dwells a wealTh OT gerrerosrTy and a sprrrT oT cooperaTron whrch has won a greaT number oT lasTrng Trrend shrps Tor hrm Ray cannoT help buT succeed rn hrs nexT venTure Yale or The Navy DebaTrng Club 43 PresrdenT 44 Camera Club 42 43 Co PresrdenT 44 War STamp CommrTTee 44 CurrerrT EvenTs Club PresrdenT 44 Oracle 42 43 EdrTor 44 1044 l ll I HTC l l 'T r . 1 A f Y , ir' yr - - . 'n I . X . g, , e ' ' ' ' 'r Th I . T . . I In . . r . . . I- 'Q . . 1 d, lr 3 ' mir' 1. 'l ' ' , as is . I I . II II I V ' ' I' , . , , r . r , , . . l . . . r 1 . . . . - f

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Taft Annual PETER BRAYTON lFl l7O Lincoln Sfreef Englewood N J Suaflfly Bef: C Pefe has been wnlh us here af Taff for fhree years and ID fhaf fume he has made hrmself one of fhe mosf oulsfandung boys ID fhe school l-las mann exfra currncular acfuysfy durrnq 'rhe pasf fwlo years has been IU connec lon wufh fhe Annual As an upper muddler he was a heeler for fhe book and upon becomrrq a sensor he underfook fhe 'ob of Vuce Chairman Besides faking an acflve parf IU fhe school llfe he has done much fo add fo fhe spnrlf of fhe school and fo make lufe more enloy able far all Pefe was nof af all relucfanl fo fake adyanfage of fhe sensor smoklnq prlvrlege and he has gone ouf fo fhe house quufe offers fo push has quofa l-us good nafure has been an Influence on all hrs classmafes and fhe school wlll be losunq a flne fellow upon hls qraduaflon Camera Club 42 43 Currenfs Eyenfs Club 44 Vuce Chalrman of The Annual 44 WILLIAM HERMAN BRAYTON lFl l402 Wesf Wafer Sfreef Elmira N Y B1 I0 1 e Bell Cwmll V 5 One of fhe more sulenf members an fhe class of 44 rs Bull Brayfon Bul Blll seems fo bear ouf per fecfly The old aoaqe 'rhaf s lence as golden for he has corfrubu ed greafly fo hus school and class A a Mnddler he spenf fhe greafer parf quuefly making a place for himself up when fhe Upper Maddle rung of fhe clasped Bull was found as a leadung fhe Glee club and Ocfef Bull has al o of has :me fronf and ladder was member of confrubufed such as fhe he became Presrdenf of fhe Chemnsfry Cub whnch he qunded fo a successful year unful has qraduafnon To The Professor we hearfnly give our besf washes for a successful fufure much fo school life IH varxous GCllVl'l'I6S Debaflng Club and Orlocos This fall Ocfef 43 44 Chonr 43 44 Orlocos 43 Club 43 44 Chemusfry Club Presudenf 44 44 Debafunq Club 42 43 44 Glee Record Commnffee 44 P744 The A' 4 l ,3Ycn11'.r l W BYLII' . , . L. . I l . - I I 1 X . 1 . I 3 1 - - U .H!,.,,p- 5 ,img 1 1 I I -- . Q E . V A .' f . ' . S . I . +. . s . . . L. . . . I - - . . I . . I! 5 ll ' ' ' . , 1 . . . . . . . v I . - - ' I ' I I I ' ' ' If