Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

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16 SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY On September 20, 1940, our first class meeting was held. We elected our class officers for the year. Robert Robinson was elected President. Other officers elected were William Burns, Vice-President; Marion Innes, Secretary; and Evelyn Lundberg, Treasurer. At a meeting in October plans for a class party were discussed. It was decided to hold it November 1, 1940. The class officers arranged all entertainment. The subject of class dues was also discussed and fifteen cents was agreed upon. It was to be paid to the treasurer the first of each month. The office of Vice-President was left vacant in November, when William Burns left school. At a meeting in February, Dorothy Blanchard was chosen as our new Vice-President. The two representatives of the Sophomore class to the newly organized Student Council are Robert Robinson and Marion Innes. There arc very few organizations throughout the school in which Sophomores do not take part.—ROBERT AXELBY. FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY The Freshman class started the year with an enrollment of 63 pupils; thirty-two boys and thirty-one girls. At our first class meeting in September we elected class officers as follows: President, Malcolm Aldrich; Vice-President, Richard Wallace; Secretary, Kay Latimer; Treasurer, Mary Piazza. At this same meeting we decided to hold our class party on October 18, 1940. We are well represented in all school activities with 9 members on the Varsity basket-ball teams, 10 in the Dramatic Club, 2 in the Orchestra, and 2 on the Owl Staff. We also have 4 girls of the class on the Cheerleading Squad.—KAY LATIMER.

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15 JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY There are sixty members in the Junior Class, twenty-eight girls and thirty-two boys. The Junior Class held its first meeting on September 20, 1940. Miss Florian and Mrs. Bailey are our class advisors. We elected the following class officers: President— Floyd Johnston; Vice-President—George McAdam; Secretary — Grace Reardon; Treasurer — Irene Rayder. The President and Secretary arc also our representatives in the Student Council. The matter of dues was discussed and we also decided to give a Junior Prom. A second Junior Class meeting was held in October to plan for a class party. However, no definite plans were decided upon. Our class is well represented in the various school activities. Members of the girls' varsity basketball team arc Lorraine Kelley, Betty Winters, Irene Rayder, Kay Wisneski, and Betty Reynolds. Members of the boys' varsity team are Bill Thomson, Bill Lumpkin, Bill Nyerick, Dick Roberts, and Cal Foster. Our high school orchestra is pepped up by Betty Bidwell, Betty Reynolds, Charlotte Guertin, Marjorie North, and Anthony Lauretano. Cecelia Kakowski is our charming contralto. Two of the cheer leaders are Helen Budney and Cecelia Kakowski. Junior members of the Dramatic Club are Helen Budney, Doris Ncddermann, and John Sorenson. Members of the varsity soccer team are Bill Thomson, Bill Lumpkin, Irwin Tanski, and Bill Mushlook. James Peanuts Wilson is the manager of the boys' basketball team. Betty Bidwell won first prize for selling the most tickets for a lecture given by James R. Young, foreign correspondent, for which she received a lovely bracelet. The members of the Owl Staff are Jean Wood, Phyllis Lamb, Cecelia Kakowski, Betty Bidwell, Evelyn Thomson, and George Innes. — EVELYN THOMSON.

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17 THE EIGHTH GRADE The Eighth Grade is composed of fifty'seven students. At our class meeting in September we elected Helen Innes chairman, supported by Alvin Cuddy, Robert McIntyre, Arthur French, Eleanor Reardon, and Betty Barrett. We held a class party on Friday, December 4, 1940. Games were played, two plays presented, and refreshments served. The musical program included a piano solo by Marion Gilbert, selections on the guitar and harmonica by Alvin Cuddy, and a flute solo by Barbara Lehmann, who was accompanied by Maureen Reardon at the piano. The class is represented in school activities by a number of its members. At present, our only member of the High School Orchestra is Barbara Lehmann, who plays the flute. Adeline Pctke is the only Eighth Grade member on the Owl Staff. The members of the boys' class soccer team included Arnold Lundberg, Captain; Chester Paczkowski, Roland Viets, Teddy Paczkowski, Ralph Jacques, William Wathle, Lawrence Polowy, Raymond Guarnieri, Robert Weeks, Raymond Alexander, and Roger Lackman.—ADELINE PETKE. THE SEVENTH GRADE Our Seventh grade is composed of fifty-eight boys and girls. There are twenty-eight boys and thirty girls. On September 4, 1940, we elected the following people to make the arrangements for our class party: Chairman, Walter Robinson; Gay Brazce, Barbara Fox, Patsy Winters, Robert Lccko, Walter Delong, and Raymond Baldwin. The Seventh grade class advisors are Miss Clara Ranney and Miss Davida Blakeslee. The representative for the Seventh grade on the Owl Staff is Florence Luboycski.--FLORENCE LUBOYESKI.