Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

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4 William Aldrich “Bill” Owl 3, 4 Hi'Y 4 Camera Club 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “He has smiles a mile long for everyone.” Alma Atwood “Almar Orchestra 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 3 Booster Club 2 “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.” Delphine Ciafardone “Del Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Orchestra 3, 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “Upon her you can always depend some jest and jollity to lend.” Mary Conaghan “Connie Class Basketball 1 Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 3 Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4 Booster Club 1, 2 Tennis 3, 4 “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” Julc Barrett “Julie Class Basketball 2 Glee Club 2, 3 Booster Club 1, 2 There is a pleasure in poetic pains which only poets know.” Douglass Coy “Doug Dramatics 4 Track 2 Hi'Y 4 Camera Club 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “He meets life as though it were his own invention.” Shirley Blanchard “Shirl Class Basketball 1, 2, 3 Booster Club 1, 2 Class Treasurer 3 “Labor conquers all.” f Mildred Czyz “Milcha Class Basketball 1, 3 Varsity Basketball 2 Booster Club 1, 2 “Women of few words are the best women.” Florence Bushnell “Flo A quiet person — except when otherwise.” Sylvia Carr “Syl “In the air women shall be seen in white, in black and in bright green.” Walter Daras “Wally Class Basketball 1, 2, 4 Varsity Basketball 3 Class Soccer 3, 4 Track 2 Hi'Y 4 “I love Man not less, but Nature more.” William Dayton “Red” Class Basketball 2 Varsity Basketball 3, 4 Varsity Soccer 3, 4 Baseball 2 Scouts 1, 2, 3 Hi Y 4 Booster Club 1, 2 Class Secretary 2 “A heavy purse makes a light heart.”

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SENIOR HISTORY As the class of 1941 entered its last year of school, in September, there were 69 members enrolled, 38 girls and 31 boys. Three of our classmates dropped out however, so now we have 66. At our first class meeting on Septem-ber 20, 1940 we elected the following officers: President, Eugene Martin; Vice-President, Forbes Gibbs; Secretary, Anna Yurtin; and Treasurer, Ralph Jillson. The post of treasurer later had to be replaced however, as Ralph left Thomaston High to go to school elsewhere. Therefore, at a special class meeting in November, we elected Kenneth Lundberg as treasurer. The subject of class rings was discussed to some extent at our first class meeting but it wasn't until our fourth class meeting in November that it was decided that the girls were to get gold rings with black onyx and boys to get plain gold rings. Twice during our high school career our class was saddened by the passing away of two of our beloved classmates: Victor Kuharski in the summer vacation of 1938 and of Genevieve Oakley in March of 1940. We shall always remember their happy faces and their cheerfulness. All seniors are now looking forward to graduation proceedings and we sincerely hope everyone will be able to graduate. They have all worked hard during their high school years and the day is now coming near when they will have to depend upon their own initiative to get along in the world. — Beverly L. Turberg GOD BLESS THIS CLASS OF ’4i God bless this class of '41, Drown out the bells with cheers. It’s been a time of sport and fun And joy throughout the years. We've lived beneath the Stars and Stripes— With peace on every hand, Composed of all the kinds and types That make this glorious land. Whene'er the flag is flown on high, Cheers spring from every throat. We sing of peace and liberty With pride in every note. We stand for truth and honesty And everything that's right, We’re masters of our destiny— Our Goal is well in sight. Now a new phase of life’s begun, Again I say aloud— God bless this class of '41— Of you we are all proud. BERNARD E. FACKLER

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Bruno DcPecol Chic){ Class Basketball 2, 4 Varsity Basketball 1, 3 Class Soccer 3, 4 Camera Club 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “By the work one knows the work' man.” Hazel Didsbury Diz Booster Club 1, 2 “I agree with no man's opinions; I have some of my own.” Roy Dilger Class Basketball 1, 2, 3 Varsity Basketball 4 Class Soccer 3, 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “Talkcst thou nothing but of ladies?” John Dodd “Johnny Class Soccer 4 Hi'Y 4 “He that has patience may compass anything.” Dorothy Doty “Dot Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3 Dramatics 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 3 Owl Staff 3, 4 Booster Club 1, 2 Tennis 3, 4 Class Treasurer 3, 4 Class Basketball 4 “Good nature and good sense must ever join.” Bernard Fackler Benny Class Soccer 4 Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4 Hi Y 4 Camera Club 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “The great end of life is not knowh edge but action.” Robert Fournier Prop Class Basketball 1, 2 Varsity Basketball 3, 4 Varsity Soccer 3, 4 Owl Staff 4 Track 1, 2 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Booster Club 1, 2 “Everything comes to him who waits so why should I hurry?” Forbes Gibbs Gibber Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3 Class Soccer 3 Varsity Soccer 4 Baseball 1, 2 Hi'Y 4 Booster Club 1, 2 Tennis 3, 4 Class Vice'Pres. 4 “Variety's the very spice of life; that gives it all its flavor.” Lucille Gotsell Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 3, 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 3 Booster Club 1, 2 Tennis 3, 4 “So nimble and so full of subtle flame.” Elizabeth Grabherr Betty Class Basketball 1, 2 Booster Club 1, 2 “Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.” Benedict Grohoski Benny Class Basketball 2, 3 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 “He who lives after nature, shall never be poor.” James Haddon Jimmy Class Basketball 3 Class Soccer 3 Track 2, 3, 4 Hi Y 4 Camera Club 4 Booster Club 1, 2 Tennis 3, 4 “Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere.”