Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

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ROBERT JOSEPH RUSS Barny “Silence gives consent.” ’55 Chevy ... cute and quiet ... knows how to keep beat on those drums ... Hey Bame! Chess Club GARY ROBERT SAMELA Gary “I love to concentrate, but not on books.” “All the boys” ... just junglin ... what’s up for Friday night?? ... who’s for burning down Danny’s? ... Davids left foot. Soccer 1, 2 NICHOLAS LEONARD SAMELA Bubbles “Life is very short, and very uncertain, let us spend it as well as we can.” ”57 Ford ... likes to travel ... soccer’s aching foot ... safe driver award ... always a laugh ... great track runner ... snail goes through cars like water. Soccer 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Art Club CLAUDIA HAGEN SAMSON Sam “I swear—by my life and my love of it— that I will never live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine.” Awful funny cuttin’ cookies in the rain! ... Paulie—my dear, my dear, my dear ... flaxen haired plow girl—in a jeep! Field Hockey 3, 4 (Capt) Softball 3, Tennis 2; Yearbook 4, F.T.A. 4 (Treas), Art Club 3, 4, Drama 3, 4, Ski Club 3, 4 (Pres) RICHARD EDWIN SCOVILLE Ducati Kid “Silence is golden.” Silent but deadly ... Wild dreams ... future surfer ... terror of Carter Rd. ... loves motorcycles ... Ford man MARY CATHERINE SCULLY Mary “Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.” “Let’s go to Waterbury” ... she’s a Christmas present ... Mac’s steady customer ... shy N nitf ... jeans ... “Did you do youi vocabulary?” Bibliosophs 2, 3, 4; Gymnastic Club 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; Art Clut 1,3

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VERNON JAMES PONT Vern “It takes the running you can do to keep in the same place.” Prospect St. ... after basketball games ... Scuzo ... English class ... Vern the Jack killer ... Pizza at O.B.’s wild Tempest Soccer 1, 2, 3; capt; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4 CHARLES WILLIAM POWLOSKI Chas “How blest are those who show mercy; Mercy shall be shown to them.” Allah Chas and his followers ... Memories—28 Smith Rd. ... 59 rugged Rambler, better than nothing ... I don’t go for this ... Bawk! Soccer 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2, 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Class Basketball 2; French Club 1 RALPH HAROLD REDDICK Knife “Tlie fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars but in ourselves.” “The Packard” ... guitar player all the way ... water skiing in the summer ... math and science man ... allah Chas followers. Track 1, 3; Latin Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pres; Chess Club 1; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3 DAVID PAUL REDENTE Dave “I am going to seke the great perhaps.” A real cassinova ... oh those muscles ... familiar face at the M.B. ... Press Club— write ups—today? ... gonna lift weights for the girls basketball games?! ... sweet tooth for ice cream. Class Basketball 1; Press Club 4 DAVID FRANCIS ROBERTS Dave “The unexamined life is not worth living.” “Lodge Meeting” ... All the boys! ... ’58 Chevy ... runs good ... “Looking for Onions” ... oh yeh ... skunk. Baseball 2; Gass Basketball 1, 4 JAMES CHARLES ROOT Jim “Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.” LB JR ... A P’s pride and joy ... good things come in small packages ... fun n frolic ... Helen?? ... likes to hunt ... girls boy ... what would C.P.O. be without Helen Art Club 1; Class Basketball 2, 3, 4

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WANDA AMILIA SOKOLOWSKI Vange “A dream itself is but a shadow.” Favors a Post Toastie ... Sylvia’s twin ... Steno whiz ... Those long Sunday rides ... where next? ... Has two homes ... What a shopping bug. Basketball 1, 2; Bibliosophs 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; Softball 1, 2; Brown Gold 2, 3, 4; G.A.A. 3 ANDREW ST. DENIS Andy “In him alone, ’twas natural to please.” Where's your license? ... boy, what a car ... wishbone ... never says a word? SYLVIA ANN TANSKI Syl “Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” “Would you believe” ... Terryville, her second home ... Wanda’s twin and best buddy ... Senior seamstress ... Can’t wait for those weekends ... Mrs. O’Connors bulletin boards. Basketball 1, 2, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; G.A.A. 2, 3, 4; Brown Gold 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 1, 2 mgr. PAUL MICHAEL THOMSON Paul “I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading.” An M.G. man—with a fleshtonc racin’ strip to boot! ... makes the scene to the R.I. sea—at midnight?? ... goes with a plow-girl?? Track 1, 3, 4; Soccer 1, 4; Basketball 1; Student Council 3, 4; Ski Club 1, 2, 3, 4 KENNETH LEE TINGLEY Lee “He that hath a beard is more than a youth and he that hath no beard is less than a man.” Bearded lady ... ’40 Coup ... “Wreck it, heck no, it’s a Caddy to save!” ... loves that bamboo jungle on the slopes. Soccer 4; Ski Club 3, 4; FRANCIS WAYNE VOLOSKI Wayne “The owl, nights herald.” Digs New Milford girls ... drives a mean Corvair ... occasionally seen in flowered shirts.