Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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CLASS PAPERS

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CLASS HISTORY Chapter l Flash' September' Autumn' Freshmen' All arrrved together w1th a crash and a bang 1n l937 the Freshmen to begrn thetr f1rst eventful year at the Tor r1ngton Hrgh School A mass of shrnmg faces and ruffled harr greeted the once srlent halls of the stony structure on the corner of Prospect and Church Streets Some 400 of us were present but there was one rovtal person mrsstng who we were soon to frnd out was always behtnd trme Who? Why none other than Betty Lou Whalen stragglrng rn 5 mrnutes late and calmly askrng the teacher whether she could be excused to catch 40 more wrnks For Betty sa1d l always get up at l2 o clock noon and l dont see why l must break my record now A few mrshaps but all tn all we start d our f1rst successful year on the road to fun and some study W were rn school but a few weeks when Chreftarn lohnson called an as sembly Commg 1nto the audrtorrum Mr lohnson was flabbergasted H thought bedlam had broken loose Everyone was yelhng at the top of hrs lungs all were s ated wherever they w1shed lt was more or less a ngsaw puzzle But soon the pleces of th1s puzzle were set tn order as sllence and correct seat mg places were taken care of by the understandrng teachers Mr lohnson pro ceeded to explarn to hrs new recrurts the rules of school club and athletrc act1v1t1e Th f1rst gala event on our program was the Annual Frosh Halloween Party Ghosts and gobltns were wavlng frant1cally rn the gym A Grand March entertarnment refreshments and dancrng compr1sed the nrghts pro gram Ernre Gogolya and Argen Post two of our dashrng and debonarr Flomeos drdnt have a chance to ask g1rls wrth whom they w1shed to dance pohtely danced wtth hrs admrrers whrle Argen garly sard Grrls rt rsnt leap year yet Durtng the cou se of the year ther were ertarn days when H len Pa gano and Franklm Parks were atrard to enter therr class rooms for fear of seerng therr names wrrtten rn publrc on the board on the A Honor Boll These very same days always gave lack Kelvre our red headed demon a drenched feehng for he was valrantly tryrng to keep hrs marks above C level Conttnutng our trend of affatrs we found among ourselves some verx talented personalltles Foremost arguers as Kay Lamph1er and Charlotte Lrlhbndge great chortsters as Mary Foley who well deserves the trtle of Sec ond Llly Pons these and many others drstrngurshed themselves by therr br1ll1ant preces Mus1c1ans7 Why we were blessed w1th such artrsts as Erleen Casson Ted Novey Chet Strckels and losephme Srgnorelh At our assembltes these maestros outdtd themselves by thexr rendrtrons Dramatrc artrsts galore' The Freshmen Dramatrc Club gav tts annual publ1c performance by castrng Sktddtng A roster of stars played rn th1s success of the year Among them were the rrresrstrble Bernrce Brchard meek and noble Ted Hodges audacrous lun Breen and gentle Marron G ary Here at last were threats to Hollywood' Athletrcs too took up a great deal of our trme Grrls as well as boys found trme to butld up therr physrcal and mental powers Among our female sport 42 . I . I 9 . 9 4 r . e ' . . 9 , I I T foh, no! the fair damsels surrounded these two and demanded dances. Ernie r , e c ' e - . . W . 9 . A . , ,.., , . .