Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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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 . , ,.., , . .

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CLASS PAPERS

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sters Barbara Port a parttcrpant rn e ry game of sport for grrls was outstand mg for brrllrancy and fa1r play As to sportsmen rt would be drffrcult to choos a wmner but some of our emm nt players were Ed Sullrvan Ha ry Thorp Med Marola hm Breen and Dant Longobucco So ended our frrst year at To rmgton Flrgh we had made new trrends but st1ll treasured the frrendshrps of our old pals Much there s l dare n t tell lest l tax your trme and patrence Chapter U Flash Septemberl Autumnl Sophomores' As we could now plague and vex the Freshmen we start d our second year at Torrmgton Hrgh more lrke young ladres and gentlemen that rs wrth a few exceptrons such as Mary Clarke who strll couldnt get ov r how good Santa was to her last year for grvmg her that large Shrrley Templ doll and Bob Phalen who as yet drdn get r1d of that srlly lrttle grm when ver he saw a blond l-lowev r after a long lazy and warm sum'n r our mental machrn ry was not vet orled well enough for as was seen rn geometry class Mr Murr asked our trtran hatred marden Kay Barry th defm1t1on for spa e V y stut t red ana tmally managed to say Space IS where there rs nothrng l cant explaln t exactly but l have rt rn 'ny head But all m all our mothers w r more than glad to get us off th If hands for a short tm Why one moth r was so trckled she satd Oh Dad rsnt rt great you wont have to buy any new books for Marmaduke thrs t rrn as hes strll m the same class We fmally settled down to work well partrally anyway For at that t1me a new addrtron was welcom d to T H S namely a me hanrcal cow whrch was pasteurrzed rn th bas nsent by a krnd donatton of the Varsrty Club So now lason Curt ss d dnt have to brtng hrs own rrnlk any more for no doubt thrs Iersey would sattsfv hrs n eds Th great toprc of the trrst sem ster was Clubs New mernb rs were mtt at a mto T 1 Y Alpha and B ta l-l1Ys Pep Hrstory Dramatrc ltalran ano. numercts other clubs These Xtra currrcular actrvrttes greatly mcr ased o rmg th v ar as w wer a hv w group of soph rnores who malor d rn 1n1t1a trv ana for So two n w clubs were formed Movre Apprecratron Club supervrs d v Mr Wood mostly for rumors and s nr rs but whrch couldnt flourrsh wrthout the wrt and rntelhgence of some of our fellowm n and th Lattn Club sup rvtsed by Mrss Brown Both drd splendrdly und r therr capa Fl lead rs As w w re sttll growrng we dtd feel a pam h re or there onc rn awhrle Thus the Melpothalran Dramatrc Club presented tts frst pubhc p rtormance Growrng Parns a comedy of adolescence Aft r seemg Kay Larnphler Frank Parks Buth Parsons and Charlotte Lrlllbrrdge p rform we found out that there was a cur for such pams yes use rubb ng alcohol Ba ketball games and dan s got unaerway and we were se n at a areat many o these Now our mental abrlrty sup rseded that of our tn t athered fr1 nds the Freshman as was se n at on of our dances A Fresh man dan ng wrth a Sophomore ga ly sard My how shppery the floor tsl The Soph mor strftly replr d Slrppery nothmgl l Just had rrty sho s pol 1 h d So the Freshman crawl cl a k nto h r sh ll and sald n thrng mor to nnov h r el s 43 ' ' ' ' ' rx ' . VC , V A YC A V . V C ' - Vu ' Q ' r Q I V I ' A x V ' Q V C . . T V . A A V V l V . V V V . l O l V C V V V V A V C I . V V . VA Q C V , l V . V V 3 Q C C C. - Q A Q . ' C , , 1 C V 'B A V V . . - ' A A ' V ' Q ' ' ' f- N V , 1 V v sf - .C. Q V ' VV . . . . V . . . V VV C l 1 1 ' Q Q f Q' V C C , - C VV V VV . VV . V wg Q ,.C. C V V V V . V V V Q , l . C V V V VV C V . . Q . . .CC V C ' C C A l V V V V V . 7 . . , . l . V V V . . Q A C . . V VV VV Q F' , Q 2 C ..C, V . l C C V VV V V V V V . . 1 - Q r . . Q l l .C .L . , . C C V , , V I Q - . V .VA . Q A V . C. C l ' A ' nl V . ' ' ' .Ll C AC 9 C' CIA C C. . s 9 ' C' CC. V C ' C V . V V V an V V. CC CA V V . C' C Y V Y I I '1 1 r'N . C 9, V C . V ' C J C . C ' 19 C . - V . . V Q D . . 3 C V C C , C . . V . V . Q V C l C V VV V . VV D . . , A . C . V . . . Q V 1 v V V Q ' C i . C C C , V T . Q - nn- 1 Q C CC . C V . . VV V : Q Q- J- - . - ' - V - . V 1 V . VV A C C , V 9 C . ' . V . . VV . . VV or 1 A . .C. , V. V V A . . VV . . . fy A fx Q - A C C C V V . L V V VV - V V V S C . , S fl C l 9 C. C . C . a. e .der.