Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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ln February the ltahan Club presented 1ts Carntval of Ventce and at rt who do you th1nk we saw domg the flea Hop 'P Are you try1ng to guess? Well tt was our own Betty Cons1d1ne and Dante Longobucco Boy could they or couldnt they fleet around ' Our whole year was packed w1th thrllls We heard w1th our ears a de hghtful orchestra concert we saw w1th our eyes a fme art exhtbtt and we saw heard and laughed at Spnng Fever a dramattc club success starrmg lmt Breen and Ed Bushka Each year has 1ts rare and embarrasslng moments We all remember the day when lean Sarog a sweet songstress became attached to Mrss C1mm1no s sweater clasp tn Study Hall What a ttme they cltd have trymg to get her loose' Too Ted Novey our next presldent Cthat s what he saysl was pohtely told to get out of the l1brary 1f he mslsted on crawl1ng on h1s knees all over the floor looklng for a penc1l Then we all remember that day when Edtth Bonalum1 after bemg asked by the teacher rf she thought she deserved more than a goose egg on her rec1tat1on sa1d As long as tt 1snt a smasheo goose egg I dont care Scholarshlp T s and club and athletrc letters were dtstrtbuted at our last assembly Once aga1n the teachers lost a class of loyous sophomores They were glad to be r1d of us for a few months but we knew that they wanted us back th re wtth them so we dectded to come back for our Juntor year Chapter Ill Flash' September' Autumn' tumors' We a class of more mtelltgent stu dents now found out that school does not work ltke a slot machtne put tn a ntckel and expect the pot We had to buckle down and accompl1sh some thmg We were told to part1c1pate 1n extra currrcular act1v1t1es so as to devel op character personalrty and mttranve Helen Zbuska demurely asked Must I develop all that 1n one year? 'We can say Helen that you dtd a very good Job tn dotng so too As we started our roammgs around the rooms agam we not1ced that one of our study halls was m1ss1ng Room 27 We tmally found out that classes were becom1ng larger and larger so the school de 1ded to make 3 rooms from the one We dldnt care much about tt for we had our own Study Hall 34 An assembly was soon called to elect the chref execut1ve of our class and h1s asststants In the returns Edward Sulllvan was elected to f1ll head post Closely followmg was lud1th Morrtson As scrrbe Glenna Ramstem and as money holder Wtllram Norton ln our second tssue of the X Hay a promlnent personallty column was start ed called the Spotllght As lt was excluslvely for sentors we Juntors dtdnt have a chance to have some of our br1ll1ant personages deptcted However we were yet to have our chance Our young sclenttsts started the year off wtth a bang by formmg thetr Sctence Club under the d1rect1on of Mr Crandlemlre Chref Sctenttst W1l ham Sull1van and h1s asslstant Ted Novey planned many an mterestmg program tor the club and school One of the features was a tnp to Pratt Whrtney Plant rn Hartford Paul Hawley and lvhchael Gerardl satd that 1t was loads of fun goxng through the plant especrally the new offrces whrch were approprtately dec orated w1tn lovely flowers and lovely ladxes So you see the Sctence Club 1S not all strlct sctenttfrc work for one can have fun wlth a caprtal F too 44 . . 11 1 . 11 . 1 . 11 11 . 1 - 1 1 11 11 1 1 . 11 . 11 . 1 1 , . , . 1 1 . 1 1 - 1 . 1 . - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 11 11 1 . . 11 . . 1 1 1 1 1 11 , . . 1 . . . 1 Q ' C , . . . . . , ' , . f . 11 11 . . , . . .. 11 1 ' 1 1 . 11 . - 1 , . 1 r- , C , . 1 . . , . - 1 11 11 . . l , . . I - 11 . 11 . . . . . 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 , . . - .. , , . I . - 1 1 1 -

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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.

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One of our brlght students wanted to know what a pess1m1st was So we up and asked Barbara Baudoum the falrest of beautres who replred to our query A pesslmrst 15 a man who wears both suspenders and a belt The stu dent was very much satrsfred for next day he wore a belt and suspenders Almost Erghteen ahl what 1oy to be grown up yes another Dramatrc Club success Our lone rumor star was V1v1en Dalone who showed us how to fron out all drff1cult1es when one IS approachrng such a dangerous age Smce about th1s trme everyone was dotng the Hhumba or some other fandango at our dances and smce the U S wrshed to become more frrend ly toward our Southern and Spamsh nerghbors the Senors and Senorrtas de crded to form a Spanrsh Club under drrectorshrp of Senor1ta Fernald Many noteworthy proJects were carrted out both IU Spanish and 1n Amerlcan 1n soctat and busrness lrke fashron Was 1t a robbery? Was 1t a frre? Was tt an earthquake? Or was rt H1tler rnvadlng peaceful Amerrca? No 1t was only Mary Morse droppmg the large drctronary ln Room 34 and then turnrng her large eyes upon us 1n aurrmg whether 1t really was a great no1se lust as we students were strarghtemng out all d1ff1cult1es we were tola that Evaluatron vrsttors were to come to the school to aurz both students and teachers Thrs put our harr on end agam The teachers too were a teeny weeny brt scared as they slrpped up a few t1mes rn class One of our teach ers sard to a puprl Young man are you teachmg th1s class? No Str replred the boy Then stop talkmg l1ke an rdrot responded the teacher However all appeared favorably to our vrsrtors and they left more than satrsfred As we were Just recover1ng from the shock of such drstmgurshed v1s1tors we werent due for another shock or should l say surprlse But 1nto our classrooms came movre cameras lrghts wrres were we bemg frlmed for some great motron prcture or for a Mrckey Mouse short feature? However soon we were at ease for we found out that the Movre Apprec1at1on Club was shootrng for 1ts gala premler School days Not only 1ns1de the school bu1ld1ng were shots bemg taken but at dances at games and even at coun try homes where sorne frne snow scenes wer dep1cted All that could be heard was Lrghts Actron Camera then the rncessant grrndmg Th1s ex travaganza was a wow Almost every student attended wantmg to se whether he or she was rn the scene A few of our Jumors were rn th1s movre or drdnt you see them? Well some were under the snow anyway To prolong our act1v1t1es there came the announcement of the Stud nt Faculty play What a L1fe And what a lrfe we drd lead as our school year was comrng to an end Th Prom greatest of all events termmated our thrrd year of events Thus we all knew hat school had come to a close when we drscoverea that the boy or gtrl who sat besrde us rn study hall was a good looker bes1des bemg a walkrng cafeterra Chapter lV Flash' Septemberl Autumnl Semorsl Ah' how wonderful 1t seemed to be the topmost the bosses the mo t free rn th1s grand ole T H S We felt 45 1 1 11 1 . . 11 11 1 11 . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 N , 1 11 11 . 1 . l . , . 1 1 ..,. . 1 1 - 1 1 I . 1 . 1 1 11 . . 1 . 11 . . . 1 . 11 1 . 11 1 1 - 11 . 11 . 1 1 - 11 1 . . . 11 , . 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 1 . . . 11 11 . . , . 1 1 ' . 9 . 'W' 1 1 1 - ' 11 11 . , Q , 1 1 . , , . ' Q . , V 11 1 11 . 1 , . ' Q 1 77 . C + . , 1. 11 11 nl . . , , c . . .