Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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a new v1gor a new vrtalrty for at last we had reached our goal we were Sentors Why Sonny Kalmowskr even sard I almost feel lrke a man I n grown up Smce th1s was our last year we all decrd d to make the best of 1t Soon events and assembtres started and then we couldnt keep track of them as they traveled along l1ke hghtnrng Class off1cers were elected at our frrst assembly Ed Sulhvan agam was elected to f1ll the posrtton of head of the Class of 41 Closely follow1ng was Iud1th Morrtson Next as secretary Glenna Ramstem and as treasurer Dante Longobucco Then came assembl1es for electron ot Class Book Staff Our Edttortn Ch1ef of X Hay Vmme Malahan was f' n the drsttngurshed posttron of Ed 1tor of the l94l Torrmgtoman A grcup of capable asslstants was also chosen Can l have your name card? How many have you got? the same old refratns Yes the name cards had emerged for about two months and then submerged for rematnder of school year w1th the exceptton of ustng them for permtts For students wtth busrness subn cts a Commerctal Club was organtzed wtth Mrss Stoeckert and Mrss Crmmmo as leaders The obrectrve of the club was to develop skrll and competence m school and c1ty commercral act1v1t1es The football team played swell throughout therr season Much credrt 1s due to the powerful atm of our greatest performer Wh1tey Kunktewtcz Too much credrt to our foremost cheerleader ludy Morrtson who as Prestd nt of the Tr1Y and Pep Club and Vxce Prestdent of the class became one of most popular and best lrk d frlends throughout her four years wrth us Came next a sequel to Almost Elghteen a hrlarlous comedy Young Barry presented by the Dramatrc Club Vlv Dal me once agarn rn the role af mother keeps peace 1n her famlly whrle Mary 1 y a mustc teacher b comes engaged to one of the players Are you perrenced enough Q1TlS,p Then came the day when everyone trted to look pretty or handsome Yes we were to be photographed for the class bcok As Dorts Copactno has such curly locks she drdnt have to worry But there were a few persons who when the1r hatr was set dtdnt have tl err prctures taken No tt seemed that the aay when these persons were lea t expectmg to b photographed they were But the Lonng studro d1d do a fme Job wrth everyones prcture When one of hrs frrends asked Dlck Morgan he w1th the btg fe t 1n what course he thought he would graduate Dlck replted ln the course of t1me l guess Superlattves came a ound the corner together wlth mtd year exams Although more was heard of the superlattves the teachers trred to make us concentrate on those 4 dark and gloomy days when we were to s1t at our places and rack our brams for the answers to the auesttons on those wh1te sheets of paper As our year was nearlng tts end we trred to cram all ktnds of acttvt ttcs mto the last few months Concerts art exhtbrts dances a dramattc club play and the prom were some of the events leaomg up to the greatest event of all commencement Four Joyful years have we spent ln thrs burldmg and now as we are gomg to leave 1t w w1ll ch rtsh all memorres deep tn our hearts So dear classmates good luck and che r to each and everv one of you rn your future careers Adele Celestme Kemezzs Co , ff x . . . . 11 1 1 . . , I 11 Q C , . , -, 1 1 1 . . . . , , 1 1 - - . wg 1 . . , . A 1 1 :- -M . 11 1 . 11 X . 11 11 11 11 - 1 . Q . V c, 11 11 1 . , - , . ' Q 1 1 1 1 ' , , V QUT 9 11 . 11 . . 11 1 1 11 . . , , 1 , . .C .-, C , . . 1 . 1 1-'fme Q- M 1 1 rv 1 1 v . OX , . , 1 . . 1 , . , 1 . 1 , . , 'w 1 1 - - 1 1 . r- 9 or V , . . . . Q , 1 , C , . . . 11 . 1 - 1 11 r , . , . . 1 V . 7 - 1 1 1 ff 1- 1 1 1 , , , W, 1 , 1 Q . C . , 1 , C C 1 A . Q A - 1 1 V 1 A

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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 . . .

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HISTORY OF THE HISTORIAN The gay hellos and t1m1d sm1les of the push1ng and exc1ted Freshmen on that perfect school day 1n l937 stands out IH all our memor1es Most of them were expect1ng a future unknown even though they were exc1ted and they knew that they were about to pass one of many steppmg stones Of these sol1c1tous Freshmen one stood out from all the others as a br1ght cheerful g1rl and she IS st1ll IH the I1mel1ght On the IIISI day she managed to make the acquamtance of the Freshman faculty and her classmates S1nce that day 1t has been her motto to e a new frtend every day and a new A 1n every way In her Sophomore and Iun1or years she became an honorable member of the Lat1n Club Pep Club Dramahc Club and French Club and yet she re ma1ned on the A Honor Boll The Iuntor year came along to f1nd her known as the l1fe of all her classes not only tn prov1d1ng fun but also 1n showmg her classmates how buslness can be pleasure She played through Hard1ng Hercules and Hall to the aston1shment of the faculty Now th1s g1rl IS known as Adele Kemez1s the Salutator1an of the Class of l94l Adele IS study1ng to become a nurse and we are sure that Just as as1ly as she has made fr1ends and succeeded 1n school she w1ll make them 1n t e hospmtal Ehzabeth F Whalen PROPHEC K' OF CLASS OF 1941 WILLIAM I SULLIVAN It IS the sprmg of 1951 I have been l1v1ng 1n South Amer1ca for several years VVh1le d1n1ng one even1ng at my IGVOTIIG cafe I recogmzed somethmg fam1l1ar about the VISIIIHQ orchestra It IS Ted Novey and h1s nat1onal1y fa mous Bhumba Bunts I arrange to meet h1m after the performance to talk over old t1mes He 1nforms me that he IS start1ng on a nat1onw1de tour w1th h1s band and 1nv1tes me along to gather new mater1al for my latest book SWIHQ and Why I dont Want To I Joyously accept th1s 1nv1tat1on and the follow1ng evemng we cl1mb aboard the spec1al chartered transport wh1ch ac commodates the whole orchestra Dunng the tr1p I have a chance to meet the members of the band wh1ch 1ncludes such fam1l1ar Jammers as Emanuel Koltko Ernest Gogoha Bob Phalen Bob Plat1n Iohnny Russo and the1r lovely songstress Helen Zbuska Our p1lots turn out to be Edward W1ll1ams and Em1l Alban and our hostess Betty Lou Whalen AFTIVIHQ at Los Angeles wh1ch IS the flfSl stop on our tour I am surpr1sed to f1nd that D1ck Morgan IS head of Western A1r L1nes Dunng our two weeks stay ID Cal1forn1a I V1Sll Hollywood and learn that lack Kelvle IS head o 20th Century 'Wolf Produchons I look h1m up and we have a long chat I f1nd that many of my former classmates have crashed the mov1es There are such famous stars as Barbara Oomph Baudou1n Eva May West Patterson the handsome heartbreak1ng Romeo Edward Bushka and many more 1nclud1ng Dorothy Mason LOUISE Hand Mary DeAngelo Bern1ce Rtch ards and everybody s baby Mary Clark 47 11 11 1 . 1 , . 1 1 1 1 11 11 . 1 1 1 1 ' . 11 11 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 Q ' V 1 , 'LN . - 1 11 11 . . 1 11 . 1 11 1 1 1 1 . 1 - 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 l. 11 . 11 . . . , . 11 11 1 11 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , . lm