Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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CLASS WILL We the members of th Class of 1941 Torrrngton Hrgh School Lrtchtreld County State of Connectrcut who are about to complete our resrdence rn thr rnstrtutron ot learnrng do hereby declare thrs to be the last wrll and testament ol our class We wrrte ths document rn the hope that our followers wrl achreve rn some small measure the glory that has been ours Frrst To the envrous lunrors we wrllrngly leave our most prrzed posses srons study hall 37 the mechanrcal cow and the new amplrlyrng system whrch wrll enable them to hear more clearly the advrce of therr pedagogues Second We hereby noake the totlowrng rndrvrdual beau sts Dorrs Brllrng bestows upon Eleanor Gauthrer her abrlrty to blush a brrght shade of red Frank Srmko deeds hrs terrrtrc force wrth a tennrs racquet to B111 Chattle on Unto Marre Zele does Ex elyn Faedo bequeath her auret charm Southpaw Ed Wrllrams hurls a rrght curve rnto the hands of wartrng Bub 0Carn Irm Barrymore Breen regretfully bestows upon Harold Lrppman hrs dramatrc talents and scrrpts Unto lohn Horwath does Argen Post leave hrs ltrtle black date book Betty Whalen wrlls her lucky charm hors shoe to any luntor worthy of rt Ed Scoop Hagen wrlls hrs rose for news to Harold Cohen ous lunror Unto Arthur Schwartz does Wrll Sullrvan leave one bottle of lrnrment and two parrs of worn out track shoes Betty Cookre Consrdrne wrlls unto Peggy Humphrres her book Hu mor and How to Make the Most ot lt Handsome lack Droney passes on to Ted Lytord hs copy of A Well Dressed Senror Mary Constable and Margaret Grlbert Jorntly present therr motto Speech rs Srlver Srlence rs G lden to Helen Skarupa and Susan Gay Margery Hurlbut wrlls her type-wrrter and shorthand book to an ambrtrous lunror Unto Ermenra Lovallo does Mary Foley leave her pleasmg low vorce ludy Morrrson wrlls to Peggy Humphrres her cheerleadrng abrlrty and school sprrrt Vrvren Dalone leaves her dramatrc talents to Bebe Foth Wrllram Sullrvan wrlls to Helen Hooper hrs debatrng abrlrty lane Newkrrk leaves to Torchy Adams her auburn tresses Kay Lamphrer leaves to Mary Zondrros her rndustrrous ways Ed Sullrvan beaueaths hrs popularrty and amrcable nature to ack McCattery To Robert Negrr does Volney Snyder lea Je hrs trtle teaser of grrls I . ' 1 - r - ' ,, . 1 . 3. 1 ' o ' . 5. ' - ' ' 7. ' e Q ' . 9. Adele Kemezrs leaves her cookies, popcorn, and goodies to any gener- lO. 1 ' 1 ' 12. r 13. ' ' ' ' 14. 1 , ' ' ' 15. ' f ' ' . 16. ' ' r ' ' 1 ' 17. ' 1 ' . 18. ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 A . 19. ' . 20. ' ' ' ' . 21. ' , ' ' ' 1 22. ' A 1 ' ' c '

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popular butcher rs f course Dante Lonaahucco Tyler Morrr retrr d put rs strll workrna n a formula whrch rs t rc as pow rful as N l Becaus of repeated explosrons h has had tr roof r mov d from hrs has r nt mak rna the rest of th house very drafty The faculty sounds v ry famrlrar Rudolph Bourque rs the prrncrpal Earl Lahhe rs teachrna French the Latrn professor rS Donald Herdy Harry Thorpe rs teachrna math matrcs the Art class rs arr ct d hy Med Mar lor and th cookrna class rs under th aurdance of Francrs Hardtack Kalrno skr whrl Edward Sullryan as coach rs carry na on trad tron by turnr vrrr r 1 t ams every year Trred lut happy aft r my lona day l r turn to rry hot l and an soon fast aslaeo a sured of the succ ss and happrn s f l fo m r classmates C or rr qfrt PROPHECY OF THE PROPHET Class l0Jl lt was th year l953 that l returned aft r a thr e y ar soraurn arsroad As streets announcrna Wrll Sullrvans nomrnatron for mayor thc same Wrll Sullrvan that araduated rn the year l94r Rrdrnq up the str t l heard a rally takrrra place rn th crty hall and went The rmmense and attentrve audr nce seem d to p m a tan as Wrll Sullrvan delrvered hrs sp ech He had th same cool colt t d rnanner a out hrrrr that h possessed rn l ill l drdnt have to rntervrew Wrll to h ar the story l drd pveryone knew htm rn Torrrnaton Wrll araduated rn l9-tl and entered Duke Unryersrty to study law He made many frre rds ther durmq hrs freshman year wrth hrs lovable personalrty and fr re sprrse o humor He passed hrs sophomore and runror years wrth marks any student would r e proud of and any par nt would prarse As a s nor Wrll recerved many hrqh honors and was alfvays the c nter of actrvrty dr rrna the year Then ca rre araduatron th 1 rorrren rde cornmencemerrt honors fond farewells a feelrna of lonelrness Once more Wrll stood on the threshold of Duke but thrs frm he was facrnq outward to ward the future rnyrtrna threatenrnq unknown However Wrll drdnt frnd rt so threatenrna He entered and completed h s two years at Duk Law School and rn the year IQ47 he was ready to chal l nae the world He came ha k to Torrrnaton and open d law offrces of hrs own Wrll made a success rraht from the start People heaan to try to rnduce htm t enter polrtrcal lrfe so Wrll drd Everyone lrked hrs camparanrna He worke l hard rn the party and was now frnally runnrna for mayor of Torrrnaton After hearrna thrs stupendous story l knew nothrna stood rn the way of Wrll s hap prness A hoy wrth such a frne charact r personalrty and wrr w knew would ao a lorra way Mary De Angelo .10 X ' , o , 5 'son gs ' e , ' ' ' o ' 's wl e ' e T. .T. e - 1 ' l ,AN A s , e re e e . ' , erner , . f A e . e ' ' , ' , , ' Q 7 ' ' A . ' 3 ' . x fn ' ' e A 5 ' l' e e o X, e ' Q ' e A A . L vfsr ', ' c , - , ' , Ai . t ' 1 'pig out rr ' .I int e . ' , 2 ', e , e 1 3. rizotir, i ' : 2 A s e ' e's o al my r er 7 7 cl V ' e X . e e e . 1 'X s . Q l drove into Torrington, l was astonished by the aay array of banners in the ' ' ' s s. ee, . , r ' ' ' e ' , rn. , ' r ' 'e a s e 'e ' r ce ' ' , ' e . , e ' , 'ec e ' ' h ' e r Mer' A 9 . ' ' ' A ' , e . ' A . W' - ' 'r , . 1' ' f . ' ' ' ' . Y 'J f , c e X ' . e 1 ' H Q r . 3 r F e ' ' 1 ' A , r s ' e 3 Q , .r e ' A c A - e . ' ', . L ' o , . . , Q ' . ' ' e , ' e

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Harry Thorpe w1lls h1s sunny drsposrtton to Lesley Anderson Paul D1d1er tnhertts from Bob Phalen h1s colleqtate style Betty Forsberq does bequeath to Luctlle McK1t1s her blond attracttveness Kay Barry bequeaths to Rose Genttle the responstbtltty of keeplnq her up to the mmute assortment of clothes Seamstress Frances Perkms cuts out a dress pattern and sends 1t on to Adele Vantskas to s w Ted Swtnq lt Novey leaves hrs clartnet to a luntor who w1ll do tt Just1ce lack McCaffery lnhertts from Budy Bourque hrs success tn the busmess and soc1al whtrl Mlckey ljterrt doth bequeath unto Bene Aube h1s untque dance steps Florence D Am co deeds her lake of qurqltnq qtaqles to Mary Ryan Unto VITQIHIG Fltzqerald does Ty Morrtson leave h1s Joo of twtnklrnq those btq blue eyes Eda Sptno tnhertts from Glenna Ramstetn her models from mademol selle Mary Clarke bequeaths to Estelle Iaffe her qrft of qab Unto Grace Kearny does Loutse Hand leave her natural beauty Marto Bossarelll bequeaths unto Edmund T1no h1s book entttled How to Keep Gtrls lnterested Marlon Holdr1dqe tnhertts from Mrrtam Burns an alarm clock so that she wtll arrtve at school on t1me Luc1an Cesca bequeaths unto Doc Sacco hrs way wtth the women Whttey Kunk1ew1cz leaves to CLIDDY Underdonk hts outstandmq athlet1c ab1l1ty Roberta Btchard obtatns from Bobby Baudoutn her fr1endly dtsposttton Wrllts Butts leaves unto Hobart Schroder h1s outstandmq frtendllness Mary Luctlle lordan mh rtts from Glenna Bamstetn her capttvatmq smtle Ed Sulltvan bestows upon Les Anderson h1s happy qo lucky nature Unto our beloved faculty do we leave our qrateful apprectatton for thetr everlastlnq efforts to make us learned and w1se We leave to the Class of 42 our outtons ptns banners and THS arm banas so that they may be as school sptrtted as we 47 ln concluston we do s1ncerely bestow upon the Class of 42 our mos hearty and smcere w1sh for a happy and successful sen1or year ln testtmony whereof w heretnto set our nam s and afftx our offtctal seal thls th1rteenth day tn lune tn the year of our Lord one thousand ntne hundred forty one Helen B Zbuslca Mary Morse Edythe Bona! mt 23. T T T T T . 24. T T T T T T . 25. ' T T ' T 5. 26. T T T T ' 27. T ' 28. T' T TT T T T T T 29. T T ' ' T T 30. T T T T T . 3l. T t T T . 33. ' T T T T 'T '- 34. T . 35. T T . 36. T T T T T T' 37. Unto Betty Whtttnq does Doris Copaclno leave her attractive dimples. 33. T T T T T T if 39. T . T TT T 40. TT T T' T T V T' 'T T T 42. T T T T T T . 43. T T e' T T T T . 44. T T - - . 45. T T T 46. 1 T T , T , , -