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7fae .fwfqfnmn Class History Clrcumstantlal Evidence of the Class of l9ll8 No doubt xou hlxe forgotten the scleamlng and scleeclllng up at Hlgh Hlld Stoxxe Stleets as we D001 unfortunates xx ere helng toln from Olll mohels aplon stllngs School tlme xxas hele agaln and fifty nxe Chll dl en began thell long careers as gulnea plgs for the teachers There xx ere so many of us startlng school that some had to go ln the mornlng and the lest ln the aftel noon Boy hoxx those teachers lox ed us' Mlss Olmstead celtalnlx shoxx ed xvho xxas bos The mornlng of the flrst day about 9 30 Bobby Farmel let out a yell and xxhat do you suppose he xx anted' You guessed lt hls 0 O0 0 clock feedlng Aftel a xx hlle xxe nn llly lealned that B came aftcl A ln the alphabet Ex cnutally xxe found ourselx es under the ObS6l x atlon of MISS NI llloxx Who xxlll ex 91 forget that fateful room? One day Sammy Spauldlng xx as put under the teachel s desk xx here he soon became qulte at home It seems Sam was IIOSIHQ., lnto thlngs There xx as a bag underneath xx lI1Ch xx as ap palently Mlss Wlalloxx s lunch Of course Spauldlng belng alxxaxs hun gry ate the contents not knoxxlng the bag was full of SCI aps for Wllss Mal loxx s dog and he has had 11ldlg9StlOll ex er slnce The thlld X931 found us under the superxlslon of Mrs Pugh It xx as a grand grade but one thlng botheled us The 100m always smelled of sxx eet pel fume We could nex er figure that one out The fourth glade found us ln MISS Wheeler s room Hele xxe strug gled wlth long dlxlslon I don t thlnk anx one wlll forget the Roman num erals aftel our patlent teacher got through wlth us Thls xvas the place Where we sat and Watched the llttle xx lndmlll at xx olk xxondcllng whlch xxlnd was golng to blow stalted the filst mythlcal romance Arlyne Falardeau and Ralph Dalsy RUShfOld The boys xxould go down ln back of Folllns and plflx ball The cheellng sectlon was made up of the glrls Ralph had llls fdXOl1tG bat Called DHISY and plgtalled Arlx ne xxould carly It up xxlth hcr aftel 19098 Hoxx Ralph xxould blush' Txxo teachels trled to get llold of us by some me lns ln thc sllctll glade Half xx ent to Mlss Jackson and the othel half xx ent to MIS Rudd D010 thy Dex lne xxlote a book on a collectlon of anecdotes about homellfe on the Jackson farm IH Mllt0H If anx one knows one that hasn t been told DOI othy IS stlll ln the final stages of staltlng hel book In Mrs Rudd s loonl a test was glx ell one dax ln hlstory and one questlon xx as Who xx as Ham Ifllllapl 7 Brlght Eyes Feld Farnham ansxx ered He xxas a gleat allplane DllOt So you can see xvhy our grade took honors ln lntelllgence At last wc xx ele blg shots IH the sex enth grade Hoxx ex G1 xxe calmed doxvn a blt under the xxatchful eye of MISS Carpenter One day Sammy Spauldlng had a dead mouse and threw It oxer hls head The creature landed on Ruthle Cuttlng s desk That IS xx hx Ruthlc xx as chosen Mlss Scleamel of 1942 As anothel xeal lolled bx we found ourselx es Ill Mlss Demerltt s loom xx hele Vanex Donox an had hls seat leserx ed llght ln the fl ont roxx It xx as IIQIC that Nlghtlngale Colleen lolned oul lanks EXQIQ box 111 the class xx anted to slt beslde hel I don t knoxx xx hx and I haxe often xx ondel ed hoxx she kept that come lllthel smlle I -- I I I , . . , ,V 1 1 7' ' 1 7' ' 1 1 7 1 1' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 5. L L. L ' Q ,I I N LY . l L 1,1 7 L L r L L r 1 ' 1 1 1 '1 ' 1 . f ' . s ' ', ' : , . , . . . 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 s 1 A 1 W L Q 1 u C 1 11 ' 1 1 V1 1 y 1 l 1 K1 K1 1 1. K1k1 A 2 1' 1' 1 1 1- 1 1 1 y 1 ' 1 1 . , . I a 4,1 1 V ' 1 1 . . , . . 1 . 1 . r' ' ' f , ' ' ' . - 1 A '11 L 1' ' 1- ' 1 11 11 - .. . , , Y vi v 1 4 1 A w , 1 1 1 1 I 1,1 - ' , 1 c ' . '1 1 1 1'1' ' 1 1 1 1 y- y ' 1 Ls. 1 1 11 K1 A1 1 l . ,1 1 1 1 I L L L o r- . . V. . , . y . r t h K I . . 1 . 1 1 g , A 1 , . , . ,. , The fifth grade was fun because we could rlng the bells then. Here , , ' I , as ' , Yu c . , ., 1 1 ' ' 1' L 1 L Y 7 . J L C-Y 1 'L1 1 ' 1 ' .1 1 .1 1 1 ' 1' 1 1 1 1 SS. , . , . . . ' - ' f ' s Y s z Q ' f f . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Y. Y1 ' 1 ' . 1 ' ' 7 1 1 7 1- , . g . , . 1 1 l l g 1 g 4 1 . 1 1 4 n Y .7 Y. . . V W 4, V 11 - W . ., . 1 7' ' 1 1 U 1 ' 1 I my 1 Y 1 K. , V . ,, 4 Y . . . . , 1 . 1 1 , 1 1 f ' r 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . , . vf .1 1 J I X A . 4 1 Y . Y D U 4 1 1 . . . . ' ' ral, L, I 1 'L1 1 1 ' A 1 K1 1 L1 'L1A1 1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 11 '1 1 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1 11 1 1 7' T' ' . . Y V7 1 1, 1' 1' 1 I 1 1 1 1 v 1 1 . . . U, v 1 4 - . u 1 .
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711s fonqfnoan President s Address It rs mx honor md prrxrlege is presrdent ot the Clrss ot 1948 to rep resent mx telloxx gradu ltes The pleas mt assoeratlon xxe h xxe h rd durrng the past texx xe us can not be broken off xx rthout a sense of loss It xx1ll not be e rsy for us to go out rnto the xxorld knoxxrng that xxe xxrll not haxe that ex erv d rx comp rn ronshrp of those xx ho hlxe me rnt so much to us Throughout the years of our school career xxe haxe hrd p rtrent help ful and understandrng teachers We realrfe noxx that rt has not been rn easy task for them Although xxe may haxe presented many dlscouragrng problems they haxe shoxxn nex er endlng patrenee rn helprng us to make the most of our 6dUClt1OH Often trmes xxe drd not apprecrate thelr et forts but noxx xxe real17e hoxx much they haxe done Although our xx ords or dC.tl0ll's mav not express our feellngs xxe thlnk you are rll grand To the underclassmen xxe xxrsh to s rv th rt W rterbury Hrgh ls 1 splen drd school md xxe are proud of the fact th it xxe are to rorn rts xlumnr Superrntendent Frske the school drrectors md the ertrfens of thrs toxxn are dolng all they can to make the best sort ot educatron possrble tor the youth of Waterbury Try to realme before your frnal yeu th rt you are gettlng out ot school only xxhrt you put rnto lt It you hrxe trken ad xantage of ex ery opportunltx xx hen that hnal step comes you xxrll be rble to face the xx orld unatrard md rerdy to grxe rt vour best Conslderable tlme and monex rs spent rn puttrng your school bllllfllllg rn good eondrtron Help the custodlans keep rt that xx av md rlxx ays treat lt xxrth respect You are fortunate rn belng xble to attend sueh rn attrac trxe school Be proud of rt' It IS obxrous that a good edueatron 18 needed to obtarn and hold a xxorthvxhrle posrtron Vlanv of thrs year s senrors are takrng adxantage of hrgher trarnlng xx hrch xxrll be a neeessrtx of the future Remember suc cess lres at the top' To our class adxrser Hrs Curtrs Gough xx ho hae gurded us untrrrng ly and xxlselv through thrs our most unforgettable year all xxe can sax rs Keep up the good xx ork and max God be xx 1th you alxxays, It 18 xvrth deep regret that xxe leaxe these halls of Wrterbury Hrgh School xx here we haxe spent the most xalued part of our lrx es our youth As xxe leaxe our Old Hrgh School xxe xx ant you to knoxx that xxe xx 111 be l.ck from trme to trme to see xou carry on the tradrtrons of Waterbury Hrgh School And xxe are sure that tradrtron xxrll be carrred on under the farth ful gurdance of our prrnerpal Nlr Roxxe WAYNE CLTTIING l I . . V j . V V V V V V , V V V V V V V VV V V t 1 Y' VV V ,fcVV V - V,lV, UV V V VV 2 VK.. VVKVZ VAVKV V'V ' V, 2 V 2 ' V AV 'V V VVVZ VKV .V - Y ' ' V' V' V'V'. ' A VZV' ' V' ' , V V' V V V' V V, , V VV- V'V 2 - V' Vlx ' 2 ' 'Z V' V'V V 1 V V V V V VV V V V V V V ' - , V V , c c V V V ' V V VV V 'V V V ' V V V V. V :V c V V V V V V , V V V V 'V VV ' V V V A V V ' Y 1 V v - . V l V . ' V, V , V K' V 2 V . . kv V . I .1 V. .- V V V V ' V V V VV V V V V, V . V V V V ' V V VV ' V V ' V V V VV V U . VV V, c V VV V, V'V VV V V V ' 'V V V V - VV V Vg., c c V c V ' V V V V V V V V V V V ' ' ' V V ' V 1 1 ' V 4 . V' 'V V ' VV V .' 'V V ' 'V V , V V V V c V V V V V ' V V A V V ' V VV' ' V -' V ' V V' VV V 'V V ' V V 2 V V V V V, ' V ' V V V ' ' ' V V, V V Z . 2 Z - V V V V ' WV, V V ' V KV LV V V' , 2 'V V . ' . ' V V V ' V ' V V c c V V . 'V . . I V . ' . . 7 ' . . V 8 V V V ' . ' ' V 'V V ' V V V V VV V. V V . V V U 1 1 V V' .VV V. V ' ' V , V V . , 2 c V ' 4 ' ' - V V V 'V V' V V .V ' 'V ' V V V V V V - V ' V' ' r V ' 'V 'V V ' VV V ' V V. ' V V A V V V V V -V V ' V' V V V V - , V ' J V VV V. V VV V V V V VV V V'V V VV 'V V V ' V ' ' - VV V , . V. V , V V V V V 'V V V V V V 'V V V V, V , U , H V V V V' V V VV7' 9 .V - 'V ' V V V V V V V V V V ' V V V c V V V V V V V ' V V V V V V, V V V V V V VV V V V' , ' 1 ' V V V V V ' ' V V V ' V V V V .V ' ' V' , ' . , ' ' V V V' .' V . ,V V . ' V ' .
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7Ae.L' A l1ste1me hrgh sehool 1nd the thrrd 11 e111 ol hrgh sehool 1nd X011 kll0X1 11h 1t happened ' Xou do 1111h 11111 11e h 11 1 1e11 gc c trme at the freshm 111 receptron 1n111 IX Drck We t 11011 the gold l'llCC1l1 for 1l,1Y'l1lJ11'lg'1H10 1 swrmmrng pool We elected thm followrng ofheers B111 OP11en IJICSICICII1 Pett1 G1 lnce XICQIJIGSIGGII1 Colleen Strmp on sc1ret111 1r1d S 1m Sp1uld1ng: t1e1s111e1 For our el 1ss dC1XlSCl XXL prcked N11 ho111 We 11e1e 1ust 6.1110111115 ou1sel1es 1mmensel1 1111111 promotron to the sophomore 1e1r 11as thrust upon us I c IH see 111 the dopes ot the c11ss ot 48 f11'lCllIlf,I the blck se 1ts rn Mrs Gough s room but rt seems she lrked our 1omp1n1 after sehool Our cl 1ss ofhcers tor thrs 1e1r 11e1e G11ee Ifor presrdent James 1111161 1reepr'es1dent Dorothv DCXIIIC ec1et1r1 and S1m Sp llllfllflllf treasurer We entered d1am1t1es tor the trrst trme under the cap1111e drrectron oi o11r ad11se1 Mrss Grrllo Appeurng rn 0111 one 1et pla1 Her Frrst P1111 Dress 11ere Barbara Lunge Betty G 1111 ee Colleen S'L1lllS0ll Wrllr 1m C off Sam Spauldrng B111 Keefe and Don Je11ett On the basketb1ll teams thrs year 11ere Ruth I uttrng Arly ne If 11 ll 11 11 ne C uttrng Warblrng rn the All St 1te C ho1us 11e1e A111ne I 1111111 111 bett1 C11 href 1nd Don Je11ett After 1v1h11e 11e tound old me ereeprng upon us lIlCl 11e 11 ere 111111018 111th the prnrlege ot enterrng the tront door O 1 he 1ds 11e1e rn the eloude Our class ofhcers tor the Well 11 ere Way ne Cuttrng presrdent S 1m Spauldrng X1C6DI'9S1d61'lt Cjolleen Strmson secret 1ry and Jean Jones trelsurer Mlss Roy er our class ad11ser h 1d a more than bus1 1ea1 111th 11N Junrors rn the All State Chorus 11ere Ally ne F1la1deau Gr 1ce laor B6tt1 Galnee Colleen Strmson V11l111n1 Goff George Gra1es and Don IGXYGCC In our one act play Lo1e Hrts Wrlbur' the tol1o111ng C1.XOIt6Cl across the stage Colleen Strmson B111 Keefe A111 ne Falardeau Chrrstlne Slack Grace 1701 and Don Je11 ett Drrectly after mrd years ithank goodness J 11e presented the h1l ll' rous three act comedy The Cannrbal Queen 111th a cast eomposed of Grace Izor Ruth Cuttrng Ch11st1r1e Slack Geraldrne S11eetser Colleen Strmson Ann Barrv Alree Gage Arl1ne Falardeau B111 Ixeefe Wrl1r1m Goft VV1-11116 Cuttrng Sam Spauldrng. 1nd Don Je11ett A lrttle later the annual Della bX1dS61 P1176 Speakrng Contest 11 18 held Comrng through 111th nrst honors N1 ere Chrrstlne Sl1ek and Wrllr 1m Golf Appearrng on the grrls basketball team 11e1e Ruth Cuttrng, Colleen Strmson and A1111 ne F 1la1de1u On the bo1s 1a1s1t1 11 ere Bob Talbert Bob Farmer X an Dor1o1 an W 11 ne f uttrng, and Don Je11 ett t as -1 1 .1 1 ' 1 -do - . . , ' ' 'F . v , , v . v , 2 1 . . . Oh, 1 , 1 1 . I 1ol . X 11.1 2 1 5 . Y 2 uv vi tv. ' V v 1 x r 3 2 , c 1 . V 1- 1 ' 'lx-U: ' ',.', 1 .,k.' , I i, Nr 2- . , 1' . 1' . ' -' Q . , . . . 1 , , , ' , , - 1 , 1 1 , 1 , 4 A , 1 1 c 11 c 1 .QU .,.. . .ZK,l,, ., ' , A ,' 1 .,. v 1 11 ' .1 1 I fb atv 1 K1 . .1 1 v v X 1 ' 1 -' 'I .' 2 .' .1 z Q1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' , 1 ,, 1 ' 1 1 ' . . ' . 1 . 1 ' , 1 , 1 1 -c 1 1 . 1 , 1 . . 4 s v 1 . v v A C 8 L . 1 v r -I . 1. 1 v' 1 1 1 v 4 W1 ' . U, - . 1 , U 1, 1,1 1 V, 1 1 , 1 -. 2 ' .S ' - , ' -L1 ' , , - . 2 , ' . , ' ' 1 v- w 1 'N 1 1. 4 1' - 1 1 v Al 1 ' 11 1 1 1 v 1 . , .. . 1. -z 1 L , . . V - s 1 'V 1 . . -1 v f - 1 , , ' 1 ' '1 I 1 . , , c , , 1 , 1 'I , f 1 1 f 1 ' 1 . - 1 1 - , I ' - v 3 I. 1 - A C ' n A ' y L l ' 1 ' 7 1 '. - - '. 1 .. . deau, Colleen Strmson, bob Talbert, B011 P ar mer , 1 aney DUIIOXAII and 7, v I ' c l 1 . 1 ' 1 - 2 11 '1 I 'zz' P2 1 .' '2- -1, 2 11 ' . R 1 ' y , ' Q , A , ' L. 2 . , . , . , ' .L. 1' 4 .' 1' ' , .' , ' . . ' u . 2 A. - , . A ' , . , -1 1 1 C 11 ' a v 1 v v -1 v S ' 1 1' . 1 . N 11 ' 1 ,I , . , 1 z , , - . , . . . . . 9 tl 1 A X ' 7 ' 2 1 H ' 7 1 Z Lv s 1 'ss y -y . . K-K1 . fs , 2 1 1 , f ivy, Lv f 1 1' v 1 1 I 1 Y' . v 1 1 v 1 , 1 1 . , z , . 1 F I 1 ' A 55 v ' 1 ' 7, i v. 1 v 1 -1 1 v - 1 1, . , 2 1 1. v K ' . 1 . ' Y I r 1 ' v ' I ' ' ' ' Y 7 v ! ' 7 1 . . ' -. .S - , 1, . K, 'Z - D L1 - 1 v 66 f I f ,Y V' v 4 v ' , , . . 14 1 ' 1. v . 1 4 11 I ' 1 1 7 7 ' Y ' Y ' 1 ' . v - ' 7 ' ' 'N ' Y , 1 f r 1 . K ' v xv 2 , v , 1 r z . . , . , . , 4 , 1 V , , 1 c 1 , ' 1 1' ' .S .S - , , fl. ' , E , , ' 'Z . 1 ' ' Y 1 ' 1 . . ,I , K ' A- . yv 1 2 r 1 2 s 1 J.-I v. -51' tv f - 1 - , a 1 I . Q '
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