Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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Yearbook Staff Front: Frances Carlesi, Lois Grinnell,, Blanche Urso. Ellen Leete. Dagmar Baldwin, Lucy Cross. Middle: Anna Ritacco. Trilby Bennett. Kay MacVicar. Beverly Cruickshank. Gertrude Jones. Rear: Larry Carroll. Angelo Sanquedolce, Thomas Toscano. John Tierney. Maurice Connors. John Terranova. (Not in picture—Barbara Hamilton.) Cover design by Martha Schwarz

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Tin-: Senior Year Book — 1949 Class of 1949 President............. Secretary ............ Treasurer............. Vice President . . . Marshal (not in picture) Class Colors . . . . . Maurice Connors . . Anna Ritacco Angelo Sanquedolce . . . Albert Lees John Terranova Green and Silver

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Tin: Sknior Ykar Book — 1949 President's Address Parents, Faculty, Fellow Classmates: We, the Class of ’49, are about to leave our beloved place of learning in a world of extreme uncertainty and crushing tenseness. Three short years have passed since we began our high school studies. They have been both happy and beneficial years and truly they constitute a portion of our lives which we shall treasure always. During our stay at Westerly High we have become heirs to a most priceless possession, that of a high school education. Upon this gift we shall build our future and the future of our country. One needs only to glance at the newspapers to realize the seriousness of affairs and the gigantic task that lies ahead of us. We must be ready when we are called to help solve the mammoth problems that confront our country and also the world. Our one big ally in solving these problems will be our education, as education has always been the key to the solutions of problems down through the ages. It will be through this application of our education that perhaps we may bring about a lasting world peace. The past three years have been exceedingly happy years. They have been filled with constant activity. Athletics, proms, the school band and other student activities are as much a part of high school life as the textbooks from which we study. Our senior year has been perhaps the busiest of the three. The athletic teams of ’48-’49 enjoyed their share of success. We were indeed most fortunate to have as our new football and basketball coach, Mr. Andrew Lentine. Through the cooperation of students and faculty our social activities met with considerable success. Our high school days have been a period of our lives which in the future we may look back upon with satisfaction and pleasant recollections. To the Class of ’50 and to the classes that will follow we wish the very best of luck and success and we sincerely hope that they will enjoy and profit from their stay at Westerly High as much as we have enjoyed and profited from ours. MAURICE CONNORS, President. Class History We came, we’ve seen, we’ve passed, and now we are seniors. As we think back over the three years which have flown by so rapidly, we remember how strange we felt as we entered good old Westerly High for the first time. During our sophomore year, we made many new friends. Students from Ashaway, Charlestown, Richmond, Hope Valley, and the Immaculate Conception School joined those from Babcock Junior High to give birth to the Class of ’49. From these new acquaintances we chose for our leaders: Frank Gencarella and Robert Dion for president and vice president, respectively; for secretary and treasurer, Anna Ritacco and Anthony Sisco. The dramatic club, supervised by Mr. Crock- ett, produced the play “Gold in the Hills.” Our class was well represented in the cast, with Joan Pickering playing one of the leading characters. Many of our boys tried their luck in sports, Robert Dion becoming a “sharp-shooter” in basketball, while Anthony Liguori, “Red” Lees, Frank Gencarella, and others played football. Baseball attracted the largest number of sophs, two of whom were Robert Pearson and Anthony Sisco. During the year we heard some strange noises coming from one of the rooms. Of course, this was the new school band, which was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. We were honored by having Edward Ruisi chosen from our class to be the drum major. There certainly were many talented musicians among our classmates—will you ever