Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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The Senior Year Book — 1950 Class Officers 1950 President.................Lawrence Bailey Vice President .... William Ironside Treasurer..................Victor Grasso Secretary...........................Nancy Capalbo Marshal................William Gingerella President's Address We, the Class of ’50, shall leave our beloved school in a very short time. We all have waited many years in anticipation of this event, and most of us will agree the time has passed too quickly. Our graduation is marked by the turning point of the century. We have witnessed a short period of peace and a shocking world war which has left the world in utmost turmoil. We are the ones to change the ways of the new half-century —a half-century full of prejudices and conflicts, uncertainty and hate. Let us do our best to change this confusion called civilization. Doubtless some of us will go on to schools of higher education, some will learn trades, and some will not. Whatever each may do, the entire class wishes him success and happiness. We have been fortunate to welcome to the faculty this year Coach John DiGangi, who has been a great coach, teacher, and friend. We also have been happy to have Mr. Edward Morenzoni, a student-teacher, with us for the first half year. Last, but not least, we give thanks to the entire faculty for their friendship and help. Now as we leave this edifice of enchantment we bid farewell to our teachers, our classmates, and some of our closest friends and hope that we may all meet in the very near future. LAWRENCE BAILEY

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Rhode Island Honor Society Al i Front row: Priscilla Sampson, Rosalind Murray, Marie Nardone. Nancy Capalbo. Ellen Lamb. Ann Marie Brucker. Helen Whitford. Eva Clark, Alice Moore. Mary Autry. Second row: Anthony Giordano. Angela Cozzolino. Angelina Ventry. Norma Woodward. Rosamond Waldron, Roberta Wilcox, Betty Priore, Renata Ruisi, Jean Clarke. Third row: Dorothy Ward. Edith Lloyd. Gillette Kenyon, Dorrance Hazard. Kenneth Strong, Ida Roberts, Lois Wheeler. Back row: Thomas Sminkey, Ronald Jursa. Edward Liguori. Members missing from picture: Dorothy Bosworth. George Dixon. Glenna Dixon, James Gencarella.

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The Senior Year Book — 1950 “PASSING IN REVIEW” (The movie review from the “Quiggsville Times”) The current attraction at the Bijou is that long awaited production The Fleeting Years” which is the graphic portrayal of the events and activities of the Class of 1950 of Ward Senior High School. Produced by Mr. Charles Mason and directed by Mrs. Kathryn Moore, it presents a lucid, interesting picture of the three years of “blood, sweat, and tears” experienced by the most recent graduates from Westerly. The story opens in September of 1947 with fanfare, glamour, and pageantry as nigh on to two hundred hopeful, eager, but somewhat timid faces climb the front steps of Ward High for the first of numerous times. This group presents somewhat of a parodox, since by sheer number they exhibit apparent confidence, but behind this display of assurance lies that ever present sophomore inferiority complex. The film wisely avoids those first few days of doubt and confusion, which all new classes experience, and passes on to show us this same group, now fully oriented, engaging in the daily grind of school plus the extra curricula joys. As the camera shifts to Craig Field, we see Mark Sullivan, Frank Urso, Pat Cimalore, Bill Reynolds, Joe Morrone, and Stan Laing among the sophomores taking part in the football activities. With the days rapidly passing by, politics enter the act as class elections arrive. Ronald Jursa, John Patton, Nancy Capalbo, and Lawrence Bailey emerge as class president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. The film then speeds up showing only flashbacks of the class, representatives in the band, glee clubs, and school paper. We do catch a glimpse of Sal Reale, John Patton, and Mark Sullivan, performing in the shadow of the basketball squad which took the state championship. With a few scenes devoted to baseball and golf, ths first portion of “The Fleeting Years” comes to a close. The scene is once again the front steps of Ward High. The characters, with a few minor exceptions, are the same, yet the group looks infinitely wiser and more experienced, perhaps even a little cynical, for now the Class of 1950 are juniors. This portion of the film thoroughly enthralls the viewer, for it is filled with familiar faces taking part in the sundry phases of life at Ward High. We see Sal Reale, John Patton, Nancy Capalbo, and Larry Bailey the class officers, approximately twenty juniors in our fine band, seven juniors in the twirling corps, and the numerous 1950’ers in the chorus and glee clubs. In sports, Sullivan, Silvestri, Morrone, and Urso played leading roles on the gridiron; Reale, Morenzoni, and Andrews starred in basketball.