Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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Class of 1951 Front row: R. Moscaritolo, Robert West, Barbara Miner, Helen Ruisi, Dolores Sicilian©, Louis Masueci, Paul Meyer, William Scott. Barbara LaPere, Inge-borg Luzzi, Jane Shea. Ralph LaPere, George Salisbury. Second row: Shelby Nicholas, Frank Ruisi, Ida Serra, Irene Wadsworth, Virginia Terranova, Shirley Mellow. Norma Sacco. Margaret Terranova, Camille Naccarato, Catherine Kipp, Patricia Urso, Robert Smith, Charles Petrone. Third row: Joseph Rizzo, Robert Pellegrino, Marguerite Richard, Joyce Krcyssig Teresa Paige. Louisa Wardman, Doris Kimball, Jacquline LaFountaine, Nancy Leete, Barbara Sposato, Vera Maine, Francis Sisco, Frank Tate. Fourth row: Ernest S ten house, James Rae, Dorothy Reynolds, Ruth Talbot, Pauline Patton, Barbara Ornberg, Dorothy Palmer, Janet Sims, Florence Obermann. Martha Mudge, Eugene Wheeler, Clark Maxson, Stanton Terranova. Fifth row: Richard Strong. Joseph Kozlin, David Pinardi. Oiva Ylonen, Richard Mansfield. David Stenhouse. George Sposato, Ronald Panciera Andrew Tarasevich. Sixth row: Edward Pinkowski, Joseph Russo, Clifford Smith. Joseph Serra, Fred Savage, Robert McGibbons. Joseph Monti. Richard Morenzoni. Class colors: Blue and Gold

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Class of 1951 oc T Front row: William Bray man. Angelo Cofone, Aurelia Kearns, Josephine Gallagher, Jane Fiore, Helen Cahoon. Eila Fors, Annette Bryant, Shirley Hard ing, Beverly C hristy, Maryjane Keegan, Joan Boumenot, Anthony Bavasso, Anthony Dabroski. Second row: Leroy Grinnell, Robert James, Robert Gavitt. Sam Antoch, Gertrude Helander, Joan Hutchings. Dorris Denham, Ann Carr. Dorothy Car- dinal, Catherine Abosso, Arlene Croft, Joan Barrett. Lorraine Gerbitz, Arthur Brogno, Louis Ferando. Calvert Cross. Th;rd row: Richard Hill, John Hill. Eileen Harrison, Margaret Bray, Mary Coughlin, Maureen Flynn. Winnifred Cercena, Dulcie C'hamplin, Frances Fusaro, Ann Marie Cofone, Gwendolyn Crandall. Ruth Kenyon, William Hopwood, Robert Champlin. Fourth row: William Gavitt, Heidi Gould, Belmiea Bliven, Lois Kenyon, Vivian Clarke, Jacqueline Carlesi, Beverly Bowden, Mary Ceplenski. John Chaffee. Fifth row: Leonard Brown, John Howard, Peter Cofone, Robert Galaher, Dudley Cooke, L. Andrews, Sam Cillino, Hiram Barber, James McElroy. Sixth row: Roger Grimes. Armand Corino, Anthony Chiaradio, Donald Gingerella, Robert Gingerella, Peter Colon!, Richard Ahern, Karl Johnson.

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The Senior Year Book — 19S1 Class History Net many graduating classes have a real need for a history. Perhaps I’m conceited in saying so but I think we do. In our three years in high school our class has made quite a name for itself. At the first everything was normal and then— well, I had better let the record speak for itself. On first coming together in our sophomore year we chose Dave Stenhouse and Bill Scott for president and vice president, Heidi Gould for secretary, and Lennie Andrews for treasurer. Even before the coming of autumn had chilled the air, it became evident that we were out to dominate sports. Football Coach Andy Lentine, in his first year at Westerly, was almost overwhelmed by the rush of candidates. Out of the first thirty-three players, twenty were sophomores. Among these. Bill Scott, Frank Tate, Don Gingerella, Sam Cillino, and Fred Savage were standouts. The class was also well represented in the band by Dave Pinardi. Oiva Ylonen, Richard' Strong, and Shirley Harding. Sophomores in the twirler corps were Dolores Siciliano, Ruth Talbot, and Ann Carr. In basketball, Don Gingerella and Dave Stenhouse made the first team as Westerly took the Class Championship for the sixth straight time. Simultaneously with the appearance of the first robin of spring. Coach Mudge greeted many sophomore baseball candidates including Bob Gingerella, Dave Stenhouse, Lou Massucci, Fred' Savage, and Len Andrews. On the scholastic side of the record Jackie Carlesi won first prize in the Martha C. Babcock Essay Contest. Summer came and was quickly over as in our thirst for knowledge we eagerly awaited school. We were surprised and alarmed to learn that Dr. Bacon, who had been Westerly’s superintendent c ' schools for years, was retiring, but Dr. Tuttle, who succeeded him, soon won our respect and confidence. Dr. Tuttle wasn’t the only newcomer in our junior year, the other being the new football coach, John DiGangi. He didn’t remain a stranger for long as his personality and fine soprano voice made him well known overnight. For our class leaders we voted Bill Scott in as president, Dave Stenhouse as vice president, Patty Urso as secretary, and Lennie Andrews as treasurer. In sports, junior players were to be found everywhere. In football the team finished' with a record of four wins and three losses. The basketball team, dominated by All-Stater Dave Stenhouse, took Class B again and received a Boston Garden invitation. In baseball Westerly won the Class B Championship for the first time in many years. Junior members of the team were partly responsible for this feat. Many of our classmates had a chance to display their non-athletic abilities this year in The Frolics of 1950.” Coach DiGangi did a fine job in putting together this extravaganza. Another non-scheduled event in which our class had a prominent part was the school census. The object of this census, which was conducted by Mr. Foster’s and Mrs. Morrison’s history classes, was to determine the future of Westerly’s educational system. At the end of the year Joan Barrett and Gwen Crandall took second and third prizes, respectively, in the Martha C. Babcock Essay Contest. As always, September was here before we had acquired a good suntan, and we were back in school as seniors. We chose five able class officers to lead us in our last year. Paul Meyer became president; Bill Scott, vice president; Dolores Siciliano, secretary; Louis Masucci, treasurer; and Donald Gingerella, class marshal. Co-Captains Bill Scott and Don Gingerella led the football team through a season in which the leagueless Bulldogs searched as far away as New Haven for games. All of the forward wall and three of the regular backfield men were seniors. This was also the year basketball was reorganized in Rhode Island, with Westerly being moved into Class A. With such able seniors as Captain Dave Stenhouse, Ernie Stenhouse, Sam Antoch, and Donald Gingerella on the squad, Westerly took the State Championship in an undefeated season. This is just a brief and unfinished glance at our achievement; many names and individual honors have been left out for lack of space, because the turnout for every sport, contest, and job has been great. The class of '51 can be sure it has left a record of which it can be proud. ANDREW TARASEVICH, Historian.