Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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CLASS HISTORY Three years ago, we the graduating class of 1969 entered Westerly High School as sophomores, awed by both the size of the school and the upperclassmen. We were determined to make our years here memorable by our achievements in athletic, scholastic, and social endeavors. We first established our active existence by electing our political leaders for our sophomore year. They were Anthony Scaglione, President; Charles Vacca, Vice-President; Barbara Qunital, Secretary; and Ellen Barton, Social Chairman. We elected Janice Somerset, Kathy Edgar, Carol Sammataro, and Donna Wood to help represent the student body by serving on the Student Council. Determined to prove our athletic prowess on the football field were Dan Pucci, Nick Muntimuri, Louis Cimalore, Peter DePerry, Louis Selvidio, Charlie Vacca, Don Gentile, Anthony Scaglione, Fred Green, Jerome Haberek, John Boyle, Mike McGuire, Rich Fontaine, Steve DePerry, Gary Gulino, Mike Guarino, and John Trebisacci. Further illustrating our sporting ability were Steve Capiz-zano and Jim Burgie who appeared on the basketball court. On the baseball diamond we found sophomores Nick Muntimuri, John Boyle, John Pelt, Pete DePerry, Ken Gregory, Frannie Christina, and Steve Ruzzo. The theme for our Sophomore Hop was Around the World in Eighty Days,” and the gym was tastefully decorated with flowery balloons and travel posters to perfectly correspond with the title. Surrounding our gracious queen, Rosemarie Gencarella, was her beauteous court consisting of Joan MacDonald, Marilyn Azzinaro, Ellen Barton, Prudence Buckley, Carol Sammataro, and Valerie Luther. Our long-awaited summer vacation slipped by much too rapidly in our opinion, and we entered Westerly High for the second time with much more confidence. The hallways were by then familiar to us and the teachers were old friends. Elected for our class officers were Kenneth Gregory, President; Thomas Gingerella, Vice-President; Ellen Barton, Secretary-Treasurer; and Barbara Quintal, Social Chairman. As Student Council Representatives we elected Janice Somerset, Prudence Buckley, Martha Harris, and Michael Nardone. Actively participating in sports were Jim Burgie, Richard Asten, Bob Gervasini, Ermando Leonetti, Scott Coulombe, Roger Shea, and Steve Ruzzo, who were additions to the football team from the preceding year. Again representing our Junior Class on the basketball court were Steve Capizzano and Jim Burgie. To cheer these athletes on to victory were Marilyn Azzinaro, Barbara Quintal, Elizabeth Kirby, and Kathy Stellitano, captain of the 1969 cheering squad. Twirlers selected from this class were Carol Paladino and Barbara Quintal.

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I, John Dippolono, do will, to any worthy Junior, my back seat in Miss Despres’ English class, with the hopes that he will have as much fun and benefit as I did, while there. I, June Bitgood, do hereby will my superb nickname, Ribet,” to Mary Lee Capalbo in hopes that she will have as much fun with it as I did. I, Susan DiGregorio, leave Westerly High School my great understanding of Geometry. I, Larry Thibault, leave my pink socks and yellow pants, as well as all my other odd clothing, to anyone brave enough to wear them. We, Jean Piccolo and Paula Parisi, leave our wonderful U.S. History book, plus all the rotton luck we had in the course to Louis Conto. We, Judith Szymanski and Jacquelyn Webb, leave our seats in the auditorium to any two Junior girls who want them, provided that they are not already taken because of popularity. We, Karen Kelly, June Bitgood, and Sharon Scroggins, leave to any deserving underclassmen our one and only library table, which has shared in our many joys and sorrows, and by doing so has been endowed with our wisdom and experience. I, Katie Utter, do hereby leave my orange sneakers and unique gym suit to Miss Aho, in hopes that she can find someone who will take gym for the same reason I did — to show them off. I, Stephen DePerry, do hereby leave Miss Despres my sideburns, to Mr. Poniatowski my parking violations, and to the male faculty a total of 3,771 cigarette butts. We, Susan J. and Susan K., do hereby leave the teachers in peace with no further confusion. We, Mary Lou Hall, Linda Brown, and Wendy Wright, do hereby leave to Mr. Thompson the misery of not having us in his class anymore and the pleasure of keeping all of his Senior Scholastics. We, Elaine Comforti and Gail Collins, do hereby leave to Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Heany any future student who can come up with as many life troubles and psycological problems as we did. We, Brenda Algiere and Susan K. Gavitt, do hereby leave our twelve year friendship to any underclassmen. I, Lisa Coon, do hereby leave my fun, teasing, and all my cigar butts to Beth Myers, in hopes that she will enjoy them as much as I did. We, Ernest Vetelino, Albert Reynolds, and Michael Nardone, leave Miss Baruzzi’s sayings, Let’s be a little more adult about this,” and That I won’t buy,” to all of her future students. We, Dave Artigas and John Brennan, leave our yellow MG’s and our parking spaces in the teachers’ parking lot to any two Juniors who think they can talk themselves out of trouble better than we did. I, Betty Duda, leave to Cathy Shortman, Mr. Fallon’s remarks” in hopes that she will take them in as good a humor as I did. We, The Rejects”, leave our famous expression, What’s the scoop?” to those who can try and gather more scoops” than we did. We, Joanne Elias and Leyla Dagly, bequeath a pad of library passes to Mr. Huettl. I, Val Luther, do hereby will to Patty Burgie a bottle of Excedrin, as she will need it next year as President of the Pep Club. I, Corliss Kinman, will to any deserving Junior, my sunny disposition in Miss Baruzzi’s French class. I, Nick Muntimuri, leave to any unlucky boy on the football team, my sling, in hopes that he will not have to use it as often as I did. I, Debbie Kelly, leave to my sister, Kathy, my front seat in Miss Baruzzi’s French III class (if she ever gets there) in hopes that she will enjoy it as much as I did. We, June Ekerman and Donna Cillino, leave to any Junior girls (who want it) our favorite book, How to Cut a Class Without Getting Caught. I, Peter DePerry, hereby leave to any deserving Junior, the many broken test tubes in Advanced Chem-Phys. We, Bonnie DiGangi and Gail Collins, do hereby will to Miss Perrone any future students who can cause as much trouble and fool around in class as much as we did. I, Leo J. DeBartolo, of sound mind, but over sound body, do will to Ronnie P. Simer a bill for one (1) Christmas Cactus. We, Anna Bilby and Bonnie DiGangi, do hereby leave to Miss Aho, any future students who can have as many excuses for not taking gym as we did. We, Pat McQuade, Marf Harris, Barrie Quintal and Kathy Stellitano, do hereby leave our two black rabbits, Stokley and Carmichael, to any underclassmen crazy enough to take physiology. We, the Senior cheerleaders, do hereby leave all the great times we had this year obeying the rules (Ha, Ha) to the junior cheerleaders in hopes that they will have as much fun next year. I, Don The Toe” Gentile, of sound mind and body, do hereby will all the kicking responsibilities to Joe Felicetti. 39

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Skillfully playing on the diamond were Dave Cofone, Steve Ruzzo, John Boyle, Peter DePerry, Kenneth Gregory, Louis Cimalori, and Anthony Scaglione. As a result of the spring cheering tryouts, Margaret Capalbo was chosen to become a member of the squad. Twirlers selected from the Junior Class were Sandy Chiaradio and Carol Paladino, captain. We were fortunate to have seven members of our class qualify to belong to the National Honor Society. They were Rae-Ann Algiere, Anita Phillips, Elizabeth Lathrop, Karen Peckham, Susan J. Gavitt, Janice Somerset, and John Winnicki. Our great social event of the Junior Year took the shape of our first formal prom, Barefoot in the Park, for which we transformed the gym into a green park scene, complete with shrubbery, and a blue crepe-paper sky. Seated upon park benches was the queen's court, made up of Emily Sprenglemeyer, Mary Sauer, Rosemarie Gencerella, Sandra Spargo, Gloria Simone, and Ellen Barton. Crowned as our lovely queen was Barbara Quintal. Too soon the gloriously free and lazy days of summer passed. We entered the school realizing that our scholastic career was about to terminate. At last we were the all knowing, all powerful SENIOR CLASS. For the last time we elected class officers whom we knew would be responsible leaders. They were Thomas Gingerella, President; Roger Shea, Vice-President; Ellen Barton, Secretary; Deborah Wills, Social Chairman; and Barbara Quintal, Treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Prudence Buckley, President; Nicholas Muntimuri, Vice-President; Martha Harris, Secretary, and Michael Nardone. As always, a large numBeTof boys trained by our coaching staff went out for football. Proving their dexterity under co-captains Charlie Vacca and Anthony Scaglione were Richard Asten, John Boyle, Jim Burgie, Scott Coulombe, Louie Cimalori, Don Gentile, Gary Gulino, Bob Gervasini, Mike Gurino, Ermando Leonetti, Mike McGuire, Nick Muntimuri, Dan Pucci, Roger Shea, and Steve Ruzzo with Joe Iacoi and Ernie Vacca as managers. Following basketball captain Steve Capizzano into many victories were Jim Burgie, and Jay Steverman. The time left in our Senior Year is quickly diminishing, and we are finding ourselves involved in so many activities that there is barely time to stop and take notice of how short our high school years actually were. We are now exchanging our senior pictures with the many friends that we have made during our years here. We are now looking forward to those activities which our Senior Year warrants. Preparations are being made for our Senior Prom which will be held in March off school grounds. We are beginning to look toward Senior Week which includes our picnic and banquet and which terminates with our long anticipated graduation. This will mark the start of a whole new era in our lives, and, whether we look ahead with expectation or with anxiety, we will always be able to look back to our years at Westerly High School as forever precious. MARTHA J. HARRIS