Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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THEODORE F. PYKOSZ. IR. 'l'ed is the boy from the great metropolis of Rocky Hill. When he laughs everyone laughs with htm. When he speaks everyone listens. A good athlete, a good sport. a brilliant student. and a friend that is a treasure. Ted will always be a source of cheer. Class Basketball 3, 4: Elm Staff 4: Cap and Gown Committee 4: Youth Gov't 3: Student Council 1: Baseball 1: Basketball 1. IUDY BROOKS RICHARDS Iudy is usually very quiet and dignified but always ready for a good laugh. She has gained many friends by her easy ways. and her ambitious attltude will make her a fine teacher. Lots of luck, Iudy, at Teachers College. Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4: Choir 2, 3, 4: Senior Plays 4: Swimming Team 3, 4: Soccer 1. 2, 3. 4: Basketball 1, 2. 3: Leaders Club 3. 4. NANCY RAE RILEY Nan has been one of our smartest and wittlest students. She always has a keen remark for any situation and a good word for all of her classmates. She can only be described as a wonderful girl with a sparkling personality. We wish you all the luck in the future in your career at college. Nan. Glee Club 2. 3: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3: French Club 2. 3: Operetta 2. 3: Baccalaureate 2: Class Will 1: Graduation Play 1: Choir 3: Foreign Policy Associa- tion 4. MERICO M. RUGGIERO Rick's quiet and unassuming manner has made him one of our most well-liked classmates. Warm and friendly, and forever flashing his winning smile. Rick is everybody's friend. With a taste for clothes, his neatness and appearance are faultless. Class Soccer 1. 2. 3, 4: Class Basketball 3:' Ir. Prom Commit- tee 3. CHARLES WESLEY REDFIELD Charlie's easy-going ways, his smile. red hair and quick wit have won him many friends in the short year he has been at W.l-I.S. Always a hard worker and a fine student, we know Charlie will succeed in whatever field he chooses. Freshman Reception Committee 4: Student Council 4. THERESA G. RICH! Small and neat with a pleasing personality. always ready with a winning smile. that's Tre . She plans to go to secretarial school and we know that be- cause of her conscientious ways she will go far in the business world. Girls Sports 1. 3: Recreational Council 4: Senior Plays Staff 4: Business Club 3: Dramatic Club 2, 4. ROBERT OKLEY RUGAR Bob's friendly smile and pleas- ant nature will be missed by all of us next year. His artistic abil- ity has brightened the halls of W.I-l.S. with posters. Pew of us have worked harder than Bob. He has maintained a high scho- lastic average in addition to working at the First National for three years. Bob plans to attend college next year. Class Soccer 1: Ir. Prom Comm. 3: Youth Gov't 3: Student Coun- cil 3. 4: Elm Leaves 4: Traffic Squad 4: Senior Plays Staff 4. BARBARA ANN RUGLIO On the soccer field. on the bas- ketball court, or on the baseball diamond, Bubbles excels. We' all know her for her outstanding ability in athletics. Her other ln- terests lie chiefly in books. dogs and children. Barb's amiable per- sonality and spontaneous laugh have gained her many true friends. Cap and Gown Comm. 4: Dra- matic Club 1, 2: Business Club 3: Sophomore Hop Comm. 2: Bank Teller 4: Senior Plays Staff 4: Badminton 2: Girls Sports 1. 2, 3. 4: Youth Gov't Day 3: Swimming 2, 3.

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BARBARA ELIZABI-Tl'H 0'HAllA Here is the girl who really pos- sesses it . Barb has every- thing from a keen judgment and athletic ability to a neat figure and a personality that's just tops. In addition, she has a natural knack for leadership, coopera- tiveness, and friendliness. With all these fine characteristics plus her ability to get along with all kinds of people, success. bliss. and prosperity will always be hers. Girl's Sports 1, 2, 3. 4: Dramatic Club 2, 3: Sophomore Hop Comm. 2: Iunior Prom Comm. 3: Youth Gov't 3: Cheerleaders 3, 4: Leader's Club 3, 4: Recreation Councll 4: Traffic Squad 4: Class Sec. 4: Elm Staff 4: Senior Plays Staff 4. IANET ELAINE PAPINEAU Ian -a neat and attractive ap- pearance plus a fun-loving na- ture compose one of our nicest students from Rocky Hill. Ian is well noted for her witty remarks and cute jokes. Her unassuming manner and happy-go-lucky ways will carry her far. Ian plans to further her singing career or en- ter the world of business. Cheerleaders 1: Glee Club 1: Operetta 1: Usher for Mikado 2: Glee Club 2: Senior Plays Staff 4. IOAN EVELYN PERKINS Cute. friendly, and with a pleas- ant smile for everyone is our Perky . Perky enjoys music. horseback riding and sports of all kinds. We will always re- member her performance as 'l'exie in the Senior Plays. With her winning ways and personal- ity. Perky will make the ideal grammar school teacher. Best of luck at TCC. Glee Club l, 2. 4: Choir 2, 3, 4: French Club 2: Dramatic Club 2: Girls Sports 2, 3, 4: Operetta 2: All-State 4: Elm Staff 4. IAMES PETER POOLE lim , one of a long line of Pooles'. finds himself to be right at home in any kind of play acting , and has made many friends through his ambitious at- titude. We are sure that Iim's ability to take hold of any situa- tion will guide him to high honors in college. Senior Plays 4: Class Soccer 4: Dramatic Club 3, 4: Music 1, 2. 3. - I I ,XV if IULIA PAPARELLA It's easy to tell Iulie's pet peeve-people who haven't a sense of humor. Her pet like ls dogs. Everyone knows her for her readiness to help others. Be- cause of this, and her happy-go- lucky ways, we know Iulie will make a fine nurse at Hartford Hospital. Glee Club l, 2: Choir 2. GERALD NICHOLAS PAWLICH Never was there one time when Ierry ever gave the teachers any realtrouble. How could he. with his cheerful mannerism and ways! When anyone came ln contact with him, they seemed quickly to realize that here was a Good Ice . We wish him lots of luck in his carpentry trade or in the Navy. Class Basketball 2: Class Base- ball 2: Class Soccer 2: Traffic Squad 4. MURIEL FRANCES PLUCXER Oh darn! 'I'hat's Merle just striking another wrong key in typing. She is a very friendly member of the class of '51 and her thoughtful ways will long be remembered by many of us. We're sure Merle will be the wit of the office with her jovial manners. Cheerleader 1: School Paper Staff l. ALDO V. PHARIO Aldo came to us from the little Italian town of Aosta. at the base of the French Alps, where he served in the Anti-Fascist resis- tance movement during the war. Aldo must have grown up skiing on Alpine slopes, for he is our outstanding skiier, by far. Here is also a man well versed in scholastic knowledge who, we are sure, will easily succeed. Best of luck in engineering school, Aldo. Ski Club 3, 4: Business Club 2.

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ELAINE RHODA SAGE Elaine's quiet and dignified manner fools many people for she is really full of fun and pos- sesses an unusual sense of humor. Elaine's friendly. easy- going manner and ready wit have gained her many friends at W.H.S. Elaine plans to fur- ther her study of art at Syracuse University. We all wish her the best of luck for success. Art Club 1, 4: Glee Club 2: Choir 1, 3, 4: Orchestra 3, 4: Band 3: Freshman lnterhigh Choir 4: Operetta 2: Senior Plays Staff 4: Nat'1 Honor Society 4: Elm Staff 4. EDITH LYNETTE SCHILKE Witty, mischievous, and always on the go-that's Lynn . She loves roller skating and singing and hates having to be home at a definite curfew hour. In the future she plans to go to Hartford Secretarial School. Every success to a capable secretary. Glee Club 1. 2, 3: Choir 2: Op- eretta 2: Art Club 1. BETTY IEAN SHELDON One lively blonde bomb - that makes up Bessie . Her friendly smile and pleasing disposition make her a friend to everyone. Her cute and different ways of saying things will long be re- membered. Middlesex Hospital ought to be happy to have her train there. Girls' Sports 1. 2, 3, 4: Business Club 3: Badminton 2: Swimming 1. 2: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Girls Glee Club 3. 4: Leaders Club 4: Senior Plays Staff 4: Recreation Council 4. DOROTHY I OYCE SMITH Ioycie is one of the hardest working girls in our class. She works after school, and, when- ever she can find a spare minute, goes out delivering eggs. We will always remember her for her natural ways. Lots of luck in the future. Ioycie. Cheerleader l: Dramatic Club 2, 3: Youth Gov't Day 3. NORMAN SCHAUSS Red is the kind of fellow you just can't help liking. He makes friends easily and always seems to have time to stop what he is doing and talk things over. Red is headed for trade school next year. We know that whatever he does he will have many friends. Class Basketball 3: Class Soccer 3. 4. ALAN ROBERT SCHUMANN Red's contagious laughter and his story-telling, complete with wild gestures and exaggerated incidents, have always bright- ened up- the halls of W.H.S. In another light we see Red as an organizer and determined worker on the Recreation Coun- cil, and a fine athlete in three major sports. His sense of humor is bound to bring him many friends and success. Senior Plays 4: Varsity Baseball 3, 4: Varsity Basketball 3. 4: Varsity Soccer 3, 4: Youth Gov't 3: Recreational Council 4: Elm Staff 4. BRUCE B. SKIFF The halls of W.H.S. won't be the same without Tooski's warm booming greetings. Easy to know, with a heart as big as himself, he has a host of friends. As almost anyone could have guessed, Tooski is going on into mechanics, and will study at the General Motors School in Flint, Michigan. Class Basketball 3, 4: Varsity Soccer 4. SHERMAN SMITH Sherm could well be called the old cowhand from Harris' Barn . His interest in farming, his cowboy boots. quick smile, and quiet ways are known to all. We wish you luck as a dairy farmer, Sherm.