Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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DSDKAT1 limi N MR L MELLE AWR We the Llise of 1958 respectfully dcdlulte our ywrboolx Mrs Irene B Mellen an Mr Lawrence 9 Hutmclx 1n apprccmnon for thelr lllifly contrxbuuons towqrds the Success and Well bemg of our class 3 P' A'-' y . fkhyzil '..k V 1 w ' - V 7 to d

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O 2 Outerspace has been chosen as the theme of our yearbook The conquest of space IS also the theme of our t1me The 1m mortal frontrersman must now compete wrth a new phenom enon, the spaceman In the ethereal vxorld we have found our new front1er a new obyect for our rnherent cur1os1ty The k1nd of man who first dared to cross the Alleghenres became a sym bol of the self relrant, 1nd1v1dual1st1c character pecullar to Amerlcans, the tvxentleth century scxentlst IS hrs counterpart The vast skres offer opportunltles wh1ch may prove to be as 1nHn1te as the1r expanse But thls reglon of moon and stars, wh1ch has 1nsp1red countless paeans, IS also haunted by 1ns1d 1ous drsaster Many obstacles are rmposed on us not only by is so much greater than that undertaken by those who first moved westward the man who accepts that challenge must be more patnent, more self relmnt, more wary and venturesome than hls ancestors Sclence, wh1ch has forged ahead 1n the exploratlon of outerspace, has advanced 1n other fields to provlde all the com forts of push button l1v1ng Unfortunately these comforts have produced a society noted for nts snug complacency In a sense this IS an 1ron1cal s1tuat1on for, IH a tnme when so many dreams of sc1ent1sts are becom1ng real1t1es, young people should be eager to porn the screntxsts nn the1r search for the new front1er Our generatlon can produce many great men, 1f all are m1ndful that we can never reach an end nn dlscovery and learnlng The Class of 58 has reached one end Now that the experr mental stage has been completed, the malden voyage w1ll follow wrth a launchmg eagerly antlcnpated 2 nature but also by our competitors. Since the challenge of today

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MESSAGE FROM ASTRONAUT Besrde the tradltlonal lmportance of graduatlon as a txme for us to begxn makmg our own ways m the world there seems to be at thrs partrcular time a conslderatron of even greater magnrtude Serrous alarm has been expressed rn the free world about the physrcal strength of the competmg socral systems In the very recent past we have watched wrth drsmay the development of super destructrve nuclear weapons of mter contmental mrssrles and the very sxgnrhcant success rn launchtng space satellrtes In the face of this progress there has been an almost fanatrcal cry rarsed concernlng many of the bases of our crvrhzatron It appears that we must marntaxn and even accelerate the fantastrc developmental pace but there rs wxdespread fear and dehnlte evrdence that rn our most basrc resource educated mnnds we are woefully lackmg In some crrcles besxde the fear for the lack of tramed technlcal mmds there IS the fear of a possrble more nearly absolute ev1l Our generatxon rs bemg referred to as the srlent generatron the generatron wrthout rdeals or hopes or dreams It ns sard that the creanve urge IS bemg strfled wrthtn us rndrvrdualrsm rs condemned and the free mrnd IS restraxned and dented Whatever the causes for the development of thus srtuanon the fate well rest upon the solut1on to rt The responsrbxlrty for a solut1on rests wxth us It wrll be for our generatxon wnth a strong and our own creanve sp1r1ts to make the transrtron relrable ways of the past and the confusron of the basis on which to burld a realxstxc future of cxvrlrzatron may rellance upon God for the no longer present to a new .16 ..z m THOMAS ACHENBACH MESSAGE FROM DIANA YOUTH ON SILENT WINGS IS FLOWN GRAVER YEARS COME ROLLING ON S MARY JANE FORINO 4 How well the precedrng quote expresses our present status m lrfe for rt IS at thrs trme that we are ascending to our new and drverse horrzons Graduatron serves as our rntrocluctlon to a new perrod of development adulthood Many prrvrleges and responsrbnlmes wrll be placed upon us and rt ns our acceptance of these responsrbxlmes and the manner rn whlch we conduct ourselves that wrll determme the success or fatlure of our generatnon Up untrl thus trme we have been gurded by the expernence of our parents teachers and frrends presently however we shall be the Independent leaders and followers of our country There wall be rn numerable deceptnons and pxtfalls before we are able to attam our goals yet these obstacles should not hmder our progress permanently they should strengthen us to face realrty wrth clear and mature mmds No matter where we go or what we do rn the years ahead our hrgh school educatlon w1ll always remam the basns of our matunty At thrs tame I wrsh to express my smcere thanks and gratrtude to Mrs Rae C Wrllard our faculty advrser for all the gurdance and assistance she has so wlllrngly contrrbuted toward the preparatron and productxon of our class yearbook I should also like to take thrs op portunlry to thank Mr Fred Clark for hrs many endeavors concernmg the artrstrc appearance of our book lnez Pla for her gracrous support the yearbook staff for thexr co operatxon and mvaluable help Brown Studxo for the outstandrng 1ob done on photography, and OToole and4Sons, Inc for the1r patrent and dxlrgent work ln prrntrng our Elm On behalf of the class of 1958, I should also luke to extend our grate ful apprec1at1on to the faculty for therr unrform and sedulous efforts toward the betterment of our class Assembhng thxs chronrcle of our three memorable years at Wethers field Hrgh School has been a great prrvrlege, and I wash to express my humble gratrtude and sincere thanks to my classmates for electmg me eclltor rn chref of our yearbook I truly hope that every one of you wnll have unlrrmted success and an abundance of happlness rn the future May God gurde you always' . . U . RQ5 V . . . . . I . l. . V I Al ' U ' - .gulf '! gk 'L , '. I 1 . j I , , 1 r y A A J l fer . . - . ' fb f ' . ' ' . '