Wheeler High School - Wheelerite Yearbook (North Stonington, CT)

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ERIC ROGER FALARDEAU ACTIVITIES: X-Country 3,4 ... Sr. Study Committee ... LIKED MOST: Being with friends, driving around with friends, and raising Sc@! MISSED MOST: All my friends, the Underclassmen (especially the girls). PET PEEVE: Mr. Evenski’s class and Brandon during X-country season. FAVORITE SAYING: “yea ... sure”. FAVORITE SONGS: “Dreamer”, “All Mixed Up”. FAMED FOR: Being a bad driver. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: Summer of 1980. KAREN LOUISE ELLIS ACTIVITIES: Basketball 1,2, 4 .. . Softball 1,2... Volleyball 1, 2, 3 ... Key Club 2 .. . Literary Magazine Staff 2, 3 .. . LIKED MOST: E.F., J.B., J.M., D.T., J.N., S.S., B.T., K.M., D.T., S B., S.W., L.W., D.R., M.M., J.P., B.P., G.R. MISSED MOST: Dinner at the Combo Inn, V-Ball, Chapelgate, and Mr. B’s English Class. PET PEEVE: 8:15 bell. FAVORITE SAYING: “Be yourself and you may never be disappointed.” FAVORITE SONGS: “It Don’t Matter to Me”, “IF’. FAMED FOR: Talking. FUTURE PLANS: To continue my training to succeed in being a Floral Designer. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: Being with Friends and going bowling at the Sub-Base. (Remember Barbara T.) PAUL ABBOT CURTIN ACTIVITIES: A.V. Club 1,2 ... Ski Club 2,4 . . LIKED MOST: Discussions that often develop in Spanish Class. PET PEEVE: English Classes. FAVORITE SONG: “Why Me?” FAMED FOR: My unique penmanship. FUTURE PLANS: Go to college and get rich. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: 1980 North Stonington Fair. 24

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BARBARA JEAN CRONIN ACTIVITIES: X-Country 1, 2, 3, 4 . .. Co-Capt. 4 .. . J.V. Basketball 1 ... V. Basketball 4 ... “W” Club 1,2, 3,4... LIKED MOST: Craftsbury, VT., the “Wildcats”, X-Country, and “Coachie Pooh.” PET PEEVE: Nuclear power, pollution, and people who want to win so bad that they will step on anybody and anything. FAVORITE SAYING: “Groovy”. FAVORITE PLACES: Mr. Tucchio’s Art Room, the village, and Timmy’s cabin. FAVORITE SONGS: “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”, “The Crawl”. FAMED FOR: Singing in the halls and my crazy moods. FUTURE PLANS: Go to college, then to the Peace Corps, then just live my life as I want to. LEROY KENNETH COUSENS ACTIVITIES: Baseball 3,4. FAVORITE SONG: “Flirtin’ With Disaster.” FUTURE PLANS: To find a decent job that will keep me going. GWYN JEANETTE CROUCH ACTIVITIES: J.V. Cheering 1 ... V. Cheering 2, 3, 4 ... V. Capt. 4 .. . “W” Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Treasurer “W“ Club 4 . . . National Honor Society 3, 4 . . . Lion’s Tale 3 . . . Leo 81 Lit-cd 4 .. . French Travel Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Treasurer French Travel Club 3 . . . Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4 . . . Jr. Prom Committee 3 ... Jr. Fair Committee 3 ...Ski Club 2, 3,4... LIKED MOST: Cheering, singing with the 81 crew outside the Golf Resort, late-night Leo meetings, my sister and my family. MISSED MOST: Karen, cheering. Class of 81, Janet B., Rm. 236 (Michelle, Linda, and Janet), and a special friend in the class of 80. PET PEEVE: Student, faculty, and administration apathy, the word “impossible”, good-byes, rushing in Fun Foods per. 2, and pessimistic people who hide the sun. FAVORITE SAYING: “Oh, Well”. FAVORITE PLACES: With my sister, cheering on the soccer field and in the gym, andRIT. FAVORITE SONGS: “Stairway to Heaven”, “Thank You for Being a Friend”. FAMED FOR: Corney jokes, my iced tea or “Country Time” lemonade, being as tall as Mike M’s belly button. FUTURE PLANS: To go to a 4 year college in New England majoring in Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and to make the best of everything I encounter. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: WDW, and the Jr. Prom. 23

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GLENN CHARLES GAVITT ACTIVITIES: Baseball I, 2 ... Jr. Fireman ... Sr. Study committee. LIKED MOST: My Cougar, my grandmother and grandfather, my friends doing smoke shows, working with my father. MISSED MOST: Causing trouble with my friends, a friend I knew well for 3 years, Florida, Mr. B. PET PEEVE: Stuffing my car around that pole, people that talk behind your back, cars better than my car, when my car breaks down, buying tires. FAVORITE SAYING: “You Knot Head”. FAVORITE PLACES: My car. Golf Course Resort room 214. FAVORITE SONGS: “Little Deuce Coupe”, “Running on Empty”. FAMED FOR: Leaving the school in an unsafe manner with smoke coming off my rear tires and getting the V.P. all upset, and getting the staff in an uproar with my friends. FUTURE PLANS: Getting a job with a construction company and running heavy equipment so I can be the only one to show my father up. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: Leaving the schoolyard last June with a cloud, fun at school and in Florida. BRANDON LEEGRABER ACTIVITIES: X-Country 1,2, 3, 4 ... Ski Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . .. “W” Club 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Student Council 1,2... Homeroom rep. 1,2, 3, 4. LIKED MOST: Times spent with my friends and knowing that they were always there. MISSED MOST: X-Country, after basketball games. History class with L.L., J.M., Mr. Devine, M.K., Mr. Lonsway, R.H. PET PEEVE: Falling in love, “Those little clicks”, not seeing the light. FAVORITE SAYING: “Whatever”. FAVORITE PLACES: My A-frame, fields, and away X-Country meets. FAVOR ITE SONGS: “Fanfare”, “Born to Run”. FAMED FOR: Firey red hair, mopeds, running. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: WDW, Homecoming 80, QVC 79, 80; Birthdays at Mr. Pizza, summer of 80. WILLIAM WHITLEY FITZGERALD ACTIVITIES: J.V. Baseball 2, 3 ... V. Soccer 4 . .. J.V. Soccer 2 ... Jr. Fireman 2, 3 .. . Senior Ball Chairman ... LIKED MOST: Playing soccer and driving around in my Cougar. MISSED MOST: Mr. Bondarek’s English class, playing soccer, George Tucker, Ron White, Glenn Gavitt, Greg Howell, and my 69 Cougar. PET PEEVE: People that are two faced, or think that they are better than the rest. FAVORITE SAYING: “What the $c 3 !”. FAVORITE PLACES: In my 69 Cougar, in the woods, and being on the soccer field. FAVORITE SONG: “Running With the Devil”. FAMED FOR: Smoking tires with my Cougar, and having a big mouth. MOST MEMORABLE TIMES: The Jr. Prom. 25