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

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TAMMY JOANNE GERRISH Favorite Saying: “I do not.” Activities: Spanish Travel Club 2,3; Spain '84; Basketball Manager 2.3,4; Christmas Tableaux 4; W Club 3,4; Girls State. Famed For My red Charger, being friends with Mary, fighting with Mary, being a clutz. Pet Peeve: Gym class, J.A., two-faced people, working at Fortuna’s, snotty Jr. High kids. Special Places: Spain, my car, California, Mary's house. Favorite Songs: Magic , Faithfully”, Stairway To Heaven , Turn The Page , Old Time Rock-n-Roll”, The Stroke . Lets Go Crazy . Liked Most: Mary. Bridget. Danielle. Dennis, Renee. Dawn, and Bonnie. K.A., J.W., S.D., Basketball and Soccer games, cookie fight in Spain, Jr. English with M.B., B.B., D.G., and D.S., summer of 83, finally being a senior, Griswold basketball games, and MARSHMALLOWS! Missed Most Lynette, a special friendship I lost in 9th grade, summer of '83, Jr. English, Jr. P.E. with Bridget. Most Memorable Times: 7 12 83, 10 14 83, 1 28 84, 4 18 83, 5 8 83, 6 13 83; 1983 North Stonington Fair, Miller Road. Future Plans: Go to college and become a nurse. TAMS” DENNIS DWAYNE GIRARDIN Favorite Saving Oh ? . Activities Basketball 1,2; JV Baseball 1. Famed For My nose, cutting people down Per Peeve: The Administration, hangovers, rabbits, people who think your drunk when your not, (mom). Special Places: My car, my room. Favorite Songs: Comfortably Num , Turn The Page . Crazy Train , Dream On”. Free Bird , Stairway To Heaven”, On The Dark Side”, Shook Me All Night Long”, Foolin”, Refugee”, More Than A Feeling . Liked Most: Long Weekends, Holidays, Budweiser, Ozzy, J.C., B.J., J.R.. W.W., F.H., M.B., R.L., T.G., B.B.. T.G., L.B..J.W., G.S.. my brother and my twisted sister. Missed Most The few good times I had at Wheeler. Most Memorable Times Memorial Day weekends, camping at Green Falls with Barry, Thompson 300 weekend '83, '83, '84, Ozzy concerts with my brother. Van Halen, Blue Oyster and Billy Squier concerts. Future Plans: Get rich, race cars, own some Vettes, and live my life the way I want to. DENNIS” PAUL ALAN GRAY Favorite Saying: She’s excellent.” Activities: Soccer 2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; W” Club 3,4. Famed For:-Sleeping in class, hitting average, bad grades, fooling around, being aggressive, M.A., and having a car that doesn’t run. Pet Peeve Arrogance, Volkswagons, drugs, SE Tech, Griswold, Lyman, Hale Ray. Stonington, snobs, Rt. 27 Mystic, Groton police, fights with friends, certain teachers, and tough guys. Special Places: The Brook, beach, Maine, Florida, Grand parents house, and Audrey s house. Favorite Songs: Round And Round”. Liked Most: Class of ’85. baseball, soccer fields, Mr. Brooder, Mr. Scott, H.B., D.W.. D.D.. CM., O.M., M.O., J.O.. K.A.. D.L., S.M.. M.R., J.C., S.B., 2:30 bell, grandparents, badminton, football games, beach, ranking on people, Celtics, girls, Sunday afternoons, beating on Mayhew, Miche-lob. and Patriots. Missed Most Baseball, soccer, Mr. Brooder's gym classes, all my friends. History classes, camping, weekends. Witter and Mayhew burning Miss Phinizy. and Bliven s bad grades. Most Memorable Times:)r. Prom ’84, firecracker incident. 6 2 84, 9 1 84, 8 9 83. skip day ’84, snowman caper, Hollowecn '83, and 3 accidents by Bliv with Magnum, Subaru, Aspen. Future Plans: Go to college, become a high school coach, get married. CHESTER

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RENEE MARIE DAVIS Famed For: My accent, car accidents, and my laugh. Per Peeve Not having a senior locker, going to work. Dawn mowing, Howie. Special Places: Smokey Mountains. Kentucky, R.I. beaches, and the Mystic Village. Favorite Songs: ‘When Doves Cry”, “Missing You ”, anything by Night Ranger or Van Halen. Liked Most Dawn, Bridget. Mary, Tammy, Bonnie. Sharon, Lisa, Danielle, my family, summer vacations. Missed Most: Kentucky, and my friends there. Most Memorable Times: Summer vacations, cruising, going to the beach. Future Plans: To become a nurse and marry a rich doctor. •’CRASH JANE KATHRYN DIBBLE Favorite Saying It’s not my fault.” I know. Activities: Soccer manager 2,3,4; Girls Basketball 2,3,4; Girls Softball 1,2,3,4; Ski Club 2,3,4; W Club 3,4; Jr. Prom Committee; Citrus Drive; Leo ’85; Ad Drive; Magazine Drive. Famed For: Loving Van Halen, scouting Vette's , my locker, long red hair, being mistaken for TEP. Per Peeve: Not again situations, hole”, people who won’t leave mistakes in the past, being busted for caring too much. Special Places: My room, Braningham Lake New York. Room 222, anywhere good friends are having a good time. Favorite Songs: Anything by Van Halen, Nobody Knows”, Nothin’ But A House Party”, Downbound Train”. Liked Most Race car driving with TEP, helping Juls, discussions with Leech, meeting new friends at work, talks with Elwood, math with the 3 D’s, R.L., B.J., C.S., C.M., H.B..J.B., K.B., L.V., M.A., N.K.. D.R., D.W.. Missed Most TEP’s hickups, Juls giggle, Mich’s stupidity, Lara's sneeze and the Tidybowlman. Growing up with Wis and Bubba, the Waterrat and brother Allen. Most Memorable Times: V.H., Squier, Bruce concerts, summer ’84, Upstate ’83, Jammin’ at the creek with Juls, 6 2 84. 8 7 84. Future Plans: To go to college, move upstate, get married and try to make many people happy along the way. TARZAN”, JUNGLE” TINA KATHLEEN GAVITT Famed For: Going out with Gary and being friends with Lisa. Per Peeve People who can’t forget the past and getting up in the morning, goodbye’s. Special Places: Anywhere with Gary, Lisa’s house, next to the tennis courts. Favorite Songs: Everything by AC DC, Tom Petty, Triumph, Wonderful Tonight”. Liked Most: Gary and his family, being friends with Lisa, C.P., D.C., M.B., T.G., L.T., and K.M., my family and Gram. Missed Most: Friends that I won't see anymore, Denise, Laurie, the bronco, and getting dismissed with Connie. Most Memorable Times: 8 9 83, with Gary, making sandwiches with Lisa, and the playground with C.P., and L.P.. Future Plans: To be married to Gary, have our log cabin and always be happy. 22 TEEN

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KEVIN BROOKE HALLEY Favorite Saying: No doubt. Activities: Ski Club 4. Fumed For Making excuses, being late for school. Pet Peeve know-it-alls’’, four-cylinders, certain stone walls, female drivers and homework. Special Places: Ebeeme Lake. Maine, Bobby Adams Camp, the hole on Ryder Road. Sw'ift Brook. Favorite Songs: I Can Feel It Coming In The Air Tonight , Twilight Zone”. Liked Most: Weekends at Camp Wightman, my friends at school, water skiing, snowmobileing, Mr. Sisk's history class, summer of 82. Missed Most Friends at school, Sundays at the Groton Sportsman Club. Most Memorable Times: Cruising with wildmen, Tim and Dan, deer hunting on the Penobscott and Bukcr Mt., Maine. Future Plans: To attend MTI, become apprentice to a Machinest at the Great Northern. RICKY” FONDA HARDIMAN Favorite Saying: I don’t want to be here!” Activities: Basketball 1; French Travel Club 1; Homeroom Representative 2; Leo ’85, Christmas Tabeleaux 3,4; Fashion Show 2,3,4. Famed For: Being absent, getting the munchies, hanging out with the class of '84. Per Peeve: Being told what to do, rules, stuck-up people, arguing with Bobby, fake friends. Special Places: Tom Wheeler Rd., Anywhere with R.G., T.C., T.W., C.S., H.J., T.M., and Bobby. Camping at Green Falls, the horse farm, orr’s, (mom, dad) Moran’s, Lewis’. Favorite Songs: Dream On”; Aerosmith, Against All Odds”; Phil Collins. Liked Most: Being With my Mom, the good times with Bobby, the special talks and the closeness we have together. Special friends in the class of ’84, talking about stupid things you did when you were little. My sisters Diane and Tara. Buying new clothes, the old party crowd, thinking about the night Bobby and I got together, Jr. Prom ’84. Sr. Prom ’85 with Bobby, trip to Penn, with Maria, parties at Moran’s and Lewis’, class of ’85, K.P., R.L., B.J., S.M., M.B., D.G., J.R., English with M.B., B.B., T.G., work study, Bobby's and my dog (sasha), K.O., S.O., Mr. Schofield, Mr. Zigarro, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. B. Missed Most: Sandy and Maria, my car, class of ’84, camping at Robin’s, the old parties, Taffy. Most Memorable Times: 4 9 83, 4 14 83, my 18th birthday, the night at the horse farm, going to work with Bobby, Van Halen Storm” party at Kelly's apt. Tableaux with K.G., T.W., C.S., H.J.. Future Plans: Get married to Bobby, possibly go to hairdressing school, raise a family. FONDA” REBECCA LOUISE HARRISON Activities: Basketball 4; Drama 3. Famed For Being the new girl in the senior class. Special Places: Rhode Island beaches, California beaches. Liked Most: Moving to Connecticut, coming to Wheeler, learning to talk like a New Englander. Missed Most: California beaches, old friends. Most Memorable Times: Miss Phinizy’s English class. Future Plans: Eventually marry, have a family and be an elementary school teacher. 24 BECCA