Wilby High School - Wilby Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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BETTY-ANN FAULHABER Bet” August 16,1935 Hopeville Activities: Chemistry Club, Student Council, Room Leader, Treasurer—Junior Class, Balance Sheet Reporter—two years. This quiet and likeable girl is interested in people, traveling, and music— among many other things. Bet” plans to go to college and then into television work. Good luck to you and your future, Bet”! CLARA LOUISE FAVARA Doll” October 16,1934 Troup Junior High Activities: Dance Club. Petite and lively describe her perfectly. Doll” likes nice clothes and is also interested in roller skating—and does it well, incidentally. Her ambition is to become a private secretary, and we know she will achieve success. PATRICIA MARIE FENN Pali” September 25, 1935 Tinker Activities: Dance Club, Secretarial Club. Pati” is full of fun and fancy free,” as the saying goes. Her hobby is collecting records. She also likes ice skating and roller skating, along with dancing. A secretary is what Pati” wants to be, and we know her dream will come true. Good luck, Pati”! ELDA ERMA FERRARO Deana” February 19, 1934 Webster Activities: Distributive Education Club. • • One of the friendliest faces you will see in Wilby belongs to Deana,” who always manages to have a smile for everyone. Among Deana’s” special interests are, dancing and basketball. She wishes to become a secretary after her graduation from Wilby. We are certain that she will turn out to be one of the best. PAULA M. FERREIRA Paul” June 30, 1935 Webster Activities: Spanish Club, Secretarial Club. Paul” is a very quiet girl who has a cheerful word for everyone. She has no particular hobbies. Her main ambition is to become a secretary or typist. Good luck! 23

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ROBERT KENNETH DYER Punchy” July 18, 1935 Leavenworth Activities: Football Team three years, Senior Room Representative, Key Club. Punchy” has been a mighty popular boy about school, perhaps due to his outstanding work with the football team for three years. His hobbies are reading sport books and watching the Yankees play. He is undecided on his future career, but should make good in anything he undertakes. ALLEN ROY ELLIOTT Al” February 25, 1935 Wolcott Activities: Chemistry Club. Allen is one of the few boys who take an interest in their subjects. He likes playing the guitar. Maybe we’ll see him on television some day. BERNICE MARY EMOND Bernie” December 1, 1934 Wolcott Activities: Chemistry Club, Secretarial Club. Collecting statuettes of horses is one of Bernie’s” hobbies. She also collects snapshots and assorted cards. Bernie's” friendly and cheerful disposition will certainly help her in her ambition to be a private secretary. SUMELLA ERMIDIS Elite” October 20, 1935 Gorton High, Yonkers, N. Y. Activities: French Club, Senior Choir—Yonkers, N. Y. Ellie” is very fond of travel, dancing, and playing chess. Her ambition is to become a stenographer, and we are sure her goal will be reached. Good luck, Ellie.” JOHN J. FARACI Blackie” September 30, 1934 Walsh Activities: Basketball—Four Years. Blackie” is a good-natured, care-free fellow. His pleasing personality has won him many friends at Wilby. Blackie's” ambition is to become a physical director, and if he handles that job the way he does a basketball, he positively will succeed. 22

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CECILIA CHRISTINA FESTA Ceil” Driggs January 14, 1936 Activities: Italian Club. One of the quieter girls you will see in the halls of Wilby is Ceil.” Don’t allow her quietness to deceive you, for she is also one of the friendliest girls. Ceil s” interests include sewing and swimming. After graduation she intends to become a secretary, and we know her fellow workers will find her as pleasant as we here in Wilby have found her to be. NATALIE ANN FINELLI Nat” December 23, 1934 Woodrow Wilson Activities: Advertising Manager of Balance Sheet, Business Manager of Balance Sheet, Vice-President of Italian Club, Secretarial Club. Everyone in Wilby who has read the school newspaper is sure to know that a great deal of work is put into it by Nat.” She devotes much of her time to helping make the paper what it is. Nat’s” other interests center around dancing, reading, and baseball, and she is no doubt as good in these as she is in advertising. Nat” intends to go into the field of advertising after graduation, and with all the experience she has had in Wilby, she is sure to succeed with flying colors. ELVIRA MARIA PAULA FIORILLO Vera April 15, 1935 Prospect Community Activities: Italian Club, Public Speaking Club. Vera,” as we call her, is a girl who likes to take a trip to Italy. Her am- bition is to be a secretary. Who knows maybe we’ll see her in Italy some day typing away. RUTH ELAINE FITZGERALD Ruthie” October 18, 1935 Duggan I Activities: Art Staff of La Voz in '51, Spanish Club in ’52, Treasurer and Vice- President of Spanish Club in ’53, Art Editor of La Voz in ’53, Class- book Committee. Ruthie is a pleasant girl with a smile for everyone. She is interested in playing the piano, basketball, baseball, tennis, football, dancing, photography, and working with little children. She has our best wishes in her future as a stenographer. MARIE ANN ROSE FORTIER T ootsie” June 11, 1935 St. Mary’s Activities: Dance Club. A fond welcome will always be extended to this light-hearted miss wher- ever she may be. She is an eager fan of Mario Lanza, and has a collection of his records. Tootsie has chosen the secretarial field as her future. 24