Wilby High School - Wilby Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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JEANNINE M. FORTIN Jeannie” Hillhouse High March 11, 1935 Activities: Secretarial Club. Tops on Jeannie's” list of favorite pastimes are bowling, square dancing, and sewing. With her pleasing personality, we are sure that she will be a suc- cessful secretary. Good luck, Jeannie. MARY ANN FRANKLIN June 23, 1934 B. W. Tinker Activities: Secretarial Club, Dance Club. A cheerful smile and a friendly personality identify Mary. Mary's main hobbies are skating, dancing, swimming, and bowling. Her ambition is to be- come a secretary. Best of luck to you, Mary. NANCY MARYANN FUSCO Nan March 25,1935 Humiston Activities: Italian Club 3, Public Speaking Club. All those who know her appreciate her sterling qualities. Nan” has an attractive personality and is good-natured and friendly. We hope she will some- day realize her ambition to travel to Italy. DORA ANN GARDINER Dor May 29, 1935 Driggs Activities: Accounting Club, Secretarial Club—Treasurer, Senior Room Repre- sentative. Her zeal and determination won Dor” the position of Treasurer of the Secretarial Club which she filled faithfully and competently. Her easy going and friendly manner are sure to aid her in her work as a private secretary. PAULINE GIGLIOTTI Giggs March 29, 1935 Alcott Activities: Italian Club, Secretarial Club. Pauline is a cheerful, kind person to know. Playing tennis, baseball, and going horseback riding are her favorite hobbies outside of school. Pauline’s ambition is to become a private secretary. 25

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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

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HELEN M. GREATOREX May 21, 1955 Russell Activities: Italian Club. Helen is attractive, friendly, and co-operative. She spends much of her time bowling, swimming, or dancing. After graduation Helen intends to be- come a secretary. Good luck, Helen. ROBERT LOUIS GREW Bob” July 11,1935 Watertown Activities: Student Council—Freshman Year, Freshman Dance Committee, Junior Prom Committee. Although Bob has been in Wilby only a short time, he has succeeded in making many friends. His pleasant smile and pleasing personality have made him well-liked by all. Bob's'' future ambition is undecided, but we are certain he will make good in anything he attempts. JOAN SHIRLEY GRICKIS Binky” March 3,1935 Hopeville Activities: Junior Red Cross Representative, Class Book Committee, Italian Club, Vocational Orientation, Secretarial Club. Always ready to lend a helping hand is friendly and well-liked Binky. Her fun-loving personality has won her many friends here at Wilby. We know these traits will help her in her career in the U. S. Waves. Ship ahoy, 'Binky'.” JANET C. GRIGGS Jan” February 18,1935 Shepardson Activities: Classbook Committee. Jan is friendly and co-operative. Full of fun and fancy-free best describes her nature. Photography and reading are her special interests. Jan hopes someday to be a successful writer. Best of luck, Jan. FLORENCE GUAR1NO Flo” January 11,1936 Woodrow Wilson Activities: Distributive Education, Room Representative, Public Speaking Club, Balance Sheet. Did someone tell a funny joke? No, that’s just Florence laughing as she always does. Florence, who hopes to join the Marines, is a girl with a wonder- ful personality. The Marines don't realize how lucky they are! 26