Wilby High School - Wilby Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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JUNE AUDREY GEARY Crunch” May 16, 1941 Wendell Cross Her tongue was never still — talk it must and talk it will.” Activities: YW.C.A. 4; Accounting Club 4; Class Book Staff 4; Y.P.F. 1, 2, 3, 4. A friendly personality with bubbling good spirits best describes June. While at Wilby, she has gained many friends. When not around, June can be found skating or telling jokes. Her hope is to become a successful secretary. PATRICIA ANN GEIGLE Giggles” July 27, 1941 SS. Peter Paul Splitting the air with noise.” Activities: C.Y.O. 1, 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4; Accounting Club 4; Class Book Staff 4; Bowling League 4; Grammar School Sec- retary 4. Fun-loving and witty is our Pat. This pert senior has won many friends at Wilby. Dancing, roller skating, and ice skating are among her favorite hobbies. Pat’s plans are to become a secretary. Pat will longest remember the teachers and assemblies. LOUISE GIANNELLI Lou” September 8, 1941 Walsh 'To knoiv her is to like her better.” Activities: C.Y.O. 1, 2, 3, 4. Lou has proved to be a welcome addition to our student body. Collecting jazz records and dancing are her hobbies out of school. In school her favorite subject was United States History. Her plans for the future is to be a private secretary. PAMELA LOUISE GENSLER Pam” November 13, 1941 Middlebury Memorial A light heart lives long.” Activities: Spanish Club 3; Banking Rep- resentative 3. Pam” is one of Wilby’s attractive girls. Her cheerful smile and sparkling personality are some of her assets. Ice skating and dancing are her main interests. Pam will long remember Wilby’s exciting basketball games. Pam’s hope is to be a secretary. 28 GRACE JANE GIANNETTO Grade” April 22, 1941 Frisbie A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.” Activities: C.Y.O. 1, 2, 3, 4; Bookkeeping Club 4. Grade” finds pleasure in roller skating, dancing, and swimming. She is a friend to all who know her and has a smile for all her classmates as she walks through the Wilby corridors. Our future secretary dis- likes too much homework, but selects Eng- lish as her favorite subject.

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JANICE GAGNON Jan” February 25, 1942 Chase Softly speaks and softly smiles.” Activities: Y.W.C.A.; Miss Hutchinson’s Office 4; Library 4. Jan enjoys roller skating, dancing and collecting records. Since her favorite sub- ject has been shorthand, we feel certain that Jan will be successful as she pursues her ambition to become a secretary. CAROL ANITA FRINK - Frinkie” November 27, 1941 Bucks Hill Quiet first but look again” Activities: Y.W.C.A. 2; Glee Club 3; Chemistry Club 4. Carol appears to be one of our quiet seniors but her friends know different. She enjoys art, jazz, and sports. Carol hopes to spend her future years teaching. GAYLE JEANETTE FRITZ Fritzie” January 1, 1942 Prospect Community Her little tongue was never still — talk it must and talk it will.” Activities: Junior Red Cross 2; Spanish Club 3; Banking Representative 3; Baptist Youth Fellowship. Fritzie's hobbies are dancing and archi- tecture. She will long remember the bas- ketball games and cheering. Gayle feels her greatest good gained at Wilby was the ex- perience she acquired in secretarial work. Her big ambition in life is to get married. RITA MARGARET GALLUCCI Rita” September 16, 1941 Sacred Heart Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Activities: History Club 3; Bookkeeping Club 4; Italian Club 3; President 4; Balance Sheet Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Banking Representa- tive 3; Kappa Tau Club 3, 4; Treasurer 4; Editor of Class Book; Senior Bowling League, Junior Bowling League; Pep Squad; Italian Newspaper. Rita has been very active in her four years at Wilby. Her friendly ''Hi'’ has won her many friends here. Her main interests lie in bowling, swimming and basketball. Rita plans to become a C. P. A. Wilby’s loss will become UConn’s gain in the fall of ’59. SHIRLEY ANN GAUDIOSI Shirl” January 15, 1942 Slocum Quiet first but look again.” Activities: I.C.C. 3; Secretary Kappa Tau 4; Kappa Tau 1, 2, 3, 4. Bright, peppy, and understanding is Shirl”. These qualities will make her an efficient secretary. Shirl’s hobbies are golf, dancing, and eating pizza. She is friendly, helpful, and courteous. Her favorite sub- ject is shorthand, which will enable her to go on in her chosen field of secretarial work.

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LEONORA THERESA GRIFFIN Lee” September 25, 1941 Wendell L. Cross The quiet one with no worry or care. Activities: YW.C.A. 1, 2. Lee, with her sparkling green eyes and becoming dimple will always be remember- ed at Wilby. Her greatest gain at Wilby is making a host of friends. Lee’s hobbies are tennis, swimming and especially listening to jazz music. After graduation Lee plans to go to college to continue in the secretarial field. KATHERINE ANN GOODELL Kathy” July 22, 1941 Exeter Elementary In any chain of friendship, she’d be a friendly link.” Activities: Mill Plain Youth Fellowship; Bookkeeping Club 4. Kathy” came to us from Exeter, New Hampshire. Her main hobbies are dancing, bowling, and swimming. She feels her greatest good gain at Wilby is the know- ledge of how to get along with others. Kathy hopes to achieve the position of a medical secretary. GALE ANN GRAHAM September 3, 1941 Lewis Central School, New Jersey Quiet and unassuming.” Activities: Girls’ Choral Society 2; Sunday School Teacher 2; Church Choir 1, 2; French Club 2; Girl Scouts 1, 2; Basketball Team 1, 2 (New Jersey). Anyone hear Gale, I don’t think so, be- cause she is very quiet. Gale enjoys swim- ming, horseback riding and painting. Her ambition is to be an artist and we know she has some fine qualities to be one. DIANNE GRYGAITIS June 4, 1940 Bunker Hill A good heart is worth gold.” Activities: Blessed Sacrement C.Y.O. Conversation will never be lacking with Dianne present. Dianne’s favorite subject is bookkeeping and her pet peeve is the no smoking rule. Her main ambition is to get married. PATRICK VINCENT GRIFFIN Griff” January 25, 1942 Mary Abbott Life is far too important a thing to talk seriously about.” Pat graduated from Mary Abbott. His main ambition is to become a reporter. He considers his education as the good he has received at Wilby and he will remember the students. Griff”, as his friends call him, claims his second home” is Pat’s” and his pet peeve is the second cafe in his senior year. While attending Wilby, he favored bookkeeping as a subject. 29