Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 25 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Dec. 4 Alumni Home Won 8 Rockville Home Lost 11 Suffield Away Won 15 Ellsworth Home Lost 18 Bradley Field Home Lost 22 Bloomfield Away Lost Jan. 8 Ellsworth Away Lost 15 Suffield Home Won 20 Stafford Away Won 22 Rockville Away Lost Feb. 3 Suffield Home Won 4 Newington Home Lost 5 Am. School for Deaf Home Lost 8 Suffield Away Forfeit 12 Stafford Home Won 17 Newington Away Won 19 Bloomfield Home Lost 23 Am. School for Deaf Away Lost Mch. 6 Ellsworth Away Lost 15 Ellsworth Home Lost BASEBALL The 1943 baseball season was fairly successful, and the team put up a fine showing, winning four and losing six games. The following players participated : SENIORS—Captain “Bob” Quinlivan, “Danny” Price and Francis Daglio; JUNIORS—Robert Asselin, “Bunny” Andrick, “Bob- by” Dowd, “Buzz” Holmes and Howard Krauss; SOPHOMORES—“Rav” Colli, John Durnin, Glenn Flanders, “Joe” Fitzpatrick, Francis Smith and Charles Wezowicz; FRESHMEN—George Clee, “Donny” Dowd, Carmen Guido, Dominic Guido and R. Wezowicz. BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 27 Bloomfield Away Won 28 Windsor Away Lost Mtay 4 Stafford Away Lost n i Rockville Home Won 14 Windsor Home Lost 17 Rockville Jr. High (2nd Teams) Home Won 18 Enfield Away Lost 21 Enfield Home Won 25 Rockville Away Cancelled 28 Bloomfield Home Lost June 1 Stafford Home Ix)st Kenneth Colli, ’43.

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24 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD Athletics Let us review the achievements in the field of sports during the past year. Under the supervision of Coach Magwire the teams have pro¬ gressed in fine fashion. All of the competitive teams in the High School have put up as fine a showing in sportsmanship and teamwork as can be found anywhere and we firmly believe that next year will be even a more successful year than this one has been. To our former athletic schedule there have been added Football and a vigorous training in Commando tactics. PHYSICAL TRAINING Physical Education plays an important part in the life of every pupil. It consists of drill, calisthenics, self-defense, and the most im¬ portant of all, teamwork. To our Physical Education Course has been added a new program in Commando tactics. It would be well to mention a few items in the pro¬ gram such as running a quarter-mile in less than 62 seconds, high jump of 16 feet, climbing an 18 foot rope without use of the feet, picking up and carrying own weight 100 yards in under 30 seconds. This is the kind of training that your boy is getting in the Physical Education department to prepare him for his future. FOOTBALL This year Coach Magwire introduced football which was received very enthusiastically by the students. Although, the team won one game out of three, they put up a very fine showing. The team consisted of the following players: SENIORS—Captain Danny Price, G. Libby. JUNIORS— R. Asselin, R. Dowd, A. Holmes. SOPHOMORES—R. Colli, J. Fitzpatrick. F. Gragnolati C. Marinone, hi. Sabotka, C. Wezowicz. FRESHMEN—E. Dombrowski, D. Dowd, D. Griffin, J. Schianca, R. Wezowicz. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Suflfield Academy (2nd team) There Won Westfield There Lost Westfield BASKETBALL Here Lost This season our basketball team displayed a distinct improvement over last year. We won better than 50 per cent of the games and were selected to play in the state tournaments. With the loss of only one senior regular, Captain Bob Quinlivan, we can look forward to another successful season. The basketball roster reads as follows: SENIORS—Captain Robert “Bob” Quinlivan, Daniel “Danny” Price, Kenneth “Ken” Colli, Nando “Nan” Garbarino; JUNIORS—Walter “Bunny” Andrick, Robert “Tibet” Asselin, Teddy “Ziggy” Bednarz, Robert “Beater” Dowd, Albert “Hoot” Givson, Albert “Buzz” Holmes, Harold “Bozy” Firtion; SOPHOMORES—George “Gorgeous” Colli, Joseph “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, Glen, “Stinky” Flanders, Francis “Smitty” Smith, George “Brain” Wallace, Charles “Chuck” Wezowicz.

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26 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD GRADUATION NIGHT PROGRAM Theme: Our Heritage Of Freedom SALUTATORY FREEDOM IS OUR HERITAGE Parents, Members of the Faculty, Members of the Board of Education and Friends: It gives us great pleasure to welcome all of you to our gradu¬ ation exercises. We want to express our appreciation for your kindness, patience, and loyalty throughout our school years. In these troubled times, we realize that there is a difficult task confronting us, but we also know that with your cooperation, we cannot fail. We, the youth of America, must and will march hand in hand with our soldiers along the road to Victory. Today, in this war-torn, darkened world, our men are fighting val¬ iantly at the front, on the high seas, and in the troubled sky. They are fighting our common enemies who have only one intention—to destroy mankind and conquer the world. At the present, our men are in vigorous combat on far-flung battlefields and have successfully driven the once in¬ vincible foe from Africa: and in the Pacific our men are now on the defensive. Yes, these men are fighting to preserve our greatest heri¬ tage, a symbol that will shine over our country forever—Our Freedom. Do we, the American i eople, know what freedom really is? Did we ever consider the fact that our freedom might be threatened? To most of us freedom is something that is just taken for granted, but if you ever have had the opportunity to talk to one of those fortunate people who have successfully escaped from territory that is occupied by our enemies, they would explain the true meaning of freedom. Faith and courage are all that we can offer to those conquered coun¬ tries which are now feeling the wrath of our enemies, where disobedience is answered with a firing squad, a concentration camp, or other cruel de¬ vices. To these unhappy conquered people, freedom is where children can play in peace, and not be harmed by sudden destructive bombs from the sky. Freedom is where families can once again be happily united. Free¬ dom is where people, regardless of race, creed, or color, can gather together and worship as they please, and where no dictator can destroy this prin¬ ciple of liberty. Freedom is where people can listen to any radio program that they may wish without the fear of being spied upon and turned over to the Gestapo. In other words, we in America should be proud of the fact that we still have freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, and of assembly. Today, a World War is being fought to see if freedom instead of slavery is to exist. Every man, woman and child must do his part during this crisis, whether it be buying defense bonds, working in defense indus¬ tries, or being a soldier of his country. Therefore, let us all do all we can for the American boys fighting for the United States, because we are not only helping America in preparing for the greatest struggle in history, but