Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1955 volume:

??y) KENNETH ARMINIO LOUIS BOUCHARD ELLIS F. CLARK Languages Social Studies Vocational Agriculture CATHERINE FLANAGAN Physical Edu cat ion MARCELLA GARRICK Commercial Subjects ELIZABETH JONES 0paeuCtfy E. SHELDON SMITH Science EDWARD TOBIAS English WILLIAM WAGNER Physical Education STEPHEN K. LOVETT JOHN D. COOMBS Superintendent Principal and Teacher of Mathematics HOWARD THOMAS BROWN Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4. The sky’s the limit for Howie Brown, Yon can’t keep a flying farmer down! With keen blue eyes and a bashful grin, This good-looking boy many honors will win. DOUGLAS GILMORE CARLSON Mirror 3 Vanguard 3 Dramatics 2, 4 Drama Festival 2 History Club 3 Every freshman coed dreams of dating Dong, S nave, aloof, and nonchalant, all he does is shrug. Sophisticated shoulders, eludes them all with ease. He caresses only piano keys! JUSTINE FAYE CARTWRIGHT Mirror 1, 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 2, 4 History Club 3 Class Treasurer 2, 4 Forums 2 Chorus 2 Honor Society 1, 2, 3, 4 Dramatic Festival 2 Pretty, demure, and always poised, Justine’s our shining light— She's the Valedictorian of our class, Smartest girl in sight. HELEN ROSE COMPUTZZI Basketball 1 Class Treasurer 1 Class Vice President 2 Softball 1 Dramatics 1, 2 Drama Festival 1 Executive Committee 4 Fashion Show 1, 4 Wide Awake 4 Art and Layout Magazine Drive Staff 1 FFA Banquet 2, 3, 4 At painting and drawing Helen’s the best. In school and out, she's always well-dressed. You'd have to look far to match this girl’s beauty! To type and take shorthand she feels is her duty. SARA ANN DANIELS Basketball 1, 2 Softball 1, 2 Cheerleading 1, 2, 3 Mirror 1, 2, 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Drama Festival 1, 2 Prom Committee 3 Forums 1 Chorus 1 Wide Awake 4 Assistant Editor Honor Society 1, 2, 3, 4 Sally is our 'model’ girl! Her head is always in a whirl! She dreams of parties, clothes, and guys, But what a brain behind those eyes! LORETTA ANN DELUCA Basketball 1, 2, 3 Softball 1, 2, 3, 4 Cheerleading 4 Mirror 4 Fashion Show 1, 2, 3, 4 Usherette Chairman 3 FFA Banquet 2, 3, 4 Dram Festival 2 In three years I’ll hear wedding bells,” That’s the news Loretta tells. To become a secretary she has elected Private or medical she hasn’t selected. MARILYN JOANNE DODGE Mirror 4 Dramatics 1, 2, 4 Drama Festival 1, 2 History Club 3 Fashion Show 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 All-State 2, 4 Library Staff 1 FFA Banquet 3, 4 Marilyn Dodge’s 'talent shows’! Off to New York she gaily goes To train her voice for a career. Someday on Broadway she’ll appear! JUDITH IRENE EVANS Basketball 1, 2 Softball 1, 2 Cheerleading 1, 2, 3 Mirror 1, 2, 3 Art Editor 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Drama Festival 1, 2 Class Secretary 1, 3, 4 Executive Committee 2 Forums 1 Chorus 1 All-State 2 Wide Awake Editor 4 Honor Society 2, 3, 4 Prom Committee 3 Judy's capricious, lively, and pert, Tremendous energy she does exert! Tops in school, domestic, artistic, To teach and travel she’s optimistic. NANCYELLEN GALPIN Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Fashion Show 1, 2, 3, 4 FFA Banquet 3, 4 A friendlier girl you’ll never meet, Our Nan is pretty and petite! Her helping hand is always ready To keep her fellow classmates steady. (.• MICHAEL EVERETT GREENE Basketball 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 History Club 3 Class Executive Committee 1, 4 Chorus 2 Band 1 Drama Festival I, 2 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Tall, dark, and handsome— tbae words describe Greene. A star in athletics this boy can be seen. Engineering's his future occupation When he has finished serving his nation. ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISON Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice President 3 President 4 Dramatics 2 Drama Festival 2 Class President 3 Vice President 4 Prom Committee 3 Fashion Show 3 FFA Banquet 2, 3, 4 Tall, good-looking, and mature, Bob will succeed at U-Conn, we’re sure! At county fairs he'll win many a prize, To fame and fortune in farming rise! HARRY NELSON HICOCK Dramatics 1, 2, 3 Drama Festival 1, 2 Prop Maker Pondering wherefore’s, hows, and whys, Harry likes to philosophize. A future with Ford is bright, For things mechanical are his delight. JOHN RICHARD JAEGER Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice President 4 Dramatics 1, 2 Class Executive Committee 1 Chairman FFA Banquet Large appetite with boy attached, Jigger's” assurance can’t be matched. He likes to go trapping—especially gals! Next year at college he’ll have many pals. DAVID WILLIAM JEFFERSON Class President 1, 2, 4 Vice President 3 Basketball I, 2, 3, 4 Co-Captain 4 Baseball 1, 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 Treasurer 2 Festival Play 1 History Club 3, 4 President 3 Forums 2, 3, 4 Regional Debate 4 Prom Committee 3 Assembly Committee 2 Mirror 4 Wide Awake 4 Business Manager Assistant Chairman Magazine Drive 3 Jefferson! Jefferson; He’s our guyI The field of politics he will try. Leader in sports, leader in school. The world someday, he’ll help to rule. SHIRLEY MARIE KING Basketball 3, 4 Cheerleading 1 Mirror 4 Dramatics 1 Prom Committee 2, 3 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Fashion Show 3, 4 FFA Banquet 4 Candid and cute, Shirley joined us this year, And to our class added vigor and cheer. We’re sure she’ll get whatever she wants, For her determination nothing daunts! THOMAS MARTIN KURTI Mirror 1, 2, 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Drama Festival 1, 2 History Club 3 Forums 3 Wide Awake 4 Photography Band 1 Honor Society 1, 2, 3, 4 Thomas Kurd is Woodbury’s Edison. He will engage in the study of medicine. His surgical patients need have no fear, He’ll anaesthetize them with lines from Shakespeare. LESTER NICHOLS MARKHAM Mirror 2, 4 Future Farmers of America 1 FFA Banquet 3 History Club 3 Forums 1 Library Staff 2, 3 Lester’s different from the rest. The world of business he likes best. Accounting and shorthand he’ll teach with pride, But raise wild animals on the side! t JOSEPH VINCENT McCARTHY Bet there’s something you didn’t know— Woodbury, too, boasts McCarthy, foe. Friendly guy with a friendly grin— An investigation he’s never been in. DORIS JENNIE MUNSON Basketball 1 Softball 1 Mirror 4 Class Secretary 2 Executive Committee 1, 3 Fashion Show 1, 4 FFA Banquet 4 Chattering merrily all through the day, Doris is friendly, cheerful, and gay. A stenographer's pencil she’ll wield ivith style. And never misplace a memo or file. JANETTE AUDREY PARSELL Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Softball 1, 2, 3, 4 Mirror 1, 2 3, 4 Sports Editor Dramatics 2, 4 History Club 4 Forums 3, 4 Chorus 1, 3, 4 Vanguard 2, 3 4 Editor Library Staff 3 FFA Banquet 3, 4 Field Hockey 4 Sports of all kinds—basketball, softball— This girl athlete delights in them all. Off to college and then into teaching, For a job in phys. ed. our fan is reaching. LORRAINE ESTHER PLATT Basketball 1, 2 Softball 1 Mirror 4 Class Executive Committee 3 Fashion Show 4 Band 1 FFA Banquet 2, 4 Raine, Raine, come my way!’ Tbat’s what all the fella’s say. She’ll be a top-flight secretary, If she doesn’t up and marry. JON THEODORE PORTER Basketball 2, 3, 4 Co-Captain 4 Baseball 3, 4 Executive Committee 2 Membership Committee FFA 4 Program of Work FFA 3, 4 Basketball star of great renown, Red’s’’ home base is Watertown. He’s our Romeo in overalls Until the Army Air Force calls. RICHARD CHARLES RICE Basketball 1, 2 Dramatics 1, 2 Chorus 2 Drama Festival 2 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Digger” Rice, with his flaming red hair, Is a mischievous lad and hasn’t a care. His pastime in school is tormenting teacher, But he may surprise us and become a preacher. DAVID RUSSELL SMITH Look under a car, and you’ll f ind our Smitty. Long and lean, good-natured and witty. His hometvork was sometimes hastily done, For at hunting and trapping he’d rather have fun. GEORGE FREDERICK SPORIE Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4 Chairman Program Work Committee 2 Chairman Membership Committee 4 Chairman Scholarship Committee 3, 4 Sentinel 4 Judging Team 4 Forums 3 Sporie likes to bunt and fish. To see Alaska is his wish! Tall and robust, handsome, too, We’ll see him soon in Navy blue. JOHN GEORGE VASZAUSKAS Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4 Although Vaszauskas drives a Mack, He’d really like a Cadillac. Self-sufficient and enterprising. To fame and fortune we know he’s rising! GAIL MARGARET MILLER Homemaking 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball I Assistant Manager 3 Softball 1 Listen to our little tale About a girl whose name is Gait. She went to see Vermont last year, And now she’s back to graduate here. From row, left to right: Justine Cartwright, Treasurer; David Jefferson, President; Judith Evans, Secretary. Second row: Robert Harrison, Vice President; Helen Computzzi, Sally Daniels, Michael Greene. Executive Committee. (21CL6 We didn’t hardly do nothin’ as Freshmen. We thunk ’bout money when we was Juniors. . , , SW ov6e t cue y t fo 6e Se U vi — 7{ otuf 7 oil Most Popular Judy Evans Most Attractive Helen Computzzi Most Studious Justine Cartwright Most Talented Judy Evans Most Serious Justine Cartwright Most Polite Justine Cartwright Most Humorous Judy Evans Most Inquisitive Judy Evans Most Mischievous Lorraine Platt Most Gullible Judy Evans Most Stubborn Sally Daniels Most Talkative Shirley King Most Angelic Justine Cartwright Most Modest Justine Cartwright Most• Dependable Judy Evans Most Industrious Judy Evans Class Clown Shirley King Class Pest Jan Parsell Class Optimist Loretta DeLuca Class Pessimist Helen Computzzi Class Excuse Maker Jan Parsell Lorraine Platt Quietest Justine Cartwright Noisiest Shirley King Friendliest Judy Evans Smoothest Line Lorraine Platt Teachers' Pet Justine Cartwright Judy Evans Teachers’ Problem Jan Parsell Best Athlete Jan Parsell Loretta DeLuca Laziest Lorraine Platt Cutest Judy Evans Best Dressed Helen Computzzi Best Dancer Sally Daniels Best Sport Doris Munson Jan Parsell Biggest Bluffer Lorraine Platt Biggest Tease Helen Computzzi Most Absentminded Lorraine Platt Marilyn Dodge Shyest Justine Cartwright Most Versatile Judy Evans Most Likely to Succeed Justine Cartwright Did Most for Class Judy Evans Outstanding Undergraduate Judy Atwood . Dave Jefferson George Sporie Dave Jefferson Tom Kurti Doug Carlson Mike Greene Lester Markham Dave Smith Tom Kurti Dick Rice Dick Rice Doug Carlson Dick Rice Lester Markham Lester Markham Bob Harrison Dave Jefferson Tom Kurti Dick Rice Dick Rice Tom Kurti Dick Rice Mike Greene Dick Rice Lester Markham Dick Rice Bob Harrison Dick Rice Dave Jefferson Dick Rice Dave Jefferson Joe McCarthy Dick Rice Jon Porter Dave Jefferson Mike Greene Dave Jefferson Dick Rice Dave Smith Dick Rice Lester Markham Dave Jefferson Dave Jefferson Dave Jefferson Jimmy Scott • BIOLOGY BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OFFICE First row, left to right: Barbara Kelleher, Nancy W x dward, Phyllis Leavenworth. Marsha Sprague. Barbara Weasa, Lois Strattman, Patricia Newton, Barbara Terrill, Marjorie Winters. Second row: Mildred Uranus, Elizabeth Reynolds, Nancy Strong, Carol Swift, Diane Sugrue, John Coombs, James Scott, Judith Atwood, Helen Clark, Ruth Gruber, Betsey Anderson, Eleanor Butkus, Louise Olson. Sylvia Hirsh. Third row: Robert Wiles, Russell Gavitt, Charles Fennimore, Peter Butkus, Ralph Leavenworth, George Coad, Peter Rossiter, Donald Robinson, Myron Benson, Marshal Theriault, William Bracken, Charles Whitcomb. Fourth row: Richard Rhoades, Salvatore Geraci, Richard Van Duzer, Donald Swainbank. Office }. ....President ....T reasurer Vice President ....Secretary WILLIAM CREEDON JOHN COOMBS..... JAMES SCOTT..... JUDITH ATWOOD First row, left to right: Helen Scherer, Anna Cronk, Heather Nunn. Susan Burrows, Dollyanne Carrington, Janis Platt, William Drakely, Joanne Gerrish. Augelina Geraci. Mary Jane Newell, Penny Kent, Marguerite Edwards. Second row: Lynn Parker, Anne James, Marion Miller, Shirley Petit, Vykiena King, Betty Clark, Sandra Bertrand, Alice Beardsley, Clara Hallock. Third row. Karl Krueger, Garwin Hardisty, Allan Raymond, Gerard Heslin, Gary Flood. Robert Jones, Donald Anderson. John Pavan, Charles Frisbie, William Weed, Joseph DeBiase, Lee Taylor. Fourth row: Jerone Gerrish, George Hamlin, Robert Eipper, Robert Tyler, Walter Bracken, James Robinson. Francis Reing, Jr., Jeffrey Ball, Robert Smith, Marc Schumacher. WILLIAM DRAKELY....................Vice President DOLLYANNE CARRINGTON....................Treasurer JANIS PLATT.............................President JEANNE GERRISH..........................Secretary First row, left to right: Dorian Brooks, Barbara Clark, Lorraine Kozenieski, Gail Judson, Joan Del Po, Jonathan Smith. Diana Davis. Nancy Fitzgerald, Judith Greene, Shirley Crownshaw, Elizabeth Patchett, Susan Costello. Second row: Patricia DcLuca. June Cowles, Hope Bruner, Ruth Breedon, Nancy Anderson, Betty Pulaski, Annie Bean, Joan Underwood, Patricia Calaberse, Margaret Mayo, Susanne Ami don, Nancy Neal. Third row: John Fanning, Robert Taylor, Edward Walauskas, Bruce Gavitt. John Tobin. Clark Griswold, Frank Sporie, John Miller, Charles Maxwell, John Eyre, Richard Hale. Fourth row: Raymond Taylor, Nathaniel Bacon, James Barlow, Jeremy Smith, Donald Pelletier, Vernon Crownshaw. John Jenkins, Jr., Henry Church, Charles Anderson, William Gilson. Jr. O cce JONATHAN SMITH............................President JOAN DEL PO...............................Secretary DIANE DAVIS..........................Vice President NANCY FITZGERALD..........................Treasurer ‘rtyotton, Stude tt Front rou , left to right: Justine Cartwright, Judith Evans, Thomas Kurti, Sally Daniels. Second row: Elizabeth Reynolds, Nancy Strong. Judith Atwood. Dollyanne Carrington, Marjorie Winters. By THOMAS KURTI Man is fighting, fighting The battle that never ends, The battle against ignorance, suffering War, injustice, and death. We, the warriors of tomorrow, Outfitted with skills and knowledge. Equipped with logic and learning. Enter the ranks now boldly. Generals are already among us, Testing, asking, planning. The common soldier struggles. The hero dares. The coward turns and runs. The enemy is all around . . . Advance, retreat. Victory, surrender . . . Let the battle begin That has already begun, That must begin again and again . . . The battle for justice, knowledge, Happiness, truth, and peace. Man is fighting, fighting .. . must fight, or die. Front row, left to right: Karl Krueger. Second row: John Vassauskas, Myron Benson, George Coad, Walter Bracken, Ralph Leavenworth, John Jaeger, George Sporie, Marshall Theriault. Robert Eipper, Peter Butkus. Third row: Mr. Clark and Mr. Ripper, Advisors; William Bracken. Peter Rossiter, John Miller, Donald Anderson, Chafles Frisbie, Gary Flood, Donald Robinson, Frank Sporie, Howard Brown. Fourth row: Charles Maxwell, Richard Hale, John Jenkins, Jr., James Robinson, Charles Whitcomb, Henry Church, Joseph DcBiase, Robert Tyler, George Hamlin. Front row, left to right: John Jaeger, Vice President; Robert Harrison. President; Mr. Ripper, Advisor. Second row: William Creedon, Treasurer; Ralph Leavenworth, Reporter; Walter Bracken, Secretary. 7-7- ■ eutdflctflyutty These boys placed second in the State Horticulture Contest, on November 6, at the University of Connecticut. Front row, left to right: Mr. Clark, Karl Kreuger, Mr. Ripper. Second row: Walter Bracken, Gary Flood, George Sporie, Myron Benson. Front row, left to right: James Robinson. Joseph DeBiase, Walter Bracken, Donald Robinson. Second row: Mr. Clark, Charles Whitcomb. Peter Rossiter. George Coad, Myron Benson, Mr. Ripper. F.F.A. MEETING Front row, left to right: Diana Davis. Penny Kent, Marjorie Winters, Nancy Strong. Richard Greene, Judith Atwood, Mr. Bouchard, Faculty Advisor; John Coombs, Carol Swift, Nancy Fitzgerald, Nancy Anderson, Susan Burrows. Second row: Lee Taylor, Donald Swainbank, David Jefferson, Janette Parsed, Joan Del Po, Betsy Patchett, Shirley Crownshaw, Mildred Uranus, Ruth Gruber, Diane Sugrue. Anne James, Harry Hicock, David Smith. Front row, left to right: Janette Parsell, Diane Sugrue, Penny Kent, Marjorie Winters, Joan Del Po, Mrs. Jones, Director; Elizabeth Patchett, Nancy Fitzgerald, Nancy Anderson, Susan Burrows, Gail Judson, Marguerite Edwards. Second row: Nancy Galpin, Barbara Clark, Patricia DeLuca, Patricia Calabrese, Elizabeth Reynolds, Shirley King, Ruth Breedon, Nancy Neal, Susan Costello, Judith Greene, Margaret Mayo, Joanne Gerrish. Third row: Vykiena King, Nancy Woodward, Barbara Weasa, Joyce MacDonald, Lois Strattman, Dorian Brooks, Betty Pulaski, June Cowles, Annie Bean, Marilyn Dodge. Louise Olson, Alice Beardsley, Clara Hallock, Shirley Petit, Betty Clark. Fourth row: John Coombs, Richard Rhoades, Jeffrey Ball, Dollyanne Carrington, Anna Cronk, Marion Miller, Angelina Geraci, Sylvia Hirsch, Heather Nunn, Barbara Terrell, Patricia Newton, Jerone Gerrish. Bruce Gavitt, Clark Griswold, Lee Taylor. s4CC- State MARILYN DODGE JOHN COOMBS Front row, left to right: Diana Davis, Helen Clark, Elizabeth Reynolds, Jon Coombs, Nancy Strong, Judy Atwood, Co-Editors; David Jefferson, Carol Swift, Nancy Fitzgerald, June Cowles, Joanne Gerrish, Marguerite Edwards. Second row: Nancy Anderson, Penny Kent, Joan Del Po, Elizabeth Patchett, Shirley Crownshaw, Dorian Brooks, Phyllis Leavenworth, Marsha Sprague, Patricia DeLuca, Annie Bean, Nancy Galpin. Third row: Lee Taylor, Nancy Woodward, Janis Platt, Dollyannc Carrington, Justine Cartwright, Shirley King, Susan Burrows, Anna Cronk, Mildred Uranus, Diane Sugrue, Shirley Petit, Marilyn Dodge, Loretta DeLuca, Marjorie Winters, Mrs. Grenfell, Faculty Advisor. Fourth row: Donald Swainbank, Lorraine Platt, Helen Computzzi, Ruth Gruber, Richard Greene, Robert Wiles, Anne James, Vykiena King. Nancy Neal, Betty Clark, Doris Munson, Frank Sporie. This year the MIRROR staff has grown to forty-six members and has joined the Student Press Association and the National Scholastic Press Association. The staff has put out fifteen issues of the newspaper. MIRROR circulation among the students has more than doubled. In March, three delegates for the first time joined five-thousand other high school journalists at the C.S.P.A. conference at Columbia University. Front row, left to right: Jeffrey Ball, Richard Van Duzer, Salvatore Geraci, William Weed. Second row: William Drakely, Michael Greene, David Jefferson, Jon Porter, Co-Captains; Richard Greene, Gerard Heslin. Coach Wagner. ii Sete ut d Scones We They Litchfield 34 61 Washington ... 71 27 Morris 37 32 Thomaston 36 61 Newtown 42 54 Bethel 42 49 New Milford... 45 49 Washington ... 59 36 Morris 54 25 Abbott Tech ... 30 51 Bethel 33 54 New Milford.. 28 47 Newton 30 37 Abbott Tech. .. 28 65 Watertown .... 40 46 Thomaston .... 32 53 Watertown .... 50 76 flutu i ‘V z 4ity Front row, left to right: Jeremy Smith, Raymond Taylor. Nathaneal Bacon, Robert Taylor, Jeffrey Ball. Second row: Jonathan Smith, John Eyre, Managers; Allan Raymond. Richard Greene. John Miller, Robert Jones, Gerald Heslin, William Drakely, John Coombs. William Weed, Coach Wagner. I oo0rflS ••i (?Ae£njCecute%4 Left to right: Elizabeth Patchett, Penny Kent, Heather Nunn, Joan Del Po, Loretta DeLuca, Patricia Newton, Captain; Nancy Fitzgerald, Joanne Gerrish. r ® t ‘S z4 et ziC Front row, left to right: Nancy Anderson, Ruth Breedon, Angelina Geraci, Vykiena King, Shirley King, Dollyanne Carrington. Second row: Diana Davis, Annie Bean, Managers; Elizabeth Reynolds, Mary Jane Newell, Nancy Woodward, Nancy Strong, Judy Atwood, Captain; Janette Parsell, Janis Platt, Shirley Crownshaw, June Cowles, Coach Flanagan. SeosKut “ ecoxct We Terryville ..............37 Washington ..............37 Thomaston ...............27 Bethel ..................31 Newtown .................23 Thomaston ...............43 New Milford .............40 Litchfield ..............28 Washington ..............45 Newtown .................28 New Milford .............41 Bethel ..................28 Terryville ..............31 Litchfield ..............38 Plant Left to right: Helen Computz2i, Sally Daniels. Nancy Strong, David Jefferson, Elizabeth Reynolds, Thomas Kurti, Lorraine Platt, John Coombs, Nancy Galpin. James Scott, Richard Greene. — s4 Si t WHY IS THE YEARBOOK DIFFERENT? WHERE IS THE SCHOOL WILL? WHERE ARE THE CLASS GIFTS? WHY ISN'T THE HISTORY MORE DETAILED? READ ON! Nothing stays the same. 1954-55 especially has been a year of change. In France, in England, in Russia, new leaders have replaced the old. In our own United States a new Congress has been elected. The state of Connecticut has changed governors and Assembly. Has the town of Woodbury kept up with the changing world? Two years ago the taxpayers of our town voted to build a new high school. Last fall we entered this new building. Instead of dreary classrooms, insufficient lighting, shaky foundations and ancient equipment, we found a wonderful new plant. Fluorescent lighting! Modern kitchens! Precise scientific equipment! Clean, spacious rooms! A stage in the English department! Each room painted in fresh, soft colors! School—a pleasant place! Some people have the idea that students have a big prize in this new school. However, when one comes right down to it, this building is part of our rights as citizens. Students everywhere deserve modern buildings and equipment to train them for life in a fast-changing, modern world. Why is the yearbook different? Because we felt you would want pictures of these changes, the editors of the 1955 Wide Awake left out some of the trite old stand-bys and substituted photographs. We hope you like this change. Of course, we all know that the new high school building is not the final step in the educational advance of our town. The first grade every year grows larger. Big families are back in style. What will this do to our educational system ? Contrast our graduation class—26 seniors—with the present first grade—74 children. Where will we put them when they get to high school? People here in Woodbury are aware of this problem. Already plans are being made for a new vocational agriculture unit to be added to the present building. When we members of the class of 1955 become taxpayers and property owners, we hope that we, too, remembering the pleasure of our senior year in the new school, will support and advance modern educational facilities wherever we may be living. Change is a sign of life! YtABBOOK Taylor Ycarrook Compahy-Dallas 02( tde s4ou 6e Sta Left to right: DAVID JEFFERSON, Business Manager; SALLY DANIELS, Assistant Editor; JUDITH EVANS, Editor; THOMAS KURTI, Photography; HELEN COMPUTZZI, Art and Layout.