Woodrow Wilson High School - Saga Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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CLASS HISTORY WE THE BEGINNERS Golly, I guess we certainly were a sickly bunch when we became Fresh- men back in '41, We were proud but slightly scared. How we have changed . . . We elected Raymond Daniels for President, Charles Stone for Vice- President, Raymond Barrett for Treasurer, and Anna Bensenhaver for Secre- tary. Our Freshmen Frolic was well attended and we all had a great time. BACK AGAIN In '43 we felt more grown up. We felt like Guns , but the Seniors soon put us in our places. This year we elected Charles Stone for President, Anna Bensenhaver for Vice-President, Betty Schram for Secretary, and Iames Honest Iim Coleman for Treasurer. All the famous bands played for us at our Sophomore Hop-on records of course. We participated in all the highlights of the year, the scrap drive, record drives, and the War Bond drives. We all worked hard and did a good iob even though we didn't win all the prizes . . . ONLY ONE MORE YEAR . . . Iuniors--now we really were Guns , Tom Wilcox was President, Muriel Phillips was Vice-President, Caroline Strom was Secretary, and Honest lim remained as Treasurer. We accomplished a lot this year. Charles Stone was chaiman of the ring committee. Contrary to other years we ordered silver rings as we were unable to get gold ones. Mike Brown was chairman of the Iunior Prom. Mike did a swell job, although we only cleared about eleven cents. We had loads of fun just the same. THE LAST YEAR ' Ever since we entered Wilson we have waited to become Seniors. Finally we reached our goal only to find that there is little glory in being Seniors. Officers were: Dick Stewart, President, Anna Bensenhaver, Vice-Presi- dent, Ed Binke, Treasurer, and Virginia Nolan, Secretary. I We sold Christmas Cards and wrappings to help our depleted treas- ury. During the course of the school year we had class parties. Those of us who attended will never forget them for a long time to come. Bob Lyman, our council representative, left us at the beginning of this year to go to Choate School to finish his hurried high school education before joining the services. His leaving made room for Tom Wilcox, who became our council representative. We all miss Ev Paulson who left us December 29 for the Navy. All in all Seniors, looking back we have had a pretty good time here at Wilson, haven't we? I Respectfully yours, Virginia Nolan 23

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CLASS OF 1945

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CLASS PROPHECY 1945 1960 Greetings from the Nation's Capitol in the year 1960. Here I am in this great little city,-Congresswoman Marilyn Gordon. My bill, which provides for bigger salaries for teachers, better hand-outs for hoboes, and more rattles for babies, is well on its way to becoming a law. The other day, as I Was strolling down Kalorarna Avenue, l bumped Cliterallyl into Alan Cowie, my classmate of '45. He was just coming out of the ultra-modern advertising studios of his new, super-deluxe plant, the Plastofoam Chewing Gum Com- pany. Plastofoam Chewing Gum, Alan's own invention, is guaranteed to last thirty-nine days. Oh, this plastic age! While we were reminiscing on the good old days, out came Fritz Layman, who is a steady worker at Plasto- foam Productions . He told us of a little gadget he had finished working on, the Crystallite-tell-all-Scope. l-lis machine knows all, sees all, tells all. Deciding to look up our graduating class of 1945, we jumped into Fritz's new thermoplastic car and sped over to that cute little Soygalow where Fritz lives, and here is what we found: At the Plaza Riobamba, Washington's Plastic Night Club, some of the old gang have organized a hot jazz band under the leadership of Mary Labbadia. Torchy plays a sultry trumpet and she attributes her success to ,her new Glasstex mouthpiece which she perfected a couple of years ago. Dave Sweet was drumming on a beautiful new drum set with Pyralin rims, and Ozzie Czaja was the featured sax soloist. Yes, Labbadia and her Lamebrains are really a solid congregation. Oh, one thing we can't forget. The bouncer is Foogie Porlini, and boy, after a couple of years on the traffic squad at Wilson, he really knows his job. Iimmy Coleman is down here too, doing some secret work for the govern- ment. He is wearing a badge with a number on it, and he drives one of those snappy cellulosic plywood convertibles. Helen Hayn is a stenographer for the Lactolin Animal Cracker Company, and Tiny Hait, believe it or not, is vice-president of Electrostatic Time Clock Manufacturing plants. We wonder if she gets to work on time now! Two of our gang have gone airline stewardess on us. Adele Ewanowski and Bette Bednar, the Brenda and Cobina of the air lanes are really having a swell time for themselves at their new job. Their favorite trick is to neglect to tell the passengers to fasten their safety belts and then watch the fun when the plane hits an air pocket. Remember Iohnnie Otterbein? Well, he is now manager of one of New York's swankiest movie-houses. Between pictures, Iohnnie sells not the usual popcorn, peanuts, and soda, but turkey dinners, club sandwiches, and cherry cokesl This accounts for his popularity. Speaking of theaters, you must have heard of the famous Nolan-Nolan Act comprising Ginger and Red. They are trapeze artists, and Ginger's five and one-half twist in mid-air is known round the world! Arlene Tuttle is the star comedienne of O'Dooley's Daily Diaper Service Program. Her motto is Laugh and chuckle with Arlene Tuttle . Barney Thayer is the announcer of her program. His deep, resonant voice sounds very convincing as he advertises O'Dooley's soft, comfortable diapers. tlt was by Barney's suggestion that O'Dooley's diapers are now adjusted by snaps rather than pinsll Have you been in Carnegie Hall lately? If so, you have probably wit- nessed Edward Markowski, a virtuoso on the piano, playing his newest concerto, Enchanting Harmony , played in B flat minor, A sharp major, and G-all at the same time! 24