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

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CLASS OF 1959 OFFICERS PRESIDENT William Lefco VICE-PRESIDENT William Dowling SECRETARY Judith Kutzner TREASURER Anthony Gioco REP. TO STUDENT COUNCIL Robert Dickerson 9

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SAGA STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Robert Gula Daniel Ryan BUSINESS MANAGER Salvatore Mazzotta Joyce Solito TYPISTS Jean Cameron Suzanne Blasco Frances Misenti Florence Hurlburt Marie McAuliffe Mary Schukoske SALES Diane Feitel Karlene Newsome Marylou Blacha Janet Linderme Betty Loss Allen Kubat ADVERTISING Barbara Davis Marc Teichmann Joanne Gauthier Anthony Gioco Judith Kutzner Ruth Birdsey Shirley Davis ART Patricia Rau PHOTOGRAPHY Harry Zlokower John Novak Mike Giuffrida Elizabeth Manes SPORTS Susan Lewandowski John Jarzavek COPYWRITERS Richard Goodman Leah Kmictek Richard Eldridge Marilyn Unger Kathlene Boylan 8

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What we did... CLASS HISTORY 1955-1959 Because most of us were at Wilson during our eighth grade year, we missed the exciting feeling of being freshmen lost in the maze of strange rooms and corridors of a new school. Since we were familiar with the upperclassmen, teachers, and the idea of examinations, we settled right down and began making a name for ourselves. We freshmen first made the front page of the Margray with the headline, Class of ’59 Presents Veterans' Day Program. That November, 1955, Shirley Davis, Anton Petras, Margaret Inglis, George Holroyd, and Marc Teichman presented a program over the public address system honoring our many fine servicemen. These were the first words of the Class of '59 to be broadcast throughout the school. It was the beginning of our long climb to success and recognition. We became officially part of student government when we elected our class officers. Anton Petras was chosen president; Margaret Inglis, vice-president; Jane Turner, secre- tary; George Holroyd, treasurer; and Donald Briggmann, representative to Student Council. December '55 saw John Jarzavek, Mike Golensky, and Arnold Nielson donning grease-paint in the Sock 'n Buskin production of Arsenic and Old Lace.” In March Mary Lou Blacha was elected photography editor of the Margray. And that same spring Pamela McConochie had the distinction of being the only freshman on the cheering squad. In the literary field, Margaret Inglis, Leah Kmietek, and Dan Ryan won honors in the regional and national scholastic writing awards contest. Our first big dance, the Freshman-Sophomore Hop, was held in the school gym on April 20th; its theme being April Showers. Tony Petras and Don Patenaude headed the dance committees as general chairmen. In June, as we ended our first year at Wilson, we sadly bade farewell to the old school. Much of our success was due to the guidance of our advisors, Miss Alice Dempsey, Miss Gladys Glidden, and Mr. Ouellette. Our sophomore year was one of monumental change. In September '56 we became the first sophomore class to enter the newly built senior high school. We now ex- perienced the strange feeling of new classrooms, new systems, new teachers — feelings which we had missed as freshmen. We wasted no time in electing as our sophomore officers; Jack Cubeta, president; Mike Golensky, vice-president; Sue Lewandowski, secretary; George Holroyd, treasurer; and Anton Petras, representative to Student Council. We held our first semi-formal, The Snow Fantasy,” in the new cafeteria on Feb- ruary 1, 1957. In keeping with the theme, the school and town were blanketed with many inches of snow. The success of the dance, in spite of the weather, was due to the efforts of the committees under the general chairmanship of Jack Cubeta. That spring Don Briggman made athletic headlines by being the only sophomore on the varsity basketball squad. Literary honors went to John Jarzavek, who received a gold key, and to Pat Rau and Harry Zlokower, who received honorable mentions, in the Hartford Courant Scholastic Writing Contest. Legislative honors went to Pam McConochie, Sue Blasco, and Doc Briggmann who were elected to the Advisory Board. Later that May, Robert Gula, Margaret Inglis, John Jarzavek, Jim Kelly, Ray Myjak, Dave LeBoeuf, Anton Petras, Anthony Gioco, and Suusan Lewandowski were elected probationary members of the National Honor Society. Many sophomores were elected to fill executive positions in school activities for their junior year. Bob Gula was elected news editor of the Margray, Mary Lou Blacha was made head majorette, Dave LeBoeuf was elected president of the Audio-Visual Club, Shirley Davis became advertising mananger of the Margray, and Margaret Inglis, Ray Myjak, Bob Gula, Barbara Davis, and Tony Gioco were appointed to the Scholarship Committee. September, 1957 began the year of the Asian Flu, the year when the Class of '59, as juniors, became upperclassmen. In October, we elected Jim Kelly, president; Joyce Solito, vice-president; Judy Kutzner, secretary; Anthony Gioco, treasurer, and Robert Dickerson, representative to Student Council. Our representatives to the Advisory Board were Sue Blasca, Pam McConochie, Shirley Davis, Barbara Davis, and Don Briggmann. Literary awards that year from the Hartford Courant Parade of Youth Scholastic Writing Contest went to Allen Kubat, Jim Kelly, John Jarzavek, Harry Zlokower, and Dan Ryan. The Russell Library sponsored and essay contest on the subject, Wake Up and Read. For their essays Dan Ryan and Mary Schukoske received first and second 10