New Milford High School -- 1937

One seldom thinks of high school yearbooks as important sources for history or genealogy. Yet they can be just that!

This yearbook, a product of an evolving New Milford during the grinding poverty of the Great Depression, is both a document of the people graduating from high school that year, and a look at the community at a point in time. We found particularly compelling the accounting in the class narratives of attrition that had taken place. It was clear that economics had played a major role in determining who was a member of the graduating class -- and who was not.

The local photographer did a magnificent job. One wonders today if the high quality of the images in the yearbook may have reflected a photographer with little other work to do and time on his hands because of the economic circumstances of the time. The images are that much higher quality than one expects to find!

One needs only to compare the surnames in the index to the 1937 New Milford High School yearbook (see below) with the index of Two Centuries of New Milford to see the differences that thirty years (and a World War and a Depression) made in the makeup of the New Milford community.

Both the yearbook and Two Centuries of New Milford are available as downloads just as they appeared on the New Milford CD we formerly published. For more information about obtaining these downloads, go to our main New Milford page.

INDEX: 1937 Yearbook: New Milford High School

1936 Champions, 27
1937, Class of, 1
Adams, William, 21
Addis, Nick, 16, 17
Addis, Nickerson, 1
Addis, Nickerson Leonard, 4
Afternoon tea, 33
Allen Building, 32
Allen, Glenna, 27
Alumni Game, 27
Antiques, 29
Anton Vorisek, 38
Armstrong, William, 25
Ashman, Louise, 7, 29
Ashman, Louise Margaret, 6
Athletic Association, 16
Auto accessories, 39
B. James Bennett, 39
B. S. Thomas, 38
Bailey, Grace Marion, 14
Bailey, Gracie, 15
Bank of Litchfield County, 31
Bank Street, 36, 39, 40
Barkers, toasted, 35
Barton, W. G. & Son, 37
Baseball Team, 23
Baske, Gen, 13
Baske, Genevieve Theresa, 12
Basketball Team, 23
Boys', 26, 27
Girls', 23, 26, 27
second, 23
Varsity, 23
Bassett, Harrison F., 40
Beach, C. M. Co., 40
Beauty culture, 36, 40
Bennett, B. James, 39
Bennitt Street, 38
Bethel, 27
Bicycles, 39
Bingo Party, 25
Bongiorno, John, 39
Books, 29
Booth's Store, 38
Bostwick, Jean, 17, 25
Bostwick, Jean Ethel, 4
Bostwick, Jeannie, 5
Bow Day, 16
Bowdy, Mary, 13
Bowdy, Mary Elizabeth, 12
Boys' Basketball Team, 26, 27
Brant, Henry, 25
Bray, Dorothy, 14, 17, 25, 27
Bray, Dot, 15
Bray, J. Wallace, 38
Brewster, NY, 33
Bristol, G. C., 35
Brutz, 23, 27
Builders, 40
Building materials, 34, 38
Buonvicino, Faculty member, 3
Buttercup, 17, 25
C. D. & H. D. Pulver, 40
C. H. Hipp, 39
C. M. Beach Co., 40
Cafeteria, 16
Camp, P., 23
Camp, Polly, 27
Campbell, Faculty member, 3
Campbell, Miss, 16, 25
Campo, William, 40
Candlewood Lake, 25
Candy, 35
Canesso, Lucian, 36
Carson, Joan, 25
Cassedy, P. M., 29
Chapin, Marian, 11
Chapin, Marion Elizabeth, 10
Chase, Bernice Wright, 14
Chase, Pat, 15
Chevrolet Sales and Service, 35
China, 29
Christian conduct, 25
Christmas, 17
Christmas cards, 17
Chrysler, 36
Church Street, 36, 38
Cieklinski, Chick, 7
Cieklinski, Mary Ellen, 6
Cinderella, the, 39
Clark, Archie, 25
Clark, Clarkie, 9
Clark, Mary, 25
Clark, Mary Margaret, 8
Class Colors, 17
Class History, 16
Class of 1937, 1
Class Poem, 29
Class trip, 17
Claus, Santa, Mrs., 17
Coal, 34
Coats, 39
Cohen, Esther, 15
Cohen, Esther Henrietta, 14
Cohen, Harry, 25
Conduct, Christian, 25
Confectionery, 39
Conn, B., 23
Conn, Walter, 23, 25
Cornwell, Jack, 18
Cornwell, John Morgan, 19
Couch Bros., 38
Couch, Faculty member, 3
Crabb, Harriet, 23
Criswell, Faculty member, 3
Croker, Lorin Kinnear, 10
Croker, Midget, 11
Crooker, Beverly, 21
Cutter, Don, 17
Danbury, 39
Danbury - New Milford Road, 35
Danbury - New Milford State Road, 29
Danbury Trade School, 27
Day, Edward, 21
Decker, Bud, 5
Decker, Claude, 1, 16, 17, 25
Decker, Claude Bernard, 4
Deering, Alice, 25
Deering, Harold, 25
Department store, 37
DeVoe Realty Co., 34
Dick Dead Eye, 25
Dick, Henry & Son, Inc., 33
Dinner, 33
Dinners, 40
Dodd, Joan, 21
Dodd, Robert, 21
Dodge, 38
Dolan, M., 23
Dolan's, 38
Dombroski, Frances, 19
Dombroski, Fritz, 18
Douglas, Emma, 12, 13
Douglas, Faculty member, 3
Dourland, 23, 27
Dramatic Club, 17, 24, 25
Dramatics, 17
Dresses, 39
Drug store, 37
Druggist, 40
Duda, 23, 27
Emblem students, 17
Emerson Hats, 37
Espitee, Boots, 11
Espitee, Charles Frederick, 10
Evans & Orbell Paint Co., 35
Every Woman's Fashion Shop, 39
Evitts, Albert, 40
F. C. Hoyt & Co., 40
Faculty, 3
Faris, Faculty member, 3
Farm implements, 33
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 31
Federal Reserve System, 31
Feed, 34
Fetcho's Meat Market, 36
First National Bank, 31
Florist, 40
Food sale, 17, 23
Ford, 33
Ford cars and trucks, 33
Fordson Tractors, 33
Freeman, Rach, 11
Freeman, Rachel, 10
Freshman Class, 20, 21
Freshmen, 16
Fruits, 39
Fuel oil, 34
Furniture, 37
Furniture store, 33
Furniture, used, 29
G. C. Bristol, 35
General Contracting, 34
General Insurance, 33
General Merchandise, 38
Gentry, Margaret, 21
Geo. A. Lewis Co., 35
Gerber, T., 23
Gerber, Thomas, 25
Gerlach's, 35
Girls' Basketball Team, 23, 26, 27
Glass, 29
Golden, Harry, 39
Golden, Joseph & Sons, 36
Golembeski, Mare, 7
Golembeski, Mary M., 6
Golembeski, Mildred, 21
Grace, 23, 27
Grace, John, 23
Grade eight, 21
Grade seven, 21
Graduation, 17
Grain, 34
Grant, W. T. Co., 37
Green, the, 37
Griffin, 27
Griffin, Gerard, 1
Griffin, Gerard John, 4
Griffin, Gerry, 5
Griffin, Jerry, 16, 17
Groceries, 36, 38
Grove Street, 36
H. H. Taylor & Son, Inc., 34
Haas, Faculty member, 3
Haas, Hilda, 27
Halpine, M., 23
Hardware, 37, 40
Harrison F. Bassett, 40
Harry Golden, 39
Hart's 5 - 10 & 25¢ Store, 34
Hasler, Victor, 21
Hatch, Bernice, 7, 25
Hatch, Bernice N., 16
Hatch, Bernice Newton, 6
Heating, 40
Helen-Ann Beauty Salon, 36
Hendrix, Emma, 12, 13
Henry Dick & Son, Inc., 33
Hills, Bob, 15
Hills, Robert Leroy, 14
Hipp, C. H., 39
Hoag, Martina, 16
Hodge's Restaurant, 37
Homestead Inn, 40
Horses, saddle, 33
Hosford, K., 23
Hosford, Katherine, 27
Housatonic Valley Insurance Agency, Inc., 33
House furnishing goods, 40
Hoyt, F. C. & Co., 40
Hudson Terraplane Cars, 35
Hulton, Mary, 9
Hulton, Mary Anna, 8
Hunt, Faculty member, 3
Hunt, Mr., 25
I. G. A. Store, 36, 38
Ice cream, 35
Inn at Timber Trails, The, 33
Inter-class Basketball Trophy, 23
International Trucks, 35
Iron, old, 29
Jackson, Lawrence & Sons, 38
Jewelers, 40
Johnson, Ev, 18
Johnson, Faculty member, 3
Johnson, Gen, 7
Johnson, Genevieve, 6, 27
Johnson, Mary, 11
Johnson, Mary Victoria, 10
Johnson, Nina, 21
Johnson, Ruth Evelyn, 19
Joseph Golden & Sons, 36
Josephine, 25
Junior Class, 22, 23
Junior High School, 20, 21
Junior Prom, 23
Junior year, 16, 17
Keating, Katherine, 23, 25
Keating, Kay, 27
Kent, 34
Klein, Sammy, 36
Klein's Barber Shop, 36
Knox, Faculty member, 3
Knox, Mr., 16
Kochler, R., 23
Koehler, R., 23
Koehler, Ruth, 25
Kramer's, 37
Krusky, Bill, 11
Krusky, William Anthony, 10
Kwasniewski, Blanch, 27
Kwasniewski, Blanche, 23
LaGratta, Filbert Philip, 8
LaGratta, Phil, 9
Lake Candlewood, 25
Lathrop, Lorraine, 21
Lathrope, Bernice, 12, 13
Lathrope, Irving, 25
Law, D., 23
Law, Dorothy, 25
Lawrence Jackson & Sons, 38
League Season, 27
Leahey, 23, 27
Leahey, Douglas, 25
Lewis, Geo. A., Co., The, 35
Lillis, Faculty member, 3
Lucille, 25
Lumber, 34, 40
Lunch, 35
Luncheon, 33
Luncheonette, 37, 39
Lunches, 35
Lundebjerg, Fred, 15
Lundebjerg, Frederick Nielson, 14
Lynch, Faculty member, 3
Magazine contest, 21
Main Street, 36, 37, 39
Main Street School, 16
Mallett, Marie, 25
Marmaduke, The Irresistible, 17
Marrtin, Bernice Margaret, 6
Marsh's Windmill, 29
Martin Bros., 35
Martin Bros. Co., 39
Martin, Beatrice, 21
Martin, Bern, 7
Martin, Bernice, 25, 27
Martin, E. Paul, 35
Martin, William X., 35
Matilda, Aunt, 25
Maxwell, Ned, 16
McMahon, 23, 27
McNiff, 23, 27
Meats, 36, 38
Meddaugh, Catherine, 21
Men's furnishings, 39
Merwin, Faculty member, 3
Michael Stern Clothing, 37
Michaelek, Helen, 17
Michalek, Helen, 5
Michalek, Helen Alice, 4
Miller, 25
Millwork, 40
Minwax enamels, 38
Moore, Mary, 9
Moore, Mary Ellen, 8
Morin, Jinny, 13
Morin, Virginia, 17
Morin, Virginia Natale, 12
Mulcahy, C. F., Mrs., 39
Mumps, 17
Murphy, J. Leo, 33
Murray, Charlie, 9
Murray, Margaret Alice, 8
Music Class, 28
Myer, Miss, 16
Nathanson, L., 23
Neidel, Faculty member, 3
Nemec, Lou, 9
Nemec, Louis, 8, 17
New Haven, 21
New Milford, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
New Milford High, 17
New Milford High School, 1, 25
New Milford Motor Sales Corp., 33
New Milford Paint and Wall Paper Co., Inc., 38
New Milford Shoe Builder, 40
New Preston, 38
Newtown, 27
Nichola, 27
Nicholas Candy Shop, 35
Nickerson, Nick, 5
North, Bill, 25
Northrop, Priscilla, 4, 17, 25, 27
Northrop, Puss, 5
Nu-Enamel, 38
Nunn-Bush Shoes, 37
O’Neil, Dolly, 18
O’Neil, Marjorie, 19
Oil burners, 35
One Mad Night, 17
Onorato, 23, 27
Onorato, Richard, 23
Orchestra, 17
Orzech, Eddi, 17
Orzech, Eddie, 13
Orzech, Edward, 25
Orzech, Edward Frances, 12
Osborne, 23, 27
Osborne, Gilbert, 23
Osborne, Lane & McGill, 37
O'Shane, Annie, 25
P. M. Cassedy, 29
P. O. Building, 33
Paint, 37, 38
Parcell's I. G. A. Store, 36
Parcells, Ruth, 17
Parcells, Ruth Evelyn, 10
Parcells, Ruthie, 11
Park Pharmacy, 37
Payne's I. G. A. Store, 36
Peabody Museum, 21
Peagler, Fran, 18
Peagler, Francis, 19
Peagler, William, 23
Peck, John, 25
Peck, Livingston, 40
Peck, Mary, 21
Peelen & Planz, 37
Perkins, Ailyn, 17
Perkins, Allyn Watson, 8
Perkins, Perk, 9
Permanent waving, 40
Perry, Faculty member, 3
Peterson, 23
Pettibone, Faculty member, 3
Pinafore, 17, 25
Plock, Joe, 18
Plock, Joseph John, 19
Plumb, Edward F., 33
Plumbing, 40
Plumbing and heating, 35
Plymouth, 36, 38
Prince, Ethel, 9, 16
Prince, Ethel Ada, 8
Prince, Ethel Worley, 37
Prince, Jean, 27
Princess Salon de Beaute, 37
Private schools, 17
Prom, 16, 17
Pruchnik, Angeline, 12, 17
Pruchnik, Angie, 13
Pruchnik, Michael, 16
Pruchnik, Michael Francis, 4
Pruchnik, Mike, 5
Pulver, C. D. & H. D., 40
R. R. Street, 39
Radio, 29
Railroad station, 40
Railroad Street, 33, 35, 39, 40
Randall, Dave, 13
Randall, David William, 12
Range oil, 34
Real Estate, 33
Red Lamp, The, 25
Repairing, 35, 38
Richmond, W. L. & Son, 34
Ring, 27
Ring, Bill, 7
Ring, William Lawrence, 6
Riverside Garage, 36
Road service, 38
Roberts, Douglas, 27
Roberts, Evelyn, 21
Roberts, Faculty member, 3
Robertson Bleachery & Dye Works, 31
Room 10, 21
Room 14, 21
Room 15, 21
Rooms, 40
Rosato, Angelo, 23
Route 37, 33
Route 7, 38, 39
Rowe, Russ, 7
Rowe, Russel Clayton, 6
Roxbury, 37
Saddle horses, 33
Santa Claus, 17
Scholze, Frederick, 23
School Social, 17
Schooner, Helen, 14, 15, 17
Senior Play, 17
Senior Play cast, 28
Senior year, 17
Seniors, 16
Seymour, 27
Shapiro, Irv, 18
Shapiro, Irving, 19
Sherman, 33, 35
Sherwood's Farm Market, 39
Shoe repairing, 39
Shoe shine parlor, 40
Shoes, 39
Simons, Esther, 10, 11
Simpson Studio, The, 32
Sims-Vane, Mrs., 25
Sir Joseph, 25
Slater, D., 23
Smyrski, Joseph Michael, 14
Smyrski, Louie, 18
Smyrski, Louis Robert, 19
Smyrski, Mike, 15
Socony Credit Cards, 38
Socony Gas and Oil, 38
Soda, 35
Soda fountain, 39
Sodas, 37
Sophomore - Senior Feed, 16
Sophomore Class, 22, 23
Sophomore Social, 23
Sophomores, 16
SOTOS permanent waving, 36
Sporting goods, 29, 38
Sports wear, 39
Stationery, 29, 38
Stevens, J., 23
Stevens, Janice, 23
Stiletto, Danny, 17
Still River Four Corners, 38
Straub, A., 23
Straub, Jack, 21
Strelez, Helen, 11
Strelez, Helen Elizabeth, 10
Student Council, 21
Suits, 39
Sullivan, Faculty member, 3
Sullivan, George Raymond, 4
Sullivan, Sully, 5
Sussman, Richard, 21
Sussman, Shirl, 9
Sussman, Shirley, 8, 27
Tailor, 39
Taylor, H. H. & Son, Inc., 34
Tennis Tournaments, 23
Terraplane, 35
Terryville, 27
Thanksgiving, 25
The Cinderella, 39
The Homestead Inn, 40
The Irresistible Marmaduke, 17
The Martin Bros. Co., 39
The New Milford Shoe Builder, 40
The Red Lamp, 25
Thomas, B. S., 38
Thompson, Ann, 18
Thompson, Ann Dolores, 19
Times Building, 39
Tires, 39
Toasted barkers, 35
Trails, endless, 33
Travers & Lindstedt, 32
Treadwell Avenue, 40
Treutle, Sue, 15
Treutle, Susan, 25
Treutle, Susan Karolina, 14
Tri-Y, 25
Tri-Y Club, 24, 25
Tubes, 39
Tuxedo suits, 39
Two Crooks and a Lady, 25
Tyskiewicz, 27
Tyskiewicz, Thomas, 23
U. S. Route No. 7, 29
Undertaking, 37
Varsity Basketball Team, 23
Vegetables, 36, 39
Vorisek, Anton, 38
W. G. Barton & Son, 37
W. L. Richmond & Son, 34
W. T. Grant Co., 37
Wall paper, 37, 38
Walsh, Miss, 25
Washington, 38
Washkevis, Nancy, 1, 17
Waters, I, 9
Waters, Iris, 8
Wearing apparel, 36
Weaver, Dan, 7
Weaver, Daniel Bartholomew, 6
Weeks, Marion, 21
Welch, Miss, 25
Welsh, Faculty member, 3
Western Auto Assoc. Store, 39
Wetmore's Garage, 38
White Street, 39
Willson, John Burr, 12
Wilson, John, 17
Wilson, Johnny, 13
Windmill, 29
Wodjenski, Mary, 1, 16, 27
Wojciechowski, Edna, 14, 15
Wojenski, Mairt, 5
Wojenski, Mary Madeline, 4
Woodin, Thomas R., 33
Worn Doorstep Gift Shop, 36
Yarachowicz, Joe, 5
Yarachowicz, Joseph, 16, 17
Yarachowicz, Joseph Albert, 4
Young, Leo, 35
Zaloski, Cecelia, 17, 27
Zaloski, Cecil, 7
Zaloski, Cecilia Laura, 6
Zimmer's Modern Beauty Parlor, 40
Zlotkosky, Margaret, 10
Zlotkosky, Margie, 11
Zumph, Marion, 21

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