Suffield Academy - The Pioneer Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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Locks Edward Borsa lames Mrsuraca Theodore Ludwrn Stanly Salva loseph DAscolr Srdney Bushnell loseph Lamana Terrance Burke from Thompsonvrlle Connectrcut Henry Earle Thomas Cooney Wrllram Davrs and Eay Wrllrams all harl from Sprrngfreld Massa chusetts Thrs year somethrng thus far undone at The Academy has been allowed rn order to admrt more of the students who have applred Many of the students are lrvrng downtown rn prrvate homes wrth the permrssron of Mr Hahn Among those allowed to do thrs are Robert Allarre Robert Archrbald Henry Bartnrckr Seward Rrdlon Rrchard Haney Walker Mrles and loseph Telepcrak all of whom lrve rn Suffreld Robert Cupcake Drnneen heard that there was a good chance at Su ffreld Academy for a brg cake to be transferred rnto a brg crumb Hence Suffreld Academy recerved another veteran and rooter Ralph Knowles a veteran and resrdent of Hartford came to The Academy wrth hopes of gettrng away from the Army But where drd he end up? ln wrth all the veterans rn three rooms that now have the aspect of the busrest army barracks lohn Kloss of Torrrngton Connectrcut heard that gorng to school was easrer than workrng rn a factory so he came to Suffreld l wonder rf he drd the wrse thrng'9 Karl Rannenberg was about the only person who came to Suffreld Academy for the sole purpose of studyrng Robert Br arnard lrke Paul Schatz had the desrre to become a brg wheel at Suffreld Consrderrng that he has only been here for one year he has not only egualed hrs rdeal but has surpassed hrm loseph Brourllard of Holyoke Massa chusetts after about two months of sayrng goodby to you know who frnally was able to reach Suffreld and get down to some real good work scholastrc and extra currrcular both Robert Brz the Best Nrckle Candy there lzzzz and a very good fellow he rs Robert Cowles was sent up to watch over hrs younger brother Rrchard both of whom are from Hartford Connectrcut Tom Ford was here at Suffreld Academy rn 1945 but Uncle Sam called hrm away to serve hrs country He lrked rt here so much that thrs year 1946 h returned One day wnrle gorng to Sprrngfreld wrth Hartfords famous Gertre Sherman Mousre Welson was krcked out of a car onto the front steps of the Mrddle Burldrng A few of the boys at school carted Mousre upstarrs where he stayed for the remarnder of the year Fred Prosratkowskr Ir of Bloomfreld Connectrcut by some strange power was able to tear Cand I do mean tear for there were srx horses pullrng hrrnl hrmself away from hrs rnsprratron and come to Suffreld That quret boy Donald Porkre Herman from Vfrnsted was berng sought for by everyone rn Wrnsted Lrttle drd they know that Porkre had gone to Suffreld Academy to garn some knowledge Iohn Krrmmel of Audobon New lersey when offered a scholarshrp to West Pornt Dartmouth Unrversrty of Pennsylvanra or Suffreld Academy naturally chose Suffreld Academy l dont really blame hrm Henry Drewnowskr of Agawam Massachusetts and Robert Bulrush Wrlcox of Sprrngfreld Massa chusetts both came to The Academy to play football Drewnowskr for the Varsrty and Wrlcox for the lunror School They both broke records rn athletrcs whrle here at Suffreld Drewnowskr for berng the backer up to the lrne and Wrlcox for berng the only post grad uate ever to play on the lunror School team Gerald Crasnrck of Wrnthrop Massachusetts was washed down to Suffreld by one of those frequent floods that they have on the coast Earnest Pendleton of Westfreld Massachusetts came to Suffreld to get away from the mon otony of lrvrng rn the same town for erghteen long years Thomas Cannon Chester Kuras Wallace Drenzek and Gene Sullrvan got trred of gorng to Suffreld Hrgh School and decrded that rt was trme to go to a drfferent school Consequently they walked up the road about a mrle and where do you thrnk they were? Thats rrght at Suffreld Academy Marro Pre sentato the Walpole Massachusetts Wonder gave up hrs 1ob as a barker at a carnrval and decrded to follow the easrer career of garnrng knowledge He strll however goes off on a rampage and starts callrng out what he knows thrs was especrally true of hrs frfth perrod class Nerl Osgood from Brooklrne Massachusetts decrded rt would be easrer to get an educatron than to get a rob even at hrs fathers store The frrst academy whrch came to h s mrnd was naturally that old frne rnstrtutron Suffreld Academy Howard Appleby swam down the Connectrcut Rrver for practrce but one day hrs eyes rested on Suffreld Academy He was so enchanted that he drdnt want to go back to hrs home town Sprrng freld Massachusetts Andrew Backman Chrck Lagen and Brll Clark come to school rn the Blue Streak Andys new Packard almost every day lhave trred to grve you an accurate hrstory of the Senror Class of 1947 and rn conclu sron l would lrke to wrsh each and every senror the best luck rn hrs lrfe to come I have trred to grve you somethrng here that wrll grve you a laugh when you take out your Year book and thrnk of the days gone by MANFRED LESSING COHEN . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 h , . . . tt 11 . 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 . - 1 1 - 1 . , ' 1 1 , ' . . tt . 11 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 A 1 1 . , 1 G 1 . . . . . 1 11 . 11 1 1 1 1, , 11 . . . , u 1 11 - - 1 - 1 -1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 11 . ,1 - 1 1 . . . . . . 1, . 11 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 , . . . 11 11 , . . 1 1 1 ' 1 . . , . . 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Class Hlstory Four long years ago way back rn 1943 the Senror Class was started when a huge trarler from the Consolrdated Truckrng Company went zoomrng by Suffreld Academy towards Sprrngfreld and lost a brg wheel and Paul Schatz of Hartford Connectrcut arrrved The very same day a Conga Lrne got lost rn New York and one of the partrcrpants Robert Kenan of Muskegon Mrchrgan arrrved here A Mrddletown Crrcus lost rts strongman the day that lack Crusher Meehl decrded to come to Suffreld Academy Next year the second year of the Senror Class s exrstence 1944 brought us the Senror Class an assortment of anrmals and rnsects rncludrng Robert Rooster O Donnell and War burton Sprder Webb from Torrrngton and Farrfreld Connectrcut respectrvely The Senror Class also rmported three boys from Sprrngfreld fsavrng them from the clutches of Ma Freldsb namely lohn Cooney Patrrck Frtzgerald and Conrad Eberhardt Van Muscles Mrtchell whrle on a werght lrftrng tour of New England stopped off at Suffrela and lrked rt so much he decrded to grve up hrs career and become a scholar Arthur Frshman Presrdent of the Bluffer s Socrety of Hartford Connectrcut won a free scholarshrp to any academy thus enablrng hrm to attend the frne old rnstrtutron of Suffreld Academy In the year 1945 the thrrd year of the Senror Class the Class really began to become somethrng what wrth frfteen new members Gene and ferry Fenton peddled up from New Haven Connectrcut on therr new brcycles rn Just two hours and srxteen and one quarter m-rnutes the new worlds record Russell Holy Cow Whrtman started to follow a holy cow and before he realrzed rt here he was rn Boston Massachusetts Srnce he was so near to The Academy he thought rt wrser to go to school here than to go all the way back to Lrncoln Nebraska l have heard that lay Deyette of Northampton Massachusetts flew to Suffreld Academy rn an arrplane because he thought rt the fastest way to get away from those Smrth grrls You poor boy youl Mortrmore Lotane came here as part of a busrness deal hrs Dad made wrth the Marn Offrce when he sold them a new addrng machrne It was bargarn day Whrle workrng at the Coca Cola Plant rn Hartford Connectrcut Rrchard Law rence got lost among the Coke bottles When the Torch Club got rts next shrpment of that delrcrous beverage whom do you thrnk was rn one of the bottles? Thats rrght Drckl The Brke Boy from Sprrngfreld Massachusetts Charles Delsancey came zrpprng up to Suffreld on hrs motor brke another one of hrs rnsprratrons Bernard Shaprro came to Suffreld Academy rn hrs new Cadrllac from Brrdgeport Connectrcut He naturally was accompanred by hrs farthful servant and valet that Peabody Massachusetts wonder Harvy Krrstern Davrd Roseman was sent to Suffreld enclosed rn a package of food specral delrvery from Brooklrne Massachusetts He as rs hrs custom arrrved about two weeks late Peter Lacques was rmported from New Rochelle New York rn order to trrm the shrubbery rn front of the Faculty House and Mr Hahn s House Manfred Manny Cohen came to Suffreld Academy rn order to get an rnsprratron to wrrte a great song hrt lrke hrs uncle George M Cohan He strll rs wartrng lohn Hobart that Southern Gentleman came up from Texas hrs foster state to garn some good old Yankee Learnrng lf anyone knows where he can frnd 1t wrthout workrng for rt wrll you please notrfy lohn'9 Bennett Russell came to Suffreld Academy from Sprrngfreld Massachusetts so that he could charm the students here by hrs Sea Storres I thrnk hes got too much competrtron thrs year but he succeeded rn hrs desrres last year The fourth and last year of the organrzatron of the Senror Class 1946 brought the great est rncrease rn the number of members to be exact srxty one We the Senror Class owe our greatest thanks to Secretary of War Patterson for drspersrng four squads of the best servrcemen you or anyone else has seen Among thrs group can be found some of the best athletes that Suffreld Academy has thrs year or has ever had namely Robert Allarre Robert Batchelder Wrllram Patchen and Fay Wrllrams for soccer Henry Bartnrckr Terrance Burke Seward Rrdlon loseph Telepcrak Roger Talbot Frank Matrango Robert Batchelder Ralph Webster Robert Aschenbach lames Cadrgan lames Lacey loseph LaRocco Ioseph DAscolr Wrllram Davrs lohn Meehan and Colon Campbell all have partrcrpated rn erther football basketball or both We owe much to these and all the veterans who have done so much to help Suffreld Academy to attarn the hrgh scholastrc and athletrc standrng rt has thls year We also have many veterans ths year who are day students Thrs lrst rnclucles Wrllram Begley Thomas Gentner from Hartford Connectrcut Donald McAvoy from Wrndsor l 1 1 1 1 1 - . 1 1 1 - 11 11 . . . , . . 1 1 1 1 - - - - 11 11 1 1 1 ' 11 , 11 . . 1 . . . 1 1 1 - . . . . 11 ,, - - - 11 11 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , . 1 1 ' ' - 1 11 11 - 1 11 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 , , . , , - 1 1 ' 11 11 - - . . . . 1 . . , . , . 11 . 11 . . 1 . 1 1 1 ' , . 1 ' 1 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . , , . 1 1 1 11 11 1 - , . . - - 11 11 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . 11 . 1, . . . , . . . . 11 . 1, 1 1 - , . 1 1 ' - 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Class W111 We the members of the Class of 1947 Suffteld Academy Town of Suffleld County of Hart ford tn the State of Connecttcut bemg of tlred body and doubtfulmmd do hereby bequeath the followtng of wh1ch we stncerely hope that the Class of 1948 wtll accept and cher1sh throughout the followmg year To Mr and Mrs Hahn and Mr and Mrs Moran and to the rest of the Faculty we leave our smcere appreclatton for the gutdance they have cheerfully gtven us durmg our brtef or prolonged stay at Suffteld tn enabltng us to become better ctttzens tn the up and commg world of tomorrow Sptder Webb leaves wrth 94 games on the pmball machme Cooney leaves wtth Mttchell s S6 SO Bussell leaves h1s hot a1r to keep the Mtddle Butldtng warmlll Wllcox leaves for the butt room Kenan leaves a good word to all luntors Laugh at Mr Hahns Jokes Kenan lS graduattng Pendleton and Ford leave the1r qutet ways and good manners to any luntor who mlght apprec1ate them Gentner and Begley leave for Hartford taktng thetr Taxt Servtce w1th them therefore leavmg the Torrmgton gang to shtft for themselves tn getttng rtdes to Hartford on the weekends Connte Eberhardt leaves hts mechamcal mmd to Lee Whttman who we thlnk can use other devtces along wtth h1s own Herman beaueathes to Putnam h1s supertor type of blushmg lack Meehl leaves to Bobo Muller h1s excellent manner of playmg cards Bob Allatre beaueathes h1s love and knowledge for skung to Charl1e Howe who needs both Van Mltchell and hls buddy Laques leave Suffteld and 1ourney south to a much nlcer cltmate FLORIDA Backman Lagan and Clark leave for Bloomfteld w1th mstructtons from Mr Hahn deal mg w1th tardmess to school rn the mornmg Appleby leaves h1s ab1hty to swtm to Mark Schwartz Deyette leaves 1n search of the certam few Bart begueathes h1s ab1l1ty to play the forward ourt to Ooh Goo who mlght make good use of 1t B12 leaves Htldrltch and the Cadtllac to Horace Ptne Bush Slmon Bull Dog Bramard leaves h1s Games Dog Bts utts and Bmg to Ftdo Btesel The Fenton Twms leave the addresses of some dozen or so of the Smlth College gtrls to Mr Potter Huball Huball Borsa leaves Tom Cooney loe LaBocco bequeathes hrs pleasant sm1le to lanellt when he gets up 1n the mornmg Make good use of tt lohn Lawrence leaves on the next buslll lf 1ts on ttme Patchen and Batchelder leave thewr war stones m book form to the Kent Memorral Ltbrary Pro leaves the telephone booth tn Nate s and S10 OU tn rnckles to Harr1son Moose Crasntck leaves hts antle rs as a decorat1on tn the Smokmg Boom 27 Dtck Cowles leaves Umberfleld and Boom 8 for Hartford and you Know Who 5. ' . 6. ' 1 . . . . ' ' . ' 7. . . . . 10. ' ' ' . ll. A ' . 12. ' ' ' . . . 13' g . . I I . . . 14- I . . . . I - 15. ' ' ' ' ' . 16. ' ' 17. A A ' c ' 18. , . . . ., . ,, . V 19. .. ,, . . . . C . . . . ,, . 1 20A . . . 21. . 22. ' ' ' ' ' . 23 'l ' ' ' 24. . Q ' ' ' 26. ' ' ' ' ' .