Suffield High School - Sagitta / Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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That on the job” fashion editor, Jane Golon, will enlarge her column, taking in a syndicate of 317 fash¬ ion magazines. That dare-devil, Roger Gardner, will just live on danger. Death will be his business. Yes, he’ll be Roger E. Gardner, mortician. Jeanne Sikes will give combination lessons. Fifteen minutes of painting and one half hour on the cello for forty-seven cents. The Marions, Lawton and Lovich, will soon marry, and that’s that. They will be Mrs. I. Rollin Kash and Lady R. U. Corney. Joyce Bentley will write a tangy novel of the Old West without leaving tangy old Suffield. With all the business in Suffield, Gertrude Israel will find it profitable to open a hotel. It will be unicjue in that it is entirely staffed by women. Louise Gemboski and Mary Klaus as bell-hops, will get some very sizeable tips, mostly from men. Lillian Edmonds will cook things, says Mildred, as they have never been cooked. Helen Los and Ann Barnach will run a beauty salon on the mezzanine, while giving orders and filling rooms from the desk will be Vera Mills. Joe Philips will shoot down many zeroes with his P-47. But just when it looks as though he’s through with twenty Japs on his tail, the war ends and the Japs have to go home. Mary Kozikowski and Jennie Pacewicz will take time from their war jobs for their weddings. Their sailor boys will soon be out to sea but they’ll come back and all will live happily ever after. Howie Morell will venture far from the hills of West Suffield. Yes, way into the coal mines of Penn¬ sylvania. Glenn Spauding will make a lot of money some¬ day, with his argumentative powers. He was the de¬ fending lawyer in the case of Mr. Jones versus The Missing Tire. Mildred prophecies that Lillian Rising will be¬ come a famous tight rope walker. She’ll be the first of three generations of tight rope walkers. The Misses Murphy will operate one of the big¬ gest ice cream bars in Suffield, offering competition to the Suffield Pharmacy and Mix’s Emporium. It seems that Carl Matyskiela has his picture in all magazines because the Atlas treatment has worked very well. He is now part owner of the exercising machine which stands in Mr. Charles Atlas’ gym¬ nasium. And now Mildred had seen absolutely all of the future that I could afford. She couldn’t tell me any¬ thing about Helen Glownia, so I’m afraid the future of that little miss will have to tell it’s own secret. This appointed job written and completed by: Vernon Trudo. 3n iWemoriam to Charles Robert Brome, Jr. Born — April 18, 1926 Died — April 24, 1943 NAMES OF BABY PICTURES— 1. Ralph Merrell; 2. Jennie Karpinski; 3. Howard Morrell; 4. Hawley Rising; 5. Walter Drenzek; 6. Veronica Kosinski; 7. Helen Los; 8. Elizabeth Stafford; 9. Florence Putkowski; 10. Dorothy Kraiza; 11. Sheila Murphy; 12. Marion Lovich; 13. Jessie Glownia; 14. Louise Glemboski; 15. Charles Colson; 16. Joseph Phillips; 17. Charles Brome; 18. Joseph Falkowski; 19. Ardelle Pease; 20. Edwin Phelon; 21. Glenn Spaulding; 22. John Qiin; 23. Marguerite Kopernik; 24. Wilfred House; 25. Rachel Cutler; 26. Robert Curtin; 27. Gertrude Israel; 28. Muriel Whalen; 29. Carl Matyskiela; 30. Jennie Pacewicz; 31. Lillian Zukowski; 32. Gordon Blakes- ley; 33. Lillian Edmonds; 34. Ann Barnach; 35. Jane Golon; 36. Helen Papafil; 37, Jeanne Sikes; 38. Dorothy Hamilton; 39. Andrew Organek; 40. Florence Yasaitis; 41. Chester Grabowski; 42. Lawrence Tavino; 43. Helen Glownia; 44: Vernon Trudo; 45. Lillian Stratton; 46. Helen Murphy; 47. Olive Hinckley; 48. Shirley McComb.

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PROPHECY It was my appointed job to write the class proph¬ ecy. Very well, but clairvoyance runs thin in my veins. Therefore, I searched for help. The best is none too good for the class of ’43, so I sped to New York and consulted Mysterious Mildred who is acknowledged to be the seeing eye of the future. After several hours of consultation, we were able to conclude the fol¬ lowing : Wilfred House will realize his life’s dearest am¬ bition when he marries an Amish girl, buys a sixty acre Ohio farm, and raises a healthy family of four¬ teen. Dottie Hamilton will get the job of manicurist in Joe Falkowski’s swank, seven chair barbershop on Day Avenue. Charle s Robert Brome, Jr., will someday drill oil wells down in New York City. There aren’t any? Well, maybe he’ll discover some. How do you know? Shirley McComb will run Suffield’s largest riding academy west of East Street and north of South Street, or somewhere. Bob Curtin will land a job as chief gag writer for Bob Hope’s successor, C. Elmer Sillybritches. The Jap exterminator, John Rising, will make his fortune by endorsing the product which keeps him in top condition, Soogies Breakfast Cereal. He’ll also write a ten volume essay How I Dood It’’. Chet Grabowski will be flying that New York- Alexandria hop and will do all right until his Egyp¬ tian goddess divorces him, then he will settle down with Maggie O’Flaherty, the cop’s daughter. Here Mildred got a little mixed up, asking me if any of the class of ' 43 were married. It looks as though Lillian Zukowski won’t stay single very long. I believe Walter Sadowski is a farmer at heart and someday he will settle down with the cutest, nice- est little—hog farm in New England. Mildred says that Betty Stafford and Muriel Whalen will operate one of Suffield’s largest homes for aged cats. (Feline or female?) Lillian Stratton will have a patriotic war job for the duration but her real love is nursing, so after the war she will land a job as a Marine nurse. Andy Organik will make a successful career of carv¬ ing epitaphs on gravestones, until his six ton master¬ piece falls the wrong way. They just left it there. Walter Drenzek will fly The Rover’’, high, fast flagship of Ralph Merrell’s new Suffield-Hindustan airline. Mildred says Ralph will take pity on a couple of his old classmates, giving Vernon Trudo the job of running the soda founta ins aboard his airliners and Helen Papafil a job serving light snaks to the passen¬ gers on one of his big ships. From all the activity there will be in Suffield, I began to wonder where the gold mine would be lo¬ cated. There will be no gold mine, but the cause of it all is even more astounding. It will be found by that eminent semi-chemodoodler, Bruce Hinckley, that two weeks spent breathing the air from the Suf¬ field area is an absolute cure for cronic disjointitis. Hawley Rising will set up a bottling works where he will have Jessie Glownia and Marguerite Kopernik jamming air into bottles as fast as they can, while Chink Carlson rushes it in his sealed pressure truck to the President in Washington. Henry Wilson will run a bottling works too. No, not air, just let it go at that. Florence Putkowski and Jennie Karpinski wil be featured at Edwin Phelon’s night club in North Granby. Francis Deane must have more drag than an air¬ plane carrying the hangar because Mildred says he will soon—ten years—find himself a Lieutenant-Colonel! Olive Hinckley is a natural born critic so it’s nat¬ ural that she should grow famous in that capacity. Her specialty will remain a secret, she’s just a critic, that’s all. Rachel Cutler will develop the newest thing in lipstick, Honey Pine Pitch’’, guaranteed not to come off. Off what? Ardelle Pease has risen to the lofty heights of editor of McCall’s magazine. Florence she’ll get it if it’s your last cent” Yasai- tis will collect bills for the Ajax Bill Collecting and Pleasant Bouncing Agency”. I believe it will be the first such occupation undertaken by the weaker (?) sex. Lawrence Tavino will develop that artistic touch of his and open an art studio. He won’t make much money because of the high wages of models and how could he paint without models? Mildred says that Veronica Kosinski will spend a long, tranquil life as an old maid librarian. I’m losing faith in my mysterious friend. Gordon Blakesley will have charge of physical education at Yale someday—or is it Vassar or it could be Alcatraz, I’m not sure. Sailors Alfred Rock and John Cain will soon be shipwrecked on a South Sea isle and lost for twenty years. Oh happy day—such hospitable people. Mildred would like to have Dorothy Kraiza as her own understudy, but says Dorothy will attempt the psychic malarky” on her own. Esther Koski will finally marry a buck private from Bradley Field. It must have been just what he needed because in a few weeks he will find himself wearing stripes.

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CLASS HISTORY In October, 1939, amid avid comments and ex¬ clamations, a group of anticipating young freshmen proceeded to acquaint themselves with an equally young and equally anticipating institution of learn¬ ing, Suffield High School. We considered it a great honor to be the first freshman class ever to set foot in this beautiful building. We eventually reconciled ourselves to our studies although the clamor of saws and hammers, which meant eventual completion of our beloved building, was most distracting. We elected Hawley Rising as our president and Vernon Trudo as vice president. Helen Glowina proved an efficient secretary and as far as we know, Edwin Phelon made an honest treasurer. The fall term darted past with an alarming speed. Before we knew it, the Christmas holidays were upon us. All the classes held parties. We freshmen, not to be outdone, celebrated the holiday with a lively eve- ing of games and dancing. In January we all showed a more serious attitude toward our studies and by February we were abso¬ lutely glum. Exams were enough to tax anyone’s heart and soul. Tryouts were held for the Dramatic Club’s three act play, Her Step Husband’. Three freshmen were actually lucky enough to secure some important roles. This fact was rather astounding as the other characters who were chosen were all seniors. Helen Murphy played the leading role. Sheila Murphy stole every act with a perfect adaptation of a very comical maid. Ardelle Pease was chosen for a more severe part which lent depth to the plot. By June we felt entitled to a long vacation and after more vicious examinations that long awaited pleasure was awarded us. Early in September we skipped back to classes af¬ ter almost three care-free months. Once we had fallen into a regular schedule we found time to choose Alfred Rock for our president. Many of us struggled with algebra II. Mr. Aiken’s patience must have been tried to a thread. The mys¬ terious letter ’’x” will always remain an unknown quantity to some of us. Someone had the brilliant idea that our class should sponsor a ’’Sophomore Hop”. Not only did this seem an excellent way to accumulate money for our treasury but also a way of making the other classes aware that we sophomores were on our toes. So we made preparations for the dance. It proved an enormous success. Summer soon made her appearance again. One half of our high school career was now complete. In September, at the first opportunity we held a class meeting and elected Vernon Trudo president. Later in the fall the newspaper staff attended a conference in New Haven. Beside the elaborate maga¬ zines and newspapers of city high schools ours looked small and insignificant. But in comparison to the newspapers of other schools of our size it shone ad¬ mirably. Incidently, I have failed to mention that Lil¬ lian Rising was responsible for the name Reader’s Reflection which had graced our newspaper’s cover for four years. We trust that it will continue to bear that name as a sort of memoir of a member of the class of ’43. In February a few of us attended the newspaper convention in New York. As well as broadening our minds on the subject of school papers, we had a chance to take a good look at the big city. Plans were in the air for the Junior Prom. This was the biggest event of our school year. It drew a large attendance and we juniors couldn’t help feeling a bit smug at the effects of our labor. Ceremoniously, Jane Golon was crowned May Queen and her six at¬ tendants were chosen. These were: Sheila Murphy, Dorothy Hamilton, Gertrude Israel, Marguerite Kop- ernick, Vera Mills and Ardelle Pease. This was a glor¬ ious ending for an exciting year. Now we are seniors and we find ourselves faced with a war. Some may say it is a disadvantage to step out into the world at this time, for many of the boys will be called to service before they are able to begin active careers in college or the business world. But we ot the class of ’43 are proud to be able to participate in this struggle. In preparation for the part we will play many of our members took a course in funda¬ mental aviation which was offered here at school. Others took preinduction courses in mechanics which were held in Hartford. We face the coming years with earnestness of pur¬ pose and complete consciousness of the critical con¬ dition of the world. As soon as possible we elected class officers. There would be need for many discussions and meetings throughout the year to attend to all duties as seniors. We elected Lawrence Tavino as our president; Ralph Merrell, vice president; Sheila Murphy, treasurer; and Jane Golon, secretary. We became more and more satisfied with our choice throughout the year. In December we decided to hold a Winter Formal after Christmas vacation. All the committee worked hard but to the disappointment of all, the dance was canceled because of the fuel shortage. We managed to recover from the shock and vowed to make our Senior Prom in the spring worth remembering. At the time this goes to press we are hoping conditions will allow us to hold a senior prom. Another event occurred in December when Fran¬ cis Deane joined the army. Francis was the first of the class of ’43 to join the ranks of our country’s service. We are especially proud of the work of some of our class-mates. Vernon Trudo has honored our school by participating several times on the radio pro¬ gram American School of the Air”. Helen Murphy and Helen Los represented Suffield High School at the Model Congress held at American International College in Springfield. Joyce Bentley wrote an ex¬ cellent oration which she presented at several differ¬ ent places throughout the state. She won: first, the town contest; next the district contest and finally, the county contest. We were very proud to have a member of our class attain such an honor as proof of her ability. Now comes departure. Four years have sped by on their proverbial winged feet. Our Suffield High School days will never be forgotten. They will live in our hearts as a symbol of American Democracy.