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

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CLASS WILL To MR. MacALISTER and MR. SISSION we leave the school still in good condition and hope that hereafter every graduating class leaves it likewise. To MR. BROWN we leave the job of coaching anpther championship soccer team, which nevertheless, in our opinion, will never equal this year’s. To MR. ZAK and MRS. FAY we leave sincere appreciation for the time and hard work they have constantly given us. To MR. BLAMPIED we leave a standing and favorable (we hope) impression of Ameri¬ can youth! LOUISE ALDERMAN leaves her height to Shirley Rutkiewicz. JOHN BIGGERSTAFF leaves his quiet manner to Gerald McDonald. MARIANNE CARNEY leaves her pleasing disposition to Carol Paczosa. TERRY CHASE leaves Suffield High School taking with him his winning personality, leadership, and athletic ability. SHIRLEY COLSON leaves Suffield High to spend her time on East Street. THOMAS EDMONDS leaves his flashy clothes to Danny Bednaz. WILLIAM EDWARDS leaves the pitcher’s mound to any underclassmen with hope that they will do s well as Bill has. CAROL EGAN leaves still trying to convince Mr. Motta that ’’the lakes” aren’t so far away. JOHN FAHEY leaves his car to Edward Cebula and Pat Kelley so they won’t have such a long walk to school every day. MARGARET FETKO leaves her elegant wardrobe and neat manner to Margaret Zera. FREDDIE FITCH leaves his place in the all state chorus to anyone who thinks they can do as well. RAVONNE FITCH leaves her pleasant personality to Pat Underhill. HARRY FORD leaves to become head cashier at Martinez’s. MARY ANN GALETTA leaves her acting ability to Joanne Greenwood who doesn’t need it. ALICE HAYDEN leaves her truck horn and license to anynoe who thinks they can handle it. VIVIAN JACKSON leaves her joke book to Charlie Hryniewicz. FRANCES KOKOSZKI leaves the management of Suffield Pharmacy to Janie Kosinski. FRED KOTOWSKI leaves taking his good luck along with him. JENNIE MARKOWSKI leaves to join the Women Marines. CONNIE MATYSKIELA leaves her never ending giggles to Doris Kandal. LUCILLE McBRIDE leaves her height to Sandra Fisk. BARBARA MORRIS leaves her guitar and charming voice to Barbara Hansen. SANDRA NOBLE leaves Suffield High but not for long for she will be back in four years to take over the history department. THELMA NOBLE leaves Suffield High to go to Springfield College where she will meet the practice teachers first hand. SANDRA PARKS leaves her secretarial manner to Patty Ford. MILTON POWERS leaves his athletic ability to Willy Braswell. BRUCE REMINGTON leaves his never ending pranks to Bruce Lincoln to prove there’s life there. JOSEPH RUCIENSKI leaves Mr. Kennedy a pop gun for self protection. ROBERT SIMMONS leaves Roberta Gary to Robert Colson. FRANCES SMIEGEL leaves the high school to spend more time at the academy. DOLORES SMITH leaves her poetic ability to Joan Kennett. JEANNETTE TALLIS leaves her studious manner to Margaret Barlowe. CHARLES WATERMAN leaves his ability to conduct an orderly meeting to the junior class. 23

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PROPHECY 22 Now, how did that salesman say this crystal ball should be used? Let me see, first he said to rub it like this, and then repeat these magic w ' ords, Abba Cadabra Dee, show me what’s going to be.” Oh! I see a vision forming. Our first scene seems to resemble a classroom. In fact it looks like the classroom in which some of us spent many hours at least trying to solve the mysteries of chemistry. Standing at the front of the room, book in hand, is one of our classmates, CHARLES WATERMAN. This teacher’s name is sure to surprise some of you, but not those who were in the same chemistry class as he, for this young man has shown extensive knowledge in this field of study. We can’t help but wonder if everyone is as agreeable in class as he always was. As we continue our search of the future, we find that two more of our classmates have returned to teach at Suf- field. In the gym we catch a glimpse of THELMA NOBLE as she goes merrily on her way. We are not in the least surprised at this as Thelma always did enjoy sports of any kind. The other classmate who has taken up teaching as a means of livelihood is HARRY FORD, whom we find sedately sitting behind a desk droning on and on about how Columbus discovered America. He is completely unaware of the paper flying about the room or the laughter around him. At least he’s interested. As the scene changes, we all wait anxiously to view the next prophetic glimpse of what the future holds for us. The picture is simply a book. Printed on the cover we read these words: This World of Poetry by CONSTANCE MATYSKIELA; illustrated by ALICE G. HAYDEN. These words express far better than any picture the fate of these two members of our class. Our next scene is that of a small neat drugstore. We learn from a large sign above the counter that this store is owned by two of our more ambitious members. They are by name, PEGGY FETKO and FRANCES KOKOSZ- KI. Two of their most loyal and industrious employees are JACKIE FAHEY and BILLY EDWARDS. These two boys made a career of concocting new types of sundaes. We learn from a magazine on special display in this store that the editor of our yearbook, JEANNETTE TALLIS, is now the editor of a renowned and world wide famous magazine. Maybe all that work on the year book was not a waste of time after all. We now find ourselves walking down the corridors of a great hospital. Stopping to look at a bulletin board on which is shown the names of the nurses now on duty, we are not surprised to find printed there the names of two former classmates, MARY ANN GALETTA and DOLORES SMITH, who are chief assistants of DR. FRED FITCH. Having such a nice personality, we don’t imagine Freddy lacks female patients. As we leave the hospital, we hear faintly from the doc¬ tors’ lounge a record featuring that brilliant young piani st, TOM EDMONDS. Tommy’s playing has lightened the heart of many music lovers around the world. Tommy’s success has caused us to wonder if any other member of our class has made a career of music. On entering a small record shop, which is owned by ROBERT SIMMONS, we find that two of them have made an outstanding number of records. Vocalist VIVIAN JACKSON, accompanied by BARBARA MORRIS and her guitar, are well on the way to lasting fame in the world of music. On the way by the nearest news stand, the headline of the New York Times makes us pause. It seems that TERRY CHASE has made a name for himself as one of the leading dancing instructors in the country. His ability in this field apparently comes from his past achievements on the basket¬ ball court. Part credit for Terry’s making the headlines can be given to FRED KOTOWSKI, who is editor-in-chief of that paper. The front page story was written by that aspiring news reporter, JOE RUCIENSKI. These two brilliant young men both started at the bottom, behind the broom. Also on the news stand is this week’s issue of Look. Inside there is a two page spread featuring those Holly¬ wood models, JENNIE MARKOWSKI and RAVONNE FITCH. Jennie and Ravonne always did know how to wear their clothes to the best advantage. Next we take a trip to the country and visit MILTON POWER’S lumber mill. As we enter the office, we spot one of our old classmates, CAROL EGAN, who is now Milton’s private secretary. We find after taking time to chat with them, that Milton is hauling in money by the cartload and that Carol is raising a good sized family on the side. Returning to the city we stop a moment at a small flower shop, little dreaming that we would meet any of our old friends here, but no sooner do we step over the door¬ step than we recognize LOUISE ALDERMAN. We find that she is the owner of this quaint shop. From Louise we learn that for assistants she has hired LUCILLE McBRIDE as a maid, and JOHN BIGGERSTAFF as a gardener. Knowing John’s love for outdoor work, especially that of the farm, we feel that she couldn’t have made a better choice. She also tells us that Lucille, before coming to work for her, held a very good job in the firm of an exceedingly rich gentleman. The only catch was this — he was already married. Upon leaving we are told to stop at the first little cottage we come to. We find this cottage, and after ex¬ claiming over the beauty of the roses in the yard, we knock on the door and await the mistress of the household to open it for us. To our great surprise the door is opened by none other than SHIRLEY COLSON. We are asked to step in¬ side and enjoy a cup of tea and homemade cookies. We are forced to agree that maybe after all, marriage rates above a career. We learn from Shirley that MARIANNE CARNEY and SANDRA PARKS are much in demand as private secretaries. It seems that these two girls have broken all speed records as far as typing goes and many hearts as well. We are told that SANDRA NOBLE is teaching English Literature at the University of Connecticut. It seems that there is a record number of young men taking that subject this year. One of these young men has been taking exten¬ sive courses in colleges and universities all over the country. He is considered one of the best educated men in the country today. This young man is none other than our former classmate BRUCE REMINGTON. Here’s our last scene, the workroom of a famous dress designer, FRANCES SMIEGEL. Frances, who always said she would never marry until she is at least thirty years of age, now declares that she will never find time to marry at all. And there it goes. My crystal ball has lost its power for a while. Later on I’ll bring it out again, but in the meantime, I think I’ll just sit back and let these visions of the future of our classmates penetrate my mind.

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YEARBOOK STAFF First Row, Left to Right: Barbara Mor¬ ris, Business Manager; Jeanette Tallis, Editor; Connie Matyskiela, Advertising; Shirley Colson, Photography. Second Row, Left to Right: Terry Chase, Pho¬ tography; Thomas Edmonds, Circulation; Charles Waterman. CLASSNIGHT COMMITTEE First Row, Left to Right: Terry Chase; Peggy Fetko; Thomas Edmonds, Chair¬ man; Sandra Noble; Fred Fitch. Second Row, Left to Right: Sandra Parks; Dolores Smith; Connie Matyskiela; Jen¬ nie Markowski, Jeannette Tallis. JUNIOR PROM COMMITTEE First Row, Left to Right: Peggy Fetko, Charles Waterman, Sandra Noble. Sec¬ ond Row, Left to Right: Marianne Carney, Terry Chase, Frances Siegel, Thomas Edmonds, Jennie Markowski.