Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Y E A R B 0 OK 19 3 5 23 given and the winning cast participated in the contest play at Ludlow. The winning cast included Ronald King and Everett Farrell. The other cast included Felix Augustino and Karl Burnett. For the years 1934-35 the following Seniors held offices: Karl Burnett, President; Jacquelyn Clark, Vice-President; Geraldine Rising, Corresponding Secretary and Everett Ferrell, Treasurer. In March the following Seniors were elected to assist in the production of the play, which was to be presented in the assembly by the club. Belinda Vandersingel, Director; Jacquelyn Clark, Casting Director; Fdeanor Fickweiller, Prompter; Barbara Phelps, Costumes. The most important event of the year was that of the contest play “A Wedding.” The cast included: Karl Burnett, Vivian Cordcs and Everett Farrell. Winning the contest at Ludlow they were eligible to participate in the contest at Palmer High School. The Junior-Senior Prom was held May 24. Now I am going to turn the program over to our announcer who will interview Charles Fcrrcro senior manager of the 1934 football team. Announcer: Would you mind giving the radio audience an idea as to what type of teams you had at Agawam during your four years of high school? C. F. Now don’t think that I am boasting when I say that during those four years we had some of the best teams in the history of Agawam High School. In our Freshman year we had fine teams in football, basketball and baseball. Our football team that year, breezed through their schedule with a perfect record. It was undefeated, untied, and unscorcd upon. During our Sophomore year the athletic teams continued in their successful ways. Although our football team did not acquire a perfect record, they were judged as the best team in Western Massachusetts. This was the first time that Agawam was given this honor. The football, basketball and baseball teams did not enjoy successful seasons in our Junior year. The football team was defeated twice and tied once. In our Senior year the teams were very successful. The football team regained the champion- ship pedestal, which they had relinquished the preceding season, by completing their schedule with a perfect record. The basketball team after a fine season played brilliantly at the M. S. C. Tournament but were defeated in the final game. The baseball, and track teams also had good records. Announcer: Can you remember the names of the boys in your class who played on these teams: C. F. Yes. They were Tisdcl, Augustino, Ross, Grady, Ferranti, Fossa, Bitgood, Stocker, Skinner, Lctellier, Morris, Spear, Levesque, Ferrero and Alvigini. Announcer: Thank you, Charlie. You have just heard the anniversary program of the class of 1935. We hope you all enjoyed it. This is station A. II. S. signing off. Good night. MYRTLE FRENCH, JULIO ALVIGINI. (Year 1945.) Master of Ceremonies: Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight you will be conducted on a world tour on the magic carpet of two Hindus. Their carpet is equipped with special televisional rays, through which they are able to see what is happening in the different countries which they visit. They take this trip primarily to inform the audience about what the members of the Class of 1935 arc now doing. We find ourselves over Agawam! (Curtain opens.)

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22 AGAWAM HIGH SCHOOL The Student Council Dance was held April 13, in the school’s auditorium. Geraldine Rising, Marion Roberts, Karl Burnett, Merrill Tisdel, Alvin Kellogg and Julio Alvigini served on the different committees. The greatest event of the year, the Junior-Senior prom was held May 25. The decoration com- mittee was under the supervision of Vivian Cordcs. The hall was arranged as the archway to a formal garden. The different members were on the following committees: Alvin Kellogg, Tickets; Harlan Atwood, Program; Walter Kellogg, Orchestra; Eleanor Kent, Patrons and Patronesses; Barbara Phelps, Refreshments. An excellent evening was spent dancing to the melodious music of Leo Racicot’s orchestra. Marion Roberts and Geraldine Rising served as Junior Marshals for the Senior Class. We will now be entertained by a group of Senior girls who will sing a melody of songs. Step right up here girls. Announcer: Time Marches On! Master of Ceremonies: The Senior class held their first meeting September 10, for the purpose of electing their class officers. Those elected were: President, Karl Burnett: Vice-President, Eleanor Kent; Secretary, Bertha Cesan; Treasurer, Harlan Atwood. Student Council members were: Geraldine Rising, Belinda andersingle, Eleanor Fickweiler, Merrill Tisdel, Karl Burnett, Walter Kellogg, Richard Ross and Julio Alvigini. Victor Herbert’s popular operetta “The Red Mill” was presented by the following members of the Senior class. Merrill Tisdel who had the leading role. Everett Ferrell, Flex Augustino, Karl Burnett, Ronald King and Jacqueline Clark. We were fortunate in securing Karl Burnett and Felix Augustino two characters from this operetta who will now sing “You Can Xevcr Tell About A Woman.” The kid party was held December 20, Eleanor Kent and Ronald King received prizes for the best costumes. And now ladies and gentlemen I am going to turn the program over to our Mistress of Cere- monies Miss Myrtle French. Mistress: Thank you. Good evening. The Senior Play “Skidding” a three-act comedy was presented February 15, under the splendid direction of Miss Andrews of the English Department. The leading roles were taken by Eleanor Kent and Julio Alvigini and a well supporting cast included: V ivian Cordes, Belinda Vandcrsingel, Geraldine Rising, Eleanor Fickweiler, Charles Ferrero, Karl Burnett, Ronald King and Harlan Atwood. Now I take great pleasure in interviewing one of the most prominent girl athletes of the Class of ’35—Miss Marion Schwartz. Who were some of the other girl athletes? M. S. They were Lydia Grocco, Vivian Cordes, Bertha Nacewicz, Jacquline Clark, Stella Swlborski, Irma Rhomada, Eleanor Kent, and Gertrude Goyette. M. F. W hat arc some of the sports the girls play? M. S. Hockey, basketball, volleyball and baseball. M. F. What were some of the outside teams the girls played? M. S. We did not have many outside games. During our Freshman, Sophomore, Junior years we played West Hartford, Windsor Locks and Suffield. In our Senior year the only outside game we had was with West Springfield which we worn M. F. Was much time given to girl sports? M. S. Yes, we usually had practice or class games every night. M. F. Do you think the girl sports have proved successful in the Agawam High School? M. S. Yes. And I hope they will be continued. M. F. Thank you, Marion. 'Flic Dramatic Club has proved very successful in the Agawam High School. In 1933 the play “Why the Chimes Rang” was presented for the Christmas assembly. In April 1934 two plays were

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24 A G A W A M II I (I II S C II () () I. Verne: Look! There is Ethelyn White, who is teaching spelling in the High School. Our child prodigy, Edward Meyer, has taken Miss Andrews’ place, and is teaching English at the High School. Belinda: Floating slightly northward, over the wilds of North Agawam, we find a flourishing restaurant being operated by Annie Tinti, on the site of the one formerly owned by her parents. Verne: Going still further northward, we see that Angelina Massa is raising a healthy family of cheer leaders in Greenfield. Belinda: We fly eastward—eastward, to Boston. Here is Grace Burr, an accomplished pianist at the Conservatory of Music. In a suburb of this New England metropolis, Richard Ross is being proclaimed the winner of a marathon dance. Verne: With lightning-like rapidity, we zoom across the Atlantic waters to England. Eleanor Kent has ridden to fame and prosperity on the broad back of a horse by coming in first in a steeple- chase. Belinda: A great human life-story is just hot off the press. The book is entitled, “The Other 1’hrcc Musketeers,” and was written in collaboration by Pauline llafka and Constance Lavoie. Verne: In a vast hall, a great orator is delivering a pulse-stirring speech—it is Mary Morris. Belinda: We drift northward to Scotland, where we perceive a traveler—Barbara Phelps is still in the pursuit of acquaintance with foreign correspondents. Verne: We hop across the English Channel to Holland. Bertha Ccsan has taken up landscape gardening, and is trying to create more mountains in Holland. In a silent, dimly-lit room in an art museum, we find Belinda Yandersingcl, deeply absorbed in her favorite study, Art. Belinda: Crossing the border, and flying over Germany, we sight a large white building. On closer inspection, we sec that it is Frank Morris’ “Kill or Cure” hospital. In this hospital, Donald Goss is head Chemist. Verne: In the field of German Biology, Ernest Tarnuzzer has found a means of raising centi- pedes with only 50 legs. Ernestine Breuninger, also, is in Germany, and she is visiting relatives. Belinda: Our carpet follows the course of the Rhine River, down over the bright lights of France. Wc hear voices, and find, upon investigation, that Gertrude Goyette is an interpreter for a group of American student tourists. Verne: Wc glance over a French newspaper and a column entitled, “Fashionable Fancies,” holds our attention. This column is edited by our blonde classmate, Marion Roberts. She gets her information from the foremost fashion designer, Norma Tarnuzzer. Belinda: Irma Hromada is a prosperous hairdresser in Paris. Taking a peck into a famous hos- pital, wc sec Mildred Neill busily doing her part as a nurse. Verne: We hear music which is traced to a fashionable resort. Here wc find the orchestra of Walter Kellogg. At this moment, a piano solo is being featured, played by Dewayne Raynor. Belinda: Flying towards Spain, we notice clouds of dust on the horizon. The cause of it is a great bull fight, the bulls for which are being raised by Alvcra Christopher. Ronald King is a strong and graceful bull fighter, having had many tussles with ferocious beasts before. After the bull fight, an entertainment is presented, in which Jacquelyn Clark is a Spanish dancer. Verve: We hop across the Mediterranean Sea to sunny Italy, where Felix Augustino is running a prosperous wine business. Vera Piazzo is studying the works of old Italian masters of Art. Marina Chiapuzzi is occupied with nursing the sick. Belinda: 'Flic carpet travels eastward to Greece, the land of Gods and gladiators. Here, Lydia Grocco is defending the American people in the Olympics. Myron Moraczewski is studying sculpture, and is finding many fine models in the Olympic contestants. Verne: In Russia, further to the North, a dazzling blonde dancer is being cheered by a roaring Russian audience. She is Ingrid Paulson. We see Harry Stocker here, at this performance, who turns out to be a newspaper reporter for the New York Tattler, a New York newspaper which is edited by Elmer Lctellicr. William Madden is photographer for this paper. Belinda: Wc learn that Amic Levesque is exiled in Siberia for failure to carry through his newspaper route among the Russians. Verne: We flash across the heavens to India, land of mysticism. To the tunc of magic Indian flutes, being played by Harlan Atwood, Myrtle French is charming the most poisonous of all snakes, the cobra.