Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

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PROPHECY As I Sherla Connell srt here on my celestral cloud lookrng down on Earth I recall the day I smashed mto a tree whrle on my mrlk route twenty years ago That wrll explarn why Im here Cmy drrvrng wasnt always wrthrn the speed lrmrtj Of course my eyes wander rn the drrectron of Colchester where Bacon Academy strll stands as a museum prece There seems to be a Carnrval takrng place rn the park Theres Elarne Marvrn auctronrng off the stream lrned Studebrorler of 1974 In the audrence I can see many of my former classmates Theres Lors Mrntz pushrng a baby carrrage wrth twrns occupyrng the front seat and wrth her rs Alma Roy who exceeded her goal and has 15 lrttle Sarttas trarlrng behrnd her now Over behrnd that brg oak tree I can just drstrn gursh Jean Gerhardt publrc enemy number one peerrng out over the audrence It seems that F B I agent Paul Myers rs hot on her trarl Poor Jean she really shouldn t have embezzled her fathers rnsurance busmess Whats that crowd I see gatherrng over there? Wanda Harasmowrtz star of stage screen and radro' Wrth her rs Annette DeNora her prrvate secretary who rs takrng down every compliment that rs thrown Wanda s way A few feet away Bessre Harrrs world s champron typrst rs transcrrbrng all Annettes notes Speakrng of my drrvrng there goes jerry Mrnch speedrng through town' I understand he has just opened a drrver trarnrng school It looks lrke Marron Haefele rs hrs first student Instead of berng a drrvrng teacher Jerry ought to jorn Mrnnre Scoprno and Alma Doubleday rn therr dare devrl show I understand therr cars really fly over the ramps and through the flames Oh oh there s a lot of racket over the P A sys tem Id better turn up my heavenly hearrng ard so I can hear whats gorng on There seems to be an argument between Crosby Peck sports announcer joan Berkowrtz who has achreved natronal fame for the longest filrbuster on record and Marvrn Cohen Wrlly Semkows manager There seems to be some question as to whether Wrlly a pro basketball player drd accept a brrbe or not I guess Ill never know who won because all of a sudden I hear some more norse down rn that small town A roarrng of the drums and the blast of a powerful clarrnet you guessed rt' Its jack ones and hrs band rntroducrng Marcra Gendler the first lady presrdent of Cuba By the way Jack and hrs band have just completed a tour of the world What rn heaven rs that odd shaped prece of some thrng standrng up over there? Well knock me off my srlver cloud rts an artrsts easel I thrnk Ill toot over and see whos behrnd rt I mrght have guessed rts one of my old frrends udy Dawson who has taken over Walt Drsneys Work She and Irene Stan krewrcz are partners now It looks lrke therr model rs Irrs Freedmans prrze chrcken whrch was acclaimed the largest and best fed rn the world Now that Ive satrshed my currosrty I guess Ill go back to where I was srttrng before I can see better there Now to add to all the other confusron theres practrcfrlly a fist fight gorng on Mary jane Hlatky professronal debater of the Unrted States and Nancy Palmer amateur debater have unfortunately met Therr toprc of drscussron rs evrdently Carol Guar naccras new book My Frrend The Insect I guess Nancy doesnt thrnk Carol rs a very good judge of rnsects Fran Sherman the town lrbrarran has finally stepped rn and set them strarght Carol turned over a new leaf after graduation and took up entomology Leanrng agarnst the Water fountain rn the far corner of the park Horace Bray rs nonchalantly read rng an old newspaper he prcked up rn the road Horace was once the worlds heavywerght champron of the world but he became punch drunk and lost all hrs fame Hrs eyes are focused on the classified ads Must be he s lookrng for a yob Some of the ads hes readrng are Tom Clrfford s Barber Shop specral ty D A s Harvey Alpert M D CMeat Dealerj and Reeves Wtestlrng Revrew The headlrnes for the day read Brllron dollar fire destroys Colchester property Felcrano and Levy heavrly rn debt Mary had owned a large drrve rn theatre and Glorra owned a beautrful hotel Evrdently they wrll soon be jorn mg Horace What rs thrs menace chargrng down on me? Oh no a super get Swrsh Thank goodness I shrfted rnto reverse just when I drd' That Albert Parrrsh rs certarnly a manrac prlot' Must be Rrchard Steg broadcasted the wrong rnformatron over hrs radro I wonder rf Mary Skowronek the stewardess wrll be able to keep the passengers calm after that? Hmmm that was a close call' Guess Ill go back through St Peters gate Its calm and serene there' , , , - I 5 9 ' l ' 7 . i I l 5 ' I ' ' 7 9 ' I ' ' , ' . . , . , ' . ' ' ' , I , , . . . . 1 - . ' l ' , . . , , . . y , 1 . I . u - . , , 1' ' l a I . , 5 9 . A l D 3 3 ' , , I , . . fl . . ,, . 1 A . . , .. . , . . . , ' a s It looks lrke a celebrrty has come to town. Why, rts - - ' 7 9 . ' ' ' , , I . - . , . . , , ' . . , . . . 7 ' . . 1 , . l . ' , G . Q . , i . f 1 1 1 . . - . , - I 1 , . - Q g . . . , , . . 1 s - - ' ' ' , 7 . . . . , , , . , . N y . 9 3 . , , . . . . ' Q . I . X ' 1 1 , . r 9 Y

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CLASS WILL We the class of nrneteen hundred and fifty four berng of sound health and not so sound mrnd do hereby declare publrsh and proclarm thrs to be our last wrll and testa ment hereby revokrng all former wrlls and codrcrls by us at anytrme heretofore made The Class of 1954 leaves rts leadershrp of Bacon Academy to the unrors Harvey Alpert leaves hrs chewrng to Suzanne Cutler oan Berkowrtz leaves her cheerleadrng abrlrty to Joe Broder Horace Bray refuses to leave Thomas Clrfford leaves hrs drummrng to Wayne Taylor Marvm Cohen leaves hrs speed to Roland Trarlor Sherla Connell leaves and rs she happy' udy Dawson leaves to jorn Donald Woznrfrk Annette DeNora leaves an openrng on the honor roll to oe Falbowskr Alma Doubleday leaves her hot rod to Dorrs Turner Mary Felcrano leaves her trcket booth to Fern Markoff Irrs Freedman leaves Mrs Mrleskr alone' Marcra Gendler leaves her Cuban accent to Beatrrce Grtlrn ean Gerhard: leaves her walk to Ann Turner Carolrne Guarnaccra leaves Mr udenfrrends math class rn peace Marron Haefele leaves her Latrn book to Mrs Brown Wanda Harasrmowrtz leaves her actrng abrlrty to Harold Gutterman Bessre Harrrs leaves wrthout a pass Mary jane Hlatky leaves to compete wrth Marrlyn Monroe jack Jones leaves hrs flyrng feet to jay Solomon Glorra Levy leaves her sweaters she rnherrted from Shelra Zupnrk to Jeannette Stevens Elarne Marvm leaves to sell Studebakers jerry Mrnch leaves to yorn Deborah Reynolds rn Hollywood Lors Mrntz leaves her posrtron as Coachs secretary to Natalre Warte Paul Myers leaves hrs Be Bop to Chester Zawrsza Nancy Palmer leaves to comfort Chet Albert Parrrsh leaves thrrd base to Wendy Clark Crosby Peck leaves hrs brg feet to Phrl Guarnaccra Elrzabeth Reeves leaves her herght to Margaret Porter Alma Roy leaves to do a lrttle gardenrng Mrnnre Scoprno leaves the stop srgns Frances Sherman leaves her book carryrng rob strrctly to the lrbrary Mary Skowronek leaves for Mars Irene Stankrewrcz leaves to become one of the natron s top notch bookkeepers Rrchard Steg leaves hrs vrolrn to Hersh Frredman Wrllram Semkow leaves for Stamford Crosby Peck Mrnnre Scoprno Frances Sherman Har vey Alpert Horace Bray Marron Haefele Bessre Harrrs We hereby appornt Mr Henry Kulrgowskr to be our executor of thrs our last wrll and testament IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hand and seal at Colchester Connectrcut rn the year of our Lord one thousand nrne hundred and frfty four CLASS OF 1954 TESTATORS Crosby Peck Mrnnre Scoprno Frances Sherman Harvey Alpert Horace Bray Marron Hfre fele Bessre Harrrs Srgned sealed and delrvered n the presence of the followrng MARILYN MONROE IKE EISENHOWER SAM LEVENSON 13 7 1 1 1 ' 5 V . 4 . , . J . . . . J . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 1 a 1 ' ! 7 7 , 1 , 1 ' . - a a 4 1 1 x 4 ' , . , 1 .

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