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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as IUNIORS CLASS OFFICERS Left to Rrght junnerte Stexens presrdent W1lter Lcsnewsky vrcc ptesrdent Batty Shermln trelsurcr Ltbby OMQ 1r1 sctrctiry Wlnncrs of the grtnt jltkpot mlglztnc drrwe sponsors of the hlghly enttrtunrng, md successful Tftlcnt Show tompetent mtors ts exrdenced rn the Four Ont Aer Plry Contest form ll of the yeftr tht unror Prom 1ll for one one for ill Irrst Rovs 'lhconn Kurther GLKIFLC Rumontl Fhzabeth f7h1C1I'l H.1rolJGutterm1n Ann1Bc un Iuhan josypenko Marlon Xount Suontl Ron Dorothx Lesnrak Joseph Pal boxxskr Helen Mohrlern Beatrrcc Grthn Ieannettc. Stevens Sxlutorc Guarnatcra Margaret Turner Mr Nirsthler ad vrsor Thrrtl Roxx Fletnor Atlrxms Norman Gustafson B111 Mrles Robert Morton Anthony Matus Charles Irredman Betty Sherman Not rn photo Alan Ryan re