Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 15 Say Ruth, listen to me—doesn’t that sound like old times? I wonder how everybody is back home? (Ruth is gazing at mirror in center of table.) What are you looking at? Spellman—Why that looks like a picture of Main Street in Thompsonville. Bridge—Didn’t I tell you that is reflected from one of those telescopes about which I was talking? That’s the Bigelow Hartford Company that you are looking at now. How much bigger it is than it was in 1924. But what is that larger building? What is that sign in front of it? I can just make it out. Norman Bartley, Inc., Manufacturers of the famous silent chewing gum, invented by William Callahan. Thompsonville surely has grown since I saw it last. Whoever it is who is operating this telescope is taking us up Pearl Street. Would you look at those skyscrapers and at that sign in front of that office building! J. FRANCIS BROWNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. I’ve heard of him. I heard that he talked for four consecu- tive hours on one case which he won. Goodness, he must have changed some since he left school. According to that sign across the street, Mr. Frederick Broege has become a doctor. Now we have the Thompsonville Times Building. Why, that paper is edited by our old friend, Leon Bordua. Can you see that bundle of newspapers on the sidewalk? I can make out the head- lines. MR. CHESTER COOMBS WINS ELECTION TO THE U. S. SENATE FROM THIS STATE. I came across a Latin grammar last week which was written by Esther Beman. Remem- ber Esther? She was always steeped in Latin. Speaking of books and classmates, I read a novel by Beatrice Burbank recently; it was good, too. “THE RAVAGES OF LOVE” was the name of it. By the looks of things there is a new theater on Pleasant Street, and there is a picture of Mildred Barton on the advertising sign. She is a famous screen star now, you know. And there is another sign which says, “SEE ROSE CUSICK NEXT WEEK THURSDAY.” One of the most famous comedians now living. Rose always was very comical. Hird—Here we are at the corner of Pleasant and Main, only now we see a beautiful new hotel in place of that wooden affair that used to be there. It is evidently owned by the Corbin twins. You might know they would be partners. They never lost sight of each other in the old days. We are out in the residential section now. There is the resi- dence of Mr. Frank Connor. I hear that he has become a famous chemist, and there is the Crombie College, founded by Anna Crom- bie, of which I understand she is dean. Well, I guess the pupils have a good time, anyway.

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14 THE ENFIELD ECHO us—never a look ahead, never a look behind. When we finally ar- rived safely on the ground, we decided that “terra firma” was the best for us. On a quiet, sunny morning during history recitation, Webster suddenly crashed to earth, taking part of the wall with him; by his sudden collapse, fortunately no greater catastrophe resulted than the breaking of a desk. Some people on being informed that the dignified gentleman had retained his upright position for fifteen long years, maintain that Ruth Spellman must have winked slyly in his direction. However that may be, he certainly fell hard. Soon we are to leave Old Enfield. Our happy days here will be a thing of the past, but ever on through life we will hold to her memory so true. By inspiration of God this document has been approved by the most royal counsellors of the most ancient and majestic Mount En- field, and by divine Providence, will be concealed under her most worthy towers. PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1924 By Theodore Bridge, Frank Toon, Ruth Spellman, and May Hird FOREWORD Through the efforts of Frank L. Toon, an inventor, a machine is devised which conveys Ruth Spellman, May Hird, Theodore Bridge and himself to the planet of Mars where they are received cordially. Through the use of a super-telescope arc which reflects what it sees in a mirror, they are able to see their classmates of 1924 at their various occupations in the year 1934. Bridge—I wouldn’t have believed that you could do it, Mr. Toon. Toon—Do what? Bridge—Why, bring us way up here, up or down or whatever you wish to call it. Anyway, I wouldn’t have believed that you could get us here on Mars and still have us live through it. Hird—I think it is simply wonderful, don’t you, Ruth? Spellman—My, yes! Doesn’t it seem strange to be on Mars though? I feel as if I didn’t weigh anything. Toon—You don’t weigh nearly as much as you would back home. You see Mars is so much smaller than the earth that the force of gravitation is necessarily less. If you weighed yourself here you would probably weigh about seventy-five pounds. Bridge—I noticed that, too. And did you notice the way we were received? The Martians acted just as though they expected us. I do wish we could communicate in English with them. I think that they must have seen us coming with some super-telescope or something. Why, they had this apartment all ready for us.

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16 THE ENFIELD ECHO Ah! The scene has suddenly shifted to Hazardville. Why, it is practically one big farm, apparently owned and run by Alec Chick- osky. He evidently supplies nearly all of Thompsonville with milk. And look at Myra Garrow caring for the children at her private orphanage. She is now foster mother of 200 children. Arthur Greaves is down there working in the High School Building dentistry office. He is filling his pockets by filling other people’s teeth. I thought he had enough of school without going back to it. Spellman—I have heard that Thomas Hamilton has entered the New York Zoo as an animal trainer. One of his first duties was to vaccinate all the monkeys. Enfield, they say, has found a history teacher who rivals H. G. Wells. Cathrine Hawkes can trace history back before Adam. According to the book review, Dorothy Hopkins has sold 3,000 volumes of her book entitled, “Getting Thin in Thirty Days.’’ Sounds like a jail sentence. Hildred Higgins is still roaming the globe looking for a diet that will reduce her without sacrificing her appetite. Esther Henry claims the distinction of being the only feminine horse doctor in America. Some honor, I am sure. Toon—Remember Harold Kerr, that big husky athlete? Well, he’s gone into raising cats and canaries. What a wonderful com- bination—especially when the cat eats the canary. Theresa Halpin, I am told, has cancelled her contract with the Paramount Moving Picture Corporation to take a position with a soap company to pose as the star in “Keep That School Girl Com- plexion.” That looks like Charlotte Daly’s private school, of which she is principal. She had a hard time getting students to attend until she introduced into the course of study the subject, “How to Catch a Man.” Miss Daly believes that some of her former classmates should attend her school for a brief time. Evelyn Dineen, one of the most famous dancers in Connecticut, has just signed a contract for six years to dance before the Kim»- of Siam whenever he gives a state affair. Her manager, R. Ulrich, will accompany her. I have heard that H. P. Fiedler has become leading man in George White’s Scandals of 1935. I hope that I get back to the earth in time to see him. I wonder if he is taking his life work seriously. Bridge—It’s queer, but you would think Charles Fowler would have followed in his father’s footsteps, who is a judge. Look at him giving a trapeze performance in the Barnum and Bailey mam- moth circus. It’s hard to imagine him walking a tight rope. They say Charles Gaskell could never keep away from girls and candy. Now he has a candy store and the girls can’t keep away from him.