Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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18 THE ENFIELD ECHO can this mean? Wait, Florine Allen is coming towards us. She seems to belong here — yes she now owns this school and personally supervises all of the work. It is not to be wondered at, Florine, because you certainly proved you were capable back in Enfield. A millinery department in Paris. All of the Americans are buying their hats there. The public is simply going wild over these creations. The beautiful linings have in gilt letters, the Frances Deming Hat. Ruth Hurd Follow the red arrow to its destination, which will bring you to Sumner Adams, the “World Famous” face-lifter, specialist, now located in Chicago. On entering Adams’ Beauty Shoppe, you will look old and worn out, but after the most efficient beaute methods of Sumner Adams have been tenderly applied, you will look as if Ponce De Leon himself had taken you to his Fountain of Youth. On my previous travels I met the Vanderbilts, the Astors, and a great many other society people, who I found were all chewing the “World-Over” Joslin gum. Mr. Vanderbilt offered me a package and related the most interesting story about it. He told me that Eleanor Joslin had put Mr. Wrigley out of business, be- cause with every box of gum purchased, she, herself went and demonstrated how it should be chewed to obtain the best results. I was surely sorry that I had not money enough to buy an unsealed box, so that I too, might have again seen this “Still Chewing Gum Girl” of old Enfield. Come one! Come all! See the best fancy diver of the two continents. Mabel Beman, that quiet girl of the class of ’26, has accomplished her highest desire, to become world-famous as a fancy diver. All of her classmates of Enfield will be given a free ticket to see her perform on July 4, 1940. Come now, pack! and make the most of this opportunity. Do all you farmer boys want to become a poet as noteworthy as that poet of Scotland — Robert Burns. Then listen! Henry Cook of Bald Mountain, Somers, Conn, has just completed his volume of poems, written while on the farm. He tells that he received all of his inspiration by plowing, or in other country pleasures, day in and day out. Some of his best poems are at the present time being put into a smaller volume for the Grammar Schools to use. The youngsters are simply crazy to memorize them. The following is an extract from a poem inspired in him upon stripping corn at a husking bee. “To A Red Ear of Corn” Wee, Blushing ear of cornie New stript from your sere brown housie Thou clidna thinks to bring such bliss

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 17 beautifully furnished, nor with such exquisite taste. The designer of all this beauty is quietly answering questions. As she speaks we recognize one of our class of ’26, Ruth Hurd. The Metropolitan Opera House, gaily dressed crowds enter- ing. Why, of course, it’s the opening night. A sudden hush as the curtain is drawn backward, a burst of applause heralds the approach of the beautiful, talented artist, Edna Plamondon, who has so successfully filled Madam Jeritza’s place. Sumner Adams The Chautauqua is here again. Our attention is now at- tracted by the crowd moving towards a large tent and in front of it in large white letters — Why look, those names are familiar, Priscilla Galbraith and Babe Thornes; they are now running this series of entertainment. A room on the sunny side of a large house. What a sad sight, a person lying sick in bed and to one side of the sick person’s bed we see a dainty little nurse bending over a tray of medicine and look! who it is, Beatrice Santa Croce. An Athletic Field at Enfield High: Tennis Court, ball dia- mond and a running track. It must be that Dorothy Parker has at last been successful in raising funds for these purposes. Will wonders never cease? Palm Garden taking the place of La Bal Taberine. Pearl Davis once with the intentions of being a kindergarten teacher is now a hostess of this ball-room. Look! The headlines of the Thompsonville Press read like this : Adam Kaminsky, once manager of the Enfield High School Baseball team, is now taking Homer Allen’s place as President of the Twin-State League. Cooks Ball-room, Riverside. Why is it the people are stand- ing outside, instead of being inside dancing? There is a speaker. Malley! This dance hall has become the largest hot dog stand in the world. Malley has increased the demand for hot dogs by his splendid orations. The Scene now changes from Riverside to Hollywood. The Metro-Goldwyn Studio. The director is looking for the leading man to take the part of Lon Chaney — Wait, the people are turning towards the entrance and instead of Lon Chaney, Clyde Terwil- liger comes in dressed as the Phantom of the Opera. Florida to the front again. Another great development. The Everglades will be made into a city twice as large as New York. Who is back of all this? Why let’s see; some one is making a speech. It is Lena Angelica, who chose the career of a travelling lecturer because of her success at public speaking while in High School. Bryant Straton School of Business Administration. What

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 19 As the fond thrill of a maiden’s kiss Thou thot’s to gae’ the way a like To feed the cows and hens at night But cornie, thou art no to blame In proving foresight may be vain The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Oft go astray And leave us glad for many a day. Are you looking for a vacation camp, where you may rest after your long months of steady study? If so, write to Mr. Albert Burbank, now physical instructor at Camp Ke Wa Ne. Fm certain that he will be able to put that guiding hand over you that your fond parents always want you to have, while off at camp. Do write for full particulars. You may all go to “Smith Brothers” when you want relief from a cold, but to bring relief to your hungry mind of knowledge call on the Smith Sisters, who are at the present teaching in what was Radcliffe of Cambridge, but which is now known as the Smith Shaker School or the Triple “S” of Shaker Boulevard. Come now folks! bring your nerves and ailments to Stella Phelps, now in full charge of her own established sanitorium for the quiet curing methods which are of her own creation. Won’t you please let Stella help you? Were you ever deafened by someone yelling “Hot Dogs”? If you haven’t been, just you visit the most up to date road side stand, superintended by Vivian Brunnell of Somers. She will surely make your ears ring as she triples off those musical words “Hot Dogs.” And I’ll guarantee that your lips will part into a broad grin when she hands them to you and rolls her eyes! That habit still clings, that she had back in High School. Want a thrill? Then come to see Ida Kibbe, she with the flaming red hair, now performing with Andrew Lucas, her part- ner in the High Steppers. Nothing like them has been seen be- fore. See the talk of the year — 1940. “There’s a church in the valley of the Wildwood” — and who do you all suppose is sitting in the front seat? I know that you won’t guess, so I’ll tell you — Rose Marie Collins, the minister’s wife. See what poetry can do for one as clever as was our own Marie. Don’t go blind! But rather purchase a pair of “Shure Cure” spectacles designed and patented by Daisy Lister, her first ideas being secured while in the halls of old Enfield. If you want a good book, get the latest written by Iva Ander- son while in her quiet studio in Somers. Here again, her imagi- nation was first stirred while in the sanctuary of Enfield High. Thinking of building? Bill Ding sez, if so, order your lumber at once from the Lumber King of Maine, Alfred Woodward, Inc., where more lumber is handled in one week than any other camp