Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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Lbe Enfielb Echo Published six times during the school year by the members of the Enfield Public High School. A Board of Directors chooses the staff of officers and decides all matters of vital im- portance to the paper. All material for publication passes through the hands of a Teachers’ Committee on publication. Contributions are earnestly solicited from all students and alumni of the school. Address all literary communications to the Editor; all other communications to the Business Manager. Subscriptions may be taken at any time; copies are mailed to all subscribers not attending the school. The price of subscription is seventy-five cents a year for five issues or one dollar and a quarter for six issues, including the Commencement number. Single numbers cost twenty cents. Advertising rates are reasonable, and may be learned from the Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter February 21, 1917, at the Post Office at Thompsonville, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. XVII THOMPSONVILLE, CONN., JUNE 1929 NO. 6 ADDRESS OF WELCOME (By Dominick Lepore, President of the Class) Parents and Friends: On behalf of the Class of 1929 I extend to you a most cordial and hearty welcome to these Class Night exercises. One of the glorious traditions of old Enfield is to provide for an evening of enjoyment previous to graduation. It is with this purpose in view that we offer for your entertainment sketches of humorous activities and events that have occurred. These remarks this evening will recall many happy moments spent during our four years here. The various committees have carefully prepared a happy climax for our high school career. We take this opportunity to express our gratitude and appreciation to the parents, teachers, and friends who have helped us to attain our long-sought goal. Again I welcome you to the exercises of the evening. CLASS PROPHECY (By Ethel Drake, Claire Andre, Edwin Collins, Stuart Jordt) The Lakeside Country Club, after a game of tennis, (1950) Setting: (Enter Claire and Ethel) Chire—Gee! That was a perfect game! Ethel—Yes, if it weren’t so warm we could have played longer. I hope the ginger ale’s here. Claire—Oh, here it is already. Snappy service at this club, I’ll say. Ethel—I’m following ut women’s athletics—I see the athletes of our high school class have gained fame and fortune, for Helen Blonka came out the winner of the women’s high jump in this year’s Olympics. She is said to have reached a height of ten feet and has broken all previous rec- ords. Claire—Good for Helen! Cecelia Cummings and Helen Kearns believe in keeping a “perfect thirty-six”, so they have become instructors in the L. H. W. A., or the Ladies’ Heavy- Weight Association. The total mem- bership of this organization is

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12 THE ENFIELD ECHO weighted as six and one-eighth tons, or two hundred and fifty pounds per member. Ethel—Well, you know, while 1 was in Chicago last summer, I visited the stadium there, and I saw a big husky boxer elbowing his way through the crowd rather roughly. It turned out to be Peter Cappozzi, and I learned from one of the bystanders that he had just conquered Jack Sharkey, Jr., in a one-sided bout. Claire—Did you ever think that the Yale football team could be defeated? Neither did I, but the impossible has happened. Morris King, the football coach of Princeton University, put out a team this year that completely crushed the Yale offensive and gal- loped over the goal line for easy vie- (Enter Collins) Collins—Hello, girls. Well, say, it’s a long time since I’ve seen you folks. I was looking for you this morning— Claire—Oh, by the way, have you seen or heard anything of Robert Gourlie lately? Collins—Yes, while I was in Wash- ington this year I heard that Robert was representing the state of Conn- ecticut as a Senator. He was very in- fluential in passing a law whereby every pedestrian was required to blow his horn before crossing the street. As I passed by the White House, I hoard a stentorian voice, and upon investigation, I found that it was Jo- seph August, arguing with the Presi- dent that high school English courses should be made more elaborate. Ethel—Isn’t this a great day to play golf? Look at that sky—not a cloud in it! Claire—No, but there’s something else in it—see that airplane over there. It’s landing—and who’s that coming toward us? Collins—Well of all things—it’s Petie Jordt. You know, he’s chief clown for Hunt’s Airplane Circus. He must be on a vacation. Well it’s a hard job trying to be funny all the time. (Enter Jordt) Jordt—Well look who’s here. I thought you looked familiar, but I changed un before I came to investi- gate Well, what have you been doing all these years? I heard Claire sing- ing in the Metx-opolitan Opera House in New York about three years ago. I was quite surprised to hear her name on everyone’s lips. By the way, Ed, what have you been doing to keep yourself alive? Collins—Well, you know, since striking oil down on my poultry farm in Wallop, I made quite a fortune, and naturally I have quite a lot of leisure time. I spend it by traveling. I’ve heard that Ethel has become quite successful as a commercial artist for the firm “Liftum Bustum”, furni- ture manufacturers in Tallahassee, Florida. Jordt—Say, Ed, which member of the class of 1929 has the most promi- nent position? Collins—That’s a hard question to answer—let’s see—there’s John H. Lyons, who has become a noted lec- turer and has just finished a round- the-world lecturing tour. His subject was “Reduce, Ye Rebels”. It rivals Russell Conwell’s “Acres of Dia- monds”. Mr. Lyons is so enthusiastic over his subject that he really prac- tices what he preaches. Ethel—Well, how about our class actress? I found her employed as instructor in Dramatics at the new Hicliff College—none other than Nel- lie Phelps. Claire—The chief dietitian of that college is Mary Stinson, and Mary sees that the students get the proper number of calories each day. Jordt—Well, there’s Lucien Glazier making his pile by beautifying the faces of the young women of the coun- try. When better beauty creams are made, Lucien will make them. Ethel—And Ethlyn Connell is still an artist—she draws the ads for Lu- cien’s beauty products, and her prin- cipal model is Mary Quinn. Mary must have kept that schoolgirl com- plexion. Jordt—Well, that’s nothing, I saw in the paper this morning that Dom- inic Lepore had resigned his position as “Good Will” ambassador to become President of the Republic of Peru. And here’s another one. You remem- ber Bonelli back in E, H R.. don’t vou9 Well he’s the big political boss in Tuttleville. Maine, now erd has announced his intention to uphold the