Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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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

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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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THE ENFIELD ECHO 13 18th Amendment to the best of his ability. Collins—Just last week I read in the “Chili Times” that Angela Turrin has opened a crocodile farm in Brazil. She is now engaged in the prosperous business of exporting crocodile tears for use in the theatrical business. She has employed Elsie Steele as her right-hand man. Elsie’s job is to col- lect the tears in porcelain containers. This is quite a difficult accomplish- ment as the crocodiles must be gently flicked under the chin with an ostrich feather, while at the same time, the crucibles are held under their eyes. Jordt—Quite a ticklish job, I should say. But still, I don’t think it is any more important than— Claire—You fellows stop your argu- ing. You talk so much that Ethel and I can’t get a word in edgewise. Ethel—Yes, who would have thought that Bertha Lucas and Helen Nasuta would be found at the head of the Killemquic Hospital for incura- bles! So far they have been very suc- cessful. and they have recently added Anna Norris to their staff of first- class trained nurses. Claire—That’s good! While I wa° traveling in France last summer, I happened to visit the Dupuis Hall of Fine Arts, and I came across one of the prize masterpieces of the season, just completed by Eunice Green. She was formerly one of the starving ar- tists of Greenwich Village. The paint- ing was entitled “The Awakening.” Collins—Speaking of Paris suc- cesses, Dorothy Baumes has been hailed as one of the foremost dress designers of the day. Dot certainly was clever, though she never exploited her talents. The gowns are displayed exclusively by Florence Haginski, Paris’ most graceful manneouin Jordt—I tuned in on Station W. E. A. F. last night and what do you sup- pose I heard? The announcer was just introducing the “Snappy String Quar- tet” and it was led by Virginia Hv- land. Next came our old classmate, Eunice McGuire, who has become a very popular favorite with radio au- diences. She certainly can sing and she was accompanied on the piano by Edith Smith, the musician of old ’29. Quite a reunion of our class—and the announcer turned out to be Caroline Comstock. I thought there was some- thing familiar about that voice. Ethel—Quite a coincidence! But, speaking of musicians, you know Phil Dowd is now manager of the Babylon Theater in Chicago, but he doesn’t believe in bothering himself with de- tails so he leaves his correspondence entirely in charge of his very efficient private secretary, Welle Farnham. Now to return to the program—Phil always puts on a good program— Frank Javorski was singing “My Dream of Love”, a very beautiful song composed by Margaret Knight. It is said that two-thirds of Hie au- dience was made up of women! Then we heard Billie Hughes and his Jazz Joy Boys, not the least jazzy and joy- ous of whom is our old friend, Emil Baiek Claire—Did you hear that Helen Olmsted has just expounded a new theory on evolution that is causing a great deal of comment in the scien- tific world? She maintains that cer- tain observations she made while in high school led her to doubt whether some of the human species had yet evolut.ionized. Collins—Francis Connell certainly lives on Easy Street—that should suit him perfectly. He is running a very unique club called the “Rest Club.” and the most important members are Jimmie Rowan, Stanley Trachimowicz, and Dougie Thompson. Jordt—Well, who do you suppose is the architect of the new high school being built in Enfield? Chester Brain- ard! And helping him is Klemens Kalva, as electrical engineer, who, be- sides having charge of all the wiring in the building, has the dangerous iob of putting nuts on all the thunder- bolts. Claire—I see Louise Wadsworth is still up to her old tricks. She’s a newspaper critic, and one much feared by producers, as a plav succeeds or fails on her criticisms. I’ve heard that she has been offered tremendous bribes, but refuses to accept them, as she believes in saying exactly what she thinks! Ethel—Well, she’s running true to form. And where do you suppose I found Billie Pryce? He is emploved as a tester in a mirror factory. His job is to try all mirrors before they