Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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10 The Enfield Echo in stenography, Anita Sperrazza, Carmela Bosco, and Bernice Gardner make a creditable showing. In this act, under the direc- tion of Mr. Lee, we enter the Valley Wheel League. In basketball, the stars of the season are Gourlie, Luczai, Deni, Pohorylo, and Zawada. Jackobiec, Kukulka, Pohorylo, Deni, Ligenza, Cowles and Bellico shine brightly in baseball, while in track Krzys, Kazmierski, Narewski, Gourlie, and Greenblatt, with Galimberti as manager, attain enviable records. Mika, Sylvester, Ruggerio, Reveruzzi, Mulak, Yesukiewicz, Crombie, and Cowles are our football heroes under the management of Leggett. Archie Luczai and William Yesukiewicz bring honor to the school by being members of the team winning the Silver Cup at Storrs Agricultural College for excellency in judging. During this act, Mr. King, supervisor of music, retires from service. From the first grade up, Mr. King has been our music instructor and it is with sadness that we are forced to sever our connection with him. As the entire production attains a smoothness and a finish that are very pleasing, our thoughts of graduation are suddenly saddened by the untimely death of Miss Storrs, our vice-principal, dean of girls, and a member of the faculty for 28 years. She was one of our best liked and most respected teachers and we miss her greatly. We shall always think of her as having a prominent part in the shaping of our lives and shall hold her in loving remem- brance. The play of our high school days is coming to a close. We finish our study here but will go on writing new plays of greater adventure, for while the scene of High School Life is over, the drama of Real Life is just now and here at its triumphant Com- mencement, for as Shakespeare says: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time, plays many parts.”

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The Enfield Echo 9 decorated in blue and silver, the class colors. The gowns of the girls are similar in color to hues of the rainbow as they dance the light fantastic under an array of gayly colored balloons. Two of our best dancers, Lawrence Smith and Marjorie White act as Host and Hostess. Our class is again admirably represented in the school play, “Mary’s Ankle” by Sherrell Sisitzky, Lawrence Smith and Edward Mika. The first minstrel sponsored by the Hi-Y is held this year with Viola Packer and Peggy Fleming as endmen. But, with our added maturity, comes more strenuous prepara- tions for encounters with the villain, Study, who lurks ever in the background, ready to invite a contest at the most inopportune and unexpected moments. Other unexpected things are happening. Many who came on in the first act with enthusiasm and high hopes have wearied of the struggle and left the cast in search of positions offering speedy remunerations and less brain fag. We miss them, but realize that they may be entirely justified in their withdrawal. Again an intermission of eight weeks, which both audience and actors greatly enjoy, perhaps because they realize there is but one more act to follow. The high school orchestra plays better than before, and there is an atmosphere of gayety that even the thought of study cannot completely dispel. Act IV arrives at last and is warmly received. By this time, we are so matured, so at ease, so changed for the better that we are difficult to recognize. We seem to view with rose-colored spec- tacles the scene that so soon will vanish. It looks impossibly at- tractive. We have grown honestly fond of all the cast, some of whom we regarded with anything but favor as the curtain rose on the first act of this queer play. Even that arch-villain, Study, seems less formidable. Wouldn’t it be curious if we grew to like him? The actors are certainly on much more familiar terms with him now then they have been before. The action is more rapid and more complicated than in preced- ing acts. There are more activities than before and there are some delightful interpolations. The school play of our senior year, “The Donovan Affair” adds great fame to our class with Marjorie White and Kenneth Cowles in the lead. Ernest Pierog, Robert Hardy, Walter Kelly, William Crombie, Bryce Leggett, Sherrell Sisitzky, Florence Petkis, and Donald Gourlie also show excellent dramatic ability. Our Senior Prom is very successful under the guidance of William Crombie and Sherrell Sisitzky as Host and Hostess. The gym is beautifully decorated in streamers of blue and white. Again in the Hi-Y Minstrel Viola Packer, Peggy Fleming, and Lawrence Smith show much talent. In a state-wide contest at Bridgeport, Helen Beck wins second prize in typing with Stella Wojnar third;

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The Enfield Echo CLASS PROPHECY (By John Henry, Shirley Walker, Joseph Zawada and Dorothy Cunningham.) Scene: Terrace Garden of Grand Hotel. Enter John, Shirley, Joseph and Dorothy. John—What a coincidence, folks, that we should meet here at the Grand Hotel of Paris, France. Dorothy—I never was more glad to reach a place in my life. What a fearful crossing I have had! Shirley—I’ve been here two weeks but our passage was very calm. Well, people, let’s divulge our deep dark secrets, and tell what we’ve accom- plished during the last ten years since we graduated from Enfield High. Joe—Let’s sit down in these easy chairs and talk about ourselves and then about our classmates. Confession is good for the soul, John, tell us what you’ve done? John—Oh! I have been doing a great deal of traveling for the Wel- fare Department of Connecticut. I’ve had both hard knocks and good times. Now, Dorothy, what have you to say for yourself? Dorothy—Well, to make a long story short, I have done many things. After leaving Enfield I went to col- lege, and since then I have devoted most of my time to musical work. I’m on my way to Vienna now where I plan to appear in a concert. Shirley, let’s hear about you. Shirley—As you all knew at En- field, I planned to be an authoress. I have spent my time on a Texas Ranch writing my latest novel “Dearly Be- loved.” It is practically complete now. It takes months and sometimes years to get your material for a book. Joe, since you were the one that started this conversation suppose you relate your own story. Joe—There is very little to tell. I’ve been employed in the State Motor Vehicle Department of Connecticut. I haven’t had a vacation for three years in order that I might come over here and see the World’s Fair. I th nk I’ll start telling you about some of our classmates. The boat I came over on was built bv Theodore Wezowic Co., ship builders of the first quality. Two of our classmates on the boat were Katherine Dulack and Bertha Jatkevicius. Both are teachers at Bay Path. Marie Hines also was on the boat. She plans to marry a former French Count. John—Pauline Caramazza, who is a beauty expert, is having a hard time trying to keep Henrietta Bissel a platinum blond. Henrietta is a model for Adrian in Hollywood. Joe—Oh! talking about Hollywood, Margaret Landry has taken the lead- ing role in “George White’s Scandals”. She is to sing “How’re you doin’ hey hey. John—The newspaper says that Ellsworth Clarkin, a chemical engi- neer, has just returned to the East after doing some engineering work on the Bar X Ranch, managed by Caesar De Caro, who throws the bull every day. Dot.—I just heard that Loretta Gates has won the World’s Record in a Typewriting Contest which was held in Missouri. Loretta’s typewriting has highly improved since her days in Enfield. She types 150 words a minute now. Joe—While I was traveling through Poland I saw Walter Luczai who has become a prosperous poultry man. Also while there I saw Dorothy Mac- Fawn who is the first American wo- man minister to Poland. Shirley—I read that Lillian Frisino has become the greatest woman trav- eler in the United States. She is now exploring the wilds of Panama. Viola Packer is married, but she told a friend that she wishes she were single again. John — While I was walking through the Fair Grounds, I saw John Carroll, who has reformed as a late- bird. John is now a manufacturer of alarm clocks so that automobile me- chanic, Sam Buttacavoli, will get to work on time. I met John at his ex- hibit in the Fair Grounds. Dot—I heard that David Sloan has just been elected President of the