Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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10 The Enfield Echo CLASS PROPHECY (By Neil Sloan, Everett Buck, Catherine Pomeroy, Jeanne Patenaude) It is the year 1945. Neil Sloane and Everett Buck are geolo- gists stationed in Nome, Alaska. Winter has come and with it gloomy six months blackness. With the advent of darkness comes a longing for news of the Class of ’35. But, how to contact them? Sloane and Buck have but one name and address, that of Harold Cunningham. An idea strikes them both (they treat it carefully, it’s in a strange place) and neither gives it expression for a week (letting it age in the wood). A chain letter! Cunningham would be a perfect one to continue it. He was forever selling them back in 1935. Then a letter demanding information is sent to Cunningham requesting that he forge the first link in the chain. Soon the answer arrived. But, somebody, somewhere has slipped up. The answers come by thousands from all over the world, from people who had never heard of the Class of 1935. In some inexplicable manner these people had been included in the chain. By dint of long, intense application and with the aid of two stenographers, Catherine Pomeroy and Jeanne Patenaude, the re- plies are finally classified. The first letter has a N. Y. post-mark and is from Donald Comrie. New York, N. Y. Dear Classmates: Of course I am glad to assist you with your novel chain letter idea. I play the piano in Phil Spitalney’s orchestra. Leading the combine, with a baton in one hand and graham crackers in the other, is Betty Anne Winship. Frank Netopski is the crooner. His bows serve the double purpose of acknowledging applause and clucking superannuated fruit; which, incidentally, is the only kind one can purchase from the grocery store of Cardone and Alaimo. Brendan Bielitz, notorious inventor of the pretzel twisting device, occasionally condescends to play the trumpet. He still has trouble with the valves. We also have Bernice Henry with us doing a series of specialty dances. We play in a hotel that is owned by Borys and Jedziniak. They still retain the proprietary air that they once displayed in the Hotel Arlington. 1 forgot to mention that all our instruments are purchased from Henry Norian, Inc.; which ranks third in the musical world. No more news because I have emptied my fountain pen and have not the wherewithal with which to fill it. Sincerely yours, Donald Comrie.

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The Enfield Echo 9 Guala, Blaney, Norian, Mockalis, Mirabile did excellent work. In basketball William Malley, Edward Pietrusza and William Miller were the outstanding stars from the class. Under their newly found seriousness and fast developing maturity the class manipulated their first social event, the Junior Promenade. Esther Frigon was chosen as hostess and Alan Donnelly as host. Although the returns were financially small, socially it was a huge success. Much too slowly the day arrived when the position of Seniors was reached. Since there were no hats large enough to fit them most of the class members were forced to go without them. Donald Comrie was elected to the presidency in place of Edmund Rossi. The treasurer’s duties became heavy during this year because of the dues for the Washington Trip which the Seniors made in April of their final year. The committee, headed by James Mirabile, supported by Mary Smyth, Edward Pietrusza, Stephen Gracewski and Kenneth Lebeshevsky did an excellent job on this project. Edmund Rossi, Stephen Gracewski, James Mirabile, Gregory Ringwald and Russell McLean distinguished themselves in the debating field during this last quarter. Donald Comrie, who showed unusual musical talent during the four years of high school, gave two concerts for the D. A. R. Robert McIntosh, Rita Fay and Nonie Hanrahan took leading roles in the school play “Growing Pains” and created comment by their unusual performances. Another social event was the Senior Prom at which Rita Fay acted as hostess and Gregory Ringwald as host. The musical “Hulda of Holland” presented a last opportunity for the Class of ’35 to be represented. Charlotte Wirth represented the class in this. Events take place in rapid succession and the scene now shifts to Graduation Day. Amid the full-hearted farewells the giant curtain begins to drop and suddenly it bursts into the flame of the crackling logs in my fireplace. The dream had vanished and a heavy sigh of wistfulness came over me as I realized that the most note- worthy of Enfield’s groups had passed into the realm of Memory.

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The Enfield Echo British Africa Dear Fellow-Wanderers: We all seem to have travelled considerably since our days to- gether. I don’t know about you in Alaska but I don’t get much of a chance to get lonesome here in Africa because I meet many of our classmates every day. I’m here writing a book on “The Differ- ence Between Harlem and Africa.” A. Muratore is my stenog- rapher. Joe Vella has a barber shop here—tells the natives stories while he shaves—and illustrates the stories with cuts. Perhaps you have heard that since divorce among polygamists has become fashionable Mary Wojnar and Stella Salva operate a law firm. Monica McCann, Scphie Petrakis and Celia Bigos are doing Missionary work here. Karol Dubiel, Maurice McCann, John Urbon and Don Morrell members of the N. Y. Giants are here on an exhibition tour which F. O’Donnell is managing. They say if he manages to get them back to the U. S. alive he will have earned his money. M. La Grange and S. Parvelac operate a dress shop but report business sales are “short.” M. Farrington, A. Cygan and R. Hayden are here representing the Henry Norian Musical Instrument Co. They are endeavoring to supplant the native tom-toms with American made drums. Gregory Ringwald is being starred in the showing of Macbeth and is making a big hit with the native women. It’s rather “dark” here so I’ll close. Your friend, R. Garvey. King’s Ransom Hospital Chicago, Illinois My dear Sir: In view of the fact that I’m a specialist in charge of the Emer- gency Corps of the K. R. H., I am able to supply you with the infor- mation that you request. Listed among my patients are several classmates, Christine Leander is suffering from second degree burns. In a recent typing contest she was operating her machine at such a rate of speed that it exploded. Jacob Persky, communistic, collapsible soap box orator, and his colleague and fellow worker, James Mirabile, are here with an acute attack of lumber applied to the cranium. Persky’s condition requires three nurses; Dorothy Titus, Anna Pfeiffer and Eleanore Osborne. Bernice Pawelcik, champion woman swimmer, is recuperating from her swim across the Scantic. Esther Mohn is recovering from a nervous breakdown caused by excessive study. She requires the constant attention of Dr. James Blaney, famous brain specialist.