Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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The Enfield Echo 13 nowned inventor of comforts §§ for cows, has completed his g new contrivance devised for g the protection of cows against jj flies, mosquitos and bees. This little device has only | to be attached to the tail of g the animal, plugged into an jj electric light socket and in- jj stantly the suction carries all i the insects into the mouth of j the contrivance, where there g is a jellylike substance which §| makes it impossible for the in- g sect to get away. Senate Charges Bills Bill Boyle and Bill Mad- 1 docks, heads of the Pacific g Munitions Works, are up be- g fore the Senate Munitions In- l quiry Board on the charge of g selling water pistols to school g boys. The Blow-’Em-Up boys’ g two secretaries, Helen Bal- 1 tronis and Genevieve Senio, g are also being questioned. Local News Louis Cavaleri has moved g’ his Elite Meat Market from l his old quarters on Frew g Terrace to the center of the g town on Bridge Lane. H Miss Frances Antinore, j§ clerk in the Gum Drop Candy g Shop, is thinking of getting a 1 job as a train announcer, g While she was riding in the g elevator the other day it g dropped three stories and 1 Miss Antinore swallowed her g lollypop. She has brought suit g against Helen Sordoski, the g proprietor, and Christine §§ Warren, the clerk. Grace i Lamagna was the former Ij proprietor. = Ruth Bridsall and Marian Caramazza, local librarians, announce the addition of sev- eral new bocks to the shelves of the library, x’he new nov- els are: “Where Is That Man” by Evelyn Runkey, “Dancing Lady,” by Eleanor Davis and “Horrors” by Gladys Most. Vinci Alaimo, nurse in the Naval Hospital at Hampton Roads, Virginia has been transferred to the Naval Hos- pital in Hawaii. New additions to the teach- ing staff of the Scitico High School are Betty Patterson, who will teach Commercial Law, Eileen Mahon, Social Civics and Esther Byron, the new gymnastics instructor. Vincetta Angelica has ob- tained the position of cashier in Adela Klaus’s Hill Side Garage. Local News (Cont.) Miss Mary Petraska will be heard over this station tonight at 6.45. She is to start a new children’s program. Mother Goose stories and songs will be featured. Miss Martina Marinaccio, who runs the En- field Print Shop, will be her accompanist. The program is being sponsored by the E. Steele Silk Stocking Company. Alwena Lehman has opened a new Bakery on Pearl Street Extension. For one day only a dozen of rolls is to be given away with each purchase that comes to more than a dollar.

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12 The Enfield Echo CLASS PROPHECY THE SCRAPBOOK OF Evelyn Dixon, Shirley Halsted, William Lamont and John Santanella 1936-1950 Faiman Wins Suit; Loses Tooth Miss Esther Faiman, well known woman high-jumper, won her damage suit of fifty cents against Dr. Louis Sca- votto, dentist. Miss Faiman claims that Scavotto dropped her nose when he pulled her tooth. Court clerk, Jewell Fuge, was the main point of interest in the trial. Atty. Pajot handled the case for Scavotto (no wonder he lest) while Edward McDonnell sup- ported Miss Faiman. Judge Fred Shea handed down the decision. Shades of Sally Rand Thomas Lyons and John Philbin are co-editors of the Fan-Dance, which is such a worth successor to Ballyhoo, that they are visiting in jail. The gossip column editor, Miss Betty Raiche, will carry on during their term off duty. Wood to the Jungle Miss Margaret Wood, noted African explorer, called Bring- ’Em - Back - Alive Marne, is planning another expedition, this time to look for pink ele- phants and purple lizards. Miss Wood is employed by the Smithsonian Institute. Record Broken “The Princess Rosy,” new ocean greyhound, designed by Frank Bayek, won the Atlan- I tic blue ribbon by making the | crossing in 35 hours and 20 | minutes. This was her maiden | voyage. Pat Runs to Earth Howard Edgar and Charles | Jones ace G-men of the de- ! partment of justice, captured | Public Enemy No. 1, Pat | Lamagna, last night after a 1 running gun battle. Pat is | wanted on several accounts, | including kidnaping of pet i cats and boon-doggling. Hand- ! some Alex Pilch and Gosh | Sanford Billings, other mem- ! bers of the gang, were cap- ! tured earlier this week. Senate Sleeps as Filibuster Foams The Senate, after debating | that much discussed question: | “Should children allow their | parents to dominate them” | has been sleeping for several | days. That explosive and ar- ! gumen tative Senator from | Connecticut, Francis Glista, | has been filibustering again. | Senator Glista broke his old | record of fifty-one hours, six | minutes and ten seconds by i exactly three hours, five min- ! utes and twenty seconds. His | arguments ranged from the | methods of producing Boston | baked beans and brown bread | to the latest dope on rubber | bathing suits. | Latest Invention of Lebeshevsky Proves a Success Daniel Lebeshevsky, re-

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14 The Enfield Echo Because Malcolm Krolisky, u cartoonist for the “New York jg Times,” has been doing excel- 1 lent work, the National Ad- g vertising Corporation of | America has offered him a g position on its staff. They 1 want Mr. Krolisky to draw g the models for the cigarette g ads. Social g Jeannette Landry, interna- | tionally known authority on g children’s paper dolls, will be g the guest speaker at a chil- g dren’s banquet to be given un- g der the auspices of the Holly- g wood Petite Paper Doll Club. j§ Jeannette Smith has just {§ remodeled her summer home 1 and is having open house for g the week-end. Casinghino’s | orchestra will supply the mu- | sic. Soloists will be the noted g blues singers, Charles Torre g and Genevieve Lucay. Deco- g rations will be in charge of j| Miss Olive Birdsall, the inte- g ricr decorator. Miss Lois E. King is giving g a garden party at her home g on Boulevard Road, Friday g afternoon at 2.00. Miss Marion g Cook of Spauldings, has 1 attractively decorated the ta- 1 bles with a number of her g special “West” orchids. Ma- g dame Genia Cygan, designer g from Paris, will have her girls = model the American woman’s g wardrobe. Madame is unable g to attend, but is sending her § assistant Shirley Halsted. 1 Models will be Miriam Mon- i son, Evangeline Raisse, Lor- g raine Davis, Evelyn Rachwal- sld, Ruth Thompson and Celia Quinn. Chef Stewart Block will serve a buffet luncheon at 5.00 in the reception room. The program will consist of violin solos by Charles Destro, an Apache Dance by William Lamont and Muriel Bostick, and the “Prisoner’s Song” by Mary Brutto, radio singer. Bernadine Scavotto, a well known opera singer, will be heard tonight over station ELK at 9.30. Miss Scavotto was born in a small Connecti- cut town and was graduated from Enfield High School in 1936. After leaving high school she took lessons for three years at the Matthew Lezak Conservatory in New York. She then studied in Italy under the direction of Samuel La Russa. Recently she returned to America and in 1944 sang before Arthur B'iowen, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera House. This is to be her first radio appearance. Social (Cont.) Yvonne Du Bois, governess for the Dionne Quintuplets, is back in town for a week’s va- cation. The Quints are now touring the United States un- der the direction of their pro- moter, Josephine Kurly. Miss Nancy Alaimo, head of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, will ad- dress a meeting of the local chapter which is headed by Miss Harriet Cairnduff. The committee in charge of the