Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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The Enfield Echo 29 Bill Fuge and Hostess, Jane Pierz. The hall was decorated with blue and gold, our class colors. The prom was a social success. At the end of the junior year only one athlete received a letter for his ability in Athletics and that was Walter Los, who holds at present the Western Massachusetts, Valley Wheel and Enfield half- mile records and the Enfield quarter-mile run record. The Junior year seemed the shortest of the three years we had attended. The reason for this might be because of our constant thinking about our senior year. After three years of hard work the time finally arrives when we the Class of '37 were enrolled as seniors. The yearly elections were held and the results were as follows: President, Allan Comrie; Vice-President, Jane Pierz; Treasurer, Ned Hines; Secretary, Stella Petraska; Executive Committee, Doris Paradise and Elliot Donnelly. The annual Hi-Y Minstrel this year entitled, “Air Revue”, was given in December by the Hi-Y Club under the direction of Mr. John A. Langford. The following seniors played leading parts in the minstrel: William Richards, Stanley Parvelac, Armand Sarno and Daniel Misuraca. With the much needed assistance of Mr. Langford, part of the cast was heard over a Hartford Broadcasting Station. The Senior Prom was held in December with Allan Comrie as Host and Margaret Fritzgerald as Hostess. Music was furnished by “Eddie Abrahamson and His Commanders.” The affair was a social success. Before the Christmas Holiday our Head of the English Depart- ment, Miss Zilpha Meyer, resigned for marital reasons and was succeeded by Miss Helen Javorski. January brought around the preliminaries of the Valley Wheel One-Act Play Contest which was held in our auditorium on Friday, January 22. We emerged the victor over Ludlow who presented “Will You Marry Me?” and Easthampton who presented “The Tangled Web.” The following seniors took part in our play enti- tled, “Thank You, Doctor:” Margaret Fritzgerald, William Rich- ards, Carl Johnson and Allam Campbell, under the direction of Miss Brakel. The finals were held on Wednesday of the following week at Enfield. The result is as follows: First, West Springfield with “Dust of the Road”; Enfield second with “Thank You, Doctor” and third, Monson with “His Soul.” Frank Cybulski, well known and loved by the seniors, was taken by death during the March vacation after a short illness. The operetta “Pirates of Penzance” was held in April under the direction of Miss Helen Javorski and Mr. Wesley Merritt. Carl Johnson a member of our class played a leading part. A social party was given for the entire cast of the operetta and

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28 The Enfield Echo ment were, the buses were to leave at 5 o clock and they were hungry.) The main event of our short lived Freshman year was the elec- tion of officers which resulted as follows: President, Ed. White; Vice-President, Jane Pierz; Secretary, Agnes Pohorylo; Treasurer Allan Campbell; Executive Committee, Marion Davis and Robert Furev The first social activity in which we as freshmen played was the annual Hi-Y Minstrel entitled, “Hi-Y Military Grand Minstrel, under the direction of John A. Langford. We were happy to have Barney Buscemi, one of our class, as soloist. September, 1934, found us as highly sophisticated Sophomores. September also brought around a rank of superiority to us over the freshmen as we were able to attend the morning session with the upperclassmen and also join the school clubs and participate in varsity athletics. A few weeks after our return to school we held the class elec- tions of officers which resulted as follows: President, Eddie White; Vice-President, Jane Pierz; Secretary, Stella Petraska; Treasurer, Allan Campbell; Executive Committee, Marion Davis and Allan Comrie. , . ,, Our Class of ’37 was fairly well represented in the operetta “Hulda of Holland” by William Richards, Barney Buscemi and Michael Marrinaccio, but in the school play, “Growing Pains”, we were represented not in the cast but in the orchestra (maybe it was the title and our self-consciousness that kept us away). Many of us had the honor to partake in the 300th Anniversary of the Found- ing of the American High Schools which was celebrated by a PagGThe shadow of bereavement overtook us as Christy Sylvester, one of our class, was taken away by the hand of death. The Hi-Y Minstrel entitled, “Hi-Y Circus Minstrel”, received our share of participants and two outstanding endmen, Stanley Parvelac and Barney Buscemi. And as time waits for no one we were soon leaving our sorrow and happiness behind us and ready for our junior year. Juniors—We’re the tops—so we thought. In a short time the annual class election of officers was held, of which was the following result: President, Eddie White; Vice- President, Jane Pierz; Treasurer, Allan Campbell; Secretary, Stella Petraska; Executive Committee, Allan Comrie, Marion Davis. The annual Hi-Y Minstrel was given under the direction of Mr. John A. Langford with a large number of Juniors participating. The next social activity of the year was the school play entitled “Charley’s Aunt”, directed by Miss Meyer. We were well repre- sented in this play by William Richards’ acting. The annual Junior Prom was held with the following as host:

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30 The Enfield Echo at this affair members of the football and basketball teams were presented with letters. Allan Comrie and Miss Hedenburg received medals, presented by the D. A. R. at the Memorial Day Assembly, for the best citizen- ship. A class history cannot be given without even mentioning the boys who were outstanding in the various sports. They are as follows: Labutis, Fuge, Nye, Dubiel, Disiacca, Los, Eddy, Sas, Hines and Malley. Seniors, and slightly scared about it all—sort of wishing time would drag—instead, it flies as we draw dangerously close to the cold world. We are glad about lots of things, and although we missed plenty—we’ll miss more—especially Enfield. CLASS PROPHECY (By Lillian Gardner, Virginia Alden, Leon Bajek, Anthony DiLorenzo) Back in the days when we were seniors in Enfield High, a school newspaper was started which was a great success. Since then members of this talented class have achieved fame in different walks of life in all parts of the world. We have had the good fortune of acquiring information about each and every member and have organized a special edition. If in so doing we have shown that that spark of talent, kindled in those carefree days, has burst into a flame of achievement, we will have served our purpose. Cooperating with me in this task are Miss Virginia Alden, Mr. Leon Bajek and Mr. Anthony DiLorenzo. LOCAL NEWS Mayor William Cowles orders guards to shoot any strange person trying to approach the plane which crashed, on its test flight in Enfield, with no serious injury to passengers. Dr. Thomas Smyth and his nurse, Frances Vella, rushed to the scene to administer first aid. Among those reported on board were Jane Pierz, M. G. M. star, es- coi'ted by Director Richard Snyder; “The Soup Brothers”—Soup Camp- bell, Allan Comrie and Elliot Don- nelly, who have recently hit stardom; and Roy Broege, “The Million Dollar Producer,” escorting Genevieve Starr, who is known as the “Rhumba Song- stress.” The plane was piloted by Arthur Allen with Bob Hastings as assistant. “Tracy Nye” and “G-Men” Francis Dubiel and Stanley Krzys conducted the investigation. Their first reports indicated that the plane was brought down by Public Enemy No. 1, “Two- Gun” Ganner and his runner-up, Arthur Gemme, with the help of their “Gun Molls”, Peggy Fitzgerald and Shirley Wetherell. However, final re- ports prove that the party arrested were “happy-go-lucky” bachelors and divorcees trying to have some fun.