Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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The Enfield Echo 23 ACT IV Scene—Same as preceding acts. Time—About 8 weeks later. Characters—Class of ’39 who have achieved the envious title of “Dignified Seniors.” To guide them in their Senior year, the Class of ’39 elects Ernest Burgess—President, Mary Sheehan—Vice-President, Jean Conley—Secretary, Donald Sullivan—Treasurer. To start the year ofF with a bang a large number of the class takes part in the annual Hi-Y Minstrel entitled “Nite Club Revue.” Stars of the show are David Johnston, Thomas Sullivan, Frank Morrison, Mary McNally, Janet Armstrong, Desmond Hyde and Robert Leggett. Mr. Langford directs again. Next they put on one of the most successful Senior Proms in years. Host David Dolge and Hostess Marilyn Coons present a striking appearance at this social affair. After their Christmas Vacation the Senior Class returns and begins work on the school play entitled “Come Out of the Kitchen.” Included in the “All Senior Cast” are Margaret Cook, Janet Campbell, Janet Armstrong, Eleanor Smith, Mary Halak, Raymond Kaminsky, Joseph Bosco, Alden Ridley, Francis Smith, Frank Morrison and Thomas Sullivan. The production is under the able direction of Miss Javorski. The one-act play “A Proposal Under Difficulties” represents Enfield in the one-act play festival. The director is Miss Collins and the cast is composed of Margaret Cook, Janet Campbell, David Dolge and Joseph Bosco. Enfield’s debating team finishes second in the State finals. The argumentative abilities of David Johnston, Frank Morrison, Mary Halak, Raymond Kaminsky, and Ruth Damon were the highlights of the debating campaign. The first week of May finds about 70 members of the Senior Class following the tradition of the annual Washington visit. The trip will live long in the memories of those who were fortunate enough to go. The Enfield High Static blossoms out into a first-class literary publication. Miss Crombie, the faculty advisor; Margaret Cook, the editor; and Margaret Leach, Katherine McLaren, Janet Campbell, Carol Horner, Stanley Nosal, and Hubert McCormack who made up the rest of the staff, have a lot to be proud of. In the list of outstanding athletes are the names of Borski, Melfa, Nosal, Porcello, Morrison, Scavatto, Bernier and Zawada. Most of these boys starred in sports all through their High School Careers. During the Junior and Senior Years the Class of ’39 lost two of its most respected members, Lottie Bigos and Frederick Fitzgerald. It is to them that we, the Class of ’39, dedicate this class history.

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22 The Enfield Echo first year they take part in the Jumbo Jamboree and have the upper- classmen green with envy over their fishing booth. The feature of the year is the election of the class officers. Ernest Burgess is elected President, Vice-President, Margaret Leach; Margaret Cook, Secretary; and Eli Raffia, Treasurer. ACT II Setting—Same as Act 1. Time—About eight weeks later. Characters—Same as Act 1 who have now become sophisticated sophomores, and joined the ranks of the intelligencia. As Sophomores the talents which served them so well in their Freshmen year are further brought out in the Hi-Y Minstrel di- rected by Mr. Langford, and entitled “Air Revue.” The vocal solos of Mary McNally and Frank Morrison are the highlights of the show. For the first time in many years the music department pro- duces a light opera entitled the “Pirates of Penzance.” The pro- duction is helped by the talents of Frank Morrison and Irene Hoersch. The class officers are Ernest Burgess, President; Mary Sheehan, Vice-President; Dorothy Allen, Secretary; and Donald Sullivan, Treasurer. ACT III Scene—Same as Act 2. Time—About eight weeks later. Characters—Same as Act 2 but they have developed into serious minded in- dividuals. As Juniors, the Class of ’39 selects Ernest Burgess, President; Mary Sheehan, Vice-President; Dorothy Allen, Secretary; Donald Sullivan, Treasurer. The first important social event of the year is the annual Hi-Y Minstrel, presented following the plan of a Showboat Revue. James Donnelly, Mary McNally, Thomas Sullivan and Frank Morrison, along with many other members of the Junior Class help make the production a huge success. Mr. Langford is again the director. Next on the social calendar is the school play entitled “The Charm School” presented under the direction of Miss Javorski. Margaret Leach, Mary Halak, Janet Campbell and Carmelina Di Fredo who hold leading roles, contribute in a large way to the success of the play. The next undertaking of the class (with the help of a few Seniors) is the Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta entitled H. M. S. Pin- afore and directed by Mr. Merritt. Leading parts are taken by David Johnston, Janet Armstrong, and Robert Leggett. The crowning Social Event of the year is the Junior Prom which proves to be a social and financial success. Host Alden Ridley and Hostess Janet Armstrong preside over the gala affair. Thus ends the Junior Year of the Class of ’39.

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24 The Enfield Echo To ring down the curtain with a fitting quotation, I quote from Thomas Heywood who said: “The world’s a theatre, the earth a stage, which God and Nature do with actors fill.” THE CLASS PROPHECY OF 1939 (By Donald Sullivan, Helen Jedziniak, Thomas La Russa, Palma Mancini) Scene—Gypsy Camp Part I—By Donald Sullivan We the internationally known “Phoney Forecasters” have been requested by that remarkable and unforgettable Class of 1939 to peer into the future and prophesy coming events up to 1950. We are gypsies who have traveled from the Soviet to Sacramento. We are known for our ability to forecast the future aided by our magic kettle. As I gaze into the future, I see: Dorothy Allen as a school teacher out in the great plains of West Wallop. Mary Angelica and Virginia Chillson out in Hollywood where they are both fighting for the part of Scarlett O’Hara, I think that glamour girl Shirley Temple will get it. Leslie Andrew is still out in Pine Point where he is building a twenty-room cottage for the summer. Janet Armstrong, the boyfriends are still four deep in front of her house. Jean Bailes is the matron at the Prison for Women Drivers. Grace Cimino is her secretary. Adele Baj is at the head of Frank Cook’s hospital for aged dogs. Dorothy Vivier and Kenneth Pelkey have just finished their latest experiment of raising bananas without the peels. Agnes and Leona Baltronis are doing a sister act at Ernie Burgess’s “Nab and Stab Casino.” Nuvart Baronian and Margaret Cook are partners in a Speech Activity School with Evelyn Cormier acting as the Principal. Malcolm Bernier, the boy who looks like Joe Di Maggio, is bat boy for the Shaker Nine. Wanda Blondek runs a dude ranch for Marilyn Coons who is too busy taking care of her own dude, David Dolge. Charles Borski has just been elected coach of Enfield’s base- ball team because the team won the championship and the last coach got a stroke. Antoinette Bosco is happily married to that bread winner, Jerry Cardone.