Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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The Enfield Echo 13 to see him about some life insurance. His personal secretary is Eileen Robinson. I arrived at the Shangri La Airport in Quebec about 10:30. The airport looked strange to me so I began a sightseeing tour. In one of the so-called hangars, I saw Henry Sidor repairing a new type of helicopter, which was the queerest thing anyone could imagine. My next visit was to the Department of Agriculture, where I found Edwards Potwine and Joseph Perry working on a book entitled, “How to Raise Weeds.” It was nearly noon, so I asked Joseph where I could get a good lunch. He advised me to go to the Best Foods Restaurant, owned and operated by Jennie Zawada. While I was eating my lunch two tall handsome fellows entered the restaurant. I soon recognized them as Robert Fournier and Donald Perry. Bob told me he was a correspondent for the North American Daily News and that Donald Perry was his most able cartoonist. The intense heat made me very thirsty so I went into the Walgreen Drug Store for a milk shake. To my surprise I saw Peter Radosti, the proprietor of this store and Bertha Petraska, his book- keeper. My supply of money was diminishing rapidly so the next day I went to the Bank of Canada to cash some of my ten-year-old bonds from the last World War. Behind a big stack of bills were Joan Fahey and Rose Angelica. Rose told me that Florence Moschetti was a gym teacher in one of the high schools of the city. I wanted to see how this school ranked with Enfield, so I ventured out to look at it. As I was walking through the playgrounds I saw Saverio De Caro giving a group of boys a terrible workout. His basketball team had won the championship four times. When returning to my hotel that evening, I met Irene Mercier and Elspeth Stowe leaving a large beauty parlor after a hard day’s work. Irene remarked that she had recently talked to Dorothy Dobrozensky in the nursing school of the “Quebec Hospital” for men. The hotel was sponsoring a dance that night which I attended. Dancing the South American rumba was Dorothy Jacobs. Then Polek informed me that he had to go to Mexico to trans- act some business for his employers, and before I could say “Jack Robinson” we were in Mexico. There I met my old classmate Carmelina DiMaria, who stopped to talk to me. Hello Robert. I haven’t seen you for almost ten years. That certainly is a long time. I suppose you’ve met some of our former classmates here in Mexico. Edward Zebrowski, the well-known literary genius, is visiting this country to collect material for his latest novel. June Magnuson, the first woman to become president of the Third National Bank, has engaged Rita Vesce as her private secre-

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12 The Enfield Echo important notes on the writing of their new simplified stenography book. In the same group was Marion Hayden, who told me that she will introduce the book when it is completed. The plane left the ground with a beautiful take-off, and I boarded my train to Chile. I haven’t met any more of our classmates, but I did receive a letter from Constance Agrapides who is now in California. She wrote me an interesting letter in which she said: Dear Wanda, The other day I attended California’s Big League Football Game with Anthony Siana and Francis Panella as its star players. In the bleachers I met Jack Becker and Charles Robinson, now head engineers of the San Francisco Engineering Co. As one of the football players was injured, he was immediately taken to the Western Memorial Hospital, where Mary Porcello is superintendent of nurses and Josephine Caramazza is head nurse in the operating room. While I was at the Fashion Shop yesterday, I talked to their expert dressmakers, Audrey Howard and Caroline Legienza. They informed me that Terence Burke is Dean of the University of California, whose renowned faculty consists of Shirley Landry, Claire Rush, and Janice Ryan. By the way, did you know that Edith Criscitelli has established her Beauty Salon on Main Street? Her assistant, Virginia Slick, has achieved prominence as an outstanding hair stylist. I recently dined at the Crystal Club and saw Donald Brown and Edward Wojnar leading their swing orchestra. Dancing to their music were Robert Watton, principal agent of the Central Union Insurance Co., and his lovely secretary, Jean O’Brien. Other stenographers employed in this office are Ann Lamagna and Genevieve Ward. Oh yes, Gilbert Pierce wen first prize for his farm products at the recent County Fair. Lila Reed has written me that she has secured a position as secretary to a business executive. Helen Kamay will also be em- ployed in the same office. As suddenly as Wanda left me I found myself in Quebec talk- ing to Clemens Polek. He said: Hello Bob! It was on the tenth anniversary of my graduation from Enfield High that I spent a vacation in Quebec, Canada, where I met many of my former classmates of 1944. I took a large twelve- engined transport plane from the Windsor Locks Airport, which was flown by John Conboy with Edwin Bourque as his co-pilot. As I was sitting very comfortably in one of the large chairs, Josephine Angelica and Janet Tierney came up to greet me. They were both stewardesses aboard the plane. I had previously heard that Fred Bomely was president of the “Pay As You Go Insurance Company,” of Canada and I was anxious

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14 The Enfield Echo tary. Miss Vesce also does some modeling after her regular office hours. Edward Arrowsmith, the District Attorney of Merida, and the Highway Supervisor, Matthew Korona, were both on their way to see Eleanor Marcinkiveg, the head librarian at the city library. Their mission was to obtain information for very important plans. Joseph D’Ascoli is the proprietor of the Modern Bakery Shoppe of Mexico City. As he transacts business on such a large scale, he has employed Ralph Fiore as his assistant baker and Victoria Poleski as the manager of the executive department. Adeline Cimino and Lillian Cammilleri are in the various offices of the capitol building, where they have established themselves as the finest stenographers in the state. Edmund Wosko, the chief pilot for the American Airlines, arrived here today with Mildred Blaszko, who came to take over the position of superintendent of nurses at the General Hospital of Mexico. Say Bob, I hear that you are now successfully operating the Finnan Construction Co., and are the chief engineer yourself. I also understand that John Sullivan gave up welding to become one of your staff members. I was pleased to run into Joseph Rumore, Jr., today’s number one comedian, who is here to make a special appearance on the Greater Mexico Fund Broadcast which is being sponsored by the generous benefactor, William Lee. Other celebrities who are also here to offer their services to charity include Margaret Kiley, the famous orator; Collins Campbell, the star hockey player of the United States and Canada; and Harriet King, the chief cartoonist at the Walt Disney Studio in California. Incidentally, I recently met Carmelina Marinaccio, who is the proprietor of the Smart Dress Salon now being operated on Lom- bard Ave. As her private secretaries Miss Marinaccio has engaged her capable friends, Elizabeth Terry and Patricia Lynch. Then much to my regret the alarm clock went off and I had to get up to face the real world.