Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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8 The Enfield Echo CLASS PROPHECY Part 1 (By Ernestine Bourque) It was June, 1955. Something wonderful happened today! I borrowed an original magic carpet designed by Russell Maylott and manufactured by the Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co., in the great metropolis of Thompsonville. Since it was commencement week, memories of high school days returned and I thought of an exciting adventure! 1 would fly around the world and see what my former classmates were doing. I called the magic words and —I was off!! Now to see who’s who from the Class of 45. After cruising about an hour, the lights of New York City caught my eye, so I parked my carpet in La Guardia Airport and took a taxi up-town. Well, there I was in little old New York, just in time for the famous night life. What did I see dazzling before me? Why it was the Coco-banana, owned by none other than Billy Lynch. I decided to go in and say “hello.” Entering the door, I recognized the sweet but sizzling music of Chick Parakilas’s or- chestra. His band was featured in “Tune In” magazine last month. I thought I’d look around and see if I could spot any celeb- rities. Whom should I see but Corinne Mercik! I heard that she had won an Oscar for her superb acting as “Fuffy” in “Jr. Miss” for GMG. I hailed the head waiter and to my amazement it was Billy Robinson all decked out in a black and yellow striped tuxedo. He gave me a table next to some famous Conover Models, three beautiful girls, my former classmates, Adeline Farrick, Jeanette Mercier, and Irene Whiteley. I learned from them that Adeline models for Miss Hattie Carnegie, Jeanette for Dream Shampoo, Those who were outstanding in sports were Gaetani, Buscemi, Girard, Secondo, Sokol, Mankus, Hunt, Golon, and Adamcheck. Among those who left oUr class to join the Armed Services are the names of George Thomson, Samuel Scavotto, James Misuraca, Nicholas Gaetani, Eugene Girard, Kenneth McNiven, Donald Golon, Edward Falkowski and John Labis. They will always be honored and respected both by the school and by us their classmates. Tonight we, the graduating class of 1945, are on the threshold of life. Many of the “men” here tonight will soon join the others in the services of our country. Therefore, we here give thanks to Enfield and its teachers both for the four glorious years we have had here and also for the splendid opportunities given to prepare for the Future.

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The Enfield Echo 7 interclass track meet. There were many exciting events but when all the points were computed we found that our class had won hands down. High scorers for our side were Girard, Golan, Gaetani, Buscemi and McLaren. Again we found another June had come and looking back we see that three-fourths of our High School stay is now completed. We found pleasure, however, in the fact that next year we would be Seniors and have the right to leave assembly first and the gen- eral run of the school. Summer skipped by and in September 1944 we found our- selves entering Enfield for our last and final year. As a means of relieving the strained relations between the Upperclassmen and Freshmen, the annual Senior-Freshman Re- ception was held. The affair was under the direction of Thomas Secondo, Louise Egan, Marjorie Sauer, Corinne Mercik, Charles Parakilas and Raymond Keller. This being our final year we elected Raymond Keller President. The other officers were Vice-President, Irene Whiteley; Secretary, Louise Egan; and Treasurer, Sebastian Angelica. As usual the annual Hi-Y Minstrel, again under the direction of Mr. Tatoian started the social ball rolling. With Thomas Secondo as interlocutor, soloists Ernestine Bourque and Jean Francis, and endmen Ruth Blackmore, William McLaren, and Charles Parakilas our class walked off with all the honors. In December the annual Senior “Mexican Festival” Prom was held. Hostess Louise Egan and Host Raymond Keller were chosen to greet the merry couples. Marjorie Sauer and Gabriel Pare, Corinne Mercik and Adeline Farrick from our class starred in the annual school play “Junior Miss.” This delightful comedy was under the direction of Miss Carey and Miss Townsen. The Operetta “Rose of the Danube” was presented in March with Miss Roach and Miss Javorski directing. Ernestine Bourque and Charles Parakilas did the honors for our class. On the morning of May 2, thirty-seven members of the senior class left for the Annual Class Trip to New York. Under the capable guidance of Miss Leary and Mr. Stazsko, a good time was had by all. Among the places of interest visited were the Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, the Hats Off to Ice show. During vacation, a group of 25 seniors journeyed to Forest Park accompanied by Mr. Hassett and Mr. Lyons. A joyous time was had by all. In May of this year the school as a whole turned out for an interclass track meet. There were many exciting events but when all the points were completed we found that our class had won. High scorers for our side were Buscemi, Girard, and McLaren.

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The Enfield Echo 9 and Irene for Ipana Tooth Paste. After a second helping of blue- berry pie made by the famous chef, Jean Finch, I realized time was growing short, so I decided to leave. On the way out, I bought a newspaper to see what was going on outside our country. I turned to the page where that renowned foreign correspondent, Edward Allen writes his column. He told of the success that Bar- bara Carenzo’s new concerto met with in Vienna. Eddie also described how David Bridge was organizing a C.A.P. for the youth of Paris. Back at La Guardia Airport I met Phyllis Miller, now a test pilot for those new plastic planes with nylon linings, and aboard her plane was the lovely hostess, Jean Francis. I decided to stop at West Point and see my two friends. Ken- neth Hapgood who led their snappy military band, and Eugene Girard, who was the Physical Education Instructor. Those boys were doing a grand job at the Academy. In a few minutes I was over the gold dome of the nation’s capitol. Here Doris Blaney was the current news, for she was go- ing to be our country’s first woman president. Her business man- ager was that great politician, Priscilla Birdsall, with Lillian But- ton head of the ICUBAEQP bureau. While talking to our future president she told me that Richard Zawada was recently made Dean of Harvard. I also met Alice Starr, hostess at a social given in honor of Miss Blaney, and Marjorie Sauer, the guest speaker. She gave a review of the year’s best seller, “How to Study,” which had been recently written by a well-known novelist, Wanda Zaczynski. Also here was America’s most famous artist and her latest paintings; the work of Jean McCracken. Leaving the tea, I entered that wonderful new building established for the study of criminal psychology by Ruth Bradley, assisted by her efficient sec- retary, Hazel Lee. By this time I grew tired of city life and decided to leave on a cruise over that bounteous farm land of Connecticut. I was passing over some of that colorful country which looked so invit- ing, I decided to land. Whom do you suppose were the owners of this rich soil? None other than those scientific farmers, Henry Curry and John Labis. These boys were really making headlines with a chicken that lays 10-pound eggs and a cow that gives 40 quarts of milk a day. They gave me a slice of watermelon which was 16 feet long and seedless! Just about now I began to get tired so I hopped on my carpet and began whizzing around—