Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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12 The Enfield Echo type of entertainment. I again flew East and landed at Madison Square Garden. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the queen of the show, Irene Sczepanek, doing acrobatics on roller skates. I’m sure you will agree that this performance is a truly pleasant end to this part of my adventure. Part III (By Corinne Mercik) My! I love my magic carpet! Here I am flying over the At- lantic Ocean. But what’s that down there? Why, it’s a huge ocean liner resembling the Queen Mary now en route for distant ports. To my surprise I find many of my former classmates aboard the vessel. Dr. Edward Hunt, the great surgeon, is among them. He is now taking a rest trip after many months of hard work, having successfully completed a most difficult operation on the world renowned artist, James Misuraca. I understand James was doing too much painting, thus injuring his arm. Dr. Hunt is ably assisted by Nurses Jean Spazzarini, Sheila Miltner, and Helene Swist. Walking along into the Recreation Hall, I see Josephine Viola doing a beautiful dance. I learn from her that she is now on her way to London where she has been asked to dance for the king. What a girl! Josephine attributes all her success to her business agent Joe Adamcheck. Sitting peacefully on a deck chair is the noted Rita Porcello, who is now a fashion designer. A great many of her latest sketches are appearing in “Seventeen and A Half.” She is wearing dark glasses, but you can’t hide from your admiring public, Rita. Also aboard the USS Enfield are the famous dress-makers, Bertha Kamay and Dorothy Kamaros who, I discovered, are heading for Paris where they expect to study the latest Parisienne styles. At dinner, I learned that the skipper of the USS Enfield is none other than Edward Krawczyk. Yes, Eddie always did want to be a sailor. It seems he has realized his ambition. Speaking of realiz- ing one’s ambition, Thomas “Leonardo D’Vinci” Secondo is return- ing to Italy to perform his greatest achievement, that of painting the king’s portrait. Reading over his notes, the noted lecturer- author Donald Colon is en route to England where he expects to lecture on “Education in Our Day,” written by his personal secre- tary, Matilda Buczkowski. Flying back to the U. S. A. I visit sunny California, where I encounter Marilyn Ginns teaching child stars. What a fascinating occupation! As Marilyn guided me about the “Faramount Studios” we heard a familiar voice. Of course, Sadie Severino is singing as she did in the good old days. Her business manager and

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The Enfield Echo II I hopped on my carpet and took off again. I hustled over in a very short while. My attention went immediately to Dawn Bunroe’s Hot Licks, featuring Jenny Grenbien as guest vocalist. She has just returned from a guest appearance at the Penguin Club in Brazil, singing for Pedro Josepho Manuelo Pancho Cucarachis Congas Smith, Jr. She waved to me and pointed out a near-by table. I looked, and recognized Ray Keller, noted band leader, starred at the Mocambo in Hollywood. Just then the music stopped, to mark the entrance of those two glamorous Powers models—Annette Leete and Helen Quinlan. You can see them in current issues of Photoplay. As they recognized me, they asked me to join their party. With them were Richard Mankus, great high diving star, and Michael Sokol, successor to Hank Spinatra, singing on the Fluffy-bubbly Soap Suds radio program. They told us that Frances Beeman and Janice Marks had just signed con- tracts with the BTO Studios of Hollywood. Their first picture will be “Heaven Can Wait.” Well, I have made my stay here quite long. I mounted my car- pet once more, and traveled south until I reached Maryland, and finally passed the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore where that great brain surgeon, Teddy Buczkowski was in the midst of putting back a famous moron’s brain, but he had to leave, for he remem- bered he had promised Junior a game of marbles. What’s that gathering of internes over there? Could Nurse Mary Kasperzak be the center of the big attraction? Just before I left Maryland, Mary told me that Eleanor Jedziniak teaches English in a promi- nent Washington College and Audrey Tobey travels around the world looking for new stars for the Barner Brothers Studios. I was smoothly flying along again, and stopped at Chattanooga just in time to notice a tall army colonel, Andrew Buscemi, rigidly training his men to become as great as he. I soon decided to take a really long trip, so I flew across the country, and up to Idaho. My only stop there was at Sun Valley, the playground of the world. I saw Gabriel Pare basking in the sun, and vacationing after a hectic year as president of the Happy Hearts Woo Woo Club! Also present was Sammy Scavotto, instructor of fancy ice-skating— for young ladies only. At the tennis courts, a peppy man was the center of attention—George Thomas, famous women’s society edi- tor of that talk-of-the-town newspaper, “Wolf.” Well!!! What’s that roaring noise from above? It’s a pilot doing tricky low dives! I took off on my carpet and flew alongside the plane. Why it’s Kenneth McNiven piloting that plane of many missions, Bouncing Bessie! We shook hands in the air. He was listening to imoortant news flashes on the radio, and I overheard that a great heroine was born today. A notorious criminal was at last apprehended by Chief of Police, Roma Oliver. That’s headline news! After all this excitement I think I’ll ride around and try to find a different

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The Enfield Echo 13 director is Charles “Cecil B. DeMille” Agro who has signed her to a contract for a movie in Austria. Norma Bishop is the second Joan Davis here in Hollywood and is certainly keeping them roll- ing in the aisles. For an autographed picture of Miss Bishop, con- tact Miss Marie Pelkey, her secretary and business manager. Lorraine Lawton is the noted hair-dresser who does all the latest hair-dos for the actresses. Assisting Lorraine is Zerline Oates, who has just returned from abroad where she has studied hair styles. But now, I must return home to dear old Enfield. I find that Catherine Birkenshaw is a bookkeeping teacher in our own Alma Mater, along with Bill McLaren who has succeeded his father as janitor there. Scheduled tonight is a girls’ basketball game, between the “Black Sheep” and the “Holy Terrors.” Star players for the “Holy Terrors” are Marion Dubiel and Wanda Duda. I must see that game since it is listed as a very fast one! Vernon Ellis is strictly a familv man nowadays. He is the owner of a very large farm and quite a family. Keeping his farm records in order is a former classmate, Vincy Coronna. Our recently elected first selectman of Thompsonville is Edward Falkowski, and the new chief of police is John Holland. Congratulations, men! I see the Visiting Nurse’s car parked in front of the Higgins School. The newlv appointed Visiting Nurse is Arlene Leonwicz and her assistant is Isabelle Podosek. But now I must return my magic carpet. So— We hope this news you have enjoyed, With which we have long been employed. So we put our magic carpet away, Until we need it another day.