Farmington High School - Student Yearbook (Farmington, CT)

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FARMINGTON STUDENT lust Half a Century just half a century has passed along Since the first class: and when you're gone Life may then smile and fortunes bend While others plod the paths of men. Yet sadness creeps as we view the list, For ranks are thinned and some are missed. Let's pray that fifty years from now, The self-same spirit that you vow Will penetrate your inmost soul. And as the seasons on you roll You'll live to serve, you'Il love to share, Make life just better 'cause youre there. EUGENE W. ELLIS. Superintendent. Class Will T IS a matter of course that when a man dies he Writes a will bequeathing his property, estate, and other belongings to his relatives. Now the class of 1932 is not singing a funeral dirge, but we feel as if we have acquired some habits and specialties during our four years at Farmington High School that We are anxious to leave to the undergraduates, who are our only kinsmen in high school days. Witness, then, we the Senior class of 1932 of the Farm- ington High School bequeath our perfectly human, and we think lovable quali- ties to you, the undergraduates, and to you, the faculty of Farmington High School. To Louis Parrott, Frank Cadwell. in bequeathing his ruggedness and good looks, leaves the hope that the fair sex will not molest him next year when he goes to Washington. To Walter Balazy, William Ryan bequeaths his skill in the terpsichorean art and adds this warning: I never acquired my perfection by standing in the doorway all night. To Hazel Alderman, Helen Hartigan leaves her love for Latin and her customary I-I's. To William Duff, Francis Cignoli bequeaths his saxophone and the prize piece of his Iunior year, The Stars and Stripes Forever, A T30 Margaret Day, Doris Buteau leaves her steadfastness and loyalty to one. To Anton Grocki, Henry Dobrynski leaves his special privilege of guard- ing and buying roses for the women teachers, blondes preferred. To Doris Cromack, Helen Battista bequeaths her excellent record in typing. There is just one precept to follow: Keep your eyes on the keys and not on the boy at your right. To Paul Aliano, Ed. Ryan sadly leaves his golf clubs and the right to roam the corridors while his classes are in session. 14

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FARMINGTON STUDENT Charles Blinn was chauffeur for Winchell Smith and gave Helen Battista a ride back and forth to her work in Dr. Shapiro's office every day. As the movies say, They were that way about each other. Francis Cignoli was sporting a Cadillac roadster. He could afford to, since he received a magnifi- cent salary from Rudy Vallee and the National Broadcasting Company for his skill on the saxophone. Bill Ryan was setting a good record coaching the Terryville High School team. Harold Schiedel had been conducting an old- fashioned dance marathon in Burlington, but had had to conclude it because Loretta, his sister, thought that he had too many Virginia reels and should change to square sets. We all noticed that Bob Saunders ate very sparingly. The reason- simply, Bob was in training for the lightweight crown and was under the tutelage of Bat Battalino of Hartford. Alma Bailey, Mildred Iudd, and Edith Anderson were teaching school. Alma in Kingsville, Mildred in Avon, and Edith in Weatogue. Mary Marek was very charming as hostess, a position she had daily in the Apple Tree Inn. Dorothy Busch was an artist and drew several pictures of the individual members of the class on napkins. Her school chum, Isabel Vibert, could not attend the reunion for she was up in Alaska doing missionary work. and collecting unusual specimens of seals. Glenys Mosher and Agnes Arnold were steriographers in the employ of Rourke Robotham Company. When the class roll was called, Mary DeParolis was also missing. She had become a detective and was very busy on a case in Farmington trying to solve the mystery of the ringing of the curfew at ten o'clock instead of at nine. We all enjoyed Pauline lanes' dancing. George White had certainly worked wonders for her, There was one individual who did not have much time to herself at the reunion, That was Sophie Ostroske. We hardly knew her with her large dark-rimmed glasses. Sophie was class secretary and had to submit the news to the Alumni records. During the day she was ticket seller at the Central Theater. She boarded in West Hartford with Frances Manyak, who ran a beauty parlor. Marion Tallmadge was a private secretary to Robinson Egoe. President of the Unionville Gas Works, and was considered an important cog in the wheels of the institution. I learned that Dorothy Nawrocki was still painting, but this time pictures of rural life in Unionville. Anne Dublac helped her considerably when she was not employed at the nursery for the blind. Charlie Cadwell reported that Margaret Herzog had inherited quite a sum of money and was spending it quite copiously in ball games in Hartford and New York. She had been anxious to secure Grantland Rice's job with Colliers, but her sex was against her. Two o'clock and we are still exchanging news bits. George Schulz had fallen asleep and his snoring awoke us to the fact that it was time for the class of 1932 to depart until 1947, when once again we would gather at the Farmington High School. home of our dearest memories. EDWARD NELSON. 13 ,

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FARMINGTON STUDENT To Andrew Lesiak, Robert Saunders bequeaths his track laurels. Perhaps you'll need this speed to catch the 11:15 car from Farmington, To Eleanor Adams, Mildred Iudd bequeaths her smile, the smile that has won so many automobile rides. To Stanley Whiteman, William Ryan leaves two permissions. First, to keep the Day long, and to make sure he has a Day seven days a week. S To Kenneth Wilde, Harold Scheidel bequeaths his fondness for Skit impson. To Ebba Nelson and Ieannette Zegger, Pauline Iames and Glenys Mosher bequeath their love for rumble seats on moonlight nights. To Theodore Grocki, Edward Nelson bequeaths his bashfulness. To William Bronson, William Toth bequeaths his upright position so that the teachers won't fall over his feet in walking the aisles. To George Lusk, Richard Petersen bequeaths his shiny red trousers- they stretch, George. To Stanley Kasmarcik, Charlie Cadwell leaves his collegiate strut. To Roberta Parsons, Edith Anderson bequeaths her package of gum. It comes two for a cent. To Sam Robotham, George Schulz bequeaths his love for early retiring and his place on Hackney's corner mornings, waiting for a ride from the teachers. To Robert Hartigan, Harry Wells leaves his mysterious vocabulary. You'll need large pockets to carry such a large dictionary. To Sophie Grigerik-the twins, Mary Marek and Catherine Gurovich leave their cafeteria aprons. To Edith Iohansen, Dorothy Nawrocki leaves her compacts and lipstick. To Francis Day, Monroe Bagdigian bequeaths his love for horses and wild heifers. To Mary Chester, Carol Skoglund bequeaths her glasses. Maybe you can see the alarm clock mornings. To Edward McMahon, Edmund Penny bequeaths his love of eggs, but not the chickens. To Catherine Collins, Mildred Winalski leaves her rosy, we hope natural, complexion. To Ann Connelly, Margaret Mack leaves her ability to keep quiet at the talkies, To Alice Gorman, Margaret Herzog leaves her height. Maybe you can see the games then. To Raymond Hitchcock, Bertram Peltier bequeaths his scholarly serious- ness. This will help you to get your English papers in on time. To Carolyn Hitchcock, Irene Campion leaves her bobbed hair and giggle, Look what they have done for Irene, Carrie. To Ioe Hassett and Iim Morrissey, Blinn and Clifford bequeath their harmonicas and their hill-billy tricks. ,To Grace Flood, Marie Derby leaves her powers of vamping. Oh, such eyes. To Iohn Scoville, Donald Bowler bequeaths his policy of argumentation. lt at least kills time. To Victoria Valigorsky, Dorothy Busch leaves her dignity. Then you will never be heard in the corridors, Vic. To Mary Silver, Sophie Ostroske leaves her high brow demeanor. Don't reach for the moon, Mary. 15