Glastonbury High School - Reflections / Lantern Yearbook (Glastonbury, CT)

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as We Aiiee IWW lg 'll As I wandered about the circus grounds the scent of buttered pop corn the sight of h1ny candied apples and the sound of children laughing and calling to one another brought back memories of my ecrrly youth I thought of friends I had all but forgotten 1n the passing years Soon I began to wonder what these same years had brought to the members of my class in high school As I pondered my VISIOH fell on a sian which arrested my attention Here was the answer' Margo the Mystic Knows All Tells All the sign shouted in large red letters Perhaps Margo would tell me of my friends I hurried into the dingy tent and presented myself to the equally dingy Margo placing myself on the cushion opposite her While polishing a large glass ball with the sleeve of her tattered robe she asked me what I wished to know I requested information on all the members of the class of l945 of Glastonbury High School Upon hearing my request she held out her palm to be crossed with silver Having put the money into a greasy leather bag at her waist she proceeded to tell me the following The mystic haze in the crystal ball IS clearing I see a gigantic office building in the center of a large city Hartford Connecticut l believe I see a sign on a door of the seventeenth tloor lt says Mildred Nordblom personnel Manager Good Wlll Bureau On the forty second floor of this same building is the office of the Ames Life Insurance Corn pany Miss Barbara Ames is the president of the company and 1S doing very well In her outer office three gentlemen are waiting to see her Peter Bisi a daredevil on the Indian apolis Speedway Melvin Babcock who has a dangerous iob with the telephone company climbing poles and Iames Barnes who has an equally dangerous iob as Tarzan in the Tarzan motion pictures Next door to Miss Ames office IS that of the East Glastonbury Welfare Committee established and managed by Miss Iean Cohell On the fifty first floor I see a publishing companys office As I gaze a l1ttle harder a list of their best sellers appears on the bulletin board It is coming into focus I can read it now It IS as follows l How to Enter Typing Contests and Win William Aldrich 2 How Quietness 1S an Advantage in the Business World Ianis Shenstone 3 Thoughts from a Stenographer s Scratch Pad Irene Schaeffler The entire top floor I see is given over to an experimental laboratory At one table I see Alvah Russell absorbed in his greatest of discoveries - The Philosophers Stone. With it he hopes to perfect the button that will press the button. At another table sits Miss Dorothy Richardt toiling over a formula for a solution which is guaranteed to stop giggling at a moment's notice. So far she has had little success in working it out. The crystal ball is cloudirig over - we are about to have a change of scenery. Ah l see a beautiful apple orchard in full bloom. Miss Angeline Bona and Miss Gladys Varni are walking about inspecting their crop of absolutely wormless apples. In a neighboring garden Kenneth Horton is explaining his theory of eyeless potatoes to Miss Virginia Wain- man and Miss Theresa Westergom who are vacationing in the country. Miss Wainman manages the 'Wainman Date Bureau and Miss Westergom is in charge of the publicity for the Acme Drug Stores. 'The crystal ball now takes me to a Teachers' Convention. In the crowd I see Miss Margie Thomasson who is teaching English Grammar in a New England school' Mrs. Hazel Frye now competently managing the commercial department at Glastonbury High School- and Professor Graham Tyrol who is giving a lecture course at Yale on How to Talk Without Being Misinterpreted. Prof. Tyrol is explaining to Miss Thomasson the reason for Miss Marcia Holders absence. She is attending Miss Gladys Marstons wedding. 'I am now looking into the private room of Admiral Peter Nimitz Solar: who is in the process of reprimanding Francis Litwin for trying to change the 'Navy Way' to the 'Litwin Way'. Chief cook Douglas Post enters and hands the menu for the day to the Admiral for inspection. In the mystic haze a large and impressive building is taking shape. It is the Lysik Laundry' owned and operated to a large extent by Mi!! Helen 1-Ysik. Miss Lysik is now .1 ' I 'f' 0 r r 1 I were ' - . 4 . '. ' L' . 1 , 1 f - D21 T 9 2 is 1 , g'n f 4 1 j . J. .4 , 4fo,,l A . . ' I . ' . I . . V . I . 1 . 1- ' . I ' . D . - .1 1 -I . I 4 - . . 1 I 'I , , , , 5 I . . , , , . , . , . .

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I Virginia Granger leave my knowledge of the Skyrocket and Thunderstorm cheer to Earl l-Iaagensen so that he can teach next years Freshman Class how to do 1t I Raymond Grant leave my posrtlon on the basketball team to my brother Ed I Evelyn Harrts leave G I-I S to the under classmen wlth the understandlng that they are to treat rt wxth more respect than they have rn the past I Marcla Holder leave my lelsurely walk to Hazel Stmo to help slow her down when she walks around corners I Kenneth Horton leave my auletness to Pete Kumkewtch We Marxlyn Knapp and Helen Lysrk leave our g1ft of gab to Davld Holl1ster I Danlel Korng1ebel leave my ab1l1ty to look ftrst and argue afterward to George Muller I Ioan Krawxec leave my love of sports to Glorxa Tefft I Agnes Kusxak leave my love of good books to Wallace Post I Earl LaRock leave my way wrth the women to B111 L1eb1er I Lrlhan Leach leave my Job at the Glastonbury Theatre to Soph1e Bu1kus Thlnk of all the servlcemen you ll see' I Mary Leenders leave my d1Sl1k6 of Hlstory to Dorothy Stec who already hates rt I Iohn MacDonald leave my Glldersleeve laugh to anyone who wants 1t I Gladys Marston leave my calm cool and collected ways of playlng basketball to Beatr1ce Ferry so she Wont k1ll anyone rn her rec class next year I M11dred Nordblom leave my rettrmg personahty to Helen Fahey I Ioseph Pagano leave my flashy clothes to Alfy DeGemm1s who already has a pretty good start I Douglas Post leave my rat1on book to Davxd Moore who needs an extra one for h1s msatrable appet1te We Rosemarte Prell and Betty Tomhnson leave our ab1l1ty to be serrous when the occaslon ar1ses to D1ck1e Gardlner and Henry Wxnters I Nancy Ratchffe leave a bunch of carrots to Btlly Arnold so he wont have I Dorothy Rlchardt leave my argu1ng ab1l1t1es to Irene Malecky Here s hopmg you w1ll be able to conv1nce your class that you are r1ght somet1mes I Alvah Russell leave my SCISUIIIIC mrnd to Streaky Bemer I Marllyn Scagha leave my alertness 1n class to R1chard Wxlcox We Irene Schaeffler and LOUISE Kulas leave our quxet and lady ltke ways to Shrrley Dadona We Ianls Shenstone and Marton Z1rkenbach leave our love for classlcal mus1c to lack Iennmgs There 1S somethrng bestde 1azz you know I Iean Sherman leave my ab1l1ty to make dectslons to Ann Ahern Please make up your mmdll I Peter Solarz leave to Mrke Mahnoskl a clear held wrth Rosalyn Murphy I Marg1e Thomasson leave my Southern accent to Paul1ne LaCro1x The com bmatton of the two should make lnterestmg llstenmg I Graham Tyrol leave my habrt of pay1ng my debts promptly to Eddte Brown I Gladys Varn1 leave a typewrlter that doesnt make any errors to Bud Egan I Vrrgmla Wamman leave my fhrtattous ways to Anastacra Posun1ak I Theresa Westergom leave my smooth dance steps to Ianet Erlckson Its all rtght to have your head up tn the clouds Ianet but keep your feet on the ground I Shxrley W1ll1ams leave my style of wr1t1ng good themes to Tony Forghettt who has a style all h1s own In w1tness thereof the partles hereto have executed thrs agreement and affixed the1r seal m th1s year of our Lord n1neteen hundred and forty IIVE , , , , 1 1 - - - ' , , ' I I , I I V I , , to brmg h1s own to munch on In school. , , , . I ' - , , I I ' - , . I I ' . , I I ' , , , ,

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Qllllhg beh1nd a large desk readtng a magaz1ne As the v1s1on draws nearer I see that the magaztne IS Llfe I shall w1th the ard of the ball gaze at a few pages and tell you what I see There IS a p1cture of Lxeut Nancy Ratchffe of the Cadet Nurse Corps as she appears treatlng an rnfantxle paralysts v1ct1m 1n Txmbuctoo where she IS stattoned On the opposrte page IS a photo of Mxss Shxrley Wrlhams now happ1ly marrled to a forest anger standmg before one of her new hot dog stands whxch she owns along the Alcan H1ghway A few pages over IS an artxcle by Mass Betty Tomhnson on tymg bows 1n ra1l road hes The petlte Mxss Tomlmson does thls m her spare t1me Her regular pos1t1on IS that of pr1vate secretary to Frank Burus Prestdent of Pratt and Wh1tney The next few pages are gtven over to the opera season rn New York Several of the p1cture lnclude Mrss Manlyn Bossung star of the Metropolttan and Mxss Marlon Zxrlzenbach curtaxn puller The P1cture of the Week IS of Mxss Yvette Cote who has lust been voted The Amer 1can Woman W1th the Most Pleaslng Personaltty The follow1ng four pages are devoted to the forth corntng pres1dent1a1 campatgn The arttcle on M185 Eleanbl' FGHGYI WIIO 15 FUD nxng for Presxdent was wntten by her campatgn manager Stanley Gllnack. H1s slogan Ferrarl not Franklm for Prestdent Wcutl the sounds of a tango commg from the blg top have affected my tram of thought The South Amertcan motlf has entered my v1s1on I see Mxss LaVeme Czarneckl accompanied by her brother Sxgmund Czarnecln wendrng the1r way through Brazrl on a Good Nerghbor tour In thelr company 15 Iohn Btgotto the Rudolph Valenttno of our day and Carol Catana Frankte Carle s latest competttor maklng personal appearances At th1s polnt we were 1nterrupted by shouts from the b1g top As we rushed 1nto the tent we looked up to see M1ss Rosemarie Prelx aer1al star fall1ng from her h1gh Wlfe Due to the spltt second th1nkmg of Miss Mary Leenders who shtfted the safety net Mass Prelr was saved Miss lean Sherman appeared to take thetr m1nds off the near tragedy wtth her new and magn1f1cent act She a fearless bareback rlder cla1ms to be the only woman IH the world who wh1le 1n mot1on can leap from one horse to another turmng a summersault 1n m1d a1r Havmg w'tnessed th1s marvel We once agam ret1red to the ausky xntertor of Margos tent Agatn Margo began her entnrallmg narrattve Somethmg loyous 1nust be about to appear My ball IS clouded by a llght rosy haze whtch drlfts softly awaf reveal1ng an Academy Award Dmnerl Someone IS addressmg the group about the table It IS Raymond Grant wrlter producer dlrector of and actor 1n most of the popular dramas of the day He has completely oblxterated the once famous Orson Welles Seated at h1s left 15 Mlss Lxlhan Leach who IS contendmg for the best support1ng actress for her performance as Mammy tn the revwal of Gone W1th The Wmd Across the table from her IS Mzss Manlyn Scaglxa who IS promot1ng her proteges The Three Stooges Evelyn Hams IS talkmg wrth Danny Kaye wlth whom she IS runntng very sttff compet1t1on The scene IS changmg I see a w1ndow of Maceys 1n New York Two young women are decorat1ng the w1ndow and as I come closer I see that they are Miss Frances Canapan and Mxss Beverly Cowles As I look deeper 1nto the crystal I can see that they are featurlng sport sweat rs by Annamae Two of our fmest basketball players Miss Agnes Kusmk and Mxss Ioan Krawxec are modelmg them Mass Annamae Egan has started a campargn for longer sweaters and more of them Above the shop ad1acent to Maceys I see a sxgn proclatmtng the wonders of hatr styles by Fnel Manlyn Fnel Styl1st Extra ordlnalrel The crystal ball takes us across the street where we see Mrss Ann Dysenchuck yust entertng her Ktddxe Kate Center She IS followed bv her d1et1t1an Mrss Lourse Kulas Now we are whlsked to an ultra modern medlco CIIDIC 1n Phlladelphla where many advantages are offered to the poor Mtss Dorothy Cembrano has just opened lrer off1ces on the second floor She has become a vetennarlan 1n order to save her doctor bllls Mrss Manlyn Knapp has her off1ce three doors down from Mxss Cembranos She IS now prac ttsmg dentlstry and IS at th1s moment try1ng to calm the nerves of postal clerk Mxss Vxr g1n1a Granger The radlo IH the room IS g1v1ng forth wxth the new verslon of an old song Iohn MacDonald has a Farm Mrss Knapp ts walkmg to the radto she presses a button and the warm human heart touchmg VOICE of Earl LaRock f11ls the alr w1th h1s sooth1ng poetry Each day Earl has a ftfteen mxnute program whlch IS s1m1Iar to that of Bud Ramey s As the crystal takes us agatn to the street we see the smartly dressed ftgure of Miss Frances Connery who operates the swttchboard at the local fxre department makmg her way to the corner drug store The store I see IS owned by Ioseph Pagano As she swtngs open the door a man brushes past her They stop and begm a conversatxon I-Ie IS Damel Korngxebel and he IS telllng Mxss Connery that he has ftnally found the perfect model A The crystal IS growmg dark My power IS fadmg and I fear that I can tell you no more Havtng sat1sf1ed my cur1os1ty pertammg to my frtends I left Margo and the clrcus and went on my way thankful that all had at least partlally realized the1r h1gh school arnb1t1ons . r , - . , . 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