Higgins Junior High School - Tatler Yearbook (Thompsonville, CT)

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2 THE TATLER Class Song By Dorothy Colson After months of work and study, After months of work and play, Now we leave the Junior Hi h School, With our hearts so li ht and ay. Softly sing “Farewell” in parting-. As we leave the Hig-gins School, As we leave the halls of learning- “In quest of the best” will be our rule. Chorus Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins Junior High, To our teachers, friends, and class- mates Bid we all a fond “Good bye.” Class Poem Our thoughts are sadly turning To the days that soon are o’er When we shall leave the Higgins School Which we have loved of yore. Our hearts are filled with sorrow To leave the dear old school; Our days are short, we all know that Our days of Higgins rule. We all are very sorry To leave the friends we know Because that school is where we learned To grow both strong and true. Farewell! Farewell to Higgins! Farewell to teachers, friends,. Our memories and pleasures With joy will never end. Apostle Bassos, 8A. Class Statistics Prettiest Girl Helen Olmstead Handsomest Boy Dominick Lepore Mo.st Popular Girl Grace Terry Most Popular Boy Joseph Naughton Smartest Girl Virginia Hyland Smartest Boy Robert Gourlie Vainest Girl Beatrice Blowen Vainest Boy Sylvester Bottone Wittiest Girl Pauline Fanelli Wittiest Boy Joseph Naughton Quietest Girl Catherine Wialy Quietest Boy Chester Brainard Most Talkative Girl. ..Dorothy Hayward Most Talkative Boy Apostle Bassos Class Artist James Bellomo Class Poet Marjorie Carson Class Athlete Joseph Naughton Class Pet Chester Brainard Class Baby Michael Liucci Class Dude Roland Duprey Class Bluff - Wilson Pryce Class History ' We, the class of 1925 are near the end of our experiences and studies in the A. D. Higgins Junior High School. We believe that most of us have tried, to the best of our ability, to honor the school and to obey its laws. Our reason for this is that the school is one of the best in Connecticut and that we are justly proud of her. After our summer vacation, we took up our school work Sept. 15, 1924. On opening day, it was found that on account of the crowded conditions it would be necessary to put some classes on half session. Our classes began at 12.30 and closed at 4.30. This was not very satisfactory and we gladly welcomed the whole day sessions which began in January and continued for the rest of the year. During the year some pupils have been promoted and some demoted; some have moved away and some new pupils have joined the class. Our new members are Ethel Drake, Harold Berger, Thomas Smith. Soon after the opening of school the Student Council was organized with Joseph Naughton serving as president and Virginia Hyland, sec- retary. In the middle of the year the officers were changed and Henry Handy was elected president and Grace Mistretta secretary. The coun- cil has had its usual good effects, mak- ing the pupils self-reliant and devel- oping a spirit of cooperation. A pleasant event in the winter was our sleighride to Springfield. The weather and roads were just right for the occasion and all had a jolly good time in spite of the fact that some got snow-balled. We attended the

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XLbc Matter THE FACULTY Superintendent X Anson B. Handy Supervisor of Music Denslow King Teachers Olive A. Taggart Catherine P. Cope Florence M. Stowe Katherine McGinity Harriet E. Ryan Catherine S. Barnett Class Motto “In Quest of the Best’ Principal Nora E. Clancy Olive E, Lawrence Hazel Lougee Grad iates of A. D. Higgins J inior HigH School ’■■ ' •Alaimo, Matteo Emanuel, Carrie Nasuta, Helen Alongi, Anna Fanelli, Pauline ’ ’ Naughton, Joseph Angel 1, Henry Frangimore, Sam Nigro, Rose Arventely, Mary ’ French, Dora Novak, Julia Attardi, Baldassare Greaves, Jane ’ Olmstead, Helen Attardi, Bennie Green, Eunice Patrevita, Lavia Baj, Stanley fGourlie, Robert Padosek, Stella Bak, Sophie Gunther, Ernest Poloski, Julius Barton, Althea Gwozdz, Joseph ’ Portenski, Joseph ’ Bassos, Apostle Handy, Henry Prior, Normand Bayek, Emil Hayward, Dorothy Pryce, Wilson Bellomo, James Hoginiski, Florence Quinlan, John Berger, Harold ’ Hyland, Virginia Quinn, Mary Bielitz, Albert Jedziniak, Emelia Raffia, Mary Bishop, Brenda Jordt, Stuart ’ Rarus, Mary Bonnelli, Charles Kalva, Joseph Ravenola, John Bottone, Sylvester Kalva, Klemens Reveruzzi, Bennie Blackburn, Arthur ’ ’ Kaminski, Evelyn Sarno, Rocco Blowen, Beatrice Knight, Margaret ’ Schoppe, Charlotte Blowen, Hazel ’ Lanza, Vinci Sheldon, Kenneth ’ Brainard, Chester Latera, John ’ Skutnek, Anna Bruno, Anna ’Leger, Agatha Snyder, Lillian Buttacavoli, Peter ’ ’ Lepore, Dominick Spazzarini, Myron Carson, Marjorie Liucci, Michael Steele, Elsie Cashinghino, Ofeglia Livingstone, Gladys ’ Stinson, Mary Chaopel, Gordon Loney, Arthur Swan, Alice Chillson, Richard Luke, Louise Swiatowski, Anna Colson. Dorothy Lyons, Heslev Tarasuercz, Anna Cope, Lillian MacGovern, Horace Terry, Grace Craven, Howard Markot, Felix Thompson, Douglass Cummings, Cecelia Matte, Arthur Trackimovicz, Stanley De Vinero, Angelina Mistretta, Grace Van Nostrand, Ralph ' ' Drake, Ethel Mooney, Thomas ’ Wialy, Catherine Duprey, Roland Moulton, Lester Woronecki, Stasia t Indicates Highest Honor. ' In(licates Hig-h Honor. Indicates Honor.

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THE TATLER 3 theater and had lunch in the city. We feel that we as a class have had the distinction of experiencing two important happenings new to our class and town. First, the total eclipse of the sun and second the transmitting by radio of the Presi- dent’s Inaugural Address. Through the efforts of Miss Clancy we were able to enjoy both. The eclipse came on Saturday but Miss Clancy gladly gave her time to come to the school and explain it to us and took us up on top of the school building that we might get a good view. M ien the day came for the In- augural we found that she had had a radio installed in the auditorium so that we might hear the address. These were both wonders of which our fath- ers never dreamed. Our assemblies for the year have been helpful and interesting. The first part of the year there was only time for devotional exercises but when we came to school on full time we had one half hour twice a week for meeting together. On Tuesday mornings Miss Clancy conducted the exercises and spoke on morals and school spirit. On Thursday mornings the pupils usually acted some play showing the nature of their work with different teachers. Some of the best plays have been: “It Pays to Be Thrifty” and “The Everyman’s Build a Home” showing the work in Arithmetic; a dramatization of “Treas- ure Island” showing literature work; “The Three Bears” by the French class; “From Frowns to Smiles” ex- plaining the value of proper foods as studied in the Domestic Science Class; “Washington the Surveyor” and “Incidents in the Life of Thomas Jefferson” showed the history work; “Where’s My Tooth Brush?” showing the hygiene class work; a musical morning under Miss Cope’s direction, an exhibition of physical training by Miss Ryan’s classes and many inter- esting and educational stereopticon slides have been shown. Turning to athletics. Miss Ryan has had charge of the gymnastic class work assisted by trained leaders. In the fall our football team met with success winning two games and tieing two. The baseball team organized in the spring choosing Clarence Pro- vencher, manager and Joseph Naugh- ton, captain. The team always played a clean and fair game but did not always win. On March 3 we met and formally organized as a class. Joseph Naugh- ton was elected president by a large majority on the first ballot. Virginia Hyland was elected Vice-President, Agatha Leger, Secretary; Dominick Lepore, Treasurer. At this time the monthly dues were decided as twenty cents and a gift and pin committee was appointed by the president. Our school concert took place in April and met with success in a ma- terial and financial way. All grades took a part but the principal feature was an operetta entitled, “Way Down South in Dixie” staged by the mem- bers of our class. The profits were over $150 and this was used to finance the baseball team. Our school paper, “The Tatler,” im- proves with age. Four numbers have been issued this year with the new feature of crossword puzzles. Through the efforts of loyal boys of our class our paper has been of a high quality and has paid for itself. In closing we thank our teachers for their help and guidance and we wish success to each member of our class. The inspiration from our teachers and such poems as Kipling’s “If” which we have learned and stu- died this year should keep us ever “In Quest of the Best.” Class Propliecy Time: 1945 One day, I began to wonder what had happened to all my old school- mates: it has been so manv years since I had seen them. Suddenly I thought of a way in which to see them and their surroundings. A new dirigible with a telelectroscope attach- ment had recently been invented, which enabled one to see any person