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

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2 THE TATLER coming out in pamphlet form every month. Five dollars in gold was offered for the best Christmas and Easter stories contributed to this paper. The Christ- mas prize was awarded to Amelia Parvelac, and the Easter prize was awarded to Alleta Snyder. We stopped at a port to get water and supplies when a man of the Cur- tiss Publishing Company put up a proposition by which we could earn money to help our good ship along by selling subscriptions to their different magazines, for which the ship would receive 50 cent s each. Each individ- ual obtained a prize for selling 3, 6, or 10 subscriptions. On Armistice Day, Mr. Magill, who is a World War veteran, gave an in- teresting talk on his most exciting experiences and the war in general. We arrived in a port in the winter where snow had just fallen. One ideal sleighing day a few boys of our class planned for a sleigh ride to Somers, where we received a hot lunch, and returned home ward with much enthusiasm. The Student Council was formed in September and each room had a de- mocracy of its own. It met two weeks later with the Chief Executive, Benjamin Ambler; Vice-President, Edith Hue; and Secretary, Alene Bilodeau. The President then pro- ceeded to appoint different com- mittees. Among them were the traf- fic, basement, playground and law and order committee. The object of the Student Council was to make the rules and regulations of the school. This was so that each pupil was re- sponsible for his conduct. At one meeting they made mottoes as fol- lows: “Be Square”, “Be Courteous”, and so forth. Many of the ship’s passengers knew how to play musical instru- ments, so they formed an orchestra to amuse the ship’s passengers on dark and dreary days and for recrea- tion. A new instrument, the cornet, was added to the orchestra. At the request of the ladies of thi D. A. R. we gave a patriotic play en- titled, “The Signing of the Declara- tion of Independence.” We later gave a health play for the Woman’s Club. As it was nearing graduation, we, the class, came together one morning in the cabin for organization. We chose as our President, James Costa; Vice- President, Alene Bilodeau; Secretary, Stella Jedziniak; and Treasurer, Douglas Mallard. Then the presi- dent chose a pin committee, motto committee, and gift committee. There were a few more prizes this year; namely, a $5 prize for the best essay written on the Constitution, given by the D. A. R., $5 prize for excellency in English and also in Mathematics, and a prize of $5 to the pupils shov ing the Best School Spirit for the year. Our commencement program is dif- ferent than that of any preceding class. It is to be an operetta entitled “The Stolen Flower Queen.” On that same day we shall receive our diplomas which will start us on a voyage on seas of greater knowledge. As we end our most interesting and eventful voyage and leave the old ship — the Alvin D. Higgins School — we give hearty thanks to our fac- ulty. We are ready to enter the En- field High and shall ever remember that “Victory Is Ours Forever.” CLASS STATISTICS Prettiest Girl Mildred Fuge Handsomest Boy Raymond Oliver Most Popular Girl Alene Bilodeau Most Popular Boy James Costa Smartest Girl Alene Bilodeau Smartest Boy James Costa Vainest Girl Rosalie Lanza Vainest Boy Louis Lebeshevsky Quietest Girl Ivy Maylott Quietest Boy Matthew Dernago Most Talkative Girl Evelyn Zawada Most Talkative Boy Coburn MacFawn Class Artists Zych Twins Class Poet Alleta Snyder Class Athlete Michael Carenzo Class Pet Frances Piorek Class Sheik .‘.....Louis Lebeshevsky Class Bluff Alphonse Marcinkiewicz Wittiest Girl Victoria Jedziniak Wittiest Boy Coburn MacFawn

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trbe tTatler VOL. 6 THOMPSONVILLE. CONN.. JUNE 1927 NO. 8 publisbeb tbc Students of tbe junior Mi b School Subscription Price 35 cents per copy THE FACULTY Supe 7 ' in tendent P rin cipal Edgar H. Parkman Nora E, Clancy Supervisor of Music Denslow King Teachers Catherine P. Cope Katherine C. McGinity Catherine S. Barnett Helen E. Flannery OFFICEPvS OF THE TATLER Business Manager — Louis Lebeshevsky Advertising Managers — Theodore Lockwood, Robert Bromage and George Bridge Florence M. Stowe Olive A. Taggart Harriet E. Ryan Grace M. Thornes Hazel Lougee Ruth Raymond Homer Allen CLASS SONG Words by Dorothy Colson, 1925 Music by Denslow King After months of work and study. After months of work and play. Now we leave the Junior High School’ With our hearts so light and gay. Choiuis Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins, Junior High; To our teachers, friends and class- mates Bid we all a fond “Good-by.” Softly Sing Farewell in parting. As we leave the Higgins School, As we leave the halls of learning “Victory” will be our rule. Chorus CLASS POEM Good-bye to our dear A. D. Higgins, Where we prepared for Senior High; We say not so to our teachers and classmates, For we shall meet in the sweet by and by. We shall miss the morning assembly. Which we had twice each week; Where children on Thursday morn- ings stood before us. Some frightened, others meek. There where our teachers’ subjects Tried to penetrate our feeble brains ; Bravely they stood before us. In days of both sunshine and rain. Farewell then, to the Junior High Of the A. D. Higgins School; Now, then, and forever after “Victory” shall be our rule. Alleta Snyder, 8B. LOG BOOK OF THE CLASS OF 1927 We embarked on the good old ship Alvin D. Higgins School September 13, 1927, for a voyage of one year through the seas of knowledge. When we were settled, all having registered and received our state- rooms we discovered we had with us a new superintendent, Mr. Edgar H. Parkman, who acted as admiral. Our ship paper, the “Tatler”, was differently managed than before,

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THE TATLER 3 PROPHECY One day last summer while I was in Philadelphia 1 attended the Sesqui- Centennial Exposition. I soon came to a building in front of which was a sign which read, “See the Future Twenty Years from Now! No ad- mission! Walk Right In!” I went in and a man led me into a room and gave me a chair. As I sat down the man told me to look into the boxes and I could see anyone as they would be twenty years hence. I immediate- ly thought of my classmates. The first person I saw was Theo- dore Lockwood playing a saxophone in an orchestra in New York. I looked into another box and saw Rose Russo teaching a gymnastic class. She was a very good teacher. Then I saw Frank Maggio singing and dancing in a circus — acting as clown. The scene shifted and I saw Muriel Fiedler directing girls in the art of music. Then I saw Chester Nowak plow- ing and planting potatoes on his farm. He had become a prosperous farmer. Teresa Galimberti then appeared as private secretary to one of the greatest business men, Clarence Gowdy. Next I saw Firth McAuley fishing on a lake in Maine. He was talking so much to his companion, Norman Anderson, that the fish wouldn’t bite. Then came to my view Rosalie Lanza on a Hollywood lot directing a comedy in which Coburn MacFawn starred. Then before my eyes whom should I see but a girl dancing in a theater on Broadway. I recognized her as Evelyn Field. The scene shifted and I saw Vic- toria Jedziniak on a stand demon- strating some face cream and Amelia Zeronsa was delivering the product to the people around the stand. Next I saw Marian Pawelcik teach- ing a large class in English. Her subject was the verb, always a bug- bear with all of us. Then to my view appeared Jerry Lepore riding his famous horse, “Sil- ver King.” He had become a well- known cowboy in Texas. On a horse next to him sat Armand Keller. I looked into another box and saw Letizia Casinghino who had become an excellent toe dancer. She was enter- taining in a theater in Boston. The scene shifted and I saw An- drew Liucci as manager of the Atlan- tic and Pacific stores. I next saw Conrad Kuhn playing his violin for the Vitaphone. Then to my view flashed a farm in Minnesota; it was owned by Wil- liam Jones. There he was in his wheat field. The scene shifted and I saw James Costa playing baseball with the New York Giants. He had just made a home run and to my surprise I saw Robert Bromage playing on the same team as short-stop. I looked into another box and saw Tony Disciacco playing fielder on the Thompson ville Baseball Team. I next saw Frances Garini in her own beauty shop lifting Sarah Gotto’s face by means of some new method. Then I saw Annie Wojcik as a pri- vate secretary for a millionaire. The scene shifted and I saw Amelia Parvelac who had become a well-known author. She was busy at work on a new book which she called “Why Marry!” Then to my view came Marion Col- son as President of a powder factory. She always knew how to use it when in the eighth grade. Next I saw Olive Armour in a large school in Peterborough teach- ing. As I looked into another box I saw Stella Jedziniak acting in a Christy comedy at Culver City, California. Then I saw Marian Broege, who was still living on Enfield Street. She was seated beside one of her pu- pils giving a piano lesson. Then I saw Amelia Tkacz on Main Street in a beautiful candy store serving some ice cream to Rosina Sarno, a young society lady. I then saw Sally Zych in a Holly-