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

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26 THE TATLER future eighth grade pupils some well- meant advice: “Don’t fail to prepare your homework.” Item 16. We leave to Miss Cope a victrola record of numbers in rhythm to relieve her of counting for penman- ship drills. Item 17. Gilbert Trudeau leaves the privilege of assisting the Airplane Club to Michael Laino. Item 18. We leave to Mr. August and Mr. Zawada the following labor- saving devices: An elevator with which to deliver the school supplies, a chute to take the waste paper to the basement, and a mechanical win- dow washer. Item 19. The eighth grade mem- bers of the Student Council bequeath to their successors the good judg- ment and splendid organization which accomplished such good results this year in school government. With these aids go also our thanks for your friendly co-operation, and our best wishes for the coming year. We hereby appoint our beloved principal. Miss Clancy, sole executrix of this, our last Will and Testament. In witness thereof we have set our signatures and the seal of the Class of 1932, this fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. Signed: The Class of 1932. Witnesses: Joseph Pepek, President. Stella Dusza, Secretary. GRADUATION PROGRAM Processional Mr. King and Graduates Invocation Rev. G. Stanley Helps Song — “Prayer of Thanksgiving” Class Address of Welcome Joseph Pepek, Class President Essay — “Planning, Preparing, Persevering” Lois King, High Honor Pupil Song — Boys’ Chorus “A Tribute to Washington” Group of Honor Pupils Cantata — “George Washington” Girls’ Chorus Essay — “The American Youth” Stella Dusza, High Honor Pupil Pianologue Ruth Thompson Prize Essay — “Washington and the Constitution” Minuette Group of Boys and Girls Presentation of Class Gift Stella Ziemian Acceptance of Gift Dexter Green Class Song Music by Mr. King Presentation of Prizes and Diplomas Song — “America the Beautiful” Audience Recessional Class and Mr. King CLASS STATISTICS Prettiest Girl Lois King Handsomest Boy Alexander Pilch Vainest Girl Doris Sisitzky Vainest Boy Joseph Pepek Most Popular Girl Lois King Most Popular Boy Joseph Pepek Smartest Girl Stella Dusza Smartest Boy Clark Dempsey Quietest Girl Eleanor Davis Quietest Boy Joseph Bania Most Talkative Girl Esther Faiman Most Talkative Boy.. ..Arnold Squires Class Artist Frank Strycharz Class Poet Joseph Colletti Class Athlete Arthur Olivieri Class Pet Lois King Class Sheik Thomas Lyons Wittiest Girl Stella Ziemian Wittiest Boy Clark Dempsey PRIZES We are pleased to announce that there are to be several prize s awarded to the graduating class, as in former years. This has been made possible by the kindness of the following indi- viduals and organizations: The Higgins prize of over twenty dollars will be divided equally between two pupils because they have attained the same high rating in their Junior High School work.

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A. D. HIGGINS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 25 CLASS OFFICERS— 1932 President Joseph Pepek Vice-President Lois King Treasurer Peter Kaminsky Secretary Stella Diisza WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL ASSEMBLY

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A. D. HIGGINS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 27 Two prizes of five dollars each are to be given by the Woman’s Club to the pupils ranking the highest in Mathematics and English. A prize of five dollars will be pre- sented by the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution to the pupil whose essay on “Washington and the Con- stitution” is judged the best. On behalf of the school, Miss Clancy will present two dollars and fifty cents to the pupil who has shown the greatest improvement in his Junior High School work. Although Charles Hamilton has been unable to be with us the whole year, we consider him a very impor- tant member of our class. We take great pleasure in sub- mitting this poem which was written by Charles during the year. Our best wishes and congratulations accompany this contribution. Class of 1932. A WONDERFUL PUP Oh, I once had the most wonderful pup. He ate with a fork, and drank from a cup. And whenever I went out to play He’d follow me out and shout, “Hurray.” One day that wonderful dog of mine Got all tangled up in an old clothes- line. And no matter how much he would pull and tug It would only give him a tighter hug. So then he sat down and thought a while. And pretty soon, he began to smile. He looked down at the cause of his grief. And began to gnaw it with sharp, white teeth. And when he had got it all chewed up You should have seen that doggie strut. He thought he had done a wonderful thing. And ought to be knighted by the king. Then, one day he caught a fiea. And it drove him crazy, practically. For no matter how smart a dog may be. He can’t quite cope with a good, smart fiea. Charles N. Hamilton, 8A. LIST OF GRADUATES Highest Honors High Honor Alaimo, Catherine Mary Alaimo, Mary Eleanor Alaimo, Joseph Charles Alaimo, Nancy Laura Alaimo, Vinci Theresa Albano, Jennie Dorothy Albano, Susie Marie Amato, Ella Anna Angelica, Angelina Anna Angelica, Vincetta Theresa Antinore, Frances Mary Attardi, Sam W. Bajek, Antonia Agnes Baltronis, Helen Katherine Bania, Joseph Frank Ba rszcz, Edwin Charles Baskerville, Curtis Lloyd Bayek, Frank Chester Belisle, Virginia Caroline Honor Bellico, Mary Aurelia Bellomo, Esther Theresa Blaszko, Matthew Teddy Bostick, Muriel Bruno, Michael John BruttO; Mary Rita Buika, Edward James Burns, Roy J oseph Caramazza, Carmela Nancy Caramazza, Mary Ann Eleanor Casarella, Rose Mary Casiello, Evangeline M. Casinghino, Louis Anthony Chadderton, Arlene Mae Chapin, Barbara Elizabeth Cogtella, Stanley John Colarusso, Carlo Joseph Colletti, Joseph Francis Combs, Hugh Daniel