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

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A. D. HIGGINS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 7 gathering that Arthur Olivieri’s skill as a chef came to the attention of the class. The Boys’ Glee Club has given two minstrels for the benefit of the school. The A. D. Higgins School Orchestra practiced weekly and has shown much progress. This year, as usual, we had a Magazine Drive, with Lois King and Mary Kukulka in charge. Esther Faiman was declared the best sales- lady, and won first prize, with Evelyn Dixon a close second. As this year was the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the Literary Digest of- fered a prize for the best essay on George Washington. Everyone was asked to compete. The first prize, a gold medal, was awarded to Doris Sisitzky, and the second prize, a silver medal, w as awarded to Bernadine Scavotto. Excellent paintings, representing different events in George Washing- ton’s life, were painted by the various divisions of the eighth grade Art classes. Many of the graduates showed marked ability in this work. These paintings were exhibited in one of the local stores. Arbor Day came this year on April twenty-ninth, and proved to be a very eventful day. The Junior High School assembled on the lawn of the A. D. Higgins School in the forenoon and planted our George Washington Bicentennial Tree with impressive ceremonies. In the afternoon we joined all the schools of Enfield in a mammoth parade, which formed at the High School and continued down Franklin Street, Pearl Street, and ended at our school, where appropri- ate exercises were held. A tableau, “Washington’s Birthday at Valley Forge”, was presented by the Junior High School. The A. D. Higgins School children were dressed in their school colors of blue and white, and looked very attractive. Joseph Pepek, our President, was dressed as Uncle Sam. The parade banner, which was a painting of the school, was carried by two of the graduates. This banner was the work of Frank Strycharz, of whom we are very proud, because of his excellent work in art. The A. D. Higgins School Library CLASS PROPHECY One June morning, as I was look- ing over my mail which had been brought to me by Postman Casing- hino, my attention was attracted by a letter marked Thompsonville. This postmark sent my thoughts back to the postoffice in that town where Joseph Bania was Postmaster, John McNulty, Charles Torre, Helen Sas, and Mary Kukulka were clerks. Get- ting back to my letter, I found that was opened in the Fall. Fifty new books, the gift of the class of 1931, were added to the library. Books have also been donated by some of the eighth grade pupils. Stella Dusza and Lois King have assisted Miss Taggart in taking charge of the li- brary, which was open once every two weeks for the pupils’ use. Many lovely dresses and suits were made in the Clothing Class, and at a fashion show given in the auditorium of ' the school, the girls of the class were highly complimented for their skill in dressmaking. Their work later was exhibited in one of the stores of Thompsonville. For the first time many of the girls have made their own graduation dresses. Five teas have been served by the girls of the eighth grade classes. A Hallowe’en tea was given by 8B1, a Christmas tea by 8B3, a St. Valen- tine’s tea by 8A, a St. Patrick’s tea by 8B2, and a Graduation tea by 8C. Tliese teas were enjoyed by all the guests. The class of 1932 decided to follow the usual custom of holding their pic- nic at Capitol Park. In the forenoon, we visited the State Library and the State Capitol, and found many things of interest. In the afternoon we pat- ronized the amusements at the park. This memorable trip brought to a happy ending the activities of the class of 1932. In closing our class history, we would like to express our sincere ap- preciation to the faculty. Time passes swiftly for us all, ’Tis only memory stays; We prom.ise you we’ll oft recall Our Higgins’ happy days.

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6 THE TATLER Higgins — we will ever be your friend, And wish you joys without end — Your name through life — we’ll proudly bear, For schools like Higgins are very rare. The hour of parting has come at last Memories of you, we’ll always hold fast. May the class colors wave on high As the class of ’32 bids you good-bye. Fred Ingraham, 8A. CLASS HISTORY The day finally arrived, September eighth, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, when the class of 1932, numbering exactly two hundred pu- pils, took their places in the various eighth grade rooms of the A. D. Hig- gins Junior High School. For years we had looked forward to this day and as each June arrived, with fear and trembling, we waited for the cards that would bring us up, step by step, to the final round of the ladder and give us a chance to be numbered among the graduates of this splendid school. Time has fulfilled our ambitions and now that we are about to depart, we wish to leave behind us a record of our class, the largest to graduate in the history of the school. We shall first tell you about the changes in the faculty. We were happy to renew old acquaintances and to welcome the new members of the faculty. Miss White became our teacher of English Spelling and Civics. We found Mrs. Loyld sub- stituting for Miss McGinity the first half of the year, and Mrs. Walker substituting for the different teachers, if need arose. We were very happy to have Mrs. Borck as a supervisor of art. The graduating class has en- joyed the companionship of these new teachers. We wish to express our thanks to Miss Sullivan, our new school nurse, for relieving us of our many aches and pains, and for teach- ing us how to keep well. Our Student Council was organized the third week of September. As in previous years, officers were elected. They were: Stanley Swiattowski, President; Joseph Pepek, Vice-Presi- dent; and Margaret Landry, Secre- tary. With Miss Clancy’s approval, the Basement, Traffic, Safety, and Playground Committees were ap- pointed by the officers. In February, a new Student Council was organized, as the first term ended. The officers elected were: Stanley Swiattowski, President; Leo Pa jot, Vice-President; and Stella Dusza, Secretary. New committees had been chosen as they were the term before. The officers and the committees, with Miss Clancy, strove to make our school as nearly perfect as possible. The Graduating Class had its first meeting in February. At this meet- ing Joseph Pepek was elected Presi- dent; Lois King, Vice-President; and Stella Dusza, Secretary. At the next meeting Peter Kamin- sky was elected Treasurer, and the question of dues was settled. Then followed other meetings, in which the class ring and pin were chosen. We chose for our motto, “Planning, Preparing, Persevering.” At our class meeting. May 19, we chose the Daybreak Carnation as our class flower. In the field of athletics, our boys did creditable work, and won several games, both in basketball and base- ball. We have continued our club work this year. All the clubs have given pleasure to both teachers and pupils and have been very successful. Va- rious pretty articles have been made in the Handicraft Club, such as crocheted pillows, dolls, dogs, and door stops. The French Club has learned conversational French. We organized a new club this year, the Correspondence Club. This club has enjoyed a small but interesting corre- spondence. The Aircraft Club was fortunate in securing the valuable assistance of Cornelius Laino of the Enfield High School. His generous interest has been deeply appreciated. A pleasing feature of the Boys’ Cook- ing Club was a reception given to the eighth grade teachers. It was at this

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CLASS OF 1932— JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Photo by Brouilleite