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

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The Tatler CLASS OFFICERS — Photo by Brown (Left to right) Dorothea Gates, Secretary; Robert Fay, President; Charles Misuraca, Vice-President; Gladys Garstka, Treasurer. STUDENT COUNCIL —Photo by Brown President, Robert Fay; Vice-President, Richard Philbin; Secretary, Gladys Garstka.

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A. D. Higgins Junior High School ffllasa Will Mr. Parkman, Mr. Davis, teachers and friends: On behalf of our client, the Class of 1936, of the A. D. Higgins Junior High School, of the Town of Thompsonville, State of Connecticut, U. S. A., we, the members of the law firm of Walizki and Eomano, have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow. On the very verge of death, with so many things of such gigantic proportions to be attended to before the end should come upon her, she, the Class of 1936, collectively and individually, deem it best to distribute these gifts with her own hands to those friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. The Class of 1936 has tried to be just as well as generous, and to give wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts. The Class of 1936 begs us to state that, owing to the flighty condition of her brain and the haste and confusion of her dying hours, she may quite pos- sibly have been mistaken in her inven- tory; but such things as she thinks she has, she hereby gives into your posses- sion, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: “We, the Class of 1936, of the Alvin D. Higgins Junior High School, being about to pass from this sphere of edu- cation, make and publish this, our last will and testament. “And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our principal and his all-wise and ever- competent faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, as the last request of the dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignitv and pomp that our worth, our merit, our attainments, and cur position must cer- tainly have deserved. “We make the following bequests: 1. We leave to our superintendent, Mr. Parkman, our principal, Mr. Davis, and to all our teachers our deep grati- tude for all they have done for us. 2. To all future classes we leave the privilege of enjoying the tree planted on Arbor Day. 3. The Class of 1936 bequeaths to the school the sum of fifty dollars to be used to start a fund to buy a curtain for the school stage. 4. We give and bequeath to Miss Jandreau a skeleton with which to teach the bones of the body. 5. We give and bequeath to the seventh grade pupils Robert Fay’s and Richard Philbin’s knowledge in all branches of learning. 6. All the pupils of the eighth grade who have made an improvement in health leave a record of such improve- ment to Miss Sullivan. We feel that it will please her greatly to have a perma- nent record of our dental w ork done, tonsils removed, eye-glasses fitted, and gains made in weight and height. 7. We leave to our amiable janitors, Mr. August and Mr. Zawada, several large electric fans to keep them cool as they work during the summer. 8. To Edward Ziemian we leave a book of new jokes so that he may con- tinue to amuse next year’s classes. 9. To 7C we leave a five-foot shelf of detective stories. 10. The eighth grade leaves a good supply of headache pills to the seventh grade for use when they have homework. 11. Certain individuals of the Class of 1936 make the following bequests: 1. Dorothea Gates leaves her dra- matic ability to Eleanor Bok. 2. Roland Carmel leaves his ability to ask questions to his sister, Elaine Carmel. 3. Silvio Sarno leaves his ever-present library book to Roland Bailey. 4. Anthony Markelon leaves his liking for history to Geno Santandrea. 5. Eleanor Cimino leaves her smile to Barbara Magill. 6. Irene Tenero leaves her long curls to Agnes Zito. 7. Jack Resta leaves his height to Frank Slapski. 8. Dorothy Henderson leaves her popularity with the boys to Barbara Magill. 9. Ralph August leaves his giggles to Nancy Knox. 10. To Charles Caramazza, Thomas Panek leaves his reputation as a clown. 11. The librarians, Sadie Scavatto, Stella Tokarczyk, and Dorothea Gates leave their duties in the library to next year’s librarians. 12. Frank Korona leaves his short- ness to David Persky. 13. Lorraine Landry leaves her tap- dancing shoes to Pauline Lament.

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A. D. Higgins Junior High School 14. Edward Garner leaves his un- finished homework to Joseph Fede. 15. Raymond Ludwin leaves his sleepiness to James lacolina. 16. William Convertito leaves his chattering to Patsy Luicci. 17. George Jucius and Costa Theo- files leave their milk business to next year’s milkmen. 18. Charles Misuraca leaves his exec- utive ability, his popularity, and his good school record to his brother, Alfonse Misuraca. 19. Tony Digregorio leaves his curls to the teachers, who admire them. 20. Robert Fay leaves his freckles to Marion Purdy to add to those she already has. 21. To Kathleen Thompson, Dorothy Vesce leaves her red hair. 22. Benny Kakluskas leaves his re- ducing exercises to Lucian Albano. 23. Thomas Stinson leaves his wise cracks to Nicholas Scavatto. 24. Bertha Frigon leaves her beauty preparations to Helen Dubish. 25. John Gorman leaves his job of cleaning cars to Frank Cook. 26. Ida Porcello leaves her spelling ability to John Arabek, who, we hear, sadly needs it. 27. Nellie Swiattowski and Malvina Polec leave their athletic ability to Norma Allen. 28. Silvio Sarno leaves his famous saying, “May I get a drink?” to Tommy Casarella. 29. Anthony Resta leaves the pencil behind his ear to Joe Fede. 30. To Rose Bottone, Gloria Drohan leaves her powder-puff. 31. The eighth grade members of the Glee Club leave their melodious voices to the seventh grade members of the Glee Club. 32. Grace Cascia leaves her large vocabulary to Dorothy Gourlie. 33. The eighth grade members of the Camera Club leave their “dark room” to the seventh grade members. 34. Katherine Kiszka leaves her shy- ness to Nancy Knox. 35. Anna Vella leaves her noisy feet to Billy Comstock. 36. The eighth grade girls leave their hair ribbons to the seventh grade girls. 37. Helen Brozowski leaves her paint brushes to Curtis Most. 38. Angelo Picone leaves his scrap- book of war pictures and the army mule to Frank Maggio. 39. To Billy Comstock, Richard Phil- bin and Charles Misuraca leave their radio manuals. 40. George LaGrange, Harry Man- gerian, Henry DeMayo and Milton John- ston leave their athletic ability to James Fede and Fred Lizak. 41. Raymond Clarkin leaves the job of managing the baseball team to next year’s manager. 42. Evelyn O’Brien leaves her tom- boy ways to Norma Allen. 43. Ghislain Gosselin leaves his grin to Geno Santandrea. 44. Willard Redstone leaves his pop- ularity with the girls to George Dan- forth. 45. Malvina Polec leaves her fast pitching to Norma Allen. 46. Benny Kakluskas leaves his gum to Angelina Caronna. 47. Thomas Gracewski leaves his hand-made eye-glass frames to Lucian Albano. 48. Harry Mangerian, who, they say locks like Haille Selassie, leaves his dark curly hair to David Beckmen. 49. To Nicholas Padrevita, George Jucius leaves his interest in the Navy and the Navy goat. 50. Benny Kakluskas leaves his deep basso voice to Edward Ziemian. 51. Harry Mangerian leaves his box- ing gloves to Joseph Scalia. “All the rest of our property, not hereinbefore disposed of, after paying our debts and funeral expenses, we give and bequeath to our beloved Principal to dispose of as he sees fit. We do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executor of this our last will and testament. “In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1936, the testator, have, to this our last will, set our hands and seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.” Signed: THE CLASS OF 1936 Attorneys: Wanda Walizki, Tony Romano.