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

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A. D. Higgins Junior High School (Ulaas flrnpljmj Date — June, 1939. Time— 12:00. Place — Hecate’s cave. Characters — Gladys Bonk, Leonard Landry and Clairvoyant Hecate. Setting — Around a large crystal sits Gladys, Leonard and Hecate. Gladys — Hecate, I have come to inquire what the future holds for my class- mates. Leonard — Tell us, is it triumph or fail- ure in this complex modern world that awaits them. Hecate — To be sure. I shall please thee, and now, what hath the magic crystal to give us? (Here Hecate performs some solemn gestures and proceeds to tell the career of the class.) John Sanger is destined to become head surgeon at the Springfield Hospital. Joseph Geurrandino will become the pub- lisher of a volume entitled “A Thou- sand and One Scotch Jokes.” Stephen Trioli will someday play with the New York Yankees. Cosmo Galluccio is destined to become head mechanic for Louis Chevrolet. Ruth Morrison will become Dentist William O ' Brien’s private nurse. Theodore Bomely will be chauffeur for Mayor Charles Reynolds of New York City. Gene Furey is destined to become secre- tary to President Michael Panella of the Richardson paper mill. Achille Secondo will be seen in the shoe- maker shop fixing shoes. Lucyan Augustyniak will become a draftsman and paint portraits as a hobby. Harold Therrian will become a priest. Helen Sredzinski will find a position as Official Hostess for out-of-town buy- ers of sheet music. Sidney Bushnell will occupy the exalted position of commander of a Navy sub- marine. Albert Baronian will succeed Paderewski in the musical world. Michael Zirolli is destined to become pilot of a trans-continental cabin monoplane. Edward Duda is to become a designer of frocks for school and office wear which can be donned in a second with a nose powdering thrown in for good measure. This benefaction is to save mankind from having to wait for ladies to get ready. Farmer Francis Lutwinas will raise the largest ear of corn ever grown. Henry Buika will succeed eventually to Editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Thomas Barber will become a very good pole climber and incidentally an elec- trician. Rita O’Brien will achieve success when she obtains a position as a tutor for a group of little Spaniards. Her busi- ness will be to teach them to cook Spanish onions correctly. Our Walter Buika will be “Bingo the Strong Man” for Barnum and Bailey Circus. Irene Ludwin will do a lot of dancing. You see it runs in the family. Benny Bak will attain great heights as a window washer in New York. Little Helen Dynia will be the author of a new banana song, “Hanging Out with the Bunch.” Virginia Salley will write children’s fa- bles and poems. First a farmer, then a butter and egg man, Francis Siemonoko will be the head of a cheese concern. Barbara Schoolcraft will be a teacher of science and will specialize in elec- tricity. Donald Richards will make a great hit with his voice. Richard Moody will become a very fa- mous yatchsman. Joe Bayak will be the discoverer of a sure preventive of common colds. Henry Bellinger will become famous as a dealer in hosiery that will not run. Francis Fay will be the first to manu- facture television apparatus at popu- lar prices. Jack Iacolino will become the champion heavyweight boxer in the United States. Conrad Pare will be the editor of the lovelorn column in the New York Times. Mary Rinaldi will occupy the position as a reporter for The Daily Blab. Wanda Parvelac will become the tennis champion of the United States. Jeanette Gamache will cut a remarkable figure in the Fifth Avenue shops. She will be a dressmaker. Matthew Deleo will take over his father’s position as owner of a candy store. Edward Knight will be a famed scientist who will find a new element of heat. Leonard Landry will some day supply the whole town with false teeth. Shirley Moore is destined to marry a millionaire.

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The Tatler £ On December 23 we wished one and all a Merry Christmas as we are out of school for a week’s vacation. February 2 was a significant day in the “March of Time.” Gloomy faces were the indication that Mid-Year Exams are now in order. Each one was anxious to excel in the first measure of our half year’s progress. On March 27 try-outs for our Rain- bow Minstrel started. Rehearsals will soon be in order. On April 27 our Rainbow Minstrel was presented. It was a huge success. Pupils in our class who helped the show were endmen, Henry Buika, Albert Baronian and John Rarus. On May 10 we returned from our week’s vacation and began practicing for the Fashion Show. On May 27 the Fashion Show under the direction of Miss Smith was pre- sented. The girls in our class who took part were: Bertha Gracewski, Eva Piotrowski, Ella Raffia, Wanda Parvelac, Gladys Bonk, Fannie Tomaszek, Frances Kukulka and Gene Furey. June 20 found us going into the second year of junior high school. We bade farewell to our leaders the “Class of ’38.” We hope that our second year of junior high school will be as successful as the first. On September the Class of 1939 re- assembled as eighth graders to complete the work of junior high school. Most of the pupils were hopeful and eager to start the year right and begin their studies immediately. We were all very happy to welcome our new principal Mr. Ernest K. White, who came to us from Warehouse Point. On September 27 we began a week of concentrated salesmanship in the form of our annual magazine drive. William O’Brien was chosen captain of the Amer- icans and Edward Knight the captain of the Nationals. Both boys were high salesmen last year. Miss Woods and Miss Twomey were the faculty advisors. The Americans won with William O’Brien being high salesman while Gene Furey was high saleslady. The winners had a box of candy kisses to eat while the losers entertained. On September 29 the Student Council was organized under the direction of Mr. White. The Student Council officers were elected as follows: President, Earl Richardson; Vice-President, Gene Furey; Secretary, Francis Fay. On October 12 Higgins was well repre- sented at the four-town fair at Hazard- ville. Our class won first prize for their Bigelow-rSanford project. Many boys and girls were awarded numerous prizes and honors for their splendid work in athlet- 7 ics. Michael Panella took first place in the 50 yard dash, the 440 yard dash, and the high jumps, winning three blue rib- bons. On December 21, the “Dickens Christ- mas Carol” was presented by members of the 8A division under the direction of Miss Twomey. Michael Zirolli had the lead as Scrooge and was ably supported by Conrad Pare who took the part of Fred, and Henry Buika who played the part of Bob Cratchett. On February 10 we had a bon-voyage assembly in honor of Miss Twomey. She was leaving us for a two month’s period to take a Mediterranean Cruise. Mr. Angelica became our substitute. On February 14 everyone was very busy opening their valentines — even the teachers. March 18. Latest news flash! After a season of hard playing the Higgins basketball squad won the championship trophy. The most outstanding players were Stanley Zareski and Stephen Triolo. In the latter part of March we started to work on our “Golden Jubilee Minstrel” under the direction of Miss Browne and Miss Stewart. After many weeks of hard work the minstrel was presented on April 19. Henry Buika, John Rarus, Josephine Curry, Albert Baronian, and Anna Scavatto gave outstanding per- formances as endmen. On May 10 Mr. White announced the highest honors of the Class of 1939. Wanda Parvelac was valedictorian and Fannie Tomaszek was salutatorian. Twenty-six students made high honors and thirty-five were honor students. June 8. News from the Home Eco- nomics Department ! Under the direction of Miss Smith the fashion show in the form of an operetta “The Suzanne Shop” was presented to an appreciative audi- ence. There were thirty-four girls in the cast. June 14 finds an excited and happy group gathered for the Class Day exer- cises. Class statistics, class wili, class prophecy and class history are part of the tradition of Class Day. June 15. A day full to the brim with fun as we enjoy our class picnic at Mountain Park. June 20 brings us to the culmination of our two years work. Graduation is a solemn, yet joyous occasion as we re- ceive our diplomas which entitle us to become alumni of our beloved Higgins School. In bringing to a close the review of our class history we pledge ourselves anew to our motto: “Try, Trust, and Triumph.” Gene Furey, Bertha Gracewski, Class Historians.

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The Tatler Frank Zaczynski will own a restaurant and will employ Bertha Gracewski, Ella Raffia and Genevieve Podosek as hostesses. Ignario Bonelli will be engaged by the Government to finger print everybody whether guilty or not. He will have a large staff of assistants includ- ing Francis Pradrevita, John Hias, Francis Hanks, Stanley Samo and Sammy Picone. Frances Fiore is destined to be the county librarian in a remote section of the Rocky Mountains with Aspacia Kamoros as assistant. Edward Maxellon will eventually become Secretary of the United States Navy. Congetta and Donetta Ruggiero are to run a unique gift shop carrying suit- able presents for people you don’t like. Miriam Ryan will become a successful beauty shop owner. Lucine Croteau is destined to be a great literary light and will write criticisms of the new movies for Life. Irene Wojciezek will invent a lipstick that isn’t transferable from lip to cheek. Victoria Poleski will have in her posses- sion the most beautiful pearl in the world. Fannie Tomaszek will be a brilliant mathematician. She attributes her success to the heavy studying she did in Room 7 while at Higgins. Walter Wosko will succeed Jack Benny playing the violin. Milton Landry will become the chief of police in Thompsonville. Frances Kukulka is destined to own an Interior Decorating establishment and will employ George Maylott and Ed- ward Stone as painters. Jean Tomaka will make the grandest pretzels. She learned how from Chef Kennedy of the Waldorf Astoria. James Kiley will swim the English chan- nel twice — doing the backstroke. Joe Angelica and Warren Haight will work on a method to make doughnuts without holes. Charles La Grange will go to Alaska to sell refrigerators to the Eskimos. James Marino is destined to become a judge in a Colorado court. John Krawiec will run a small hardware shop. Jennie Ludwin will make pants for boys who must play marbles. Jerry Maniscalchi will succeed in climb- ing one of the highest mountains in Switzerland. Ann Purdy will compose a new wedding march. Allen Caswell will become sheriff of a small town in Montana. Frank Alaimo will become owner of a bus company with Ha? ' ris Hicks as a driver. Barbara Peterka will win a beauty prize at Porto Rico. Helen Zareski will someday be the man- ager of a large department store. Teddy Dubish and Lawrence Lynch will be her floorwalkers. Joseph Wenc will perfect a beautiful motor bicycle. It will travel 120 miles in two hours. Eva Piotrowski is destined to be the originator of a short course in church housekeeping for sextons. John Bania will take over his father’s coal and oil business. Anthony Scavatto’s fate is to spend his years installing radios and electric re- frigerators. Virginia Young is to conduct a corre- spondence course in non-fattening deli- cacies for Tea Room proprietors. John Ward will become very rich through the invention of a silencer for back seat drivers which Henry Milkowski will manufacture for Ames and Baker Novelty Co. Dorothy Zito, Stella Zych and Esther Santa Croce will be dancers in Donald Karcz ' s Review. Donald Robinson will become the man- ager of the “Rai ' us Hotel.” Charles Scalia is destined to become the leader of an orchestra. Edith Magill will become a famous ac- tress in Hollywood. Robert Martin will give illustrated lec- tures on his big game hunts. James Laughlin will become a brakeman on the New Haven Railroad. Helen Lasiewicz will occupy the position of ticket salesgirl in the Strand Theatre. Joseph Luicci will be a salesman for the Karona Baking Co. owned by Sophie and Walter Karona. Tony Calcasola will be a taxi driver for the Christi Cab Co. Sadie Mancuso is destined to become a school teacher specializing in Litera- ture. Anna Scavatto is to become internation- ally known as the designer of stuffed animals for nursery population which Carl Hanke will sell. Stanley Zareski will be selected as the special Ivory Soap Carver for the Queen of Roumania. Helen Sypek will make a fortune as the inventor of a collapsible kitchenette winch can be carried around in the pocket, slide under a bed or will shut up like an accordion and hang on the wall. Angelo Scicolini will be an importer and dealer in fancy fish for pools and aquariums. Paul Mancini will be the author of a successful book on Personality and Power. i.