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

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The Tatler In the Bigelow Sanford office you will find Ruth Greenblat, Gladys Bonk, Nina D’Amaco, Grace Pindaro, Rose Misuraca , Anita Ragno, Helen Mo- krycki and Jennie Sarno. Mary Angelica will run a small bookshop on Main Street. Robert Belisle will be a guide in the Yellowstone National Park. Anthony Caronna will be manager of the Metropolitan Opera House. Mary Caronna will run a dancing school for bashful boys. Dora Cormier, Eileen Colton and Josephine Curry will be instructors. Rosalie D ' Aleo will be treasurer of her father’s store. Joseph De Forge will become a society writer for the Daily News. Michalina Dusza and Josephine Digre- gorio will become heads of a girl’s college. Edith Del Aquilla will become a famous collector of stamps. Josephine Fiore will be head waitress at the Giaccone Iacolina Grill. Stella Gumineiak and Lillian Gebo will be reporters for the Thompsonville Daily News owned by Edward Kazmerski and John Raissi. Fred Turner will have a detective agency. He will hire two office girls, Bernice Lehmen and Doris Landry. Ann Bissland will tell stories over the radio, written by Joseph Krazewski. Edward Matyskiela will be a radio comedian. Paul Pasalaqua and Ernest Petrone will work in a fire tower on Somers Moun- tain. Josephine and Mary Vella will be heard on the radio as the singing sisters. Helen Wlotkowski will run a boarding house in Springfield. (Hecate once more waved her hands over the crystal ball and looked up.) Hecate: That is all the crystal ball will tell me. Have you all the informa- tion you need? Leonard: Yes, thank you. We can now write the Class Prophecy. Back to school with glee we went And many, many hours we spent In writing what we heard for you And we hope you believe that it’s all very true. Gladys Bonk, Leonard Landry. 0rust, (Srtmttpir VALEDICTORY According to the usual custom, our class has chosen a motto to guide us in the years to come. This motto, “Try, Trust, Triumph,” displayed above us in our class colors of blue and gold, has a place of honor in the stage decorations this evening. However, these words do much more than merely add beauty to our gr aduation exercises. They are more than empty words chosen for their pleas- ing sound or colorful effect. They are more than words to be remembered only during graduation week. In fact, as time goes on, the meaning of our motto and its application to our lives should become increasingly clear. These words, “Try, Trust, Triumph,” encourage us to think of what we hope to do, and how we shall work to attain our ambitions. With our motto in mind, we graduates look for- ward to new adventures and achieve- ments. These words apply not only to the future, but also to the past years spent in the A. D. Higgins School, with all the tasks and pleasures that they have pre- sented. Is not our graduation here to- night proof in itself of our triumph? Only through trying and trusting, how- ever, did we finally reach this goal. Although our graduation tonight may seem to mark a high point in our prog- ress thus far, it is only a beginning for further training to prepare us for useful work ahead. With our motto, “Trv, Trust, Triumph,” to guide us, we should be able to complete the hardest tasks successfully, just as many other people have overcome great difficulties and tri- umphed, because they learned how to try and try again, and to have faith that their work would not be in vain. Since the theme of our graduation is Pan- Americanism, it is appropriate to con- sider the achievements of two men whose engineering and medical skill made pos- sible the construction and use of the Panama Canal. One of the men to whom I refer is Col. William Crawford Gorgas, M. D., known during his life as the only high officer in the United States army who fought all the time, battling not against hostile regiments, but with disease breed- ing insects. To him is due almost entire credit for the sanitary condition of the Panama Zone. — Continued after Graduates

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CLASS OFFICERS —Photo by Brown (Left to right) Henry Buika, President; Gene Furey, Secretary; Sidney Bushnell, Vice-President. A. D. HIGGINS GLEE CLUB — Photo by Brown

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A. D. Higgins Junior High School (SraimatPB nf 1033 Frank Alaimo, “Limo” 1 Frank is very studious at times, But once in a while, a little mischief he finds. George Ames, “Junior” I never have much to say. But I do a lot of thinking. Joseph Angelica, “Joe” Honor Student j Joe is a nice fellow, as you can see, And he often trades stamps with you — 1 Mary Angelica Not too serious, yet not too gay ; She strikes a happy medium. 1 Lucyan Augustyniak High Honor Student, Camera Club 4 i Lucyan Augustyniak is excellent at art. And in other activities plays well his part. f Benny Bak, “Bunny” Camera Club 1 Watch out for this little man, ’Cause Benny is a camera fan. Grandville Baker, “Granny” Camera Club, Student Council, Baseball Good nature brings many friends. 1 John Bania Basketball John Bania is what you might call a girl’s dream. But when near a lass, how bashful he seems ! IT Thomas E. Barber, “Doggie” Happy go lucky, fair and free, There is nothing that bothers me. Albert Baronian, “Geese” Honor Student, Glee Club Here is a boy with big brown eyes. Who is always getting a surprise. Joseph Bayek, “Joe” Honor Student, Basketball, Baseball, Camera Club Joseph Bayek is thin and tall. Always happy while playing ball. Robert Belisle, “Spook” When you meet a boy with a friendly smile, Look again and you’ll see that it’s Robert Belisle. Henry Bellinger High Honor Student His varied abilities are worth praising. And his success in school work is amazing. Ann Matheson Bissland, “Bizzy” Glee Club, Home Economics Club A sociable girl, with an interest in art. And a very good sport who wins your heart. Theodore Bomely, “Ted” Member of Student Council Theodore is tall and straight. And walks with a very dignified gait. Ignario Bonelli, “Iggie” A pilot “Iggie” wants to be ; Perhaps he will make history. Gladys Bonk Home Economics Club, High Honor Student, Class Prophecy “Still water runs deep.” Walter Buika, “Celey” A jolly old chap, who is lots of fun. Is always glad when his work is done.