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

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A . D . H I (; G I N s Junior H i c; h S c h o cm. HIGGINS SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM STUDENT COUNCIL —Photo by Brown

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The Tatler 17. To Nickie Longo and Emil Hoginski go Carole Buika’s and Concetta Angelica’s Arthur Murray dance steps. This will be a great relief to the girls at next year’s dances. 18. Janet Bernier and Jean Albano leave their popularity with the boys to the Gardner Twins. 19. John Scavotto and Joe Ciesones leave their popularity with the girls to Jay Harrison and John Maciolek. 20. Gasper Rumore leaves his popu- larity with the teachers to anybody wh o likes trouble. 21. Judy Davis leaves her short hair cut to Carolyn Basccm. We think the new look is here to stay. 22. Stanley Zawala wills his love of Science to Nancy Rypysc but requests her to leave the roof on the school when she experiments with the atom bomb. 23. Florence Richardson and Tony Torre leave their bright remarks to Mr. Hines and Mr. Zawada to use when the electric light bulbs burn out. 24. James Sidway wills his growing pills to Kenneth Bellisle to see if he can make them do some stretching. 25. Albert Luke and Raymond Percoski bequeath their love of horses to Ernest Percoski. M.G.M. will be having a new Gene Autry. 26. Francis Rypysc wills his copy of “Alibi Ike” to John Sessa who is now in the process of writing his own book, “How to Avoid Homework.” 27. Donald Znamierowski and Mitchell Gregorski leave their studious habits to be stored in the safe, because of course no one in the 1950 Class needs them. 28. Tommy Zarcaro leaves his ath- letic ability to Peter Moschetti thus en- suring a successful season for next year’s teams. 29. Statia Wojcieszek and Vincent Archetti bestow their popularity and glamour on Marie Mancuso and Peter Olson who seem slated to be Class Stars of 1950. 30. The Cheerleader Squad of Evans, Pare, Buika, Wojcieszek, Angelica, Gatto, Davies and Thompson leave their Super- Energy pills to Reid, Catania, Carrol, Garrow, Hartley, Bellisle, and Zima who will hereafter be known as the Whizz- Bang Brothers, Inc. 31. Pauline Evans and Lucille Aratti leave their jewelry to Claire Bernier and Rosetta Petrone so they may always have jewels to wear. 32. George Evans leaves his accordian talents to anyone who wants to play with Alan Sheehan’s orchestra. 33. Shirley Colton wills her sweet disposition to Barbara Hilditch to sweet- en the future for everyone. Items: 1. The Class of 1949 wills all its wasted study periods to the A. D. Higgins Orchestra in expectation that this extra practice time will make them ready for Carnegie Hall. 2. To Mr. White we leave a 1951 model Kiddie Car to speed him on his tours of the building. 3. To the Class of 1950 we leave our perfect conduct record for them to strive to equal. 4. To the faculty we leave a giant size bottle of aspirin tablets. 5. To Mr. O’Neil we bequeath a recording of our melodious voices to in- spire him to a speedy return to Enfield. 6. The Class of 1949 gives to Mr. White and to the entire personnel of the school many sincere thanks for all they have done to make our years at A. D. Higgins happy and profitable. We hereby appoint Mr. Ernest K. White administrator and executor of this, our last will and testament, and instruct him to carry out its terms to the best of his ability. In witness, whereof, we have hereunto inscribed our names this eighth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Plundred and Forty-Nine. The Class of 1949 Pauline Evans Melanie Walenta Attorneys Miss Hanncn Mrs. Fahey Mr. Shapiro Iodine Trumblechin Witnesses

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1 ' H n T A T L E R THE GLEE (TAJB T his year, as in the past, special prizes will be awarded to those boys and girls who excel in various sub- jects. The students and faculty thank the organizations and individuals of the town who have so generously given these prizes. The Alvin D. Higgins Scholarship is given to the two students attaining the highest honors. The highest honor stu- dent has his name engraved on the scholarship plaque and receives a scholarship key. A sum of two dollars and fifty cents is awarded by one of our friends to the boy and girl making the most improve- ment in dictation and penmanship. To each of the two pupils attaining the highest record in Mathematics and English the Woman’s Club of Enfield gives two five dollar prizes. The Veterans of Foreign Wars offer a prize of five dollars to the student excelling in history. To the student constructing the best Vocational Notebook a prize of two dollars and fifty cents is donated by the Lions Club. A bronze key for citizenship and the sum of two dollars and fifty cents is given to the student who receives the honor of the “best citizen” of the grad- uating class. To the pupil in seventh or eighth grade composing the best essay on “Americanism” the American Legion offers a prize of five dollars. Medals are awarded to the pupils out- standing in athletic ability and achieve- ment. Mr. White, our principal, awards a school prize of two dollars and fifty cents to the pupil who has shown the greatest improvement in school work throughout the year.