Seymour High School - L Agenda Yearbook (Seymour, CT)

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Txred and very hungry I rang for a bell hop and xt wasnt very long before I had servrce I pzcked up the latest ed1t1on of Esqulre and settled myself rn a comfortable posxtxon to read Beneath the lllustratlon on the cover lt read A Marasco Can thls I wondered be the Art Marasco I knew m school? Opemng the magazme I found a short artxcle about the new artist who had drawn the frontxspxece and other pxctures ln the magazme And lt was the Art Marasco I had known' just then the buzzer sounded I put the magazine down and went to the door Immed1ately I was greeted by a high pressure salesman who began glvlng me a very hvely sales talk on magazmes As I trled to get a word IH edgewrse to tell h1m I had already subscrlbed to the magazme he was sellmg lt slowly dawned on me that th1s determmed fellow was none other than Henry Lewxckz Returmng to my readmg I was very much surprised and pleased at finding so many of my former classmates mentloned 1n the news As I turned to the soclety page of the Tlmes I saw an artlcle about Kathleen Foley a chorus g1rl Further on I read of a promment figure ln soclety Loreen Wynne a ballet dancer After readlng about Althea Faber who had recently made her debut lnto soclety at a ball given by her mother I turned to the sectxon devoted to Scxence There I came across an artxcle about Harold Wakeley who had been doing xmportant research work ln South Amerlca and had recently made a dlscovery xmportant to the world of Sclence In the magazme sectlon I read a revlew of Shrrlergh Hexss s most recent book called Who Done It' and a selectlon from janet Houlx han s Collectxon of Poems F mally turmng to the sports page I found many names famrhar to me Among them were Ray Kostka who had recently accepted the posxtlon of coach at Notre Dame Eddze Domozych who was slgned up with the Yankees for the commg baseball season Madelme McGu1re the champlon woman tennxs player and Rzchard Lounsbury, the champion back stroke swlmmer for the current season Later whmle hstemng to the rad1o I heard the electlon returns. Ralph Cable had been elected to Congress by an overwhelmxng majorrty My favor1te comedxans james Kovach and Natalxe jones came on next Also featured on thxs program was Gladys Bolevzc who was a popular smger The next mornmg whnle r1d1ng xn my new plast1c car the sensatxon of 1954 mvented by Al Amxco I was stopped by a pohceman joe Waskewzcz, who was checkmg the marker numbers of all cars on that road as a car had been stolen IH that nelghborhood the mght before The th1ef as was later discovered was Steve Chamenlco who had prevxously been held on sxmllar charges Smce I had an appomtment at The Parls Beauty Salon owned by Rose Monaco for ten o clock I was anxlous to be off and was rather annoyed at hav mg to be detamed by the pollceman At the Beauty Salon I met Irene Barber and Joyce Faber, who were gettmg thexr ha1r done They told me that they were secretarxes As I left I saw some one I thought looked very much lxke Wzllzam Crowther scurry past dressed 1n ragged tattered clothmg The next day, axmlessly cruxsmg about ln my hellcopter I spxed, just a few mlles out of the cxty a neat lxttle farm I landed m one of lts wnde fields and went up to the house I thought lt would be fun to spend a day ln the country away from all the hub bub and H0156 of the crty Norman Strumello the farmer was very busy but he agreed to have one nf hxs hrred men show me around. I met Marjorxe Smxth the lrttle dalry mald and George Swrtzer who dld the cook mg for that hungry crowd of farm hands Soplue Stosuy handled all the busmess correspondence for the farm and was at that moment wrltmg to 'Ray Schxek proprretor of an 1ce-cream parlor 1n town who had ordered fifty quarts of cream and two hundred quarts of mllk. After lunch I set off 1n my helxcopter agam thxs t1me I flew over Columbla Umversrty, where Theodore Snyder was a professor past New York Hosp1tal, . . , 1 1 ' . . . . M . ,, . - 1 GA 77 ' KI U ' . . , , . Q u , ' , . . H . ,, . . . 7 1 1 ' an - 77 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 , . 1 - 1 ' 7 K6 7 ' ' 1 1 1 an ' 11 1 1 ' cr 11 ' ' 4 1 , as ' 11 ' ' 46 11 1 1 1 1 , .. 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 ' u 11 ' ' a 11 - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 u 11 ' ' ' , . 1 , . 1 1 1 n 0 , ' 1 , . 1 , . ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . I . 1 1 1 1 1

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U1 ass TP vylwcg It was New Years Eve 1953 Bells were rmgmg horns blowmg shouts and hurrays rlsmg skyward as the old year went out and the new one was welcomed ln on Broadway But as I looked about me at the sea of happy glowmg faces the brxght dancmg hghts outsxde the nolsy busses and cars lum bermg past my thoughts winged themselves back to 1944 When I stopped to think about lt and had carefully rolled back the ragged worn pages of t1me, It seemed but as yesterday What had become of my classmates the class of 44 rn those ten years? I was determmed to find out and that was my first resolu tion for the new year One day as I was fiymg low ln my hehcopter just cru1s1ng about, I notlced a rather large object movmg very slowly down the mam street of my old home town so I cxrcled even lower to see what lt was Sure enough xt was joe Bel cmskr just as I thought Armed w1th a broom he was hard at work sweepxng the street but ln reality gettlng nowhere A little farther down the street I not1ced a slgn hangxng IU front of a large new grocery store wh1ch I found as I drew nearer was owned by Walter Ehman Then as I wlnged my way toward the outsklrts of the c1ty I heard a great hub bub sounds of muslc and laughter drlfted toward me as I looked below I saw mnumerable c1rcus tents sprmkled over French Fleld I landed the hell copter nearby and went over to see the c1rcus At the entrance I was greeted by Davrd Sorman tlcket salesman I was amazed to find hrm leadmg such an excltmg lxfe When I entered the blg top the show was already 1n progress, and the star acrobat Glorra Gaudet was sa1l1ng through the anr with the greatest of ease' At one end of the tent clowns were performmg I notxced one especlally for he was gomg through the queerest antlcs And as I watched hlm more closely top and hurrled over to the Slde show starrmg the thm man and the fat lady To my amazement I found that they were both former classmates of mme The Human Skeleton , bemg Walter Duda and The Walkmg Grease Spot , Lrllran Grzskaukas I then left the c1rcus and headed my hehcopter toward New York On the way I saw an om1nous lookmg shadow cross my path It was a plane splralmg earthward at a terr1fic rate of speed I held my breath waxtmg to hear the xmmment sound of a crash However none came, and I soon saw the plane slowly pull out of the spln As It shot upward past me preparmg to dive aga1n, I looked at the pllot and discovered the sm1l1ng face of Harrrett Seeley It was surprlslng to find her as a test pll0t Contmumg on my way I declded to v1s1t the Stork Club and see the popular new add1t1on to james Haversats wrdely known band It was the first appear ance of Glorza Cretella a talented young smger who was rapidly takxng her place among the top notch smgers of the day Also featured mn th1s band was Geraldme Welenz the hot hp saxophone player Attending the afternoon per formance were the mxllxon dollar playboys, Ralph Carrmgton and Wzllram Howard, who had recently returned from a trip to Bermuda Homeward bound I passed the Empxre State Bu1ld1ng and nn do1ng so spotted a man as tmy as a flea and actmg very much lxke one whlle busxly washmg the many rows of wmdows Flymg closer, I saw that th1s mdustrlous fellow was none other than Bob Fray Flnally reaching home The Waldorf Astorxa I spoke to Harry Kordzck who pressed a button and sent the elevator up to the tenth floor at a terrific rate of speed Racmg across the hall I bumped mto a chubby smxlmg round faced woman who was on her hands and knees scrubbmg the floor I thought she looked famnhar and sure enough, when she looked up, It was Margre Frank , . . . 7 ' 7 Q I I . I 4 , f . , , ' y . 7 ' , . , . . I ' ' 7 , I . , - 7 ' ' ' lf U , . . ' , . - , f . . . , , . - I D 7 7 0 , . . I - e J Q . . 9 , , . . H ' 57 ' , . y . . I . . - ' . . . I , ' 1 I recognized Edward Shaker beneath all the paint. With regret, I left the big ny - . ' 2-SK v ' as ' ' ' I , . ' I . I 1 . . , 1 4 4 ' 7 Y Y . . , . , I . s . . , - . ' . - , . . . , . . ' , y 7 ll U . . . , . , .' , . , , , , . . , - 1 f ' ' ' ' U ' U

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where Mamre Wasko and Charlotte Bush were nurses and finally over the bulld mg where Henrretta Kremskr worked as a clothes designer and josephme Cron cota as a model Then spottxng some burldxngs Id nexer seen before I decrded to set my craft down and mvestlgate The large brlck buxldmg was a lrbrary When I entered I was surprlsed to flnd the lxbrarxan one of my former classmates Shir lev Houlrhan The long low buxldmg was a bakery I found owned by Olga Alshuk One of her bakers was Charles Greystone up to hrs elbows rn dough and up to hrs eyes m Flour Leota Dugmore and Anne Lacatta worked ID the telephone buxldmg nearby and Evo Blond: owned a brewery Then the llttle shop down the street w1th three balls hangmg 1n front of xt was owned by john Krehl a pawn broker Next I came to a department store whxch I entered I was waxted on by Genevreve Anasovrch a clerk who told me that Vrvran Hurley was the store detect1ve there and Eddze Conroy a lloor walker Walkmg back to the hell topter I saw George Small delrvermg ma1l That even1ng 1n one of New Yorks most popular mght clubs I saw qulte a few famrhar faces The hat check gxrl was Frances Atkas two of the clgarette gxrls were joyce Karrmann and Anne Kowal and one of the gxrls takmg a proml nent part m the floor show was Carolyn Schnezder Wh1le I was watchmg thls how It made me thmk of the Ice Capades I had attended recently where Vzolet Kazynoskz danced beaut1fu1ly on skates There also Id seen Trmmy' Donoy an and Maureen Kzernan rn Greased Llghtmg 1n Mmxature At thxs parucular mght club there were many celebrxtles so naturally a w arm of photographers and newspaper reporters were on thelr traxl Among them were Barbara Bennett and Peggy Prenclergast women reporters and Blll Wrlkznson a photographer Hallmg a taxxcab I was amazed to find the drw er was Manlyn Fox Sxttmg batk IH the seat I watched the gleammg lrghts flashmg rn the mky dark l1ke so many dxamonds However I was soon xnterrupted from my reverme when the taxr swery ed suddenly to ayord a large truck parked by the road Wanda Yrchzk the drmyer of that huge lumbermg yehrcle was wlth the help of the mechamc Marlon Hubbell changlng a t1re I knew that Helen Huzar was a streetcar conductor and Laura Baylzs a dentzst but lt was certamly surprrsmg to see so many of my gxrl fnends takmg oyer man sxzed Jobs But I learned later that Evelyn Chellrs worked for Amer1can Alrlmes terry mg planes and dehy errng goods to European natlons and that Phyllzs Peck was a successtul woman lawyer I was begmnmg to thmk that there just wasn t Job that a woman couldnt do as well as a man A few days later I met Annre Sabol a dressmaker who told me that Made lzne Bott: was a goyerness and was now arroad and also that Harrzet Rerch was an xnterror decorator I later met Carol Krupskz and Amelza Labowslcz commg out of a huge plant x here they were Welders Whxle on my way downtown I left my watch at Vera Rowlands Jewelry store to be repalred and then Went over to Helen Laflertys restaurant tor lunch 'Betty Todzce and Anastasza Klarrdes were waltresses there I dxscovered Chattmg wrth them I learned that Vlolet Malrnauskas was a parachute yumper Bertha Brvnrak a toe dancer and Helen 'Vlolcvk a Hollywood reporter The tollowmg evenmg whlle lxstemng to the radlo I heard Ruth Candee a radxo announcer mtervrew several people I knew The first was Edzth Potter an athletlc mstructor then two bathlng beauues Marzon Rowland and Mary Cass followed bv a h1t tune song wrrter Helen Ocxkowskz and finally an owner or a pet shop Marzon Moskwa Goodness I thought thls certamly IS a small world alter all I yawned and prepared to ret1re reeling very happy that Id lulhlled mv New Years resolunon the flrst txme I ever had' JANE CLARK V v , . Y . . . . . , . . . Q I 7 . . , , V - . ' ' I 7 ' Y I . . v . , . ' Y , . Y 7 ' . H . ,, . . Y ' - I - , . I - 4, o - ' ' ' '- Y K , 4 ' no ', ' Y Y ' v ' I ' v ' ft' ' l ' , . N . . . , . ,, I , Y, Y - to fl, Y 1 , . 1 I ' V v - I U I .1 ' Y v 1 a , . . , . , I. f . v , . . 5 ' ' - ,Y. . . . , . Q 1 ' , ' x . , - . I i . gl ' Y 1 I 4 v 1 I . - u - - .. 'Q .. ' ' ' , ,y . . . .