Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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Class THE TREASURE CHEST OF 1933 One rainy day I paid a visit to Mother Lewis' treasure house where I found four dingy chests. The first one was a shabby green chest with a rusty lock. I lifted the cover and the thing that attracted my attention was a large book with the word Secretary and the dates 1929- 1930 on the cover. This book contained a list of one hundred and sixty-one names that I recognized as the class of 1933. Turning from page to page, I came to the oflicers of the class: Presi- dent, Grace Grengeg Vice-President, Michael Ingelidog Secretary, Merrill Farrell, Treasurer, Edward Ferruccig and class adviser, Mr. Davis. Between some banners and papers, I found a program telling of the reception given the class by the Sophomores, October 19, 1929. I noticed next a pamphlet en- titled Clubs. The first one mentioned was the Glee Club which held a very successful meeting September 13th, with seventy-five members. Next in line came the Corona Club, made up of a few Freshman girls who delight- ed in writing poems and acting plays. Then came an account of the Scrib- bler's Club composed of Freshmen boys who gave a play entitled The Harmonica Club, which went off well. just as I was about to close the chest, I picked up a newspaper clipping with the heading- Freshman Girl Wins Double Prize. This went on to say that the Freshman class was glad to congratulate Katherine MacLane on receiving both the French and Algebra prize. Two months later I returned to the treasure house to open the second chest which was similar to the first. Again I found a book with the word Page Ten -nf CHRONICLE 10- 21950 ry Secretary, but with the dates 1930- 1931 on its cover. The book itself was of smaller volume and contained only one hundred and nineteen names. The following oihcers were elected to help carry on: President, Michael Ingelidog Vice-President, Ruth Cushing, Secre- tary, Eva Roberts, Treasurer, Francis Castagliolag and class adviser, Miss Tirrell. Realizing that newspapers car- ry a lot of information I picked up the following clipping: Annual Reception Held-Saturday, December 13th. The annual Freshman Reception was held and very well attended. An interesting program was furnished including a farce, The Teacher's Pet, presented by the Sophomores. As I laid the clip- ping back in the trunk, I noticed some- thing glitter, and when I held it in the light I found it to be a gold class ring with the inscription Lewis upon a shield. On each side of the shield, part of the date 1933 was engraved. A short time passed when I again visited the treasure house and opened the third chest. The same familiar book greeted me, but the date had been changed to 1931-1932. It contained ninety-seven names and presented the following officers: President, Michael Ingelidog Vice-President, Carroll Rod- man, Secretary, Robert Smith, Treas- urer, Barbara Bryantg Class Adviser, Mr. Davis. Nestling among some pa- pers was a red string and on one end of it was a small pencil, and when I had removed the papers I found a card attached to the opposite end. The card was folded and on the front the fol- lowing was printed in red letters: Jun- ior Prom+Lewis High School-Janu- ary 2, 1932. Next I picked up a some- what frayed program that was the Junior Recital. The selections were taken from famous American orations.

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-wif CHRONICLE 10- The following took part: Edna Kritz, The Flag on the Firing Line, by Theodore Roosevelt, Stephen Blazek, Farewell Address , by George Wash- ington, Eva Roberts, Speech to the Virginia Colonies , by Patrick Henry, William Manware, Second Inaugur- al , by Abraham Lincoln, Michael In- gelido, The League for Peace , by Woodrow Wilsong Ruth Cushing, Makers of the Flag , by Franklin K. Lane. Ruth Cushing and Michael In- gelido received two dollars and a half in gold for their efforts. In one of the corners of the trunk I found a small coin box. When opened, a bright ten dollar gold piece shone up at me. Surely I had found a real treasure, but no, a tag was tied to it with the name of Mary Mastrianni written across it. It seemed that she had been awarded this ten dollar prize by the League of Nations for writing the second best history examination in this state. Having found the contents of the first three chests most interesting, I ventured to open the fourth. This chest was battered and appeared to have been through many hardships. With difficulty I lifted the cover and found the contents entangled with a large spider's web. In the center of the web was the black demon himself, and I recognized him at once to be Depres- sion , that much talked about evil. I soon made my way through his web and found the familiar book containing the Roll Call of the Class of '33. This book had decreased many times in size and showed a list of ninety members. Be- side the names of four people was a gold star and these stars were to indi- cate them as leaders. They were: Pres- ident, Michael Ingelidog Vice-Presi- dent, Barbara Bryant gSecretary,james Kaneg Treasurer, Eugene D'Angelo. These four stars followed on under the guiding star, our class adviser, Miss Bedford. In one corner of the chest I found a carefully tied sack. Did it contain gold? No indeed, again I was mistaken, for upon opening it I found it to be only half filled with smaller sacks. Each of these was numbered and tagged as fol- lows: No. 1-Proceeds from dance held September 30th, ten dollars. No. 2-Proceeds form Cake Sale held Oc- tober llth, six dollars and a half. No. 3-Proceeds from dance held Novem- ber 25th. No. 4-Proceeds from Hot Dog Sale December 7th, five dollars. No. 5-Proceeds from Tea Dance held April Sth. In another part of the chest I found a box with a picture of a large black cat on the cover. I re- moved the cover and there lay, all topsy-turvey, twelve little dolls all dressed to represent characters. On each of them was pinned a little card telling whom they represented. Among them I found a japanese butler, a bride and groom, and a maid. Yes, I remem- bered them all as they performed their parts in the play The Cat Came Back. I was about to leave when I heard some one laugh at me, and peek- ing out from under some papers I saw a jolly negro on the front of a piece of paper. I picked it up and found it to be the program of the Senior Min- strel which did a lot to help the sack grow heavier. Reluctantly I closed the cover. There was only a small space left and I real- ized that that was just large enough to hold a debate program, a class night program, a Chronicle, and a long, white diploma. When those souvenirs have been added, the class of 1933 will be simply a chest of fond memories. Page Eleven