Suffield Academy - The Pioneer Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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CLASS HISTORY In 1950 Sufheld Academy experrenced the greatest shock rn rts hrstory when the fearless four arrrved to found the rnfant Class of 1954 Among these dauntless proneers were Bernre Greenberg who arrrved for a lrberal educrtron Marsh Seymour who broke out of hrs playpen and crossed the street and representrng the 4 H Club the two notorrous cloverkrckers Ev Bahre and Gus Crombre In our Sophomore year we added to our crew such famous personalrtres as Norm Vester of the Worcester Excursron and Don Gunn of Suffield who came to strengthen our ranks Ranny Blake dropped by to trckle the rvorres rn Chapel Gene Antonuccr crme wrth enough hot arr to keep the Memorral Burldrng heated Ron Mrllen and Drck Starr appeared from Pebble Mound wrth no shoes on In the unror year Mr Appleton H Seaverns assumed the dutres as head master Srnce hrs arrrval Mr Seaverns has made numerous rmprovements rn the physrcal plant of the school as vnell as rarsrng rts scholastrc standard For hrs many rmprovements and foresrght we wrsh to express our ,cratrtude Further addrtrons to our class were our two buttroom ambassadors Jack Rerd and ack Henry Con Boyer flew rn on hrs hopped up yeep and slrde trombone Somersvrlle sent therr Henchman Andy DeCaro to case da yornt Happy Hank Whrtneld arrrved much to the teachers clrscontent Head Commander Walt Steuer nagel of the Marrnes arrrved wrth mrlrtary honors Don Gale arrrved to take candrd shots of the boys Wrll The Freld Mouse Tryon arrrved lookrng for the cheese of knowledbe Tony Lotane arrrved to add to the upset Den Learned arrrved showrng off a whrte sarlor hat Drck Gaull waddled rn to show hrs abrlrty to make frrends Drck Loftus came to see rf hrs brke could make rt Thrs year the Class of 1954 has rrsen to the herghts of the rnstrtutron at last Senrors Numerous addrtrons came to our class thrs year Phrl Brown and Bruce Charland came to wrap rt up Dave Comp another from the ranks of the Marrnes came to check on Walt Steuernagel Gary Conklrn came to frnd a soft bed Dave Gaughan came to drsplay hrs profound rntellrgence to Mr Sanderson Bump Kray eske arrrved to take charge of the drnrng hall oe Lewandowskr came to drsplay hrs basketball talents Harrs came to teach Mr Doyle the prrncrpals of hrgher mathe matrcs Pensrt came to drsplay hrs Ipana smrle Rrchman came to keep Suffield s women happy Dave Pope came to Suffield to replace Davrd Seuss Barry Ellrott arrrved to help keep Steve Mackay rn lrne Charlre Strrd came to forget women Grovre Heacock came on a date The Sprrngfield Flash hen Melrkrrn came to show off hrs clothes Charlre Frank came for an ap precrrtrve rudrence for hrs jokes and tales of Bay Path Harry Kowalsky came by to replace Andy rn the hearts of Suffield s women Pete Zwrck dropped rn to round out Torrrngtons delegatron George Thompson came to be Charlre Franks under study rn corny jokes 27 . . I I I 't . 2 1 t I 'Qt - , L 9 Il 7 . J , . . . - , , ' Y 7 , . 5 V . J , - . K . ' . K C Y. Q . . . 1 L Q , L . . ' f .Y ,J L 4 . 1 . ' . . I I . C A t L . , I 4 . c 1 ' 1 X 4 1 . 1 Y yn . K K '

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CLASS PROPHECY Good evening ladies and gentlemen this rs your news commentator of TV Station WCLI rn Suffield wrth the 25th reunion report of the Class of 1954 In the background you can hear the musrc of HARRY KOWALSKY and hrs Kool Kats wrth hrs guest the famous concert pianist RANNY BLAKE Just walking rn the door rs the presrdent of General Motors EUGENE ANTONUCCI with hrs ace designer DICK STARR Seated to our left rs a table of notables from the field of athletics headed by Olympic Skr Champ PETE ZWICK Ex All Amerrcan now wrth Los Angeles Rams GARY CONKLIN wrth hrs old buddy CHARLIE STRID who rs now wrth the New York Yankees football team talk over old trmes We also see head coach and Director of Athletics at Suffield Academy JIM KRAYESKE with his rrval coach from Loomrs STEVE MACKAY talking wrth DAVE POPE National Indoor Swim Champ Seated wrth them rs JOE LEWANDOWSKI Captain of the Boston Celtrcs Just comrng rnto the range of our camera now rs natronally known contractor LENNY ERFF wrth hrs two chief engineers DICK GAULL and KENNY MELIK IAN They have just designed a new hosprtal at Suffield called the Gaughan Me morral Hospital after the famous surgeon DAVID GAUGHAN On hrs staff he has some Suffield alumni namely chref dretrtran RALPH LEARNED x ray tech nrcrans GEORGE THOMPSON and DR ANTHONY LOTANE FIELD ralkrng to columnist JACK HENRY of the T Vrlle Press We now see publrcrty man BERNIE GREENBERG from Richman Movre Studio accompanred by the boss hrmself JACK RICHMAN We now see pilot DON GALE comrng rnto the picture with GUS CROMBIE of Crombre 8: Charland Real Estate Agents out of New York Nationally known mens clothrng designer EVERETT BAHRE approaches wrth hrs prrze model DON GUNN Here come MARSHALL SEY MOUR and RON MILLEN Professors at the Unrversrty of Connecticut wrth BILL TRYON prrncrpal of Classrcal Hrgh rn Springfield Among a few late arrrvals from the world of sports we see former Mrddle weight Champ ANDY DECARO and WALT STEUERNAGEL a regular on Satur day nrght s TV wrestling program JACK THE WHIP REID of the Boston Red Sox wrth DR NORMAN VESTER of the Boston Memorial Hospital PHIL BROWN of Brown Motors Incorporated has Just arrrved along with DON FRANK of Frank Enterprrses of Springfield All eyes are now on the stage where BARRY ELLIOTT presrdent of Harvard Medrcal School rs introducing the two recent Nobel Prrze wrnners PENSIT POTI JINDA and HARIS SUTABUTRA who was just awarded the Burck Peace Prrze Well our trme rs runnrng short so this rs your news commentator srgnrng off for statron WCLI rn Suffield Poof' As we come out of our lrttle trance we seem to be back rn MR POWELL S chemrstry laboratory 26 Swinging down the center we see N.B.C. comedian HAPPY HANK WHIT-

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