Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1932 volume:

THE OWL 19 3 2 The Yearly Publication Thomaston High School Volume XI Thomaston High School Thomaston, Connecticut i p 11 ■ « Foreword Commemoration Faculty- Seniors Literary- Features Athletics Alumni OWL STAFF 1932 Editor-in-Chief..,. Associate Editor... Literary Editor... Art Editor Business Manager... Alumni Editors..... Frances Hotchkiss Athletic Editor... Music Editor Dramatics Typists Faculty Advisor... Eleanor Doty Mafalda Schiappacasse Margaret Taylor Faculty Advisor With the year 1922 came the first issue of the year hook, the Owl. Since then ten other numbers have been successfully edited, each one trying to show a marked superiority over its predecessor. May the pages of this 1932 edition bring to you in later years memories of the long hours of work, the happy hours of play, the hours of service to T. H. S. We may forget the knowledge learned from books, but we shall never forget some of the lessons emphasized in connection with living our life every day and, most important of all, those lessons which have taught us the worth of friendship. In Commemoration of the Bicentennial Celebration of t-eorge Washington, Father of His Country, whose birth two hundred years ago is being celebrated throughout the country from February tc jJovember 24 We respectfully submit this vol-me FACULTY Raymond Brown, B S« Amherst College Superintendent and Principal Handel M. Green, B. S. Harvard College Vice Principal, History, Problems of Democracy Athletic Director Marion R. Bailey, A. B. Smith College English Jennie M. Buck, A. B. Colby College History and Latin Frances Doyle, A. B« Albertus Magnus Social Studies and Mathematics Bernice R. Drumm, A. B. University of Maine Vocational Guidance and English Enos M Drumm, A B. Bates College Science Albert B. Ebner, Ph. B. Brown University History Evelyn A Goodwin, A B Tulane University French and English Elizabeth A. Harkness, B. A., M. A. University of Maine Mathematics Bernice D« Ingalls, A. B. Tufts College English Eva E. Knowles Boston University Music Ruth C. Litchfield, 3« S Bridgewater Normal School Social Studies and Athletic Director Margaret McGinnis, B. S. E. Massachusetts School of Art Art Olive A. Piper, B. S Boston University Commercial Subjects Clara E. Ranney Westfield Normal School University of Vermont Mathematics . h ‘ -Vi , • ft w ft • CLASS OFFICERS President ............................... Peter Kurdeka Vice President..........................Francis Drunsic Secretary .............................. Vivian Swanson Treasurer ........................... Edward DeBisschop Mary Ann Bereza A merry heart goes all the day. Stella Josephine Biedrzycki There studious let me sit. Marguerite Dorice Blouin A quiet person—except when otherwise. Gaylor Bronson Conlin John Francis Danaher Glee Club, 1-3; Basketball, 3; Art Class, 1-2; Athletic Club, 3; Owl Staff 4. Glee Club, .1-2; Dramatic Club, 3. Glee Club, 1-2-3; Art Club, 1-2; Orchestra, 3-3; Dramatic Club, 3; Library Club, 3-4; Owl Staff 4. Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Craft Club, 3; Mechanical Drawing, 1-3; Mathematics Club, 3. Basketball, 3-4. Everything comes to him who waits, So why should I hurry? He has smiles a mile long for everyone. Edward James DeBisschcp The course of true love never runs smooth. Eleanor Jacques Doty And mistress of herself though China falls. Francis Stanley Drur.sic Great thoughts, great feelings came to him like instincts unawares . Sophie Mary Giatas A smile for all. Helen Elizabeth Griswold Begone, dull Care; Thee and I shall never agree. Orchestra, 1-2-3-4; Press Club, 3; Dramatics, 4; Cvl Staff, 3-4; Screamer Staff, 3; Glee Club, 4; Art Club, 2; Basketball 3-4; Soccer, 3; Treasurer, 4. Screamer Staff, 1-2-3; Owl Staff, 1-2-3-4; Dramatics, 2-3; Glee Club, 1-2-3; Library Club, 3-4; Orchestra,1-2-3; Basketball, 3; Pres Club, 3; Art Class, 1-2. Vice President, 4; President, 1; Owl Staff Business Manager, 4; Student Council, 1; Dramatics Manager, 4; French Club, 3; Glee Club, 2-3-4; Soccer, 3. Dramatics Club, 3; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4. Owl Staff, 1-3-4; Screamer Staff, 1; Press Club, 3; French Club, 3; Library Club, 4; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Debating Club, 1; Cheer Leader, 3-4. Helen Marie Holm You can depend on her for every duty; she is as true as steel. Frances Amelia Hotchkiss I must have Liberty.11 Edmund Stanley Kakcwski A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Sophie Agnes Krayeski The majority is always right, and I guess I'm usually the majority. Peter Lawrence Kurdeka A noble heart in a man of brain. Cwl Staff, 2; Etfitor-in-Chief, 4; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Library Club, 3-4; Student Council, 2; Dramatics, 4; Press Club, 3. Owl Staff, 3-4; Press Club, 3; Library Club, 3-4; Athletic Club 3; Basketball, 3-4; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Librarian, 4; Screamer Staff, 3; Treasurer, 2. Orchestra, 3-4; Glee Club, 2-3-4. Glee Club, 1-2-3; Dramatic Club, 3. Treasurer, 3; President, 4; Glee Club, 3-4; French Club, 3; Press Club, 4; Soccer, 2; Dramatics, 4. Christina Claire MacDonald Glee Club, 3; Dramatic Club, 3 Not stepping; o’er the bounds of modesty. Mildred Helen Mott . Library Club, 3-4. A quiet girl but a busy brain. Mary Nakoneczny Glee Club, 2. As merry as a marriage bell. James Joseph Ryan Athletic Club, 3; Baseball, 1-2; Cheerfulness and content Soccer, 3; Glee are great beautifiers and Club, 2-3-4. are famous preservers of youthful looks. Mafalda Frances Sohiappaoasse Rather petite, but awfully sweet. Debating Club, 1; Secretary, 3; Glee Club, 1-2; Dramatic Club, 3; Owl Staff 4. Gerda Charlotte Scholander Owl Staff, 3-4; Screamer Laugh and the world laughs with you. Staff, 3; Orchestra, 1-2-3-4; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Library Club, 4; Press Club, 3; French Club, 3; Dramatics, 2-3-4. Helen Shearer Owl Staff, 4; Screamer Staff, 2; Student Council, She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. 2; Secretary 2; Basketball, 2-3-4; Basketball Captain, 4; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Athletic Club, 3; Mathematics Club, 3; Library Club, 4; Dramatics, 2. Gladys Vivian Swanson Secretary, 2-4; Owl Staff, 4; Library Club, 4; Math- A comrade blithe and full of glee, ’Vho dares to laugh out loud and free. ematics Club, 3; Art Class, 1; French Club, 3; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4. Margaret Mary Taylor Debating Club, 1; Glee Club, 1-2; Treasurer, 2; She may look quiet, but look again. President, 3; Dramatic Club, 3; Library Club, 4; Owl Staff, 4. James Joseph Torrence Glee Club, 1. He is the very pink of courtesy. Vincent Vernon Voloski Basketball Manager, 4; Glee Club, 1-2-4; Craft Large was his bounty Club, 2. and his soul sincere. Emogene Ruth Warner Glee Club, 2-3-4; Dra- matic Club, 3. Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman. ■nem p • m sn ;■ .,,  THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION By a special Act of Congress, the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, with Herbert Hoover as chairman, has been created. It has its offices in Washington,D. C. and has planned a celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, which will be unprecedented in extent and entirely original in character and method. All over the United States and in many other parts of the world, the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington will be celebrated during more than nine months in 1932. The celebration will begin on Washington’s Birthday, February 22, 1932 and will continue through Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1932. The United States Commission is not centering its efforts in the city of Washington, nor in any other one place. Every town is asked to make its special contribution for the occasion. Pageants and plays, featuring George Washington’s life from boyhood to manhood, will be acted all over the country by various clubs, schools, and societies. For the first time and perhaps for the only time, scenes will be presented to the public in the form of motion pictures, showing the interior and exterior of Mount Vernon and of other places historically associated with the First President, which have never before been similarly photographed. Colonial music and dancing will once again be revived for the Bicentennial Celebration. Essay and oratorical contests relating to George Washington will be conducted in the schools throughout the Nation. Speeches and radio addresses will be delivered upon various aspects of George Washington’s life. Tree planting will be another popular way of paying homage to George Washington In 1932. After a century and a half of neglect, the birth-place of George Washington is being rebuilt as nearly as possible in accordance with conditions of two centuries ago and will be opened to the public as a national shrine on Washington’s birthday in 1932. The original house in which Washington was born was built between 1718 and 1720 by Augustine Washington, father of George, near Pope's Creek, a small tributary of the Potomac River, in Westmoreland County, Virginia on the Washington Plantation known today as Wakefield. The house was destroyed by fire in 1780. It is being reproduced by the Wakefield National Lemorial Association aided by the Federal Government and sponsored by the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. To show our appreciation and respect for the man who helped win our independence for us from England and who was one of the founders of our Nation, the Owl Staif will devote this year book to the Father of Our Country George Washington. The entire Literary Department has been given over to essays on the life and character of this famous personage. And in this way, we, the pupils of the Thomaston High School, will be able to contribute our share in the nation-wide Bicentennial Celeoration. Vivian Swanson, ’32 Literary Editor YOUTH A NO MANHOOD OF GUOROS T.' SI-11 NOTOM George Washington was born in 7estmoreland County, Virginia, on February 22, 1732. The cottage in which he was born burned when he was a boy. A stone slab now marks the spot where the cottage stood. When the banks under the ing and si Washington was a young boy his family moved of the Rappahannock River. Here he was plac care of a parish sexton, who taught him spel mple arithmetic facts. to ed 1- In 1743, when Washington was eleven, his father died. Washington's mother was now left alone without much money and with five children to care for. Washington was sent to live with his half brother, Lawrence. Here he went to school and acquired a fair, common school education. Washington studied diligently but he was not a natural scholar. Host of his education was acquired by self study. He learned a great deal from older men and women with whom he was associated at that time, one especially, Lord Fairfax, a relative of Lawrence Washington. He taught Washington the knowledge of men and manners which schools could not teach. It is said that no young men of -'ash ington' s time had better opportunities than 'Vashington, and he made the best of them. When Yashington was fourteen, his mother thought that he should be earning his own living as it was hard for her to support her children and keep their home. He tried to to become a the British back to his subject. get a position on a merchant's ship, hoping captain or possibly receive a Commission in Navy, but no chance appeared so he went studies, taking up mathematics as his chief After two years of study he was fitted for a surveyor. He, with George Fairfax, set out for the frontier. His task was to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains and to work up the Shenandoah and survey the vast Fairfax estates which never before had been defined. He did this so well that when he returned, Lord Fairfax pronounced him a public surveyor. Washington, from early boyhood is said to have been exceptionally strong. One time he threw a stone from the bed of the river to the top of the natural Bridge in Virginia. Another time he threw a piece of slate the size of a half dollar across the Rappahannock to Fredericksburg. Strong men have since tried the same thing but no one has ever succeeded in clearing the water. Peale who once visited Mount Vernon tells us that one day some athletic young men were pitching iron bars in the presence of Washington. Suddenly Washington grasped the bar and with little effort hurled the bar much farther than any of the others. After all had congratulated him, Washington said, When you beat my pitch, young gentlemen, I’ll try again. One of Washington's greatest sports was horseback riding. From boyhood he was a skilled and daring rider. Jefferson once said, Washington was the best horseman of his age and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. This was true for when Washington sat on his horse he looked as straight as an arrow, with his light brown hair brushed back from his face, showing his sober gray-blue eyes which gave him an unusual serious expression. Washington was also very fond of dancing. He lea.rned to dance in boyhood and danced until he was sixty-four. It is sa.id that he often rode ten miles to attend a dance, where sometimes he would dance continually for three hours. Music was another of Washington's oleasures. He attended every concert and performance of early opera that was given in nearby cities. He once gave his stepdaughter a harpsichord worth a thousand dollars, a great deal of money in those days. Washington's military career began at the age of nineteen. He wa.s appointed adjutant general of one of the military districts in Virginia. He showed qualities of a successful commander in operation against the French and Indians. He was chosen for a. difficult tank of giving notice to the French, saying that they clee.r the Western country. A letter to a London tailor while Washington was fighting in the French and Indian War shows how particular he was about the quality and fit of his clothes. Here are some of the things he ordered: Silver Lace for a Hatt , Ruffled Shirts, Waistcoat of superfine Scarlet cloth and gold Lace, Marble colored Silk Hose, and many costly and highly colored articles of apparel worn by the rich young men of that period. These are exact words from Washington’s Journals. Every young American should remember of Washington, There is no word spoken, no line written, no deed done by him which justice would reverse or wisdom deplore. His greatness did not consist so much in his intellect, his skill, and his genius, though he possessed all these, as in his honor, his integrity, his truthfulness, his high and controlling sense of duty,—in a word his character, honest, pure, noble, and great. Luella Wellman, ’34 Washington as a Youth Exemplified the Ideals of Boy Scouts In colonial times frontier life in Virginia presented many difficulties. The territory had an abundance of game and of great forest lands. However, this sort of living produced some of America1s -greatest leaders, since it taught them the important lessons of hardy independence and self-reliance. ' ashington's boyhood days at Mount Vernon were days of natural learning. He was allowed to roam among the hills and explore the rivers at his leisure. He became an expert horseback rider and alreaoy attracted great admiration for his skill and bravery in riding many miles to school every morning. Washington's home life was everything a boy could wish for until his father died when George was only eleven years old. ihe Scout law of obedience was always follo'wed by ashington especially in fulfilling his promise to his dying fatner that of being good to his mother. Washington held great admiration and respect for his half brothers, August?ne and Lawrence. They developed George into a strong, sturdy outdoor youth and instilled in him a courteous mild spoken manner. Washington was very grave for mis age and was never a great talker. Thus he illustrated the Scout law of courtesy by his desire to treat other people with respect and to be thoughtful of their feelings and neecW.. Even as a youth, Washington had the reputation of being a fair umpire in disputes. Lis comrades recognized his skill in fairness of judgment and his power as a peacemaker. .'ashington often folio ed his schoolmaster, hr. illiams, into the meadows to help him survey the _ surrounding countryside. It was his hoboy and delign to make rough maps of the hills around Mount Vernon. His trustworthiness in making these maps accurately prepared him for greater responsibilities in tne years to come. Washington always imitated the best qualifies he could find in his friends. In a modern sense his schoolmaster could thus be calieo. his Scoutmaster. the age of fifteen it was necessary for 7aslien o o s e a vocation in order to help support At ington to his mother. George's interest metic, together with his vigor life made him choose surveying new life required a useful and did much in aiding the licensed who in turn helped the youth to ocu ulj In truth this colonial Scout followed the rule of usefulness throughout his entire life. for exactness and arith-and love for outdoor for his life v ork. This helpful man. Washington surveyor, James Germ, et up his own business. Washington's life as a surveyor brought him many adventures in the wilderness lands of Virginia. Expeditions into the unmapped country of the West became his regular program. At times he was even compelled to sleep in the open air for several nights, rolled up in a bear skin. The Scout code of bravery was thus followed by his refusal to fear any danger or to submit to the pleadings of his friends to give up this dangerous occupation. Y hsr kind of soi other natur unkno singly day. In rs Blues kin pi car ee r. 17 a value of fe ever the young surveyor rent he observed the 1, the type of vegetation, drainage, and many al features. Ke was preparing, perhaps , to become the leading Agriculturist of his turn for surveying services he acquired the antation on the Rappanhannock early in his shington's sense of thrift taught him the rtile lands. 'Washington was always a wide reader and displayed his abundance of knowledge in his various writings. He was always eager to learn how to do things, that is how to make or build articles. '7e have learned much from 'Washington's diaries and letters concerning his kindness and humanity as a boy. Washington had many friends, both old and young. One example of his loyalty is his protection of his friend Lord Fairfax from the Whigs. Thus America's colonial hero nevvr lost interest in the companions of his youth. Loyalty and friendliness are two of the most important la s of the Scout code. Washington had perseverance to do what was right even in the most trying circumstances. When he was permitted to become a midshipmen in the British navy and was all ready to go, his mother finally persuaded him that she needed him at home. Obedience was the only quality that could have induced him to give up the trip. This American boy had a keen sense of humor and a quiet smile. He was naturally happy and carefree and always managed to keep his temper under control. Consequently he grew un into a good natured man in spite of a life of grave responsibility and care. Washington was brought up under very strict parents. His standards of thinking and acting were very high. Religion was always one of the most important subjects in his mind. Washington might well be called one of the Scouts' first leaders, since he was one of the earliest Americans to follow the twelve great laws tending to make beys better citizens and better examples for the younger generations. These twelve qualities, trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, friendliness, courtesy, kindness, obedience, cheerfulness, thrift, bravery, cleanliness, and reverence are of such influence that every American youth should aim to be an ideal Scout even as Washington did. Helen Helm, '32 gsorge Washington—soldier The military career of George Washington began when he was a very young boy. His brother, Lawrence, had gone to Europe to study the art of war in the British army; and his appearance, in the uniform of a British officer, kindled Washington's admiration and inspired him to organize a company among his playmates. The lads, under the leadership of young Washington, drilled regularly and fought many sham battles with as much earnestness as any soldier. Lawrence, very much pleased with his brother's conduct, suggested that he become a midshipman in the British navy. Washington readily accepted this suggestion and immediately prepared for his departure. On the day he was to leave, he noticed that his mother seemed troubled. Upon inquiring the cause of the trouble, he found that she did not wish him to join the navy. Young Washington at once decided to comply with her wishes and remained at home. This decision, had it been contrary, would have, doubtlessly, affected the history of the United States. Washington was skilled as a surveyor, and at the age of sixteen, was employed by Lord Fairfax to survey a large tract of mountainous wilderness. He accomplished this task so well that his employer paid him liberally; in f?.ct his pay often amounted to twenty dollars a day. At the age of nineteen he was appointed major in the Virginia militia. There he received some instructions in the art of warfare and progressed rapidly. When Governor Dinwiddle selected a messenger to be sent to the French fort, Le Boeuf, with an important message for the commander, he chose Major Washington. The mission to Fort Le Boeuf w s not only dangerous, but very difficult, for the messenger had not only to carry the message to the French post, some five hundred miles distant, but to pass through the roughest kind of country, brave the threats of swollen streams, rolling-rocks, hostile Indians, and a great many other perils in mid-winter. Washington set out, with several companions, of whom one returned on October 31, 1753, and he himself came back, after many narrow escapes from death, on January IS, 1754, not only with the French commander1s sealed reply, but with a vivid account of his own observations as to the strength of the fort, the attitude of the Indians, and much other valuable information. This information spelled WAR with capital letters. The instructions which the Governor had received from England authorized him to enlist two hundred men to proceed to the Ohio River and there to build two forts before the French could forestall them. Washington was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel and was given command of the troops to be raised. He was to advance from Alexandria, the rallying place of the troops, to the aid of Captain Trent, who had preceded him into the Ohio River country, and to drive away, capture, or kill all who attempted to interfere with English settlement of the country. While en route to the new fort, Washington received the startling news that the French had descended upon the workmen in an overwhelming number, captured the fort, completed the building of it, and named it Fort Duquesne. Without waiting for his re-enforcements, Washington proceeded, with all possible speed, toward the fort. In early May he reached a spot, forty miles from his destination, where his Indian allies informed him the French had prepared an ambush. Washington arranged his forces in two parallel lines and advanced, in single file, on the French position. He was leading the Virginians, and consequently it was he who first saw the French and fired on them, ordering his men to do likewise. Thus it was Washington who fired the first shot of the French and Indian war. Although the attack was a surprise, the French fought with great courage. The Virginians, however, held a distinct advantage and soon won the day; thus was won Washington's first victory. Washington then proceeded a little farther, and, forced to stop by the exhausted and weakened condition of his array, built Fort Necessity, where the French attacked him on July 3rd. The French not being eager to fight, agreed to parley. Washington and his men were allowed to withdraw with their arms on the condition that they would not erect another post in the country within a year. The French destroyed the fort after the Virginians' withdrawal. This was Washington's first withdrawal, and, incidentally, the last. The next turn of the wheel of fate brought General Edward Braddock to America at the head of two thousand British regulars. General Braddock was an officer of highest qualities, although he did not possess a good opinion of his own ability and his troops were the pride of the British army. From among the Virginians he recruited three companies, and with these and the two thousand British regulars, he proceeded to march on Fort Duquesne. Washington, at General Braddock's request, accompanied the army as a volunteer. The army wound through the mountains very slowly, following a route contrary to that which Washington had advised. Growing impatient with the lack of progress, Washington attempted to speed up the army a bit, but succeeding only partially in his purpose as the army still lagged. Finally,, on the eighth day of July, the army had reached a point only twelve miles distant from its destination. On the following morning, as the army was breaking camp and was about to resume its march, Washington urgently requested Braddock to spread out his line of attack, frontier style. Whereupon Braddock turned fiercely on the young Colonel and demanded: What ! Do you, a provincial colonel, presume to teach a British general how to fight? Washington accepted this rebuke in silence; nevertheless he had his misgivings. The army continued to advance in approved European style, and before long came to a narrow road, not more than a dozen feet in width and flanked by heavy underbush—a perfect setting for an ambush. Suddenly the gorge lit up with a burst of flame, and the cries of the Indians, from all sides. The English were caught at a hopeless disadvantage. The advance guard immediately fell hack on the main body, leaving guns, powder, and provisions in the hands of the enemy. No man strove more valiantly to rally hi6 troops than did General Braddock, and he partially succeeded. The unequal battle lasted for two hours, and the brave but rash commander had five horses shot from under him before he fell, mortally wounded. It was Washington and his valiant Virginians who saved the army from complete defeat at the hands of the French. The backwoodsmen took to the underbrush and covered the retreat of the English. Their bravery is illustrated in the fact that of the three companies that started only thirty men returned. General Braddock was accompanied to Fort Cumberland, where he died and was buried. It was Washington who read the services at his funeral. With the appointment of William Pitt as Prime Minister, things took a more active shape in America. General John Forbes gathered a force of six thousand men at Fort Cumberland to march against Fort Duquesne; here Washington joined him with two thousand Virginians. General Forbes realized the value of Washington's advice and heeded it. 3efore the English army could reach Fort Duquesne, the French abandoned the garrison and burned the fort. The English took possession, rebuilt the fort, and renamed it Fort Pitt, in honor of William Pitt. Shortly after his return from the conquest of Fort Duquesne, Washington married Martha Custis, and oddly enough, they were married in her home called the white house. On account of his recent election to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Washington decided to retire from military life, at least for the time being. This training made Washington eligible for his appointment as Commander—in—Chief in the Revolutionary War and prepared him for the Presidency. Frank Etheridge, '34 WASHINGTON, THE PRESIDENT With the final assurance that the Constitution would be the accepted form of Government, there was no question but that George Washington must be the first President of the United States and take the lead in the organization of the new government as he had done in the creation of the new nation. The inauguration of George Washington took place in New York on April 30, 1789. He made the journey to New York on horseback and found people everywhere waiting to greet him. He took the oath of office in the presence of the multitude, but read the inaugural address a few minutes later within the senate chamoer. With his usual painstaking care Washington’s first thought was to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the exact conditions of the country. He inspected, personally, all the most important official documents issued since the establishment of the confederacy and called for written reports respecting operations of the bureaus of the several departments. There were a number of serious controversies over State boundaries as well_ as the annoying presence of British garrisons at Fort Niagara, Detroit, and other points within the territory of the United States. There was the question of slavery, some of the states having been conceded to be permanently slaveholding, while others were anti-slavery in both principle and practice. The educational end economic conditions were far from satisfactory. The Constitution itself although ratified without arbitrary demand for cunendments, was subjected to a battery of proposed amendments which constituted pre.ctica.lly a bill of rights. Wa.shington was e.ble to solve all these problems since he selected for his cabinet some of the gree.tect men in the country whom he consulted ns his equals. The general forms e.dopted by the first Congress for the transaction of its business otill continue very much the same as in early days. The Federal judicial system was organized. In September, 1789 the United States Supreme Court came into existence. In 1791 the first ten amendments to the Constitution were adopted. During the first year of the first administration, on July 4th, the thirteenth anniversary of Independence Day An Act for the encouragement and protection of manufacturers was passed, thus introducing e. protective tariff. Shortly after this, Hamilton developed and proposed a general financial system which the President supported, and a Bank of the United States was established. This proved to be the cniei cause for a parting of the ways which resulted in the retirement of Jefferson from the Cabinet and the organization of an opposing political party upholding Jeffersonian democracy as against the administration or Federalist party. Federal politics have since continued to exist with the Democrats and Republicans as the main constructive parties. Other momentous questions arose in connection with the Hamiltonian system of finance. The heavy tax upon distilled spirits led to the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania. Fortunately the disturbance died down while troops were en route toward the scene of the insurrection, and the situation was adjusted without actual battle. With the close of George Washington’s first term as President of the United States, the new government was well organized and its success was assured. The country was prosperous, its shipping increased, and foreign trade was also growing steadily. Washington felt that he could consistently retire. This he was not permitted to do, as the people unanimously demanded his reelection. About this time war broke out between France and England, which was a revolt against special privileges for the few, and against unfair treatment of the many. The United States had promised France at the time of the French alliance to help her if she was attacked, because she had aided us. Washington took a common-sense view of the situation. He knew that the United States was not prepared for war. He issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, 17915 and declared that the United States would be friendly but impartial toward the warring cowers. The French Government sent Edmond Genet as minister to the United States to try to force our government to be the partner of France in the war, and Washington had him recalled. Soon after this Great Eritain seized American vessels trading with the French islands and ordered the capture of neutral vessels that carried food to the United States. The United States would have been in favor of war, but Washington was determined to prevent it. He hurriedly sent Chief Justice John Jay to England to arrange for a treaty; the treaty as ratified was unpopular, but it served its purpose in keeping us out of war with Great Britain. By the time Washington’s second term came to an end, we can say that the Americans had solved, for the time being, all the great problems of 1760 and had oe-come a happy and prosperous nation. Washington would not allow his name to be proposed for a third term because he was tired of public life. Near the end of his second term he issued a Farewell Address, in which he advised us to have as little political connections as possible with foreign nations. This a.ddress was full of wisdom and is often quoted today. As our first President, George Washington has left a record that cannot fade and his name will ever be dear to the hearts of men who love human rights and human liberties. Mafalda Schiappacasse, '32 THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON Washington’s mother lived in a day when little attention was given to women individually, so while historians and biographers have searched far and wide for information of her famous son, few nave devoted themselves to the study of Mary Ball Washington. The first American ancestor of Mary Ball was Colonel William Ball. He had two sons, one of whom was Mary's father. Her father died when she was only three years old, and at the a,e of thirteen she found herself an orphan. She was left well endowed with Virginia land and a proper equipment for any young lady of her social standing. Thus at the age of eighteen with youth, beauty, and a goodly inheritance of land, sun ors were numerous, but she wras interested in none until she was past twenty-two. Then she met in a most romantic fashion Captain Augustine Washington, a widower from Virginia. A romance developed that culminated in a speedy marriage, and Mary Ball Washington wa.s taken to her husband’s home at Bridges Creek. There she quickly fitted herself into her new life and made a real home for her husband and his boys. Mary Washington cut a very handsome and distinguished figure riding one of her horses, pa.cing through roads and lanes in an English habit of scarlet cloth, long and flowing as to skirt and tightly fitted as to bodice. As the mother of Washington, America’s greatest hero, Mary Ball Washington should be enshrined in the hearts of the people of the United States. She typifies the highest type of American Mother. When still under thirty-six yea.rs of age Mary Washington was left to rear five children. George, the eldest of the five, was only about eleven years old when his father died. The home of which Mrs. Washington was mistress was a pattern of order. So strong was the influence of her training that all her children respected her decisions and obeyed her commands. Under the heavy responsibility of her young family, the duty of training them, getting them educated, and managing their resources to furnish an income for their support developed in her a certain reserve dignity and an austerity of manner that frequently awed those of her own family. She was a lady of high breeding and high courage, and no hysterical excitement ever carried her out of the bounds of her resources. George Washington inherited from his mother not only her features but her strong self-reliance, a courage to endure long continued suspense, to bear the weight of great responsibility, and to endure unpopularity and misrepresentation without shrinking. During the troubled days of the war Mrs. Mary Washington knitted constantly, making garments for the soldiers. When the news of the war was bad, she would often say to keep up her courage and strong faith that the mothers and wives of brave men must be brave women. She believed that George Washington would succeed in anything he undertook. After the war she received him with great joy, but she never talked of his great service to his country. She never boasted about him and always responded to compliments with a very dignified and reserved manner. An accidental blow in the breast developed into a cancer, considered incurable in her day. For several years she suffered greatly. When General Washington was notified of his election to the Presidency, he went at once to see hi3 mother. He found her greatly altered by the suffering and progress of her affliction. In telling her of his plans of hastening back to Virginia as soon as his new duties would permit, she told him she would see him no more and urged him to hasten on to fulfill the high destinies which Heaven appeared to have intended for him and gave him her blessing. She died August 25, 1789 at the age of eighty-one. President Washington was unable to attend her funeral. Over her simple grave, many years later, a public monument was erected in grateful remembrance. Barbara Lackman, '33 MARTHA WASHINGTON Martha Washington is generally remembered because she was the wife of George Washington, but this is the proper place to say that she deserves even more recognition than that. She was a typical representative of the women of her time, one of those old Virginia ladies whom one always thinks of in connection with colonial times. In herself, Martha Washington was in no way a remarkable woman. Personally, she was a fair representative of the average American matron of the eighteenth century. Whatever may be the right of American women to boast of superior educational advantages todaj'-, such advantages were few, though eagerly desired, in the time of Martha Washington. Girls were shut out from the Boston High School because they had flocked to it in such numbers in pursuit of knowledge. The daughters of the cavaliers were more often taught to dance and to play the spinet than to spell or to read. Had Martha Washington enjoyed the highest prive-leges for mental development, she would never have been known to the world as an intellectual woman, or as a woman who would ever have risen above the commonplace. This thrifty and industrious housewife usually had knitting-needles in her hcnds, and she thought she had achieved a feat to be proud of when she saved the ravelin's of old black silk stockings and worn-out chair covers and wove then into a dress for herself. She could weave and spin, hut she could not spell. She basked in the warmth and cheer of her beautiful home, the manifold cares and burdens of which, to the smallest degree, were borne by her famous husband. As the wife of Washington, her homely virtues and moral rectitude show to unclouded advantage. Personally, her most marked characteristics were her strong, natural sense of propriety and fitness and her high moral qualities . During the Revolution her patriotism kept naco with that of her husband. The trials of the years that followed are merely matters of history; the severed household, the burden of cares and fears, and the brave hearted woman gladly exchanging, whenever possible, the comfort and security of home for the discomforts and dangers of the camp, and bringing cheer to her husband and comfort to the ill-fed and ill-clad soldiers. Amid the sufferings of Valley Forge, one of her helpers writes: I never in my life knew a woman so busy from early morning till late at night as was Lady 'Washington, providing comforts for the sick soldiers. Every day, except Sunday, the wives of the officers in camp, and sometimes other women, were invited to Mr. Pott's to assist her in knitting socks, patching garments, and making shirts for the poor soldiers when material could be procured. Every fair day she might be seen, with basket in hand and with a single attendant, going among the huts seeking the keenest and most neediest sufferers, and giving all the comfort to them under power. 'Washington was very much attached to his wife and showed her a great deal of devotion and love during his married life. He wrote many long letters to his wife which were full of ardent devotion while he was away from home on the many numerous occasions, but Lady ’Washington thought so much of them that she burned them all before she died. Though her pictures represent her as a handsome woman, the current history of the times says that as she matured she grew stouter and became a robust and not particularly handsome old lady. More than likely, too, she had a temper of her own, for she confesses to Being tried beyond endurance by the careless ways of one of Washington's nieces. After their retirement to Mount Vernon, while all the affairs regarding the managing of the estate were supervised by 'Washington, Mrs. Washington superintended her handmaidens and spinning-wheels. She made many of their clothes, and Washington wore, at his first inauguration, a full suit of fine cloth woven in his own home. A lady of the olden time, a daughter of Virginia, her ideas of court forms and etiquette had all been received from the mother country. The receptions of Mrs. Washington merely reproduced, on a smaller plan, the customs and ceremonies of foreign courts. Although a lady of simple habits, it is as the wife of Washington, through sentiments called out by the greatness of his character and the love which she bore him, that the moral capacity of Martha Washington's nature ever approaches greatness. In her portraits Mrs. Washington looks out from the rufilea cam of her maturer years, genuine, true, and wholesome, counted worthy to be her husband's closest confidante; a woman who found in the limits of home, her happiest horizon, a kindly gracious lady, companion and best earthly comfort of one of the world's greatest men. Mildred Mott, '32 GEORGS WASHINGTON A3 A FARMER George Washington's aspiration and great pleasure was to be a successful farmer. Agriculture was amongst the favorite amusements of his life. He was always land hungry, he kept adding tracts of land to his large plantation, and in the end owned eight thousand acres divided into five farms and woodlands. He also carried on fisheries, a ferry, and a mill. Besides carrying on farming, he raised stock, which included horses, mules, sheep, cattle, and hogs, as well as hounds and forage crops for the stock. He carried on horticulture and landscape gardening, and he improved his implements and buildings which, at that time, was unusual in Virginia. In those times destructive farming was the rule. The aim of American farmers was not to make the most they could of the land, but to make the most of the labour which was dearer than the land. Thus the land was not cultivated, but the farmers kept adding new lands to their territories. It was just the opposite in England. Washington says this is just a bad habit and it is hard to get over bad habits. George Washington was America's first scientific farmer. He was always experimenting. He made tests of plowing and ditching; tests of treatment of the seeds before planting; tests of miscellaneous crops and rotation of crops; tests of grafting; tests of vegetables; tests of stock raising; tests of grazing land and breeding; tests of roots and shelter; and tests of labor--white and black. Washington's first crop--like that of every one else in 7irginia--was tobacco. He did not like to raise this crop because his land was not of the best quality for raising tobacco; special labor was required; and there were many complications for marketing. Because of this he changed from the tobacco routine, and wheat became his substitute. He experimented widely in the culture of wheat. Washington tried various ways to prevent rust or the Hessian fly from spoiling the crop. He also tried various plows and made a plow of his own design. He invented a barrel drill, too. He estimated the proper time to begin reaping and invested in threshing machines which were uncommon in those days. He built his barns much on the stylo of the modern silo. Besides wheat he raised corn, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat. Corn gave him a good deal of trouble because his land was not fertile enough for this. He also planted potatoes and carrots. Fertilisation had his attention, and he used many mixtures for this purpose. His interest in stock was one of Washington's important characteristics as an agriculturist, especially after his war experiments had made him acquainted with conditions in the northern states. He saw the advisability of using oxen instead of draft horses. He experimented with mules a great deal, but did not show much interest in the improvement of cattle and swine. Wool was the most important textile material. He paid much attention to raising sheep, which was uncommon in the South. Washington thought if ho increased and improved sheep it would be one of the most profitable speculations he could undertake. Thus, George Washington contributed much to the success of the agriculture industry of to-day. Helen Shearer,  3S SOCIAL LIFL OF WASHINGTON There can be no doubt that Washington like the Virginian of his time was pre-eminently social. It is true that late in life he complained that his home had become a ell resorted tavern and that at his own table, I rarely miss seeing strange faces, come as they say out of respect for me. At Mount Vernon, if a day was spent without company the fact was almost always noted in his diary, and in a visit, too, he noted that he had a very lonesome evening at Col. Champe's, not anybody favoring us with their company but himself. The plantation system which prevented town life and put long distances between neighbors developed two forms of society. One of there was hou e parties. Any one of c? certain social standing was privileged, even welcomed, to ride up to the scat of a planter, dismount, and become a guest. Sometimes one family would go many miles to stay a week with friends, and when they set out to return, their hosts would journey with them and in turn would become guests for a week. The second form of social life was called clubs. At all the cross-roads and court-houses there sprang up taverns, and in these the men of a neighborhooo would gather and over a bowl of punch or a bottle of wine, expense of which they clubbed to share, would spend their evenings. Into this life Washington entered eagerly, ’ hen he came into possession of Mount Vernon, he offered the same unstinted welcome that he had met with, and even as a bachelor he writes of his having much company and again of being occupied with a good deal of company. In two months of 1736 Washington had company to dinner, or to spend the night on twenty-nine days, and dined or visited away from home on seven. During the Revolution all of Washington's aides and his secretary lived with him at head-quarters and constituted what he always called my family. In addition, many others sat down at the table--those who came on business from a distance as well as bidden guests--which frequently included ladies from the neighborhood, who must have been belles among the sixteen to twenty customarily sitting down to dinner. Dinners were not the only form of entertaining. In Cambridge, when Mrs. Washington and Mr. Jack Oustis were at head-quarters, a reception was held on the anniversary of Washington's marriage, and at other times when there was anything to celebrate, the capitulation of Burgoyne, the alliance with France, or the birth of a dolphin, parades, balls, receptions, or cold collations were given. Perhaps the most ambitious attempt was a dinner given on September 21, 1782 in a large tent, to which ninety sat down, while a band of American music added to the gaiety of the company. Whenever occasion called the General to attend on Congress, there was much junketing. My time, he wrote, during my winter's residence in Philadelphia was usually divided between parties of pleasure and parties of business. While he was President, a more elaborate hospitality was maintained. Both in New York and Philadelphia the best houses procurable were rented as the Presidential homes,—for Washington declined living in any public buildings. A steward and fourteen lower servants attended to all details though a watchful supervision was kept by the President over them, and in the midst of his public duties he found time to keep a minute account of the daily use of all supplies with their cost. It was the President's custom to give a public dinner once a week to as many as my table will hold. There w.„s also a biweekly levee to which anyone might come, as well a.s evening receptions by Mrs. Washington, which were more exclusive and more distinctly social. Washington's dinner parties were entertained in a very handsome style. His weekly dining day for company was Thursday, and his dining hour was always four o'clock in the afternoon. His rule was to allow five minutes for the variations of clocks and watches, and then go to the table, be present or absent whoever might. He kept his own clock in the hall, just within the outward door and always exactly regulated. The ceremony of the dinners and levees and the liveried servants were favorite impeachments of the President among the Democrats before they had better material, and Washington was charged with trying to constitute a court and with conducting himself like a king. There can be nc doubt that Washington hated ceremony as much os the Democrats and yielded to it only from his sense of fitness and the opinions of those about him. During the few years that Washington was at Mount Vernon subsequent to the Revolution, the same unbounded hospitality was dispensed as in earlier times, while a far greater demand was made upon it and one sc variegated that at times the host was not a little embarrassed. The hospitality at Mount Vernon was perfectly simple. A traveler relates that he was taken there by a friend, and, as Washington was viewing his laborers, we were desired to tarry. When the President returned he received us very politely. Dr. Croker introduced me to him ’as a gentleman from Massachusetts who wished to see the country and pay his respects.’ He thanked us, desired us to be seated and to excuse him for a few minutes--The President came and desired us to walk into dinner and directed us where to sit. The dinner was very good. Other social qualities of the man cannot be passed over. A marked trait was his extreme fondness for afternoon tea and for picnics. A distinct weakness was dancing. When on the frontier he sighs, The hours at present are melancholy and dull. Neither the rugged toils of war, nor the gentler conflict of A (assembly) B (alls) was his choice. His diary shows him at balls and Routs. When he was President he was a constant attendant at the regular Dancing Assemblies in New York and Philadelphia, and when at Mount Vernon he frequently went ten miles to Alexandria to attend a dance. He still danced in 1796, when sixty-four years of age, but when invited to the Alexandria Assembly in 1799, he wrote tc the managers, Alas! our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them; and I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient and obliged humble servant, George Washington. Scphie Krayeski, ’32 GEORGE WASHINGTON THE CHRISTIAN Justice to Man and Faith in God are two of the most outstanding attributes of George Washington and of his forebears. The family history of Washington indicates that both his paternal and maternal families were very devout. Throughout his military career George Washington by his own example and by his military orders sought to direct the minds and hearts of his men toward religion and morality. His men were kept on the straight and narrow path by the proverb Cleanliness is the next thing to Godliness. His appreciation of deeds well done endeared him to those who were under his command, while his severe chastisement of those who indulged in immoralities and profane language tended to discourage such indulgence. When his father died, Washington was but eleven years old. Being the eldest son in the family he was called upon to lead the family prayers. While still a young man he personally read the impressive funeral service of the Church of England at the burial of General Braddock on the field of battle. In this battle Washington risked his own life endeavoring to rally the soldiers and bring the wounded general off the field. The young warrior wrote to his brother and said that his own escape was merely through the miraculous care of Providence. When placed in command of the Virginia Regiment, Washington endeavored to have chaplains provided for his army on the frontier and while stationed at or near Winchester, Virginia, he required the troops to attend religious service. One of the early milit?.ry orders of Washington was: The men parade tomorrow morning at the beating of the long roll, with their arms and ammunition clean and in good order, and to be marched by the Sergeants of the respective companies to the Fort, there to remain until prayers are over. The orders for the following Sunday were similar. For several Sundays the men were marched to prayers and within a few weeks the Sunday service was made a standing order for the future. He thereby established a custom which proved a beneficial influence; if nothing more, it helped the men under his command to form a commendable habit. From the diaries of George Washington a close check-up has been made upon the regularity of his church attendance. Throughout his public life and in times of stress and strain he attended church oftener than he did in times of national peace and quiet.. The spirit of Christianity and brothe'rly love was truly manifested in the Farewell Address of George Washington to the armies of the United States. lie spoke to his'men as a father might speak to his beloved children. But before the Commander-in-.ch.ief takes his final-leave of those he holds most dear, he wishes to indulge himself a few moments in calling to mind a slight review of the past. May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favors, both here and hereafter, attend thos.e, 'who, under the Divine Auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others. Though he was an Episcopalian he did not confine his religion to any one denomination. While in Philadelphia during the four months he presided over the Constitutional Convention, he records in his diary, May 27, 1787: ’Vent to the Romish Church to high mass. A few Sundays later at his own church he heard Bishop White preach , who was chaplain of the continental Congress. Upon his election to the Presidency he received many letters of congratulations from the different religious organizations. On numerous occasions when George Washington was exposed to unusual danger and was seemingly face to face with grim reaper, he attributed the preservation of his life to Providence. Once while in camp during the Revolution, his life was endangered by a severe attack of quinzy sore throat, and so serious was his illness that he was asked to indicate a suitable successor. Calmly he pointed out General Greene. Could he have spoken he doubtless would have said that he was not afraid to go. Again, while in the first year of his Presidency, when he was seriously ill, he demanded of his physician to know the worst, saying, Do not flatter me with vain hopes; I am not afraid to die.....Whether tonight or twenty years hence makes no difference——I know that I am in the hands of a good Providence. And in his last illness, his faith was once more manifested in the words, I am not afraid to go. Margaret Taylor, '32 The Present Situation in Thomastoii High School The so-called stagger system has been used in the Junior and Senior High School this year in order to remedy the disadvantages of an overcrowded school building. The High School was built to accommodate about three hundred and forty-four pupils. The building has had sufficient room for seating’ pupils until the past year or two. The present High School is now about ten years old and its enrollment of students has increased from the number of two hundred and twenty-five to that of over four hundred. It is clear that it was impossible to continue the old plan of having both classes and study groups in school since the building is inadequate to hold suoh a large number. Every year there are approximately thirty students graduating while there are one hundred seventh graders coming in to take the places of the graduates. The plan of two sessions was considered by the School Board before the ooening of school in September. This system, however, recuired more teachers and would be more expensive than the stagger system. It also complicated transportation schedules as it would be necessary to transport pupils to and from school twice daily. The stagger system is a method by which the pupils are in school only for classes and are compelled to leave the building during study periods. Schedules are arranged so that a certain per cent of the students have free periods every hour. This, of course, leaves a group porportionate to the seating capacity of the school. This plan has worked successfully throughout the year, but it is expected next year's enrollment will increase to the number of four hundred and fifty students, thus making it even more difficult to accommodate the pupils. The committee has been working on education and building urograms all the fall. Their plans will be brought up at the next town meeting in March. Until then no definite decision can be made concerning next year's system. Helen Holm, '32 Editor SENIOR GLEE CLUB The Senior Boys' and Girls' Glee Club which have been combined this year has proved very successful. The Club meets once a week on Friday end is conducted somewhat like the Junior Glee Club. The music of course is more advanced but the books, used for practice in sight reading and practice in knowing the key in which the song is written, are the same books used by the Junior Glee Club. The officers of the Glee Club are: President---Helen Shearer Secretary----Alma Parson Librarian---Frances Hotchkiss JUNIOR GLEE CLUB The seventh and eighth grade pupils make up the Junior Glee Club and they are compelled to take music unless they are excused by the director. The Glee Club has not only gained a better appreciation of music but they take more of an interest, and some of the pupils who at the beginning of the year could not read a note are now fairly good singers. The pupils not only sing in Glee Club but they have notebooks in which they write down the important facts of a. composer's life, his pictures, and some of his most important works. Then some of his works are played on the phonograph and the pupils listen carefully to get the swing and time of the piece, to get the melody so that when they hear it again they will be able to recognize the piece, and to distinguish the various instruments that are played in that piece. The pupils' voices are tested from time to time as their voices change, and accordingly they must change to the pitch that most suits their voices. The pupils enjoy the Glee Club and they sometimes plan social entertainments, but they have also gained a good music appreciation and have learned a great dea,l about music which they never knew before and which they will never forget. ORCHESTRA The orchestra this year under the direction of Miss Knowles numbers fourteen members with seven instruments, piano, drum, violin, clarinet, saxophone and cornet. Many new orchestra folios have been purchased and several new songs have been learned. Meeting once a week on Friday, the orchestra not only plays on school occasions, such as at a school pla.y or graduation exercises in the Paramount Theater, but sometimes it is asked to furnish the music for an evening's entertainment at private parties, banquets, or socials. The members of the orchestra are: Jeanette Benedict Girard Bradshaw Henry Czyz Stanley Czyz Edward DeBisschop Hubert Desrocher Heinz Furtwangler Dorothy Handlowich Edmund Kakowski Stanley Kleneski Enos Krasnoslci Edna Luboyeski Phyllis Pader Charlotte Scholander THE LIBRARY CLUB The activities of the Library Club have not been very extensive so far this school year, owing to the schedule of our school life. The club has had one cr two minor meetings to discuss problems on the management of the library and has had one social event. The officers of the club are: Frances Hotchkiss, President and Helen Holm, Secretary and Treasurer. The Senior members of the club are Helen Shearer, Helen Holm, Helen Griswold, Mildred llott, Eleanor Doty, Marguerite Blouin, Charlotte Scholander, Vivian Swanson, and Margaret Taylor. The Junior members are Margaret Lackman, Edith Poit, Helen Neil, Alma Parsons, and Agnes Claffey. The club held a party in the library, Thursday evening, December 17, with nearly all the members attending. There are some new books which have been added to the library and the club has succeeded in keeping the cataloging of the library in perfect condition. DR ASIATICS The annual school play this year was the well-known Daddy Long Legs , under the direction of Miss Bernice Ingalls. The cast included: Jervis Pendleton- James McBride Cyrus 'Vykoff Abner Parsons Griggs - Peter Kurdeka Michael Lauretano Harold Gill waiters- — — Judy Abbott Miss Pritchard— Mrs. Pendleton— Julia Pendleton— n r 1 i -j Q -y -i q _ _ Helen Holm bailie marine- Mrs. Semple Mrs. Lipper -Charlotte Scholander Edith Poit T.-illv R- li th Sadie Ii6 Gladiola Murphy— Loretta Mamie -Catherine O'Brien Freddie Perkins • Carrie The entire cast portrayed their parts very well and the audience was greatly pleased with the play. It was well attended and the box-office reported a considerable profit for the unemployed. A Great deal of credit is also due to the following: Business Manager-Property Manager-Costume Manager— -Francis Drunsic —Helen Griswold ----Mabel Brooks . Basketball, the chief sport in Thomaston High School, has been very successful for both the boys' and girls' squads this year. The girls, under the able direction of Miss Ruth Litchfield, won the league championship. They won five out of six league games, losing to Watertown by a 17-16 score. They have practically the same squad as last year with a few additions, five of whom are Freshmen. Due to their sportsmanship, their good fight, and the splendid coaching of Handel Green, the boys have captured second place in the league. This is the first time in many years that the boys have ranked so high in the league. The so-called Midget team of Thomaston High School, which is not so small as in former years, together with the girls' team, played two of the most thrilling games of the season when they met Watertown and Terryville on their home court. The boys badly defeated the highly rated Watertown team, which game was the only one Watertown lost during the season. The following week by defeating Terryville, Thomaston gained second place in the league. The girls defeated Watertown, which had lost only one league game previously and the game with Terryville clinched the title for them. At a recent meeting Alice Fenn was elected captain for 1933. The boys' captain will be John Boguslowski. Much credit should be given to the cheerleaders of the Thomaston High School in the personages of Charlotte Scholander, Helen Griswold, and Jack Monahan. They and the students have done much to spur the teams on to victory. BOYS' BASKETBALL S1UAD Coach..................................Hand el M. Green Captain..................................George Graham Manager................................Vincent Voloski John Boguslovvski John Danaher Edward DeBisschop George Graham George Johnson Henry Novacowski Edward 0'3rien Frank Szymanski Robert Thulin Robert 7 elton Irving ’.Volf Lorton Woods BOYS' SCHEDULE November 13, 1931 Thomaston 24 Thomaston K of G 20 November 20, 1931 Thomaston 32 Thomaston Continuation School 16 November 27, 1931 Thomaston 52 Thomaston Seymour 14 December 4, 1931 Thomaston 16 Thomaston Leavenworth 32 December 11, 1931 Watertown 22 Thomaston Watertown 31 December 15, 1931 Thomaston 28 Thomaston Plainville 21 December 13, 1931 Shelton 17 Thomaston Shelton 21 January : L, 1932 Thomaston 22 Thomaston Alumni 16 January : 8, 1932 Thomaston 33 Thomaston Collinsville 23 January ! 12, 1932 Plainville 17 Thomaston Plainville 30 January ' 15, 1932 Thomaston 30 Thomaston Litchfield 15 January 22, 1932 Thomaston 21 Thomaston Terryville 26 January 29, 1932 Waterbury 25 Thomaston Leavenworth 22 February 12, 1932 Litchfield 35 Thomaston Litchfield 25 February 19, 1932 Thomaston 34 Thomaston Watertown 14 February 29 March 5, 27 26, 1932 Thomaston 1932 Thomaston Thomaston Terryville 14 Thomaston Southington 25 GIRLS' SCHRDULD November 13, 1931 16 Thomaston Thomaston Alumnae 19 November 20, 1931 12 Thomaston Thomaston White 8 November 27, 1931 26 Thomaston Thomaston 3ethel 16 December 4, 1931 15 Thomaston Thomaston Am. School for Deaf 35 December 11, 1931 16 Thomaston Watertown 'atertown 17 January 1, 1932 10 Thomaston Thomaston Alumnae 20 January 8, 1932 34 Thomaston Collinsville Collinsville 10 January 15, 1932 25 Thomaston Thomaston Litchfield 17 January 22, 1932 19 Thomaston Terryvilie Terryville 12 January 29, 1932 10 Thomaston West Hartford West Hartford 31 February 12, 1932 23 Thomaston Litchfield Litchfield 19 February 19, 1 32 30 Thomaston Thomaston Watertown 8 February 27, 1932 27 Thomaston Thomaston Terryville 13 GIRLS ' BASKETBALL S UAD Coach........................Hiss Ruth Litchfield Captain......................Helen Shearer Manager......................Lilly Smith Mamie Czyz Alice Fenn Frances Hotchkiss Genia Kloss Alice Knox Genia Krayeski Edna Luboyeski Sophie Ostrowski Alma Parson Helen Shearer Julia Stepowski Helen Taylor Olga Volchuck Mary Yarema Elizabeth Zelzenick To thank the Alumni of the Thomeston High School for the fine spirit and the feeling of good will which they have established would be impossible, but in a small measure we, the present students, show our tude by dedicating this section of our year book to them, with best wishes for a happy and successful future. States Represented by Graduates of Thomaston High School. Alabama Minnesota California Missouri Colorado New Hampshire Connecticut New Jersey District of Columbia New York Florida North Carolina Illinois Oregon Indiana Pennsylvania Maine Rhode Island Maryland Vermont Massachusetts Virginia Michigan West Virginia Colleges and Universities Attended by Members of Thomaston High School Albertus Magnus Alfred College Amherst College Bates College Baypath Institute Boston University Brown University Bryn Hawr Columbia University Connecticut University Connecticut College for Women Cornell University Duluth Junior College Harvard University Holy Cross College Katherine Gibbs' Secretarial School Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College Mew England Conservatory of Music New York School of Forestry North Eastern University Ohio University Pratt Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Russell Sage College Simmons College St. Lawrence University St. Mary's Seminary Syracuse University Trinity College Tufts Medical College University of Alabama University of M.aine University of Vermont Wellesley College Wesleyan University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University Class of 1887 Alice Blakeslee (Mrs. Chas. Smith), deceased Howard Pease, English Teacher Torrington, Conn. Frederick Sawyer, M. E. Church Unionville, Conn. Wilbur Sawyer, deceased Class of 1389 Edith Baldwin (Mrs. Lockwood) George Baldwin, deceased Louis Belden, Christ Church Jessie Burr Eva Childs (Mrs. Ellery Atwood) Grace Goodwin (Mrs. Wolfe), deceased Mabel Guernsey, Teacher Bertha Humphryville (Mrs. Morehouse) Jennie Klotz (Mrs. Henning Borgstedt) Philadelphia, Penna. Stanley Kallett, deceased Lena Munson (Mrs. Ray Platts) Northfield, Conn. Effie Norton (Mrs. .Stanley Mallet), deceased Susie Pease, deceased California Hartford, Conn. New Haven, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Brooklyn, N. Y. Amenia, N. Y. Class of 1890 Lena Root (Mrs. Louis Belden) Hartford, Conn. Class of 1892 Clara Atwood (Mrs. Almon Webster) Litchfield, Conn. Ester Potter, deceased Class of 1893 Nellie Burke Thomaston, Conn. Robert Platt, West Side Savings Bank Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1894 Adaie Blakeslee (Mrs. June Woodward) Greenfield, Mass. Anna Grilley (Mrs. Robert Lumpkin) Thomaston, Conn. Fannie Root (Mrs. J. M. Robinson) Duluth, Minn. Hattie Tucker, deceased Mary Vinton, Clothing Agent Thomaston, Conn. Jennie 7 aldron (Mrs. Frederick Beach), deceased Class of 1396 Minnie Donovan (Mrs. Thomas Doyle), deceased Helen Guernsey, Manager of Sec. Schoo Mary Henderson (Mrs. B. R. Curley) Georgia Martin (Mrs. Pratt), deceased Annie Vaughn (Mrs. Elmer Holley) Edith 'Vooaward (Mrs. E. S. Prince) Class of 1897 Jane Bidwell (Mrs. Carl Curtiss) Nellie Langford (Mrs. Michant) Jessie Parker (Mrs. Henry Hurlburt) Mark Guernsey, Cashier, National Bank Maurice Minor, Farmer Charles 'Vatrous, Carpenter Class of 1898 Maud Eidwell (Mrs. Clinton Pond) Anthony Donovan, Elm Service Station Helen Filley (Mrs. Ralph Newton) Ruth Hurlburt (Mrs. Chas. Klein) Lenora Murphy Harry Rossetter Lena Stumph (Mrs. Burton Brooks) Class of 1899 Florence Fenn (Mrs. Wm. Atwood) Dorothea Gross (Mrs. Ells), deceased Eva Hotchkiss (Mrs. E. Porter) Jessie Parsons, Librarian Brooklyn, N. Y, Glen Ridge, N. J. Waterbury, Conn. Torrington, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Massachusetts ',7c. ter bury, Conn. Thomas ton, Conn. Plymouth, Conn. Mianti c, N. Y. Kansas City, Mo. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. ’lantsville, Conn. Greenwich, Conn. Kingston, Conn. j t ido Springs, Colo. 5pr ingf ield, Ma s s. Hartf ord, Conn. Class of 1900 Julia Carr (Mrs. Janes Gilson) Torrington, Conn. Mary Kaufmann (Mrs. Luther Potter), deceased Mabel King (Mrs. Skylor Pratt) Hood River, Ore. Mary Potter (Mrs. Joseph ’Vood) ■Vest Haven, Conn. Ella Vaughn, International Silver Co . Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1901 Mary Brooker (Mrs. Wm. Yoos) Thomaston, Conn. Bertha Cooke (Mrs. Frank Hart) Wethersfield, Conn. Jeremiah Conway, Clothing Store Thomaston, Conn. Margaret Cosgrove (Mrs. McCormick) Bristol, Conn. Charles Gilburt, N. Y. Telephone Co. May Hurley (Mrs. Lynch), deceased New York City Grace Hoot (Mrs. E. G. Hotchkiss) Thomaston, Conn. Ethel Sanford (Mrs. Brown) Class of 1902 York, Penna. Gertrude Atwood, deceased Agnes Dick (Mrs. Geo. Chapman) Windsor, Conn. Ellen Gray (Mrs. Richard Danaher) Thomaston, Conn. Elizabeth Saum, '7ehr 1 e 's Store Thomaston, Conn. Ruth Watrous (Mrs. Adrian 3assett) Bristol, Conn. Class of 1903 ’7ard Baldwin, Clerical Work Oakville, Conn. Albert Bradstreet Thomaston, Conn. Carrie Burr (Mrs. Frank Wheeler) Lorin Gates, deceased Plymouth, Conn. Daniel Greene Thomaston, Conn. Elsie Holt (Mrs. Ernest Kilburn) Wilmington, N. C. Elbert Morse, Orange County Light Co Middletown, N. Y. Lillian Stuart, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Clifford Wadhans, Bristol Company Watertown, Conn. Class of 1904 Carlton Blake Detroit, Mich. Edith Bradstreet (Mrs. Ulric Mathes) Windsor, Conn. Anna Brooker (Mrs. Warren Welton) John Cummings, deceased Thomaston, Conn. Clara Etheridge Hartford, Conn. Mary Florian (Mrs. Edson Hitchcock) Floyd Foster, deceased Waterbury, Conn. Louis Stoughton, Lumber Business St. Petersburg, Fla. Robert 'Volf, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1905 Jeannie Goodall (Mrs. Harry Iluir) Thomaston, Conn. John Greene, newspaper Work New York City Margaret Gray (Mrs. Frederick Kaltenbach Thomaston, Conn. Frances Ransome, Teacher Thompsonville, Conn. Margaret Ryan, Neagle Insurance Waterbury, Conn. Ruth Straun, (Mrs. Robert Johnson) Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1906 Amy Ariel (Mrs. Fitfield) Lester Beardslee, Trucking Mary Crouch (Mrs. Jesse ’’ heeler) Jessie Etheridge (Mrs. Robert Warner) Helen Fenton (Mrs. Thomas Canfield) Mary Fitzgerald (Mrs. Michael Mahon) Franklin Florian, Clerical Work Forbes Gibbs, Supt. of Production, Seth Thomas Clock Company Willis Gotsel, R. F. D. Deliverer Allen Gate, Minister Dora Higgins, Teacher Harold Hotchkiss, Toolmaker Clara Lake, Teacher Anna Mellor (Mrs. Otto Poit) Teacher Vera Morse (Mrs. Harry Taylor) Olive Norton, Clerical Work Fr.ed Reichenback, Biltmore Hotel Hulda Rossiter, (Mrs. Totten) Katherine Ryan, R. N. Helen Sanford, (Mrs. C. Raffauf) William Shanley, Farmer Ralf Watrous, Architect Kate Wright (Mrs. Mathews) New Haven, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Meriden, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Haddam, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Plymouth, Conn. Hartford, Conn. New York City Stratford, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Reading, Penna. Thomaston, Conn. Greenwich, Mass. Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1907 Lena Atwood (Mrs. George Griffin) Thomaston, Conn. Vera Beach (Mrs. Osgood Scribner) Glastonbury, Conn. Harry Benedict, Plume Atwood Raymond Benson, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Martha Canning (Mrs. Piper) Mary Doyle, Doyle's Drug Store Florence Etheridge, (Mrs. John Hone) Arthur Henderson, Plume Atwood Caroline McKane (Mrs. Wm. Danherty) Marguerite Nihill (Mrs. Fred Retting) Theodore Root, Insurance Lillian Smith, Teacher Thomaston, Thomaston, Washington, Thomaston, Hartford, Thomaston, Hartford, Providence, Indianapolis Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. R. I. , Ind. Conn. Class of 1908 Mary Aldrich (Mrs. Dona Carpenter) Plantsville, Conn. Hazel Atwood Waterbury, Conn. Timothy Behan, deceased Catherine Fitzgerald (Mrs. Walter Armstrong) Thomaston, Conn. James Howard, deceased Catherine Hagwen, deceased John Ryan, Insurance Thomaston, Conn. Blanch Winchel (Mrs. Samuel Wheeler) Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1909 Charles Billings, Electrician Watertown, Conn. George Bradstreet Thomaston, Conn. Ida Goodall (Mrs. John Bunnell), deceased Elizabeth Innes (Mrs. '.Vm. Stegman) New York City Annie Kelley, R. N. New York City Geneva Langenberger (Mrs. Robert Scott) Thomaston, Conn. Sadie Simpson (Mrs. Harold Spooner) Long Island, N. Y. Arthur Stoughton St. Petersburg, Fla. Alice Wheeler, American Brass Co. Waterbury, Conn. Dorothy Wooster (Mrs. A. Gustafson), deceased Class of 1910 Frances Albecker (Mrs. Forbes Gibbs) Charlotte Armour (Mrs. Frederick Lake) Allan Canfield, Magazine Agent Eola Clark, St. Margaret's Convent Enos Drumm, Science Teacher Thomas Fruin, Seymour Mfg. Co. Margaret Harrigan (Mrs. John Ryan) Thomaston, Thomaston, Thomaston, Boston, Thomaston, Seymour, Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Conn. May Hill, deceased Frederick Hoyt, Mechanical Engineer Janies Roberts, Attorney-at-Lavr Kathryn Ryan (Mrs. Robert Cummings) Elsie Stockman (Mrs. Ralph Okley) Freda Weston (Mrs. Ralph Watrous) Orange, II. J. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Milford, Conn. Or eenwi ch, Mas s. Class of 1911 New Jersey Edith Ooodall (Mrs. George McCullum] Alice Gray (Mrs. Stanley Axelby) Rosetta Hanley (Mrs. Michael Lundon' Helen Innes, National Rank Nellie Johnson (Mrs. Richard Malm) Class of 1912 Irene Bailey (Mrs. Arthur Legault) Eldred Canfield, deceased Abigail McLaughlin, Express Office Kathryn Reardon (Mrs. Michael Madder Agnes Saum, deceased Mae Stumpf (Mrs. Oscar Sandell) Class of 1913 K rl Birkenberger, Bowling Alleys Frances Carr (Mrs. George Cooley) Elizabeth Dickson (Mrs. K. J. ChannilloJ Sen Francisco, Ca.lif. Paul Fenton, Scoville Mfg. Co. Thomaston, Conn. Ethel Fitzgerald (Mrs. Claud Thompson)Thomaston, Conn. Mary Howard, Post Office Thomaston, Conn. Madeline Neal (Mrs. Kenneth Nye) West Palm Beach, Fid. Leonard Tingle, Upholstering Store Thomaston, Conn. Everett White, American Brass Company Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn Torrington, Conn Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn Waterbary, Conn Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn West Palm Beach Fla. Poughquog, IT. Y Class of 1914 Gladys Atwood, Chase Metal Works Thomaston, Conn. George Barnes, Conn. Power Co. Thomaston, Conn. Frederick Hotchkiss) Cambridge, Chelsea, Waterbary, Bristol, deceased Ho rtf ora, Thomas Ha son) Farmington, Edward Langfrod, Teacher Birmingham Lillian Leigh (Mrs. James Roberts) Thomaston, Mildred Morehouse (Mrs. Augustus Mathews) Thomaston, Amy Bold (Mrs Marion Bold Katherine Dillon (Mrs. Conoon, Ruth Faller (Mrs. Thomas Bradstreet) Ruth Gilbert (Mrs. Elwi.n Curtiss), Catherine Higgins (Mrs. Wm. Moran) Flora Langenberger (Mrs. Clement Rafinski, Stevens 8c Davis nicago Esther Tnulin, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Alfred Verchot, Merchant Ne’.v Haven, Arthur Weckler, Scovill Mfg. Co. Thomaston, Edith Wilson (Mrs. C. D. Tusca) Philadelphia, Mci S S « Ma s s. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. , Ala. Conn. Conn. , 111. Conn. Conn. Conn. Penna. Class of 1915 William Bailey, Waterbury Mfg. Co. Laurence Hegan Flora Blake (Mrs. Raymond Wilkins) Charlotte Goodall, National Bank Catherine Harrigan (Mrs. John Savage Helen Small (Mrs. . ithin ton) Jessie Tingle (Mrs. Alfred Frctz) Edward Waters, Waterbury Mfg. Co. Helen Welch (Mrs. Bertram Feck) Thomaston, Bristol, Waterbury, Thomaston, ) Thomaston, Northampton, Mi Iford, Waterbury, Torrington, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Conn. Class of 1916 Malcolm Aldrich, Sessions Clock Co. ihomaston, Maude Balcom (Mrs. Gustave Newmann) Detroit, Mildred Blakeslee (Mrs. Alex Innes) ..aterto. n, Dorothy Bradstreet (Mrs. Clifford Lenman) J Garden City, Edith Byers (Mrs. Clifford Winters) Thomaston, Rosa Gangloff, Teacher Grace Goodall, Clerical Work Alex Innes, Innes Brothers Catherine Houghton (Mrs. Malcolr Harry Lynch, Chase Metal orks Catherine O'Connell, Seth Thoma: Thomaston, New Tor Watertown, Aldrich) Thomaston, Thoma ston, Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Mich. Conn. L. I. Conn. Conn, k City Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. James Reardon, Shoe Merchant Torrington, Conn. Howard Wolfe, Halden Machine Company Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1917 Raymond Atwood, Trucking Maud Bailey, National School Olive Barnes (Mrs. John Innes) deceas Jennie Byers (Mrs. Wm. Martin) Frank Dorner, deceased Raymond Ebner, High School Teacher Hazel Gilbert (Mrs. A. Stone) Bessie Johnson (Mrs. Ole Robertson) Doris Parker (Mrs. Norris Seiley) Wallace Pease Raymond Rafinski, Clerical Work Horace Tuttle, Designer Class of 1918 Helen Ashoff (Mrs. Wm. Sanford) Gladys Bidwell (Mrs. Earl Hartley) Esther Bold, Organist Gladys Brown (Mrs. Ernest Weedham) We Georgetta Goodall (Mrs. Albert Clark) Mabel Lincoln, School Nurse Anna Lipman, Furrier Edyth Parke (Mrs. Fowler) Elida Thulin (Mrs. Groves) Ind Lily Truelove (Mrs. Frederick Rogers) Class of 1919 Agnes DeForest (Mrs. Wm. Boyce) Helen Gangloff, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Vivian Gill, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Paul Holm, Civil Engineer Kenneth Kaiser Mary Morton (Mrs. Daniel Dunn) Christina Shearer (Mrs. Hugh McColl) Seth Thomas Clock Co. Muriel Tingle Thomaston, of Social Service Washington, ed Thomaston, Wi 11imantic, Waterbury, Plainvilie, Northf ield, Naugatuck, Chicago, Bloomf ield, Troy, Waterbury, Chelsea, st Hartford, Bridgeport, Thomaston, Hartf ord, Thomaston, ian Orchard, Hartford, Conn. D. C. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. , 111. Conn. N. Y. Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Ma s s. Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. 7i11iamson, W. Va. Thomaston, Conn. New York City Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1920 Helen Barrett (Mrs. Thomas Danaher) Torrington, Ccnn. Dorothy Buckland, Color ial Trust Co. Thomaston, Conn. Eileen Burns (Mrs. George Caldwell) Waterville, Conn. Edward Coates, Conway1s Clothing Store Thomaston, Conn. Thomas Danaher, M. D. Torrington, Conn. Marie Gangloff, R. N. Waterbury, Conn. Edward Goodall, Clerical Work Plainville, Conn. Lillian Keogal (Mrs. Valle Hair) San Francisco, Calif. Elizabeth Morton (Mrs. Wm. Doran), G. Fox Co. Hartford, Ccnn. Marie O’Connell, Nurse Hartford, Conn. Philip Toleman, Gold Mines California Dorothy Winn (Mrs. Laurence Doolittle), French Teacher Mt. Holyoke College, Hadley, Mass. Class of 1921 Caryl Brazee, Commercial Adv. Cc. Stanford, Conn. Margaret Danaher (Mrs. Laurence LeHane) Bloomfield, Conn. Dorothy Dickinson (Mrs. Wm. Y adman) Waterbury, Conn. Viola Gilson (Mrs. John Donnello), deceased Pauline Girard, Home Service Clarence Keller, Scoville Mfg. Co. Ethel Pratt (Mrs. Kenneth Burnham) Ruth Roberts, Commercial Teacher Laurence Ryan, Fulton Market Irene Sohinzel, Child Nurse Alice Swanson, Model Frank Wehrle, Druggist Newburg, N. Y. Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Montclair, N. J. Thomaston, Conn. Providence, R. I. New York City New York City Class of 1922 Ellery Atwood, Science Teacher Haverhill, 'loss. Walter Barrett, Accountant.. Albany, N. Y. Carrie Dickinson (Mrs. Emil Richards) Thomaston, Conn. Irving Faller, Farmer Eristol, Ccnn. Edward Fox, Newspaper Agent Hartford, Ccnn. Stephen Grosch, Druggist Waterbury, Conn. Agnes Innes Thomaston, Conn. Miriam Murphy, Teacher, Queen’s College Charlottesville, Va. Olive Nase (Mrs. Arthur Zollen) New Haven, Ccnn. Hildur Scholander (Mrs. Martin O'Neill) Dorothy Scott (Mrs. Janes Duff) Vivian Terrence (Mrs. Murphy) Class of 1923 Mildred Barnes, R. N. Ralph Barnes, Conn. Power Co. Dorothy Blake (Mrs. J. F. Grear) Mary Box Marguerite Danaher, R. N. Gordon Duff, Druggist Dorothy Dutcher (Mrs. George Platts) Ruth Flint (Mrs. Melbourne Gallup) Hugh Gilson, Chase National Bank Mary Hildebrand, R. N. Irene Keifer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Nicholas La Storia, Ford Station Theodore Lindquist, Sccville Mfg. Co, Allan Loper, Clothing Store Kathryn Meagher (Mrs. Thomas Bigham) Edward Morton, Greystone Hotel Philip Nearing, Ritz-Carlton Grace Odenwald (Mrs. Marvin Mason) Sec. of Thomastcn High School, Herbert Parson, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Ralph Smith, Farmer Marion Wedge (Mrs. Fred Seeley) Class of 1924 Theresa Ceszynski, R. N. Greenwich, Conn. Raymond Cleveland, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Gladys Ccnlin, Post's Business College Waterbury, Conn. Kenneth Curtiss Annabelle Duff, R. N. Eugene Dwyer, Chase Metal Works Albert Ebner, History Teacher Irene Galpin (Mrs. Charles Ycos) Marjorie Gill (Mrs. Wm. Foy) Harry Glennon, Bank Verlis Gotsel, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Cydaria Henderson (Mrs. John Simons) Jewett City, Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. Themaston, Conn. Detroit, Mich. Waterbury, Conn. Boston, Mas s. Chappaque, N. Y. New Haven, Conn. Brooklyn, N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. Thcmaston, Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Danbury, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. New York City Boston, Mass. Thomastcn, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Vernon, Conn. Northfield, Conn. Harwington, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. Northfield, Conn. New York City Thomastcn, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Edward Johnson, Plume ?: itwood Cc. Alex Krayeski, Yale University Helen Kilman, Seth Thomas Clock Cc, Sadie Lipmun, G. Fox Co. Beatrice Kilner, Seth Thomas Clock Mary Kilyanski, Graduate Nurse Evelyn Muir (Mrs. Theodore Emmons) Grace Pars-on (Mrs. Ronald Walker) Kenneth Pratt, .-.etna Insurance Harold Robertson Philip Ryan, Chase Metal Works C-race Schinzel (Mrs. Catty) Marjorie Scott, R. N. Ruth Smith Howard Stuart, Dupont Cc. Emma Thulin, R. N. Oliver Titus, Be rdslee Wolcott Carlos Welton, Carpenter Class of 1925 Lois Bigcs, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Acnes Brellis, Dr. Good's Office George Corner Anna Dumont, Stenographer Paul C-earin, Telegraph Co. Osmar Gilson, Manhattan College Herbert Grimshaw Elizabeth Holm, R. N. Gardner Hotchkiss, Insurance Philip Johnston, Post's College Bernice Luboyeski, Scoville Mfg. Co, Annobelle Madeux, R. N. Francis MeMalan, Travelers Ins. Edward Rouse, Worcester Institute Loretta Savage, R. N. Robert Shearer, Grain Coal Co. Thomaston, Conn. New Haven, Conn. Thornsston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. !o. Thomastcn, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Campville, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Salem, Mass. Hartford, Conn. Waterville, Conn. Thorneston, Conn. Thomastcn, Waterbury, Conn. Conn. Thomastcn, Conn. 'o. Thomaston, Conn. Thoinaston, Conn. Bristol, Conn. New York City Thomaston, Conn. •y Baltimore, Md. ite Thomaston, Conn. New York City Manchester, N. H. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, C onn. Waterbury, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Worcester, Mass. Hartford, Conn. scretary Waterbury, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Harold Stuart, Dupont Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Linwood Troland, .Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Edith Wood, Stenographer Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1926 Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thome s t on, C onn. Terryville, Conn. New York City Thomas ton, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. New York City Bessie Danaher, Teacher Ellen Danaher, Traveler’s Ins. Mary Doyle (Mrs. Wallace Dunn) Hazel French Edith Gillman (Mrs. Wm. Fotte) Robert Griffith, Am. Tel. Tel. Gertrude Haderer (Mrs. Philip Gaumache) Thomaston, Conn. Marion Harper, Secretary William Hayes, deceased Hayden Hotchkiss Charlotte Hoyt, Textile Designing Bernice Huguenin (Mrs. G. H. Hotchkiss) Manchester, N. H. Joseph Lutz, Flume Atwood Thomaston, Conn. Donald MacKellar, Scoville Mff. Co. Thomaston, Conn. Grace Mathews, Waterbury Mfg. Co. Thomaston, Conn. Dorothy McMillen (Mrs. Eugene Alley) Plymouth, Conn. Dorothy Murphy (Mrs. Kenneth MacCallum) Thomaston, Conn. Hilma Nelson, Teacher Killingworth, Conn. Enos O’Connel, Tufts Medical School Boston, Mass. Ruth Odenwald, Eclipse C-lsss Co. Thomaston, Conn. Theodore Ostrowski, Druggist Bridgeport, Conn. Julius Szymanski, Dental School St. Louis, Mo. Vivian Taylor (Mrs. Earl Goodsell) Springfield, Mass. John Thulin., Beneficial Loan Thomaston, Conn. Joseph Tortorici, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Troy, N. Y. Nettie Wedge (Mrs. Arthur Dodge) Northfield, Conn. Class of 1927 Davids Plekeslee, Teacher Mary Danaher, Aetna Inc. Co. Prances Doyle, Teacher George Eggleston Philin Fischer, Seth Thomas Clock Co Thoma. ston, Hartford, Thomsston, Thomaston, Thoma ston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Esther Flynn, Teacher Thomaston, Conn, Florence Glenrion, Hadley’s Furniture Store Thomaston, Conn, Joseph Grano, Lyon’s Real Estate Thomaston, Conn, Dorothy Higgins (Mrs. Hilding Olson) Naugatuck, Conn, Dorothy Hotchkiss, Mt. Holyoke College South Hadley, Mass, Agnes Jensen, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn, Anna Keifer, Deardslee Wolcott Thomaston, Conn, Harrow Kindness, Post’s College Thomaston, Conn, Julia Knox Thomaston, Conn, Ruth Lundahl, Baldwin School Watertown, Conn, Helen McGowan (Mrs. Richard Marks) Danbury, Conn, Raymond Madeux, Research Laboratory Corp. New York City Bernice Martin, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. George Millspaugh, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Elsie Park, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Lauretta Ryan (Mrs. Frank Matteau) Webster, Mass, Marshall Sangster, Post’s Colleges Thomaston, Conn, Elroy Simons, Newspaper Y'crk Philadelphia, Pa. Class of 1928 Charles Eggleston, Thomaston Mfg. Co. Thomaston, Kenneth Gill, Landers Fraery Clark New Britain, Robert Goodall, Standard Ball Bearing Co. Plainville, Mary Heffernan, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Fannie Kulasinski (Mrs. Stanley Szoka) Charles Luboyeski, Fowler Plumbing Co. Edward Mattoon, Printing Office Gilbert Nase, Connecticut University Ruth Nelson, Graduate Nurse Julius Ncwakowski, Seth Thomas Clock Co Thomaston, Thomaston, Thomaston, Thomaston, Storrs, New York Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. City William O’Brien, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Donna Platts, University of Ohio Wesley Rouse, Mt. Herman School Lillian Simons, Holden Machine Co. Ethel Swanson, Bloke Johnson Ruth Swanson, Teacher Lauretta Warenberger, Baypath Institute Springfield, Mass. Erna Wehrle, Seth Thomas Clock Co. 'Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Columbus, Ohio Ncrthfield, Mass. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Collinsville, Conn. Glass of 1339 Frank Atwood, Farmer Thomas Bissell Bay Bradley, national Bank Rose Braxl, Waterbury Hospital Grace Donahue, Waterbury Hospital Ola Dutcher, Waterbury Hospital Helene Etheridge, Greenwich Hospital Bernice Florian, W. T. Grant's Bernice Hurlburt, Kindergarten School Rose Keifer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. David Lackman, Connecticut University Margaret Lyons, Lyons' Real Estate •inerva Mattoon, Teacher B Edith Monahan, Russell Sage College Agnes O'Brien, Seth Thomas Clock Co. John Ostrowski, Polish Alliance College Sadie Ostrowski, Secretary Alfred Pratt Violet Rasinslcy, Secretary Louise Schlauder, Secretary Helen Schlauder, Secretary Helen Scott, Russell Ss.ge College Margaret Shearer, Bryant Stratton College Lillian Spoettle (Mrs. Wm. Howard) Florence Thulin, Conn. Power Co. Charles Tibbals, Amherst College Helen Tibbals, Teacher Carol Turner, Music Teacher Class of 1930 Mabel Barnes, Eclipse Glass Co. Doris Barrett, Connecticut Universi Shirley Beardslee, S. N. E- Telephoi Virginia Bowen Ella Bradley, Waterbury Hospital Ruth Brown, Middlebury College Bernice Childs, Seth Thomas Clock C Dorothy Chipman Mary D'Andrea, Paramount Theater Lucia Dewell, St. Laurence Universi' Phyllis Duff, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. 'Waterbury, Conn. Greenwich, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Boston, Mass. Thomaston, Conn. Storrs, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. •kham stead, Conn. Troy, IT. Y. Thomaston, Conn. idge Springs, Pa. New Haven, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Troy, N. Y. Providence, R . I. New Haven, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Amherst, Mass. Barkhamsteed, Conn. Litchf ield, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. ;y Storrs, ie Co. Conn. New Haven, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Middlebury, Conn . Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomeston, Conn. ;y Canton, N. Y. Thomaston, Conn. Mary Fischer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Walter Dickinson, Flint's Gas Station Robert Graham Stanley Grohoski, Polish Alliance College Ca Roland Gustafson, Longwood Towers, Margaret Higgins, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Esther Laurentano, Model Laundry Rose Levy Doris Kadeux, ’Waterbury Hospital Sybil Mattoon, Post's College Helen Mezocowski, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Grace Nelson James O'Brien Phyllis Odenwald Clarence Parson Frederick Petke, Bates College Charlotte Sangster, Innes Bros. Mary Sullivan, Plume Atwood Edna Swanson, J. Howard Roberts George Taylor Edward Vitzoski George Warer.berger Cerda Wehrle, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Class of 1931 Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. ege ■idge Springs !, Pa. Brookline, Mass. • Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. ) • Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Lewiston i, Me. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Edna Atwood Northfield, Conn. George Axelby, Y orcester Institute of Technology Worcester, Mass. Alberta Beaujon Reynolds Bridge, Conn. Charles Blakeslee Northfield, Conn. Edward Chipman, Trade School Torrington, Conn. Marjorie Conlin, Post's College Waterbury, Conn. Nora Farquhar Thomaston, Conn. Mildred Florian, Boston University Boston, Mass. Frederick Flynn, Post's College Thomaston, Conn. Rebecca Frazier, Post's College Waterbury, Conn. George Giatas, Syracuse University Syracuse, N. Y. Jack Girard, Syracuse University Syracuse, N. Y Stanley Hotchkiss, Junior College Duluth, Minn. Doris Lamb, Hartford Training School Hartford, Conn. Grace Morton, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Grace Pratt, Northfield Seminary Northfield, Michael Shermeta Thomaston, Louis Smith Thomaston, Wallace Smith Reynolds Bridge, Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Conn.-