Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 138 of the 1933 volume:

x y . 8sm THE OWL 19 3 3 Theme-Thomaston The Yearly Publication Thomaston High School Volume Xll Thomaston High School Thomaston, Connecticut vs sjvrjuarwu kui Owl Staff 1933 Ecli tor-in-Chief. . Associate Editor. Literary Editor., Art Editor...... Business Manager Alumni Editors. . Athletic Editor. Music Editor.... Typists......... .......Edith Poit .......Lily Smith .Catherine Reeves Michael Lauretano ...Samuel Johnson ....Agnes Claffey Esther Gotsell , .,....Alma Parson ......Helen Giatas .Bernice Blakeslee Alice Fenn Genia Kloss Faculty Advisor Elizabeth Zeleznick .Mrs. Marion Bailey Foreword. The 1932 edition of the Owl was awarded First Class Honor by the National Scholastic Press Association. It is our sincere desire that thi6 twelfth issue of the Owl live uo to the excellent standard now set for us. May this 1933 issue of the Owl recall many happy scenes of beauty and events of pleasure to all who read this copy, and may it be a source of keen enjoyment to everyone interested in Thomaston High School. Dedication to HANDEL M. GREEN With deep appreciation of your sincere effort to instill in our minds a broader and better knowledge of life in general and to give us a broader understanding of the ’?ord sportsmanship We, the class of 1933, Gratefully dedicate this volume. FACULTY Raymond N. Brown, B. S. Amherst College Superintendent and Principal Mandel 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 Engli sh Ruth C. Litchfield, B.S. Bridgewater Normal School Social Studies and Athletic Director Miriam Murphy, B.S. Columbia University Music Olive A. Pioer, B.S. Boston University Commercial Subjects Clara E. Ranney Westfield Normal School University of Vermont Mathematics CLASS OFFICERS PRESIDENT.............................Samuel Johnson VICE PRESIDENT........................Edward O’Brien SECRETARY AND TREASURER...........Alice Fenn Gertrude Elizabeth Axelby French Club, 2; Library Listen'd perhaps, but never talked at all. Club, 4. Bernice Audrey Blakeslee Dramatics, 3; Glee Club, 1-2-4; Art Cless, 1-2; How far that little Owl Staff, 4. candle throws its beams. John A. Boguslawski Men of few words are best. Baseball, 1-2-3-4; Basketball, 2-3-4; Basketball Captain, 4; Soccer, 1-2; Athletic Club, 1-2. Agnes 3ernice Claffey Here's to a girl who's good, Not too good, for the good die young— And goodness knows we hate a dead one. Owl Staff, 1-3-4; Library Club, 3-4; French Club, 2; Dramatics, 3. Mamie Stella Czyz The inner side of every cloud Art Club, 1-2; Glee Club, 1-2-3; Basketball, 2-3-4; Athletic Club, 2; Sewing Club, 2. Is ever bright and shiny; I therefore turn my clouds about And always wear them inside out. Barbara Ruth Dumbleton I have no other but a woman's reason. Glee Club, 1-2; French Club, 2; Math Club, 2; Art Club, 1-2. Pearl Marie Erickson When it rains, why rain's my choice. Alice Edith Fenn A star did you say? A whole constellation. Donald Stuart Fraser I am who I am. Helen Frances Giatas To see her is to love her. Harold William Gill A wise man says nothing he cannot prove. Howard Alexander Gill Little by little. Glee Club, 1-3-4; Art Club, 1-3; Dramatic Club, 3; Secretary of Glee Club, 4. Vice-President, 3; Owl Staff, 4; Athletic Club 3; Basketball, 1-3-3-4; Basketball Cantain, 4; Secretary and Treasurer 4. Glee Club, 1-2; French Club, 2; Baseball, 3. Vice-President, 1-3; Treasurer, 3; Glee Club, 1-4; President of Glee Club, 4; Press Club, 2; Library Club, 4; Owl Staff, 4; Art Class, 1. Glee Club, 2-3; Soccer, 2, Dramatics, 3; Crafts Club, 2. Crafts Club, 2. George Graham I will help out one with a fellow feeling.. Baseball, 1929-1932; Baseball Caotain 1931-1932; Basketball, 1929-1932; Basketball Captain, 1932; Glee Club, 1929-1930; Vice-President, 1929-1930; Athletic Club, 1931. Gladys Gilbert Griffin Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. Glee Club, 2-4; Travel Club, 2; Art Class, Ebba Sophia Gustafson It was roses, roses all the way. Glee Club, 2-4; Art Class, 1-2; Dramatic Club, 2; Basketball, 4. Olive Lily Hockey To the purpose; to the point. French Club, 2; Glee Club, 4. Samuel Arvid Johnson Boldly, faithfully, successfully! President, 3-4; Math Club, 2; Owl Staff, Marion Elizabeth Kane To know her well, is to like her better. Dramatic Club, 2; Glee Club, 1-2; Art Club, 1-2; Basketball, Genia Mary Xloss And for every why she had a wherefore. Barbara Gertrude Hackman To say well is good, To do .veil is better. Ruth Margaret Lackman As the labor, so the reward. Michael Anthony Lauretar.o The world is waiting for you, young man. William Frederick Miles A smile for all, A welcomr true. Helen Neil Happy am I, from care I’m free, Why aren’t they all contented like me? lee Cluo, 1-3-?; Art Club, 1-2; Basketball, 2-3-4; Athletic Club, 2 Sewing Club, 3; Owl Staff, 4. French Club, 3; Glee Club, 4. French Club, 2; C-lee Club, 4; Library Club, O • • Crafts Club, 2; Glee Club, 1; Owl Staff, 4. Glee Club, 1-2-3; Art Class, 1; French Club, 2. Glee Club, 1-2; French Club, 2; Library Club, 3-4. Edward Janies O'Brien A good thing needs no puffing.11 Alma Ardina Parson Mirth, with thee I mean to live. Eleanor Grace Phillips From life without freedom, Oh! who would not flee Edith Julia Poit True in word and tried in deed. Baseball, 3-4; Basketball 3-4; Glee Club, 1-2; Press Club, 2; President, 1; Soccer, 1-2; Vice-President, 4 Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Basketball, 1-2-3-4; Dramatics, 2; French Club, 2; Library Club, 3-4; Owl Staff, 4; Secretary, 3. Glee Club, 4. Salutatorian; Owl Staff, 3-4; Dramatics, 3-4; Library Club, 3-4 French Club, 2. Catherine Mary Reeves Come and trip it as you go, On the light, fantastic toe. Valdictorian; Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Owl Staff, 1-4; Orchestra, 1-2; French Club, 2; Dramatics, 2. Regina Rose Reeves A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; French Club, 2; Press Club, 2; Dramatics, 2. Erminie An .eline Santoro Art Club, 1-2; Glee Club, 1-2; Dramatic A happy soul that all the Club, 2; Debating ray to heaven h..s a Club, 2. summer’s day. iiarjorie Adelia Scoville Glee Club, 1. v uiet—too true Charm—that, too; Love her? Y e do I hary Hewitt Stone Is she not passing fair? French Club, 2; Glee Club, 1-4. Frank John Szymanski It is not art, but heart which wins the wide world over. Basketball, 1-2-3-4; Baseball, 1-2-3-4; Baseball Captain, 4; Soccer, 1-2; Athletic Club, 2. Ruth Frances Weeks The lady doth protest too much, me thinks. French Club, 2. Armin Albert VYehrle It is very easy to get into trouble. Glee Club, 1-2; Crafts Club, 2; President, 2. Robert Smithwick Welton Here's metal, more attractive. Basketball, 3-4; Baseball, 1-2-4. Irving Stanley Wolf Basketcall, 1-2-3-4; Athletic Club, 3; Glee What e'er he did, he Club, 3; Soccer, 1-2. did with so much ease. Theodore Joseph Yurtin Glee Club, 1-2; Crafts Club, 2. I'll be happy and free; I'll be sad for nobody; If nobody cares for me, I'll care for nobody. Elizabeth Josephine Zeleznick Art Class, 1-2; Glee Club, 1-2-3; Sewing Club, To dash through thick and 2; Athletic Club, 2; thin. Basketball, 1-2-3-4; Owl Staff, 4. —«c TH0UA8T0H THE OLD AND THE NE1.? The literary department of the Owl will this year take for its great motif Thomaston as it was and is. It is the belief of the Owl staff that this material should prove of interest to everyone. The town of Thomaston may seem a place of little interest to many of the inhabitants, but it is our sincere desire to change this impression. Thomaston is a town with many historical points of interest and many beauty snots. It has developed from a dependency of Plymouth to a progressive town. It has changed from Plymouth Hollow to Thomaston, a name known far and wide in connection with the Seth Thomas Clocks. It has grown from a village with roads that almost defied transportation to a town with some of the oest approaches in the state. The old bridges have gone to_ be replaced by new, one of which, Reynolds Bridge, is almost incomparable because of its beauty and the surrounding scenery. From places that were mudholes at certain times of the year, the parks of Thomaston have come to be the beauty spots of the town. Our educational facilities have grown from the Academy to a grammar school, a high schoolf and several outlying schools. Thomaston now has five factories, Seth Thomas Clock Company, Plume and Atwood Brass Company, Halden's Machine Company, Gross’ Manufacturing Company and the Eclipse Glass Factory. That is quite a diversified list of industries for a town the size of Thomaston. Everything that has been mentioned show8 only a oart of Thomaston’s many aspects. It is honed that the articles in the Literary department will bring back memories of the bygone days and will enable all to appreciate Thomaston as it was and is at the present day. Edith Poit ’33 i ri- TKE EARLY HIPTORT OF THRaiASTCU Thomaston, a town of nearly four thousand habitants, was named after the founder of its clock industry, Seth Thomas. It is beautifully situated on the western bank and hillsides of the Naugatuck River and is located in the southeastern part of Litchfield County. The town of Thomaston is but a, mile's ride north from Water bury and is one of the oldest towns in the state. For its size it has surpassed many of the larger towns both in bes.uty and development. Thomaston was founded in 1728 by Henry Cook, who moved here from 'falling!ord with his family. His estate was loca.ted on what is now known as the Torrington Road. He purchased all the land he possibly could and later became one of the leading real estate men in the state. Henry Cook did not settle here for no reason at all. One summer evening a lone rider rode into 1'ew Ho.ven and warned the people that they were in danger, because nearby villages were being raided by Indians. A small band of settlers, under the leadership of Henry Cook, immediately left Hew Haven. When they reached the area beside the Naugatuck River, now known as Thomaston, they realized what an ideal settlement it would make, and under these conditions Thomaston was founded. John Sutliff appears to be the next settler. He came with his family from 3r .nford about 1730 and settled on the west side of the river. Hr. Sutliff was quite a leading man in this new settlement, which was named Upriver because all the people came un river to make their homes. The first movement of the settlors was toward a distinct organization of churches. The first public building erected was the meeting house and the first public officer was the minister. In 1732 these settlers joined with Watertown. In September, 1736 they had the right of having a. minister for three month s-December, January, and February. Hr. Ford was the first clerk of this society. At this time, 1737, there were one hundred and thirty-nine inha.bita.nts. TROLLEY BRIDGE NEW BRIDGE OLD TOWN BRIDGE REYNOLDS BRIDGE TWO-MILE BRIDGE OLD COVERED BRIDGE BRIDGE AND UPPER DAM The meeting house, which had been erected by these early inhabitants;, stood about in the center of the oark in Thomaston. Rev. Samuel Todd was the first minister. He graduated from Yale at the age of seventeen in 1734. Mr. Todd set up a house on Town's Hill, where the cellar hole may still be seen. A spring fjowe near the old cellar, and here it is said his first child, Alathea. v;as drowned. After two or three years a house was built for Mr. Todd on the top of •;he hill, where Itrs. Williams built later. In 1803 Cook petitioned for a new highway to run from this town to V aterbury, which petition was granted. Previous to this time only a footpath led to Waterbury, and people were forced to cross the river nine times in order to reach Waterbury. Some people went by crossing the Cascades, a mountain located in the lower part of the town. Work was soon started on the new highway and after its completion the crossings and other obstacles were eliminated. A toll gate company constructed the highway and when it was completed, a toll was charged each person and animal using this road. There were two stations where the tolls were collected: The first was situated at the Two Mile Bridge; and the other was located at what was known as the Gate House. The Toll Gate Company collected this money which was all they received for their work, as the town and state maid no money for bridges or highways. Part of the toll was used for the upkeep of the road. This same company also connleted the road from Naugatuck to Massachusetts, along which road there were six toll stations. In 1813 Seth Thomas from Y olcott founded the first successful factory in the settlement now known as Thomaston. ’ hen this industry first began, three months were required to organize a light clock, but during good + imes now, the monthly production is about tvrenty thousand clocks. Seth Thomas founded the Plume and Atwood Company which mill was used to produce brass for this clocks. In 1870 D. S. Plume took possession of the mill and later the name was changed to Plume and Atwood. Until 1375, Thomaston was part of the Town of Plymouth and was generally known as Plymouth Hollow. Plymouth in it? earliest days was a part of the Town of -Taterbury. Not until October, 1737 were the people of Plymouth permitted by the General Assembly to separate as a church body from the ps.rent organization of V atorbury. But in 1740 came a contest over the loca -tion of the First Congregational Church between those who wanted it in what is now the site of Thomaston. The schoclhouse on the West Side was used temporarily for the church meetings. It is evident that the occupation of the West Side Schoolhouse was merely temporary and provisional, the society happening to have been organized on that spot, as there was no other public building in the parish limits; it was not regarded as the meeting house, nor did they intend to remain in it permanently. The society of Northbury, lying mainly east of the river, proceeded to build as soon as it was in fair working order. The West Side settlers naturally objected to the building because they saw it would be done east of the river, and they tried to persuade the society to remain in their schoolhouse. But when they saw that the society was determined to build and on the East Side, a majority (not of the society for that would have controlled it a.nd defeated the wroject of building on the East Side) of the proprietors of the esb Side house (eleven of the nineteen) voted the society out of doors till it should have completed its own house. Then this society of the proprietors, knowing that the Legislature would not organize an opposition Congregational Church west of the river, formed an Episcopal society. St. Peters’ Church was therefore organized in 1740 in Plymouth where the first church edifice was erected. The section occupied by the Village of Thomaston in 1825 consisted of about thirteen dwellings, located as follows: On East Main Street, on the site of the Plume and Atwood offices, stood a dwelling occupied by Lyman Fenn, and on the premises later occupied by John H. Wood was also a house, but its occupant is unknown. There was a house standing on North Main Street, where Dr. B. T. Pease later resided, and Julius Blakeslee lived in a dwelling which stook near the later residence of Henry B. Warner. The premises later occupied by T. J. Bradstrect and iirs. Blakesley were owned by Mica Blakesley, and on the place later occupied by Mr. George Reynolds was a tannery. The next location on the north side of the street belonged to Seth Thomas and was occupied by him a number of years. It is now covered by the clock factory. The ne;ct place below was occupied by the Blakesley family a long time. One of the oldest buildings in the village stood on Center Street, occupied by Levi Castle. The quiet little hamlet of less than a score of buildings has grown to one of the loveliest manufacturing towns in Connecticut, and this growth is due chiefly to the enterprise of one family, Seth Thomas. On July 5, 1875 the Town of Thomaston began its corporate existence, the General Assembly having officially decreed the separation from Plymouth. The first town meeting was held July 13, 1875. -The first selectmen were Frederick E. Warren, Nekson Bennett, and Morris Humiston. The first act of the town was to appoint the following haywards, officers who set up in a pen stray animals, for the community: Bennett E. Osborn, Phineas J. Mix, Scoville Atwood, Alfred B. Smith, William B. Atwood. The first town meetings were h.;ld in what was known as American Hall, and later these meetings were held in Foster's Hall. On April 28, 1883 it was decided to expend 50,000 on a new town hall on the site of the old cemetery. The committee in charge of the construction was Aaron Thomas, T. E. Warner, A. P. Bradstreet, C. T. Williams, and James W. White. Within a year the building was completed; $8000 was expended in furnishings and today the building is occupied by the town officials and the post office is also situated there. The Fire Department dates its origin from April, 1881, when the Crescent Hose Company was formed, followed on December 13, 1881 by the formation of the Thomaston Hook and Ladder Company. At this time the Thomaston House was the only hotel in town. It was a beautiful place with pine trees in front. There was a great steeple on the depot around which was a fancy fence. The Free Poland Ha.ll then served as a Catholic Church. There were very few houses on Chapel Street, but they were all owned by the Plume and Atwood Company. The Naugatuck River wa.s a beautiful winding river and many people fished there. But this excellent fishing did not last long because the acid from the factories was emptied into the water, thus killing all the fish. The history of Thomaston from then on is generally known, but it is interesting to know the several names Thomaston has had. The original name was Upriver because all the settlers came up the Naugatuck River, but when more ueople settled here it was named Twitch Brass Brooks Meadow after the brook that flowed through the center of the town. Then, because the town lay north of VJaterbury it was named Northbury, but when Mr. Ford becane quite a popular man of this district the town was called kordton. During the time that Thomaston was part of Plymouth it was called Plymouth Hollow because it lay in a deep hollow below Plymouth. The sixth and last name given to this tovm was Thomaston in honor of Seth Thomas, whose industry has made our town famous. Phyllis Pader ’34 TOWN HALL LIBRARY PLUME ATWOOD CO. EARLY INDUSTRIES OF THOMASTON A century ago there were many types of industries carried on in Thornaston. Although these v ere not of great importance they were large enough to supply the needs of the times. Most of them have been done away with or have been forgotton. But in some way they have served their purpose. The earliest industry of our town was carried on in an old grist mill which stood just below the site where the brick Knife Shop formerly stood at Terry's Bridge. The water power at Terry's Bridge was considered very desirable by Eli Terry who thought he could use it in his clock business. Mr. Terry built a factory just below the old grist mill and Knife Shop and there carried on the manufacture of clocks until 1840, when the manufacture of woolen goods was begun and the old grist mill was used for a dye shop. This factory was destroyed by fire in 1873 and was never rebuilt. The manufacturing of clocks was an early industry in Thornaston. In 1809, Seth Thomas started to manufacture clocks in company with Eli Terry and Silas Hoadley at Greystone. In 1810 Mr. Terry sold out his interest in this business. Then in 1853 the Seth Thomas Clock Company was organized. In 1830 Benjamin Smith built a shop and dam, known then as the Grist Mill, where he made plows and iron castings. In 18G7, Thomas J. Bradstreet purchased the property and put up a saw and grist mill where flour was made on a small scale. In September, 1S05, this mill was burned, at which time it contained one thousand and five hundred bushels of corn. About 1828, Jacob N. Blakeslee had a flax mill near Morris Humiston's farm, and also a small linseed oil mill. A new industry was started in town in 1840 by Israel and Andrew Woodward when they built a tannery near an old covered bridge at Reynolds Bridge. There was once a knife shop at Reynolds Bridge also. At one time a wagon shop stood on or near this site. Later, however, this was re placed by a building where b: ass clocks were manufactured until 1849, when the factory was sold to the American Knife Company for the manufacture of pocket cutlery. For many years this was a thriving concern, employing at one time ever a hundred men. In 1850 Anson Beecher Son invented match making machinery and a few years later started the manufac turing of matches in a factory near the Waterbury Reservoir. Later this business was moved to Westville. It seems strange today to think that cotton was ever manufactured in this town, but such was the case when the wooden building of the Movement Shop was used as a cotton mill, managed by the original Seth Thomas. Soon after the Civil War broke out this business was abandoned because the price of cotton was too high to make any profit. The looms were stored in the building which in years past was the National Bank. When we hear the name Brick Yard we wonder about the origin of this name, and we learn that at one time bricks were manufactured there. This site was originally owned by a man named Eli Barnes, who made bricks by hand before the actual brick making-industry was established. About sixty-five years ago this farm was bought by Aaron Thomas who put up the building under which the bricks were manufactured. The business employed about forty men. Tracks were laid which carried the clay from the banks to the kilns. The Town Hall, the Station, and the Movement Shop were built of home manufactured bricks. A few years later this business was discontinued because the clay contained a large number of small pebbles which were not easily removed and which made the manufacture profitless. Another very old building, which is of great interest because of the variety of manufactures carried on under its roof, is the Sailor’s Home. It was first used for making wooden clocks. Pianos and clocks were also made there. Later the manufacture of spools and thread was carried on for a short time and even later clock verges and machinery were produced there. Work was finally stopped when the dam in the Naugatuck River which furnished the power was washed away. These are some of the many industries carried on by the early citizens in Thomaston. They show us that the people never lacked the ability to go ahead with business enterprises. When one attempt failed, they went courageously ahead until at last they had found the manufacture for which they and their town were beet suited and which today makes the name of Thomaston familiar to the whole warld. Hermida and Edith Lundberg EARLY BRASS INDUSTRY IN AND AROUND THOMaSTON Up to the year 1800 we hear little about the braes industry. This was due to the fact that we were a community of farmers, and nearly all of the people were engaged in this labor. Shortly after 1300 the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut became thickly settled, and the incoming people must either move on or else take up some other new trade. Among the first of these new industries was the manufacture of clocks. Up to the year 1825 these clocks were all made entirely of wood and there were very few good clockmakere. In 1837 Chauncey Jerome, a skilled clockmaker, used the first bit of brass in making his clocks. Now the problem arose where to secure this brass for up to this time all the brass used had been made in England. The first real brass made in this country wa6 in Waterbury by a firm, Able Porter end Company. The firm of Leavenworth, Hayden and Scovill started the manufacture of sheet brass on a large scale, and the braes industry grew rapidly from that time on. The brass industry began in Thomaston in 1854 when a small plant was built by Seth Thomas to roll metal,for the clocks. This mill burned down in 1856 but was rebuilt the same year. In 1863 the firm of Holmes, Booth and Hayden of Waterbury broke up, and Mr. Holmes, with some of his associates and a skilled workman, Lewis Atwood, purchased the old Thomas Rolling Mill and began the firm of Holmes, Booth, and Atwood. In 1870 the court ordered the name of the company to be changed because of its similarity to the old Waterbury firm of Holmes, Booth, and Hayden, and with the admission of a new partner D. S. Plume, the name was changed to Plume and Atwood, which name remains to this day. In these times the clock industry also controlled the brass industry, and with the increase of clockmaking the braes industry grew larger. In 1884 when the first list of large brass companies was listed fourth in size of the twelve companies. At this time Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company listed seven hundred and ninety-one men, employed in both the factory in Thomaston and another office and plant in Waterbury. In I8o4 Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company ranked sixth in the output of sheets and tubing, producing 4,232,473 pounds, a million pounds more than that produced by the old Scoville Manufacturing Company. In 1926 the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company produced some fifteen millions pounds of various metals. The Company has recently installed electric furnaces and other modern improvements and employs about 30J men in each factory at Thomaeton and Uater-bury. The Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company is still listed among the few remaining old reliable brass companies with good prospects of retaining its place when business is once more restored to its rightful condition. Philip Johnson ' 34 THOMASTON'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT The industries of Thomaston have their actual beginnings in the work of Seth Thomas, the clock maker and of his first partner in the business, Eli Terry. Mr. Terry learned the art of clock and watch making and the art of engraving metal from David Burnap in Hartford. He also received instructions from Thomas Harland, a noted clock and watch maker, a resident of Norwich and a native of London. When Eli Terry settled in Plymouth, he engaged in the business of repairing clocks and watches, engraving on metals and selling spectacles. In his early years here Mr. Terry did nothing at clockmaking worth mentioning, but in 1807 he obtained a contract from a clockmaker in Waterbury for making four thousand 30-hour wooden clocks, with seconds pendulum, the hands and dial included, at four dollars apiece. Mr. Terry was allowed three years to complete this contract. At this time the manufacturers of clocks in this country made the eight-day English brass clocks at Salem Bridge, now Naugatuck. These clocks were the English brass clocks with sixty teeth in this escapement wheel instead of thirty to adapt them to a half seconds pendulum, the cord passing upward and over a pulley on the inside of the top of the case and attached to a weight, the weight moving the whole length of the inside of the case. These were substantial differences. The plates for the frames of these clocks and the blanks for the wheels and the other parts were cast metal and the pinions were of cast steel, as in the English clocks. The length of the same ratio to the length of the cases for clocks with seconds pendulums that squares of the lengths of the pendulums bear to each other. These clocks were po popularly called shelf-clocks . In 1814 Mr. Terry perfected a thirty-hour wood clock of a construction entirely new, both the time and striking trains having a greater number of wheels and the clock being so radically different that it was really a new manufacture. Aside from the ingenuity shown in the general construction of this clock, there were two notable inventions; one consisted in arranging the dial works between the front plate and the dial; and the second consisted in mounting the verge on a steel plate inserted in one end of a short arm, a screw passing through the other end and into the front of the plate. In wood blocks the pen was inserted in a button mid-way between the center and the periphery. By turning the button or arm, the verge was adjusted to the escapement wheel. In the manufacture of this newly constructed thirty-hour wood clock, the numerous manufacturers at once engaged, and this became a very extensive industry, Mr. Terry making a very small fraction of the number. It superseded the half seconds clock made of cast brass, so that industry perished. This clock supplied the American market and export demand for clocks for a quarter of a century. Mr. Terry did not confine himself to making low-priced clocks for general use. He made brass clocks of fine quality and sold them to watchmakers for regulations, the prices ranging from one to two hundred dollars. He also manufactured tower clocks, which were novel and consisted of three parts, a movement, a part to move the hands, and the striking mechanism. Two of the tower clocks are in New Haven, one being placed in the Center Church on the Green , and the other on one of the Yale buildings. Eli Terry died in Plymouth on February 24, 1852. Seth Thomas, the son of James and Martha Thomas, was born in 'Wolcott, Connecticut, August 19, 1785.. His early education was very meager, consisting of a very short attendance upon a distant public school. He served an apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner and spent some time on the construction of Long Wharf in New Haven. Leaving with a small kit of tools and a very small sum of money, he associated with Eli Terry and Silas Hoadley under the firm name of Terry, Thomas and Hoadley in the southeastern part of the Town of Plymouth, now known as Hancock Station on the New England Railroad, and here they commenced to manufacture clocks. In 1810 Mr. Terry sold his interest, and the firm continued two years as Thomas and Hoadley. Mr. Thomas sold his interest to Mr. Hoadley and came to the western part of the town, known as Plymouth Hollow, and purchased the site where a new factory was erected and began to manufacture clocks of his own account. The clock business from small beginnings increased rapidly, and later Hr. Thomas built a cotton mill and a brass rolling and wire mill. Mr. Thomas was twice married, first to Philena Tuttle, April 20, 1808, who died March 12, 1810; then he married Laura Andrews, April 14, 1811, who survived him. Politically, Mr. Thomas was a Whig. He was a member of the Congregational Church and he contributed largely to the building of the church in Plymouth Hollow. In 1853 feeling the infirmities of years coming upon him, in order to avoid the stoppage of his works consequent upon his death, he organized the Seth Thomas Clock Company. Mr. Thomas died January 28, 1859. Today the Seth Thomas Clock Company occupies four immense buildings. The only regret of the officials is that the buildings are too widely separated. In 1800 the change in the manufacture of clocks necessitated a larger setting up room, known as the varnish room. Up to the present day the Seth Thomas clocks have been in wide use all over the country. At all expositions in which they have been represented, both in this country and abroad, they have received the highest rewards. Their tower clocks, above all, have been noted for their perfection and uniform time that they have kept, regardless of the most changeable weather. The Self Winding Clock movement is an excellent example of the Seth Thomas idea of simplicity in efficient time keeping. The Drop Clock is also known for its perfect time keeping and is the standard of all clocks for schools. Since colonial days the Seth Thomas Clocks have been manufactured and have obtained the reputation of being perfect time keepers. They are a little more expensive than most clocks because of their perfection in this line. They have gained the reputation of being the world's safest clock investment. The Thomas ton Knife Company was organized in 1887 by Joseph M. Warner and was located in what had first been a woolen mill and later a clock factory. Mr.  arner remained its head until 1912 when E. H. Frost bought controlling interest. The Company employed seventy-five people. In 1931 this building was burned to the ground. It was then occupied by the Eclipse Glass Company. The Thomaston Manufacturing Company, now located on Electric Avenue, makes automatic screw accessories and is a comparatively new addition to Thomaston's industries. It was incorporated in 1913 with a capital of yl5,000. John Gross and E. B. Gross are the head officials. It employs around thirty men. Plume and Atwood brass mill, located on East Main Street, is one of Thomaston's oldest industries. This was originally built by Seth Thomas in 1845. Many brass rods, wire, and different plate metals are manufactured there. In Waterbury there is another branch of this firm that manufactures the same materials. The Thomaston Supply Company was originally the Thomaston Express building. This building is located on East Main Street. Paper boxes used by Seth Thomas for packing clocks were made there. The Thomaston Express was also printed there many years ago. Thus Thomaston's early settlers have provided a way for the present inhabitants to ea.rn their living These industries have become thoroughly developed and have tended toward the growth of the village. Many of the people are out of work at present but this is only to be expected in times like these and Thomaston 7ill doubtless rise again to a period of prosperity. Margaret R. Lackman •32 THE GLASS INDUSTRY OF TH0MAST02T One of the up-and-coming industries of Thomaston is the cutting, polishing, grinding, and beveling of glass. This work is done by the Eclipse Glass Company, which is situated a short way from Thomaston on the Thomaston-Torrington road. Ur. Otto Vogt is the president and largest stockholder in the company. He began the business in a small way at his home near the Sand Dam oond several years ago. When he could no longer handle the business with the facilities he had there, he moved to the present site of the factory. Here he built a small factory in 1923. In the summer of 1931 this factory burned down, but it was rebuilt immediately. In the earlier part of 1932 business was such that additional space was needed. Therefore the company had a large new building, constructed which will accommodate many additional workers when business conditions warrant them. The Eclipse Glass Company has shown remarkable foresight and good sense in building at a time when prices are such that their beautiful and serviceable building has been secured at a cost that is only a fraction of what it would have cost in times of prosperity. The new building presents a pleasing appearance and does much to enhance the scenic beauty of Thomaston. During one of the worst depressions in years the company has kept working and sometimes it has been running full-time, day and night. This has been helpful to the citizens of Thomaston at a time when the major industries of the town have been running part time or else have been almost idle. Mr. Vogt is to be congratulated for his energy in rebuilding his factory when it burned down, for not only did his main factory burn do’ n but a branch of it situated in Reynolds Bridge burned down in the same year. Samuel Johnson '33 THE LARGEST CLOCK IN THE WORLD In 1926 the Seth Thomas Clock Company started making the largest clock in the world. This clock was specially designed and erected for the Colgate Company at their soap plant in Jersey City, New Jersey The dial is visible for miles around, forming a part of a great advertising sign of the Colgate Company. The dial is a huge regular octagon, with the face made of steel 6late about four inches wide and about two inches thick, placed at one end of the advertising sign. The numbers are all painted with white enamel so that the dial looks like a solid sheet of white. Large black pieces form the five minute works. These are the only figures that appear on the dial, as all numerals are left out so as to make them more visible at a great distance. The hands are of a particular shape so as to give the greatest visibility. They are odd but can be seen clearly, are painted a dull black, and are outlined with electric lights for night. They are made of seven plywood, tapered from the hub to the tip with a bronze socket for connection to the clock shafts. The minute hand measures twenty-seven feet three inches, not counting the length of the counterbalance which adds smother ten feet. The hand is tv enty inches thick, including the socket and reinforcements, while the wood itself is only three inches thick. The total weight of the hand including the counterbalances is 2200 pounds. This clock is wound by an endless chain attached to a one-fourth horse power meter. This winds the weight which weighs one hundred and eighty pounds. The hands are at quite a distance when in operation; the minute hand travels around a fifty feet minute circle. The tip of the hand travels one hundred and fifty-seven feet in an hour’s time and in a minute over thirty-one inches. The entire weight of the clock is four tons. Armin Wherle 133 SPORTS IN THOMASTON Now that it18 19 53 let's go back a few years and visit Thomaston in about 1900. Standing in the middle of the town and looking down the main street we see no cars racing around, but an old horse, lazily plodding along the almost deserted dirt road, attracts our attention for a few seconds. Shifting our gaze to the stores we are surprised to find they are situated only on one side of the street. As we look towards the Catholic Church we discover that there is a livery stable directly across the street. Our attention is attracted by a group of oeople hurrying across the park to assemble in front of the Drug Store. Curiously we hurry over and by questioning a neighbor find that a race is soon to start. In a comoaratively short time a crowd gathers. People discuss crops, baseball, football—anything that enters their minds. Then—the contestants are lined up—the starter raises the gun—they're off ! Down the one hundred yards they flash to the finish at High Street, where the crowd is waiting to cheer the winner. Turning again to our informant we find that there is to be a bicycle race on the following Sa.t-urday. In a few minutes the crowd seems to have disappeared and only a few linger around the streets to talk about the outcome of the race. So much for our visit in Thomaston. But if we had stayed longer we would have found thet the soorts then were almost the same as those which exist today. There were other races beside the one mentioned— bicycle and horse races often took place. The horse .races were usually the outcome of some argument or bet. The bicycle races were quite popular, and at ti-i.es more than twenty contestants took part. The route of the race was from the center of the town, down to Reynolds Bridge, across the Watertown road, and back to the center—supposedly five miles. There were also football, baseball, and basketball. The football team organized about 1900, called the Thomaston Tigers, consisted of many of our now orominent citizens. Some of the most outstanding players were Lew Brown, Jim Anderson, Les Beardslee, Albert Miller, and William and Arthur Wood. The Thomaston Tigers were in a league consisting of teams from Plymouth, Reynolds Bridge, The East and Y est Side teams, and the main Thomaston team. On Saturdays and Sundays these teams met in Plymouth or played in Thomaston on the Plume and Atwood field. Plymouth continued to have a successful team until about 1930, when the Tigers passed out of existence a and were replaced by a squad of younger men under the name of Ponies. Baseball has always been an outstanding sport in Thomaston, probably more so a few years ago when the American Legion team was organized. Some of the players on this team were Perc Atwood, Speed Conway, Andy O’Neil, Steve Handlowich, and Ray Ebner. This team was successful and was seldom defeated. In those days they had no gloves except a small one for the catcher, who wore no mask to stop balls from hitting him in the face, whereas now the catcher has a padded glove, shin guards, chest orotector, and a strongly built face mask. Basketball has not flourished in Thomaston so much as baseball and football in the past, but in recent years it is becoming a popular sport. The first team was organized about 1395 and the games were played in the Town Hall. There were a town team and a high school team, the most successful of which was the team of 191o, showing in its lineup Jack Innes, Alex Innes, James Reardon, Harry Lynch, and Malcolm Aldrich. This team beat Torrington, Bristol, and Naugatuck High Schools. Today football, baseball and basketball are still popular. The Ponies, who replaced the Thomaston Tigers about 1932, for about four seasons were the semi-pro grid champs of the state amateur champs under the name of Tigers. In 1332 they were undefeated but the Ponies lost their title to the All-Torrington. Thomaston has always been represented by a baseball team. The High School produces a team every year which wins a majority of its games. In 1931 the Kaceys were organized and entered the Public Parks League in which they came out first. In late years Thomaeton ha6 been represented by the Cardinals, a team of local players. They won second place in their league, which consisted of most of the towns in northern Connecticut. The town is represented by a number of basketball teams, the boys' High School team, Kaceys, Free Poland, and the Tigers, the girls' High School team, and the Echoes which is made up of high school graduates. The High School Teams are in the league com-oosed of Watertown, Litchfield, and Terryville. The Kaceys, Free Poland, and the Tigers are in a league composed of teams along the Naugatuck Valley. In the past few years the town seems to have contracted tennis fever. New courts have been built and the town is represented by a few who have won championships in Waterbury. During the winter months skating is a great sport along with hockey playing, as there are several places to indulge in this sport in Thomaston. On a whole, most of the sports known in Thomaston are put in practice and enjoyed both by those taking part in them and by those looking on. Helen Taylor '35 ANECDOTES OF THOMASTON william Fitzgerald, uell-knovn citizen of Thomas ton who served in the World War, :;as a member of the famous Lost Battalion . The great fire of July 5, 1873 started in Elias Bennett's store end spread to nearby barns. The eaves of the Morris Block then caught fire. Webster's Block vras threatened, so the t building aas torn dovm to prevent the fire from spreading. In smite of the damage done many humorous things hardened in the excitement. One man :ho v as saving furniture by ca.rrying it out onto the street, threw a mirror out of the window and carried a stove-pine dovm the stairs to a safe spot. The blizzard of 1788 caused much confusion in Thomaston. It lasted for three days—Kerch lltli, 13th, and 13th. The people who ’.forked in the Marine shop were three and a half hours reaching the center of tovm. The Thomaston Savings Bank on Elm Street was broken into and robbed February, 1893. In the haste of the burglars to make a getav:ay, much silver money v;as throv n along the roadside so as to lighten the heavy burden. Terry's Bridge was formally opened with a d ..nce held on the bridge. Tub races vrere held at the Caledonia . Clark, Austin and Riggs ran livery stables and you could hire a horse for $ 3 a day. Mrs. St. John sold the only hats in town. The leatherman visited tovm. Bradstreet' s cov;s were driven through Main Street and everybody had to vvatch his step. The big frog in the park fountain gave bass solos at night. Long John used to come to tovm with the pack on his back. The water tank on the movement shop fell through the building. Fancy oil lamps could bb gotten for a certain number of coupons at Tom Brown's Tea Store. Firemen from all over the state came to parade at Thomaston. Skating was popular at the Grist Mill. Dr. J. H. Kane, J. J. Carr, and William Church used to run in the 100-yard dashes on Main Street. Everyone turned out to meet the train at S o'clock Sunday nights. The only car in Thomaston was a three-wheeled auto. A big glass of beer could be bought for a nickel and a lunch was given free. The employees of the Marine Shop were three and a half hours getting to the center of the town in the Big Blizzard. Catherine Reeves '33 HISTORIC CAVES York's Cave is wrongfully known as Leatherman's Cave which is quite a distance from this cave. A man named Wheeler lived here during the summer for three years about seventy-five years ago. Thi6 cave is found near a number of large rocks so placed that it looks like a large cave. At one time it could be entered by just bending over but now one has to crawl in. It is rather large inside and formerly there was a table inside made of a large flat rock held up by rocks as legs. There is a hole at the top through which the smoke from the fire went out. It is said that Indians on scouting parties used to stop here for the night. York's Cave, now owned by Mrs. York, used to be known by only the inhabitants of Reynolds Bridge, but last year the Litchfield County Rangers blazed a trail which takes one to Black Rock Park by way of this cave. The whole trail is about thirty miles in length, but to go to this cave from the new bridge, at Reynolds Bridge, is only about a mile and a half, taking about three quarters of an hour to get there. This trail affords a very interesting and historic hike. This is a historical spot because nearby is the grave of a man who was murdered by the Indians. This man, Joseph Scott, lived in Farmington but he was clearing a space on what was later the Reynolds' estate in order to build and make his home there. An Indian scouting party from Canada captured him while he and his son were working. He put up such a resistance that he wounded one of the Indians. The Indians, angered by this, inflicted punishment on him by cutting off his tongue. The Indians started to take him to Canada but he fainted from loss of blood after he had gone but a short distance. The Indians were vexed because he had fainted, so they scalped him on February 7, 1708 and left him there. His grave is now marked by an iron bar. They took his son along, however, but he escaped one night and returned to the settlement nearest his father's grave. Some traditions say the people at this settlement heard Scott scream but because there was such a large number of Indians they did not dare to go to the rescue and fearing an attack hid in the bushes along the Naugatuck River. Qthers say that there were no settlers around there at that time so the exact details will never be known. At the top of this cave is a large rock now known as Crane’s Lookout. The scene from this rock, especially in winter is almost unbelievable because one can see such a great distance. One can see from the New Bridge down to what used to be the motorcycle climb near the Castle Inn. If the trail is followed one gets to Eagle Rock, somewhat higher than Crane's Lookout. The origin of this name is quite interesting, as it dates back to the time Mr. Reynolds owned York's farm. He used to keep sheep and every morning several lambs would be missing. One morning very early Mr. Reynolds, after several attempts to catch this eagle that was killing his sheep, watched for it and as it swooped down on his sheep he shot and killed it. Later with the aid of other people he climbed this rock and there they found the nest belonging to this eagle. They were very much surprised to find bones all over the top of this rock. It plainly showed that these eagles had done more damage than the people had anticipated. The eagles were killed and Mr. Reynolds had no trouble after that from eagles. Leatherman's Cave is a short way from Bidwell Farm at the top of Bidwell's Hill in Watertown. The cave is known by this title because a man entirely clothed in leather lived in it for many years. His only protection was a large cane with a lump of lead on the top which he carried with him wherever he went. It is said that he lived in Lyons, France but having been disappointed in love he came to America where he made his home in caves for the remainder of his life. His name was Jules Bourglay. He seemed to be a rather peculiar man, not only because of his appearance and clothing, his cap, coat and trousers being made entirely of leather, but because he rarely engaged in conversation. Many people in Thomaston and Reynolds Bridge remember him because it was his custom either to buy or ask for food. They also gave him old leather boots with which he patched his clothing. Gertrude Axelby ' 33 THE THOMASTON TOWN HALL The Thomaston Town Hall, built of brick and faced with granite was constructed in 1883, at the cost of eighty-five thousand dollars. It was built on the old cemetery site with bricks made in our own brickyard on Upper Hi h Street. Slate was used to roof the building. In the early days the hall was used for various exercises and entertainments. Traveling shows staged their productions in the hall. After the World War, a great banquet was held for the boys. The Firemen and other lodges held balls and dances there. Before the Laura Andrews library was built there was a reading room on the first floor. The old courtroom was used for school rooms before the Thomaston High School on Grove Street was built. Later moving pictures were held in the hall. Four years ago the hall was remodeled, .and talkies were installed. The floor was slanted in order to make it easier for those in back to see. The windows and the balcony were draped with rich rose velvet. The stage curtain made of rich rose cloth was decorated with a beautiful painting. About ten years ago the postoffice was moved from the north side of the building to the south side In this way the floor space was made larger for the convenience of the government workers and the peoole of the town. The Town Hall now contains a theatre, postoffice jewelry store, selectman's office, attorney's office, courtroom, barber shop, and a jail. For many years homeless men have been able to get a good night's sleep at the jail. During these last years of depression the number of lodgers has increased greatly. Martha Johnson '34 THOMASTON PU3LIC LIBRARY The Thomaston Public Library was donated by Laura Andrews (the wife of Seth Thomas), in 1902. It is fairly large, containing six thousand volumes, with additions each year. There are four departments as follows: One for the smaller children; another is for the older children; a third department is one where all the children may study; and the fourth department is the one where there are many collections of old articles and a record of all the names of the books in the library. Althea Pfaefflin '36 THE THOMASTON SAVINGS BANK The Thomaston Savinge bank was established in 1874, its first officers being Miles Morse, resident; George A. Stoughton, secretary and treasurer; and I. B. Woodward vice president. The business was started in an upstairs office. The bank has always been continued as a Savings Bank. Mr. Morse was succeeded in the presidency by I. B. Woodward, who in turn was succeeded by J. H. Wood. He was followed by H. F. Bradford, and later Judge F. W. Ethridge became president so continuing until his death, when E. C. Stoughton was elected to the presidency. George A. Stoughton, as treasurer and secretary was succeeded by George H. Stoughton, and he in turn by Henry E. Stoughton, who was called to that office in 1395 and still occupies the position. The first depositor was D. K. Merriam, a successful farmer. The bank, is one of the most prosperous of the country savings banks of Connecticut, and is second in the state among the banks of a million or more in its surplus and profits. Irene Bogdanski '36 REYNOLDS BRIDGE Years ago, before the present Branch Roo„d, Bantam Road was constructed as the main highway to Litchfield, a little road which now runs through property owned by Charles Mott, Anna M. Turherg, and the State Park property, terminating at the property of Reymond Blakeslee. There were houses along this road, strange to say. Evidences of these lie in the fact that the foundation of one of them stands on the property of Anna Turherg on the road which was once the main highway. It is reported that the house now owned by Anna Turherg was once the old tollgate house for the road that led past there. This fact is probably true as the house was built in the early eighteenth century, being formerly a barn and later turned into a dwelling house. On the Watertown road running past the reservoir are the remains of an old mill. This place was called Roberts' Mill as it was once owned by members of the family of Judge Howard Roberts. The mill was formerly a grist mill where flour was made, but later it was turned into a saw mill. Leading from the modern paved road to Watertown, out of Thomaston, is e. dirt road hardly more than a path, which goes up a steep hill. At the top necarly concealed by bushes end shrubbery, is the house which was a popular tavern when people traveled the old Boston Post road on horseback end by stege. As it was then the main road, it is entirely probable that many of the big business men of the day stopped at the Sutliff Tavern for refreshments. There is a tradition, and it has been affirmed, that Washington slept under its roof during his journey through Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. William Leigh, the present owners of the house, say that the general enjoyed several meals there. Mrs. Leigh says that someone took the trouble to write a history of the house, but the record was burned in the fire which destroyed the Plymouth Library. However, it is known that the house has been owned by only three families since it was built before the Revolu-tionr.ry War. John Sutliff, son of the original John, the town's second settler, built this house end kept tavern there. Later it was bought from some of his descendants by Sheldon Smith who was town cobbler. The third family to own it was William Leigh, stone-cutter, father of William Leigh the present owner. John Sutliff owned at one time all the property between Terry's and Reynold's Bridge, then known as Sutliff's Hollow. The whole of the Bridge was practically owned by three different families. When Mr. Leigh's father bought the house, he used part of the farm for a stone yard, cutting headstones from granite imported from Massachusetts. Some of these stones are found in the cemetery near by. Later Mr. Leigh used stone from a. quarry on his own property for cutting stones. This quarry is still there although houses and bushes now obscure it. A stone from 'chis quarry, mo.de by Mr. Leigh, is over the grave of a man who shot himself. The body wo.s never plo.ced in the cemetery. The Knife shop which recently burned down at Terry's Bridge is a place of interest. It has been burned inside several times. Formerly it was a woolen mill, and woolen goods of all sorts were made there. It passed through several hond3 and wo.s finally turned into a knife shop. The only power was water power turned by a waterwheel which still remains. There wrs also a tannery in the Bridge. It is in the building better known as the Tin Can Shop. That also passed through several hands turning finally from a tannery to a Can Shop but now standing empty. Len.h Chapman THE CHURCHES OF THOMASTON At present there are six churches in Thomaston: The First Congregational, The Methodist Episcopal, the Trinity Episcopal, St. Thomas, The Swedish Congregational, and the Swedish Lutheran churches. The first church to be established was the first Congregational Church. It was erected and organized in December of 1837 in its present site on Main Street. There have been several pastors, the last.being the Rev. George D. Owen and the present one, the Rev. Edward Haines. Some of the early members were Josiah Warner, Thomas Sutliff, Sabrina Hart, and Laura Thomas. The Methodist Episcopal church was the next to be formed. For many years previous to the erection of a house of worship by the Methodists, the Thomaston Methodists were supplied with circuit preaching by the New York Conference. There arose during the years such strong opposition to this band that the members were prohibited the use of the schoolhouse where they held their meetings. Although there were few members of this religious sect, the subject of building a place of worship soon became agitated. The agitation rose to so great a height that within three years a very neat and commodious church was erected on East Main Street in the year 1842. Bennet Hibbard was the strongest advocate of the time for the erection of the building and Charles Bartlett was installed as the first pastor. At present the pastor is the Rev. Ludemann. Following the Methodist Episcopal Church we find the beginnings of the Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Benjamin Eastman of St. Peter's in Plymouth began conducting evening services in the Academy Hall but in 1866 Academy Hall was sold to the school district. Then under the direction of R. L. Andrew, a leader in this movement, the site of the Old Methodist Episcopal meeting place was purchased in 1867. The erection was begun and continued until 1869. Additions were made and in 1871 the present edifice of the Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street was completed. The first pastor was Rev. David Bishop. In the fall of 1879 a $1500 organ was installed in memory of George W. Bradley, a famous organist of St. Peter's, Plymouth. At present the Rev. Leonard Smith is the rector. CHURCHES CATHOLIC Ikb m 3efore the erection of St. Thomas' Roman Catholic Church which was about the same time as that of the Trinity Episcopal Church, mass was celebrated once a month at the homes of different individuals. The first of those monthly masses was celebrated in 1854 at the home of Michael Ryan by Rev. liichael O'Neile, who paid these monthly visits to the little Catholic community. From 1853 until 1871 it was under the Bristol parish. Finally in 1871, under the direction of Rev. Eugene Goffney, who later became the first resident pastor, the building of the church was be( un on Chapel Street. Rev. Eugene Goffney also completed other churches in Terryville and Watertown. He made provisions for the cemetery and built the rectory on Chapel Street which was completed and dedicated in October of 1876. This continued to be the place of worship for the Catholics until 1905 when the present St. Thomas Church was erected and dedicated by Rev. Kenea O'Brien. This present structure is located opposite Kenea Park, while the former St. Thomas' Church on Chapel Street is now used as an amusement hall. The present pastor is the Rev. John J. Burke and his assistant is the Rev. James Wilson. The Swedish Lutheran church is located on North Main Street while the Swedish Congregational church is located on Grove Street. The present minister of the latter is the Rev. August Lindqvist. Eleanor Phillips ' 33 Agnes Claffey ' 33 Bernice Anderson ' 36 ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE COMPANY OF THOMASTON In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, wells and buckets were about the only fire quenchers at hand, and as a result fire6 were frequent and often disastrous, as when the Seth Thomas works were burned some time before the introduction of water pipes. In the spring of 1881, shortly after the town was piped with water from the nearby Plymouth Hill, two ho6e companies were organized and apparatus purchased, the original foremen being Edward Alford of No. 1 and A. E. Blakeslee of No. 2. At the fall election bylaws for a regular organization were adopted, and a fire commission of six members was elected with the provision that rotation in office should be maintained by the annual election of two members for a three years’ term. John R. Hoyt was the first chief and served about three years. At the time of reorganization, one of the hose companies was disbanded and in December 19, 1881, the Thornaston Hook and Ladder Company came into existence. A brick building was built in the rear of the Congregational Church for both companies, and this served its purpose until the construction of the present fire hoube in 1883. This stood, as did the Town Hall, on the site of the ancient cemetery, which was at that time removed. Both Comt anies have well equipped par-lore, which they have furnished themselves. In 1885, T. D. Bradstreet, a native of Thornaston and one of the best known men in Litchfield County, was made chief. He served with distinction many years, being succeeded by James Chatfield in 1889. Both companies, Crescent Hose and Thornaston Hook and Ladder have continued with this change. The fire house in 1902 was regarded as one of the best small town fire houses in the state. Early records of the department show many prominent names on the honor roll, such as Seth Thomas, Aaron Thomas, Edson Plume, George H. Stoughton, Dudley Bradstreet, Cater Comptroller of the state and many others of social prominence. The department at one time had the distinction of being the best appearing and best drilled company in the State, having won many cups suitably inscribed, recording the events won in many contests; The department's present equipment consists of one La France combination pumper 9 a chemical and hose truck with other accessories, such as gas masks, 1200 feet of hose, coats and helmets; also one Maxim, six cylinder, 110 Horse Power Ladder Truck equipped with ladders, ranging: from fifty-five feet extension to thirteen feet roof ladders. There are over fifty hydrants distributed to the best advantage about town. The pumper is used principally in the outlying districts beyond rhe reach of hydrants, and by this water can be pumped from brooks, nonds, or a river. A series of whistles have been arranged to show the location of the fire. They are as follows: One short blast - First district-East side of the river. Two short blasts — Second district-West side of the river. Three short blasts ---- Third district-South of High Street. Four short blasts ---- Fourth district-Reynolds Bridge. Mamie Czyz '33 Genia Krayeski '35 SCENIC BEAUTY OF THOMASTON Thomas ton ranks very high among the picturesque villages of New England. Located in a fertile valley in the foothills of the 3erkshires, it offers many spot8 which picnickers and campers use to good advantage in summer. Probably the most nopular of these picnic grounds is Black Rock Park, which although owned and operated by the state, is considered in the vicinity of Thomaston being aTv: roximately two miles from the center of the village’. Here one can enjoy himself immensely, as there is excellent bathing, and benches are also provided beneath the ines for Picnickers and campers. Life Guards are also stationed here, so one can be assured of his safety. An outdoor-lover can pass many a pleasant hour by viewing the scenery of the Naugatuck Valley from the peak of Black Rock. This rock may easily be reached by means of a plainly marked trail. The Naugatuck River which flows lazily along between the hills is a typical New England stream. The main tributaries of the river are the Lead Mine and 3ranch Brooks. In these streams ardent fishermen delight in angling for trout. The Branch Brook is the best known brook in the vicinity of Thomaston for this sport. Another nooular spot is the Wigwam Reservoir, which supplies Waterbury with its drinking water. This is one of the most beautiful spots in Connecticut. Hundreds of dollars are spent each year for its upkeep. Since the reservoir was built in the lBSO's thousands of pine trees have been planted which help to purify the air and hold the soil. They add to the beauty of the scene. This lake is merle more beautiful by a massive stone dam about eighty feet high. Many a tourist pauses here on his journey to view the lake end the surrounding hills. Reynolds Bridge, situated on the main road from Thomaston to 'Taterbury, is a sight well-worth seeing, as its structure is entirely of concrete with many arches. It is said that thi6 bridge is one of the most beautiful and most costly bridges in New England. SHADY DELL NAUGATUCK RIVER NAUGATUCK RIVER SCSHc IN WINTER UP THE BRANCH The surrounding hills of the Naugatuck Valley are a eight well-worth seeing. From a distance these hills seen to he rolling lazily along, and for the greater part are covered with pines and sturdy oaks. These hiils apnear more beautiful in the fall of the year as the trees are covered with different colored leaves. •Then Thomaston contains so much natural beauty, can one wonder that she has such a prominent place among the other villages of New England? Paul Chapman '34 Girard Bradshaw '34 i-Iary Perchuck 134 Albert Schlauder 34 SETH THOMAS The three great fathers of American clock making— Eli Terry, Seth Thomas, and Chauncey Jerome—were all Connecticut Yankees. So, too, were the Hoadleys, Ingrahams, and William L. Gilbert who built upon their foundations. Not only have the products of these founders and builders served the households and business institutions of their native land, but they have entered the homes end commercial establishments of all civilized people. Seth Thomas was born to James and Martha Thomas, August 19, 1785, in Wolcott, Connecticut. Seth was a poor boy end had little education, leaving school at on early age. Seth Thomas, the second of the three founders end unquestionably the most widely known name in the clock industry.,, learned the craft from Terry. Soqn after Terry started hie factory at Plymouth, Thomas, then a young carpenter and cabinet-maker who had been engaged in the construction of the Lang Wharf at New Hfiven, arrived at the old mill -and applied for a job. He was soon placed at the head of the case-making department and in a year or txvo, .along- with Silas Koadley another of Terry's men, he was taken into the pextnership of Terry, Thomas, and Hoadley. Although the firm was short-lived, it continued long enough to demonstrate the value of factory methods in clock production. Thomas, wishing to build up his own company, left Terry and purchased land, end set up a little shop where the famous Seth Thomas Clock Company now stands. This one concern engaged in the clock industry has always remained under the control of the family, the president now being Ralph Matthiessen and the vice-president, Mason T. Adams. Seth Thomas married Philena Tuttle in 1808. In a few years she died. Later he married Laura Andrews in the year 1811. Seth was the father of nine children. Aside from his skill as a workmen and hie ability as an organizer, the original Seth Thomas impressed upon his entire organization the fundamental idea that a clock must be, first of all, well made. There are few known varieties of clocks of which examples may not be found bearing the name of Seth Thomas. The following news item, appearing in a Hartford paper under the date line of September 12, 1924, graphically illustrates the capacity of this internationally known plant. The largest clock in the world, a timepiece whose face is fifty feet across and whose minute hand weighs more than a ton, 2,200 pounds to be exact, has just been completed and shipped by the Seth Thomas clock company to the plant of Colgate and Company in Jersey City, where it will surmount a large advertising sign and be visible for miles down New York Harbor. A flat car was required to ship the hands as they would not fit in a box car. Every hour of the day the minute hand will travel 157 feet—almost a yard every minute. Mechlin, Belgium alone has a clock which approaches this new timepiece in size. In the Middle Ages monks constructed a clock with a face forty feet across and only one hand. This clock, however, was partly destroyed in the German invasion and has been long out of use. Seth Thomas died January 29, 1859 and Laura Andrews, his second wife, died July 12, 1871.  L_ THE SCHOOLS OF THOMASTON The first known public school in Thomaston was on the Green where Kenea Park now is. The next school was the kindergarten and primary building at Center School. Center School itself was built in 1393, forty years ago. This school contained every grade from the first to the twelfth and thus it continued until 1922 when the new High School was built. Then the first six grades alone remained at Center School, the other six being removed to the new building. The outlying schools have also been important in our educational system. Pine Hill dates back to the time of the oldest inhabitants in town. The Brick School was built over fifty years ago. Such have been the educational facilities for the children of Thomaston in the past and present. The High School has had more pupils in regular attendance this year than ever before. To avoid overcrowding the classrooms it has been necessary to retain the so-called stagger system. The oupils have become accustomed to this system and it has oroved to be satisfactory. The classes have been arranged, as far as possible, so that the periods follow consecutively . For this reason it has been impossible to have gym classes. The Junior High classes are so very large that the girls’ dinner room has been converted into a classroom. The pupils have shown their school spirit by cooperating with the faculty and by bearing cheerfully the inconvenience of the school. DRAMATICS For a number of years it has been the custom of the Thomaston High School to give at least one play during the school year. These plays have usually been three-act plays. This year, contrary to the usual custom, the High School gave three one-act plays, which met with the approval of everyone. The plays were listed as follows: Shuttin' of the Door was under the direction of Miss Frances Doyle. The parts were played by Margaret--------------------------------Helen Boylan Jan-----------------------------------------Laurence Volovski The Fool----------------------------------------Edna Winters 1st Thief-------------------------------------Arnold Foster 2nd Thief-------------------------------------Sigurd Rosengran The second play Meddlin' was under the direction of Miss Evelyn Goodwin. The narts were played by Sally Parker— Milton Parker Mrs. Parker— Mrs. Morton— Thelma Atkinson —Edward Fowler ------Edith Poit -----Edith Lamb The third play Jon was under the direction of Miss Bernice Ingalls. The parts were played by Myra----------------------------------Esther Gotsell Peter---------------------------------Simeon Sachner Grandmother---------------------------Lucille Martin Larry------------------------------------------Walter Klcss Nan---------------------------------------------Lilly Smith Jon----------- —----------------------- Ted Beardslee MUSIC Thomaston High School is well represented in the field of music. This year the music is under the capable direction of Miss Miriam Murohy. It was a hard task organizing the Glee Clubs on account of the increase of students and the way the classes are divided. The Freshman, Soohomore, Junior, and Senior classes have combined into the Senior Glee Cli-.b. There are about fifty members from these four classes that joined the Glee Club this year. Plans are being arranged to hold an assembly at some future time. This assembly is to give the Glee Clubs and Orchestra a chance to display their ability in the line of music. At a recent meeting the following officers were elected. President Helen Giatas Secretary Treasurer Janet Fraser The Junior Glee Club is composed of members from the seventh and eight grades. The musical instruments used in the orchestra are violins, saxaphone, clarinet, piano, and drum. The members of the orchestra are the following: Jeannette Benedict Girard Bradshaw Henry Czyz Stanley Czyz Hubert Desrochers Wallace Dyson Dorothy Handlowich Stanley Kleneski Edna Luboyeski Phyllis P-der The Junior Claes consists of 31 girls and 32 hoys. The officers are as follows: President Joseph Sullivan Vice President Paul O’Brien Secretary Lorton Wood Treasurer Robert Thulin The Sophomore Class consists of 39 girls and 25 boys. The officers are as follows: President Simeon Sachner Vice President Gordon Coates Secretary Ida Mueller Treasurer Harry Thomson i The Freshman Class consists of The 39 girls .and 44 boys Eighth Grade consists of 43 girls and 43 boys The Seventh Grade consists of 47 girls and 54 boys Qc'©a, m L .. I ATHLETICS The Thomaston High School basketball teams have enjoyed a successful season under the able coaching of Mandel Green and Hiss Ruth Litchfield. The girls’ team has the honor of being the league champions while the boys hold second place in the league. Both teams have suffered few defeats, the girls losing one game to the American School for the Deaf at West Hartford, and the boys losing two games, both to Litchfield. At the end of the season the Thomaston boys' team and the Litchfield boys' team were tied for the championship of the league, both having lost only one game. The play-off between the two team6 took place in the Torrington Armory on March 2nd. The hall was crowded with spectators who were eagerly awaiting the outcome of the game. Both of the teams were very evenly matched and the victory hung in the balance throughout the game. The Thomaston team obtained a five point lead in the first few minutes of play but Litchfield's team soon evened the score. From then on, the lead changed hands several times, until, in the last few minutes to play, with the score tied, Litchfield made a foul goal and thus won a twenty-eight to twenty-seven victory and the league championship. Both teams played fairly and a spirit of sportsmanship prevailed throughout the game. The Thomaston boys' High School team took part in the annual tournament for state chamoionship, class C D, at the Connecticut State College at Storrs, March 9th, 10th, and 11th. Their first game with the Nathan Hale team from Moodus proved an easy victory for Thomaston, and Coach Green was able to give some of the subs a chance to play On the same day the Litchfield team beat New Milford and so was slated to play Thomaston the following night. Many spectators from both Litchfield and Thomaston turned out to see this game, which proved to be tne most exciting one of the tournament. The score remained in the balance throughout the entire game and both teams played their best. After a hard fought battle Thomaston won a well earned 30-26 victory over Litchfield. As the boys had been defeated in their last game with Litchfield for the league championship this was a great satisfaction to them. The finals, a game between New Canaan and Thomaston, took place Saturday afternoon and was rather uninteresting until the last fev; minutes of play. Thomaston had remained in the load until the end of the last ouarter when the New Canaan center made a field goal which was followed by a second goal put in by the captain of the team, this giving New Canaan a one point lead. Before the Thomaston teem could rally with an offensive play, the whistle ble 7 and the game was over. Although the team has been defeated in both its efforts to obtain the league and the state championship, it lias been given perhaps an even higher honor in being awarded the sportsmanship trophy of the league for the fourth consecutive year. THE FIELD MEET The school set aside June 7th for its annual field day. The meet consisted of events for interclass competition rather than individual work and the pupil won for his class rather than for himself. To the winners of the events a number of points were given and the class receiving the highest number of points won the day. Among the various events were the bicycle race, the broad jump, the high jump, the mile run, the half-mile run, the 440 yard run, the 230 yard dash and the 100 yard dash. Novelty races, such as the sack race, the relay race, and the three legged race, were also included. The meet turned out to be a struggle between the Juniors and Sophomores for first place. The Sophomores took the honors in the bicycle race and the mile run, the Juniors retaliated by winning the half-mile run, the high jump, and the hundred yard dash. The score remained in balance between the two and the whole school eagerly awaited the final outcome. By winning the few necessary points in the broad jump the Sophomores won 33-31 over the Juniors. As a prize the Sophomores were awarded a banner which they added to the trophies in their class room, while the defeated Juniors consoled themselves somewhat by the thought that they had won the meet the previous year. EIGHT LETTER MEN The Senior Class has the honor of claiming among its members the only two eight-letter men in the school; George Graham and Frank Sysmanski. By an eight-letter man is meant one who has received a letter each year for playing on both the basketball and the baseball teams for the entire four years of High School. This is quite an achievement requiring both practice and skill and these boys may be acclaimed as two of the best all around athletes ever graduated from the Thomaston High School. Alma Parson ’33 BOYS' SCHEDULE November 35, 1932 26 Thomaston Thomaston Morse College, Hartford 15 November 29, 1932 39 Thomaston Thomaston Woodbury 10 December 2, 1932 43 Thomaston Thomaston Leavenworth 16 December 9, 1932 27 Thomaston Watertown Watertown 15 December 16, 1932 30 Thomaston Terryville Terryville 22 December 30, 1932 38 Thomaston Thomaston Ridgefield 17 January 10, 1933 47 Thomaston Plainville Plainville 32 January 13, 1933 24 Thomaston Thomaston Litchfield 29 January 20, 1933 20 Thomaston Waterbury Leavenworth 12 January 24, 1933 29 Thomaston Thomaston Southington 18 February 3, 1933 38 Thomaston Thomaston Collinsville 24 February 10, 1933 26 Thomaston Thomaston Watertown 18 February 14, 1933 38 Thomaston Thomaston Plainville 23 February 17, 1933 26 Thomaston Litchfield Litchfield 21 February 24, 1933 29 Thomaston Thomaston Terryville 24 BOYS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Coach.. Captain Manager ...................Mandel M. Green ...............John A. Boguslawski ...............Vincent V. Voloski John A. Boguslawski Henry S. Czyz George W. Johnston Edward J. O’Brien Harold P. Olcese Frank J. Szymanski Robert A. Thulin Robert S. Welton Irving S. Wolf Lorton A. Wood GIRLS' 3ASKET3ALL SQUAD Coach.............................Miss Ruth Litchfield Captain.....................................Alice Fenn Mamie S. Czyz ✓ Alice E. Fenn Ebba S. Gustafson Marion E. Kane Genia M. Kloss Genia T. Krayeski Edna M. Luboyeski Catherine E. O'Brien Sophie LI. Ostrowski Alma A. Parson Julia H. Stepowski Helen L. Taylor Olga A. Volchuck Mary Yarerna Elizabeth J. Zeleznick GIRLS' SCHEDULE November 25, 1932 33 Thomaston Thomaston Thomaston Echoes 13 December 2, 1932 Thomaston American School for the Deaf 18 December 9, 1932 28 Thomaston Watertown Watertown 23 December 16, 1932 29 Thomaston Terryville Terryville 24 January 6, 1933 33 Thomaston Newtown Newton 16 January 13, 1933 46 Thomaston Thomaston Litchfield 7 January 24, 1933 15 Thomaston West Hartford American School for the Deaf 19 February 3, 1933 36 Thomaston Thomaston Collinsville 23 February 10, 1933 27 Thomaston Thomaston Watertown 19 February 17, 1933 35 Thomaston Litchfield Litchfield 8 February 24, 1933 20 Thomaston Thomaston Terryville 18 March 3, 1933 52 Thomaston Thomaston Newton 11 March 6, 1933 19 Thomaston Stcrrs Connecticut State College 13 In an endeavor to show cur spirit of fellowship with th Alumni of the Thomastcn High School, we, the present student body, have reserved this section of cur year book the Owl for them. We have made all corrections to the best of our knowledge, and new the student body extends its best wishes for a prosperous future to all and hopes the same soirit of loyalty and interest in this body may be representative of our own group as we join the Alumni of T. H. S. States Represented by Graduates of Thomastcn 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 3oston University 3rown University Bryn Mawr Columbia University Connecticut State College Connecticut College for Women Cornell University Duluth Junior College Harvard University Holy Cross College Katherine Gibbs' Secretarial School Manhattan College Massr.chusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College New England Conservatory of Music New York School of Forestry North Eastern University Ohio University Pratt Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Russel Sage College Simmons College St. Lawrence University St. Mary's Seminary Syracuse University Trinity College Tufts Medical College University of Alabama University of Maine University of Vermont Wellesley College Wesleyan University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University Class of 1887 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 1889 Edith Baldwin (Mrs. Lockwood) California George Baldwin, deceased Louie Belden, Christ Church Hartford, Conn. Jessie Burr New Haven, Conn. Eva Childs (Mrs. Ellery Atwood) Thomaston, Conn. Grace Goodwin (Mrs. Wolfe), deceased Mabel Guernsey, Teacher Brooklyn, N. Y. Bertha Humphryville (Mrs. Morehouse) Amenia, N. Y. Jennie Klotz (Mrs. Henning Borgstedt) Philadelphia, Penna. Stanley Mallett, deceased Lena Munson (Mrs. Ray Platts) Northfield, Conn. Effie Norton (Mrs. Stanley Mallet), deceased Susie Pease, deceased Class of 1890 Lena Root (Mrs. Louis Belden) Hartford, Conn. Class of 1892 Clara Atwood (Mrs. Almon Webster), deceased Ester Potter, deceased Class of 1893 Nellie Burke Thomaston, Conn. Robert Platt, West Side Savings Bank Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1894 Addie Blakeslee (Mrs. June Woodward) Greenfield, Conn. 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 Waldron (Mrs. Frederick Beach), deceased Class of 1896 Minnie Donovan (Mrs. Thomas Doyle), deceased Helen Guernsey, Manager of Sec. School Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary Henderson (Mrs. B. R. Curley) Glen Ridge, N. Y. Georgia Martin (Mrs. Pratt), deceased Annie Vaughn (Mrs. John Lynch) Hartford, Conn. Edith Woodward (Mr6. E. S. Prince) Torrington, Conn. Class of 1897 Jane Bidwell (Mrs. Carl Curtiss) Thomaston, Conn. Nellie Langford (Mrs. Michant) Massachusetts Jessie Parker (Mrs. Henry Hurlburt) Waterbury, Conn. Mark Guernsey, Cashier, National Bank Thomaston, Conn. Maurice Minor, Farmer Plymouth, Conn. Charles Watrous, Carpenter Niantic, N. Y. Class of 1898 Maud Bidwell (Mrs. Clinton Pond) Kansas City, Mo. nthony Donovan, Elm Service Station Helen Filley (Mrs. Ralph Newton) Ruth Hurlburt (lire. Chas. Klein) Lenora Murphy Harry Rossetter Lena Stumph (Mrs. Burton Brooks) Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Torrington, Conn. Plantsville, Conn. Greenwich, Conn. Class of 1899 Florence Fenn (Mrs. Wm. Atwood) Kingston, Conn. George Gilbert, Tuberculosis Specialist Colorado Springs, Colo. Dorothea Gross (Mr6. Ells), deceased Eva Hotchkiss (Mrs. E. Porter) Springfield, Mass. Jessie Parsons, Librarian Hartford, Conn. Class of 1900 Julia Carr (Mrs. James Gilson) Waterbury, Conn. Mary Kaufmann (Mrs. Luther Potter), deceased Mabel King (Mrs. Skylor Pratt) Hood River, Ore Mary Potter (Mrs. Joseph Wood) West Haven, Conn Ella Vaughn, International Silver Co. Hartford, Conn Class of 1901 Mary Broolcer (Mrs. Wn. Y006) Thomaston, Conn. Bertha Cooke (Mrs. Frank Hart) Wethersfield, Conn. Jeremiah Conway, Clothing Store Thomaston, Conn. Margaret Cosgrove (Mrs. McCormick) Forestville, Conn. Charles Gilburt, N. Y. Telephone Co. New York City May Hurley (Mrs. Lynch), deceased Grace Root (Mrs, E. G. Hotchkiss) Thomaston, Conn. Ethel Sanford (Mrs. Brown) York, Penna. Class of 1902 Gertrude Atwood, deceased Agnes Dick (Mrs. Geo. Chapman) Windsor, Conn. Ellen Gray (Mrs. Richard Danaher) Thomaston, Conn. Elizabeth Saun, Wchrlc's Store Thomaston, Conn. Ruth Watrous (Mrs- Adrian Bassett) Bristol, Conn. Class of 1903 Ward Baldwin. Clerical Work Oakville, Conn. Conn. Conn. N. C. N. Y. Conn. Conn. Mich. Conn. Conn. N. Y. Conn. Conn. Floyd Foster, deceased Albert Bradstreet Thomaston, Carrie Burr (Mrs. Frank Wheeler) Plymouth, Lorin Gates, deceased Daniel Greene, deceased Elsie Holt (Mrs. Ernest Kilburn) Wilmington, Elbert Morse, Orange County Light Co., Middletown, Lillian Stuart, Teacher Thomaston, Clifford Wadhams, Bristol Company Watertown, Class of 1904 Carlton Blake Detroit, Edith Bradstreet (Mrs. Ulric ’-Lathes) Windsor, Anna Brooker (Mrs. Warren Wclton) Thomaston, John Cummings Richmond Hill, Clara Etheridge Hartford, Marv FIorian (Mrs. Edson Hitchcock) Waterbury, Louis Stoughton, Lumber Business St. Petersburg, Fla. Robert Wolf, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1S05 Jeannie Goodall (Mrs. Harry Muir) 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 V aterbury, Conn. Ruth Straun (Mrs. Robert Johnson) V aterbury, Conn. Claes of 1906 Conn. Conn. Conn. Amy Ariel (Mrs. Guy Fifield) Thomaston, Conn. Lester Beardslee, Trucking Waterbury, Conn. Mojry Crouch (Mrs. Jesse ' heeler) Hartford, Conn. Jessie Etheridge (Mrs. Robert Warner) Meriden, Conn. Helen Fenton (Mrs. Thomas Canfield) Hartford, Conn. M?.ry Fitzgerald (Mrs. Michael McMahon) Thomaston, Conn. Franklin Florian, Clerical Work Forbes Gibbs, Supt. of Production, Seth Thomas Clock Company Willis Gotsel, R. F. D. Deliverer Allen Gates, Minister Dora Higgins, Teacher Harold Hotchkiss, Toolmaker Clara Lake, Teacher Anna liellor (lirB. Otto Poit) Teacher Thoma.ston, Conn. Vera Morse (Mrs. Harry Taylor) Plymouth, Conn. Olive Norton, Clerical Work Hartford, Conn. Fred Reichenback, Biltnore Hotel New York City Hulda Rossiter (Mrs. Louis Totten) Stratford, Conn. Katherine Ryan R. N. Hartford, Conn. Helen Sanford (Mrs. C. Raffauf) Reading, Penna.. William Shanley, Farmer Thomaston, Conn. Half Jatrous Architect Greenwich, Conn. Kate . right (Mrs. Mathews) Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1307 Lena Atwood (Mrs. George Griffin) Thomaston, Conn. Vera Beach (Mrs. Osgood Scribner )Glastonbury,. Conn. Hartford, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Haddam, Conn. Thomaston, Hartford, Hartford, Harry Benedict, deceased Raymond Benson, Seth Thomas Clock Co.Thome.ston, Conn. Martha Canning, (Mrs. Piper) Washington, Conn. Mary Doyle, Doyle's Drug Store Thomaston, Conn. Florence Etheridge, (Mrs. John Hone) Hartford, Conn. Arthur Henderson, Plume Atwood Thomaston, Conn. Caroline McKane (Mrs. Wm. Danherty) Hartford, Conn. Marguerite Nihill (Mrs. Fred Retting) Providence, R. I. Theodore Root, Insurance Indianapolis, Ind. Lillian Smith, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1908 Mary Aldrich (Mrs. Donna Charpentier) Plantsville, Conn. Hazel Atwood Waterbury, Conn. Timothy Behan, deceased Catherine Fitzgerald (Mrs. Walter Armstrong) Thomaston, Conn. James Howard, deceased Catherine Magwen, 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. Wm. 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 Y heeler, American Brass Co. Waterbury, Conn. Dorothy Wooster (Mrs. Albert Gustafson), deceased Class of 1910 Frances Albecker (Mrs. Forbes Gibbs) Thomaston, Conn. Charlotte Armour (Mrs. Frederick Lake) Thomaston, Conn. Allan Canfield, Magazine Agent Thomaston, Conn. Eolc. Clark, St. Margaret's Convent Boston, Mass. Enos Drumm, Science Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Thomas Fruin, Seymour Mfg. Co. Seymour, Conn. Margaret Harrigan (Mrs. John Ryan) Thomaston, Conn. May Hill, deceased Frederick Hoyt, Mechanical Engineer Orange, N. J. James Roberts, Attorney-at-Law Thomaston, Conn. Kathryn Ryan (Mrs. Robert Cummings) Thomaston, Conn. Elsie Stockman (Mrs. Ralph OkleyV Milford, Conn. Freda Weston (Mrs. Ralph Watrous) Greenwich, Mass. Class of 1911 Edith Goodall (Mrs. George McCullum) New Jersey Alice Gray (Mrs. Stanley Axelby) Thomaston, Conn. Rosetta Hanley (Mrs. Michael Lundon)Torrington, Conn. Helen Innes Thomaston, Conn. Nellie Johnson (Mrs. Richard Malm) Bronx, N. Y. Class of 1912 Irene Bailey (Mrs. Arthur Legault) Waterbury, Conn. Eldred Canfield, deceased Abigail McLaughlin, Express Office Thomaston, Conn. Kathryn Reardon (Mrs. Michael Madden)Thomaston, Conn. Agnes Saum, deceased Mae Stumpf (Mrs. Oscar Sandell) Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1913 Karl Birkenberger, Bowling Alleys Watertown, Conn. Susie Blodgett (Mrs. Herbert Mattoon) West Palm Beach, Fla. Frances Carr (Mrs. George Cooley) Poughquog, N. Y. Elizabeth Dickson (Mrs. H. J. Channillo) San Francisco, Calif. 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, Fla. Leonard Tingle, Upholstering Store New York Everett White Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1914 Gladys Atwood, Chase Metal Works George Barnes, Conn. Power Co. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Amy Bold (Mrs. Frederick Hotchkiss) Cambridge, Hass, liar ion Bold Chelsea, Hass. Katherine Dillon Waterbury, Conn. Ruth Faller (Mrs. Thomas 3radstreet) Bristol, N. H. Ruth Gilbert (Mrs. Elwin Curtiss) deceased Catherine Higgins (Hrs. V m. Moran) Newington, Conn. Flora Langenberger (Hrs. Thomas Mason) Farmington, Conn. Eduard Langford, Teacher Birmingham, Ala. Lillian Leigh (Mrs. James Roberts) Thomaston, Conn. Mildred Morehouse (Mrs. Augustus Mathews) Thomaston, Conn. Clement Rafinslci, Stevens Davis 'Washington, D. C. Esther Thulin, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Alfred Verchot, Merchant New Haven, Conn. Arthur 'Jeckler, Scovill Mfg. Co. Thomaston, Conn. Edith Wilson (Mrs. C. D. Tusca) Philadelphia, Penn. Class of 1915 William Bailey, Waterbury Mfg, Co. Thomaston, Laurence Hegan Bristol, Flora Blake (Mrf. Raymond Wilkins) Waterbury, Charlotte Gooda.il, National Bank Thomaston, Catherine Harrigan (Mrs. John Savage) Thomaston, Helen Small (Mrs. Withington) Northampton, Jessie Tingle (Hrs. Alfred Fretz) Milford, Edward Waters, 'Waterbury Mfg. Co. Waterbury, Helen Welch (Mrs, Bertram Peck) Torrington, Conn. Conn. Copn. Conn. Conn. Has 8. Conn. Conn. Conn. Class of 1916 Malcolm Aldrich, Sessions Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Maude Balcom (Mrs. Gustave Neumann) Detroit, Mich, Mildred Blakesiee (Hrs. Alex Innes) Watertown, Conn. Dorothy Bradstreet (Mrs. Clifford Lenman) Garden City, L. I. Edith Byers (Mrs. Clifford Winters) Thomaston, Conn. Rosa Gangloff, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Grace Goodall, Clerical ork New York City Alex Innes, Innes Brothers Watertown, Conn. Catherine Houghton (Mrs. Malcolm Aldrich) Thomaston, Conn. Hr.rry Lynch, Chase Metal Works Thomaston, Conn. Catherine O'Connell, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. James Reardon, Shoe Merchant Torrington, Howard Wolfe, Halden Machine Company Thomaston, Class of 1917 Raymond Atwood, Trucking Thomaston, Maud Bailey, Social Service Work Hartford, Olive Barnes (Mrs. John Innes) deceased Jennie 3yers (Mrs. Wm. Martin) Thomaston, Frank Corner, deceased Raymond Ebner, High School Teacher Uilliaantic, Hazel Gilbert (Mrs. A. Stone) Waterbury, Bessie Johnson (Mrs. Ole Robertson) Plainville, Doris Parker (?irs. Norris Seeley) Wallace Pease Raymond Rafinski, Clerical Work Horace Tuttle, Designer Class of 1918 Helen Ashoff (Mrs. Wm. Sanford) Gladye 3idwell (Mrs. Earl Hartley) Esther 3old, deceased Gladys Brown (Mrs. Ernest Weedham) West Hartford, Georgetta Goodall (Mrs. Albert Clark) Bridgeport, Mabel Lincoln, Dr. Lyman's Sanitarium Wallingford, Anna Lipman, Furrier Hartford, Edvth Parke (Mrs. Fowler) Thomaston, Elida Thulin (Mrs. G. Groves) Indian Orchard Lily Truelove (:irs. Frederick Rogers) Hertford, Class of 1919 Agnes DeForest (Mrs. Wm. Boyce) Thomaston, Helen Gangloff, Thomaston, Vivian Gill, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Paul Holm, Civil Engineer Williamson, Kenneth Kaiser Providence, Mary Morton (Mrs. Daniel Dunn) Bronxville, Christina Shearer (Mrs. Hugh McColl) Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Muriel Tingle (Mrs. Walter Knox) Thomaston, Northfield, Naugatuck, Chicago Bloomfield, Troy, VJaterbur y, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. , 111. Conn. N. Y. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. W. Va. R. I. N. Y. Conn. Conn. Class of 1920 Helen Barrett (Mrs. Thomas Danaher )Torrington, Conn. Dorothy Buckland, Colonial Trust Co. Thomaston, Conn. Eileen Burns (Mrs. George Caldwell)Waterville, Conn. Edward Coates, Conway's Clothing Store Thomaston, Conn. Thomas Danaher , II.D. Torrington, Conn. Harie Gangloff, R.N. Waterbury, Conn. Edward Goodall, Clerical ork Plainville, Conn. Lillian Keogal (?!rs. Valle Hair) San Francisco, Calif. Elizabeth Morton (Mrs. Mm. Doran) Hartford, Conn. Marie O'Connell (Mrs. Edmund Hayes) Lee Maes. Philip Toleman, Gold Zlines California Dorothy Winn (Mrs. Laurence Doolittle),. French Teacher Mt. Holyoke College, Hadley, Mass. Class of 1921 Caryl Bro.zee, Commercial Adv. Co. Stanford, Conn. Margaret Danaher (Mrs. Laurence LeHnne) Bloomfield, Conn. Dorothy Dickinson (Mrs. Wm. Wadman) Thomaston, Conn. Viola Gilson (Mrs. John Donnello), deceased Pauline Girard, Home Service Newburg, N. Y. Clarence Kellar, Scoville ?Ifg. Co. Thomaston, Conn. Ethel Pratt (Mrs. Kenneth Burnham) Hartford, Conn. Ruth Roberts, Commercial Teacher Laurence Ryan, Fulton -larket Irene Schinzel, Child Nurse Alice Swanson, Model Frank Wehrle, Druggist Montclair, N. J. Thomaston, Conn, providence, R. I. New York City New York City Claes of 1922 Ellery Atwood, Science Teacher Haverhill, '. alter Barrett, Accountant Albany, Carrie Dickinson (Mre. Emil Richards) Thomaston, Irving Faller, Farmer Bristol, Edward Fox, Ncwsoaoer Agent Hartford, Stc-ohen Grosch, Druggist Water bury, Agnes Innes, (Mre. Percy White) Thomaston, Miriam Murphy, Teacher Litchfield, Olive Nase (Mrs. Arthur Zollen) New Haven, Mass. N. Y. Conn. N. H. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Hildur Scholander (Mrs. Martin O'Neill) Jewett City, Conn. Dorothy Scott (Mrs. Janes Duff) Thomaston, Conn. Vivian Torrence (Mrs. Murphy) Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1923 Thomaston, Thomaston, Detroit, Waterbury, Waterbury, Conn. Conn. Mich, Conn. Conn. Boston, Mass. 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) Chapoaque, N. Y. Ruth Flint (Mrs. Melbourne Gallup) New Haven, Conn. Hugh Gilson, Chase National Bank Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary Hildebrand, R.N. Waterbury, Conn. Irene Keifer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Nicholas La Storia, Ford Station Theodore Lindquist, Scoville Mfg Thomaston, Co. Hartford, Conn. Conn. Conn. Allan Loper, Clothing Store Danbury, Conn. Kathryn Meagher (Mrs. Thomas Bigham) Thomaston, Conn. Edward Morton, Greystone Hotel New York City Philip Nearing, Ritz-Carlton Boston, Mass. Grace Odenwald (Mrs. Marvin Mason) Sec. of Thomaston High School Thomaston, Conn. Herbert Parson, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Ralph Smith, Farmer Marion Wedge (Mrs. Fred Seeley) Class of 1924 Thomaston, Vernon, Northfield, Conn. Conn. Conn. Theresa Cesgynski, R.N. Greenwich, Conn Raymond Cleveland, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Gladys Conlin, Post College Kenneth Curtiss Annabelle Duff, R.N. Eugene Dwyer, Chase Metal Works Albert Ebner, History Teacher Irene Galpin (Mrs. Charles Yoos) Marjorie Gill (Mrs. Wm. Foy) Harry Glennon, Bank Verlis Gotsel, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Cydaria Henderson (Mrs. John Simons) Hartford, Conn. Waterbury, Harwington, Hartford, Thomaston, Thomaston, Northfield, Northfield, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. New York City Edward Johnson, Plume Atwood Co. Thomastoh, Conn. Alex Krayeski, Yale University New Haven, Conn. Helen Kilman, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston. Conn. Sadie Lipman, G. Fox Co. Hartford, Conn. Beatrice Kilner, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. ilary Kilyanski, Graduate Nurse Evelyn1Muir (Mrs. Theodore Emmons) Grace Parson (Mrs. Ronald Walker) Kenneth Pratt, Aetna Insurance Co. Harold Robertson Philip Ryan, Chase Metal Works Gpace Schinzel (Mrs. Frederick Catty) Torrington, Conn. Marjorie Scott, R. N. Ruth Smith, Children's Village Howard Stuart, Dupont Co. Emma Thulin, School Nurse Oliver Titus, Beardslee WolQott Carlos Welton, Carpenter Hartford, Conn. Thoma6ton, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Hartford, Conn. New York Thomaston, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Salem, Mass. Thomaston, Conn. Waterville, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1925 Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Lois Biggs, Seth Thomas Cl.ock Co. Agnes Brellis, Dr. Good's Office George Corner, deceased Francis Donovan, Waterbury American Ring Co. Waterbury, Conn. Anna Dumont, Stenographer Oakville, Conn. Paul Gearin Thomaston, Conn. Osraar Gilson, Manhattan College New York City Herbert Grimshaw Thomaston, Conn. Joseph Heffernan, St. Mary's Seminary Baltimore, lid. Frederick Hellerick, Employee of State Thomaston, Conn. New York City Manchester, N. H. Thomaston, Conn. Co.Thomaston, Waterbury, Elizabeth Holm, R. N. Gardner Hotchkiss, Insurance Philip Johnston, Post College Bernice Luboyeski, Scoville Mfg. Annabelle Madeux, R. N. Francis McMahon, Travelers Insurance Hartford, Edward Rouse, Worcester Institute Worcester, Mass. Loretta Savage, R. N. Hartford, Conn. Theresa Schiappacasse, Attorney's Secretary Waterbury, Conn. Robert Shearer, Grain Coal Co. Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Harold Stuart, Dupont Co, Philadelphia, Pa. Linwood Troland, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Edith Wood, Stenographer Waterbury, Conn. Class of 1926 Bessie Danaher, Teacher Thoraaston, Conn. Ellen Danaher, Traveler's Insurance Hartford, Conn. Mary Doyle (Mrs. Wallace Dunn) Thomaston, Conn. Hazel French Thomaston, Conn. Edith Giliman (Mrs. Wm. Fotte) Terryville, Conn. Robert Griffith, Am. Tel. Tel. New York City Gertrude Haderer (Mrs. Philip Gaumache) Thomaston, Conn. Marion Harper (Mrs. Wm. Jebb) Waterbury, Conn. William Hayes, deceased Hayden Hotchkiss Thomaston, Conn. Charlotte Hoyt, Textile Designing New York City Bernice Huguenin (Mrs. G. H. Hotchkiss) Manchester, N. H. Joseph Lutz, Plume Atwood Thomaston, Conn. Donald MacKellar, Scoville Mfg. 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 (Mrs. Francis Selleck)Thomaston, Conn. Theodore Ostrowski, Druggist Bridgeport, Conn. Julius Szymanski, Dentist Bristol, Conn. 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 Davida Blakeslee, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Mary Danaher (Mrs. Daniel J. Barnett)Hartford, Gonn. Frances Doyle, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. George Eggleston Waterville, Conn. Philip Fischer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Esther Flynn, Teacher Thomaston, Conn. Florence Glennon, Chase Co. Office, Jaterville Thomaston, Conn. Joseph Orono, Lyons' Real Estate Thomaston, Conn. Dorothy Higgins (Mrs. Hilding Olson) Naugatuck, Conn. Dorothy Hotchkiss, Thomasoon, Conn. Agnes Jensen, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Anna Keifer, Beardslee Wolcott Harrow Kindness, Post College Julia Knox Ruth Lundahl, Baldwin School Helen McGowan (Mrs. Richard Marks) Re.ymond Madeux, Research Laboratory Corp. New York City Bernice Martin, Seth Thomas Clock Co.Thomaston, Conn. George Millspaugh, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thom ston, Conn. Elsie Park, Teacher Lauretta Ryan (Mrs. Frank Matteau) Marshall Sangster, Post College Elroy Simons, Newspaper Work Class of 1928 Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Terryville, Conn. Watertown, Conn. Danbury, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Webster, Mass. Thomaston, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Charles Eggleston, Thomaston Mfg. Co. Waterville, Conn. Kenneth Gill, Lenders Fraery Clark ITew Britain, Conn. Robert Goodall, Standard Ball Bearing Co. Plainville, Conn. Mary Heffernan Thomaston, Conn. Fannie Kulasinslci (Mrs. Stanley Szoka) Thomaston, Conn. Charles Luboyeski, Fowler Plumbing Co. Thomaston, Conn. Edward Mattoon, Printing Office Thomaston, Conn. Gilbert Nase, Connecticut University Storrs, Conn. Ruth Nelson, Graduate Nurse New York City Julius Nowakowski, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. William O'Brien, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Donna Platts, University of Ohio Columbus, Ohio Wesley Rouse, Mt. Herman School Northfield, Mass. Lillian Simons, Halden Machine Co. Thomaston, Conn. Ethel Swanson, Blake Johnson Thomaston, Conn. Ruth Swanson, Teacher Collinsville, Conn. Lauretta Warenberger, Bay Path Institute Springfield, Mass. Ern.a Wehrle, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1929 Frank Atwood, Civil Service Thomaston, Thomas Bissell Thomaston, Ray Bradley, National Bank Thomaston, Rose Braxl, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Grace Donahue, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Ola Dutcher, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Helene Etheridge, Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, Bernice Florian, W. T. Grant's Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. Bernice Hurlburt, Kindergarten School Waterbury, Conn. Rose Keifer, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. David Lackman, Connecticut University Storrs, Conn. Margaret Lyons, Lyons' Real Estate Thomaston, Conn. Minerva Mattoon, Teacher Barkhamstead, Conn. Edith Monahan, Russell Sage College Troy, N. Y. Agnes O'Brien, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. John Ostrowski, Polish Alliance College Cambridge Springs, Pa. New Haven, Conn. Sadie Ostrowski, Secretary Alfred Pratt, John Hancock Insurance Co. Thomaston, Violet Rasinsky, Secretary Thomaston, Louise Schlauder, Secretary Thomaston, Helen Schlauder, Secretary Thomaston, Helen Scott, Russell Sage College Troy, Margaret Shearer, (Mrs. Alden Fisk) Providence, R. I Lillian Spoettle (Mrs. Wm. Howard) New Haven, Conn Florence Thulin, Conn. Power Co. Thomaston, Charles Tibbals, Amherst College Amherst, Helen Tibbals. Teacher Barkhamstead, Carol Turner (Mrs. Taylor Grimshaw) Thomaston, Class of 1930 Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. N. Y. Conn. Mass. Conn. Conn. Mabel Barnes, Eclipse Glass Co. Thomaston, Conn. Doris Barrett, Connecticut University Storrs, Conn. Shirley Beardslee, S. N. E. Telephone Co. New Haven, Virginia Bowen Ella Bradley, Waterbury Hospital Ruth Brown, Middlebury College Bernice Childs, (Mrs. Mahoney) Mary D'Andrea Lucia Dewell, St. Laurence University Canton, N. Y. Phyllis Duff Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Middlebury, Vt. Thomaston, Conn. New York Mary Fischer Thomaston, Conn. Walter Dickinson, Flint's Gas Station Thomaston, Conn. Robert Graham Thomaston, Conn. Stanley Grohoski, Polish Alliance College Cambridge Springs, Pa. Roland Gustafson , Longwood Towers Brookline, Mass. Margaret Hig-ine, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, Conn. Esther Lauretano Waterbury, Conn. Rose Levy Waterbury, Conn. Doris Madeux Thomaston, Sybil Mattoon, Post College Waterbury, Helen liezocowski, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thomaston, 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 Warenberger Gerda Wehrle, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Conn. Conn. Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Lewiston, Maine Thomaston, Thomaston, Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn. Class of 1931 Edna Atwood, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Conn. George Axelby, Worcester Institute of Technology Worcester, Mass. Alberta Beaujon, Eclipse Glass Co. Charles Blakeslee, Civil Service Edward Chipman Marjorie Conlin, Post College Nora Farquhar Mildred Florian, Boston University Frederick Flynn, Post College Rebecca Frazier, Post College George Giatas, Saks Corset Company New York City, N. Y. Jack Girard, Syracuse University Syracuse, N. Y. Stanley Hotchkiss Thomaston, Conn. Doris Lamb, Hartford Training School Hartford, Conn. Grace Morton, Seth Thomas Clock Co. Thome.ston, Conn. Grace Pratt Thomaston, Conn Thomaston, Conn. Litchfield, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Boston, Conn. Thomaston, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Michael Sheremeta Louis Smith, U. S. Navy Wallace Smith Thomaston, Conn. Newport, R. I. Thomaston, Conn. Class of 1933 Mary Ann Bereza Thomaston, Conn. Stella Josephine 3iedrzycki Thomaston, Conn. Marguerite Dorice Blouin Northfield, Conn. John Francis Danaher Thomaston, Conn. Edward James DeBisechop U. S. Navy Eleanor Jacaues Doty, Secretary Thomaston, Conn. Francis Stanley Drunsic, Post College Thomaston, Conn. Sophie Mary Giatas, W. L. VIoolworth New York Helen Elizabeth Griswold, St. Margaret's School Thomaston, Conn. Helen Marie Holm, New 3ritain Normal New Britain, Conn. Frances Amelia Hotchkiss, Connecticut State College Storrs, Conn. Edmund Stanley Kakowski, P.G. Thomaston, Conn. Sophie Agnes Krayeski, Post College Thoma s t on, Conn. Peter Lawrence Kurdeka, Post College Thomaston, Conn. Christina Claire MacDonald, St. Mary's Hospital Thomaston, Conn. Jiildred Helen Mott, Perry's Thomaston, Conn. Mary Nakoneczny Thomaston, Conn. James Joseph Ryan, P.G. Thomaston, Conn. Mafalda Frances Schiappacasse Thomaston, Conn. “ Gerda Charlotte Scholander, Connecticut State College Storrs, Conn. Helen Shearer, Post College Thomaston, Conn. Gladys Vivian Swanson, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Conn. Margaret 2Jary Taylor, I. T. Grant Thomaston. Conn. l Jar.es Joseph Torrence, St. Thomas Vincent Vernon Voloski, P. G. Emogene Ruth Warner Thomaston, Seminary Hartford, Thomaston, Thomaston, Conn. Conn. Conn.