Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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Thls speech was greeted by lusty cheers from hls companlons I dldn t say leers I sald cheers from hlS companlons Then the olchestra struck up a mllltary tune In marched Son ny Dayfleld W1ll1e Drang1n1s and Red Bell dressed 1n thelr new boy scout unlforms to mform the players that they had slgned up to see the wo1ld yuth the C M T C A soap box was pushed to the footllghts Carleton Prox ost that honored member of the Jltters and ABA Gang leaped onto It prepared to dlsplay h1s vaunted powers as an auctloneer It seems that Bredlce nad a large collectlon of gram WC1ghtS uhlch he wanted to turn 1nto cash but the numbel was a fallure as at the last moment Bredlce was trlcken vuth a gulltv consclence and retulned the gram welghts to Mr Candlefire Mr Crandelmlre Then the play ers deserted the stage the llghts dlmmed and nlght v as steahng on Suddenly stealth1lv a Benlors head poked out flom the sldelmes The coast was clear Other SQHIOFQ tlptoed 1n Now llsten my chxldren and vou shall heal of the mldmght rald of the most rex ered Jun1or Room Books to the ught of them books to the left of 'hem books front and back of them those Senlors scattered And what a wreck was there mv countrvmen' The greatest tragedy to the Jun lors was that thelr prlceless homeuork was lost' Exery slngle Junior had done hls homework that dav and left It ln the Jumor Room And the curtam desended on a book strewn stage to end SCENE I of ACT III SCENE II of ACT III was the hlghllght of the play so far The scene was the Armory gleamlng softly mth the llght of myr1ad lamps amld banked palms As the curtam rose the guests assembled on the floor 1n gorgeous evemng gowns The boys appeared decked out IH either tuxedos or whlte flannels They were supposed to form 1nto the Crand March wlth the Class Officers Edward Dennls Laura Rlchard 4-h1rley Brltton and Chester Moore leadlng but there was a great deal of nerxousness among the plavers Thev were so accustomed to Mary VIcGowan a1r1x1ng breathless at the last moment that they were afrald he would hold up the march Flnallx she arru ed dragged IH preclp ltously by Carleton Allen and the dance began The audlence thrllled to the beauty of the scene and the partlclpants seemed to be ex en more pleased than the audlence Agam the llghts dimmed thls tlme the spotllght centeled on a lamp llt palm bower and agaln the orchestra played the Play theme song that melod1c song of loxe sung thls tlme by Mary McGowan and Carle ton Allen I44 ' l Q I , 1 K u ' . 1 I - . - ' ' , , as I , - ,H , I6 ' ' 11 ' ' as 11 , - ' 1 1 1 . . A 1 4 I U 1 5 T I n 0 1 u I V ' Y 1 .i . . -I . . . . K . r A y W ' . Y ' 1 1 1 1 ' S I W C ' . ' er ' 7 I' K I' , . N . . , 1 1 Lv Y ' t, D V K K . kv Lu ' L' . kv n x ' A a .' . I ' I Q . ' 1 . 1 ' 1 1 . ' V I 1. . I , ' . .1 , I . v 1 - Q ' . . . V . . , L L Y I I . ' 1 . - . . . . - 1 Y . . . 1 . , I I . . . . . . D 1 . . . 7 1 1 1 1 , . . . '-f 1 1 1 I A . g X ' 7 K ' P . L' I 7 1 . ' , . ' . . v 7 1 . . . . . . . 1 . , . . V . Y 1 1 . ' 9 . V u . . - 1 .

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ful bltmg so that lt can be at last a square and lf a 8111113.16 IS lt stlll '1 crullel But Bobs sohloqux was rudely lllttllllllted bx 1 lesound mg bell whlch remlnded Bob that he must stax fox Latln The theme song Im IH Loxe with You Honey was sung most touchmgly durlng thls second act by the team of Exelxn Ch1swcll and Francls Davfleld No good play IS complete IH these enlvghtened daxs NSlth0Llt lts mystery And The Grand Old Class of 1932 was no exceptmn to the lule 1932 also had 1tS mysterx Room 12 was wrapped IU a llCh and penetratlng aroma of garllc but no one could lmaglne Its source least of all Betty Glfford who 1n fact looked as though she was suffermg men more than the others ln the loom I'o thxs day that strange but Vlyld smell IS a mysterx and maybe It w1ll nex er be solx ed When the chorus led bv Presxdent Edward Dennls and closely fol 'owed by Bernlce Welgold V1rg1n1a Tw lnlllg' and Chester Moore gath ered for the finale the spothghts plcked out Nora Koury who had brought fame to the Class of 1932 bs w1nn1ng the prlze offered by the Tabula for the best llterary composltlon submltted Then the glar1ng llghts plcked out Isabel OHeron better known as JaCkl9 who was awarded a certlflcate 1nd1cat1ng that she had had at least four days of good behaslor dur1ng the whole vear and the lmpresslxe document was slgned and attested bv two of her teachers To her modest bows and the Je cheers of the chorus the curtaln descended ACT III and the members of Room 34 took the foothghts at the opemng and dellghted the audlence w1th thelr clexer whlsthng soft hummlng and clever ammal lmltatlons wlth Shlrley Brltton as the1r legular dlrector Th1S was followed 1n quick successlon by practlce for the Cheerlng qectlon The entlre chorus Joxned ln wlth a rlght good w1ll If they could only stram thelr throats enough they would haxe a fine excuse for belng unable to recxte thelr lessons The leader ln thxs now elty IS Julle Gemelll better known as Llttle Alble Booth Between cheers and WhllP the choruses were restmg Llttle Alble entertamed by rec1t1ng noems of hls own compos1t1on The next number was a speech by Carleton Allen He explalned carefully that whlle he 1n an absent mlnded mood was walklng through the halls he lnadxertentlx plcked up some of the teachers name cards from the doors He further lnsxsted that lt was all a mlstake and that he had no mtentlon of wrong dolng but that ln any ex ent he had turned oxer a new leaf resolxed nex er to be absent mlnded agaln and declared that henceforth he would be the xerv model of good behaxlor I4 . . . . i . .y . w . . 1 , . Q ,T , 1 l v v v . no v 1 1 ' - . ' - . x . i - ' I l . v v 1 v q I . , A . . A . H 1 ' . I V Y. . 1 . 1 ' n A K ' ' '- v v v '1 vx , w L1 K ' . V '. . w , , ll w 7, ,l , ' L . . . . . y Y i . '. l . t . Y 7 . . Y . Y . 9 Y Y 1 1 ' ' - ' ' v , . . . Y. . Y . . v V . 9 - 9 . s y ' . . . . . . . 7 - l 1 v s . . 7 v Q 7 Y. . l Y ' ' 9 u ' as v 9 I . . . . . 1 v. . V . . Y 4 Y I l V v U . I . . . . , f. , . , l . r . . Y. . v v . . 5 . . . . .... . v v 9 . . . . . . . . . L. . ' ' . . l v 7 Q . . . . .u V . U . ,, - u - ' n , 7 ' 1 v . . U . . ,, . . . ' 7 . V . . V y W A ll V . I . V . 9 7 ' v V I ,v 1 U A, ' . . . I . . . . , . . V . . I v ' 3 7 Y v v ' ' 7 7 'P al

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And so amld the enthuslastlc cheers of the audlence the curtaxn descended on ACT III of The Grand Old Class of 1932 ACT IV began yy 1th a pretty d11ll The Senlols led bv Presldent Fdyyald Dennls Shnley Brltton Lau1a Rxchard md Chester Moore passed back and forth across the stage etchangmg name cards Those yyho were lodged IH Room 26 seemed to be especlallv ZUPCIOLIS to hurry up the drlll Honey er the beauty and pleasure of th1s scene was some yyhat marred by the lnterferlng Jun1o1s yvho lnslsted on taklng part thelr obJect belng to see who could collect the most cards Next the stage was cleared for a race There was a yylld scurry and scramble as Rose Buzlnsky and Edythe Temkln tled for Patroness of the Detentlon Llst yyhxle Tommv Mullens won the honor of Patron of the Llst for the boys though Mlchael Hanlev proy ed a close second Apparently th1s was not enough exerclse for Rose as she soon appeared accompanled by Eyelvn Dennls They proceeded to glye ln enthralllng 1m1tat1on of a tenms match yylth the a1d of '1 lalge rubbel ball Tommy Mullens celebrated St Patrlck s Dav by wearlng the yy orld s krlghtest and greenest t1e The chorus had been long ln tralnlng for the next number lt yyas called the snake drlll The glrls hned up yylth then- arms mter tyylned Then Geo L1sk1n came out of the yymgs br1ng1ng a mysterlous lar and from 1tS depths produced a smewy yv1gglv snake It seems that George was yery fond of hw pet and 1ns1sted on taklng It wlth hlrn at all tlmes Immedlately the glrls commenced to shlver and shake thelr shoulders heaved 1n convuls1ons and as the rxpple ran up and down the l1ne the audlence cheered loudly at the clever slmulatlon of a snake s mdulatlons Betty Glfford was dlsturbed because the glrls were not properly represented 1n th1s event so she appeared Wlth a s1m1lar lar conta1n1ng two snakes The dance was repeated and this tlme was done yy 1th a ylctorxous a1r There was a'so a pathetlc element 1n th1s number In the wlngs yyatchlng yylth longlng eves was Margaret Cleyeland flanked on one slde bv Iennle Clmmlno yyho llmped badly and on the other Slde by Edythe Temkln yyho hobbled along painfully A short dlstance apart stood Isabel Jaffe yy ho yyalked most rlgldly These glrls had had a bob sled accldent Slnce no play yyould be xbsolutely complete yylthout an anlmal lml titor and a sharp bhO0t9l Helen Burr gaye her famous lmltatlon of a Yelpxng Dog from off stage It IS generally thought that Helen had ob tamed th1s treasure IJILlHd91'1Ug at Selkey s Graye Yard And Delullo astounded the audlence wlth hlS accuracy yylth the pea shooter The E45l . '.' Y . , I . . I Y n n 5 v. v 1. - 1 . Q . ., I . , P Q ' .1 v . I if I 4 J v , v 1 C 1 I 4 1 1 4' . 1 1 , . . V . . . 7 - ' v v 1 v 1 '. - . , v v l . . . 1 . . I . 7 1 9 . 1 Y. 7 R 1 1 1 I 1 y y . ' I L . . v . K , l . .1 1. I v 1 1 K, W . . y '1 v 1 ' 1 1 . . 1 1 . v .1 . v . ' I t I. 7 2 ' I . I . l .1 c V. l I K Or 1 4 . 7 ' 7 v ' v 7 sf ' u lf . . I Q Y . . . V. . . v. . . V. . . . 1 . . , . s 1 . ' ' v . . . . . . .I . . . . . ' - v . . . . 7 . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . A Y . 5 . . . . - v Y. Y. . . . . . . . . 7 . v. . r 1 V s 1 V ' 1 . 1 ' r v ' v ' r . . 1 ' . V V ' . . . , . . . -1 . ' I Y V 2 1 V V. I 1 . l . .- . . n 1 I 5 v . 4 D 4 9 . . Y . .N w . . v, V . 1 1 ' . l v v. g 1