Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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lgrnphrrg nf Ihr lirnphrt The curtaln came down upon the hnal act amld loud applause The last thr1ll1ng note had dled avsav and as the brlght llghts flooded the clowded theater I came back to realltx w 1th a start Around me peo ple wele gatherlng up thelr wraps and preparlng to leaxe Here and there I caught snatches of conversatlon What loxelv muslc dehght lul illlglllg the most remarkable VOICE Ixe heard ln years Wlthout a doubt the rexlx al ot Franz Lehar s opeletta The Merry vV1dow was an unquallfled success And I stlll sxttlng excltedly 1n my eat thrllled xx 1th a personal pleasure for the productlon marked the thud successful appearance 1n muslcal comedy of mv hlgh school class mate Carleton Provost My hrst lmpulse was to see hlm lmmedxately to congratulate hlm upon hls splendld performance but I'8dllZ1Ilg that he mxght be too oc fup1ed to see me then I declded to walt untll the next day the first performance of the operetta To my satlsfactlon the crltlcs enpressed themselxes most faxorably In one notlce Carleton was pro flamed as the greatest slnce Lavs rence Tlbbett ln another as one of 'he most promlsxng slngers on the Amerxcan stage Two hours later found me belng admltted to Carleton s apartment When he had recoxered from hls surprlse at seelng me he consented to tell me how he had spent the years smce I had last seen h1m There really 1snt much to tell he sald xx 1th a laugh Atter I lraduated from high school I studled muslc for a whlle then I trled 1ad1o Howex er It Wasn t exactly what I wanted so when I was offered t part ln a current muslcal show I gladly accepted blnce then Ive had more or less lmportant parts 1n musxcal comedles untll I got my chance ln I'he M9YTjWld0W I felt just as elated as Carleton ox er hls success and I lett hls apart ment Wlth the satlsfactlon of knowxng that at least one member of my class had fulfilled the promlse whxch he had when ln hlgh school ISABEL JAFFE I53l ' I V D I ' I K . I . . I I 1 yn' t , I 6 L1 - ' kv I' 1 1 ' 7 v' w 1 - ' 7 1 ' V I 1 1 1 1 ' J v -' aw ' - n v - Q 1 I Y 1 , V 1 T ,v ' V' v ' 1 1 ' 1 N v Y ' 7 , . Y,, . u . . . . . Y . . .. , s , . . , 1 l , I . . . - 1 . , . . . . In the morning I eagerly scanned the newspapers for comments upon ' 1 1 ac ' , - av ' as f v r . . . . ,, . . , v I . v . , 1 is ' , ! uv ' ,' cc ' , . I , - ' , 11 . v I v 7 V v ' P a 7 ' 1' 1 1 7 2 ' , . 1 , ' ur ' , ' , as w 1 1 1 ' B Sy' ' ' - y' L1 ' w . ' ' ' 1 1 v ' V sly' I I .LT Y . V - D n o

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0112155 will E Be it remembeled that yye the Class of 1939 of To111ngton County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut belng of sound nnnd and memory but knoyylng the uncertainty of this life do decla1e this our last yyill ind testament hereby rey oklng all formei yyills by us at any tlme here tofore made After the payment of our Just debts and funeral charges yye do seyerally and collectly ely yy1ll d6XlSG and bequeath unto the Class of 1933 all our tltle lnterest and estate lying in and be1ng in the toyyn county and state aforementloned and commonly knoyyn as Room 37 ln The Torrlngton High School We do hereby appoint our good frlend Mr James H1ll as our executor to carry out and fulfill the DTOXISIOHS of this worthy document Our personal property yye dispose of as folloyys To Miss Locke we bequeath two feet of additional growth so that think that she IS Just another student Nora Koury doth leaye to Hlmy Silyer her entire knowledge of the French language Carlton Proyost doth bequeath his Schnozzle to Raymond Green ln order that Ray s melodious yoice mav be increased in yolume To Nathan Radunsky does Charles Kuna leaye his tactful manner of handling Mr Dorm To anyone who has the necessary ab1l1ty does Emmayane Freedman leaye her piece of grass yyhlch has echoed so often through the halls of the school She has also consented to giye a few lessons yylth the grass Her lndependent manner doth Edvthe Temkln leaye to Jane Hub bard Margaret Stewart leay es her ability to get along with ey ery body to Anthony Nerl The Three Musketeers Mildred Sohl Dorothy Reynolds and Helen I'r1tch do leaye the1r ey erlastmg frlenshxp for each other to Bernice Slmpson EHIS Gemelli and Ann Gakoyyskl Unto DIXIE R1chards does Joe Dzlalo leaye a legacy to buy gum yy 1th so that the students may haye the1r usual rest yyhile she deposits her gum ln the yyaste paper basket fO9l 1 7 mv' J Y v ' v Lv y. , v. 7 ,Y . 9 I Y ! 'f V, I . I v 7 ' ' , . , . v y ' v 1 . . , . . she need not further be designated as Hey you, by traffic officers who , ' ax as SK 77 ' 9 I ! u ' ' n ' la 79 ' , , ,