Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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Class Hlstory The theate1 xx as al1 eady c1oxx ded xx1th people xx hen I sllpped ln and sank 1nto a xacant seat 1n an IIICOHSIJICUOLIS COIDBI I had Just put on m1 spectacles md made my self comfmtzble xx hen the llghts xxent out the cuztams p uted and the shoxv xxas on 'lo my g1eat 81111111186 I found that the name ot the p1ctu1e xv is The Class of 1935 Unde1 ne 1th the name were the enhghtenlng facts Place To111ng,ton Hlgh School T1me September 1931 Immedlately my 1nte1est xxas awakened On the sc1 een appea1ed the fam1l1a1 b11ck bulldmg knovxn IS the T01 11ngton Hlgh School The sun xxas Sllllllllg The1e xxe1e a g1eat many young people some shoutmg and laughlng others yaxx nlng and looklng sleepy all croxx dmg IH the doors No l1ppG1Cl2lSSfYI9I'l appea1 ed at th1s ea1 lx hou1 to plague the freshmen startlng the11 f11st day As a bell lang a group of mornmg freshles rushed 1nto Room 15 and sc1ambled fo1 the back seats Lookmg at Isabelle Mltchell s p1 ogram sheet MISS Hack sald You dont belong here untxl next p6110d You should be 1n you1 alge bra class novx Isabelle looked puzzled for a mlnute and then leplled But I had algebra last perlod I 1ust came from the1e The Cdmela left Isabelle trymg to Ilgllle her D1 ogram out and pass ed on to Room 21 The1e x1as E1n1e Laco1c d1 cssed 1n an o1ange sxweatel and socks to match stammumg Lxtln COYlILlg3tlOI'lS to the pat1ent Mlss Brown E1 n1e Raschke was Slttlflg' 1n one CO1 ne1 blush1ng and the1e 1n mother xxas Jack Tx nan shootmff splt balls around vuth a rubbe1 band Leaxlng M1ss B1o1xn and he1 tl 1als xxe came to Room 18 M1 John son asked to explam the sho1thand xx11tten on the boa1d thought It m1ght be about '1 fancx dress ball Just then Mlss Pa1sons came ln and obl1g1nglx translated It xxas about Ab1aham Llncoln The clock noxx pomted to 12 25 F1 om a f1ont xx1ndoxx Bustel Smlth Andy York and F1 edd1e Woodllla xx e1e hu1l1ng snoxx balls on the mnocent P M Fresh1es Next I caught a gllmpse of a stage deco1ated xx 1th Ch11st mas greens I 16COgH1ZGd Ba1ba1a Nox ex as SC100g9 1n D1ckens Ch11st mas Farol xx 1th a small black stockmg on he1 head xx h1ch I 1mag1ne xx as supposed to 1epresent a skull cap The scene faded and suddenly there xnere quamt old fashloned couples danclng a mmuet It xxas Feb1uar3 1922 and Washmgton s 200th bnthdax xx as belng celeb1 ated xx 1th a col on1al plax N lxx It xxas late1 IH the xeal In the h1sto1x class agaln IXIISS Hack x1 as askmfr W hat dld the people of Judah do fo1 a llX1Hg, Raschke an sxx e1ed xx1th a blush Thex g1dZ6d INot to be outdone Beth R1sedo1f I39l 1 if t .lr 1 1 1 1 y 1' 1 ' ' . 7 1 . 1 l 1 ' 1 1 1 1 I 1 v 1 1 1 1 . Q 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 . 1 1 c ' '1 Z -, ' X 1' ' , 1 1 ' A1 2 -'1 Y 1 K1 11 A1 I ' y- 1 1 K1 1 1'L1 , 1 1 ' ' 1, 1 1 H ' 1 11 ' ' 77 1 1 11 1 11 P 1 C . . . H . . 1 . 1. . . 1. . T 1 1 1 T , . ' ' ,, -4 Y ' 1 1 YI 1 1 I . , . 1 . 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 2 1- 1' ' 11 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 v . 1 . '1 . 1 . 1 1 Y . . 7 7 1 v ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 v 1 , 1. v 1 . . 1 1 1 1 ' 7 Q . . . N 4 . . , 1 . w . . , , , H , . 1. . 1 1 77 ' 1 ' ' 7 ss ' ' 4 H . 1 1 . 1 1 K. 1 1 1 H- 1 v1 1 ' , 1 1, 1,11 ' 1 y 1 . 1 , 11 1 1 1 1 1 11' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 , 1 c ' 1 11 1 ' v I ' ' 4 4 1 - 1 - . 11 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 v 1 tv 1 Y A1 C 51 ' 1 A1 1 7 ' s 1' ' 11 1 - 1 1 s'1 1 1 1 - c 11 1, 1 . 1 l 1 I va' 11 D ' ! ! ' I 7 1 .1 4 1 . C U 11 1 L 1 . . 7 v . . 1 1 1 1 1' 7 1 ' , . . , i . . Y ' Q . v . 9 ' ' 1 1 1 v' 1' - . . 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 9 U 1' - ,, V. . Q V . . . V 11 , 1 1 1 . v ' - ' 1 ' ' 11 1 1 ! ' ! ' 7 .4 v 1 ' 4 V' 1 , 1 t 1 ' .I Y X! v l 11 K1 1 0 . 1 lv I 1. 'L1 atv 1x1 l y ' I 1. 1 ' u 1 , ' 1 ' 1 . ' 1' 'H -1 1 - D7 ' 1 1 1 1' 1 U 1 11 77 ' ' 1 I 1. ' 7 I..

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remarked I must be a nsh because I alw ay s get caught 1n algebra Then too run or had lt that Jul1us Ha1r1s had taken a bath 1n ho1se l1n1ment because an upperclassman had told h1m that It would make h1m sma1t But wlth all the1r 1a1l1ngs thls class was promoted to the sophomo1c class 1n 1932 bummer yacatlon and then school agaln The same students noyv sophomores were golng to school 1n the mo1n1ng wlth the yy hole g'lOl10Ll55 atternoon tlee On the lJ0dlCl the IQILLIIDS ot unc clectnon we1e posted Headlng the l1st was Illllll's Harrls IS pxesldent Letty Rublno ylce pres ldent Irene Traggls secretary and Rw Wadhams tlhlbllffil Just then across the sc1een lushcd none oth r thar Halrlet bmlth better known as Bettv weaung a b1g 11bbon bow 1n her hdll a man s garter holdmg up one of l191 ankelettes and a baby doll 1n her a1 ms Not the mother lnstlnct breaklng out Just 1n1t1at1on 1nto the 111 Y Irene Tr xg gls and Mlldred Zele appealed COI1b0l1f1g each other IOI they had each DIOIIGH oft a tront tooth Irene by Ialnng oft the parallel bars at the Y M C, A and Mllly by bumplng he1s on 1 d11nk1ng fountaxn Nlext a pretty scene was shown Le zyes wc1e Imlhng hom the trees 1nd welc belng swept tw IX by tne yvlnd 1HCllCdtll'lg that Octobel was lt h md P1t11c11 Ielmel md some ol hcl p 1ls trudged 1c1oss thc lmdscapc dressed up LS wltches and ghosts It W IS II xllowc en md they were head gaye them a good scare w hen she IGCOQHIZQCI th1 ee of them the nrst pop out of the box On the scl een appealed a g1OLlD ot sophomores w 1th sad and gloomy countenances explesslng then svmpathy tor thc BuFfe1d tamlly Qhestel had been a good student and a SIIICQIG t11end Hls sudden traglc death was a great shock to all w ho knew h1m A glance at the stage 1n the 1ud1to11um 1eye1led the te 1che1s ple sentlng She qtoops to 1011611181 In the mlddle ot the st lgc yye1e Mlss Hack dressed ln a loyely old IclSl'l10H9Cl dlcss and M1 Conway looklng dec1dedly uncomtmtable 1n knee b1eeches and a wlg Off to one slde w is Vlr Je1Trey Dllfflllg on a long stemmed coxncob md l1'l the back ground Mr Eastman was IJ61f01ITl1I1g antlcs to the dellght of the audlence The settmg changed pnates and gypsy maldens sw fumed zcross the stage 11111910 and s1ng1ng hlled my 9115 It w 19 Peggy and He1 PII :te that de nghttul opeletta ln whxch a sophomou played 1 leadlng lole and mlny mole helped to makc up thc cholus Once mole the st ige w ls cle ned IIIIIUS II 11118 md Kenneth D1 lke wclc I'9f.6lXlI1g' med xls XXl'l1Cl1 thu h ld won by deteztlng the NCHIOIS ln the annual debate I'h1s pleaslnt IJICILIIC t ldcd aw ly I now found myself looklng IHIO Room 11 whe1e Mlss S lwyer was attempt1ng to fmd one student who could glye he1 a senslble F1ench sentence ZOII91 mumbled He had to d11nk some D1 ad and was 1mme dlately banlshed Ahce Engllsh blulted out W hom dld he eat' whe1e I33 N 1 ' 1 1 1 1 11 ' , as Y ' ' 9 K , L 1 , I ' ' I 1 1 1 I -11 I I , . . , 1 1 1 L11 , ' ' , I ' V Q ' 1 'I I I I 1 Iv 11 vr 1 , 1 1 ,J I 'I I 11 I . . 1 ., ' 1 v I 1 1 ' 1 1' 1 ,' ' A1 - I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1, 1 1 ' A , . ' 1 1 1 , 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' P ' 1' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 c1' K' , I ' , ' - '1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . , , ., . N, .3 f ' 12 ' . 1 X11 K1 1 1 1 , I3 , A , , ' W ' , ' ' ' V 'I I 'I 7 I 1 I 1 1 1 , 11 7 3 K I I 1 1 1 1 v I . 1 r h - v 1 ' - C ' Iv I 1 4 1 I 1 I n Y ' I 1 I I I 'I 1 1 I 1 1 , 1 . . ' U . t1 1 K1 2 . v A 1 1 L1 11 1 L1 1 2 1X1 1, 1 32 ' '. ,L1 2 V fy I Av Y 3 V2 VY UV l 1 I , I I 1 I 1 1 1 '1 K1 2 1 . z 2 1 1 . A 1 1 . 1' 1 2 1 1 1 1 VI 1 1 v 1 1 H 1 1 I 1 z. . 1. 1 ,z 1 ' ' - ' ' 1 '11 Y1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 lVI'1 H 1t h 1 1 1 1n I01 M155 Hart ' s doo1 to 1ye he1 a ood hCdl6. ISS 211 ' OXYGXQI .1 9 I ' N r V 4 I fu I 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1 1 1 ' J 1 ' ' 1 I' 1 I 1 Y 1 wI 1 'IAI I 1 I 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1 I 11I 1- v 1 1 n uw 1 1 C C C 1 ' , - 11 , - , vu - - 1 . , 1 1 ' 1 1 nr 1 . 1 1 c 11 V 1 1 1 X 1 V ,' 1 HK 1 ' ' 1 - ' .1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 A 1 1 1' . L1' p 12 .1 L . Y, 'S I 1 2 I ' v 1 u I 1 I w I I I , 1 . 1 g 'f .' j ' s 1 '. ' z 3. , ' I I I I v 11 v1 AL Y 1 1 I vu ,I I - 1 L 1' 1. 4 1 Z., t 1 1, 1 . 1 . ., Ct, 2 . 1 . 2 I I I A I 1I. , 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 :I 1 11 X . 1 2. 1. - .. . 1 . 2 1 1 1 ,wx , ' 1' 2 1 1 ' , 1 2 1 1 ' 2 I 1 L1 ' 1: 1 1 . H ' 'L1 1 L12 ' 11 I2 x - 'ZX' 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1 ' 11 . 1 1 1: 1 t S , 1 1 K 1 ' 1 I 1 1 1 1 NI 1 as ,' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 C 3 3 C - - 1 1 - - . 61 7 ' 'U 1 1 .Y 1 Y '