Torrington High School - Torringtonian Yearbook (Torrington, CT)

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stones they had sardonxx the maroon stone that represented the school color Then smoke filled the scene md almost choked the cameraman I thought the school must be on fire When the an cl aled away a little I sau that 1tNNaS caused by the cigxr which Mr H111 was smoklng as he rm thrc ugh hls lines as Forbes the hald bolled busmess man Dulcy Although Mr H111 suryned the cigar h1s legs buckled undel him when D Ambrosio translated The lady threw her clothes 1nto the rn er and Kuhn tried to do h1m one better with The preserx ed lady A change of scenery and then there were b fllltlflll gowns muslc laughter and danclng The Prom Was iust gettlng under Way Suddenly a r r rlp and Mary Trafidlo s heel was St1Ck1Hg' through her dress The cam era turned for a moment on Mr Jeffrey making tl e punch for the hot tired dancers caught a last glimpse of the orchestra in their White Jack ets and then left the couples to enjoy their evening in peace When the class of 1935 gathered as semors to elect their class offi cers they chose Alfred Nelson presldent Mariette Kennedy was agam elected uce president and Billy Klambt treasurer Barbara Noxey was selected as class secretary The camera first took us to the armory where the basketball players were runnlng around in the1r maroon pyjamas or were they legg1ngs On the side lines the cheer leaders red faced and hoarse with the mas and a couple of others who 1ns1sted on cheering for the opposing team And upon my word I saw quite a few pairs of spats in evldence Back in the school the cameraman sllpped on the waxed floors and almost ruined the camera He finally managed to reach the auditorlum On the stage Elnar Palm was making himself famous in the leadlng role of Funny Ph1nn1e When the stage had been cleared off another play was presented This tim the CIVICS classes not to be outdone by the dramatic club had written and enacted a plav called The Course of Iustlce I could hear Julius Harris shouting questions and Jerry Auletta HHSXKQIIHQ' in a high falsetto xoice Zigmund KFLlllCk1 playing the part of the clerk couldnt remember the oath and had to resort to a plece of paper put in his pocket bv Glenna Bowman that able dlrector who knew the powers of Zlggy s brain Again Palm appeared on the screen this time explaining the lntrl cacies of adxertlsmg to the English class Vlfhv I can remember he remalked when you used to haxe to walk a mile foi a Camel now vou get a lift Just then there xx as a loud noise like an explosion follou ed by the sound of broken glass Thele stood Klambt in the chemistn laboratory gazing in amazement at a huge spot on the ceiling where his test tube had hit Well could he help It if the hx drogen uasn t coming out of the tube wx hen he trled to llght 1t'l In the auditorium again the camera rexexled the semor debators lvl 9 ,, uv , l . I . . , I . K, , . i L ' l ' D ' I 7 7 D ' V . 1 ' ' K K Z v ' 1 l ' 1 tv A- ' 4 - 2 i 'L ' , , . . - - .' .. . in as , n - V- Y - - 1 ' 1 ' as ' 7 ' , !! ' ' , ' ' ' V' 4A , , I, 77 9 0 Q' ' lv ' 9 . , . . - , ' f , , - , . y . . . . Y. . . , I 7 v! 9 ' 1 ' cot, that beautiful oil can, were attempting to drown out Auletta, Belll, , . , . y . . . i s ' l - ac ' ' yy 1 ' ' 9 . . D . . . c , . . ,, , . . ,, .... , '. A . . 7 . Q . . ., . , . , , 9 . ! . , . K . v . . . ,, ,, , sa , , , , ' . . 7 U - ! L ' 77 v w 1 ' 1 Q ' 4 X ' v v K7 W 1 I . 5 7 I , . - - , 9 ' ' ! v . . . V a . y :sr I

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upon Barb ua Fylel plomptly replled He ate wlth the farm Temkln added the enllghtenlng statement that the boy dld not bulge Mlss Sawyel gale the case up as hopeless MISS Halty sympathlzed wlth her IO1 she was haylng the same tlouble w lth that class ln lnngllsh and 11 they couldnt get Engllsh how IH the wolld dld they expect to speak blench' Mlss Halty announced that the questlon betore the class was the dllterence between mutual and common MIS Readlng she Sald L1lye me a sentence wlth the wold mutual ln It Mary answered I-lls mutual 19 bloken But that doesn t make any sense MISS Hartv lntol med her I don t see why not sald Mary The dlctlonary says that mutual means lOlHt and h1S Jolnt really IS bloken MISS Hd1tV tullled to Porcelll ln despalr Henry glye me a sentence IH w hlch you use the wold pl omlnent HGHIY brlghtly 19 sponded Promlnent and grapelrult ale both ln the publlc eve thus saylng the class from total dlsgrace Leaylng the classrooms behlnd the Camela came outslde for a breath of flesh alr It dlscoyered York Beloskl and Auletta strolllng slowly a long ln front of the bulldlng And wonder of wonders' Thell halr was cut short and St1Ck1Hg up stralghtrthe popular Joe Palooka halrcut on dlsplay As another figure appeared on the screen they started to run Who was It but Ray Wadhams trylng to collect class dues The next scene carrled us to the audltorlum whele the class was electlng lts leaders for the year 1933 34 Andrew York was chosen presl dent and Marlette Kennedy Mlldred Zele and Bllly Klambt were select ed to aSSlSt hlm The camera dlscox ered two students eagerly readlng the new school papel the X Ray whlle two othels V919 carefully bulylng the old mag lzlne the Tabula It next lex ealed Helby Beloskl blond athlete and heart breakel pQQ1111g thlough the alt loom wlndows and shoutlng Open the dool and let me ln O1 I ll huff and I ll puff tlll I blow your house IH Ap parently he was trylng to lmltate the blg bad wolf Then an assembly play was shown Dlckens Chrlstmas Cal ol w as ag un belng plesented Just is SCIOOQG slapped Nlcholas Koltko hls clerk on the back ln tlue Chllstmas Splflt someone knocked oy 91 Tlny Tlms crutches They fell wlth a loud bang glxlng the IHIDFSSSIOII that Nlcky was made of w ood and Scrooge s hand was a hammer A gentle llttle splash attracted my attentlon Thele stood Marlette Kennedy wlth orange palnt spllled all OXGI hel sllk stocklngs and Ml Eastman s Sult A peek lnto Room 16 showed an Engllsh class llstenlng to a Vlctrola recold It looked yery lnyltlng untll I heald Frlends Romans country men lend me your eals Recognlzlng Mark Anthony I lost all lntel est The camera dld not lemaln there long but soon dlscox ered a couple of Junlors admlllng thelr class llngs Just to be dlfferent lnstead of black E341 , , , , , ' 11 ,' 77 ' C K 1 n I . 1 i K Y ' . I Y Y I 1 L . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' y' ' 1 1' , 1 I Y. I I 1 1 l ' 1 C I Y , U ' 1 9 . . n , H , . 1 1 v1 K1 ' LK 1 J 1 . I W Y - I v gk ,, , an H 14 - H ' H ' as 1' , I ' . A , , 1 7 , ' ' P1 6 V 7 ii ' ' . 77 if I . 1 , 1 1 . Q nr ' ' ' , as ! H ' 1 1 ' 1 ' . U . . I . . . . . . 1 4 , 7 . 1 ,, . I 1 Q . . . H . Y . t . , 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 7' 1 ' 1 - , U ' : ' , ' ' as 7 1 9 L 1 Y. ' Y. . 1 . 7 1 . . Y . . Y - - 1 s ' 1 . . . v . N . Y . , . 7 . . , . . . . Y 1 Y Q y v 1 ' 1 1 - 7 ' 1 1 1 1 1 7' - 1 r L . 1 2 , l 1 1 . K, K , 1 1 - 1 1. 1 4 1 Y. Y 1 c l at a ' r , . - , v 5 ' ' as - , . 1 y 11 1 1' ' ' 1 1 ' m ! ' 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 ' l H ' 1 '1 1- 1 . 1 ,, Y I . l 1 N 1 I 1 l I c 1 c 1 . , 4' . 1 4. 1 1 ' . v 1 7 ! . Y . , Y Y. . V. . . 1 . L , ' 1 1 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 v ' 1 ' 1 1 l . 7 . . . V N A . . Q - 1 . 1 9 ' 1 1 1 ' 1' ' ' 1 1 U ' v- . , s n 9 1 v 1 U ' ' 1 ' 1 v ' F ' I 1 ' I Y 1 , 1 . . 1. . 4. - - 1 . 1, ,

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xarnlx trvrng to hold therr own agarnst the freshmen and finallx grxrng up to lose to them a txxo to one dccrsron Noxx the stage xx as dark except fo one lrght shrnrng doxxn from the balconx and creatrrrg the effect of a large blue moon Ann Wadhams pf rched pre arrouslx on a step ladder xxas srngrng a moonx song Then the spot lrght xxas turned on Barbara Nox ev the herorne xx ho sang her Blue Moon song for us In the corrrdor the camera found Alrcc Engrrsh srttrng on the floor She had been trxrng to rmrtate Huey Long and had slrpped and fallen rrght rn front of the audrtorrum door Qhe got up hastrly but not before the camera had caught her Then the arr xxas tilled xxrth xorees Arguments xxere flxrng thrck and fast on the merrts of a class book The adx ocates finally xx on out and the necessary monex xxas rarsed The arr qur ted doxvn and the scene be xxere loxrng couples One of them I found to be Brlly and Mrlly Wrll we ex er forget that lox rng parr In the shadows of a tall elm I made out the figures of Earl and Bettx I also caught a glrmpse of Marrette but I m not sure Whether her cornpanron xxas Frankre or Teddy for Just then the prcture faded axx ax In rts place xxas a mournful group ot senrors readrng the announce ment of Mr Jeffreys resrgnatron as prrncrpal Thrs sad scene was fol lowed by a more cheerful one From every srde name cards name cards and more name cards poured rn They were pushed asrde to make room for an amusrng preture study Marv Voketrtes was perched on a hrgh eharr rn a photographer s studro xvrth some black cloth wrapped around her neck tryrng to smrle naturallx for the camera but succeedrng only rn grrnnrng Hoxv drd your prcture come outl was the questron on every ones lrps The photographer assured th xxorrred Iunrors that although the camera xvas rather weak and battered rt xvould stand another year s use Once more on the screen 'lnneared th xt burldrng xvhrch so many of the senrors had come to loxe the Torrrngton Hrgh School There rn front of the burldrng stood the teachers who had been fr rends and helpers of the members of the class As th scene faded axxay and the curtarns clos ed I felt a tear slrp doxvn mx cheek Four happy xears had come to a close How glad I xxas that at least I had mv memorres each one a trea sure to keep xxrth me alxx axs In mx heart I xvrshed exery member of the class of 1935 happrness and success throughout lrfe BETTY RUBINO ISD 1 ' lv L ' ' 1 K 1 .V ' V' LV 1 V , .'k.' . V KV . 7- 3 VV K 1' ' r ' ' ' r v - V 1 V . . 1 1 ' . , . L f 1 1 ' . 1 KV, S 1 lj. 1' Lx -VV 1 K - 1. iv V 1 , ' , V V' Q V V . . 1 11' 1 11 ' 1 V' ' 1 1 1. K ' , 1 I 1 ' V1 V. V' V ' V 1 V V' ' I 1. rw I v f ' 7 7 V V . I . .Q n came a lovely, romantic oneg the moon was shining and here and there 7 . . , 1, ' 7 V v 1 9 7 L Q . A K . ,M a . - , . . . . . ' V ' Q 9 1 1 . , u Q. . . V I . . , . V - , . . H . . ,, . - , . D Q 7 . , . ' ! 7 e s V V ' 1 ' ' - 1 V ' v Y ' 9 - ' 1 . v V V A ' , ,, 1 V' V ,V . V V. ' V S ' 'v 1 1 .