Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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RICHARD TIIOLIAS WH,ALEN ......... HREDU A loyal, just, and upright gentleman. Red has a good Word for everyone. His horse Sense and ready Wit have been a big factor in keeping peace among the members of our class. He has been a leader in school activities and in athletics. Favorite Diversion-Athletics. Record-Basketball C35g Captain Wethersf1eld's first championship Basketball Team C455 Soccer C353 Baseball C3-45 g Secretary of Debating Club C45 3 President Athletic Council C455 Property Manager of the Senior Play C455 Student Council C355 Junior Marshall. ELLSWORTH ADAMS ........... BUD With a rattle and a bang! Bud is the little boy in the Senior Class Cin body but not in spirit.5 Every- thing is Ia joke to Bud. He'll laugh and bluff his way through life and come out on top. He is interested in making over cars-Otherwise junk dealing. Keep it up, Bud, your jokes Will pull you through. Favorite Diversion-Annoying student-council. HORATIO EDWARD HARLOW' ......... RATIO A smile goes a long 'wayf' 'tRatio, the boy with a Smile, always willing to help, always smiling even when his lessons aren't done! He is interested in mechanics and electricity. He will make good in the business world. Success to you Ratio. Favorite Diversion-Driving his Ford. ' Record-Assistant Business Manager of Senior Play C455 Treasurer of Democ- racy Club C455 Democracy Club Play C455 Baseball C1-45. KARL GONIETZ ...... . . . . . HANK MeLhinks there is much reason in his sayings. Karl is one of our serious minded classmates. He is a good debater and has been a good supporter of the club this year. He has given invaluable service to the decorating committees in the past four years. Karl expects to go to Connecti- cut Agricultural College in the fall. He Sure Will make a good farmer. He can already milk a cowl Favorite Diversion-Debating. Activities C35 . Boys FREDERICK BOOTH JAIVIES LAWRENCE GRAYDON LOCKWOOD HOWARD MAYNARD ALWYN BRODERSON DUKE SAVOY ALBERT JOHNSON ALWYN BRODERSON JAMES WELTON GRAYDON LOCKWOOD ALBERT JOHNSON RICHARD WHALEN JAMES LAWRENCE RICHARD HUGHES JAIMIES LAWRENCE HOWARD MAYNARD MAI.COLINI STANNARD BURTON WOOLLEY ALWYN BRODERSON RICHARD HUGHES HOW.-XRD MAYNARD DUKE SAvoY DUKE SAVOY JAINIES LAWRENCE Record-Glee Club C1-253 Debating Club C453 Democracy Club C455 Social SENIOR STATISTICS Best Looking Most Popular Best Dressed Class Bluffer Peppiest Class Cut-up Laziest Best Sport Class Giggler Noisiest Quietest Best Athlete Best Speaker Neatest Class Optimist Class Pessimist Most Dignified Best Drag with Faculty Worst Drag with Faculty Wittiest Class Borrower Most Courteous Class Flirt Girls RUTH TOWNE MILDRED HANNUM BETTY STOCKWELL EDNA JAMES MILDRED HANNUM HELEN LITTLE EDNA JAMES BARBARA WELLS GERTRUDE FRANCIS BARBARA WELI,S MARY PRACON HELEN LITTLE HELEN LITTLE RUTH T OWNE THELIVIA MACLACIII..AN BARBARA WELLS BETTY STOCKWELL BETTY HANLIER BARBARA WELLS HELEN LITTLE BARBARA WEI.I,S MARY DENNIS BETTY HANMER DOROTHY WICKSTRAND BURTON WOOLLEY Done Class Baby Most for W. H. S. ARLINE BROWN CAROLYN SINIITH l I

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RICHARD HUCIHES .......... UDICKU As full of spirit as the month of May Dick looks like a meek little ladg but he is one of the wittiest in our class. He often averts the teacher's wrath by a clever bit of repartee. We wish you all kinds of success in business, Dick. Favorite Diversion-Wise-cracking. Record-Stage Manager Senior Play5 Democracy Club C435 Debating Club C435 Business Manager of Elm C435 Interclass Basketball C3-435 Class Night Exercises. ALBERT LYMAN Jonxsox ....... . . HYUINIPU Men of jew 'words are the best men. Good old Yump is everyone's friend. His name is often seen on the honor roll, and he is always ready to aid us with our knotty Physics problems. His hobby is radio, and Yump sure knows his radio. With his transmitter, 1-ALd, he has communicated with the MacMillan expedition in the Arctic. We know Yump will succeed in life, and he has the best wishes of the class of '28. Favorite Diversion-Radio. AGNES ROGALLA .......... 'tAGNEs I have heard of the lady, and good 'words went with her name. Agnes came to us in our Junior year from H. P. H. S. Her quiet manner in our class is a boon-she helps to allay the noise made by some less thoughtful Seniors. She has taken many typewriting honors this year and has represented Wethersfield in the state contest at Bridgeport. The best wishes of our class go with her as she goes out into the business world. Favorite Diversion-Typing. RTTTH KELLooc TOWNE ...... . . . Boo Modest as a violet. We are proud of 'tBoo, the fair one of the Seniors. She has always done her best for dear old W. H, S., and we know that she will be missed next year when she trots off to New Britain Normal. Best o' luck! Offhand Ruth who was the young man I saw you with last night Favorite Diversion-Being pleasant. Record-High Honor C235 Class Secretary C235 Glee Club C235 French Club C235 Latin Club C235 Student Council C435 Elm Board C2-3-435 Prophecy in Commencement C43. P v 7 BURTON WEsLEv WooLLEY, JR ......... Bum Fortune and 'victory sit on thy helm! Burt has done more for W. H. S, than any other member of our Class. He has worked hard and accomplished much. We hope he does as well at Northeastern. Favorite Diversion-Acting as assistant secretary to the Principal! Record-Class President C3-435 Vice-President and President of the Student Council C3-435 High Honor Student C235 Senior Play C435 Basketball C435 Baseball C3-435 Soccer C435 Debating Club C435 Athletic Council C335 Elm Board C3-435 Junior Athletic Manager C335 Athletic Scholarship Society C435 member of L. W. L. W. C3-43. FREDERICK CLARENCE Booru ......... 'AFREDD The Lord that hath made you fair hath made you good. The Adonis of the class, but girl-shy. Fred has been having a difficult task keeping out of the hands of the girls. They simply won't let him alone. Favorite C?3 Diversion-Avoiding girls. Record-Glee Club C1-235 Democracy Club President C435 Athletic Manager C435 Athletic Council C435 Democracy Club Play.

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V I hitnriala THE SPORT OF KINGS It's glorious fun to sail, for thereis romance on the sea and every pleasure seems tame compared to the thrills afloat. To weary ones, who are tired of crowded highways and the same old scenery, there,s nothing finer than life aboard some salty schooner. I shall never forget my first experiences on ship. I was pretty green and scarcely knew starboard from larboard. The first time that I wit- nessed the stowing of provisions before putting out, shivers of delight ran through me, and I wondered what Fortune had in store. I saw visions of myself leaning over the rail, or being swept into the waves by one of the booms. Thus, when we had weighed anchor and were under sail, I prac- ticed grabbing the handrails and rigging in every precarious position I could think of, that I might be prepared for the worst. Happy days followed when I was ever under our skipper's patient supervision. I-Ie taught me the laws of the road, the use of charts, and the general navigation of the boat. I soon learned to sail her alone, and, as I sat at the wheel, I felt very cocky, indeed. There were all sorts of new things to do aboard, but when we were bouncing right along with scuppers awash, it was my greatest delight to stretch out on the bowsprit and watch her as she dipped gracefully into the brine, while above me the huge white canvas billowed with every jolly capful of wind that happened along. As the season passed, I encountered every kind of adventure imagin- able, and with disappointment, I saw the good ship hauled out for the winter. The love of the sea and sailing had gripped me in its talons and threatened not to lose its hold. Ye can have your steamboat racing, but gimme the run in a gale Of a well-geared, able schooner what is driven by snow-white sail, For I've known the thrill of a piling sea and the sky in a cloud-fleck'd gown And ten knots in a windbag when she's running her Easting down! Olive Symonds, '29. THE OCEAN The ocean seems to me a vast place of brooding mystery, seldom broken by the raw, shrill noises of man and his ingenious inventions. It is a place where I can dream, where imagination has no limitg a place where I can lie upon the sandy beach, basking in the sun and building my own castles in the air. It tends to breed in me the lust for adventure and ro- mance. As the ships pass by, - schooners, liners, square riggers-each carrying its own cargoes of wreck and wrong and shame, I have a picture line enough for any artist's brush, or tales strange enough for my author's pen. Truly the ocean is a giant magnet that draws me irresistibly to its sandy shores year in and year out, to dream and dream of things I shall do when I, myself, am a gentleman of adventure. -David Van Ausdall, '30. 4