Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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WETHERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL -Z! ' Dllllf lU7U B 'lt 1893 ' ' The one remaining warehouse Cof sevenj on Wethersfield Cove. WETHERSFIELD-We Salute You Wethersfield . . . Connecticut's earliest settlement . . . town of ancient houses and overshadowing trees . . . once the onion center of the new world . . . still well-known for garden seeds . . . Washington and Rochambeau here laid plans ending the Revolu- tion . . . grown from a settlement of ten adventurers to a community of fifteen thousand . . . laid claims to the first hat factory in Connecticut . . . home We, the Class of 1953, the 25th and last class to be graduated from this building, salute our town. Conscious of its many years of past leadership and proud of its long history, Wethersheld is, nonethe- less, a community with its eyes on the future. Con- sistent with its long tradition as a pioneer in high of the State Prison since 1827 . . . once the site of Yale College . . . and a female seminary . . . location of the oldest high school in the state, conducted first in the Academy Building-then, through the generosity of Chauncey Rose, in a newly built structure, now the Governor Thomas Welles School . . . in 1928 high school moved to present site . . . in 1953 it will move again. , kt V ,,,, . 1 iivl- - F5953 1 . ,. ' ti school education, the town has continued to keep pace with an ever-increasing population and with new developments in this field. In 1953, as in 1839, citizens have recognized the importance of the educa- tion of future generations. We are proud to be members of such a community. Y DEM THE, OP? ACA FEMALE EQEESDEMY BUILD High fcall .. 1801-1 ING S d 80 chool Claises EfZfflJ21Sf1,,,Of.,j u cred here in 1839

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THE ELM WETHERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Wethersheld, Connecticut V . , M-H 3 4 fqa' Few ,gf Ig, fp fi 0 be il a Q WW!! .iiff Em P-flirt' ' . 'WM-esfZ'l ':Q ?'3W ' T ei' . . - t 1 Each graduating class takes pride in the fact that its yearbook is named in honor of the elm which was for so many years a landmark in the town. This giant tree, largest of its kind in the United States, had a circumference of thirty-two feet at an elevation of six feet and was about one hundred and twenty feet in height. It sprang up in the early seventeen hundreds, some say from a switch planted by a young farm boy who had used it to drive his cattle home. Whether this story has its roots in fact or fiction is not importantg the elm itself was real and played a real part in Wethers- f1eld's history. Though Dutch Elm disease has destroyed the tree itself, the memory of it remains. The Class of 1953 is happy to play its part in keeping that memory green. Lliblri

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D dicotion f i paiss I, Q I 'W , Q J W MARCIA W. PINKHAM MR' HORACE B. FRANCIS To Miss Marcia W. Pinkbam and Mr. Horace B. Francis who as advisors have worked unselfishly with the Class of 1953 this book is gratefully dedicated. 3