Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 7 Four of our boys gave a debate at the Rotary Club in March. Their subject was, “Resolved that the five day week plan should be adopted by American Industries.” The affirmative side was defended by Waldo Pinney and William Field and the negative by Benjamin Goldfarb and Robert Taravella. Then in May, a play “The Automatic Butler” was presented. Later we had our pictures taken at Brown’s studio in Springfield, and then we be¬ gan to work earnestly on our parts for Commencement. In June we held a banquet at the Suffield Country Club and a little later we gave the Commencement Prom at Memorial Hall. A delightful lawn party was given to the class and teachers by Mrs. Leary at her home in Enfield, this week. Thus the history of the noble class of 1933 comes to an end. May we, as students of undisputed ascendency, advise in closing that the future pupils of Windsor Locks High School try to live up to our ideals and stand¬ ard and follow our motto “Success crowns patient effort.” Angelina Daddabbo, ’33. PROPHECY Time: 1955. Place: Windsor Locks Central Station, Information Bureau. Enter: Helen and Rose. Approach desk. Helen: I am looking for one of my former classmates, Mary Dowd. Could you tell me where she lives now? Mary: At 735 South Center street. Did you belong to the class of ’33? Rose: Yes. Mary: So did I. Helen: Why Mary Sluzinski! I thought you looked familiar. Rose: Hello, Mary. What has become of all our other classmates ? Mary: Well, Shirley Jackson won the “Moby” Silver Loving Cup at the Olympic games for the Roller Skating Championship. Rose: I read in the newspaper where Mary Dowd was chosen for the Olympics to compete in the Women’s one hundred-yard dash. Helen: Speaking of athletics, I hear Catherine Sgorbati is now cap¬ tain of the Aetna Life Insurance Company’s Girls’ Basketball team. I hear she wrote a new list of rules permitting scratching, punching, and biting. Mary: Those were some of Katie’s most effective methods for win¬ ning games in 1933. Rose: Last fall I attended the opening of the Metropolitan Opera Company and to my great surprise Magna Anderson was the featured artist. Helen: I hear that Russell Bacon is campaign manager for Valeria Cooney who is running for Governor of Rhode Island. Did you hear about it, Mary? Mary: Yes, I did. And the latest news from Hollywood is that Robert Taravella has become Joe E. Brown’s rival for the largest mouth on the screen, and Angelina Daddabbo is Helen Kane’s latest successor.

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6 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD In October a “weenie roast” was enjoyed by the class and the faculty. We were also proud to have some of the members of our class talke part in the operetta, “Sunbonnet Sue.” Irene Matroni was chosen to play the part of the leading lady. Mary Dowd, Mary Gandolfi, and William Sfreddo also had prominent parts in the cast. Before the close of our Sophomore year we regretted the loss of two members, Irene Matroni and William Queen. Our Junior year opened with an enrollment of thirty-one students. Although we regretted the loss of William Sfreddo, we were glad to welcome a new member, Waldo Pinney, who had formerly attended Bloomfield High School. In October a class meeting was held for the purpose of electing offi¬ cers for the ensuing year. The results were as follows: President, Mary Gandolfi; Vice-President, Thomas Connolly; Treasurer, Amelia Raccone; Secretary, Anna Shykula; Class Editor, Mary Griffin. Later at a special meeting Thomas Connolly, Charles Borowski and Max Wolnick were elected as class representatives to the Athletic Council. On December third we held a meeting at which we selected our class rings which were bought from the L. C. Balfour Company of Attle¬ boro, Massachusetts. Several programs were held during the year, but the most important event was the prize essay contest. The first prize was won by Mary Dowd and the second by Howard White. Our Junior Prom was held on June third. It was a success both financially and socially. The music was furnished by the Rainbow Orchestra of Enfield. This event closed our happy Junior year. In September 1932 we again returned to school. We were now a class of thirty-two dignified seniors. At our first class meeting the follow¬ ing officers were elected: President, Thomas Connolly; Vice-President, Robert Taravella: Treasurer, Mary Dowd; Secretary, Shirley Jackson; class editor, Mary Gandolfi. Later at a special meeting four members were elected to represent the class in the Athletic Council. In September a “hot-dog roast” was sponsored, which was attended by the senior class and the faculty. It was a very enjoyable occasion. In October all of the members of the high school and the faculty donned their oldest clothes and attended a “Depression Party”«given by the senior class. Views on the platforms of the two major parties in the presidential campaign were presented in assembly on November second. Waldo Pinney and Benjamin Goldfarb spoke for the Democrats while the Republican side was defended by Valeria Cooney and Burton Wadsworth. On Wednesday, November twenty-third, we displayed our great ability in a program presented in commemoration of Thanksgviing Day. In January, a mid-winter dance was sponsored, the music being fur¬ nished by Abrahamson’s Orchestra of Enfield. This proved to be a very successful affair. About this time we conducted a series of sandwich sales, too.

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8 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD Rose: Not really? Well, Waldo Pinney is taking Clark Giable’s place in the filming of “The Bashful Lover.” Helen: Last winter I met Ray Conroy at the Cotton Club in New York where he is a gigolo. Mary: Just about a week ago Anna Shykula won a $1,000 prize in a dancing marathon held at the Nut Club in Poquonock. Rose: Eleanor Wheeler now Dean of a Young Women’s Finishing School told me that Tommy Connolly was manufacturing thermometers. You remember he was always rescuing thermometers at school. Helen: I hear that Don Cameron is Dean of a Select Young Ladies’ School out in Indiana. I wonder if Don has changed any? Mary: Have you heard that Willie Field is Ed. Wynn’s successor as the Perfect Fool in Radio Broadcasting? Rose: No, but traveling in the South last winter we met Francis Cooney, who now owns a strawberry plantation. Now he can have all the strawberries he wants for shortcake. I’m terribly surprised that he doesn’t own a dairy, too. Then he would have the cream for his cake. Helen: Have either of you read Margaret Griffin’s new book, “How to Increase Your Speed When Conversing With Others”? It is said to be very instructive. Mary: Did you remember Andy Molyn ? Well, he is busily engaged now, building a bungalow for two. Rose: That must mean something. Do you ever hear or see any¬ thing of Mary Gandolfi ? Helen: She called on me while she was in New York last year and she told me she was going on a tour of the world as a companion to Made¬ line Tasillo who is at the head of a large concern manufacturing delivery trucks. Mary: I received a copy of the “Pathfinder,” last week and what a start I received when I read that Burton Wadsworth was the Editor-in- Chief. But that isn’t all, Benny Soboleski is giving instructions on “How to Overcome Bashfulness” in this paper. Helen: I stopped at the Doll Shop to have my hair waved and the proprietor turned out to be our old classmate Milly Raccone. She said that she created the coiffures and Mary Griffin gave instructions on how to keep that School Girl Complexion. Rose: While I was coming up on the train this morning, I bought a paper and the headlines read, “Edward Babiarz, wins Noble Pr ize for Scientific Experiments with X-Ray.” Mary: We have some very famous classmates. Benjamin Goldfarb is a member of the new clothing firm of Gldfarb, Maloney, and Schmidt of Rainbow . Rose: Now isn’t that just like Benny? W r hat is there to the rumor that Max Wolnick is opening a boarding school for undernourished children of Hoboken. New Jersey? Helen: I heard that, too, but it wasn’t authentic. I also learned that Anthony TaraveMa is considered the greatest lexicographer since Johnson.