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

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 17 non-skid sled, and he told me that Teddy Tenero had just been elected presi¬ dent of the reorganized Windsor Locks Bank. Pat: While I was visiting in Windsor Locks the other day, I ran across Tony Coiy, who is now head of a chain of Coly hotels all over New England and he told me that Anna Gaudette is assistant manager of the Bridge Book Store in Hartford. She wanted to be supervisor of the public library in Warehouse Point but Marion McCloskey won out. I also heard that Mary Bottasso is running an article in the Windsor Locks Journal “Advice to the Lovelorn. Gert: When Carrie was in New York last week buying hats for our shop she went to see “The Follies of 1944. Who do you think was the leading dancer? Lucy Sfreddo. She was a great success. I wish I could see it. As I think back to high school days I remember that she always did like to dance. Rita: Her old pal, Stel?a Giesacki, became an attorney and is now running for the United States Senate. Pat: While I was out near the plains today I saw a sign which read “Antonacci’s Hatcheries, Scientific Chicken Raising.” That isn’t, by any chance, Antoinette is it? Rita: Yes, that’s Antoinette all right. Dorothy Kelsey is also going in for farming but in a different manner. She has a large cattle ranch that is widely known for its “beef-steak.” Pat: Well, my train is leaving in a few minutes so I’ll have to start along. I hope we’ll meet again soon. Rtia: I’ll have to be going too, but I certainly have enjoyed this day. Gert: We’ve had a lovely time together and I have learned a lot about our classmates. Pat: Well, good-bye, Gert and Rita. Gert and Rita: Good-bye. Grace Norman, ’34 Rita Sheehan, ’34. Gertrude Gallagher, ’34. ADVERTISING. The members of our class gathered here tonight represent the finished product of four years of study. We have acquired some skills and knowledge to offer to the world, but what does the world hold in store for us? In a few r weeks many of us will be searching for positions. Others will proceed to higher schools of learning. Those of us, w’ho are not going on further with our studies, will probably be w’ondering w r hat vocation to follow’. One interesting field of w’ork that is not overcrowded today is the business of advertising. It is a flourishing and growing vocation w’hich holds many opportunities for the clever individual. The requirements are

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16 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD CLASS PROPHECY. Scene: Dining Room, Kimball Hotel. Time: 1944. Pat: Why Rita and Gert! What a surprise! Well,where have you been for the past ten years? Since I ' ve been teaching school in Northampton, I haven’t seen any of my old classmates. Rita: Oh, so that’s where you’ve been. Gert and I happened to meet the other day and we arranged to have lunch together here but we never expected to meet you. What brings you here? Pat: I was going to Windsor Locks for a visit and I decided to s-tay over night here. Rita: We have just been talking over various members of the class. I suppose you know Gert and Carrie have gone into the millinery business. Gert: Rita, why don’t you teli us what you are doing? Rita: Well, I’ve been stenographer to our town clerk, Lawrence Oliva, for the past five years. Gert: You don’t say. I bet you’ll never guess who came into our shop the other day. Rita and Pat: Who? Gert: Kay Kelsey and Rose Giacopassi. Kay told me she was Kate Smith’s understudy. Rose is private secretary to Eari Barberi, who is mayor of Rockville. Pat: Goodness! did they say anything about Adele and Lavon? Gert: Yes, Adele is Truant Officer at the Frances O’Connell School of Business Administration, and Lavon teaches ballroom dancing there. Rita: Have you heard whose orchestra is playing out at Pine Point all this week ? Molyn’s Merry Madcaps. Pat: Is that true! Gert: And I heard that John Marconi is editor of the Poquonock News and his friend, Fred O’Neil, is taking the part of the “Shadow” in a radio mystery drama. Rita: How about Teddy Pesce and Mary Shykula? Gert: Oh, haven’t you ever heard about Teddy? He sings in John Ferrara’s Barber Shop Quartet. Mary Shykula is married but she still runs her hairdressing shop on Broadway. It is considered one of the best shops of its kind. Pat: Is it true that Marion Kobos is hostess in the South End Night Club? I think she would do well in that position. Don’t you? Gert: Yes, I do. And did you know that Louis Camp is a professor of languages at Yale? His friend, Aldo, is the manager of an A. P. store at Hayden Station. Bernie Pikul is the new “Voice of Experience” on Station CBD. Rita: That certainly is surprising. The other day I met Tommy Paoletti, who is now on his way to fame and fortune, having invented a

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18 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD varied. A graduate of an ordinary high school with average intelligence can qualify for the many phases of advertising. For instance, if one can write expressively and clearly, a concern can use this gift of writing in magazine and newspaper advertising. An artistically minded person will be able to make sketches, illustrations, or pictures of the articles advertised. One who has ability as a salesman can fill the position of selling a com¬ pany’s products by his fluent, convincing and effective salestalk. Moreover, good solicitors are needed to get the ads. There are many who through their personality, wit, or business tact, can convince a business man to give them his ads. Persons interested in research work, can try for the staff of workers investigating for newer and better ways of advertising. A student who is adept in chemical science would be able to qualify for the staff of scien¬ tific investigators who study the product to be advertised and whose knowledge of science and history can better help to sell such products by revealing to the public how much purer or safer the goods are from those of former times. The rewards in advertising are satisfactory. The salary ranges from fifteen dollars a week to ten thousand dollars a year. Hence, advertis¬ ing is a godsend to a high school graduate with a limited knowledge, be¬ cause there are chances of great advancement in it, both in position and in salary. There are also many good correspondence courses in advertising which would enable one to increase his knowledge in this field. Therefore, the high school graduate or underclassman who is interested in English, in journalism, and in salesmanship, or who has had some experience on a school paper or on a newspaper staff, might seriously consider taking up advertising as a vocation. Thomas Paoletti, ’34. ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES. (To the Juniors) At this time of the year it is customary for the highly intelligent and sophisticated Senior Class to leave a few parting words of advice for the betterment of the students so that when they graduate they will be almost as intelligent as the class which is now ' graduating. First of all, let me give a little advice to the lowly Juniors. As a member of one of the most intelligent and illustrious classes that ever graduated from this high school, I feel that I have the right to advise you youngsters. Jennie Saruta and Katherine Wenis—We congratulate you on your ability to get rides home after school at night. Such concentration on your studies should make you first honor students next year. Frank Merrigan—We warn you to be more careful when working on your job over at the high school next year. Remember, Frank, pride comes before a fall, and the junior girls don’t want you to fall.