Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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 GEORGE SALOKAS Did you see the Pathe News Reel showing the greatest bull fighter of the season, George Salokas? Well, here he is in person, the star athlete of Woodbury High School, ’32. After conquering all the other tame sports he wanted something harder. How the ladies flock around him now! BENJAMIN GWIAZDOSKI On this sign we see a picture of a dark man with a mustache. The words printed on the sign are Tourists’ Home for Heartsick Girls.” It must be Benjamin Gwiazdoski, who in our senior class started to grow a mustache. He is now the proprietor of the Ballard Farm and has remodeled it into a Tourists’ Home. Here he comes, with one of his patients. KENNETH BRADLEY Are our eyes deceiving us or it is true? Kenneth Bradley, the famous rival preacher of Billy Sunday, appears with a strange woman, who certainly did not come from Woodbury, for he had a terrible hatred for Woodbury girls. And that boy!—Doesn’t he look like a minister’s son? REGINALD WITTEK Just arrived from Paris on the Leviathan” is Monsieur Reginald Wittek. He is now a model for an exclusive Paris concern, modeling the latest in men’s evening clothes. RUSSELL COBURN Russell Coburn’s dreams have come true! As a result of his inventions of a new composition for sidewalks which enables people to walk without picking up their feet, he is now on Easy Street. He doesn’t have to work. He spends most of his time just sitting and reading. He gratefully looks back to his high school days, for his difficulty in getting to school first made him think of such an invention. OSCAR LOVDAL Behold Oscar Lovdal, whose interest in forestry led him out West. Here he was discovered by the Paramount Pictures Company and he was forced to exhibit all the skill in acting which he acquired as the hero in Senior class plays. The lure of forestry however, was stronger. Here we see him tramping from Hollywood to the forest, where he can be alone and not be bothered with women. CHARLES WESTERLUND Here is Charles Westerlund, professor of the Westerlund School of Pool. His elaborate rooms are located at the exclusive Canfield’s corner, which he remodeled, for it was here that he first acquired his skill in this art. ELSIE DICKINSON A Model T Ford is approaching. It is now on the main street of Watertown. Gradually it comes to a halt next to the curb in front of the A and P Store. A woman is descending from the vehicle. She crosses the street. We recognize her as Elsie Dickinson, now Elsie Neal, and she is on her daily shopping tour. PHILIP SCOVILLE Here we see Philip Scoville in action. His name is now on the tongues of all people interested in sports, for he is the world’s champion broad jumper. After making an unbreakable record he began his travels throughout the country, explaining how it was done. FLORENTINE CURTISS Who can this calm and dignified person be? Why, it is Florentine Curtiss, who became especially interested in Home Economics while attending Woodbury High School. She is in charge of a large laboratory, specializing in the correct feeding of children in order that they may grow. MAE SWANSON Whose office can this be? A young woman is entering. She seats herself before a desk. She looks very much like our class mate, Mae Swanson. On further inquiry we find that she now has a position as designer of men’s riding habits. She has a preference for green ones. We believe she became interested in this profession while riding to and from school. PHYLLIS SHARROW We see that a most important doctor’s conference is taking place in a large hospital. Each doctor insists that one, Phyllis Sharrow, shall be the nurse on his special case. Her cheerful disposition and willing helpfulness during school days made us confident that she would succeed as a nurse. DOROTHY THOMAS Let us now visit a night club in Paris, celebrated for its charming hostesses. A new one is just being introduced, said to be the most charming of all. It doesn’t take us long to recognize our class vamp, Dorothy Thomas. BREWSTER REICHENBACH We now see approaching us a clown. Oh yes, it is a jolly jester. He looks like some one of our class. It is our humorist, Brewster Reichen-bach, who is now employed as court jester for the Prince of Wales. He proves to be a faithful employe for he is always on hand to pick him up. Page Eighteen

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 ' VV Vh WWw«VV Alicia Warner, you must know Into a doctor would like to grow, So to her we give this butcher knife, In order to save some patient’s life. To Grace and Reggie, our class pair We give these handcuffs So that she May always be in Reggie's care. Mae Swanson, with a chauffer’s son, Is very often seen, So we think that all she needs now, Is this nifty car of green. This portrait of Gary, To Gertrude, we give So that she always With a Cooper may live. To Dorothy Thomas, we give this deed To the restaurant down town, The right to stay there all the time Without being called down. To Katie, we give this pair of shoes With best wishes from us all To replace the ones worn out in teaching Us to dance, in the high school hall. To Elsie, we give this rifle In case she’s left alone When the car breaks down, or the gas gives out, And he's gone to telephone. To Phyllis we give this candy bar From the boys of her own home town To remind her that they are just as sweet As the boys of the next village down. To Helen Travers we present This pair of horn-rimmed glasses So that she’ll always look the part. When teaching, in her classes. To Irma, we give this big red sign Which plainly says, STOP So she will long remember the time When she was caught by a cop. To Oscar Lovdal we do give This big box of white powder Guaranteed those blushes to hide Which flood his face, like the rising tide. To Kenneth Bradley we present These Chevvies, and this truck So he won’t have to call on Dad Each time that he gets stuck. We think that Kenneth Minor When he in the desert dwells Will need this bottle of water In order to do without Welles. When Russell Coburn goes to Yale, We think he’ll have to hurry So this nifty pair of roller skates We give him, so he’ll scurry. This big mustache we give To Benny, so that he Won’t have to wait until that fuzz Grows long enough to see. George Salokas is a happy boy Who never complains of troubles So we are sure that he’ll enjoy Sitting and blowing bubbles. To Philip Scoville do we give, This little blond dolly So he may be reminded of That girl in the Class of ’33. George Morris is a serious lad So we give him this picture book Hoping that the next time we meet He’ll wear a smiling look. To Brewster we give a great big truck. It’s better than a car you know For carrying tables and trimmings and girls Before a dance or a show. Henry will need this parachute When up in the air he does go Because if anything should go wrong To save himself he’d be too slow. To Westy we give this little girl Who has only one wish. That he will always take her along Whenever he goes to fish. Lastly, to Sidney Platt we give This private telephone So that when he’s dating up his girls He may be quite alone. CLASS PROPHECY Phillis Sharrow - Philip Scoville KATIE KOWALESKI This scene represents Katie Kowaleski who is now better known as Madame Catherine. She has become an excellent trapeze walker in the well known Barnum and Bailey Circus. Her skill in dancing, which was developed during noon hour at Woodbury High School, was valuable training for this profession. Page Seventeen

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 IRMA JUDSON Where is this war whoop coming from? Who else could this possibly be but another one of our classmate, Irma Judson. She has acquired a position as a school teacher out west. As we see her now, she is riding very swiftly trying to lasso one of her pupils who has strayed from school. While in high school, her one great desire was to get out west among the cowboys. GRACE PLATT Now we see before us a figure which seems to be very similar to the one which used to occupy a space in the front hall at Woodbury High School. Why, yes it is our classmate, Grace Platt. We learn that she has now accepted a position as a nurse in a hospital for the blind. Her beauty has caused so much clamor among the male patients in other hospitals that the only remedy seemed to be to transfer her to this one. GERTRUDE SMITH A tall woman appears with a book under her arm. We recognize her as Gertrude Smith and we learn that she has just won a prize given by the Ladies Home Journal” for the best short story of the year. She is now working on a new novel. The title is How Cooper Became a Man.” GEORGE MORRIS This scene represents George Morris who is now President of the United States. He acquired his ability as president of the English club. The President is concentrating very hard just now, for he is planning a new bill, which will be introduced in Congress, providing for a new high school in Woodbury. SIDNEY PLATT Here is our old friend Sidney Platt, who is now in New York, having an enjoyable time at his favorite pastime, spending his money on a group of very attractive chorus girls. He will soon return to the farm, where he will work very strenuously for a few months, earning money for his next trip to New York. HENRY CANFIELD Who is now entering upon the scene? Why it is none other than Henry Canfield, our most brilliant chemistry student. He has put some of this knowledge into practice and has invented a new prescription by which he can kill off his excess lady friends without difficulty Watch him! KENNETH MINOR What can that noise be which is piercing our ears. It sounds familiar. Whv, of course, it is the horn of Kenneth Minor’s Ford. Here he is, with a model of the horn he invented and which was adopted by Henry Ford. HELEN TRAVERS Here we see one of our well known classmates, Helen Travers. She is now a teacher of basketball at the Mansfield Training School. Helen acquired her ability in this sport and her patience in teaching those who have difficulty in learning to play this game, while she was a student in Woodbury High School. She became interested in this school after hearing a talk, given by Mr. Boyd, to the Senior English Club. ALIDA WARNER What is this sign we see appearing before us? A specialist of some sort! As the lettering becomes more plain we see that it tells us of a classmate, Alida Warner, who is now an expert in the treatment of corns and callouses. We believe she became interested in this profession from the fact that during her high school career she had a great deal of trouble caused by stamping her feet. CLASS POEM Gertrude E. Smith It is time for this class, the largest That ever this school has known To go, leaving room for others, For our school days have flown. Beyond the east, the sunrise, Beyond the west, the sea. Go, you to the left and I to the right, We hold in our hands the key. The key to Life, to future’s store. The key, and beyond is the door. With our standard ever before us Bearing the words well known, The past forever gone. The future still our own Let us seek a world that is free, A world as free as the gull and the sea. A pain is tugging at our hearts As we think of the days that are done, Of the ways of the class, the good and the bad, Of the laughs, the shouts and the fun, And ever anon will we turn in thought Back to the place where we were taught. So, as classes ever onward Make their way into the fray, Like the little brook which ever To the ocean makes its way. We, too, must all the old ties sever. We, too, must enter life today. Page Nineteen