Central High School - Blue and White / Pnalka Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE BLUE AND WHITE DNC! Presenlalions of the Class of I929M fC0nlinuedj V. Will Bob Steup please step forward? Folks, here's '295's three-letter man. To en- able Bob to keep in practice when he's out- side of school, we present him with these things: a peach-basket, old glove, and foot- ball shoes. VI. Oyce-jay Irkland-kay, please come forward. How-do-you-do, Oyce-jay? We've heard about your numerous activities and we would like to help you in some way. We present you with this aeroplane with which you may more quickly accomplish your trips to and from meetings. VII. Genevieve Millar, to tiie platform! Gen, it's been known here and t lere around school, that you have difficulty in keeping the curl in your hairy so we're going to give you these little curlers, hoping that you will have no further trouble with your hair. VIII. Harold Logan wanted-to the ilatform, please. Boys and girls, take a good look at this boy. You may never see another like him-cutest boy of '295. Harold, so that you may always keep that school-girl com- plexion we present you with this cake of Palmolive soap. IX. Lillian Price, please ste forward. Seeing you're the class orator ol? '295 and have won so many cups at Central, we take great pleasure in presenting to you this wonderful cup as a final rememberence of the school Ca tea cupj. We hope this will be as useful as the others. X. Now, ladies and gentlemen, comes Frank Lange. Frank is really a very charm- ing boy as you all know, but the class has unfortunately elected him the class pest. We know Frank won't mind if we give him this insect powder, the best grade available, and we sincerely hope it will do some good. XI. Will Don Tait please step to the platform? Boys and girls, take a look at Don. He's a very popular senior. In fact he's the class sonny-boy. We're going to give this flaming red tic to Don and this little whistle to keep him out of mischief. VERA ARNOLD ROY CHAPIN QJWKD The Wall Paper Volume lil SPRINGFIELD. MASS., APRIL, 1953 Number I3 AVIATRICES ESTABLISH NEW EN- DURANCE RECORD Springfield, Mass., April 1, 1953-Pilots Lillian Price and Isobel Smith descended to- day after spending the past four months in the clouds. The pilots, both graduates of the Tait School of Aviation at Feeding Hills, established a new record for endurance flying of twenty-eight hundred ani ninety-six hours, thirty-three minutes and nine seconds. Thus the record of twenty-five hundred and two hours, seventeen minutes, and sixty two seconds-set two years ago by Army pilots, Glcndon Shaw and Clinton Richards, was smashed. The women were forced to descend when the last of the six engines of this huge Jager- built plane gave out. They were greeted on landing at the Springfield Air-port by a throng of admirers headed by Mayor John T. Quirk who resented them with the keys to the city. 'llhe luncheon and celebration afterward were held at' the Hotel Moore. NEW INDUSTRY OPENED BY ENTER- PRISING YOUNG BUSINESS WOMEN Springfield, Mass., April 1, 1953-Opening to-day is the advertising establishment of Miss Martha Pomerantz, which is the he- ginning of a totally new industry in this city. Another member of the concem is Miss Dora R. Barrett, who manages the financial affairs of the firm, while Miss Thelma Macfarlane looks after the advertising business. MORE LAND LEFT TO BOY SCOUT CAMPS Springfield, Mass., April 1, 1953-It was learned today that a donation of two hun- dred-fifty acres of land on the shore of Mill River was made to the Springfield Boy Scout Association by Miss Sara Partridge of East Longmeadow. This tract added to the ad- jacent tract of one hundred fifty acres do- -G 28 9.

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THE BLUE AND WHITE History of the Class of 19295 From his cano ied bed with black and white hangings, tlie Spirit of 19295 with a weak voice calls Memory, bidding her en- tertain him for a while. To his command Memory replies that she has some pictures of his youth, and thereupon presents the first one, a picture of excited Freshmen in a room from which come shouts, much rust- ling of paper, and general confusion. The Spirit of 19295 tries frantically to recall the incident. lt is the hotly contested election of President Moulton, Vice-President A. Smead, Secretary Kirkland, Treasurer I. Smith, and Member-at-Large Bedrossian. This picture fades and a picture of an eager group of athletic girls clustered about an august per- sonage armed with a silver cup takes its place. After a few moments' suspense, a cheer raised for the Freshmen dies out, giving place to noise fumished by the orchestra at o ir 1A Social, where we freshmen, thronging the sidelines, leam from the upper-classmen how dancing is done at C. H. b. Memory pauses here, but continues. A group of eager students are gathered in a hall. Meeting please come to order, says reelected'President Moulton. We will now discuss plans for the 2B Social. This picture vanishes, and a clamoring group around a punchbowl comes to view against a back- ground of dancing couples. As this grows faint, lusty shouts greet the unfurling of a unique black banner outlined in white, which is shown to the assembled class. The scene shifts to the gym office where a brilliant silver cup with l929i once more engraved on it occupies the place of honor. This becomes dim, and an evergreen border, a lighted Christmas tree in the center, a floor crowded with dancing alumni and undergraduates take its place. The Junior Prom! From this, Memory hastens to an even more interesting group of ietures. There flashes on the screen a smalfiroom where a reader announces to a scribblinz group, ' ' President-Lanckton, Lanckton, Tai t, Lanckton, Carman, Lanckton, Lanckton- Next, a very inexperienced pseudo saleszirl hopefully holding up dresses to possible customers appears. Nearby, others attempt to sell high shoes or baby clothes. This is followed by a colorful scene with pennants flying, collars wilting, punch disappearing, couples sweltering. Oh, yes, the Military Dance and a warm evening! Now comes a icture of slightly later date. First dance of tlie season. glamorous Jardin Royale, snappy orchestra, Senior's treat, good dance? Why shouldn't it bei' After this there comes into view a lone car manned by spirited Centralites proclaiming to the world in general and Main Street in particular Central's victory to which '295 contributed several illustrious huskies. Then the scene changes to girls crowding at a mirror. boys seated three or four to a chair, a room tense with excitement. Next .lust clas- pictures. With the fading of this appear pretty girls in trailing evening gowns. handsome boys in tuxedos, along with shullling feet. Soothezl at last, the Spirit of 19295 goes to sleep to dream of this Central Prom. PHYLLIS BEAUREGARD Ensm-:Ta SMITH Q.0Wk.'J Presentations of the Class of 1929V2 I. We're goingtobegin the class resenta- tions with something big. Mr. Hill to the platform, please! Good-afternoon, Mr. Hill. o grevent further exertion on your part in teac ing the in-coming freshmen your favorite expression, we have decided to present you with this sign, C No one has a right to do that which. if everyone did, would destroy society. D Remember this as a gift from the Class of '295. We hope it will prove helpful to you. II. Now we 1-all on the next most im- Eortant person in Central. namely, Arthur eroy Lanckton, President of '295. Here's a pair of roller skates, Art, so you can dash around to your various and sundry meetings and incidentally get home when your car breaks down. III. Now, we have something very im- teresting. Will Margaret Mitchell please come forward? Clioy dashes ofl' the stageg then comes back, saying: Has she gonei 'J IV. Will Faxon Chapin please step for- ward3 Introducing the best dressed man in 2295, Faxon D. Chapin. Faxon, so that your clothes may always look as nice when you're outside of school as they did when you were here, we present you with this whisk-broom and flat iron. Make use of them often. .Q 279'

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THE BLUE AND WHITE D-'G The Wall Paper CContinaedj nated last week by Mr. Henry Clay, wealthy Real Estate dealer, makes an ideal site for a camp. Scoutmaster John W. Carman re orts that the camp will be opened July I, ifjarrange- ments are complete by that time. REMAINING HALF OF JURY PICKED FOR VANDERBILT CASE Springfield, Mass., April I, 1953-The remaining six members of the jury for the Vanderbilt case were picked today. They are the following: Bernard Sullivan, toothpick manufacturer, Arthur Lanekton, Jr.. usher at the Paramount Theatre, Faxon Cha in, window-trimlner at Charles Hall's, Kiiara Kalista, typist at the Massachusetts Mutual, Yetta Zona, hairdresser at Steiger's, and Florence Del Dotto, private secretary. Since these six complete the twelve honest men and true, the trial will begin forthwith. EXPEDITION LEAVES FOR SOUTH AFRICA New York, N. Y., April I, I953-A sci- entific expedition led by Robert A. Steup, Ph. D., with assistants John Tracy and John llhelon, left today for South Africa, where an extensive search for the Missing Link will be made. The Missing Link, or, as it is sci- entifically called, hominus apus, is be- lieved to be still extant in those parts. Away back in 1929, the Missing Link was believed discovered in Springfield, Mass., but on further examination it proved to be a Central lligll School student in football uniform. NEW TAX BILL PROPOSED RY SENATOR Washington, D. C.. March Ill, 1953-Sem ator Richard M. Talbot of Massachusetts brought before the Senate today, a new tax bill which lowers the rate on talcum powder, incense, saehets, and shoe-trees. This he claims, will aid the working-man in his strug- gle for existence. This bill was strongly con- tcste.l by Myron D. Stepath, Senator from Omaha, Nebraska, who maintains that such a bill would be detrimental, since t.he work- ing-man should not be allowed to exist any- way. A fiery debate was in order which ended, sad to say. in a draw. NEW THEATRE OPENED Springfield. Mass., April I, I953-Last night was memorable in the history of Spring- field, for it marked the opening of The Crystal Castle, R. M. Abrams' new 510,000,000 theatre. The structure, which was built by the C. T. Mayforth Construc- tion Co., occu ies the block next to the Cohen and Feleiiman Department Store. The theatre is of the most modern type, and among the improvements is a stall' of usher- ettes including Zillah Green, Katherine Hassler, Irma Johnson, and Alice Martin. The program for the opening night was most unusual, being the motion picture Fools of Fate featuring Edward Talbot and Shirley Warner. Flowers were presented to the man- agement and thus an epic in the theatrical world was completed. CAN YOU DRIVE? I' P I f nol come lo KINGSLEYIS AU'ro Scnool, License Guaranteed a fler Sixteen Lessons 5 O'CLOCK NEWS FLASIIES Roosevelt Field, N. Y.-Thomas Foley, noted aviator, has set out for Angkor to aid missionary Frank Lange, who is besieged by cannibals. 1 at ak it Burlington, Vt.-Joseph Albert was today appointed basketball coach at the University of Vermont to take the place of Bruce MacFarlane, retiring coach. it X New York, N. Y.-At the Madison Square C-arden's annual dog show this afternoon, Gozzy, prize wire-haired fox terrier, owned by Miss Ruth Colwell, was judged best dog in the show Iggy Judge Donald Crane. FF FK ll! Southampton, L. I.-The palatial sum- mer home of Miss Doris Kellogg, prominent New York society leader, burned this after- noon. The loss was estimated at 350.000 Fire Chief Charles W. Ilutchinson suspects an incendiary, but will make a thorough in- vestigation of the case. FK if if lk San Francisco, Cal.-News has been re- ceived that Prof. William R. Paige of the Lick Observatory has discovered a hitherto unknown star. This discovery is considered one of the most important in the annals of astronomy. lk ik ll' 'll Bridgeport, Conn.-Wm. Chamberlin, noted criminal lawyer, today won one of the most spectacular cases in the history of crime. Mr. X, the unknown defendcnt was acquitted of the charge of murder. Announcing llze Opening of STEVEN'S SIIOE SllOl ' Proprietrcsses Elufzi-:N A. lhIUI.t'AllE Ersntv ll. S'rEveNs 'CI 29 9.