Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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CLASS (.) F 1930 2 !) names? I |nit my ad in today, “Alfred Heinser, highgrade tailor — 57 good varie- ties.” My address etc. is underneath. It’s over next to Catherine Fit .gerald’s Ear Trumpet ad. Edith: For heaven’s sake! It says here that Frieda Eaton has been recently sent as an ambassador to Tasmania ! I never thought she would get such an important appoint- ment ! Alfred: Vhere is Tasmania anyway? Edith : Soirvewhere in the Pacific. Guess who came to the door today? Mary Mon- tague. Alfred : What was she selling? Edith: How did you guess. She is the saleswoman for one of those vibrator ma- chines. She came in and talked for a long time with me. Alfred : Did she know about any of our old crowd ? Edith: She said that when she was in New ork last week she discovered Helen Watson doing social service work. Helen couldn’t stop to talk long because she had a date with Albert Hagen. Alfred: P ' or crying out loud! What’s he doing? P.dith : Living in Greenwich village, painting follies girls. Alice and Arthur ought to be here any minute. Please let them in when they come. I’m going to see what the plumber’s doing now. (While Edith is out of the room, Alfred goes over to the bookcase and pokes behind some big books. Just as Ealith reenters, the bell rings, and Arthur and Alice enter.) Alice: Hello, e erybody. Sorry to be late, but Arthur just returned from a job. (Alfred comes forward to greet his guests and lays the composite picture on the table.) Alfred : Well, what was it today? WTose cistern were you cleaning out? .Arthur: Oh, Mr. Voodrow Hartnett’s. -Alfred: The Selectman of Dedham, no less. JJiat’s great. Hie Sewer Commission- er and the Selectman should get along well. How do you like the looks of our little palace since it’s been rejuvenated? .Alice: Eine, Edith; it looks just great. PAlith: Anytime 1 have any interior dec- orating to be done I’ll call on “Stewart and Stade’s” firm. 1 hose two girls surely do know what they’re about. Arthur: Vhat’s this, .Alfred? Alfred: Our old composite picture! 1 just found it in the bookcase. Let’s look at it. ( d ' hey all crowd around Arthur who holds the picture.) Alfred: Fhat’s Dot Hrennan (pointing over .Arthur’s shoulder). 1 remember she was in IV A. Do you recall how low she used to talk? Well, her picture was in the jraper the other day because she won a hog- calling contest out West. Fhey say she could be heard three miles! .Alice: Who would have believed it! 1 heard that Prank DeP ' elice went out W est after her. I ' his picture of Elizabeth Smith is good, isn’t it? She’s manufacturing a new brand of freckle cream. I’m told it’s very effective. Edith: Did you hear about Erankie (lal- livan ? She gave up a promising career as a Erench linguist in order to become a golf widow! She and Lois Smith always seemed to care for golfers; at any rate, they both married professionals. -Arthur: Now it’s my turn. Here’s Mar- jorie Amos. She’s teaching Problems Of Democracy in place of Mr. Hottomley now. Do you remember when she played opposite Charles Aloloney in the class play? Charlie has developed into a regular woman-hater — he’s president of the Anti-W omen Society. Paul O’Hrien, Prank Holland, and Paul Stucklen arc also prominent members. (.As they turn away from the table, the telejihone hell rings.) .Alfred: Hello! Hello! Who? I’ll take the message. I ell Airs. Heinser that she can’t have her appointment at the Conlon and Connell Beauty Shoppe? d ' his is a fine time to be calling up about that. .All right. ( loodbye . (turning to P.dith) It seems that you can’t have your ajipointment to- morrow. W’hat is the wave for, anyway?

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28 THE TREASURE CHESU meat, don’t forget our two heroes, Arthur Mears and Frank Holland. Stiulent : Why will they be heroes? Ciypsy: Mears will be an Eagle Scout and Holland a prize— winning swimmer. When you see the telephone demonstration in assembly, you will know the reason why men teachers are not always on time for classes. During the Easter acation, your class will be represented in Washington bv Frieda Eaton, Douglas M acMillan, Her- bert Bing, Arthur Morgner, and Douglas Duly. Student: One girl and four boys? (lypsy: Oh! they will not all go to- gether. The honor students for your class will be Dorothy lEennan, Sylvia Chamber- lain, Emma Conant, Frieda Eaton, IVLary Brunton, Douglas M ac Millan, M ary M on- ta ue, Lena Paduano and Mary Valdina. For graduation Eena Paduano and Emma Conant will be chosen for honor essays, and for the class book Frieda f?aton will be editor-in-chief. Mary Brunton will be chair- man of the committee for the prophecy, AEary Montague for the history, Stanley Sjuague will write the calss song, and Ro- bert Berry the class poem. A one act play will be presented on Class Day by Emilie Ciallant, Eleanor Sjobeck, Woodrow Hart- nett, Leo McArthur, Arthur Mears Paul O’B lien, Claire Keating, and Charlotte 1 abrah. If you wish me to tell you about this iday, please cross my hands again, fex- toids hand) Student: I have no more money. Im sorry. (lypsy: ' Fhen I can’t go on. Student (Exit): My, isn’t she smart! She knows everything that will happen. 1 bird Student: Well, let’s hurry up to the theatre because I don’t want to miss what they say about my sister. (All run off the stage) ( Curtain ) E■ R ' MoXT.AGUIt PROPHFXV (When the curtains open, Alfred can be seen reading the evening paper. As Edith, his wife, enters, he glances up quickly.) .Alfreil : Arc the kids asleep yet? Edith: ' Fhey are just dozing off. Archi- bald insisted that I read him another story. I do hope they will be sound asleep when -Arthur and Alice arri e. Alfred: What are you going to do now? Edith: (jet the bridge table ready. Is there any news in the jiaper? -Alfred: There is a small piece here say- ing that Mary Monahan is leaving for Hollywood to become a script girl there; -Agnes Burns’ Advice to } oung Ladies, and Penelope Karafotias’s daily talk on Eloic to (let Your Man. She used to be such a meek little thing: now she seems to be quite an authority on the “man” subject. Edith : When do you suppose that plumb- er will be finished in the cellar? He has been there ever since lO o’clock this morn- ing. He’s so slow. His face looks very fa- miliar to me, but I can’t seem to place him. -Alfred: Well, whoever he is, he chose his vocation well. He must make plenty of money. Do you think Em paying him by the hour? What’s this you were trying to tell me about Archie at the table? Edith: Oh that little Berry kid r -as fighting with him this morning. Of course Emilie Iferry has an awful time chastising her children. Bob is so busy writing poetry that he can’t be bothered with di.sciplining the children. Alfred : Well, all I want to know is, did -Archie lick him? Edith: Em not sure about that. I guess it was a draw. ALiy I see the Dedham Transcript ' ? -Alfred : Sure. Doesn’t it seem funny to pick up the [laper and see so many familiar

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30 THE TREASURE CHEST Edith: Don’t tell me you have forgotten all about the wedding we are going to? Arthur: W ' hose wediling is this? Edith: I ' he Reverend Kenneth Dobbrow is marrying Helen Croetz, the missionary to Africa, tomorrow, d ' hey jilan to spend their honeymoon in the jungles, educating the savages. -Alice: d ' hat isn’t my idea of a wonderful time. Arthur: Speaking of weddings, have you heard about Henry Lambert? E., .A., A. No! -Arthur: Of course you know that he is New fork’s favorite playboy, fust at pres- ent he is ardently rushing Alary Valdina, the most popular dancer in Frederick Kal- lenberg’s New A’ork Night Club. Edith: They certainly turned out far different from what we expected. Do you suppose Henry will win her? -Alice: It’s hard to tell. J have heard that the well-known heart-breaker, John Henson, is courting her, too. Alfred: Alay the best man win! I have some news that is surprising, too. Flanagan, Campbell, and Alulvehill are all members of the Norwood High faculty. Flanagan is principal, Campbell is Head of the English Department, and AIuKehill is supervising the chemistry course. ' Ehey are all drawing high salaries. -Arthur: I can go you one better than that! Arthur Alears and Eric Ericsson are running a joint dancing school. Match that one if you can. -Alfred: I give up! Edith : 1 don’t! Tonight just after din- ner, I heaial Nello Cianca telling bedtime stories over the radio, and as soon as he signed off. Myrtle MacMillan began to sing from Schenectady. Alice: So she did marry Douglas after all? What under the sun is making her sing? Edith: It is a very sad story. Of course we all thought that Douglas would become a great man ; in some way or other he over- taxed his brain ; so nov ' he is cutting holes in Swiss Cheese. Poor Myrtle is supporting little Mary by her talent. Alice: I guess you win the fur-lined bathtub by that combination. .Am 1 hearing things, or is there really a commotion out- side ? Arthur: If there is anything wrong with your ears, mine are suffering from the same ailment. Edith : I’ll go and see what the trouble is. Arthur: Have you any good books to read, .Alfred? -Alfred: We just bought two new Best- Sellers in (jruber’s Pharmacy. One is a de- tective thriller by Iris Gay; the other is a dandy novel by Claire Keating. Roderick Thompson is Claire’s publisher, and he says her book is great. -Alice: Give them to me, -Alfred. If he gets hold of them first I’ll never see them. Edith: (reentering) It was merely the plumber. He had to go home to get more tools. He just fell over the milk bottles on the way up the back stairs. Turn on the radio, dear, and let’s hear the news flashes. Sumner Brown’s voice is heard : ) This is station W ' XA Z. A ou have just heard the inimitable crooner, Clifford Bee- ton, singing one of Leo Mc.Ateer’s latest theme Songs. Aliss Emma Conant, famou.s boo|i-boo]i-adoop girl was also featured on this program. We will now give you a few news Hashes. 1. We have just received word from M iss Doris Dolan, representative of the U. S. in the ' Ehinl World Peace Confer- ence, that affairs are progressing rapidly. 2. d ' oday Lawyer Herbert Bing called to the witness stand Air. Joseph Keany, who is charged with being a corespondent in the notorious Collins- Walters divorce case. Joe Keany testified that Airs. Walters, formerly Phyllis Collins, met Air. Walters through the medium of Alarion Thayer’s matrimonial agency. I ' his matter is under careful investigation. 3- Several jieople were very much fright- ened, but no one was seriously injured when something exidoded in the Roberts’ and