Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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DIEDHAM H. S. L. J. Glynn is another who has made his mark. He plays for the New York Yankees and last year smashed 103 home runs Mary Delaney has joined the Shevory and Katchpole Flicker Films, and doubles for G 1-eta Garbo 's successor, Anna Hayes, in the close-ups. llalph La Freniere, who started his career as a gardener, has shifted to more gentle ground and is selling grapenuts made by the Cullen Sawdust Co. ttcw snickersj. l'rol'.: The class will please come to order, or I shall find it necessary to halt these interesting revelations. Schultz: Another outstanding example of the fine work which some of this class arc doing is shown by Henry Dowd, Carlton Duley, Grant Leines, and Iico Dwyer, known during their high school days as the Four Gigolos. They sent their great croquct team, which they coached, against Dedham's ancient rival, Norwood, in the Heaphy Memorial Stadium. The highest hopes were realized when their team swamped Norwood 93eAU, in a furious struggle, a game fitting to be played in the stadium dedicated to Dedham 's great ex-coach. tltlnter Larcomj liarcom: Stage coach. l'rot'.: NVhat did you say, Larcom? Larcom: l said that 's what I say too. Prof.: Proceed, Schultz. Schultz: Two others of the class of 1932 have gone back to their Alma Mater to promote manly sports. lWilliam Gates and XVilliam Guilfoyle have produced at Dedham High a tiddly-wink team which is the state's champion. Gatcs's duties consisted of showing to the squad how to relax in classes and to save their strength for their games. Mary Newman and Katherine Montague have bought the chain of Hearst newspapers so they can run them to suit themselves. Donald lVlcMi1len, Vice President of the U. S., will protect them from the gunmen of Alec Panasuk, rival newspaper operator. Good night, alll Prof.: No comments are necessary. Aside from that, however, your report was good, Schultz. XVhat quotation did the material in the report remind you ot, Miss Throttlebottom? Miss Throttlebottom: Mighty hemlocks from little peanuts grow. Cliaugh- ter from class.D Pi-ot.: NVhat is the matter with the class, anyway? You're all grinning like a pack of Cheshire cats. All right, Miss Opper, let 's hear from you. Miss Opper: Contrary to their habits of comradeship in Dedham High, Archie Hammond and J. T. Longden recently fought for the world's middle- weight championship. Archie won by boxing Longdenls ears so hard that it knocked him bow-legged. George Davis has become the world 's champion flagpole sitter. C. J. Fetter, his trainer, kept away over-curious birds and mosquitoes by throwing chalk which he took during his school days. Frank Valente and Nicholas Scampoli have started a spaghetti factory with a capacity of 42 miles a day. The spaghetti was rather greasy at first, but Frank explained this by the fact that he mistook axle grease for butter. t'armcla De Falco and Audrey Dutton are running an employment bureau and have given their old classmates many a job. The paths of Adaline Brown, Taylor Hersey, and Vernon Gill have recently crossed w.th those of Walter Johnson and Thomas Brooks, the latter the owner of a Dedham movie palace. Brooks was showing Director Hersey's latest mas- terpiece, Paradise Retained , with Adaline Brown as the willowy heroine and Vernon Gill as the ardent lover. Walter J ohnson, the official movie censor of l932 ao

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YEARBUUK Pizzano's ability to draw cartoons to Doiiald lit-ed. Van any one actually maintain that the author of tlzosw bequests was not sane? Your honor, wiser me11 than l 111ay criticize the deceased for leaving Amlrew l+'e1'1-is's golf clubs to Charles Duckworth, or -lack l1etteney's football ability to llilly Maclutyre, or Robert Glaserts bottle-opening noise to NVe11deIl Aniidon. They may say that these bequests are not perhaps necessary. I will not argue tl1e point, I do 110t 11ecd to argue it. l 21111 proving the deceased was sane, and l otfer one last passage from his will that settles the point conclusively: T leave Taylor Iler- sey's shyness, Henrietta Reid's friendly eo-operation with her teaeliers, and Paul Mulkern's dignified pe11-11a111e of Percy J. Epsom to the distinguished man of letters, Charles Benviefl That, your honor, is my ease. Clle sits down and folds his 21I'1I1S most satisfiedlyj Judge: This ease requires no great deliberatioii. Mr. liiverwurst, you and your clie11t, Miss Malicious Envy, have brought forward no evidence whatso- ever to show that the deceased was lllli sane. NVhy do you waste the time of the court on such stupid cases? NVhy do you try to ruin the reputation of the great men of this world? XVhen 1932 was with you, you saw perhaps only the frivolous side of his nature. Vvlhen you glanced at his more serious side you became alarmed a11d said that he was queer. The testi111o11y I have heard co11- vi11ces me that this will, this most wise Elllfl sagacious will, was written by a class so intelligent, so great, and so noble that we should deeply mourn his de- parture rather than criticize l1is bequests. VVe shall not see his equal again. CURTAIN. Evelyn Jordan, Barbara Miller. i Class Prophecy eAsT RODNEY Iiaieeon. . . .......... . . .Rodney Larcoin HERMAN Se11ULTz. ., ..... Nils Ohman ELMER Z11,eH ...... ....... X Vilfred Gill BETTY BUTTERCUP. . . . .Phyllis Monahan OPHELIA OPPER ........ .......... 1 Xnn Vtfhite Miss THROTTLEBOTTOM, . . . . Elizabeth MeGuinness PROF. OSVVALD PARSNIP .................. Paul Mulkern The opening scene is in a s111all class of Prairie Dog College. The students have just entered 3,I1Cl the professor calls the class to order. Professor: Come to order, please. The homework for tomorrow is to in- vestigate the number of prairie dog holes o11 our CHIIIPUS Hllfl to make a full report of the number and location of these holes. Now, for today's assignment. I told you to investigate tl1e subject of what becomes of high school graduates and to use tl1e members of the class of 1932 of Dedham High School, Dedham, Mass., for your victims, and I assigned various members of that class to Q2lCl1 of you as the field of your research. Mr. Schultz, will you come up a11d read to the class the results of your excavations? Schultz: Sure, professor. CReadingj One of the most striking features of this class was the ability which they showed to co-operate after they left, just as they had done i11 high school. For instance, I found that Ann Vkfhite, a trained nurse, last week assisted the famous Dr. Valdina to perform a delicate operation on Howard Watson, beauty specialist, afflicted with SOft6l1lI1g' of the brain. l932 w

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YEARBUUK ' Dedham, protested against the love scenes and ordered them cut out. Iirooks refused to do this and the chief of Dcdham's super police squad, Burton Miller, closed the theatre. I was fortunate enough to obtain a phone interview with Mr. Hill. Ilis statement was: HAH I am, and all I ever hope to be, I owe to Dedham lligh School. Not one cent was paid for Mr. tIill's statement. Prof.: Am I to take it that you are trying to be funny, Miss Upper? Miss Opper: Why, professor, how could you? Prof.: Continue, Miss Upper. Miss Opper: Another member whom I interviewed by phone in order to make my report more interesting was Robert Ilill, millionaire wrestler ol' Uak- dale. IIe told me that Levangie's Lasting Ilacepier is very good for stubborn hair. Phyllis Monahan is in the D. II. S. gym assisting Miss Tobin, who is grateful for her assistance in her more arduous duties. Nils Ohman is producing 43,00tJ.00ll Scandinavian Sunset sardincs per week at his fishery on the Mill Pond, East Dedham. The picture of the beau- tiful Barbara Schmalz adorns the sardine cans. Emmie IVillard is head dietitian and feeds the fish so they will be long and skinny and more easily packed in. Ike Boone, still strong and hearty, is head bouncer at Midge Sukowskc's de luxe night club in New York. Music is furnished by -Iimmy Collins' Ilotcha- Hotcha orchestra with Vera Henning and Esther Rutledge piccolo soloists tsitsl. Prof.: Most illuminating. tMiss Throttlebottom starts to squirm and giggled XVhat's tl1e trouble up there, Miss Throttlebottom? Miss Tlirottlebottomz Rodney Larcom's tickling me. Prof.: As I was about to say when I was so rudely interrupted, observe the range of activity and attainment achieved by the members of the class. Such we find in any group. Now, Mr. Ilarcom, will you give your report I? Larcom: I really don 't know what some of this is all about, but I did the best I could. Prof.: That 's what you've been saying for the last I8 years that you've been here. Larcom: I found that the members of the class of 1932 of Dedham Iligh School have gone into positions ranging from Sylvia Gillespie 's occupation as expert coiffeuse at one of Boston 's most exclusive department stores, well known as Hurtle's, to that of Pauline Belanger, who imitates roaring lions over sta- tion VVDHS. IVDHS, by the way, is one of Russell Newell's enterprises and its studios are located on the 27th story of the Lynch Building at the corner of Wasliiiigtoii and Mfilliams Streets. Every Sunday at 4 ILM. the antenna of this powerful station nearly melts With the hot tunes sent out by the Ruddling Kutie Korns. featuring C'atherine Hartnett, Marion Dick, Lihna IIlman, and Anna Curley-led by the golden voiced lad who is the reason why women don't do their housework-Iiester Schortmann. I recently had the opportunity while visiting Dedham to see Russell Greene, one of the members of this class, in a state of dire distress. He had been trav- elling along at a rate of 15 m.p.h. in one of the new Anderson three-wheeled inverted 8's. The strain of this speed was so terrific upon the car that it sud- denly exploded and Russell was hurled against a tree with a sickening thud. His face was so badly battered that his own mother couldn't have recognized him. Chester Musche is another boy who has made good in a big way, with the aid .of Chet Parker. He is the champion racing driver of the world, having recently won the Indianapolis Classic at an average speed of 210 m.p.h. in his marvellous Parker special sixteen. Olan Drake is operating a rapid air transit from Dedham to Boston with a Hying time of 25 minutes. l932 m