Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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YEARIMNHC John S. Sullivan is selling a pipe polish which eats away the pipes. When leaks appear, so does Glaser, and they split. Two enterprising members are Ili-len and Elizabeth Volk, who have a goat farm in Riverdale. hVlli'Il t'arlo Vardoni attempted to make friends with the goats, the ungrateful animals broke his skull and seven ribs. Lesley Clancey was so attached to her alma mater that she has been taking P.G.'s ever since. At present she is leading a movement for overstuffed chairs in all rooms. tSits.D Prof.: That was fairly decent, Zileh, l think that now we can hear from you, Miss Throttlebottom. Miss Throttlebottom: Eleanor Rohde is in ,jail awaiting trial for charges of having shot, stabbed, poisoned, drowned, and killed Paul Mulkern. and having attempted to get Mary Tierney, the undertaker, to dispose secretly of the scanty remains. Jean Ambrose has challenged her rival in the hairdressing industry in Dedham, Eleanor lllcflann, to make public her method of producing red hair. That you can still fool some of the people all the time is shown by the ease of Kathleen Close and Lois Nay ws. Elizabeth McDonough. Close and Nay, Inc., inveigled Miss McDonough to invest her small fortune in a buggy factory. They were last seen in China. Elizabeth Riley is a teacher of diction at one of the important motion picture studios. She teaches the stars to polish Ott' elegant phrases. Doris Taylor and Dorothy NViggin are making toasted ice cream which is causing a sensation in the D. H. S. lunchroom, where it is a feature. Margaret Morrison and Ruth Hamilton are operating a big time potato hug circus with three hundred potato bugs performing complicated maneuvers to the strains of martial music provided by Miss Morrison. who can imitate Bing Crosby, Pryor 's Band. and the Four Mills Brothers at the same time. Anna-Betty Clark who showed great promise in high school days, and was the joy of her teachers' lives, has recently brought out her own edition of NVash- ington's Farewell Address, printed in invisible ink. Gordon Anderson has been tripping across the stages of the country now for a year in his sparkling role of Peter Pan. Some of the members of the class recently clashed in a bitter struggle in the court of Judge Robert Henderson. Judge Henderson sentenced Charles Kuss- maul to 20 years at hard labor and to pay 310,000 to each of the three plaintitfs, Jean Perry VVithington, Patricia Devereaux, and Constance Babcock, who all were suing Kussmaul for breach of promise. Prof.: Your themes were much better than usual, and I will give you credit for them when l include them in my forthcoming work, t'The Futility of Edu- cation. CURTAIN. Paul Illulhern, Rodney Larcom, Nils Olzman, Barbara Schimalz, Ann White. l932 23

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DEDHAM H. S. -e -e lietty Mt-Guinness is sliding plates in the liaekius and Poftey liunch Car. 'l'he battle between lieatriee Mclntyre and Florence McMillan for the office ol' Town Manager has tln'own the town into a turmoil, and mud and person- alities have been hurled so thickly that Doris Newton, a prominent figure in the Salvation Army, has been appealed to to try to paeify the contestants. CSits.j Prot.: That was better than usual, Larcom. lint one question, please. In the case ot liussell Greene, you say that his condition was such that his own mother eouldn't have recognized him. llow, then. did you recognize him? liarconi: liecause I ain't his mother. tliaughter from classj Prof.: Ah. l see. Miss l3uttercup. can you stop looking foolish long enough to read your theme .' hliss liuttereupg UK, professor. tlteadsl XVhen l started this theme I thought it was going to be horribly dull, but as l went on to find out so many thrilling things, I did envy Rodney here for having belonged to such a class. tleneral Augusto Vitali, ll. S. Army, is waging a furious campaign in Greenland against the liskimos who rose up in p1'otest against having their pic- tures on ginger ale bottles. His chief-of-staff, Charles Pizzano, keeps him amused during the lulls by d1'awing pretty pictures. General Vitali stated positively that he hasn't seen an Eskimo for two years, but with the nights six months long, he is going To stay up there as long as he can and catch up on a lot. of sleep he lost at D. ll. S. Angelina Mariana is one of Dedham 's most prominent society women and goes about running charities. -losephine Ericson is a sewing teacher in D. H. S. and keeps the whole class on pins and needles with her careless habits. The Quartet of Beauty. as they are known locally, llenrietta Reid, orig- inator ot' the lleid beauty mud. Gertrude Sheehan. inventor of Sheehan 's Freckle liotion, Tlieresa De Iienedictis, author of My Ten Day Diet and lVhy I NVeigh 250 Lbs. and Elizabeth Murphy. author ot' How to Grow Black Eycbrows with lilond Hair , have opened a super beauty salon. Eleanor Monahan is an entymologist and 1'0H1l1S the fields of lVestwood, which is still a wilde1'ness, looking tor bugs ot the outdoor variety. Andrew Ferris is a golf pro in a big way and swings as mean a club as he used to in his high school days. liing Smith, of cou1'se, is the ping pong coach here at Prairie Dog. Une ot D.ll.S.'s most popular artists is Hugh Tulloch, Bing Crosby's pi-omg-ti, whose silyery yoice thrilling millions is heard over the Iadonisi and li. -Iordan Cigar Co. p1'og1'an1. No harsh irritating impurities. Pi-ot.: Did you say I irritate you? Miss lluttercupz No, indeed, professor. Prof.: My mistake. proceed. Miss lluttereupz ltuth Conlon and Marguerite Horigan are on the office stati' ot' -lack t'ummings, the present principal of D. H. S., nicknamed the 'tElephant. They hand out tardy slips with hunting scenes painted by Bar- bara Miller on the back of them. tSits.l tllarcom drops book.j Prof.: Larcom, is that necessary? llarcom: Yes-er. er--no. Prof.: liarcom. what did you think of that report? liareom: Interesting, if t1'ue. Prof.: Er, Mr. Zilch, will you let us have your report '? Zileh: Al Waldron is chief janitor of D. II. S. He has oil burners, but the dense smoke coming up the chimney is from his Luckies. Ruth Lonsdale is a model in Agnes Hanson 's gown shop on the 42nd floor of the liyneh building. VValter Metcalf has a ritzy penthouse on top of the huge Taylor building across the street. Robert Glaser is a plumber who finds his Weight of 350 pounds so burden- some that he has to make two trips for his tools. ' I932 22

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DEDHAM H. S. Class Song - Farewell Words hy IIODNEY C. LA1:mQ'oM, JR Musie hy AIARJUIIII-I lhxmimi fllrs. Gordon Larcoml lflassiiiates. we must break the tie And sav goodbye To Detlhaiu Higrli. VVe will e'e-1' devoted he And we will cherish you iii our 1l1f?1I1UI'y. XVe'll always think ot' you with great happinessg These tliougrhts will lead us to success In the future, Deflhani, now we bring' to thee Our faith and Loyalty. Dedham. in our school so dear VVQ love to sing Your praises clear. VVe have speut long' years with you, XVhich as we roam will serve us our whole life through Glory and honor with your fair name will vie- May we uphold, dear Dedham High, 7 Thy fame forever. But now we must hirl adieu, Dear Dedham High, To YOU. l932 24