Franklin High School - Oskey Yearbook (Franklin, MA)

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Eleanor Holmes and Bernice Simon: — Players in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (They owe their success to A1 Webber’s efficient training.) Edna Brett: — A traveling saleswoman. (She is still frequently seen riding with her brother .) Russell Chase: — Game Warden. (Russell was always telling fish stories.) Wilfred Lamothe: —Mail Pilot. (Wilfred took to the air soon after graduating.) Carl Estes: — Foreman of a large dairy plant. (Carl always was interested in farming.) Charles O’ Day : — Dyer. (After much experience in dyeing in the Lab, Charlie decided to take up dyeing as an occupation.) Joe Turco: — Radio Humorist. (Joe always had an answer ready for every crack.) Al Perkins: — Electrical Engineer. (This was the height of Al’s ambition.) Richard Hutchinson : — Post Master General of the United States. (Dick got his preliminary training as messenger boy for the Franklin Post Office.) Alice Polsey: — Secretary. (She obtained her knowledge of bookkeeping at Franklin high school.) Douglas Brett: — A marathon runner. (Quite a change from his high school days.) Barney McCahill: — — Basketball coach at Harvard. (Mr. Hilbert gave Barney his start.) Arthur Laviolette: — A second Rubinoff. (Arthur was our star violinist during his four years in high school.) Ezeziaca Caldararo: — A writer. (Still waters must run deep.) Alba Geromini: — A woman politician. (She started in Franklin right after high school, and is now one of the state senators.) Vernon Hutchinson: — Police Commissioner. (He got good training on the marshal squad at school.) Dolores Martel: — Explosive Manufacturer. (Del was more or less fiery when at high school.) Sam Curtis: — Movie Director. (Now he never runs short of girls.) Elizabeth Hale: — A stunt rider in the circus. (Elizabeth got good practice on her horse, Nellie, during the summer.) Phyllis Davis: — Love affair adviser. (Phyllis had plenty of experience along this line in high school.) Ophelia Dayian: — A second Dorothy Dix. (Dorothy Dix stopped writing, so Ophelia took up the task.) Meredith Mellor: — Latin teacher in Providence. (Meredith was a very good Latin student.) Leo Garneau: — A competent dyer for a large mill. (He got his first practise in Doc’s Lab.) Cecile Proulx: — A hairdresser. (Cecile always did a good job on her own hair.) Marion Greenwood : — Radio Piano Soloist. (Maybe she was holding out on us in high school.) Alba Viola: — A silent partner in a Radio Company. (She was always pretty quiet at school.) Marjorie Knowlton : — Famous opera singer. (Marjorie was Franklin High ' s opera star during her four years there.) Anthony Mucciarone : — Professional Golfer. (He acquired his learning at the country club during his high school days.) John Riley and Telo Catalano: -— Baseball players with the Braves, signed up by Manager Eddie Crothers. (Outlook for this season for the Braves is therefore good.) Nicholas Vignone, Romeo Palumbo, and Joe Lombardi: — Members of one of the best jazz orchestras in the country, featuring Romeo Palumbo’s tap dancing, and Joe Lombardi’s clarinet solos, Nick as manager. (No wonder!) Dino Viola: — An airplane manufacturer, with the reputation of making the safest and fastest ships. (Quite a change from his high school days.) Lionel Moreau and Charles Mason: — Partners in a big radio corporation featuring television. (Lionel and Charles were always interested in short wave sets.) William Hosford: — Surveyor. (William wanted to be a surveyor from the time he entered high school.) Harold Smethurst : — A junk dealer. (He had to do something with his wrecked cars, so he started a junk business.) Richard Hancock: — Rancher. (He was always interested in raising cattle.) Lionel Landry: — Selectman of Franklin. (Lionel remained in Franklin and is now one of its most prominent citizens; even in high school he was always popular.) Whitney Pedersen — An aviator. (Whitney was very much interested in aviation at school.) Thelma Locke: — A stenographer. (Thelma received her training in the Business Classes at F. H. S.) T wenty-nine

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Class |3raplu ' cu The task of divination being beyond my powers and ability, I went to several different oracles and prophets from whom gained the following information about our class: i Richard Baker: -— A hermit hunting and trapping in the Rocky Mountains. (He was a quiet chap in high school.) Richard Bennett: — Leading chemist of the country. (Undoubtedly Dick obtained his foundation in Doc’s chemistry class.) George Burgess: — Professional card player. (George always could beat Doc at bridge.) Robert Cummings: — Crooner. (Bob could always be heard crooning the latest love songs as he strolled around the school.) James Dailey: — A radio announcer. (James was rather quiet in high school, but maybe he was holding back on us.) Henry DeBaggis: — A math professor. (Mr. Doherty was Henry’s ideal teacher.) Lawrence Goodwin: — An engineer on transcontinental express. (Lawrence has acquired speed since his high school days.) Elwin Graves: — A horse dealer in the city of Bellingham. (Now he doesn’t have to stand on the corner bumming rides.) John McMorrow: — Business manager of the Ladies Home Journal. (He got his start with the Oskey.) Stephany Kupnicki: — French teacher. (Stephany was quite a French shark in high school.) Bernice Ross: — A second Myrna Loy. (Remember her eyes?) Lillian Saltman: — Editor of a small newspaper out West. (See the value of experience with our yearbook.) Lucy DeGregario: — Clerk in a large department store. (Lucy always did like to talk shop.) Grace Rosa: — Assistant to Mary Molla in the F. H. S. office. (Grace can now keep in touch with all school affairs.) George Vozzella: — College football coach. (George shows the college boys how he used to play for Franklin High.) Harry Vozzella: — Mayor of the prosperous town of City Mills. (The town has grown rapidly since Harry was a boy in school.) Charles White: — Lawyer. (Charlie was always in some kind of an argument.) Gordon Woodward: — Owner of a Circus. (We often wondered where he got his nickname, “Donkey.”) Robert Woodworth: — Head of a great Transport Company. (He always did like to travel.) Alma Anderson: — A court stenographer. (Alma was one of the best business pupils in high school.) Elizabeth Bilazarian: — Radio announcer. (She is just as talkative as ever.) Rosalie Bis: — Owner and Operator of a beauty parlor. (Rosalie doesn’t need to do any advertising.) Annie Scaccia: — Benito Mussolini’s private secretary. (Another one of the bright business pupils who have made good.) Phyllis Scott: — Journalist. (Phyllis could always write interesting essays and stories while at high school.) Annabelle Sweeney: — An antique collector. (She became interested in antiques soon after she married an aged millionaire.) Jane Talbot: — An artist in China. (Jane always helped out in drawing when there was any decorating to be done.) Lillian Yates: — A novelist. (She was a very good English student in high school.) Elmer Perry: — A rich banker. (He drives around in a new car just the way he did in high school.) Phyllis Goodwin: — A dressmaker. (This she proved to us at school.) Norman Holcomb: -— The great scientist and inventor of a pocket plane. (Norman was of the original and inventing type at high school.) Bernice Brown: — Stenographer in a large concern in San Francisco. (Bernice was another bright light in the business group in high school.) Giaconda D’Errico: — A movie star. (It’s too bad we all can’t be nice looking.) T wenty-eight

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Class jlmtg IN PARTING Tune — “I Love You Truly” I Goodbye, dear High School, goodbye to thee. We’re going to leave thee presently, Sad in the parting but Progress calls So we must leave thy friendly halls. II If in the future we meet dismay, In our memory where it will stay A vision taught us of what was right Will keep us free from any sad plight. III Proud Franklin High School, thy firm acclaim Will always spur us with urgent flame Ever to be a credit to thee So that thou’lt keep us in memory. IV Now, fellow classmates, as we depart Out on Life’s Highway to make our start, Let us remember the fond golden years That will bring smiles to quell our fears. V Someday in future may we return do thee with honors which we will earn do add to thy bright glistening name Prestige and glory and stalwart fame. ROBERT LLOYD CUMMINGS Thirty