Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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CLASS OF 1924 15 hosiery. Doris Lambert and Alice Ashe have become violent Social- ists and were said to be responsible for the blowing up of the frog pond on Boston Common.” My scene, mirrored in the watermelon, changes. Evelyn Thomas is a biology teacher in a local high school, while the two Swanson girls and Kathryn Regan are stenographers and bookkeepers. Doro- thy Rugg has gone to Europe to study vocal art. I understand a rich man is financing her. Dorothy Reeves and Eva Bedard are both mar- ried and happy, although Dorothy is married to a man a little over four feet im height. He must have done his courting on stilts. Lillian Cox and Claire Bourbeau, who were promising young ladies in our High School days, are kept busy writing out promissory notes. It is whispered about that Gladys Ireland, Celia Florio, and Mildred Far- quhar went on the stage. Such a burst of beauty and brains should attract some notice. Florence Billings, Florence Dacey, and Dora Basque sare teachers of shorthand at “prep” schools. Katherine Hackett invented a new kind of silk stocking, which never “runs.” Ve knew it wouldn’t run from such a dear creature as you, Kather- ine. Margaret McKenna, Rachel Murray, and Edna Newell can be heard any night on the radio. Margaret talks on the latest dance steps, and Rachel and Edna talk on the importance of the commer- cial course in high schools. Now for the boys. Dominic Picone has invented a new kind of shorthand, while Carlton Godfrey invented a way to make Hilda say “yes” to a certain important question. Francis Bergeron and Clayton Lane are working on the street cars, Franklin Crowley and William Day are working on the railroad, and Valentine Conti has a shoe shop. This means service in public places, for these classmates of mine were always thoughtful of the public, especially if the public is of the feminine gender. The names of Evelyn Lamb and Julia Hennessey are fre- quently read in the society columns of the Boston papers, for Julia is Married to a wealthy broker and Evelyn to a noted evangelist. Ruth Berry was last seen in France, taking a tour in a high-pow- evedicar. |! don't doubt but what this is the truth, as the owner of the Cars initials, which were printed on the doors of the car, were Said to be R. R. -Earl Rainville is one of the star runners in long- distance track at a college where he is working his way. Mildred )’Brien and Thelma Ross are pure food experts. Speaking of food, they say the Cragin boys can eat more food at one time than any other two living men; so they must be experts too. Ralph Crossman and Robert Comiskey are the leading contractors in Massachusetts. In school days they doubtless built air castles, but building real edi- fices is much move practical if not so beautiful. Richard Lowney has invented a new fertilizer, which has proved to be a great help to the farmers. SO my prophecy is at an end; and after musing, I have come to the conclusion that one would have to go a long way tbo find a class that is better than the Class of 1924.

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14 LEOMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL cording to dress, Harold Lyon, Charles Porter, and Carlton Larrabee are sheiks. I always suspected Harold was a sheik, but I never thought that of Carlton; he has always been such a good little b y. I turn my eyes from the parade to the campus, where a lawn party is in progress. The female sex predominates, and here and there I can see girls I have known. In one group of girls are to be seen Norma Abbott and Omigene Fookes, who were chosen as brides- maids when the Prince of Wales married an American heiress. Doris Hunt has become a great huntress. She goes to Africa often and has caught two tigers already. I recognized Laiti Thompson among those present. She seems to be as popular with the sterner sex aS she was in her High School days. She has obtained two di- vorces so far. I womder if Mr. Porter’s teaching has influenced her much. Arline Kivlan is now a famous pantomime actress, and Eliza- beth Kenney is her colleague. They are talking together, and this is what is said:— “By the way, Elizabeth, I was back in our old home town the other day, and can you guess whom I met? Well, I met Clara Healey. She has risen to the heights in the art of writing essays, but in stat- ure it is sadly otherwise. I hear Jean Meekham is a model Sunday School teacher and is actually superintendent of a Sunday School. Elizabeth, you remember Alma Grimes and Ruth Chaser )iieyee local politicians and can pull the vote to suit themselves. I also met Dorothy Garland. She told me Celia Marquis, Dorothy McCann, and Margaret Conrad had moved away from the city and were traveling about lecturing on ‘Chimpanzees.’ Now whether these young ladies were ever well acquainted with monkeys except in a looking-glass I don’t know; but at any rate they give splendid lectures. Harcld Murley is a doctor, and one may see him any afternoon at a baby clinic. Elmer Fitzgerald and Stephen Maloney have been working for the last two years on a new translation of the Bible. Helen Wil- lard married a man two weeks after she first saw him. He was hand- some, but it was found out afterwards that he was mentally unbal- anlced. That is a lesson to us to look before we leap.” “Well, you had your little speech, Arline; now I want to say a word or two. I received a letter from Eleanor Meyer, who is living in New York’now. She and Mariel Boutelle are chorus girls and are up every night until the next morning. Eleanor Gorham and Doris Sargent are in New York too. They are police women. I fancy they would look nice wearing a shiny badge. Eleanor also said that Mary Mullen was an actress, but Clarence, her husband, put an end to her career by slipping a gold band on her left hand. Frank Pebhr- son married a chorus girl, and Frank says she can cook things which can actually be eaten. Gertrude Lambert, Marion Luce, and Eme- line Wood are said to be nurses of the first class. Ruth Young has learned the paper-hanging trade. She must need an extra tall lad- der. Hilda Allen and Florence Olson are detectives. Leo O’Donnell has become a priest, while Henry La Croix is a dealer in ladies’ silk

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