Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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T22 MEMOIRS K ' bert Lehan who was running a large taxi business. I re- imembered thathe hadstarted 'thisservice during- his high school days. . . V 5. A I thanked the Honorable Richard for the interesting .half- hour he had given me,,and walked downto the office of- the .Mcmsfield Gazette, Where I found Helen Ledwick. installed as editor. Helen told me about two more of thefold crowd, Edith Livermore and Olive Lockwood, Edith had become treasurer of the Harding Manufacturing Company. , Helen said that on a recent trip to New York she had seen on a plate glass window on Fifth Avenue the words, Olivia Lockwood Modistef' Becoming curious, she Went in and found Olive occupied with the task of designing some new creations. g Glancing over a copy of the Gazette which Helen handed 'to me, I found in it Joseph MacDiarmid's notice, advertis- ing Day old chicks for sale. He had bought the Mans- field Hatchery, and was making an immense profit on his purchase. At last I could see where Joe's propensity for hatching ideas had led him. Helen asked me if I knew about any of the girls who had moved away from Mansfield. I told her that Marian Mar- den was pursuing bugs at the Medfield State Hospital, and that if Marian still possessed the characteristics which were hers in the character of Lecty Tarbox, no doubt she 'was pursuing more than mere bugs. Helen Malloy had become intensely interested in futurist art. Her role in Springtime probably influenced her in -choosing this occupation. I was also able to tell Helen of the great success won by Rita McCart while traveling over the world giving musical -concerts. She had made a deep impression upon her audi- ences in many places. Doubtless this impression was due 'in part to the very Russian name she had adopted-Skirita 'McCartski. During our conversation I had turned the paper to the page of table gossip, and there read that the Reverend Rob- -ert M. Mears had just returned from a three days' conven- tion of Congregational clergymen at East Norton. An advertisement next held my attention: Let the Mil- 'lers tap your shoes! So Izzy had gone into business with his father. An announcement stated that Aurora Moro, who had won much fame as a soloist in the Metropolitan Opera Company, was returning to Mansfield to give a concert for the benefit of the High School Athletic Association. I wonderedfwhat had become of the three Morses. Helen told me that Raymond now occupied the position of chief Dyer at thei Marion Hat Works, that Gardnerwas oper- ating -an extensive farm, and that Roy had become a fear-

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MEMOIRS 21 rigorous search of the passengersie baggage for concealed moonshine. She was assisted in directing the thorough in- vestigation by her reliable lieutenant, Edna Davis. Cather- ine stopped by my seat a few moments to tell me- that she and Edna had been nicknamed the Dread Hooch-Hounds because they had made so many successful raids. The train' pulled into Mansfield with no further incidents. Everything about the station seemed naturalg so without looking around there very much, I started down Rumford Avenue. As I was trying to decide which place of interest I should visit first, from a window in the real estate block formerly owned by Mrs. L. E. Miller-Hake, a small hand waved joyously to me. Alice Donoghue was the owner of that hand, as she called to me to come in and see some of her excellent bargains in farms. It would have been pleasant to visit with Alice, but mem- ories were 'drawing me back to the High School, and I hur- ried on. Up to Room 7 I went, and there found Catherine Driscoll in charge of a class in shorthand. Familiar, indeed, were her words in answer to a student's question- Look it up in the dictionary. It was no mystery to me where she had received that advice.. From her windows, I noticed in the distance a tall silo which had not been there in the old days. Catherine told me that it was located on the property of the largest dairy in Eastern Massachusetts, and that it waslowned and oper- ated by George Forbes. After pleasantly reviving old times with Mr. Hadlock, whom I was happy to find still in charge, I became aware of a feeling of hunger, and walked up to the Tavern for lunch. The dapper little man who opened the door for me proved to be Ronald Forrester. He confided to me, in any aside, that it was his private ambition to be promoted to a position as steward so that he would be given the keys to the cellar. On the way, I had noticed an ofiice window with the sign Richard M. Fowler, Attorney-at-Law , so after eating my lunch I went to his office to see what he could tell me about our former classmates. During our pleasant conversation he told me that handsome Francis Fox was posing as a model for advertisements of Arrow collars. He also said that Francis had been responsible for the shooting of many arrows of a far different nature! I learned that Wesley Grover had become a professor of geology at a co-educational school in the West. Dick said that all the girls in the school just loved geology! Wilbur Johnson, I discovered, was well on the road to fame as a player in professional basketball. 0 Turning toward the window I caught a glimpse of a taxi racing up the street. Dick told me that it belonged to A1- 1

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--i , QA K, A W-hxkxrg-,1WIlQB1QIRSM H 23 less aviator. To this end, -then, were the'darin g feats that R. E. used to perform on the beams of Mansfield Town Hall. The closing h-our arrivedg so I bade Helen good-bye, and sauntered down Main Street. As I arrived at the moving picture house, I glanced at the bill-boards to .see what play was .scheduled for that evening. It was a feature picture 1n eight reels, The Courtship of Miles Standish, starring John Murphy. I As I stood at the entrance of the theatre, a prosperous looking- gentleman greeted mei It was Hendrick Olney, who was home for a vacation from his duties in the office of the Postmaster General. He had kept in touch with only a few of the members of '22. He did know, however, that Ralph Palladino had become an expert accountant, and that Ralph's services were sought every year by the Mans- field High School to audit the returns of the Cadet Ball.. Norton Phillips, he said, was a motorman on the Mans- field-Foxboro Street Railway, ,which had recently been re- -organized. He was still demonstrating to people the ad- vantage of the electric cars over the bus line. ' Emily Roberts, under the direction of the Coit-Alber Ly- ceum Bureau, was touring the country as a Shakespearian reader. Carl Scheffy was the world's champion bicycle rider. Once again I felt assured that West Mansfield will yet be- come well known! After our pleasant talk, Hendrick walked on, and I stood for a few moments looking at the goodies on display in the window of the Candy Shop. The day was warm, and the thought of a cooling ice was tempting. I walked in. Au- drey Smith was seated at one of the tablesg she invited me to join her. She told me of her happiness in her new work as a trained nurse. We were graciously waited upon by the owner of the Candy Shop, Gladys Strople. The girls were anxious to compare notes with me about our high school friends. Naturally our talk drifted to Florence Snow. They told me that Flossie had started out with the brave intention of becoming a nurse, but that her career had been effective- ly interrupted by the Olney one. The girls called my attention to some clever illustrations in a well-known magazine which lay on the counter. The drawings were the work of Hamilton Wallis. No doubt many of them were planned when he was making appar- ently idle sketches in shorthand class. ' ' W There were still two class members of whom nothing had been told me. They were Hugh West and Emma Wynn. Audrey said that Emma was a private-secretary in a large manufacturing company. , The fate of Hugh West was a surprise to me, for they told me that after attending Springfield College, he had become