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

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where she is seeking to drive home to a somewhat doubtful class the principles of conjugating Latin verbs. “Mr. Henry Houghton, a graduate of Technology, who back in our school days expressed great admiration for the deeds of Columbus, Amund- sen, and DeSoto, has decided, along with Mr. Harry Cain, who is represent- ing the National Geographic Society, to put himself on the pages of history by conducting an exploration trip through the wilds of the Amazon River, in search of the long missing white squaws, who, Houghton declares, have been seen by some white men who have been in this district. “Bernard Jalbert has become very successful as an athlete. Brownie is now pitching for the New York Yankees, and fast rising to fame and fortune. “Nancy Treen and Ruth Ring have started a tea room in West Mansfield, which has become very prosperous through the trade of friends in their own large home town. “Eleanor Graham has a good position on the information staff of the ‘Brockton Times.’ ; “The position of head bookkeeper in the Foxboro Company is filled by Gretchen Knight. “Irving Green was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1934, and at present is District Attorney of Chicago. Through his untiring and ceaseless prosecution, he has made the city a safe place for the general public. “Jennie Fiske and Esther Anderson are working for the Collect All Debt Co., of Attleboro. Through their cunning and winning ways they have ewained the title of Attleboro’s best and fastest collectors of debts of all kinds. “Jessica Martin is employed as a private stenographer for the Young Women’s Christian Association in Boston. “Kenneth Rooney, the inventor of the Rooney noiseless airplane motor, recently made public a statement to the effect that he would soon let loose upon the unsuspecting world his latest and best invention, the Ken Powderless shotgun. “Christine Martin is now the advertising agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and is also the editor of the ‘Atlanta Weekly’.”’ “Well John,” I interrupted, “that is certainly great, but what has happened to Eleanor Ames ?”’ “Bleanor Ames? Oh, yes. Well, Eleanor, who has often said she loved the acting of fine deep parts, is very successfully assuming the role of Eliza in her race across the ice floes, in Pastime’s latest picture, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ “Carol MacRae, who, you know, was always a lover of basketball, is now an instructor in this sport at the Great Oak Prep School, in Mary- land. “Thelma Williams is head waitress at Thompson’s Spa, in Boston. She recently upheld her title as Boston’s best looking waitress by winning the title over fifteen other contestants from Boston’s leading hotels. [ 30 J

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“One of the world’s champion typists is Alice Burr, a winner of many medals, and sole proprietor of the Kentucky Wonder Chickery in Cuba. “Raymond Buck is right near-by in France, the president of the Trans-Oceanic Air Lines, connecting Europe and America. Herbert Dunbar has also become interested in aviation, and with Buck is planning a flying trip, in their two seated Curtiss plane, to the moon.” “Yes, but surely some of our former classmates have become success- ful at home?” I interrupted. “Oh, certainly,” John replied. ‘Rose Roman now heads a large dancing ballet troupe, that is playing before crowded halls along Broadway. “A bill has just been introduced into Congress by John Cody, now a prosperous West Mansfield farmer, asking for an increase of three cents in the tariff on Argentine turnips. “George Pritchard and Marshall Shepardson have become world famous as the alternate leaders of the Sargent Brass Band, now touring the tates on funds raised by popular subscription. “Olympia DePrizio, a great lover of Latin, as you know, is teaching at Wheaton College. Olympia intends, in the near future, to put on the market her book The How’s and Why's of Teaching Latin “The Sears Roebuck Stores of Boston boast the management of Miss Madeleine Morse, the winner of the title ‘The World’s Most Accurate Steno- grapher,’ which is given every year by the O-Hook Short-hand Company of Frovidence. “Frank Griswold, commonly known as Punk, has established a bus service between West Mansfield and Mansfield. His motto is ‘Service! When you want it and while you want it.’ “The title of Chief Usher at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston Sa been conferred upon Harriet Ball. Her favorite occupation is the making of seating plans for banquets. ¥ “Nicholas Pazsit, a graduate of the Bentley School of ECoRAT tat has just become a certified public accountant and is opening a suite of offices cn Tremont Street, in Boston. “Ethel Cruser, Alice Forbes, Doris Griffin, and Ruby Aiken are tour- ing the United States in the interest of the J. A. Whitney Co., instructing and pointing out to an unbelieving world, the advantages of its bookkeeping system. “And, of course, you remember Marie Leary. Well, she is now editor of the ‘Foxboro Gazette.’ Her success, she says, was acquired through the rough experiences cf editing the ‘Green Parrot’ in 1929.” “But John,” I interrupted, “what has happened to Marion Cooney and Charlotte Greany ?” “Oh! Marion is an experienced aviatrix, a holder of the women’s endurance record, a stunt flyer of some fame, and noted for her nerve. She intends this summer to try a non-stop flight around the world in her : ‘ six motored plane. “Charlotte is a teacher of Latin in the John Green I .ormal School, [29 ] $+ .f bhi Ay . a!

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“Edith Conrod is proprietress of the famous Grand View Inn, noted for its fine dinners and its chocolate specialties. “Trene Morse has conducted a very successful school for struggling young dancers in Boston, and because of her success in this, her chosen ficld, has decided to go onto the professional stage. If she makes a success of it, she will go in search of new fields to conquer. “Mildred Nordberg, a pupil of the great scientist, Einstein, has just edited a new series of bookkeeping books, which Mildred maintains, as Einstein does, must be understood to be appreciated. “Dorothy O’Connor is an athletic instructor at the Bryant College of Hard Knocks, and a winner of the best girl athlete medal given by the Norton Y. W. C. A. “Theodora Penesis is now teaching the art of making and selling soft drinks, particularly milk shakes, at the Penesis School of Self-instruction, in Whiteville. “Ruth Rankin and Helen Shepard have made possible the aviation line between Mansfield and Norton, by showing that a plane properly equipped and managed can make the trip more quickly than the busses that formerly made this hazardous run. “Marion Valente has just returned home from an extended trip to Southern California, where she wrote up the orange and lemon situation and her solution of the problem. The publication was printed in the ‘Mans- field Bugler’ of May, 1940.” “Yes, John, you have named them all, except one, if I remember rightly. Tell me, where is Johnny Houghton?” “Oh, yes, John Houghton. Why he is right nearby. It seems strange that you haven’t seen him. He is a member of the London police force, a protector of law and order, and known as London’s most bashful police officer.” After bidding John Holmes good night I was assailed by a flood of memories. I thought of the happy life and wonderful times we had all had in those fine old days in the Mansfield High School, and was exceedingly glad that all of my old classmates had made good in their chosen fields. [3l |