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

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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 |

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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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Presentation of Class Gift By IRVING GREEN In behalf of the Class of 1929, it gives me real pleasure to present this particularly appropriate gift to the Mansfield High School. We have acquired so many valuable trophies in the past, that it has become almost a necessity to possess a fitting receptacle for them. This handsome mahogany cabinet will not only hold the souvenirs of our past victories, but will in future years contain many additional gifts, the reward of our successors’ prowess in the fields of elocution and spor?. A brief history of the trophies to be placed in this cabinet will be of interest, both to our schoolmates and to the former High School grad- uates. The first, in point of age, is the baseball trophy won by the Boy Cadets of 1903 and 1904 at Oak Bluffs. This was awarded them for their two years’ successive victories over the Brockton, Fall River, and Taunton cadets. Another is the cup won by Mansfield three years out of five in the Singleton contest. This year the boys’ champion basketball team has won two cups: one presented by the Brockton Y. M. C. A., and the other by the Hockamock League. In our collection another cup was the one which the Mansfield A. A. gave to the boys’ football team of 1928. For the inter- scholastic activities, a trophy was won by the Girl Cadets in 1909, a cup by the girls’ bat ball team of 1919, and two cups were won at the girls’ inter- class gymnastic meets. This gift carries with it sincere wishes from the Class of 1929 for the future success of the Mansfield High School. Acceptance of Class Gift By WARREN PIERCE, ’30 On behalf of the undergraduates of Mansfield High School, I wish to express to you their thanks for and appreciation of your fine gift. It will provide a much needed repository for protecting and displaying trophies won by our school. It will long remain to incoming classes as a reminder of your thoughtfulness of the needs of Mansfield High School.