Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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YEAR BooK, 1926 19 head is a very capable one, as all her marks showed, so I think that she will be able to carry on her work without any trouble whatsoever. Why, here is an ad that looks as though I might know the owners of the advertised store! BUY MGRRIS DRESSES! YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY IN QUALITY AND PRICE. Why, I believe that must be Nellie Morris. I never knew Nellie very well, because she was very quiet and exclusive. It says here that each dress is modeled and that a perfect fit is guaranteed. The model, Miss Mullen, also does any alteration work that may be desired. Why, the model must be Anna Mullen-at least she went around with Nellie, and I don't think that it could possibly be Louise. Why, surely enough, because down here it says that Miss Anna Mullen has taken a course in dress designing and is capable of making the most difficult alterations. Down here in the left-hand corner is an advertisement for girls to work in the Rafferty Candy Shop, There was a girl in my class by the name of Marguerite, and I wonder if it might not be the same one. As I remember, Marguerite had quite a sweet tooth, and she could always be depended upon to make candy for any of the school affairs. I hope that such a close contact with sweets Won't spoil her girlish figger, because I distinctly remember that she wasn't so terribly thin! It says here that Helen Richardson has taken in her thirty-fifth orphan! The Children's Home, of which she is the matron, seems to be doing a thriving business. Helen was always loving and kind, and I remem- ber that she used to push baby-carriages all around North Natick, in the afternoons, after school, so it is not at all surprising that she has taken this up for her life work. In the Town Talk column it says to be sure to listen over the radio, Tuesday evening, to the talk given by Myrtle Douglas, on How to Keep Your Hair Waved Perfectly. Myrtle's hair certainly was her crowning glory-and she always kept it waved. It says here that she has studied hair-dressing for eighteen years and that she has become a renowned specialist. Perhaps if I go to her she can tell me how to keep from getting bald. On the same night, the nurse, Myrtle Bolser, will give a lecture on The Feeding and Caring of Babies. Myrtle's secret desire for years was to become a nurse, and I see that she has achieved it. Here it says that Genevieve Brady has come home on a two-weeks' vacation. She is an assistant astronomer at Harvard Col- lege, and the hard work has caused her to have a nervous breakdown. Of course, we all realize that star-gazing has its difficulties and that she probably find its quite an object trying to teach the students the different constellations. I know that she should be adept at this, how- ever, because she used to do a great deal of it when she went to school! In another section of the paper it says that Marguerite Dawborn has been promoted from stenographer to the private secretary to Wil- liam Wrigley, the famous gum manufacturer. It will not be hard for

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18 THE SASSAMON She has taken up a course in designing, and the winter months are spent in designing dresses for promising debutantes of the season. The golf instructor is Muriel Keniston. She is still very short, not having grown over two inches, but she surely has a wicked swing in her right arm. She says that golfing develops the muscles and is really a good thing for the pupils. She, too, is only employed in the summer time, but in the winter she is employed by a concern in Spain, to go around to the different castles and manors, showing styles of decorating. Elizabeth Putnam is the riding instructor. You know she used to spend her spare time riding all around West Natick, on her father's horse so I guess she is competent enough for the position. She has a great many pupils, and she must make it pleasant for them, because nearly everyone in the school finds horse-back riding a very pleasant subject. Isabelle Church is the singing teacher, and, of course, you know how well that suited her. Isabelle has a remarkable voice, having sung over the radio and at several exhibitions during our last year. She spends her spare time giving concerts, and has as a pianist, Alice Murphy. They give a great many over the radio, and have been the cause of lots of discussion. Alice graduated from Wellesley, after which she went abroad to study music. She is quite an accomplished musician, and, of course, Alice and Isabelle make a great pair, Lillian Hetherington teaches the pupils Latin, and she certainly makes Virgil and Cicero as easy as the comic feature in the Sunday paper. You know, Lill made the High School term in three years, and graduated Pro-Merito, so she must know a lot about the advanced subjects. Alicia Denny instructs the pupils in history, and I am sure that she makes a good teacher. She has overcome her apparent dislike for his- tory, and I suppose that she is a second Miss Coulter by now. This paper says that the Leach Twins, as usual, have both secured positions under government regulation. I wonder if their employer has as much trouble as we did in telling them apart, twenty years ago. They both took the Civil Service Examinations and as they are both brilliant in certain lines, they must have obtained fine situations. VVell, here is a new paper- The Town Tattlerf' I wonder where it came from! Oh, I see, it is edited by Lucile Nichols. I always knew that she would become something like that, because she proved her ability in this line when she was in Natick High. She was a member of the board for three years and the last year she was Editor-in-chief. Her special alumni column is a very interesting one, to say the least. Here is something that would interest any from our class: BELMONT HOTEL-Proprietress, IIelen McMahon. This doesn't exactly seem strange, because Helen was always noted for taking in rumors. Of course, this will require a great deal of talking and also it needs a good business head, but I guess Helen won't mind the former at all! Her

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20 THE SASSAMON her to obtain her chewing-gum with which to keep time to the clicking of her typewriter, now-and I know that she would be lost without it. I feel sure that she has chosen her vocation wisely, because she was particularly brilliant in this line at Natick High. Why, what is this advertisement down here, with such a familiar- looking person demonstrating the goods? Oh, I see, it is an adver- tisement of a patent medicine, guaranteed to give a sylph-like figure. The name of it is Marvel Reducing Tonic, and it is demonstrated by none other than Ellen Dillon! Ellen's one ambition was to be thin, and I guess now that she has found such a position, her desire will be gratified. Here is a very attractive-looking ad that says Come in and dine at the BLUE CUP AND SAUCER. Proprietress, Elizabeth Hurd. I knew that Elizabeth would follow up this profession, because she was always interested in it. When she went to school, she used to spend every summer at Haniptcn Beach, where she got most of her experience. She is very tasty, and her tea-room, although I have not seen it, is sure to be the latest word as far as tea-rooms are concerned. It gives a short editorial here about the Sanders divorce case, and it gives as a defensive lawyer-Anna McKenney! Anna's vocal powers are certainly not at all weak, and she will never lose a case, because she has lost her voice, I am sure. Her inventing powers are very keen, and I do not suppose that she left any room for imagination. Marion Reagan, the famous economist, will write an article, which will appear in the Boston Sunday Herald, on the 14th of June, 1946, is the next thing that greets my sight. I am greatly surprised at this, because Marion never had any great love for Economics. She and I used to be in the same class, and if I remember correctly, she did not like to prepare her lessons. She has probably overcome this ten- dency, and has taken up the subject in full, so as to gain more knowl- edge. Be sure and come to the entertainment, given for the benefit of the Children's Home, next Friday evening, at Concert Hall! Mlle. Evelynne VVarnne will dance several solos for the benefit of the or- phans, and besides this, there will be other attractions. Admission 75c. This surprised me more than anything else that I have heard, for I never thought that Evelyn would take up that profession. She always seemed to me to care more for a secretarial career. She took a trip abroad, after leaving college, and, of course, this must have changed her mind. Why, what's this? Here is another advertisement for the same kind of reducing medicine that Ellen Dillon is selling! Why, it is Eleanor Sprowle, and look how fat she is! Why, I declare, it is the same kind-- Marvel Reducing Tonic, only it is guaranteed to fatten! What queer things have happened since I went to school, twenty years ago! There were all sorts of inventions to make people thin, but I