Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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l'.-XGIC TEN THE SASSAMON that she may get up early and put in extra hours on the job. l. ,lames Fitzgerald, do graciously be- queath my curly hair to my cousin, Bob l-'itzgt-rzilcl, in the hope that he will get as much enjoyment out of it as I have. I. llarhara l'artridge, do divide my scho- lastic ability equally among the tirst six needy ,luniors who make application for it. Lastly l. Roy talias Big Soapynl Scott, do hereby leave my ball-playing ability to Luciano Grassey: but my gum-chewing proficiency I leave to my brother, Ronald, talias Little Soapynj to be kept in the family. Signed, sealed. published and declared On this eleventh day of june, the year of our Lord nineteen hundred twenty-nine. and for the last will and testament of the Class of Twenty-Nine, in the presence of all con- cerned who have hereunto subscribed their names as attesting witnesses to said docu- ment. VERA A. MANS, ANNAH K. Mokoxrlv, JOSEPH T. Wicxor. CLASS PROPHECY W. KANE: Is it really possible that I am speaking with, and seeing by television, my old classmate, Helen LaCrosse of '29? H. LACROssI-:: Yes, this is Helen LaCrosse of '29, but I should scarcely have known you, you have grown so stately and digni- fied in the past ten years. VV. KANE: Kidding as usual, Helen. I called you up about the party. i H. LACROSSE! Yes, I am sorry I was un- able to attend but I was out of town. XY. K.-WE: I was expecting you, but since you didn't attend, I'll give you the details. Carl Angelo came, you remem- ber him. H. L.-XCROSSEZ Yes, of course, didn't he play in the High School Orchestra and the Big Six? VV. KANE: Yes, that is where he got his early practice. He was telling me of his wonderful success in Europe with his violin. and told me to look for the account of it in this evening's paper. H. l..vxCRossE: Have you read that article about Helen Amendola yet? You remem- ber she always was a wonderful pianist back at high school. I just read that Helen was studying music in Italy. It said she was making wonderful progress. It seems we had quite a few musicians in our graduating class. XY. KANE: I guess they weren't all musi- cians because I was talking with Victor Balzarini a few days ago, and he was telling me of his success as a playwright for the Bellofatto and Bronkie Company who are running stage plays on Broad- way. Most of their plays are Shakes- pearian, and their two leading players are Robert Brown, who plays the heavies, and Vlialter Burke who takes part in most of the operas. I heard he was a howling success. H. LACROSSE: Yes. didn't Anna Bardel- lini play Ophelia, opposite Robert Brown in Hamlet a few weeks ago? NV. KANE: I mustn't forget the party that I was telling you about. I gave it in honor of my twenty-seventh birthday. I wanted all my friends to be there, so I had an article put in the paper inviting all the students of the class of '29 to come. H. LACROSSE: Oh! I'm so sorry I couldn't get there. Did many of our classmates come? VV. KAN!-3: Yes, there were a number of them. Eight o'clock came around, as it usually does, and who came in the door first but Remolly Carnaroli, with a guitar under his arm that would do justice to any Hawaiian. VVhen I asked him if he could play, he looked rather peeved, and asked me if I hadn't heard him broad- cast Over station N. H. S. I apologized and everything was going along smoothly, when the bell rang, and in walked Earl Douglas, XValter Chamberlain, Francis Driscoll, Harold Fairbanks, and Arthur Fahey. It seemed that we were in for a loud time: all I saw was instruments. I

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THE S.-XSSAMON P.-XGE NINE may be heard at the rear of the room by even the noisiest gum-chewers. To Miss Nutt we bequeath a 12x20 inch red morocco pocket book for carrying the funds of all future Senior classes. To Mr. Gardner we give the latest edition of Lulu Hunt Peter's Diet and Health: lYith Key to the Calories. To Miss Belliveau we bequeath one large, live, long-legged, black spider and six sleek, slippery, green snakes to dissect in biology class. Miss Coulter we endow with 5,000 signed slips for Room 31, to be used at her dis- cretion. l To Mr. Donahue we leave a jar of Sta- eomb to keep those waves in place when he gets excited. To Mr. Sears we bequeath a brand new line of wise cracks to be used sparingly on the Junior and Senior bookkeeping classes. To the 1930 Debating Team we leave the cup which we have won by hard work. -May they keep it at Natick High for another year at least! ' Mr. Shea we endow with a lawnmower. guaranteed not to squeak, and eight dozen panes of glass, half frosted, half plain, to replace those unintentionally smashed by us in our four strenuous years here. To Miss Young we leave a new and longer leash for her curly-haired black dog. To Miss Carey we leave 20 volumes of Nick Carter, in the hope that she will allow future classes to use them for book reports. To Miss Shannon we bequeath a new and successful crop of debaters from which to choose next year's team. And now, having been vested with the authority of certain Seniors to bequeath their unusual talents as I see fit, I must make bequests on their behalf. I, Walter Burke, do hereby bequeath my honorable position, as president of the Senior Class to David Mitchell. I, Annah Moroney, do graciously endow Ruth Dillon with my high position as cap- tain of the basketball team. I, Gerald Slamin, do generously bestow upon Leo Flynn my coveted position as cap- tain uf the football team and star athlete. I, Carl Rogers, do bequeath to Stevie Rich for his new Chevief' a spare tire from 1ny old Ford now reposing in the junk heap. I, Helen La Crosse, do gladly pass on to Marjorie McGlone my ability to swim and dive and cut aquatic capers. I, ,lean Sanger, do hereby divide my gift of gab in equal parts between Grace Daly and Catherine Cunneen. I, NVillie Kane, do bequeath to Donald Anderson my ability to act on the legitimate stage. I, Dot Bishop. do leave my cute walk to Anna Linane. I, Rita Shannon. do gladly bestow upon Jane Lucey my slim silhouette. I, Caroline Bianchi, do endow Pauline Taylor with my butterHy tactics. I. Wlalter Mahaney, do leave to Ralph Rogers my wooden heels. I, Marion Raymond, do leave my thin- nest chiffon stockings to Florence Baciga- lupo. I, Pinky Stone, do endow Walton Gra- ham with my extensive, colorful, and cor- rect wardrobe, with the hope that it will be becoming to him. I, Hope Dimock, do leave my winning smile to Lillian Fair. I, Carl Angelo, do bequeath my respon- sible position as leader of the Big Six to Don Jones. I, Virginia Clahane, do leave my blonde hair to Ann Delaney. f Gentlemen prefer blondes. j I, Raymond Bellofatto, do leave my foot- ball ability to George Long. I, VVillis Bronkie, do bequeath my knowl- edge of the German language to Joseph Teebagy. I, Earl Douglas, do endow Charlie Marso with one-half of my astounding vocabulary. I, Dolly Palmore, do hereby leave to John Burke my coveted position of eup- bearer to Miss Mann. I, LeBaron Robinson, do leave to Mary Scarry my position as editor-in-chief of the Sassamoxg also my special alarm clock,

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THE SASSAMON PAGE ELEVEN was delighted to hear that Arthur Fahey was an accomplished trombonist, and thought that he would improve much more just as soon as his arms grew a bit longer. Francis Driscoll had a green jew's harp. I told him I was glad to hear he could play, but his color scheme of red hair and green wasn't worth much. The party almost stopped there, but I said I was only fooling. XValter Chamberlain wasn't carrying anything, and when I asked the reason he told me'he had started a greenhouse up at Sunnyside. Earl Douglas didn't have much to say. -I thought he was sick or something, so when I inquired he told me no, that he was a preacher in one of the little church- es over in Ashland. Harold Fairbanks was empty-handed also, so I asked him what the trouble was. I-Ie told me he was an accomplished pianist, but couldn't bring the piano. These were all that came to the party but we had a good time. you heard about Car- H. LACROSSE: Have oline Bianchi lately? VV. KANE: Wihy no, not since I left high school. her last week and she her great success in Sells-Floto Circus as Theda , the human fairy. H. LACROSSE! I Saw was telling me of XY. KANE: Yes, Caroline was always light on her feet. Three months before my party I started my Second tour of the United States as a salesman for the firm I was working for. On my trip I got as far as New York when I met James Fitz- gerald. He was the proprietor of a beauty shop. The night I was in the city I took in one of the latest musical come- dies on Broadway, where the two Leland sisters, Harriet and Arline, came on the stage and did their Specialty number entitled jazz and More Jazz . H. LACROSSE: My goodness. XY. KAXE: Yes. but that wasn't the only surprise. IYhen the curtain went up Marguerite LeC1air walked on the stage ancldid a very interesting act of mental telepathy. After I left the show, I saw H. a large sign which read Goodwin and Guiteau's History Books . LACROSSE: You remember Dorothy Bishop and Madeline Brown? NV. KANE: They chummed together at H. school. didn't they? LACROSSE: Yes. Now Dorothy Bishop is a physical instructor in Sherborn Prep, while Madeline Brown is on an Antartic expedition searching for polar bears. for the benefit of starving refugees in Rus- sia. She furnishes the heat on the expedition with her red hair. W. KANE: I got a letter from Bob Carey the other day, telling me of his Success as a professional track man. H. LACROSSE: Virginia Clahane is down in South America, a private secretary for some large concern. Virginia always liked that sort of work and was even will- ing to learn Spanish in order to carry on her efficient desires. WL KANE: I'm not surprisedg Virginia s was a good student in School. I suppose you heard of Patrick Grady's success in the ring. On my business trip my next stop was Chicago. I no Sooner got there than I saw all over the town glaring posters Lewis Grassey, the Indian Rub- ber Man-can tie himself in any kind of a knot. I guess his practice as a trom- bonist in the-High School Orchestra gave him his early training. H. LACROSSE: Yes, I guess that's right. w H. Margaret Connolly is teaching French in a very exclusive school near Paris. . KANE: My next orders were to go to Texas and see what was holding up the beef trade. I got there and was making a round of the ranches when XValter Mahaney came galloping by on a plough horse and in a cowboy outfit. Wialter told me he was in the beef business. I was quite taken backg I thought surely he would be in the talkies . LACROSSE: You didn't happen to see Grace Cowee and Marjorie Schneider while you were there, did you? IV. KANE: No, I didn't. I-I, LACROSSE: They have gone into the Cofztinurd on page tlzirty-four