Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON PAGE NINE Signed, sealed, published and declared on the nfteenth day of June the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and for the last will and testament of the Class of nineteen hundred thirty one, in the presence of all concerned who have here- unto subscribed their names as attesting witness to said document. PATRICIA GAVIN VVitnessed by: IXIARGARET GUTHRIE JOSEPH FOLEY cLAss PROPl-IEEE The Setting: A garden at the Home for Aged People in Natick, Massachusetts on a beautiful June morning in 1947. Miss Catherine Cunneen, the Matron of the Home, is seen puttering about the garden, when suddenly her attention is attracted by the song of the Foolya Brush man. Don't you need a foolya brush One maybe, two maybe, if you buy a foolya brush you will get one free. Good Morning, Madam, I have a little present for you this lovely morning. Present is it? Well I suppose one shouldn't look a gift horse in the face, as they say, but please don't bother yourself to open that case- But surely, Madam- It isn't Madam, it's Miss Cunneen. Well, well, and you haven't changed even a little bit have you, Kay? Why what do you mean? Who are you anyway? Now, Kay, it will certainly hurt my vanity if you say you don't recognize me? Why if it isn't Goose Grassey? My but the girls in the Home will be delighted to see you again. VVhat GIRLS? Rose Pentes, Helen Conroy, and Ann Delaney are staying here. VVhat are they doing here! I thought this was a Home for the Aged. I'm willing to wager that not one of those girls, as you call them, are listed as over twenty-three in this year's Poll Tax Book. Maybe not. They are only staying here until they find another apartment which will suit them all. How long have they been here now? Oh, about a year I should think. Frances XVallace is here, too. She works in Herb Mitchell's Bank and has had an apartment in the old bank building which was just demolished to make way for the brand new skyscraper that Herb is having con- structed. So that is the new bank building that Fran Gaghan, the Contractor is putting up? They tell me that he has been a FAIR success. I guess your right about that, if it's Lillian you mean. You know that John Flumere is General Manager of the Gaghan Construcion Company and has Carl Thomas and Bob Ryan working for him. Is that right? Yes, and speaking of being married, 'AEddie Casey who has just succeeded his uncle as Head Coach at Harvard, is married to that certain blond someone that we all knew he liked when we were in high school. That reminds me too, I met jane's brother Bud a few days ago and he reports having become quite a pronounced success as Fixer of Fords and parts of Fords. He has several assistants, among them Peter Bache who is a nrst class mechanic. Did you hear how Bernard Thomas nearly lost his SOLE? I always thought him quiet righteous. What could have happened? He stepped on Carl Hed,in's Austin and his foot became entangled in the wheel. He was immediately rushed to George Long, the cobbler, who through skilled workman-

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PAGE EIGHT THE SASSAMON O Natick High XXI' now must leave you too l.ike many others do O Natick High l.i'ci,xxo GR.xss1iv. CLASS WILL XYe, the Senior Class of 1931, being of sound and disposing mind, and memory, hereby in the presence of our teachers and schoolmates do declare and publish this, our last uill and testament. 'lio Mr. Hill we leave memories of the smartest class ever to graduate from Natick High. To the juniors we leave our home rooms, teachers, seats in Assembly, and a book entitled How To XYrite Senior Essays . To the Sophomores we bequeath the Chemistry Laboratory and a supply of test tubes to replace those broken. To Miss Nutt and Miss Belliveau we leave grateful thanks for their hard work which made our activities so successful, and hope that future classes will appreciate them. Miss Shannon we endow with the Delsating Cup and a new Sassamon Board. To Miss Coulter, Miss Dyer and Miss Cellarius. we leave the care of next year's Seniors and hope that these Seniors will be as quiet and studious during activity period as we were. 'lin Mr. XVhite we bequeath a new mirror for the convenience of both himself and the students. My friends, it behooves me, having been rested with the authority of certain Seniors who have been gifted during all their school years with certain remarkable talents, to make bequests on their behalf. I, George Long. do hereby bequeath to john llladick my captaincy of the football team. and hope that he will escape all muddy games. I, NYilliam Morrisey, unselfishly leave to Richard Robbins my ball-playing ability. curly hair, and good looks. I, Eunice Leavitt, graciously bequeath my ability to receive high marks to the most needy juniors, trusting that they will make good use of it. I, Donald jones, do hereby bestow on the broad shoulders of Richards Balzarini the weight and noise of the Black Cat Serenaders. I, Eva Barr, gladly leave my South Natick taxi to my brother, hoping that he will be prompt and willing on the job. I. Edward Snow, willingly bequeath the Presidency of the Senior Class to Russell Hardigan, and hope that he will not find it too hard on his nerves and voice. I, Joseph Foley, do hereby bestow on my assistant, my great business ability and hope that he will be able to get along without a secretary as I have, I, Robert Burke, leave to Daniel Davis my love of Latin, and 1ny Latin book, which I am sure will be of great help to him. I, Elizabeth Cashion, do hereby bequeath my extensive knowledge of the technique of games to the four most interested students. I, Nicholas Christie, do bestow on Edward Mann the captaincy of the basketball team. I, Francis Killeen, do hereby leave my quiet, unassuming manners to Leonard Goodwin, with the hope that the study hall may be a more peaceful room. I, Catherine Cunneen, do bestow on Anna Triidell, my ability to amuse Miss Morrill. I, Edward Casey, leave my extraordinary ability to get along well with everyone to Harry Green. I, Lillian Fair, willingly bestow on Doro- thy Hedderig my winning smile and ways. I, Carl Hedin, do bequeath to Mr. White a tire extinguisher to put out any fires caused by careless Juniors. I. Pauline Bouret, leave to Mary McCann my fun-loving disposition, and some of my great height. I, joseph Estella, bequeath to Waltei' Maloney my book How to be a Ladies' Man . I, Peter Ligori, do hereby leave my deep bass voice to Arthur Wenzell.

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P.-X GE T EN THE SASSAMON ship saved Barney's sole, but his suit was completely ruined and Hedin had to run over to Guarino's Clothing Store to get a new one. That must be the Department store where Regina Trum is head of the lYomen's Department and where Elaine Buckler and Eleanor Tyler are salesgirls. It is. Have you heard or seen anything of the rest of our class? Yes, within the past few weeks I've met some of them and the others have all been mentioned in one conversation or another.I met Gladys Allen the other day as she was going into her Dress Shop. She told me that she had joe Armenio, Helen Barker, and Sophie Sikora working for her. Is Jeannette DesChamps still working in the Tea Room? No, she has opened one of her own and has Pauline Bouret, Grace Hanagan and Fanny Yitale working as waitresses there. Something mighty interesting, and excit- ing too, happened only this morning down in South Natick. Bill Grady dropped his autogyro in Eleanor Bracly's backyard. Do you remember the 13 Club they formed down in South Natick when we were in school? I surely do. VVell Jim Grant, the Manager, sent three of his pilots, Harriet Stevens, Helen Ellis and William Moran to the Air Meet in Boston last week and they Flew away with all of the prizes. Charles Duff and Warren Schlemmer were honored for the work they have done in improving the autogyro. John Conroy has arranged for them to give a demonstration on the roof of the Colonial Theater. He has done well there at the theater since he was made Manager. Of course he has Margaret MacKenzie as a most efficient General Assistant. She has done all the work on the program which is to take place after the demonstration. The comedy which is to be given was written by Bob Burke, the Playwright, and is entitled The Silent Mouse . Eva Barr and Blanche Thayer have leading roles in a large cast. I was down at the Leonard Morse Hospi- tal to see Marjorie Nelson and she told me that she was running a Secretarial School and had three of our former classmates, Elin Nelson, Esther Naphen and Alice Nelson as teachers. Marjorie was recover- ing from an attack of app-endicitis and had Dot Viiignot and Eleanor Downing for her special nurses. Phyllis Stevens is the Dietitian at the hospital and as an authority on Diet she writes many interesting articles for The American Housewife , a weekly magazine that is edited by Patty Gavin. Ruth Robinson is busy these days writing short stories for that same magazine and also for the EVENING NEWS, the paper that joe Foley publishes. Bob Gilleran writes for the News, too. He is Manager of the Boston Braves and has Ang Lefter and Bill Morrisey for headliners on his team. Speaking of sports reminds me that Marjorie McGlone is a Girl's Coach at the High School. I suppose that you have heard about 'fJoe Estella winning the National Amateur Golf Championship for the ninth consecutive year, and how busy Norman Sims is getting Natick's new course ready for the grand opening on next Wednesday? He is spon-- soring a Golf Tournament for the after- noon and a dance for the evening. Of course the one and only, Don Jones' Jazz Orchestra with Gee Mahoney as pianist, will supply plenty of good music. I saw Frederick Mattheld driving one of Eddie Snow's furniture trucks up to the Club House yesterday. Eddie and Alice Mordis have the contract for the interior decoration of the entire house. Muriel DeLouchery and Wilhelmina Spooner are to supply the Howers from their shop. Mentioning flowers reminds me of Sumner Moore, the botanist, who has made such important discoveries concerning the growing of flowers in home made sun light. VVhat's become of Sunny's old pal Phil Woods? He returned to M. I. T, as a professor Conliuurd on page tlzirly-fam'