Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 9 Robert Lang was preparing a new model for a test Flight by Edward Zullo. Into the landing field came a new clipper from North Natick with hostess lfllen Mary Bean assistinglthe great ventriloquist, Victor Casavant, and the great lover of the screen, John Devlin, with their safety belts which had been invented by George Clover. These were greeted bv lfileen flav the theatre owner, and Al- b rf- . K.- bert Black, the silent partner of the air line. From here they went to the tobacco firm of Joseph Haddad and Son where the foreman, lfdward Duffy, introduced them to lflliot Bernard, the scien- tific expert. In a division of this plant, they found a jellybean factory where Gordon Bouret had discovered the process of making the beans from wasted nicotine and an aroma of flowers which had been blended by the great botanist Robert Frye. Philip Hamilton, the general manager of this plant, introduced them to Beverly Peppett, his chief tester. On they rolled to the great hot air factory or heating plant of the town, owned and operated by Vincent Grupposo who was ably assisted by Augustine Mandino and Fred Thorsen. The electric light company was nearby and the committee was welcomed by Virginia Randall and Dorothea Swanson its able secretaries. Being at this time somewhat fatigued, the party went to the public soda fountain in the center of Main Street, where free sodas were served. Here the soda-jerker, Richard MacDaniels, entertained them with his tall basket-ball storiesg and the policeman on the corner, Vllalter Goodwin, told about the time when sodas actually cost money. Dinner being served throughout the town, they went to the swanky restaurant of Joseph Casey, where Barbara Church, the hostess. sat them at Dorothy Driscoll's table. Chef Wialter Nlussoni prepared them the most delicious goulash ever concocted. ln the restaurant were the famous dress designers Hope Arnold and Paula Boardman. After dinner the group decided to take a swim in Lake Cochituate. :Xp- proaching the lake, they saw Commodore Kendall Benton with his crew of one, L. A. Pharris. ln the pool, little Alma Doherty was showing off her prowess as a diver under the able supervision of lifeguard Michael Morris. After their dip, they visited the Navy Yard, where they found Louis Corbosiero at the locks of the new 'lirans-Cochituate Tunnel. Head of the tunnel workers was Angelo Arm- ata. The director of works and chief architect, ,Ierome Baird, was having his workmen place the designs of the artist, ,Iune Hamilton, on the walls of the tunnel. Leaving the Navy Yard they sped to the new high school, completed in 2246, where Principal Paul Peterson introduced the following faculty mem- bers: Latin, Helen Kopp: science, 'liheodore YVybergg mathematics. Kenneth lllig: household arts. lfdward Higginsg bookkeeping, Phyllis Vander Meer, and typewriting, James Ligori. From here, Principal Peterson escorted the group to the playground completed in 2349. lle introduced lfrnest Grassey, head of physical activities, who was umpiring a softball game between the girls of lfrillies and the Yankerettes. Star receiver of the Frillies' team was Priscilla Clay, while twirling for them was Pauline Cournoyer. Un the bases were Marjorie Glynn, Elizabeth 'lfrulli and Barbara Smith. The Yankerettes were upheld by outfielder Ann Kapriellang shortstop, Rita Devereauxg and first basewognan, Marion Dumas. On the boys' baseball team were Albert Bouret, Ralph Lawson, and Leonard Coffey. Into Ralph Stenquist's Stadium, Paul next took them where the general manager of activities, Robert Kiely, introducefl official ice-scraper John Felch. Head of the boxing commission was Kenneth Buell who was assisted by Bette Hladick, the woman champion. lfdward Dube supervised basketball while Daniel Demeo headed ping-pong activities. Norman Cournoyer was the sports announcer of all affairs. Leaving the sports plant, they went to the outstanding newspaper, edited

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N Tllli SASSA NIUN CLASS PROPHECY OF 1940 It was ou out graduation. day hack in 1940, and as the last strains of the nllma hlater faded into the distance an ominous rumble was heard. 'l'he clock ou the church steeplc began keeping correct time, and people real- ized that something was ahout to happen. XVith a great roar, the earth opened its cavernous jaws and swallowed Natick, lakes and all. lfor sixty split seconds everytliiug was topsy-turvy. lhen with a gentle but firm jolt Natick settled in its new resting plact and life was resumed. Due to the quick-wittedness and adaptability of the Natiekites, they readjusted themselves to their new surround- ings at once and overcame all shortcomings. Life, on this new strata, it was soon discovered, was prolonged hy a hidden gaseous formation which gave unlimited age. lhus narrated lfrank lfoley to his little great-grandson in the year 2564. Centuries had gone hy since his graduation and the occurrence mentioned above. Un the outer earth's crust, life and progress had continued unhindered and by the year 25-lll civilization had reached a stage where rocket ships instead of airplanes were the common mode of transportation A new excavator had been invented and a group of famous scientists set ahout to confirm the legend of the lost town of Natick .Nfter much digging, the machine pummeted down through space and buried itself in the super-athletic field of Natick. :Xll the population stopped its work and rushed to the scene, staring in amavemeut at the strange ship hefore them. Mayor lfdward O'Connor, rising to the occasion, formed a reception committee to meet his new guests. Selecting his City Council for this honor, he introduced Virginia Raider and Margery Coyne from the first precinct, Mildred Chase and Frances jaskulka from the second, Frances Krupski and Ida McCabe from the third, and ffva Pino and Geraldine Regan from the fourth. Yes, the Mayor did have an all girl council - but lafter alll look at the Mayor. Next he called out the hand, led hy drum-major Eva Parent and with Mary Cucinotta playing the cymbals: janet Farley, the fife: Marion lVIcHale, the violin: and lfvangeline Crosby the portahle harp. Striking up a march, they attracted the attention of the lVlayor's special Austin corps. These small cars were driven hy none other than our own john Cummings, George Morse, and Clayton l.avoie, charmingly dressed in red and blue. The Mayor decided upon :1 tour of the town whereupon the guests and committee climbed into the Austins and sped away to the town hall. Here, since news of the strange arrivals had been rapidly spreading, they were met hy the commissioner of education, Athero Bacchiocchi: fire-chief, lgnazio Meog police commissioner, john Mann: and head of public works, Francis Cole. The other town officials stopped their labors to meet these men. They were Secretary of Labor, Hazel Hazard: Secretary of the Navy on Lake Cochit- uate, jane Gurney: Director of Public Affairs, Lorraine Flaherty: and Secretary -of Stare. Ralph Gould. From here the procession headed toward the college campus where they were met by President Roger Conant and a few of his faculty: Professor of Physics, Vlvilliam Brown: Professor of Mathematics, Vlfalter Mahardg Lecturer on lfish Culture, Charles Buckley. Due to an overload in one of the cars and a flat tire, they were forced into Benny Downey's service station where Donald VVallace, the head mechanic. put things to rights. As a tour of Natick was incomplete without visits to its leading indus- tries, they departed for the toy airplane factory of Siro Valle just as chief engine:r

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IU 'l'lI li SASSA MUN hy -Iohn Hall and his ahle assistant Richard Kennedy. Photographer of the staff w as -lohn Byrne while the comic artist was Allen Bradford. john Harper, famed l.incoln Street lflash, headed an advice to the love-lorn columng Francis Broad- ley xx as the script editor. l,orraine Cadorette posed as head of the joke column. Giovanni Rossi was doing his hest as art editor, while Norman Randall fooled the puhlic into thinking he was the star reporter. Society editor was lfdward 'liyler and his assistant, who covered weddings and the like, was Bernard Beale. l,t-giving the newspaper office, it was suggested that they visit the famed circus of Natick owned hy fkrthur l'arker. Here they found that lfdward Lowe was the side-show harker and Perry hlcRohert trained the seals, while the pretty hare-hack rider was Cynthia Nlahard. Virginia Pineo tap danced in a side-showg Horatio Heath played the supermang Leon Buell was the circus strong mang ,lohn hlontgomery trained the elephantsg and Margaret Downey trained the lions. Nlarcillc .Iohnson was the trapeze artist and Virginia johnson was the lortune teller. .Ns Donald Sloper was doing his tight-rope walk, ninety feet ahove the crowds, he slipped and, falling on spectator Helene Nvignot, sprained his little toe and hroke off one of her hngernails. Quickly the amhulance driver, Vingel Lara rushed on the scene, with Doctoi Marie Culcasi assisting him, and took them to the hospital. Here head nurse Miriam Taylor directed liunice Nickerson to take them to hone specialist Howard MacDonald for treatment. After treat- ment, they convalesced at the hospital with Helen Nelson, the former super- intendent who had taken the mumps while assisting in Red Cross work. After this excitement the group proceeded to the old Howard Johnson's on the turnpike where lflinor Hall was the hostess. She left them in charge of Nlary Culverhgiuse who served them a delicious lohster dinner and a very choice dessert prepared hy Rohert Brown. lfarly in the evening they started for the opera house where the owner, 'Iiony rkrmata, had prepared an excellent revue of classical and popular amuse- ments. 'lihe regular stars were Robert Knowlton, the haritone, Lizabelle Charron and Geraldine Delouchry, the sopranosg Flora Dimitri and joan Hall, the actorsg ,Xnn Kleinfelder the futuristic dancer, and Carl Urcutt with VVarren Langley the hallet dancers. For lighter amusements there was Leo DeAngelis' Orchestra with trumpet solos hy Ralph Florio and specialties hy Rohert Whitney on the jews'- harp. His singer was jean McCarty who was assisted on the high notes by Dorothy Kane, livelyn Smith, Amie Parker, and Mildred VVynn. Tony presented talkative .lean Allen as his special monologue artist in an imitation of Vera Vague. Leaving the opera house, Mayor 0'Connor took his guests to Henry Balhoni's nightcluh. Here, checking their wraps with Bernadette Burke, they sat down and enioyed an act hy the Gardikis twins, lflaine and Evelyn, assisted at the piano hy Vernon Spiller. Along came the cigarette girl, lilla Draper, fol- lowed hy the house detective and crime huster, the shadow, Christ Chala. After making a night of it at the cluh, the Natickites wished to retire and so they took thelearth men to Eleanor DeMeritt's open house. Here they were introduced to Richard Baird, the missionary from East Natick and author of Home Thoughts from Ahmad , Natick's latest novel. lfarly the next morning Mayor O'Connor sent his assistant, Orrin Pres- cott, to pick up the earth men in order to teach them the game of golf. Driven to Ross NlcPherson's cluh they were introduced to Joseph Henry, professional extraordinaire. After the morning game, they went to the soda har of the cluh where Florence and Marion Rohertson were the proprietors. The next point of interest was the radio station, VVHY, owned and operated hy Rohert Paul with the help Pl Nr-fl supervisor rilna Nelson, and lxleanor Rossi. Ihe announcer, -Ioan Lentini, introduced none other than the