Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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12 Tllli SAQSX VON which might prove very interesting to us since it is from our home town. The letter begins: 'lrlave you heard about Paul Dedrickson's wonderful band? lfmaline Zicko is his vocalist and wait until you hear thisl As a special feature with the band Norman Clancy and lfdward Devereaux do ballet numbers'. You might be interested to know that .lean Condon has a vocational school. ller assistants are Helen Lockhart and -lean l,egge. Speaking of school. Shirley Kilmer is now Mr. Maffecfs private secretary at Natick lligh. Dora lfmauuelli has replaced Mr. Arminio as teacher of Italian at this same school. llave you heard Dorothy Gilleran's radio program 'Nursery Rimes for Kiddies?' You must also tune in to the hit parade some Saturday night and hear Barbara Gladu, the only woman tobacco auctioncer in the country. Many of our classmates are now employed at the Morse Institute jane Nllright and Barbara VVhitney are the story tellers and ffva Barry is head librarian. ller assistants are Mariorie Casavant, Barbara Bassett. Leah Blanchard, Marilyn Chase and Helen Checanif' The next time you return to Natick, you must visit Crowley College. founded by joseph Crowley. Jean Goodnow is professor of Chemistry and Phyllis Cournoyer and Dorothy Gibson are lfnglish teachers. Other members of the teaching staff include, Jeanne Burke, teacher of Economics, Malcolm Burnham, instructor in public speaking, Edward Brennan, teacher of mathema- tics aud Nellie Robin, music instructor. Vasilika Arthur heads the household arts department. Those two famous motorcycle racers, Roger Johnson and Robert Balcom, are still competing for first place. Phylis Chamberlain and Mabel Champney are Hoor supervisors at the Leonard Morse Hospital. I almost forgot to tell you that 'Virginia's l.unch,' located in thc Colonial Block is now owned by Virginia Armato and Virginia Armenio. Mary Brauagan is a waitress there. The 'Natick High-Hat Club' is owned by Billy Bates where lfmma Bayer is the featured vocalist and dancer. Remember the Music Bar across from the High School? You can't guess who's running it now - Herb Adams and Nicky Arthur. The Colonial Theater is doing a tremendous business since it started showing stage productions. fast month the 'George Nims Scandals of l952' held a three week's engagement. Ir featured the 'Ir Girls of the Timex among whom were -Iune Main, Antena Maresh, Phyllis Martin, Frances Mathews, -lean XlcClintock. Patricia McDonald, Anna Mclylanus, Rose Meo, Shirley Morgan. Mary lane Neary, Rose Ortenzi, Josephine Pentes, Lena Pezza, fflda Primavera Rita Owens, Frances Ciccarelli and Gertrude Pineau. The special feature of the 'Scandals' were those two dynamic sisters, Claire and Eleanor Goss in a song and tap dance routine. lncidentally, VVarren Hartery played the male lead. Did vou know that lfdith Nelson and Shirley Miles are now ruling queens of the Fifth Avenue society in lkflemphisfu l suppose you have seen Betty Foley's column in the New York Times on 'Advice to the l,ovelorn'. Helen Gilman, Angie Francoise and Glenna Dubovce are also in New York where they are employed in Nicholas' Beauty Salon on Fifth Avenue. VVbile vou are vacationing in Florida I must remind you to visit Jean Gnecco, Shirley Morgan and Mary Costa, who are matrons in the Old l.ady's Home in Miami. Last but not least - if you want to spend a few enjoyable hours while basking in the glow of the Florida sun buy a copv of that well-known and very popular book which has been released recently, How to Make Friends in

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THE SASSAMON 11 Across the street from the flower show is a tiny shop by the name of 'Butch's Breakfast Bar'. Mario Zonghi, proprietor of the little establishment, has not forgotten his former classmates. Among those employed are Mary Alice Greene, Mary Raghasio and the I-Ialpin twins as soda jerkers while the charming waitresses, who incidentally are receiving large tips, are Dorothy Roland, Mary Saviano, Madeline Scarano and Marguerite Kane. 4nA s I hear the music in the distance the scene shifts to the boulevard in San Francisco where a band, representing the Salvation Army is approaching. I see drum majorettes Geraldine Brown, Dolly Pelullo, Marjorie Condon, Ruth Webster, Virginia Ulrich and Betty Stadig in the lead. Madeline Schavone is the chime player while Doris Severson plays on her bazooka. Ada Sheehan is carrying the drum for George VVallace. Pulling the new portable piano wagon is Helen Soter and Betty Lou Styles while Verna Hodgson is playing it. Picking up discarded rubber bands and cigarette cartons is Stella Taddeo who is doing this for the benefit of the Salvation Army Relief. Alba Tassinari is carefully packing these remnants into boxes in preparation for their disposal at the Salva- tion Army Station. As the band turns the corner out of my view I spy a sign on the opposite side of the Boulevard which reads, 'Valle and Wetmore Book Shop' Glancing inside the store I met Hazel Thayer and Dorothy Thorsen who are enthusiastically endeavoring to sell Leonard Tetreault's latest best-seller 'VVIW I Don'r Go Out With Women' or 'These Rising Prices'. Outside joan Pierce Rita Maloon, and Melvin Freedman are selling newspapers edited by Frances Ciccarelli. just now the crystal ball blurs. CML Shea's dust againl and Madame Olympia is forced to wait until it clears. I see large objects, she recites. But of course, they are the palm trees of Florida. I can hear someone calling, 'Children, come heref Ir is the voice of none other than our Rosalie Grant. Rosalie is vacationing here in Florida with her nine children while her husband is hard at work in New York. Now I hear a voice crying for help in the distance. Life guard Ifddie Williams is rushing out to save the victim, who turns out to be Marie Lundberg. Caught by the excitement of this dramatic rescue are Richard Davis, who is rushing from his ice cream parlor together with Irene Chenette, and Dorothy Gleason. whom he has recently employed. Other onlookers are june Macumher, Mary Leacu, Rita Killeen, Katharine Garvey and Ann Fair, all of whom are taking a short vacation from their secretarial duties up in Boston. Florid:1's catch of the year, Robert Topham, who is hard to find but easy to keep, is attracted by the excitement of the crowd. At the far end of the beach the shrill peal of a siren interrupts the scene. An ambulance is approaching now en route to the Robert Davis I-lospital which is situated nearby. Andrew Zicko is driving while Dana Winner assists him. In the back of the ambulance are two nurses, Estelle Nelson and Ruth W'allace with Doctors Arthur Dupuis and Robert Pond. Upon arriving at their destination Dr. Ralph Proctor and Louise Thurston, head supervisor, take charge of the occupant of the ambulance, who happens to be Ann McCarty. Dr. Geneva Gilbert is another member of the staff while Marjorie Dumas is very capably filling the roll of receptionist. The crystal ball now reverts to another scene on the beach I see two figures resting leisurely on the white sands. As the ball clears I can identify these two figures as those of Priscilla Fairbanks, a New York model, and Lois Wentworth, dress designer from the same city. Priscilla is reading a letter to Lois, which she recently received from friends in Natick. Madame Olympia interrupts to say that with the greatest concentra- tion and support from us she might be able to detect the contents of the letter,

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THE SASSAMON 13 Six Easy Lessons, written by Larry Dolph and Charles Gottwaldf' And so, with the close of this letter the scenes before the eyes of Madame Olympia slowly fade into oblivion. As the spacious salon is once more flooded with light we are stunned back to our present surroundings only to realize that our very delightful visit has come to a close. ADDRESS OF WELCOME GRADUATION Parents. Teachers, and Friends: Ir gives me pleasure as president of the Class of 1942 to welcome you to our graduation exercises. In these days of economy, of rationing, and of dangers from the enemy, let us be thankful that we can gather here this after- noon to enjoy an hour that means much to all of us. To those who have made our education possible, we are deeply grrateful. VVe realize that it is the youth of this nation who will be called upon in the near future to go forth and to help speed up production, that the war may be won and that a just peace may be attained. Democracy must not perish from the earth. Ir is our job to see that the liberties we enjoy will be a part of the heritage of all future citizens of America, just as you and your forbears made them safe for us. Let us say, as Charles Reigner said in his poem The American VVay : NO' God of right, make all our hearts to thrill anew Vfvith ardor for the way of life our fathers won. VVith passion for democracy our lives imbue, For Right makes Might-to this event the ages won. john Xloffatt FAREWELL ADDRESS There are some events in life that can never become commonplace. no matter how often the ritual of them may be repeated. The scene of graduation may be conventional to many, but its human factors are ever fresh and dynamic -new ones succeeding each year to take the places of those which have gone before. These are our farewells to Natick High - that is our material and physical farewells. As our lives move onward, there is no doubt that with each succeeding year our cherishings of high school days will increase. The memories of them will forever live in our hearts wherever our paths may lead us or what- ever fate may befall us. Though the world today is in a troubled and thoroughly turmoiletl state, the opportunities for jobs in all fields of endeavor are greater than ever before. Today, a person graduating from high school is not confronted with a difficult problem in finding a job, whether it be for the purpose of following it as aflife's career or for the furtherance of an education. But these are also times when we must be stronger in heart. faith and spirit. Hardships and sorrows that have not been known before must be faced. It is said that thev are stronger in arms who are stronger in heart. To keep our faith forever high. we must thus look to the spirit within us. So it is that faith is the essential emotion in a man's heart that will give