Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 15 The beautiful home of Graham Hiltz came into view. He has fulhlled his fondest dreams-that of marrying jane VVithers. Speaking of marriages, we hear that jean Butler and Vito Sammartano have become Mr. and Mrs., and congratula- tions are in order because of the arrival of a set of twins which have been long hoped for. Donnie Robertson is well taken care of by his steady income from his trucking business. Vl'e are now entering the business district of the biggest little city in the world. From all signs, lrene McManus is now running the R 8: L. She is in joint part- nership with Doris Parker whose remarkable window displays are known the world over. The bus is stopped by Louis Valle, member of the Natick Police. He said that he was just lonely and had to talk with someone. VVe learned that others on the force included Eddy Condon, jimmy Clasby, Harry Seavey, with VVally Mathews as chief. Do you think he had some sort of drag ? They seem to be really keep- ing peace in town, but it might be said that there isn't anything to quiet down since they have become respectable citizens. By this time, the bus stop has been reached and all pile off. Other busses coming in are driven by Marie McCauley, Marjorie Mclntosh, and Rita Lynch. It looks as.though the women have really taken over the transportation system. No wonder the accident rate has decreased! We head toward the high school and meet jimmy Lockhart, pretty smooth, indeed, in an admiral's uniform. Imagine our disappointment when he told us it was only a cloorman's outfit for jacqueline Durbin's famous hotel, Bigbill. Across the street are jean Lowell, Roberta Barrus, Eileen Devereau, Peggy Burns, and Frances Cantrel who all work at Cushing Hospital. VVe wonder why? It will have to remain a mystery! A long limousine catches our eye, Marion Pettee, the nationally famous orator, is stopping to speak with jane Lupien, a laboratory technician in jack Noonan's baby-bottle plant. Don't ask us how jack got started in that business! Coming out the front door of good old Natick High, as we are entering, is Robert Marden, Glen Lyons, and George Morris, representing the three branches of the service, Bob, an admiral in the Navy: Glen, a general in the Marines fGen- cral Lyons, doesn't that sound nicej g and Colonel Morris. Brother! all that meat and no potatoes. No wonder we won the war! We find that Elsie Swanson has succeeded Miss Mann in the principal's office, with Franny McSweeney looking very important behind the principal's desk. He has attempted to put over some new policies in the school such as serving ice cream to all the pupils every Saturday that school is in session. Fran takes us on a tour of the school to meet some old classmates who have become teachers. Dorothy Curtis is head of the History Department, and Elinor Burke teaches English up in Room 28. Norman Chase has introduced a new class in radio. Now, one! Now, two! That voice has a familiar ring to it. Yep, we were rightg Donny Fair looks pretty fit leading his gym class. He doesn't eat quite as much as Bruno used to Quo once could J, but he uses his tactics-the you do it or else method!

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il-4 THE SASSAMON CLASS PROPHECY Extra! Extra! Read all about it. A Mind of Her Own back by popular demand! Read all about it. Are my ears deceiving me? Give me a paper quickly. Yes, there it is in plain black and white. The entire cast of our 1945 senior play will return to the good old Alma Mater to perform once again after a lapse of ten whole years. 'l'he public has never been able to forget the great performance that left the audience spellbound on that important night in '45, Of course, the players have aged a little and perhaps Filled out in the wrong places since then, but who will notice anyway? Arc we kidding? XYell, what do you know, our own class play back by popular demand! NVe can't miss this. Let's not waste any time in getting out to Natick. The plane we hop is pilotedgby none other than VVillis Reed. He sure looks sharp in that uniform. Richard Ribotto, Anthony Simeone, and George McCarthy are members of the crew, too. W'e had a regular gab- fest before taking ofif. Little Mary Temprendola served us refreshments on the way. A deep voice demanding pink lemonade made us turn around and take a look. The tallest man in the United States, Albert LePage, was making the trip with us. He informed us that the secret of his height was a triple dose of vitamins daily. His companion is Bob Altheide who has a thriving national oil business now. - In the very front seat with two parachutes f the extra one just in case! fas- tened tightly to him is Bob McCarthy who is taking his first plane ride. His chain of personality schools have made him a rich man. john Powers, the first man to be on the staff of Powers' models, is sitting next to Ruth Roberts, a serious-looking nun. When we all discovered each other it was worse than a legion convention. Before we knew it, we had landed on the Shagoury 8: Shagoury airfield which had been newly constructed on the VVorcester turnpike. Paul and Pauline have in their employ, Norman Harrington, general manager of the airport, and VVendall Deschamps, pilot of the reconverted B-17 which has been named after Bob Pease, king of the limburger cheese manufacturers. Billy Goss, mechanic of hangar 5, can be seen working busily on a motor. The bus we boarded for Natick center had Gwendolyn Kermode in the driver's seat. She called out the historical spots as we rode along. The C 8: C National Fruit Company that has branches all over the country was pointed out. She informed us that the C Sz C stood for Cardellicchio and Chiacchia, who from the planting of one little peach stone have become millionaires. Dick Burke is the general manager of the main office. He and Doug MacAlpine have a side line of manufacturing motorcycles, which had been their ambition since high school days when the little red motorcycle used to be parked in the Police-station yard. We learned from Gwendolyn that Thelma Hall was private secretary to Frank and Dick with Mary Lane, Matilda Fair, Dorothy McGrath, and Dorothy LeClair working on the office force with her. Richard Ellis is their star salesman, noted for his gift of gab and pleasing, persuasive way with women. ,

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lo THE SASSAMON Dana Olson and Harold Paecht were visiting Mr. McManus when we stopped in. Dana Olson is now heavyweight champion of the world. and Harold is his promoter. He certainly has come a long way since our school days in '45, Walking further around the building, we find as head coach and assistant physical director, tllenford Atkinson, whose excellent volumes written on basket- ball theory have carried his name high in the world of sports. Glenny tells us that Tony K'ot'liosiCl'o has been named to have the most perfectly built body in the world, easily taking the title away from Charles Atlas. After talking with Glenny for a while, we continue along our way: and our attention is attracted by none other than William Brown who is head of the mathe- matics department. We drop in just as he is stating his reasons why Einstein is wrong, and his group of quiz kids is listening intently. We listened too, but it was greek to usg so we sneaked out. A Un the corner we purchase a paper with headlines that read as follows: Agnes ll'i1.wn, I-'irxt H'onmn Presideiit of the United States. In the articles below, we tind that june Brenneman is to he her private secretary. Incidently, Donald Schen- fele is vice-president. Now we'll know where to go when we want some red tape cut. ln a sub-headline we read that .lean Cotton and john VanderMeer are the new academy award winners for the coming year. Even out in Hollywood, the town of Natick is well represented. As we turn the page, a picture catches our eye. A group of -men with torn and ragged clothes and with flowing beards are looking unhappily at the camera. Their names, left to right are: Vincent Roberts, Robert Gilbert, Thomas Deignan, Robert Brown. and Vito Arminio. all former sailors. It seems that their ship was torpe- doed near a l-'acihc Isle, and they have just been living there ever since. They didu't :eem to like being rescued very well. We wonder why! An ad just below describes the beautiful riding academy run by jean Dunton, with -lean Blain as assistant instructor. It states further that all her horses are fed exclusively on Hay-Nay, the famous horse food created by Hazel Najas. Un the society page we see that Ella Mae Hatch is now in the upper brackets. jean Riker is her constant companion, both working on committees and charities. The current best seller is advertised. Its author is Loretta Kreshpane, its title- - Giggles The title will prepare you for anything, and knowing the author, you should be ready for anything. lrene .-Xntinori's column on W'ho's Who in Hollywood is read by all. She has only the highest praise for Salvatore Profetto's new production. Its leading lady is none other than june Bellofatto. We knew that that cute faceaand figure would take her places. Irene also writes that Tony Melchiorri, noted trumpeter, has been ollered a contract from Warner Bros. Someone suggests going to Flynn's Cafe for our evening meal, so we lose no time in getting over to jeans U We are greeted at the door by hostess jean Hewitt. who leads us to a pleasant- ly-situated table. l'aul Nleymaris, who had been sitting all alone, moved his chair over to us and joined the party. He claims that he has invented a painless drill and