Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 31 Wanderiiig about the corridors we encountered KAY KELLY, HITLLEN FANNON, JANET MANNING and MARY SIMEONE all back teaching at Natick High. At the sight of the next person bounding up the stairs two at a time we gasped in amazemen. Not BOB MCMANUSY But it was. He stopped long enough to explain breathlessly that he wasn't teaching but still going to school and still getting to classes late. Just couldnt seem to tear himself away from the place. Deciding we'd had enough school for one day we stopped in at Super- intendent THOMAS HOWARL7'S office to say good-bye to his secretary, MARX' CARROLL, and then out into the sunshine. Sauntering up West Central Street we suddenly came upon a huge sign: BRIAN HIcsG1Ns, Experienced Baby Sitter. Mothers, Trust Your Tots to Us. Able assistants were CLAYTON SPINIELLI, ROBERT NELsON, and LOiiis XWHALEN. Guess times havent changed so much after all. A few blocks farther, we came upon JACK CONDON's riding stable and stopped to watch riding instructor MARX' COFFEY conduct a class. We recognized LORRAINIT ANDERSON, ALICE FRENCH, RITA HORAN, and DORIS LOWE. At the sight of the three of us Rita was thrown from her horse. Attending nurse JACKIIT COURNOYER rushed to call an ambulance and in two minutes Hat up clanged JIM MCICORNIICQK and JIM MCCANN who told us if we wanted a ride to jump in and hang on. The ride was a wild one but we arrived safely to he met by Dr. FIRMAN BURKE attended by MARION SHliRMAN, DOT VioEON and ELEANOR WAl.I.lS. Seeing that Rita was in good hands we walked on through the hospital, look- ing in all the rooms to see if we knew anybody. Some of the familiar faces we saw were BARBARA JENNiNOs, HELEN MONsON, RUTH ENDFRSON and JENNY BACCHIOLLKLHI all recovering from mishaps. Going on by the nursery we spied lVlARY MEOLIOLA who told me that Rosie SiiALoONis was a proud mother of a baby boy. We then left for the Lab. where we found the mad scientists, ANNE FAIRBANKS, JUNE Mc1KENNA and Sviaii, LOWE, who were being supervised by GENE Roiaui. They are working on a new serum for Spring lfever. GLORIA DEVEAU was to be the first victim-to try the serum. We left before they could try it on us. . . . We found our way out only to be met by OLGA SAMARSKY who was home from New York having just signed a contract to model for the lDONAl.h BYRNIQ Model Agencies. Other models are JANE JOHNSON, lNlARJORllf AUGUSTINIS, and lNlATALIli JACKSON. We walked back to the City to see what goes on in the old town by night. We came to one of the big night spots featuring a new star attraction. After watching a few times, we left to get a soft park bench, but was beaten by two old classmates, JAMES GRAHAM and GITKJRCSIE CARR. We finally found one, only to be disturbed by Police Oflicer KENNETH PARKER, who was kind and considerate, seeing as we were old friends, he gave us some money to get our- selves rooms in the new hotel. I was quite surprised to see that SPIRO SPIRO was the desk clerk who rang for the bellhop, SYLVIESTIQR lVlAR'I'lN, to take us upstairs to our room. Next morning we were awaken by loud singing and talking. Flying to the window as fast as we coulde Awe ran all the wav to

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.fo 'l'Hli SASSAMON trailed by three more offspring of assorted sizes. She managed to silence her squalling pack long enough to tell me that her hubby, lofi LINANIQ, was CRITI- ing a living acting as secretary to Career XVoman, lVlARIli QUATRAL12. Sudden- ly we heard a gibbering cry, Paper, five cents a paperln lt was PIETIER VANCE. lfishing for five pennies we bought a paper. XY'e were greeted by the follow- ing headlines: Two Ciun Payroll Bandits Still at Largelu R0nlER'f' BRADY and Rtifslifrl' Hflfflilt wanted for wounds inflicted upon bank guard, RALPH Noinus. 'lurning to the sport page, we found DoN Mtilvlait was now man- ager of the Boston Bruins, then back to our favorite comic strip, Pete 8: Repetc- by Niin MAftoNi2v. fly this time we were getting lningry, so we dashed into a drab-looking lzuilding called lSAfnsAftA MAR'riN's Hash House' 'Our best is none too good. Short-order cook, Ronfilcr l:RONfill L0 dished me up a delicious ham- burger with all the fixings. He told us that they get all their milk, cream, butter andycheese from Roisirm' lNtsAi-1.s' Cjontented Clow Dairy Farm. On the wall there was a poster advertising wrestling at the Boston Cardens. fhallenger PAui. CIitAiuifi.AiN was facing the champ, Gus llsriis. It was to ic a bloody battle. A whisper at our shoulder, XYf'ant a hot tip in the seventh at Narragansell? I saw CQHARi.is Biuocs, Natick's bookie, and his buddy and partner in crime, STAN Rosxfav. Wfe went into their Barber Shop to listen to the results of the race. XVe heard the announcer, DINO EMANUELLI, telling ol' their wonderful Vanishing Cream made by beauty specialist, KAY DIMITRI. XVhen the racing results came on. we found that my horse had come in seventh in a seven-horse race. Following the racing results was a commentary on the news by JOHN CQoNw'Av. He was telling of the appointment of GRAHAM HAR1 w'f.l.l. as new ambassador to Russia. Wife hastily left the shop, making sure that we still had our wallets. As it turned out, we had just enough to pay a visit to Srievifiaw bll 'l'K.Al.f5iS Heres Mud in Your Eye night club. Unct- inside, we found that lii i'i'v Rnifnf was making considerable profit serving as a singing waitress and a tip swiper, from the other waitresses, LointAiNii Rock, l2Vfil.YN limi i-. and Sniiniiv l:lTZPA'l'Rlf.K, The feature of the program was the Dance of the Seven Veils by MARIE XY'HlTf2. Wheim my whistles grew too loud, we were thrown out by the bouncer, CONNIE NIOSHER. Hurrying on down the street we saw a sign, Lfif2 RAMsnlaLL Employment llureau Are you out of a job? Standing in line were CilfRAl.D l:0S'I'fiR, ELLS- woitiii l5fntNAlnv and form Cnvi N. Going on farther, we climbed the steps of our old Alma Mater. To our surprise we found l2niiaBin1i.i. working as secretary to principal JORDAN lJfNt,f.f-.xy Times certainly have changed here. ln the Art Room was PLATT Qtffxikiiixisiisii with his assistants, Norma SfQHfillf liLI- and MARGIQ O'RlEII.l.Y patiently tearing their hair at the sight of some of their pupils' creations. They stopped long enough to tell us that lirvnl l Ol.liY had just resigned from teach- ing to get married. jfmfffs fillRlS'l'lli'S voice could be heard from the Gym where he was coaching the boys' basketball team. He seemed to be in an .irgument with LURINNI' Dorvn because her girls' team had just beaten his. No: reuniting fir inferfert- wt- htiri'ietl upstairs to try 'to find other familiar faces.

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iv 'l'l'll? SASSAMON iind hlARY SIKORA selling hot dogs while her pal, 'IOAN SEDGWICK was run- ning a shooting gallery next door. The next sign really attracted our attention, Come See the Real Hawaiian Girls. Buying our tickets as fast as we could we pushed our way through the crowd to get a good look at the hula-hulas who turned out to be PAT U'ciONNlil.l. and Bli'l l'Y Liiis HUNTIER. The next attraction was the strong woman, PnY'i.i.is lVlll.l.liY. WARD Rit1HARDs was running an information booth to the Lovelorn. He had quite a line waiting to see him including two more familiar to us, -lliAN lVl0NACO and EDWARD hlf'lDlililNlO'l l'. VC'e decided to take a ride on the Ferris Wlieel and discovered it was being operated by Ciiaoiuaia ClllACCIl'lIA who informed us that we would have to wait because lNlARY lVlCkiRA'l'll was running a kindergarten and had brought her pupils to the circus and had them on the ferris wheel. After using all our borrowed money we walked slowly toward the railroad track to take our leave of dear old Natick. As we sauntered across the street we were nearly killed by DORIS LYNCH in her super convertible her father had given her for graduation. She slammed on the brakes just in time not to hit XWALTIQR lVlCLAllGHLIN'S apple cart. She asked us if we wanted a lift to Boston. On the way she told us that KENNETH hlANNlNli was operating an airport now and DONALD BOURET was up in Maine taking care of the trees and shrubs. His helpers are RALPH BALL, XVILLIAM t1i.iaisus and RICHARD LANt:Li2Y. Arriving in Boston we bade farewell to Doris and left for the airport in l-OllISli HAMXX'liY'S taxi. Taking seats in the plane we discovered our hostess was jursns KNOX who told us HIQRMAN DowNiNo was pilot while Gi2oRt:if l-ll.,lA was co-pilot. Settling down for a nice peaceful sleep, we were suddenly brought back to life with a sound that to our imagination was the engine falling out. But we were quickly informed that it was CAROLYN MANNA snoring. Looking around we saw MARY' CAss, lVlARlli UIERRITY, and OLQA MARTlNliLI-I. Our nrst stop was in Chicago where we headed straight for an insurance company to get our lives insured after that ride. Wfe were met in the oflice by DOT AiniARN, who told us NANfjY' BARN and jANis1' CORBIETT were the bookkeepers for this company and would hx it so that we could get our insurance cheap. Russiiii. lll,lJRlDGli was head of this business. He was busy at the time talking to hlARY DOHLNY, telling her that she should take out insurance on her family. We also found out that .lANli'l' FAIR was running an Old Maids home, for girls between the ages of I9-25. Some of her star boarders are JIZAN DISANTO, SlllRl.liY lii.i.ioT, and lN lADlil.lNl2 l7RANCQlOSli. Un the way back to the plane we met CAROL CASALI who told us she was secretary for lXflCKY El TllllNl, a well-to-do business man. XVhen we arrived in California, we Went to the HROBIERTDOHIERTY Hotel. Walking into the lobby we saw RAY ELLIS at the desk while BETTY bAR'roN was his assistant clerk. Betty told us that FRANK LizoNia, FRANCIS -lossi LYN, and ROBERT S'rotgKiiRiDc,if were leaving for a trip through China. Roio.R'i' SIU! Ks. the head waiter, gave ns seats near'the dance floor where we J