Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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13 THE SASSAMON forth is their press agent, Frankie Roberts. Frank announces that the Stooges are dressed Indian fashion in honor of Punkie Tozer's Indian Reservation. Punkie couldn't be here with us tonight because one of her papooses is suffer- ing with colic. Prepare yourselves for the next act! Slinking out onto the stage is Margie Frost, our seductive torch singer, vivaciously dressed in the latest evening fashions designed especially for her by Pussy Woods, a Parisian designer. Margie brings the house down with her interpretation of Put the Blame on Mame, Boys. At this point, we hear an indignant exclamation and a muffled scream from across the dance floor. Why, it's the new commercial teacher at our alma mater, Theresa Belmore! And whos that chasing her around the table with a net in his hand? It's George Mitchell trying to capture the butter- fly on Theresa's spring hat for his collection. Obviously, George has had too many Pepsis. There is quite a commotion until Mario Varrichione, the famous stamp collector, hurries over and throws a glass of cold water on George. No wonder George thought it was a real butterfly, someone exclaims, That hat was designed by Alice Hawes. Now, on with the entertainment! Next on the program is the Dan Dailey of 1969, Donald Burke. What a routine-what a personality-what a man, that Don Burke! He was going to be assisted by two beautiful girls, Annette Grogan and Marie Mattson, from the chorus line of Boston's most popular theatre, but they had a command performance on the television show starring comedian Buddy Piers. Incidentally, this show is produced by pro- fessional baby-sitter, jack Kelley, who wants to insure two hours of good enter. tainment during his night's vigil. To complete the evenings show we are honored by the premiere per- formance of Ann Pierro's play, How To Stop Worrying and Start Living, featuring the talented stage, screen and video actress, Lillian Zicko. A pearl, a pearl, I've found a pearl!!! This disturbance is caused by Grace Palladino, who now adds, After a lifetime of peeking into millions of little oysters, I've found my treasure!! Running over to her is detective Bob Rinehart, trailed by his secretary, Barb Lilja, to protect Grace from fortune-hunters. Peter Zicko sadly exclaims that nothing like that ever happens to him while sweep- ing chimneys. Oh, what happened to the play! Poor Lillian! It must have been too much for her, she just fainted! Polly Vance, R.N., revives her. Polly has the night off from her duties as nurse to Mr. Maffeo in his old age. The show must go on! jane Ward rescues it with one of her numbers from a revue at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. Her elaborate coiffure was designed by Paul Driscoll, Fifth Avenue beautician. Since the orchestra is taking an intermission, Alfred Zonghi, disc jockey, provides a few tunes from the equipment he carries with him at all times to be used in cases of necessity. The orchestra has extended its intermission to more than an hour, and Betty Beale feels it her duty to remind the members that they have obligations. With Betty's ability to apprehend truants from Natick High, it shouldn't be difficult for her to round up all seventy-seven members of the orchestra in record time.

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l'Hl: SASSAMUN I7 while Franny removes the film from their teeth. ln conclusion Dick gives us a fiashing smile which surpasses the blinding light from the bulb in the camera of our photographer, Richard Huleatt. Attending the banquet with Richard is Peggy Nolan, gossip columnist for the Natick Morning Times. We must remember to let Dick know that he has a professional accomplice in Bob Barrus, the veterinarian from the West Natick Dude Ranch owned by Jeanette Augustini and Bob Tota. Jeanette and Bob have quite a system, she ropes 'em while he brands 'em. Following the few monosyllables of our class president, Frannie Dumas, authority on facts and figures at M. I. T., introduces jimmy Powers who led an expedition to the moon. jim always did like to bark at the moon. Now we have the speaker of the evening! With supreme dignity, Russell Whitaker, literary critic, acclaims the great work of a learned colleague. Morris Goddard rises to the occasion and relates to us his recently-completed study on Skin Diseases of the Aztecs. He calls on his assistant, Paula johnson, to give us the womans point of view. The tremendous ovation of the assembly brings us back from dreamland. They are cheering the end of the speech, no doubt. Our high spirits are dampened by Mary Burke's arrival with the check to which an engraved sympathy card has been attached. To revive our spirits, we stumble over to the bar for a long, cool glass of undiluted orange juice. A jovial voice greets us with, Well, what'll it be? Why, for goodness sakes, if it isn't Nipple Agostinelli behind the bar, cleverly mixing extra-dry, double-strength cokes. We change our order, deciding to try one of the specialties, and nearly choke on the first sip for there is Sir Hartley Waddell, who has recently married into Canadian royalty. After exchanging a few pip pip's and cheerio's,,' we start back to our table mer- rily munching Wentzell's Pretzels. Norma discovered her recipe years ago at Natick High in cooking class. The lights dim, and the spotlight shines on a popular group of choristers just returned from a world-wide concert tour. Donald Hubbard, Camille Wigglesworth, Hugh O'Rorke and Tom Mallery, known as the Agony Quartet, combine their melodious voices to sing, lt Broke Me Up When You Threw Me Down. We remove the plugs from our ears just in time to hear the M. C. announce the next number. Pauline and Vingo, co-managers of Arthur and Murray's Dancing Academy, demonstrate to us the new method of adagio dancing. This new method was instigated by Bob Donahue, an experienced teacher at their school. Between acts several people hurry to the bar for a Pepsi, among them Shirley Fessenden and Dick Farley, Shirley, the author of How to Keep a Happy Marriage, is exchanging ideas with Dick who is a young grandfather and well-versed family man. The M. C. draws our attention to the next act. The Three Stooges make a ripsnorting entrance dressed as South Natick Indians. We at last recognize them as Dick Sullivan, jim Thomas and Paul Walker. Busily flirting back and

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THE SASSAMON I9 No matter how much entertainment is provided, some people are never satisfied. Look at Eleanor Grady, Buddy Gorenflo, Mary Musgrave, Beverley Nelson and Frank Varrichione over in the corner playing poker! For shame!! This requires a little investigation. We find that it all started with a sugges- tion from Eleanor, professional poker player, who is now very much ,annoyed because millionaire playboy Gorenflo has all the bottle-caps. Frank remarks, Them who has, gits, and is quickly stopped by Librarian Musgrave with, Shhh, that's fine language for an elementary school teacher to be using. While everyone is busy, the bottle-caps are cleaned up by the silent player, Bev Nelson, the governors housekeeper. True to form, Robert E. Drew, new Physical Ed. coach at N. H. S., moralizes with Don't stop to argue, it never pays! Before we have a chance to leave the group, Barbara johnson is there telling anyone who will listen how to improve dimples in ten easy lessons. As she stops to take a breath, Pat junior opens her kit displaying Lady Esther cosmetics. All this time, john Grinnell and Florence Parker have been poised on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity to interest any clients in buying their peroxide. With little trouble, they sell two thousand cases to Ted Stamuli, who is going to change the labels to read Turpentine and put them on his shelves at Town Paint. Tony Grupposo remarks, XYfell, folks, I hate to break up the party, but, as you know, I'm the only one to look after the Home for Forgotten Pigeons -they're so lonely! At this, we notice Frances Krivicich shedding a few silent tears, but she isn't silent for long. She tries to cheer Tony with the thought that she will remember to send him all scraps from the Krivicich Delicatessan. Barb Heard saves the day by offering Tony the entire sixth floor in her ultra-modern Dover hotel for paupers. Quick! Let's get out!! Wild Bill Howley, with too many undiluted orange juices under his belt, has started a rambling speech campaigning his views on Why Natick Should Be Moist. While in the middle of a long- winded sentence, Bill is unceremoniously grabbed, and dragged away by Ser- geant Shirley Topham of the Natick Police Force. The Natick Thought Control would never allow this rebellion against its principles. In the lobby we meet Dexter Thompson, who cordially invites us up to his ski-lodge in Florida next winter. We are interrupted by Dr. Ken Hicks, Obstetrician, hurrying to us with a little black bag in his hand. Following him are Pussy Corbin, X-ray specialist, and Elinor Blumenthal, his laboratory technician. Have we missed much? they inquire breathlessly. We've been on a late case! Crash! The door blows open and in flies Don Harris with a note in his list. Thrusting the envelope into our hands, he flies off again. We tear it open to read: Am sending you this note by way of Don, who is running around the world trying to establish a record. Very sorry I will not be able to attend, but my secretarial duties to General MacArthur here in japan make it impossible. Best wishes, Mary Troiaf'