Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 II XSS XVIII By Donald Mahoney TO ALL THE PEOPLE UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME We the honorable well esteemed and grea ly respected Class of 1938 bemg st1ll of sound mlnd and healthy body wh1le real1z1n0 that mortal days be numbered and abhorrmg the thought of dy mg mtestate do hereby g1Ve, dev1se and be queath these ltems of our oft cove ed esta e as follows To Mr Shea We g1V9 our w sh for many years as successful as h1s first as our super1n tendent To Mr Sannella A chance to s e Oxford Hlghs Cross Country team defeat Hopedale To Mr McGovern An Bl ctrlc eye to hunt out persons who have been absent yet have not reported to get thexr make up cards To Mr Shappy The assurance that hxs suc cess 1n coachmg th1s year s cross country team wlll be surpassed many tlmes 1n the year to ome To Mr OConnor Three new basketball To Mr Browmng A debat1ng team for hls next years classes To M1ss Wlnter A sen1or class that can un derstand Engl1sh IV better than we dld To M1ss Kennedy Ahear y conffratulanon as supervisor of the annual Jumor prom, be cause of 1tS great success To M1ss Klnnlery The assurance that when we are voter the stockroom cupboard wlll never be bare To MISS Mannmg An escort to see that she doesn t leave any thmg on desks wh1le leavmd one room for another To Miss Gahadan An all tlme w1nn1n'f gxrls basketball team, playmg only af ernoon games To MISS Turner An approprlatlon made to buy a palr of stxlts so that she may see her whole class at once To MISS Snow A speclal trafflc llght sta tloned at the top of the boys stalrs so she can retlre from trafflc duty To M1ss Hand A new supply of musxc sheets To M1ss MCGIHHIS A speclal room to dls play her WIIIIIIDU po ters To the 1un or we further leave asslgn gxve and bequeath as follows To James Walker who lt has been ru mored wants a farmer s daughter for hxs w1fe we leave Luc1lle Lovett wno may quahfy To Joseph Gardner Jo eph Ma1nv1ll s ab1l 1ty to be talkatlve To Phlhp Germam That manager of mana gers a pos1t1on as manager for the St Loux Cardlnals To Joseph Mahoney We leave Warren Chaffees abxhty to get along wlth many g rls and not be too lnterested 1n any one gxrl To Vmcent Kasel s We leave the w1sh that he may grow up to be a second Sandow To Roger Vancour A chance to prove h1m self an all tune pltchlng star next year To Bud Ol1v1er A Job to be awaxtmg h1m when he gets out of school lf he can acqu1re Wllbur RlCh s sk1ll 1n dolnff the Blg Apple To Edward Gxll A chance to show hrs mu one ln the world who plays a harmonxca To Clarence Pxette Warren Bell Bruce Greene and Yarno Nesta We leave the hope that Leahy s store w1ll be moved to wnere Mr Ph1l1p Joshns house now stands so that they may save the physlcal effort generally expend ed by then' f1Ve mmu es to nme and f1ve mm utes to one sprmt to get to school before the tardy bell stops rmgmff To Harold Love1oy The supposedly bash ul Jumor P1cl-'l s Chaffee s Packard that he may get a quamted W1 h a few g1rl VVe have Watched h1m gazmg wlstfully at the or hestra from the corner where he stands durmv dan es To Robert Desmarls The responslblllty of leadlng and succe sfully carryxng on next year s cross country team To Edward LaMountam Bernard Rav s ab 1l1tv to toe 1n The d1stance to North Brook field w1ll seem shorter lf he learns to walk that way To Herbert McCarthy The enlor chewln-1 gum and too h powder to help keep h1s teeth clean for we hear that toba co doesnt agree wtth h1m 28 - ' ' Y Y Y A JA x A A 4 . 1 S 7 . 7 . 7 ' v HI 1 . ' 1 ' I , I - Y , , 7 , , . . . L , 1 ' 1 7 Q . - : S . . 3, .- s 9 ' ' I .. . ' L - . . . U V 'I u ' - : H . 1 I . Q . -S . ' ' B ' L . : e ' - - . y I ' . : 'e ' ' ' I ' G l ' , 4- at rs ' - , - .I . . . n . S - ' ' . . , . . . ,, . ,, ,. . . , I -3 . ' . : : I , - players to replace Warren Chaffee. sical ability as an orchestra leader-the only . , . . I . n Q I Q I , , . . ' , 1 ' . 9 ' 1 ' Z D 4' . . . , , A . . . - , L - ,, ' ' . . . A . . . 3 Y ' 4 s Q. l' ' I - ' as ' Q 97 I v A A - 7 1 ' . I 7 .V Y . . O c 'A 3. . 1 Q D I ' j. A su C ' . I . . - S D Q , . ' , I . ' ' . . u I u u 1 - . I 9 - ,, K ' ' . I . . . K- . -ig - , . ., J Q p . . . . . . - A I 1 : '-' v ' .9 ' ' 5, s . .

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 Gendron had arranged for a prlvate cocktall party 1n my sulte Durmg the frst round of cocktalls I asked Warren why W1lbur per m1tted Florlna to order h1m about wxth such a possesslve a1r He shrugged h1s shoulders and a1d Oh that s nothlng she s h1S wlfe Dur 1ng the par y I also learned that Warren and Gordon each had a penthouse atop the Chaf fee bu1ld1ng Gordon had been elected mayor and consequently Statxa Sh1v1ck had become the first lady of Oxford We were so eagerly d1SCl1SS1I1g our classmates that we nearly forgot about the banquet but we natched up our hats and arrlved there breathless w1th not Q mmute to spare At the head table I recogn1zed Russell Proctor and Evy Carl on They had marrled and Proc tor had establlshed the Oxford Broadcastmff Studlos where thelr oldest son Jumor was creatlnff a sensat1on as a Juvenlle star Evy s stoutness served to sharpen her sense of humor and we had many a laugh together untll Proc tor looked as 1f he thought I was allenatlng h1s wlfes affectlons Nevertheless we parted as Next mornmg wule v1s1t1ng the Faxr I met Donald Mahoney and Nell1e Whlte They had thelr four chlldren w1th them and all SIX chewed gum and glggl d m unlson Donald wuo wa notlceably stouter explamed that he had made a good slzed fortune from h1s brewery H contnbuted to my knowledge of our classmates by revealmv that Kathryn Lane had become a novehst and marrled R1chard Ellls who had rocked the world by d1SC0VBI'1I1'7 a new el ment 1n h1s prlva e chem1stry lab bullt for h1m by the Oxford Inst tute of Sclen IHC Research They wer Just then on a honeymoon ln the Qouth Seas but would returi b fore the Falr ended Nelhe and Donald escorted me to the Agr1 cultural EXpOS1t1OH where Lyman Rosebrooks had a booth Lyman had developed a new breed of cattle and had recelved the Nobel prlze a tr1bute I wanted to congratulate h m tlen and there but he was away on a tr1p However hls Wlfe Elsle Bellows was there g1v1ng a very mterestmg lecture on the pasteurlzatlon f m1lk When she had finlshed her speech she talked to us and accounted for two of the m1ss mg members of the class She revealed that Edward Morrls and Martha Glonet had mar rled and gone to France after MOFFIS had sold h1s masterplece ln ads for S800 000 Donald and I left EISIQ and Nelne d1S ussmg the d1etS for chlldren and went to a cafe where there was a floor show A dance team Wllham and Mary were completmg a number Mary was a glamorous blond and Wlllxam a suave, dark halred gentleman w1th a short mustache They smlled 1n recogmtlon and came to our table but It was fully a mmute before exther Donald or I recalled them as Mary Barnes and W1ll1am Kllbcrn We 1nv1ted them to have drmks on us and over a glass of root beer Mary pointed out the startlmg fact that there was only one class bachelor besides m and that was Everett Perry I already knew that he had crashed the movles and replaced After further questlonmg and patch1ng 1n formatlon together we found also that there were three splnsters Ehzabeth Palge Lucllle LaPan and Norma Ball Norma had an exclu s1ve gown shop wulle Lucllle and Ellzabeth 1o1ntly ran a restaurant on Mam Street ln Ox ford As we were Slttlng at the table a gypsy came to read our tea leaves When she read mme she s 1d that Id marry a classmate Now we had just dlscussed the three ehglble ladles left so I anx1 usly asked wh1ch one would be my brlde Ju t a the gypsy was gomg to answer I recogn1zed my former teacher Mlss Wmter In my astonlshment I dropped my cup I heard a loud crash and found myself stlll 1n mv att1c I had broken the maglc mlrror so that I ll nev er know wh1ch g1rl Im to marry untll the mo ment comes , - , 21 . - Q Q y . 7 a A I , . 7 , - 0 Q ' 54 7. ' Y ' ' 37 ' - 51 , , it n - K . Q - . . U . . . H yy . , . 3 1 ' ' ' 3 . 1. . 0 . ' ' U H . . Q rv I - , , l N . 7 ' 3. , ' - , . . . D , , . . . I . . . . . , A L SD . . 1 , . . . .- l e7 ' 7 ' -Q l. ' 1 fr1ends when the parfy broke up. S encer Trac I . . . . . . . , . , . . . . - . 9 I I . y I 3 . g . . , . . , . , , - . , . . . . . ' e A J D L ' - ' . O , . .. I , . . Q n . 3 N' 7 ' . . . + . . . Q. , . . ., .. V . , pc 1 . ,. . . . . . I . , , 3 . . .C . O , g e ' ' . 3 s ' , .. L . . l D . . V . . . . , . , ' . . . . , . 3 -

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THE RAVEL IN S 1938 To Francls Walker A d1mmer for h1s smlle so that the g1rls may notxce the cnarm of the other boys at O H S once ln a whlle To Leona Barxl Clara Snyders place at the candy counter To Frances Kemp The ab1l1tv to keep ahead of the boys by pract1c1ng Molly RIHZI t1s s rules and regulatlons To Jean Campbell Marjorle Barlow s good d1sDos1t1on To V1v1an Frlnk Martha G1onet s ab1l1ty to dance To Margaret Connor Evy Carlson s deslre to learn to drxve a car To Kathrvn Makl Florma Gendrons ab llltV to get along w1th Mlss Klnnlery To Gladys Coonan Another successful year of basketball To Rosemary Roberts Sta 1a Shlvlck s pla e as secretary to Mr Sannella To Lucllle Lovett V1rg1n1a Davlss place To Mary Irw1n A car all her own so that It w1ll be more convenlent to attend the ball games To Ida Chlckerlng Norma Ball s dlgnlty To Beverlv Eames Ellzabeth Pa1ge s b1 cycle so that she can get to school more qulckly To Ianet Cheenv Kathrvn Lane s deslre to speak so she may be heard To Jean Parkls Elsl Bellow s place on Statlc staff eV91y other Wednesday mght To Sxgne Anderson Lucllle LaPan s ab1l1ty to do Bookkeeplng so that It wxll check To Madelyn Abrahms Nellxe Whlte s place as Mxss Klnnxerys best typ1st To Eleanor Sherwood Ol1ve W1ll ams s ab l 1ty to QIVC long oral themes To Irene Gervals Evy Carlsons ab1l1ty to get along Wlth Mr O Connor To Elame Maynard The hope that she may fall lnto the footsteps of Mary Barnes ln en tertalfllng the study hall To Edwltch Gougeon Marv Hurd s ab1l1ty to keep qulet durmg Engllsh class To Ada LaPearl Mary Hurd s ablllty to be bolsterous To the sophomores Our envy of the two years of the1r school hves whxch he just ahead of them they ll be the best years To Tom Rodler A steady Job as rxght field er on the Oxford H1gh baseball team To Kenneth 'larbell The assurance that when we are voters well hold a speclal town meetlng to see vhether the town w1ll permlt hlS llghtnlng express to fly down the sldewalks at noon w1th only Kenny as both motor and controls To Antolnette Drucker A chance to wrlte for the movles To Shlrley Snyder A career lf she cant find love To Paul Prefontalne Bernard Rays truck to help h1m make A 8z P dellverles To some of our lovlng couples A shaded walk for strollmg and glorxous example to serve as the guldlng llght on thelr busy happy way through O H S Palnful necesslty compels us as we recog n1ze the fra1lt1es attendant upon human behav 1or and as we earnestly desxre to prevent among you our he1rs CXDSHSIVE lawsu1ts and confuslons to stxpulate the express condltlon that 1f at any t1me a legatee under thlS docu ment demur at the executlon of any 1tem here 1n set forth our whole and entire estate shall be by them forfelted and thereupon revert to Bunny and Francls Slddall not heretofore mentloned nor mcluded but who are to serve as executors of the whole In w1tness whereof we the above mentxoned Class of 1938 do IH all solemnlty of mtent and ser1ousness of purpose set our hands and seal th1s 20th day of June A D 1938 Wltnessed by CHARLIE MCCARTHY and SNOW WHITE S DOPEY l , 29 c.- . , . . , . A ' ' ll . 9 I . :. . . . 7 - s . - ' . ' . ' ' V -r - . . I' . . . v - A .l I . 9 , ' . 3 , ' 7 . ' - ' . , , Z - - 1 C . l . , . . ' . .l . . y ' . BS DI'ES1dG1'1t of the COIT11T19I'IClal To the freshmen: We leave Our g10Wing . . I . l 1 g - G . . l , . . . l 0 v ' ' . . , .- . s ' L I , . U a l v l 1 1 . . I ' ' ' ' 7 . I .D , l , I na - a 1 - I . . . . , . . . . . ' 3 Q u 1 ' ' . . . y . . I . . i , - - ' - u I Q v n ' . . L . 1 - . ' v