Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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Prophecy Finally, remember — ignorance, disease, poverty, liquor and tobacco are the five greatest obstacles to peace and prosperity. The orator bowed out amid a thunder of applause. He was followed out of the auditorium by a naval officer who cried, Fitz! General Fitzgerald turned quickly and said, Case — why I thought I left you back in Westfield among all those women! Look at that gold braid! How are you anyhow? After hearty greetings, they adjoined to the Red Bird Room. Here, Rear Admiral Case and General Fitzgerald discussed what the war had done for them and with them., Memories drifted to the States — to Massachusetts — and finally to Westfield. Say, Fitz; our old pal, Ron Blanchard is here, exclaimed Case. She ' s reporting on the WAVES ' problems. Yes sir, she ' s a lieutenant and instead of teaching ripples she ' s teaching WAVES. ' •Speaking of women in the service, Case, one of the ablest aides this army has is our classmate back at W.S.T.C, Kay Crowley. We always thought she looked smooth in plaids — but you should see her in olive drabs. Neat, said Fitz. I was talking to Kay last week and she had just received a letter from Pearl Bennett. Yes, Pearl of the hearty infectious laugh ! Well, Pearl is the director of a music conservatory, and she has introduced something new in operettas. She presents her Musical Memories of Many Mutinous Moments — the latest are called ' Don ' t Slam Da Doors ' and ' Those Xam- ination Blues ' . Talking of great achievements, have you seen Dusty Lane ' s new book of poems, Songs of the Bob-o-links, written from Connecticut? It has become quite famous, said Case. Say, what is Ruby Roberts doing now? asked Fitz. I never forgot her spaghetti. Oh, said Manning, the long and short of it — or should I say the short and short of it? — is that Ruby had a kindergarten for a time. That was the inspiration for her new health booklets. My favorite is Eat Spaghetti and Grow Tall. Case chuckled. A lot has happened since ' 43, Fitz. Peg Hall is the woman director of the International Olympics. The battle cry of all her ' girls ' is ' Follow the ball like bouncing Hall. ' By the way she invariably cheers for the team that has white for its color. Fitz looked up and exclaimed, I turned on the radio the other night and what did I get but Marie Bresnahan ' s program. How I like her theme ' For Me and My Gal ' . Her latest recording is ' I Can Take It ' and her outfit is riding the waves of popularity. An- other thing, I was in Washington last month and as I breezed by the Capitol Theatre ' Hoot Mon ' — I met Regina Luce Mc ' Pherson hailing a ride to the Capitol. She explained her rush by telling me that she had to introduce her new bill ' How to Get Away Without Paying as You Go. ' Her biggest opposition seems to be someone called Ruml. • 30 •

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Remember Susie Sanderson and Ida Odabashian? asked Manning. They are pioneer traveling saleswoman selling colorful unmentionables. They tour the country in a new gasless limousine automatically acclimated with no need for anti-freeze. Say Fitz, continued the naval officer, I saw your old Pal Rose Farrell, just be- fore I left California, and we had a long chat. Since Rose left school she has been a Powers ' model; and just lately — (this ' ll slay you) she has been chosen by Warners to star in a new picture, That New Strawberry Blonde. Her leading man is none other than James Harry. Remember him? Surely I remember him, sighed Fitz. Rose is as successful as Helen Piela. You remember — you both had chemistry together. Helen was always concocting some mysterious compounds of chemicals to make a new explosive. Well, she finally put her destructive powers to good use and invented a new Anti-Jap exterminator. I ' m glad she got through her experiments safely, Fitz, remarked Case. Mrs. Emerson wondered why I always wore my tin hat and my father ' s asbestos suit to class. By the way, I saw Stella Siok recently. I happened to be walking down St. Richard ' s Street in New York, when I noticed a bookshop — so I decided to drop in and pick up a few books for long overdue literature assignments. I certainly was surprised when the manager turned out to be Stella! She has a number of books in the store, but somehow, it seems, she has gone in for Poor Richard ' s Almanac- in a big way. So, Case, that ' s how the old gang has scattered — not a school-ma ' am among them. Tsk, tsk! grinned Case and after all that practice we had writing lesson plans. General Fitz rose and looking at Case in that Irish-tone-of-voice which, by the way, he could look so well, proudly announced: I am going to present two W.A.A. (Wholly Adroop Achievement) awards. The first goes to Mary Adams for her dot-dot-dot-and- dashing from the island of Cabania. After she relocated the ray she was able to put twenty bombers back on the beam. Another goes to Flossie ' With-the-light-light-hair ' Dmytryk. When a curious conscientious objector came up to see what the pretty color was, Floss just talked him into the Marines. Remember how she always could talk us into and out of everything? How about you, Case? Do you have any Navy awards to make? Yes, indeed, answered Case. The Navy has named Dot Koenig for the ' E ' award; that is, she is credited with building high morale among the Navy men with her realistic rendition of ' The Wreck of the Hesperus ' ! 31