Academy of Notre Dame - Mariale Yearbook (Tyngsboro, MA)

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C orrnre Could now speak Spanrsh fluently Alter gr rduatron she had gone to Mexrco and had becorrre r top rrotc h moxre star Nflarra told me she w as sure that Natalre Srlx er w as m the taxr br-hmd them and presto there she was l knew that 'N ttalre lr rd marrred, but drdn t know th rt she lr rd not gn en up her carecr entrrelx She hwd mst rlled a lrttle art grit shop rn the front ol her lrorne and was domq a boommg busrness A short trme ltter Marv Sullrx an w as eonfrdmg to me how she had rust put the Frnrshmq touches to her book ol poems Next eame strrdrnq toward me w rtlr a confident arr, the emment lrarrrster Barbara Leyden She had won fifty srrt eases out ol Hlty srx and was runnmg for D A rn New York She rnlormed me that Marv Reardon C eleste I lory, and Frances Kolek wouldn t arrrxe untrl the next day as the employers Rockeleller Vanderbrlt and Astor needed them on the rob I no sooner sat down agam w hen m popped oan I yons oan had marrred a very w ealthy Wm cesterrte who ow ned practrcally the whole ertv I hey were consrdermg chanqmq the name ol Worcester to Lvonsvrlle As oan was regrsterrnq Raymah Cook and Ruth Meehan rmbled along I had seen a bust of Ravmah rn the Gallery of Fme Arts on my last vrsrt to 'Yew York I knew that alter graduatron Ruthre had gone to I' ngland on a banana boat I had recerved no news of her after that How ever she drselosed to me that she had slrpped on a banana peel, sued the company for a mrllron dollars and was now lrvrng rn luxury Marx C oncannon arrrved at th1s trme along wrth I rnestrne I' rnestrne s manner was very busrness lrke but I attrrbuted rt to the fact that she could never qurte get aw ay from her Wall Street ofllee Haxrnq welcomed all my classmates I started lor the elex ator, when the lustv Call ue veut drre rent the arr ean bullrvan bolted forward wrth Helen tagqmg behrnd ean had msrrrred a noted cartoonrst and mstead ol smgmg lullabres to her seven lrovs she read them Cartoons Helen whose ambrtron w as to be head of the Algebra department 'rt Harvard had 1 slrqht detour rn her plans Pate had destrned her to be superxrsor at the Boot Mrlls If rn r84o they sought gold we rn rQ4q found somethmq worth more than gold, a lastrnq lrrendslrrp I arth and 'I rust rn God Yes we gradu rtes drdn t turn out so badly alter all, and we srneerelx hope that Notre Dame wrll be proud ol her lorty nmers M xR1 r r- Rr1F VrsHAw AY 41g UC I 'Z ' ' ' - 'fx . , '.'. ' l1 ,r ' . , ' .,. v 1 rf, ' 1 , ' ' 3 . , ,. . , .1 . , X l , C , 1 . 1 ' ,' .I . .'.r 1 1 ' , , ' . . .' ' ,1 . 'V 1 , .. . I , , . , ,i , .t - . . K . . . v Y , , . . 1 1 , 4. 1' . , .t . , I , , r. ,., r .v . Y . Q , . , , . , ,., , , . . V ' 1 r jf , .J ' , 1 . , . , , . I. lv I . , ' . - . . , , I . . K L, I . U, . . ,, .. 1 , . . , 1 r I ' . ' . 1 . , , . ,. . , ' , , Y V . , . ' , . . . V. T . . . , . A 4 . ,4 - . V 7 K. , , ,R , ,. 1 , . , 1 1 , HQ . .. . J , . H V. . . , f , it 1 . . 1 . , , , K 1 . . , . . , , , , - Y , 1 K . f .9 'f 1 9 ' 1 1 ' 1 4 1, x . 1 - - . . Y Q 1 . , Q 1 . Q , ,'1 ,1 . ., , 1 1 V. . I ' . , 7 1 I 1 ' ' , . 1 lll l, I

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Clays Prophecy The magairne slrpped from my fingers and fell to the floor The artrcle I had just read descrrbmg a class reunron strrred mx memorv Faces flrttered belore me I rested mv head upon the plllows and closed mv eves It was a corncrdence that I should haxe read that artrtle lust then Three weeks before I had attended the reunron ol the class ol 4Q We had chosen Alfall 1 'Nebraska as our meetrng place I remember I had some trouble persuadmg my boss Pttrrtra Tynan s husband w ho edrts the X rt V1t magazlne to grve me hrs assrstant edrtor a leave ol absence Pat and I set out together for New York There Verl and her two red headed sonsjomed us Our tongues wagged just llke gay young school gnls agarn We pulled rnto the Allali 1 depot rn no t1me regrstered at the Brxstles Hotel and whrle Pat and Vera retlred to then rooms I warted rn the lobby to greet my old classmates as they came rn I felt sad that Vrrgrnra Russo and Mary McAul1fle wouldn t be able to come but X rrgrnra w as servrng C od rn the order of Notre Dame and Mary had Jorned Nflaryknoll She had acqu1red the lrttle black bag that she had her heart set on for she w as a medrcal mrssronary As I settled mysell rn the deep plush charr my eyes wandered to the entrance and I had to ask my sell rl thev were dece1v1ng me Although I knew that Helen Toomey had become a successful model I had no rdea she was anythrng lrke the gorgeous glamorous creature who greeted me wrth Hello V1sh1e old grrl, st1ll workmg as hard as ever? Ifl had thought that Helen w as a surprrse I had no rdea of what was rn store for me Mary Jo DeRoma and oan Muollo came next Mary Jo sald th xt she d haxe me decaprtated rl I drdn t address her as Doctor I asked her rf she got all her patrents that way oan I knew was bent on makrng money but the crrcus' I never thought she would go to such extremes Imagrne berng shot out ol a cannon tor a hung As the elevator closed behrnd them my attentron shrited rn another drrectron Two xerv drgnrhed respectable lookrng ladres walked sedately across the lobby Wlth therr harr rn buns and prnce nez I hardly recognrzed them On closer scrutrny however I spred that same twrnkle rn the eyes ol those schoolteachers Mary Grll and Nflurrel Sweeney Rosemary O Connor oan McDonough and ane Rush soon lollow ed These grrls had garned notable renown as The Prddler and Canarres from Larnegre Hall Shortly after therr departure I was alarmed by a slrght tap on my shoulder Turnrng about I came lace to lace w1th Murrel Hughes Bettv Trull and Margaret Brady Wav I take vour temperature they chorused and then trrpped off laughrng hrlarrously Once more alone I was suddenly aware ol a rhythmrc VOICC smgrng Alla fal fa here I come and behold Janet O Nell waltzed rn She had paved the way tor the openrng ofVaudew1lle and had become a great star A xery pert trrm lookrng woman followed close behrnd anet It was none other than oan Gladu She had been an arrlrne stew ardess but gave rt up to make a good wrfe lor the prlot ol the plane Wow she was the mother ol srx fine chrldren 'Vly next acquarntance carrred rnc strarght back to my school days Mary 'VIcPadden burst out wrth a gay Pardonnez mor Nlademorselle Marv had just returned from France where she had worked laborrously on her new French dlctronarv She told me that all the French words rn Chrna w ouldn t have kept her from thrs reunron I drdn t know w hat to say to Joanne Spurk who was a well known chemrst now She had drscovered the serum w hrch the Afrrcan Head hunters used rn shrrnkrng heads Grgr Niansfield s husband hadjust w on the heavy werght champronshrp crown It w as somethrng to see as she sauntered mto the hotel Agnes McLean w ho came rn w rth her had no definrte plans rn leavmg school but she had achreved success rn the field OfB10I0gy havrng found that there w ere 207 bones rn the human body lnstead oi 206 NN hen Ag mentroned bones I thought about mv own w hrch were about to collapse They drdnt haxe a ch xnce to howexer because just then Irene Bechard appeared on the scene She had started her career rn the employ of Bon 'Nflarche but had ended 1t bv elopmg wrth the floorw alker In a few mrnutes Conme and Nlarra came rn - 4 J . 4 . ' I . c . c ' 1 1 1 . I I . 1 1 1 . C C . . I .V 1 . V V . ' 4 4 2, I 4 ' ,c 47 ' 1 7 ' s . U 1. . ,, . . v . I . . I Y . L 7 1 7 7 ' ' ' r ' . ' , 2 ' ' - . ' ' ' . ' 2 1 7 7 . 1 , 1. . . . . I I ' I Q o - , o -'T A Q A . Y Y 1,. 7 . . 3 1 1 . ' 1 7 Y . . Y v. N . . 7 7 . . ' . ,, Y . . u C C ' . J .' ,. 2 , ' . 1 . . . , 7 . N ' r r J 1 r ,, , ' 7 7 . ' I 1 . . Y. . c L . I l I 1 R . , - ., ' 7 7 , I . , , Q . v . ,J . , . . . V S, 1. , . I X . ,, 1 ' Y. . H ,, , I , A . . 4 I I , 7 ' 7 . . . . . U 1 ,, , . 7 7 7 . , Y 1 . Y. ' L K . ' I I L 1 1, A, I A 1 A 1 1. .. , W v. H . I . ,, . 7 7 ' 1 1 1 1 l A 1 V . , . V , . Q . . , . 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 , , . ' Y . . . Y . ' 7 7 7 7 . 1 , . v V . . A L k 1 - f 7 7 . A , . . . . . , . . . 1 .. , .I 1 A A 1 1 ' 1

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