Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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P. C. I wonder how her other suitors feel about it? At least none of them have committed suicide. D. R. I have news of a few of the teachers, too. P. C. Tell me quick! D. R. Remember the book Miss Button was writing when we were in school? She has finally completed it and Mr. Hitchcock has bought it from her. She is now quite wealthy and is living amid the ruins of West- minster Abby. P. C. Westminster Abbey! That’s all we used to hear about. D. R. And M iss Mclntirc has opened up a “Speed and Accuracy Typ- ing School.” She is still producing champions. P. C. I wonder if she still has that little pig for her typing mascot. D. R. I suppose so. I hear Miss Baker is out in Hollywood giving Lon Chaney some new ideas on how to make faces. P. C. Then we can be looking for some of those reproductions on the screen. D. R. Miss Ward recently won a medal for being the best history teacher in the United States’ Schools. P. C. She must have more brilliant pupils than she did when we were there. [Train whistle is heard.] Porter. All aboard for Feeding Hills. P. C. There’s my train. I must hurry. We’ll see about that class re- union. I hope Anna has a good supply of chickens. ( Curtain) Doris Roberts [20]

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P. C. You don’t say. D. R. Yes, Larry Roy has taken his place as “The Singing Fool” on Broadway. P. C. I hope Miss Perry knows about that for she was always trying to get him to be in things and he just wouldn’t. By the way, have you seen Hazel French’s advertisement in the paper? She has opened a school for graceful girls. She says “1 teach you how to be graceful in just six les- sons. If you are not satisfied with results your money will be refunded.” D. R. That’s about as good as Frank Keating. You know that he has opened a Dancing Studio “for girls only.” P. C. Seems to me Bud isn’t half so bashful as he used to be. D. R. Yes, and Anna Fay has a delightful Tea Room on the way to Springfield. She serves the most delicious chicken direct from Fay’s Poul- try Farm. P. C. That would be a good place to hold a class reunion wouldn’t it? Can’t you just taste the chicken! D.R. Clifford Pond is the lucky one! He was left a million dollars by one who knew he would never earn it himself. He has just about every- thing going, including a Rolls-Royce, and Tommy Holmes is his chauffeur. P. C. I’ll bet Tommy doesn’t know how to act in a Rolls-Royce. He was always so used to his old Ford. P. C. Marie Bozenhard has become quite a success. She is the assis- tant Head Librarian at the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Helen Diamond is one of New York’s most famous Commercial Artists. D.R. Have you been near Reed Street lately? Because of the in- creasing number of children every year, a plot of land has been donated to build a Nursery. Ruth Bitgood is at the head of it. I hear that Mr. Da- cey’s youngster is the noisest one of them all. Mr. and Mrs. Abell, that is, the former Ruth Renton, have moved into one of the houses on Reed Street, close by the Nursery. P. C. Well, Speed was always a familiar figure after school hours wheeling a baby-carriage. Remember Tommy Cascio who was always looking for a girl? Well, he finally got one, through the “Lonely Hearts” column in the Graphic. D. R. He needed someone to take care of him. P. C. Harry Patterson must have gone in for some pretty stiff Reduc- ing Exercises as he has put out a booklet entitled “How I Keep in Trim.” D. R. I think I’ll arrange for an interview with him. And before I forget it, little Harris Blanchard has taken over Ringling Brothers Circus. He has engaged Pat Burke for the season as “The Strongest Woman in Three Counties.” It is rumored that after show hours she is frequently seen in the company of the “Living Skeleton.” P. C. Is that the fat blonde she used to go with in school? [Doris nods yef.] You know Doris Parker expected to teach after receiving her di- ploma from The Arnold Gym School but “Gil” changed her plans. Helen Rudman also went to a Gym School and is now employed by the Agawam High School as the Girls’ Gym Instructress. D. R. I’m surprised that she kept it up. I thought she went simply -or those good reducing exercises. Richard Merrell deciding to cut out nil com- petition for the hand of Kathleen Grimes, has married her himself.

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GLASS WILL E the class of 1929, in twenty-eight individual and distinct parts, about to leave this school of fond memories, in full pos- session of sound mind and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this — our last will and testament. Item: To our faculty who have been our guardians for so long, we leave all the amazing knowledge and startling information that we have furnished them with from time to time, in our various examination papers. Item: To the Junior Class who will be our legal successors, we leave all our Senior dignity. We also leave the front seats in Chapel. They can show their appreciation by being in them every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Item: To the Sophomore Class, we give the pleasure of sharpening all pencils for the next year’s Senior Class, also the privilege of picking up all the paper on the study-hall floor so Miss Button will not have to give a five-minute talk every day about keeping the floor clean. Item: To the Freshman Class, we give a chance to grow up during the summer, and come back next September, a well-behaved Sophomore Class. Item: To the Athletic Teams, a group of new stars to take the place of the shining lights lost by 1929’s graduation. To Mr. Phelps, a monument to put on Bodurtha’s Field to mark the spot where the football team of ’27 held the strong Palmer eleven on the four-yard line for four downs. To Mr. Williams, a car for himself so he will not have to walk when his wife is using theirs. To Miss Mclntire, a boy friend to take Miss Jauch’s place while Miss Jauch is abroad this summer. To M iss Button, now that she has sold “Just Tin” Justin and bought a new car we give it the name “More Tin” Mortin. To Miss Ward, our home-room teacher for three years — we give our everlasting friendship. To Miss Baker, a bottle of hair tonic guaranteed to grow hair six inches in a week so she will not have to spend every winter letting her hair grow, only to cut it again in the spring. To Miss Jauch, a trans-Atlantic telephone so she can talk every day with Miss Mclntire while she is abroad. To M iss Lilly and Miss Phealan, five minutes oft the fourth period so they can get down to the lunch room on time. To Mr. Smith, a box of cough drops to take before he makes his bril- liant assembly speeches. To Miss Perry, a secret pocket to hide her candy from Miss Baker. To Mr. Hadley, the right to start a Bus Line between Springfield and