Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Parking Ticket EVERETT POND To you we give this parking ticket, we hope it will l e all right, Now, cops can’t bother you at all. e’en though you stay all night. MABEL POOLER Mabel, here’s a dancing doll for you, she’s very bright and painted, When a friend is not in view, you and she can get acquainted. LAVINIA RAISBECK You go without hose, because of the depression. Here’s a knitted pair, that'll make an impression. ETHEL RENTON That Ethel is a charming lass, we know without a doubt, So when her parlor gets filled with beaux, she’ll use this swatter to shoo them out. ETHEL ROBINSON Though Ethel asks questions both brilliant and rare, answers are somewhat wary; Questions and answers will please her we know, so here is a good questionnaire. ELLEN ROSS Dancing Doll Knitted Stockings Fly Swatter Questionnaire Shoes Ellen’s going to lx? a nurse, and patients are often demanding — Here's another pair of shoes, that have a good MW er-standing. MARJORIE SECORI) Your temper’s not unfurled, and your hair is not uncurled, Here’s a box of hair-pins, for the future woman of the world. HELEN SQUIRE Helen’s boy friend, an aviator dandy, takes her riding, as you know, Here’s an umbrella light and handv, to always insure a happy landing. JENNIE STATKUN Jennie’s always answering questions, about what she doesn’t know; Here’s a Polish dictionary, to get those words just so. MARY STOCKER Mary is an Irish lass, with a temper quite unruly, We hope this box of aspirins, will calm her very truly. ERNEST SWANSON Ernest usually can be found, with the smallest boy in town, Here's a little bottle of glue, so nothing can separate the two. GERTRUDE WHEELER In our inspiring Senior Play, you often took fast dictation. Use this pad and pencil gay. to keep your reputation. THELMA WRIGHT Wright now, Thelma’s pondering, just .what will be her fate. To keep her mind from wandering, this book is A-l rate. HAZEL BENNETT Whenever you have any time, you draw some pictures fine, Use this paint-box full of paints, they’ll certainly make you shine. ANTHONY ZERRA Tony’s truck is down and out; a new one he could use, So we’ll give him a new run-a-bout, to help him carry 'round the news. Hair-pins Umbrella Polish Dictionary A spin ns Bottle of glue Pad and Pencil Fortune-telling Book Paint-box New Truck ROSE CONTE PRIMO MUTTI Page Twenty-Five

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PRO MERITO Pro Merito membership is limited to pupils who have averaged 85% in all of their studies for three years. This mark was attained by five seniors. The outstanding meetings of the year were a Washington’s Birthday Party held at the home of Miss Kleanor Smith, the club advisor, and a general meeting at Hatfield of members of the National Organization. The senior members are: Vera Alvergini, Norma Broggi, Kenneth Blanchard, Ernest Swanson, and Creighton Abrams. THE AGAWAM MIRROR The Agawam Mirror, our school publication, has kept pace with the finest records made in any school activity. While the athletic teams or the commercial department were establishing championships, the Agawam Mrror, too, was establishing itself in the front rank. For eight years the students of Agawam High School have published the Agawam Mirror. It began with a small fourteen page issue, and after diligent work expanded to a large, well bal- anced thirty-two page magazine. Staffs of the Agawam Mirror have worked hard to make it worthy of a championship school. For seven years, the magazine has been entered in the National Scholastic Critical Survey and last year the efforts of seven Mirror staffs culminated in the winning of the highest award possible in the contest. The magazine has not alone won honors, but it has been a service to the school. It has been the means of keeping an accurate record of all athletics and school activities. By the publication of stories and essays, the Mirror has been a stimulus in the English department. To those who have served on the staff, it has meant much time given up, but also an invaluable training in writing and business. The success of the Agawam Mirror may l c attributed, justly, to the patient guidance of Miss Button, who has held the position of faculty advisor since the first copy was issued. The senior members of the staff are: Creighton Abrams, editor-in-chief; Alfred Goulet and Edson Ferrell, associate editors; Vera Alvergini, bookkeeper; Norma Broggi. secretary; and Walter Moseley, sjxirts editor. SENIOR PLAY On April 29th, the Senior Play, It Won’t Be Long Now” was presented in the auditorium. It was very enthusiastically received by a very large audience, and turned out to lie a financial success. The play centers about Mr. Preston, a very successful business man, who discovers that he has only twenty-four hours to live. During his last hours he gives way all his money, forces the girl he loves to marry an older man, and finally marries a girl he hates. Of course, when the 24th hour arrives he does not die, discovers that the marriages were false, and finally marries the girl he loves. The cast was as follows: Robert Preston.................Alfred Goulet A fin Winston.............................Vera Alvergini Dr. Talley.....................Edson Ferrell Vivian Darrell...................Rose Conte Mr. Meek................................Ernest Swanson Beansey Blake........................Kenneth Blanchard Thomas (the butler)............Everett Pond Dobson...........................Primo Mutti Miss Wilkes..........................Gertrude Wheeler Rev. Dr. Loring..............(diaries Benoit Officer........................(jerald Cleary Cullen.....................Creighton Abrams Olga.............................Norma Broggi Frances...........................Ellen Ross Two Photographers J Tony Zerra ( Philip Arnold Page Twenty-Seven