Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

Page 24 text:

Bob. Where’s the teacher? Mrs. Jackson. Mere is Miss Perry standing at the side. Mr. Jackson. I ct’s see what we can find in the “Mirror ’ for J931. (Picks up another “Mirror”.) Here’s an account of the Junior Cabaret. {Reads.) Chair- man of the 'Picket Com Mrs. Jackson. {Interrupts him.) Why not tell the events in the order that they come. It would be a lot quicker. Who were the class officers that year? {Mr. Jackson hands her the book.) Here they are. Clark Jones was President and he was President when we were Seniors, too. Dor- othy Geoffrion was Vice-President and Ida Ricci was Secretary. Those two girls remained in the same position the next year too, didn’t they? Charles Ardizoni was the Treasurer. Francis O’Connor and Barbara Haliaday were on the Student Council. Art. {Uninterested in what is going on.) Never mind those people. We want to know who played on the football team that year. Mr. Jackson. I hope that you love games when you arc older as much as you do now. Some day may be you may become one of the great All-American stars. {Pats his shoulder.) That was the year our team was unscored upon. I ct’s see. Who was on the team that year? Clark Jones, Perino Devccchi, Robert Raymond, Edward Connor, Malcolm Smith, and er-cr Mrs. Jackson. {Reads.) Thomas Voislow, Frank Goss, Norman Roberts and Francis O’Con- nor were on it, too. Mr. Jackson. Those boys helped to bring the Western Massachusetts football championship to Agawam the next year. Mrs. Jackson. Well; I guess that’s all about football. You can finish what you were reading about the Junior Cabaret. {Father reads.) On April 8, 1932, the Junior class sponsored a Cabaret for the purpose of raising money for the Junior Prom. The Cabaret turned out to be a huge success, thanks to Miss Eleanor Miller, Faculty Advisor, and to the committee in charge: Donald Kenney, Chairman of 'Picket Committee; Ida Ricci, Chairman of Entertainment Committee; Richard Shields, Chairman of Refreshment Committee. Mr. Jackson. We had a wonderful Prom that year, didn’t we? The stage represented Mount Vernon to commemorate Washington’s Bicentennial. Mrs. Jackson. 1 wonder if we could name all the things that happened during our Senior year? We did so many things. Mr. Jackson. Yes, with all the class pictures and the Senior Play and everything else going on, 1 don’t wonder that anyone would forget. Bob. 1 saw the class pictures one day while I was up in the attic. Gee! You must have had a great big class. Mrs. Jackson. We had the same officers except for the Treasurer. Donald Kenney held that position. Rita Provost, Helen Donaldson, and Alfred Davis were on the Student Council. Mr. Jackson. Speaking of Donald Kenney, he was the leading man in our Senior Play, “Tons of Money,” which, with the help of other members of the class and Dorothy Brown as leading lady, was such a success. Mrs. Jackson. The property manager and all the other managers spent a lot of time on it, too. Mr. Jackson. Oh, we mustn’t forget the Kiel Party we had in 1932. Prizes were given for the best and funniest dressed boy and girl. Mrs. Jackson. The operetta, “Captain Crossboncs,” was quite a success that year, too. Marguerite Tatro, who was also the heroine for the operetta of 1929, “Pcpita,” was the lead. And speaking of operettas, Beulah Rivers took the lead in “Jerry of Jericho Road,” in 1930. Mr. Jackson. And how can we forget Ruth Abbott. She played the funny part in the operetta and the Senior Play too. She really was some actress. Art. You didn’t tell us about the basketball team that year; didn’t you have any? Mr. Jackson. Of course, we had one. And the team went up to Mass. State for the Tourn- ament. We won one of the games but were not able to play in the finals. Page Twenty- Two

Page 23 text:

Pat. What was the Student Council, Mother? Mrs. Jackson. The Student Council, clear, was a group of students elected to assist in school management. Arthur. Boy! I’ll be the President of our class when Pm there. Maybe Pll get to be the President of the United States some day. (Looks pleased with himself.) (ice! W ouldn’t that be swell. Alice. Mrs. Jackson, did you have many parties when you were in High School: Mrs. Jackson. Oh, yes, we had quite a few parties The first year we had a Hallowe’en Party and a St. Patrick’s Day Party. We were supposed to have been initiated by the Sophomore class of that year, but I’ll never forget the surprise that they had when they found that there were so many of us Freshmen. Bob. What’s initiate, Mother? (Footsteps arc heard.) (.Father appears.) Mr. Jackson. Well, well, what’s all this excitement about? Mrs. Jackson. Oh, I’m just showing the children a few of the things that we did while we were in High School. Bob was just asking what it means to be initiated. Perhaps you can explain better than I can. Mr. Jackson. W ell, I’ll tell you what it's like. They usually do something very unpleasant, for instance, use a paddle on you. Mrs. Jackson. I was telling them of the Hallowe’en party we had while were Freshmen, and the Sophomores were afraid of us. Mr. Jackson. Lucky for us they were. Bob. Father, weren’t you captain of the basketball team that year? Mr. Jackson No, there was only one Freshman on the basketball team that year. That was Clark Jones. That squad won the tournament at Mass. State. ■ Mrs. Jackson. (Picks up another book.) Didn’t we have any members on the Agawam Mirror Staff when we were Freshmen. Mr. Jackson. Haven’t you got the Mirror for 1929? (Mrs. Jackson looks through books and picks one out.) Mrs. Jackson. Oh, yes. Here it is. Marcel Rioux and Frank Goss. By the time we were Seniors we had a great many more members. They were Justine Mealy, Robert Johnston, Ida Ricci, Elsie Schultz, and Alfred Davis. Art. What was the “Mirror,” Mrs. Jackson? (Mrs. Jackson hands one of the “Mirrors” to Art.) (He looks it through and then hands it back to her.) Mrs. Jackson. The “Mirror” was published four times a year and whenever any of the stud- ents had a good poem or story, it was put in the “Mirror.” The events of the school year were also kept in it. (Puts down book and takes up another.) Here arc our class officers for 1930. (Reads.) Richard Shields, President; Ida Ricci, Secretary; Francis O’Connor, Treasurer; Marcel Rioux and Anita Cacsan, Student Council. (Replaces book.) Didn’t we have a picnic that year? Mr. Jackson. Oh, yes, that’s right. We went to Congomond for a picnic at the end of the year, but it wasn’t much of a success because half of the class didn’t go. Mrs. Jackson. That same year Ida Ricci and Francis O’Connor won prizes at the Typewriting Contest. Ida got first place and Francis O’Connor got second place. Mr. Jackson. What members of our class played in the orchestra that received first prize that year? Mrs. Jackson. (Turns pages of book.) Here’s a picture of them. (Children stand around to look at it.) Here’s Francis O’Connor, and Arthur Johnson, Robert Raymond, and Margrethe Jensen. Mr. Jackson. And here’s Frank Goss and Doris Morrison. 1 guess that’s all. Page Twenty-one

Page 25 text:

Ali'ce. Did the girls have any basketball team? Mrs. Jackson. Yes, they had a basketball team and a hockey team, too. Rita Provost, Lucille Danforth, and Barbara Wright played on the basketball team, and these with the help of Ruth Abbott and Magdalene Mencarelli won one out of two hockey games. Mr. Jackson. The Dramatic Club, gave a play that year, too. What was the name of it? Oh, yes, “Peace 1 Give I nto You,” with M. Mencarelli and R. D’Amato as the only Seniors in it. Mrs. Jackson. Speaking of Dramatic Club, one had to be pretty good in studies to be able to be in it. That’s right. We forgot to tell them that we had 11 members in Pro Merito. They were the students who had an average of B-f or over in the three years of I ligh School. Mr. Jackson. The Prom was very well planned by the Juniors and it was very successful. The hall was made into a ship giving the effect of a Promenade on shipboard. Mrs. Jackson. Speaking of Proms and those things, there were quite a few of the Seniors that get quite romantic during our Senior year. Clark Jones couldn't walk home alone any more. His object of pursuit was a certain post-graduate. Betty Noble and Robert Raymond seemed inseparable. Mr. Jackson. It wouldn't be fair to leave Martha Burnett and Malcolm out of the speech. But even though they were “that” way about each other we had quite a job trying to feed them at the Senior Banquet. Pat. Talking about banquets, I'm getting hungry. 1 think it's about time that we eat. (Exeunt.) MAGDALENE MENCARELLI, PATSY FERRERO. CLASS PROPHECY SCENE: Radio Studio. TIME: 1943. (Cutain rises.) Josephine Penna is sitting on one side of stage with shorthand pad and mag- azine which hides her face. Reads for a few moments. (Enter, Mary Tatro and Beulah Rivers.) Mary: Gee, Beulah, I'm glad you’ve asked me up here. It's the first time I've been in a studio and besides I’ve got a few hours before my plane leaves for Chicago,where I shall resume my place as supervisor of the girls at the Training College for Nurses. And what are you doing here? Beulah: Oh, I’ve got to sing during this next news program. Mary: Oh that’s right! I heard you were quite a blues singer after your two years experience at Squeek’s nite club. (Josephine lowers magazine and recognizes Mary and Beulah and cries): Mary Beulah. Mary and Beulah (In same breath): joe! What are you doing here? Josephine: Oh, I’ve been sent by my boss, Ida Ricci, editor of the “Agawam Gazette,” to get an interview with the new radio news reporter. You know Charlie Ardizoni and Bob Johnston arc in charge of Circulation and Advertising of the newly released paper. They’re keeping up the old struggle they started on “The Agawam Mirror.” You should have arrived sooner because just as I got here Arthur Johnson was leading the Royal Collegians in a half hour dance program. That’s the program that stars John Buckley and Billy O’Connor. (Bell signal.) (Enter Prank Goss.) Mary: Why it’s Frank Goss Frank, how in the world did you wind up in a radio station instead of a chemistry laboratory? Prank: Well, I’ve got a new job broadcasting in place of Lowell Thomas. Josephine: So you’re the one I've got to interview. I never supposed it would be one of my classmates. Page Twenty- Three