Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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St. Peter: Norma-Jane: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: Jean: Clifford: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: St. Peter: Clifford: Norma-Jane: Jean: Clifford: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: Jean- Norma-Jane: Cl i ford: St. Peter: Jean: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: Jcar.: Norma-Jane: St. Peter: No, instead he is owner of the Celestial Cab Company. Neil Wilson, George Kachon. and Arthur Kerr are his drivers. Speaking of driving, what is David Brockett doing? He is the most famous of all the Hell Drivers” that used to come to the Eastern States Exposition. Is that how he got here? Naturally. The way he drove! No wonder! What about Milton Clark and Tommy Petruzzello? They are pitcher and catcher respectively on the Heavenly baseball team. Do you have a boys' football team, too? There were some good foot- ball players in that class. Oh, yes. We have a good one. Edward Duclos is manager and Ed- mund Kalinowski is captain. The players are Lino Gatti, Jimmy Massa, Edward Nacewicz, Felix Pisano, and Eugene Smith. Say! That’s some team! I should say so. What are Georgianna Styner and Priscilla Talmadge doing? Oh, they’re actresses at the Celestial Opera house. Priscilla is a comedienne and Georgianna is specializing in dramatic love scenes. Dorothy Steele is their manager, and Clarence Parker their publicity man. Joe Guy is there, too. He’s doing his Hercules act for the angels. I’ll bet Henry Pickett is a bell boy in a hotel, he is so small. I should say not! He is a wrestler. ‘‘Bone Crusher” Pickett is his professional name. Good heavens! It doesn’t seem possible! Mitchell Zielinski is Commander-in-Chief of the Heavenly Hosts, our defense fleet. Let’s see, isn’t that about all of the class? Oh no! We haven’t heard about Robert Godfrey and Jeannette Smith. Well, Robert is chief electrician in charge of illuminating halos. Jeannette, as you might have guessed, is trying to invent a cure for her laryngitis. Well, I guess that is all. Now would you people like to go out and look the town over? Oh, we’d love it! Well let’s go— (They go to the door.) Heavens! What is that up on top of the pole across the street? Oh that! That is Raymond Phelps. He’s chief flag pole sitter here. Norma-Jane Winter — Clifford Keeney Class Will We, ihe class of 1930, positively in our right minds and supposedly of our own free will as we are about to leave this pleasant life to pass into the realms of the future world, do hereby proclaim our last will and testament bequeathing as follows the scholastic possessions we value so dearly: To the town of Agawam: Our sincere appreciation for educational privileges ex- tended to us during our school careers. To Mr. Phelps: A shady mountain brook crowded with hungry trout. To Mr. Dacey: Many more senior classes with the intelligence, loyalty, sports- manship. virtue, dependability, courtesy, trustworthiness, scholastic ability, persever- ance, and wholehearted cooperation possessed by his first graduating class. To the advisers. Miss Dickerman, Miss Henderson, and Mr. Langlois. Our true thanks and appreciation for their conscientious efforts to make our senior year a success To the faculty: A new bag of tricks to spring on the next senior class. To Jasper: A medal of valor for protecting the students from traffic after school. To the Juniors: One more brief year of happy high school days. To the Sophomores: A chance to put on a Prom for us to return to. To the Freshmen: A summer’s vacation in which to grow so their presence will no longer be known only by their noise. Victoria Ardizoni: Another football hero to replace a certain half-back whose

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St. Peter: Clifford: St. Peier: Clifford: Jean: Norma Jane: St. Peter: Jean: Norma-Jane: Jean: Clifford: Jean: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: Jean: Clifford St. Peter: Norma-Jane: Jean: St. Peter: Clifford. Jean: Norma-Jane: St. Peter: Clifford: Jean: Norma-Jane: St. Peter: Clifford: St. Peter: Norma-Jane: St. Petor: Clifford: Now don’t be over anxious. You have plenty of time ahead of you- What about Nonna? Oh, 1 have a place all ready for her. As my secretary is retiring to the Home for Aged Angels, I need someone efficient like Norma to help me keep my Files of the Firmament. Her practice in arranging pictures for the Agawam Yearbook will be useful in keeping my picture gallery for my Who’s Who Among Celestial Society. Now that we know' the worst, what about Helen Carroll, Eva Cirillo, and Barbara Turner? They teach school in the Little Angels’ School. They show the new- comers how to use their wings. I haven’t got any wings yet! What am I going to do? Oh, you’ll get them soon enough—just wait. By the way, Dorothy Button and Eva Roberts are sojourning on the Heavenly Beach. Richard Johnson runs the beach and does a fine job of it, too. What are Norma Colli and Ruth Halladay and Alice Kennedy doing now? They were the “Three Musketeers’’ of the class. Norma Colli is singing at the Celestial Cafe. Ruth is cashier there and Alice Kennedy waits on tables. She skates from one table to another on those skates she won at the Rialto in 1939. Don’t tell me she died with her skates on! Marjorie Connor and Rose Morris arc trying to compete with Roberta Loomis and Ruth Littlefield as fortune tellers, pointing out what you should have done on earth that you didn’t do. Frances Gandini and Lillian Maillard are running a restaurant selling these new diamond shaped hot dogs on a stick. I hear they do quite a business. How about Rita Magnuson and Miriam Kerr? Oh, they’re typists for St. Peter. People are coming in so fast they have to keep busy most of the time. Frank Lango is a typist there too. What about Irene Mulak? I’ll bet she is writing poetry for the “Bugle,” the Heavenly newspaper. No, she is running a gown designing shop for the angels. She keeps Martha Tarnuzzer working night and day to get the gowns made. They ran out of feathers the other day and had to buy some from the Golden Egg Poultry Farm. Wilbert Humphlett owns it, and Antoinette Christopher is secretary. The farm is a branch of a ranch that Wil- liam Harrison and Roger Adams have started. Sabby DePalma is head of the prize baby beef department. Is that the only dress shop up here? No, Ruth Petersen and Kathleen Norris are trying to compete with Irene by running a dress shop that sells ready made clothes imported from Mars. Muriel Mathison models them. The latest thing around here is the fact that the xylophone is fast re- placing Gabriel’s trumpet. Elmyra Powers has been teaching him to play the xylophone. Gosh, modernizing already! Lillian Rossi is teaching acrobatic dancing to the athletically inclined angels. She does! I knew she would be in some athletic group. Evelyn Newcomb cans all the food for the people up here. We’re never afraid we’ll starve anyway. What are Zoafia Subotin and Elsie Mencarelli doing? They are bookkeepers for a big insurance company that will insure you against sickness from high altitudes, wing trouble, and accidentally falling off a cloud. What a company! Something like Lloyds of London. Fannie Rossini is the editor of the “Bugle,” and Eleanor Tardo writes the “Advice to the Lovelorn” column. Almost everything we have heard so far has been about the girls. How about the boys? Marshall Barden is postmaster. He reads all the post cards and can tell you whom your letter is from before you open it. What is Romeo Borgntti doing now? He is an up and coming young florist. His specialties are star flowers and moon glow. I suppose Richard Eagan is running a shop for the well dressed male.

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interest is now at the West Side “Y.” Dwight Bailey: A peck of spinach. Renzo Balboni: One steady girlfriend. Elroy Benjamin: A Hollywood contract for singing and acting. Jane Bennett: A boy friend who can keep pace with her—if such a person can be found. Nonna Blackburn: First prize in next year’s oratorical contest. Geraldine Blanchard: A job as reporter on the New York Herald. Jean Blood: Muriel Mathison’s dignity. Betty Brady: A partner to take the place of her sister when she dances in the gym next year. Eleanor Burke: A few noisemakers so we’ll know when she’s around. Ruth Canfield: A little of Norma-Jane Winter’s faithfulness to one man. Virginia Carr: A good seat at a circus so she can get excited. Pauline Ceccarini: A pal to replace Frances Gandini. Ruth Cesan: A television set so she can see her Suffield boy friend more often. Harold Church: The whole Springfield Armory so that he may have his pick of guns and ammunition for his hunting expeditions. Alice Coury: A joke book to develop her perpetual smile and sunny disposition. Charles Czerpak: A gross of test tubes so he won’t have to search the waste jars every day. Florence Dalgleish: A position on the humor staff of the Saturday Evening Post. Roger Dalgleish: A constant, handy supply of bottled-up energy so he can do his homework. Mary De Palma: A little home on the range so she can hear all the cowboy music she wants. Francis Fenn: A petition from the Agawam girls to pay more attention to his local admirers. Luella Fiske: A few of Francis Fenn’s affections. Herbert Freeman: A book on “How to Debate.” Edna Gazer: A book of three easy lessons on how to ski—on one’s feet. Charles Girard: A parachute so he can safely bail out from his planes during his aviation exploits, and live to graduate. Edward Godfrey: A few more Saturday nights at Casey’s to make his dancing equal to his brother's. Elmer Goodhue: A place on next year’s ballot as class tease. Margaret Goss and Barbara Whitney: Another year to continue their intimate friendship. Mary Guy: A season ticket to the Metropolitan Opera House. Horace Halladay: The dignity characteristic of every Agawam Senior. Ruth Halladay: The honor of being the only Ruth Halladay in school. Marvin Hastings: A guest insurance policy to comfort the minds of those who ride to school with him mornings. Robert Healy: The distinction of being one of the few students to prove to the faculty that it is possible to excel both athletically and scholastically. Edmond Hermansky: More vivaciousness to add to his good looks. Eleanor Jensen: Smoother sailing with her boyfriend next year. Frank Johnson: A little more “oomph” in general. (Faculty note: “Oomph” is a more modern term for vivaciousness.) Jeanette Kent: A new chauffeur so that her brother may enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” with his car. Raymond Kent: A high school diploma so he will be able to graduate with Martha Tarnuzzer. Kenneth La Fountaine: Cherished memories of Agawam High to take with him back to Suffield. Millicent La Voie: Alice Kennedy’s place at the Rialto skating rink Saturday nights. Aileen Levesque: A bicycle to make tending her paper route easier. Lilian Levesque: A pair of uncomfortable, old shoes (Editor’s brand) into whi.h she m y step during the coming year. Ruth Light: Kathleen Norris’s nice broad smile. Irene Marotte: A new pair of ice skates so she may continue her enthusiasm for ice-skating. Lewis Martin: A bucket of white-wash to cover his frequent blushes. Ann Mathison: An eight-foot step ladder so she can climb down from the high horse she’s on now. Helen and Margaret McDonald: A double diploma so they can graduate together. Mary Merlo: Rita Magnuson’s decorum. (Note to the freshmen: Decorum means