Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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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

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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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dignity.) James Morrison: An interpreter to explain his unique language. Irene Nacewicz: A sunny summer’s vacation to make her hair even more beau- tiful. Robert Notman: Edward Nacewicz’s place warming the bench during the next football season. Rita Paro: Dorothy Steele’s position as the most efficient student in the class. Alice Patterson: An Agawam Robert Taylor to go ga-ga over. Eleanor Pfersick: A private parking lot for her boy friends’ cars so they won’t block the street in front of her house. Phyllis Picard: A publisher to make her poetry more famous. Dariel Pugh: Eugene Smith’s veteran ability in the outfield. Catherine Rachek: Georgianna Styner’s skill in keeping blond hair attractive. Norman Regnier: A transfer to Agawam for a certain West Side girl. Wilfred Regnier: A revival of the hockey team so he can let loose his skill in playing hockey. Edith Richings: A classmate from Commerce. Virginia Rising: A book of cowboy songs to sing when she plays her guitar. Maigaret Rocheleau: An airplane so she can fly to school when the athletic field is flooded. Elizabeth Roleau: A synchronizer to hejp her play in time with her piano partner in assemblies next year. Frank Santinello: A ticket to the world series. John Sasson: Roy Anderson leaves him his skill in photography. Virginia Scagni: Another year to win poster contests. Bernice Secord: A jar of complexo so she can keep that creamy complexion. Edward Shea: A cash register in which to keep change when selling lunchroom tickets next year Francis Smith: A private dancing school so he can practice some of his dancing steps. Jeanette Smith: An extra “r.” to vary the spelling of her name now that the senior Jeannette Smith has graduated. June Smith: Three U’s so she can stay back a year to graduate with a certain Sophomore boy. Alice Sopet: A little of Priscilla Talmadgc’s personality to overcome her timidity. Helen Subotin: A leash so she won’t continually lose a certain post-graduate boy in the future. Norma Swanson: Edmund Kalinowski leaves her—reluctantly. Paul Tatro: A bottle of wave set to keep that cute little wave on his forehead :ntact throughout his senior year. Fanny Tonelli: A streamlined typewriter so she can increase further her speed in typing. Mildred Tortoricllo: A book on “How to Dance.’’ Isahella Tulloch: The services of six photographers so she can have her picture taken all she wants. Dorcas Turner: A megaphone so she can be heard while reciting in class. Jar.et Wheeler: A faithful boyfriend for a loyal little girl. Earle Williams: Seme of Tommy Petruzzello’s ability to hit home runs. Marie Wilson: A bow and arrow to help her play the role of Cupid. Anna Wylie: The courage to take a year of Physics with Mr. Hadley after a grueling year of Chemistry. Jos M?h Wysocke: David Brockett’s ability to handle a car. Pearl Zabini: Our sincere regrets that Mitchell Zielinski no longer will be op- posite her in sixth period study hall. In witness whereof, we do now affix our seal this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine. Wilbert Humphlett — Roland Perusse Class Gifts Adams, Roger Milk Pail When you’re a wealthy farmer. To your neighbors tell a tale About the start we gave you With a shiny milking pail.