Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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SACHEM . . 1940 Janet: Jack: Janet: J ack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: Janet: Jack: What are these pictures? Oh, I know. The Kid Party. It gave us dignified Seniors a chance to revert back to childhood with short clothes, dolls, and lollypops. We had a huge Christmas tree, and a real Santa Claus to give out presents. Robert Healy was Santa Claus. There were prizes too. Anna Wylie and Francis Fenn wore the funniest costumes, while Jeannette and Raymond Kent wore the cutest. Here are some more pictures of the party. We certainly looked cute in baby clothes. There always seemed to be a lot going on in our Senior year. I remember the Agawam Mirror took first place in the Columbia League for Scholastic Publications. Here’s a picture of the Senior members of the Mirror staff. Lilian Levesque was editor-in-chief. Members of our class were well represented in most of the musical events during our four years in high school. I remember “Robin Hood’’ partic- ularly because it came in our Senior year, and Elroy Benjamin, Elmer Goodhue, Edward Godfrey, Mildred Tortoriello, and Marie St. John all had important parts. (Marie St. John sings) Norma Blackburn looked very happy in this picture. She should have too, because it was the second year she had received honors in speaking contests. Francis Fenn, Herbert Freeman, and James Morrison were the most con- spicuous figures in the field of sports for the four years in high school, although there were many other outstanding girl and boy athletes in school. This picture is of the Pro Merito Society. Pro Merito students were Ruth Cesan, Lilian Levesque, Millicent LaVoie, Irene Nacewicz, Paul Tatro, Norma Swanson, Edward Shea, Janet Wheeler, and Anna Wylie. Here’s a picture of Daniel Pugh hitting Neal Raison in our Senior Play. The Senior Play, “Growing Pains” seemed the most important event. Didn’t Miss Phealan have a hard time keeping track of the eighteen people in the cast though! I thought one of the funniest parts in the play were contrib- uted by Danny Pugh as George and Eleanor Pfersick as Elsie. Remember the graceful way in which they danced together? Nothing could surpass their clowning. (Daniel Pugh and Eleanor Pfersick dance) Senior members of the Student Council were—. I et’s see, what does this say? Oh, yes, June Smith, Norma Swanson, Eleanor Jensen, John Sasson, Alfred Penna, and Francis Fenn. On May 24th, 1940, we were guests of the Juniors at the Promenade. Then came our last days at Agawam High. Our class banquet, class picnic, class night exercises, and graduation exercises, all came in such a rush we hardly realized that our carefree high school days had come to an end. (Closes book) Well, I guess those are all the pictures I have. Let’s look up some of our old friends and show them your book. It’ll give us something to do, and I wouldn’t mind looking at those pictures all over again. Janet Wheeler John Sasson Class Prophecy Time: 1955 Scene: The Pine Room of the Captain Charles Leonard House in the City of Agawam where the Monthly Quilters’ Club is in session. Characters: Eleanor Jensen, Jean Blood, Eleanor Pfersick. page twenty-jour

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SACHEM . 1940 Eleanor P: (Three chairs are in a circle, and scraps of cloth and thread litter the floor. Eleanor and Jean are intent upon their quilting when Eleanor P. dashes madly in.) (Shedding her coat and dropping into a chair.) Am I late? I tried my best to get here earlier, but right in front of Filene’s I met Edna Gazar, who is head buyer in the Sportswear Department there. Then I jumped into my car and hurried here, but at the new Agawam bridge I was stopped for speeding. (Pause) My, but he was handsome! Jean: Eleanor P: Why Eleanor, that must have been Neal Raison. He’s Chief of Police now. Neal Raison! That reminds me. I saw an article in the paper the other day that Renzo Balboni has replaced Mr. Keene, Tracer of Lost Persons, and Alice Sopet is his secretary. Eleanor J: (Glancing out of the window.) There goes Norma Swanson in her 1955 Packard. She’s national head of the Girl Reserves. Edmond Hermansky is her chauffeur. Jean: Oh! I heard she is going to speak before the Tri-Hi Club at the Agawam Junior College for Girls this afternoon. Alice Patterson is the president. Eleanor J: Jean: Isn’t that where Lewis Martin, Carl Gustafson, and Elmer Goodhue are? Yes, Lewis teaches English; Elmer, U. S. History; and Carl is the Biology professor. (Their quilting is resumed and all is quiet for a moment.) Eleanor P: Did you know that Roger Dalgleish and John Sasson are still at Clark University? I’ll bet between the two of them they keep the professors in a whirl. Jack is still a candid camera fan, and Roger has cooperated with Francis Fenn in the discovery of a new cure for sick horses. Frannie uses this in his veterinary work. Jean: No, I didn’t know that, but yesterday when I was walking down the street a car came up behind me and scared the daylights out of me. It was Raymond Kent. He had so many contraptions on his car that I could Eleanor J: Eleanor P: hardly see him. He owns an auto accessory shop, and I guess he believes in advertising. Dominic Zerbato is his assistant. Is that today’s paper, Eleanor? Yes, Aileen Levesque runs a news stand now. I bought this from her on the way. Eleanor J: (Opening paper.) Let’s see what Geraldine Blanchard has written about Eleanor P: today. She has her own column now in the Agawam Herald, “Forgotten Facts About Agawam.” Florence Dalgleish assists her in collecting the news which is illustrated by Daniel Pugh. (Looking over Eleanor J.’s shoulder.) There’s a picture of the staff of the Agawam Memorial Hospital. (Turning to Jean.) How do you enjoy your work there as Superintendent of Nurses? Jean: It’s wonderful. June Smith has been promoted to head dietitian and on her staff are Luella Fiske, Helen Subotin, and Millicent LaVoie. Milly is trying to have rubber-tired roller skates adopted for nurses who are on duty on long floors. Eleanor J: (Turning the page of paper.) Here’s a picture of Norma Blackburn who is the U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Let’s see what it says about her. (Reads.) “Miss Norma Blackburn, the Senator from Massachusetts, will speak over station A-G-A tonight at 7 p. m. Her subject is ‘Youth and the Constitution’.” Jean: We must be sure to listen. The announcer on A-G-A is a classmate of Eleanor P: ours, Earl Neill. But we had better put that paper away, and attend to business here if we intend to finish today. (Eleanor J. drops paper to resume quilting.) Have you heard the latest? Jean and Eleanor .1: (Together) No, what? Eleanor P: Last night Margaret Rocheleau and I went to the Hofbrauhaus, and there we saw Elroy Benjamin and Marie St. John. Elroy is the singing waiter, and Marie is their featured entertainer. Anna Wylie, the famous poetess, was there with Edward Shea who has just published his latest play, “Grownup Pains”. When it opens on Broadway under the direction of page twenty-six