Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Time: 1951. Place: Raschi’s Office. C HARACTER S Raymond Raschi: President of the Raschi Dress (Jo. ALMA Lodi : Proprietor of Loral Dress Shop Lorraine HaWKES: Proprietor of Loral Dress Shop Alfred DaGLIO : New Production Manager Alfred Murn: Messenger Raschi: (Sitting at desk; puts hand to head and angrily says) Oh, why — why of all things did I have to pick a women’s dress factory of which to he president! Com- plain. complain, complain is all these women can do! One more complaint will surely drive me mad! (Picks up phone) Say. Phyllis, 1 mean. Miss Connor, please place the “Do Not Disturb” sign on my door again! (Relaxes, settles self comfortably at desk, sighs, picks up paper and says) Now for some peace. (Begins reading and remarks) Boy. this Agawam 'Times is all right. Robert Penn and Edith Marinetti certainly are marvelous editors. The campaign for mayor of Agawam City has reached its height! Alphonse Lango on the “Aga” ticket and Wilbur Miller on the “Warn” ticket — stiff competition there! I see Cecelia Napolitan, the Coast-to-Coast lecturer, is backing the “Warn” ticket with all her inspiring talks at the Agawam Municipal Auditorium. (Startled) What’s this? (Reads) “A new . . . (Stops; hears girls’ loud angry voices; covers face with paper in desperation). (Voices arc heard outside) We don’t know who he is, Phyllis, and we don’t care to know! We re going in! (Lorraine and Alma enter stormilv.) Alma: (Angrily) We’re the owners of the Loral Dress Shop, and Mr. President, we’re here to complain! Lorraine: (Angrily) We certainly are! Our shop has the reputation of being distinguished and carrying the latest modes. Alma: This happens to be H)$i and not 1041! Lorraine: Why, we didn’t have a gown in stock fit to sell to Thelma Wheeler, the well-known opera singer. Miss Wheeler certainly couldn’t appear in one of your gowns at the world-famous Zielinski Opera House! Alma: You can take the Loral Dress Shop off your mailing list, and you can he sure that our neighbor, the Letendre and Letcndrc Department Store, will hear . . . (She is interrupted by the entrance of Daglio. He’s laden with dresses and boxes so that his identity is not at first revealed.) Daglio: Excuse me. The vice-president, William Myers, sent me. I’m the new production manager. These dresses—(Startled; sees girls) Alma ! Lorraine! (Drops dresses to greet them.) Alma. Lorraine: Obbie! Gee, it’s good to see you! (Meanwhile, Raschi, hearing the names, slowly, not believing his ears takes paper from head.) Raschi: (Startled) No! No! It can’t be! I'm going mad! But it is! Lorraine! Alma! Obbie! Lorraine, Alma. Obbie: (Turn to him) Ray! Lorraine: You, the president of this firm? [26]

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Dap lio: And my boss? Alma: (ice, but it’s a small world! (Telephone rings) Raschi: Sit down. Make yourselves at home! It this is another complaint. I'll . . . (Into phone, gruffly) President Raschi speaking . . . Leger? . . . Oh! Kenneth I-egei ! . . . Vo, I own the lot across the street ... I bought it from the John Diduk Real Estate Agency last year . . . Certainly, you and Harold Clark can use it for a billboard! . . .Good-bye! (Hangs up) Thar was Kenneth Leger. Daglio: That chocolate taste to the new Leger and Clark Toothpaste is all right. I use it four times a day. Lorrairii : Maybe Hjordis Paulson or Ralph ()li cr will pose for the billboard. They've been doing a lot of posing for national advertisers. Alma: Their pictures do improve the scenery. Daglio: I've often noticed their pictures on the cover of Myrt's Co-Ed Fashions magazine. Myrtle Maillard and Albina Shea are brilliant editors. Their magazine has a national circulation. Raschi: Who does the modeling? Lor rain; : Barbara Risley and Shirley Wilcoxson. Raschi: Remind me to get the magazine! I've been missing a lot! Lorraine: Speaking of models, Cecile Brusseau and Helen McDonald model the dresses in our store. Alma: Yes, and Stanley Anderson is our store manager. Daglio: It seems odd that we four should all land in the 1 ress business. You know— (Daglio’s interrupted by the appearance of a Telegram Boy. It's Alfred Mutti.) All: Why. Alfred Mutti! Mall-: Hello, everybody! 1 have a singing telegram for you. Raymond, from your North Agawam “gang. (Sings. “Happy Birthda) to You. ) Raschi: (ice! It is my birthday! I almost forgot! All: Happy birthday, Ray! Mutti: I sing telegrams just as a side line, you know. I'm really an undertaker, but bu-incss hasn't been too good lately. That Dr. William Wylie's Eternal Tonic certainly adds years to people’s lives! Catherine Smith’s best seller, Don't Ever Die. doesn’t help my business any either. Well, good-bye folks. Hope to see you again soon. (Leaves) Daglio: Not in your parlor. I hope. Lorraine: Say. what are your North Agawam friends doing? Raschi: No doubt you've heard about Edmund Massa. Alma: Yes, isn’t it grand that lie’s been appointed Secretary of the Navy. Lorraine and I met him the last time we were in Washington on business. We saw John Walker there, too. He and Jeannette Hart are co-workers in the Treasury Department. Lorraine: What's Bob Grady doing? Daglio: He teaches chemistry at the exclusive Marianne Brad) School for girls. Alma: Wasn’t that the school that nearly exploded last week? Raschi: Yes. Bob was experimenting with his new non-explosive substance for pre- venting baldness. Daglio: Marianne has a fine school. Geraldine Balboni teaches Latin there, and Mary Grasso is the gym teacher. Lorrairu : What are the De Forge boys doing? Raschi: Leo and Philip are the proprietors of the North Agawam Ritz Hotel. Alma: Really? I’ve often admired its original architecture. Daglio: It was designed by Eleanor Zucco and built by the Calabrese and Richmond Construction Company. Lorraine: Who did the beautiful interior decorating? Raschi: Eleanor Scagni with the help of the Zancho sisters, Frances and Jennie. Daglio: The De Forge Brothers know how to draw crowds there. They’ve got the popular 26-piece Philip Brusseau Orchestra under contract. Millie Pisano is one of the talented musicians. [27]