Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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THE SOPHOMORE CLASS

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Springfield. Flash! The Agawam Hospital has added more efficient nurses to its staff. Among them are Jennie Subotin, Mary Gravel, Catherine Rachck, and Norma Mitchell. Jean Petersen, the famous dietitian, has found a single diet that adds pounds to thin people and makes fat people thin.” Did I read that right? Lorraine: Obbie, you need glasses! I’d advise the I)iduk-French opticians. Alma: He did read it right. 1 know, because I was talking with Jean’s assistant, Thelma Beal, the other day. (Telephone Rings) Raschi: Excuse me. (Picks up phone) President Raschi speaking . . . Senator Carr? . . .Oh! Charles Carr! . . . The Senate won’t repeal the bill? . . . What did the House think of it? State Representative, Charles Porter, approved? . . . Well, thanks anyway. Goodbye! (Hangs up) I can’t understand it. Our Massachusetts woman governor, Joan Baker, said the legislature would repeal the bill. Dagtio: What’s this all about. Ray? Raschi: (Disgusted) Women’s dresses! Listen to this. (Takes clipping from desk drawer and reads) “Dress lengths to be longer! Frances Arnold and Irene Marotte, Hollywood wardrobe censors of the John Quirk Film Company, have succeeded in passing a bill whereby women’s dresses must not be more than ten inches from the Hoor. Lorraine: So what? Raschi: So u hatf That means more material for each dress I manufacture, and I can’t get the act repealed! Alma: Oh, cheer up, Ray! Daglio: Do you know that Eleanor Pruczinski’s and Madelainne Richard's Thor- oughbred Dog Farm was honored for having the curliest-haired dogs in the country? Alma: Really? That reminds me! My hair needs to be set for Saturday. I'll have to call the Placido-Penna Beauty Parlor for an appointment. Lorraine: You should have called at least three weeks ago to make the appointment. The Hollywood hair stylist, Emma Scherpa, is there. Alma: Well, I’ll see if Esther Littlefield, the private secretary at the parlor, has an opening. Raschi: What do you say. Obbie? Let’s forget work and celebrate my birthday by taking the girls out. Daglio: Good idea, Ray! Well, girls? Lorraine, Alma: Wc like it! Raschi: We can start by having dinner and dancing at the “Agawam Trocadero.’’ Lorraine: Isn’t that the new restaurant owned by Carmella Pisano and Virginia Brinker? Daglio: Yes. They have delicious food there. Then we can go to the Everett Neil Playhouse and see Barbara Chapin in Grapes of Joy.” Lorraine, Alma: Sounds grand! Raschi: I’d better let my secretary know I’m going out or she’ll have the entire G-Men squad, including the chief, William Chiba, looking for me. (Picks up phone) Phyllis, I mean. Miss Connor, please take the “Do Not Disturb” sign from the door, and place the “Out for the Day” sign on it . . . Yes, and ask one of the fellows to drive the car out front . . . no, not the Cadillac . . . my new Regnier roadster. (Hangs up; gets hat and asks) Ready, folks? Daglio: Come, girls, here’s where ask for a raise! (They begin walking out) Alma: Lorraine and I still have a bone to pick with you, Ray! Lorraine: Yes. Ray! Raschi: Let’s hurry and make it a juicy steak bone at the “Agawam Trocadero.” Alma Lodi Lorraine Hawkes Alfred Daglio Raymond Raschi [ 29 J

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We. the Class of '41 hang of sound mind, we hope, with sincere and careful con- sideration for all our associates of the past four years, do hereby write our last will and testament: To the citizens of Agawam: Our grateful thanks for the educational opportunities and happy memories of the past four years made possible by their foresight and gen- erosity. To Mr. Vhelps: The lasting devotion of the class of ’41. To Mr. Daccy: As efficient secretaries in the future as this year’s senior class has been able to provide him. Miss Miller: We leave with regret. To Miss Phealan: More senior plays as successful as our production. “June Mad. To the faculty: Consolation for losing the best senior class which ever crossed the threshold of this school. To Jasper: A bigger fishing basket to carry home those huge trout he catches. To the Junior Class as a whole: Courage — to bear up under the bequests given them in the rest of the will. To the Sophomores: Our pity — for next year during assemblies, they will sit under the balcony instead of in it. To the Freshmen: Opportunity to lord it over the next crop of freshmen. To the Juniors individually we leave: Frank Allen: A ride on the cyclone to liven him up. Hilda Anderson: The ability to concentrate on one person. Sadie Assad: A good softball team to captain next year. Clayton Atwater: Better luck with his ice skating next winter. Vale Hailey: A dancing partner to match her skill in jitterbugging. Raymond Barbieri and Louis Rosso: Another year to send Agawam's hockey team into the limelight. Lois Harden: Somebody to take the place of Ann Diduk as best friend. Hcnjarnin Hassani: Some “Lady Esther” to cover his blushes. Donald Bennett: A flood so he can wear his boots. Ralph Bradford: A yacht so he can go boating in style this summer. Noel Broun: A bar of Palmolive soap to keep that school-girl complexion. Joseph Calabrese: A chance to steal his brother’s girl. Lucille Campbell: A personal hairdresser so her mother won’t have to fix her hair every morning. Shirley Caron. Mary Anne Cironda and Marjorie Newcomb: The joy of being seniors at Agawam. Ann Chmael: A bottle of lemon rinse to keep those golden locks golden. Lillian Ciak: Bells on her toes so she’ll make a little noise. Nancy Clark: A supply of flowers for that nice dark hair. William Colson: A string to tie around his finger to remind him to do his homework. George Cote: A steady girl. Then he won’t need to spend hours on the telephone trying to get a date. Christina Coughlin and Elaine Salani: Two comfortable chairs in which to relax while acting as Miss Miller’s secretaries next year. r 3-1