Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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THE BARRETONE Vol. I Published !: ' the Pupils of Barre High School, Barre, Mass., December, 1929 No. 1 EDITORIAL STAFF h ' ACULTY Editor-in-Chief, Gladys Abbott, ’30 Leroy L. Dawsi n, Princi])al Asst. Editor-in-Chief, B essie Montgomery, ’31 Errol L. Buker, Sub-Master Literary Editors, Elza Dahart, ’30 Selab Richmond, English Lois Harrington, ’32 Marv E. Neal, French Schcjol Activities Editor, Mary Taylor, ’33 Lucile B. Bovd, History Alumni Editor, Edward Hancock, ’32 Marv lb Butler, Latin Sports Editor, Richard Riley, ’31 Marion E. Estey, Helen E. Chase, Commercial Jokes lulitor. Miatti Wiitala, ’31 Music BUSINESS STAFF Lucv D. H. Rice, Drawing Business Manager. Adele Dunbar, ‘30 School Nurse . dvertising Manager. F rancis AlcQueston, ’30 Daisv Al. Ilanscom, .Asst. Advertising Manager, llenrv Puchalskv, ' 31 James V. Skelly. Manual Training Circulation Manager. Clara Carter. ’. 0 Mildred P. Heilman. Domestic Science Dear Readers : As this is my first appearance Before the ])ubhc view, I wish to beg your forbearance — Pm young, inexi)erienced, new. I ' ve tackled my work with zest, nd you can readily see I’ve tried to do my best To j)ortray school activity. And then as 1 grow older And all mj ' faults I see, 1 hope with me you’ll rejoice In the fruits of victory. The Barretone.

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Compliments of WEEKS Barre Tel. .3 4-3 Atwater Kent RADIO Fada SALES AND SERVICE Philco and Majestic B. A. HARRINGTON Tel. 144 Spartan Freed Summer Street BARRE, MASS. Whether to inspect or select, we cordially invite yon to view our practical and beautiful gifts. Compliments of The Store of • ' GIFTS THAT LAST” Barre S. C. CASE, Jeweler Paul Vi . Siivder The Barre Gazette With Its Nearly a Century of Community Service, extends best wishes to the BARRETONE 6. Sinn Jim

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6 THE BARRETONE LITERARY THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Is it the turkey, pudding, sauce, and pie That stirs the Christmas spirit o’er the earth? ’ith gorgeous gifts must we forever try To celelmate the little Christ Child ' s birth? Is it the tree so tow ' ring and so tall. Decked out with ornaments of every hue? Or do the dainty parcels at its foot Breathe forth our Christmas message true? Ah, no, ’tis none of these mere earthly things. Which please us only for a little while. It ' s bringing cheer and greetings glad to all •And sharing festal joys, however small. It’s spreading Christmas tidings far and near That makes this day the best of all the year, Gladys Abbott, ' dO. AT MARKET THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Oh, the excitement and bustle of marketing the day Iiefore Christmas, hat intense mystery is in the air, and what a busy sense of preparation the hurried shoppers convey as they rush frantically from one store to another! All one needs to join their ranks is a huge mar- ket basket, a long list of toothsome articles for the Christmas dinner, an ample purse, and an over- developed sense of ambition. Then he may draw his warmest coat tightly about him, pull his cap firmly over his ears, grasp his market basket fer- vently. and stej) briskly out into a cold, raw De- cember day, probably characterized by thin, sting- ing flakes of falling snow. However uninviting the weather, one finds the Christmas spirit of his fellow-shoppers unchanged. All are rea:ly with friendly smiles or cheery Christmas greetings as they hurry along the crowded streets, their arms piled high with bun- dles and their market baskets filled to the brim with all the delicious luxuries of Christmas. Even the little wreaths that are hung in the windows cjiie passes emit a friendly. Christmas ghiw. and the jollv, rubicund face of the rotund .Santa Claus on the ' corner reflects all the joyful anticipations one had when he leaned without doubt upon the miraculous generosities of that kindly Christmas saint. When one reaches the crowded and active mar- ket. it seems the goal of all his hungry longings. There he sees wonderful fat turkeys, luscious red cranberries, graceful, white celery, wholesome jiumpkins. turnips and squashes, and ai)petizing foods of all descriptions. He tries to elbow his way through the anxiously waiting throng, and. if successful, he may soon be shouting the contents of his lengthy list into the attentive ears of the tired clerk who hurries to serve him. Later he hurries homeward through the cling- ing snow, his basket filled and his mind at ])eace with the world. Upon his brain is stamped a hap- ])v, jumbled impression of persons. Traces, and things, which, however ordinary they may actually be. certainly contribute to that indefinite thing we call the Christmas “feeling.” Mary Louisa Taylor. ’.C PURCHASING A NECKTIE It was the morning of December twenty-fourth that Mrs. Brownell took her flour-begrimed hands out of the dough that she was mi.xing. A thought that had been troubling her for weeks again came to h.er. What would she buy for her brother’s Christmas present? Again the only answer that came to her mind was. “Get him a necktie.” When her holiday baking was finished, she went downtown, keeping in mind the fact that she •.addn’t siiend too much money. She walked down Main street, glancing into the shoj) windows for ideas, yet all things were either ])riced toi high or would not be a suitable present for her brother. She gave uj) all hope of finding any- thing different when she saw a display of gaily- colored neckties in a small shop window.