Bay Path College - Portico Yearbook (Longmeadow, MA)

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And now, who is this stepping out of the elevator? Why, it is Lillian Parzych, followed by Hester Taylor and Muriel Antaya. Lillian has certainly gone a long way from Bay Path in Longmeadow. She is now employed by the New York Stock Exchange. Hester and Muriel work with hor and are her constant companions. Do we hear cases mentioned over there? Four very engrossed young ladies, Rosalie Kostowski, Ruth Howard, Shirley Siebert, and Helen Cass, are relating their many unusual experiences and case histories. Rosalie is secretary to the top brain specialist in the United States. Ruth is secretary to the famous pediatrician, Dr. I. A. Owen of San Francisco. Shirley and Helen both seem to have accomplished a great deal since their Bay Path Days. Shirley can now eat regular meals like everyone else-no more toast and sugar with black coffee. lean Picknally and Ada Spahl have just sauntered in from the dining room after having their mid-afternoon snack. lean, now an aviatrix and owning a jet-propelled plane of her own, flew Ada into town from New York City. Ada is the top court stenographer in the New York Supreme Court. The Veterans Administration is still in action and functioning very efficiently. And why not? We see Mildred Wilson as private secretary to the head of this organization, and Alva Raymond as secretary to Dr. A. T. Iohnson, chief doctor of all examinations. It is still afternoon and the stores are not yet closed, and a tour of the stores would be most delightful. There are a few minor changes, but really nothing to speak of. But wait! That shop over there-Diana's Specialty Shop - shall we explore it? In the door, and upon investigating, we find that Theresa Ioe is managing the store. While talking to Theresa, we find that Selma Koch is the accountant of this exclusive little shop. While dis- cussing old times with Theresa and Selma, who should walk in but Ines Zanone and Catherine Smith, doing a little shopping before going to the Kimball. Both of these girls are happily married, and still inseparable. Back at the Hotel Kimball, Nancy Wheeler, married for several years now, has just arrived after driving up from New Iersey. Ann Iaremko comes in just behind her, making the class complete. Ann is now owner of a beautiful little tea room, and doing very well at the job. We are all together now and ready for a grand reunion-our very first in ten years. The vision into the future fades, so we are spared the agony of enduring the gossip that is sure to be running wild during the two days of this all-too-brief reunion. l l 1 l l l l l l l J.

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class prophecy ............... . . Many people have often wished that they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. By this we mean their future has been planned out for them, so we have decided to relieve your worried minds by predicting the future of our present graduating class. The war is now over and people, as well as industry, are beginning to come back to normal. We, the members of the senior class, are now beginning on a new adventure. What may happen or what we may do in the next decade is a Complete mystery to each and every one of us. We have predicted that the majority oi the class will remain unattached young women. Shall we now delve into that grand and glorious future? The Class of 1947 in the year 1957 is now a much older, wiser, and matured group of young women. Letters were sent out to the alumnae of this class stating that there is to be a reunion on the twenty-first of Iune, 1957. The beginning of such a reunion is focused at the airport in Hartford, Connecticut, at twelve o'clock noon. At the door of a huge transcontinental airliner we see Iocelyn Stedman. Iocelyn is the airline stewardess on this plane. She seems to be thriving while flying through the air with the greatest of ease. There are many passengers on board this plane, one of whom we recognize immediately as Gwendolyn Hutchinson. Gwen, a Certified Public Accountant, has come up here from Palm Beach, Florida. Gwen and Iocelyn are leaving Hartford for Springfield on the next train. At one o'clock in the afternoon, they are seen boarding a train which has come in from Chicago bound for Boston. Upon entering, they are greeted by Mary Lagana, who is now a traveling auditor for Pierce, Brook, and Lincoln, interstate wholesale dealers of fresh oranges. Upon arriving at the Springfield station, everything seems to be just as it was ten years ago. Well, hello there! Dorothy Cobbs, who is now married and has two lovely children, is sitting at one of the benches ap- parently waiting for someone. As we look around, we notice a tall, stately woman approaching-Charlotte Trafton. We hardly recognize her, al- though she has not changed much. The reunion is off to a marvelous start. Soon they are all hurrying to catch a bus for the Hotel Kimball. where they all have reservations for two days. We recognize Ruth Garwood and Shirley Cobbs standing at the recep- tion desk, just registering, when they see their former classmates enter through the main door. Ruth and Shirley never ventured outside Spring- field for their life work. They are secretaries to very prominent busi- 1'19SSH19I1. Now we spy Mary Ioyce, Claire Leger., Miriam Lyons, and Shirley Castonguay talking over old times, never-to-be-forgotten days at Bay Path. Each of these girls is a medical secretary to a fine doctor. Miriam, ot course, still has her well-remembered sense of humor.

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O O O I I O O l O O O O O O O 0 O O O O 0 e, the Seniors. of Bay Path Secretarial School, Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven, do ordain and decree the tollowing to be used by the beneficiaries for the utmost improvement in their last year at Bay Path: Muriel Antaya bequeaths her knowledge oi the transportation facilities to Helen Richardson. Shirley Castonquay gives to Iune Turner her ability to always be on time. Dorothy Cobbs regretiully leaves to Peggy Halasz her ability to get into trouble. Shirley Cobbs gives Velma McNutt her efficiency in organization. Ruth Garwood bestows upon Lorraine Ioe her car. Ruth Howard gives Ianet Cooper her earrings. Gwen Hutchinson regretfully leaves to Teeny Thomas her love for the Sunny South . Ann Iaremko leaves to any junior, who is interested in psychology, her association oi black with cocktails. Theresa Ioe bequeaths to Kathleen O'Rourke her love of tea. Mary Ioyce and Iocelyn Stedman regretfully leave their reserved seats in the smoker. Selma Koch gives to any interested junior her dancing ability. Rosalie Kostowski leaves her flaming red hair and temperament to Bobbie Gilgotf. Mary Lagana leaves the junior class treasurer her cashbox. Claire Leger gratefully gives her ability to walk in a straight line to Ioanne Mitten. Miriam Lyons gives to Ieanette Passero her typing eraser. Lillian Parzych departs in search of a cigarette. lean Picknally leaves her job with Dean Wagner to Shirley Weber. Catherine Smith bestows upon Eleanor MacKee her ability to hit high C. Ada Spahl gives to Gilda Grandonico her book on shorthand skills. Hester Taylor leaves behind her comb to some needy junior, Charlotte Tratton leaves Dorothy Ward everything but her height - she needs that herself. Nancy Wheeler gives the Cornhuskers her love ot the big city. Mildred Wilson donates to any junior, who is stuck for something to wear, her sack-dress. Ines Zanone bequeaths to any junior in need oi a vacation her sick leaves. Shirley Siebert regrettully leaves her cofiee cup to Mona Ingraham. Helen Cass leaves to Helen Logan her umbrella. Alva Raymond gratefully leaves her jitters before an exam to Mary Lou Shea. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and set our seals this tenth day oi May in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty- Seven. f P ,,.M,e..ag,ef .?Q,z2..,:yg,g- Q76a.f,f.e.7f x,,jfffr'c,1 1 or ' K3 gflzlfdfcf ,4 7 '14 xg,