Blackstone High School - Pakachoag Yearbook (Blackstone, MA)

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Marg amz Mart df amz Mdlrj df 01171 Mary df Mary Jar 06111 Mary at 04171 Mara 'ut 04111 Class Prophecy Desk and tvpewrlter, Marv Brothers at desk Phone rlngs Yes? A reporter and photographer from the Tzmer for an IUECFXICVSJ All rlght I ll see them Enter Joan Bradley and Pat Ballou XX hv If s Mary Brothers, our former classmate at Blatkstone Hxgh Sthooll Lan you lmagme her as setretarx to the Presldent of the United States? I am as surprlsed as xou are' I dtdn t reallae that the star reporter from the New 'York Tuner was the Pat Ballou that I knew Ill Blatkstone Hlgh School In fatt I expetted the mafculzne gender And there s no need to xntrodute mv 1nd1spensable photographer, oan Bradley Pleased to meet you, aganz Am I the nrst member of our tlass that you are honorlng with an1nterx1ew3 Oh no' VI hen we were out III Hollywood a few months ago, whom do vou thxnk we saw? Maurlee Renaud 1nd ohn Rax who are LOlIlCd1dI1S Thev xe knocked Abbott and Costello r1ght mto the breadllne Thev make qu1te 1 team, and Bobbte Maher 15 the makeup arnst for the M G M Stud1os Thelr famous dress deslgner, Irene, IS none other than Irene Vlolenskl Mary Sh1pala 15 thexr ha1r stylrst Really' Haxe you seen anyone elsea VN ell when we were on our wav back we stopped at the R1tz Hotel IH Chleago VN alter Polueha, the great swoonatra, was furnxshlng the enterta1nment He travels back and forth from Hollywood to New Xork quite often You remember h1m don tyou9 Yes I remember h1m Vx hat are the others dOll1g3 XX h1le we were IH Chltago we recelxed a telegram from our edltor, Anne Martln tellmg us to cox er a basketball game that the New H ork Rams w ere plavmg there Iohn McCabe was the toath Nxcholas G1ax ara and Leo Ruteas are the star forwards on that team And, of yes' Helen utst 1S the Coath of the gurls basketball team at XX heaton College I seem to remember readmg something about that 111 the Tzmea a llttle whlle ago You wrote the artlele dldn t vou? X es and when we came batk to New H ork we went to the Metropohtan Opera Do you know who the real Glorla Russell ISD Marx Rx an Helena Thlbault IS her prlx ate secretary, and Rall h Vlorln IS her agent Retexxes twenty pertent too' I haxe someth1ng to tell xou The other das I went to a new shop on Flfth Axe to haxe mv halr done The hairdresser was none other than Anne Baggan Hay en t you heard about her Ilutlx wulfv wonder turl3 No I has en t I heard George MtNe1l the famous tommentator, on the radlo the other nlght J.dXLI'flS1Hg Proborowskl s three rmg speual and we don t mean a urtus' NK hv certa1nly, and ohn Maloney IS hls buslness manager I781 C , ' ' , - A D t ff 1 J '. I I , ' ' f J, , . . . - ' - ' ', .1 IJ .. ' ' - I ' ' , , J , ,I J .. ' 'I P ., 7 , J , I . . .M 5 7 I I r I . I I , . , ' ' ' A V 7 l 7 joan: Of Course you do Mary! He sang in the minstrel show when we were seniors. I '. I v -, v V f . . , ' Y . . . . , y 7 f Y , ' . j .. A . 1 . - I ' h v, , , .V . Y, P U. f , , - V y , ' , - , 1 , '. ' I . ,, I ,- y A v - f V y 1 v A Y I I I. - , ' 5 , . ' , . - , , ' J .. ' J , ' , J . Iv ' ' ' . , I

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fur for 111 exeellent qumtet m the fut11re XX 1th the 1dx ent of 11ne e 1me exzms Illtl prospeet of 1 1 lI'l 1 wo fexerlshlx struggling to eonquer the Axos znzzwx The elleets of the glob1l eonfhet xxele made str1lx1nglx elear xx hen xxe returned to eommenee o11r umor xe1r Some etgen 1 st1lvx1rt bovs of ll H S h1d xo 1 teered for 1et1xe dutx xn the arnsed forees of the Umted States and vxere noxv hghtmg for our belox ed Amerlea Manv of us had tales to tell of our xae1tlon aettxltles 111 f1etor1es, on fll'ITlS, and m stores bv vvhleh xxe helped to Hasten x letorx Although the xxar had taken ehan1p lonshlp eallbre basketl all plavers eper haps vxe should haxe used that as an exeuse xxhenexer xxe xvere LlCfLlICC.l st1ll the unlors on the Xarsltx LOIlffll7LlfCLl mueh to ease the man povx er short IgG and hell ed xxfm manv of the XICIOYICS Vxe 1lso h1d our lovous moments es peelally when SCXCfll of o11r Llf1SSIlllfLS trxe to ulhold the l'I'lklflOI1S o o unlors Thls xx IS done, 11111eh to the eon stennatlon of the te 1ehers xx ho thought lf xvas alwaxs bcrng ox er done On Lllli, 18 the LIITIUFS entertamed the lors lf the annutl 1 e Prun lltl 1 1tallx xt ht e xxell o on 1 t rt x s the hrs tm.e o11r elass ex had an opportunltx to earn monex for our treasurv The Prom xx11s a great sueeess, both soelallv and hnanelallx Senmrn Tl1e long 1xx11ted d1x upon xxhleh xxe xxere to beeome Senlors lmallx arrlx ed, but 1 llttle PI't.ll1lILlI'ClW strange as ll max seem 15 II xxas on August 31 1143 Xe eommeneed on th1s dax xxnth onlx h 1lf of fhCOI'1L,1l1ll nun ber m 1ttendanee X e11lx the xx 11, though fought on fore1gn soxl xx as l'1.1x1llglfS elfeet on the home front In Februarx xxe had the tradltlonal Senlor Prom Thls xx as one of the hlgh llL,llI5 of o11r soelal aetlxltles that xxe htd l27 xxntnessed durmg our hlgh sehool e treers 'Xlthough talent seouts from Hollx xx ood lgllll fuled to put m an lIWPC lI'll1LC. due to LIIILIIUSIIITLCS oxer whxeh thex' h1d no eontrol, thev should haxe been present at our elass plax entltled M111 mmx xxhxeh xxas dlreeted bv Vlxss M1rv Eddx and Mlss Mtrx M1honex Thrs xx lS an exeept1on1llv p1ol1t1ble xent11re for the 1 sehool I ddxtlon IS 1 p1tr11 gesture, the students also staged 1 speelal perform tnce m Mlllxllle for the Home Serx lee Llub ln Aprll a mlnstrel show w LS presented under the d1reet1on of Mrs Helen1 Down ev, Superx 1sor of musle It xx ts 1 xerx hne entertamment due mamlv to the .IDIICS and songs of the slx f11nnx end men Not to forget that vxe spent four ve IFS of studv, some men1bers of our elass e1rned rem1rk1ble dlstmetlon for themselxes bx bemg eont1nu1llx on the honor roll These members xvere Anne Baggan Plffleld Ballou Marle Braekett oan l3r1dlev, Gladvs Hammann, Shlrlev Mellor, Fugene Qvxeelx lI'lLl M 1rv NK oxelk Soon xxe sh 1ll don our eaps llltl goxx ns, 1nd reeexxe the ehermshed hlgh sehool d1plom1 the mot1x 1t1ng foree xxhxeh prompted us to SflV lf home studvmg though we ardentlx vxlshed to be SXNIIII mlng slxttlng loller Slxlflliq boxx 111 or lndulgmg lll other season 1l sports XX e are gomg out mto a war torn xx orld where the future IS 11neerta1n md the LOIUPCUEIOU IS keen We shall be mmus the gu1d1ng hand of the kmdlx and erud1te re1ehers of our Alma Mater to help us steer 1 tr11e eourse ln llfe We shall be on our ovxn But eome xxhat max, xxe lcnoxx that vxe shall exer be grateful to our beloxed Alm1 Mater, Blael-:stone Hlgh Sehool for armlng 11s xxlth ex erx thmg at her dlsposal to help us hght eourageouslx lllkl perse xerlnglx ln the battle of ex erxd 1x llfe Kn1er1ea'XX e are lcnoekmg on x o11r doors ofopporturntx' OPEN for the el 1ss of 44 VIARY XX 0-jtllx 1' 1 ' ' A . I A ' T2 . 'A '1 ' ' '1 1 1 1 Y ' ' 1' ' the ' 1 x'1e11t1oI1 ' 1 rld 2,21 1' A h ' 1 1 1 'A ' NA. Y Y. I x A ii ,Q H ,Q 2 44 FF FK BK W U . V I ' K 1 ' 'R ' ' ' I' A 1 1 1 ' .1 I 1 - '-' yvv - . 1 a . ' 2 if 2 'fl 'N 2 . 1nd 1 11 I . , . 1 ' lun- higl ' . I1 ll ' 4 , 1 1 1 'mtie if I , lv 5 , A - . 1 1 1 1'-1 1 1 Y 1 b 2 I - rx 1 Y' 'Z 4 1 ' I YI ' ' ' A f V A ' 2 ,s 1' A 1 ' A I f' I . 1 - , . ,'- vi , I V2 2 vs 1 ' v, , , - . - . ' , .' I . ' , , . .L D, ' I 1 .. ., 2 1 1 . . 1 - V . 1 . Q. -' - ' 2 If . , X , - , , 2 .. 1 1 , ., A - ' , ' , ' 1 J -', , 2 -1 L .1 1 JN , 1 J 4 ' d x 1 1lA' f llx' e ' ,1 14 ' . 'I ' -- '- ,Z . - 1 - - 1 ' 2 'I 2 K r . , ' L- - , y ' 1 fs' 1 , - .' ', .. , 1 f y ' v U I 27 5 vi - - , '- Sen' ' 1 A ' 1 1111 KI . l 'F ,Y ' 1 I' ' 'Q ' - let ' ,', ' mig b 'A t p i1t nut ' , 1 ' , ' ' '1 ' K, 'l' g, tha ' N'2lx ' W 't ' er ' ' ' ' 1 ' '. , I' 1 . . -- ' - ,' , 2 1 DK Pk is if ' A 1 ' yr A -1 '1' 14' ' 'J 1 ' ' A'. ' ' 7 ' 1 h 1 yf I v v ' 7 I 1 Y v v A 2 4 a 2 iy, 1 4 1 I vt! 7 1 v 1 . y 1- ' ff K 1 , 1 . x 1 1 A- 'f 1 , . .4 '. , , .' . L . ' y' ,V 1 ' 1 '- .1 'af' 1 1 1 ' ' '. 7 'V ,', ' ' .'1 '- A ll 1 N A , r U :VA T l 1' la' ' ll .1 1 'U - M 2 -Y in I vi 1 1, I l

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