Bristol High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bristol, RI)

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CLASS PROPHECY COLLEGE PREPARATORY One Sunday I was invited by a friend of mine to see and criticize a new machine that he had invented. When I arrived, he showed me to a large room where there stood a queer “contraption.” He said that it was a tide machine for into the future, the distance to be determined by a dial. Suddenly I realized he wanted me to make the first test and before I could climb out of the machine which I had mounted in order to examine it, he had shut the door. A huge cloud of black smoke arose from the floor and blotted out my vision. I quickly grasped the dial, set it for twenty years hence and waited. Slowly but surely the machine stopped I grabbed the handle and opened the door. Ah, it had worked there I was in some town, which upon closer examination proved to be Bristol in 1965. Bristol was much the same except for one “Super Service” gas station on the north side of Wood Street. It was very large and serviced airplanes and heliocopters as well as automobiles. Curious, I entered the office to find the owner and was greatly surprised to find JOSEPH BERRETTO seated at the desk. After a short chat with him I started to cross the street, when I noticed a sign reading: “Dave’s Beauty Parlor, The Best and Latest Hairdos.” The name sounded familiar so I peeked in the window and saw DAVID MATHEWSON giving his staff of female hairdressers a lesson on the latest styles. For a better view of the town, I hailed a taxi and had just climbed in when I realized that the driver was none other than JOSEPH GIUSTO, who proceeded to give me a short history of the town since 1945. He told me that there was a new establishment on the corner of Hope and Court Street which should interest me. Leaving the taxi at this corner, I climbed a short flight of stairs and was confronted with three doors. While I was deciding which one to open, I heard some one saying, “1, 2, 3, 4.—bend, w-a-y o-v-e-r—1, 2, 3, 4,—” quickly I opened the door at my left and saw MARY PAIVA who told me she was a world-famous ladywrestler, and her most capable instructor in muscle building exercises was JOSEPH NUNES. He insisted on demonstrating some of the new tricks that he was teaching Mary, with me as the victim. After several tosses, kicks, and body blows, I discovered that my hat had been ruined in the onslaught and I asked Joseph where I could buy a new one. He recommended a large department store on Hope Street. Having said good-bye to Joseph, I left him with Mary and entered a beautiful department store. I was quickly fitted with a new hat and was about to pay the salesman, when I discovered that my wallet was missing. Unthinkingly I shouted for the manager and was presented with none other than ROSE MARY JAMIEL. She, being very efficient, quickly found my wallet on the floor where I had dropped it. Naturally enough. We began talking and Rose Mary told me to visit the town hall where there was a debate being held to decide whether baseball should be allowed on the Bristol Common. I left hurriedly and had quietly entered the town hall when the speaker for the affirmative, Mathew Maetoza, finished by saying in loud tone: If you will permit that circus to be held on the common why will you not allow baseball to be played there? This speech caused much grumbling and one man, who was evidently on the affirmative side got up and asked why they could not go on to the common and let the negative side show them one good reason why baseball should not be played there. Everybody immediately left for the common where I decided to watch the circus instead of listening to senseless argument. In the main tent I noticed two people each on a trapeze, who were about to perform. At first I did not recognize them, but suddenly I realized that the two people were MARGUERITE KEBREK and JAMES SAVIANO. They had the usual routine act, except that Jimmy was the one that let go and Marguerite was the one that caught him. In between acts my attention was attracted by a race about to take place between four strong runners. When the shot that started the race 29

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