Burlington High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Burlington, MA)

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Tete i ARROWHEAD PA CILIA) TARO) ELC 7 Extra! Extra! Read all about it. New Machine invented. It is guaranteed to take you into the future for twelve hours. A group of students from the Burlington High School are to be the first to try it. They are to try to find the members of the class of ’’45’’ and see what they are doing. They are gathered around the machine now. It is set for 1965. A button is pressed and they find themselves on a street in Burlington. The old home town has grown by leaps and bounds and it is now a large city com- posed of two theaters and other important buildings which ave centered around an enor- mous dairy. These have assumed skyscraper proportions. As they walk up the street, spellbound they look in the windows of the stores and office buildings. The first place they come to is the ‘Eat All You Want Restaurant.’’ As they look through the window, they see ‘’Dot’’ McDevitt seated at a table with three small children. They seem to be very noisy and are grubbing for food. ‘’Dot’’ is telling them how she gave up a career as a model to marry their father and now he has gone to Reno and left her. Just then a waiter, Walter Frederick, appears singing “What Will You Have?”’ He is a singing waiter, the best around even though he never made radio. As a hobby he invents things and has just completed a machine that does all your thinking for you. : Wending their way up toward a theater, they see a sign reading: ‘’Come In, Special Today, Free of Charge.’’ Upon entering the lobby they find that Hollywood’s best stars are playing in a stage version of ‘The Good Old Days of '45’. Starring in the production are Dorothea LaCrosse and Joseph Wallace. By listening to people talk, they learn that “Joe” and “‘Dot’’ are man and wife in real life. After three hours of complete relaxation, their attention is drawn to manager John Sousa. This is the nearest he ever came to movie fame, and they discern that he would like to be in ‘Joe’s’’ place not only on the screen. A large crowd has gathered around the steps of City Hall to listen to the wise and guiding words of Mayor Kendall, who, like many other mayors, doesn’t practice what he preaches. The subject this time is: ‘“The Evils of the Gambling World.’’ Imagine this from aman who we all know has half interest in the largest gambling house in the country! The crowd seems to be tiring of this haranguing and moves toward a large field in the rear of the hall. Ringling Brothers have brought their first circus to Burlington, and Mary Colley, of all people, is calling out the performances that are to appear next. She has become one of the most talkative people in Burlington and finds that by being a barker for the circus, she can talk more than in any other position. As they walk through the sideshows, they see Louise Govoni, the fattest woman in the world, weighing 532 pounds. Seated beside her is Irving Nelson, who weighs a mere 85 pounds. The big show starts and the first number is a trapeze act done by Robert Sullivan and John Ryan. On roller skates, they glide across ropes which zigzag through the air. The next performance is a lion and tiger training act. The trainer is ‘‘Dot’’ McKinnon assisted by Walter Broussard. They make a tiger and lion advance together across the ring and perform many other exciting tricks. Now that the main show is over, a tour of the stars’ tents is in order. Joy Steenblik, sword swallower for the circus, is reading a letter from her husband Paul Breen. He tells

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ARROWHEAD 1945 CLASS SONG Twelve long years have passed away, And now the day is here To say good-bye to Burlington High And all our friends so dear. Let’s stop a while to say a prayer For all our classmates dear Who heard the call of Uncle Sam And left without a fear. So we'll go forward bold and strong To work with all our souls And with the thoughts of our own school We’re sure to reach our goals. As now to Burlington High School We say our last good bye, The memory of our high school days Will ever before us lie.

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Yad ARROWHEAD ist her that ‘‘Angie’’ Galinos, Richard Ryan and he have been very successful on their trip into the African jungle and have found many animal skeletons and other fossils. As it is starting to grow dark they decide to walk on up the street to see what else is happening. They keep walking until they come to the South End of the town. It is very shabby here, the main attraction being a small, dingy theater. Outside they see Cynthia Bussey selling apples and flowers, although she is really the owner of the dairy, located in the best part of the town. She likes this job because it brings her in contact with many different types of people. Cynthia advises that we enter the theater to hear Evelyn An- derson singing on the stage. She has taken an assumed name and is trying to have a rest from her career in the Metropolitan Opera House. Besides, she wants to find out how it feels to work in a second rate place. Evelyn’s exit is Ruth Wiles’ entrance cue and the lady appears for her famous tap dance, ‘The Wild Frolic of Ruth.’’ Assisting her is Inez Black who likes to get away at night from her jo as history teacher at the Burlington High School. As they walk out of the theater, they meet Leo Maguire, who is a Hollywood Talent Scout. He is disguised as a tramp but they recognize him, and he tells them that he has decided to sign Inez up for a big part in ‘’Don’t Let Your Feet Touch The Ground” to be produced by M.G.M. Darkness has fallen now and the tired soothsayers wend their way to the nearest hotel. There they see lona Skelton, who is now Lady Brightesham, the wife of one of the richest men in England. Because of her so-called social position she doesnt recognize any of them. In the dining room is Geraldine Seminatore. She does waitress work as a side- line, but her real occupation is a chemist in the fish laboratories. Well, it is now 11:30 and only half an hour is left of this gaze into the future so they hurry out into the street again. Fred Brundige is just starting off in his home-built helicopter. It is fashioned into a lunch wagon and he travels from place to place in it with his cook Walton Bailey. Like migratory birds they go South in the winter and come North in the summer. The clock strikes 12 and the students find themselves back in the present where they relate to us what they saw. What a future to anticipate!