Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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22 THEECHO designed new wearing apparel, won- derfully becoming to each one's indi- vidual style. But even Adrian had difiiculty in choosing hats for Estelle and Eleanor Mullin. Their heads seemed to have grown out of propor- tion during their Senior year. A few boys have had diliiculty too. They bought new hats, now they don't seem to fit, so they found a bar- ber who thinks that by frequent trimmings Junior Winslow, Harvey Robinson, and Charlie Dudley can even swap chapeaux once in a while. Mothers are funny! When we were very young, some mothers hated to send us to those awful schools and kept us tied to their strings. Others think they have the makings of a child protege and send their little darlings to school as soon as they get over their baby talk. Well, Jerry Kelleher our oldest member and Eva Chops our youngest member were the victims. Well, to get back to our show, a special midnight performance was suggested by our night owls, George Gibson, Billy Kelleher, Eva Chops, and Estelle Kaufman. The bright sun bothers their eyes. Charlie Gibson has a tent, hidden away from the eyes of all females. He belongs to the Bachelor Club be- cause, he says. After my experiences in the Senior Play with a ready-made family, I decided to be alone. In selecting various contestants competition was very keen, because the class insisted that our most pop- ular students, Charlotte Spintig, Mil- dred Kelliher, Vincent Lutkus, and Jerry Kelleher, be given leading parts. For our first event, we present the hog-raising contest and offer the four leading songsters, Mildred Kelliher, Agnes Horgan, Charlie Dudley, and John Cleveland. They have already been offered other positions as snake charmers and roof raisers. They were voted the besft singers. While on the subject of music, here is our four-man band with Adelaide Ulman, Mildred Kelliher, Wadsworth Winslow, and Charlie Dudley. Did you ever hear Maestro Ambrosteinn on the cuckoo hour. He has nothing on our amateurs. We decided to omit the fan dancers because lone Wile and Helen Copley are too modest but they really enjoy the performances of their class danc- ers. Two dance teams, John Cleve- land and Eva Chops, Charlie Dudley and Charlotte Spintig, will do their part to make the evening a success. Cverlooking this panorama in his little cage we have the teachers' pet, our own Billy Kelleher. We decided to lock him up. The worst of it is that Jimmy Stevenson is constantly trying to get in there, too. Before the show got under way, we had quite a problem trying to find suitable parts for some boys. John Cleveland, Billy Kelleher, and Charlie Dudley fthe class bluffersl were con- stantly trying to crash the gate. Here is a side show worth looking into, for it contains the best-looking people in our class, Mildred Kelliher, lone Wile., Thomas Finn, and George Gibson. For obvious reasons, this part is completely lined with mirrors. Amateur night-that undeveloped project-will soon go on the air with our talented actors and actresses in lea-ding roles. Estelle Kaufman, Dor- othy Aylward, Harvey Robinson, and Charlie Dudley are already counting their votes. We hope that the broad- cast of our amateur show does not in- terfere with the regular po-pular ra- dio broadcasts. We should hate to have anyone miss the most popular radio program, the Lucky Strike Hit Parade, or Jack Benny's Jello again!', but we feel quite downcast that a few will miss it because a few of the class decided they liked Little Orphan Annie as their bedtime story. What's that racket? It seems to be resounding from all directions. Why, that must be those noisy people, Helen Carlson and Mary O'Hare. They are continually shouting their opinions. Helen about It's cold in here! and Mary trying to swell the class treas- ury. Remember Junior Prom! We refuse to believe that Mary O'Hare is hoarse from talking. But, you are right. There goes Elizabeth Simons to take her place. She was runner-up in that contest.

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THE ECHO ei Joseph Kessler's part interest in the golf captaincy to Eddie Ander- son. Vincent Lutkus' all-around athletic ability to Leo Strumski. Bernardine McAteer's pensive ways to Mary Pavidis. Thomas McDonnell's knowledge of letters to Guy Aylward. Barba1'a MacLeod's make-up to Mary Shannon. Angus Mackiernan's blustering manner to Wescott Shaw. Martha Malcolmson's blush to IVinnie Stone. Eleanor Mullin's good manners to the incoming Freshmen. Mary O'Hare's talkative manner to Evelyn Fall. Harry Nodell's curly hair to Le- land Hiltz. Fred Plant's love of homework to Leo Galligan. Mary Queenan's wish to be alone to Alice Harkins. James Rowe's desire for a continu- al good time to Smickie Pesaturo. Albert Schmieder's knowledge of Physics to John Bright. Lena Schmieder's flirtatious ways to Emily Fraccalire. Elizabeth Simons' good nature to Betty Doody. Charlotte Spintig's great field hockey ability to Rose Kessler. Marjorie Southworth's position in the lunch room to Helen Alfieri. James Stevenson's skill on the basketball floor to Bozo Kelliher. The desire of Sammy Swardlick to be a bachelor to Lysander Kemp. Oscar Stone's pull with the teach- ers to Paul Kelleher. Paul Rogers' sore toe to the jani- tor, Mr. Murphy. Marion Tordoff's well groomed hair to Phyllis Martin. Adelaide Ulman's proficiency in music to Josephine Sebeika. Ione Wile's grace as a hostess to Laura Guild. Wadsworth Winslow's voice to Nelson Huntsman. Hilda Woodfs personality to Lena Barbaglia. Carlton Reed's love of airplanes to Mary Bullard. 4. To the Faculty may we say thank you for your kind, unselfish assistance during our four years in Canton High School. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the forego- ing instrument was signed by the said members of the Senior Class and by them published and declared as and for their Last Will and Testa- ment and at their request and in their presence, we hereunto subscribe our names as attorneys for the members at Canton, Massachusetts, th i s twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1936. Harvey F. Robinson, Edward W. Dockray, Attorneys-at-Law. CLASS STATISTICS The Class of 1936, in presenting its statistics, has become a class of curi- osities and oddities. In fact, it simp- ly proves that there's one born every minute. We present the greatest Sideshow on earth, hoping that you take this offering in the humorous way it is intended. Just settle back and watch our class circus. From a business standpoint, it was very difficult to hire suitable quarters for the show, because the class seemed to be a little overweight, sixty-eight hundred pounds, but when we took Dot Aylward and Angus Mackiernan out of the line-up, they agreed to let us have the original site. The man- agers then looked at Charlotte Briggs, sighed, and then said to leave Dot there, because Charlotte was a mere bag of peanuts as far as weight is concerned. We collected quantities of statistics about the class and have already named the fat lady and the midget. Then we found Peter Berteletti has the biggest feet, Barbara MacLeod the smallest, Vinky Lutkus wears the biggest gloves, while Ione Wile has hands that poets exclaim about. We simply must mention that Estelle Kaufman has a Cinderella foot also, wearing a seven quadruple-A shoe. The latest Parisian fashions have

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MTHE HgO g W gg M23 While we are on the subject of talking, did you notice that flag-pole just outside the building, Paul Rogers has at last reached the top of the pole and is having a friendly chat with those other talkative boys, Angus Mackiernan and Carlton Reed. What are those people doing? Well, they are our biggest attraction. Hertha Schmieder, Charlotte Briggs, Bernardine McAteer, Tom McDon- nell, and Oscar Stone have developed the most amazing sign language. With their ears stuffed with cotton they pass away the hours, talking over events in their own inimitable way. On the other side, Fred Plant and Bud Reed, the noisest boys, are con- tinually arguing, and they have Hnally reached a very momentous de- cision. Those two book worms have decided that English and History were the best-liked and English His- tory as the most disliked. To settle this question, we had to call in the two cleverest members of the class, Sam-my Swardlick and Jimmy Stevenson. They decided that study- ing was not good for the class any- way. Its favorite hobby and pastime was arguing. About what? Well, just stay around awhile. There's Charlie Dudley and Roger Hinds trying to outdo each other in a sartorial way. With them, Mabel Baldwin, lone Wile, and Agnes Hor- gan are dressed up like Mrs. Astor's Horse. Those young people certainly learned how to dress well. When we started this show it al- most caused our two most efficient members, Sammy Swardlick and Edna Gibson, to have a nervous breakdown. It was not lack of talent that caused so much worry because Charlotte Spintig, Agnes Horgan, Jerry Kelleher, and Vinky Lutkus were all awfully good sports in mak- ing it a success. But, there were those two chiselers, Eva Chops and John Cleveland, hanging around. Then, too, Jimmy Rowe and Helen Carlson would not accept any respon- sibility. .Another element always seems to follow the circus in the spring. Well, this spring the fancy of Charlotte Spintig, Mildred Kelliher, Jerry Kel- leher, and Tommy Finn lightly turned to love. We almost did not have a show with those Casanovias and Juliets around. Well, that's the way it goes. Well, folks, the show is over. Your statistician has spent many hours in arranging this data from your re- corded votes, with Dorothy Aylward's assistance. She solemnly swears that each oliice was filled according to ycur wishes and has told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Charlotte Spintig PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1936 With the aid and assistance of my honorable UD colleague, the one and only John Albert Shauno Collins, Jr., I have attempted to foretell the future of our many classmates with whom we have associated during our four years in high school. After John and I graduated, we, of course, spent a good deal of our three months' vacation together, but when the vacation was over, we came to the parting of the ways. John left for Holy Cross, where he hoped to spend four years and then receive his degree. In his high school years John had been a good fielding first baseman but had not been an exceptional hitter. However, John seemed to be an inspired player at Holy Cross, batting for an aver- age of .468 in his fresh-man year, and continuing his amazing hitting, he was elected captain in his fourth yea1'. Our friend, Shauno, the great, received many olfers from big league clubs but refused to accept any. Now the scene changes to my own doings in the next four years. After graduation I spent my first few months at Plymouth Rubber Acad- emy, but tired of the position and decided to become a knight of the road. Fortunately, however, I received an offer to go to Africa in search of