Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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THE BOYS' GIFTS Peter Berteletti-curling iron A curling iron we give to Pete Now he can have some curls. And after this he'll look quite sweet When he takes out the girls. Nelson Canniff-bowling pins We give you, Nels, this set of pins We hope you set them right. If not, we'll come and help you For we can if we might. Donald Colsen-brake From early morn 'till late at night You drive your Ford 'round town. 'Tis best to stop before you strike So use this brake-slow down. John Cleveland-compass We give you, John, this compass So Wherever you may roam You can pull it from your pocket And find out which way is home. John Collins--pony A pony, John, we give to you And, if you ever chance it, We hope 'twill run a better chance Than those you backed at 'Gan- sett. Edward Dockray-coffee cup This coffee cup we give you, Doc, From the Coffee House it came For though perhaps it gets you naught You go there just the same. Charles Dudley-bunny Unto our Beau Brummel, Dud, We give this little bunny To carry with him everywhere A token of his honey. Thomas Finn-spade Oh, Finny Wants to undertake It seems a gruesome job. But, anyhow we give this spade To help him cut the sod. ECHO 27 Charles Gibson-dictionary , This little book we give to you, Has everything you've heard. Always keep it with you And you'll have the final word. George Gibson-horseshoe When luck's been riding by you, George, It seems it's all been bad So, take this charm and from now on We hope 'twill change, may lad. Walter Hallett-paint brush We'll give a brush to Walter So a picture he can draw, And when he has it finished, 'Twill be the best you ever saw. Roger Hinds-bed Our gift to sleepy Roger Is this nice four poster bed, So that whene'er he wants to nap There'll be a pillow for his head. Jerry Kelleher-oscillator A Jerry and the corporation Bought a Ford a while ago. This will fix the oscillation In that car's new radio. . William Kelleher-megaphone We give to Bill a megaphone, And t-hough this may seem nertz, It's so he'll have no need to wear Those loudly-colored shirts. Joseph Kessler--golf ball When Fore! is heard across the green Joe's ball goes far from sight. So here's another to tee up A Please try to hit it right. Vincent Lutkus-monkey The flag goes up at eight each morn And Paul tries hard to aid. Some day when he can't climb that pole This monk will make the grade. Thomas McDonn ell-roller skates A pair of roller skates for Tom To ease the weary stress Of riding home night after night On the Ponkapoag Express.

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1 1 . Q6 or Town A .cl H E ETC HQ.. -..gEg-..--.-.g- for Turkey. As we arrived in Tur- key, we saw a group of tents with a large tent in the center. A sign on the large tent read Shiek J ere Miah. We thought we'd visit this shiek, and his harem. Whom should we see when we entere-d but Jerry Kelleher, who said he had tired of the same girl, and opened up a harem so that he could change whenever he wished. He told us that Edna Gibson was his efficiency expert who took care of choosing the girls for his harem. Among the girls in his harem were Ione Wile, who was his Sunday girl, Edith Bowers, Charlotte Briggs, Elizabeth Simons and Mary Irving. We had intended to visit Italy, so we left Jerry to his own troubles, and departed on the next boat for Italy. As we were walking down the street, we bumped into Tom Finn, who told us that he was in an undertaking establishment, and that business was great since Vink Lutkus and Paul Rogers had started a gang war over a dispute as to who was Public En- emy No. 1. Thinking this would be a good place for some of the old gang, we asked Tom if any of our classmates were there. Boy, you could have knocked us over with a feather when we heard that Mary Queenan and Helen Copley were the chief gun molls of the respective gangs. Then we visited Lutkus, for de- spite the fact that he was a gangster we wanted to see our pal. We've seen some cold-blooded things in our day, but when we saw Lutkus shoot Harry Noddell who was practicing the drufms, thinking it was a machine gun, we knew it was time to leave. Immediately we were captured by Rogers, who thought we were in lea- gue with Lutkus. We were saved quite unexpectedly by the dictator of Italy, and were we surprised when we discovered that Peter Berteletti had overthrown the Mussolini regime and became dictator. Having had such a narrow escape in Italy, we decided to leave for the land of the free, even if we weren't of the brave. As we boarded the ship, we saw a large crowd gathered about two young ladies who were speaking. We found out that it was a revival meeting and that the two preachers were Estelle Kaufman and Charlotte Spintig. This greatly sur- prised us. Of course, Mike may have been somewhat like Mae West in Klondike Annie, but neverthe- less she was sincere in her efforts. Finally, arriving home, we bought a newspaper and discovered that Hugh Duffy's long-standing batting mark of .438 had been broken by Sammy Swardlick, Red Sox short- stop, who batted 456. These were the official averages printed in a January newspaper. We also read that Baron Karl von Schmieder con- tinued to baffle the scientific world with his amazing stories. The next evening we attended the hockey game and discovered that Wall Hallett was playing right de- fense for the Boston Bruins. Sud- denly we saw a lady in one of the front boxes call to Hallett, and there seemed to be a heated discussion go- ing on between the two. We later learned that the lady was Eleanor Mullin, who had become the first woman hockey manager in the his- tory of the game. In closing, we would like to say, although we think we have included everybody, in case you weren't in- cluded, be satisfied anyway, because you probably wouldn't like what we said about you. James Stevenson John Collins

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28 THE E C H O bl? 7 V nggvwg Angus Mackiernan-ebarge We meant to get a tugboat To fit your foot so large, But now we've looked it over We're going to get a barge. Harold Nodell-drum To Harold, the little drummer boy, We give this drum and sticks And after this he'll be a part Of the spirit of '36, Fred Plant-box of salt A box of salt we give to Fred We're sure that you can guess We give him this because we think He is a bit too fresh. Harvey Robinson-barber's shears We give you, Harvey, these bar- ber's shears And though there is no call We'll make the observation that- ' You're riding to a Fall. Paul Rogers-muiller Rogers' deep and ringing voice Is heard o'er all the din So muflle it from now on, Paul, 'Twill please both friend and kin. Carlton Reed-aeroplane An aeroplane we give to Bud S-o in it he can fly And hope that if he ever falls It won't be up too high. James Rowe-pair of shoes Oh, Jim's another artist boy And so we had to choose This token of his art's reward A ragged pair of shoes. Karl Schmieder-m-onocle A monocle for Baron Karl- It seems a silly gift, But into high society 'Twill give him quite a lift. James Stevenson-book of jokes We give this book of jokes to We hope they give him fun And pray the Lord it helps im- prove His caliber of pun. Jim Oscar Stone-liniment Oh, Oscar, he does like to ski Upon the frigid snow. This tube of liniment we give . In case he twists his toe. Sammy Swardlick-pepper shaker Oh, Sammy is a smart guy Just as crazy as a fox And we give this shaker token To the Senior pep-per box. Wadsworth Winslow-trumpet This trumpet, Wad, we give you And now our only fear Is if the music goes around Perhaps 'twill come out here. l,i GIRLS' GIFTS Dorotfhy Aylward-colored doll Dot is grand at acting Dina As we have seen in the play, So we want you to keep this Aunt Hemima To remind you of high school days. Mabel Baldwin- Dicky Bird. Miggles we know is quite a mu- sician And Dicky birds are her prize. Beware, my dear, and take good care For these birds are very wise. Edith Bowers-toy airplane Georgie porgie, puddin' and pie Is the song Eide sings and sighs For when Georgie soars up high She always stays by his side. Charlotte Briggs-sewing basket For Charlotte we have a little bas- ket Filled with threads of different hue. It wants to be made great use of So the best one who could is you. Eleanor Butkevioh-stilts This pair of stilts I give to you, I hope you'l1 think they're dandy To carry with you where you go And maybe they'l1 come in handy.