Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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so THEMECHO Esther Adams, Dorothy McDermott, and Shirley Stone worked as chorus girls in the floor show. What a bevy of beautiful girls! The efficient responsible ex-president of Student Government, Ethel, arose. On the screen came pictures of Simmons College, followed by those of a dietitian, and finally a home in Hollywood with her illustrious actor-husband - William Milligan. Next, a pretty blond girl stood up. Immediately a picture of the Toonerville train flashed on. Someone beside me whispered that after Ruth Hiltz had inherited a million dollars she bought the train so she could drive it. Everyone in town was talking about the way she drove it out from Boston, leaning out the cab Window and singing loudly .at the top of her voice. It seemed that the older generation of Canton dis- approved of the way she was acting. Eleanor Morrell had been unable to attend our banquet as she was tied up with an engagement in Boston. We were told that she, at last, had crashed the pearly gates of Metropolitan Opera, and could now be heard anytime we had the money or patience to sit and listen to Lohengrin, La Traviata or La Tosca, fand to think once we could listen to her free of chargell Tony Ammendolia had also been unable to attend as he was direct- ing these operas as musical conductor. He had gone to Boston University College of Music and had received such a thorough education he had been demanded for the job he now filled. A graceful young girl stood up. A picture of dramatic .school and a gasoline station appeared before us. Dotty Guerrin had gone to dramatic school. but had then opened a gasoline station because she made more money. Her silvery voice and pleasing personality had increased her gas sales immensely. Then a picture of a streamlined theater was projected onto the screen. Ruth Graham, who had ushered at the former Strand Theater, was now owner. She had abolished forever the system that forced grade BH pictures to be played with major productions. Rose Murphy and Mary Sheehan now worked there as ushers. They looked very neat indeed, going down the aisle in their streamlined gowns, as they ushered people merrily to their seats. Two people now pushed back their chairs to rise. Yvonne and Dick MacLeod, finding that their voices made an excellent team had joined, and after a Major Bowes program had obtained a radio iob. Ralph Mas- ciarelli and Tony Pavadore worked for them as sound effect men. A picture of a kindergarten school came next. Marionne Flower had opened it with Dorofthy Priluck helping to run it. They both agreed that Caroline Sawyer's twins were the most adorable children they had ever seen. Natalie Haynes C expert typist and stenographer, thanks to the cap- able. cooperative instruction of our C. H. S. teachersl stood up. Pic- tures of the Presidential ofhce, and then a wedding scene went onto the screen. Nat had worked several years as secretary to the President of the United States, but finding that two could live as cheaply as one, had gaily tripped to the altar in a style unequalled by anyone else. Frank made an excellent President - as well as a husband, so Natalie proudly boasted. Mary Johnson told us that for several years she had been unable to decide what to do. Finally, inspired by Mr, Dowson's English IV class, she became a teacher - pictures of this were also shown. Photographs showed us the new housing development in Ponkapoag, and a jolly, well-dressed man ringing doorbells. Hallett had found that the only way he could work and be happy was to become a salesman for Model T Homes, lnc. Rolling rhythm heat out, while picture: of a ballroom appeared. Billy Adams, whose athletic build had infatuated countless girls of the

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29 gg gg ,H E C Hg0gg gg A Qlass 'Prophecy A hush fell over the talkative, turbulent grouphas an elderlY. W0m1m rose to speak. Even now, thirty years after the hrst banquet 111 1940, she carried herself with the same dignity and bearing of the teacher whose gracious manner and wisdom inspired us to climb to the highest rung of the ladder of success. Introductions were unnecessary, for each and every member of the former class of '40 had immediately recognized her as Mrs. Dana. ' 1 As I gaze around the room, she began, it isn't difficult to recognize you. The years have changed youg time has given you experience, pa- tience, and understanding, but to me you are still the happy-go-lucky youth of '4O. I think it would be 11ice to discover what each of you has been doing since graduation. She turned- to the rather serious-faced boy on her left, whose glamour boy personality might have won him fame as a screen star, if he had not let his intense, profound fascination' for history domineer his life and turn him to another road of success. As he rose to speak Mrs. Dana threw an electric switch. As each person present at the banquet rose at his place, a few flashes of important in- cidents in his life passed in review on a screen before us. This new type of vision machine was the invention of Dunk Mackiernan, the scientist of our class, whose life had bee11 spent delving into the mechanisms of all kinds of such machines. lNow to get back to the fellow who rose to speak.l On to the screen came a picture of Harvard College, followed by pictures of the history classes, Suddenly a familiar face beamed out and we realized that it was Professor Brown - Jimmy to us! After this there was a picture of Jimmy - who was still a bachelor - walking with his favorite girl, June Sawyer. June, it seems, was working i11 Mr. Anketell's office in place of Miss Ahearn, wl1o had just resigned. After Jimmy had finished his speech a11d sat down, a tall girl started from her chair. For a Willie we were puzzled as to what the picture on the screen meant. i It was merely a picture of a masked man o11 a white horse - and the victrola on the machine chanted the overture to William Tell. Then we remembered that Rosa Dardano had obtained a job on the radio in an indirect manner by singing the Lone Ranger's Chant - H1-O-SIIVQFI .The.tall, bashful president of our class got up next. Pictures of engineering school and honors won by him, followed by a wedding sce11e with orange blossoms and strains of Lohengrin appeared on the screen. iA bealutiirul girl was marchving down the altar to meet Buddy. A closer ooi s .owed that the girl was the famed artist, whose drawings were 111 every magazine throughout the country, Gloria Pozzo, Buddy told us filet gfhf?V YVGVQ Verv happy' together in their modernistic ho11se which he nad built ,lust recently. When one of our ex-football heroes arose to speak, a picture of hun- dreds of thousands of pennies and picture of a girl came on. We realized that it signified that Harlhnger at last had saved enough money to marry his dream-girl! Next followed pictures of airplanes, a crack-up, and a 11ew high school, as another girl arose. Anne, it seems, had opened an aviation school. One day she had swooped down a little too close to mother earth klllfl had clipped off' a hunk ol' Canton lligh. People always claimed it was not an accident - but it was a good way of getting a new school -- anyhow! Dick Morrison slowly got 11p from his chair. l'ictures ol' a blue swan and three or four girls appeared before us. Dick had opened a new night cl11b in Canton The Blue Swan, with Mary Calligan as bouncer, Olive Criffiii as hostess. and Madeline Lowry as the flirtatious liat-check girl.

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,,,.f- , C. , ,M W ,, , Tl! U 5.9 1LQ.,.e.r- - 4, .-.---H.. - -..33 lower classes in Canton High, now drew in a number of female dance aspirauts for his new school of dancing. Richard Sarra was in charge of the orchestra. . Paul Keleher, famous baseball and football star, was pitching balls for the Green Cardinals, which threatened to revolutionize baseball throughout the country. His very dependable, capable manager was none other than Alfi Crowd, who had found plenty of experience in this life at C. H. S. That carefree, peppy girl, who could stir up laughter in the dullest class arose. Piotures of many books flashed on. Betty Shannon had be- come a famous authoress whose books were guaranteed to get you out of the gloomiest moods. Penny had obtained a job as head of the street department, because of his past learning in dear old Alma Mater. Habit and sentiment kept him from getting any other kind of job. A bachelor's home appeared. Sweetman had opened it because of his intense dislike for the opposite sex. His steady boarders were Loren Kelley, George Roache, and James Farrell. Pictures of a fire and an engine racing toward it come on. Arnold Eardley, Tom Griffin, and Copley had taken over the Fire Department. The only trouble, Tom told us confidentially, was the domineering super- vision of Anna McGrathg and Joan Pesaturo, who insisted on hanging on back and going to every fire, making a general nuisance of herself. Whidden arose. Pictures of a new high-powered car came on the screen. Whidden had invented it, and if and when traffic became too con- gested, it opened its wings and became an airplane. Scenes of a beautiful girl in a sarong became visible on the screen. As we studied it carefully we saw it resembled Ruth Waterfield. Ruth had grown her curly locks, donned a sarong, and was now giving Dotty Lamour some pretty stiff competition. Now, views of a wide, ranging ranch appeared with horses, cow- boys, and all the trimmings. Our friend, Carmino Porcaro, had developed a liking for riding in high school and, as a result, bought the ranch. Mar- cella told me frankly that she didn't share her husband's liking for rid- ing. She always seemed to spend more time off the horse than on. Pictures of a drug store came next. Behind the counter were two exceptionally pretty girls. One was Anna Ronayne - the other, Dot Gibson. Their super-specialty was slinging sodas to each other as they prepared them. The manager, Joe Veiga, didn't seem to mind as long as they didn't mess the place up, at least that's what he had told the girls. Surgery scenes with two girls dressed in white appeared. Auldice and Kay were in the middle of a very delicate operation. Auldice and Kay told us that only once did .they leave a pair of scissors inside a patient. Another seat was empty. Ruth MacDougall had been unable to attend because Junior had been ill, and she didn't want to risk it. Views of Woodmanis chicken farm were shown next. Woodman still played his harmonica to put his chickens to sleep nights. Suddenly a cloud of white dust appeared' as a picture. We couldn't see what it was - and then Sweetman's head appeared. He was now em- ployed as black-board eraser's boy. He gave them such a vigorous clap- ping that I personally felt sure he'd wear them out. Jack Graham's life was swiftly reviewed on the screen. Athletic awards. cups, and blue ribbons, followed by his marriage to a very adorable girl whom he had met at Canton - or rather, Ponkapoag -- were parts of his life. For several years, the machine showed, Jean Strickland went around with a dark, good-looking fellow whom she later married. Soon after she was divorced, her husband insisting that she threw the bread she made at him. lt was so hard, he argued, that it put him in the hospital for weeks.