Chatham High School - Chatter Yearbook (Chatham, NJ)

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THE LHATHAM CHATTER THL HISTORY OI' THE LL-XSS OF l93l 'fiyi uf' The Lmdm, of the Pilgrims In September 1921 a band of pllgrlms entered the unknovwn reglons of Chatham High School They were a brave and loyal band who stuck at their tasks and dnl not get discouraged even though they walked into many a wrong class during the first vweel-. 'Vlyrtle Riley Gertrud Blatt and Nancy Jackson were VICE presld nt secretary treasurer and Chatter editor respectively In the first ye r Art Jacobus Alfred Coe and Alfred Davis were football men who fought vahently to uphold the dignity of a desplsed Freshman class That year increased home vork kept the Freshxes bound to their books and away from other activities The First Party By the autumn of 1928 the pilgrims had established themselves in the school But instead of glvmg a Thanksgiving feast as first pilgrims had they gave an Oriental party and lnvited the Chinese who turned out to be members of the School after unmaskxng time came Art Jacobus and Mlldred Bo1v1e piloted the class that year whlle Alfred Davis kept the money safe Carl Sargent Chatter editor hardly ever had his notes ready so consequently there was little record of Sophomore proceedings ln the Chatter The only notable event recorded b6Sld9S the was the particlpation of Marcia Butter and Nancy Jackson in the Christmas program as the characters ln a sketch Chrlstmas Shopplng party vu orth chapel called 1' The Rising., Power The Junlors ln 19291 entered Chatham High School a r1s1ng power Pohtlcally soclally and economically they asserted them selves as a school power The new president Benjamln Tyson was inaugurated wlth Nancy Jackson as vice pxesldent and Marjorie Mat Gregor as treasurer Socially the class was prominent Marjorie MacGregor temporarily abandoned her money bags and shone together with Nancy Jackson Mlrlam Stokes and Ohv and Robert Bray as a dramatlc star In the spring of 1930 a colorful dance was glven mak mg the class still more prominent as a social pow er Living condltlons vvere also bettered for for the hrst tlme the family llved together under the care of Mr Eshelman In September the dues were ralsed ShOW1Dg that the class was on a hlgher economic standing The Junlors of the chemistry class showed how economical they were by eating enough ice cream to last a week when they visited Castles Ice Cream plant Just as there were a great many who contested as to who should eat the most ICE cream so there were many who entered Just as heartily lnto the athletlc contest Guerln Bell Ritchie Kron berg and Roby represented the class well in all sports 12 T1 , . . . . - . . . - ' ' v 1 . , , L. , '- . .mx - H U U H I .W . . .-' ' v Y ' 'r h Katherine Pugh was their worthy president, and -V 9 f - , V , ,. . Q - - , , 3. , , x V - , .. ,, . , -' . y . ' 'C' ' . . Q ' S , I ' , . ' - . - if ' ' . . ' , 1 ' , V . , , f 1 , ' U w . , f l . , ' y . , , . , ' , . . . . . . . Y y . ., - sz - D 3 7 .

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER A ODF Al T FARC F C lass Plophecw Tlme 1941 Place Garden of LIISS Jackson s Home Characters The Class of 1931 Gus MISS Jeanette Weeks Sec of Interlor chalrman of Farm Rellef speclally appolnted by Robert Blay Presldent of Unlted States of Amerlca Incorporated Nancy So glad to see you How IS tarmln, progresslng Jeanette Depresslng depresslng depresslng Gus MISS Ollve Klng Bray successor to Belasco Zelgfeld Hopklns Whlte Earl Carol Nancy So glad to see you How IS the Theatre progresslng ? Ollve Depresslng depresslng depresslng Gus Doctor Benjamln Franklln Tyson R SVP Nancy So glad to see you How IS the health of the natlon? Ben Depresslng depresslng depresslng Gus Mr and Mrs Altred Jones Roby Jr P1651 dent Me Myslf gl I Constructlon Co anti Nancy So glad to see you How IS the stock market? Chorus Depresslng depresslng depresslng Gus Mlss Florence Benfield Putnam Mlss Mar cla Dorcas Butterworth Ollve Are you stlll wrltlng poetry Florence? Florence Yes I do lt on the slde But you know I teach penmanshlp as my maln Job Carolyn Marcla dld you get that dress ln Parls? Marcla Yes you know I just came back from a trlp abroad Monday I just adore travellng I expect to leave ln September for a trlp around the world lGeneral Chatter! Gus Mr Gordon Bobby Jones Rltchle Mr Ed wln Elnsteln Storey Mr Robert Bray Pres of the Unlted tSates Hawall Wake Alaska Guam MISS Ruth W hlte MISS Gertrude Blatt MISS Mlll1C6Ht Tholen MISS Ruth Ortman MISS Myrtle Rlley MISS Marle Fleldlng MISS Mll dred BOIVIQ AND Mr Wllllam Bell Members of the Soclety of the Preservatlon of the KING FISH Ia one man shown Chorus We IS all brothers ln that great frater nlty the Mystlc Knlghts of the Sea' fllnter Amos as ICS man wlth Mlmln Nancy Amos you should come through the ser vants entrance wlth that Gus 11 Amos Well Ma U1 you see lts thls way here the new mald you was looklng fol IWIIIIII Oul Oul M lle .le me SUIS arllve J m SUIS bleu alse de yous volr et M lle I cook wlth an alr ah c est marvelous Anna Why hello Amos How have you been Vle havent seen you ID ten years Amos Why plCk on me? tEnter Loretta a maldb Nancy Loretta show Mlle where she IS to go And Amos do hurry the ICE IS meltlng 1Amos Loretta IVIIIIII exeunta Nancy You know I have a grand SUIPFISE f0I you James Reld the famous explorer from Brazll has consented to come I wlsh be would come now that everybody IS here' Mlldred Well you know these protesslonals es peclally explorers Aren t they always late Gordon Oh I say Roby were you hurt when Wall Street crashed? Roby I lost some not enough to make a dlffer ence a few mllllons' Bob A FEW MILLIONS some people get all the breaks Jeanette Its affectlng the prlce of farm pro ducts almost as badly as back ln 1929 4Gus comes ln wlth refreshmentsl OIIVG 1To Mllllcentb Havent I seen that butler some place before? Mllll No I dont thlnk Yes thats Gus Hello Gus' Mlldred Here s James now Oh he s got a gun Marle Elk U1 scared Everybody Hello James James L I hope I m not late Thanks Kathryn James dld you really shoot IIOHS and snakes ln Brazl'? James No of course not I dont explore I bulld gas statlons Kathryn James not really but who uses gas statlons ln Brazll not the monkeys? Marle Whats thls about monkeys' Kathryn NOthlHg James funny Everybody Qulet Sllence IS Just trylng to be please Nancy As thls IS a class reunlon dont you thlnk It would be fun lf we read our Class Hlstory and all that sort of thlng to see how sllly we were ten years ago tE.very body Yes yes! Jeanette Here I haye a copy of It treads! Y V - Y 1 Y ' , J J 1' U ' - ' 1 - -YYY ' l a ' 1 V4 ' v 1 ' - 4 . . .: , . . . . , , 1 . l. W 3 A , , . - c . . ' r W 1 ,- - V Q , Y' I I ' 7 ' 1 V ' - I i - . , J Y Y . ' V . '? . . ,Y . , . . . ' ' ' . . . ' ' , Y V V . . X . A v 1 1 - . v ' , '7 1 v 1 ' i . . , C ' f Y f - - V , , Y n Y ' V ' ' - - - -v ' -V ' Carolyn Hull, Sec. Treas. - ' ' L y , . K, 1 V . , L - I Y M ' - ,m ' . ,sl K Y 1 . . Vs. , , , , W- o. . . YYY 7 . . A- ' W v - r 1 1 Y 1 WV 4- v , ' 1 ' ' - . , . , , , , , - A , . i ' . ' - - - , - ll . . Y ' v r v 5 ' - 7 - V 'v i I' Y, v ' 1

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER The Rang., tontroxersv About the end of May there was a d1v1s1on In the Junxor class over the anclent rzng questxon Half of the class wanted xactly what the other half dldn t The tongue battle raged for a whxle and after the votes wer Counted some Walked home wlth downcast and ome wlth elated faces The New Freedom But the rmg controversy was forgotten among the act1v1t1es of summer vacaton and the Senlors entered school ID Sep tember wlth happy faces They entered 1n on the enjoyment of the new freedom They were free to walk up the front steps and ln the front door whenever they pleased and they were free to walk up the mlddle alsle ln chapel Under the able adrnlnlstratlon of Alfred J Roby Jr Presldent and Gertrude Blatt Vlce Presldent helped by the cabmet rSecretary of State Robert Bray and Secretary of Treasury Myrtle Rlleyl the varlous buslness of a Senior year was managed well Exutmg moments A senlor year as everyone knows IS full of excltmg moments One of the first of these was the arrxval of the rlngs and pms followed by a week or two of constantly shmmg them An eye wltness tells of one gurl who cleaned her nng very lndustrlously every 13 mornlng ln hlstory class' Another 8XClt1Dg tlme w as havlng the plctures taken The whole school was excited when the Basketball trophy whlch Semor boys had helped to wln was pre sented ln chapel At the tlme thls 15 wrltten each day has more and more excltement because lt w1ll be all over when you read thls But thls IS a hxstory so hlstory must be told In the three one act plays as well as ln Sher lock Holmes the Senlors played lmportant parts You all remember how well Marjorle Mac Gregor Nancy Jackson Alfred Roby Benjamm Tyson Earl Kronberg and all the rest played thelr parts so we need not tell you Then too ln the lunchroom Fveryone had such a hne t1me that Mr Jeter had to use all hls strategy to get them out at 11 30 The 1 losmg Days There are many many thmgs whlch wlll happen but whlch cannot be recorded here Each Senlor wlll carry away h1s own mem orles and each underclassman wlll have some memory of the Senlor class But after thls hrs tory has been for otten perhaps even after thc Senlor class and all who know them have been forgotten there wlll stxll be a remembrance of us left ID Chatham Hlgh School The name of 1 1 . , .' ' .' 1 ' 1 l ' r ' v 1 . e ' ' . .. . 1 Q . ,' . 2 ' 4 T-T-T ii,- Y T A , H ' L ' -, ' , - y v the Seniors had a dinner-dance all by themselves D . A -Q - ' u y vr 1 ' ' ' v - l ' H vm ' ' l . . . l 1 -Q y y ' ' v' ' 5-' 4 tvs.. , ' . . . U s , ' . b - . . Y Y. 1 .