Durfee High School - Durfee Record Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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lUJRFE E R ECOH I) tcMutn IBcatIjrcigb “BOSPHORUS” “RED” “BOOTS” ElU AH traffic stops ay 1 i Bosphorus’7 drives down Main Street, in a cloud of dust—we should say, in an automobile Speed laws are printed in a foreign language to ‘1 Ed ' ’ when he gets his foot on a gas pedal. Antonio Idling is one of “Ed’s'' great hobbies, but lie has one other nearly as great aiul that is basketball. 41 Boots’ has brought the art of dropping in those long shots down to a, science. This science stood Due- fee in good stead last season when be played left forward for the ‘varsity. ‘‘Ed ’ knows more about history than George Washington ever knew, and is in his prime when tell- ing bow Christopher Hudson sailed lip the Chesapeake dur- ing the gold rush in M9, or some other fact, “Ed1 as- pires to explore the mysteries of machinery when he leaves Durfee. ' Very good, Eddie,’} say we. “May success foltdw him all the days of his life TSlinnr Jilmcrtm lluirben Oi ‘1NR L L TE “ “ ELINOR A ’ ’ (I ‘‘When life looks dark and troubles drear Seem never at. an end; We mostly hud some one sincere—■ A loyal faithful friend.M That’s Elinor. She is a willing friend to all the girls and fellows who need good advice. Everybody has a strong liking for her. Besides taming the ‘‘hot dugs’’ on the lunch counter she likes hiking which, we know, accounts for her rosy cheeks. There will be no question about her future success and when she leaves here, she will act as head book- keeper for her father. We wish her success for she has the :!tnff In her that makes people famous. “ Trm to your word, your work, and your friend.1 p,d? J.U) both) ■ 3 3 01 Hiirolb jMarsliall JWbrtt ‘ WORDY ' ’ Although in some tilings i‘Bordy’' is a shark, it’s hard to say how well he likes English; some of us, without doubt, have learned that he prefers basketball. However, you can never tell, for every now and then he pops up and sur- prises us with some new opinion. When “ Borcly ” came to us he started the ball rolling and he’s kept it going ever since. But, hiving all joking aside, we all can see that lie’s made of the right stuff, and that, some day lie’s going to make his goal. “Like the busy Utile bet, who improves each shin inf} hour.r r 27

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I) I RFEE RE C O R D liertlm Estrlle iBislnip “BURT “B you wore looking for a sweet, lovable person? Well, here she is, “B”, a graduate of the William S. Greene, came here to he admired and respected by all. We often hear how willing ilB” is to help others, and how she casts a smile wherever she goes. In the future you may have an opportunity to see- her black locks tucked under a white cap, for “B” intends to enter the Union Hospital. If von do not int'd tier there, perhaps you may meet her at Framing- ham. ‘ ‘ Gracf-fnl and useful all she does. Blessing and blessed ’where'er she goes. ” eujamut ikulusliu ‘ BEBEf “BENNIE” Benjamin Bolusky, after spending eight or nine years in the William J. Wiley School entered the High School in 1917. Tin' harder work of the High .School seemed to have no effect on Bennie for Ills weight still increased. This bulkiness together with his usual smile will always lie re mem hol ed by Ills fellow pupils. He is always elieerfnl and no matter how heavy and dark the day’s assignments may he, lie-always sees the end of the seventh period. As he is a, good athlete, especially in baseball, and what is beat of all a cheerful loser, when we part this .Tune his sunny disposi- tion and cheery smile will I e missed by all. djnlin (Srrqnru 38noil], 3Ji Froin the distant eoriVT of southern Frill River come f c Jack' a small, but prominent mem tier of the Scientific class. Enlisting the aid of the Henry Lord. Bdnml, Jack has been with ns for four years, always jolly, good-natured and just, full of jokes. Although liis hobby is gardening we wonder if Jack will take up the task of giving us onions with a. less pathetic effect, or the making of some new elec- trical apparatus. He expects to take the if General Elec- tric 1' by stormt and we shall probably see him at the head of the concern before long. Best wishes, Jack. “Be emr loves (t joke! ■J 26

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D TJ R F E E B E C 0 R D i liiailicriitc (Liuntmt IJfiiby (,KT’ Although the Bunds of the old clock point to S.15, our iiu cli looked for classmate 1ms not vet arrived Then the whizzing of a machine and a much excited ‘ ‘ Iv11 not too animated to smile nr speak a work of kindness, hastily hops out of her machine. Just what would we have done, had the Sacred Heart Convent failed to send her to us? Indeed we would have missed her jovial nature, which leads lier to confess that landing' in 11A ut 7.45 is a pastime, quite different from her hobbies, dancing and driving a machine. Cheer up 4 K ’T, for we know that there will be no 11A at Vassar. 1 Be Mercury, set feathers to thy heels, And fly like thought A iliaria it Eunice IB r t bgc ' 7 “Mollj ”, a sweet, quiet girl, entered Durfee four years ago in trembling- anticipation, accompanied by her fellow graduates of the Lincoln Grammar School. Now, after four years here, she and her fellow classmates have come to the conclusion that Durfee is not such a dreadful place after all. “Molly'' chose the college course and for two years continued in this for the first steps of her career. But then she changed to the Secretarial course. tf Molly ” has no future plans but she lias a host, of friends who wish her every joy and success in whatever she may undertake ii Her sweetness is beyond compareJ Jistljer JSrtgi hiiim “BUB “BVDMB” tl VRlE” On day during the early fall of four years ago, a little girl, shy and modest, entered the library and asked if this were the Durfee High School. Upon being informed that she had guessed correctly, Bud explained that she had come all the way from North Digit ton to obtain knowledge; to learn of the customs, politics, and industries in the outside world. “Bud’’ started auspiciously made rap'd progress, in her studies and in her social activities, and now ends her career at Durfee, one of the most popular and best-liked students of 1921. Tn summer ' ‘ Bud ’ ’ swims; in winter she coasts. When weather interferes with both of these, sin may be found curled upon her sofa, absorbed in some thrilling novel. Somebody of a prophetic nature ventures to say that “Bud” will one day head a delegation of nurses on a relief mission to some unfortunate people—for Esther will continue her studies at Boston Homeopathic Hospital. “Better to he first in a little Iberian village than be second in Rome.' 28