Greenfield High School - Evergreen / Exponent Yearbook (Greenfield, MA)

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THE EXPONENT 9 ident of the United States by this time, D. H.: Oh no. Benny. He is a millionaire now. He has gone into business with Maurice Grossman. They’re running a pawn shop. M, H.: They always were thinking of devices for saving money. Fran¬ cis Faille is a big business man, too. He is running a theatre in Gill. B. W,: Yes and I heard that when his safe was jammed last week he had to get Bob Bell from Boston to open it for him. D. H.: Bob always was clever at fixing locks. Do you remember Al¬ ma Olsen and Margaret McIntosh? They’re on the stage now. They presented the vaudeville skit “Twin¬ kle-Toes.” M. H,: I thought Alma would go in for some kind of aesthetic dan¬ cing. But they’re not the only ones on the stage. Marion Dean, Alecia Osgood, Helen Kinne and Hazel Lynde belong to the follies chorus. B. W.: I’ll have to arrange to see them when I go back. I bet they’re good. Speaking of the stage though —Alice Andersen is prima dona of the Second American Opera Com¬ pany. She has chosen some of our old classmates to assure her of suc¬ cess. Albert Studer is her manager and Malvina Letourneau is the or¬ chestra conductor. D. H.: I saw the opera and they sure will be millionaires if their present success continues. The mov¬ ing pictures claim a few of our classmates, too. Steve Uzdavinis and Frances Morrell are playing to¬ gether. Steve is a dashing football captain. M. H.: I thought probably Uzda¬ vinis was in the meat market busi¬ ness that some of our old friends are running. The largest meat mar¬ ket in New England is owned by some of our classmates—Mary Jab- lonski, the commercial prize winner, is bookkeeper. Isabel Brizwiski, Stefania Kwasnieski, Bolesia Kre- sick and Alba Koldis are clerks. Vi¬ ola Korchinski delivers orders in the same truck she drove around in when she was in high school. D. H.: That reminds me, Gus Maniatty is running a soda fountain. Mooney Shor and Irene Shea are in business with him. B. W.: They have their place, next to the theatre Tim Murphy and Lu- cina Guard are running. Lucina, I believe, is collecting tickets. M. H.: I’ m not surprised that Tim¬ othy and Lucina are together, but I didn’t really expect to see them in the theatre business. By the way, whatever became of the boy with the marcel? What was his name, now? D. H.: You mean George Billings. He’s running a beauty parlor, spec¬ ializing in permanent waves for men. I understand he hired the flirtatious Mary Dean to attract the male cus¬ tomers for. him. B. W.: You remember Helen Fin- nie who had such curly hair? Well, she went to George Billings for scalp treatment and the formula he used made her hair straight. Helen was so pleased she immediately told Catherine Steiner about it and George hired Catherine as the model for the advertisements of his famous freckle cream. D. H.: Oh, there’s a restaurant down that way and I understand that the diplomatic Corrado Ceneri- zio is the head waiter. M. H.: Mary Bean is in that line of business; she is an interpreter of menu French for an old school mate of ours, John Collins, who has made a lot of money selling ivory. By the way, what happened to Mabel Dud¬ ley? B. W.: Oh she is a professional basketball player. D. H.: How interesting! Vivian Cook is a professional hiker and come to think of it, she told me that she met Grace Conway out west. She’s a dancing teacher. M. H.: Ben. Wilbur is poet laure¬ ate of Iceland. He went way up there to get away from barbers. D. H.: At his last public appear¬ ance George Newman sent him some flowers. You know that he is a successor to Thayer the Florist, didn’t you? M. H.: Ben isn’t the only one who is appearing publicly. Catherine Mayer is one of the leading lectur¬ ers of the country on psychology now. B. W.: Speaking of lectures, I imagine we’ll hear from Peg Blackall and Ruth Munyan. They’ve been on a fishing trip to Alaska. I don’t

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8 THE EXPONENT D. H.: George sure must be in his glory now. Carolyn Avery is an in¬ structor, too. She is teaching mu¬ sic in the Jacobus’ Institute, special¬ izing in Freshnian classes only. M. H.: Somebody told me the oth¬ er day that Bill Mahoney is in Paris studying French. You know he al¬ ways was Miss Curtin’s star French pupil. D. H.: I heard a real good joke the other day. Nellie Pulaski and Mari¬ on Russell are gymnastic instructors at G. H. S., but they’re not doing the usual gym work. They are giving instructions in the development of grins. No girl can pass unless her grin measures eight inches. By the way, what happened to Lydie Strecker? M. H.: Oh, haven’t you heard? She is a portrait painter of high renown. She has won first prize for the por¬ trait of the Honorable Arthur John¬ son who is now a member of the Senate. D. H.: Speaking of politics, Tal¬ bot Aldrich is running for Green¬ field’s first mayor. Barbara Humes is his publicity agent. I heard, too, that Austin Woodard is the diplomat to the Fiji Islands. B. W.: That’s right. He traveled on one of my boats once and he told me that Grace Ellis accompanied him one time and the Islanders fell in love with her and unanimously elected her queen. M. H.: She’s not the only one who has a title. Ruth Reynolds eloped on horseback w|ith the Prince of Wales and spent some time at Frank Sokolosky’s farm. D. H.: Three cheers for Ruth. Did you say Frank is running a farm, too? You knew, didn’t you, that Harold Smead and Martin Muka had cooperated with the Totman sisters and they have the largest farm in Franklin County. M. H.: Well, I ’m surprised. I thught surely the Totman girls went into partnership with Martha Wood¬ ard, Alice Burns, and Charles John¬ son when they bought out Wilson’s store. B. W.: Did you know that my once leading lady is an authoress? Yes. Blanche Williams has just publish¬ ed a book entitled. “Ttie Intricacies of a Web.” D, H.: It must be a valuable book. I’ll have to buy it. Reminds me, too, Russell Jangro has just finished a sequel to ‘‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and Russell Shay has painted a sign advertising it. Wcu know Russ is a sign painter. M. H.: They’re not the only ones v ho are writing. I understand Miss Hamilton has discarded all her old books in place of Harold Walsh’s new history. It has things in it never before published. Bill Sautter, I believe, posed for the illustrations of Greek heroes. By the way, what’s Lawrence Hinkley doing? Still rid¬ ing a motorcycle? D. H.: Yes, he’s riding the same motorcycle but he has a new uni¬ form. He is a notorious motorcycle cop. That reminds me, Helen Dawe has a motorcycle, too. She won a prize in the cross-country races. B. W.: I was afraid Helen would become a speed demon. Do you re¬ member that ever talkative Pauline Hammond? M. H.: Oh yes, what is she doing now? B. W.: Her loquacious reputation couldn’t be ruined. So she is run¬ ning a home for the deaf and dumb. D. H.: Oh yes. That’s where Frank Yeaw and Dexter MacDonald must be. They talked each other deaf and dumb. M. H.: They always were yelling back and forth even in the High school halls. You remember what a sheik Borge Overguard was, don’t you? B, W.: Yes, what is Borge doing now? M. H.: Oh he’s selling women’s face powder. Some people seem to be doubtful whether the attraction is the powder or the salesman. I heard some of the members of the class were broadcasting over the ra¬ dio. D. H.: I tuned in the other night and who ' do you think I heard? None other than Florence Portman. She and Esther Ward are touring the country, giving a series of lectures on the causes and cures of the friv¬ olities of the modern generations. B. W.: By the way, Don, I haven’t heard anything about your brother in years. I suppose he is still show¬ ing his executive ability and is pres-

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10 THE EXPONENT know what kind of fish they went after. D. H.: I see by the papers that Madeline Coleman is the “Miss America” chosen at Atlantic City this year. M. H.: Yes. Millard Clement has hired her to come up for a night to his dance casino at Sugar Loaf paik. B. W.: Ruth Canty is editor of the children’s column of a large magazine. They say she knows all about youngsters. What is Jerry Palmer doing now? D. H.: He is president of the Unit¬ ed Anti-Tobacco League. He would have convinced Congress to prohib¬ it the sale of it if it hadn’t been for the expert lobbying of Margaret and Catherine Herron and Gertrude Wilbur. B. W.: Ken Bostley is an army officer and he was telling me that Russell Patterson is a labor leader and that Esther Harrison writes radical articles for socialist papers. M. H.: I saw Ken too, he was tell¬ ing that Dave Young, had quite a responsible position with the Salva¬ tion Aamy. Geraldine Moore has been speaking for them for a long time. B. W. : Yes and Isabelle Reed is a hymn composer. She wrote one for school assemblies. D. H.: Francis Rucci is doing well as a detective. She has receiv¬ ed some large rewards. M. H.; I knew that, and Doris Manning and Esther Rice have of¬ fices in the same building. They are painless dentists. Angeline Gers is the nurse in attendance and let me tell you a coincidence. Bertha Gilliland came in soliciting funds for the Girl Scouts while I was in there. B. W.: She is captain now, isn’t she? She was telling me that Elva Erhart subscribed a lot to her fund. Is Elva wealthy? M. H.: Quite. She is an osteo- pathe doctor and has rather a large practice. Doris Bicknell, who is now teacher at Aggie, has elected Elva as the College physician. D. H.: Lawrence Jones is a chem¬ istry professor at Aggie too. Betty Welch and Grace Weston are instruc- ters in a southern college too. They are trying to invent a cheaper curl¬ ing iron. M. H.: Did you see that picture by Madeline Korbel on the fron: page of the “Judge.” Maxine Sears posed for that. B. W.: Well, we’ve talked over nearly all of our classmates. Have we missed anyone? D. H.: Let see—oh yes. Beatrice Kiley is clerk in a fruit store over in Millers Falls and Isaboll Allis runs a hot dog stand in Gill. M. H.: I forgot to tell you that the main reason I am going to Eng¬ land is to see Phyllis Hardman who is secretary to the British ambassa¬ dor whom you know, Martin Voetsch. B. H.: Well, I must get to work. D. H.: Since we aren’t in Green¬ field today for the alumnae reunion let’s give a cheer for the class of 1927. All: Here’s to the class of 1927 and to the faculty, too. May they all be blest with health,, wealth, and good luck And to the purple and white be true. CLASS ORATION The Historical Background of the Eighteenth Amendment Alcoholic beverages first came in¬ to general use perhaps when our nomadic ancestors settled down and became agriculturists, for alcohol was produced in the beginning by fermentation of grapes or grains, and the method of obtaining it by distillation was not discovered un¬ til the eleventh century; in fact, ardent spirits were not at all com¬ mon in England for some six cen¬ turies after that. Nearly all the peoples of the earth are acquainted with alcoholic liquors and have used or are using them for beverages. In direct contrast, the opposition to the use of alcohol is almost as old as the practice itself, and va¬ rious attempts have been made to restrict and prohibit the use of it. An emperor of China, some four thousand years ago, prohibited the drinking of alcoholic beverages. Whether this edict had any moral