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

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16 THE EXPONENT of the new syndicate that bought out E. W. Woolworth? Evelyn Morris, Bernadette Petrin, Loiza Chyz, Kath¬ erine Campbell, Mae Baker, and Ruth Baker are the owners of the business. Fritz— I met Major Orlo Fiske the other day down near the docks. He was just embarking for the Philip¬ pines to take charge of the island. Has anyone heard from Regina Horan? Bunny— Oh, yes, she is quite a suc¬ cessful nurse in a Willys-Knight gar¬ age. What’s become of Alfred Fre- geau, the boy with a flower? Fritz— Oh, Al’s another successful florist. He has quite a few old class¬ mates working for him. His sister Carolyn, Jessie Bliss, Margaret Cole¬ man, and Elizabeth Davenport are all in his salesrooms. Say, I haven’t heard from Clyde Holbrook in years. How is his music progressing? M. D.— Clyde plays first ’cello in the New York Symphony orchestra. You know, Clem Schuler directs that orchestra and Marion Young is the vocal soloist. Where is our old friend, Ed Galvin? Bunny— Oh, Ed’s a Western-Union Messenger. He always was good at carrying messages. Have we any classmates editing a newspaper? Pd like to buy one of their papers if we have. Fritz— Esther Hawkes and Mildred Gorman are the joint editors of the “Chicago Pacifier”. They’re making quite a success. Walter Kalinoski is the head of their press room. I was talking with Walter the other day and he told me that Kathryn Booher has started an interior decorating business. She has Lucie Galbraith for her chief-of-staff and Mary Blake, Agnes Brocklesby and Eileen Sulli¬ van are her best decorators. M. D.— Oh, yes, I hear they are running in still competition with Annie Kramer and her husband. Everybody seems to be successful in business. Florence Forsyth is one of the officials in a company that manu¬ factures electric stoves. Eugene Crawford is her advertising manager. He always did have unique ideas and he’s still keeping up his reputation for being the most unique person in the class. Bunny— Oh, yes, I met Edith Johnson and Alice Jurek the other day. They are demonstrating Flor¬ ence’s stoves. They said Dorothy Purrington and Ethel Reum were demonstrating them in Greenfield this week. Fritz—I was out hunting for an apartment the other day and I ran across Dick Miller and Guy Miner in one of these artist’s studios. They’re quite successful. Their paintings get first prize at all the exhibits, but they’ve ruined their studio by prac¬ ticing golf swings in it. M. D.—I met Joe O’Bryan the other day. He’s a big league base¬ ball umpire now. He was telling me that Eddie and Stan Pekalski are making a trans-continental tour in that old Ford they had back in 1928. Bunny— I went out to the West¬ chester Country Club last Tuesday and took a golf lesson from Ziggie Gutkowski. He’s a golf pro now. Bob Bane, Hector Chevalier and Mar¬ jorie Hebert were taking lessons from him at the same time. John Gorman is president of the country club. John used to talk a lot, but success has made him very quiet and reserved. Has Stuart Witty been very successful? Fritz— Stuart is a popular movie actor now. He and Betty Newcomb are playing opposite each other in his newest picture. Bill Breslin is the villain and Johnnie Roberts, the comedian. M. D.— Oh, yes. Charlie Rice is president of the movie company they are working for. Florence Percival and Helen Kartcheske are his private secretaries. He has so much busi¬ ness he needs two secretaries. Mar¬ garet Murphy has charge of the em¬ ployment agency that send the girls to Charlie. Bunny— Elizabeth Kinne has a model dairy now. Ed LaChance and Herbert Lamb have charge of her supply farms, and since Lois Hale was graduated from M. A. C. she has been working for them. Fritz— Lois told me that Leon Cornilovich was teaching mathema¬ tics down at M. A. C. He’s just been visiting Manuel Rispler in Spring- field. Manuel is in the paint busi¬ ness with Arthur Seymour. Ruth Robinson is their saleslady and their sales are certainly booming. Bunny— Their best customer is Donald Manix. He runs an antique shop on the East Side. He takes new

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THE EXPONENT 15 deed, sir. Hanythink else Sir? Thank you, Sir.” I ask you—am I not a great actor—even with a small part—Think what I could do with a greater one! Now, would you like me to give a part from A1 Jolson’s great— Bunny —(Interupting.) Very, very good, Mr. Fritz. Consider yourself accented. You know, it’s queer that you two should both try out in parts from “So This Is London”—that is one play I remember well. My class gave it for their play in 1925. M. D. and Fritz —together—Why, so did mine! Bunny —I graduated from Green¬ field High School. M. D. and Fritz —So did I. Fritz —Well, well, it looks as if we were classmates. I can place you. Miss Bunny—weren’t you Bunny Ba- bineau? Bunny —Yes,—and you were called Gerry, weren’t you? Fritz— you bet, but I don’t see where Mary Draper comes in. I cer¬ tainly don’t remember you. (Turn¬ ing to M. D.) M. D.— Oh, but that isn’t my real name. That was my name in “So This Is London,” so when I went on the stage I adopted it. I used to be called Kay Fleming. Fritz— Well, this certainly is a 1928 reunion. I wish the rest of the class were here. I wonder what they are all doing. I’ve kept in touch with only a few of them. Of course, Francis Lawler is our manager in this new show, but do either of you know any news? M. D. —Oh, yes, I was just back in Greenfield visiting and so I know about a few of them. Dot Hosmer entertained me while 1 was there. She’s gym instructor at G. H. S. now, you know. Fritz— Say, I heard her old pal, Ruth Johnson, was teaching aesthe¬ tic dancing at G. H. S., too. That re¬ minds me, what has become of Jim¬ mie Ballou? Bunny— Jimmie’s gone into busi¬ ness—selling Benson’s Gas. Ruth Benson is owner of the business. Now, say, Kay what is Virginia Harp¬ er doing? M. D. —Oh, Virginia’s a famous pianist. She’s on a world tour at present with Francis Fitzgerald as her manager. She’s changed, be¬ cause she has to be careful not to flirt from the concert stage, because she would have too many stage-door Johnnies. M. D.— What is Francis’ old pal, Jimmie Bulman, doing? Fritz — ' Jimmie’s the editor of the National “Sportsman Magazine.” He always was quite a hunter, you know His sister Julia is a teacher at Smith College now. How about her old cronies, Betty Battey and Mary Barry? Bunn y— Betty is head nurse at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Bos¬ ton, Mary Barry is the manager of Wilson’s Department Store, Ed. Flavin is floorwalker there and—i F ritz— (interrupting) —Say, what’s become of Connie Murphy, our class athlete? Bunny— Oh, Connie’s All Amer¬ ican coach of the Olympic team, and speaking of the Olympics reminds me that Jean Thomas just sailed yester¬ day to the meet. How about Joe Bonitski, our other athlete? Fritz— Joe is head-football coach at Fordham. We really thought our¬ selves very intellectual, and just see how we proved it. M. D. —We have quite a few class¬ mates on college faculties. Margaret Ballard is a famous lecturer at Mount Holyoke. Oh, by the way, I had a letter from Tracy Burnham the other day. He is a famous lawyer now, following in his father-in-law’s foot¬ steps, you know. He is also the proud father of thirteen children. Fritz— His brother, Howard, has gone into the pig business. He’s very careful to keep his hat on, though. How about his old friend, Charlie Bryant? Bunny— He’s a famous osteo¬ path in Gill. Elvis Pettirossi is his head nurse, and Helen Sheehan, Edith Pierce, Marianna Massuzzo, and Helen Kunasko are her assist¬ ants. Has anyone ever heard from Eleanor Thayer? Fritz— Oh, sure. She has a big florist business and her flowers are being delivered by Newman’s Truck¬ ing Business. How is my old friend, Cy Donovan? M. D.— Cy is the art instructor in a private school where Eleanor Luey teaches kindergarten. Did you hear

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THE EXPONENT 17 furniture, and makes it look old. Ken Martin, Bernice Wood, and Mary McDonald are all working for him. They’ve become experts in knocking furniture around. M. D.— By the way, I saw a good professional basketball team the other day. Anna Steinmacher and Anna Slonus were on it. Laura Law¬ rence was the manager of the team. Fritz —went visiting at a high school in the Bronx last month. Rich¬ ard Suhl was the principal. He took me around and introduced me to all the teachers. Edmund Simondisky was the English teacher and Leola Osgood was instructor in history. People do change! Bunny — Wouldn’t you like to go downstairs and see the chorus of our play? There are a lot of your old friends in that. Why, right in the front row are Sabrina Weeks, Doro¬ thy Andrews, Lucille Thompson, Jes¬ sie Wheeler, Agnes Brocklesby and Marjorie Patterson. You can see Doris Tubbs, too. She is playing the piano for us. M. D.— Let’s change the name of this play to “Revivals of G. H. S!” Fritz —And let’s send complimen¬ tary tickets to everyone in the class of 1928! Katherine Fleming ’28 Gerard Fritz ’28 JUNIOR NOTES Emma Koch has left G. H. S. to ac¬ cept a position with the Aetna In¬ surance Company in Hartford, Con¬ necticut. Eleanor Burns, having fully recov¬ ered from an operation for appendi¬ citis, is back at her studies again. The Juniors have a new story to tell us. It is called the “Golden Fleas” and was originated by Gladys Plumley. A bright red flame at the remote end of the corridor recently prompt¬ ed someone to shout “Fire!” It was all a mistake—and a sad one—for the flame was just Sid Michelman’s new red tie! We are all glad to see Kenneth Hutchins back after an extended ill- TIGRS, Marion Taylor, Betty Griswold and Elizabeth Bitters attended the convention at Dalton. Alice Wilcox attended the Fresh¬ man Hop and High School Day at M. A. C. Senior Notes Johnnie Roberts went down to M. A. C. for High School Day. Johnnie’s little Whippet will probably be a familiar sight on the campus next year, for Johnnie hopes to attend M. A. C. We were all glad to see Betty New¬ comb back after her long illness. We are very glad that the suicide attempt by drowning while fishing of one of our well known teachers in G. H. S. was prevented, due to the heroism of James Bulman. Many G. H. S. girls were among those who enjoyed the Girl Scout outing in Boston. What, oh what shall we do next year without our “triplets”—Jean and Connie—Ruth and Clyde— George and Eleanor? Orchestra and Band On May 24, seven members of the G. H. S. Orchestra went to Boston to participate in the New England Festival Orchestra. Those in the party were Lucille Thompson, Elizabeth Battey, Gerard Fritz, Clement Schuler, Clyde Holbrook, Shelly Bliss, and Kenneth Waide. They went by motor, Mr. Woodbury and Mrs. S. K. Lyman driving their cars. The Copley Plaza was the hotel at which they stopped. The concert was held in the Mechanics Building Saturday evening, and was broadcasted from station WEEI. Two hundred and sixteen players from 42 towns and cities in New England comprised the orchestra. On the following day. May 25, the Greenfield Public School Band gave a concert at Framingham Normal School. Thev went by auto bus. Sat¬ urday the Band went to Boston v ' -here they competed in the Band Contest held on Boston Common. Greenfield received honorable men¬ tion. The Band came back to Greenfield Saturday evening, while the orchestra members started for home Sunday morning. SCIENCE CLUB May 15, at the meeting of the Sci¬ ence club; Mr. Ireland gave a demon¬ stration of high tension electric cur¬ rent passing through vacuum tubes. Reports were given by John Schatz, Esmond Smith and Charles Richard¬ son.