Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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Class Prophecy I hate never believed tn fortunetelhng and yet I am as curtous as the next person So on june 13 1951 I found myself seated ln front of a small round crystal ball I was so exclted that I took ltttle nottce of the furtuneteller who was seated dmrectly oppos1te me on the other s1de of the small ball The ltghts were turned down and my compamon began talkmng to herself fter she had commumcated wxth the so called sp1r1ts a plcture appeared w1th1n the ball It was a school gymnaslum and speakmg to an assembly was none other than myself 'viy compamon announced that I was speaklng on the subject Never Talk Out Durlng 'I 'lass Thxs was xery comlcal for how could I conx mce anyone not to do somethlng that I myself had spectahzed In dolng I was also supposed to be able to gue the longest talks of anyone 1n my held Thls I could bel1eve because I had always l1ked to express myself vocally ln school Anyone could have told you that I asked the fortuneteller mf tt would be posslble to look 1nto the futures of my classmates wxth whom I had graduated a year ago She explamed mt would be extremely d1ff1cu1t but for a sllght extra charge she would be glad to try I showed her the class composlte that I Just happened to have with me and agam the hghts were dtmmed The fxrst plcture was that of a dancing couple They were very graceful and as they danced around I noticed the man was Frank Vodoklys Frank an accompltshed dancer? ll 111 wonders ever cease' I-hs partner could be only one person for no one else could be so llght on her feet as Altce Dexter Str1ctly buslness ltke they made a wonderful couple The next plcture was that of Dantel Enneguess whose art lessons had led to hxs br1ll1ant career of drawmg cartoons for Polly P1gta1ls a magazlne for little glrls The edltor of thls magazme was our own mntelllgent classmate Ruth St1les Ruth had always been very fond of little glrls and her two youngest daughters made wonderful models for Danny The boy who had always loved to talk about forexgn affa1rs and l1sten to news broadcasts was now the World s Number One Commentator of Forelgn Affa1rs In fact the Presldent of the Umted States dared not say a word wlthout Roger Derby s mpproval Roger at long last was frxends w1th a Pres1dent All hms hfe he had worked to help elect a Repubhcan and at last he had succeeded Roger had obtained a prtvate secretar1al Job for Dorrance Leard Dorsey was now the Pres1dent s secretary and could take dtctatlon at 180 words a mlnute Furthermore he had recewed a reward for belng able to erase faster than anyone else whale transcrlblng Dorsey s ltfe wouldn t be complete unless he was singing all the txme so he had become known ln the Whlte House as The man wlth a song from Matthew Boon s Wond Vruncns Warren had been elected Dlrector of a new Agrmcultural Program at shmpton and Treasurer of a realty Corporation tn Boston He spent his time comm xtlng nn a hugh powered jet car from Boston to V ashlngton Hts assxstants whr n xmbered about smty were respons1ble for the routine labor Sktp had always been an efhcxent boy but never nn a hurry Now he left the effxcxency to his assxstxnls and wen! srwedxnp aromd In a jc! car 18 , . . . . . , I ' D I ' I . . A . . - 1 - , , t - . ll I II - . , , ,, , ' v. . . . . . , . - . . l l ' l . . . , I 0 9 . . , 0 - ' . I . . u 1 ll Q n If 1 1 I m... . , . I . n . . . . . I I I ' l 1 , - l , . . Q l . Q r . Y . . . O . U n - . . u 1 ll - I I I Q 'I . f - . . , . . i , . .. ' , ' 1 . . , . . I, . . . l 0 C I r ' ' , - , . , . .' 1 I If .' ,, ' I , 1

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ARTICLE VIII Roger Derby wills and bequeaths to Franny Macomber the pr1v1lege of taxymg the Ad Staff to Maynard or Hudson next year Keep that O0htlaC ln cond1t1on Franny ARTICLE IX Elame Drechsler wxlls and bequeaths her swmg to the school playground ARTICLE X Danny Enneguess wxlls and bequeaths to Ronny Smlth h1s rlght to keep all students entertamed ln any classes that rmght be bormg ARTICLE XI Vmrglma D1P1etro wills and bequeaths to Connle Colby and Isabelle Townsend the rrght to g1ggle and get away wxth lt, 1n any classes when they are together ARTICLE XII Donald Colleton w1lls and bequeaths h1s mechamcal ablllty to Beverly joklnen so that she wlll be able to mvent a devlce to stop time long enough for her to sneak mto her seat BEFORE the late bell ARTICLE XIII Frank Vodoklys walls and bequeaths his photogemc sm1le D1ck Salmon to be kept on ice unt1l next year s Semor plctures are taken ARTICLE XIV Allce Dexter W1lls and bequeaths her qu1et vo1ce to Francis M1lak so that h1s wh1spers 1n Room I w1ll not drsturb all the other classes mn the school ARTICLE XV joanne Hartley w1lls and bequeaths w1th pleasure th1s confounded task of wr1t1ng the Last W1ll and Testament to some other poor dodo in the present junior class SECTION III to watch Mrs Drescher the leader and the audlence at the same tmme We may have lost a measure or sklpped a note in the muslc occasmonally but we assure you we have never m1ssed anythmg or anyone 1n the aud1ence ARTICLE II The Semor Class wills and bequeaths to the future Semor Class as a help in thexr play thexr varmed and surprmslng talent a talent for mterpretlng a character w1th so much ormgmahty that even 1ts own author would not recogmze mt ARTICLE III The Semor Class w1lls and bequeaths to the future jumor Class all thelr vlm and vigor in order that wmth thls combined w1th their present state of lazmess they mxght ln years to come show some results of normal actlvxty ARTICLE IV It wall be not1ced that although we have left bequests to the future Semor Class and to those who wmll soon be jumors however we have made no mention of the present Freshman Class who will soon be Sophornores We have left them nothxng because by that tune thexr self valuation will have atta1ned such hexghts that nothing ln our possesswn would be regarded by them as worthy of then' dlstlnctxon Finally we do hereby name and appoult as sole executrix of thms our last will and testament our advxsor Mrs Ferguson S1gned sealed and delcared by the said Senior Class of Hale High School as our last wzll and testament Joanne Hartley 17 1 1 1 1 s Q - . . . .H to ARTICLE 1 - The Senior Class wills and bequeaths to the Glee Club the ability

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Elalne Drechsler had made a lovely l1ttle housewmfe As she was well along the road to matrunony before she left school I was not surprmsed to learn th1s She had one slde 11ne raxsmg ch1ckens john Makey had become a dress deslgner He was famous the world over Even Parts dressmakers came to hls exclusive shop on Fifth Avenue for advlce john had declared Jvomen s dresses should be ten mches from the ground He was protected by bodyvuards aga1nst the majorlty of men who dxsagreed wmth h1m V1rg1n1a D1P1etro had won the Irmsh Sweepstakes and was spend1ng her entxre t1me tourmg the country She had retlred 1n 1959 from bemg the Number I basket ball player 1n the Umted States It was sa1d that Glnny bemg small moved around so qulckly and unexpectedly among the players that they d1dn t have a chance to see her Vhlham Hmbbard had succeeded ln maklng h1s l1fe worth whlle He had honed to bulld a transoceanlc brldge from New York Cmty to South Hampton England B111 was certaln that he would become a c1v1l engineer ll ell he nearly made 1t He had already bullt a brxdge across Boston Common Pond for chlldren only At each end there had been erected a small ctty for klds only The whole ldea had been B111 s and had made for hmm a small fortune from the Cmty of Boston I thought Joanne Hartley had studled nursing as I remembered Something must have changed her rnlnd for she had become a vetermarlan I suppose It s 1n the same llne of work Her hospltal was located behmd her home She had remodeled those bulldmgs on the h1ll mto beaut1ful kennels Durlng Joanne s tra1n1ng she had used poor Dodo as her patlent He became so used to the bandages and spllnts that wlthout them he went hmpmg around the house Wonder of wonders' You remember Donny Colleton s love for makmg ox er cars Donny had combmed a Plymouth wxth a Chevy and named mt the Colleton Speclal He had sold m11l1ons of these cars and had bu1lt a plant twlce as blg as any automoblle factory ever constructed The car was equmpped w1th Jet propulsion and would go ZOO m1les an hour on the new h1ghways Senorlta Ellzabeth Derby better known as Betsy had taken an adn anced course mn Spanlsh and was now the Amerlcan envoy to Spaln She spoke Spamsh 90m better than she dld her own language In Spam she had met a handsome Spamard and rumor had It that there mlght be weddlng bells As the last pmcture In the crystal ball faded from vxew I reallzed that I had been afforded a ghmpse xnto the future l1ves of all my classmates of the class of 1950 at Hale H1gh School I walked away from the fortuneteller wxth a sigh of rel1ef for I was fully convmced that my classmates had successful In es ahead of them Dont you agree? joan 'Xnnett 19 I C I . . . , O . . . . . . . . . . 1 . , , 1 I I . , , . , . 1 I v , . . what an eligible bachelor he made! Q , . . ' 1 I . I c - . Q . I n I 1 1 ' I ' I , . I 1 D . Y U , ' l , , I I