Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

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12 The HAMILTONIAN practiced back in the high school days. I wonder how Withee can stand the competition? Remember that proud walk Eleanor Collins had when we went to school? She’s putting it to good use now, modeling evening wear at Saks’ Fifth Avenue Shop. I must buy a copy of this month’s Vogue. She is present- ing a “Where Do I Go From Here’’ model from Madame Hansbury’s ex- clusive salon. I guess Fll be going to the movies tonight. The main feature intrigues me. Ruth Jackson, after many years’ hard work, has finally been made a star because of the human touch she put into Unicari ' ed Propertii. By the way, her leading man’s name is Hall. The combination ought to be good. May 31 : I see by the papers that Virginia Wallace is getting ready to open her private school for tiny tots. Every summer, after teaching school to the little folk, she earned enough by working in the Silver Dollar Bar to ooen this kindergarten school. I certainly hope she succeeds. What a busy month this has been ! It seems that most of my original class has broken into the news some- time or other this month. I guess I had better look more closely through the papers next month. I may find some more interesting gossip. Sorry to leave off now, but I’ve been paged by my assistant and must go out on an emergency case. Will jot down more news of mv classmates as I hear it. Au revoir for the present. CLASS WILL OF 1938 W E, the Senior Class of Hamilton High School, which is situated in the grand metropolis of Hamilton, County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being sound in mind, memory, and understanding (who wouldn’t be with our stable foundation of knowledge) do make, publish, and declare the following as, and for, our last will and testament. That is to say: I. We declare all previous wills and testamentary evidence of a simi- lar nature null and void. IT We, being a fairly tolerable group (ask our instructors), do be. ciueath collectively and individually to both teachers and pupils, the ar- ticles, attitudes or virtues which we consider beneficial to the aforemen- tioned : COLLECTIVELY To Miss Ward, we leave our thanks for the fine comradely spirit which existed between teacher and pupil throughout the year. To Mrs. Boyd, we thoughtfully be- (lueath a small airplane so that she may travel swiftly and safely over the icy roads between Hamilton High School and Billerica during the months when King Winter reigns over these northern parts. To Mr. Malone, a million dollars that he may settle down with a hlonde. To Mr. Walton, a gym class that will show up completely equii)ped for exercise. To Mr. Wales, nothing is large or small except by comparison ; there- fore we leave Mr. Wales a pair of shoes having two-inch soles. To Miss Edmondson, we bequeath an “Austin’’ which she has so long desired. To Mr. Payne, a perfect secretary with whom he can find no flaws. INDIVIDUALLY M. Allen bequeaths to W. Koloski, H. Baker, and G. Harrigan the A’s she always received in English.

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The HAMILTONIAN prisecl to know that Evelyn Hans- oury now owns and operates an ex- clusive dress shop on Fifth Avenue! It d( esn’t seem possible. When we were together in school, Evelyn was always the first to receive work from the teachers to run off on our ancient mimeograph machine. It surprised me that she didn’t stay with the Babb Supply Company demonstrating how to use the new automatic ink ab- sorber. Margaret Beers did marry J. McG. you know, just as we all knew she would even way back when we were in school. She has settled down in Hartford, Connecticut, and is giving most of her time and talent to ' dood- ling.”! don’t think “Hubby” will mind so long as she leaves her talent out of his den. May 9: Was I excited yesterday! Spread over the front page was the thrilling story of how Florence Dunn rescued four people from the burning China Clipper. She certainly chose the right vocation when she became a flying hostess to exercise her mar- velous tact, charming personality, and pleasing disposition. She’ll probably get a medal along with more publicity for her bravery. Also on the inside page of that same newspaper I saw an item of great intei’est. George Sprague, who used to live on Bridge Street and run his father’s farm, has been given th ' contract to build the new bridge from f-idkoping to Uddevalla, Denmark. If I remember correctly, he got a scholarshin to Worcester Polvtech- nical Institute and proved so brilliant that he knew more than the “nrofs.” I gathered as much when he an- swered everybody’s nuestions in class. May 16: Last night I was rather blue, so Myrt and I went to a movie. Thp newsreel wasn’t very interesting until I saw Isabelle twe called her “Izzv” back in ’881 Peale and her flock of Continental Danseurs. She anr«eared for about five minutes on the “flicker” and was she a sensation ! Her life’s ambition was now on the verge of being completed. Her new routines for the American Ballet were being rehearse d by her troupe and would be shown to the public at the opening of the opera season. Mary Sargent appeared next on the newsreel. She certainly has been the talk of the town ever since she and that boy-friend of hers opened a Type-While-You-Wait Bureau. The boy-friend supplied the typewriter and she the human power to run the thing. They certainly cleaned up at Harvard for the mid-year exams. She’s in the teaching department now, showing the professors how to create dynamic speeches to wake up sleepy students. On the way home, Myrt and I stopped at the soda counter and were we surprised to see Madly n Back breeze in after us! She was out on a “scoop,” being the night roving re- porter. She hasn’t changed much; she still is the tall, dignified, master- mind that I knew Imck in ’38. May 20 : Well, Yale has a new faculty member ! Say, do I remember what a whizz Norman Nielson was in Chemistry ! No wonder the trustees chose him to head the Chemical Lab- oratory Department. Myrt just told me she was handing in her resigna- tion. She gave as the reason that she had now ' enough rain money, and it vasn’t necessary for her to wmrk anv more. I know better. (Two can live as cheaply as one, so ■what?) Hardy Prince and Norman Dane have incorporated their brains and money and are now opening a mail- order wholesale house, selling refrig- erators to the Eskimos and sun-tan oil to the Africans. I guess this ven- ture w ' ill be as successful as their Marriage Bureau for Old Maids. Prince got tired of the florist busi- ness and Dane was equally disgusted with his position as a touring guide through Endless Caverns. May 21 : Petite Mary Perkins now has a half-hour radio program of her own. She gives modern internreta- tions of the old favorites which she

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The HAMILTONIAN 13 M. Back leaves her petite figure to Fiances Manthorn and K. Mann. M. Beers leaves her ability to en- snare the hearts of the Northwest Trekkers to Bertha Webb and Patri- cia Faulkner. M. Bilodeau bestows her ability to r:tand in good with the teachers to Walter Mac G rath and Joseph Phaneuf. E. Collins bestows her ability to interrupt classes with her hearty laugh to Betty Fletcher. N. Dane bequeaths his position as taxi-driver of the senior class to Don- ald Haskell. B. Davison leaves her feminine wiles to Rita Cullity and Ruth Cam- ei ' on. F. Dunn leaves her sense of direc- tion in finding Ipswich to Evelyn Dodge and Eleanor Thompson. B. Greeley leaves his athletic abil- ity to Philip Keyser. E. Hansbury leaves that auburn hair of hers to an.v .junior who may be envious of it. R. Jackson passes her gentle dis- position on to Helen Peters. T. Mullins bequeaths to Ralph Harrigan his ability to remember history dates. N. Nielsen bequeaths his diminu- tive stature to Harold Day. I. Peale bequeaths her pleasing plumpness to Pauline Powers. M. Perkins leaves her book, How To Drive a Ford, to Dot Perkins. M. Sargent assigns her position and ability as secretary to Mr. Payne to Edwina Wilbur who, by her ener- getic attempts in the typing room, seems to need all the ability she can obtain. G. Sprague bequeaths his fashion plate characteristics to Tom Miller- ick. and his efficiency to wash dishes in the cafeteria to Mary Moore. V. Wallace leaves her appreciation for an 80 feet per second automotive speed to “Let” Charles who seems to dote on a Buick to do just that. V. Withee leaves his highly accom- plished art of nose-blowing to V. MacParland in the hope that it will save “Mac” from having a nasal hemorrhage. H. Prince leaves the school — a sigh of relief, while at the same time he is not indifferent to the fact that in- structors will probaoly heave a coi’- responding sigh. Lastly, we leave Rudy Smerage a crew of assistants that will be much more competent than the boys from the study halls. Rudy has done so well this past year as a furnace thermostat that we believe he should be promoted to the position of HEAD JANITOR; so, for above mentioned janitor, we install an automatic oil burner that he may be able to keep the school rooms warm without the necessary effort that it takes to shovel coal and ashes. We appoint Sir Rudolph Smerage (the knight who underwent the sooty yoke of furnace-room vassalage), as executor of this, our last will and testament, and direct him to attend this document with untiring effort. In witness thereof, we have here- unto set our hand and seal at our residence in the Hamilton High School, on the twenty-third day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty- eight. WITNESSES; Finstine — bram trust of the 4th dimension. Foo — have you a little one in your home? The Shadow — He knows!!!