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

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CLASS PRCFHLCY 0? 1942 A cloudy atmosphere covered Lhe blue slcjes that lay over a contlucnt u? 13 C millj.ons of people. Suddenly there i es a broal: in that cover of white and a small city came into view, Mr, Future stenped from one of the clouds and descended to the ground upon a little metrop- olis called East Burlap that lies in upper New York, He stopped on the street to read a sign on one of the buildings ' East Burlap College of Music, He ascended the stairs to the first floor. At this time, the college choir j under the leadership cf Prof. D, Sanford was giving its annual concept before departing on their summer vacations, !-r. Riture stepped up to an usher in the hall and asked, May I have a program? Thar.k youj The usher escort- ed him to a seat. The choir urns singing The Lost Chord, Mr. Future remar ked to himself, I guess it ' s the lost chord all right, After the last number, Mr, Future found his way to Skinner’s office. Hello, Mr. P ' utureJ Gee, but it’s good to see you again, ex- claimed Skinner, I suppose 3 ' ‘ou v;onder where I came from and v hy I am hero, said Mr, Future. Well, I’ve come to ask you to join me in a trip around the United States and see so?no of your classmates vho gradu- ated with you from Hamilton Higli. I ' ll be leaving La Guardia Field in two days if you wish to accompany mo. I’ll be there, replied Mr, Sanford, and they departed. A few days after, Don Sanford (vdio shall relate the story of the trip) set out in a plane for Los Angeles, California, Our first visit was to the airplane factories in and about Los Angeles. Mr. Future and I proceeded to a big flying-fortress for Uncle San to pa- trol over-seas. I bet 3 “ou can ' t guess i ho v;as the boss of the con- stT ' uction job on this plane. None other than Stanley Allen, nova an airplane mechanic and boss over the construction department. Stanley proceeded to sJiow us about and we could plainly see th ' it he had not forgotten the training that he had received in Ham- ilton High under the supervision of Hr, Wales, tJie Industrial Arts teacher. Mr, Future and I continued on ever to Holljavond and got quite a surprise while watching one cf tlie picturos being made. There in the m.idst of a bang-up love scene was a girl v hncr.co graduated fmm our school, Mary Schofield. She was the big sensation of the 3 ’’oar, and had changed her name to Hedy La Schofield, I recall an inci- dent, I think it was vray back in the ninth grade of school, •vhen

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USUALLY S35N Riding Cl bike First ilr.tione.l At Glid’s Fanous HirGG Doing errands Down Tov n Driving a car Riding a bike Chittick’s truck Holding a cig In paper store At Myopia At Stromborgs Blushing At home Ray ' s car Arguing In an auto Boarding a trp.in for Boston Uith Sister Ipswich Talking At Bromley’s »In an ice truck V ith Jimmy In a coupe PAST ljlE Reading airplano megazineo Walking down Walnut Road Thumbing rno. Lorrov lng Talking about Canada Ridin” with Dave CToing to Soldier ' s Dances Riding around v;ith Eirmiy Flirting Looking up girl’s numbers Speeding Standing up at Gilds Reading Modern romanccsJJI Keeping up with the Flynn sisters Smoking and Tliujibing Wr i t ing po oms Talking to boys Singing With Ernie Flirting Going to r, ,ine S trend The t e r Entertaining Soldiers Taking cr rc of ckildron Dreaming about beautiful girls G-t p’alino ' Running errands IDRIL Wright Brothers Mouse Gypsy Rose Leo Edna May Oliver Miss Herndon U.S.A. Officers wife A redhead Boys Lana Turner Mr, Chase Goose McRae Einstein Gone Tierney Laurel t Hardy J cane t to MacDonald Enroll Pl 3 Tin Speaker of the House Reg, ITursc Air Corp Army Anita Wass Indian Joe Cliff Dot Shaw Koneyi ' -iooning in India with — ? Brad’s brother

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Mary explained, V ell. I nay not be beautiful, but I ' ve got a good figure. ' ' So lHavy must: have capitalized on it. Mr. Future and I decided v e ' d go dom to the air-trainiig school. After watching the planes nracticing dives for about ten minutes, someone nudged me in the back and said, I ' ve got a great bunch of lads there, haven ' t I? The voice seemed familiar and I turned quickly to see the old Dive-bomber herself standing behind me. Who would have thought Charlotte (Tubby) Stanley vfculd have turned out to be a pilot. ' From what I hear, she made quite a record for herself in the war. When the pilots came in, Tubby walked out and patted them on the back saying, Prett3’- good boys, but we ' ll have to do better next time. When we inquired the best place to eat, she instructed us to the Woolshire Bowl. That evening vie seated ourselves at one of the tables and took in the. floor show. Lo-and-bu-hold, the blues singer of the evening v as Rita Pooler. Her brother, Paul, had gathered together several musicians and had formed quite an orchestra and Rita, was their sing- er. We talked with Rita for a v.diile, and she told us ho i she and her brother had been traveling across the continent v ith the orches- tra, making a big hit everywhere they went. Early the next morning, Mr. Future and I took the first plane to St. Louis. It was rather a bumpy ride, but, nevertheless, enjoy- able. We decided to take in an Opera that afternoon, so v e proceed- ed to the opera house. I bet 3 ou couldn ' t guess what was playing and who v as the leading lady and gentleman! The Gypsy Rover v as on the bill and none other than Ruth Horn was the loading lady. There was %uite a difference in the play from the way it was put on back in Hamilton High School. Ruth had gotten over her bashfulness and seemed to enjoy the love scenes very much; r ell, v;hy shouldn ' t she. Dean Fowler was Gypsy Rob. We couldn ' t get to the stage door to see Ruth for there v ere too many ' ’oung men in the waiting line, so Me went our v ay.