Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 persuaded by Congresswoman Pauline Hadfield, who had had so many letters and telegrams about the mat- ter that she dared not displease her supporters. After all, this is election year. The soloist at the banquet this evening will be Madame Margo Dolan, the very successful opera star, who has proved to all the world that marriage and a career can go together. Accompanying her at the piano will be Madame Alice Johnston who has toured the world with Madame Dolan as a concert pianist. Their last appearance was in Paris where both were received overwhelmingly, the critics claiming it was the best since Paderewski’s last appearance. Turning the mike over to Ronald Murphy now. Flash: Boston — Helena Clifford, well-known doctor of medicine, psychology, physiology, and path- ology has notified the press of her achievements in the field of science. She is perfecting a way to make cancer, a dread disease, obsolete. Furthermore, she has trained atomic energy to do large things; for instance, blowing up a whole city: and small things, running a washing machine. Flash: New York — Word has just been received that Audrey Bond has opened an ultra-modern secre- tarial school in the newest skyscraper, 20 stories higher than the Empire State. Audrey supervised the build- ing of this immense structure to meet her needs. She charges only $1000 a lesson for 50 lessons, and has been swamped with applications. Flash: Washington — Admiral Eugene Cote has been made Commander-in-chief of all our armed forces. This honor in the past has always been be- stowed on the President. However, the President admitted in a special session of Congress that Admiral Cote deserved this honor, and it should be conferred on him. We agree it was a wise choice. Flash: Holbrook — Alan Loud announced this morning that work has been started on his new drug- store. This drugstore is figured to be the largest and the best equipped in the universe. An astonishing item is that all the goods and drugs will come from his own plants, Mixwell Drugs. Flash: Brookville — Edgar Carlson reluctantly agreed to enter a contest with leading poultrymen of the nation for the purpose of determining who has the largest and most efficient farm, and the best breed of chickens. Edgar feels bad for the other poultrymen for his farm is so far superior to any farm in existence. Flash: Lost in the deep woods of Maine, Ray Sherman, noted forest ranger. He has been absent a week from his post. Sherman, a new man on this job, may not know the woods yet, but don’t fear. Sher- man is alive. Em speaking as an old classmate of his and know that he knows all in regard to forests. You ' ll soon hear the glad tidings that he has shown up with the skin of a bear or rabbit he has bagged. It’s now time for Terry, the Gossip Editor of SHS. Hi, Terry. Station SHS on your radio network coming to you from Holbrook, the largest radio center in the world. This is your favorite gossip announcer bringing you all the latest news reports on world celebrities. Hollywood — -The largest screen sensation, that beautiful star “Jeanie,” Alias Jean Gilman, has done it again. This time she has chosen as her leading man for her next picture Charles Van Dick, otherwise known as Charles Dickinson, the actor who is stirring the hearts of mothers and daughters alike all over the country. He is currently starring in the stage produc- tion, ’’Huckleberry Finn Returns,” which is bringing in much comment from movie agents. Flash! A late news bulletin on oil wells has just come in from Texas. Multimillionaire Gene Anderson with the help of his patient and reliable secretary, Helen Card, has just struck another oil well — the 100th in one day. Mr. Anderson says he plans to retire at the tender age of forty: he is very tired. Miss Card’s plans for the future were not disclosed but it is hinted she may go into the yarn business. Havana — Miss Ruth Hayden, the popular concert pianist who is new vacationing in Havana, Cuba, has told reporters that she plans to marry James Petrill, Jr., head of the Musicians’ Union. She also states that as soon as they are wed, she is going to apply to Supreme Court on the basis that pianists are to receive higher salaries. Miss Hayden feels they are not being fairly paid. Africa — We have just learned that there is another great advancement in the field of medicine. If you go big-game hunting in the African jungles any time, and you meet up with a critical moment when your gun fails to go off, don’t worry if the panther bites you. Just take the new, sensational BBTX out of your first-aid kit and apply it to the wound. Dr. Betty Cambridge, the famous woman scientist, states that this new discovery of hers makes you immune to any kind of bite. Dr. Cambridge has again come to the aid of the world as she gallantly sacrifices the best things in life for the welfare of others. This is Terry, your Gossip Editor, and my last aopearance over Station SHS in Holbrook. Goodbye, all. This completes the broadcast as of June 2, 1 948. -{ 15 y

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 The Class of 1948 has many bright prospects for the future in various and outstanding fields. Five of our imaginative Seniors will present a radio program on ' The Class of 1 948 Twenty Years From Now. ' ' Richard Stokinger. Announcer: This is station SHS twenty years from today contacting correspond- ents all over the globe. Our first correspondent to be heard from is Dorothy Skilling from Honolulu. Honolulu! Flash! Who, have we learned, is visit- ing this land of sunshine and flowers but Countess Diana Von Der Heide Ludwig, whose fame as a singer is second only to that of Jenny Lind? Diana, who was recently married to the very wealthy German Count Ludwig, is now here with the Count on their honeymoon. Dinner guests last evening of Count and Countess Ludwig were Wilfred Austin. President of Austin World Airways, and multimillionairess Bar- bara Clinton who has made all her money by growing rainbow-colored orchids on the South Sea Islands and shipping them by Austin Airways to the United States where they are sold at 5 and 10c stores. A letter was recently received by Miss Clinton from the Duke of Farrington (once Ronald Murphy of Holbrook, Massachusetts) and his wife, the Duchess, thanking Barbara for her invitation to a house party on her South Sea Island. The Duke in accepting the invita- tion said he couldn ' t wait to meet all these old friends of his. Paris! Flash! Terry has again become top designer of Paris and New York by showing her newest crea- tion — a sea green evening gown with an overskirt of green fishnet. T he commentators of Terry ' s fashion show at Paris have just discovered that her real name is Amelia Terrazano and that her famous model is Maureen Kelly. Maurie, who helped put Terry on her pedestal by modeling this sea-green creation, is not only the most popular model of the two fashion cen- ters, Paris and New York, but is also very happily married. Terry told reporters that her chief customer is Alice Dwyer, the wife of a well-known criminal lawyer whose summer home is at Cannes, here in France. Until Movie Star Van Stokinger — once called Richard — arrives from Hollywood to model his famous natural-looking permanent wave which is known as the Stokinger wave, we shall have nothing more to report so we return you to SHS Broadcasting Station in Holbrook. Massachusetts. This is Dorothy Skilling in Honolulu. Hawaii, signing off. Stokinger: Now back to station SHS where we will hear from Washington — Audrey Bond reporting. Washington: Word has just been received from London that Margie White, famous woman swimmer, has broken her previous record of 1:15:5 by swim- ming the English Channel in 1:14:4. Crowds met her on the shore and congratulated her with cheers and shouts. Margie, since bei ng graduated from Sum- ner High School, Holbrook, has devoted her life to training for this difficult feat. Washington — Flash! Our recently appointed Secre- tary of State. Raymond Taylor, is at the present deeply engrossed in the meeting of the United Nations at Lake Success where our Ambassador to Russia, none other than Richard Ernest, and good friend and former classmate of the Secretary, is advising him in debates with the Russian Foreign Minister, Moffon- off. Another news flash: Phyllis Harvey last night became president of the Buick Car Company. Miss Harvey is the company ' s first woman president. Washington: Dorothy Skilling, author of the best-selling book, The New Look,” has returned today from Paris where she has been giving lectures on dress designing. Dorothy Mercer, who designs the hair-dos to go with Miss Skilling’s costumes, ac- companied her. They were met at the airport by hun- dreds of designers of clothes and coiffures eager to learn the latest Paris trends. Word from the Medical World says that Mrs. Charles Mayo III, the former Marilyn Balch of Hol- brook, Massachusetts, has become superintendent of nurses at the famous Johns Hopkins Hospital. Al- though Mrs. Mayo has many competitors, she won the position because of her marvelous work in assisting with tonsilectomies. This is Audrey Bond in Washington, D. C., now returning you to Richard Stokinger in Holbrook, Massachusetts. Announcer: Next to come in is Boston where we will hear from two of our correspondents, Ronald Murphy and Helena Clifford. Boston — Helena Clifford, with Topics of the Day. This afternoon Bob Hollstein Day was celebrated by more than 60,000 fans who came to Fenway Park to honor the greatest slugger of this day and age, on the anniversary of his fifteenth year in the majors. Following the game there will be a mammoth parade and banquet in Bob’s old home town of Holbrook, as they pay tribute to their favorite son. Leading the parade will be Mayor Robert Z. Tay- lor. Another famous classmate. Jim Rayner, has come from his world-known Rayner’s Manor” in Wash- ington, D. C., to take charge of the banquet. As Jim now directs all official White House dinners, it was difficult for him to come for this occasion, but he was

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 FRONT ROW: C. Dickinson, D. Von Der Heide, E. Cote, J. Gilman, R. Sherman. B. Cambridge. R. Taylor. SECOND ROW: R. Stokinger. H. Card, K. Meglcy, coach. H. Clifford. M. Dolan, R. Taylor. Senior L )j ram a The Senior class of 1948 did it!! Yes. we did it! We sold the required amount of tickets to enable us to have our drama in the Town Hall! This has long been an objective for Senior classes, and we are proud that we were the first to accomplish it. Our play was the well-known Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark T wain. The hall was filled to capacity when the curtain rose and found Huck Finn played by Charles Dick- inson talking to the escaped negro. Jim, portrayed by Eugene Cote. Huck Finn, supposedly drowned, had just showed up at the home of the Wilcks’ where Aunt Sally, excellently played by Helen Card, and Uncle Silas, played by Ray Sherman, were taking care of the two Wilcks girls, Mary Jane, dramatized by Betty Cambridge, and Joanna, the typical tomboy characterized especially well by Diana Von Der Heide. Aunt Sally, expecting her nephew, Tom Sawyer, to arrive, jumped to the conclusion that Huck was Tom. Miss Emeline Grangerford, the town reporter, delightfully played by Jean Gilman, was there to get the news of Tom ' s arrival. After Huck had been settled in the house as Tom. Uncle Silas discovered Jim, the negro, and took him to his former master. Joanna Wilcks talking with Huck noticed a call of cats by someone outside who Huck told her was a clock peddler. This was really Tom Sawyer played by Raymond Taylor. After much thought, it was decided that Tom should make believe he was Sid, Tom ' s real half-brother, so as not to get Huck in trouble. The villains of the play were Richard Stok- inger as T he King” and Robert Taylor who de- lighted the audience as “The Duke” with his vocabu- lary of google-google.” These two were after the money of the two Wilcks’ girls. Through Huck Finn and Joanna’s cleverness, the fortune was saved. All was forgiven when Aunt Polly played by Helena Clifford and Beckey Thatcher played by Margo Dolan came and disclosed the real identi- ties of the two boys. In the meantime, Jim, the negro, was set free and Joanna and Huck struck up a long and lasting friendship. The class wishes to express its gratitude to Miss Megley who coached our play and also to the large audience who attended. i 16 } '