Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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any time. She’s star reporter for the Globe , you know. Edward: Really? How about her constant companion, Althea Hebb? Virginia: You mean to say you . . . Why Althea is teaching commercial work in our alma mater. Edward: Back at Ipswich High? I can hardly believe it, — one of our classmates teaching in old Ipswich! I bet Althea makes them “toe the mark.” You see I’m covering the dis- trict the other side of Boston, so I can’t keep track of the news down this way. Virginia: If you didn’t know about Althea, this will be news too. Aphrodite Galanies is owner of that impressive looking building on Fifth Avenue known as “Aphrodite’s Beauty Salon.” They say the facials you get there from Thelma Fowler are something to rave about. Edward: Thelma Fowler? She was in our class, wasn’t she? Virginia: Of course. She and Ralph Recine were “that way” about each other. I wonder what happened? Edward: That ended up in wed- ding bells and a happy married life in a new apartment in New York where Ralph is the stage manager of a night club. Gosh ! Haven’t the fel- lows and girls in our class scattered? Not many left in Ipswich. Virginia: Oh wait! I haven’t fin- ished yet. When I was at the Cable Memorial Hospital last month . . . Edward : What ! Virginia: Having my tonsils re- moved, who do you think was my night nurse? Edward : I give up ! I can’t stand many more shocks ; so break the news gently. Who was it? Virginia: None other than Vicky Machaj. We should have had a grand time reminiscing, but Vicky, always on the job, had to keep running hither and yon answering bells. Surely you must have had time to recall what the others are doing. Why not take a few of our celebrities? Edward : Our best-looking girl, Betty Martel, is buyer of women’s clothes at Marshall and Fields, in Boston. Virginia: I wonder if that name Marshall awakens any memories for Betty? Heavens! Look at the time. Edward : Am I keeping you from an appointment? Virginia: No, but I’ve been so en- grossed in our chat that I’ve missed Betty Hale’s program. Edward : What next ! Does she sing? Virginia: No. It’s a half hour talk on child care. You know Barbara Waite and Betty studied at the Chil- dren’s Hospital in New York. Edward : Barb was our girl athlete, right? Remember how she and Mr. Conary used to argue about basket- ball? Is Barb still working in New York? Virginia: Yes, but at present she and her parents are vacationing at the Neck. Oh, yes! I meant to ask about Winnie Palladino when we 29

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Class Prophecy by Virginia McGlew and Edward Gaudet r T ' IME : 1958 A.D. ■ Scene: A Rowley home. Edward: Good morning. Could I interest you in some Fuller Brushes, Madam? Virginia: No. I don’t care for any today. ffl Edward: Virginia McGlew as I live and breathe! It is Virginia, isn’t it? Virginia: Yes, but not McGlew now. So Eddie Gaudet became a Fuller Brush man. Edward : Uh huh ! I’m on my way to the home office in Boston. Think- ing I might be able to make a few sales, I stopped here in Rowley. Virginia: And am I glad you did! Just about graduation time every year, I get homesick and begin to wonder what has become of former schoolchums. Now maybe you can satisfy my curiosity. Do you ever see any of our classmates in Boston? Edward: I should say I do! Ursu- la Lombard has a studio right in the same building where my office is lo- cated. She gives lessons in diction and elocution. Virginia : That’s a natural. Ursu- la always had a silver tongue. Tell me more. Edward: Heavens, woman! You’d better see the information bureau ! Oh, yes, occasionally I see Lorraine Flewelling. She’s taking a course in photography so she can help her fiance, Johnny Alexander, develop pictures. Virginia: Are they still “hitting it off”? What happened to the other twosomes in our class? Edward: Well, Claudene Howard works in a music shop playing and singing all the latest song hits, and I’ve heard that Bob Clapp practically keeps the store in business since she got the job. Virginia: Speaking of one twin makes me think of the other. Where’s sister Connie now? Edward : Mrs. Gauld is one of the leading figures in North Shore soci- ety. And say, you remember “Millie” Conant who was picked class vamp? Virginia: Of course! Who could forget blue-eyed Millie? Edward: Well, she’s at West Point instructing the cadets in ball- room dancing. Virginia: But I thought she was engaged ! Edward: Several times! How- ever, she has never reached the altar. Virginia: And you, Eddie? Haven’t you met “the girl” in your travels? Edward: No. I haven’t been as lucky as some of my classmates. Virginia: Er! Ah! That must be my Boston Post. I’ll run and get it. I always read Priscilla Saunders’: “Advice to the Lovelorn” the first thing. Do you ever run into Priscilla? Edward: No, I understand she’s something of a recluse. Virginia: Not much like “Dot” Dupray. You see her anywhere at 28

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were speaking about Betty Martel. Edward: Oh, Winnie? She went in training to be a nurse, and she liked it so well she went into partner- ship with a doctor for life. Virginia: Doctors, medicine, drug stores, Dot Fuller, and Polly Smith. Edward: What have they got to do with all that? Virginia: Dot and Polly have re- juvenated the old drug store across from the post office. Dot fills pre- scriptions and Polly jerks sodas. Edward: No, really! You have a charming little place here. Virginia: Do you like it? I’ll have to give the credit to Ruth Stone and Alice Kuconis for that. Edward: You’re talking in riddles again. Remember I’m only a travel- ing salesman. You’ll have to eluci- date. Virginia: Why, didn’t you know? Ruth and Alice are interior deco- rators with a lively business which extends all along the North Shore. Edward: Gosh! I didn’t realize there were so many in our class. Doesn’t that cover about everyone? Virginia: Heavens, no! I can think of several more without half trying. Elsa Emmons inherited a large farm in Byfield and has started a riding school. Rita MacKinnon goes up at least once a week. She says riding does wonders for her fig- ure. Rita, you know, is head of the drive for more sanitary and health- ful conditions in shoe shops. Edward: Rita should know what she’s talking about. She used to work at Foster’s shoe shop. Then there’s Eleanor O’Malley. Eleanor is in one of the current hits playing on Broad- way. Here’s something that will “bowl” you over. Theresa de Grand- pre is private secretary to a district attorney. Virginia: I’m properly awe strick- en, but she isn’t the only one who has arrived. Jessie Campbell, who used to manage things for the senior class so skilfully, is now a movie director. Yes, Jessie is one of the leading direc- tors at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. She has as her assistant Alice Karchonas, who should know movies, inside and out. She spent all her spare time at the local theatre, as you probably remember. Edward : And what abou . . . Virginia: Stop! I’ve done my share of answering. You take over for a while. I’ll do the asking. Edward : Shoot ! Virginia: Whatever became of red- haired Jackie Tremblay who was our outstanding cheerleader ? Edward: At present she’s abroad resting up from the 1947 Olympics. She was the representative for the U. S. A. in cheer-leading. Of course you’ve heard of Marjorie Sheppard’s triumphs in the fifty-yard dash for women. Virginia: Isn’t that thrilling! Priscilla Worthley isn’t losing any time in “making her place in the sun” either. Edward: You must mean the girl who was Don Hazen’s heart interest senior year. 30