La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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MARCDON AND WHITE ofhces of Murphy Plunkett and Murphy And on the floor above we came upon the combined ofhces of Doctors C Carroll Devlm and Vincent Costello emment speclallsts The mam offices of Lareau and Lareau dealers m fme woolens and worsteds also were on thls floor On the very top floor was the gymnaslum operated by a trlo of old frlends Wetzel King and Moran Flhe racllo statlon W ED operated by Rev ohn E. Dunn renowned radlo lecturer was also located on the floor Father Dunn IS frequently assisted ln his broadcasts by Senator ames McGowan 011 leavmg we met I..mus Sheehan now a famous broker who told us the followmg story of hrmself and hls classmates I recelved the followmg letter the other day from my old frrend and classmate Al Daley Ill read lt to you You are cordially lnvlted to be the guest of Providence R I This note struck my attention as I returned from my boresome day at my seat Ill he stock exchange Eagerly I grabbed the chance of gettmg a rest from my tedious posltlon and m two days I put all my work aside and was on my M ay to Providence by the American Alr ways Express All through the trlp my mlnd wandered back to that short 25 years ago when Al and I were classmates back ln good old La Salle Much water had flown through the old duck pond m back of the school smce we last roved through our Alma Mater s halls When I descended from the plane I was met by Al s chauffeur ack Struck who escorted me to the automoblle ack was hired by Al rlght after he had been married thls was Just when Al was maklng hrs hrst mllllon as a chain store mag nate We soon arrlved at Als and as I de scended my host came out and Joyfully welcomed by Bernle McElroy who had now grown sxde taps After dmner I found that Al was Just as much a baseball fan as ever and suggested that we take m a game So as ack was drrvmg us down Westminster Boulevard I suddenly heard the tvxeet tweet of a pollcemans whistle ack stopped and the audaclous volce of the blg cop entered my ears When he came up to the window I recognlzed htm as ohn Clancy When he saw us he let us by undisturbed Suddenly we passed by a classy truck and a big slgn on the slde blazed out the following announcement I: .I Lachappelle Farm Produce nl he truck was parked lll front of Bolger and Morans Market Finally we ar rlved at the ball park and parked the car Ill Les Croue motor mart At the box office we bought our trckets from Irvmg Proulx Peekmg through the alsles we halled Blg Bull McC-roarty premier twlrler of the Yankees who was llmbermg up As I turned ALUM NGOLDEN I. Fifty sux J. . . J. ' . I ' ' I . J 1 .. , .. ' ' , , I , , ' - I Mr. and Mrs. Albert Daley, J,-U at their home in me to his new home. Lunch was then announced ' 1 . ' ' . , . U J I ' ' U B l E E

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LA SFKLLE ACDADEPWV CLASS PROPHECY FW ERHAPS many of you had notrced that we had completely dlsappeared for a few days dur mg the Christmas holidays Up to now nothmg has been sand by us as to what occurred to us dur mg those trymg tlmes Here IS the story odd as Il may appear O the nlght after Christmas we were ambllng down Atwells Avenue ln the Austm when suddenly an overswe I4 ton truck came up behmd the staff car and gently smacked us mto the beyond 25 years hence When we awoke m the year of Our Lord I956 we found ourselves dressed ln strange clothes on a strange street and bemg stared at by strange looking people They wondered at our behavior we lmagme After slowly recovermg from our surprlse we began to take an Interest ln our surroundmgs Ex ammmg our clothing and the private papers we found therem we came to the conclusion that we were the senior members of an Internationally famous firm of Manufacturing Chemists and Drugglsts ThlS fact determmed we decided to explore the old town and to meet lf posslble some of our former classmates from back m l93l Nearly everything about the old place had changed Most of the bulldmgs had become tall skyscrapers and the streets had blossomed lnto double decked affarrs the products of the Con tractmg firm of Dlggms Gregory and Donahue The tltle of the c ty s tallest bulldmg now be longed to the great La Salle Tower owned and operated by Frank Smlth We found that many of our former schoolmates were tenants of thus bulldmg so we declded to explore the burldmg On the ground floor was a magnificent thea tre managed by McElroy As we contmued our mspectnon we found that a large part was occu pled by the combmed oumal and News Tnbum under the capable leadershlp of Francis Hanley who had gathered about htm a staff of feature wrlters mcludlng such lummarles as Car roll Halton and Johnson Incrdentally the News Trzbune of that day had carried the story of the sensatlonal non stop trrp around the world by the noted aviators Mc Donnell and O Reilly As we contmued through the buxldmg we came upon the laboratories of McCarthy the chemlst and the beauty parlor belonging to Papltto The whole of the next floor was taken over by Greens Carde Shoppe except for the law NINETEEN THIRTY ONE Fnfty flve ,, fn, . 4 is' , ' . , - 4 , .. , . , , .1 - V I4 ' A I - , - : A ,' ' ' ' . . . r , , 5 7 . . . . , : ' - 5' S , , . , . I 4 - -' , . . l , . . . . , - . - , l I - - ' ' ' li ' . - ' ' n . . . . . , - , . , 4 - Q . H . . , , i s V , ,V 4 . .J - . ' 1 . . , , .

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LA S!XLLE AChADEfWV around the corner I saw Manager Trernan of the Yanks showlng Georgie Kam how to grrp the bat The game soon started and needless to say It lmed up to our expectation that lt would be a hard fought game When the first ball was pltched I heard the loud sonorous volce of the umplre No mrstak card my thoughts were confirmed While turnmg back the pages of my score card I chanced across the announcement Last chance to see the marvelous play The Brrth of an Ideal starrmg Leo Duprey greatest drama trst of his trme Reading further I notrced the names of Ray Baker and lwom McAdams the funsters After reading thls announcement I heard some borsterous fellows razzmg the umplre They turned out to be lmmle Coffey and Pop Con nery These two conducted a cholce chain of drug stores second only to Doherty and Farrell Inc the lnternatronally known manufacturlng drugglsts just as I arose from my seat to see the pretty young thing down rn front I saw the ball go ffoatlng over the fence for a home run When I looked to see who the hero was I saw George Kam Joyfully rounding the bases This proved to be the only run of the day After the game I went to the dressing room and talked with Brll llernan I found that George and Bull were the wealthy owners of a large hotel I found that Bull was the wealthy owner of McGroarty s Soaf Soap Manufacturing Com pany While I was thus mqurrmg the debonarr reporter of the News ournal burst Into the room no other than Alfred Orsml Provrdences most energetic reporter On our way home we stopped rn at Ed Murphy s Athletic Club Inside the club two flghters were being exammed by Doctor Fitz patrlck We left Ed and soon came to St Ed ward s Church and we dropped ln to see Father Geoghegan who was msplrmg the nation with hrs weekly broadcast From here we went to Provrdence s most ex cluslve night club We met Martrn Noonan the manager and he saw to lt that we got good tables The guest orchestra was George Bren nans Melody Makers Percy Moran ac companled hlm at the plano who by the way was considered the best planlst 1n the United States and It rs rumored he IS maklng more money than that lovable person the agmg Rudy Vallee of old tlmes As Lmus concluded who should come along but Ambrose Q Red Flynn now an equally famous orchestra leader and a one time member of the La Salle Academy Orchestra We were able to pry hum loose from the fol lowmg While on an arrplane trlp a month ago from Chrcago to Provldence I chanced to rude wrth the presldent of the lmes Way McDonald and NINETEEN THIRTY ONE Flfty seven s J., L-.T ' ' . 'idk , V ' . 1 I l X - L .. N . . . . . 1 X I x -f - E ' .. . , , . , . . . , ' ' 1 In n u as 1 s c . - . . . . , , ing that voiceQ Ed Short, looking at my score , , , , 1 1 ' , I , fl I n s ' . , ' n n , . - 3 , - V , V . . 1 1 I . I , J' ' ll 'Y ' - , . . . 1 ' . , . . . ' f' , , I r 1 . 1 , , , , ' 4