Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Yes, I knew these three people; they were none other than Ellen Hamblin, Madeline Roderick, and Bob SanSouci of that large and somewhat shady class of 1931 back in Lawrence High School. Well, Bob had finally realized his ambi- tion to be a “sawbones.” Here it was the year 1943; so I immediate- ly became interested in learning from these three members of the whereabouts of the rest of my class. As Bob came up with a knife in one hand and a roll of bandages | in the other, I heard a groan from the next bed to mine. I saw big Donald “Bull” Hatch of my high school days. As I later learned, “Bull” had slipped on a banana peel | in front of Dean “Count” Wells’ banana cart. “Bull” had been try- ing to wave to both Alice Perry and Florence Landers, who were driv- ing past in a rather doubtful-look- ing automobile made by the Barry Motor Car Company, of which John Barry was president, general man- ages, sales agent, designer, machin- ist, and shop boy. During my stay in the hospital I had a good chance to learn from “Bob”, “Hambie”, and “Maddie” about my former classmates. I learned that Jennie Baker was the famous movie star who was hailed by the producers as “the best figured star of the screen.” I also learned that Felice Franco was the idol of sunny Spain, where he was known as “the handsome and brave toreador, Don Franco.” According to SanSouci, Harry “Buck” Handy and “Jack” Nichols were employed at the New York Public Zoo, where they could be seen every day busily engaged in skinning bananas and feeding them to the apes and monkeys in the monkey houso. Betty Henry was a teacher, but she had only one pupil and that pupil was “Buck” Handy, her husband, whom she and Harry, Jr. cften went to see in the monkey house. Irene Norris was now a model in a fashionable shop on Fifth ave- nue in New York. This shop was owned by Eleanor James, the “Jim- mie” of our school days. I learned that John Martin was a hard-boiled traffic cop at one of j New York’s busiest intersections, but as usual John always found time to smile and wave to the at- tractive members of the fair sex who chanced to drive by. John | was up to his same old high school tricks. “Hambie” informed me that Olivia Roderick and Lillian Hazel- ton were the proud owners of a neat little bakery, above which hung a sign which read, “If you try our biscuits once, you’ll never try an- other.” I had to smile when I learned of Reger Tobey’s occupation. Leave it to Roger to get a colorful job. He was selling large red and yel- low toy balloons at county fairs. Nathan “Guz” Issokson, so “Don” Hatch informed me, had an inter- esting and easy job. He was em- ployed by Uncle Sam as “adjust- able ballast” for the Navy’s newest dirigible. Idly glancing through a news- paper one day my eye was attract- ed by a picture with the heading “Rescued and Rescuer.” Reading on I learned that “the brave life guard, Joseph Goudreau, had dash- ed to the aid of Loraine Pease, a former belle of Lawrence High School, and had pulled her safely

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over the general average of the school. They were Ellsworth Head, Karl Bohaker, Milton Studley, Dean Wells, Felice Franco, Bertram Had- don, and John Barry. The Senior Prom was probably the most colorful event of the school year. It was held in the Town Hall which was decorated with the class colors, rose and gray. Much credit is due Miss Lathrop for her work in decorating the hall and to Joseph Sheehan, our class artist, for mak- ing the placard which bore the class motto. The committee also worked very hard to make the af- fair a success and. gave a benefit picture, The Great Meadow, to de- fray the expenses. In the early part of May, the class had a Freak Day. Practically all of the members of the class dressed in hilarious costumes and paraded around the school the en- tire day. Ellen Barstow, dressed as a country hick, had the best girls’ costume; while Donald Hatch, in the person of “Bull Dawson”, took the boys’ honors. This year, the high school had one of its most successful baseball teams. It was decidedly a cham- pionship team. Very good spirit was displayed during the year, and no small amount of credit is due Mr. Fuller, our coach, for the team ' s success. The majority of the team was made up of seniors. Johnnie Martin was captain, and Harry Handy, Felice Franco, Frank Perry, Milton Studley, Gilbert Costa, Jos- eph Goudreau, and John Barry won letters. Howard Pease was man- ager, and Jack Nichols was assist- ant manager. The Dramatics Club gave a play, “The Yellow Shadow”, this year, which was a decided success. The play was coached by Mr. Allen, and Howard Pease, Jennie Baker, and Virginia Leatherbee had leading parts. Our class had two members on the tennis team. They were Ells- worth Head and Jack Nichols. Each year it has been the cus- tom for the members of the school to vote for the senior boy and girl who they think have best exempli- fied the ideals of Loyalty, Honor, and Service. The names of the two chosen are inscribed on the bronze tablet which holds a commanding position in the front of the Main Room. The two outstanding stu- dents from our class were Virginia Leatherbee and Robert SanSouci. Here was the end of the record, As I closed the book, I heard the whistle blowing at the place where I worked. Tossing the volume back on the bench, I departed at top speed, not wishing to be late. John Barry A PROPHECY There was a dull explosion, flames and debris shooting up into the air, and then — nothing but blackness. ■ Fearfully I opened my eyes and looked around. The long aisle with its neat row of beds on each side told me that I was in a hospital. Then I remembered the explosion as my yacht had blown, up in New York, harbor almost at the end of its long trip from Africa, where I had been living for the past ten years. My movements in looking around had been noticed, and down the corridor came two nurses and a doctor. I blinked and looked again.

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to shore in his big, brawny arms.” During my talks with my friends, I learned a lot more about my for- mer classmates. I was told that Margaret Papp had a pleasant out- door job. She was a bug hunter for the M. B. L. in Woods Hole. Anna Rogers was an instructor of boys’ domestic science at Plymouth High School. Anna always was rather interested in Plymouth boys. Daurice Boyatt had become presi- dent of the Consolidated Hairpin Corporation, which, with the re- turn in style of long hair, was do- ing a remarkable business. Exzilda Goudreau was thrilling thousands of music lovers as the new opera sensation of the decade. “Bull” Hatch, who was now rap- idly improving, informed me that good old Milton !“Zene” Studley, who wasn’t much of a talker in school, had overcome his shyness and was now a high pressure sales- man selling left handed monkey wrenches. Sumner Hilton, another former quiet boy, was also a sales- man. He was selling electric re- frigerators, ice cube attachments and all, to the Eskimos up near the arctic circle. I was very much pleased to learn that Delscena Mills had gone into politics. She was the Congress- woman from the Cape Cod district, and she was leading a fight for a higher tax on imported filleylooloo- birds. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Pauline Sylvia was teaching Latin at the new Teatick- et Normal School. Well, she al- ways had a secret liking for Latin anyhow. “Hambie” had a big surprise for me in. regard to Betty Wiswall. “Bets” had taken up missionary work in Africa, where she was de- terminedly trying to teach the natives to wash behind their ears. “Bets” always did have high ideals. “Hambie”, unsuccessfully trying to suppress a smile, informed me about Virginia Leatherbee. Vir- ginia, contrary to my expectations, was leading a quiet home life down in Hatchville. The biggest thrill of the day was when she tied on her yellow sunbonnet and went out to the pasture to lead home “Daisy”, the family cow. I wasn’t surprised to learn that Irene White, known as “Snooky” to her intimate friends, had kept on with her music and was now a well-known French horn soloist. On foggy nights she also works for the United States Lighthouse Service, being employed at Nobska Point where she warns ships with power- ful blasts on her horn It certainly pleased me to learn that our class had some stars of the silver screen. Melissa Freeman and Ethel Simmons were co-star- ring in one of Mack Sennet’s come- dies, and furthermore, “Kay” Overy was the new Clara Bow of the screen. I learned from “Maddie” that Ellen “Buttons” Barstow had just resigned as the head of an old maids’ home to get married. A certain “Jimmie” was a lucky boy. Christine Wright had a sweet job. She was the chief chocolate sampler in a large candy factory. This is what I might have expect- ed “Bert” Haddon to be doing, but Fate had thought differently. “Teddy” Czepiel was head of the Falmouth Herring Corporation, which had a monopoly on the her- ring business in Falmouth. I had now progressed so far in