MacDuffie School - Magnolia Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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CLASS PROPHECY Now that the party had really begun I decided to revert to our more talented classmates for, entertainment. Barb Stannard, Carolyn Bjorn, and Gail Adams offered to help me with the entertainment and since they have done such a remark- able job with Springfield College, I gladly gave the task to them. They were able to obtain that famous opera star, Bev Sisk, who sang to the ingenious piano accompaniment of julie Baxter who has been performing in Greenwich Village. After listening to Bev, Dolly Draghetti and her acrobatic cheerleaders took overg but the show was stolen by Marge Gamblin who stood .in the background crying L-F.-N-O-X! The laughter that followed was interrupted by the arrival of a Western Union messenger with two telegrams. The first from Anne Larson and Linda Cook read, 4'Wish we could be with you today, but the weather here in Hanover suits us better, while the second from Mary Lou Scafidi said, Unable to be present, because I am opening tonight on Broadway in the new hit, The Wild Blue Yonderl' by Sue Strayer. This furthersuccess of our classmates was greeted by an enthusiastic round of applause followed by the entrance of Syl Smith whose humming harp has won her a wide circle of admirers. During Sy1's per- formance Anne Rutenber, now the wife of a real Southern gentleman, walked in with two other happily married classmates, Edie Thorp and Sassy Pinkney, who said that Cookie LaFrance is now a sophisticated career woman. The blissful state of matrimony has also claimed Sue Parker, who combines matrimony with the position of chief buyer for Forbes and Wallace. All the refreshments having disappeared, we were enjoying fond memories and conversation when suddenly the familiar honk of joanie 'Chapin's puddle- jumpern jolted the atmosphere. joanie emerged followed by Mary Gay Sargent. To Mary Gay, the dog lover, has fallen the honor of caring for the Lady and the Tramp, and with her today she brought several puppies. Amidst the admiring exclamations of their old friends the puppies romped and played, and the ghost of memory inhabited the minds of MacDufIie's class of 1956. Faith Foss

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CLASS PROPHECY It was my privilege today to have been hostess to my classmates of the class of 1956. Accustomed as I am to brilliant gatherings, this convention of celebrities was almost too overwhelming even for me to behold. While spreading out the delicacies that arrived from Virginia Scola's Supreme Catering Company, I heard a premature knock. With undisguised shock, I beheld the new Georgia Anderson who with calm composure explained that she was the housemother of a particularly rambunctious Wesleyan fraternity. Feeling that Georgials experiences would aid the party, I put her to work arranging bouquets from Jean Wallacels Floral Service. Suddenly the telephone rang, and with some difficulty I heard the weak voice of Jeanie Mann calling from Paris. It seems that she has recently joined the Wacs and while stationed in Paris had run into several MacDuf'He igraduates. Emily Leonard, Sandy Fisk and Bar Hansen as Folies Bergere dancers have put to good use their talents gained in the Senior Follies, while Betsy Constantine now holds the position of ambassador to France. Success in Paris has also greeted Mlle. Margo F riedel who manages an establishment for mistreated Maltese cats. Quite elated at the success of our Parisian classmates, I set down the receiver just in time to answer the impatient doorbell. 1 In fell Sue Clarke clutching that highly prized but slightly bristleless tooth- brush along with Phyl Freedman whose sparkling eyes and shiny skates have won her Olympic recognition. Taking their coats which, by the way, had been designed by that soaring young fashion designer, Sally Archibald, I rushed to answer that perpetually ringing telephone. Bar Robarge on the other end, who had volunteered to help with the refreshments, said that she couldnlt find any potato chips anywhere but that Carol Russell would bring some nuts. No sooner had I replaced the receiver than two voices in chorus cried, Did someone say food? Without turning I knew that Peggy Beaver and Betty Perry had arrived. As they ate they told me that Pat Woolley had married the director of a progressive advertising agency while Bev Armstrong was their super-sales- woman and Anne Shortell their stunning model for Shin-o Shampoo.

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