Maine Central Institute - Trumpet Yearbook (Pittsfield, ME)

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Co. Goodness they certainly had plenty of pep at school, but I never dreamed that they'd be boxing it up to sell. F. R.- l-la, ha-listen, Lionel Pomoroy has the honor of being the only member of his class to hold efficiently two positions. l'le is driving the hard taclc bread truck and smolcing cigars for the White Owl people at the same time. l'll bet he got his start smolcing cigars at the Senior play. E. L.- Why, Zeb, they've got a court now in Pittsfield. The newly established court in Pittsfield has been very busy these days. lt's latest verdict in the Broolcs- Gould vs. Holt case was favorable to both parties. The magnetic lady lawyer, Marion Hollis, proved very decisively that the name 'Ye Little Cousins Shoppe' given to the tea room owned by Verna and Reta Holt was no encrouchment on the copyrighted name 'Ye Little Cousins Shop' owned by Freda Gould and Thora Broolcs. Miss l-lollis stated that the names were in no way similar for the Holt cousins spell their shop with two 'p's' and an 'ef F. R.-- This clipping says, 'ln the world series between the Broolclyn Dodgers and the Yanlcies, we find two former M. C. l. teammates playing on rival teams. Louis Tucci is shortstop for the Dodgers and Jim Powers is second base for the Yanks. The Brooklyn Dodgers always were Tucci's weakness. E. L.- Well, lone Garcelon A. B. C. and Grace Huff E. F. G. have returned from Pennsylvania where they both have positions as instructors. l'm not surprised about lone but l'm sure that Grace never intended to be an old maid school teacher when she left school. F. R.- I guess that Aubrey has made quite a name for himself. Listen Aubrey, Vase was greeted at the Pittsfield depot by the boy's band and the entire population of the town on returning home from a successful season for the Detroit Tigers. E. L.-Salcesu alive, the prominent young authoress, Sarah johnson, has lust completed her latest novel entitled What to Do in Burnham. This boolc is receiving highest recommendation and in all probability will win the Pulitzer Prize. F. R.- It certainly is funny what some of those lcids have found to do. For instance this one, Wayne Garland is employed by the Bangor Street Light Department. l'lis iob is to change the bulbs in street lights when necessary. E. L.- We sure had a lot of smart members in our class, Zeb. Nladilene Bradford, a graduate of Westbroolc College, has accepted a position as medical secretary to the promising young physician, Dr. l-lalver Badger. Do you lcnow, l'll bet that a certain young blonde who used to be seen quite frequently with Madilene is one of the Dr's most loyal patients. F. R.- Ofall things, everyone in Pittsfield is dancing lately under the expert leader- ship of Miss Ada Estes who has started teaching the Ort . Ada should be very pro- ficient in this line for she has always danced with the finest. Page Twenty-seven

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of town. lt's manager is to be none other than Vincent Goodell, that vivacious young Mr. who has delivered milk at our door since the day that he donned long trousers. His experience we know will make him a model dairyman. He is employing as his head milker, Clifford Doherty, who has twice won the state championship for rapid milking. F. R.-- That Andy Laughton is doing O. K for himself these days. This piece says that he is now Mayor of that thriving metropolis, Ripley, Maine. And say-here's the marriage announcement of Dan Longfellow and Marie. We've certainly waited a long time to hear this. E. L.- Well fancy that. Phyllis James, that famous authority on the price of butter and eggs, has recently taken the fatal step. We are going to guess that she will make that family budget balance even if prices do hit the top. F. R- for goodness sake. Howard Mitchell defeated George Parmenter for the wrestling champonship of the world. Since he left school he must have eaten a lot of wheatiesf' E. l..- Here's another member of '37 who has become well-known. Rachel Davis, the well-known torch singer of that famous night spot, the Rainbow Grill, has arrived in Palmyra to spend her vacation. She came by plane having as her pilot the notorious Charles Lindbergh Mitchell. They made a spectacular landing behind the Palmyra grange hall. The whole town turned out to welcome them Boy, iust think of having the whole town come to welcome you. F. R.- Yeah, all three people l suppose. Say l always knew Paul would go in for the ministry. Paul Hersey, Baptist Minister, of Canaan, performs wedding ceremony. The first was Margaret DeCourcy and Edwin Calder. The best man was Bruce Woodman who stayed iust long enough for the ceremony and then hurried back to his duties as road commissioner for the state of Maine. l can remember, can't you Eleanor, how Paul even convinced Miss Alley, the Bible teacher, back in '37 at M. C. l. that we were all first cousins to the monkey. E. L.- Of all the bright ideas this one takes the cake. The modern scientific world was baffled by the complicated mechanism of a spelling device exhibited here today in the new laboratory on Main Street by the brilliant young scientist, George Bryant. The machine is so made that one has only to concentrate on the word in question and presto-it appears on an electric plate. Not bad, but George should have had that inspiration before he graduated from school. He never could twist letters around to look iust right in Senior English. F. R.- Hmmm, another scientist-William Bradford former M. C. l. science expert, donates to the school a device he invented recently which automatically rings the bells there. E. L.- Listen, the Misses Arlene Walker and Alberta Hopkins have returned from New York where they have been employed as salesladies for 'Pep' by the Kellogg Page Twenty-six

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Oh look, here's a cablegram.-Call for help. Miss Madelyn Small's tap dancing classes for the Zulus in Africa have grown to such great numbers that help must be sent immediately. Let's look through the want adds. E. L.- l-lere-Wanted: Positions as dancing instructors, Avis Randall and Rosie Giovannucci. There, that fixes that. F. R.- l've always wondered where Madelyn Small was spreading her charms. E. L.- Flash-The inside story of Miss Opal Maxim, radio reporter over Station G. A. B. of Pittsfield and chief competitor of Walter Winchell, has a second interest- a model farm in Dexter. ls there a farmer? Who knows? F. R.- This envelope's from Turkey, Eleanor. Look it has an official seal. Afghani- stan, Turkey. Why it's from the Sultan of Turkey. What! Cecil Othello Lancaster! lt's a request, listen: To the Right Hon. Franklin Zebaniah Raymond: Dear Sir: The Sultan of Turkey desires that you inform Miss Marion Gordon to take next plane for Afghanistan to become a member of the advisory counsel made up of beau- tiful womenf' Signed, The Sultan of Turkey E. L.- You know, Zeb, l'm not a bit surprised. l-le always was the center of a group of girls. l-le's living up to his traditions all right. Boy, he must be in seventh heaven now. F. R.- Squimox, Alaska. Great discovery. Prof: George Webber of Harvard University has lust completed an instrument which when attached to the lobe of the right ear enables one to parlez-vous fluently. E. L.- What a help that would have been to us poor mortals in Mrs. Sherman's classes. , F. R.- Say, l wonder what time it is. Must be way past lunch time for l'm starved. E. L.- Me too. We'll finish these after lunch. Come on. Page Twenty-eight