Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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Mildred next notices a court room bulging with people and how odd! — they ' re mostly women. There she sees a lawyer delivering a convincing speech to an attentive jury. Is it Harold Gordon? What a cute mustache! It is no wonder tha the jury is attentive, for all the members of if are- women and they don ' t need much convincing with a handsome lawyer like Harold. Milly sees that the defendant is quite nervous, but he shouldn ' t be nervous; he should have confidence with an honest lawyer like Harold defending him. The practice Harold got in making excuses while he was at Major Edwards comes in handy and he should never run into any obstacles in the court room that he can ' t overcome. While Milly is still looking curiously down from heaven, her sensitive ears catch the sound of distant chatter. When she finally detects from whence the sounds come, her glance falls on a small cute girl whom she recognizes as an old school friend, Elizabeth Buck. Bucky is still chattering but not to her class mates; therefore, she doesn ' t have to endure P. M. sessions as a punish- ment. Instead, she is surrounded by three sweet little boys all dressed in sailor suits and they are woefully listening as their mother scolds them about their mischievousness. But Bucky doesn ' t get a chance to talk long this time, for she has met her match; all three of her sons have inherited her talkativeness. There is a great celebration going on in the town of West Boylston and soon Milly finds out that Ruth Goodale is celebrating her tenth wedding anni- versary. Ruth lived up to her promise, however, to build an Old Maids ' Home, but after her marriage her outlook on life changed, and she remodeled, modernized and changed the home into a date bureau. Milly sees that Ruth is now happily married and has six children. Last, but not least, Milly sees Edgar Whitcomb. Because of his great interest in Spanish, he is just returning from a trip to Mexico, where he has become a multi-millionaire by winning the national lottery innumerable times in succession. Edgar is a famous playboy and his effect on women is some- what like that of a combined Frankie, Bing and Van. Ed employs five secreta- ries to answer fan-mail and social calls. ' ' Ay, Oue Hombron . Milly realizes that she has had an interesting glimpse into the lives of all her classmates and as she settles back to enjoy her memories of her high school days and friends, Dr. Einstein ' s secretary motions her into the doctor ' s office. As she v alks in, she is happy; she knows now that she will be able to make a great success of her experiment with parallel lines.

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Music reaches Milly ' s ear: it isn ' t the music of angels but it doesn t split the eardrums either. As she listens, she realizes it is the music of Bob Klar and his well-known marimba. Bob is the president of Klar’s Kolossal Kollege of Musical Knowledge, and has won world-wide fame. Bob still has the hobby of snapping, developing and printing pictures. Milly wonders what he uses for a model, — his marimba? As Milly ' s eyes wander, they finally focus on a small high school. She notices a dark-haired teacher conducting a fast moving history class. Much to her surprise that teacher graduated with honors from Clark University and is no one else but Mary Giobellina. Mary is questioning one of the alert pupils who is the son of Mr. Namen, Mary ' s old high school teacher. This young Namen seems to be having a hard time holding his own ' in a discussion with this excellent teacher. Milly remembers that when Myra Pfau was in high school, she always threatened to cut out her classmates ' gizzards. As Milly looks down, she spies the little blonde sawbones herself, Doctor Pfau. Her steady knife has hacked out scores and scores of gizzards in the past years. At present, Myra is going over the case histories of 50% of her patients that have not survived her oper- ations. H-m-m-m, could it be a coincidence that Myra married an undertaker?? Again Milly hears music, only this time, it is music like the voice of an angel. Then she notices Evelyn Prinsen. Evie is singing, in that sweet soprano voice of hers, the leading role in the opera. She has composed Love Is Sweep- ing My Life . The charming young Metropolitan singer is kept quite busy singing on the stage, but she manages to find time out for her husband and sweet little twins, Winifred and Barry. Joe Curtin, as Milly finds, is constantly throwing his brain out of joint over his drafting board. Joe has for years been trying to design a machine which will detect in advance what a woman will do or say. Joe is making a careful study of this problem, and has even founded a college for men who want to gain a better understanding of women! But Milly sees that Joe is still in a fog. Poor dear. Milly finds Pauline Comfort, another member of the class of ' 46, daintily sitting on the knee of her fiance, her wealthy boss in the city of Washington. Pauline had just been voted the perfect secretary for the year 1965, and since then she has two secretaries doing all her typing. Three nights a week, Pauline is an instructress at the Arthur Murray, Jr. Dancing School .

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Class Will We, the senior class of Major Edwards High School, of the County of Worcester and the State of Massachusetts, being indisputably of sound mind and memory and about to pass out of existence, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills by us at any time heretofore made: First, to Mr. Goodnow the senior girls leave two cents, the cut he de- manded as his share of the basketball tips. To Mrs. Severance we leave a simplified English IV course in order that future senior classes who will lack the mental ability equal to that of the class of ' 46 will be able to pass. To Mr. Namen we leave Teddy Roosevelt ' s original big stick for his use in the 6th period study hall. To Miss Maguire we leave a 1946 automobile to help her solve her transportation problems. To Miss Sullivan we leave a package of lettuce seeds so that next year M. E. H. S. won ' t have to go without salads. To Mr. Stanton we leave a list of vacant apartments so he won ' t have to tramp around in the winter looking for a place to live. Mildred Allen bequeaths her love of study to any incoming Freshman who desires it, and her ability to attract ex-servicemen to Barbara Wilder. Elizabeth Buck leaves her secret formula for attracting sailors to Mary Natola. Perhaps with this gift, Mary will be able to win a sailor. Who knows? Buckie also bequeaths her spectacles to Lois Arnold so that she can keep track of what is going on. Pauline Comfort leaves her contagious giggle to Evelyn Thomas. To Janet Brackett she leaves her desire to go to the dances on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Joseph Curtin leaves his car to any of the Junior girls that would appre-