Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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M. H. S. YEAR BOOK In April Mr. Mattoon satisfied our ever-increasing curiosity by an- nounced that fourteen of us had received the coverted honor of becoming members of the Pro Merito Society. They were Harold Bartlett, Margery Bessom, Charles Colella, Russell Cooper, Tony Farinella, Thomas Gillespie, Bertha Gross, Mary Lane, Joseph Lucy, Austin Smith, Marian St. Cyr, Antoinette Tessier, Ernest White, and Theodore Wilson. It soon became time to discuss graduation plans. Harold Bartlett and Austin Smith had attained the highest scholastic honors, but the titles of valedictorian and salutatorian were abandoned. Marian St. Cyr and Tony Farinella were selected to present essays as part of the graduation exercises. The history was assigned to Margery Bessom, Bertha Gross was chosen prophet, and Thomas Gillespie was entrusted with the drawing up of the class will. The music for the class song was to be written by Ruth Griswold. We chose as our motto, “We Strive to Conquer.” Our class flower was the white rose and our colors were silver and blue. Our last year in high school brought crowning glories to our athletic reputation. [he boys were undefeated on the gridiron. “They won seven- teen out of twenty games during the basketball season, and had a banner baseball year. “The girls won the interclass volleyball tournament and gained second place in the basketball meet. Our star athletes included Al Fer- zoco, Mike Piasecki, Newell Eames, Joe Lucy, Milt Ripley, Bud Bartlett, Tete Gillespie, Joe Stachelek, Chuck Unger, Ernest White, Eddie Corey, Jim Fletcher, Al Delliacano, and Marian St. Cyr, Frances Shepard, Eleanor Williams, Mary Lane, Eleanor Scatolini, Thomasina Flammia, Doris San- tucci, Enis Blandori, Elia Ferri, Margaret Day, Aurora Albertini, Blanche Damato, and Margery Bessom. Had any stranger arrived at school one day in early June, he would have been quite dumbfounded. ‘To the amusement of all, we were observ- ing Tramp Day and the ridiculous garbs we wore will never be forgotten. Our last week together was truly an impressive one. On Sunday we attended Baccalaureate services in the Congregational Church. The solemnity of the occasion made us realize more than ever the step we were about to take. Tuesday evening we were graduated from Mansfield High School. The deep, sincere feelings of mingled gratitude, joy, and sorrow that we experienced that last night together can never be erased from our memories. Five days make a week. Thus ended three years of the happiest weeks in the lives of the sixty-three members of the class of 1937. [274

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Me He SY HARS BOOK The reception we tendered the senior class in June will long be remembered as an outstanding social event of Mansfield High School. For weeks we labored in preparation, many times running over the five- day limit, but in the end we were fully rewarded. The transformation of the drab interior of the Town Hall into the delightful atmosphere of a for- all de- mal garden, the enchanting music, the lights, the general spirit served the praise they received. Once more we won laurals in athletics. Joe Stachelek, Milt Ripley, ‘Tete Gillespie, Bud Bartlett, George Santucci, Newell Eames, Joe Lucy, Tony Farinella, Al Ferzoco, Mike Piasecki, and John Unger represented the boys. The girls’ teams remained unchanged. Several scholastic honors also were awarded. Margaret DePrizio and Marjorie Woodbury won prizes in shorthand, Margery Bessom in Latin, Veronica Smith and Margery Bessom in homemaking, and many received pins for typewriting. Thus ended our second year, another stepping-stone in the path to graduation. The following September, assuming the cherished title of seniors, we entered Mansfield High School for the last term. Regretting the resigna- tion of Mr. Green as principal, but glad to learn that Mr. Mattoon was to succeed him, we began the busiest year of our school life. Miss Shepard and Miss Jones became our advisers. True to tradition, we got under way early in the fall by holding our class election. So successful had Joe Lucy been in superintending our five- day plan in previous years, that we chose him as our president for the third time. Thomas Gillespie was elected vice-president, Edward Corey sec- retary, and Marjorie Woodbury treasurer. Acquiring a business-like spirit, immediately eight of our members— Edward Corey, Milton Ripley, Henry Steele, Tony Farinella, James Fletcher, Ruth Griswold, Mary Pellegrini, and Margaret DePrizio—joined the Green Parrot staff and proceeded to issue eagerly-anticipated publica- tions. Meanwhile rehearsals were well in progress for Junior, our class play. On Thanksgiving night, because of the fidelity and diligence of its entire cast, the comedy was a “smash hit.’ Who can forget Celenie’s winsome blushes, Charlie’s fatherly sterness, or Ernest’s captivating flattery? Quite appropriately, after such conscientious work on everyone’s part, we broke our tradition and had a three-day week with a real Thanksgiving. As spring approached, we modestly displayed our class pictures to our friends. Sentimental exchanges ensued. In March we decided to follow a newly-begun precedent by voting to wear caps and gowns at our baccalaureate and graduation exercises. We also chose to publish a yearbook. [ 26 ]

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Mop H, oa Y EARFBOOK CLASS PROPHECY by Bertha Gross Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America. This is your Mansfield cor- respondent, Bertha Gross, giving you her version of news through a wo- man’s eyes. Before I go to press, let me state that I am dedicating this program to the Class of 1937 of the Mansfield High School, since tonight is the tenth anniversary of our graduation. It has taken much laborious re- search, but I have succeeded in learning the fate of all my classmates. And now to press. Flash: By way of the high seas: London: Margaret Day, London’s favorite night club entertainer, begins a long term engagement at the Mayfair this evening. Miss Day has just returned from a vacation in her native United States. Paris: Ethel Keating today married Lord Baltimore Maynard. Lady Ethel was a member of Earl Carrol’s Vanities. Berlin: Dr. Tony Farinella and his associate, Dr. Charles Colella, today landed in Berlin. From here they will proceed to Vienna to attend the convention of the International Medical Association. Every nation sends its foremost doctors to this important meeting. (It certainly makes me feel proud to think that Uncle Sam has chosen two of my classmates for such an important mission. ) Paris: The annual Parisian Style Show closed today. Among the designers exhibiting gowns was our own Theodore Wilson. His well- known Gowns by Theo have caused a sensation. Frances Shepard was chosen as the most beautiful manikin at the show. Flash: Boston: The Honorable Joseph Lucy today was elected president of the Massachusetts State Senate. Young Mr. Lucy’s rise to fame has been nothing short of meteoric. He has been president of the Amalgamated ‘Tin Company of America, president of the Newport Yachting Club, and has held the same office in many other associations. And by the way, Mr. and Mrs. America, Joe was our class president for three successive years. Boston: Henry Steele appeared at Symphony Hall last evening and held the audience spellbound for two consecutive hours while he performed upon his Stradivarius. The high-light of the program was Steele’s rendi- tion of Rimsky Korsakov’s immortal composition, The Bee. Boston: At a dinner held last Wednesday evening the Boston Evening Transcript paid homage to Ruth Griswold, who has been working for the paper for the past three years. She writes many of the witty stories which appear in the publication every day. [28 ]