Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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Qass Prophecy ROBERT C. LONG ALBERT C. MERRIHEW Office of Custom Official at boat landing ' . Long sitting- at desk. Mrs. Reilly {A. Merrihew) is heard falking in a high pitched voice — Now Junior, don ' t inind bad mans. Oh! I ' m hurrying as fast :- s I can, and you needn ' t be so fresh! Oh! my, I never was so embarrassed in all my life ' Fresh thing — . As last sentence is uttered Mi ' s. Reilly, a bowery belle, wheeling baby carriage, comes into view. (L) Customs Officer — Name please? (C) Mrs. Reilly — And whom do you think you ' re talking to ? Official — ' ' What ' s your name please ? ' ' Mrs. Reilly — ' ' Shure an he wants to be- come acquainted. Well me good man me nam;» is Bridget Reilly — now tell me what ' s yours ? ' ' Official— Mine ' s St. Patrick— Now tell me what part of Ireland you come from? Mrs. Reilly — Sure now an ' you needn ' t be so fresh ! But, if you must know, it ' s Count} ' ' Cork I ' m from. Official — Have you any relatives or friends in N. Y.? Mrs. Reilly— Well of all the nerve! Of course I have! Now be a good lad, an ' don ' t ask so many questions. Which way is it to the east side ? ' ' Official — All right Bridget, I guess you ' re 0. K. Tell the fellow outside the door where you ' re going, and he ' ll tell you the way there. il r.v. Ecilhj iiudks away telling Junior ti ship l icking so. The official jioiips to Ins feet and catches Mrs. Reilly as .she is going out. He immediately grabs her by the hat, pulling off ivig and disclosing A. Merrihew. Official says — Just as I thought. That was a pretty clever game you were pulling off. Why Chip Merrihew — how did you come to this ? ' ' (C) It ' s this way Bob! Sully and I en- tered into partnership in a Ladies ' Apparel Shop, in Frisco, but he fell in love with the model Dot Childs, and borrowed the capital for his honeymoon. There I was in Frisco, miles from home, penniless, and destitute — Avhat was I to do I was finally forced to this — for the paltry sum of $10 per week and commission. (B) That ' s tough Chip ol ' man, I ' m sorry, but don ' t worry — I ' 11 get you a job. (C) Thanks Bob! And how ' s the world using you these last ten years? (B) I can ' t complain! I got a good job through the influence of Congresswoman Eve lyn Silvia. (C) So Evelyn is in Congress, eh? That ' s fine ! (B) Yes! Old ' 29 is represented in Co)]- gress, and I suppose you know about Frances Warren. She has developed her voice, and is playing in the Italian Opera as Pola Screech and she ' s some sensation! By the way Chip, you remember Ted Churchill (C) Sure — you bet I do! What ' s he done (B) Why he ' s out in the wilds of Siberia — looking for the Lost Chord ; and he took hi wife with him, — none other than Elinor Fuller — his school-day sweetheart. [29]

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MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL Walter Sampson Chapter of Pro Merito Society Roger M. Leonard, President Wilmont B. Flanders, ' h■e- President Julia A. Wholan, Secret dry Lois B. Thomas, Treasurer Meredith F. Eller Dorothy E. Childs Evelyn S. Clark Norma E. Smith Raymond W. Gerrior George N. Harlow Annie R. Jacinthe Mildred F. Keyes Elizabeth M. Roht Mary G. McGuire Evelyn D. Sylvia Bessie M. Veazie Barbara B. Vinal Francis V. Warren Arthur L. Whitten [28]

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(C) Ha! Ha! That reminds me, I was reading the paper the other day, and I saw this advertisement — it read — Attention : — Disconsolate Wives ! ! We can find your lost husband at a very reasonable rate ! ! Apply to Faulkner, Pa(iuin Co. Att ' s at Law. (B) Mary Faulkner and Cheridah Paquin ! Who ' d a think it. ' Time sure does scatter one ' s friends, but I have seen quite a few of the class since Graduation. Say Chip, I won- der where E. Gaudette is? (C) I know whe re Ellen Gaudette is-- she ' s starring in George Weeman ' s Follies of 1940 playing on Broadway. (B) That ' s fine!! And by the way, I met Arnold Sellers the other day, and she Avas incjuiring for you. You know Arnold is an actress now. Her last picture was with Ben Turpin in Why Men Leave Home. (C) You don ' t say!! Barbara Vinal is teacliing now ! ! (B) Is she? Where? (C) Barbara is Latin Instructor at the Hebrew Bachelor ' s College at Titicut. (B) Gee, that ' s some job all right. I was told that Edith Cronan and Nellie Rogers were studying Art over in the Latin section of Paris. (C) Why, I didn ' t know that! (C) By the way Bob, have you crossed the big pixddle yet? (B) Oh! Yes, I was across for a year, and saw a few of our classnmtes. (C) It sure does seem good to see a few old friends occasionally — doesn ' t it? (B) Yes! I saw Lorimer Cummings in Turkey. Of course you remember CHimmings. don ' t you Chep ? (C) Sure! I do! (1 ) Sure, Loi-imer has one of the largest harems in Turkey. His latest addition is ( ' oriiine Kidd ! (C) That sure is surprising! You didn ' t see Ruth Dunham did you? ( B ) Yea ! She and Evelj i Bailey are run- ning an Ostrich Farm in Cairo, Egypt. Oh. I heard that Arnette Hay ward is Private Sec- retary for Henry Ford. (C) That ' s funny, she always preferred Billy Smith ' s Overland in High School. (B) What ' s become of Bill Smith? (C) Oh, he ' s a soap-box orator. I saw him, recentl}% giving his famous speech on The Progress of the American Woman. (B) By the way Chep, I heard that Ainiie Jacintho and Louise Desrosiers were traveling thro ' South America doing the Spanish Tango. What is Carrie Eayrs doing now? (C) She ' s advertising for the Palmolive Soap people, to keep tliat school-girl complexion. (B) And how about Alwin Jones? Ever hear anything from him ? (C) Yes! He ' s out in Chicago. I saw his picture recently, making the blind-fold gum test — choosing Wrigley ' s from four other pojnilar brands. Under his picture it read, Jones prefers Wrigley ' s — not a squeak in a carload ! ' ' (B) Speaking of Jones, do you know where Helen Hoard is ? (C) She and Jeanette Bassett are running a Beauty Parlor up in Hart., Conn. (B) I suppose you know that Anna Cox is a nurse in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. And by the way, I saw Dana Blan- din ' s picture tlie other day on a bottle of Danderine — it read underneath — see what it did for him. (C) I saw that Dot. Maraiivillc won tlie eh ction as I Iayor of the City of Lakeville last week; and Elsie Galfre has been api)ointod Physical Director of tlic r rocktoii Y. W. C. A. (B) Yes, I saw that in the Gazett( . Oil! Hilda ] IacKeeii is playing the Bassoon in [30]