Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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Prophecy of the Class of 1931 Lemira C. Smith Ronald V. Erickson Stanley D. Benson Time : June 12, 1946. Scene : Business center of Halifax City. Chief Ronald Erickson is directing the traffic jam at the Four Corners. Impatient motorist, Lemira Smith, toots horn. Officer signals her to advance. At the same time another motorist, Stanley Benson, who is sig- nalled to stop, advances madly. Screams and brake squeakings are heard ! ! Lem jumps out — L to S : — Now you ' re in for it ! What do you think that coj) waved to me for — for you to come and smash. S: Be calm, lady! Here comes the one to settle that. Step on it. Flat Foot (to R), I ' ve got to peddle my merchandise. R : Pipe down, and fork over your licenses if you have such things! You too, lady. (To vS) What d ' ya mean by cutting in on a poor defenseless little lady ? 1 ' ve put bigger fellers than you in the jug for doing less than that. S: O. K. chief. (Handing R his license) Satisfied L : This is the best 1 can do for you Mr. My latest license is in my old car. I ' ll go and get it for you, though. I only live a couple of blocks up the line. R to L : Stay here and cut the soft soaping. Registrations? (Starts to examine licenses). R: Stanley D. Benson and Lemira C. Smith ! ! Say — those names sound familiar ! (Looks puzzled) Say, lady, aren ' t you the gal who taught me to dance the jig in that good oM Senior Play — Seventeen ? And Stan Benson, our good old Class President. L and S: (staring at R) Rony Erickson!! ((leiieral handshaking and laughter. All sit on running board and begin thus:) R : Well, Stan, old top, what are you tlo- ing for a business ? S : Oh, I ' m a noted salesman. L: I always knew you ' d make good, Stan. What ' s your specialty ? You always did throw a good line. S: Oh, I ' m president Benson and liead salesman Benson of the Benson. Benson Benson Company, and we make and sell an- chors for floating ribs. R : Say, you haven ' t got the same secre- tary that you had at dear M. H. S. some 15 years ago, have you 1 S: No,— wish 1 did ! But she ' s head lady at Thomastown State Hospital. And do you remember Mary Waters? She ' s Cel ' s chief cook and bottle washer. L : Well good for them ! What about the third pal, Thalia Forsberg? S : Oy ! Oy ! Thalia and Sully are sole dis- tributors of the Fitwell Clothes Company. They travel all around the greater part of Massachusetts. R: That ' s simple enough. They were the best dressed members of the class. ' IMember my o ' d pa ' . Hap Donner ? S : Wasn ' t he a crooner in our Senior Play ? R: You bet! He iiuide such a hit with his golden voice that tliei-e ' s no more grape fi ' uit for Rudy. L: What do you mean ' ? ■4 29

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Class Day Exercises June 12, ig i Makch to the Campus Invocation Rev. John ir. Annas Master of Ceremonies Francis V. Cinie j Music M. H. 8. Orchestra Class Prophecy Leinira C. Smith, Stanlcij D. Benson, Ronald V. Erichson Solo Dance Virginia Y. Paqnin Class Will Randolph B. Gammons Address Mr. Allan R. Thatcher, Chairman of School Board Class Gifts Marjorie A. Kinsman, Rita Souza Dcmald H. Holmes, Rnssell T. Eaton Planting of the Ivy Lena R. Learn Class Song Written hi Phyllis Elliott and Barbara Hathaway Formation of the Letters M. H. S. Athletic Events Class Flower Jacqueminot Rose Class Motto Service Above Self Class Colors Maroon and Gold Junior-Senior Reception (Evening) Class Day Committee Florence P. Culhane Esther L. loore H. Beatrice Randall Mary Brier Supervisor of Decorations Sylvia C Matheson ■4 28

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Iv : Wliy Hap ' s taking Kiidy ' s place. By tlu ' way Ijola Pratt was somewhat resi)ousible for liis fame. What do yoii liear fram Car- men . ' L : She ' s a sing-er, too. Why she ' s posted as the leading lady in the new stage hit 8oreecher Londer. It ' s playing at the Halifax Opera House next week. What about the banana specialist, Nick Panesis ? S: Oh, he ' s pre.sident of the Eatless Bad Fruit Co., Incorpulated. Somehow I connect Pete ] [cLeod up with him. Guess what she ' s up to. K : I ' 11 give up. You tell us and we ' D listen. S: Thelma ' s taking care of Nick ' s in- ternal decorating. L : I heard from Florence Giberti the other day. After she and I graduated from Normal, she got the position of principal of Wappanucket High School. What about the rest of the cast of Seventeen? K : The kid sister, Gracie, just shared hon- ors with Bee Hathaway in the Internation-il Beauty Contest held at Taunton. And Har- old Barr is doing big things in Pl.ympton as the entire police force. Don Holmes set a new motorcycle record for the maximum s]ieed of 58 4 mi ' es per second up the steepest incline of Muttock Hill. S: And Tinky and Cynthia Caswell and some of the others ? L: Oh — Tink ' s just been oi)erated on for stooped shoulders, from carrying Bee Lov- ell ' s ' cello. And Cynthia ' s the y ' w organ soloist at the Opera House. S : I suppose you and Morsey settled down, Lem ? L: Oh well, don ' t ask embarrassing ques- tions. Rollin ' s trying to fill Mr. Tillson s I)lace at M. H. S. But he can ' t live up to our submaster. And , I don ' t like to boast. but I just floated across the Nemasket River in 38 hours, I6V2 minutes. Haven ' t you heard of that as the first lady ' s record? R: No, but Elizabeth Ma.sters ju.st flew across Lake Assawam])sett all alone and Bob Archer started in an aeroplane for Mars — but she wasn ' t home so he visited Pars. S : And I read about Warren Washburn ' s pitching two no-hit, no-run games in one day And incidently, Ranny Gammons is the re- nowned shortstop on the same team. L : Eunie x llen sent me a card from that new popular summer resort at the South Pole. She said that she and Ruth Dunham and Agnes Krikorian were making Eskimo Pies for the Penguins. R : What of .some of the other inmates of C2? L : Well Wilma Anderson is continuing to do accounting for the big Stock larket con- cern of Muttock. And, as for the other two Andersons — Ruth is a teacher under sub- master Rollin D ' Arcy Morse. S : And Alice is bareback rider in Ed Casey ' s and Francis Curley ' s great 214 ring Circus. Mary Chilin ' s the Hula Hula Gal and the Dennett Sisters are doing a si)ecialty act for them, too. I always knew that Irene ] IcCarron had a big future. She ' s their fat lady. Elizabeth M. Savage is getting Moore and loore wild as their wild woman. Inci- dently, and of course, with no connection. Kid Smith ' s their wild woman-tamer. L : Where ' s your friend Pete ] IacKenzie, Rony ? R : He has set up a trading post in Carver for skunk pelts. L : Weren ' t there some more who were going to be nurses ? S : Yes, indeed ! Lena Leary, Priscilla Alger, and Ruth Baldwin are all at Rocky leadow Home for aged cats and mice. And 30 ■