Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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The SMISISYAIJWQXV Z 1934 Hazel: By the way Andy, did I tell you I met Virginia Guthrie? She has estab- lished a Prep School in Natick, and im- mediately produced a circular. I have it here in my bag. It says, A Splen- did Course Offered for Girls-Individual Instructions in Riding and Tennis. Here are the Faculty Members: Virginia Guthrie, Dean, ,Dorothy Whit- tier, Assistant Dean: Rita Shea, Latin: Mary Griflin, Sewing: Helen Johnson, Shorthand: Loretta Gauthier, History: Estelle Field, English: Katherine Kennedy. Riding Instructor: Eleanor Osol, Algebra: Esther Pineo, Tennis Instructor. Andy: That should be a good school! If I remember correctly Dot Whittier made quite a name for herself and with her able assistance I'm sure the school . will be a success. The other day Nelson Sabean dropped in to see me. He is now a wealthy oil man in Oklahoma, and Richard and Malcom Johnson are oil dealers in his concern. Elsie Morrill, Marjorie Squires and Mary Johnston manage the advertis- ing for him. Hazel: That reminds me Marie Nichols and Phyllis Noyes have just established a Children's Hospital and Grace Elkerton and Virginia Felch are nurses. Andy: Downtown at the Rose Quatralle Individualistic Theatre, the people are going wild over a new attraction. It's none other than the l'eppy Trio. Henry John- son, Pianist: James Shagoury, Harpist: and Fred Ruland, Soloist. Hazel: That does sound peppy. Did you know that Ellen Casey is the manufac- turer for the Casey Spray Cranberry Sauce, Louise Snow and Helen Randall are tes- ters, and that Helen Stubbs and Mary Kelly are carrying on a campaign to do away with elevated cars in West Natick, because they want to keep that part of the city residential. Andy: Seems to me I heard about the campaign. That is a noisy elevated car I rode down to West Natick center in the other day. I talked to Robert Coleman the conductor. He said that the Elevated Company has hired Dot Edwards and Mary Grupposo to organize a campaign against Mary and Helen--looks as though the Ele- vated Company would win. Hazel: I think it was in West Natick that I met Harriet Keniston. She was telling me that she's taken over her father's jewelry business and that all the jewels put in the watches were mined by Joe Parrinello. Helen lVIoir and Martha Kunz are her saleswomen. Andy: Did Harriet tell you about Jack- son Wignot. traveling around to the large cities giving lectures on The Influence or Athletics on Character Development? They say his speeches are well wo1'th lis- tening to. Hazel: I've attended one of his lectures and found it very interesting. On the way lpassed the Biscuit Factory owned by Virginia and Eleanor Mullen. I thought I'd droppin and see if I could speak to the girls. As I entered the otlice, I was stop- 1.ed by Avis Viles, manager of the firm. She was, of course. glad to see ine. and told me that Martha Weatherby and Vir- ginia Huntoon had made good as brain specialists at the Amy Gordon Sanito- rium. Andy: Virginia Fair, the most famous woman flyer in Natick, took me for a spin over the sanitorium, so I could get a. good look at it. We also flew over the Bar- bara Bennett Piano Company. It is a huge factory. Hazel: O dear, I guess members of our class are to be found in all parts of the world. Who'd ever think that Daisy lvlan- gle and Dot Stocker. those two quiet girls of our class, would go to the Malay Jungle to convert savages and Gracie Feeley would be the President of NV. T. Grant Stores? Hazel: Oh, did you hear that Esther Prescott and Catherine Rice entered a dancing contest. sponsored by the Quatrale Theatre? Andy: Oh yes, I heard about it, and I wish them luck. By the way, Mildred Doyle and Clarice Dearborn own a cocoa- nut plantation in Hawaii and when I was last talking to them they were buying a few supplies to take back with them. Hazel: Well, I must be going up. ' Andy: We must meet again tomorrow. Perhaps some of our classmates would like to hear about the activities of those who have left Natick. PAGE ELEVEN

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fze .QA,gY.gA!'WQN - 1934 tract by Stanley Bleasdale Studios. They will have the leads in You've Got To Be Rugged. Hazel: Isn't that nice? 1 met Doris Buckler in New York. She, Arlene Casa- vant and Elsie Brown run a big apartment house. and John Duff is their janitor. How about Joe Corrigan? VVhat's he doing now? Andy: He and Sibber Grassey are owners of a circus. It is in town this week, and their star attraction is Walter Whitaker as toe dancer. Demetre Petro does the Flying Trapeze Act, and Arthur Palli is the Human Cannon Ball. You'd better see this circus before you lea.ve town. Hazel: Don't worry. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I saw a good one while I was in Paris. I also met Dot Prime and Phyllis Roach there. They are models in an exclusive gown shop. Dot told me that during a trip to China she saw Dot Charl- ton and Clara Bremner who are Red Cross nurses. Andy: Did you know that my nephew goes to Harvard and he has Reggie Wil- liamson and Harold Hall as professors? Hazel: Really. That reminds me. Sis Gilleran married a wealthy broker, who was a Harvard man, and she spends her winters in Palm Beach. At last she's ful- filled her desire to be a lady of leisure. She wrote and told me that she attended a recent dance, and was quite surprised to find Went Quast, and his snappy dance orchestra, playing for the season at one of the leading hotels. Eddie Liscombe is the pianist, and Helen Hladick the torch singer. Eddie Meek is causing quite a sensation as a violinist. Andy: Good for Quast-- I knew he'd get ahead. A few days ago l had to go to Bos- ton on business, and while in town I hired a taxi. To my surprise there was Joe .len- nings as my driver. We were speeding along and were stopped by Francis Daley, a city policeman. He drove me to the court house, and whom should I see, but llcrbis- Parmeuter on the .ludge's bench. Un glancing around I noticed Evalyn Ernst as court ste-nographer and Tony Evangelista, her assistant. Edgar lVlat- the-ws, thc big boss politician, tried to PA G li 'I' HN fix it up, but he didn't have the power he thought he had so I paid a ten dollar fine. Hazel: Next time you get pinched get Dan Garvey to fix it up, because he s got a pull in Boston. Andy: Did you read in the paper last week about the train wreck? Bo Bo Snell was the engineer. It was quite a wreck. They called Helen DeLuca and Louise DeWitt who are trained nurses, and for a moment they thought they'd have to call Francis Lynch, the only undertaker in the city: but Gertrude Brophy, the leading doctor, happened along and took care of the injured. John Mackin, a traveling salesman, who was also on the train, prov- ed to be the hero of the wre-ck. Hazel: Oh that's too bad. l'll have to go to see John and get the story. What a surprise I got when I heard that Gladys Moore and Jimmy Wheeler were married immediately after high school. They are now living in California. Jimmy has made a great deal of money lately and Frank Murphy is their chauffeur. Speaking of matrimony Eleanor Long, Helen Hogan and Helen McCor1nack run a matrimonial bureau in New York. They say that re- cently business isn't so good. I heard from Helen the other day. She said Kay McDaniels, Alice McGrath and Marjorie Graye stopped in to see them on their way to Hollywood. Kay married a ball player from Dartmouth and they were going to see him play ball in Hollywood. Andy: Oh yes, last week I visited Braves Field and I found that the Natick Ath- letics. a fine. team, was coached by Jerra Carey and his assistants were Dana Thorpe and Joe Sullivan. Bob McNichols is the star outfielder and Lawrence Kimball makes a very good umpire, John Downing is the pitcher. Hazel: I always knew Jerra would be in the big-league some day. Whatever be- came of some of the quieter members of the class? Andy: Edward Murphy. the Einstein of our class, and Francis McAllen, have just returned from Mars in the new flying ma- chine they invented. Guy Heald and How- ard Hedderig, well-known astronomers, also took the trip. They refuse, however, to make any report on it.

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TM - Sff-4lfWQ!V : 1934 SALUTATORY Parents. Teachers, Students and Friends: It is my privilege and honor to welcome you to the commencement exercises of the class of nineteen hundred thirty-tour. In behalf of my classmates I invite you to partake of our joy and exult with us in the triumphant accomplishment of our first basic objective. We have reached the summit of the first hill and we stop to admire the world from our vantage point and to orient ourselves in our new position. From here there are many path- ways into the valley of the world. Some of us are to enter into the valley by routes which, seen from here, appear to be the best to take us into the world. Others will climb another hill in education. hoping to find a route through fields and over shady roads. Others will lead through swamp land and quicksand. But whichever road we take, we cannot tui'1i back to start anew. We must choose our road wisely and well and set out with all possible de- termination and speed. In our days in school we were taught the principles of democratic government and we absorbed the ideals of American liberty. We learned cooperation and team- work through our participation in sports. VVe wei'e acquainted with the problems of our political world and prepared to be in- telligent voters. We are about to cross into a new world, our world, a world that will be what we make it. We must find a place in the in- dustry ofthe world that is now in the throes of an economic chaos. It will be our job to help solve its problems and preserve its democracy. We will leave behind us all but memo- ries of our life spent as students of Natick High. Some of us may not have labored as hard we should have and may feel a little doubtful as to the success of our high school careers, but if one has secured a real, true friend, who can say that his time was wasted? And so once more I ask you to rejoice with us, as, nervously expectant. we wait the tinal step that will make the class of PAGE TVVELVIC nineteen hundred thirty-four alumni of Natick High School. VALEDICTORY And now the time has come when we, as a class, must say goodbye to our loved high school and our many friends. For twelve years we have traveled the same path, but today brings us to our first cross road and we must stop to contemplate as to which way we shall take. Some of us will go on to further our education, and others will find their niche in the business world. Whichever it is, new friends will be found and new opportunities opened to those who aspire to them. Everyone is seeking something. That something is often very elusive and is al- ways just beyond one's reach. To almost everyone that desire is tor success, either for mercenary reasons. or merely personal glory. The idea behind all our studying has been that we should one day achieve something. All about us today we can see examples of successfully spent lives in our great statesmen, our rich philanthropists. our inventors and scientists. They have given us practically everything to make living and working just a little easier, and to give us more time for leisure and recrea- tion. They have torn the mist of super- stition and fear away from the common facts about our life and the universe. Yet, with all their marvelous inventions they have not found a way to prevent war, and stop people's hatred of each other. We are still suffering from the effects of the last war. The economic situation of the civilized world is deplorable. Why? Main- ly because people who have done things have done them for fame or to obtain money enough to get for themselves every manner of luxury. And luxury makes for selfish, discontented people. The situation is slowly improving and order is slowly evolving from chaos. We have become so used to a jumbled state of affairs that now that this so-called de- pression is being dissipated, we must once more adjust ourselves to prosperity.