Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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IC SAYS!! GN - 1937 I, Richard Hasgill, leave my treasured but very well hidden middle name of Wel- lington totherwise known as Win1py J to my neighbor, Jos-eph Hladick. I, Ruth Jordan, leave my afternoon job in room twenty-five to Rita Marciano with some ability twhich I never hadl to get home before the sophomores. I, Francis Corkery, leav-e my athletic abilities and scholastic disabilities to Wil- liam Hedderig, I, Louis Bradford, leave my ability to ask pointless questions out of an open sky to the perplexity of my teachers to Ches- ter Damon. I, Catherine Souckup, leave to Dorothy Bernstein my scholastic achievements and ability to please the teachers. 1, Mariolyn Quast, leave my ability to play basketball, have fun, and yet be a good student to Helen Shea. I, James Boates, leave my wit and abil- ity to amuse to John Kleinfelder. I, Barbara Hammond, leave my good looks, pleasing disposition, and popularity with the boys to Doris Ryan. I, John J-ennings, leave my height to be divided between Kenneth Ferguson and Laddie Bennett. I, Marion LaFrance, leave my flirtatious ways and means to Anna Dahlgren. I, William Zicko, leave my singing qual- ities to the songbirds of the junior class. I, Ethel Fritz, leave my dancing per- fections to Virginia Waterman. I, Helen Mangle, leave my Sassamon and multiple other duties to my sister Tafta. I, William Daley, leave my title of most popular boy and my ready smile to the most popular boy of the junior class. I, James Killeen, leave lots of affection to a certain little junior. I, Ang-ela Hodgman, leave my magnetic personality to Virginia Abbott. I, Thelma Blanchard, bequeath my abil- ity to imitate Miss Periwinkle , and amuse my classmates to Mildred Beeman. I, Sonia Seaholm, leave my prized po- sition at the lunch counter to my sister, Saga. I, Grace Ward, leave my fiery tempera- ment and ready for anything appearance to Barbara Bean. I, Jean Barber, leave to Jean Charlton my prized title of The gentle1nan's lady. I, Marjorie Fisher, leave my tomboy characteristics to Virginia Cole. I, Lawrence Randall, leave my title of well-liked G-man of the safety commission to Richard Carey with a gold inlaid billy club to enforce the rules. I, Jean Graham, leave my code for being faithful that I have kept these many years to Effie Erikson. We, Anna Flynn and Merrill Bent, leave our artistic and caricature ability to Emma Loring and John VVillard. I, Henry Peterson, leave my dramatic ability to play a Romeo to any lucky young junior. We, Ida Pineo, Mary McGlone, Helen G1-aye, and Dorothy Stearns leave our po- sitions as cheerleaders to those who can make the most noise. I, Robert Stearns, leave my colossal vo- cabulary to the first one who reads the dictionary. I, Joseph Marshall, leave my love of hockey to Dave Moir hoping he will help show Somerville once more how we do it out in the country. Signed, published. and declared this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty seven, as the last and only will, all others being auto- matically void and annulled according to the statutes of our beloved Green Hills of Massachusetts. fSignedl ROBERT BICKFORD Witnessed by: EDITH M. NUTT EMILY L. SHANNON CLASS PROPHECY Operator, will you please get me Natick, Massachusetts, U. S. Af? Thank you. Na- tick 102 Please. You're welcome. Jean: John LeClair? John: Yes. Jean: John, this is Jean Barber. I was in the class of '37 you know and I'm curi- ous to know how everyone is. I've seen several of the class here at various times. John: I've been wanting to talk to some- one about the class myself. PAGE NINE

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ic SA N 5 1937 CLASS WILL We of the Class of 1937, being in the eyes of the townspeople naturally de- ficient, but having perfect physical health, establish this last will and testament ac- knowledging that it will be dutifully and faithfully carried out to its last word and letter minus all legal red tape and en- cumbrances. To Mr. Hill we bequeath a new high school with all modern conveniences to go with his school spirited students. To Mr. Bridey, a new member of the faculty, we leave a hopeful group of boys, with scholastic as well as athletic abili- ties, to carry on the creditable work of the football and hockey squads. We also leave the 1938 teams the ability to knock off league leaders such as Somerville. To Mr. Donahue we leave another bril- liant group of boys, both physically and mentally. to carry on the splendid work of the basketball and baseball squads. To Miss Rafferty we leave an intelligent student council that have been well groomed by us of the class of '57 in the art of getting the most for nothing. To Miss Shannon we leave a senior class that will not always be asking her to be present at school functions. To Miss Wildbur we leave some skillful typists who will not wear beauty aids to type class. To Mr. Higgins we bequeath a Dl'21lltl new edition of the joke book to relieve the monotony of economics. An additional bequeath of a reinforced window stick ought to provide circulation aftcr lunch. To Mr. Gardner we leave a new voice so that he can whisper without being heard in the next room. To Mr. Sears we leave a pleasant group of sophomores twe hopel and a very ef- ficient repair man and jack-of-all-trades so that he will not be overworked. To Miss Currier we leave a cooperative and much less frivolous group of girl ath- letes who like basketball better than they do the boys. To Miss Nutt, the friend of every Se- nior. we leave our fondest wishes for suc- cess and a private chauffeur to drive her PAGE EIGHT to Carbarn Hill so that she will not have to hire a. taxi. To Mr. White we leave a few more pets to torment in the place of Bickford, Ham- mond, and the Natural Science stooges and a bow and arrow so he can perfectly portray cupid to the students. To Mr. Woodbury we leave an axe to sharpen his bright remarks and repri- mands on. To Mr. Maffeo we bequeath an addi- tional fifty cents each week so that his wages will be raised to an even level. To the juniors we leave a little hope for the future and bind them to further the good work we have started or be held re- sponsible for the same. To the sophomores we leave a success- ful athletic prograin and an aggressive at- titude toward student management of school affairs. We have been in the high school four tor morel years and by tlllS time have become acquainted with the idiosyncracies of the under-graduates enough to include them in our will as follows: I, Raymond Hoey, do willingly give up my coveted job as the bachelor president to Alfred Grassey. I, Warren Thompson, bequeath my foot- ball captaincy and calm, quiet mien, to James O'Regan. I, Jennie Pelullo, leave my own special dancing system that is so entertaining to the onlookers to be perpetuated by my sisters. I. John LeClair, leave my basketball captaincy to Louis Cardellicchio on the condition that he keep the slate clean. I, Ruth Bennett, leave my popularity with the customers of Peter Pats to the new girl Peter will hire when I leave. I, Goodwin Raider, leave my highly prized title of Best Looking Boy to Ir- ving O'Mara. I. Dorothy Moir, leave my height to be evenly divided betw-een Marcia Bates and Cecilia Shea together with an even divi- sion of my secretarial and social efficiency. I, Dominic Crisafulli, leave my highly toted title of Dictator Mussolini and my nice black shirt to my fellow countryman, John Chiumento.

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The SA N 5 1937 Jean: We can start with you. What do you do and hows business? John: Oh, I've been coaching basketball here in Natick for five years. I like it, but I've killed the game. What do you do? Jean: I'm just touring at the present time but I'm a missionary worker. I like my work too, and that has a great deal to do with one's success. John: Yes, it does. By the way, did you ever hear what happened to Raymond Hoey? Jean: Why, yes. He's right here In Paris. He's a dentist and has just 1n- vented a pair of false teeth that do not click when one whispers. John tl.-aughingl. He always wanted to do something about that. Especially when people with false teeth whispered be- hind him in church. Jean: What about William Jackson, William Wight. and George Trudel? John: William Jackson is busy these days. I-le has invented a new kind of comb to replace the egg-beater style and William Wight is a modern Winchell. He's won- dering though. when lVIariolyn Quast is going to join Marion I,aFrance and Merna Densmore in bowling as a profession and leave her drums. George Trudel hasn't grown very much but GIIOIIEII to reach a sink! He washes dishes on a steamer. Alfred Byrnes is the chef on the same ship. Jean: John, what ever happened to Leonard Hanna and Francis Henry? John: Oh, Lenny teaches Chemistry and Francis teaches Algebra in an academy in Maryland. Jean: Leonard always loved f'hemistry didn't he? Did you know that Thomas Conroy and Leslie Corbett are over here? They opened a store in Berlin. I guess it was a pawn shop in the beginning but now they sell second-hand jewelry. John: What about Ruth Bennett? Isn't she over there? And Natalie Yeager and Florence Elliott? Jean: Oh my, yes, Ruth Bennett is a dietitian in a hospital in Hamburg, Ger- many. Natalie Yeager was here but she left a short time ago to enlarge on a tip about the Mildred Smith and Cab Cal- loway duel. Mildred disliked his music PAGE TEN an admitted it in public. Shes a censor, you know, so she started quite an argu- ment. About Florence Elliott, she's rest- ing now after her recent law suit. Mary McGlone charged Florence with stealing one of her songs. Florence is a blues singer in Poland and Mary heard her over the radio in America. Mary D1'iscoll, Mary McGlone's lawyer, and George Wignot, Florence's lawyer, finally settled the mat- ter. It was only a matter of mistaken titles. Tell me, do you know where Frank Bennett and George Williams are and what they do? John: Frank is getting along very well with a new invention similar to Raymond Hoey's. He's invented a cup that guaran- tees the drinking of coffee, a noiseless process. George Williams and Elmer John- son are public debators. No matter what George says, Elmer disagrees with him, and immediately arranges a debate. We're quietly watching for Elmer to prevent our next depression. He has written a book called Principles ot' Economics , dis- agreeing with every other authority of Economics. Jean: Well. I suppose that's the way things go. I saw an article in the news- paper this morning about Arline Arrington and Alice Adams. John: Oh yes, about their recent victory in a roller skating contest? Jean: Yes, that was it. Isn't Jean Gra- ham th-eir coach? John: Yes. Thelma Blanchard recentty enrolled in her class and is coming along slowly but not so surely. Have you seen Doris Church? Jean: No. I havent seen her but Bar- bara Cummings and Dorothy Randall have. 'I'hey're managers of a shoe store in Bel- gium and said tha.t Doris came in one day to buy a pair and changed her mind when she looked around. She told them sne liked Belgium and had decided to stay ano- ther year in her Stray Dogs and Cats Home. John: I saw Alice Murphy a short while ago. She's a hairdresser. Betty Cowee and Dorothy Stearns assist her, and the weeks before the Coronation. wer-e patron- ized widely because of their new and at- tractive styles of hairdressing. Have you