Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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Anne: Bill: Anne: Bill: Anne Bill: ,Xnne Bill: TH If I Q38 SASSAMDN on the nursing staff are Marion Casey. Shirley Hicks. May Mac- Donald and Beatrice Bennett. That is great news. But l've some even more startling! Ray Gar- vey designed the New Natick High School., which has just been com- pleted by George Barr and Billie Martin. jimmy O'Regan is Prin- cipal. Ruth Barnicle teaches English: Ann Davis, modern lan- guages: Mary Mctirath, Lating Raymond Bayer, Economicsg Marie Ahern, Mathematics: l'aul Hastings, Historyg Marjorie XVinn, Home Economics: Esther Trulli, Transcriptiong Louise Brovelli, Type- writing. Gloria Goodwin and Iflorrie Iivans coach the girls and Ed Lindqust coaches the boys. Leonard Lawson teaches life saving. The swimming pool is under the direction of Claire Doherty.. who is assisted by Sadie Scarano. Dorothy Hitchcock is the first woman to become Superintendent of Schools and she is doing a fine job of it. She has a large staff of secretaries to keep her enormous files straightened out. Virginia Rice, Katherine Sununu, Lucille Moffat. Margaret Lynch and Mary Foley. Frances lilezzza is her Book- keeper. I think that is wonderful. I feel quite proud of the success of the Class of l938. I heard the other day that Francis Antalek holds the world championship in typewriting. He can type no less than 300 words a minute. .-Xncl did you hear that VX'innie Lang just attained the shorthand speed of 350-F I can't imagine it. I remember back in school I would gasp in amazement when girls in my class would take dicta- tion at IZO words a minute. Do you remember our shorthand teach- er, Miss Church? XYell. if it hadn't been for her encouragement I think I would still be taking dictation at 5 words a minute, and then, of course.. I never could have become a newspaper correspondent. I suppose you have heard of the new Y. XY. C. K. agency here to- improve living conditions in the slums of Istanbul? Helen Kelley started it. Rita jordan is Iixecutive Secretary. Margaret Palmer. Lena Digeronimo, Pearl Lincoln and Marguerite Gilsenan are some of the workers. By the way, what ever became of Rita Marciano? You used to be great pals. Uh, Rita has just married a Count, don't ask me to pronounce his name: I can't even spell it. But he's very nice and is extremely wealthy. I saw Mary Wiignot take the world championship for Vyfomen Skat- ers last week. I was talking to her afterwards and she told me that Virginia lYebster's business forecasting service is giving Babson's quite a bit of competition. Mary also told me that Barbara Arnold has married a trombone player. That was to complete her one- woman orchestra. XYell, Barbara always did like musicians. Did you know that Iivelyn Leavitt runs a night-club, and her specialty features are the singing cowgirl. Celia Cooper. Hill Billy harmonica solos by Irving Morris, the Bluey Blues Singer, Lena Pepe, and Rose Traniello, aerial acro- bat. I forgot to tell you that I hear from X'X'alter Hopkins now and again. He has become famous for his costume-designing. His models are Margaret Zanchi, jean Charlton and 'l'afta Mangle. Jean and 'liafta

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.Xnne Bill: .Xnne Bill: Anne Bill: Anne Bill: Anne Bill: THE Henry? They have recently opened a beauty shop here. These Turkish women surely need it. l did hear that Brad l.X'allace manages the New Colonial Theatre in our old home town, and just like him, he has all girl ushersg Alice Mullen, Rita Duffy, Priscilla Nclieon and Mary McCormack.. who were all in our class of l938. lbid you know that ,Xmerican llress Designers have outdone Paris? It was the combined efforts of Klartlia Stadig. Elizabeth Thorpe. Betty Boyle and Rita Coyne, who are extremely outstanding in the fashion world for their beautiful creations. And of course you know that Katherine Nugent is the new .Xdrian of Hollywood. I went down tor the La Vie Paree Club here' last night. I expected it to be a French Club, and was certainly surprised to find that it's the .Xmerican gathering place of Istanbul. XValter Nelson seems to liave the business end in charge, and Emily Mclianiel is Hostess. Have you heardi Rudy Simoni's Swing Kings there? Oh, yes-in fact, that's my favorite club in town. If there's anybody from honie in the city, you can be sure of meeting them there. It'si funny I didn't see you-I dropped in for a while last night. Did you see ,Xnna Green? She tells me she is still following the hockey play- ers-only now she does it for a livingg she writes her impressions of Olympic sports for a newspaper syndicate. I didn't see Anna, but, I was certainly surprised to find so many people I knew there. Evidently, the management brought their own snappy cabaret waitresses from home. I saw Elsie Stewart, Rosalie Simeone and Emogene Lane. Did you notice Edward Murphy and Laddie Bennett? They came over to defend their amateur golf standing-Eddie holds the international championship, and Laddie is runner-up. . Did you ever see anything so funny as that act of Beverly Kimball's and Helen Stevens? XVhile I was there, Clayton XYright came over to my table. He was most dejected. He told me he was managing Phyllis W'eatherby's world violin recital tour, but Phyllis became so temperamental that Clayton couldn't stand it any longer. He said Marion VVebster has taken over the job-but he'll probably go back! Music seems to have been outstanding in our class, I saw in the paper that Diana Armato is playing with the Boston Symphony Or- chestra now. She always was a star with her clarinet, You know, of course. that Priscilla Bowers organized a new Dancing School, with Marie Killeen, Virginia VVaterman and Evelyn Denny as instructors. I go to see, them every once in a while. But here I am, spending all my time reminiscing instead of interviewing you and finding out about world affairs. Never mind world affairsg they can wait, while this its the most interesting interview I've had in a long time. You know I had a letter from Eddie Bradford the other day. He has finally completed his dream hospital with Emma Loring as chief surgeon and on his interne staff Howard Severson and Bud Maddix, who has just suc- cessfully removed his own appendix. The Chief Dentist is Harold Higgins, whose assistant is Connie Buckley. There is a large staff of nurses from our class of '38, Janet Clark does a new type of nurs- ing-reading poetry to the patients, or something, I believe? Also 1938 SASSMMON

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.IX n n e Bill: ,Xnne Bill: An ne 2 Bill: Anne: Bill: Anne: also help him with the art work. Edna Sargent sews all the cos- tumes bv hand. Before I forget it, I must tell you about Harold Kedian and Leonard Freedman. They are in a partnership. They deal in highly explos- ive gas. Gerry Lever has just patented his latest invention, a Hot .Xir Condenser, which liedian and Freedman are going to market for him. ,Xmong them, they have quite a corner on the hot-air marketg really, almost a monopoly. Un the side, Gerry publishes a magazine, How To lieep Quiet. I don't believe the partnership helps at all with that. Ge1'ry's cartoonists are Roger XVillis and Ed McBride. XYell, who would ever think quiet little Gerald would ever become famous. It's like Kenneth McConnong he is director of a film com- pany. The company recently produced a mystery film, called The Missing Teeth with Herbert Church as the leading man and Pa- tricia I.ittle as the leading lady. It certainly made me think of l938l Have you heard about Mary Massie? She runs a bakery and has devised a Tongue Twister Roll which has made her famous. Evelyn Simonetta is her business manager. That is news. Have you heard about Roland Buell? He tried to become a hermit and started off into the Forests of XVest Natick without a single implement to help him make a livelihood. He was found walking around in a daze, having lost his memory and full of buckshot as a result of George Ulrich's hunting expedition. Dorothy Bernstein, prominent psychiatrist, is examining Buell to see if his mentality has been fatally injured. XiVhy Bill, it's 4:CO P. M. I've been here for nearly an hour. I must be going, but what shall I do for my story? Oh. make it up and I'll sign it. You've had plenty of Sassamoin practice! Come again soon, won't you? Thank you and I certainly will come again. And dont let Dick Taffe in when he comes! Goodbye. Goodbye. ANNE HAMILTON VVILLIAM DAVIS ADDRESS OF WELCOME Parents, teachers, and friends: It is my privilege and honor to extend to you a most cordial welcome to the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1938. In behalf of my classmates I invite you to participate in the joy and happiness we are showered with today. Today brings about the end of our schooldays together. For the past twelve years we have been preparing ourselves to make our debut in the busy world. The first rung of the ladder has been reached. From this point we will begin to take on our own shoulders the various tasks that are de-A manded of us. Wle are all about to branch out into the winding roads of life. The time has come to answer that important question, What am I going to. be ?'l Our whole life may hinge on the way we turn at this point. Now is the time to prove that we made good use of the valuable time srpent in pur- suing this education. Tl-l If I 938 SASSAMDN