New Bedford Institute of Technology - Fabricator Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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THE FABRICATOR 1934 CLASS PROPHECY The Time— June, 1954. The Place — Madame Fenton ' s Tent on the lot of the Kuwaski Assorted Freak Show. The Characters — Madame Fenton, Sorceress Supreme and Bubbles Reynolds, Trapeze Artist (better known as the man on the flying trapeze) . Enter — Madame F. and Bubbles, engaged in conversation. Bubbles — Do you realize, Madame, that today is the 20th anniversary of our graduation from dear old Textile School. Madame F. — Yes Philip — er pardon me — Bubbles, I do realize it and it has also occured to me that it wouldn ' t be a bad idea to check up on the old gang and see what they ' re doing. So if you ' re interested, stick around while I gaze into the crystal and we shall see what ' s what. Bubbles — A splendid idea Madame, let ' s go. Madame F. — Quiet please. Ah, the mist disappears, the cloak of mystery is unfolding. I see Mift Ashley. Milt has devoted his life in an attempt to cross a Ford with a Chevrolet and still not merge their personalities. There ' s Moody Axtell, why he ' s receiving the Michael Prize, awarded him by the American Society of Science in honor of his recently published thesis on Two Million and One Ways of Thumbing the Fairhaven Bridge . Lillian Bosse has taken C. F. Wing ' s up on their slogan, We Furnish Homes — they ' re doing nicely thank you. Why there ' s Warren Brand ; I see him as the chief instigator of a world-wide crusade against all barbers using Jeris — that sweet smelling hair tonic. Now I see Frank Cleveland, he has developed into a socialistic roustabout and ringer of door-bells due to his having been thwarted in an attempt to bomb the Empire State Building. Shoczolek, Boehler and Wilkinson, fellow conspirators, are making elaborate plans to destroy the Animal Kingdom, starting with Kuwaski ' s show. Bubbles — That ' s too bad about my old pal Cleveland, but tell me did Jimmie Davies remain a bachelor as he said he would. Madame F. — No Jimmie did not remain a bachelor. I see him now living on Locust street and he is the proud author of How to be Right Though Married . I see both Ed Dupre and Ed Murphy sharing honors as head research chemists in a special laboratory at St. Luke ' s Hospital. Norman Edmonson has finally taken that much delayed and much talked about trip to New York. He will continue on to Washington where he is to (ill the newly created cabinet position as Secretary of Chemical Af- fairs. Why there ' s the class Wimpy, you remember, Irving Frost. lie lias invented a machine that turns out hamburger sandwiches complete. ' I ' h is machine has thrown hundreds of men out of work and Ray Beau- vais, who has developed into a Communist, is now planning to bomb Frost ' s residence on thai account. 28

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1934 THE FABRICATOR Bubbles — Tell me, Madame, did Bert Silva ever sell his boat? Madame F. — No, Bert never did sell that boat, it finally sunk on him. I see Bert now successfully filling the office of Mayor of Dartmouth and he has Cibrowski locked in the town jail for murdering the English lan- guage. What ' s this I see, why its the Rosyl Manufacturing Co., produc- ers of high quality combed yarns. It has been established by Rossiter and Sylvia. They have Ernest Hall working for them as Boss Comber Man and Cibrowski, when he is not in jail, is head of the Spinning Room, while Al Varnum is Chief Mechanic. But let ' s get on with the rest of them. Who else was in the class? Bubbles — There is still Livesley, Herzog, Holden and Chris E dmund - son to be accounted for. See if you can find them in the crystal. Madame F. — Yes I see them all. Howard Livesley is an instructor in Steam Engineering back in dear old Textile. He learned it so well that he never forgot it. Herzog and Holden are assisting Howard and at the same time they are working on a steam boiler that is so simple that it requires no studying or figuring. Now I see others. Why there ' s Stanley Turbak and he is appearing in vaudeville with Muggleton. They are doing a dancing act but it ' s not so good as neither of them has learned how to dance as yet. Jasionek I see as a teacher at the dear old alma mater. The Faculty was determined to get him to attend school even if they had to pay him for it. I see Chris Edmundson as a married man and his son is preparing to enter Textile School in the fall. Ripley and Kershaw, I see, have moved to Adams Street so that they won ' t have far to go on Saturday nights. Turcotte has formed an All American Soccer Team and he has challenged the best teams in the country but so far Turcotte is the only man on the team. Frank Mello has at last realized his ambition to be a captain in the National Guards. His company con- sist of Mello, Mello, Mello, etc. Dave Judson has obtained a very en- viable position of chief knitter in the Ower ' s Hoisery Mill. Bubbles — What about Machado, Giante, Hiller, Holstrom and Pick- ering? Have you forgotten them? Madame F. — No, I see Machado now and I am sorry to say that he is a business failure. He set himself up in the brewing business but he made the mistake of when testing the brew of using too large a sample so that he never had enough left to sell. I find Ray Hiller still playing the part of Levitious in a new series of Hollywood Productions on the life of Joe Palooka. Holstrom is acting the part of Joe Palooka while Pete Pickering takes the part of Knobby, acting it with gestures. Giante I find as the most famous flagpole sitter of the day. He modestly says that it comes natural. Ah— the crystal grows cloudy, I can see no more. Well, let ' s go out for a smoke. « {29}a