New Bedford Vocational High School - Mariner Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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611155 frophfcy OOD Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your radio reporter, Tom Johansen, down at the New Bedford railroad station, awaiting the arrival of the alumni from the New Bedford Vocational High School, class of '48. They are about to board the train enroute to California where they will see the Nose Bowl Game. Among these graduates are some very prominent citizens, who just ten years ago graduated from the illustrious Vocational High, when New Bedford was but a small, one-horse town, today it's much larger and is not a two-horse town. I see coming onto the platform some of New Bedford's leading citizens and promi- nent business men. Heading the procession are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grimley. Mrs. Grimley is the former Betty Seifert. Mr. Grimley is founder and president of the Grimley Hats, Inc. whose goofy creations would make Hedda Hopper blush. Directly behind the Grimleys are Dr. and Mrs. Steve Bastoni. Mrs. Bastoni was formerly Sheila Harrington and she is now known as Swisha Bastoni , star of the Romper Girls Basketball Team. Coming thru' the door is Jimmie Pallatroni, compounder of that rare cure-all Pal-a-Tronies for the stomach. With the wealthy Mr. Pallatroni are Ruggles Porter and Robert Cryer, assistant football coaches at Vassar College for women. They seem contented at their work. Over at the far end of the station I see three men who have distinguished them- selves in politics for kissing babies. They are Fernando Roderiques, George Sullivan and William Sylvia. Mr. Claude Henderson is the designer of the new steam-airplane, which is sweep- the country. As far as I know, thatls all it's good for. It can't fly. With Henderson are Captain Herbert Olivierre, of the None-Better Coal Barge and Joe Pryor, the eminent pigeon trainer. The train isn't due to leave for another hour yet, so leave us look over the mob. Over in the corner, leaning on his cue, is the billiard-shark-John Bielski. Bielski has just completed his book on How to make a three-cushioned billiard shot without chalking your cue . This book can be bought at any second-hand bookstore -- 3 for ten cents. Also thrown in for free are a cue and a rack of billiard balls. And now a word from our sponsor, The Lawrence Sylvia Water Bucket Co. The Sylvia water buckets are made of the finest material and can withstand any and all punishment issued upon them but take one precaution. Do not put water in them - they leak! Now let us look around and see who else we know. I see standing over at the pop-corn machine in his ten-gallon hat, movie star Warren Two-Gun Tripp of Western Melodramas . Holding up the wall near the gum machine is the famous maker of false teeth for reindeers - Donald Dloughy and tieing Dloughy's shoe-laces is his valet, Frederick Roscow. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Freddie Beauregard and his wife, the former Mary Forrest, are casually munching a cake of ice. Ward Allen is giving them the cold shoulder be- Foriy-six

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cause Mary turned him down for Freddie . But wait! A little red-head has appeared and Allen looks interested. Standing in the corner practicing her singing is Alice LaFerriere - famous star of Tin-Pan Alley - South End, New Bedford! Standing next to Alice is Lenny Rocha, the big-game hunter. You can read about his exploits in a book he has just finished entitled Hunting Tibbars in the Wilds of Acushnet . Tibbars are rabbitts spelled backwards! Talking with Lenny is a group of distinguished men namely Abel Moinheiro, William Lundrigan and Roland LaPire. These gentlemen own the famous club El Bandito . Over at the candy counter are Lorraine Tetreault and Claire Poirier eating a licorice stick, one at each end trying to outdo the other. Refereeing this battle of the licorice stick is Donald Negus. Hanging from the roof by his toes inspecting the eaves is Edwin Makara. Look- ing up at Makara are Frank LaPolla and Walter Gonet laughing their heads off. They don't know that Russell Tripp is about to give them a hot foot. The sports world is also well represented by the mighty Lenny Benevides, slugging infielder of The Mudville Nine . Soccer is an up and coming sport in New Bedford. It is well represented by such stars as Manuel Rego, Stanley Skozolek, Bronislaw Patla, Arthur Rose, John Williamson and Edmund Squawkie Quadros. All these men play for the Kick-em-in-face Athletic Club. Harmonizing in the center of the station is the famous quartet, Earl Rogers, joseph DeCosta, Edward Cormier and Frank Lynch. These men are better known as Awfully Flat Four . Now I see William McGreevy, lugging a bag of potatoes onto the station plat- form. Mr. McGreevy is planning to open a french fried potatoes concession at the Nose Bowl. Entering the depot are Herve and Henry Arsenault, Gene Oliver, and Gilbert Rauch, - founders of the Fancy Wrecking Co. Directly behind these three are Don- ald Audette and Dorothy Gryss, famous dance team and with them is their manager, Joe forty-per-cent Bowler. Following close behind are Andre Le Beau, the well-known whistler, and David Oliver's equally well-known band, Well, here comes the train at last! All the celebrities are boarding the train with much excitement. And will you look who's engineer! Antone Kalz with his fireman Herbert Turner. It's time to leave you now, for the train is pulling out. I'll be with you again at St. Louis, Missouri. There the rest of the alumni will board the train for the trip westward. St. Louis - 1 day, 6 hours, 42 minutes 4 seconds later. We stop to take on the rest of the Class of '48. They are the ones who moved westward to seek their fame and fortune. As the train pulls in, I see standing on the platform that Olympic snow-ball throw- ing champion, Joe Linkiewicz. He is standing with two hot rod makers, Howard Mal- lowes and Edward Souza and are joined by the Mad Ukrainian , Fred Nazarchyk of radio fame. Class Prophecy continued on page 50 Forty-seven