Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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-- - f- fe --e-vwiyfyvr.--.-7-+-s-wc-xr-fav.-anna,-fvaw.nf V ,Q-. .W- ' ' -' +L- ,-t , p . N . , ,.,...,.,,........-,.,...., ,.,. THE CADUCEUS 23 Friends, I have at last proven my Worth. to the class of '27. I am a national hero! CWhat, a national hero, and I have- n't even heard of it yet D Here is the sto- ry-Last week a girls' school caught fire. I rescued and carried out 25 different girls and am still alive to tell the story. I have been awarded an 8 pound gold medal to wear on my watch chain. Gus 's greatest ambition in High School was to land a girl and now he has landed 25 safely. I wonder who this one is from. ' Dear Classmates: My wife, Dot, and I are farming it. We have a pretty good lit- tle farm of about 1,000 acres. Last year we raised 4,000 chicks and expect to double that number this year. I guess you all know that is from James Smith. He was meant for a farmer, all right and I 'm sure he could never have been happy with any other girl than Dot after all these years. Here is another city bird. Dear Classmates: How time does fly! I am very busy with my work here in George town. I am manager of The Wortliley Bus Company, which drives chil- dren to and from their private schools. Georgetown is a very pleasant city, needless to say. Now that s from Margy Twitchell. She used to drive her own Ford back and forth to school, so I know she can manage that business well. Of course George town would suit her. Here is a note from Italy signed Mon- sieur Chatiield. Friends and fellow citizens: I am a great musician- at present privately em- ployed by Queen Marie. I haven 't time to write much as I have a game of Polo prom- ised to the Prince of Wales. Now, just who is Monsieur Chatiield? I'm sure it 's no member of our class, and this pigeon has made a mistake. Why, 7 this fellow lives in Italy, has a French ti- tle, an English name, sings for the Queen of Roumania, plays with the Prince of Wales, and begins his note Friends and Fellow Citizens. Here are the initials G. L. under the name. G. L. must be his secre- tary-or-no-can it mean Gary Locke? Of course, that is just who it is. Gary had a good voice and made the football team at N. H. S. But I'd never expect this! Fred Lewis is believed to be out-starring Babe Ruth. He says: 'tLast spring I was made first pitcher on the Red Sox team. My training back at N. H. S. comes in handy, by the way, I've raised my batting -average since then ! Next time I get a chance I'll have to go and see Duffy play. He is even a bigger hero now than he was after our Norway- Paris games. Here comes a black pigeon! Is it possi- ble that ai member of our class has passed on, and his poor pigeon has turned black? No, for here is a note. Friends: Since graduating from N. H. S. I have been employed in several institu- tions and carried on several trades. At last, however, I have found the business best suited to my moods, tastes and ability, namely, that of an undertaker. Devotedly, Horace Alvin Brown. P. S.-I am still a bachelor and without prospects. That 's surely a cheerful position, but I can't quite comprehend his post script, Still a bachelor and no propectsf' I wonder what has become of Hilda. Here are two birds tied together-that must mean that two of my friends are part- ners in business. Yes! It does-for Mad- lyn Burgess and Arnold Hasty are in a life partnership. Their note reads: 77 I hope these pigeons fly safely to you from our little white cottage, where the latch key is always out. Arnold is busy designing a new roadster, he 's going to call it 'tThe Jack. Madlyn is busy, too, chas-

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22 THE C A DUCEUS Class Prophecy Just ten years ago tonight the well-re- membered class of '27 received their diplo mas from Norway High School. We real- ized all too well that we soon would be sep arated-each going his own way. At that time I presented each member of the class with a white pigeon. They agreed to set those pigeons free ten years from that night to be returned to me with notes telling of their owners, welfare. That is why I am here in Norway to- night, waiting to hear from all my old High School friends. Here comes one now, I wi nder who it can be from. Why-Celestine J udkins! She always got to school first in the morning and was first in typewriting-she must be leading a fast life. Let's see- 'tDear '27ers: Just at present I am head of the State Highway Police-the first wo- man to obtain this position. You will be interest-ed to know that I have raised the speed limit from 15 miles per hour to 50. I should certainly like to see Celestine chasing puddle jumpers on her little motor cycle. This dainty little note is from Katherine Drake. She says: Dear Classmates: I almost forgot to let my pigeon out for I am so happy and con- tented, I alll matron of an old ladies' home here in Southern Pines. My land, Katie a matron, well she was rather sedate and calm, but I rather expect- ed she'd pick a more exciting future I re- member, though, she seemed to like the South. John Newton was the wildest man in our class! He always had a great desire to run a VVild West Show and outshine Buifalo Bill. I am out West, CI knew I'd get here sometimej and have one long-horned steer toward my show. I have good pros- pects of catching a dancing girl, too. Then I'll be ready to start business. P. S. Please send the pigeon back, as I have be- come rather attached to it and would like it for a side show. Johnny is really out west. Well, I nev- er thought held find courage enough to go. Bertha Towne always had the movie craze-even used to collect pictures of her favorite stars. I wonder if she's still doing so. Dear Friends: I am at last in the land of my dreams-Hollywood. My position is that of private secretary to my favorite star in the Stevens Studio. I have been offered several roles but havenit accepted any, as secretarial work is so much fun. Now, isn't that fine-Bert in the 'iSte- vens Studios! I believe she must feel right at home there. Kathryn Richardson was always very tranquil, but I guess she has changed, for she says: Just now I am driving race cars in the International Marathon which is held in London every fall. It's certainly a fast life, so it suits me. My stars, Kathryn an automobile racer- well, I never should have thought it of her! This bird carries a note stamped in the central part of Africa. Who can be away over there and what is he doing? Don Matherson, of course, I wonder if he went in his strip down! He says: l'm working in the Zula tribe of heathens-try- ing to convert them. It's great fun and the ministry just suits me, though I expect they 'll use me as a side dish for dinner any day. ' Now isn't that just like Don! He was always very eloquent at our pep meetings in Norway High, so I know he 'll convert a lot of cannibals. But I must say I didn't think he'd sober down to a minister. This pigeon acts as if it came from the city, and sure enough the note is marked Chicago. It's from Victor Everett.

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.' -we 1- fer i l I 24 THE CADUCEUS ing Junior around, though of course she still finds time to go to dances. Best re- gards to all from Jack and Hasty. Marion Bennett used to be good in short- hand, and, on the whole, I think she'd make a good secretary, though sometimes it looked as if she was cut out for a farmer's wife. Here is what she says: After living for two years in The Charmed Land as the natives call Seattle, taking a trip to Alaska and spending a sum- mer in Europe, I am back in New York, try- ing to be an efiicient secretary to a commer- cial art firm-and I like it. I'm glad Marion is so successful and that she decided not to be a farmer's wife, and settle in Brook iield, after all. This bird has come a long way. It is from Henry Favor. Dear Classmates: I'm rather busy these days for being Foreign Ambassador to Germany is no loafing job. I have just finished an important conference with the Prime Minister of England. I hope all my classmates will support me in the next cam- paign for President, for I intend to run. NVell, well, so Henry is an ambassador, I knew it was a Favor, but I hadn't thought of its being Henry. I know we all will certainly support him in the campaign, for I think he would rule the nation with a firm and steady hand. A note is from the United Chain Stores of U. S. A. Who can be the writer of it? I have finally achieved one thing-I have united and become owner of all the chain stores in the United States. Prob- ably you, my aristocratic classmates, have not noticed that the A. Sz P., Cloverdale and National Stores have all given way to one big United Chain Store of the United States. of which I am sole owner. QSignedj Stanley Partridge March. .Iimmy surely has made a mark in the world. IIe started in at the foot of the job as elerk back in High School days and has kept right on working up. Who of my classmates can have sent a note in verse form? Why, Bunny Cum- mings, of course! I always thought she was meant for a poet or an artist. If sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, And eaeh one must tell you wherever they wander, I bid you look twice at this strange bit of fiction You may not believe it--the truth of this diction- Yet I have become land age is no barrierj A director of youth-the much maligued 'tTerri- 531.77 In a church and a eounty I roam at. my will With some councils,', a H scout troop and other small grills, A newspaper page and meetings galore, Speeches and conferences, too, by the score Mal-'e me do things I ne 'er dreamt of before. Yet I 'm bound to confess to you classmates sedate, I love it-and wish more were suiferiug mv fatef' Isn't that just like Bunny? I wouldn't mind being a director like that myself. Oh, here come t.vo more birds hitched! Is it possible another couple have married? Why, no, these are from Doris and Lois Brown, naturally the birds came togetl1e1', for Dot and Lois were inseparable. They write: 'tDear Classmates: NVe both couldn't marry the same man, so ten years finds us still spinsters here in Bermuda. We both couldn't have the same job either, so we have ones just alike. We are associate ed- itors of 'The Starchroom Laundry Journa1,' and we do a lot of traveling to report meet- ings and conventions. H Ilot and Lois were promising girls and I am glad they have such good positions. I should like to go to Bermuda and visit them. The next bird is happy looking, I wonder -oh, yes, it bears a note stamped Philips, Ohio, that must be from Cora Smith. HFor the last two years I have been doing X-ray work in a 400 bed hospital. Though Philips is not a large town, it is very in- teresting. I like X-ray work, but I am soon going to leave it and read the Cook book instead. Then Cora took up X-ray work. I She was very industrious, so I know she made good