Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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THE RAVFLIN S 1938 CI ASS PROPHI CX By Joseph MHIDVIIIC From the t1me that the class selected me as prophet, up to tlce other day, Ive been 1n v quandry as to how I should proceed However my predlcament was reheved when I found an old mlrror whxle rummagmg throudx the att1C In the sp1r1t of fun I addres ed lt Knave of the M8g1C Mlrror I command you to appear' To mv astonlshment a face appeared and Sald Master, what IS your request'7 I lost no tlme 1n se1z1ng th1S opportun1ty to get materlal for the class prophecy easlly and accurately When I expressed my deslre the knave ca t a spel over me and I was glven a prevlew of what IS to happen to the members of the class of 38 before 1960 I saw myself stenolng out of a IHXI at a New York a1rport Under my arm I Caffled the manuscrlpt of an orlglnal mus1c comnosltlon of m1ne whxch was to be played for the first tlme at the Oxford Worlds Fa r of 1959 To escape any one who mlght try to steal my preclous parcel I hurrxed nervously to the YVZ11 lng room Whlle I was Slttlfld there a trlm avr hostess walked up to me and Sald Are you Ollve Wllllams I dlsmlssed my susolclons and answered Yes that IS I was but now tha' Im a concert p1HD1St I am Jose MHIHVQIIGY She laughed and sa1d that 1nce she had mar rxed she too had changed her name and was now Mrs Edward Guertm My curxoslty was mstantly aroused and m answer to my clues t1ons she told me that Ed Guertln had worked up from a pos1t1on as co D1lOt and bought the Amerlcan AITIIUGS She also told me that 1wo other of our class w re ln the employ of E P Guertln Clara Snyder who was h1s bus1 ness secretary and John Faubert her husband who was Guertln s most valuable pllot and field manager Just as I was asklng whether or not Id be abl to see them my plane was an nounced and we saxd hasty good bves When I was set led IH the plane I felt vague ly that there mlght be some one that I knew on board I looked anxlously around There w re two styllshly dressed women who seemed somew lat farmllar Afler concentratmg for a few mlnutes I declded that they must be V1r g1'1la Dav1s and Mar3or1e Barlow When I spoke to them they recognlzed me and at once we started swapplng 1nformat1on They told me that they were returnxng fro n a shop plng tour 1n New York I presumed that Max Jorle was accumulatlng a trousseau because she had on her engagement finger a r1ng whxch I had seen Jack Lebo wear I'he truth came out when I asked 1f they knew what had become of any of our other classmates V1r g1n1a Sald that Jack had developed a cham of stores and now that he was well set financlally he was marrylng MarJor1e Thereupon Mar Jorle greatly enllghtened me by aylng that Bernard Ray hac' become a prosperous Chev rolet salesman ard had taken as h1S blushxnf brxde Mary Hurd W dldnt have tlme to say any hlng more becau e the plane was actually landlng 1n Ox ford one half hour after leavlng New York V1rg1n1as husband was waxtmg W1 h h1s cal and they xnvlted me to dxnner at the1r Federal Hllls home However I had to decllne was to be guest of honor at a banquet evenlng ln the Aldorf Hystcrla Hotel 1n As I made my way to the hotel I was prlsed at the hustle and bustle of the c1ty as I that Ox sur The town had been recons ructed ln the most mod ern manner and the sldewalks were elevated A major part of each bulldlng was under ground but there was one tall bu ld1ng besxde the Cl y hall That wa the Ch ffee Buxldlng whlch wa one hundred and ten stor1es hlgh As I walked by lt a typlcal buslness man and a fascxnatxng blond woman come out dressed IH evenmg clothes When they greeted me I was convmced that I knew them They were Warren Chaffee and Malvlna R1nz1t1s I was astounded when Molly told me that she had been h1s secretary for two year b fore he had had enough courage to propo e Tms revelat1on mduced me to r1de with the'n ID the1r prlvate car although I had been walklng for my health from the eleva ed alrpcr They w re golng to the banquet so I had them come up to my ulte to walt whxle I changed mto evenmg dress When we stopped there w found that VV1l bur Rlch who owned the ho el and Florlna 23 , ' , v w 1 1 7 A 44 A x L A I 1 ' , at . y, . . A r.. I . , 1 - . . . 1 . - - . . '- . ,. . . . N . ,, , 3 1 ' o , . . ,, . , , . . KL ' 77 ' , . , ' 7 , . H , . . . , 5 A , - . . . . . S , I . '1 ' ' 1 u s 3 l . . , . . . D . , . A . . , - K S . . A . . , . ry . , i . . . , . . . Q I A a . . n , , . Q I Q . . . .4 . . . . Joe Mainville? When I recognized her to be ford Center. 1 ' v ' ,, . . . , - , . . , , , . ., , . . u S. - I . I ' . 1 . . Y 1 . . S . . W - l 3 a . . . L. . A . . D . S 1 C. 3 . , - ' . .1 . , 4 I W Q - I 1 , . . . , . . . ' ' f s e ' e , - 3 . ' ' ' . - . . .L I . , . I, . V I 3 I , L A . . t . ft 3 . , ' . e , , S . . . . - D , - 1 I v ef - L 0 A , L ly .

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THE RAVELINS 1938 25 teachers came th1s year Mlss Murlel Mann1ng to replace Mlss Mlrlam Mannmg and Mr Shap py to take the place of Mr R1chardson who re s1gned to accept a hlghly pald posltxon at B lle v1lle New Jersey Hlgh School Try outs for the fall play were held at O H S Wlth the followmg SGHIOTS Wlnfllflg out wlth parts Everett Perry Warren Chaffee Russell Proctor Evy Carlson S atla Sh1v1ck Mary Barnes and Wllbur Rlch The play entltled Bashful Bobby was presen ed on Novemb 1 10 and was a great success On March 1 1938 the Jumors 1nv1ted us to thelr prom and we d1d have a lovely t1me We thank you Junlors from the bottom of our hearts Gradually we began to reallze that our stay 1n Oxford Hlgh would soon be over and we began to make plans for graduatlon We held several class meetlngs and voted to have Mr Bushong for our photographer You should have seen us pose when we went to h1S studlo Capta1n Warren Chaffee was once more the only boy 1n our class to re elve a letter for basketball The glrls 1n our clas who recelved letters for basketball were Statla Sh1v ck El s1e Bellows Vlrglnla Davls and Captaln Mar 1n coach1ng the glrls as did Mr O Connor 1n coach1ng the boys team The boys representlnd us ln baseball were Captam Warren Chaffee and VV1ll1am Kxlborn W1th the tlreless effort exerted by thelr coach Mr McGovern the boys played many success ful games May 12 was the da e set for our play The Marlenburg Necklace a mystery plav d ep and d1re not w1thout 1ts llghter spots The cast lncluded MarJor1e Barlow Mary Barnes Don ald Mahoney Wllbur R1Ch Russell Proctor Everett Perry Evy Carlson Kathryn Lane Nell1e Whlte M lvlna RIHZI IS and Elsle B l lows Mxss Mur1el Mannmg was coach for th1s play and we owe her our gra 1tude for the flne work she performed Durmg our semor year the follawmg officers were elected ID the Commerclal Club presl dent V1rg1n1a Davls V1 epres1dent Mary Barne and secretary Martha G1onet M1s Klnmery was our advlser and trea urer The Commerclal Club enjoyed a very happy and prosperous year wlth 1tS many gay and del1ght ful tea dances The membershlp has almost doubled The Static Staff for 1938 was very efflclent The Press Club had two semor officers namely the presldent Warren Chaffee and the secre tary Statla Sh1v1ck The work accompllshed by the staff and the Press Club members was unquestlonably satxsfactory Wllbur Rlch was edltor of Statlc whlch grew up 1nto regular newspaper form On Decemb r 23 the first mlmeographed magaz1ne 1n the hlstory of O H S was publlshed It contalned seventy three pages Wxlbur recexved many complx ments on the excellence of th1s lssue Donald Mahoney Wllllam Kllborn Gordon Chaffee and Jack Lebo ran for cross country th1s year Donald Mahoney was co captaln W1th Robert Desmarls We can assure you that the boys d1d thelr best Towards the end of the school term our class held many mformal meetlngs to make further plans for graduatlon We dec1ded to have Success No Less for our class motto and to have a new book form of dlploma for our graduatlon The yearbook s aff was announced as fol Edltors Edward Morrls Wllllam Kllborn Clara Snyder Jack Lebo and Elxzabeth Pa1ge Photograph Edxtors Nell1e Whlte and Malvina R1nzxt1s School Calendar Florlna Gendron and Luc1lle Lapan Bus1ness Managers Joseph Mamvxlle and Norma Ball Advertlsmg Mana gers V1rg1n1a Davxs S atla Sh.lV1Ck and War ren Chaffee Sport Edltors John Faubert Bernard Ray Rlchard Ellls and Edward Guer tm The typ1StS were Mary Barnes Florlna Gendron Clara Snyder Luc1lle Lapan Evy Carlson and M rjorle Barlow On May 19 our class voted to have our Sen1or Hop on June 13 rather than on the day after graduat1on as has been the custom We thmk th1s change wlll help us keep awake on the day of the class p1cn1c We expect to graduate on Wednesday June 22 1938 and must turn to face the futule Our school llfe IS ended but happy memor1es wlll remaln Our tasks wlll be d1fficult but we shall reach our goal as set by our motto Success No Less 7 , .. . . . . O, I - ' . . r . ' . . . C I ,,' . ,, , a . - l , I . - . . A . l l 7 - , . f Y Y 7 Y U 7 ' . . . . ,, , ,, . . ac as Q 4 Q . D . - . .. , 1 - - , . y . . . . . ' 5 Y Y 7 y ' ' . . S p I . . ' n ' 66 37 . V 7 1 . 3 - : 4 , - . 2 ' I Q ' tha Glonet. Mlss Gaha an d1d an excellent ob lows: Edltor ln Chlef Wilbur Rlchg Wrlte-u , 7 ' ' 9 y . , . . . , - . g : : D . . 3 , , . : n y - 1 - , ' . . . . L . . . . . , 1 ' , L CK ' , . , . . , ,, Q . . - 7 V Y ' v ,, - ' : i r 9 v ' 1 . 1 ! 7 7 7 1 a ' 7 Y 7 . . a . . .V . Q - ,, . ,, . . . Q , L I ' 7 1 ' . . . . I .D - . . . . - Y 1 7 7. I sg , . s . , U ' l 5' . y 9 Q - Y,

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 Gendron had arranged for a prlvate cocktall party 1n my sulte Durmg the frst round of cocktalls I asked Warren why W1lbur per m1tted Florlna to order h1m about wxth such a possesslve a1r He shrugged h1s shoulders and a1d Oh that s nothlng she s h1S wlfe Dur 1ng the par y I also learned that Warren and Gordon each had a penthouse atop the Chaf fee bu1ld1ng Gordon had been elected mayor and consequently Statxa Sh1v1ck had become the first lady of Oxford We were so eagerly d1SCl1SS1I1g our classmates that we nearly forgot about the banquet but we natched up our hats and arrlved there breathless w1th not Q mmute to spare At the head table I recogn1zed Russell Proctor and Evy Carl on They had marrled and Proc tor had establlshed the Oxford Broadcastmff Studlos where thelr oldest son Jumor was creatlnff a sensat1on as a Juvenlle star Evy s stoutness served to sharpen her sense of humor and we had many a laugh together untll Proc tor looked as 1f he thought I was allenatlng h1s wlfes affectlons Nevertheless we parted as Next mornmg wule v1s1t1ng the Faxr I met Donald Mahoney and Nell1e Whlte They had thelr four chlldren w1th them and all SIX chewed gum and glggl d m unlson Donald wuo wa notlceably stouter explamed that he had made a good slzed fortune from h1s brewery H contnbuted to my knowledge of our classmates by revealmv that Kathryn Lane had become a novehst and marrled R1chard Ellls who had rocked the world by d1SC0VBI'1I1'7 a new el ment 1n h1s prlva e chem1stry lab bullt for h1m by the Oxford Inst tute of Sclen IHC Research They wer Just then on a honeymoon ln the Qouth Seas but would returi b fore the Falr ended Nelhe and Donald escorted me to the Agr1 cultural EXpOS1t1OH where Lyman Rosebrooks had a booth Lyman had developed a new breed of cattle and had recelved the Nobel prlze a tr1bute I wanted to congratulate h m tlen and there but he was away on a tr1p However hls Wlfe Elsle Bellows was there g1v1ng a very mterestmg lecture on the pasteurlzatlon f m1lk When she had finlshed her speech she talked to us and accounted for two of the m1ss mg members of the class She revealed that Edward Morrls and Martha Glonet had mar rled and gone to France after MOFFIS had sold h1s masterplece ln ads for S800 000 Donald and I left EISIQ and Nelne d1S ussmg the d1etS for chlldren and went to a cafe where there was a floor show A dance team Wllham and Mary were completmg a number Mary was a glamorous blond and Wlllxam a suave, dark halred gentleman w1th a short mustache They smlled 1n recogmtlon and came to our table but It was fully a mmute before exther Donald or I recalled them as Mary Barnes and W1ll1am Kllbcrn We 1nv1ted them to have drmks on us and over a glass of root beer Mary pointed out the startlmg fact that there was only one class bachelor besides m and that was Everett Perry I already knew that he had crashed the movles and replaced After further questlonmg and patch1ng 1n formatlon together we found also that there were three splnsters Ehzabeth Palge Lucllle LaPan and Norma Ball Norma had an exclu s1ve gown shop wulle Lucllle and Ellzabeth 1o1ntly ran a restaurant on Mam Street ln Ox ford As we were Slttlng at the table a gypsy came to read our tea leaves When she read mme she s 1d that Id marry a classmate Now we had just dlscussed the three ehglble ladles left so I anx1 usly asked wh1ch one would be my brlde Ju t a the gypsy was gomg to answer I recogn1zed my former teacher Mlss Wmter In my astonlshment I dropped my cup I heard a loud crash and found myself stlll 1n mv att1c I had broken the maglc mlrror so that I ll nev er know wh1ch g1rl Im to marry untll the mo ment comes , - , 21 . - Q Q y . 7 a A I , . 7 , - 0 Q ' 54 7. ' Y ' ' 37 ' - 51 , , it n - K . Q - . . U . . . H yy . , . 3 1 ' ' ' 3 . 1. . 0 . ' ' U H . . Q rv I - , , l N . 7 ' 3. , ' - , . . . D , , . . . I . . . . . , A L SD . . 1 , . . . .- l e7 ' 7 ' -Q l. ' 1 fr1ends when the parfy broke up. S encer Trac I . . . . . . . , . , . . . . - . 9 I I . y I 3 . g . . , . . , . , , - . , . . . . . ' e A J D L ' - ' . O , . .. I , . . Q n . 3 N' 7 ' . . . + . . . Q. , . . ., .. V . , pc 1 . ,. . . . . . I . , , 3 . . .C . O , g e ' ' . 3 s ' , .. L . . l D . . V . . . . , . , ' . . . . , . 3 -