Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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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 -

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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 RAVELIN S 1938 II XSS XVIII By Donald Mahoney TO ALL THE PEOPLE UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME We the honorable well esteemed and grea ly respected Class of 1938 bemg st1ll of sound mlnd and healthy body wh1le real1z1n0 that mortal days be numbered and abhorrmg the thought of dy mg mtestate do hereby g1Ve, dev1se and be queath these ltems of our oft cove ed esta e as follows To Mr Shea We g1V9 our w sh for many years as successful as h1s first as our super1n tendent To Mr Sannella A chance to s e Oxford Hlghs Cross Country team defeat Hopedale To Mr McGovern An Bl ctrlc eye to hunt out persons who have been absent yet have not reported to get thexr make up cards To Mr Shappy The assurance that hxs suc cess 1n coachmg th1s year s cross country team wlll be surpassed many tlmes 1n the year to ome To Mr OConnor Three new basketball To Mr Browmng A debat1ng team for hls next years classes To M1ss Wlnter A sen1or class that can un derstand Engl1sh IV better than we dld To M1ss Kennedy Ahear y conffratulanon as supervisor of the annual Jumor prom, be cause of 1tS great success To M1ss Klnnlery The assurance that when we are voter the stockroom cupboard wlll never be bare To MISS Mannmg An escort to see that she doesn t leave any thmg on desks wh1le leavmd one room for another To Miss Gahadan An all tlme w1nn1n'f gxrls basketball team, playmg only af ernoon games To MISS Turner An approprlatlon made to buy a palr of stxlts so that she may see her whole class at once To MISS Snow A speclal trafflc llght sta tloned at the top of the boys stalrs so she can retlre from trafflc duty To M1ss Hand A new supply of musxc sheets To M1ss MCGIHHIS A speclal room to dls play her WIIIIIIDU po ters To the 1un or we further leave asslgn gxve and bequeath as follows To James Walker who lt has been ru mored wants a farmer s daughter for hxs w1fe we leave Luc1lle Lovett wno may quahfy To Joseph Gardner Jo eph Ma1nv1ll s ab1l 1ty to be talkatlve To Phlhp Germam That manager of mana gers a pos1t1on as manager for the St Loux Cardlnals To Joseph Mahoney We leave Warren Chaffees abxhty to get along wlth many g rls and not be too lnterested 1n any one gxrl To Vmcent Kasel s We leave the w1sh that he may grow up to be a second Sandow To Roger Vancour A chance to prove h1m self an all tune pltchlng star next year To Bud Ol1v1er A Job to be awaxtmg h1m when he gets out of school lf he can acqu1re Wllbur RlCh s sk1ll 1n dolnff the Blg Apple To Edward Gxll A chance to show hrs mu one ln the world who plays a harmonxca To Clarence Pxette Warren Bell Bruce Greene and Yarno Nesta We leave the hope that Leahy s store w1ll be moved to wnere Mr Ph1l1p Joshns house now stands so that they may save the physlcal effort generally expend ed by then' f1Ve mmu es to nme and f1ve mm utes to one sprmt to get to school before the tardy bell stops rmgmff To Harold Love1oy The supposedly bash ul Jumor P1cl-'l s Chaffee s Packard that he may get a quamted W1 h a few g1rl VVe have Watched h1m gazmg wlstfully at the or hestra from the corner where he stands durmv dan es To Robert Desmarls The responslblllty of leadlng and succe sfully carryxng on next year s cross country team To Edward LaMountam Bernard Rav s ab 1l1tv to toe 1n The d1stance to North Brook field w1ll seem shorter lf he learns to walk that way To Herbert McCarthy The enlor chewln-1 gum and too h powder to help keep h1s teeth clean for we hear that toba co doesnt agree wtth h1m 28 - ' ' Y Y Y A JA x A A 4 . 1 S 7 . 7 . 7 ' v HI 1 . ' 1 ' I , I - Y , , 7 , , . . . L , 1 ' 1 7 Q . - : S . . 3, .- s 9 ' ' I .. . ' L - . . . U V 'I u ' - : H . 1 I . Q . -S . ' ' B ' L . : e ' - - . y I ' . : 'e ' ' ' I ' G l ' , 4- at rs ' - , - .I . . . n . S - ' ' . . , . . . ,, . ,, ,. . . , I -3 . ' . : : I , - players to replace Warren Chaffee. sical ability as an orchestra leader-the only . , . . I . n Q I Q I , , . . ' , 1 ' . 9 ' 1 ' Z D 4' . . . , , A . . . - , L - ,, ' ' . . . A . . . 3 Y ' 4 s Q. l' ' I - ' as ' Q 97 I v A A - 7 1 ' . I 7 .V Y . . O c 'A 3. . 1 Q D I ' j. A su C ' . I . . - S D Q , . ' , I . ' ' . . u I u u 1 - . I 9 - ,, K ' ' . I . . . K- . -ig - , . ., J Q p . . . . . . - A I 1 : '-' v ' .9 ' ' 5, s . .