Pembroke Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pembroke, NH)

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TI4 E A here something went wrong with the switch and instead of the televi- sion switching to the next program we saw Compton rushing wildly a- bout. The words came over the radio. nOh dear, Doris will be so cross with me. I am supposed to be home and have dinner all ready when she comes home at eleven...and here it is five minutes of eleven nowln The hostess didn't know what to do with the dials, but there happened mechanic on the plane her assistance. She radio fixed and went seat. You'd never the mechanic was Rol- to be a radio who offered soon had the back to her think ity but lande Ayotte. One of the delights of modern air travel soon came. We were fly- ing over Idaho when a radio signal came saying we were nearing nThe Cabin In The Sky.' If enough of the passengers wanted to, we would stop there for refreshments. nThe Cabin In The Sky' is a plane, e- quipped so well it looks just like a flying hot dog stand. Of course we all wanted to stop. Arlene Clark was serving ice-cold lemonade at the bar. I chatted with her for a few minutes. She said Lucille Letendre danced in the floor show on weekends. I didn't want to miss seeing a- nother old friend, so I planned to come back from the Exposition the next Sunday in order to see Lucille. The queerest thing happened when we were on the last lap of the flight. As we were passing Phoenix Arizona, I happened to look out the window. There, floating in mid-air was a man with glasses on. But the oddest thing--he was reading a book! I called the hostess and asked about it. nOh, we see him on nearly every flight. He has adjusted a para- chute so he can float around and read at the same time. He stays up as long as he wants, reading Latin. I They call him the Latin Fanatic, but I think his real name is Char- les Yeaton. At a small airport on the Cali- fornia border, another passenger boarded the plane. It was Joyce Douillette. She sat with me for the remainder of the trip. I found that she was returning from a nurs- ing job in the mountainous regions. Her most exciting moment had been when she had been present to assist Dr. Dowst, the eminent N.H. horse- doctor, deliver quintuplets to Sea- biscuit, the third. I asked her how Betty Ann, her cousin, was. She said Betty Ann was teaching dramatios in Paris, France and was really enjoying herself with fifty little French pupils. Betty MacMillan was having a very jolly time running the Date Bureau Office in Chicago, Joyce in- formed me. I remembered that Betty had certainly been able to find dates for herself in high school. An advertisement over the radio enlightened me as to the where- abouts of classmates. Carmen Ri- card was 'nuw the' director of a Charm and Poise School in Alaska. Vera Huggins was her assistant. When we arrived, I was the first to get off. Who should I bump into but Jeanette Demers. She was in a hurry, but stopped a few minutes to tell me what she was doing. She is secretary for Bill Pauling, the chief executive of a banana planta- tion in Cuba. What amazed me most was to hear that Pearl Richard,C1air Tremblayg and Helen Welch were startr ing a Get-Acquainted School out in Australia. I always thought they might find some solution for those lonesome hours. I could hardly wait to get to the Exposition on Treasure Island. buildings were tower- trees. We all had to to get to the Fair we passed one of the The beautiful ing above the take a' but grounds. As

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TH eggaogosy 1 AN G 1 :ul . you some trouble, but we hope they will be worth it. I, Arlene Clark, leave to Joan Hendrickson my home economics abil- ity. With this ability, you can look forward to being on every re- freshment committee. I, Francis Casey, leave to Ron- ald Townsend my ability to go to school, play baseball, and hold a job all in one day. Try it sometime. We, the Triumverate of Spaulding Mindt, and Dowst, leave to Jack Colby and Lily Houghton our ability to get along with each other. in really think you can do it without ourahelp. he do hereby make, constitute, and appoint Mr. Beal to be our ex- ecutor of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the class of one thousand nine hundred and forty-three have hereunto sub- scribed our name and affixed our seal, the twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thous- and, nine hundred and forty-three. 4 q--is-can C L A S S P R O P H E C Y Harriet Milliamson It was a perfect day for the great holiday. I looked anxiously up the street. Where could that bus for the airport be? Oh, here it is at last. How relieved I was to see it coming, for the Califor- nia plane was scheduled to leave on the dot of 9:00. It was 8:45 al- ready. The bus was so crowded the driver had to put on the adjustable seats so everyone could get to the airport comfortably. When the bus driver turned around, I saw he was my old schoolmate Bill Clark. I was inquired and found that Phyllis very busy these days as the leader of the Association for Women's Rights. Before I knew it, Bill was call- ing out, nHere's the airport,n and I had to shout nGood-byeu and rush for the ticket office. The girl who gave me the ticket looked sur- prisingly familiar. It was Pearl Richard. we would have stopped to chat only the plane was warming up. Some of the passengers were start- ing to climb on. Pead. did have time, though, to tell me that Ber- tha Gordon and Janice Colby were opening an entertainment certer in town that very afternoon. As I was boarding the plane, someone handed me a pamphlet. I didn't have time then to look at it as I spied the hostess. Could that be Helen Muller? It was. She said her height didn't keep her from be- ing a hostess nowadays because the planes had extra high ceilings. Another surprise came when I saw that Francis Casey was the pilot. After we took off, I had a chance to look at the pamphlet. It was full of advertisements. One ad caught my attention. It was for some newly-invented scratchless shavers. The inventor was A. Spaul- ding who could be none other than A1 Spaulding. He had been inter- ested in electricity and mechanics in high school. Most of the passengers were going the way I was--to the Exposi- tion of 1953 in California. There- fore, the plane made few stops. It was equipped with a radio-televi- sion set. The hostess set it up in the front of the plane so that we could enjoy ourselves on this trip. The dial was tuned in just before the hour was up. A piano concert was being given. I recognized Betty Morency seated at the piano. She certainly had gained skill with those musical fingers of hers. nDoes your head ache? If it does, go to your nearest drug store and ask for B's headache p11ls.n My goodness, there was Compton French making an announcement, get- ting in his plug as usual. Right

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' A I 4 D E M I 4 N pf? gg IIH E theaters, I gasped. There on the billing, I redd--COMING ATTRACTIGNS: I Want To Be Alone, starring Helen Hoague ana' Foster 'Hanren. Also, Musical comedian, the greatest since Abbott and Costello,-Carroll Stevens. It was a shock to find three of my former classmates had become so great in the theatrical world. The morning paper was unopened on my lap. I decided to read the news before we reached the Exposi- tion. The headlines were interest- ing. URumpus in Congress. dan- gresswoman from N. H. shows Spirit. Reading further, I found that the N. H. Congresswoman had been very upset by a bill being passed forbid- ding the sale of chewing gum. She obstinately held her ground until she had won the support of both the House and Senate to recall the bill. Her name--Ella Severance. I always knew her ability to argue would some day win a place for her. One of the ads caught my eye. U0learance Sale. Bettye Silke's Dress Solon.'-Bettye had been an- other dear classmate back in 1943. At last, the Exposition. we wont into the Telescope Room the first thing. The telescope was the larg- est in the world. You could see all parts of the worldeednd a few places outside of the world. When it came my turn to look through the telescope, I focused it on India. To my surprise, I saw Indian na- tives gathored around someone. At first I thought it was a missionary. Looking closer, I saw it was some sort of class being held outdoors. The teacher looked very familiar. Sure enough, it was Madeleine Rich- ard. nMadN had always been deeply interested in Mankind. The next place we visited was the World of Tomorrow. It showed the latest inventions, the newest means of transportations, and so on. One place struck me as being very fascinating. It was a high build- ing with streamlined fixtures every- where. It was called, nMindt's Man- sion.U Looking at my program, I saw that the designer was Frederick Mindt, Jr. Time flew by, but I had a chance to visit Norma Cleveland, who was living near the Exposition grounds. She spent her leisure time using strands of her red hair for experi- ments. Government bonuses were be- ing offered for any new discoveries. She had now received high bonuses. Tired as I was on the flight hone, I oouldn't help but think how lucky I was to have seen and'heard cf all my'former classmates of Pem- broke Academy. A quiet prayer rose to my lips to think of all the op- portunities our uncomparable Ame- rica had given to our class of '43.