Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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long candle for a cigaret and a pair of more-than-tight pants. Cbelonging to Azzieh for her Nslacker suitn--brilliant red and green paint adorns Gram's and Azzic's fingers and toes, and . Azzie's big watch is tied around her ankle. , Outraged by such brazen conduct, Mrs. Van Arlen leaves the room in a decided huff, After a parting insult from Gram, Venetia smacks Gram's ncigaretw from her hand and precipitates a Hrippingn situation as Gram bends ever to recover it. After this hilarious episode, thinge are quiet as Pat tries to patch things up between Venetia and her father. Pat is still so entranced by Venetia's nstageyn manners that she acts very selfish and impolite to poor, hardworking Ruth. Ridhtfully enraged by such conduct Ruth, despite protests from Wylie, leaves Of course Venetia is only too willing to get her clutches on the poor bewildered Doctor, especially since Ruth has gone. So, in a most amusing scene, she literally surrounds him and before he can objedt or protest, she is joyfully proclaiming to Pat and Orley that they are engaged! By this time Winnie and Twila decide that if there! any proposing to be done, they'll have to do it themselves. While Wylie is trying to make clear over the telephone, an order to his negro handy man, nEppyn, Winnie enters, unbeknown to the Professor. Taking advantage of the moment, Winnie propose while Wylie, unaware to her presence, unwittingly says nyesn over the phone! The thought of typ women engaged to him is a little more than Wylie can stand, so he flees the room in frantic haste. s Earlier in the play, Don Daggart, a student of the T . Professer's who is suffering from HPat-ranhobiau, brought a candy box of lizard food--snakes, beetles, etc.--and in the excitement the box has remained on the desk. Twila, being of a Unosyn disposition has learned the contents. haliciously, she tells Winnie it is candy and the next moment the contents of the box are tearing around the floor and Winnie and Twila are screaming their lungs out. Dr. Angell rushes in and Twila having the ideal opportunity, faints in his arms. When the others rush in to find out the cause of the uproar, Twila triumphantly A announces that she is engaged to Dr. Angell! This nearly brings on a riot between the rivals and during the fuss, the Doctor makes a hasty exit and disappears. By this time Billy and Dodo have discovered that they don't like their choice of a step-mother as well as they thought, so they contrive a plan to get rid of all three. They hide the Professer's ferocious looking, but harmless, lizards in the ladies' rooms, the closet, and the desk and, as a result, the women are scared nearly out of their minds. As if matters wcren't bad enough, at this moment Adolph, the Gila monster, a poisonous lizard, escapes and creates a havoc as he prepares to attack Pat. Arriving in the nick of time, Don valiantly subdues the beast and saves Pat. 2 When the uproar is quieted, Uncle Azzie breaks the news that the inheritance won't be given until his death and the women, who were only interested in the money anyway, take an indignant departure., The next moment another surprise arrives in the form S

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of Dr Angell and his bride--a new and radiant Ruth. The happiness is catching, and the curtain closes on a note of hilarity, as Gram and Uncle Azzie find out that they're only as old as they feel and never too old for romance, Ruth Newbury '45 The Board Stretcher CA Tall Story! As the years roll by, many seem to think that the same old things are being used. Well, these folks are greatly mistaken. The government has hired thousands of men to experiment on nearly everything, as it wants inventions that will help the people in tha! work in the years to come. Two years ago a middle aged man had an ingenious invention patented. It was a Board Stretcher. It is made of wood and steel, and it can be set for different lengths, anywhere from one foot to twenty feet long. The Board Stretcher looks something like a clamp, but instead of closing in, it stretches out. Board Stretchers are not very well known just at the present time because the government is not releasing them for public use. They are used constantly at the large Naval Yards, where the demand for boards is great. at the outbreak of the war, boards were not into the The could be six feet to eight plentiful, and this was where the Board Stretcher came picture. trucks would transport short boards so that more boards hauled on each trip. These short boards, which were about long, would be put on the Board Stretcher and stretched en- and twenty-foot lengths. This is only an example. Believe me, Board Stretchers have helped to step up plans on the large construction projects. , Board Stretehers may be sent to Europe, where the cities and towns have been destroyed by the Allied bombs. There will be many homes, factories, hospitals, etc. to be rebuilt. Once these Board Stretches are placed on the market, individ- uals will be able to build houses more cheaply. Leo LaPointe '45 O X I . xx - f fx E ggggggijgq- xciggpf' ij?i?,e1g7-1::i:rT:'gQ- A '21,-.Q 5, O f 51 .B9ill G x-30:5 'Junta Streichgr' Q NHE,a,.X'