Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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1 After handlng 1n my latest report I hurrled over to the stud1o fhe man ln charge was yery k1nd and showed me the schedule for the next few weeks Thls schedule rey ealed many names that were famxhar to me Prof lack Bennett w 1s to Ulye 1 sclentlfic talk about hls work on Egvp tl IU research 'XICITJOTIC I xll wzs QIXINAQ weekly ctlquette lessons She had eyldently tb mdoned the ulca of lJ91llLI L nurse Prof Nllchael Arp mtl w 15 Qlylflfl' a serles of ttlks on the helpfulness md beauty of the Spanlsh l nguage lo proye how IUSIJIFIHQ lt was he eyen spoke a few Words hlmself Luclnda C'hap1n was glyxng cooklng lessons She was dolng yery Well for sey eral brldegrooms had wr1t en xn and thanked her for her reclpes Helen Bray was sxnglng all the latest song hlts of the popular song wrlters Robert Manns and Dorothea Hayn Her accompanlst at the piano yvas Hary ey Loveless Charlotte Flynn W ts lecturlng on woman s rlghts She and the announcer Glen Sey erance were 1lW1ys it swords pomts Each belley ed that the other was trymg to get away wlth somethmg Carolyn NVarren and Betty C rlthn who had tr welled around the world to ffether were telhng of the mterestlng and outlandlsh customs of forelgn people But they stlll say that there are more outlandlsh customs rlght here at home Beatrice Gauyreau w is glyxng French lessons No one ey er questloned her French because she spoke so fist that lt sounded genulne Adi Xoonan wts glylng contrxct bridge lessons She hxd been yery successful for manv women l1stenersh1d wrltten th tt at l1st they h 1d learncd not to trump thelr husb md s ue Edna XX allace Hopper was st1ll broadcastmg but not ts strongly as before For now she had to haye a rehef speaker rlhls glfted orator proy ed to be Dorothy Schwar7 who was as good as Nllss Hopper herself lhe Chase and Sanborn hour was st1ll the blg Sunday nwht feature Actlng on th1s was C unnar Peterson 1IT'lp9I'SOI'lIUI'1g our old frlend Eddxe Cantor Peterson w ts so cley er that the real C antor on hstemng Ill one nlght asked h1s wlfe lf she yv ts sure th xt he urls l ddle C tntor lhe mnouncer yvho hell ed wlth the proffrxm yy as Nlllton Noble lhe Pepsodent C omp my h ul cone oper xtlt nn zlng w xy lhey h td t :ken off the C oldbergs and put IH tll9lI' pl ice two famous grand opera slnffers Olfra Cxoy ann and Eugene C tse C ise had declded that there was more money ln operi than IH bemg Nlay or of Lanesboro 'lhey had for then' aecompanxst Ahce Newman Haylng reeely ed lll th1s yaluable lnformatlon l hastened home and so to bec Rrlght and exrly next mormnff I went down to the ofbee Recalllng that the Oly mplcs had been held durmff the summer I deelded to look oy er our past files to see lf any of my classmates had partlclpated The hles rey ealed that Leon Lombard was eaptaln of the -Xmerlean SXVIIH mmg team Desp1te the fact that Hollywood contalns many dashlng men ffl, X55 UI' ,Il Nh. 11252 0-5 . . . , , Y f. . , C , . I fa v ' 1. V Y ' .. Y v -s f f ' 'f , vf - ' f . V.. l . '. - - - . - cC ,C c C c C V -4' ' K A c C . C ' Dc ZC LV ' CC C. 2 U 4 11 I I 1 1 2 C L C . . C f ' C 2 'lf ' ' C' C' 2 C' .'C' Z 'C . 1 ' 4 ' ' ' . v C ct . C Y C, a. . . v. . . Y Y 1 C 4 CC C. C , V . v . f . . c C 4 . s L C x ni h :C A C, Y I . K U C c at . c C 1 ' f 1 4 I 71 . LC c C C. c , 1 1 I I 1 rs I 4 v, ' n I V 1 ' , c cv. 4 C C C. c ' Y ' C . v V' ' f V I , c c ' Z., , C, C C C . C c C ' C C' . I I C v vf 1 ' v' 1 T v ' c QC CC C. C C . .1 . 1 . . 'C . ' ' , L, L aC C Cx K L ' 1 f T 1 f . ' V' . . ' .1 . Y c C LC c CC C. c C' CQ , ' V .' C' 1 , 2 ' EC' ' 2 ' 1 . 1 r '1 1 C c C 1. . 1 ,C 7 - ' I f yr s c LC C c c , C QC C i U . v . fs F .4 l I v c . , 7 4, C C C C . ,, r N . . Y . , C 4 cC C cl D . . . W 1 , . I . . . C C I 1 C, , C c 1 . . . . I V. -- . v V . ,C . C LC, C , C , '. ' 1 . f. - . 1 4' ' lf 'l . C C C 4C C C - 4 1. . C I ' ,Z 'QC' C C . YY 1 ' ' ' VY . . C C - . . , v Y . 1 C C 8 c ,, c C 1. K 4 . c c 1 ' ' . C v ' 1 . .' C L c , c C r g C L., C, bg 1 ' 1 w ' - . f . 1 . , 1 C V Cx u Cu. C C s . . s Y . . ,c c Y C LA c . 1 4 C , C C v c . L Y , v 2 C' vc c c , cf . 1 y v - v v ' . c f. V C C. . c c v . AN . D v 1 C f ra ' v cf F 1 Y bv cfs c S c 4 c . f Y f. Y I C - ' 4 V - 1

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N Glletaa Igrnphrrg N X IX 1l M IC e -X n 1po'1 NI1rxl 1d C omm 1nd mt s C ICQ Nllss C rue DG oe New X ork C hromc lt New X ork C ltx C race Class reunlon w1ll be held I1nu 11x 79 Stop At Vttndtll Hott' Stop I md out octupatlons of tl 1ssm 1tes Ifob C xnfleld Ih1s telegram w1s the Hrst tlnng th 1t greeted mt when I returned from lunch After I had read It I stood mu mg ox er the p1 t 1nd wondtrmg how I could obtam the desired IlII'0I'INlIlClI1 Hut 1 lI9WNIJiIJ6I' lob ls not 1n e1sx one and so I was brought b 1tlC to exrth bx the ollue box tellmff me th It I was wanted IN the edltor s ofllce At thls announcement I l1ughed 1nd w iIIx9Cl 1nto the clnef s room How Stupld I had been 'I here was one ansxx er rlght under mx nose for the Fdltor I started to tell hlm about the reumon He h 1d ClllI1C3I'9l1f ICIQIS Ihere had been blg 'KCICIGHI ox er at Nth Street Some IIHDOTI 1nt person h 1d been hurt and taken to the Presbx terlan I OSDlt1l I w 1s told to rush ox cr 1nd get the partlculars I reached the hospltal and started toward the ofhce to get the CIQSITGCI lnformatlon As I rounded the corner I bumped mto a whmte cl1d figure Io my surprxse I found that lt was Harold XI eltm 1n He told me that he was head surgeon there I told h1m what I had come for 1nd he IIIXIIGCI me up to see the patlent VI hom shou'd I behold but the great crmnnal lawxer IX 1ll1am Greenwood' He was not so badlx mlured as had been supposed for he was callmg for hls secretarx Harrlett Rlce to haxe her attend to some buslness matters So we were allowed to talk It seemed th 1t there were sex eral former classmates now at work IH thlg xerx hospxtal C ertrude Stack had the honor of belng the onlx woman surgeon wh1Ie Irene C'otx 'xlarx Fenwlck Marlan Lewis Susanne Sardam and 'Nlarlan Smlth were all graduate nurses Closely connected w1th the hosp1tal was a well known undertaker John Green who was doing a xerx profitable buslness Vte dlscussed the accldent and I left for the ofhce VI hen I returned I handed ln mx report and I also managed to get ID a few words about the reumon Ihe chlef asked me 1f I were pald to help out wxth a reunlon or as reporter for hls new sp 1per Hut 1s I Went out he told me to go ox er to the WEAP broadcastlng statlon where I ITIIQIII pos xblx get some help 32 SH IUII KNXlKI. If fa 'z I 1 I my . n 1 fs, . 1 jzu ' 1 1 Ill' -- I ' : I .f I I. . , L 2 'A' tl , I I ' ti sl 'V J '. ' 'I ' i 4 Ek L- ' 1 1 A . 1 x 'a 1 . ' ' , s s' ' 1 as 2 ' 1' g ' .' ' I ' . . 2 1 f 1 :ij . .g g 2-' 2 L' '- j lf, ze fs 7 ' ' I ' I '. 1 g z 'z ' ' ' ' . . ' : Q ' D' 5 , , - ln-Chlef of the New York C'IiI'OIll't'lt' was no other than Edward Michelson. . ' ' . z ' ' ' a ' . ' ' ' , T. ' . ' z s 2 .ij L 'z, 5 'ft C sf ,, . . . , . ' ' L 2 ' vy ' ' . , 1 1 f - A LA I V ' ' ' r ' 1' - V 7 .7 A a 7 , , , , A, , , , - - . v' ' f 7 1 v 7 7 , . v . L ,. ' I 1 2 . af' , v I ' 1 , . ' A . ' , Y ' V 35' N, 5.

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'NIUR KNNU Lombard seemed to give them cause for alarm On this team was another classmate James Snell The women s Olympic swimming team was captamed by 'Vlarjorie Renne champion diver Her team included Barbara Roscoe and Doris 'len Broeck Our class was also represented on the track team as it was captamed by Benjamin Kincaid the Platinum Kid VN 1ll1am Spasyk international sprint er was also representing us Auto racing had been added as a new event Clinton Rodda had entered the mechanic was Charles Barnes 'lhough they did not win the race they made it evident to the people of Hollywood that there IS a place called Pitts field After I had exhausted this information I looked through the files of sport mg events 'Ihe first notice that met my glance was Edward Hlckey Athletics youngest and best find pitches another victory for his teammates Fvldently Eddie had gone baseball in a big way but not quite so big as the former Babe Ruth Two of his teammates were 'lom Harrington and Eugene Archey while two opponents on the Yankees were Edward Martm and Edward Johnson The next item of interest stated that America had at last gained two people to take the place of Helen Wills Moody and Bill Tilden 'lhey were Helen Sawyer and Alfred Bachus Both were traveling fast Cit was all in the day s workl and had lost a lot of weight according to reports John Majchrowskl had been elected President of the Isaac Walton League His outstanding contribution to the club was the pr1nt1ng of a sign which stated When bigger and better fish are caught I W League members will catch them In the field of horseracmg there was new material At the Kentucky Derby a horse owned by the Rebecca Gifford racing stables had won over the favorite Blue Monday on whom the betting had been 32 1 It was stated that Bookmaker Walter Biety had won enough money on that race to retire It was a lucky thing for him that Rebecca had decided to own horses instead of Just drawmg them It prov ed to be more profitable for both Just then the clock struck nine and I hastened to my office On my desk I found a notice telling me to report at the monthly meeting of the literary club So I grabbed a pad and pencil and left Arriving at the club room I knocked and was told to enter Going in I beheld all the young writers of the day I went toward the chalrm in and I found that it was Betty Grand Llenard, the most prominent woman novelist of the day Jean Horelly, another young authoress, was sitting to the right of the chairman Marjorie Young who had Just published her latest novel, Strange People tit was rumored to be a story of her former classmatesj was also present Lauretta Laurin, who had published the book, How To Grow Tall, and Margaret McN1choll, the authoress of a book entitled, The Lady 54 Tiki' I if ff! Alf R . L c ' , . , . . . . . . g . . J . , Y . H K . Y . . . . ,, . . ,, ,. . . . I . J ' x ' ' , . . L . . l C his auto, The Spirit of Pittsfield. His relief driver was William Eliott, and , C I L' 1 ' ' W ' ll ' ' Y 7 Y . . . ,, . , . .. , . . , . U , 7 7 . . . , . . . , ll ' ' 7 7 ' ' 77 y 1 ' ' ' . . 7 Y ' 7 . z ,