Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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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 ,

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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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I 'Nl' 9 Swoons were not pre ent 'I hankmg them and expressxng the wlsh of seemg them agaln I left XX hen I arrn ed at the office good news awa1ted me Edltor Nllchel on told me that he had two tlckets for the football game and that he and I were gomg to take the re t of the day off and attend It Y ou see he IS st1ll the same old Fd I got yermx ton to d tsh out to get some new clothes I went ox er to IN CXCIUSIVQ gown shop on I'1fth Avenue It was called Madam Lotus xeaux Shop but the proprletress real name was Helen Coons She to d me that she had a surprlse for me Then she called her four best models Fhey were 'Norma Pore Elalne Ph1ll1ps Ehnor Fmn The fourth was Grace Ames but she was busy at that tlme Helen told me that the dress maker for the Amerlc in made gowns was Salway Napmy and that Llly Renwall was the destgner I hnally selected my gown and went home to dress Lx en when we h d arrlved at the game I d1d not know who was to play except that 1t was an lmportant game I d1d not have tlme to 1nqu1re for my attentlon was caught by the DOISY entrance of one of the spectators It was X lctor De Fd71O the racketeer He IS a very democratlc person and alwavs 1ns1 ts upon h1s ch tufleur Arthur 7w1ngelste1n accompanymff htm It IS sald hand Then I notlced Ieannette Brewer Y W C A pre ldent and her a SlSt3Ht Eunlce Kennedy comlng 1n wlth Lawyer Greenwood and Lawyer Robert Xl hlte I he chlef lmmedlately began to make motlons to attract Greenwood s tttentlon but hc only succeeded 1n gettlng everyone else to look Ifmally Jeannette s tw us and they came over We talked over old t1mes I learned that Mary Parker was a soclal worker and that Marguerlte 'Nlunson and Mary Pelkey were worklng at the Y W C A also Blll called my attentlon to the fact that Elwood Fmch the trapeze per former Edwtrd Ilrockwiy the l1on tamer and Mlldred Ruesch acrobat had dropped ox er to see the game Ihere was a great deal of tpplause as Foster McRell cand1date for the presldency accompan1ed by Lots Denm on ahas Mlss Massachusetts entered the stadlum Ehfabeth Cheyne champlon hltch hlker followed Then George Kelsey who wlth Alan Seymour had broken the record for flymg, xround the wolld c une ID w1th Paullne Klllan who was the model for the C hes terheld idx CITISQITIQIIL Keep K1s able Last but not lexst came Howard NIcGlynn whose plctures were raptdlv sellmg Cluetts Collars 'Ihese were all I had tlme to see for the game started 'Io my surprise I found that P tul Dvcon was captam of one team and that Joe NX OIKKOSKI was captam of the other Ihey were rn als for the best Amerlcan football team X 1I'glI'lIO NIPIFLIII to w as tn end on Dlxon s team 'I he game was xery excltmg and 1t ended wlth the core 13 13 W h1ch prow es that both boys were hung up to the t1tle of athlete After the Crime we ru hed out and managed to get a taxl due to the fact that the operator was an old frlend Herbert Kosher XX e were nearly starx ed sO he stepped on the ea 'Xl e took the corners on two wheels and almost passed CLASS UF ,Lj1, 1 32 57 V ,, Q , . . . . , ,, . c ,I 7 ' , . Y y x v . l . A S . Q . 7 g . , . . kr ., u . s , . 2 . 3 'SS' 2 5 , :'. Y . Z , S' K v 1 f K1 I 1 ' 1- v ' , f ' ' 1 1 ' v , V Av J y . . . y . . i C . 2 5 AT .. . A . n I C. u T ' fb A u A Q r . . 7 . s , . ' 2 , , g , ' g . that he does thls IH case he has to leave in a hurry, thus Speedy Art w1ll be on - , . . . . s' , s ' , Y K, . ,, i . . .1 . , L , . ., . W . . U! . 7 . Y I - 7 2' V 2 7 I 7 ' I I VN Y Y ' ' r W ' C C 7 . r . . .Q . I . ' 7 V Y 7 C 1 74 , , 1 M uv, 1' 1 I r 2 ' , .1 . . . .. , in e L- - 2 ' .Q H 7 HS' H. c , 2 c f . 1 v V - . w K ' ' sc i H A , C K V J , . ' c ' . z , . ' , K ' Y h ' as H ' ' ' 1 C C A Cx C C C C C c . i . V u sv D 'L L ' c . . 1 ' S 'c SZ . . c ' 2 . V. S b- ll , . v r K ' ' . s. gz ' s ' C C 'C T C l , n v v T C, Y ' g.s. ' '