Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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9 me.1nt xx I1en I1e X 11d 'I o he or not to he C I11ra L11x1n IIUQIIII the honored subject ot I 1t1n ICJIIII NI1cIC1e prewtded 1n the C hemlstry rIep1rtment Augus 1p chntf t1us:ht Gern IxeIx11 Iiox held Ingh exteem 111 the Ie11rnec HuI11eet of 111 1tI1en1 1t1e I11ro1r1 I I1Ixe xx IS the head ot the Fngzhsh eIep1rt ment IN Greenf1eId I tI1er -Xnthonx xx IS De IH of G1rIs 1t P H S NI11r,q1ret H11rr1n,1ton t1uffI1t COCJIUIIII I11rI11r1 Sherm 1n xx11s 1 sexxlng teaeher Ihese txxo xxere No ttex er tI1 II xx 15 11d th 1t tI1e Household Arte glrlx xxouId m1 e , xx1 N ex CI 1I UI t IC CII I11rI Iecome gzx 111 IIINIILIC tore 1n the sc I1oo S IIIFCJIIKSIICJLI I1erIx hlre C ou11tx Ihex xxere X IXIIII NIeI1 He1en Croxvlex, Dorothy lurdx 1ne CJI1xe H11wIf1x Ie xmu I1ere I xx 1 Ierd down South Street SIZIYICIIIIU' IH front of 11 In vro1e1x store I heheld C eorffe NI1ner t 1II lnff to XI1II111m Vx 1II ILC I stopped to t1IIx xx1tI1 tI1e111 George oxx ned the stoxe 1nd XI 1II ICC xx IQ the Ing: butter 1nd egg 111 111 Aero N the xt1eet xx lw mother I 1rgze Qtore xxI11eh was owned hx Iloxd Allen I otuse C odex xx IS h1s hookleeeper 11nd Ii 1x mond I ouI1n xx IS 1 eterk there I toxd md George xxe1e r1x 1Is so George I11d to go one better He not on x I11d Ien1 I errone tor h1s e 1sI11er but he htred Dorothy C'r111k IS h p11x 1te ette IIe sud tI1 1t 111 tI1e summer Iloxd hought hrs ICG ron1 the IJCIIIIC7 C o xx I11cI1 xx 1 oxx ned I1x Ieuth Denno, so he got hu Irom C IYIIQTIHC IIC th 1t I eck xx IN the ffoII pro xt the C ou11try C Iuh CILIYIIIU' the Summer 1ut t11t durtnxf tI1e xxmter he took nfe QINV SxxeI jo 1, 111 1 ee S1 He S1111 tI111t CJIgJ1 Durt xx11s Supermtendent ot tI1e House of NIerey xlrglnlan Rose xx 11s CIICIICI 1n there Geolgge 1 Ixed 1t I h 1d I1e 1rd 1I1out the t11p HIYIIITQCI SIIIIIII 1nd NI 1r5z1ret 1tI1 h 1d I Cen to I IC Ixx 1e1opI II1ex I1ndeds1IeIx hut xxI1en t1ex If 111 ueI1 food cone 1 I11 p 11111151 I1e ICIXI ed 111e to eo 1nd see the I11wIeetb1II g1me that nlght lt tI1e boxs C uI1 I took IIIN 1dx1ee 1nd went I'r1ne1N I1 1I1ex xx11s e1pt11n ot the LXII St IFS Ioe 'XIendoeI11 xx 1x t lllt 1111 oI tI1e 'XI1tIgI6Ix XX I11Ie XX III1 1111 C hrletophero pI1x er on I IIICX X te 1111 Anthonx C uII xx 1x center o11 tI1e 'xltdgets -Xttel the Il 1me I met IIIICIICI 1nd xxe rode up p 1st IIIC I 1Iee Helntormed n1e th 1tC I111Iotte Ixmff xx 1s 11oxx oxx 11e1 ot Iireefx Ixnoll She m 1de enough money durmgthe xummet e txon to Npend tI1e xxmtet 111 I Ior1eI1 XI e stopped at E1 Qt11nd t xx 11 one ot 1 1I11111 ot Duteh Ixttehens oxx ned hx Domi Brune 1 fe IN e en1ox ed tI1e hot dom md 1Ite1 whort 11de tulned I1'1eIe toxx 1rd Ptttsfleld xxhen I ot I11eIC to the hotet 1te'e11r1m 1xx uted 111e Iron1 tI1e C'h1eI teIImg, n to ILIIIIII IIIIIIICCIII eIx NIx x IC 1t1o11 xx 15 eut Short but xxh1t ehfferente t 111 e 111 IC dexued 1lIIOII'l1lIIOI1 1e1dx Ior I1eu C.1nf1e OCCUIJIIICJIIN ot III9 Iune 11137 ffl ICIUQIIIIIQ' e' uw ot P H S xx 1s noxx complete I mea 1111 o1 Ilelljorze I 111111 Ilzlen Comte Ifolurt Ccnzjuld C1l,xSS CD I ,I l'Yl'I. I 32 30 f v 1-r ' U ' 1 , I 1 v' 1 ui , a f C C .1 1 11 . - . 1 1' 1 15' s 1 1 . . .1- t11 If s' ' ', 1 A ' 1 11111. 'I' L' A' 1 ' Q' 11 ' ' I .' 1 .' 1 1 1 '1 '1 1 3,2 ' '13 1 ' 2 y 1 ' ' 11 '1 . is 1 I ' 1 :1 . .. 111 1 I ' .A J I v . 1 .' 7' 1 1 1 ,1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 . 1 . ' ' 1.1 11 '1 217 ' '1 .1 111' 1 1 : 1 . .1 ' .1 ' 1 k 1 101 I x'e1:. S1'1': I1g IS 1 111 1 j ',' ' 1 I: I t J . I . ,. U .. ,Z A Az, , 7 .Y , 1 I .' '1 1 'eg .:1 1 ' ' . '-' 'Q b ,' Q1 Lgb 1 Qi.. b 1 ' 1 . '1 1 ' s '1 1 '1 1 1 11. ' 1 1 . .1 sq '1g'1 1 . 1 1'1 1 Q' I - 'I v 1 ' - . ' Y. . 1 ' 1 ' ,. I D L e . . c i , . If 1 ,11 '1 -' 'S ' if is '1 1 r 1 t11rx'. 1 151' 1 ' 1 Q 1 ' 9' '. '1 I 1 I ' ' - 1 ' 1 ' 7 1 1 '11 ' If ' 1 . QP e , 1 L 'I'rude111's C'0ITIIJ2tIIY. .lust then Iiohert IIe1e1Ie clrox'e by 11nd xx111x'eeI to us. ISIII s1'I 1 '11' 1, ' 1 1' ' ', . I I1 ', 11' 1 1 ' . I.'I 'II1II'II. .1 I 'e .1 ' ' 2 I . '1 1 11s'1 1 11 1 1 1 .1 111 Sm' 1 11I'1 ':III'0l1 1' 1 1' ZIIIC. ' ' j 1 1 Cl '1j ' I L' IeI't, the IIx'in, Iield was not ' 5 1 I1 1 I'tion. 1 1 1' 11 S1 1 11 1 1 ' 1 ' 'I . ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 '1 M' '15 11 1' ' 1 1 ' A , 1 V1 .A .2 Al. . A . , . ,. .Z , ZA'- I 1 Ii ,. A' I '1 .' 11 1 1 ' 1 A I J' 1 2 X I 2 . l 2 'A A lx' 1 Q ' V. . I l I 1 ' 1 1 1' ' ' 1 1 1 .1 1 V' '. Ie, . I I' 1 ,ll 1' 1 ' '1 ' . ' 1 g 1 1' 1 1'.1 1 , 1 1 11' ' ' ' ' f 1e '1 ' ' 1'zt1,'. 'zu' 1 : '1 ' -1 did I 11k '.' I I1 I tI 1 ' 1 ' '11 K' ' 1' t. ' Id the 1' . .ZL.b'i 1113: ' . .. 'zz' 1 . 'I' 11 I - U

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N Robert Fby was the plano play er He cert nnly h 1d learned '1 few thmgs smce hls graduatlon Dennls Stl ibarsl pl ned the trumpet R xy mond Delilols was the cl xrmet play er Don xld Gow ny drew forth peppv tones from IIIS trom bone II llter XIICIIQI had become tht Rudy N zllee of the day by me ms of Ins sxxophone playlng H 1rr1ett NI ut ow III smff md dlrected the orchestra Her SIIIQIIIKEI was so pathetlc th tt It m ide one or two people cry Later when leay mg I met Dorls Hunt t ilklng to Don Cjoew ey I stepped up 1nd lddressed her is DOTIS Hunt Imlgme my embarrassment when I le xrned th tt she was 'XIrs Donald Cloewev I m maged to offer mv congratu latlons and departed hastlly I walked up North Street and declded to ttke ln a show I went to the I mon Square whxch had been remodeled by contractor Donald Wllker Sadle 'XIuns1nger was tlcket seller there She told me th at Russell Brundlge was the camera operator and that VI llllallli Boos was the manager Blll could go out anv tlme he pleased now mstead of hay mg to thmk up 3llblS as he had 1n the old days when he was only an usher After the perfolmance Josephme Carneyale who was employed by theI xtht News talked on the rlsks taken by newsreel men On the way home I passed the new II mter G xrden On a poster outslde I saw that Gerald Spamol whose mm wer w is Alfred Anderson teudently he had gone back to managmg menb was to hght II llllam Nychochuck 1n the mam As I walked by the C range H all the Demotrxtlc rally was Just gettmg out I learned that II1lham I oley ind Xmerlco C antarella were candldates for mayor and clty clerk respectly ely If o ey h td been nommated on the pl ltform whlch embodled the promlse of strlcttl tntortement of the 18th amendment Next mornlng I went up street to do omc shoppmg VX alker Hosmer md George Mendel were partners ln the OVNTIQTSIIID of the Ireadway Department Store 1 llml H11roren who had just been elected Mlss Pxttsfield was model mg ln a fash1on show that thev were puttmg on 'XI1ch'1el Slmon was general manager for the store Stella Iy anow lc! Fsther Johnson and lVIary Alvaro were department buyers The thlrd floor was wholly dey oted to toy s Albert Blshop was head of thls and was y ery IUHQUIUS 1n rnaklng toy noveltles Carohne Emerson asslsted hlm The fourth floor had been gn en oy 91 to a beauty paxlcr Delphma Tagha f erro w as the leasee BQSSIQ Puly er and Better VN eller w ere halrdressers Margaret Nllller ard Ro e Codella were masseuses Ilorence Xmcent WHSIAIHHHICUFISK Ihen I drlfted IH at the Agrltultural Bank Maryellen 'XIurphy was an accountant Donald Eansley was one of the tellers Esther XICIIQISOII was prlyate ecretary to the Pre ldent It was thought that Deyma Bockmg as lstant ecretary mlght con he ady anced as Esther was rumored to be en gaged to '1 certaln Annapohs officer After I had drawn out some money I went down to the hlgh school Ihere were many cars parked outslde so I g xthered th xt It must be some spetlal ex ent It proy ed to be '1 teachers tony entlon for II estern 'XI xssxthusetts Ernestme Bence and Mary Llewely in were tndeuormg to tc xth SGIIIOFS what Hamlet sn sH'l0l: xNNl'xl, 1 In . 1 .I . 2 uv I c c .I .I ' . ' . .Rr I 1. 1 v 1 1 ' I 1 I V c c . V L c - c U , cr . z 1 3 z ' j ' , . : - 3 z If . ' X j z j z s .- sz 'j , z . z ' 1 fa sz ,. z 1 - 5 ' . ' ' z ' z a ' ' '. 1 v- .1 . v. Y 1 , , x 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 -'1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 C L xx Cs L 1 1 K ss I f v ' '1 W 1 1 L c 1 A . 4 V . c L W ' 1 . . y . . v 1 . 1 Y I C 1 V C. 1 if I. . . 2 .I A I . I' ' vf 1 ' - I v C s 1 Q . , v J. f, ' Y. ' v U . A rr 1 y f ' y . 1 1 ya '- x , s, K La. Cs A 4. s x c I - i . J' v ' - bout. Robert Murphy, mayor of West I lttsheld, would referee. . . f 1 z , ' z ' ' Y. I 4' 1 l I1 1 4 I ' ' ,. ' 'f f. ' 1 j z ' ' z l I . . 1 A' I 5 L 1 . . I I s . ' . z V . Y A s 1 1 C A y n ss 4 , I ' Y H U 1 A f C 3 ' f '., u ' , . I ' 1 7 - . 1 V- . . ' . ' - - ' 1 ' 1 f ' , 5. 1 L I ,A I . s I t I, - ' . . ' ' ' . 1 v 1 C 1 A A A V s . V ' vi 1 . c V , .. . - . ' s - ' ' s . . ' y ' ' I' , .s ., s , S ' '. - -. ' ,E - C A 1 1 ' . 'S - t , yy . . f . ,.f 2 z s , . -' f 1. , . . - . C s A Lnsi sg n 1 f Y Y V2 y A J 2 ' I xg 4 if A ' I 1

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NIOR Gilman Qrntnrg I Il'l ISMPI li 4 1929 Nc frlends tvx ls not the mght before C hrlstmas the d zte of the Armlstlct nor xct the tune of the dlsc ox erx ol Amcrlcl as some hlstorv students m 1x trro eouslx SUTIUISQ lt xx 1 to be bxlef the d t of entrx of mother sophomore cl 1ss to lllttsfleld Hlgh School -Xl but xx h ft 1 class' So flllllQI'GHt from my other' So 1Ill6llQQl1l good looltmg md foul 'lgeousl llut let our achlex ements spe tk for themselxe On the day m questlon we tssembled it noon ldut to the double sesslon pl m then ln effectl IH the be tutllul skv blue pmlt xudltorlum of the cr bulldmg on Second Street to hear the lllStI'l1Ct ons of our llflllllll tl Nlr Strout At the close ofhlst tllt we m ide ourw 1x vxlth ibsoluttly no COIIIUSIOI to the home rooms isslgned md proceeded to get atquunted vxlth the school the teachers md each other In thxs ord1n 1ry w ty beg tn ther areer of the most mlm ordm 1rx lhen we entered upon our lllustrlous JUIIIOY' x ear I pon the adx lee of Mr Ford we selected a commlttee to choose thc ible t members of our cl iss to serx e 'ls our Junlor ofhcers 'lhe llst they submltted vxas xoted upon bx the mass Ihose finally chosen were Iresldent Ldwtrd Hlckex X 1ce Presldent Robert Canfield Secretary Ellnor Buck rlreasurer Grace De X oe As our class adxlser we deslred some sophlstlcated person xx ho vx is not bashful Ill anx sense of the word and who would not be embarrassed lf anx of our fennnme cl iss mates sought hls adylce lo fill tlns exalted posmon we those none other than Mr Mllon J Herrlck Lnder the guldance of these able OIIILQTS vxe started to plan our Junlor '1ct1x1t1es Outstandmg among these xxas our IUHIO1 Prom Junlor Proms had been held before but we xowed th xt ours should be one that vxould be re membered when all others were forgotten As our general chalrman we select ed VI 1ll1am Greenwood On the ex enmg of June 12 there was great 9XClt9ITl9Ilt m many homes ln Plttsfleld for that was the nlght chosen bx the commlttee for the Prom 'I h1s may seem tr1x1al to some but to us nt IN one of the greatest ex ents IH the hlstorv of the school It was a x erx spe 1al occaslon smee It was the last Prom to be hed 1n the Glrls League For the ex ent the hall was decorated ln our school colors of purple and vxlnte For muslclans vxe had our cholce of Rudy xallee s Connectlcut 'lanltees Guy Lombardo s Roy 'xl Clan adxans or Blll Dehey s Merry Makers Bellex 1ng that xxe should patronwe our home town muslclans vxe chose the lxlerrv lxlakers lo those vxho attend ed and wltnessed the large crovx d there the lmportance of tlns ex ent was ex ldent In September of the thlrty first year of the twentleth centurx a famous class stampeded through the front doors of a modern bulldmg to the tune of a cllck mg camera whlch was attemptmg to make a lastlng plcture of the rush In the audltorlum of the new Plttsfield Hlgh School 'XIr Strout proceeded to glx e us mstructlons about the letter E rather than A B or C Vl e soon gamed 60 Sl-ff KNYYKI, 1 6 F ' 4 ' 4' ' s ' . ' -. . ' ' ' 4 1 I A , 1 . . 1, , ., c. ,' if, , , .' .V .' S LA' 1 ti J Q' Q .' . Qs, ' , 1 21 e z 1. . Q . .' .. . 1, 'L z 1 - ' ' . v W ' l' Y' . , . ... 4 . I , , 1 - L S , ' 1.3 2 I 1 S z , 1 s .- - 'z -1 - . st , 1. .I ' ,I .l ' 2 ,. . . A , 1' , 1 z ', z aj Y' 2 . 1. ' 1 1 - . 1 . 1 1 1 4 1 ' v. 1 4 U 9 N 4 ink , C f C n Y V ny C ' . . 2 z , 2 I '-z s ' - z j 1 s v ' v . . ' . ' I ' class ex er to battle lts way through the courses of P1ttsne.d Hlgll School. , ' - ' s 11 : s ' ct .. .I . l . I ll , il tt. . D ' 4' . ' . v. . fs' L ' ' 7 4 ' .f r ' - 1 1 . 1 X 1 w 1 Y J I , , , . , f . . A l. f , . . . C f 'z. ', I . . , ss A Can' f - ' v' . 'l ' 1 , - ffe' - , fs s U L. Q n I A, , s v . . . . K 1 i ' n ' 4 A , ' 2 : . L f - 1 . . 7 ' 4 A L C , L ' 1 ' Cs 1 , . ' T Nl . . , .o . V . t t t . , . . , , N . 1 . gr ' , f ' I 7 ' 7 V fs v l v J sy lc f ' s, . , , . . ,, N , Y A V A pa V - , . . - . sv, , - . . I 1 A ' ' , ' ' li 77 ' v ' . , , .