Punchard High School - Prism Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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new skinless potato which comes from the ground wrapped in cellophane paper. If the potatoes are planted in warm weather you are guaranteed to get the nicest batch of potato chips. Editor Funari congratulates Edward McVey for capturing single hand- ed a trio of bandits that tried to hold up the National Bank. For this great deed, Of- ficer McVey was appointed to the office of Police Commissioner. Turning to the sport page, I see that Bean BalT Bendroth of the Boston Braves shut out the New York Yankees in the first game of the 1953 World Series. The Yankees came back with Fireball Codiii the following day and shellacked the Braves. Jack Barberian, the greatest fielder since Joe DiMaggio, hit three homers and a triple for a perfect day. Flash Morrissey, the streak of the class of ' 43. has broken all records in the mile race. He ran the mile in 3:15. (Three minutes and fifteen seconds or three hours ?nd fifteen minutes. I leave that to you to decide I . Pinch me again, or am I dream- ing? I read that Jack Mar key, the AU- American halfback, states that his B. C. charges will go to a bowl this year. If I know Markey, his team will go to the Sugar Bowl. His team really deserves the best competition. Dick Steiiiert, the great Punchard guard of ' 43, is playing pro ball with the Beavers. He threw many blocks that really aided the Beavers in defeating the Green Bay Packers. He hasn ' t lost any of the old punch. Turning to the funnies, I see that Isa- belle Townsley is drawing Orphan Annie and Marguerite Surette is drawing Super- man in Private Life. On the last page of the paper I notice that the fire depart- ment is giving an exhibition on 23rd street. I take my hat and coat and go to watch the demonstration. When I arrive. I see a man mounting the ladder. The boots on his feet are of enormous size. By the noise he is making I recognize Smokie Moore. Giv- ing the directions is Chief Donald O ' Con- nor. The smoke is supposed to be coming from a fire on the 23rd story. There is a line of girls w aiting to jump into our hero ' =; arms. As they do, I recognize Isabelle W hite. Mary York, and Dot Young. Dot Young is clinging tightly to Fireman Moore, and Smokey is really enjoying the demonstration. On my way back towards the hotel, I pass a radio store and hear a voice say, ■ Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North Amer- ica — Flash! Connie Boddy is bringing you the latest news of Ballardvale, the Model City of the land. Passing the radio store 1 come upon the Ferrier and Fettes Exercise School, which guarantees to give you a smaller waistline and make you feel ten years younger in six lessons. That is some slogan. Edith Anderson is one of the mod- el students. Eileen Fitzpatrick and a few notables make up the class. The sign across the street reads, What Atlas Maddox Cant Do For You. ' ' ' He is a rival of the Ferrier and Fettes Corporation. Maddox says, From a forty-seven pound weakling I became the world ' s most perfectly de- veloped man. Earl is trying to pull a fast one because he was no weakling in high school. He never chewed toothpicks; he always had to have spikes. 1 turn the dial on my Tele-Photo set and find that the next scene is in New York. The Powers Models are really something to gaze at. They are modeling the popular dress of the day, the sarong. I know some of the modeh: Dot Coolidge, Mildred Vi- delo. Jackie Verrette, and Kay 0 ' Riordan. Regretfully I turn the dial. Those models are really something out of dreamland. But as you have heard, too, The Best Music of all goes to Carnegie Hall . Here Miiia Manthorne, who has surpassed Lily Pons, is appearing for the first time. A further turn of the dial brings me to Para- mount Theater,, where Jo-Anne North- graves. Ginger Srnillie, and Jean Gilfoy are starring in A Sweater, a Sarong, and a Peekaboo Bang. The other picture stars Henry Albers. the King of the Cowboys, in All Good Bandits Die With Their Boots Off. Playing with Henry is 5pi7- fire Driscoll. who hides Henry under the bed when the Lone Ranger comes to seek the notorious bandit. Helen Gigis and Claire Lefebvre are bringing back the stage-shows which had 27

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By looking into the mist of the future, and by means of my Tele-Photo Electric Wave, the secret of which I alone know, I can with some certainty predict the future of the class of 1943. While working in my laboratory last night I turned on my Tele- Photo Radio Wave. It brought before my eyes the members of the class of ' 43 as they will be in 1953 A. D. I saw them in all phases of life; radio announcers, models, actresses, engineers, athletes, and many other interesting vocations. These pictures I shall now reproduce for your satisfaction. As 1 turn on the current, my Photo Wave shows me returning to Andover in a large airliner with Wrong Way ' ' Hamlin and Tailspin Nowell as pilots. Wrong Way Hamlin is the pilot who took off from Boston, headed toward Andover, but land- ed in Topeka, Kansas. He didn ' t blame it on the compass, but on some blonde, whose picture kept coming into his mind like a mirage. Who knows but that she might have been a stowaway. The hostess, Mary Joynson, tells us passengers to buckle our safetv belts. Someone remarks that he doesn ' t see a landing field, but the hostess tells him it ' s only a safety precaution, since ' ' Tailspin ' ' Noivell has just taken over the controls and anything is likely to happen. The plane lands safely and an Always First cabby asks if I wish to go to a hotel. 1 accept his offer, and as we speed off I discover that he is none other than Bob Herman. He tells me that he had wanted to drive a locomotive, but the nearest thing he can eet is a steam driven percolator pro- duced by that King of Heeps. Paulie Hood. On arriving at the hotel, I see a man dressed in a snappy uniform, with four gold stars on his shoulders, gold braid on his coat sleeve, and a gold-hilted sword at has side. I go to salute him, but he says, As you were, Frankie; Fm only the door- man. I see it is Bobbie Emmert, the boy wonder of high school days. At the desk is Jennie Palenski. The first thing I notice about her is that old Ipana smile of high school days, only I believe the tooth paste is Rogge ' s special, a little on your teeth before and after meals will bring a bright sparkle to the dullest teeth before bed- time. The secret is the 60 per cent phos- phorous used. A slender bellboy takes my bags to a nearby elevator. I recognize Jim Bam ford, who still has that Phila- delphia accent. He really has grown a great deal. He is still trying to sell me the idea that he was truly the greatest basketball player that ever came out of Punchard. He still has his old uniform in mothballs and also a few others. I reach my room. Tossed on the bed is a copy of The Bugler, the largest news- paper in New England. Rita and Richard Lynch publish this paper, which has a col- umn for the West Andover farmers. I see by this column that no ration book is need- ed if one shops at the Bradshaiv Variety, and they sell everything under the sun. The column also mentions that Nancy Gahan has retired to West Andover so that she may be able to write a book on the life of Donald Look, that great photographer. Look is doing very well for himself. His picture appears on the 3-cent stamp: and on the penny card Look still has his adver- tisement. Buy your Christmas Cards at Look ' s. The headlines of the paper state that Admiral Towne has led the Atlantic fleet on a successful mission to a Shangri-La in the Atlantic. On page two I see June Bell ' s column, Emily Post Has Nothing On Me. In this column I read that it is still proper to cut meat with a fork. Dick MacDonald also has a column on page 2. This goes under the heading. What ' s Buz- zin ' . Cousin? ' It states that Leroy Cronier and his Hot Shot band will be playing in the park on the 23rd. Teresa Lefebrve, Louise McDonald, and Betty Morgan are part of his band, which is the number one band in the country. On the editorial page there is a column, This Sober Town. written by the Editor, Fred Furnari. He states that the gentleman farmer, Teddy Eschholz, has revolution- ized the potato market. Ted introduced the 26

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completed vanished. Helen and Claire have a ver good troupe of dancers, which includes Emily Livingston, Helen Gordon, and Esther Dirnlich. Now turning the knob to the left I see that George Richards and Florian Mar- coux, who drove the racer Thunderbolt along the bank of the Shawsheen River at 900 miles an hour, have been arrested by Police Chief Donald MacLellan for driv- ing too slowly on Demkoski Boulevard. I wonder what the boys were driving, offi- cer? Horses! A loud noise on the Photo machine tells me that Ballardvale is calling. Ovei the waves flashes a picture of Robert Mears, now manager of Dick ' s Variety Store. Next I see the Vale ' s Mayor. Arnold Schofield, giving an address from the balcony of the Vale Post Office Building, now twenty stories high. Teaching in the Ballardvale school are Florence Bernard and Cornelia Yancy. Ruth Webster is seen in Dick ' s Variety, signing autographs. She is now the number one personality girl in the country. Back in Andov er we find Jane Patter- son, unveiling a statue of our hero, Wil- liam Holland, who in 19 ' 4 sank four enemy vessels single handed. The Bugler has reached the streets, and Jack Henderson and Art Beer appear in a picture on page one. Jack, who now owns the Andover Recreational Cen- ter, defeated Beer, owner and President of Tyer Tech, in a game of pool in Hen- derson ' s Recreational Center. He has been trying to beat Beer in a game of pool since 1943. Beer, who sneaked home when the streets were empty, states that Henderson just barely beat him on some awful screwy shots. Why did Arthur sneak home when the streets were clear? Well, the stakes were really high in this friendly game of pool. Dialing 320, I see that the Andover General Hospital has a very capable and famous surgeon, Jeanne Gregory. Aiding her are an efficient assistant, Mary Elli- son, and an able corps of nurses: Irene Kupis, Isabel Deyermond, Rovena East- man, Ethel Watts, and Muriel Pullen. At the desk of the hospital is that capable secretary Teresa Nollet, who is seen bang- ing away at the typewriter keys. Andover indeed has developed a great deal since 1943. Yes, and to think that the class of ' 43 has had so much to do with it! Slowlv the lights dim and flicker out. I try desperately to get the machine work- ing again, but my effort is futile. A very complicated part has burned out and I shall not he able to see into the future for a V hile. I, like the rest of my fellow mor- tals, must wait to discover what time has in store for me. Frank Buntin 28