Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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MOUNTING CORNERS Best by Every Test” The NuAce Corner is an artistic device for holding prints, snapshots or post cards in albums or elsewhere. Place one on each corner of print, moisten, and press down. Print is easily removed, if desired. NuAce are very strong; glue is guaranteed. NuAce are now made in five Colors: Black, Whitt, Grey and Sepia—100 to package; Gold—60 to package. Only one style and size. Price 10c a package. For sale where Photo Goods are sold and at the 5 and 10 Cent Stores. Made only by ACE ART COMPANY 12 Gould Street Reading, Mass. THE READING GREENHOUSES FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Phone 0701 143 So. Main St. CONSULT your Insurance Agent as you would your Doctor. He knows the land and amount of insurance you should carry. His policies protect you, your business, and your loved ones as the Doctor’s prescription does your health. It’s Food for Thought PRENTISS PARKER Reading Office Boston Office Masonic Block 40 Broad Street Tel. Reading 0249 Tel. Hubbard 7880 Go H. ATKINSON CO. CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES FINE TEAS AND COFFEES THE STORE WHERE QUALITY COUNTS One Friend Tells Another Our Advertisers are cur main support, patronize them

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THE PIONEER PAGE TWENTY-ONE The Mid -night Rescue A tickling sensation in his nostrils awoke Matt Grey. Half asleep he lay staring into the darkness. Presently his eyes began to smart and he got up in terror. He sniffed the air; there was smoke in the house. The moon sent a shaft of light across the foot of his bed. He could see wisps of smoke. Kicking off the bedclothes, Matt rushed for the door and a volume of black smoke rushed in. He shut the door hastily. In a room on the floor below him slept Matt’s Uncle Jed. He was not an uncle most boys would boast about, but Matt could not let him perish in the fire. Uncle Jed had taken Matt when he was a small boy. He had given him a home and clothes although the latter were hardly worthy of that name. Uncle Jed owned the only hardware store in Ridgefield. Over this store Jed had his quarters, while Matt was obliged to sleep in the attic. As the smoke was rapidly filling the small attic room, Matt left the door and hurried to the window. Here the boy hesitated. Then suddenly climb¬ ing out upon the sill, he reached for the drainpipe, gripped it, descended to the lean-to below, and jumped to the ground. Scantily clad, his feet bare, Matt hurriedly tried every window of the store. Ea ch one was securely fastened from within. He called for help. No answer. The town slept soundly. There was no time for delay. Pick¬ ing up a brick, Matt broke a pane of glass and reaching up through the opening, unlocked the window. Lift¬ ing it he crawled through. The room was thick with smoke but there was scarcely any heat. It was plain that the fire had started in a heap of rubbish in the back of the store. Matt tried in vain to reach the stair¬ case leading to his Uncle’s bed room. The smoke overwhelmed him. As he staggered back to the window to breathe the fresh air, a new thought came to his dazed mind. Sam Davis, Uncle Jed’s clerk, had served in France and had come home with all his war outfit. Only yesterday he had brought his mask to the store to show it to Uncle Jed. Matt remem¬ bered that Sam had left the mask under the cash desk. Once more Matt filled his lungs with fresh air, and holding his breath, felt his way across the floor to the desk. Groping about until his hands found the mask, he picked it up and rushed to the window. He was nearly over¬ come, and his burning eyes filled with tears. Somewhat revived by the cool air, he adjusted the rubber contrivance over his face. He found it hard to breathe through his mouth; the mouth¬ piece itself felt immense. He could hardly get his lips around it, but he kept at it until he had stuck his teeth into the bit of rubber. Then he hastened back into the house. On the stairway the smoke was al¬ most too much for him, but he did not falter. He stumbled up the stairs, the heat now .scorching his meagre clothing. After a hard climb, he reach¬ ed the top and broke into Uncle Jed’s room. He found his uncle overcome from the smoke. Soaking a towel in a wash-basin, Matt bound the wet cloth over his Uncle’s mouth and nose and shook him vigorously. Jed roused himself enough to come to his feet with the boy’s as¬ sistance. There was no exit but the smoke- filled stairway through which Matt had to take his Uncle, who was tottering on his feet and leaning heavily against Matt. Before they could reach the bottom, a clatter of glass and the sound of flying wood announced the arrival of the fire-apparatus. The firemen had broken in the front door of the store and were ready to ply the hose on the flames, when to their great surprise, they saw a small boy come staggering out of the smoke- fi lled store, dragging a man. Uncle Jed had fainted at the front of the stairs. A big crowd, gathered be¬ fore the store, greeted the brave boy with lusty cheers and several men rushed forward to take Uncle Jed. Matt, as soon as he had been relieved of his burden, fell exhausted into the arms of a neighbor. The firemen worked hard and soon had the fire put out. No great damage was done to the store and Uncle Jed was himself again after a very narrow escape; thanks to Matt’s timely rescue. M. M. ’30.

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A Coll egc for Women, in Boston Regular college subjects plus courses in secretarial science, teaching, and other vocational studies. 2 YEARS FOR DIPLOMA 4 YEARS FOR DEGREE College enjoys all the advantages of being a separate college for women, with its own classroom buildings and dormitories, while, at the same time, it partakes of the many advantages that come to a department of a large university. For catalogue, address BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS T. LAWRENCE DAVIS, LL.D., DEAN 27 GARRISON STREET. BOSTON TO EVERY STUDENT The habit of saving is a part of every successful man’s or woman’s program. And now is an excellent time for YOU to form that habit. Start a fund for your gra duation or college expenses now. Let your small change create the f und that you will need later. MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK 195 MAIN STREET McPherson Daniel Lufkin’s New Market Suits to Order Choice Groceries and Provisions Pressing and Repairing Butter — Eggs Fruits — Vegetables Cleansing and Dyeing Quality and Service Tel. 0079-J 189 Main Street When in Doubt DROP INTO THE RADIO BOX 7 HARNDEN STREET And Find Out Tel. 0791 Our Advertisers are our main support, patronize them