Roslindale High School - Yearbook (Roslindale, MA)

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Elllll IlIllll'HlEY Let us look in upon the office of our two illustrious bureaucrats who are. as we enter. just beginning their annual task of registering the names of those graduates ot' the Graduating Class of 1942 who have achieyed fame in their lines. ranging from assistant directors of the .-Xmalganiated Picture llook Company to presidency of the Xlillionairesi Club of Lower East Potta' wotamie. Colorado. The first name is being drawn -listen: Donald Davidson is president of the Federation of Six-to-Sixty XVUIIIEIIQS Cllubs. Xlflliazn 5-Icliay. although he had been expected to continue on his political career. is now about to open the Nic-Kay Padded Shoulders and Company. lt will most assuredly be a success. as he is one of the best authorities on the subject in the United States. Dorothy Nic-Xabb has recently opened the NIL-Xabb Alf youire ninety well make you look like eighty-nine and ten monthsu Beauty Salon. Nlesdames Norma Delfreytas and Elaine Cataldo. tamed designers of Bing flrosbyis illustrious wardrobe. are seriously considering remodelling their Flat- bush Be-Finery on Fifth Ayenue. lt's connnon knowledge that Bill O'Brien is a sure bet to gain the Hall of Fame of Baseball by achieying the near impossible-batting oyer four hundred for the third year in a row. Teddy Lyons is. at present. engaged in editing the new i'Daley Daily. Betty Crant bas been elected to the position of Exalted High Commander of the Loyal Urder of Carniyerous Canines. with Rochester her Yice-Com- mander. Paul Bates stated ten years ago that some day he would be President of the United States. XYell. he has started that long task- he now is running tor Senator in a Democratic ward. lncidentally he's a Republican. .lohn Sulliyan. accompanied on the piano by Sona Arzamanian. was heard last night with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. They played the second opera of that new composer. Senor Alden Buker. NH Xladre me lleche Dichov. or Xly Xlamma Done Told Xie... Debates in the Senate are brisk and witty. as well as highly' educational. due to the yery fine arguments of the Bepreseiitatiyes from Nlassachusetts. Buth lleflernan. Adelaide Deylin. Amy Dickson. Cloria Florentino. and Eleanor Botti. Eyen the Speaker ol' the llouse. llarold hlohnson. can't get a word in edgewise. which giyes us an example ol' the kind ol' debating going on ni Congress these days. Paul llelliernan. that brilliant. rising District .Xttorney just yesterday successfully prosecuted and eonyicted another publisher of Cfomic Books. Presiding judge was Xliss llarrington. Thus Paul cut another notch in his suspend:-rs. which incidentally were made by the lid Cfolby Deluxe Suspender f.onlpany winch. as you no doubt haye guessed. was constructed by the lfrhnund l,ynsky' ffonstruction Cfonipany. in whose employ is one of the up and eonnng mechanical engineers. .lohn Barniele. page fll'f'l.'flf-fll'H

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tlinnnie Donovan leaves his conservative neckties which could drown out Lockheed .-Xircraft Corporation. Evelyn Ahdelnour leaves Xliss Sullivan far in the rear. Harold johnson leaves his literal translations. Stella Nlacllonough leaves her greatest source ol worry eher marks, Ed Cfolhy leaves his hair at home. Eleanora Xlonaco leaves the lied Cross on its own two feet. James Allen leaves with the distinction of heing the first and definitely the last to memorize Huxley. Arthur Ililly leaves to hecome a salesman for the XYelch Clrape Alniee Clo. Kev Einneran leaves his newspaper clippings to the Cloverninent to help alleviate the paper shortage. Florence Davies leaves the author with a free hooklet on the gentle art of yitterhuggini. Peter Keleher leaves his chair at a sixty-degree angle. Miriam Purce leaves the gymnasium floor looking like a geometry hook. Cussie DeVasto leaves his lunch checks to the highest hidder. Kennie Sullivan leaves the door on 106. much to the relief of said door. John Sullivan leaves the penalty hox all warmed for the next tenant. Alolm XVaters leaves us on the short end of every argument. XVilliam Harrington leaves Cahriel in the lurch. Connie Brigham leaves a peppermint for the teacher, thus doing away with the old-fashioned apple. Alden Buker leaves the Chess Cluh with no memhership. Paul Bates leaves his latest work. a new unahridged. unadulterated. uu- heard of dictionary. Thomas Boerke leaves a doctor in his sleep. Iohn Prendergast leaves for Lilliput. Kenneth Mc-Cee leaves six feather mattresses. Eva Anderson leaves a recipe for raspherry mittens. Dick Doherty leaves the alarm clock which proved such a great aid ti: him in getting to school at exactly 1.3 seconds after nine every morning. Kathryn Gillis leaves her hooming voice. ably supported hy Ann Newland. In hehalf of the soldiers. sailors. and marines who left our first XYar Class to aid in the defense of our homes and our country. we, the authors of the Class YVill, ask you to say a little prayer for their safe return. Having stripped ourselves. hy our generosity and unselfishness. of all that we have held dear. and passed on to those of our alma mater who are vet to RECEIVE their Nwalking papers . so-called. the very least of our hountv. we, the co-scrihhlers of this immortal document, do herehy affix our names and signatures to this everlasting parchment on the thirteenth day of April. Anno Domini nineteen hundred and forty-two. All rights are reserved. and anv at- tempt hy an imposter. or any group of imposters. to use its contents will he answered hy polite scorn and a load of huckshot. This will. having heen duly witnessed hy our personal ghost writers. is officially ended. Dorothy Iiozfw C'l11I1'lc's I id1r'1' page fzuvzfff-um'

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Frances Dnrkee is still at top pitch with her Dax' Nnrst-rx lor the lxirli ot detense workers. wlnlt- her alile cohort. ,Xnn Xexxland, helps kr-ep snr kiddies in order. Rossv is well represented in the .-Xir Corps hx' the follow' ing: ll nix Ilooper, Hohert Ilealv. lid U'Donnell. Aloe Coonev, Roger lfinnell. and Inn Allen. Thex' are memhers of that world renowned srpiadr on ml he l'lxin'f XVolves. YVe have heen unalile to discover lrom which this nanie xx rs ohtained. Stella NIL-Donough is head nurse at the 'ilirooklvn llospital lor lireakcloxx Caused hx' YVorrx' Over Marks. Ruth Codfrev. Senator from Xlassachusetts on the Lanndrx Ticket. is nr the fourth dav of a Senate filihuster. Liz Madigan, hound and gagged. is lecturing on Ihe Indian Fakirs Trick. C C Although it's not generally known. there is in the Lvnskv C Ionstri ic Companv, a pencil sharpener of unusual merit. This masterpiece of c r struction was perfected after vears of research hv one Charles Kenney. kno to all as the successor to our Mr. Pickett. That he would succeed Xlr. Pic 4 was a xvell-knoxvn fact. for the same Charles Kennev took to Phvsics as xxt all took to that spaghetti known and heloved hy all - Crilli's Spaghetti Supra mt This spaghetti tvcoon recentlx' retired from his husiness to join the Pac fleet with Arthur Ilillxx Upon their launching. which is expected two monti ahead of schdeule. our Pacific fleet tonnage will he more than douhled. Dream-hoatu Keleher is financing a new hns line in competition xx the Crevhounds. It is to he called the NVolfhound Line. Christine Picozzi has heen appointed lihrarian at the YVest Ptoxhurv Branch Her experience in hookkeeping tget it?D got her the jolm. One can read anx' dax' noxv that nation-wide favorite comic. Supermrn hx' the popular cartoonist of the day. Charles Fidler. lohn Nicholson has opened his new flying school with the motto. I Quai in tee to teach all vounq. rich. unmarried women hetween the ages of twc and seventx'-nine to flv. or die in the attempt. lean Chamberlain is continuing her motherlv roles as another Flortnct Nightingale. Pulse. teinperature. and internes are also the chief interests ot Florence Davies and Lillian Clavton. George Benoit has given up his toupe factorx' and has hecome a chiropodi t who does not handle ordinarv heels. The Three Dots tNIc-Hugh. Ilavev. and Fitzgerald? are replacing the t in the Chesterfield Ads. Ioe XVhite is now a vacuum cleaner salesman. Now, let'S see. there are just two more names in the fish howl. Xytlllltl who thev are-h-in-m-Rose-Nlarie Delaney and Dave Hallahan are s fishin' around. Host'-.lIz11'ie Delziizeif Durirl IIIIHIIIIUII page fu'e11f1f-flint llo Ji