Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Cx simo Bui Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Bill Dolores Cosimo —So much for entertainment. I’m more interested in the Ball. —Sure wish I could dance, look at the fun everyone is having. —Tl’ll teach you someday if you want. —T'll take you up on that. —Hey you two, break it up. Listen to that swing band. I never knew Elsia Hamilton was so musical. I understand she’s the greatest of women band leaders. —TI hate to see it end. Look at the time, it’s getting late. —yYes, that’s true. The President’s tired and he has many other cities to visit. —There goes that atomic whiz. —Time to close shop. —Yup, I’m kinda tired now and supper is probably waiting. I almost forgot, tonight is the night we have my favorite hash dish, Hill and Halls Ham Hash. The Hash With a Home-made Dash. —That surely sounds good enough to eat. —Why don’t you two come home with me? My wife always cooks enough for unexpected guests. —Swell. —Well, what are we waiting for? Aect II Scene I The mirror has been placed in the main hall of Trade High School. The two inventors and their secretary are found seated before it gazing intently at its moving scenes. A large sign, “Alumni Meeting of the Class of 1950” suddenly appears in the mirror. Dolores Bill Dolores Cosimo Bill Dolores Bill Cosimo Bill Dolores Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Dolores —QOh! Look! Look who the principal is. Of all persons, George Starr, and the assistant principal is Bill Mumford. —Can’t quite make out what they’re saying. Oh! the alderwomen of Springfield are to be guides for the 1950 alumni. They are Vera Naglieri, Beatrice Drago, Annette Domingue, Anna Hecht, Joan Maurer, Mary Redmond and Janet Baldger. —The first stop on the tour is the new auditorium, decorated by Leo Kecki, known for his ability to transfer human personalities to the canvas. —The guests are now seated, and the Water Commissioner, Odbur Newth, and Superintendent of Streets, Joseph Adams are giving their welcome speeches. —Let’s go to the third floor. There is Barbara Harnois, head of the Girls’ division, and her assistant is Lois Dodge. Twenty years have certainly changed Trade High. —My shop has been changed the most. They now have a modeling studio with Lucy Frutuoza as the designer, and Alice Girard as the model. Head seamstress, Mary Rose Mercure, and her assistants Shirley Maiolo, Irene Walker, Dorothy Loveland, Jeannette Benoit, Gloria Arment, and Annie Belle Sharpe are working hard on mass production. —That cake, a replica of Trade High School, seems to have Joseph Passy and Donald Tippett working hard and long hours on their nerve-wracking idea. —Here we are now in the Cafeteria. Raymond Maria is Chief Chef now. —wWalter James, Stanley Peczka, and Arthur Wolfe have prepared a delicious feast under the supervision of Laurel MacDonald and Elizabeth Cole. —Just like old times, the girls are bossing the boys. —This is certainly some school, and to think that all my old classmates are here working so hard. I never would have believed it could happen in a hundred years. —Say, have a look. That’s the gym. There’s going to be a basketball game. And it’s all the members of our class. —Who is playing? —Bakery and Beauty Culture. —After twenty years, it will be something to see. —Representing bakery on the team are Catherine Brennan, Barbara Neilson, Kaye Butcher, Patricia Simons, and Elizabeth Cole. They call themselves the ““Matrons of Basketball’. —Their opponents of the class of 750 from B eauty Culture are Lor- raine Butler, Marion Burnett, Betty Demos, Mary Baker and Janet Holden. - 0.5 =

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Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Dolores Cosimo Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Cosimo Dolores Bill own Class president, followed by that famous head of the F. B. I., Francis LaValley, and his able assistants, John Mooney, Josevh Terzi, and Francis Nowakowski. —Can I stand any more of this!!! It’s Nicholas Slepchuk. Doesn’t he look handsome and businesslike in that bright violet F. B. I. uni- form? —The crowd is cheering again. They are calling, “We want to see the first lady”. Here she comes. It’s the former Edith Boucher. Here comes the mayor of Springfield, Joe Veteramo, the People’s Choice, with his wife to welcome the distinguished guests. —Isn’t the mayor riding in a new “Ferrara”? —Yes, he is. And Ray LaBonte is his chauffeur. —Here comes the mayor’s valet, Bill Henderson, bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers. He’e handing them to Mrs. Veteramo. Who is that lady behind the sheaf of flowers? —It’s Barbara Tiberio, his former secretary. —She is presenting them to Mrs. Smith. —FPresident Smith is shaking hands with all the official dignitaries: City Clerk, Francis Coulter; Smoke Inspector, Ed Turnberg; State Senator, Loretta Motyka; and Judge Roland Savoie. —The parade has started, and Trade High surely is well represented by those dark blue uniforms with the twenty-four karat gold braiding. —Sure look sharp, don’t they? —Can’t be real! Look at those instruments! Plastic, I think. —You can certainly tell that’s William Pegoraro’s idea. He always wanted to become famous, and I guess he has done it. —He not only invents, but did you hear, he’s the head of the plastic gadget department of Trade High School. —Those boys and girls in the center look familiar. They look like the sons and daughters of Bob Benson, Richard Guilmain, Phyllis Ziem- ba, and the famous musician, Ray Smith. —Barbara Pfisterer’s beautiful baton starlets are leading the band. —Hey, the crowd is getting out of hand. Police Chief Anthony Sternal and Police Commissioner George Harding better get their men on their toes. —I guess you spoke too soon. —Yes, in back of them is a line of the finest police captains in the country. Look at them if you want to see something. There’s Frank Przybycien, Hervey Daigle, Thomas Gordon and Robert Amsden. You know, I can’t get over the way our Trade graduates have pros- pered. —The mayor is bringing his guests to the new city hall for dinner in the famous William Cunningham Room. Let’s follow them with the mirror. —Can either of you make out what that radium plaque on the wall reads? cane —Well, what does it say? —It reads: “Decorated in 1970 by Richard Livingston and his able assistant, Robert Hemingway.” —Look at the clock made in the form of a calendar with weather bul- letins issued every half hour. —There’s a dedication on it. Let’s look. —Why, it reads: “Presented to the city of Springfield by the Lemon and Loyd Manufacturing Company.” —Boy, that looked like a good dinner, wish I were there. Too bad this mirror doesn’t let you sample the banquet. And the caterers were Caron and Cangro. Do you remember them? —Stop talking about food. You’re making me hungry. —Put your minds back on the mirror. The speeches are beginning, —Say, just listen to Joe Mazza’s talk. I think he’s the best so far, don’t you? State Senator, Biase Porfillio was good on “No Taxa- tion”. —I could have listened to him forever. Such personality! And as for oratory, he’s the best on the radio. —As far as that goes, the whole program was swell: Jean Carroll’s song, “The Richard Clapper Blues”, Ruthann Durick’s ballerinas, and that hilarious comedian Paul Bannon,

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Cosimo -—What a game! The referee, Barbara King has called a foul. Bill —Wait! There is a disagreement, and it takes Eva Mercure, ath- letic star of the United States, to settle it. Dolores —The crowd is getting excited. Those girls are certainly spry after all these years. Can you see Carolyn Barnes, Charles Burke, Laura Moller, Barbara MacDonald and Donald Duperre sitting in the front row? They look prosperous and are all married, too! Cosimo —Guess who couldn’t miss the game? The Donald Paynes, even though they had to fly from San Francisco. Bill —There’s another of our friends, Margaret Bolio and her husband, also with them are Eleanor Tucker and her husband. She brought the twins, too. Cosimo -—Time certainly marches on. Aet IT Scene II The two inventors and their secretary are still seated in front of the mirror. They appear excited, although somewhat tired. They seem to be listening to a speech. Voice —Ladies and gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to speak to you this evening about my travels all over this great globe. It gives me even greater pleasure at this reunion to tell you of my meeting with so many of my classmates of nineteen fifty. Dolores —Why, its Bartolo Pellegrini of welding! He’s the greatest explorer and traveler in existence. Bill —Keep still. I want to hear what he’s saying. Pellegrini—Yes, in Coco-Sola I met Clio Viecelli, Francis Carmel and Robert Dasso. ‘They were manufacturing rust proof keys to open the locks in the Panama Canal. And in South America on the Pampas of Chile, I met George Tatro and another expert cabinet maker, James Hackett. They were trying to make Chile warmer. Cosimo -—Trade High graduates certainly get aro und. Dolores —-Sh—h—h. Listen to this. Pellegrini—In David McIntosh, Missouri, named for the great inventor, I discovered the Guilmain car factory. There were Argiro, Cardin, Domino, and Fredrici, creative engineers for the Guilmain car. Richard Clapper was there too. He’s happy, now. He’s Superin- tendent of the entire factory. Bill —That car won the world award as the automotive creation of the century with its Demetrius engine, Racine body and Marsh gener- ator. Pellegrini—But my greatest exploring was done when I went across that new bridge. You have all heard of the Don Pendleton Memorial Bridge. Dolores —That’s the one being built across the Atlantic Ocean. Pellegrini—Ernest Callos, master mind inventor and president, sends his greet- ings to the class of 1950. His staff joins him with best wishes. They could not attend because they are rushing that Trans-Atlantic structure. The staff members are: George Desrosiers General Manager Katherine Streeter Secretary to the President Edward McLaughlin Electrical Wizard Walter Dansereau Metal Consultant Joseph Mitchell Smiling Welder Gordon Marsh Transportation Superintendent Joseph Burzynski Toll Collector Cosimo —I just can’t believe any more of this. I never thought my pals could make such a place for themselves in the world. Pellegrini—In closing my report on alumn i who are not able to be present, I should like to read a cheery greeting from four of my former fellow- students. “When you are tired and blue And don’t know what to do Travel Gravel, relax with Nadle Eat with Bishop, see the world with Fish.” Reduced rates given to worn-out, tired and discouraged graduates of Trade High. Dolores —We still haven’t heard from quite a few of our classmates. I won- der where the rest are. Bill —Here’s your answer. It’s a program. I wonder if we shall be able to read it. Cosimo —It’s clear enough. Look a t what it says. “Trade-Scapades of 1970, a revival of 1950.”