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

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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.”

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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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Dolores Bill Dolores Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Dolores Bill Dolores Cosimo Voice wn —Hurry up! This should be good. —Overture—‘“Sleeping Beauties” composed especially for the 1970 revival by Mary Loomer. —Is that band leader Charles Lockwood? Look at what the program reads: “Off-Beat Charles Lockwood and his Off-Beaters. Starring Cornetist, Francis Daugherty, and Blues Singer, Pat Mitchell”. —Let’s read the program out loud: Master of Ceremonies—Leo Deslauriers Tradites in Precision Dancing—-Nine Bolts and a Nut—Ivan Mason, Robert Hoffman, George Schnare, Leo Lemoine, Guilio Misitano, Richard Ouimette, Mitchell Ukleja, Stan Witowski, George Woods, Ray Decorie and Robert Wilson. Daredevil Bicycle Act Michael and Anthony Barberi. Male Quartet—You Guess What the Song Is. Arthur Gordon, Howard Koch, Paul Johnson, James Theres. Magician—Robert Rowland, assisted by the beautiful Joyce Bristol and Diane Teto. Trained Animal Act featuring the Illuminated Flea Circus—Charles Bedard, James Hoague, Carl Barrus, Leodore Phaneuf, and Norris Demetrius. Acrobatic Jugglers with Roger Racine and his assistants, Ruth Anderson, Carroll Willey, Roger Martin, Paul Bates, Roger Savoie. The Never-Miss Trio who will shoot at a musical target with their automatic pistols. They will play the Trade High School Song— Dana Turner, Robert O’Neil and Robert Fournier. Roger Bergeron and his Gold Bugs: Robert Campbell, Maurice Duquette, Peter Cantonese, Gordon Marsh, Frank Warren, Richard Decorie. —That will be some show. Who has charge of that array of talent? —lIt’s on the back of the program. Director(s) The Setterstrom Twins Sound Willie Raye, John Parzych Costumes Howard Sturm Dance Director Donald Tippett Usher Rose Deleo —If I weren’t so tired I’d like to see that show. —Say, look who is coming. It’s Bill McCallum and John Dalsova of the class of 1951. —I’m going to find out from the mirror what they'll be doing in 1971. —Look! Something funny is happening. The light is going out, the voice has stopped, and there’s nothing! —Yes there is, listen. Do you hear that noise? It sounds like thunder. It’s not thunder, it’s breaking glass! (Sounds of breaking glass and thunder) —The mirror is in a thousand pieces. Boys, the invention is no more. There’s nothing left but splinters. —Listen, I hear something. —The mirror, the mirror on the wall Has told something, has told all. Has told to each one his fate Some was small and some was great. It can tell but of this class Then it must return to glass. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall Has brought news of one and all. CURTAIN