St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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Aotnea IPAGE 451 Class Prophecy AR above the avenues of Concord, the office blllldlllg of the C D N rose towermg on the horrzon the most progress1ve and truthful paper of the metropohtan d1str1ct As usual, far below, streets were teemmg wrth hfe and the rrver trafhc on the recently dredged Merrmmack moved steadlly Sallllig to 1ts dock on the rlver, tm Kmg Edward, Brrtams contrlbutron to the worlds merchant martne of 1955 domxnated the scene It was four o clock We proceeded to the omces of the C D N and watched the movements and workmgs of the c1ty s best known paper The newspaper office was hot and norsy, wrth the usual bustle and clrcklng of reporters typlllg the1r storles At the edltor s desk plled luqh mth papers, sat R1chard Horan, widely known editor, who was eYc1tedly grvmg orders ASSISIHHC edltor, Lorenzo Gllbert was busy glvmg out new assrgnments to the restless reporters All at once the last mtnute scoops began to fill th edltor s desk Dons Roy one of the few g1rl reporters of the office handed 1n chaud The young herress had Just stated that she mtended to have a chrldren s hospltal erected, and although I1OIl11Hg had b en defnutely declded II was belleved that Helen Payne and Anna lxarwockx, already promlnent 1n nurs1ng, would be her chlef assts tants At th1s po1nt the telephone began to ring v1olently and 1mpat1ently the editor hfted the recelver from the hooc Hello' yes' yes' You say that Berchmans Ollvler, famous flyer has just completed hrs round the world flight and achleved a new world record? Well, stay around for further developments He slammed the phone down and turnlng to Grlb rt told hlm to take the story down to the press room and not to omxt rhe fact that the plane was bullt by the famous Edward S Klng AIFCFHTI Construcnon Company, makers of many noted planes Then, forgettxng the most recent story wluch was by th1s ttme HDCICHI history to his progress ve I111l1Cl, he glanced through the stock of storles handed to htm by the office boy for hls app oval Among them was materral on Leo Harrlson noted Cl1CITl1SI who w1th the help of h1s asslstant, Wxlltam Sweeney, and laboratory techmctan Ellenora Hegarty, was ready to demonstrate hrs new dlscovery 1 ' . 7 x . . , . 1 I . . . , . 3 1 A er ' 4 77 - ' au - - y , . , . . , . . , . . . , s L Y ' ' s I , x l I J , . her latest story concerning the fortune left to Miss Marie Pain- . , . . 7 ' ' ' 7 . . . . . I cr - - 7 , . - - . . 3, X I K , l . 3 , l 3 ' 7 7 I x ' 7

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IPAGII 441 AQL ILA To Father Hathaway we have an Llcctrlc slren Wltlt one hlast he can call all hls altar hoys and they ll come 1 runnmg, To Father Ktnneally we have a lvoolc of tht latest song hrts and an CXpl1Clf volume tntltled WHY THE YEAR BOOK SHOULD BE STARTED A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY To MOUSlgHt5f Buckley we have 1 box of cap1t1l lttttrs all A so that he may pastt some here and there over tht Cs and D s that may he IU the majorxty We also leave hlm our lastmg gratx tude for hls many lxmdnessts durmq the past four years Our exterxor may he harum scarum hut wlthm we are apprecnnve and reahze 111 that has hetn dont for us Grlef SEFICRLII ovrr our departure from our h lov d school me aglv our slgnature to thxs last vwlll and ttstamtnt Mw tht recxp lents of our worldly goods he ever loyal and staunch upholders of the hlgh ldeals of St ohn Hlg,l1 In mtness whereof we the Class of 1940 hereby stt our hand and seal to this our last wlll and testament on thrs twenty thlrd day of June one thousand n1ne hundred forty Marzfvrz Pmrfc' 40 . ' 7 ,I 1 u x x I +I x ' ' 4 1 :' 7. , - 7 77 W 7 . , , . x I ' T 1 ' e x ' f ' x D 'A ' . . L . ' 1 , ' z . . x x x 0 vu 7 t L . L , . , ' .1 1 . L .. , , , . I x x ' yx - , . ' x 7 7 '

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'PAGE 461 AQUILA for the use of sodium The two assistants expressed the opinion that Professor Harrison had really succeeded in th great worlc which he had begun when only a senior in high school Charlotte Spaulding, a staff photographer, had obtained a picture of the chemist in his laboratory Editor Horan also found among the piles, an account of the travels of os ph Spain and Augustine Faretra, noted explorers who were returning after two years of absence The captain of their ship Charles Burke, had radioed this bit of news and it still remained for a reporter to interview the two men Oh' The feature concerning Miss Margaret Berryman famous lecturer who had just returned from abroad after making several appearances at noted conventlons had nearly slipped his eye Richard McLoy the reporter who had been ordered to ll1f8I'V16W Miss Berryman had made several previous attempts but had failed On the same boat with the noted lecturer was novelist ane Dono van who had gone to Europ to obtain material for her lates worlc Miss Donovans previous books had already been highly praised by the cr1t1cs It was a fortunate scoop for the re porter who had expected only one story Professors Thomas King and Richard Braclcett instructors of English and Latin at DOIIOVHU LIPOI1 her FCITUFII There WSFC to Cl1SCL1SS 3I'I'lOIlg Ofliel' Il'l1I'1gS Il'lCll' IOLII' 3bI'O3d lElSf Summer The telephone began to buzz loudly again This time it was a trans continental call from Hollywood Theresa Santamarxa, cos metic expert, had discovered a new beauty aid which carried the guarantee of changing a face from its pres nt state mto anything desired Miss Santamaria wished to have it reported that she and her chief adviser, Marlon Pierce, had finally reached their goal But suddenly the editors face became animat d as h etclaimed, Wliat was that? Trouble in Hollywood? Oh Marlc Cross IS giving Walt Dlsney a great deal of comp tition Well it do snt seem so strange after all, everyone could see If com ng Hes a clever fellow Scarcely had he hung up, however, when the operator called again to say that the reporter at the o her end of the lin wrshed to be connected again and reverse the charges The reporter was not recelved so cordially as before, perhaps owing to the revers d charges which weighed heavily on Mr Horan s heart Miss Rose . X L . 0 . ' , D Y. . 7 . . ' D i , 7 , e ' ' t , , . . . . 7 , . . Holy Cross College, had been promised an interview with Miss . , 1 1 - e e ' cr ' - ' . . . 6 . . . 0 , V . , e - ' i f 7, . . . , .