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

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YOUR NEXT FOR DEATH IN SIXTH EDITION The book Your Next for Death has gone into its sixth edition. The author, Richard Donahue, who writes under the name, Mickey Spillane, has also written such best sellers as l, The Iury and My Gun Is Quick. TA TA'S TAXI-Fast service in ultra-modern cabs is the rule with the H. N. Stokes Taxi Company. No tips under S500 accepted. DV -A . WANTED-Young lady who is paid on Sat- urday and broke by Wednesday to exchange loans with a young lady who is paid on Wednesday and broke by Saturday. Anyone interested, get in touch with Lorraine Bisson. LOST-Handbag containing' important papers and S25 in cash. Finder may keep handbag and papers if he returns the money to Pauline Smith, MISS SUPRY TO LECTURE HERE Miss Kathryn Supry will be the guest speaker at the Catholic Daughters' luncheon next Thursday. Miss Supry, a world famous authority on classical music, will lecture on the value of Beethovan's symphonies. .T1 PLAYWRIGI-ITS REVEAI. SECRET The playwrighting teamlof Dorothy Walsh and Dorothy Lacaillade today revealed the secret of its dramas whose value lies in the clever use of words. They write the play in English. Then they translate it into French, then into ltalian, then into Spanish, and then back into English. By that time the play gen- erally has reached the quality desired. -l- NURSES HAVE BREAKDOWNS Patricia Boissy, Evelyn King, and Dorothy Ienovese, nurses at the Concord Hospital, have suffered severe nervous breakdowns after only three days of caring for Mr. Richard White. White is suffering from a delirium which causes him to imagine that he is Clark Gable. ,,.l1..l.l.- CHEMISTRY'S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION Research chemists, Ioan Bilodeau, Mary Barrett, and Yvonne Longchamp, after a long. study of the subject, decided today that chem- istry's most outstanding contribution to the world is blondes. 3. if LADIES! Are you bothered by dandruff? Try Cailler's Dandruff Remover Hair Tonic. Cailler's contains Sulfuric Acid. Destroys the dandruff germ Pityrosporum Ovale on con- tact.--ADV. Marcia Iohnson says that the best way to avoid falling hair is to get out from under it. If this doesn't help, try one of her famous toupees. All types and sizes. No head too bald for a johnson toupee. POEMS TO BE PUBLISHED A volume of poems written by Gwenyth Everett will be published next month by the Macmillan Company. The book is entitled Love Lyrics. FOOD FOR THOUGHT At the dedication of the new Ccrrmelite Monastery here, Miss Virginia Costanzo, who donated most of the cost, said, We have really learned to pray when we realize that grayer is a privilege rather than a necessary uty. FOR SALE-Large, lovely tapestry love seatg will exchange for two occasional chairs. Colleen Crowley. SWAP-Drink mixer, glasses, tray, etc., for good baby carriage. Ioan Curdie. HALLER SPEARS After concluding her speech on matrimony with the words, A bride wears white as a symbol of happiness, for her wedding day is the most joyful day in her life, Margaret Haller asked if there were any questions. Elizabeth King queried, Why do men wear black? NORTON LOOSE AGAIN A The mad criminal scientist, Patrick Norton, is out of jail. Norton, whose scientific genius has enabled him to commit innumerable per- fect crimes, was condemned to the electric chair for the murder of Ann Drapeau last year. Norton, it is said, allowed himself to be caught because he wished to test a method he had perfected for living through electrocu- tion. He returned to life only a minute after the doctor had signed the death cer- tificate. Since technically he has paid for his crime, he is now a free man. Patrick Norton, 'Sl -

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' fgzilii, J mms:-mul 29.14 ,lv sC':,. . + G T :S ,Kin N . fin 54 , 6' 1 ,Y f . 5 'fx' ff' I 44 0' ' l H f ,L 'I li?-,L ,725 ' 5 4 43 f 1. El la ' I , I l I, -ts' -Q 9'r-7 -r' f,' Comnd ' Chronicg On a beautiful September morning in 1947 a group of bewildered Freshmen arrived at the corner of Thorndike and South Streets, the site of St. Iohn High School. In the spacious Freshman room, Sister M. Eulalia, intro- duced herself to us. Although we felt that we were only lowly members, we were actually a part of St. Iohn High School. After a few hectic days of trying to find out where we were going, we settled down to hard work. There were three different groups in our class-the college group, the commercial group, and last, but not least, the indus- trial group. Though we were slightly awed by the Sisters and the upper classmen at first, we soon realized that we were an important factor in the secondary system. When Christmas approached, the Freshmen room was honored by the presence of the officers of the Senior Class, who proceeded to invite one and all to the Christmas Formal. A grand time was enjoyed by all who attended the first dress-up dance of our lives. The balance of the year, after the Christmas vacation, passed swiftly. Before we knew it the February vacation had passed, the Iunior Prom had come and gone, and we were wrestling with the final exams. Soon we were to be upperclassmen. What a superior feeling we experienced. SOPHOMURE A ,5f...-ids. Qlipfillgi e I A . 57 i F'r'7'v' V