St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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Dorothy: Helen: Dorothy: Helen: Eileen: Helen: Dorothy: Helen: Eileen: Dorothy: Helen: Eileen: Dorothy: Eileen: Helen: Eileen: Helen: Dorothy: Plelen: Eileen: Helen: Dorothy: Helen: Eileen: Helen: Eileen: Dorothy: Who would ever think that Bill would turn political.How he hated school. Plere ’ s a bit of startling news! Whom do you think v as voted to be New York ' s most celebrated model? Guess I Tell us, Helen I hate that guessing business,v7ho is it? Want to guess, Eileen? Now don ' t be hateful, Helen, you ' re only wasting time. All right since you are too lazy to guess, I ' ll tell you it ' s Joan Tobey. Joan Tobey?Will v onders never cease and this very morn¬ ing. I read in the paper that r.Iafalda DeSalvia is living oh Hug de la paix. Rue de la paix? Pourquoi? Glad you haven ' t forgotten all your French, Helen, but what is Mafalda doing in Paris, Dot? She ' s designing fashions and has an international repu¬ tation for originality and- Really, what a diversity of paths the members of 1939 have chosen. There ' s Mary McKenna writing novels by the carload and Arlene Quirk hostess for the American Air¬ line Company, and Leon Osachuk- Of course. Leon, we all knew he would do something big but just imagine working his way to the very top of the Sinclair Oil Co.I met Grace Mitchell and Eddie Beyer in California and almost forgot to mention Jennie Koss. What are they doing? Grace Mitchell was entertaining at a dance and was ass¬ isted and escorted by Eddie Beyer. Jennie has hit star¬ dom with M.G.M. Girls who do you think called me up and asked for a date last Tuesday? You ' ll never guess so I! ll tell you----- Johnny Baker. The million dollar playboy who has gone stuck-up? None other. Did you accept? Of course, after all he ' s an old schoolmate and- Yeah, we know. V ell a million dollar offer doesn ' t come very often and you would do the same yourself. Don ' t get excited Helen, you ' re about the twenty-fifth on his list. I don ' t mind. I ' ll start from the bottom and v ork up. W’here did you go? What did you do? Luncheon at Ritz, dancing at Billy Rose ' s Castlemanor and listened to B. McGrath and his Ililford Minstrels. Mary Dempsky and William Hayes are professional dancers in the cast. Charlie Miller took us up in the elevator. At last he has reached great heights but still he has his ups and downs. Vir inia St. Geor. ' se has a News Stand in the South Stat- ion in Boston,and I heard that she ' s quite a wealthy, woman. I ' m sure she is. Virginia would draw a crowd anywhere she went.

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r By Ernest J, Lemire CAST Dorothy Lucler-Wife of a wealthy banker. Helen Gordon-An artist. Eileen McCarthy-Sob-story writer. As the curtain rises, we see Dorothy absorbed in reading the paper. The door bell rings and Helen and Eileen enter to enjoy an ' in¬ formal chat. Dorothy; Hello Helen, Hi Eileen, come in and make yourselves at home. (Girls flop easily into chair) Helen: Oh, I’m all a flutter, I just left Mary Collins’ Hat Shop , I got a real bargain, a honey marked way down. Mary always was good at striking bargains. Dorothy: Say, did you hear about Cecelia Grant? Eileen: No, Tell us about it. Helen: Sure, let us in on it. Dorothy: It isn ' t much I guess. It’s just that she’s been after Edward ' ' Vhalley hammer and tongs since he became pres¬ ident of the VVhalley-Goddard-Eeenan Airline Inc. and- Eileen: That’s ancient history. Dot. I heard that yesterday so let me broadcast my trip to California. I’m just burst¬ ing with r.ll the news I have gathered en route. Think of it, just as I was boarding the train I saw the en¬ gineer, face and hands begrimed with grease and dirt and he walked right over to me with the assurance of an old friend. Imagine the surprise I got when I dis¬ covered that he was Donald Witcher. At New York I took passage on one of the S.S. Small Steamships, controlled and operated by our nov; famous classmate, Joseph Small. I didn’t meet Joe personally but, walking up the gang¬ plank I was saluted by two gallant and husky seamen. It took a second look to convince ms that they were rep¬ resentatives of old St. Mary’s, Stanley Gac and John Ford. Behind the ship’s large bar stood Joseph Wells whom I learned was the best mixer-up. I ordered a glass of ginger ale and had a little chat with Joe over the rim. Joe told me that Ernie Bouchard v as the ship’s head steward. The boat was not leaving until evening so I decided to take in a ball game. The Yankees were playing the Red Sox and I knew some of the players so was interested. ” Batteries for the Red Sox bellowed the umpire Murphy pitch, Eckersall catch . The Sox won and I loft New York in a happy frame of mind Imowing that two classmates had helped to bring the victory. After a pleasant voyage I landed in San Francisco. It was Election Day and stretched across tho Main St. was a sign proclaiming to the world that Joseph Scannell, was running for Governor.Underneath in less conspicu¬ ous script I read that Big Bill IC nnedy was campaign manager for Scannell.

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Helen: Dorothy: Helen: Eileen: Dor othy: Helen: Dorothy: Helen: EileeM: Dorothy: Eileen: Dorothv: Helen: Eileen: Dorothy: Helen: Dorothy: Helen: ' ' Eileen: Dorothy: Eileen: Helen: Speaking of P.G.’s Johnnie and I bought tickets at Radio City from Peggy McGrath and v ho do you suppose the usher was-F ' rod Collins .1 felt it my duty to repremand him for his lack of polish. V ith a grin he replied, Don’t rub it in, Helen . Does that conclude the subject of Johnny Baker? Almost. I say you’ve finished Helen.Give someone else a chance. Dot, now that we are reminiscing, haven’t you anything further to report? I think I can offer a little information, on some of them. In fact I actually bumped into one the other day or to be more accurate he bumped into m.e the big brute. Vho? Patience,Helen. It was Joe Moore, He ' s a Western Union Messenger Boy and did he looV cute ridina a bike.I saw Larry Heron playing football last fall. He’s with the Green Bay Backers, a professional team. Only last night I met Kitty Bardsley. She is making her debut tonight and I’m invited. I suppose you got invitations? I did. Me too. I guess the four hundred will all be there. Which means that we’ll have a chance to meet the really famous members of the class. For instance? Admiral Keenan and Professor V. P. Goddard. Really, what a thrill to meet Vln, the inventor of the invisible ray. Have either of you heard from Greta Chapdelaine? Greta will be there tonight. She’s superintendent of Nurses at the Metropolitan Hospital so it’s hard for her to got ofi but her assistcht, i.aryalice-Wrenne, is go¬ ing to take her place for the evening. Roselie Lescoe will be there too, but a little late as she has taken over the Kate Smith urogram. I wonder if the bearded bruiser, Dave Lynch, will come. I hope so. I’ve always wanted to meet a v-zrestling champ¬ ion and this will be my only chance. By the way, what about Irene Bessette? She has been studying culture for the last seven years, and is thinking of opening a studio in the metropolis of Mendon. Oh, girls! Did I tell you that I went to see Macbeth in New York? Well. This is really good John Davoren took the part of Mac¬ beth and Alice Moroney portrayed Lady Macbeth. It’s kind of hard to picture Alice Moroney playing the part of the hard and ambitious Lady Macbeth but it’s true neverthe¬ less. That just goes to show that We can never tell what the future holds for us. I’m sure no one ever thought Jack Davoren would appear behind the footlights, and still, when we read Hamlet he certainly did the ghost stunt su¬ perbly .