Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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Page Twenty Clgllt I 9 4 6 PROPHECY IG headllnes appeared 1n the Daxly Mann owned by Arthur Mann 1n 1956 LOST SURVIVORS OF JET PLANE FOUND There were several columns on the front page tell1ng of the return of jom Doherty and B1r bar1 H1st1ngs 1nd therc wts 1 full 1ccount of thcrr story wr1tten by the ed1tor ID ch1ef e Lomb 1rd1 The 1tem appeared 1n th1s manner w1th 1llustrat1ons of the tr1p by V1lma Benyammo Ten years ago, IH 1946 oan Doherty and Barbara Hastmgs answered an ad for a job as exper1menters on a newly des1gned, automat1c oe Pendleton and Ralph Olsen The testrng day, comcrdently took place on the same d1y as the testmg of the atom1c bomb It was be l1eved by sc1ent1sts that some unknown wave from the bomb 1nterfered XVIII! the automatrc control of the plane and thus broke the con tact The plane propelled wrldly through space and landed on an unexplored planet As we all reallze, many SCICHEISES have frant1cally tr1ed to locate the beam that would contact the lost plane In deep apprec1at1on we g1V6 thanks to the tryrng pat1ence of those two sc1ent1sts, Harold Wells and Wllllam I.eav1tt for success fully locat1ng the sa1d beam A week later oan and I were to broadcast on Robert Brennan s rad1o program an account of our l1fe SIHCC our return I started speakmg IU the followmg manner Much attent1on was shown us 1n the days follow1ng our return Our f1rst request was to see l1ttle ole Ran dolph affam Not only was our request granted but we were g1VCU a spec1al plane to take us to the Randolph A1rports And to add to all th1s Phy111s jubett was the pleasant hostess When we arrxved at the a1rport we learned that Walter Hallet and Walter Flanagan were ch1ef mechan1cs there We also rece1ved an 1nv1tat1on to stav at the Connolly Hotel wh1ch as you mly have guessed was run by Mary Murphy and George Connolly That even1ng oan and I were guests of honor at the hotel and a specnal show w IS g1XCH for us We were more than surpr1sed to behold B1ng Corcy le1d1ng hrs b1nd w1th the st tr drummer R1lph Slmmons 1nd the love ly SIXIQCI' none othcr th1n Thelmt F1rth A soon as the pcrformtncc w IS over we rushed btck stage only to bump 1nto W1ll1am St Law rence who w as stay1ng at the hotel for awh1le He sa1d th If he and Irv1n MOYIISSCY were cable men 1nd that Art Swenson was ch1ef techmcran of WBZ He also stated that Maryor1e Wh1te ment stores and Rose Meaney occup1ed an en t1re floor wh1ch she devoted exclus1vely to dress des1gn1ng She even had a model who was none other than our old Chum Ruth Clarke The next morn1ng we walked down to Wh1tes w1th 1ntent1ons of dropp1ng IH to see our now prospermg classmates There wls 1 large w1ndow featurrng art wh1ch attracted our attent1cn Stopp1ng a moment to look at them we saw Sylvere Pet1tt1s name penned to the feature prcture Speakmg of patntmgs, we rather hoped to see the names Norma P11 gr1m and Dorothv Moeller somewhere They weren t there how ever but joan later found out th1t Dotty w IS teachmg IH a m1ss1onary school IH Chmt 1nd Norma w IS resldmg as a house wife 1n 1 pretty llttle bungalow on North M1111 Street Then we hetrd th1t Mlfllln Feener w IS now postrmstress of thc Rmdolph Post Off1ce Both letters were 1ny1tat1ons for that nrght and smce we couldnt go to both places to gether we decrded to spl1t uo I was to at tend a Drofessxonal glrls basketball game star r1ng Pr1sc1lla Herman Margaret Kendall and lean Arsenault Then- team better known as the Btg Mrdgets were favored to w1n and no body w1s happrer than I to see these cxpectanons r1ng true I encountered ean A f1,f'1if'Qf-gg-'ifLffgaa Stefgx, fi --p iff X 'fs ' ' 7 1 4 ' -A 11 C I K 7 1 Y K I 1 1 . 1 1 I I 1 V. 1 1 ' I ' 1 A 1 1 1 'e 1 1 I 1 K I. I L K L L A K L ' I - -r , jo ' . L - 1 1 1 . s 2 . 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 2 '2 , ' c . ' '1 1 ' 1 . ' J 1 2 1 - 7 1 1 1 1 I g 1 2 7 Y ' . - K ' 1 L C K , , d b N . .. . ,, d controlled, jet propelled plane, des1gned by ha 6901116 heir I0 R- H- Whites eP-aft' J ' V . , 1 , K L . ' ' 4 K 9 D l K C 1 1 1 . L I 1 C 2 9 . 1 1 9 I 1 . 2 c L 1 . 2 1 ' 1 1 , . ' I K I 4 I 1 L I I . I , - 1 1 H v ' ' ' , ' ' ' . . , 1, ' ' ' ' 1 ' , , , ' I S 1 t YC ' 4 K K 1 l . 'Z ' 11 ' ' K ' ' 11 iy ' O za - f ' ' A 1 1 I I 1 . Y Y . 1 -' I . 7 1 4 g I K - I 1 1 , 1 . l I ' I ' , , 1 ' I2 1 11 1, . ' A 1 - J'

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19 6 A Page Twenty seven J fx! 'Rf X1Q RALPH OLSEN grves hns gabbmg sessnons w1th the grrls to George Saunders ALICE and ARLENE PAPP the twlns of 46 leave therr gentle ways and love for each other to ean Tlerney and ane Sulllvan JOE PENDLETON bestows h1s vo1ce for oral readmg to Robert Macy SYLVERE PETITTI passes down hrs flammg red halr to Catherme Mattlaccla MABEL PETIPAS wants her lead1ng role rn the sen1or play to go to W1ll1am Taylor Mother wrll let you u e her apron B1ll NORMA PILGRIM leaves her abxlrty to draw to Honey Connors Make some mce cam palgn posters now Honey mg others her homework papers to Lorrame Barkhouse Youll be popular next year Lorralne JANE MARIE POWERS wants her job on the Boston Amerrcan to go to Charlotte Bassett FLORENCE RINALDI leaves a share of her love for all her brothers to Evelyn Morgan FLORENCE SASS g1ves her gay colored sweat ers to Clarre Isaac Hope they cheer you up Clarre RALPH SIMMONS leaves hxs Kreml look to Rxchard Johnson BILL St LAWRENCE g1ves his job of readlng meters to Joe de Sxsto watch out for the mxce Joe KENNETH STEWART w1lls h1s llttle spats wlth Mrss Brewster to Almlra Mlghty Whrte EILEEN SUI LIVANS devotron for horses has spread to Paul Flanagan The Lone Ranger Our great opera star CORRINE SWALLOW 15 gomg to gxve her paratrooper boots to Barbara Hxcks as a remembrance ART SWENSON the professronal roller skat er of the clas wants to teach John Gallagher to be the beau of the rxnk DOLORES TARDANICO leaves her dark eves to that lure blonde Theresa McDon ald Dont bowl too many boys over Theresa Our lrttle tough guy ALICE TIERNEY wants anet Norman to be able to suck up tor herself and f1ght her own battles Not on the basketball floor though Jan Stuart Ptckard always wondered what LOR RAINE TOCZRO dxd when she went to Brockton so now you can see Stule and have a good old txme whlle vou re there cause you ll never go back agaln RUTH VAN COTT IS golng to gxve R1ta Rodd smgmg lessons so that she can take her place ln the mlnstrel show next year MARION WADE wlll hand down her toe danc1ng shoes to ean Txerney It wlll glve you P0156 eame BETTY WADE leaves her serrous manner to Al1c1a Sabean It s drffetent from what you thunk Al1c1a JACK WARNER Mr Powderlys rlght hand man IH Hlstory class leaves hxs d1gn1f1ed positron to Clxfford Sampson to keep htm awake Watch out Cl1ff1e here he comes down the aisle' GRACE Dolly WELCH wants Grace to have her golden wavy hart so dont get another permanent wave Gracle HAROLD M WELLS JR our l1ttle genlus IS gomg to let Phyll1s Webber take over the part of stage manager for the Senlor Play next year Dont let nt get you down Phyl PECGY WHITE leaves her wrnnlng smlle to Dorothv Mandervllle Its a good Man catcher Dot JAMES Jlmmle WILSON IS g1v1ng those bee eaut1ful wrne colored pants that he wears to school to George Hoeg It s good they re not red George JEAN WOODFORD vulls her plcture of that certaln man rn a hula hula sk1rt to Dor1s Kavel Hubba hubba' After havlng committed ourselves and ours we hope you know how to put these treasures to good use Jumors becau e lt IS a great sacr1 f1ce to part wlth them Remember they are the keys to success Lorraxne Krely 46 Marlon Wade 46 ri . :rs QL -- qYY,1tjY J1tjY f.,fQ3ftQ,:jV X lxfifiyiifgfx zfQfQ-fivfi Y. . 7' . . . .. Yu, y . 5 I Y 3 . , , J ' J ' - f ' ' . . 7 ' I . . K K I , - Q - . . , , . I . A y U , J . ' V MARY PORTER leaves her generosity in lend- , . , . ' y 7 , - , . . 1 ' ' . . , 'Y . L I, - . - L . 'W K ' n 91 1 . . . I N , . 7 ' . , . . - 1' yy - g 'Q I . 9 1 1 1 . . A Y K ' ' U . , . . 1 s - ' ' . . , . J ' . I . l U ' U .', . . ,, . . . 4 I I - - y Y H . . ,. , f Qu l C Y H c l U. ' Q Q ' . .- , L . - , - I a l v ' - ,

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l 9 4 6 Page Twenty nrne e VX Qys' Norrrs at the game and happened on the sub ject of our hrgh school days I asked her rf she ever drd anythrng about the veterrnarran hosprtal she once mentroned and she told me wrth prrde that she now owned an ultra mod ern glass structure on Long Drrve the largest anrmal rnfrrmary on the East Coast She also sard that Mary Porter had become chref sur geon rn the hosprtal founded by Arthur Hashem rn the old hrgh school burldrng form erly Stetson Prrscrlla Blanchard ean Wood ford and Florence Rrnaldr were dorng a splen drd job rn nursrng Roberta Frsher and Stanley Ferrrs were gym rnstructors and Stetson s name as far as sports were concerned was rrght on top I tucked all thrs rnformatron rnto my head and rushed back to the hotel rn a cab owned by George Muerrn oan came rn a short trme later and had qurte a brt of good news Whrle Barbara was attendrng a basketball game I was attendrng a banquet It was an annual affarr grven by the Bankers Assocratron and Maureen Gaynor who was unrt head of the busrness machrnes presented me wrth a handsome corsage strarght from Drrnkwaters Nurserres I also ran rnto Irene Krley who was the chref typrst and Helen Donovan ef frcrent secretary to the presrdent Naturally we had a lot of thrngs to drscuss and the mam thrng of rnterest were our classmates Maureen gave me two trckets to the Grand World Farr featurrng plastrcs and then followed me home to get the money Well Barbara pard the grrl and the trckets were ours The next day we went to the farr Ah what a day' The trcket grrl turned out to be my old pal Mary McI.aughl1n George Greer was cus todran of the one man plastrc band and Lucrlle Haskrns was secretary of affarrs that vnent on durrng the farr Lucrlle escorted us around and gave us a lot of rnsrde news She heard that Elrzabeth Leback and ean Cullen had founded a magnrfrcent school for those chrl dren after the vrar of 1946 Shrrley Colburn was rn the plastrc mrllrnery busrness and Bar brra Forsy the owned a toy shop rn New York We were overroyed to hear of the good luck cf our frrends and to show our apprecratron me let Lucrlle take us to lunch at MaraS The name struck a drstant chord rn my mem ory so I asked the head warter to take me to the manager Sure enough rt was our old classmate now a prosperous taxpayer He told me hrs best wartresses were the Papp Twrns and hrs chef was none other than jrmmy Wrl son After our me 11 we went back to the hotel In the lobby there were several brlls rn a show case rdvertrsrng specral entertarnments of the nrght Mrrron Wades name was there as takrng part rn the Ballet Russe the top toe dancer of the year We were later to frnd out that Betty accompanred her srster on all her engagements and more or less took care of her wardrobe That nrght we watched the performance wrth the utmost pleasure When the lrghts went on agarn we were jorned by Loretta Morgan and Barbara DeMott who hap pened to hear of our return and decrded to look us up When I polrtely rnqurred what they were dorng they replred they had a Span rsh Tea Room rn Florrda and at the present trme were travelrng north for the summer Barbara told us that Mabel Petrpas was a fam ous actress havrng recerved an offer from the Paramount Studros upon her graduatron We drank a toast to Mabel and retrred for the nrght fallrng blrssfully to sleep on a Brllrng ham mattress I was awakened rn the wee hours of the new day by the telephone My anger turned to pleasure when I recognrzed the vorce of an old classmate Lorrarne Krley She sard she had been tryrng to get rn touch vxrth us ever srnce our return rn order to rnvrte us to a grrls soft ball game at her Stadrum that afternoon I thanked her for the rnvrtatron and rnqurred as to how she was She sard she was dorng frne and also rnformed me that Elrzabeth Knrghts was now a vxell known yournalrst I was glad to hear thrs and told her I would see her later What a surprrse awarted us at the stadrum We saw the star prtcher was Erleen Sullrvan and Elrzabeth Kelly and Alrce Trerney were both players on the team We cheered ourselves hoarse and after we won we then departed ust at thrs rdentrcal moment we were harled by jane Powers and Dolly Welch socretys leadrng debs Dolly rnformed us that they often attended the opera and that very nrght Corrrne Sw allow was to make her debut They also gave us drrectrons on how to get to Arnold Makaras gas statron vuhrch was a mrle down the road Arnold drdnt recognrze us at frrst but one of hrs customers drd Thrs was luck rndeed ack Warner a travelrng sales man who would have guessed? 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