Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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30 THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC Again the bus was under way and this time head- ed toward New York. Just before entering the hilly section of this country, we stopped at a filling sta- tion owned and operated by “Mac” McKinnon who always was a good hand at spreading oil. A short distance down the highway a huge sign on Dougherty’s Dog Cart advised the motoring pub- lic that an excellent job of rug beating was done at this establishment. Through a little questioning it was found that Howard Truesdale and Rita Dougherty had taken the great plunge, and that Howie’s home run swing was now put to work beat- ing rugs. Still the truth lies in the statement made by an old rooter of the Stoneham team, “Even Mc- Kinnon could hit a rug — maybe”. The next day the omnibus pulled into New York City. Our attention was immediately called to a rather large man dressed in a brown checkered suit like those used in the gay ’90’s, with a dark brown derby, and sky-blue-pink stockings. Upon a closer scrutiny we remembered the face as that one be- longing to Samuel E. Smith. Sam, a promoter of wrestling and boxing, asked us to come to Joe Bruce’s gym as his guests. This seemed to be a new line for Sam since in his high school days he used to be a promoter of good cheer and fun. Among the various artists were Charles Campbell, the well- known wrestler; John McPartland, a city detective, who was in the gym nursing a pair of flat feet, and Harold Nelson, world’s middle-weight boxer. Ralph MacDonald, the ward boss, and his right hand man, Frank Geremonte, were in looking for a couple of bodyguards for use during the coming election. It looked as if trouble would start between Mayor Donald Lawson and his henchmen, Joseph Wainwright and Robert Casey. Ralph told us that we would undoubtedly find quite a few of our fellow grads of ’36 at the Madi- son Square Garden Circus, so we left immediately for the show. At the box office tickets were obtained from Lloyd Wilson who had graduated from the paper business to the pasteboard business. Inside were Ted Arnold, the strong man, going through his rou- tine; Joe Pinciaro, the man on the flying trapeze; Harold Pickens, with all the ferocious animals cap- tured by himself in the wilds of East Woburn; bare- back rider number one, Miss Iola Lane, and last but not least, the ring master, Carl Tolman. The peanut concession for the Garden was owned by Anne Corcoran. Getting money out of peanuts was nothing for Anne, who could get money out of Ben Moody. Mr. Moody was cutting beef steaks at the meat market owned by Paul Junkins, who al- ways was a rather meaty fellow. At the hotel where we stayed that evening every- thing was perfect for a comfortable night’s rest. This comfort was designed by General Manager George Downes, a master at the art of sleep. At the hotel was a girl for whom great things were ex- pected back in high school days because she was al- ways making things up — Marcia Stevens. She was now making up the beds. In the morning paper was an advertisement en- couraging anybody who had the money and was crazy enough to want to lose it, to send five dollars to Alexander Wallace, Inc., for racing tips. There were several attractions that the party might have gone to on that particular day. A race between an auto and an airplane was scheduled. Melvin Wyman, professional driver, was in the auto- mobile while Clifford Hupper was in the airplane. Nobody in the party would bet against Mel. Anoth- er attraction was the Radio City Theatre where we finally decided to go. On the stage, as members of the famous Radio City chorus, were Harriet Russell, Virginia Holden, Ellen Quincy, and Vera Leeman. Featured on the screen was a musical production directed by Harold Grant Schumann. The music was arranged by Ben Maxwell. The singing was ably handled by Miss Linda DiCicco while the acting was well done by Anna Murray and Louis Goetz. From the theatre the party went to the city’s largest department store to do some shopping. The store, under the direction of John Janigian, was crowded to capacity for there was a gigantic sale which had been well advertised by Publicity Manag- er Robert Covin and Artist Robert Brown. The ladies’ section was presenting a unique fash- ion show. Among the models were Erma Eldridge, Lillian Flannigan, Dorothy May and Ruth Howard. All of the gowns shown on that afternoon were de- signed by Rose Madison and Catherine Dougherty. At this time, in the store, Mr. Janigian’s secre- tary, Miss Marion Donahue, was giving Fred Gross, the store detective, a bawling out because he let someone get out of the store with a large Morris chair. Some detective! We left the store and went back ,to our hotel where, with the newspaper as a medium, we found that the musical members of our class, Helen Sheri- dan and Stuart Craigie were featured artists at Carnegie Hall, while Dorothy Spear and Gordon Lis- ter were members of a prominent orchestra. The next day the bus continued on its trip to Washington where we found that all the people in that city are not engaged in political work. One of the first persons we met was Anthony Antetomaso, the old baseball fan, who now was manager of the Senators. He said that Phil Savelo was doing great work on his ball club. After a little chat with Tony we started for the

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC 29 EVERYBODY READS THE STONEHAM PRESS BECAUSE IT IS AN OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER AND ONE OF STONEHAM’S BEST ASSETS THE STONEHAM PRESS Telephone 0642 21 Central Street, Stoneham ARCHIE G. WILLS Stoneham Headquarters for Armstrong’s Linoleums and Rugs, Congoleum, Nairn Linoleums and Rugs, Leonard Electric Refrigerators, Zenith and Atwater Kent Radios Free Service Prompt Delivery Compliments of STONEHAM MOTOR COMPANY Sales — FORD V-8 — Service 45 Franklin Street Telephone 0490 MARCH BROTHERS RANGE AND FUEL OILS Telephones Malden 7298 Home Phone Stoneham 0932- J CURTAIN AND NOVELTY SHOP Florence Helen Hunt 378 Main Street Opposite 5 and 10 HELENS BEAUTY SHOPPE Specializing in PERMANENT WAVING Frederick’s and New Ray Machineless Method 485 Main Street Telephone 0260 Little David — Mother, what is a fictitious char- acter ? Mother — One that is made up, my darling. Little David — Then you are a fictitious char- acter, aren’t you? There are only 71,000 dentists in the United States. Crabshaw — I see where a Western woman is able to shoot a coin right out of her husband’s fingers. Dingus — Well, isn’t that the limit? They’re bound to get it one way or another, aren’t they? There are more than 4,000,000 lepers in the world today. Compliments of STONEHAM TRUST COMPANY YOUR COMMUNITY BANK Harry R. Dockam, Pres. 377 MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 0105

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC 31 Compliments of DR. RALPH F. BAXTER Dentist Chase Building Stoneham SMART GRADUATION APPAREL MORSE CLOTHING BOSTONIAN SHOES TRIPLETOE HOSIERY ARROW SHIRTS MALLORY HATS FLANNEL TROUSERS CHASE FINNEGAN “Quality — Fair Prices” 17 Central Street Telephone 0111 STONEHAM COAL COMPANY All Rail Coal Charcoal, Wood and Coke Telephone 0185 Office and Yards 52 Montvale Avenue J. HERBERT REYNOLDS Plumbing and Heating Agent for Timken Silent Automatic Oil Burners •445 Main Street Telephone 1196 Cashew — Does your boy find his school prob- lems hard? Pecan — Oh, no. The problems are easy enough, but his answers are too original to suit the teacher. Some 900,000,000 barrels of oil are drawn from the earth in the United States yearly. Lissen — Ain’t people funny? Hurja — Yes. If you tell a man that there are 270,678,934,341 stars in the universe he’ll believe you — but if a sign says Fresh Paint” that same man has to make a personal investigation. The people of this country make nearly 25,000,000,000 telephone calls a year. Compliments of DR. A. L. TAURO R. F. ANDERSON Member of Institute of Radio Service Men Radio Service T elephone 0 1 1 8- W 120 Summer Street Stoneham Telephone 1041-M MARBLE STREET STORE E. G. Lirakis, Prop. Groceries and Cigars S. S .Pierce Groceries 3 Marble Street Stoneham The New Method Laundry “Star Bundle” 20 pounds for $2.00 NEW METHOD LAUNDRY CO. OF STONEHAM 20 Gould Street Telephone 0407