Sutton Memorial High School - Exitus Yearbook (Sutton, MA)

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22 ' 50 Maryland research center, and had decided to build up his own plant on a larger scale. He then took us, on a tour through a few of the buildings. His plant extended so far that it would have taken us days to go through the whole place. We went up the main research office, where we met June Keeler, who was working as a laboratory technician for Harold. June told us that Mary Savoie had organized a dancing school, which was located in the heart of the city. Artists who had attended the Savoie Academy of The Dance were well known all over the United States. Mary also told us that she was the Mistress of ceremonies on a popular television show. We located Dottie Potter at the Sutton Memorial High School which had been completed in 1951, the year after our graduation. The school had been enlarged to about three times its original size. Dottie had recently received a degree from, a Western University, and had secured a position teaching English and foreign languages at the school. She was also the girls ' sport director there, and was very busy with numer- ous other school activities. The hours slipped hastily by as we reviewed the wonderful times we had enjoyed at S. H. S. Before we parted again, Harold directed us as we sang our class song, and Bill, our senior class president, pro- posed a toast to the Class of 1950. Valerie Johnson ' 50

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' 50 21 Class Prophecy The date was June 14, 1965. I had just stepped off my plane at the Sutton Municipal Airport after a cross country flight, and I decided to see if I could locate some of my former classmates. After transferring my luggage to the Hotel Suttonian, — the largest hotel in the East, — I decided I would start my two weeks ' stay in the city of Sutton by going to a stage show. I walked a short distance from the hotel to find myself at the Famous Fifty Club, a large theater which was under the management of — much to my surprise — Ben MacLaren. His Famous Fifty Girls were known all over the United States. I had the opportunity to meet a few of Ben ' s fifty girls after the show, and while I was talking with some of them, one of the girls called: Hilda, hey Hilda, come here a minute. That famous dress designer from California, Valerie Johnson, is here. Then, who should come running toward me but Hilda Swart, another of my classmates. It surprised me to see Hilda in show business. I remembered then how she had been inspired by the Rockettes in New York. It was then that Ben, Hilda, and I decided to have a reunion of the Class of 1950. Ben said he knew someone at the Sutton Soldiers ' Hospital whom I might like to see. I couldn ' t imagine who it was, but I soon found out. It was Dottie Minor, who had been director at the hospital for the past five years. Incidently, the Sutton Soldiers ' Hospital was endowed by Donald G. Schwab to Sutton in memory of the soldiers who had died in the last war. Billy Johnson, who had been a famous hero of that war, had made the presentation. Billy was married and now lived in Illinois where he worked as a public accountant for a large concern. Ben got in touch with him, and Bill said he would come to Sutton im- mediately for our reunion. Next, Ben drove me out into the country, and we came to a stop before a spacious, white farmhouse. He told me that this was the resi- dence of Shirley Briggs, and that she and her husband had been liv- ing here with their five children for some time. The children were in the yard playing, and they ran to meet us. After visiting with Shirley and her family for awhile, Ben sug- gested we all go for a short ride to the Smith Hydrogen and Atom Research Laboratories. Of course, the head of the laboratories was none other than Harold Smith. He told me that he had worked in a

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' 50 23 Senior Class Trip On Monday, April 17, the Senior Class accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan left for New York and Washington, D. C. Arriving in New York, we went by bus through lower New York City, and the enjoyed an interesting ferry ride across the Hudson River. We then went to Baltimore, Maryland, where we saw some points of interest, including St. Mary ' s School which Babe Ruth attended. Upon reaching Washington, and before going to our hotel, the Martinique, we visited the Congressional Library, and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. On Tuesday, after a visit to the Arlington National Cemetery with its Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the Memorial Amphitheatre, we proceeded to Mount Vernon, the home and shrine of George and Martha Washington, returning to Washington via the Mount Vernon Highway. We traveled along the famous 16th Street, where we saw the many foreign embassies. We also went to the Capitol building, but it was National go to your Grandmother ' s funeral day. That is when the President tosses the first ball in a baseball game at the stadium on the opening day of baseball season. Wednesday morning, we visited the Bureau of Printing and En- graving, the Washingotn Monument, Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Natural History, and the Mellon Art Gallery. The afternoon was devoted to a lectured tour of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. We left Washington, D. C., on Thursday. Enroute to New York, we stopped in Philadelphia for a sightseeing tour during which we saw Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Upon our arrival in New York we immediately went to the Hotel Taft. That evening, in a per- formance at Radio City Music Hall, we saw The Daughter of Rosie O ' Grady and the Easter Pageant, which featured the Rockettes. Friday morning was left open for those who wanted to sleep, shop, or gallivant around the city. In the afternoon, we were taken on a lectured tour of upper New York City, which included Riverside Drive, Grant ' s Tomb, Columbia University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Harlem, Fifth Avenue, and St. Patrick ' s Cathedral. From here, we went to Grand Central Station, where we boarded our train for good old Worcester. Everyone had an enjoyable time, and the Seniors wish to express their appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, and to Walt Lee, our bus driver, whose efforts made the trip doubly enjoyable.