Taunton High School - Journal Yearbook (Taunton, MA)

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THE JOURNAL immense value in his solid silver spoons with gold plated bowls, worth several dollars, for only thirty cents a piece. After a n1inute's hesita- tion I recognized Frank Cohen and beat a hasty retreat before I was in- duced to spend my last cent. VVe went to Russell Hathaway's Playhouse where Gladys MacDonald's Fair-Forty was playing. The leading chirper was Mildred Allyn. whose falsetto aroused the audience to mad applause. Belinda Snow and Bertha Williams were also wildly applauded for their clog dancing. Other members of the cast were Elizabeth Kiernan, Lillian Lamont, Helen Doherty, and Emily Thompson. Herman Spousta conducted his Imperial Orchestra in such a commendable manner that Mayor Katherine Davol, the mayor who was responsible for the great civic advancement, engaged him to play on the Green during her next campaign. I learned that through her cello and with Agnes Raycroft as campaign leader she had captivated the hearts of the voting populace and was elected mayor by the largest majority in the history of the city. As we left the theatre, I saw Howard Carroll and Maurice Klein's lunch cart across the way, where Norman Cameron was eating a hot dog. In the morning fat the New Central Stationl I purchased a Newport ticket from Linwood Brassell, and bought a paper from Frank Tracy. It was the Morning Chronicle,edited by Walter King. I saw Frank Kier- nan shining Leo Strange's shoes in a corner, and Herbert McAdam driving an electric express truck through the gates to the baggage room. Thelma Sheidow was ambulating up and down in police woman's uniform. Suddenly she started on a run down the platform, and I fol- lowed not far behind and saw Francis Andrews badly damage Maurice Cohen's eye. She succeeded in separating them and marched them away by the collar. Seated in the train, QI could not afford the aerial expressj I glanced through the columns of Taunton's leading paper. I read in the sport section that the city baseball team, The Red Herrings, owned by Lindsay Phillips, Albert Higginbotham, and Alfred Buhl, had gone bankrupt. I saw that Allen Freeman had set a new swimming record, not having landed for fifteen hours one Sunday afternoon. just then Ruth Hanley took possession of the seat in front of me, Cwhich I discovered was manufactured by William Marsden in Troy, New Yorkj. In our short conversation I learned that Dorothea Mehegan had married an English Lord and settled in Ireland, that Christine VVhite had recently been elected Governor of California, that Edith Pep- per and Eveline McRae were sailing around the world on a hunt for the elixir of perpetual youthg that Miriam Mackenzie had committed mat- 57

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THE JOURNAL college he went into the barber business, later bought up a chain of barber shops, and then began manufacturing barbers' supplies and toilet articles. Besides Fat, he had on his payroll, Jack Wheeler, his chauffeur: Ruth Hastings, head clerk: Clinton Antine, superintendent of his man- ufacturing plantg John Scanlon, caretaker of his Florida estate: Leo Tep- low, foreman of his racing stables: and Nelson Broadhurst, who, with his wife, was the caretaker of his city home. He insisted on my staying overnight and going to the theatre. Wie then strolled down High Street, and I encounted numerous surprises. The first was a sign, MORTON WIENERT HAIRDRESSER The second was a subway station where George Haskins was collecting nickels. But the fatal blow was the sight of George Goward, a traffic cop on the corner of High and Cohannet Streets. As I stepped into the street to speak to him, a terrific force lifted me, and I knew no more until I woke in a hospital and found Doctor Elizabeth Hodges nearby. She said that nothing serious was the mat- ter with me, for by the wonderful pressure treatment, invented by Edward Hubbard, founder of the Pressure Set School, she had set three ribs and remodeled my head. She further informed me that I had been run over by a Blue Fly , the grand new one-hundred-thousand-dollar automobile designed and manufactured by john Nichols and Arthur Noia, and run by john Pimental. She handed me my bill and said my cure was guaranteed for a year. We walked down the corridor and saw Doris Molden pushing Lois Leonard, who was in a wheelchair, reading a copy of The Rehoboth Herald, owned and edited by Miriam Oxnard. Lois said teaching school had been too much for her and now she was receiving treatment for her brain. She informed us that George Canham had carried away all the honors in the big contest in last year's Brockton Fair. Next to the restaurant was Marjorie Dean's law office. She had re- cently dabbled in politics and was now representing the Taunton district in the Senate. The restaurant was run by Marion Miller and Ethel Traynor. It had all the modern improvements: electric waiters, air- planelandings, Cwould also accommodate autoplanesj and a beauty parlor where Caroline Casella and Gladys Powers made people look like flappers. We learned that Dorothy Taylor was cook and that Everett Parlow was bottle washer. When we crossed Taunton Green,a faker was declaiming the value of his wares in profound tones. He assured his listeners that there was 56

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al' THE JDURNAL rimony and was living in state in New jersey, and that Wilma Sinclair was secretary to the President of the United States. When Ruth left, I took up the paper again and was reading about Eugene Cusick's recent successful visit to Mount Vesuvius in order- to check the eruption of the volcano, when Charles Doherty nudged me for my ticket. I next read of jacob Berkover's advancement from Cor- poral to Commander of the Indian Army in Africa. The officers of the Maiden Ladies Club were announced as follows: President, Doris Davis, Vice President, Elsie Croacherg second Vice President, Victoria Meniceg Secretary, Mary Hurley: Treasurer, Alvina Glenn. Other mem- bers mentioned in the article were Irene De Sousa, Louise Pietch, and Nora Ptak. An advertisement in the corner read, UPATRONIZE MERLE SANDERS'S STUDIO. I looked around for other news of my class- mates and discovered that Maurice Solmer had recently published MY CASTLES IN THE AIR, and that Margaret Copeland and Marion Bullock were conducting a trans-Atlantic airplane line. The main article on the comic page was contributed by Wendell Blake. Un my arrival in Newport the familiar name appeared thus: HMARY VEIGN, SINGING LESSONS. I saw Viola West driving a patrol wagon. I stopped at the Newport National Bank to cash a check and saw Herbert Gorton in the president's chair in the office. Malcolm Crossman was Paying Teller. He told me that William Soup Master- son was refereeing at a boxing match in Meacock's skating rink that night and that it was worth seeing, but I didn't dare take the chance of going to a boxing match. just across from the Bank, dazzling gilt letters read, UMISSES LAHAR and ATHERTON, CHIROPODISTST Beneath was a placard announ- cing that Miss Mildred Atherton was giving free reducing exercises. I entered a candy store to sell my wares and, upon asking to see the manager, Dorothea Bruce stepped forth. But luck was against me. She would have nothing to do with any new-fangled way to sell peanuts. On another street a shop bore the sign, MISSES MACOMBER AND MACOMBER LADIES' FANCY NOVELTIES. I soon tired of traveling and when Ibsaw a sign reading, REST IN DAVIS AND DAY'S HANGING GARDENS, I followed the arrow, and quickly reached the cozy nook. There I paid George Hem- ingway a dime and stepped inside. Sweet odors of incense were wafted 58