Taunton High School - Journal Yearbook (Taunton, MA)

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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

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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 on mild zephyrs, and birds were singing in the tropical shrubs. I sank onto a bench beneath a swinging palm and was dozing when Dorothy Tallon drove up in a donkey cart. She was selling drinks, candies, and papers. I bought a Society Herald whose leading article was the account of a party given by Mr. and Mrs. August Miller. I was immediately interested to learn more and upon inquiring of an attendant was informed that Mr. Miller am de biggest man in de whole world, sho am, married into de Ford family an' 'herited all de millions. Has airplanes, autoplanes automobiles, yachts 'n every thing,'n gave me a dollar one time too. He sho' am fine fellar. I read that Hazel Lapham had returned from Paris where she had been studying art. Of course I looked into the Lost and Found Column and saw there-- LOST, A THOROUGHBRED RENOVA WHITE RAT, ANSWERS TO THE NAME OF PETIE. When last seen was chasing a bulldog up Sawyer Street. If the finder will return him to Miss Gertrude Berkman, 1071 Sawyer Street, he will receive a handsome reward. A lecture was to be given that evening by David O'Keefe, on My Trip to Mars. At once I decided to go, and had the extra pleasure of an interview with the far-famed Heavens-Piercerf' Ethel Brimi- combe accompanied him as business manager. Dave said his career began when, in company with George McLaughlin, he began making balloon couches, the kind that hang about a mile above the earth. One day a balloon broke loose while he was asleep in the couch. When he awoke, he was so far up in the sky that Earth and Mars looked about the same size. By manipulating the devices on the balloon, he got back to earth the next day and immediately began an investigation. With the aid of Lester Immerman he was able to discover that a small column of air connected the two planets. This discovery was his means of success. When leaving the hall, I met Muriel Chase and Mildred Weyman tending the Salvation Army Kettle. I put in a nickel I had been saving for six months to give to Thomas Avylla, from whoml borrowed it one day when I met him in Bimini Bay with Elizabeth Lawlor. I used it to buy some gum for Mildred McNamara whom I met on the beach with Margaret Marie, both looking as though their last friends had departed. Arriving at the hotel again, I settled down to read a bit in order to calm my nerves. An article in the society Herald, headed EDWIN DUNN INJURED IN GALLANT'S ZOOLOGICAL CARDENH, attracted my attention. He was washing the mud from the feet of Ben, his pet turtle, when the creature, which, he stated later he had forgotten to feed, 59