Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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LOCALS e f f r f r r r f + CLASS OFFICERS 1926 President Philip Renaud Vice-President Helen Clarke Secretary ...... Margaret Tait Treasurer Her m on Goodell 1927 President Margaret Craig Vice-President . . . Gertrude LeClair Secretary Keith Middleton Treasurer Phyllis Taylor 1928 President Robert MacMaster Vice-President Bertha Baril Secretary Audrey Wheeler Treasurer . . . . . . William Snell 1929 President Doris Angell Vice-President Ralph Cole Secretary-Treasurer . . . Helen Grant GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB DOG-ROAST At four o ' clock, October eighth, about thirty-five members of the Girls ' Glee Club boarded the Sturbridge car to go to Cedar Pond for a hot dog roast. The girls arrived there safely, and went to the shore in front of Goodell ' s cottage. There they proceeded to make a fire by the approved camp-fire methods, Miss Swett carefully placing the fuel. Pearl Putnam featured heavily in the hard work, proving herself to be very handy with an axe. After enough dogs and marshmallows to weaken a less hearty crowd had been dis- posed of, the girls gathered about Miss Swett and her ukulele to sing. A few games were enjoyed until the party broke up to catch the seven o ' clock car back to town. No ill effects of the trip have been ported. re- CRIMSON AND GRAY FOOD SALE The Crimson and Gray gave a food sale in the Edwards Company store in the after- noon of October eighth. The sum realized did not come up to expectations of the staff, although many good things were sold. GLEE CLUB The Glee Club is now meeting regularly Wednesday mornings and Friday after noons. Miss Swett has plans for an operetta and a concert for the coming year. The officers are: Robert Oldham, Presi- dent and Helen Clarke, Secretary and Treas- urer. GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB A new organization this year is the Girls ' Glee Club. The officers are: Anita Dani, President and Ruth Wriston, Secretary and Treasurer.

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 11 After Grace had pointed out these charac- ters to me, the scenery wasn ' t quite as inter- esting. These two men kept turning around and looked strangely at us. Hope they have to get off before we do, said I to Grace. Oh, they ' ll probably go further into Mex- ico than we shall. Suppose we get off at the next little village we come to. Never fear; I seconded the motion readily. Would we never arrive there? Cold shivers kept run- ning up and down my spine and the two men continued to turn and gaze at us. At last we saw a group of houses, clustered together, in the distance. Here ' s where we say ' good-bye ' to those strangers, said I to Grace. We got ready to leave the car, when the conductor informed us that we would have to stay on till we came to the end of the line. Grace was getting rather frightened. Gee, they ' ll have to get off at the same place. Well, let ' s stay on the car and go back with it, I said. The two men got off the car and left, and we planned to stay on, to wait for it to re- turn. Then we noticed that the conductor was making a move to leave too. So I said, How long will we have to wait here before we can go back to the States ? Four hours, Ma ' m, he replied. Four hours to sit in a street car! That was ter- rible. Come, Grace, let ' s get out for a walk. Those men have gone ; they can ' t harm us. You don ' t know where they ' ve gone to, and besides, there might be a whole tribe of them, said Grace. Well, I ' m sure there ought to be some- body around here who would help us out if anything should happen. So we got out and started walking, looking at the stone huts with their unkempt yards. We kept wan- dering farther and farther away from the houses, up a cool looking road. It was very warm that day and finally Grace said, I ' m about parched. Do you suppose we could get a drink of water around here anywhere? We passed one house, as it didn ' t look very clean ; and we were about to try the next one, when we saw a little farther down the road, another, with a nice white-washed door, that looked really clean, so we ventured up to it. Grace said, You knock, so I gave a timid little knock. A large, dark Mexican woman came to the door. May we have a drink of water? I asked, trying to keep my voice from trembling. Come in, me get you a drink. No, we ' ll wait out here, we said. No come in, no drink. Grace said, I don ' t want to go in, but I do want a drink. Come, we ' re two of us and we ' ll stand near the door, said I bravely. When we came into the room, the woman went into the next room. We could hear men ' s voices talking loudly to her in Spanish. Oh, dear, oh, dear, whimpered Grace. I began looking around the room. It was bare of furniture except for one chair, and on that there was a dirty, bright colored shirt covered with what appeared to be fresh blood stain. Near by, on the floor, laid yards and yards of heavy rope. I looked through the door, where the lady had gone, and saw none other than one of the men who had been on the car with us. Let ' s go; never mind the drink of water, said I to Grace. My teeth were chattering, and my heart was beginning to sink. Yes, and let ' s make it speedy, said Grace- And turned to go out. But there in the door- way stood the other man who had been on the car. Grace let out one scream and I started for the opposite door, but that was blocked by the other man. My heart had sunk indeed, and so had I, for I found myself on the floor hugging my pillow, thinking it was Grace. And, then and there I swore, no more pickles and apple pie before bed time Alfreda D. Norman, ' 26.

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frs» » V»Vr »S»S» » «S N»S» » »«V»S«S»S» » S»V»V» N»S»S»S 1 2r$i5 ALUMNI ++++++0+ ++ji+ ' ++++i++ ++ ++ +++ 0 + ++++ +0++++++ Southbridge High School Alumni Associa- tion held its annual business meeting in the auditorium of the Mary E. Wells High School. The officers of the Association are: Mrs. Marion Taylor, President; Mrs. Bertha Clarke, Vice-President; Miss Margaret But- ler, Second Vice-President; Miss Marjory McMaster, Secretary; Chester B. Young, Treasurer; Miss Katholeen Cozzens, and Er- nest Hall, Executive Committee. Adrian Gaucher, class of ' 25, is a student at Clark College. Robert Montague, class of ' 25, is a student at Brown University. Miss Adele Werner, class of ' 25, has en- tered Massachusetts General Hospital, where she will study to be a nurse. Miss Gertrude Powers, class of ' 25, is at- tending Boston University. Miss Sylvia Claflin, class of ' 25, is attend- ing normal school at Westfield. Miss Mildred Wheeler, class of ' 25, has en tered the Sargent School of Physical Educa- tion, in Boston. Robert Snell, class of ' 25, is attending Massachusetts Agricultural College. Charles Hanson, class of ' 25, is a student at Brown University. Miss Aline Pinsonneault, class of ' 25, has accepted a position as billing clerk in the of- fice of the Hyde Manufacturing Co. Miss Ruth Pollard, class of ' 25, has been enrolled as a student at the state normal school in Worcester. Miss Isabelle Spielman, class of ' 24, has been engaged as assistant teacher in the Marcy Street school building. Miss Laurenda Boyer, class of ' 24, is a Sophomore at Boston University. Miss Bernice Parker, class of ' 25, is as- sisting in the office of the telephone com- pany. Dean Tabor, class of ' 25, has enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Miss Louise Rowley, class of ' 20, has ac- cepted a position in the Endicott library. Miss Rowley is also a graduate of Simmons College. Ovila Benoit is attending Boston Univer- sity. Miss Eleanor Edwards is now located in San Francisco, where she is occupying a sec- retarial position. Miss Edwards is a gradu- ate of Wheaton College, and Mary E. Wells High School. Miss Lillian Loungeway, a graduate of the Mary E. Wells High School, class of ' 22, has entered the state normal school at Worcester, taking the teachers ' course. George P. Cormack, a graduate of the Mary E. Wells High School, class of ' 24, has entered Boston University. Miss Marion Berry and Miss Lucille Wil- liams have entered Peter Bent Brigham Hos- pital, Boston, to train for the nursing pro- fession. Miss Alice Beardwood, class of ' 24, of the Mary E. Wells High School, has entered the Sargent School of Physical Education. Miss Helen Weatherhead, graduate of the Mary E. Wells High School, class of ' 17, and of Simmons College, was married in Grace Church, New York City, to Mr. Van Camp. Until recently Miss Weatherhead occupied the position of librarian in a bank in New York City. Louise Nolan is attending Boston Univer- sity. Roland Thayer, class of ' 25, is employed at the American Optical Company. Hilda Gregory, class of ' 25, is at home at present, but will attend Brown University next year. Miss Gertrude Farley, class of ' 25, is em- ployed at the American Optical Company.