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

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DECEMBER 1938 15 ALUMNI ALUMNI We ' re not being smug or anything like that but it certainly pleases us to note that the following mem- bers of the class of 1938 are now lonely freshmen — very, very lonely: Beverly Austin and Florida DeMers, the two scholarship holders, are attending respective- ly, Becker ' s Business College and Worcester State Teacher ' s College; Rita Gagnon, Ruth Laughlin, Gladys Hood, and Edna Rainbow are also at Becker ' s; others attending school in the city of Worcester are Milton Cole, Kenneth Hunt, and Wesley Williams, all at Worcester Tech; in Boston are Janet Hogan and Evelyn Morse at the Fay School, Barbara Munday at the School of Handicraft and Occupational Therapy, (quick, run for the dictionary) Harriet Robinson at Boston University, and Barbara Wilkinson at Lasell Junior College in Auburndale. Others who are startling upperclassmen with their extreme intelligence are: Franklin Daniels and Ed- ward Beers both at Rensselaer; Thurston Favor, at- tending his father ' s alma mater, Springfield College! Julie Chace at school in Baltimore, Md. and Louise Lemmelin at school in Texas; Ruth Toucey, slaving away at the Bay Path Institute in Springfield; Nelson Fay at the University of New Hampshire; Kenneth Ford at Norwich University; Neil Turner attending Mount Hermon; George Tully at Lowell Textile In- stitute; Martha Nichols at Burdett in Lynn; Vivian Vantura at Massachusetts State College; Lucille La- Riviere at Stoneleigh in Rye, N. H.; Winifred Stanley, who is unusually fortunate in attending the University of Krakow in Poland; Fred Ashmankas at school in California; and Wayne Morse at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. Apparently Bob Laliberte, Charles Troy, and Eddie Sansoucy haven ' t had enough of school because they are at the Cole Trade. We ' re flattered no end to have these people back with us, taking P. G. ' s: Robert Canning, Francis Lenti, Charlotte Locke, Barbara Noyes, Joseph Paskal, Dor- othy Swenson, and Pearl Wheelock, who is also en- gaged. Punching the time clock at the A. O., and instru- mental in keeping the place going, are: Marjorie Phillips, Ruth Carey, Alice Hampshire, Jean McKins- try, Marjory Simpson, Doris Lapointe, Marjorie Murphy, Ruth Oldfield, and Betty Merrill. South- bridge ' s future businessmen found there are Harry Kraly, Ted Ostrowski, and Warren Haynes. Reasons why other business concerns in town carry on business are: Margaret Chace at the Nomar Op- tical Company; Estelle Quevillon, working at the Town Hall in the Town Clerk ' s office; Clifford Reyor at Foley ' s; Parker Smith, soda-jerking at Shepard ' s Drug Store; Lawrence Trombley, who is not only working at the Edwards Company, but was recently married to Anna Ayers, a graduate of St. Mary ' s High School; Mary Salviuolo at the Salviuolo Wholesale Fruit Com- pany; Lorraine Mercure at Mercure ' s on the way to Mashapoag; Ted Kwarciak, putting in time at a roof- ing company; and Francis Bousquet and Paul Laliberte each of whom is working for his father. Polly Chamberlin came back to help dear old Wells by making up the cast for When Stars Shine. Prob- ably her most outstanding bit of work was transform- ing Yvette Proulx to Grandma Campbell, and helping Grandma to steal the show. Polly is attending Le- land Powers School in Boston. Franklin Daniels Rensselaer. is out for frosh basketball at Bev Austin is one of the highest ranking pupils at Becker ' s for the first marking period. Many alumni turned out for the Senior Play. Among the newest we found Beverly Austin, our last year ' s editor; Barbara Munday, home from Boston; Neil Turner on one of his rare week-ends from Hermon; Ruth Toucey, our city cousin, enthusiastic about Bay Path; Teddy and Eddie, the pride and joy of the class of ' 38; Gloria Julian, rosy-cheeked and happy as usual; Ruth Laughlin, Gladys Hood, and Edna Rain- bow talking over the situation at Becker ' s Business College; and Hugo De Angelis looking more than dig- nified in his glasses. MISS DRAKE Tables for her Projects in the Spring JO JO CUTS HIS FIRST TOOTH Lucille Dubreuil ' 40 Jo Jo, baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Montville, cut his first tooth today, which was a bigger event in the Dubreuil family than the father ' s raise in salary. All wires were crossed to spread the news around. Beaming with pride, uncle Jerry Dubreuil called his two rival uncles, Ray Bonin and Dan Vecchia, to tell them the exciting news and to prove that Jo Jo was the smartest of all since his tooth came long before Chrisie and Donnie ' s had come. Paul Dubreuil called the theatre and asked for the night off so that he could go down to Webster and take a gander at the latest development, while Gert Dubreuil took time off at the switchboard to call Mrs. Aline Larochelle Le- moine to announce the event, and make sure that Jimmy Jr. hadn ' t suffered any unusual pain which might be the arrival of his first tooth. Meanwhile, Jo Jo sat in his play pen, toying away with his Mickey Mouse, very unaware of the feuds, excitement and gray hairs brought about by his tiny tooth.

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14 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY again that extra point eluded them. The first half ended with Wells on North ' s five-yard line and only second down. In the last period after Bill Swiacki intercepted a pass, Krysiak and Janusz combined with him to carry the ball to the two-yard line just as the game ended. WEBSTER — 7 WELLS — 6 Thanksgiving day, November 24, 1938. Weather: Cloudy, temperature far below freezing with cold winds from the North West. I was one of the 5,000 shivering spectators at Marcustry Park, so here is my description of the game. Wells kicked off to Bartlett with Capt. Tiberii getting the first tackle. The first half found both teams fumbling the slippery ball and punting out of danger frequently. The real action began in the second half when Bartlett kicked to Wells, Proulx running the ball back fifteen yards. Southbridge kicked to Bartlett on their forty-yard line. After a twenty-yard pass, then a long end run bringing the ball to the ten-yard line, it was an easy matter fori Webster to plunge the remaining distance to the goal line. The kick was good making the score Bartlett 7, Wells 0. Soon afterwards Proulx ran forty yards. Then a thirty-yard pass, Krysiak to Proulx, scored for Wells. Proulx ' s kick ironically hit the upright leaving the score 7 to 6. The remainder of the game found Wells trying to overcome that one point lead, but when the final whistle blew that point won the game for Webster. MR. KYRIOS GIRLS ' FIELD HOCKEY The girls ' hockey team starting its second year of play showed what experience will do for a team, by winning three games. Miss Stefanie Kozyra deserves a world of credit. Just two years ago she started out with a group of girls who had never played hockey before and now she has a winning team of which the M. E. W. H. S. can be justly proud. This year ' s team was made up of: Adele Liro, Julia Liro, Doris Girard, (Capt.), Mary Tobia, Rita Adam- ick, Pauline Lavallee, Rosalie Martin, Theresa Le Blanc, Yvette Proulx, Darcy Girard, Marilyn Miller, Mary Palmerino, Sally Cheney, Jean Robertson, Midge McCann, Evelyn Ostrowski, and Janet Migala. MISS KOZYRA Mascot for her Basketball Team SHREWSBURY — 4 WELLS — 1 This game played in Shrewsbury found the one point scored by Doris Girard not quite enough to cov- er the four made by Shrewsbury. WELLS — 1 TOURTELLOTE— A thrilling game. Julia Liro scored the winning point with but fifteen seconds to play. WELLS — 7 BARTLETT — 2 Adele Liro scored four points, Rosalie Martin, Julia Liro, and Darcy Girard each made one point for Wells, while Virginia Leis made both of Bartlett ' s points. WELLS — 2 BARTLETT — This game made it three out of four this season for the girls from Southbridge, who closed the season in the right spirit by downing Bartlett. Adele Liro and Doris Girard scored the only points of the game. This department wishes you even better success next year, girls. EXCHANGES Here ' s another page in our scrap book. These are scraps reminding us of other schools. All the ex- changes are fall issues except The Blue and White Banner. The Blue and White Banner, Putnam, Connecti- cut. We liked your dignified cover. The literary section is distinguished in both quantity and quality. The Dial, Brattleboro, Vermont. The cover and cuts as well as the very fine literature make this magazine rank high among those that we have seen. Your outdoor theme was very appropriate for Ver- mont. The Aegis, Beverly, Massachusetts. This monthly is a snappy little magazine with several fine long stories. Betty Woodbury ' s poems deserve special no- tice. Dial, St. Mary ' s High School, Southbridge. The Dial has many departments and the fact that it is mimeographed shows the great deal of effort in its production. The Clarion. We were pleased to receive this maga- zine. One suggestion — a masthead would give you a business-like air. We also received several school newspapers listed below: The Palmer, Palmer, Massachusetts; West High Eagle, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Suffolk Journal, Suffolk Law School, Boston; Gove Arrow, Denver, Colorado; Tech News, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worces- ter; Proviso Pageant, Maywood, Illinois. These magazines and newspapers are in Room 126 available to anyone who wants to read them.

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16 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY y A 4 ml TJ PRATTLE PRATTLE — REMINISCING Summer — The Big Alum tribe consisted, as usual, of many Wells-ites .... Kenny Phillips zoomed up and down in his speed boat all summer .... Steve Casavant got his smooth tan (we ' ll admit it has fad- ed somewhat now!) from tennis and canoeing .... Nina Hobson claims the lake bores her .... the week it rained for eight days (long weeks we have!) Mary Wiessner gave up and came home to Southbridge with her folks .... Darthia Bernheim and Patricia White- oak were so enthused about the great out-of-doors that they contemplated joining the Girl Scouts .... Jean Phillips is still enjoying the memories of herself balancing on her brother ' s surfboard. Offside, we say you should have seen some of those nose-dives! ! . . . . Charlie Roy spent all his time delivering orders from his newly established store with the occasional aid of brother Eugene .... Steve Lariviere was improving his tennis game when he wasn ' t fishing .... The animated sign language that Arliss Olson car- ries on in class is really something to see .... Nancy Righi and Bertha Blakely would make perfect Tuscan belles (first assembly — remember?) if they had roses in their hair. Sara Coffin had quite an embarrassing experience with a lion on her most recent visit to Forest Park Zoo. (For further details see Miss Coffin.) Among those sophomores who keep the mail man busy are Nancy Goddu and Miriam Renaud. Both seem to have quite heavy (?) correspondences with near-by acade- mies. Speaking of Sophomores, John Chamberlain, William DiGregorio, and Real Lafleche aren ' t doing so bad on the gridiron this fall. By the time they ' re seniors — well, who can tell? Billy D ' Arcey, former member of the Sophomore class, appeared for a visit and caused quite a commotion among the fairer half of the class. PERIOD ONE Dora Kendall ' 39 (To be read very swiftly) Walkinshaw, Woodbury, Weissner, and Roy, Ostrander, Ziu, Goodwin, floy floy Stop saying ' Well Ah ' (Everyone giggles) ' Is Anctil in this class? ' Please pass the pickles. Miss Whiteoak, stop talking; Mary, leave her alone! Who ' s doing this mocking? Now where ' s Ethan Frome? (To be read more slowly) And every first period And all through the year We seniors go through this With never a jeer. We have a good time there; Learn figures of speech But — Alice in Wonderland Is out of our reach! This and that: Reta Pratt, staggering down Main Street with a load of books, That high! (Studying hard, Reta?) . . . Mary Dirlam, the light and life of the freshman class .... Miss Hebert ' s boys ' chorus causes quite a sensa- tion at Glee Club meetings .... wish we could see some of those candid camera shots. Perhaps it ' s just as well, though .... Miss Birtz ' s comic section in her room has quite a galaxy of high school students, in- cluding Roger Larochelle, Steve Casavant, and Louise Bouvier . . . . Al Homicz was quite disturbed about the feathers disappearing from the corridor bulletin boards. Solved the mystery yet, Al? .... Has the echo of the bombshell Mary Campbell threw into the Newswriting class about Curley died down yet? .... Not that we are curious or anything but what does Pickarski find to look at in the balcony during as- sembly? .... By the way, what do the Polish boys ' talk about in the locker room when they rattle off words in that language. We wonder! ! . . . . The shagging at the Senior Play caused quite a sensation. Reference for MISS FITZGERALD in her English Class Now that the Senior play is over, do you remem- ber: Mabel Tatman ' s calico elephants carried by Phyllis and Bertha — the dancing teams who followed so well Jimmy Bastien ' s stop and go signals — the under- taker ' s grass — (if you were backstage) Miss Howe ' s (we ' ll cherish the memory) devices to keep us quiet — Steve Casavant ' s taking over the control of the cheer- ing squad — Murph Hazzard ' s keeping his back turned and his head down to help Coach Green keep his voice under control during the fight talk — the real lemons (where were the oranges!) during the dressing room scene — that seconds were precious to Gene in Act II Scene II — and that Pink Tiberii and Bob Girard hardly achieved their usual dapper appearance in the same scene — backstage scene of Eleanor and Mary handing out crutches, lemons, thumb-tacks, Japanese lanterns, and knitted dresses on order — the black eye on Vic L ' Ecuyer — the re- vamped Mountain Boys lead by Tarki ' s one-two- ready! — head scenery builder McGrath ' s last words, Boy, I ' m glad this is over. MR. EARLS Debating Club