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

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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

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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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DECEMBER 1938 17 THE UPLIFT UPDO Charles Genereux ' 40 The newest in fantastic fashions is to put your hair up. The curls piled high on the head often resemble a batch of machinist ' s shavings or a lot of springs thrown together, but what of it? If the hair has never been put up before, the result is very startling, not only to the girl herself, but also to her friends. This new fashion is used mostly to display a swan-like throat, or to show jewels and furs. Everybody wonders what women ' s styles will come to in the end. Little greeny Freshmen Trying hard to learn. You needn ' t learn the fire drill! You are too green to burn. OUR SONGS Always and Always I ' m An Old Cowhand Blow The Man Down Krakoviak No, No, a Thousand Times No Picture Me Without You The Snake Charmer Homework Tarki Vangel Doug Brown Bill Swiacki Detention Louise and Kay Tower Club Boys OUR Art Instruction Time Outlook Vogue Country Gentleman Child Life Field and Stream Mademoiselle Popular Science True Story Life Reader ' s Digest Photography New Yorker Stage MAGAZINES Fleurette Demers 8:15 to 3:00 P. M. Traffic Officers Ruth Demarais Price Burgess The Freshmen Kenny Phillips Yvette Laricheliere David Ohlwiler Report Cards Vacations Mr. Snell ' s English Classes Elaine Bousquet Reta Pratt Eleanor Barr BONERS In middle age, from thirty to thirty-five, one of the diseases people have is artillery. The Anglo Normans instituted the futile system of government. PRATTLING ALONG WITH PRICE BURGESS The hockey team seems to get all the tough breaks. This time the bad luck is in the form of warm weather. A schedule is being drawn up, how- ever, and with a little ice to practice on the team ought to have a fairly good season. The amateur show ought to help on the financial end. Among those at the amateur show was a former Wells student now attending school at Northr ' ield. She was promptly taken in tow by one of our seniors. But going from Cupid to his mother, did you know that Venus is completely covered with clouds? This means that it ' s raining practically all the time. Venus hasn ' t any more ice than there is today in Southbridge. That is because Venus is so near to the sun, which has been causing us quite a lot of trouble lately according to meteorologists. They say that increased number and size of sun-spots is af- fecting our weather, causing such phenomena as Aurora Borealis displays, and cold winters. Even the hurricane is blamed, in part, on sun-spots. Let ' s hope that the sun-spots give us a white Christmas so that Santa Claus will be able to sleigh down from the Arctic. A frantic search is being made for a Santa Claus to officiate at the Crimson and Gray party. No- body seems to want the job. Another party from which everybody expects great things is the Repub- lican Party. Down in Congress where the parties work, perhaps someone should bring up a bill curb- ing Swing , but this fad appears to be almost at its peak and probably will start to decline shortly. About the only good thing that it has done is to produce a greater variety of popular songs. This results in the fact that songs aren ' t so easily worn out by overplay- ing. Hashing over has ruined many a song ' s career. Can you remember: O, you blow through here The music goes down and ' round — That song was actually killed by constant replaying. However, its composer is probably living on his profits even now. On the whole, song writers have a tough time trying to earn a living and at the same ti-ne to keep in step with trends in music. Everybody from Mussolini to football coaches has to earn a living. The football season is about over now except for the Bowl games. We have the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Cotton Bowl. Why not a Salad Bowl or a Dust Bowl? Football over, we now await the hockey season which brings us back to Coach Dion ' s team. Here ' s wishing them a good season! MRS. BEAUREGARD A ' » I v N BOYS ' HAIRCUTS John Gifford ' 40 Walking down the corridor, one can see a variety of haircuts on boys. They range from short wire- like clips to the long straight type. Few people realize that boys ' haircuts can differ in style just as much as girls ' can. The type of haircut that seems to dominate is the brush type. Though not recommend- ed for the dignified type of person, it is jus t the thing for boys who do not want to carry combs around with them. Often these clips are taken too literally by the barber and one comes walking out of the barber- shop with a cut so close that Little Henry would turn green with envy. Some boys have hair that gets out of con- trol and looks like the back of a porcupine as soon as the water evaporates. Then there is a mad struggle to see if it can be temporarily put in place until it can be wa- tered again. Of course, there is the boy that is just the opposite. This lad has his hair so well under control that it is never out of place. But this is a natural gift, owned only by a few. No matter where you go, you do not often see two identical haircuts on boys.