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

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20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY THE OBSERVATION PLATFORM Mary Dirlcim Perhaps the most surprised people in Wells were the Dramatic Club officeis and their adviser when more than one hundred hopefuls turned out for the usually conservative meeting. It appears the officers had done a little canvassing on the side — Unfair to organized students are the tantalizing odors that emerge from the kitchen every noon Bouquets to a member of the senior class, Ray- mond Downer, who exhibited astounding bravery when attacked by a savage squirrel at the Yale Stadium recently — Miriam Renaud may De seen at any corner lately, winding endless balls of pole blue yarn — What blonde sophomore in what geometry class is the bone of a math teacher ' s life? — The Freshmen aren ' t doing so badly this year, and if pianists Prahm and Suprenant, not to mention soloist Warren Sarty, are any indication of this prowess, we may expect much — Bright red sweaters are very much in evidence now, a nice trio being those of Mary Ann Hazelton, Gert Bouvier, and Marjorie Hobson — And after seeing our football team go through their setting up exercises on Dresser Field, we sug- gest that they drop the undignified sport and go in for ballet — That ' s all One day JOHN ' S (on ' 41 ) aunt, who was very RICH (ards ' 42) and very CROSS C44) asked him to take her dog for a WALKUnshaw ' 42). She warned him to take GOOD (win ' 42) care of the pup, which was WHITE (oak ' 41) and loved to WAG (ner ' 42) his tail. John trotted along with- out any FEAR (ing ' 44). After a while he came to an OAK (er ' 44) tree. There he found a piece of charcoal. He DREW ( ' 41 ) on the WALK (er ' 44) a picture of his teacher, who weighed a (Nor) TON C44) and had a GREEN (e ' 43) (Crock) FORD ( ' 41 ). John, engrossed in his sketch, did not notice that the dog had run away, but when he did, he was TRU (e) ly ( ' 44) frightened and got MORE (y ' 41 ) so when he had done all in his POWER (s ' 41 ) to find the rascal. He heard a commotion in someone ' s yard but it was only a HOG (an ' 42) with a (Camp) BELL C43) tied around his neck. He met a MAN (nie ' 41 ) in a moving VAN (tura ' 41 ) who said he had seen a dog DOWN (er ' 41 ) the street. The little CHAP (man ' 41 ) kept on gallantly and was (West) WELL C43) rewarded at the end of his search. Wells expects a lot of these Freshmen to keep up with their families. We ' ve noticed these distinguishing marks: Margaret Diorio ' s casual walk Carl Hard ' s ardent partisanship Richard Wagner ' s circular arguments Mrs. Beauregard ' s Books open ' til the second bell! Minor McLaughlin ' s Dopey the Dwarf Barbara Egan ' s large satin bows Coach McMahon ' s ' white football sweater Jean Phillips ' election pin Penny Anctil ' s red knee socks John Chamberlain ' s worried look Upstairs traffic officers ' Quiet, children! Edgar Caron ' s I don ' t get it. Claire Lusignan and Midge Cole offer bobby pins to boys to hold back their half grown pineapple clips. Bella Diorio Geraldine Ethier Shirley Gagnon Aary Gillon Richard Harwood Helen Hobson George Hong David Lenti Doris Lusignan Prudence McGann Harry McMahon Marie Norton Richard Perron Patricia Rowett Wilfred Potvin Paul Roy Phyllis Schesler Annalee Smith Chester Thompson Ida Weaver Leona Goodwin Helen Waskiewicz Arthur Dubreil Stephen Liro Richard Proulx Charles Gladu Shirley Andrus Robert Casavant Betty Caves Sam Chapin Janet Chapman Ray Brousseau Joseph Boudreau Robert Williams Francis Butterworth Isabel Skowron Lorraine Cournoyer Bernard Damian Ronald Girard Evelyn Koprowski Sophie Swiacki Margaret Pauline Virginia Leonard Ken Nina and Marjorie Alice Sally Claire Constance Coach Victor Juliet and Doris Ruth Raymond Francois Madelyn Parker Howard Harold Arnold Wanda Lucille Julia Robert Beulah Carroll Steve John Ned Lloyd Charles Ray Wesley Robert Victoria Rene Rita Darcy Martha and Jack Bill and Francis W eaver E ddie mccarthy wil L ie hebert bil L digregorio bill S wiacki H efner nell I e carpenter G irouard jo H n chamberlain F metr bill h carpen T Jerry B dick ren A armond sy L char L ronk swiacki ( fat ) gan er ( bob ) cstien ud vestri ie bastien joe T heodoss whit E y remian pr A tt ( mouse ) minor M clcughlin E. McC. ' 41

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NOVEMBER 1940 19 PRATTLE JAMES FILLIMORE BEANS Dedicated to all Freshmen This is a story about James Fillimore Beans, a freshman at Frankfurt High School. James Fillimore Beans lived with his mother and father in a little yel- low house on Relish Street. James Fillimore Beans went to high school the first day, went to all his classes, carried all his books home that afternoon, but he didn ' t open one of them. He just wouldn ' t! He went to high school for the next week and the following weeks, going to all his classes, carrying all his books home at night, but not opening one of them. He just wouldn ' t! The weeks passed in quick succession and very soon basketball practice began and James Fillimore Beans went up to the gym. But the next afternoon the coach sent him home and told him he couldn ' t play unless he studied. So James Fillimore Beans didn ' t play basketball and he kept on going to all his classes, carrying all his books home at night, and not opening one of them. Not one of them! Now James Fillimore Beans had a good voice, (at least his mother thought so), so that when ' the operetta cast was being chosen, James Fillimore Beans wanted a part very badly. But he didn ' t get one, because James Fillimore Beans wouldn ' t study! Winter changed swiftly into spring and all his classmates were enthused at the prospects of making the track team but James Fillimore Beans didn ' t get on because he wouldn ' t study. So for a whole year James Fillimore Beans went to school in the morning, went to all his classes, carried all his books home at night, and never opened one of them. Next fall, James Fillimore Beans stayed in the freshman class but that year he went to school every morning, went to all his classes, carried all his books home at night, but he opened every single one of them and studied! And that year James Fillimore Beans was on the basketball squad, in the cast of the operetta, and on the track team and he had a good time! Many of the shining lights of Wells High adorn Miss Kozyra ' s room fifth period. First of all, we find Jerry Gauthier, right under Miss Kozyra ' s nose. Also occupying a front seat, much to his disapproval, is Warren Sarty, male nightingale of the Freshman Class. On the right is the team of Chapin, Butterworth, Jura, and Lemmelin, a very engaging quartet. Opposite these, and ' equally vivacious, are Pienta, Verna, Lariviere, and Chace. The center of attraction, as always, is Bill DiGre- gorio, surrounded by admiring freshies Freeland True, and Blinn. And last, but by no means least, we find Dick Johnson, Eleanor French, Theresa Potvin, Steve La- riviere, Liliose Savage, Mary Powers, typical senior study pupils. Dame Fashion, through Kitty Barnaby ' s eyes, points with pride at: Plain, striped, plaid, or checkered pinafores worn by Fatina Costa and Ida Volpini. Darthia Bernheim ' s and Lorraine Julien ' s sophis- ticated green corduroy jumpers and gray wool blouses. Miriam Renaud ' s light blue knitted sweater. (Ruth Desmarais ' busy preparation with knitting needles and yarn forecasts her appearance.) High socks of bright colors like the college girls ' worn by Penny Anctil and Jean Wilkinson. Plaid dresses and skirts like Nat Pierce ' s and Nan Goddu ' s brightening dull corridors. Just imagine: Miriam Renaud without peanuts. Harold Briggs without Buddy Butler. Ann Robbins with an F. Miss Fitzgerald not saying, Children! Bill DiGregorio not playing football. Mr. Hall without his camera. Quiet Freshmen. Nat Pierce without Nancy Goddu. Alfred Martin not reserved. Seniors not being superior. Channing Pratt not getting around. Mary Ann Hazelton without Marjorie Hobson. Dan Robson without his line. Francois Roy without executive ability. An A in History. POPULAR SONGS I Can ' t Resist You Crimson and Gray salesman One Look at You Alfred Graf The Nearness of You Report Cards Sierra Sue Marion Gibb Keep an Eye on Your Heart Channing Pratt Practice Makes Perfect Football Team Only Forever Homework We Three Julien, Cheney, Houlberg I Want to be Happy Eddie McCarthy All This and Heaven Too Susie Tobia Yours is my Heart Alone Marjorie Cole A Million Dreams Ago Last summer I ' m in Love with the Honorable Mr. So-and-So Miriam Renaud You ' ve Got to be a Football Hero Minor McLaughlin That ' s For Me Nancy Goddu Just Breezin ' Along with the Breeze Nel Benoit Ma, She ' s Making Eyes at Me Fatina Costa I ' ll Never Smile Again Darthia Bernheim Seems Like a Month of Sundays Really? And So Do I Mario Ruzzoli Maybe We ' ll beat Bartlett! WHAT IF—? Ann Hoffman ' 44 William were Flash instead of Blare? Elizabeth were False instead of True? Adeline were Dumb instead of Smart? Dorothy were Bluebird instead of Cardinal? Kristo were Spry instead of Christo? Anne were Hoffgirl instead of Hoffman? Simonds were May instead of June? Noga were Johncadia instead of Leocadia? Hazel were Turn instead of Twist? Eunice were Kneestrong instead of Arms trong?

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NOVEMBER 1940 21 REVIEWS (Continued from Page 17) Always proving herself more than a match for her two brothers, Regina dominates the play. She is triumphant when she blocks their plan for embezzling her husband ' s money, but furious when the husband refuses to reward her efforts by turning the bank ac- count over to her. But Regina is not one who gives up easily. She executes her final stroke when she kills her husband by denying him medicine which would have saved his life. By this crime, she ruins not only her own life but the lives of her family, and the play ends in disillusionment. Moral: If you think your kid brother is a pest, you oughta see Regina ' s! M. D. ' 42 SPECIAL 3-HOUR SERVICE COLUMBIA CLEANERS 69 CENTRAL STREET Call 1660 Call and Delivery CHILDREN-OF GOD By Vardis Fisher We all know the story of the Mormons. We have read of them in the pages of our history books, we have seen motion pictures dealing with their wander- ings. And now we have the greatest single document about this hardy people ever presented. As you read chapter after chapter of Children of God, you will meet the fiery Lion, Brigham Young; Joseph Smith, dreamer of dreams; and Nephi McBride, hard realist. You will witness the unending persecution of a religious group in a free country. You will see two great cities emerge as a testimonial to their faith, and you will see the fall of these cities as a testi- monial to human weakness. From the pen of Vardis Fisher, the great men and women of the time will come to life, as real and vibrant as ever they were, hurling defiance at an un- believing world and at the soldiers sent to take their city from them. You will see not only these great characters, but the stuff that lay behind them, the stern, tough fiber, that gave thousands courage to brave desert and swamp, heat and cold, to preserve the convictions and ideals that they held to be true. Children of God is a tremendous denouement of the nearsighted callowness of the time; it is a trib- ute to the Mormon people, and the voicing of an un- dying faith in the future. Read it, by all means. M. D. ' 42 OUR ADVERTISERS American Optical Co. Ames Worsted Co. Barnard ' s Service Station George E. Bastien Bon Marche Store Boston Store Bousquet ' s Auto Shop R. M. Burnham Butler Son Central Market Central Music Store Chalyn Studio Chiocca ' s Service Station Clemence Co. Coblentz Co. Coderre Furniture Inc. Columbia Cleaners D ' Arcey ' s Service Station J. J. Delehanty Co. Edwards Co. Elm Beauty Parlor J. V. Flood G. Gregoire and Son Goodwin Bros. Hartwell Pharmacy Wm. S. Hofstra The Thomas Hughes Co. Hotel Columbia Hyde Manufacturing Co. Janelle Jewelry Store Kennedy Electric Co. C. H. Knight Inc. F. X. Laliberte Son J. O. Lemoine David Lenti Lenti Motor Sales LePain ' s Pharmacy Lewis Battery and Ignition Co. Ernest Lippe The Little Greenhouse Locki Tailoring Albert N. McGrath McKinstry Ice Co. Inc. Metro Bros. Nick ' s Candy Nomar Optical Co. Paquette Stationery Co. Phil ' s Shoe Store R. Robbins Arthur A. Roy Russell Harrington Cutlery Co. Shea ' s Shepard Drug Store Southbridge Buick Co. Southbridge Coal Co. Southbridge Finishing Co. Southbridge Fruit Co. Southbridge Pharmacy Southbridge Roofing Co. Southbridge Savings Bank Southbridge Trucking Co. Strand Theatre United Lens Co. Universal Blank Co. Vincent Motor Sales Waite Hardware Co. E. G. Walker Coal Co. Weld Beck G. C. Winter Co. Worcester County Electric Co. Y. M. C. A.