Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Class Prophecy 1960 H ERE it is leap year again, and as we swoop into the old town in our Super Convertible Amphibious Auto-Copter designed by Victor Heurlin and Justin White and powered with several of Charles Elliott’s famous per- petual motion engines, we see that the girls at dear old B.H.S. still outnumber the boys (not counting the shy ones) Flying low we see that ye red brick high school is adorned with an enormous and beautiful addition twice as large as the original building. The Rock Bowl” has also succumbed to a new surface and the installation of thousands of cement bleachers (A dream you say Well, isn’t the whole prophecy a figment of strong imaginations?) In the square Frannie Doo Doo” Nott with her tresses and Margaret Green with her monicker are acting tratfic lights while the real ones are out to shine Nancy Guiliano, jolly proprietress of the local super market, is passing out fruit to the offspring of the Class of ’44 as they trudge (in much the same way their parents did) wearily home from school Mr. Jordan’s two tone ’3 8 Chrysler is still parked outside the school as we pass it and note the diligent student activity occurring therein that of shooting spitballs and being general nuisances Up on Hancock Street, Betty Jones is rehearsing for her weekly radio-television show with Biz” Barrett’s band (They have all just arrived from the west coast to attend our shindig) Marguerite LeVangie is the proprietress of a skata-bowladrome in New York, we are informed, as she pauses long enough in her volcanic unleashing of words when we almost knock her down by flying too low, to say so We are meeting at the new high school auditorium because it provides ample space (something the old one did not do) Dave Knowles is to be the M.C. tonight. He was our streamlined class president way back in ’44 remember? Fran O’Rourke’s Skyline-Shoreline Super-Service Station looms up in the distance of East Braintree He’s doing quite a business, we hear Ray Warner is adding to his collection of ancient automobiles Bob McClellan is adding to his collection of ancient jokes . . . (that you may take in any way you wish) . . . Ralph Libby has his ice house to cool off in whenever the need arises eh, Ralph? Don Plummer, the basketball shooting troubadour, is enjoying great success at the Met in New York City Freddy Vines has graduated to a Cadillac of his own now that he is a featured saxist coast-to-coast weekly Pudgy Powers has joined Laurel as the other member of that laugh team Al Mattie has just pulled in his third million derived from his invention of producing chocolate and strawberry milkshakes from the first and third spigots of Bessy-the-Bossy Louis Barker is enjoying reasonable comfort and success from his dicta-type It’s quite new I’m sure that all of Miss Kirby’s students will be glad to know that you merely talk into the machine and it types all your letters or homework by itself As the head of Consolidated Radio Corporation, Jimmy Maxwell is in a responsible position (It was he who supervised the installation of wall fiber and the public address system 1944 [ 27 ]

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Priscilla Earle Wishart ; George Richard Wetherbee Dick” or T rigger” Baseball I, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball I; B” Club 2, 3, 4. 4 hrniicr of Herculean strength, carefree, silent. James Elm j . ' wprth ki. i JUfjellow! Almost too .small tqfbe noticed. Lois Julia Wentworth Loiccy” Pris” Yearbook Committee; Wampa- tuck Homeroom Representative 4; Senior Show 4. Little, dark and cute. Full of fun and pally. Anita Gertrude Zahn Teeta” Gym Team I. Here ' s a pal who’s lots of fun. Nothing worries Tecta. Glee Club 4. Serene, eien-tem pered , quiet. Herbert Edward Wheeler, Jr. Little Herbie” Gym Team I, 2; Rifle Team 1, 2; Cross Country 3, 4; Track 3, 4; B” Club 3, 4. Herbie, small, blond and eiery- body’s pal. Justin Hartley White Dusty” Senior Show 4; Wampatuck Ad- vertising Manager 4; Yearbook Committee 4; Teacher’s Play 4. Pally, Particular and Promising. Other Graduates are: Madeline Daiute Beverly Jordan Richard Lansing James McCormack John McDermott Rose McMahon 1944 [26 1

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of our new auditorium) Vic Heurlin, Dick Perkins, and Herb Wheeler are the Kitchener Kids of aviation With a team like that we need never fear another war ho’d trifle with them? Bob Ingmanson and Bill Dignan are seen in manv magazine ads under It Could Happen to You” They are the subject of a lot of ribbing, but they’ve made their money by it . . . Minnie” Daiute is Cab Calloway’s Mascot, although he’s generally no moocher pun oo-oo-o Harry Hollien is the current screen idol (under a Hollywood handle, of course) . He is much in demand because of his ability to play either male or female roles with the peek-a-boo haircut On touring some of the local plants and businesses we had to pass by Secretary Marion Dagley to see Mr. Francis Noonan of the bleachery Mr. J. Hilding Larson is, of all things, a silk and nylon stocking salesman He gets to see all the new models hm-m!! Bob Layton is just unpacking his Chevrolet f rom the mothballs He always did enjoy a good sleep, but this time he overdid it a little We’re supposed to meet at 8 P. M. at B.H.S., and as in ’44 we still enjoy holding our gals’ hands They’re so soft even after all these treats Ivory Flakes, you know The speakers will be former students who will orate on their successes There’s Freddy Driver, who drives a Hood truck On his day off he shuttles Woodworth’s bus over to ' atertown Warren Elliott’s business has suffered quite a little since non-dentable plastic has been introduced But, not to be pushed out in the cold, he’s invented a new dent maker It’s a tree that runs right into you without your even driving off the road This will also help those drivers who swear that the tree hit them Marty Caird is now doing what she can for the poor wounded soldiersf!) still recovering from the war She has become regional director of Occupational Therapy We have heard that some of the patients don’t want to get well She has been rather successful be- cause she says that she has a terrific income tax to pay Marb” Allison heads a chain of bowling alleys throughout the south Clayton Parry is an oculist. He’s always sure of seeing the nice looking girls because he can change his glasses if he thinks he’s slipping Jimmy Ricketts enjoys his weekly salary as official door measurer for these new pre-fabricated houses Bob Moore and Neil MacLeod are currently hitting all the big movie houses throughout the country with a novel vaudeville act James Now you see me, now you don’t” Wentworth is a clown with a well-known circus You’ve seen him He’s the last one that comes out of that little car filled with clowns and donkeys Harold Ross is the mayor and lone resident of an extinct western town When asked about this, he just points to his copy of Live Alone and Like It and smiles. Oh, well, every man to his own taste Toni Magazu is utilizing her amazing and talented faculty as a director of stage and radio productions at Consolidated Radio Of course. Max- well’s being president of said company is coincidental Joan Hansen is bearing up under the responsibility of being the head of one of New York’s newest and largest hospitals Bob Moseley was recently elected president of the Hotair Glass 1944 1 28 ]