Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Company. He invented a new method of making glass blocks which he conceived after drinking several thousand cokes during high school days Olive Mattulina has gone on to win new laurels as a professor of history at Stanford University Bill Pollock is an English teacher, but unfortunately many of his students know more about the subject than he does The bewildered under- class protege of Paul Cammick is not very successful in his undercover activities because Mr. Jordan now has a newly installed television set Whenever the villain starts to act up a little bell rings and Mr. Jordan hops on his electric lift Very soon the disturbance is quelled . . . Dick Wetherbee is the dread of all other wrestlers so long as he holds his title as world’s champion Ginny Chiesa says that she is very happy in her little white bungalow waiting for hubby Doctor Bob to arrive home from his daily visits to the ill of Taunton Lou Ann Hawkins has been nationally acclaimed as a script writer for a famous radio comedian Her dry wit and humor have put her with the class of people whose annual income is in the 6-digit bracket Prissy Wishart is the fashion editor of a new and different variety magazine which is the rage in all communities Mary Vella keeps her office in stitches and certainly is lucky that she fits with the boss in order to cover up those mistakes in her shorthand and dictation Dotty Watson, who did so well as secretary for the Class of ’44, is now the proprietress of an exclusive and swank ladies’ establishment which is noted for its creative fashions That she has been doing well is evident because her rather stylish creations are the object of many a radio comedian’s joke Curtis Ford, because of his great understanding and sympathy for all human nature, is the owner of a kennel for show dogs We know that the dogs love him for his understanding because he W ' orked in a gas station during the war, and anyone would have to have sympathetic ears to listen to the tales of woe that the wary motorist used to spring in those days Dick McMaster has become a noted medic specializing in maternity cases He chose this profession because it was most nearly opposite to that of the one he practiced during high school days Marjorie Please do not call me ' Thirsty’ ’’ Drinkwater is busy lending her voice to the studio which produces those travelogues on foreign countries Virginia McCarthy has become a fascinating and pulsating cover girl for various well known magazines Many of the popular bathing suits are draped around Barbara Stevens Since the yearbook committee has dissolved the coke companies have been virtually on the rocks We spent more time reading joke magazines, washing down cake and cookies with tonic, and trying to crack a better joke than the next one than we did actually working Those were the days Rose McMahon and Florence Gourley have been contributing to society’s ad- vancement by inventing and perfecting a simple and direct method of manufacturing penicillin Latest reports have it that they’re reaping quite a profit from their various factories scattered throughout New England Bert Sjolin, always a gay character, has been credited with an idea to give babies a brighter outlook on life Nowadays, when mama takes sonny in the carriage. 1944 1 yj ]

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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 ]

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life is gleeful for Bert’s invention of bouncing baby buggy tires Baby develops a natural instinct to ride the roller coaster Jeanne Muirhead is the proprietress of a ski lodge and tow in New Hampshire and does right well by the cash drawer in her record selling business on the side She sells soothing music to those novices who are so unfortunate as to ache in numerous places George Sheehan has done well by the Department of Internal Revenue for his numerous plastic producing plants It seems that he stumbled onto a new ingredient which made it the ideal product for use in the manufacture of automobile bodies and recently opened his fifth factory One of the better paying industries which has sprung up is known as Burpee’s Kisses” Of course the first name of its owner is Janice She has long sur- passed other competing companies in popularity at the candy counters She has branched out into salt water taffy and features a bathing suited girl on the box Need we mention who the cover girl is? Irma Nason became so intrigued with the art work on her class picture that she decided to become a photographer in her own right She has all the contracts for graduation classes from miles around and her streamlined building in Braintree Square is the marvel of the town Anita Teeta” Zahn is pioneering in the rebuilding of Braintree as a modern and upstanding community She is the head of an architectural firm and has offered many suggestions for the improvement of the stores and building fronts Lois Wentworth is an unpublicized ghost writer for the presidential candidate of the Dry Party Her wit is often brought out over the radio in humorous and snappy anecdotes She has done much of this type of work and enjoys it greatly The work of Mary Harvey is seen daily by many millions of people, for she creates a syndicated comic strip which appears in more than 150 daily and Sunday papers It is all about a cave girl and her romance quite interesting Kenneth Look Pretty Now,” Ryan has established himself firmly as a photo finisher of great renown It is rumored that he is planning expansion to the western states soon now Wilfred Gurney has become the president of a new banking concern which loans money on vast scales and tries to aid deserving young inventors . . . To date he has fostered some 12,000 inventions and proven himself worthy of his mention in Who ' s Who Rupert Fairbairn, I,eo Fillis, John MacKay, Bob Lang, Dick Lansing and Arthur Siegler are the owners of an old whaling vessel which plies up and down the coast on short runs with crews made up of people who want to get the thrill of ancient shipping Well, it’s getting late Our reunion has lasted into the wee hours of the morning what with listening to each other’s stories of success I move that we adjourn to the newly-completed hotel owned by Joe Trott and spend the next few days languishing in the good old New England sunshine before returning to our respective careers I, for one, am sleepy ho, hum (Ed’s note And so, with the strains of Morpheus filling the air we take leave of the industrious Class of 1944 to dream up more ) 1944 [ 30 ]