Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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WILL Phyllis LeVangie leaves with her sailor. Ralph Bishop gives his old flashbulbs to John Libertine. Ruth Holbrook bequeaths Burke’s to her little brother. Hal Ostman leaves his waves for his little brother to use. Barbara Gale leaves. Darn it! Lenny Alves leaves his late slips for Mr. Murphy to give to the first unfortunate junior. Erica Hecht leaves her wit and wisdom to Johnny Drake. Robert Esson leaves his soft decisions for Mr. Ferrett to use as an example. Joan Ferguson leaves her two sisters to take over where she left off. Ed Delaney leaves school. Mary Lou Curran leaves her driving ( ' ' ) ability to Phyllis Weixler. Francis Blanchard leaves his wavy locks to Jimmy Magee. Dotty Doucette leaves to join Hank. Ann McNulty sheds light on the subject by donating her sunny disposition to all juniors. Smile on! Ginny Trapp leaves her ability to play hockey to Joyce Hainsworth. Alice Utudjian leaves her giggles to Nancy O’Donnell. Gloria Thrower wills her front seat in Miss Stecher’s English class to Vee Finnegan. E. Huntly leaves his elevation to Leslie Watts. Dick Williams leaves his vice-presidency to anyone who can fill the office. Roy Thorp bequeaths his large pay envelope from Smiley’s (six coughdrops) to W. Eburn (four coughdrops). Pete Magazu leaves because he’s forced to. In witness thereof, we, the undersigned Senior Class of Braintree High School, do set our hand on and seal this testament on this sixteenth day of November, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-five. SENIOR CLASS BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL The following stood as witnesses to this testament: PETER MAGAZU ROY THORP BARBARA GALE {27

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CLASS We, the graduating Class of 1946, of dear old Braintree High School, situated on Washington Street, in the town of Braintree, in the county of Nor- folk, in the State of Massachusetts, in the United States of America, being of sound and disi)osing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, and herebj revoke all wills and codicils l)y us at anytime heretofore made. Because our future is uncertain as to where, how, or why we’re going, we feel it our duty, as well as a great privilege, to bequeath some of our ac- complishments and great works to those to come; Pat Trojano sends a cheer to Bev Bradford to keep up the spirit of the team. Jean Wain leaves her vocal cords to Dotty Boutilier. Ray Smith leaves his strength to Tony Asci. “Red” Stephen bequeathes his mop of red hair to Mr. Stuart. Don Hollis leaves his t rained flashlight to Bill Smith. Jimmy O’Rourke leaves that one-muscle for anyone who likes to walk. Shirley Hollis’ and Ruth LeVangie’s partnership is given to the Watts twins (United we stand; divided we fall). Jack IMeaney leaves Lil to Jordan Marsh. Cliff Smith wills his horn — period. Don Lunnetta leaves his avoirdupois to Allison Libby. Bill Ireland leaves all those nice clothes to Jimmy Peckham. Paul Sweezey leaves his height to Ray Brickley. E. Holbrook leaves his brother (Skinny) to take over where he left off. Donald Webber leaves Miss Evan’s — ( isn’t she lucky!) Steve IMaloney leaves his ability to get his nickel back to Bill Sullivan. Charlotte Blaisdell wills her ability to play tennis to Ginny Lane. Barbara Borden leaves her quiet disposition to Ruth Carty. Betty Brousseau leaves her young age to any cute freshman. Bob Hunter leaves that nice red truck to Joe Harvey. Claire Eason leaves her wad of gum to Elinor Gorman. John Spickard left November 1. i L RY Julian gives her typewriter back to Miss Tilley. George Routhier leaves his spot on the basketball team to J. LeRoy.

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CLASS Sitting in an easy chair on a cold and blustery da} ' , iny attention was distracted from a book I was reading by the snow blowing against the window. Once being disturbed, I could not go back to reading, so I sat there staring out the window. The snow flakes looked so mysterious floating down from above, and within a few minutes sleep had overcome me. I immediately began to dream and I saw into the future of all my classmates of 1946. Geokge Pic. rdi— George is now the director of chorus girls in one of Xew York ' s most swanky night-clubs. My how he has changed. Laur. P- fford— Laura is still going around in circles, now it ' s from being a famous roller-skating star. Koy Thorp— Roy is the center of the feminine world these days, he is a well-known hair stylist. Not bad girls! Ch. ro- LETTE Bl. isdell— “Chink is full of it these days, she is selling vitamin pills. She always was full of pep. Fred Taylor— is a popular boy, we see him every day of our lives delivering mail. Dorothea McCarthy- Dottie is known to movie goers as “That Bomb-shell. She can sing those songs of hers even lietter than Betty Hutton could. William Stephen— “Red has just written a new book entitled, “Looking up to the World.” Robert Telless— “Bob” is a.ssistant to one of the commercial teachers at B. H. S. Oh! poor Miss Evans! Josephi.ne Do.v.nelly— Josephine is widely known today, she is the owner of a national cosmetic company. ’ILLI. M Flynn— Bill who once was a very shy little l)oy around women has certainly changed. He has just written a book entitled “How to Catch Your Woman.” X. .omi Woodworth— Xaomi has written the most beautiful song. The title seems to be “How Many Hearts Have You Broken.” Rich. rd Copp and L.a.wrence McLaughlin— “Wiff ' ’ and “Mac” are the very romantic duet singing Xaomi ' s new song. Robert Hunter— Bob is running an escort bureau in Hollywood. I never thought you were the type Bob. R. lph Bishop— Ralph is working with Bob Hunter as the leading man. How is business out in sunny California ' ? Jeanne Wain— Jean, who hails from B. H. 8., our super soprano has finally achieved her ambition by singing the lead in the Metropolitan Opera in Xew York. Kenneth Drin.yn— Kenny is also doing quite well for him- self singing opposite Jeanne Wain. Cl.ure E. so. — Claire, that great field hockey star, has been kept very busy lately learning Chinese. It seems that Claire wanted to make amends and turned to missionary work. Ellsworth Holbrook— Ellsworth just can ' t seem to leave B. H. 8. He can now be seen sweep- ing up the corridors every day. Chrlstine McClell.yn— Chris is well-known at a near-by high school. 8he is an efficient office secretary. 8he has things well under control after two years, everything comes to those who wait. Robert Esson— Bob has the lead of the Phantom in the Xew York stage play, “The Phantom of the Opera. B. rb. r. G. le— Barb is a social worker and, with her radiant smile and personality, she is gaining much fame. 8he always was everyone ' s friend. Rich. rd Williams— Dick has finally climbed to the top of the world. He is a builder of sky-scrapers. Just don ' t fall. Barbara Taber— Barbara is now seen soaring high above us as a sales woman for Taber ' s Helicopters. John O ' Rourke— John has a very interesting life work as a boys ' gym teacher at good old B. H. 8. Oh! my aching back. Lorr.yine H.yrkins— Lorraine has the strangest occiqiation of them all. 8he is married and is dre.ssing the little kiddies in sailor’s dungarees. Gordo.n Bucki.ngham— Gordon is seen around once a week. He is the collector of garbage in Braintree. Ann McXulty— “Mou.se ' ’ has put poor Miss Daughraty out of a job. 8he has taken over the position of girls’ gym teacher. 8he seems to be holding her own for such a little girl. Ezr. Creswell— Ezra is now known as the great lover. Some people change a great deal in a few short years. It only goes to prove that one never knows. Yirginia We. thers — Ginny is working in South America for the United Fruit Company, and is getting into a lot of trouble with the natives trying to make them understand her Spanish. You can ' t blame Miss Keany for this. P.yul Sweezey— Paul always did get around pretty fast and he still is. He is an auto racer and doing fine. Lorraine Car. manica— Lorraine has put a lot of people in the hospital lately, she is giving driving lessons. M. rgaret Churchill— Margaret is a super sleuth right now. She is assistant to a prominent detective. Barbar.y Cook— “Cookie is writing a book on advice to the high school student, “How Xot to Get a Conduct IMark.” John Col- bert— “Sleepy has finally aroused himself enough to get up in the morning and give exercises over the radio for the “Early-birds.” Barbara W.ytters— Barbara is a beautician and is still our friend even if she does throw mud in our faces. It’s all in fun (isn’t it?) Grace Irwin— Grace was a secretary to a prominent executive, but latest rumors have it that she has eloped with the office boy. Ann Huer— Ann is now known for Greta Garbo’s famous expression, “I want to be alone.” John Davis— Jack is a millionaire these days. He is still rolling in dough. Pauline Parker— Pauline is well known to all of us girls for she is the designer of all the most fashionable clothes in Xew York. Margaret Lee— Pegge is not seen around these parts any more for she has moved to the South. Xow I wonder what the attraction is, the climate or is there some other reason? John Meaney— Jack has taken over Jordan Marsh to keep tabs on one of the leading models. X ow why would he want to do that? Laurel Cournoyer— Laurel now practically owns Hunt ' s Potato Chip Company — she has been working there so long. Claire Dennehy— Claire has formed a Woman’s Auxiliary Fire Department. She had to keep it in the family. J.ymes H.amilton— Jimmie by this time should be quite winded, but instead he is running for a college team. Barb. r. Callahan— Barb has gone to Paris to run a sweater shop. Every month she {28