Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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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

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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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PROPHECY sends some of her creations home to the girls. Ruth Pillsbuuy— Ruth is writing advice to the lovelorn in one of our leading newspapers. Seb. .sti. n MAViLiA—Sehastian is a colorful little character in his battle dress. He is a bull-fighter for the Barnum and Hailey Circus. Jacqueline Fay— Jackie is the thrill of the show as the tightrope walker in the circus. Joa.n Fercuson— “Gus” has teamed up with Bing Crosby and is now a co-jiroducer. Patricia Trojano— Pat has gone on to college and is the president of one of the sorority groups. Willia.m Ireland— Billy is the projirietor of a swanky haberdasher shop on Fifth Avenue, New York. Audrey Furst— . udrey has just written a very amusing book from her own experiences entitled “What Will I Do Now?” Elizabeth Wentworth— Betty has one of the vocal leads in the Old South Church. Eliz. beth Hollinshead— Betty is dressed in white now, nursing poor, sick patients back to health. Elliot Hu.ntley— Elliot has a strange vocation, every one asks him “How is the weather up there?” Ruth Holbrook— Ruthie has written a book entitled, “How to Gain Personality.” She certainly knows. George Pyle— “Ernie” has surprised all of us by turning out to be a boxing champion, and we hear that he is going to try for the championship in another two or three years. Helen Merritt— Helen is at the head of the department that the ladies all flock to when they want to keep their girlish figure. B.yrbara Frazier— Barb is banging away on a typewriter for a local “bankrupt” agency. AIary Medico— Mary just can ' t tear herself away from B. H. S. She is now a shorthand teacher. Virginia Rae— Virginia is a country school teacher. She has eight grades in one. Cy.nthi.y Whitte.n— Cynthia has won fame for winning a nation-wide jitterbug contest held in New York. Ralph Durgin— Ralph is a lion tamer which is quite a job for a boy who used to be so tame himself. Olga M. ttson— Olga is the owner of a girls’ culture school. Joyce Colletto— Joyce has just returned to this country from a trip to Europe. Clifford Smith— Cliff who got his early training from Mr. Ferrett — is now a great actor in Hollywood. Who would have guessed it? Ann Richardi— . nn is a dentist assistant, you had better count the fillings in your teeth before you go there. Glori.a Seigler— “Punt” is in Chicago modeling “Susie Sylvester ' s Safely Sewn Slips.” Edward Reardon— “Beans” is looking good and healthy these days, for he is out in the open quite a good deal. He runs a road-side frankfort stand. Peter Magazu— Pete is known all over America as the coach of the best footliall team in the country, Notre Dame. M. ry Julian— Mary was voted “Miss America” at Atlantic City. She got her start when a talent scout saw her in the Senior Show. Ray S.mith— Ray, the leader of the notorious “Smith” gang, is now on his way to Sing Sing for the murder of a mil- lionaire. Florence Picardi— Florence is the well-known woman lawyer defending Ray Smith. She is influencing the jury. Thelm.y Smith— “Smitty” is helping the needy. She is a .second lieu- tenant in the Salvation Army Corps. Faye Venti— Faye is working with Bob Hope. She’s the Mirium who used Irium. Do.nald Webber— Don is teaching English now. I jiity the poor pupils. Jean George— Jean could probably tell us all the latest gossip but being a telephone operator she isn’t allowed to. Shirley Opferkuch- Shirley is the owner of a factory making motor-bikes. She learned from early experience. Edward Delaney — Ed has an orchestra. He can be looked up under the name of “Delaney’s Dilemmas.” . lice Ftudji. n— Alice is the featured vocalist with “Delanej ' ’s Dilemmas.” Well! Well! Virgini. Trapp— Ginny owns a hotel down on the Cape — wonder why she ever went into the business — and the Cape of all places????? William Ritchie— William certainly handles a lot of dirt these days. He is shoveling it for the W.P.A. Patrict. Powers— Pat has taken over “. 1 Capps” job of writing “Li’l . bner” for the Sundaj papers. Elsie Herrmann— Elsie has surprised a lot of us. She is now secretary to one of the biggest men in New York City. Delores Da.miao— Delores is the writer of those romantic novels that come out every month in subscription magazines. Robert Rusconi— Robert is a great engineer building bridges to help us get places quicker. Jean Eisenhauer— Jean has won a popularity contest. She is now known as the .second .Joan Davis. Patrict.a Killam— Pat has turned to, of all things, athletics. She is the director of Sargent College. Phyllis LeVangie— Phyllis is making money painting in Paris. Mary Jane Malm- strom— Mary Jane is surrounded by children these days. She is a public school teacher. Law- rence Abar— Larry is heard over the radio every Tuesday night taking Bob Hope’s place. And believe it or not he is still cracking the same corny jokes. Joyce Lunde— Joyce has the lead in the play, “The Voice that Startled Millions.” Margaret McCusker— Margaret is a jiopular blues singer of the Melancholy Club of New York. P.auline Marscio— Pauline is the society reporter and gossip reporter for the New York Times. Robert Duquet— Robert is always on the outside looking in. He is a window washer at the Emiiire State Building. Dorothy Tribou— Dotty owns a local beauty shoppe, many of her former friends from B. H. S. are patrons. Je.yn V iDEN— Jean is working with Priscill. Simonds modeling Drene Shampoo adds for John Powers. Drene sales are rising. John Sulli ' . n— John is the jirincipal of a New York high school, . lvin Bellefontaine— . lvin is the a.ssistant principal helping John along. C. rol Hanse.n— Carol is drawing advertisements for a national newsjiaper. Da.niel M. lo.ney— Danny, instead of fol- lowing in his father’s footsteps, in building things, is hapiiily engaged in tearing them down. Edward Davie.s— Ed is quite popular with young ladies. He has set himself up in business as the second Charles Atlas. •(29