Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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CLASS CALL We, the members of the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, being of happy but demented minds due to the hard work(?) of the past four years, do hereby will and bequeat h the following worldly goods: Benefactor “Swede” Itingquist leaves his stilts to Davis Bates leaves his great historical knowledge to Edward Cahill leaves his drum sticks to Barbara Simonds leaves her roller skates to Dottie Smith leaves her gum (bubble) to Robert Cavanagh leaves his shy nature to Richard Chadbourne leaves his flashy shirts to James Constantino leaves his apologies to James Crispin leaves his peroxide to John Curry leaves his curly hair to Anthony Diaute leaves the History of the American People to Beneficiary “Spiky” Pollock Mr. Foley Florence Kelley Miss Strout Miss Daughraty Dick Hi ne M r. Jordan Miss McCusker Mr. Tool in Paid Trapp Anybody who ' ll take it Dottie Woodford leaves her place in line at the mirror to Betty Sullivan “ The Reardon Twins’ Malcolm McLeod Nancy Walker Period “Butch” Perrault “The Watt Twins” leaves their ability to confuse to Richard Elliot leaves his car to Harry Holm leaves his BEAUTIFUL wave to Kenneth Aitken leaves, John Barranger leaves the prestige of presidency to Henry Boltz is taking everything with him. Joan Coyle left to Janet Starr leaves her giggles to Rose Hall leaves her seat in the Dairy Bar to Peggy Dorr leaves but wishes she didn’t have to Gordon Ruddy leaves his “stick all” glue to John Prudente leaves his muscles to Edward Turner leaves his excuses for being tardy to Ethel Newman leaves her wit to Jeanne Noonan and Constance Currier leave for Thomas Girouard leaves his eyes like deep pools to David McCormack leaves his personality-plus to Ruth Hall leaves her reducing plan to Jane Ingalls leaves all her stray men to Claire Major leaves to Catherine McGinnis leaves her powder and lipstick to Elaine Lehtonen leaves her love of gym period to Joanne MacDonald leaves her vast intelligence to Barbara Lyon will consult her lawyer before leaving anything. Margie King leaves her morning nap to Mary Asci Return Betty Gage Lois Thomas Go Next Boy Who Breaks His Leg Barbara Sullivan Grace Magazu Rita Levangie Home Braintree Water Department Joan Langley Mr. Mear Alice Sylvester Her Great Pleasure Merylle Rhodes Kay Finnerty Her sister •{29

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SHIP’S LOG — U.S.S. B.H.S. ' 48 First Year Roll call of the new crew was held Thursday, September 14, at Sea in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-four and a record enrollment of 285 was noted. The ship’s crew and officers are not yet organized but the voyage has started on a calm sea and high hopes are vested in the outcome of the next four years. Cartographers Mr. Albert Murphy and James L. Jordan have planned a favorable course for us to follow. All members of crew have ratings of seamen third class. Captain First Mate Second Mate Third Mate Helmsmen John Barranger William Goodale Thayer Anastos Arthur Hicks Miss Josephine Keaney Mr. Francis Mear Second Year In view of the stanch loyalty of the crew their ratings have at Sea been raised to seamen second class. Recreation aboard ship is being organized. Football, basketball and baseball are favorites of the crew. A committee for a Seamen’s Social was chosen and the affair was a great success. Third Year Beginning in the ninth month of the year of our Lord at Sea nineteen hundred and forty-six, all able bodied seamen received rating of seamen first class a reward for hard work and perseverance. Recreation aboard ship in the form of football has been made successful by the more rugged members of the crew. Some of these are: Seamen first class Bill Brooks, Henry Williams, Harry Hall Vic Damiano, Vernon Langeley, Jimmy Peckham, Ga Ga Ruddy. Captain John Bar- ranger, First Mate William Goodale, Third Mate Arthur Hicks. Helmsman Josephine Keanv was put ashore at Honeymoon Hill with bless- ings of captain and crew. Mr. Edward Oakman came aboard in her place. Representa- tives were chosen to select samples for the ship’s insignia in the form of a ring. Samples were voted on by the crew and a worthy design selected. The ship’s ballroom was dec- orated and made ship-shape and a dance was given to celebrate the before-mentioned advance in rating. Captain First Mate Second Mate Third Mate Helmsmen John Barranger William Goodale Thayer Anastos Louise Mariani Mr. Francis Mear Mr. Edward Oakman Fourth Year A photographer was taken aboard ship to help record faces at Sea of the crew and happenings on our trip. Results were pleasing to most everyone, and were sent to port to be printed in a ship ' s book to be distributed among officers and crew. In honor of an advance in rating from seamen first class to ensigns, which was given to a deserving crew, a banquet and a reception was held. Our destina- tion is now in sight and members of the crew are being instructed in the procedure of leaving the ship. As the anchor is being dropped regret is expressed by both officers and crew that this must be the end of our voyage together. As we disembarked we were presented with a charter which entitles us to passage on the good ship “Future.” {28

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CLASS Madame Maria Knowallski will now favor us with an account of her latest trip into the future. Her supernatural powers will thrill and amaze you! I am Madame Knowallski. I will look into my crystal ball and tell you . . . wait! . . . The fog is clearing . . . what is this I see here??? Alia!! You, Pauline Thomson, have seen a tall, dark, handsome man . . . running the other way. But you’ll catch him! That makes you happy, I hope? My goodness, foggy isn’t it? Well, well, what’s this ... a spelling lesson, maybe? No . . . it’s a name. R-i-c-h-a-r-d G-i-l-l-i-e-s. And what is he doing? My, what a bloody mess. He’s carving somebody up . . . Oh, pardon me, he’s operating ... on Bill Brooks, who’s been having trouble with his wings . . . flying around too much playing football for Notre Dame. I don’t know where the fog is coming from . . . this isn’t California. What a weird occupation! Sitting on your boss’s knee! And so many people doing it! Anita Raymond, Gloria Frazier, Edna Norris, Dorothy Parsons, Barbara Neal, Doris A. Moore, and Margaret Wheathers. Bargain day on secretaries. Number puleese? Pat Pino, Nancy Doherty and Mary Yallee are having a wonderful time. All the calls they can take. Oh! Stacks and stacks of dishes, now. Poor little girls . . . stuck at home doing housework. Such a shame! Ann Melville, Janice Joyce and Barbara Whitten seem to be enjoying it, though. Looks like a circus has come to town . . . very colorful scene. Margie Hine seems to be having trouble keeping her ten kids together . . . Bill is watching the snake charmers so lie’s no help. Everybody wants to get into the act. Harry Hall is throwing hundred pound weights around with a sign that says “Strong Man” over his head. Joan McCue is sitting heavily on a reinforced arm chair by his side . . . “Fat Lady” no less. Vincent Vaccarello is doing his best in the fire-eating tent. Oops! He burnt his tongue! And who are these sweet little ladies doing an African dance? Ah, of course . . . Thayer Anastos, Edna Brayton, Claire Burke, Marilyn Shayloi and Louise Magazu. Thayer, Louise and Edna had practice cheering. Oh! Oh! Hand me the bellows . . . the fog is closing in again. There!! Now, let me see. A barber shop . . . and what barbers! Mary 7 Pitman, head barber, Ethel Creswell, Nancy Thompson, Pat Taber, Barbara Sylvester and Honey 7 Buker are still courageously waging their never ending war against the “five o’clock shadow.” Doing a good business too. Who are these gentlemen they’re working on? Jimmy Peckham, the latest “Swoon Crooner” is covered with a wet rag. William Burns, Joe Frazier, Henry Williams, Vernon Langley and Ted Buker — the big business ty r coons are receiving manicures, shaves, and hair cuts. Silly 7 boys, shouldn’t trust a girl with a razor. Now what do you think of this? Margie Medland and Margaret Reed are teach- ing dancing. Arthur Lucas, Richard O’Rourke, William Pearson and Arthur St. Andre are their most talented pupils and Ed Ostman flings a mean ballet. Bob Donovan, Ed Flymn and William Westland are getting flat feet chasing down front page stories for their newspapers. Just the other day Westland covered the wedding of mil- lion-heiress Naomi Tully. Barbara Hunt, the famous girl lawyer, is in the news for de- fending a big time gangster. Flynn sa.vs he did a big write-up on Walter Harmon, James Crispin and Bill Whelan who are writing scripts for all the smash-hits on Broadway. Phyllis Johnson is their feminine singing star . . . Bill Esson co-stars with her. Skippy 7 Campbell plays the lover with a dash. Phydlis Robery does those torrid love scenes so realistically! Richard Robinson and Paul Benson make wonderful publicity managers. Nancy O’Donnell is trying to teach driving. The other day she made a mistake . . . she got her pupil, Dick Benham, off on the wrong road. And what did they 7 see? A big heap of red and white. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Lovell Bus! The driver, an old friend named Cliff Silver, is out with the passengers . . . pushing. But he isn’t worried, he knows he’s among friends. His passengers are Mike Novio, a policeman on his way to work; Robert Pellegrini, Mass, delegate to the House of Representatives (his car broke down); Joan Maliar, fashion designer and originator of the newest “new look”;