Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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LAST IIJILL and TtSTfllAtAT To wlioii) it may concern: c, the graduates of the ( ' lass One d ' honsand, Nine Hundred and Forty-nine, of illustrious old liraintree High School, located in Nor- folk ( ' onnty, Hraintree, Massachusetts, being of sound mind and fully aware of what we are doing, do hereby make this onr last will and testament: Janet Feryiinon leaves the office of Student (’onneil secretary to whomever is capable of the job. Frances Fowler leaves for Kresge’s. Bernie Piecini leaves so Hobby Hrooks can take over the vice i)resideney. Paul FAsenhaner leaves his boogie woogie playing to Barbara Wright. Artie Moran leaves his love troul)les to Hob Cnshing. Mary Comean leaves her hockey stick and shin guards to Arlene (’ahoon. Jack Zain pine leaves those long telephone conversations to Alice. Xaney Giles leaves so that her sister may carry on. Lefty Aitken leaves to become a master plumber (?) Paid Trapp leaves so that Hob Haworth can carry on with the women. Joan Jensen leaves her height to “Inches.” “Teenie leaves her becoming personality to Merylle Rhodes. ,1 Bregoli leaves his unusual ways for getting into trouble to Louis Raleigh. Gloria Legg leaves to join Herbie. Billy Baker leaves his giggle to Himny Le ' angie. Alvan IVehber leaves Miss Richard.s — (at last!) “Sully leaves her ability to get along with ])eople to sweet little Pat. Margie Christie leaves her glasses to Nancy Jane. Jane Roberts leaves those HEAUTIFl L eyes to Rita ( ' handler. Cal Moulton leaves her driving ability to Hinny Natoli. Bill Bowie leaves his brain ])ower to Ring Neal. Florence Potter leaves her nice clothes to Jo-aiin (Ireen. Kay Finnerty leaves her long wavy hair to Lizzie ( ' odder. Don ] ' itagliano leaves his seat in study hall to Joe Marinella. “Dyna leaves her seat in Smiley’s to Barb Taylor. Rita Morgan leaves her i)ep and vim to Nancy Whyte. Eleanor Walker leaves her shyness to Judy Fielden. Danny and 1 leave the co-ca])taincy to Stan and John. Butch Perrault leaves — too bad girls! Bev wills the class millions to Hob Hoodale. Alan C arisen leaves his yellow shorts to Hugh. Jimmy MacGregor leaves his vocal chords to his brother. “Fitzy leaves the pink ribbons he ties on his eai to Dick. Midge, last of the Burpee trio, leaves. Shelia Ratcliff leaves her wad of bubble gum to Connie Pratt. June Kqffink leaves her ten long fingernails to Lois Thomas. Bob Evans wills his trumpet to Phil Venti. Jack Marshall leaves his late slips to Olive Holbrook. Dick Hine wills his apron at Torrey’s to Frank O’Rourke. Shirley Lloyd leaves her miiror to Judy Thomas. Billy Xelson leaves his managing ability to “Spike.” Sylvia Ripley leaves her ability to i)lay tennis to Hetty Cage. Her ])ower to talk? Well, she needs that, I suppo.se. Barb Osthagen wills her paint brush to Hob Harraiiger. Celia Curran leaves her camera to Jeanne Johnson. .1 Seniors leave their trials and tribulations to all underclassmen. He it known that, on this first day of I)ecend)er, One Thousand, Nine Hun- dred and Fortv-eight, we hereby sign off. SENIOR CLASS BRAINTREE HIOH SC ' HOOL JVitnessed by: Joan Langley Joan Thomas { 27 }

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Of Tflf ’40fflS It was ill Sejitcmber, lO-to that we were welcomed into the portals of Braintree High and little did we know then all that would take place in those four short years. Is there even one of the ’49’ers who can’t remember that thrilling football game with the Sojihs that year. The Sojihomore year started with our feet firmly on the ground. It was the start of our real .school life. For class officers we elected “Bntch” Perrault, President; Bernie Piccini, Vice-President; “Bev” Nyberg, Treasurer; “Teenie” Anastos, Secretary. Mr. M’illiam Tiainor and Mi.ss Alice Danghraty were elected as our class sponsors. The first thing we had was the Sojihomore Social which was a great success. We also can’t forget our good rejirescntation in sjiorts, both boys and girls. In our Junior year, for the fir,st time in the history of Braintree High School, a Strident Council was organized. We re-elected the class officers of our Sojihomore year: “Bntch” Perranlt, President; Bernie Piccini, Vice-President; “Bev” Nyberg, Treasurer; “Teenie” Anastos, Secretary. We got our class rings, sjionsored the ojieretta ‘Ali kado,” and made jilans for onr Junior Prom which was a big success. At the end of the school year, most of us were just one steji away from graduation. In our Senior year we watched with mixed emotions the school being torn down. Jdrere was the sitting for class jiictures, buying of yearbooks, and the election of the same officers of the two jirevious years. Then came rehearsals for the Senior Show “The Thers.” The girls’ hockey team had a good year; the football team not too good, but they tried hard. In June we ordered caps and gowns, had our Senior Recejition, and Senior Banquet. Then came Graduation Night when we waved good-bye to dear old Braintree High! { 26 }

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SOIOR Well, here it is the year 1960, and we see Braintree’s chief census taker, M. Christie, cruising around town. Let’s go along with her and see what the graduates of 1949 are doing. K. Aitken is the mayor. His school hoard includes, D. Spera, principal of grammar schools; his secretary, P. MacDonald. For school teachers he has elected: M. Burns, J. Fabiano, M. George, E. Migliorini, and J. Sullivan, the kindergarten teacher. In the public works department we have A. IMarsico, street sweeper; P. Eisenhauer is the judge of traffic courts with J. Delaney as his police sergeant; they are trying to keep peace in B. Condon’s pool hall and in J. Fitzsimmons’ night club where B . Baker is the bouncer; E. Allen is the dishwasher and K. Bono the chief cook and bottle washer. While we’re here, let’s look over the chorus girls; A. Gogan, E. Hartford, and X. Giles. Well, here’s good old B. H. S., B. MacDougall is taking Miss Evans’ place, E. Callahan is the physical education instructor, and we have a new chemistry teacher, J. McCarty. Her two star pupils, J. Brousseau and R. Brown keep blowing up the new addition so G. Cody, R. Fraser, D. Hughes, D. LaTulippe, J. IMattie, J. INIeisenhelder, and J. Smith are still trying to rebuild it. The interior decorators, P. Correnti, T. Den- nehy, G. Eosue and X. Hoyt, are patiently waiting. K. Evans, P. Leo, B. X ' yberg, and B. Peckham, nurses in the new Braintree hospital, are all eyeing the new doctor, X ' . Mattson. His unfortunate patient is W. Nelson. Dr. Mattson is also the doctor for A. Moran’s midget football team. His star players are A. Avitable, B. Leavitt, D. Vec- chione, D. Vitagliano, and J. Zampine. Right next to the hospital is A. Bregoli’s home for aged women and on the other side E. Gurney and J. Holbrook’s home for bachelors. They’re complaining lately because J. Crowley’s Hudson Bus makes too much noise. Parts are hard to get now, but maybe R. Evans and C. Gale’s black market business could help him. But right now they’re in the barbershop run by B. Morgan, M. Woelfel, and J. Young. (They should collaborate with T. Manter, noted hair stylist.) Well, look here, IMortimer Peck has sold his establishment. It is now B. Piccini’s Cut-Rate L’ndertaking Parlor, L. Saunders is the assistant mortician and A. Davies is the head dresser (lucky stiffs!). X. Morrison, D. [Murray, M. Oliver, and J. Vines are digging graves for him. M. Johnson now has the A. Leo baby food show with P. Frano on sound effects; F. Gibb, the star crooner; X. Raub, the announcer. They are competing with J. Flynn’s disc jockey show. Xow that we are downtown, let’s look into some of the new stores. We now have Sak’s, Washington Street; X. Swasey is the credit manager; B. Olson the office boy; E. Robinson is running the elevator; J. Boucher is the cosmetic advisor; and X. Walder the head buyer. Further on we see J. Koffink, manager of Greene’s Five and Dime; J. McXutt, running a successful haberdashery; M. Mundf, a cobbler; D. Cassidy, butcher; J. McLaughlin’s Chinese laundry; and last but not least, G. Schultes, selling vitamin pills in Smiley’s, where J. MacGregor is the soda jerk. Oh, look over there, J. Golden’s circus is in town; [ I. Tanner is a tightrope walker; E. Patenaude the weight lifter; R. Puliafico, stilt walker; H. Dyer the lion tamer; E. and P. Spellman, human cannonballs; and M. Mahar is still telling corny jokes. Watch out crossing the street, those driving instructorettes, D. MacDonald and C. Moulton, are at it again. They’re dodging the cross-country experts, A. Carlsen, R. MacCormack, and F. White, who are racing a snail. Sing Sing has moved to the midtile of Braintree Dam, with A. Graziano the warden; R. Hine a prison guard, and R. Kidder serving a 99-year term because he was accused of a lock-picking crime that F. Potter actually committed. Whose lovely mansion are we entering? Oh, so J. Langley married a multi- millionaire. J. Thomas is her competent secretary, and M. Shutt her maid. S. Wentworth is now editor of the Braintree Observer and P. Trapp and B. Anderson are writing on Advice to the Lovelorn column for her. R. Quinlan is a specialist {28