Grafton High School - Compass Yearbook (Grafton, MA)

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PROP!-IEC? Seeing You Bob Channel took the fatal step As he explained to Miss Noyes, He has really married his awful wife And now has some awful boys. There must be someone athletic And Bev Francis fits just right. For she is a woman wrestler In her purple and green tights. Helping to rear our New .York debs, Lorraine Auger teaches what is right. By students at her finishing school, She's considered more than bright. Frannie Bolack has been evicted By the rodents in his house, He has found that hamsters, Multiply faster than a mouse. Babs Brewer desired to be a secretary And her dream came true so far. For now she has loads of clothes And drives a huge Cadillac car. Man's best friend is a dog Is what the people say And being manager of a dog kennel Brings Georgia Giro much pay. You can thank George Leland For the cleanness of your street For as sanitation engineer, He keeps them looking neat. Plumbing is not strictly for men Carolyn Merigold has this trade. She repairs Grafton's plumbing With Kenney Nelson as her aide. Sitting on top of the world Is not all sugar and spice. Dick Grignon washes Empire windows And has insurance on his life. Way down south is not too far away If you go by air or rail As Wilda Heavner is doing, So she told us by the mail. Winning an Oscar is a great honor As Priscilla King found out. She,s now a brush saleswoman Daily traveling about. Giving to charity is a good deed And makes you feel honest and clean. Bob Gauvin, a Salvation Army drummer Keeps everyone on the beam. Velma Allain is as busy as a bee Developing her aches and pains, To give practice to her hubby In mixing prescription grains. Kenney hlessenger, in horse and wagon, Is doing his deed for the day. By getting rags for the paper industry He helps it on its way. 'The way to a man's heart is his stomach As Kathleen Murphy tries to prove. For she is the Chef Marlarky And her cooking's in the groove. The inventor of a peanut machine Carole Nelson is great as blazes. Dick Varney's doing the inside repairs For he fits in the smallest places. NExtra hollers Freddie Southland, As he sells news by an ace reporter. Joanne Orff got the news And nothing could be any hotter. Well on their way to prosperity Are Florence Perry and Ruthie Page. As owners of a canary shop They're considered quite the rage. Dick Voss is a second Clark Gable He's admired by women galore. For when he makes love on the screen The women yell for more. A veterinarian Ruth Yarrinton Wanted To be and her dream came true so far. People call her a horse doctor And are dragged to her by car. Changed is Billy Richardson Who used to be so sporty. For now he sits and whittles Although he's close to forty.

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What will he behold? Will he bring us happiness And fortunes untold? Q! 7 When Father Time catches up C L A S S Or should we foretell that In the future we shall see A life in store for us That is not meant to be? Many years have come and gone Since we have been in school. Now we know what Mr. Dorsey meant When he said that life was cruel. Variety is the spice of life, As we can plainly see. Jeannette Trottier is studying The great men of the sea. Butler Smith is also A lover of the blue. 'Cause he is out there fishing For a mermaid who'll be true. When we sail across the sea A Paris designer there will be. He has a shop in a little harbor And his name is Bobby Barber. On a trip to the opera You can feast your eyes On a second Caruso About the same size. He can really create a spell. Who is the man? Frank Dauteuil. Doris Pion is at his side, A ballerina . . . Grafton's pride. Starting our tour of show business Around the corner we go. There we meet Ricky Morris Replacing Sid Stone on Texaco. Dagmar was quite a sensation, But she is no moreg For Babs Johnson is drawing the crowd And thrilling men galore. From the French Riveria to America Marilyn Heselton can be found Dancing the Charleston, For which she is renowned. Behind the scenes of the T. V. show Can be heard a thundering crash. Red Anderson is the cause of this, But now he's getting cash. The sounding bugle, flash of silk! They're off at Lincoln Downs. Polly Huchowski, the booky Takes bets on blacks and browns. Children are a bundle of joy, But sometimes they are not. Mutt Mathurin has found that Nursery teaching is not so hot! Another enrapt in little things And the head of a popular nursery, Is Pauline Brown, proud as can be, Of her little tree nursery. Also interested in Mother Nature Is the heir to Prout the Florist. Eddie French and his wife June Sell flowers to every tourist. Sleepy Lagoon is for John Magill And he's living to its standard. For now he's a mattress tester In the window at Lane and Mccandard Coming to the Farmer's Market You are startled by a voice. It is sweet Vivian Ambrose Selling vegetables crisp and moist! The feminine side of T. V. shows Are Lillian Strom and Dot Mack, Supporting each other on a trapeze. Of courage they do not lack. Living a somewhat plainer life Than that of the entertainer, Is Bev Johnson, pushing triplets, But she is no complainer! Another one with strings attached And by that we do mean apron- Is Ray Cadrin, a home-loving hubby, Peg Kennedy his careering matron.

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Spinning the latest tunes And bringing us current news, Is Bev Snow, the disc jockey, Playing everything from jazz to blues. Now in the age of jet propulsion Joe Adams is in his glory. The hot-rods he soups up for races, Go faster than those in a story! For reconciliating couples Who have had a little fight, Jane Peterson's the one to help And makes things seem so right. But Shirley Johnson, a woman lawyer, Does not quite agree. If Jane takes all her business She cannot get a fee! I-lokus! Pokus! Dominocus! Double-jointed peanuts backward. Mutters Coke Leavitt, trying to make Things look so awfully awkward. Dick Fadden has always been traveling To Millbury, so--o far away. But now he's an Arctic Explorer And living on fish in the bay. Another traveler is Jean La Salle, Who has moved to another state. For she has married her Bill And thinks that life is great! f-'v To be a nurse and save lives Is what Judy Croteau wanted to be. Her dream came true . . . almost She's saving lives at Waikiki. They always get you in the end Is how the saying goes. And Gus MacDougall performs rites As a minister who knows. Working hand in hand as usual Are Doris Byron and Thelma Stott. As mortician and coflin designer They care for bodies before they rot. The body must be six feet under For this you need one who is strong. Eddie Brown fills the bill Because his arms are so long. Mr. Dorsey is still plugging along No time for even a date. But he'll be there waiting for us With Saint Peter at the gate. Thus we end this little satire Of what the future will hold. Let Father Time take care of the rest For he's left many things untold. Signed: Ike and Mike who don't look alike JUDY CROTEAU and RUTH YARRLNGTON P. S. Any resemblance to people living or dead is purely coincidental.