Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 7 the Bath, Maine, basketball team. Natick won by one point and new friends were won by some Natick girls. A record breaking attendance witnessed the big event of this year, Young April, presented at the Coolidge Junior High School, April 18 We are grateful to all the teachers and members of the class who worked so hard to make it a great success both financially and socially. Mr. Higgins and the cast are to be commended for a splendid performance. This year due to the serious trend of events and unlimited opportunities offered to boys, many have entered military service. Among those in Natick High whom we are proud to list in Uncle Sam ' s forces are: Ramon Talvy, Lloyd Robertson, Lawrence Gerrity, Edward Stevens, James Niles, and Richard Brennan. Marian Cantrel, following in the footsteps of her sister, was chosen to represent the Natick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the State conference. The Senior Reception to be held June 13 will be our last social function. Then, with graduation and that precious diploma, we will enter a new sphere of life, justly confident that Natick High has given us the greatest possible training in those principles which should make us intelligent and appreciative citizens in our democratic society. Virginia Ramsdell CLASS WILL We, the class of 1941 of the Natick High School, being in the eyes of ourselves possessed with great physical and mental capacities and the consideration of the welfare of this gathering, do therefore truly and lawfully make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, and request that it be carried out to its very last word ' , without any legal entangle- ments. To Mr. Woodbury, we leave a new, spacious, and well-equipped high school with a map and compass in order that he may find his way about; and we also wish him every success in the coming years. To the faculty we leave our whole-hearted thanks for their helpful advice during our three years in high school. To the Juniors we leave our high positions as seniors, and we hope that with the help of the new high school they will cherish our Alma Mater as much as we did. To the sophomores we bequeath our sympathy in the loss of us, their upper classmen, with the hope that other classes will seem more close to them than we have. To Miss Bradbury we leave the memories of a class which enjoved all work done for our benefit. To Mr. Andrews we leave our best wishes for a successful basketball season and a chance for the Bay State Title and perhaps the Tech Tourney. To Mr. May we leave our thanks for his fine work at our assemblies and other exercises during the year. To Miss Nutt we leave our best wishes and sincere thanks for her friendly advice to this outstanding class of 1941. To Mr. McManus we leave the Public Speaking Classes with the hope that he will again present interesting assemblies.

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6 T II E ADDRESS OF WELCOME SASSAMON CLASS DAY Parents, Teachers and Friends: As President t the Class of 1941, I am very happy to welcome you this morning to these our Class Day exercises. At this time when we are assemhled here to take part in one of the last ceremonies of our class as a whole, we wish to express our deepest gratitude to you parents and teachers for your patience and generosity in guiding and directing us so far. e hope that we may reward you by being a credit to you in the years to come. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1941 Twelve years have past, twelve eventful years during which we have been constantly readjusting ourselves to changes and gradually learning how to successfullv combine ' work and play. Now, four days before graduation, which will mark the beginning of that new life, in which we will be free to try our own wings, we pause to look back upon the history of our class. As Sophomores, due to the double session, we were apart from the rest of the school, but were given the privilege of forming a Student Council and Safety Council. This helped to make us feel that we were a unit, that we really belonged. For our officers that year we elected Marjorie Sutherland, President; Jean Culbertson, Vice President; Muriel Church, Secretary; and Marian Cantrel, Treasurer. Our officers had very little opportunity for class organization. We anxiously awaited our Junior year. At the close of the 1939 football season George Barnicle was chosen to lead the team for the coming year. Robert Cole was selected to lead the hockey squad; Ralph Raphael, baseball; and Francis Branagan, track. W ith Spring came the Prom, one of the prettiest social events ever witnessed by Natick High. The grand march was led by our class officers, Ralph Raphael, President; Edith Casavant, Vice President; Muriel Church, Secretary; Marian Cantrel, Treasurer. In our Senior year we welcomed Mr. Woodbury as principal, Mr. Marso, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Carey, and Miss Bradbury as members of our teaching staff. Mr. Cronan came to us each morning from Junior High to teach mechanical drawing. The football team made a wonderful showing. Our Turkey Day Game, unlike previous games, was played December 7, just after a heavy snowfall. We were the victors for the second time in five years. In November when the nation was voting for a candidate for the presi- dency of the United States, we were electing as final officers of the class of 1941: Ralph Raphael, President; John Grady, Vice President; Jean McGrath, Secretary; and Alfred Saviano, Treasurer. Assailed by an epidemic in December of our Senior year we were handicapped in many ways. Our football dance was cancelled entirely and basketball games were postponed. In spite of this turn of fate we survived to return to our usual routine. In February, Natick High School was host to

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8 T UK SASSAMON To Mr. Scars we leave a Sassamon Board that will again convince him that thej want a StifF-COVered yearbook; and also thank linn for his cooper- ation in making the Sassamons l this year successful. To Mr. Ouackenbush we leave the hopes that he will get some good classes to replace all the had ones ol this year. Iii Mr. Higgins we leave a Junior Class that we hope will not prove to be so bashful at Senior Play rehearsals as this class. We want to express our appreciation to him for helping to make this play the best presented by any graduating class. lo Mr. Plausse we leave our best wishes for another successful season in sports. lo Mr. Marso we leave a sate in which to keep his books entitled, I lealthful Living. lo Miss Shannon we leave our thanks for her help in making the Sassamons successful and also a year free from judging Essay Contests . I hose individual Seniors of the Class of 1941 wishing to make personal bequeaths are as follows: I, Ralph Raphael, bequeath my honorable position as class president to Melvin Freedman. I, George Barnicle, bequeath to Nick Scianna and Krnest Parker the Co-Captaincy ol football with the hopes that they may lead Natick through another successful season. [, Muriel Church, leave my good looks and pleasing disposition to Shirley Kilmer. I, Eleanor Hastings, leave to Anne Hapenney my charming personality. I, Virginia Ramsdell, leave my sunny smile to Ann McCarty. We, Millie Murphy, Eleanor Hastings, Muriel Church leave our ability to get enough exercise as cheerleaders to those who think they need it. I, Helen Simons, bequeath my ability to blush to Helen Hollings- worth. I, Joseph Hamwey, leave my prized title of Best Looking Boy to Shirley Mathews. I, Edith Casavant, leave my magnetic influence to Dorothy Gleason. I, John Grady, leave my great acting ability as well as my cherished position as Sports Editor on the Sassamon to any Junior, willing to work as hard as I did. We, the Senior Girls, leave our positions as secretaries to the Juniors with the hopes that the teachers will give them a few extra hours after school in which to complete their work. I, Virginia Simonetta, leave my dimples to Naomi Hoyte and high position as one of the chief editors of the Sassamon Board to Robert Bennett. I, Barbara Dunn, leave my red hair to Shirley Morgan. I, James McEvoy, leave my athletic ability to Cochie Sargent. I, Owen Frazer, leave my ability to get A ' s either with or without doing my homework to Mano Salos. T, Tafta Spiro, leave my scholastic ability to Alfred Edwards. I, Elsie Hussey, leave my singing ability to Marion Church. I, Ned Feeley, bequeath my popular personality to Malcolm Burnham. I, Thomas Smith, leave my peculiar vocabulary to any junior who reads the dictionary. I, June Martin, leave to Phyllis Martin my great height.