Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 7 CLASS WILL VNOVV all men by these presents that we, the depleted war-time graduating class of nineteen hundred and forty-three, Natick High School, of the town of Natick, County of lliddleseg Commonwealth of llassachusetts, being of unsound mind and poor memory do hereby make and publish this our last will and testament. To Klr. llaffeo we leave our heartfelt thanks for his never-ending efforts to help us in our studies, and for his kindness and advice. To the faculty we extend our sincere gratitude for the wisdom which they have endeavored to impart to us: and the hope that they will remember that for their kindly understanding we are forever in their debt. To the Undergraduates we would leave, if we could, much more than we now possess. But since that cannot be done, we leave them the very greatest of eagerness and zest for living and learning that we have. To Xliss VVildbur and Klr. Quackenbush, our Class Advisers, we leave our deepest gratitude for their friendly assistance. To lliss Donahoe we leave our sincere appreciation for the successful presenta- tion of our Senior Play. To Kliss Rafferty we leave the Encyclopedia Britannica to enable her to settle all arguments arising in class-one way or another. To members of the faculty who are occupying the new rooms, we leave a case of lava soap to banish those blue chalk stains. To Klr. Gardner we leave a B Ration Book for his car so that he may eliminate the time-consuming bus ride and lengthen his beauty sleep in the morning. To Klrs. llchlanus we leave some exceptionally robust Juniors to assist her in carrying the stretchers. To llr. llartin we express the wish that his following years at Natick High will prove to be as successful as this, his initial year. To Klr. Quackenbush we leave our fervent prayers that the geography of this earth will once again be stabilized so that he will no longer have to refer to his morn- ing newspaper for new geographical boundaries. To llr. Xlay we leave a group of lively swingsters and trust that they will not succeed in converting him. To Kliss Klann we leave our much-deserved respect for her long suffering and patient listening to our grievances, great and small, our thanks too, for her courtesy and helpfulness. 'llhose individual members of this graduating class wishing to make personal be- quest are as follows: lVe, the Senior Class ofiicers, leave our highly honored positions to a group of praiseworthy Juniors. I, Bob Palladino, leave to Arthur Fair my football captaincy with the strong hope that he may lead Natick through another extraordinarily successful season. l, Bill Florio, leave the captaincy of the basketball team to Joe Franciose. l, Jackie Allen, leave my baseball captaincy to any outstanding junior on the 1943 team. VVe, Stan XIcPherson and Bob O'Connell, leave the captaincy of the hockey squad to Eddie Clasby.

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o 'VIIICSASSAMON lfootball, llob Palladinog Hockey, Co-captains Bob U'Connell and Stan hlacphersong Basketball, Bill lflorio: and Baseball, jackie Allen. On December 7th our country was attacked and a state of war was declared to exist between the l'nited States and the Japanese Empire. All students were as- sembled to hear over the radio the President's address and the subsequent declaration of war by Congress. 'l'hese were serious times: First Aid classes were organized, airplane spotters and air raid warden personnel were chosen from ours as well as the other classes in the high school. 'lihe Junior Executive hoard was selected and immediately began working on our one social venture, the Junior Prom. Largely because of their efforts we enjoyed a very successful prom. ln Hay seven juniors were elected to the National Honor Society. They were Leona Kaprielian, ,lane Cummings, Eleanor Buckley, Irene KlcCarthy, Mary Leon- ard, Priscilla Harvey and Harold Rosen. Wie were looking forward to our Senior year and regretting High School would soon be over. After the summer vacation the class of '43 entered its final year. llany had left or were to leave for the various armed services, others went into the accelerated pro- grams of surrounding colleges. The permanent class officers were elected after a hard fought campaign which was concluded by speeches in the assembly hall. Eloquence was the order of the day and many future orators were noted. The following were elected: Robert Palladino, President, Henry Agostinelli, Vice-Presidentg Vito Cardellicchio, Treasurerg and Bar- bara Cowee, Secretary. Our eleven, coached by Klr. Plausse, enjoy ed the most successful season of recent years, winning the Midland League title. Our hoopsters also met with great success receiving a hid to the Tech Tourney which they accepted despite the loss of three star players. ln a hard fought game Rockland defeated Natick C39-295. 'lihe hockey squad despite a poor start enjoyed a good season registering great improvement and Ricardi, liregoli and Xlalpus were selected to play on the Eastern Hass. All-Star Team. Eleanor Buckley was chosen to represent Natick High and be its delegate to the annual Good Citizenship Pilgrimage, conducted each year hy 'lihe Daughters of The American Revolution. The memhers of the public speaking class participated in the American Legion oratorical contest which was won hy Robert Flynn. Bob went on to win regional and county contests and entered the state finals. Double Date was selected by a committee of students for our play and casting began in March. 'lihe play presented April 30 was directed by Bliss Donahoe. It was a theatrical as well as a financial success. 'lihe National Honor Society held its induction ceremony on Xlay 19th. Ar this time eight more Seniors were inducted and all members will receive their pins today. Only a few days remain. Soon we shall be members of The Natick High School Alumni. Although we have reached the goal for which we have been working three years, we regret leaving. At this time, however, we feel that we have a great oppor- tunity to put into reality the Natick High School motto - I Serve. No doubt the majority of us will soon be actively serving our country and it is our hope that we will make a real contribution in keeping the democratic way for future generations. jonx XIURPHY IJUNN

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S THE SASSAMON I, I.y dia Hamilton, leave my position as S.-yss.,yA1oN Ifditor plus a large bottle of aspirin to .lean Iluleatt. We the Senior Play Cast, leave our acting technique to any ambitious, well- qualilied juniors. I, Harold Rosen, leave my exceptional scholastic ability to jean Huleatt. I, ,Iohn Dunn, leave my Hair for umisual words to Dorothy l.angton. I, l'risciIIa Harvey, leave my musical talent to David Sanborne. I, Barbara Reardon, leave my quiet, reserved manner to Dorothy Johnson. I, jean I.acey, leave my magnetic popularity to llariam Ingalls. I, jerry Digeronimo, leave my highly-prized title, Ujitterbug of Natick High, to Bob 'I'hurston. I, .lane Cummings, leave my animosity for off-beats of waltz time, to Klr. Klay, who will, I know, give them to the scrap drive. I, Christine XVrightson, leave my poetic genius to Helen Sellew. I, Lizzie Howatt, leave my keen wit to Jimmie Fournier. I, Laura Xlaki, leave my petitness to Klary' Hughes. I, Ilenry Agostinelli, leave my .sociable and most popular personality to Salvi Profetto. I, Betty Culverhouse, leave my variety of hair styles to Gilda Leavitt. I, Barbara Dostie, leave my sophisticated manner to Dotty llonroe. lVe, the cheer leaders, leave our acrobatic contortions to those who wish to indulge in this exercise. I, Barbara Cowee, leave my sunny smile and pleasing personality, to Lucy Lentini. lVe, Eleanor Ahern and George Baird, leave our ability to Polka to the Yutzler sisters. I, Marion Church, leave my singing ability to Nlarion Klcfiovern. I, David Palmer, leave my ability to talk my way out of anything, to Roger Casavant. I. Harold Cirant, heartbrokenly, leave my collection of autographs to the scrap paper collection. I, Aloe Connolly, leave my ability to sleep through entire classes, to Neil Lacey. I, Robert Flynn, leave my oratorical genius to Barbara Buell. I, Barbara Bremner, leave my talent for telling ancient jokes to Georgette Goss. I, Vivian Harvey, leave my absentee record to Richard Hesek. I. Thomas Sheridan, leave my shy, bashful manner with girls to Donald Chase. lVe, Ilddie Burke, Paul Colborne, joe Connolly, Louis DiCicco, Bill Florio, Russell Gibson, jimmy Lawless, Stan KIcl'herson, Dick Pierce, Laurence Smith, Rea Strange, Steve Iota, 'I'ony Yaricchione. Bob VVilliams, and any others who are serving with us in the armed forces of the country we love, leave to you all, this our promise -lVe will strive our best to preserve for you the American YVay of Life. 'I'o Natick High School, we leave a prayer for continued success, and the hope that those who follow us will always have a share in the enjoyment and pleasure we have experienced. 4 In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, and in the presence of two witnesses hereinafter named, declare this to be our last will and testament. ELEANOR joax Bucxuzv XVitnessed by: Iixnrv I.. Siuxxox Ifiuxciis NI. Havns