Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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tg THE SASSAMON CLASS WILL lie it remembered, that we, the Class of W46 in the County of Middlesex and Connntinwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory but knowing the uncertainty ul' life, do tnake this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. To Mr. Matteo, we bequeath a Public Address System to assist him in his search for pupils. 'l'o Miss Mann, we leave a case of liromo Seltzer or some soothing sedative to keep her nerves from cracking when the office gets over-crowded. 'l'o Mr. Martin, we leave an electric typewriter to speed up his output of deten- tion slips. To Miss tiriftin, we leave an electric eye to open and close the girls' door auto- matically. To Miss 'l'illson, we leave a place for her gym classes to operate in peace. To Miss Connolly and Mr. l'lausse,'our class advisers, we leave an executive hoard as intelligent and peppy as ours. A To Mr. Gardner, we leave a new pair of permanent eye glasses so he won't have to borrow. To Miss Shannon, we leave our heartfelt gratitude for her generous assistance in class affairs. r To Mr. Sears, we leave our sincere appreciation for his guidance through our high school career. 'l'o Mr. Shea, we leave our gratitude for his patience and kindness. To Mrs. llyncs and Mrs. lilondell, we leave our best wishes for their future happiness. To Miss Nutt, we leave our sincere appreciation for her kind and pleasant manner. To Mr. Quackenbush, we confer the degree of Doctor of Finance, in apprecia- tion of his splendid success in extracting money from us. To Mr. XX'hite, we bequeath one large size atomizer filled to capacity with Tabu guaranteed to oltset the aromas in Room 32 resulting from chemistry experiments. To Miss Crocker, we leave a new pad of detention slips, to save her the trouble of writing ten detentions on each. To Miss Cashion, we leave a set of books entitled How to Eat in the Class- room to be distributed in her classes. To the Sophomores we leave our amazing ability to win and infiuence the teachers. To the juniors we leave the hope that they will reach the high goal we have attained. I, john Driscoll. do willingly give up my job as President to Robert Fair.

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THE SASSAMON 11 In September 1945 we again returned to Natick High School-this time as dignified and serious seniors. The war was over. Germany had surrendered to the Allies in May, and in August Japan felt the might of the atomic bomb and it, too, capitulated. XYe were relieved that the war was over-or rather that fighting had stopped. lVe returned to our classes with the realization that our career at Natick High School was coming to its conclusion and it seemed we were more aware of our responsibilities as citizens and we had a new appreciation of what an education meant. The permanent ofhcers of our class were chosen in October. They are john Driscoll, president, Richard Balcom, vice-president: Violetta Tutuny, secretary and Edward Garvin, treasurer. The following members of the class of '46 were the captains of our school teams: Gene Arena and Vangie Sticka-Football, james Haddad-Basketballg Edward Garvin and john Driscoll-Hockey, George Shaw and Larry Devereaux- Baseball. All of the teams had successful seasons and although we missed champ- ionship and title ratings in the past year, Natick High was honored to have eight boys from its hockey team make the All Star Team of the Eastern Massachusetts League. And too, once again, our football team defeated Framingham. The bas- ketball team won fourteen of the sixteen games played. Early in our senior year Mr. Sears retired because of ill health. Mr. Martin was our acting principal until December when Mr. Maffeo was released from active duty in the United States Navy to resume his position as principal. Our Senior Play, The Doctor Has a Daughter, directed by Mrs. Dekleritt and Miss Donahoe, played two nights to a very enthusiastic audience. Alfred Bran- agan and joan Parrinello were the soloists during intermission. In March Rita DeAngelis represented Natick High School at the annual con- vention of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Boston. The National Honor Society held its induction ceremonies in May. Thirteen members of our class are members in this society. The Senior Reception, which is always the social highlight of commencement week, will take place this Friday evening and on Monday, June 17, the graduation exercises will be the last school activity for the Class of 1946. As we take our places in the world we hope, as individuals, to add new pages to this history of our class and we are ready to assume responsibility in solving those problems that mut be faced if we are to have better community, national and international relation- ships. JAMES HADDIXD.

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THE SASSAMON 13 XVe, Vangie Sticka and Gene Arena, bequeath our football captaincy and calm nerves to VVilliam Carr and James Franciose. I, James I-Iaddad,leave my basketball captaincy to Richard Checani with the hope that his team will receive a bid to the Tech Tournament. We Jolm Driscoll and Edward Garvin, leave our hockey captaincy to Robert Fair. The International Relations class, in an attempt to verify the fact that they have used their energies to capacity all year, do hereby leave to Miss Rafferty one hundred empty boxes of fast-acting Bayer Aspirin tablets. lYe, the Class of 1946, wish to inform Mr. McManus that at his convenience he may obtain a new signet ring at Pendleton's with our compliments. To the Juniors who will strive unsuccessfully to equal our fame and renown, we, the Senior Play cast, leave a book entitled The Drama and You. We, Gordon Channell and Thomas Lowry, leave to Arthur Casavant and Thomas Quirk our prosperous escort agency. lYe, Rita DeAngelis, Patricia Donahue, Rita Farley, Dorothy Olson and Mary Zacconi, leave our super educated brains to be divided equally among the Sopho- mores and Juniors and whats left over to be kept in a pickle jar until needed. We Dolores Casali, Jacqueline Lockhart and Helen Condon, leave our ease on the dance floor to Marilyn Richards, Barbara McNally and Eleanor Musgrave. I, David Driz Dayton, leave my dynamic personality, which has inspired many a song and poem to be written, to Thomas LeBlanc. We, Mary Lou Goodnow and Alfred Branagan, leave our outstanding musical talent to Ruth Powers and Fred Dutton. I, Jeanne Park, leave my vivaciousness to Joan Bell. I, Marguerite Balcom, leave my inexhaustible energy to Sheila Brennan. I, Janet NVells, leave my winsome ways with the opposite sex to Carolyn Boardman. I, Laurence Devereaux, leave my unexcelled ability on ice to George Adams. I, George Rogers, leave my motherly love for the prospective athletic teams to Ned Mahoney. I, Elizabeth James, leave my ability to giggle at the .most inappropriate times to Mary Hughes. I, Rachel Ippolito, leave my gay manner to Helen McGrath. We, Harry Trask and Barbara Beswick, leave our petiteness to Rosemary LePage and Robert Prescott. Wfe, Mary Stamuli and Lorraine Sabbag, leave our dramatic abilities to all underclassmen who desire to attain theatrical success. I, Joann Brenneman, leave my ability to charm the teachers to Beverly Robin- son. We the Senior Class, will and bequeath the remains of our estate Whether it be material or financial to the School Department to be used for installing super- speed escalators.