Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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ALAN MORGAN l know a hawk from a handsaw.” Alan, better known as Morgue,” joined us during our freshman year and has been one of the more serious members of our class. His hobby is orni¬ thology, in which he excels. With him everything is birds, birds, and more birds. If his classmates ever wonder why he looks so tried every Monday morn¬ ing, they have only to refer to his week-end bird trips, on which he stays up practically all night. One of the more brainy members of our class, he is now in the middle of his first year at Bowdoin. He will be there until he gets his orders from the Marines on the first of July. Activities: Glee Club 2 years, Operetta ’41, Football ’42. CLASS STATISTICS Girls Boys Most ambitious Doris Peakes Francis Guthrie Done most for the class Peggy Lee Hill Francis Guthrie Most poised Jeannine Hildebrand Robert Whittemore Smartest Eveleth Cooper Richard Amon Most popular Marjorie Perkins Douglas Schofield Teacher’s pet Anne Whitney Richard Amon Most personality Peggy Lee Hill Francis Guthrie Best dressed Doris Peakes Teddy Coburn One with most pains Peggy Moody Robert Travis Best actor Doris Peakes Francis Guthrie Always late Kitty Macdonald Herbie Vinnecombe Best musician Alice Rand Sherman Davis Neatest Ruth Strickland Richard Amon Best singer Jeannine Hildebrand Francis Guthrie Most punctual Barbara Colpitts Richard Amon Friendliest Kitty Macdonald Francis Guthrie Most versatile Helen Coburn Whiton Jackson Class politician Doris Peakes Frank Amon Quietest Barbara Sherman Robert Mann Best looking Helen Coburn Teddy Coburn Class comedian Doris Peakes Alvin Jacobs Biggest time killer Best combination of brains and Helen Coburn Clarence Ackerson good looks Jeannine Hildebrand Whiton Jackson Class dreamer Marjorie Perkins Robert Mann Man or woman about town Anne Whitney Clarence Ackerson Most inquisitive Peggy Dolan Russell Johnson Best athlete Kitty Macdonald Douglas Schofield Best citizen Jeannine Hildebrand William Nussburger Biggest eater Peggy Moody John Byron Best dancer Peggy Lee Hill Leonard Upham Most likely to succeed Alice Rand Alan Morgan Noisiest Doris Peakes Alvin Jacobs Best line Anne Whitney Clarence Ackerson Cleverest Paula Cahill David Kingsbury Best speaking voice Jeannine Hildebrand Francis Guthrie Happiest Kitty Macdonald Francis Guthrie Most studious Eveleth Cooper Richard Amon Sleepiest Kathryn Place Robert Travis Most talkative Anne Whitney Francis Guthrie One with the most alibies Mary Sullivan Alvin Jacobs Class flirt Anne Whitney Francis Guthrie Heart breaker Anne Whitney Teddy Coburn Man or woman hater Jerry Brownell Francis Pooler Class individualist Eveleth Cooper Whiton Jackson Most artistic Paula Cahill William Nussburger First married Like to be cast on a desert Ruth Strickland Murray Burke island with Marjorie Perkins Teddy Coburn Least understood by teachers Terry Brownell Alvin Jacobs 14

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MARY ELIZABETH SULLIVAN As merry as the day is long.” Commonly known as Shorty or Speedy,” Mary came to Weston in the first grade and left only to come back in the eighth. She was born on July 10, 1925, and plans to be a secretary in the WAVES, typing at 60 words per min¬ ute with NO errors. Ill-mannered boys and Monday’s history class make Mary fairly seethe. Harry James and Moonlight Cocktails will cool her off though, and Lux Radio, and fried clams will keep her in the best of trim. Some day, if she finds enough time after catching up on her reading and rollerskating, she will learn to fly. Activities: Glee Club ’39, ’40, ’41, ’42, Treasurer of Class Book, Entertainment Committee of Junior Prom ’42. ROBERT TRAVIS Salt your food with humor, pepper it with wit, and sprinkle over it the charm of fellowship.” Bobby spends most of his time taking his car apart and trekking down to see his next door neighbor. For three of his four years of high school he kept his unsuspected wit hidden. This year, however, he has surprised us with his continual outbursts of humor. He dislikes those frequent lectures from his family—that’s not odd considering he’s Peck’s Bad Boy.” Bobby hopes to go to Wesleyan, that is, if the Army doesn’t get him first. Remember, Anne, he likes his steaks two inches thick and cooked—not raw. Activities: Operetta ’39, Priorities ’43, Basketball ’42. HERBERT VINNECOMBE To most people nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.” Our ten o’clock scholar, Herby, joined us in our junior year. Since then he has been known either as The Milkman,” or the grocery boy.” He can usually be found taking people’s money and points at the Weston Quality Mar¬ ket. You Can’t Take It With You,” Two Gun Harry,” and the Three Brothers” proved his ableness at love making. Herby is one of the school’s best modelers of airplanes with many of them to his credit. DONALD WHELPLEY A good man tried and true.” Donny has always been quiet and reserved; in fact, he seems to be so quiet that even his best friends don’t know much about him. He was always short of words when it came to public speaking, but weren’t we all? Where Donald spent his spare time was always a mystery to us, but now that he is in the Navy we know he is kept busy. Donald has been active in football, base¬ ball and the Glee Club and was liked by all. Some day soon we all hope to see him with his ideal woman.” ANNE WHITNEY Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.” That’s no lie.” When you hear those words you can bet Anne isn’t far away. She’s been a faithful member of our class since way back in the first grade. One of those who are fascinated by the knitting needles, she is seldom without them. Next year may find Anne at Wheelock studying to become a kindergarten teacher. After this she ought to be well prepared to take care of the large family she hopes to have. By the way, she wants to be married at 19; line forms at the right, boys. Anne’s nickname is Tina,” and for further in¬ formation she suggests you consult Helen. Activities: Hockey ’40, ’42; Operetta ’40, ’41, ’42; Priorities ’43. ROBER T WHITTEMORE Deeds speak louder than words.” Bob” started with all the old lads in the first grade. After battling his way through the grades he finally attained the rating of freshman, W. H. S. But his battle had just begun, for Mr. Perry, our shop teacher, was forever jumping down his throat. He joined the happy geometry class and passed, by the skin of his teeth. He never took any more math after that. Coal dust conceals his identity outside of school. His ambition is to be a master ma¬ chinist and his shop work now proves that he will be. He is a swell guy and a good friend to all who know him. 13

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CLASS HISTORY Back in 1930, Miss Adams, the first grade teacher, had a bad heart attack. It is said that the sight of her new class shocked her but she later found we weren’t quite as dumb as we looked. In the second grade, Murray Burke in little blue pants and sweater came in dragging a little car behind him. With a flutter of those long eyelashes he had every girl’s heart fluttering, too. Then, of course, the North School chil¬ dren, Barbara Sherman and Paula Cahill, graduated to Weston. What a thrill! They just couldn’t get over the fact that there was not just one room but three or four. And one for each grade, too. In the third, fourth and fifth grades, many students came and left. In the sixth grade, however, Peggy Lee Hill strutted into Miss Staples’ room all knees and elbows with her nose in the air. Oh yes! One day in the sixth grade, Anne Whitney came blowing in with news of a new male neighbor, her age, with big ears and a brand new bicycle. Was she excited! Isn’t she still? (Ahem, olf the subject.) The sixth grade was one of our busy years, I guess, because that was the time a group of girls chased Russell Johnson from the playground to Miss Staples’ lap because he refused to play hopscotch. Funny how people change, isn ' t it? In the seventh grade we were almost frightened off by three hungry wolves, namely, Alvin Jacobs, Teddy Coburn, and Doug Schofield, who decided that the seventh grade girls were a little better than the eighth. After those three roughnecks joined us, things began popping. Almost every day Mrs. Hill had some boy by the ear, dragging him down to Mr. Rhoades’ office. But she wasn’t the only teacher who had trouble with us. Miss Johnson, who was new and green, found it hard to discipline us. I re¬ fer especially to the time that Arthur Ackerson put a mouse in the top drawer of her desk and when she reached for a pencil, she grabbed the mouse instead. What some people won’t do for excitement. That was the year Mr. Rhoades chased Murray Burke, in his gym suit, half way to Waltham because he cussed” a teacher. This was the year we brought out our dramatic ability by putting on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” under the direction of Miss Marble. Now that was something worth seeing! Miss Marble also went to town on a nature project that year. Who won the prize for the best notebooks, anyway? Of course, those four star students, Peggy Hill, Doris Peakes, Alice Rand and Mavis Gillette. When we went to join Miss Spear across the hall for our freshman year, we felt pretty important—that is, until the seniors took us down a peg. I can remember going by the library and just barely stealing a glance in as if it were a sanctuary or something. It would be pretty hard to forget Bunny Coletti, the happy-go-lucky president of our class during the freshman and sophomore years. That year Eveleth Cooper (who had us all sitting with 15