Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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KENNETH EVERETT KING The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.’’ Now a bluejacket in Uncle Sam’s Navy, Kenny was born, to his pals ' great joy, in Newton, July 3, 1926, but had made Weston his schooling center since the wee grades. A whiz on the court here and in the Navy, basketball is his favorite sport; but eating, sleeping, golt, and swimming rate as close seconds. His pet peeve is getting up early in the morning, especially at 5:30 (which, may we add, he’s getting plenty of now ). Easily recognized by his boogie- woogie on the gym piano or his own saxophone, Kenny has plans tor either coaching or engineering when the war has reached its end. Beware, Coach Law, the lure ot our old Alma Mater may prove too strong. Welcome home, Kenny. Activities: Basketball, Captain, ’44; Orchestra 3 years; Glee Club 1 year. JOHN MELE He was not of an age, hut for all time.” If anybody can’t find Johnny,” look for a blue car streaking through Weston at (?) miles per, and, if your eyes can follow it, you will find Johnny in the front seat next to Dick. Johnny joined us in the hrst grade and has been with us ever since. He is the most popular boy in school and our class comedian. His pet peeves are teachers, who he claims don’t understand him, proud girls, intellectuals, and cops.” Johnny intends to join the Navy as soon as he can get his diploma. We all agree that he proved to be a great leader when he so ably captained this year’s football team. He is a great jazz fan and it ' s no secret that he, himself, is the rhythm boy of Weston High. We all wish you the best of luck, Johnny, and we ' ll never forget you and your Personality Plus.” Activities: Football 3 years, (Captain, senior year); Basketball 1 year. GERALDINE ETHELLYN MORGAN Begone, Dull Care! Thou and l shall never agree.” November 27, 1927, was a day to be remembered in South Portland, Maine—a day of all days, for at that time a little blonde, who was later to answer to the name of Gerrie,” pirouetted into being. This dancing girl has been with us ever since our second year and her present plans are to study ballet at the Vilzah Shollar School of Ballet in New York. Her ambition is to join a company and tour the country; either that or settle down and raise horses in Vermont. Her favorite enjoyments are basking in the sun, waltzing with Mr. Cummings, peppermint stick ice-cream, and walking in the rain. Mr. Sawyer’s chemistry tests, squash, and Northeastern University seem to irk her. Since none of the latter can in any way hinder her in her career of dancing, no doubt we ll all some day say, L Knew her when—!” Activities: Glee Club 2 years; Discussion Club; Basketball. NAOMI NEWELL Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.” Nimi,” who entered the world April 19, 1927, upon joining us in our freshman year soon proved to be an interesting addition to our class. She has shown during her four years’ acquaintance with us, a very definite ability to ex¬ press her ideas. She surprised us with a hope for five children, to come after college and a job, of course. She likes eating, drawing, music, and hiking, and dislikes fingernails that break, selfish people and wartime food. C’est la guerre,” eh, Naomi? Her suppressed desire runs into money since she would like a new wardrobe for every day in the year. We know Smith College will have a find in Naomi, if that’s where she finally settles. Activities Glee Club 4 years; Priorities; Operetta 3 years; Hockey 2 years; Discussion Club. PHILIP W. NOYES Men of few words are the best men.” Phil, who joined us in 1943, is quiet around school, but quite the opposite outside, we hear. He likes various sports, roller skating, and dancing. He hopes to become a Certified Public Accountant after his career in the Navy. Phil has been inducted, as of a few weeks ago, so he won’t be here for graduation. His pet peeves are teachers and cops,” but don’t get the wrong idea, he has a great respect for the law. He was born in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Happy were the days in the good old Granite State. May there be more of them, Phil. Dub” came to us from Colebrook Academy, where he found basketball and baseball his favorite athletic activities. We all wish Phil the best of luck in his future plans and hope that he may fulfill them all. We know he can do it, too, with his quiet persistence and winning ways. 9

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GWENDOLYN STEARNS GALE Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.” When we came back from our summer vacation in September, 1944, we met Gwen,” who had joined our class for the final year. She was born in Oakland, California, June 14, 1927, but for some unknown reason she likes anything per¬ taining to snow. However, when there is no snow around, Gwendolyn can amuse herself by sailing on a fine summer’s day, or by riding horseback. Like many people, she can’t stand squeaky chalk or sarcasm (which she gets plenty of, on her French pronunciation, poor child!). Her ambition is to be an ornitho¬ logical photographer, whatever that is, after she attends either Connecticut or Mount Holyoke College. That’s quite a career, so, good luck, Gwen. Activities: Basketball 1 year; Discussion Club. MARSHALL HILLS The will for the deed is his. On May 7, 1927, in Jamaica Plain, Marshall first saw the light of day, but it wasn’t until ten years later that he joined out class in the fifth grade. He has a number of ambitions; namely, to write songs, be a chemist, or an aviator. He’ll do well at any of these, as Marsh” can play the piano exceptionally well, and fooling in the chemistry laboratory is one of his favorite enjoyments. Right here, we ll jot down a few others in this line: dates, C. A. P., and piano Boogie- Woogie. And we all know how he loves to keep his dates big dark secrets! His future plans, due to the war, are to enlist in the Naval Air Corps. We all wish our class president the best of luck in whatever he may finally decide to do. Activities: President, ’44, ’45; Football, ’45; Basketball, ’45; Baseball, ’45; Student Council, ’44, ' 45; Assembly Committee. SEATON JACKSON England expects every man to do his duty.” Seaton, alias Limey,” born in Cambridge, October 21, 1927, is another who started out with us in the first grade and has been active in school doings ever since. His many favorite enjoyments include all kinds of sports, women (he’s had seventeen years of chasing ’em), dancing at the Tote and above all, jazz, jazz, and more jazz! Quite in line with the last bit, he is peeved beyond words at the playing of classical music and the sight of teachers and cops.” He hopes to go to college, afterwards making his place in the world coaching bas¬ ketball, but all this must wait until he leaves the service (Marines, maybe) which he will probably enter before June. With that good old English humor backing him up, we all know he can’t lose. Activities: Football 2 years; Basketball 4 years, Captain, ’45; Glee Club 4 years; Operetta 3 years; Class Treasurer, ’44; Year Book Staff; Base¬ ball 1 year. PAULINE JACQUES l hate nobody; l am in charity with the world.” Pauline, our seen but not heard” girl has been with us ever since ’33 when we arrived in a body to shock Miss Adams. Since then, Mona” has been doing her homework faithfully in advance, and has helped cheerfully with any and everything the class has ever planned. Pauline loves to draw, and plans to be¬ come a successful designer,” as she puts it. We can’t see how she can lose. This gal likes immensely to ice skate, play basketball, or go to the movies. Mathematics leaves her absolutely cold, and string beans just do not enter her life at any stage. Strictly off the record, Pauline’s suppressed desire is to walk calmly out of Miss Harding’s class some day when she assigns public speaking. Now that we want to see! Activities: Art 3 years; Glee Club; Sophomore Dance Committee; Patience”; Pinafore.” HENRY JOHNSON Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” In Plymouth, New Hampshire, January 8, 1928, one wonderful fellow was born who somehow or other managed to land in the primary school building at Weston in 1933 as a pupil in the first grade. Henry’s future plans, perhaps an outgrowth of his experience with Pop, are to study chemistry at M. I. T., and then be a chemical engineer. He likes to dance and skate, listen to Holiday for Strings’ and Crooner Crosby; but then, who doesn’t? Writing letters and women’s hats are among his pet peeves, and worst of all, says Henry, is too much talk! The class all like Henry and know this year book will be one of the best published, because of his untiring efforts toward it. That’s the way he does everything, including the excellent talk over WBZ in December. Activities: Glee Club 4 years; Vice-President of the Senior Class; Assembly Committee, Co-Editor of ear Book; Student Council; Representative to Junior Town Meeting of the Air; Discussion Club. 8

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PRISCILLA OTTO Ask me no questions and. I’ll tell you no fibs.’’ Well known as Chopper” and, too, commonly known as Potts,”’ this most unpredictable lass was a charter member of our class in 1933 and has been one of our favorites from then on. Brought into this world in February, 1928, to be our class comedienne, she is scarcely ever at a loss for a quip to fit every occasion. Bob Hope, the ever-popular White Christmas,” sleeping and Swan- boat rides with C. K. C., seem to constitute her favorite enjoyments. Though snobbish people are her pet peeves, her ambition, strangely enough, is to be a millionairess some day. Best wishes toward achieving that pinnacle, Chop”! Activities: Hockey 4 years; Glee Club 3 years; Class Treasurer — Freshman; Discussion Club. JACK PATTERSON I am very fond of the company of ladies. Since his favorite enjoyment is girls, pet peeve is girls who say no,” and suppressed desire is to lead a night-life, Jack was labeled a ladies’ man” from ’way back. Born January 23, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined our happy throng for the first two laborious years, left for Wayland for a half dozen more, only to return in his freshman year to stay by our ol’ Alma Mater to the bitter end. A member of the C. A. P., his ambition is to make good in the Army Air Corps; but previous to this worthy career, he has a year of Northeastern in mind. Jack ' s happy-go-lucky philosophy brightened up many a dreary class and made him an unforgettable character among the Westonites. Activities: Football 2 years; Baseball 3 years; Discussion Club. NANCY ELEANOR PEAKES ”The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” Nance, who has been with our little group ever since 1933, the beginning of those memorable dozen years, honored Cambridge with her appearance on March 6, 1928. This little red-head has always been a most admirable student, with her flawless bits of literature and such. Movies, good books, cooking, baseball, and fried scallops are among her enjoyments. (You might ask her about the state of Maine, too!) but being called Red” by total strangers is com¬ pletely beyond her endurance. Her ambition, and a truly suitable one it is, is to be a roving reporter, or something similar in the journalistic field. As she is obviously typical college material, we have no fear but that Nancy will do ex¬ ceptionally well at Wellesley College which she hopes to enter in the fall. Activities: Glee Club; Discussion Club; Student Council Secretary; Assembly Committee Secretary; First Aid Football Dance Committee. GEORGIA LEE RAGAN Her voice was that which charms the soul. Georgia, the golden voiced member of the Senior Class, was born in Janu¬ ary, 1927, in Chestnut Hill, Brookline. She came to Weston in 1939, but didn’t join our class until this year. (And a very nice addition, too, we may add.) Didi plans to further her talents by becoming a professional singer. After her career” on the stage in Weston, we don’t doubt a bit that we’ll all see her at the Metropolitan some day. Her suppressed desire? To live in England; just a limey at heart” as she puts it. She loves English accents, harbors a weakness for blonds; and did we tell you? She likes music, too; imagine that. The Senior Class presents its very best wishes and hopes for your future career as a singer. All the best, Georgia. Activities: Glee Club 4 years; Operetta 4 years. KAY RITZ In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. One world-shaking day in September, 1941, the eighth grade was shocked into speec hlessness when a blue-eyed, pig-tailed girl from Delaware joined our class. Though minus the long hair, Kay is still the same tiny miss with a per¬ sonality that has captivated everyone. (Teach us, Kay.) A New Englander at heart, born in Lynn the fall of 1927, she loves rare steak and chocolate ice¬ cream. (Lucky steak and ice-cream.) She becomes very cool to those who insist on formally calling her Kathryn,” the anguish in chemistry class being well nigh unbearable. Stardust” is her special tune, and her suppressed desire is to be a radio artist, though we hear it will remain suppressed until she be¬ comes a successful kindergarten teacher. (What’s your secret, kids?) Good luck, Kay—you’ll go far in whatever you do. Activities: Glee Club; Patience”; The Gondoliers”; Class Officer, ’42, ’43; Sophomore Dance Committee; Year Book Staff. 10