Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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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

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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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CAROLYN ADELE ROBINSON To beguile many, and be beguiled by one.” Candy” first saw the light of day on September 24, 1927, in Gloucester, but joined our happy class in 1940. She likes to dance, play basketball, swim, read, and ride her bicycle, which she does often with her mother, with her cocker spaniel Honey” in the basket. Her ambition and suppressed desire tend quite a bit towards traveling, particularly in South America. She tells us that she also would like to model. If you want to peeve Candy,” just present her with a mixture of homework, eggs, and bugs. (Quite a mixture, it seems to us.) In fact, just one of them will do! It is generally noted that she gets quite a bang out of nature’s little feathered creations, too, mostly the Chickadee.” Right, Candy? Activities: Priorities”; Glee Club; Patience.” JEANNE ROGERS Footloose and fancy free. A shriek that so unded much like Don’t call me Sweater Girl!” emanating from the Waltham Hospital, heralded the momentous arrival of our Jeanne, alias Rog,” into this world in June, 1927. After spending fifteen years in Newton, she couldn’t resist the lure of Ye Olde Weston High, and we welcomed her with open arms in ’42. She has lots of favorite enjoyments, has this lass with the ready smile. Some of them are swimming, bowling, and movies. We all know that Rog” harbors a passionate hatred of any kind of bugs, especially caterpillars. Jeanne aspires to a career as an airdine hostess; that is, after fin¬ ishing school, and say, did we tell you? She plans to take a small jaunt around the world. When we asked about her suppressed desire, she told us to live in California.” That shouldn’t be too hard for an old hand at globe-trotting. Best wishes from the class, Jeannie. Activities: Glee Club 2 years. ELIZABETH M. TEBEAU The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed.” Betty, the future Florence Nightingale of our merry class, joined us in 1939—the class of ’45 has never been quite the same since. Our happy-go- lucky dreamer, yet wide-awake athlete and incessant talker, Bet” is a bewilder¬ ing mixture of talent and vagueness—(ask Miss Green about that algebra!) Her favorite enjoyments are many and varied, among which are sports, eating sand¬ wiches with everything but the kitchen sink in them, writing notes that prove very interesting, and talking on the phone from 9 to 10 night after night. (Need we ask to whom?) Bossy people, apples with worms, and back-slappers irritate her no end, and are, consequently, her pet peeves. Her ambition, for which she is very well suited, is to be a full-fledged Navy Nurse—we all know she’ll go far in this field. Activities: Hockey 2 years; Basketball 2 years; Football Dance Committee. CHRISTINE TEBO Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Born on Columbus Day, 1927, Chris” joined us in Miss Adams’ class in ’33 and has stayed with us ever since. A smooth dancer and the class actress, she has impressed us with her varied abilities. Her idea of an enjoyable eve¬ ning includes eating a steak dinner, dancing, and then listening to Frankie You know who,” while writing to the Navy. Chris’ ” pet peeves are people who dis¬ like crooners, men drivers, and carrots. After seeing her fine work in our operettas we are sure that some day, her suppressed desire—to sing at the Stork Club—may come true. Her ambition is to own a bright red convertible-— watch out, men drivers!—and to get an A” from Pop.” Best of luck, Chris,” when you enter Katharine Gibbs’ Secretarial School. Activities: Glee Club 4 years; Priorities”; Operetta 3 years; Cheerleading; Hockey 4 years; Junior Prom Committee; Co-Editor of the Year Book; Operetta Committee, ’44. JEAN WALLACE TIFFANY A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.” Our own Jeannie with the light brown hair” joined the class in the sixth grade and was tagged with numerous and sundry nicknames ranging from Jeanie,” Tiff,” and Tiffy,” to Fanny.” She was born at Ann Arbor, Michi¬ gan, on Columbus Day, 1927. Her favorite enjoyments include horses, skiing, ballet, Tommy Dorsey records, particularly The Song is You,” and HORSES! (which, we put in right here, goes beyond an enjoyment and becomes almost an obsession). She is averse to the study of L’Allegro” and ”11 Penseroso,” (but then, who isn’t?), not to mention Waltham’s speed traps. Who hasn’t heard of Jean’s great rendezvous with the man in the blue coat and brass buttons? She hop es to go to college after graduation, and we wish her the very best of luck. Activities: Basketball 4 years; Glee Club 3 years; Priorities”; Patience”; Discussion Club. 11