Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY One depressing September morn in 1933, the first grade teacher, Miss Adams, blinked her eyes twice at the curious spectacle confronting her. No wonder, for there we were—a group of terrified little youngsters. Miss Adams didn’t quite know what to do with us. The members of that class still with us are Joan Brouillette, Alice Dolan, June Fiske, Pauline Jacques, Priscilla Otto, Nancy Peakes, Christine Tebo, David Campbell, Seaton Jackson, Henry John¬ son, John Mele, Jack Patterson, Tommy Tilton, and Alden Whittemore. Were we envious because Alice Dolan could spell electricity, and Miss Brotchie took her around to show her off! Geraldine Morgan, our ballet dancer, came skipping happily into the second grade. No one had courage enough to enter our class in the third or fourth grades, because in the third, Priscilla Otto was pulled out of her chair by the ears for breaking a pencil, and in the fourth, one of the boys had the misfortune to have his ears boxed because of an impertinent remark to the teacher. Howver, we were redeemed in the fifth, for Marshall Hills and Kenneth Turner came into our happy little gathering under the sheltering wing of Mrs. Eldred. Shall we ever forget how a certain brave lad put a mouse in Mrs. Eldred’s desk drawer, and how the girls all shrieked? Ruth Maxted and Jean Tiffany joined us in the sixth grade, and Anna Sullivan and June Dugan, a redhead with a temper to match, left us. As we sailed into junior high school, Andrea Byron, Lorraine Comeau, Martha Davis, Vera Graves, Betty Tebeau, and Alfred Edmunds came along to suffer with us. We certainly had fun this year with the unusual minstrel show we put on in Assembly. With our impressive entrance into the eighth grade came one of our most popular girls, Kay Ritz. Poor Kay! someone was forever trying to dunk those lovely pigtails into an inkwell. In our freshman year we gave poor POP” a good many headaches with all our talking. Several new pupils—Jeanne Rogers, Sally Caffrey, Phyllis Brown, Naomi Newell, Carolyn Robinson, and Bob Owens—joined our ranks, and Eleanor Simmonds came and went. 14

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CLASS STATISTICS Smartest Girls Boys Nancy Woodman Plenty Johnson Best dancer Christine Tebo Henry Johnson Class comedian Priscilla Otto John Mele Most ambitious Katherine Gallagher Henry Johnson Teacher’s pet Nancy Peakes Henry Johnson Best looking Alice Dolan Tom Tilton Class flirt Nancy Woodman Jack Patterson Most poised Joan Brouillette Seaton Jackson Always late Georgia Ragan John Mele Class politician Naomi Newell Henry Johnson Done most for the class June Fiske Henry Johnson Neatest Sally Caffrey Kenneth Turner Class dreamer June Fiske Seaton Jackson Most popular Nancy Woodman John Mele Friendliest Pauline Jacques Alden Whittemore Best combination of brains and good looks Alice Dolan Marshall Hills Class individualist Joan Brouillette Alfred Edmunds Most personality Nancy Woodman John Mele Quietest Eleanor Walls Philip Noyes Best dressed Eleanor Walls Kenneth Turner Greatest time killer Lorraine Comeau Alfred Edmunds Best actress—actor Christine Tebo Seaton Jackson Most punctual Pauline Jacques John Beebe Man, woman about town Nancy Woodman Jack Patterson Best musician Christine Tebo Marshall Hills Most versatile Joan Brouillette Marshall Hills Biggest eater Katherine Gallagher Alfred Edmunds Most inquisitive Nancy Peakes David Campbell Noisiest Priscilla Otto Seaton Jackson Best athlete Nancy Woodman Seaton Jackson Most likely to succeed Nancy Peakes Henry Johnson Cleverest Katherine Gallagher Alfred Edmunds Most studious Nancy Peakes Henry Johnson Happiest Carolyn Robinson Alden Whittemore Best line Kay Ritz Jack Patterson Most talkative Priscilla Otto Kenneth Turner Best speaker Nancy Woodman Henry Johnson Most alibis Betty Tebeau Jack Patterson Biggest heart-breaker Kay Ritz Kenneth King Man, woman hater Naomi Newell Philip Noyes First married Carolyn Robinson Alden Whittemore Least understood by teachers Betty Tebeau Alfred Edmunds Tallest Sally Caffrey Alfred Edmunds Shortest Nancy Peakes John Mele One with most pains Priscilla Otto David Campbell Best singer Georgia Ragan John Mele Most artistic Joan Brouillette Kenneth Turner Like to be cast on a desert island with Nancy Woodman Jack Patterson The Ideal Girl Will Have Hair like . Eyes like . Nose like . Teeth like . Voice like . .Alice Dolan . Kay Ritz .Kay Ritz .Candy Robinson .Georgia Ragan Smile like . Hands like . Figure like . Clothes like . Legs like . .Alice Dolan .June Fiske Christine Tebo .June Fiske Christine Tebo The Ideal Boy Will Have Hai r like . Eyes like . Nose like . Teeth like .... . Marshall Hills .John Mele .Kenny King . John Mele Voice like . Smile like . Physique like . Clothes like . .Jack Patterson . Alden Whittemore .Jack Patterson .Kenny Turner 13

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In our sophomore year Nancy Woodman, the New Hampshire belle, and Kenny King joined our happy little group, while Harry Patterson, Noel Coletti, Bob Owens, Corinne Crehan, Louise Benotti, and Bruce Ayer left. In our junior year, we gave the Junior Prom at which Dolly Clark was chosen Queen, and her court included Betsy Shaw, Jeanne Rogers, Dorothy Sheehan, Carolyn Robinson, Lorraine Comeau, and Madeline Homond. During our senior year, John Beebe, Eleanor Walls, and Gwendolyn Gale reinforced us. One of the high spots of the year came when Henry Johnson represented us on the Junior Town Meeting of the Air,’’ where he ably dis¬ cussed Should We Abolish the Electoral College?” We were well represented. Remember the time Snap” Malloy threw a ball into the girls’ locker room, sending a shower of glass down poor Gerrie’s back? Remember the time someone threw John Beebe’s clothes into the girls’ locker room and they couldn’t be found until a certain young lady suddenly discovered them and gave them back? We will long remember the members of our class now in the armed serv¬ ices. These include Paul Foote, Gordon Desmond, Philip Noyes, and Ken¬ neth King in the Navy, and Alfred Edmunds in the Army Air Corps. As a class we have had our difficulties, but the good times we have had have more than made up for them.