Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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CHARLES ARTHUR BARKER Arthur came into the class in the eighth grade from VV ' altham, and has been a valuable addition to the “Forty-niners” ever since. After graduation, he plans to go to King’s Point Academy with his friend, George Brouillette, to study for a career as a deck officer or a naval engineer. Arthur will be remembered for his magnificent work on the football field since 1945, and especially in 1948-1949, when he played varsity; for his Student Council position in 1946; for his melodious voice in the Glee Club in 1946-1947; for his contribu¬ tions to the Discussion Club in 1947-1948; for his Latin honors in 1946; for his basketball playing in 1947-1948; and especially for captaincy of the second team in 1948. He will do well wherever he goes, and we wish him luck. EDITH ANN BLANEY Edith has been with the ’49ers all the w ' ay from kin¬ dergarten. Her college plans look to W ells or Connecticut College for Women, and she hopes to go into landscape architecture after college. We shall re¬ member Edith for her unfailingly good disposition; for her sincerity when fighting for a cause; for her splendid work as chairman of the Junior Red Cross in 1948; for her work on the Graduation Committee; and for her long experience on the school magazine, as a reporter in 1946 and 1947, and as Editor-In-Chief in her senior year. Edith has been in the school play for two years, once in 1947 as “Marion” in “Stardust”, and in 1948 as Annabelle, the lead, in “George Washington Slept Here”; she has been in the Glee Club for four years and the Operetta for two; on the hockey team in 1945 and 1946, and “varsity” in 1947-1948, and manager in 1948; on the basketball team in 1948 and 1949; and finally we remember her ear nest campaigning for lost causes in the Discussion Club in her Junior and Senior year . page fifteen

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JOANNE ALEXANDER “Jo” is one of the hardy band who constituted the first class in kindergarten. She has always been a very active classmate ahd, judging by her constant good marks, we are sure that she will do a super job at Radcliffe, or Bates, where she plans to major in languages. Along with the fact that the honor roll has never been com¬ plete without her name, we will remember “Jo” as an active member of the Glee Club for four years, and in the choruses of “The Pirates” and “Rio Rico”; as “Janet” in “Stardust” and “Madge” in “George Wash¬ ington Slept Here”; as the sports editor of Chanticleer in 1947, and a member of the second team in basketball in 1947, and 1948; as a cheerleader for two years and the captain of that active group in 1949; as one of those few who won awards for excellence in Latin in 1946 and 1947; as one of the members of the Prom Queen’s court in 1947; and as art editor of the yearbook. With her ability to do so many things successfully, we are sure she will do well at college. Good luck, “Jo”. LOUISE ANTHONY The third grade brought Louise from Wellesley — graduation will take her to Pembroke to major in history or mathematics, in preparation for a career in teaching. If Louise sets her mind on teaching, the schools will have an expert, reliable teacher added to the ranks in a few years. To our knowledge, Louise has never failed to accomplish anything she has decided upon — in¬ cluding homework of any nature or length. The top of the honor roll will look empty without her name. But Louise will be remembered as one of the best guards on the basketball team for four years, as manager in 1947, and captain in 1948; for being “S” in the line of cheerleaders and never falling down; as Weston’s dele¬ gate to the Junior Red Cross Convention in 1947; for the character of Mrs. Douglas in “George Washington, Slept Here” in 1948; as an adornment to the Prom Queen’s court in 1948; for two years of contributing food and ideas to the Discussion Club; for four years in the Glee Club, acting as secretary in 1949; for her work on the hockey team for the last four years, and for being captain in 1948; for being class secretary in the senior year; and finally, for that too endless string of A’s, A’s, A’s! page fourteen

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GEORGE BROUILLETTE “Frenchy” has stayed with us all the way from kinder¬ garten to graduation day and will leave V. H. S. to at¬ tend King’s Point Academy, hoping to come out a deck officer — and from then on it will be a dangerous thing to call George anything but “Commander Brouillette, Sir . Frenchy will be remembered for unfailing pleasantness and an even temper, even in the face of ir¬ ritated teachers and others; for his able class secretary¬ ship in the freshman year and an equally meticulous con¬ trol of the sophomore funds; for demonstrating speed on the football held since 1944, varsity from 1946-1948; for basketball in the freshman year; for an able reporting of all the boys’ sports as Boys’ Sports Editor of the school magazine in his junior year; for improving the Glee Club for the last four years; and for livening up the Discussion Club in 1947 and 1948. It will be King Point’s luck to gain a many-sided seaman. ROBERT BRUCE CAMPBELL Bruce’s pleasantly argumentative jaw has thrust its way through our history ever since the hrst grade. He says that Mr. MacFarlin hrst recognized his talent for talking, and spoke very highly of it, keeping Bruce after school on numerous occasions to explain precisely what he thought of Mr. Campbell’s silver tongue. Bruce has since demonstrated, however, that quickwittedness and a hair for speaking bring honor and rewards. He has been elected to the Student Council for the past four years and was president of that body in his junior year; was chosen as alternate representative on Good Govern¬ ment Day; and represented Weston on the Junior Town Meeting of the Air broadcast in 1949. Further, Bruce will be remembered for an excellent portrayal of Phil Ford in “Stardust” in 1947, and Newton P ' uller, the leading role in “George Washington Slept Here” in 1948. His two years of Glee Club and Discussion Club have not hurt his reputation for oratory. Bruce hopes to enter Boston University next fall to prepare for a career in teaching — Speech Arts, of course! page sixteen