Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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SHIRLEY ANNE CUNNINGHAM “Shirl” is another member of the Forty-niners who started here in kindergarten and stayed with us all the way through. Her excellence in shorthand and typing has led her to plan to major in Secretarial Business at Hickok next year, after which she will ' make it her career. We remember Shirl for being head typist for the school magazine in the senior year; for her perform¬ ance in the “Pirates of Penzance” in the freshman year; for excellent playing as a guard on the first team in basketball during her junior and senior years, and being captain in her senior year; for her lively cheerleading in her junior year; for being our D. A. R. representative in 1949; and finally, for being a very pretty addition to the Queen’s Court at our junior prom. ROLAND INNES DICKSON Roland and his quiet ways became part of our class in the first grade. He was so quiet that nobody realized what interests and talents he had until late in high school. He is not sure which college he is to enter, but he hopes it will be Harvard, Northeastern, or B. U. He plans to major in geology or architecture, and make this his career. We remember him for all the time and work he put in as Photographic Editor of the yearbook; for the excellent job he did as property manager in “Rio Rico”, and stage manager in “.Stardust”, and “George Washington Slept Here.” He has been an active mem¬ ber of the Discussion Club in both his junior and senior years. Roland’s quiet ways and earnest desire to study will make him successful in college. page eighteen

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ALTA HELEN CHAMBERLIN Alta is a long term resident in the class of ' 49, having been with us since her entrance into kindergarten in 1936. She hopes to go to the Academy Moderne, in preparation for a career in modeling. We shall re¬ member Alta for her participation in Glee Club in 1945 and 1946; for her position on the basketball team in her sophomore year; and especially for being the captain of the second team in her senior year; for her work on activities in this yearbook; for her work in the chorus of “The Pirates of Penzance;” and finally for being chosen Prom Queen at our Junior Prom in 1948. BARBARA ANN COOK W ' e regret that we did not have more time to become acquainted with Barbara. However, since she joined our class only in March of the senior year, this was impossible. She came from Newton High, and she particii)ated in the Glee Club, there, in her freshman year. She was treasurer and secretary of the Aviation Club in her senior year at Newton, and was a member of the Cahary Club that same year. In her junior year she was a member of the Drama Club. Barbara plans to major in Pediatrics at Nashua Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, after which she will seek a career either as a nurse or an airline hostess. page set ' enteen

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ANDREW JOSEPH DOUGHERTY Andrew Joseph Dougherty could not trust the Lincoln schools to manage themselves until the ninth grade, when he left Lincoln on the perilous journey through the Indian tribes to Weston. Andrew’s immediate proficiency in Latin won him awards his first two years, and his lasting interest in the noblest language is proved by his continuance in the Latin class with only four others. With such a background, Andy’s choice of a career in law or writing is almost a matter of course. His goal is Boston College and an A.B. degree. W’e re¬ member him for his copperplate handwriting; for his secretaryship throughout his Sophomore and Junior years; for his nimble piano playing in the orchestra (“Shiverin’ Fingers Dougherty and his Gypsy En¬ semble’’) ; for his Executive Committee work in the senior class; and, most important, for his excellent job as Editor-in-Chief of our senior yearbook. JOHN COOKE DOWD John joined us in the freshman year, and has been surprising us ever since with his ability to speak and to write w ' ell. Thus it seems only natural that he should want to major in Journalism and Law at Harvard, and to make one of these his career. John is in many activities. We shall remember him as Literary Editor of this yearbook; for his work on the Student Council in his junior year; for the effort he devoted to the school magazine, as the circulation editor, and later as Editor- in-Chief; for his splendid acting as “Arthur Scott’’, in “Stardust’’, and as “Steve Eldridge’’, in “George Wash¬ ington Slept Here’’; for his extremely active participa¬ tion in the Discussion Club for two years; and finally for being chosen, as a junior, to represent Weston High School on the New England Junior Town Meeting of the Air. With h is facility in speaking and writing, and his pleasant manner. John can’t help being a success, wherever he goes. pa nineteen