Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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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

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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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FRANCES MAXINE EDMUNDS “Max” joined us in the first grade, and has been delight ing us continually through school with her friendliness. She plans to major in business at Business School, and to make this her career, or possibly she will be a medical secretary. We remember her for her performance in the chorus of both “The Pirates” and “Rio Rico”; for her work on the Outing Committee in the senior year; for her work as a typist for the school magazine in 1947 for her ushering at both “Stardust” and “George Wash¬ ington Slept Here”; for contributing a fine alto voice to the Glee Club for four years; for having gone out for hockey for four years; and for having played very well on the varsity for three years, and finally for her ex¬ cellent basketball as a forward on the second team for two years, and on the first team in her senior year. MARION RUTH GAGE Marion started with us in our baby days in kindergarten and has always gone along helping the class in any way she could. She plans to study at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and make nursing her career. Marion began playing basketball in the eighth grade. In her sopho¬ more year, she was on the second team. We shall re¬ member Marion for her fine work as Red Cross Repre¬ sentative in the junior year; for her helpful work as costume assistant in 1946; for her help on the Class Outing Committee; for her singing in the chorus of the operetta; for her work on the Decoration Committee of the Junior Prom; for her entertaining performance as “Hester” in “George Washington Slept Here”; and finally, for her excellence in Latin which won two certificates for her. We think that Marion’s quiet, gentle manner will contribute greatly to making her a good nurse. page twenty