Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Everett Armstrong leaves a copy of Eddie Cantor ' s Joke Book to Mr. Cummings. Robert Barker wills his ability to get acquainted with new girls to Dick Ritter. Bill Beckman leaves the Class Will to posterity. Charles Cahill shuffles out, still looking for the perfect place to smoke. Jean Cahill trills a sympathetic note to next year ' s sopranos. Rachel Davis leaves us all in hysterics. Grace Denton leaves her ability to live in cramped quarters to Jerry Williams. Carol Dowd exits, leaving Mr. Huddleston still slightly prejudiced. James Fraser slips a round slide rule to Andy Phillips, hoping he might use it. Jane Gray gives her Great Dane to Barry Foote so he can ride if to school instead of his bicycle. Tom Griggs strolls out singing his favorite song, When The Farmer Takes Another Load Away. Barbara Howell leaves her ability to stay out of trouble to her sister Fran, Marjorie Jacques vacates her spot in the office for any girl who likes it there as well as she does. Mary Alice Long leaves her singing ability to Margi Mueller. lone Lufkin leaves looking up to everyone she has met in Weston. Beth Lyon throws Brother Bones the RUBBER PLANT knowing he will treat it with all due respect!!! Gladys MacDonald leaves Pop ' s Ice Cream Stand to future Soda Jerks. Gerald MacKay bequeaths his quiet ways to Leslie Field. Richard MacLeod leaves Cranes Beach to future Junior Class outings. Mike Malamud leaves Mr. Cummings ' waste bas¬ ket full of gum, Dave Mallett leaves an empty seat on the foot¬ ball bench to John Connoly, Anne Marshall deposits her appendix in the Lab for Mr. Carini to dissect. Don Mason gives the book 1001 Way to Kill Rubber Plants to John Story. Jane Morse blasts a final note on the trumpet for Mr. Riggs. Julius Mueller leaves a dozen broken test tubes and an aspirin to Pop. Barbara Regan leaves an empty spot at the cashier ' s bench to anyone who wants to make easy money. Bill Riddell leaves the Senior class weak with laughter, Kenneth Schofield slinks out of Miss Cobb ' s kitchen leaving it a sham bles. Parker Spooner wishes to leave his Yankee accent to Jerry You-AII Alford. Malcolm Stone collides, leaving a scarred tele¬ phone pole and a bent up motorcycle. Norma Thompson leaves her industry in school work to Scott Carter. Richard Thorpe bequeaths his mathematical mind to Judy Storey. Bob Toland leaves a portable billboard, namely Herbert, to Carol Newman. Eleanor Wales dashes madly out, looking for the perfect male, Richard Woodworth limps out of F. period Gym class. Donald Wyman leaves Rugby to John Storey. 22

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historLj.. The years have passed swiftly for the Class of 1951, and it is now on the verge of dissolving. But the members will always remain The Class of ■ ' 51. The reason for that is the basis of our story . . . Our class has grown up in the midst of World Conflict and continuous crises. From personal ex¬ perience, we do not know the meaning of uni¬ versal peace. Episode one, of our school life, began when the class of 1951 entered kindergarten in 1938. Al¬ though we did not know it at the time, our par¬ ents were just recuperating from the depression. By the time we had survived the first grade and sauntered casually next door to the second, the second great event of our brief career occurred. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and our way of thinking, for some of us, our lives, were changed radically. ' Midst rationing, scarcity. War Movies, and black¬ outs, w ' e got what was to be had for an educa¬ tion. With the end of the war and of rationing, we entered Junior High School. That was the beginning of episode two. Along with changes that were occurring around the globe, we, here in Weston, were changing also. Why shouldn ' t we? Weren ' t we part of the Wes¬ ton High School? At any rate, spit ball construction and the number of water bombs thrown, decreased noticeably, while more grown up forms of amusement took their place. The members of our class began to find what homework really was like. Our calm, happy existence received a shock in the eighth grade with the death of Mr. Rhoades, who had been our Superintendent of Schools since we started. We were fortunate, however, to have Mr. Rush fill the vacant position. Episode three—Grade nine followed quickly after Junior High, and we were on the last lap of our Weston Public School career. The year got off to a bang with the advent of the students??? from Lincoln. Midway into the fresh¬ man year, many of our members somehow took a vacation, which exactly coincided with the Tech Tourney, when Weston was playing. Towards spring, as we were planning our spring dance, all of our plans were changed because the school burned down. This tragedy caused us to move to Waltham, where we finished our freshman year. In between tne many events of that year, we found time to do some studying ( Let me demon¬ strate the COj fire extinguisher ! and horsing around (who hit Mr. Ferry with that spit ball?) and in June we were advanced to the tenth grade, a much wiser class??? This was the year that we began to put our mem¬ bers on the various varsity squads and into extra¬ curricular activities. The Biology class went to the Harvard Museum to look at plants and an¬ imals, but the back rooms and front steps were the most popular parts of the trip ( Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. ) At this time there was a lot of talk about flying saucers throughout the nation. But we had our own version of that. Ducking flying tomatoes, oranges, and other juicy fruits helped keep every¬ one in condition. Since we managed to do a little work during the year we became Juniors the following September. We were real students by this time and were con¬ stantly looking for the answers to the many ques¬ tions that were in our maturing minds. For in¬ stance, what happens when foam rubber comes in contact with nitric acid? We found out. What grade did the banana-stained M.D. drawing get? For Christmas we received a gift which we had been looking forward to for some time; the new school. Here we learned how to keep quiet in X period study, although a good many of us became ac¬ complished gardeners. We also developed keen, analytical minds in our Junior year (Student YES). In the spring we sponsored our Junior Prom. It was the best in the history of the new high school, because it was the first, and probably the best of the old school as well. In June our class planned our first and only class outing. Nothing more shall be said!!!? After a tine scholastic and athletic record, our class came down the home stretch, the Senior year. The Senior class at lasti The Senior class, where we became the big shots and everybody looked up to us. That was a jampacked year for us, from the very beginning. The Yearbook, with all its trials and tribulations, presented many prob¬ lems for the staff at various times throughout the whole year. At Christmas, the holiday spirit pre¬ vailed in our homeroom, due to the diligent work of certain members of our class in decorating a Christmas tree. Along about the end of January our masterpiece of journalism, the Sears Essay, arrived and plagued us until far into March. Finally in June came our graduation, when every member of the class felt as one person, one thought. How did it all happen so quickly? It isn ' t possible that we entered the kindergarten thirteen long years ago. However the fact still remains that we spent thirteen years together between the time when we quakingly walked into Mrs. Strahan ' s room to learn about blocks and our graduation in June of 1951. And that, reader, is truly why the members of rhe class of 1951 will always be . . . The Class of 1951.

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oropnecu.... The date is June 1961 ... as usual, the television set is blaring in the background . . . a familar face catches our eye so we sit down to watch . . . The news is on. The announcer, Charlie Cahill, is telling about the sensational flight to the moon and back. This trip was the result of the efforts of Michael Malamud, the multimillionaire and part-time brain surgeon, who financed the trip, Dick Thorpe, chief engineer, Don Wyman, designer and builder, and Jim Fraser, whose mathematical computations made this trip possible ... As this picture fades from the screen we see the current star of Stage, Screen and Melodrama, Beth Lyon, who is starring in that epic film An American Comedy, written by Bill Riddell . . . Her leading man is the matinee idol Everett Armstrong . . . The cameraman was, of course, Dick Woodworth. The next program is a telecast direct from the Lincoln Raceway . . . The favorite in the main race is Malcolm (jet-propelled) Stone . . . Parker Spooner holds the current championship . . . After this race we switch to the All-American Football game at the Dust Bowl. The team is full of Weston Alumni; Bucky Schofield, Bob Barker, Bob Toland, Don Mason and Dave Mallett. The score is 72-6 . . . This face looks familiar, yes, it ' s Bill Beckman, recently elected President of the United States and Jane Morse, Vice- President. Jean Cahill and Gladys MacDonald have opened a secretarial school which guarantees perfect typing and shorthand in only six weeks . . . They are one of the sponsors for the new musical review starring golden-throated Norma Thompson. The M.C. for the show is Julius Mueller III . . . It is rumored that Barbara Howell, manager of the Met, wants to sign her up. The guest stars tonight include lone Lufkin and Carol Dowd, that great new comic team, and the famous model, Jane Gray . . . The new program called Meet the Author is tonight starring Mary Alice Long and Grace Denton, co¬ authors of the new best selling magazine, Peek . . . Marjorie Jacques and Barbara Regan are being interviewed by Eleanor Wales about their new hotel in Texas with its ultra-modern decorations done by Rachel Davis. Also with them in the studio is Anne Marshall who has recently won the Peace Prize for 1960 for her work settling our prob¬ lems with Russia . . . Dick MacLeod, up-and-coming politician, and his opponent for Mayor of Boston, Gerald Red Head Mackay, the pint-sized alderman from South Boston. They ' re signing off now, but be sure to tune in for Tom Griggs at 6:35 tomorrow and his Breakfast Extra, for people who eat. This concludes today ' s programs. 23