Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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HONORSgAND AWARDS Each year at P. H. S. there are numerous honors and awards earned by members of the student body. On this page we shall summarize the awards given at graduation last year, last year's baseball awards, and the awards and honors earned by the students thus far this year. 1949 GRADUATION AWARDS 1. For achievement in scholarship in the College Preparatory Course the following were given prizes contributed by the Petersham Villa e Improvement Society: ?aJ To Beverly Elliott, 25.00. Cbl To Melvin Merritt, 15.00. 2. For showing the greatest improvement in English Robert Douthit was given an award of 55.00, granted anonymously. 5. For outstanding citizenship Beverly Elliott was given a certifi- cate and a medal, contributed by the Daughters of the American Revolution. 4. For outstanding ability in spelling the following were given awards contrihuted by the Merriam Dictionary Company: Cal To Beverly Elliott, a gold award. Kbl To Sally Harris, a silver award. Cel To Marjorie Harper, a bronze award. Cdl To Flora Fisher, a certificate for winning the ju ior high school spelling bee. 5. As class valedictorian Beverly Elliott was given a year's sub- scription to Reader's Digest, contributed by the publishers of the magazine. 6. For writing the best essay on the subject nThe Relationship of the School to the Communityn Barbara Barnes was given an award of S10.00, granted anonymously. 7. For proficiency in the study of United States history Beverly Elliott was given the Washington and Franklin Medal of the Mass- achusetts Society of Sons of the American Revolution. 1949 BASEBALL LETTERS The following members of the 1949 baseball team were awarded athletic letters: Basil Coolidge, Robert Douthit, Frederick Elliott, Clarke Johnson, James Johnson Ccaptainl, Melvin Merritt, Alden Phillips, Ernest Phillips, Robert Thayer, and Jerome Walsh. 1949-50 AWARDS l. The leaders in this year's annual magazine drive were Sally Harris Cfirstl and Robert Recos Csecondl. 2. The winner of this year's oratorical contest, sponsored by the American Legion, was Marjorie Harper. Second prize went to Jane Iott, and third prize went to Barbara Barnes. 5. The winner of this year's good citizenship award, including a trip to Boston, was Constance Barnes. 4. The following members of the girls' basketball team were awarded athletic letters this year: Nancy Adams, Judith Bates, Ann Bryant, Lucille Cooley, Carol Cooper, Shirley Dorow Ccaptainl, and Carolyn Thayer. 5. The following members of the boys' basketball team were awarded athletic letters this year: Basil Coolidge, Lee Cunningham, Frederick Elliott lcaptainl, Clarke Johnson, Alden Phillips, Ernest Phillips, and Robert Thayer.

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35 Wwp- - game gnvnrvrxsxuc On the whole I would say that I do not care for most radio com- mercials. I wonder if the point of them is to be as annoying as pos- sible. If so, what good do the advertisers think lt will do? My impulse, after listening to some announcer drone on and on, is not to rush right out and buy the product. Instead, I feel that I never want to see it or hear of it again. The soap advertisements can be the most - MH Q31-AH LAH in their fifties, women This may appeal to some have asked about it, it Then there are the The one I object to the i Ei ri-are I ' Wu' x, 2 irritating. For instance, Palmollve--g-you are told about the fourteen day Palmolive plan, how it will give you a clearer complexion, and so on. Then a sweet, feminine voice inquires, 'Will it work on women with ggi skin, oil skin, women whose skin is not cgear?' people. To all those does not. cigarette commercials. most is the Lucky Strike commercial. An ultra-southern voice announces, 'Yeah after yeah ah've seen the makehs of Lucky Strike buy fine, ripe, meller, tobaker. Ah been smokin' Luckies myself fo' nigh ontuh twenny yeahs.' This gets tiresome. The 'tobacco expert' has a different name each time, but the voice is always the same. Another group of offenders are those whose commercials appeal to children, saying, 'Now kiddies, you want to grow up to be big and stro , don't you?' Any self-respecting 'klddy' would never even look at tee cereal, advertise this other offending commercials, the worst. There are ln my opinion, or whatever the product ls again. The products that way are too numerous to mention. but those mentioned are, Some commercials, of course, are different. lost of the watch commercials are perfectly acceptable. One which says, 'Eight P. M., B-U-L-0-V-A, Bulova watch t1mej'followed by a brief statement about Bulova's merits, is one of the least annoying commercials I have heard. Automobile commercials, too, are on the whole fairly good. They speak about the good points of the car and then close the subject If a great many more companies would do this, radio listening would be more enjoyable. Flora Fisher '53 55? 1::. ji? Q Z 1225