Belmont Hill School - Belmont Hill School Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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retlred In September of 1950 the eleven members of 58 greeted Mr Densmore as Class 5 ln the Lower School They were Wendel Davldson 'Wed Dens more B111 Dewherst C11r1s Fgan B111 lenollosa Reg Howe Bob Howe Parker Ladd Dlck Llttle field B111 Schaffer and Dave Bramard 11gl1t finally graduated Bob llowe began 111s two year reign as Class President T11e Pawnees won tl1e mtramural trophy Nme nc w members Joined 11s 111 1951 Brac Carr 11111 Dohz rtv Mac f an on Bob lla kell lom O Bourke lW1llxCIilll Dave 1'r1111nff Drew White and ,lun B nrron lllll Ml the ye nr we had tl1e seventl1 grade steps for 1 day ln the elec tion ye 1r of 1957 twenty even of us walked trlumphantly 11p the eventh rade steps and llppe 11 into the well carved de 11 at tl1e back of the study 11a11 Elgllt new people were Wllll us Nat Childs Jay Curtin Reg ldlwell Bob Gaynor Mlke Kelley Barry L Ltolle llarvey OConnor and Jock Owens Tllls year w11l be long remem bered as Moose Mulhken s last When 11e went to lunch and found a Clgaretle 1n Ins mooses mouth one of the stuffed heads now replaced by panels 11e declded lrlends was frlendller H one questlon get it Flgllt and you dont lose marks But if you get lt wrong five pomts off your marking perlod grade Ur Gregg s blrd box w as stuffed as usual but when Dew l11rst said 11e has seen every b1rd from X to Z 1n tl1e blrdbook even mcludmg some New f ulnea B1rds of Para dlse some people got suspicious Loud were Blrd rrllllllgs 1r1e of But Sir' Campaign buttons were the rage that year lf you didn t have twenty Ike buttons some Stevenson buttons and one or two Landon buttons you were a square especially 1f you didn t wear them on your rubbers They kept you warm walking to lune 11 l11e effort list came out weekly and 1o11r checks and you re on was tl1e war ery Tl1e Mole watched Us grow carefully and groomed us untll we were ready for the bw day ofmequlty the Lower School carnlval Mr Croke s Cflxed Casino was hlgh wlnner that year Wltll Mr Croke ln person rolllng the dice This was the first time we gambled but we have 11ow followed tlldt p11rsu1t untll some times we ran beat Nlr Croke on tl1e green felt ln his office ln 1952 bot11 Mr Burroughs and Mr T made record Mr Burroughs by scarmg every member of tl1e seventh grade with 11lS story Rats ln my Llff1lt1lOl15C Nlr I' was even more phenomenal The worlds record ln drop klcks was broken Llttlefield went twenty two feet before he landed Mr 51111111 not Charlie was tl1e seventh grade science tear 11er 1nd lla kell learned quuklv tlldt wreeing not studying meant pa sing Gambling continued 1nto tl1e second form vear Mr Keller s famous bets will always be re 1114 111 bered 20 1 on tl1e f lants ln 1953 and 17 1 Ill Brooklyn tl1e same year Much mont y w ls m 1111 but ll was spent ln buymg water p1 tol and vo yos 1'hese could be redeemed at the end 11 each term in 1116 Whit s of111e whu 11 wa soon made flowery by John llenry 111e second form study hall l1ad some rough times Stun took on tl1e whole form with a cruteh Tllls year saw tl1e arr1v11 of 1x1 Il Bacon ld lrost 1 ru f r1n11oln1 ,lon f rosjean Dave Mug xr Mal Steen B111 111t tle Bob Watkins an11D11k llllllfllfllldll llm md Muvar came to 11s from 57 They wanted to get all their water plstols baek Dave 1 still with lls he s the Yearbook s very able photographer Lim ls pumping gas ln Belmont Center 1'he rest of tl1e second form year was quiet except for some contests Que of these concerned who could Het klcked out of 1 meh s elasses tl1e most eonsecutive tlmes Kelley won Wllll five trlps Cand no deten tlons but Bue kett broke tl1e record a year later Wllll nlne con ecutlve strike o11t Rev Elwell Up the north steps 1nto Eliot walked tl1e as to11nd1ng class of 1958 Although ln tl1e n1nt11 grade we still ate at tl1e first lunch we were 1n Eliot New members 1nc111ded B111 Beckett .loe Caputo Larl 1 mery lran Coodell 1 11 f roome Bob Ixata Dan lynch and D1111 Weld ln Mr Mason s famous SlYt1l period study hall tl1e class sonrf wa Xny thmv boe 511111 thmg .1 books sp1t ball de k and klds were often seen f1y1ng by Peeps nose Drewper Wlllte alia Charles Laughter left 11s in Deeember of t111s year and lxelley and 1 Ltolle retired for tl1e rest of tl1e year ln June f anson and Pre lrost announced that t11ey were going where there was more lee and Doherty and C ee llowe were left Wllll no one else 1n the group Tr1l also left T 16 second lunch was much louder IH the fall of 55 and more food was consumed than ever before Added blg mouths were the bhady Hlllles Thls ,lon O 911 Purcell Winslow Pusey clique quietly and unobtruslvely fought t11e1r way into po11t1cs planning ahead as they 112111 been taugl1t by former 11111 master Ned Ryerson ulet Cbut smart ,lim Lltvack Amendment Bailey Lefty Kirkwood Watt Watters and tl1e forms first two lovers Dave Nlawdsley and Klexander Haw thorne also entered lV1OsI of tl1e big fights were over now but feuds st111 brewed Pu ey stlll say 1r1sl1men are worthle s even after lo in lone ' ' , 1 1 - 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t . 2' I ! Ilrsl R014 Ballu llwfll luey bl1N6'l'lll8Il Re Howe Baton .Stcuml R011 Rob llowe Winslow Haskell Ixtvaek Bramard Nlntrhell ll1zrdRo1t Densmorc Schaffer Penollosa lxnrkwood I ltonle Iourlh Ron Ixatz lmerx lxelley lureell 1 an Vu ar Betkett lzth R011 Doherty B Karr Iamtor fhlld Daudson Rlee Owens Sixth Ron Lynth Foodell Watters Ofonnor Henderson The Sixth Form History Xt one tlme or mother the re have been wlvrty one member of the claw of 1938 The follow mg ls a brlef re ume ol those no longer M1111 u- Jlmmy Barron, Grade 7 A nue kld with a mee -mlle who faded rw IW B111 Dewluret, 0 4 De plte lllN fre quent lntru lons mto Belmont 11111 H souxl hfm, he is no longer ln our class ,lav Curtin 10 X qulet boy exeept when Wllll Doherty and Nfae Q anson lfe s the only reason Doherty paved 'bee ond Tear Latln Bob bay nor 6 9 Had to stay one more y ear to learn hu football play N Parker Ladd 6 12 Fne 1I'llxlN and you rc out' Dirk Llttleheld 5 11 W antt d another year to hm down for Urad uatlon pu tures Davt 1I'l11lI'lg 6 8 Oh how he would -c rap for an X ln 51113108 Drew Whlte, 6 9 He found more mtellertual challengt at a Sehool ln benewa hd lrowt 8 9 Couldn t take any more of Ur lxeller - Latin claw gy mna TICS, and he found ptaee at Nndour Prle Granholm, 811 llt had -prlnff fucr all star round ,lohn Cro-Jean, 8 11 Left m Qeareh of a eooltr chmate where Jacket- buttomd to the eoll xr are ln fa-hlon Vlaltolm Steen, 8 l1e eouldn t hnd a football helmet to ht llllll Peter rl uttle, 8 Wllat ean we -ay ' People don t hkf to ht hue lt Bob W atkin- 8 Took anothfr yt lr to entrenth hlmstll ln the Baum household D11 k Lnmmerman, 5 8 lfe hkcd meetmg people 111 w as la-t een pumpmg was m Belmont Center ,lot Caputo, 910 Deelded to Joln the more ea y Uomv elasw of 39 Ned Froome, 9 10 The law of as erages caught up M1111 hxm he left e urls ont day nt yer to rtturn Dick W eld 9 llfltllllg 11 too dlflllllll to conuntratt m study I ll hc 1 ft ifttr ht a ytar flleuandfr 1 s thorne, 10 Klter cratklng up the Dru er 11ra1n1n0' tar, 111 returned to l ngland whert dI'lW1I'lf on the left slde of the road ls less h wardous Dave 1N1awd sley 10 Small IH lgnlfieanl, and hard to remem ber fharht farl-on 11 The Duncan llmu of prlw ate thools and tht rt 1-on Rudolph 1' IXIIIU ,., . xl' an Y , .W -s rg, ., -Q H Qu ' J . , 7 f.. ,,, 1 ,r,'e'1,v if 81 '32 iff' gg T - '-yi-,--1. .. .. 1 , Y, a f 41..- ,M ,.. , A p W. Q! 1 W I aaa . . ..'3 . v-I .ll .., 1' 7 . XA . Y 1- 1. . ' fi x , ' ' 1- ' V 1 n T .. . 'N . . . . ' , . . F Y , , gg. , . 1 , . , , , - 9 . . . ,, . . . ,. . . . w Y . . . .. , . Y - 1 1 ,. ' , , , . . . , , , , , , . . , . ' , I , . ug , . gg , . f . I , . . , , , s, , , ' . .' ': ' ' , 1 , ', ,. , , . . . Q x 1 E , ' f ' 1 fi ,' - I 1 . f' ' T 1 S .' ' ' If 1 1 ' . I I ' ' 1 , ' . . Y. v. . N . Y , , , . . - .. . . 1 , , , . Y , ' 1 'z '. , ' . - : s S ,- -, ' - - -' , - ' 5 A- I I- if .2 .Q : . . , -,Q , . 5 . 3 - AY Y - Y A ' , Y, ,. , . Q ' , ' 1 ' ' C ' N Q ,Q 1 Y Y . 1 L - A f ' . - . 5 ' I ' Y - -Y 7 ' i v . . 4 v . U ,- Y - ' - L 5 - ' . . . - 1 - ' - . o o ' . A. .rl . Y , . 3 - . Y . H. ., Y : . . , . . . Y , : Y S - Y , . , i Y , . Y , - , .Y I . . , . ., . - Y ' a 1 - 1 u n I - : 1 1 1 y V . 5 Y D . - 4' . . y, . 5 L. , , . . ,, . . f , -- , ld 5, e . ' .Lf - .. . ' lay- Y ,I I I as 99 - v H- Y 7 - . v. . Y f . . . , . . , A U . 5 V V. . . . .. , Q . Y , ' Y' ' 2: ' 1 -1 T 4' . - . 7 ' '. . . , , Y . Y Y - Y T 9. ' . Y - , . ' , ' ' ' - . , ., .. J s . . , , , .V , 5 - 1 lv 1 v 1 Y , 1 T 1 1 - q I 1 . 1 .' - 1 . A ' ' ,1 - , . '. . : . if ' , Y 1 . - ,. . ' . , Q , . , , ,i . 1 D i . . . . D

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The Slxfh Form History conhnued debates In the sprlng of our fourth form year we fol lowed Mawdsley anel llawthorne and began to explore Concord Academy, Beaver, Wlnsor, and Buckmgham were all looked over, but the class qulekly decided on Southee and Waltham Thls feehng has been elommant throughout our last three years Chewlng tobae co was started and oon was passed arounel by the work squad Rocky Gaynor w as convmced that you sw allow the juice 'l he four man work squad caused mlrth and mer rlment at lunch as Coach Gerry wanted to see the Lynch, Ladd Kelley, and L letolle set Ladd set a new record for sklpplng out The year ended sorrowlully, for we learned that Cllrllll, Groome, Hawthorne, Maw dsley, Caputo, and Gaynor were leaving us However both Rocky and Joe were just going to walt a year, and use thelr knowledge to earn money from tl1e mnoeents of 59 Gharhe Carlson, ledge Mltchell, and Barry Tamtor JOlI'l6ll Us ln 1906 along with Hendo wl1o was pulhng a C eputo 1 ay nor on us Phe trouble was th at we weren t so Innocent Carlson and llalntor were two oi a kmd, almost, but s ralghtened Barry out untll stralght arrow slllis lum very well lll0l Robble Jolned lls too, lorm Y was our blggest year to date More boy s dnl more thlngs and got ln more trouble than e ve r belore 'klr lxelle r maele lus last year a ban ne r one Cwe still thunk 1 eeler s Model X helped hun deelde to leave lhe last llgllls for the Sixth lorln eo at room took place anel many new mas ters got well churned there untxl the badge of ree 0gIllll0Il the blue mark book, was waved Goodell formed the let s Love Pettlt Club, and Fran em stlll be heard saymv Well Brooks sa s As the llowe Bulldmg opened, an era closeel No more splt balls now we respected the new bl1llIllIlg Of eourse, flgllllflg out of doors was legal, anel Doherty did fall down the stalrs Phe moveable desks made an lmmedlate lllt, for we could cheat on exams by forming one lme and wate hmg Reg Naturally Nlaxle broke thls up as he dldn t w ant too many A s Prize day came, anel 58 outdld 57' Graduation eame and we al most outellel 07 The dance was hne, and now we were Sixth formers, Unlte' Overthrow the tyrant , I'lllS ery w as heard as Iggy explalned hls democra t1c history class, Xou argue, I dlsagree, you lose SlXlll formers played football Some left, Ladd passed but dldn t, so he Joined Charhe at New Prep Blll Bailey found a ple plate, and frls bee was frlsbeed on the lawn Wltll three or four flying, many people colllded anel ome got l1urt liven so, when the tlme came to burn the lagoon, we were all there Lynch almost became Dank of Arc, Cphoto by Mugar , but escaped to plague l erry for the rest of the year rl he fall danee was dnffe rent, anel some people thought that we should burn the I ym anel them people Poor lllob Bramard almost got bllpped ln ehemlstry by a stupld 59 The se ar ls stlll on the llowe lab w all N flre ln Howe helped 'Nlr 'Xlattlage evplam heat m physles, Solder melts Vvater on fire See, y oungster V, Chrlxstmas eame anel went and New lear s eame anel dldn t we nt lhe hoe ke v team was wm ning, anel colleges were relusmg lhe slXIll form was slee pmgexeept lor 1 ulet lltlllbli' llc nuek off anel took C-100 at the Caprl the atre More would have entered 1f1t had been at the Casino ask L letolle We ploulfhed forward H110 tl1e college boards and sank The lee was too thm for some kuls, and the hoe key team eomplalned of too mue h lee rl he re s no pleasing e ve rv boely kfter vaeatlon every boelv returned sunburneel from Stowe lllls made for many laughs ln the eommon room Skung wa fun for some, but after dark Baeon trled to vodel name People were phles w ere mureler I vne h tarte d one but deelded not to hand ll ln, almost Some kids got aee e pted and some got se holarshlps hke Reg, only not o blg Bee kett deelded to quit baseball to work on the leurbool. terrors were not the cause of llllS retire ment , but soon found so mueh coope ratlon from the stafl that he rejomed lxelley was on T V and the blg day came nearer Fmally lt arrlved ulnslgamond For the first time ln three years, It was dry, not the lake, of course The stroke had a stroke but we dld well Slowly graduation approached The Sixth form sobered and the change was fantastic Lynch shaved and lt turned out l1e did have a chln Phll refused l11s orange Julce ln the morning and those sneaky bhady Hlllers dldn t even tell us that we had a tll8Sl5 due Well' Let me tell you' Anyway, then came Mr Downes s new song Walt tlll the Fest Comes, Chlldren Ile sprang lt when we weren t lookmg Again those mean Shady Hlllers cheated by actually starting thelr panels two whole weeks before graduation It stlll flopped but all the blocks were up by Prize ay Exams must have shpped ln there somewhere, but all we remember IS that week s mterlude the reason we remember lt IS that we can t remember anything Prize day eame and everybody got something - ' f' , 1 I ' s I I - ' Y T - ,A s Y 3 ' , . . 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