Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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Booririe Hagh School Thirteen Following the vacation we made plans for our class play. A three-act comedy, Ever Since Eve”, was chosen and was very ably directed by Miss Burns. Rehearsals started and one can not realize what actually went on at these but never the less the cast learned their parts ( w ' e often wondered if we would ) and the play was a great success. We will not forget Leona Dwyer’s and Louie Fougere’s wonderful pieces of acting as heroine and hero. Nor the fierce figure that Dannie Hunt cut as the police- man or the flirtatious southern belle played by Sheila Phillips. The supporting cast proved that they could perform wtih ease also. Two teams headed by Emily Bigelow and Richard Forsythe vied for top honors in the sale of tickets for the performance with Emily’s team finally winning out. The attendance and the profit made on this activity was the largest of any previous affair of this kind. One can be sure that we are certainly puffed up about this record. Time flew by and the date for our long aw ' aited trip to New York arrived. We attended many radio broadcasts, Carousel ”, Ice Time”, Statue of Liberty, and other points of interest and entenainment. It can be safely said that it was one of the hap- piest times that this class has ever participated in. We are now looking forward to graduation wdth a little sadness and yet great hopes for the future. First row. R. Wing, A. Cardoza, M. Dodd, C. Young, N. Fhilbrick, R. Remick, S. Harding, S. Sampson, R. Raymond. Second row. E. Johnson, G. Compton, L. Dwyer, S. Phillips, N. Stephenson, A. Pasteris, E. Burns, E. Bigelow, S. Manamon, M. Fernandes. Third row. N. Harris, R. Forsyth, F. LaChapelle, K. Jenkins, G. Denison, B. Anderson, R. Wallace, J. Macdonald, F. Dunbury. Back row: E. Aylmer, F. Ojala, D. Clegg, L. Fougere, D. Hunt, B Raleigh, A. Byron, L. Jackson.

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Twelve Canal Currents 1947 The Seeiors S EPTEMBER found the Seniors prepared to rule the lower classmen with an iron hand and that we did for the first few days but our kind heartedness soon got the best of us and we conceded to let our slaves go free. We returned to last year’s home room as the large Junior class pushed us out of the study hall. Settled in our old familiar haunt, along with our long-time friend and teacher, Mr. Stahura, we proceeded to select our class officers. They were Daniel Hunt, President; Louis Fougere, Vice-President; Nancy Stephenson, Secretary-Treasurer; and Alexander Byron, Student Council. Under the leadership of these competent class- members we set out to raise the much needed funds to enable us to make the annual trip to New York. Our first venture in this field was an All-Scholastic Thanksgiving Day Dance. As we had won that very important game of the season with Wareham one can well imagine the spirits that prevailed that evening. There was a large crowd of students from neighboring schools and an evening of dancing to Dave Fuller’s orchestra was passed gaily. Because of the want of wealth in the Senior class, Mr. Coady allowed us to take on the task of selling magazines alone. Leona Dwyer led the girls and Alec Byron, the boys and a race was contended to see who could sell the most subscriptions. The win- ner was to be treated by the loser. The so-called weaker sex finally won out and were treated to — (come to think of it, did those individuals ever keep their part of the bargain, girls. ) Well, anyway, a good profit was made on the whole drive and it enabled some of us to practice the art of sales- manship. We were very proud of our Senior boys this year in the sports line. Ten of our boys showed up as first stringers in football. They fought hard and much credit is due them for making it a success- ful season. The first team in bas- ketball was comprised of Seniors also, which created an impressive record. The girls are not to be forgotten as thev assisted in all the hockey and basketball games. Mr. Campbell took the two history classes on a tour of Ply- mouth one day not long before the Christmas vacation. We had a grand time visiting the Ply- mouth Rock and all the other historic places of that quaint vil- lage. The underclassmen stood back in awe when we arrived back at school singing Fortv- Nine Green Bottles” but thev soon were ioining in with us and it was worked so hard that day that we soon became tired of it. N. Stephenson, D. Hunt, L. Fougere

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Fourteen Canal Currents 1947 The Sophomores O N the morning of September 9, 1946, fifty-one new sophomores came tramping into the school building. We came upon many new faces in the corridor but they were merely freshmen. We did try to help them accustom themselves but we found they didn t quite seem to appreciate our helpfulness. We had forgotten that we were ever as perplexed as they were but our upper classmen, the Juniors, tell us we were. Upon entering our homeroom we found Miss Burns, a new teacher, waiting to greet us. Of course, a new instructor brings forth new tricks but she soon quelched them and we were well behaved students from then on. One of the first things she did say to us though was that she didn ' t believe in too many demerits. We agreed with her on that point naturally. The first thing we did was to elect class officers. We chose Charles Thamalis, President; Peggy Rattray, ' Vice President; Diane Douglas, Secretary-Treasurer; and Robert Kerr, Student Council Representative. These officers went right to work and introduced the paying of class dues. This is the first time that a Sophomore class has ever started the system to enlarge their treasury. In October came our Halloween Party. We weren’t allowed an initiation ( you lucky Frosh), but we did manage to give a swell party. With the able help of Miss Burns the gym was attractively decorated with the customary witches on broomsticks, black cats on the back fences and jack-o-lanterns. Prizes were awarded for the stunt dances and refreshments were served to all. Again we demonstrated that we were not a class to lag behind in competitive race when 100% of the class bought season tickets to the games. This was just a repetition of last year and each member was allowed a pass to the theatre. It was also football time and several of our boys went out for it, among them Charlie Thamalis, who won a spot in the starting lineup. The second team was made up of many Sophomores and they all made a fine showing. The girls hockey teams consisted of several Sophomores. Basket- ball season rolled around and again the boys gave a g reat per- formance. Dick Anderson, Roger Layton, and Lewis Ferretti strengthened the second team. Looks good for the future! We were very proud of our girls as they showed their pro- gress in basketball. Three of them earned first team berths. The boys have now turned out in full force