Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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THE ECHO And last but not least, Burgun, my secretary, and I had traveled in Eupore for many years. Our gift 130 mankind was our successful assas- sination of Hitler and Goeringg and our escape from the firing squad was due only to the quickness of Anne and her super-special airplane! p 1 A P. Lowry, '40. J. Burgun, '40 Glass oyfistory One bright September morning eighty-three new Freshmen, eager, ex- pectant, but rather timid, entered the portals of Canton High School, facing the brand new experience of new friends, new knowledge, and a new life. 5 'After organization in the home rooms, we elected our year's leaders: John Howard as President, John Rowe as Vice President, Ethel Gelpke as Secretary, and Thomas Whitty as Treasurer. Ruth Graham, James Burgun, and Ethel Gelpke were elected to represent the class in the Student Council. Two new teachers, Miss Kavanaugh and Miss Mah-oney, entered school with us this year. Many of our numbers were competent and successful members of the football team, baseball team, orchestra, and glee club. After an uneventful but happy year as Freshmen, we eagerly moved up one rung on the class ladder to assume the slightly more important position, as Sophomores, able now to dictate to the new Freshmen. Results of the elections showed Albert Reynolds as our new class President, Rita Toomey as Vice President, Olive Griffin as Secretary, and Anthony Aimmendolia as Treasurerg also RichardSarra and Ethel Gelpke as Student Council repre- sentatives. This year saw no class activities but a great participation in athletics, many of our classmates starring on the football, track, and girls' hockey teams, and being the recipients of letters at the annual A. A. Ban- quet in January. We lost one teacher this year, Miss Prew, but acquired two new ones, Mr. Dowson and Miss Roach. September of 1938 saw us fewer in numbers but greater in our newly acquired prestigeg we were now upperclassmen and could lord it over all but those stately and dignified t'?J occupants of Room I. After a two weeks' snow storm of nomination papers and ballots, and an exciting new muni- cipal type of elections, we found ourselves with the following oliicers: Richard Sarra, President: Thomas Whitty, Vice President: James Burgun, Secretaryg Ethel Gelpke, Treasurer. Representatives in the Student Gov- ernment were Mary Sheehan, Anthony Ammendolia, Everett Harlfmger, and Ethel Gelpke. This year was a revelation of new abilities of our class- mates. Nearly every memizer of the class showed his pugilistic ability in the Boxing and Wrestling Show in April, his histrionic ability in the Minstrel Show in January, or his salesnianship ability in the Food Sale and the Maga- zine Drive. New acting talent was unearthed in the Junior Dramatic Club under the dii ection oi' Miss liavanaugh and Miss Lamoureaux, with Marcella Liliiiaii as Secretary, and Auldice 'i'v'ilson as Treasurer. We discovered bud- ding track stars in John Graham, Richard Sarra, James Burgun, Everett llarllinger, and Alfred Crowd: the tirst two were cup winners in the annual three-mile road race on April 19, 1939. This year Mr. lVlasterson and Mr. Gibson were added to the teaching staii, Miss Canan took over musical direction, and at the time of Miss Kava- naugh's departure in the middle oi' the year, Miss Lamoureux became a new nieiniier of the faculty. We also greeted Miss Robinson when we lost Miss liflclflnaney to Quincy High School. T Next was our Junior Prom, scheduled for lVlay 19. Great and am- bitious plans were made and completed, but due to unforeseen and un- I' wt-ii::'te circumstances, the great event was cancelled.

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,,,.f- , C. , ,M W ,, , Tl! U 5.9 1LQ.,.e.r- - 4, .-.---H.. - -..33 lower classes in Canton High, now drew in a number of female dance aspirauts for his new school of dancing. Richard Sarra was in charge of the orchestra. . Paul Keleher, famous baseball and football star, was pitching balls for the Green Cardinals, which threatened to revolutionize baseball throughout the country. His very dependable, capable manager was none other than Alfi Crowd, who had found plenty of experience in this life at C. H. S. That carefree, peppy girl, who could stir up laughter in the dullest class arose. Piotures of many books flashed on. Betty Shannon had be- come a famous authoress whose books were guaranteed to get you out of the gloomiest moods. Penny had obtained a job as head of the street department, because of his past learning in dear old Alma Mater. Habit and sentiment kept him from getting any other kind of job. A bachelor's home appeared. Sweetman had opened it because of his intense dislike for the opposite sex. His steady boarders were Loren Kelley, George Roache, and James Farrell. Pictures of a fire and an engine racing toward it come on. Arnold Eardley, Tom Griffin, and Copley had taken over the Fire Department. The only trouble, Tom told us confidentially, was the domineering super- vision of Anna McGrathg and Joan Pesaturo, who insisted on hanging on back and going to every fire, making a general nuisance of herself. Whidden arose. Pictures of a new high-powered car came on the screen. Whidden had invented it, and if and when traffic became too con- gested, it opened its wings and became an airplane. Scenes of a beautiful girl in a sarong became visible on the screen. As we studied it carefully we saw it resembled Ruth Waterfield. Ruth had grown her curly locks, donned a sarong, and was now giving Dotty Lamour some pretty stiff competition. Now, views of a wide, ranging ranch appeared with horses, cow- boys, and all the trimmings. Our friend, Carmino Porcaro, had developed a liking for riding in high school and, as a result, bought the ranch. Mar- cella told me frankly that she didn't share her husband's liking for rid- ing. She always seemed to spend more time off the horse than on. Pictures of a drug store came next. Behind the counter were two exceptionally pretty girls. One was Anna Ronayne - the other, Dot Gibson. Their super-specialty was slinging sodas to each other as they prepared them. The manager, Joe Veiga, didn't seem to mind as long as they didn't mess the place up, at least that's what he had told the girls. Surgery scenes with two girls dressed in white appeared. Auldice and Kay were in the middle of a very delicate operation. Auldice and Kay told us that only once did .they leave a pair of scissors inside a patient. Another seat was empty. Ruth MacDougall had been unable to attend because Junior had been ill, and she didn't want to risk it. Views of Woodmanis chicken farm were shown next. Woodman still played his harmonica to put his chickens to sleep nights. Suddenly a cloud of white dust appeared' as a picture. We couldn't see what it was - and then Sweetman's head appeared. He was now em- ployed as black-board eraser's boy. He gave them such a vigorous clap- ping that I personally felt sure he'd wear them out. Jack Graham's life was swiftly reviewed on the screen. Athletic awards. cups, and blue ribbons, followed by his marriage to a very adorable girl whom he had met at Canton - or rather, Ponkapoag -- were parts of his life. For several years, the machine showed, Jean Strickland went around with a dark, good-looking fellow whom she later married. Soon after she was divorced, her husband insisting that she threw the bread she made at him. lt was so hard, he argued, that it put him in the hospital for weeks.

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V- Md -T H E- CgH O J mq33 Juniors. too, took part in the graduation exercises when Ruth Water- held, Caroline Sawyer, June Sawyer, Phyllis Lowry, Mary Galligan, Mary Sheehan, Rosa Dardano, Shirley Stone. Ruth Hiltz, and Ethel Gelpke were recipients of Pro Merito pins and Anthony Ammedolia, Dorothy Guerrin, and Richard Sarra of Debating Society pins. Our class president, Richard Sarra, was marshal for the graduating Seniors. September, 1939, and we reached the ultimate ambition of our high school career: to be Seniors. Now we have attained our last and final goal of this experience: the end of the year and graduation. This Senior year has been full of achievements and activitiesg it has been a busy year, and one of which we shall always have pleasant and fond memories. This year's officers were as follows! Thomas Whitty, President, Caro- line Sawyer, Vice Presidentg Mary Sheehan, Secretary: and James Burgun, Treasurer. Seniors on the Student Government were Natalie Haynes, John Graham, Everett Harlfinger, Frank Carpenter, and Ethel Gelpke. Thomas Whitty was chosen captain of the football team, and Alfred Crowd, manager. handled the affairs and records of the team. Eight of our popular classmates, Olive Griflin, Dorothy Guerrin, Mary Galligan, Ruth Graham, Mary Johnson, Mary Sheehan, Ruth Hiltz, and Esther Adams were able and vivacious leaders of the cheering section during the season. Many Seniors starred in the fall games of football and of girl's field hockey, the latter team having Ruth Waterfield as Captain and Jean Strickland as Manager. Baseball, with Sparky Keleher as Captain and Alfred Crowd as Manager, golf, track, and ice hockey were other sports of the year enjoying fairly successful seasons, many of our boys playing prominent parts on each team. The boys' ice hockey team was organized under Alfred Crowd as Captain, playing and winning several fast and exciting games. The Glee Club under the direction of Miss Canan, with Caroline Saw- yer. accompanist for two years, enjoyed a year's work in new music and new musical knowledge. The annual Minstrel Show, performed a second time by popular de- mand was a great success, with Eleanor Morrell, Yvonne Fitzpatrick, Doro- thy Guerrin, and Ruth McDougall as singing stars, and Richard MacLeod, Ralph Mascierelli, Anthony Pavadore, Everett Harlfmger, Robert Woodman, and Richard Sarra as the hilarious end men. The first performance was given after the A. A. Banquet in January under the direction of the Associ- ation officers, Mary Galligan, President, and Olive Griffin, Secretary. Our social debut, our Senior Dance, held on January 19, two food sales, the annual Boxing and Wrestling Show, and a benefit movie held in the Strand Theatre, were all financial successes, enlarging our treasury greatly for the class trip. The golf team was rolling over the opposition with birdies and pars by Albert Reynolds, Captain, James Farrell, John Graham, Lorin Kelly, Wil- liam Adams, and James Burgun. Dorothy Guerrin, another of our able classmates, was chosen a school representative of the Junior Red Cross, returning with many helpful sug- gestions for the formation of a society in our school. One of our most talented girls, Phyllis Lowry was elected Editor-in- Chief of the Echo with other Seniors on the staff: James Burgun, Business Manager, Alfred Crowd and Ruth Graham, Athletic reporters, Natalie Haynes and Frank Carpenter, Class reiportersg and Mary Sheehan, Club reporter. John Graham was, for the second consecutive year, awarded the High School cup in the three-mile road race held on April 19. Other track stars. also trophy winners of this race, were James Burgun and Richard Sarra. The Senior Dramatic Club had a very successful and enjoyable year, its efforts being rewarded when the entire Senior Play cast was chosen from its numbers. Leave lt To Mother' was presented on April 5, with