Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : C l i n to n High School Aw , shut up. — (Famous Sayings.) FLORENCE MARIE DWYER Flo Flossie Southpaw Manager Girls’ Basketball (4); Athletic Association Dramatics (2), (3), (4); Prize Winning Inter-Class Cast; Senior Play (4); Class Pin Committee (2) ; Student Staff (4) ; Junior Reception Committee; Secretary Athletic Association ; Class Book Staff. Florence is probably the most popular girl in the class, ready and eager to make friends, and desirous and anxious to keep the friendships she has made. Her pleasant personality is irresistible, and her sympathetic interest in every- thing that concerns her friends, are her most pleasing qualities. Lively, fun- loving, with a rather mischievous smile and always ready for a good time. Who will ever forget the lemon fight in the T. H., when “Flossie” proved her ability as a marksman, with her mighty “southpaw”? Surely those who were hit will remember it. However, this does not mean that “Flo” is frivolous or anything of that sort. She can be real serious when the occasion demands ; has a keen insight, a fine sense of humor, and is an excellent scholar, a “regular girl” is the unanimous verdict of all who know her. 24

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : Clinton High School “ have heard of the lady, and good words went with her name. — Shakespeare. GRACE GERTRUDE DEVANEY Girls’ Basketball (2, 3, 4), Captain (4) ; Senior Dramatics; Cap and Gown Committee; Junior Reception Committee; Glee Club. “Grade” was “delightfully plump” when she entered C. H. S., and to be perfectly frank, we think she has not lost any weight because of worry over her studies. She has the most carefree nature imaginable, her favorite expression being, “I should worry.” She took an active part in Athletics, Dramatics and “The Glee Club.” She can say more amusing things in Latin IV. in five minutes than somebody else in a week. Translating in Latin her favorite expression for words she did not know was, “ Oh, what’s this.” The dramatic ability displayed by “Grade” in “Ferguson of Troy,” added to the ease and grace with which she shot baskets at the crucial mo- ment is enough to keep her memory fresh in our minds. “Grade” plans to go to Fitchburg Normal, where she will surely make the basketball team. She is the fifth and youngest of the Clinton girls who go to Fitchburg in the fall. Good luck and happy days! We really can’t imagine “Grade” teaching the three “R’s,” but then, “nothing is impossible.”

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : C l i n to n High School “ Laugh , and the world laughs with you. ANNA MARIE GANNON “ Annette ” Annie “ Susey ” Girls’ Basketball (3), (4); Class Play (4); Senior Dramatics; Prize Winning Cast; Junior Reception Committee; Inter-Class Dramatics. Our friend, “Annette, ” leisurely strolled into High School one Septem- ber day in 1911, and practically every day for four years she has been seen meandering “toe-words” the stately building, where she has gained much promi- nence in many respects. “Annette” has won renown in girls’ athletics, but she shines most brightly as an actress. Every one will remember her as the Irish maid in “Go Out” and “Ferguson of Troy,” the two plays which the Seniors gave. Her ability to talk with a brogue made a hit. In “Annette’s” case we doubt the saying, “Good things come in small packages,” for “Annette” surely is as “good as gold,” and yet there’s nothing small about her. If laughing makes one gain weight, “Annette’s” cheerful disposition will someday be the cause of the scales needing our sympathy. When “Go Out” was put on in Lancaster, “Annette” thought she heard a bell, but the humor of the situation was lost to the audience, for no bell rang. Here’s hoping “Annette” may always be as alert as she was in Lancaster. 25