Cohasset High School - Tessahoc Yearbook (Cohasset, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1945 volume:

e V D- 1945 THE YEARBOOK OF THE CLASS OF 1945 PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS of the OSGOOD SCHOOL IN COHASSET 1 2 Imp-Print ANNUAL The Osgood High School has not published an annual since the spring of 1941. Previous to that time, the annual had consisted largely of literary work and had been published under the name of THE PIPER. The Class of ' 45 planned to revive the custom in a slightly different man- ner; namely, to have the publication a class yearbook. The name of the previous publication was not quite applicable to this enterprise because of the marked difference betwen the two projects. It was finally decided that the yearbook would be printed as an annual issue of the IMP-PRINTS, being called THE IMP-PRINT to distinguish it from the periodical. A skeleton staff was chosen by the class with the power to make any other necessary appointments. Editors JAMES SULLIVAN GEORGE MEALY Photography Editor MARJORIE HIGGINS Business Manager CATHERINE MULCAHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to extend our deepest appreciation to all who have helped us in some way to make this yearbook possible. We thank especially Shirley Dixon for typing our copy for the printers, Mr. Bates for helping us with our photography and giving us his time and materials, and Miss Sullivan for aiding us to make the year- book readable. Acknowledgments are also due to our adver- tisers, who have made our yearbook financially practical. THE EDITORS 3 WILLIAM RIPLEY. JR. 4 A MESSAGE There are moments in the life of every adult when the validity of the fine things graduation speakers often say about youth seems dubious. I believe that this yearbook is a manifestation that students in high school do possess reservoirs of imagination, energy, initiative, and the capacity which the speakers so frequently mention. It seems that some high school students tap those reservoirs! In initiating this yearbook, the Senior Class has builded well, and I hope that succeeding classes will meet the worthy challenge here so clearly issued. Well done Class of 1945! WILLIAM RIPLEY, JR. The Class of 1945 presents its Imp-Print Annual. This volume is not exhaustive; it cannot pretend completeness. It cannot have greater effect than to sketch a bit of the life of the class and the school. We use this means of bidding farewell to Cohasset High and to our teachers and school- mates. Here, simply presented, are highlights of the 1944-1945 school year, blended with reference to the past. 5 CLASS OFFICERS ROSE MARIE BUFALO An authoress glib with wit that ' s bright, Writes on and on till dawn ' s faint light. Loyal always, her endeavor in all activi- ties is duly recorded in the memories of her classmates. Author Class President 4, Student Council 4, Senior Play 3, 4, Basketball 3, Manager 4, Field Hockey 3, Manager 4, Assistant Editor IMP- PRINTS 4, 3rd Prize Rotary Contest 4, Annual Staff 4. Going to Emmanuel PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT JEAN LEE KNIGHT When debate doth flame on high, Into discussion ' s robe she ' ll fly. Our only member who has not spent the last four years in Osgood ' s halls. Nurse Vice President 2, 4, Student Council 2, 3, Vice President Student Council 4, Senior Play 4, Safety Patrol 2, 3. Going to Mass. General Hospital CLASS OFFICERS JESSIE ANN SINOPOLI Jessie reigns o ' er the class exchequer, At Call ' s she ' s good for a double-decker. No office or committee could best her ear- nest heart, for she the victor was. Nurse Class Treasurer 2, 3, 4, Senior Play 4, Busi- ness Manager 4, IMP-PRINTS staff 4, Cheer- leader 3. Going into training SHIRLEY FRANCES DIXON A whiz at typing and oh, what shorthand! Her stencils unequalled in all the land. Deeply concerned about her work; dis- couragement to her is not akin. Secretary Class Secretary 4, Senior Play 4, IMP-PRINTS staff 4, Annual Staff 4. 7 NATALIE ANNETTE BROWN A proof-reader excellent, judicious and neat, Her pencil inspired to arrange and delete. Always faithful to tasks ordained her, she strives eternally for perfection. Annual staff 4, IMP-PRINT staff 4. Undecided ELIZABETH JANE EMERY Fair maid that ' s so the latest vogue, in the know on recent fashion, Her talents toward designing bent, her crea- tions, simply dashing. - Her smile, a bell that stirred from darkness us, who ofttimes dwelt in gloom. Designer Class Treasurer 1, Senior Play 3, 4, IMP- PRINTS staff 4, Basketball 3, 4, Cheerleader 4, Field Hockey 4, Piper Staff 1. Going to art school JOANNE GRACE GONSALVES An impetuous sports star, our good friend Joanne, Puts into everything the best that she can. Ever gay, she never fails to see the bright side of life. Basketball 3, 4, Softball 1, 2, 3, Props 4, An- nual staff 4. Going to Work 8 JAMES EDWARD SULLIVAN An eloquent tongue and mind are his. Our Jimmy is a verbal whiz. Judging by the volume of his work, we should expect great things of this lad. Writer Vice President 2, 3, Student Council 1, Pres- ident Student Council 4, Baseball 3, Basket- ball Mgr. 3, 4, Senior Play 3, 4, IMP-PRINTS Staff 4, Editor IMP-PRINT 4, First prize Rotary Essay Contest 4, Piper Staff 1. Going to Boston College MARY WHEELWRIGHT She never rationed happiness, her manner always gay, She ' ll be a nurse and certain cure to chase the blues away. Nothing ever depressed Mary and ' tis safe to say nothing ever will. Nurse Student Council 1, 2, 3, Marshal 3, 4, Senior Play 4, Stage Manager, Cheerleader 3, 4. Going into training GEORGE HENRY MEALY A frenzied classic and math hodgepodge, In the brain of this mastermind, Technical George. Remember him always; he is a true scholar. Chemist Class Prevdent 2, Student Council 2, Editor IMP-PRINTS 4, Senior Play 4, Stage Man- ager 3, 2nd Prize Rotary Contest 4. Going to Harvard 9 MARJORIE HIGGINS Her poems so gay and witty, with decided carefree lilt. Reflect her inner laughter; upon her joy they ' re built. Let it never be said that Marjorie missed a chance to compose a poem for a written assignment. Nurse Class Vice President 1, Student Council 1, Senior Play 4, Imp-Prints Staff 4. Undecided or going to nursing school JOSEPHINE FRANCIS JASON Jay Jay is our patriot, Morgenthau ' s Simone Legree, Accomplished stamp salesman, with great sincerity. Always the class Good Citizen, rightly recognized by her fellow Seniors. Class President 3, Class Secretary 2, Basket- ball 3, 4, Softball 1, 2, 3, 4, Field Hockey 3, 4, Senior Play 4, IMP-PRINTS staff 4, An- nual Staff 4, Good Citizen Award 4. Undecided GRACE WOOD She ' ll soon be sailing off afar. To join the service, to be a Spar. Oh, to be riding the trail of life, the blue sky as a goal! Spar Senior Play 4, Cheerleader 4. 10 DORIS McNAMARA A manner mild and soft of voice. To dress in white is this girl ' s choice. Doris never wears a frown nor speaks an angry word. Nurse Senior Play 4. Going into training CATHERINE THERESA MULCAHY Auburn crowned and child of zest. In finding ads she stands the test. Never admitting defeat to herself, her de- termination never failed to inspire others. Nurse Student Council 2, 3, IMP-PRINTS Circulation Manager 4, Managing Editor Annual 4. Going into training CATHERINE WARREN A lover of animals and an artist keen, This child to creative art doth lean. Her taste and sense of beauty could but inspire us all. Designer Senior Play 4, Wardrobe 4, Basketball 3, 4, Field Hockey 4, Piper Staff 1. Going to art school 11 Imp-Prints This year marked the inauguration of a new enterprise on the part of the members of the student body; namely, the tri-monthly paper called the IMP- PRINTS. Issued by the Class of ' 45, it has become an accepted feature of the student life, although it was quite critically discussed at the outset of its career in the latter part of Sepember. Originally there was not much system in the way in which it was set up and mimeographed, but a few weeks after the first issue it was officially adopted by the Senior Class and a staff was elected. The staff since then has undergone minor changes, but remains substantially the same as in the earlier part of the school year. GEORGE MEALY Editors ROSE BUFALO BETTY EMERY Contributing Editors JAMES SULLIVAN JOSEPHINE JASON Business Manager JESSIE SINOPOLI Exchange Editor JOSEPHINE JASON Circulation Manager CATHERINE MULCAHY Typist SHIRLEY DIXON Betty Emery edited a column on fashions in each issue. Josephine Jason was the sports editor and James Sullivan was the columnist. Jean Knight and Natalie Browne acted as proof-readers while the rest of the class acted as reporters. SENIOR PLAY Incognito, ' ' a mystery drama set in an atmosphere of Nazis and spies on a pleasure cruise, was the play offered by the Senior Class this year. This play possessed an unusual appeal to the players as well as to the audience, and although the cast found it necessary to work hard on their parts in the short time allotted rehearsals, they fully enjoyed the experience. The play concerns itself with the murder of a German spy aboard a liner and the search for an English agent by a Nazi submarine commander who boards the ship and takes it over, to the despair of the ladies who appear in the story. A large cast, mostly Seniors and mostly girls, combined with the able coaching of Miss Fay turned in a fine performance on the night of nights. 13 The cast: Rose Bufalo, Shirley Dixon, Elizabeth Emery, Marjorie Higgins, Josephine Jason, Robert Kelley, Eugene Klebenov. Jean Knight, Doris McNamara, George Mealy, Henry Purslow, Jessie Sinopoli, James Sullivan, Glover Thompson, Catherine Warren, Mary Wheelwright, and Grace Wood. FOOTBALL A Cohasset team, fast and brushed, met five opponents last season ar d bettered its previous season ' s average by four hundred points as they won two of their five engagements. The squad, very small in size, is indeed de- serving of praise for its earnest efforts and unchecked fight to win. Coach Collins ' boys beat Farm and Trade and Marshfield. They fell at the hands of Scituate, Kingston and Hanover. A bright Columbus Day saw the first game of the season; a scoring loss for Cohasset. Scituate, gathering its points on a blocked punt and an unusual completion of a pass for touchdown, took the game 13-7. However, the specta- tors generally agreed that Cohasset was the more potent on the field, although they couldn ' t get over the line until the closing minutes. Cohasset won on the rainsoaked field at Thompson ' s Island. The score, 6-0, was a monument to the hard-fought game that Cohasset played through- out. Many of the fellows displayed bruises and other inflammatory conditions the next day. John Patrolia left his front tooth in the beaten sod with the prayer that the Farm and Trade directors would erect a proper marker over its final resting place. Kingston, playing on its home gridiron, gave Cohasset a second beating 17-0. The men of Cohasset could not cope with a sturdy Kingston team and suffered their first real defeat of the year. The team excelled in its next game, played on Milliken Field. The win- ning score 20-0 made it a glad day for Cohasset. The fellows had much cause to congratulate each other for the game was exceptionally well played. The season ended with the Hanover game. Perhaps it was because the cheerleaders missed a train and arrived late or possibly it was because Hanover was well on its way to become Class D Champion, but our boys fell 20-0. They played well, indeed, but Hanover had too much strength to be overcome. Only praise is due the team; their play and spirit were great. 14 COHASSET HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM 1944 Front Row: Ira Stoughton, Manager, Winthrop Graham, Richard Drake and Donald Souther, Co-Captains, Vito Conte, John Bates, Manager. Second Row: Arthur Rowe, Charles Patrolia, George Jednick, Edward Barrow, John Patro- lia, Robert Barrow. Third Row: Bradford Mulhern, Robert Figuereido, William Kelley, Charles Neagle, John Souther. Top Row: Burditt W. Collins, Coach; William C. Ripley. 15 GIRLS ' SPORTS Softball, field hockey, and basketball are sports which are loved by the girls of the Osgood High School. For two seasons, the girls have won the South Shore League Champion- ship in softball. Last season two of the outstanding players on the team were Peggy Chisholm, who played first base, and Dotty Hines, pitcher. The girls have played field hockey for only two years, and last season they played nine games and won seven. They lost to Marshfield and Scituate. If anyone has ever watched a game, he has realized that the girls have to work as a unit, or there is no team. There are eleven players on the team and the girls worked together so well that they should all be mentioned. They are as follows: Goalie, Mary Ann Gray; Right full-back, Josephine Jason; Left full- back, Carol James; Right half-back, Betty Emery; Center half-back, Catherine Warren; Left half-back, Peggy Sullivan; Right wing, Grace Beal; Left wing, Rosalie Froio; Right inner, Mimi Wheelwright; Left inner, Phoebe Crampton; Center, Dotty Hines. Basketball has really just started in Cohasset, for the girls have been in the league only two years. Although the girls have not won too many games, they are working to the top. This may be seen in the fast pass work of the team this year. Last season the first team forwards were Dotty Hines, Mary Mulvey, and Joanne Gonsalves. The guards were Mary Keating, Betty Sin- opoli, and Mary Mitchell. This year the forwards are Dotty Hines, Rosalie Froio, and Dotty Longo. The guards are Joanne Gonsalves, Peggy Sullivan, and Connie Sullivan. The coach of all these teams, as you know, is Miss Florence Ayers, who is loved by all the girls on her teams. She is not only a good instructor, but also a wonderful person to know. The girls owe all their success to her. CHEERLEADERS Lending encouragement to Cohasset ' s football team were eight cheer- leaders. The five Seniors were Mary Wheelwright, Josephine Jason, Shirley Dixon, Mary Whittaker, and Betty Emery; while Peggy McNamara, Mary Mitchell and Theresa LeClair were the three Juniors. The girls attended out- of-town games as well as home games and cheered the boys on with spirit. Leading the school yells at the basketball games were Mary Wheelwright, Grace Wood, Peggy McNamara, and Betty Emery from Senior High, and Barbara Merritt and Doris Taft from Junior High. The girls cheered throughout the games, whether triumphs or defeats. 16 17 CLASS HISTORY It was a bright day in September, 1941, when forty-odd very green Fresh- men meekly took their seats in the Freshman homeroom. It will be a bright day when the sixteen remaining members of that once verdant class proudly receive their diplomas in June. What happened in the four years during which we gallantly traversed the rocky road of knowledge that is called the happiest time of your life ? To begin with, our first official act as highschoolers was to install our class officers. Manuel Salvador served as president, with Marjorie Higgins as vice-president. After that we quietly withdrew into our shell, emerging only for one time-honored Freshman ritual, the purchasing of our class pins. Then on we trod to our Sophomore year, leaving in our wake eight for- mer members of our class. There we elected George Mealy as president. There, too, we began our career as an unusual class, although we had begun as ordinarily as any of our predecessors. We gave our first social, a record hop, with less than a week ' s planning. Surprisingly, it turned out un- usually well. We also purchased our class rings then, a year before the cus- tomary time for the practice. Twelve of our fold were lost to the service, but we who survived marched on to our Junior year; that year that is glorified, exalted, extolled! To be a Junior, with the experiences gleaned from two years of experimenting with the business of school, and without the cares and wor- ries of a Senior, is indeed a sweet and pleasant position. And here we elected Josephine Jason president, the first time in the his- tory of the school a girl had ever been elected president of this class. James Sullivan was vice-president, a post he had held the previous year. Three of our number took part in the Senior Play, an unprecedented performance. Our Junior Prom was our crowning glory. While we were trying to engage an orchestra, which it seemed practically impossible to do, we changed our choice of orchestras four times in one day, much to the amuse- ment of the Art department. They gaily added one postscript to another on a poster which advertised our Prom. The decorations for this affair were novel, indeed. Our poor decoration committee became so befuddled when they entered the Big City, that they were unable to find Dennison ' s. So, instead of streamers and such, they filled the hall with bushes and bushes of colorful lilacs, which delighted the surprised spectators. At one corner of the hall a rock-garden with a wishing well was frequented by more couples than the average Junior can count. Thus, after saying good-bye to six of our elect, we moved around to the Senior homeroom. 18 How astonished we were that first day of our last year, as we gazed at the huge desks, scarred with the names of their long-gone occupants. But what will we do with all these drawers? cr ied one dismayed Senior to an- other. Silly children! We soon accumulated enough English books and Cohas- set High paraphernalia to fill those drawers to overflowing. After electing Rose Bufalo president, and Jean Knight vice-president, we began our newspaper, the IMP-PRINTS. This was run completely by the students. Many a wild hour was spent planning, plotting, pushing, in order to get our paper out. We had our play in April. Everyone in the class had some job to do in connection with the play. In this manner we finished our high school career. Twenty-five of our company had left us, twelve to the service, for the most part, the Navy. Dur- ing our course we had said good-bye to Mrs. Jepson; bonjour and adieu to Mr. Matheson, both of whom we shall always remember. Thus we leave our old Latin notebooks, typing exercises, algebra problems, shorthand notes, geometry theorems, English papers, and a hundred and one other things to that group of people called Youth, who will forever follow after us. SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Most tranquil NATALIE BROWNE Most persistent ROSE BUFALO Most precise ! SHIRLEY DIXON Most witty MARJORIE HIGGINS Most idealistic BETTY EMERY Most light-hearted JOANNE GONSALVES Most prepossessing JOSEPHINE JASON Most versatile JEAN KNIGHT Most demure DORIS McNAMARA Most intellectual GEORGE MEALY Most efficient CATHERINE MULCAHY Most vivacious JESSIE SINOPOLI Most eloquent JAMES SULLIVAN Most practical CATHERINE WARREN Most congenial MARY WHEELWRIGHT Most discreet GRACE WOOD 19 KING BASKETBALL Basketball is King! There is no other sport in the history of Cohasset High School that has aroused so much town interest as basketball. This season ' s team, an almost unchanged squad over last year, did not distinguish itself by any large number of wins. On the contrary, wins were few and very far between, but that didn ' t stop the fans from turning out to cheer and hope. The team was in there trying and played intelligent basketball all the way. Bob Barrow and Bill Sanders distinguished themselves through their athletics, Barrow being the high scorer with 100 points and Sanders thrilling the fans with his long shots. He also entered the 100-point class. Fred Sullivan, who started late because of report card troubles, made up for lost time when he did become eligible. Brad Mulhern and Dick Drake were also outstanding in a fine field. Mr. Matheson, who was instrumental in reviving basketball in Cohasset last year after a twenty-five year lapse, continued coaching this year until the schedule was almost completed. When he left to become the principal of Nantucket High School, the team was placed in the hands of Mr. C. L. Steg- maier, who was a fine replacement. Always a man of wit, Mr. Matheson dubbed the team, The Fighting Irish, and Gaelicized those names that needed changing. All this resulted in some strange mutations. Basketball, in its second year after a long absence, is proving itself to be of great drawing power and a great favorite in the town. The people of the town have been supporting the team wholeheartedly and their attendance at the games can do nothing but inspire the players. WTO CONTE and FRIEND ' Ju o Heads Ire Better CThan One ' 20 21 SERVICE LIST 1941 Nicholas DeVito Clifford Dickson George Haley Thorndike Litchfield Augustine Mello George Mulhern Francis Mulvey Joseph Perroncello Edwin Pratt Allen Sargent Daniel Sullivan Richard Thompson Phillip Whittemore 1942 Lawrence Ainslie Gordon Flint George Gelinas Herbert Haley Frank Hirons Leighton LeClair Richard Oliver Ralph Perroncello Ralph Keegan 1943 Kenneth Evans Stanley Hammond Kenneth Mitchell David Parker Charles Piepenbrink John Rooney Theodore Whitcomb Jr. Hatherly Souther David Stoddard 1944 James Collins William Drake Robert Maree John Mello Ernest Sullivan Everett Wheelwright, Jr. Langford Warren 1945 Leo Cummings Richard Andrews Richard Barrow Richard Neagle Joseph Conroy Francis MacLean Harry Ritter Alfred O ' Hearn Nelson Patrolia Merle Studley Louis Longo Robert Rooney 1946 Vito Conte Herman Maynard Donald Souther 1947 Richard Purslow e Discharge PICTURES OF SERVICE MEN 1. B. Ferreira 2. J. Leonard and Mrs . Leonard 3. L. Bailey 4. R. Peterson 5. S. Devito 6. J. Dolan 7. Mr. O ' Brien 8. L. Bailey 9. J. Dolan 10. S. Devito and N. Devito 11. S. Hammond 22 PICTURES Page 25 1. Lunchroom, 2. Basketball game, 5. Fred Sullivan, 4. Betty Emery, 5, Mr. Collins, 6. Machine Class Page 26 7. Shirley Dixon, d. 11th and 12th grades, 9. Mary Lou 10. Betty Emery, 11. Connie Sullivan, 12. Scituate game, 13. Eyes, 14. Peggy Chi s holm, 15. Virginia Jason, 16. Mr. Bates, 17. ?, 18. Sophomore Dance ' 44, 19. Mary Mitchell, 20. Marjorie Hlggins , 21. 11th and 12th grades. Cohasset High School ' s Student Council convened last fall with three Seniors, two Juniors, two Sophomores, and two Freshman in the assembly. The Senior Class chose Rose Bufalo, Jean Knight and James Sullivan for its representatives. The Junior Class was represented by Bradford Mulhern and John Salvador, the Sophomore Class by Richard Drake and William Kelley, and the Freshman Class sent Robert Barrow and William Sullivan to the Council. An election of officers held at the first session resulted in James Sullivan ' s taking the office of President, while Jean Knight was made Vice-President, and Richard Drake was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Ripley was the Council ' s adviser and was present at meetings when- ever possible. The Council conducted the sale of War Stamps throughout the school, with the Secretary-Treasurer in charge. Hall filing was also directed by the Council. John Salvador was named Chief Marshal and he appointed Richard Drake, Kenneth Lehr, Bradford Mulhern, and Mary Wheelwright as his staff. A basketball dance held after the Scituate game in January turned out to be an unexpected financial success. STUDENT 27 DELDRY DRUG COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS J. EDWIN DELORY Tel. Coh. 80 Reg. Pharmacist EOHASSET HARDWARE COMPANY Tel. Coh. 0185 WM. H. McGAW Compliments of SIDNEY S. GATES COHASSET SCITUATE SARAH LAWRENCE BEAUTY SALDN COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS Tel. Coh. 789-W 28 Best Wishes rrnri nr t -1 t ta tfi at t p pnA nn GEORGE E. KIMBALL SUA CD. HINGHAM, MASS. cLumber Jjeaters for fifty years WJe are 4(ivaijS pleased to serve ijon Compliments of Compliments of JEXXEY SERVICE STATION THE CENTRAL MARKET BILL POLAND COH. 0605 FRED MULCAHY, Prop. 29 Compliments of HAGERTY COMPANY COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS ELIZABETH BRISTOL BEDDY ' S BATTERY S. Sportswear — dliillren i (Corner (J ' fh — d-arls REPAIR SHOP Compliments of FIRST NATIONAL STOBE Compliments of INE. RUITER MOTOB SALES COHASSET, MASS. 30 Compliments of Best Wishes to RINEHART FUNCTIONAL tke Class of 1945 HANDWRITING SYSTEM JJ. J. LAiVlriJtLL GIVE JEWELER to the AMERICAN RED CROSS Compliments of SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY FUND ELISHA DOANE HOUSE O MPiDTU TV A ATM CT ' DTTTT o IN Un 1 ri MAUN o 1 rLLii 1 GIVE COHASSET, MASS. the SALVATION ARMY 31 Compliments of Compliments ot LINCOLN BHDS. COAL CD. G. BUFALQ COHASSET, MASS. NATHAN W. BATES Compliments of ♦ WALNUT GRDVE FARM MECHANICAL ENGINEER COHASSET, MASS. COHASSET MASS