Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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THE GIRLS, TOO, PLAYED BASKETBALL The four at the right excelled in basketball, soft- ball, badminton, volleyball and tennis. Although all the girls played all these sports, each stood out in two or three. Pauline Robertson developed her skill in bad- minton so she was good enough for tournament play. She also shone in basketball. Helenmarie sparkled at second base in softball and as a guard in basketball. Between softball and basketball sea- sons, she played volleyball. Marie la ed a fast Uame of tennis and was a 1 Y s star pitcher on the softball team. She could also be counted on for a food ercenta fe of the oints in 5 any basketball game. Kathryn was fast, alert, and accurate as a left forward on the basketball court. She also played first base on the diamond. QUITE APART FROM ATHLETICS was the annual Herald-Traveler Spelling Bee. This year the Grand Championship nearly came to Ded- ham High for the second time. 4The year before, Elliott Taylor won it and earned a trip to Wrisli- ington.J SPELLERS FRONT ROW -Louise Neimann, Gladys Woodward. SECOND ROW' Elsa Busilici, Thomzis O'Connell. GIRL ATHLETES FRONT ROW- Katherine Davis, Pauline Rolnertson. SECOND ROW Marie Motte. Helcnmarie Doe. The contest started in the home rooms, where the winners were Robert Allan, Estelle Comeau. Hollington Hickcox, Barbara Lane, Thomas O'Con- nell, and janet Taylor among the seniors. The junior winners were Sally Columbo, Sally Dono- van, Carolyn Harrison, George Provost, Dorothea Short, and Gladys Wfoodward. The sophomore winners were Elsa Basilici, jane Downey, Margaret Farrell, Harry Mahoney, Wil- lard Parker, Virginia Prisco, and Barbara Tibbetts. The freshmen were Irene Carroll, Patricia Cove, Susan Grearson, Lois Niemann, Rosemary Olivet and Carol Wilbtir. Thomas O'Connell, Gladys Wcuodward, Elsa Basilici, and Lois Niemann won the four grade championships of Dedham High. They entered the semi-finals at the Boston Public Library, and the survivors were Gladys, Elsa, and Lois. The next step was the finals at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Elsa, who won the ninth grade champion- ship last year, won another bronze cup for Ded- ham High with the lOth grade championship. She was also the runner-up in the Grand Finals.

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jjlte QM! QUUW GLU! azfefgaff geffin oin Under its new coach, Warren Goodie, Ded- ham's basketball team showed D.H.S. fans plenty of fast and aggressive basketball. The team seemed to specialize in losing games by one or two points, turning the trick on five separate occasions. An extra point or two in the right spot would have greatly improved the teams final record of five wins and nine losses. Since the boys lacked height, Coach Goodie built his team around a pair of fast, small for- wards, Captain Fran Starr and Steve Kiely. Reg Brown, a giant center, gradually developed into one of the finest in the league. All three of these boys were chosen for and played on the Bay State All Stars team. Dick Fitzhenry, Bill Conroy, Gordon Puff, Al Corey and joe Burke all played as guards during the season. Dick Dunn, jack O'Brien, and Red Downing also saw service during the season. The season started with a pair of two-point losses, to Framingham, 35-55, and Wellesley, 54-56. The team finally got into the win column in its third game, nipping Natick 54-55. Captain Starr led the attack with 17 points. A last-second basket gave Dedham its most heart-breaking defeat as Needham came out on top in one of the IHOSI thrilling games of the year. The team looked better than expected against a sparkling Milton team fwhich later went on to win the Tech Tourney 1, but slipped in the last pe- riod, losing 41-62. Following the defeat by Milton, the boys went on to win three straight contests over Norwood. Walpole, and Natick. The victory over the highly l1Sl BASKETBALL TEAM FRONT ROW John O'Brien. Al Corey. Gordon Puff, Rich- ard Dunn, Richard Fitzhenry Frzincis Starr, Reginald Brown Paul Connors, Steven Kiely, Joseph Burke. BACK ROW Hollington Hick- cox and James Scotton, man- agers, William Hartnett, Orrin Nye, G'c-orgv Nieva, Kenneth Folsom, Robert Dunbar, Wil- liam McNaught, Thomas Po- , tlolski, manager, Warren 1 Gootlie, coach. favored Norwood team was the high point of the season. The whole team played brilliantly, but Steve Kiely was the star of the night, playing an outstanding game both offensively and defensively. Dedham reached its high spot in the scoring de- partment as they rolled up 56 points in absorbing a 56-68 defeat by Wellesley. Three more defeats followed before Dedham scored a 58-50 triumph over Walpole. Starr set the team's individual scoring record with 51 points that afternoon. The season ended with a 54-48 loss at Norwood. The teams leading scorers were Starr, 220 points, Brown, 118, Fitzhenry, 751 and Kiely, 56. The Dedham junior Varsity had a slightly bet- ter season, winning seven of their 14 games. Out- standing members of the ,l.V.'s were Bill Sanford, Al Corey, Paul Connors, and Ken Folsom. D.H.S. BASKETBALL RECORD Dedham Framingham 55 Dedham Wellesley 56 Dedham Natick 55 Dedham Needham 55 Dedham Milton 62 Dedham Norwood 5 1 Dedham Walpole 52 Dedham Natick 56 Dedham Wellesley 68 Dedham Framingham 57 Dedham Needham 42 Dedham Milton 55 Dedham Walpole 50 Dedham Norwood -18

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jk? 306 jam mn 30 flown jAaf Wafer '1 , ' X ix k 0 H WH40 M 0 . . it 44 SBWIAA f5Y.llll4,4, iii-lllfril yVLr,'A I l i W 1 , xx 1 ,X 'Z W '- J fa 1 nf, hw Y : .K -5,112 5 F, A 'p ' . N. V- - 'ms ' ,. ' as A ' 'S . ' AL A.. FRONT ROW G. Rawding, 14. Smith, R. Kofhnke, E. Shea, D. Winthrop, T. York, C. Donelan, C. Holmes, B, Swett, F. Mac- Imili. G1 McCarthy. MIDIJLE ROW Mr. E. Peterson, Coach: J. Milroy, lVli:i'.: H. Johnson, R. Chzimlwerlain, R. Knight, L. lirowne, K. Duffy, I.. Greene, J. Ahearn, N. DiiVlurtino, F. Alexander, W. O'Neil, J. ladonisi, H. Hickcox, Asst. Mgr. ICACK ROW .l. Fulginiti, FI. Shissel, .l. MacDonald, W. Sanford, A. Benson, R. Hyland, P. R:1ymond,J. Johnson. The D.H.S. track team, repeating its champion- ship performance of the previous year, successfully defended its Class C title in the 32nd edition of the annual Massachusetts State Meet, defeating the other teams in this class by an overwhelming mar- gin. lt seems as though good things come in pairs, since one of the fondest dreams of veteran coach Edwin Peterson was realized last year as his team won this coveted championship for the first time. Now his boys have won the cup twice in a row. a truly remarkable accomplishment. Dedhams most prolific point-getter in the indoor meets, Tom York, started DHS. on the right foot at the Garden by taking second place in the shot- put with a heave of 47 feet, 2 inches. Charles Donelan grabbed three points with a second-place effort in the 50 yard dash, and Kent Keelan fol- lowed this up with a second in the 45 yard high hurdles. As the meet built to a climax, Tom York l2ol roared to a sensational. record-breaking stint in the 300-yard dash, winning this event with a 35.5 clocking. Sophomore standout Charles Holmes showed a glimpse of his future greatness as he captured a fourth place point in the 1000. This was followed up in quick succession with Benson Swett's second place in the 600, and Ed Shea's outstanding victory in the one mile run. Ed clipped 4l 3 seconds off the old record even though he ran nine of the eleven laps with only one shoe. To round out a perfect day, the relay team of Charles Donelan, Richard Koffinke, Donald Winthrop, and Tom York turned in the fastest time in Class to finish the scoring with five additional points. As a reward for their efforts the track team spent a weekend at Bowdoin College, where they competed in the Bowdoin Interscholastics. Tom York emerged as the only point-getter as he suc- cessfully defended his New England title by wine ning the schoolboy 300.