East Greenwich High School - Crimson Yearbook (East Greenwich, RI)

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20 THE CRIMSON Cyfzstor of the lass 0 194.4 NI Y three more days three more days ol llle work toll homework and fun that haye made up the three years that We htye spent at I C Irl Most of us got here tn the begmnmg through a nmth grade graduatton l'hat was 1 wonderful graduatton I played a XlOlll'1 solo Dorts Catanto spoke I played a XIOIID solo Sybtl Abrams spoke I played a XlOllU solo X tolet Lrtckson played the prano I played a XIOIIH solo The next thmg we knew we were regtstered and attendmg classes tn East Greenwtch Academy Vee nottced one great dlfl-GFLHCL between htgh school and .Iumor Hrgh more homework We were treated ltke kmgs for the first few weeks then we had mtttatxon day W kept getttng put out of the classrooms that day Some of them sttll thmk tt was for mls behavtour but I had dope from the mstde and I know that the faculty was allergtc to the strmgs of on1ons we wore around our necks That evenmg the faculty evtdently feelmg sorry for us held a formal dance Vele all looked yery queer that mght VVe had scrubbed our skm so hard m order to remoye the make up whtch the Sentors had so generously applted that we felt that we no longer had any freckles or eptdermts After Intttatton Day we settled down and elected class offlcers 'I hey were Betty Jane Vslarren Presrdent 'leddy Stearns Vtce Prestdent Fyelyn Farrell Secretary Iugene Wal ley Treasurer XVe chose Mtss Norma Fletcher and Coaeh XValker Brtggs for faculty advtsers Vw hat an excttmg ntght that was when the fuses blew out unexpectedly as the band was play mg Let me call you Qweetheart Audrey Smith one of the boardmg students was crow ned queen of the ball Durmg the summer of 42 the town of East Greenwtch bought the old Academy and began some much needed repatrs but dtd they hase to elose up Elie hole m the left rear corner of room 202 fl hose two mlee were our elass maseots XVe began our Junror 'X ear rn the newly chrtstened Last Clreenwreh Hrgh Sehool One of our first duttes was to elect elass ofheers Ihey were Dons Latamo Prestdent Fvelyn I-arrell Xtee Prestdent Nlurtel Anderson Seeretary and Dems Monson lreasurer later Jtmmy Clteeker took oyer as treasurer when Dems restgned and Jomed the R A I3 Nlr Paul Sykes and Nlrss Catherme laughton were the faeulty adHsers who pulled us oyer many bumps that year Our Hrst dance tn our Junror year was the Haryest Dance It wxll always be remem bered by those who Attended tt-wespeetally those who drank too mueh elder l 1 31 x ' iv I! I Y I I Y I D Y 1 I I Y! Y V3 Y I ' I ' I Y Y y , . V H - . . . . 4 e s ' s 1 ' ' v V A . , Y 'I I 3 I YP 13 . 3 i I 1 Y 3 I 3 ' 1 I ! . I l Y I I 3 3 1 D I I 1 7 I Y 7 1 3 I Y I' 4 i 5 K I I Y 2 I l hese new ofhcers soon were busy organlzmg that romanttc event, the Sweetheart Dance. V I I ' I Y D 'A 1' h D 'A I Y ' I - D A- I 1 Y X Yll I 'I' h Y I ' 5 I I 7 B V Y . 'I I I 7 Y 4 il Y' l D 1 I ! xx X 'I I 4-, 2 I Y Yl ' I I I I 3 1- 3 D 4 'I Y .41 Yi D ' ' I - As 7 s s - -I f ' s v 1 sa -' rl I ss' s 4 v D x YV' 1 h . i ' Y I 5 l i' H Y' I I ' ' ' P D x l . - 1 I I . e e . . . , e . - . I V bl Yr Vx ' u ' l Y l I I' i 3 I I x l N Y 1 A Ok X 2 x 4 Yl ! A Y YI, I X Y ! Q' V ' ,, V s ' ' vs 1 s rx s v' v 1 V x V '3 Y K 7 I 3 I . Y 'l Y 'A

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THE CRIMSON hode Island Clfonor oczety href Row S ABRHXXIS D Cklulo Second Rovs B Pom F PXRRPIL N INIFHOIS Ihrrd Rem N1 J Nlckov F Somrut J For the past twenty tvso years the Rhode Island Honor Socnty has recognwtd outstandrng students for thelr scholastxc achru ments Students vsho hase attalntd an average scholarshxp rank of elghty fue per cent or oxer for the four hrgh school years are ehglble for membershlp It IS noteworthy that more than half of our class has achleved th1s d1st1nct1on X . . - , .. I 1 . . A , -- ,. . .. I'.':. f.. -.'NI. Fourth ROW: N1. SPVNMIN, J, CHI-I XTR. G. NTAIJIDAIJ-N.-X. V- y A , v 1 I ll I I I A .1 Vt- ! ' Y Y 1 D 3 l I ' v, 1 v I

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THE CRIMSON Durrng the year we sponsored many lnformal dances but our bxg eyent was the Junxor Prom The gym hardly recogmaable was decorated to resemble a penthouse roof lwe .eel thls may enllghten some people who are strll w ondermgu 'I he entrre months of Aprxl and Vlay were spent ln the charmmg occupatlon of euttxng out blaek sxlhouettes of sky Scrapers Some of us spent the followtng summer reevperatmg from a hard and strenuous year but many of us worked rn war plants and at yarxous other jobs rn w hx h b eause ofthe short of help we were needed serv much Howeyer we were much needed at E G H ln September for what IS l-hgh School without a Senlor C lass so we returned to school XVe elected class officers at onee and trled to settle down as well behayed Semors Thls was yery hard for a hrgh spmted class Our class oflleers were Dorxs Catanxo seeond term Presldent Jimmy Cheeyer X rce lresldent erlne laughton and Vlr Cllnton Vwlhlte ln our Senxor year we contrlbuted much to school acttvrttes ln the middle of the year we were called upon to present an assembly program Durmg our lruth or Consequences sessnon Vlr Gordon and 'Vlr 'Vlltchell mterpreted Jxye as our elders see rt Dn 'Vlay Za the class held the tradxtlonal lyy Day exerclses For the nrst tlme we wore our caps and gowns and marched between the two chams of ny whxch were carned by undergraduate glrls dressed nn whlte Evelyn Earrell made a loyely queen She was attended by an equally lovely court composed of Rxta Desautel Vtolet Erxeleson Beyerly Eddy and Nancy Nxchols Our presldent Dorls Catanlo planted sprxgs of xvy around Wnnsor Dorm whrch certaxnly needed brlghtemng up a brt That mght the queen and her court preslded at the lyy Day Dance Velrth C lass Nrght our htgh school career w as draw mg to a close NVe had only a few days to go We were hoplng txme would fly yet wlshxng lf to stand stlll 'I he class of -H w as addmg another page to the hnstory of E G H ' r .' 21 A ' v . v A- v 1 , E I I 1 A I 7 ' I Y D V h A A 1 A v r 1 ' 1 ' 7 f - A - V 1 - J A YA l 5' 1 I - vi I v - 1 , ' . Q . ' , ' ' V 'C ' C. g , , - V vm v v1 v 1 1 1 I . 4 I 1 1 t- v ' ' ,' ' j - 3 V1 , I , , , 1 y 4, ' X 1 1 r h 1 4 1 r. 1 lf ' '- t v1 v A -X ' A 1 X D Evelyn Farrell, Secretary: Marian Spungin. Treasurer. Gur class advise-rs were Miss Cath- - VD X I X A I -1 . D I E 3 I ! V n . 'I' 1 1 'Q 1 lv D el , I . A . l I I 1 'I V, J h . , I . A r 1 1 1 ' ' v V v 1 1 In 1k-' y 1 A r V D I I ' Y V Y I V D I Y I D I A I q Y V Y D . V 1 Q e I .4 1 Y, V V1 Y I D J I 7 I . I Y 3 A I V . V I I I Y il I b 1 D . . I l 33 x I I N A A Y VA 3 1 D ' ' 1 1 ' ' r v' I ' A I A A w H V 4 D D I Y ' . .