Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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26 THE SENIOR FLICKER Honors — Service Club. “Infinite riches in a little room.” Autograph Name — William Elliot O’Hearn. Address — 861 Washington Street. Nickname— “El.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — False modesty. Ambition — To overcome my bash- fulness. Honors — “There’s a youth in this city, it were a great pity That lie from out lasses should wander awa’ For he’s bonie and braw, well favor’d wit ha ! Ail’ his hair has a natural buckle an’ a’.” Autograph Name — Stillman Harding Parks. Address — 7 Russell Avenue. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Deacon. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Bashfulness. Ambition — To smoke a “wicked weed” and to stop blushing. Honors — Roosevelt Club, 4; Per- fect Attendance, 1, 2; Service Club, 1. “Fair flowers that are not gather- ed Rot and consume themselves in lit- tle time.” Autograph Name — Edith Parsons. Address — 199 East Main Street. Nickname — ‘ Sneedie. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Neatness. Ambition — To be Private Secre- tary to the President. Honors — Service Club, 1, 2, 4; Gregg Club, 3; Shorthand — 100 word transcription certificate ; Underwood Bronze Pin; L. C. Smith Bronze Pin; Remington Silver Pin, 4. “Order is a lovely thing, On disarray it lays its wing Teaching simplicity to sing.” Autograph Name — Hazel Eleanor Parsons. Address — 49 Bass Avenue. Nickname — Most Distinctive Characteristic — Modesty. Ambition — Graduate from Boston University. Honors — Sawyer Medal, 9th grade ; Roosevelt Club, 4 ; Serv- ice Club, 1,4; Royal and Under- wood Award. “The blushing beauties of a mod- est maid.” Autograph Name — Kathleen Muriel Peeples. Address — 22 Acacia Street. Nickname — “Kay” “Fiddle.” Most Distinctive Characteristic— Dignity. Ambition — To get the name of an early riser, so I can lie abed all day. Honors — Flicker Staff, 100 Word Transcription Certificate; L. C. Smith 40-word medal; Under- wood Bronze Pin ; Royal 40- word medal; L. C. Smith 50- word medal; Service Club, 4; Roosevelt Club, 4; Gregg Club, 3 : President Gregg Club, 4. “The maid improves her charms, With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom And sanctity of manners.” Autograph

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 25 Ambition — To pose for a “beauti- ful hair” advertisement. Honors — Roosevelt Club, 4; Serv- ice Club, 2. “Success consists in doing well The menial tasks each day ; The hero in life’s battle stem Must win the petty fray.” Autograph Name — Eleanor Nelson. Address — 21 Addison Street. Niickname — ‘ ‘ El. ” Most Distinctive Characteristic — A pleasing disposition. Ambition — To become a nurse. Honors — Service Club, 4; Perfect Attendance, 3. “A fair girl of eighteen, fresh, glittering with graces.” Autograph Name — Charlotte Mary Nickerson. Address — 7 Willow Street. Nickname— “Shad.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Bashfulness. Ambition — To be able to address an audience without blushing. Honors — Chairman of the Class Ballot Committee, 4 ; Service Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Roosevelt Club, 4; Perfect Attendance, 2, 3. “Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.” Autograph Name — Harriet Anne Nichols. Address — 2 Brierwood Street. Nickname — ‘ 1 Nick. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Amiability. Ambition — To sell Hairnets to bobbed haired people. SAWYER ni nnproTi Honors — Service Club, 4 - Perfect Attendance, 3. “There is a garden in her face “Where roses and white lilies blow.” Aut-ograph Name — Alice Elizabeth Nielsen. Address — 152 Maplewood Avenue. Nickname— “Al” “Allie.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Her ability to keep from getting ‘ ‘ mad. ” V • • Ambition — To get that school-girl complexion, and then find out how to keep it. Honors — Roosevelt Club, 4 ; Serv- ice Club 4; Sawyer. Medal (9th Grade.) “Her delicate cheek, it seem’d she was a queen.” Autograph Name — Dorothy Oakes. Address — 42 Hartz Street. Nickname — “Dot.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Perseverance. Ambition — To travel. Honors — Gregg Writer Club, 3 ; Roosevelt Club, 4; Underwood, Remington, Royal Awards, 3, 4 ; Shorthand -certificate, 4. “All things come round to her who will but wait.” Autograph. Name — Anna O’Connell. Address — 46 Prospect Street. Nickname — Cardi. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — That confounded blush. Ambition— To remain young and innocent. FREE library ■n ...

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 27 Name — Dorothy Elizabeth Pendle- ton. Address — 11 Chestnut Street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Dot. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — “Floss.” Ambition — To be as vain as I am accredited of being. Honors — Flicker Stall ' , 4; Service Club, 1, 2, 4; Roosevelt Club, 4; Sawyer Medal, 9th grade; Underwood Bronze Pin; Under- wood Silver Pin ; Remington Silver Pin; Royal Bronze Pin. “Our dress, still varying, mor to forms confined Shifts like the sands, the sport of every wind. ’ ’ Autograph Name — Martha Adams Pew. Address — Grapevine Road. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Mut. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — “She stoops to conquer.” Ambition — “To do unto others as they would do unto me, but do it first.” Honors — Beacon Stall, 4 ; Flicker Staff, 4; Service Club, 2, 3, 4; Woman’s Club, 4; Roosevelt Club, 4. 1 ‘ May you live all the days of your life.” Autograph Name — Helen Polisson. Address — 14 Liberty Street. Nickname — “Pete” the 3rd. Most Distinctive Characteristic — Pleasingly plump. Ambition — To get what I want, when I want it. Honors — Beacon Staff ; Hockey, 1, 4; Varsity Basketball, 4; Class Basketball, 3, 4; Captain, 4; Rifle Team 1 ; Service Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sawyer Medal, 9th grade; Women’s Club, 4; Spanish Club, 4; Roosevelt Club, 4. “She seems as happy as a wave That dances on the sea.” Autograph Name — Margaret Elizabeth Por- per. Address — 18 Gloucester Avenue. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Lib. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Auburn locks. Ambition — To sing before the Crown Heads of Europe. Honors — Class Basketball, 3 ; Field Hockey, 1, 4; Captain Field Hockey, 4; Underwood Bronze Pin; L. C. Smith Pin, 4; Royal Gold Pin, 4; Service Club, 3, 4. “If ought of prophecy be mine Thou wilt not live in vain.” Autograph Name — Walter Joseph Powers. Address — 7 Liberty Street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ W alt. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Carefree and Gay. Ambition — To earn $250,000 quick, and then go roaming about. Honors — Service Club, 3; Perfect Attendance, 3; Haskell Medal, 3 ; Dramatics, 4. “Happy am I, from care I’m free Why arn’t they all contented like me?” Autograph Name — Emma Josephine Praderio. Address — 18 Quarry Street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Em.’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Taciturnity.