Grafton High School - Compass Yearbook (Grafton, MA)

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MARILYN DUMAS Marilyn Marilyn is The girl wiTh The Twinkling eyes and The preTTy smile. During her Tour years aT old G. H. S., she has been very acTive in all class acTiviTies, especially music. She has been in The Glee Club Tor Tour years and The orchesTra Tor Three. She has served on var- ious commiTTees, and has been in The French club Tor Three. WiTh French as her TavoriTe subjecT, Marilyn has been acTive in all The acTiviTies oT The club. Piano is her hobby: l am sure she will make a success in her musical ambiTions. MARJORIE EMERSON Margie Margie is one oT our quieT girls, buT she is always willing To help whenever she can. She has been acTive in The Glee Club Tor Three years and also The GraTTon AThleTic AssociaTion. ln her senior year she impersonaTed a WesTern sheriTT in The Senior Play. She is very popular wiTh The underclassmen and is generally seen wiTh Three or Tour oT Them. WiTh sTenography as her TavoriTe subjecT. l am sure she will be a success in her TuTure work as a secreTary. BARBARA FITZPATRICK Barbara Barbara came To GraTTon in her sophomore year and aT once began To Take an inTeresT in all school acTiviTies, especially debaT- ing, in which she excelled. While she was here she was on The honor roll consTanTly and in her senior year was valedicTorian of her class. She was in The debaTing club Tor Three years and in ThaT Time she served as vice-presidenT and secreTary. Barbara was in The senior and junior plays, and also in The Gay NineTies Revue. She was also associaTed wiTh The French club, dramaTic club, and The baskeTball Team. WiTh all her iniTiaTive I am sure she will make a wonderTul laboraTory Technician. BesT oT luck, Barbara! CLINTON HARGROVE ClinT ClinT has always been well inTormed on Two Things, -- currenT evenTs and sporTs. He played baskeTbaII Tor Three years, and was assisTanT manager as a freshman. When TooTball came, in our junior year, ClinT was jusT made ToTxThe Team. Tall and husky, he was rugged enough To survive Two seasons. Probably as a welcome change, he joined The Checker Club, as a junior. He was a hiT in The Gay NineTies Revue when he proposed To Helen Johnson in True old-fashioned sTyle. ClinT looks aT liTe Tor all The Tun and advenTure he can geT. NexT year he inTends To join The Marines. His endless supply of energy will surely help To make him a success.

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JOAN CUNNINGHAM Joan Joan is one of our class musicians: she plays The organ and piano very well. OT course she has been a member of The Glee Club for four years. She prompfed in The Junior play. Chosen as a good ciTizen and worThy delegaTe, by The Legion, Joan affended Girl's STaTe aT Bridgewafer, as a Junior, and. because of her good work There, she was chosen To aTTend The naTional convenfion in Wash- ingfon for one week. Alfhough raTher quieT and shy, Joan has been one of The mosf co-operafive sTudenTs in our class. She in- Tends To sTudy music furfher, buf has noT decided upon a definife school. We know Joan will be a greaf success. ELINOR DAVENPORT Elinor Elinor has been one of our quiefer sTudenTs. She was a Three- year member of The Glee Club and a four-year member of The AThleTic Associafion. As a Senior she was in The Gay Ninefies Revue. Elinor has a sweef disposifion and a friendly manner. Her Twinkling blue eyes greeTed you if you happened To wander info The Spa afTer school. Here she worked every affernoon. Elinor was a commercial course sTudenT. .She did well in all her school subiecfs buf liked English besf. Probably we shall remember her longesf for being so quieT ThaT no one would know she was in a room. Elinor islgoing To work in an office for a while: we know her pleasing personaliTy will help her aTTain her higher ambiTions! ASHTON DERBY Derb Derb is The fellow who likes To Tinker wiTh T b au omo iles. During his four years aT Graffon Derb wa T' ' , s ac ive in mosf class affairs. ln his freshman year he was The vice-presidenf of his class and has been a member of The Graffon AThleTic Associafion for four years. ln his senior year he was in The Gay Ninefies Revue. Derb is quife a designer of cars and hopes To make This his fuTure work. lf The cars he designs in The fuTur e are anyfhing like.Those he drives To school, l am sure he will be successful. ROBERT DESMARAIS Bob Bob is a dark-haired boy who could baffle The English class wiTl1 his big words. He enTered our class in The iunior year, and he was immediaTely elecfed Treasurer of The class. ln The middle of The junior year he Took a cruise To Cuba: Therefore, he was unable To Take Too acfive a parT in The oTher class funcfions. In The senior year Bob was again elecTed class Treasurer, and he did an ex- cellenT iob of handling The many expenses of The WashingTon Trip and all The oTher expenses of The senior year. Through The navy he receivecjzl an appoinTmenT To Annapolis Naval Academy. IT will be a T ' won er ul career, Bob, and we wish you all The success in The world. I3

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REGINALD HIGGINS lURegll Reg has blond curly hair and blue eyes. He is quiel and am- bifious. He has been in lhe Graf+on Afhle+ic Associa+ion for +hree years and has always worked for lhe good of The class. Reg is 'rhe only boy in 'rhe Senior class who has 'raken +yping for two years, and can he really make fhose keys fly! We all wish you. Reg, 'rhe besf of luck in fhe fulure. DONALD HOFSTRA Don Don is one of our many a+hle+ic minded boys. His heighf con- fribufed more lhan his share fo our successful baskelball feam. He was a loyal player his four years in high school. ln his Junior and Senior years he wen? all our for ioorball, and, as a Senior, was appoinfed co-cap+ain. His abilify in decorafing greafly ben- eFi+ed The class a+ all dances we sponsored. Of course he was a member of lhe school's Alhlelic Associalion. In his Senior year, Don esfablished himself as a +alen+ed singer. He appeared in The Gay Nine+ies Revue, after which he was called upon many +imes for enierlainmenl. Alfhough he is undecided aboul' his fufure af The present we are sure if will be a successful one. HELEN JOHNSON Helen Shy and pelife, Helen has been an acfive class member for four years. For lhree years she sang wilh The Glee Club. She was a member of 'rhe Dramafic Club, and Presidenl of fhe French Club. She was lhe freasurer of 'rhe Freshman class. She played 'rhe blush- ing bride in lhe Pa'rchwork Quill and 'rhe 'sophisficafed' 'reen- ager in Summer Scene. She was a member of fhe G-.A.A. and served on several commiflees. Helen's favorile subjecf was French, buf she was an assef fo any class. Helen is going 'ro Norwalk, Connecficul lo 'rrain for a career in nursing. She will ceriainly make a prelry picrure in her crisp whi+e dress and cap. MARY LOU KELLY Kelly Mary has earned afhlefic lellers for four years. She was on rhe baskelball 'ream as a freshman, and lhe manager for fhe nexf lhree years. She played soffball as a Sophomore, Junior, and Senior and she also sang in rhe G-lee Club for four years. As a Freshman, Mary was a member of rhe Dramafic Club, and as a Senior, she +ook parl' in +he Debaling Club. Of course. being an a'rhlel'e, she was a four year member of lhe Grafion Alhlefic As- socialion. She held an aflernoon iob wi'rh Rooney of Norfh Graf- fon. Her favorile subieck was Civics, buf she plans 'ro enler fhe nursing profession. Perhaps This will be al' Memorial Hospilal in Worcesler. Mary, we all hope for your conlinued success in fhe fulurel