Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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CLASS WILL Ladles and Gentlemen, Teachers and Fr1ends We are gathered here on a solemn occasxon and have looked forward to thls moment wlth much happmess Now that xt has arrxved, we w1sh to leave our remalmng possesswns to a chosen few We the graduatlng class of 1949 of Hale I-hgh School Stow, Massachusetts havmg been found sound of mmnd declare th1s our last w1ll and testament and so hereby revoke any and all past promzses Our possessxons whxch we do leave are as follows Item 1 To Mr Hartley our prmcmpal we glve and bequeath a feehng of pr1de 1n any great deeds or noteworthy aclnevements that our future may contam realxzxng that such glorles 1f any owe much to h1s example and counsel Item 2 To Mrs Platt our Englxsh teacher we w1sh to extend our thanks for the tlme she has g1ven us and patlence she has shown us both 1n preparlng for graduatxon and all year 1n Engllsh Class Item 3 To Mrs Ferguson we wlsh to extend our smcere gratltude for helpmg us wlth the class play whxch was a great success Item 4, We leave with Mrs. Fletcher the hope for a larger commercial room where she may 6. . , . . . 7. . . . . . 8. ' ' ' . 9, . . , . . . . . . contmue to train students to become efflclent stenographers Item 5 V1rg1n1a Batsford s abllxty to keep qulet IS left to Dorsey Leard Item Ralph Smxth s love for glrls goes to Francxs Warren Item Marjorle Gray bequeaths her walst measurement to Ruth Stxles Item Douglas Mann s knowledge of slgn language IS left to Betsy Derby Item Hezdl Peck s ablhty to keep out of trouble 1S gxven to Ronny Smlth Item 10 Eleanor McColl s curly han' IS left to Joan Annett Item 11 Harvey Trefry s ab1l1ty to be frxends wlth all Semor gxrls as grven to Dxcky Trumpolt Item 12 Shxrley .Tensen bequeaths her romantlc dreams to Paulme Rasmusson Item 13 Peggy Lewls leaves her glggle to Isabelle Townsend Item 14 Bruce Maclver bequeaths hxs abzlxty to talk back 1n self defense to John Mackey Z3

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C LASS GIF TS Four of the pleasantest years of our llves have now come to a close Tonight we are leavmg the guldance of our teachers and are steppmg out 1nto bigger and broader flelds I now have the prwxlege of presentmg each of you wlth a small gmft whlch wlll remxnd you of former happy days, and which I hope w11I be of some a1d to you ln the future Harvey Trefry Eleanor McColl Arlene Larsen Bruce Maclver He1d1 Peck Shlrley Jensen uglas Ma V1rg1n1a Batsford Marjorle Gray Ralph Smlth Margarm t Lewxs It seems that one of the masculme members of our class has been makxng several trlps lately to the candy counter 1n Woolworth s Harvey, I am presentmg you wxth thxs bag of candy so that you may stay at home for one or two mghts durmg the week As your greatest fear IS bugs, here IS a can of Flxt, Eleanor, that you may use for protectwn when there are no sen1or boys around to come to your a1d We all know that Arlene is already dreamlng of the days when she w1ll have a home of her own Because Hale Hxgh offers no domestxc scnence course I thmk that thls cook book mxght come 1n handy For the past four years Bruce has had great dlffxculty m fxndlng oral topmcs for Enghsh classes You may fmd that llke Mrs Platt, college professors may call on you to glve topxcs Bruce For thxs reason, lam presentmg you wlth th1s Reader s Dzgest, with the hopes It w1l1 asslst you m future days It IS ru.mored that He1d1 sends a good many letters to Darthmouth College We reahze that It must cost a great deal to mall all those letters so Heldx, here IS a book of stamps that w1ll help you when you have to pinch pennles Sh1rley s future can be found 1n a certam mechamc As mechan1cs clothes get d1rty Sh1r1ey here IS a box of Duz that w1ll help you wash those overalls Smce you w1ll no longer be able to ring the class bell at school Dougxe, here IS a bell that you may rmg whenever you have some spare moments Here IS a rake and hoe so when you go to v1s1t the greenhouse on Lxncoln Street you may be of asszstance to the owner Smce we have notlced your fondness for Ehjah Hale, our mascot, and know that thus summer he may be lonesome wxthout you, here IS a can of flsh so that he wxll not be hungry unt1l next September when some kxnd future Semor may take over your task Because you always wxpe the dishes at the Whztney Homestead I gwe you thzs apron and th1s dxsh towel, and hope that you w1ll put them to good use Peggy because you have had such dxfflculty m fmdxng g1fts for the rest of the class we dec1ded to gxve you thxs Sears Roebuck cata logue If you ever agam have occaslon to buy gxfts we hope that you wxll refer to this catalogue Margaret Lewis 2.2 O l -l- . . . - . . . ' ' ll ' YO I . , . . . . . . . D . . . . . . , 0 . . . , . . . 2 . . . . ll ' ' Ii . . . , . . . . , . . , . 1 . . Do nn ' ' ' , . F I V ? . ' . . . . . . D - 0 I . . .

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Virginia Batsford . . Future Florist In m 15 We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our good luck It made us what we are today and it should satisfy them In addition to this we leave all our privileges and rights as Seniors in a classroom as well as any notebooks, pencils, fountain pens unfinished lol lypops or unfinished business including debts contracted while engaged in the business of being a Senior We also bequeath to the Junior Class our well known nerve, which they will need next year and all the examination questions we have been given during the past year We believe that an examination, like history often repeats itself The answers, never owned Item 16 To our good friends, the Sophomore Class, we leave our patience It will be found useful as the only means by which they can endure the Juniors Item I7 To the young and unsophisticated Freshmen we leave a map of the school building, so that they will not get lost and roam about in everybody s way, looking for their class rooms Item I8 To the faculty we hereby give, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowledge From them it came and to them it should be returned, that others may be benefited by it as we have been Item I9 To the Class of 1950 we leave our beloved mascot, Elijah and hope that you will feed him as faithfully and treat him as lovingly as we have We do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executor of this, our last will and testament In witness whereof, we, the Class of I949 have to this our will, written on one sheet of parchment set our hand and seal this sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty nine Arlene Larsen SENIOR DEGREES I now take great pleasure in presenting the Senior Degrees to my fellow classmates Marjorie Gray Shirley Jensen Arlene Larsen Margaret Lewis Bruce Maclver Douglas Mann Eleanor McColl Willena Peck Ralph Smith Harvey Trefry S.G.C. S.R.R. M.M. B.N.U. A.S.B. H.M.M. S.B.S. W.0.T.G. A.O.T.K. S.B.T. Stow's Gift to Canada Stow's Rambling Rose Motorcycle Madness Blushes Not Unseen Artistic Senior Bachelor History's Man of the Minute Senior Boys' Sweetheart Wearing Of The Green Angel Of The Keyboard Stow's Birdie Tebetts Shirley Jensen in entirely, have long since been mislaid by us, and are not included in this will. O ll ,ll ' F F 24