Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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Class Wzll HEAR YE' HEAR YE' Lad1es Gentlemen Teachers and Fr1ends We the graduatmg class of Hale H1gh School 1n the Town of Stow County of Mlddlesex State of Confus1on on th1s twenty second day of june m the year of our Lord one thousand mne hundred and fmfty do gather before you to read th1s our Last W1ll and Testament Now about to obta1n our pardons after a four year struggle wlth the faculty and v1ce versa we should lmke to make prov1s1on for the remammg mmates m order that both they and the faculty may survwe unt1l the1r releases may be obtamed SECTION I ARTICLE I The Semor Class wrlls and bequeaths to Mrs Ferguson the hope that she will f1nd at least one class clever enough to grasp her Jokes the frrst txme she tells them ARTICLE II The Semor Class w1lls and bequeaths to Mrs Fletcher a set of blmders to keep the typ1sts from watchmg the keyboard ARTICLE III The Semor Class w1lls and bequeaths to Mrs Platt the hope of some shlny ban1sters mn the new bulldlng so that she may sl1de along her way more qumckly as she heads for Leomlnster on Frlday afternoons ARTICLE IV The Semor Class w1lls and bequeaths to Mr Hartley a book of h1s memoirs so that he w11l know wh1ch stor1es he has already kmlled SECTION II ARTICLE I john Makey w1lls and bequeaths to joey Erkkinen a car that w1ll consume water so that he wxll be able to evade the many gasohne taxes ARTICLE II Betsy Derby wmlls and bequeaths her he1ght to Eleanor Cameron so that some day soon she will be able to knock her opponents around ARTICLE III Dorsey Leard w11ls and bequeaths hrs smgmg voxce and t1tle Crooner ' to Bonbon Nelson Keep the Mule Tram movmg Roger ARTICLE IV Francms Warren wills and bequeaths the right to shave wxth a razor instead of scxssors to the jumor boys ARTICLE V Ruth Stiles wills and bequeaths her qulet easy going dmsposxton to Ellen Sleeper Easy does xt Ellen ARTICLE VI joan 'Xnnett wxlls and bequeaths her Job as baby s1tter to jean Curtis We know she IS paid for watching the small fry but what is thxs we hear about the small fry takmg thexr turn watching ARTICLE VII Billy I-hbbard wills and bequeaths hms Job as assmstant baby litter to Alex Gray 16 I 9 U ' n 1 , l n - , 7 I . ' 1 l . . . - v . ' - . - . . . . - . . . - of ll Q li fl ll - li u . , . . - . . . - . . . . , . - , . - . O I . . I - , , . . - .

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he had to go to the funeral The next day he was expelled from hls beloved orgamzatlon because he had prayed He d1d not return home but ran away and was found the next day In a completely upset conditxon He walled What shall I do? I have no Granny I have no club I have no God Such has been the condx tion of other mnocent Russ1an ch1ld1-en llke Steve who by the Soviet leaders are bemng turned into athemsts Commumsm destroys not only relmgxous freedom but the right to vote as well What the dommeerxng leaders say IS law You are given a ballot on whlch you must mark your vote If you don t want to vote for joe STAl1n you can always vote for joseph StaLIN and so It goes wrth all pol1t1cal freedom completely abollshed The mfrmgement on the rlght of free speech by the Russlan govern ment IS shown 1n the Eugene Varga ep1sode He had wrmtten a book wh1ch was m xtelf qulte hostlle to our country but at the same t1me he had d1sagreed wmth the Russlan 0fflC1d1S op1n1on that there would be a depressmon m the Umted States Because he had not thought as the leaders thought and had sa1d so publmcly he was fxred from hxs work and forced to wlthdraw h1s opmlon Do these examples show that communism IS Ideal? Certamly not they prove the exact opposmte Th1s generatwn must for 1ts own preservatlon cope w1th th1s 1mpend1ng menace of communism and 1ts abohtmon of r1ght and freedom The b1g quest1on IS ' What can we graduates do about such a problem? Fmrst we must root out such cornrnumst led schools as Alan Max s Second we must help the voter to see through the false appeal of so called progresslve part1es Whxch galn the support of the commumsts because they adhere to communxstlc pr1nc1ples Th1rd we must understand the dece1t the false lure of a seemmgly 1deal1st1c doctrme le mu t not be fooled as have so many Commumsm IS evll It dlsregards the mdwmdual and llves on the drctates of a few leaders 1nterested only 1n power and the1r own well being Under Its pr1nc1ples all freedom IS abolmshed and democracy w1ped out We must never allow thms sort of government to 1nf11trate the hearts of freedom lovlng Amerlcans We the graduates must reahze this and take every action we can agatnst commumsm a menace to mankmd Frank Vodoklys Ojfzcers of The Class of 1950 Presrdent Rober N Derby Vmce Presldent Frank M Vodoklys Secretary Ruth Stmles Treasurer W1ll1amM Hxbbard Student Council Representatlve Ehzabeth Derby Advxsor Mrs Helen Ferguson CLASS MOTTO S8126 The Opportunlty CLASS FLOWER Whlte Rose CLASS COLORS Blue And Whlte CLASS MARSHAL R1chard Salmon 15 - 1 ' 1 1 . . . . u ' I 11 - . . , ' 1 1 - I I I . Y . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 . , - I I . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 , - . . , , 1 1 1 1 1 - 11 . , - , . 1 .. 9 I 1 f n . . . . . . Y, . - ' S 1 v - 1 - . I 1 ' I 1 1 , 1 -- . a I -- . - -- . ar . -- . -- .

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ARTICLE VIII Roger Derby wills and bequeaths to Franny Macomber the pr1v1lege of taxymg the Ad Staff to Maynard or Hudson next year Keep that O0htlaC ln cond1t1on Franny ARTICLE IX Elame Drechsler wxlls and bequeaths her swmg to the school playground ARTICLE X Danny Enneguess wxlls and bequeaths to Ronny Smlth h1s rlght to keep all students entertamed ln any classes that rmght be bormg ARTICLE XI Vmrglma D1P1etro wills and bequeaths to Connle Colby and Isabelle Townsend the rrght to g1ggle and get away wxth lt, 1n any classes when they are together ARTICLE XII Donald Colleton w1lls and bequeaths h1s mechamcal ablllty to Beverly joklnen so that she wlll be able to mvent a devlce to stop time long enough for her to sneak mto her seat BEFORE the late bell ARTICLE XIII Frank Vodoklys walls and bequeaths his photogemc sm1le D1ck Salmon to be kept on ice unt1l next year s Semor plctures are taken ARTICLE XIV Allce Dexter W1lls and bequeaths her qu1et vo1ce to Francis M1lak so that h1s wh1spers 1n Room I w1ll not drsturb all the other classes mn the school ARTICLE XV joanne Hartley w1lls and bequeaths w1th pleasure th1s confounded task of wr1t1ng the Last W1ll and Testament to some other poor dodo in the present junior class SECTION III to watch Mrs Drescher the leader and the audlence at the same tmme We may have lost a measure or sklpped a note in the muslc occasmonally but we assure you we have never m1ssed anythmg or anyone 1n the aud1ence ARTICLE II The Semor Class wills and bequeaths to the future Semor Class as a help in thexr play thexr varmed and surprmslng talent a talent for mterpretlng a character w1th so much ormgmahty that even 1ts own author would not recogmze mt ARTICLE III The Semor Class w1lls and bequeaths to the future jumor Class all thelr vlm and vigor in order that wmth thls combined w1th their present state of lazmess they mxght ln years to come show some results of normal actlvxty ARTICLE IV It wall be not1ced that although we have left bequests to the future Semor Class and to those who wmll soon be jumors however we have made no mention of the present Freshman Class who will soon be Sophornores We have left them nothxng because by that tune thexr self valuation will have atta1ned such hexghts that nothing ln our possesswn would be regarded by them as worthy of then' dlstlnctxon Finally we do hereby name and appoult as sole executrix of thms our last will and testament our advxsor Mrs Ferguson S1gned sealed and delcared by the said Senior Class of Hale High School as our last wzll and testament Joanne Hartley 17 1 1 1 1 s Q - . . . .H to ARTICLE 1 - The Senior Class wills and bequeaths to the Glee Club the ability