Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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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

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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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Class Prophecy I hate never believed tn fortunetelhng and yet I am as curtous as the next person So on june 13 1951 I found myself seated ln front of a small round crystal ball I was so exclted that I took ltttle nottce of the furtuneteller who was seated dmrectly oppos1te me on the other s1de of the small ball The ltghts were turned down and my compamon began talkmng to herself fter she had commumcated wxth the so called sp1r1ts a plcture appeared w1th1n the ball It was a school gymnaslum and speakmg to an assembly was none other than myself 'viy compamon announced that I was speaklng on the subject Never Talk Out Durlng 'I 'lass Thxs was xery comlcal for how could I conx mce anyone not to do somethlng that I myself had spectahzed In dolng I was also supposed to be able to gue the longest talks of anyone 1n my held Thls I could bel1eve because I had always l1ked to express myself vocally ln school Anyone could have told you that I asked the fortuneteller mf tt would be posslble to look 1nto the futures of my classmates wxth whom I had graduated a year ago She explamed mt would be extremely d1ff1cu1t but for a sllght extra charge she would be glad to try I showed her the class composlte that I Just happened to have with me and agam the hghts were dtmmed The fxrst plcture was that of a dancing couple They were very graceful and as they danced around I noticed the man was Frank Vodoklys Frank an accompltshed dancer? ll 111 wonders ever cease' I-hs partner could be only one person for no one else could be so llght on her feet as Altce Dexter Str1ctly buslness ltke they made a wonderful couple The next plcture was that of Dantel Enneguess whose art lessons had led to hxs br1ll1ant career of drawmg cartoons for Polly P1gta1ls a magazlne for little glrls The edltor of thls magazme was our own mntelllgent classmate Ruth St1les Ruth had always been very fond of little glrls and her two youngest daughters made wonderful models for Danny The boy who had always loved to talk about forexgn affa1rs and l1sten to news broadcasts was now the World s Number One Commentator of Forelgn Affa1rs In fact the Presldent of the Umted States dared not say a word wlthout Roger Derby s mpproval Roger at long last was frxends w1th a Pres1dent All hms hfe he had worked to help elect a Repubhcan and at last he had succeeded Roger had obtained a prtvate secretar1al Job for Dorrance Leard Dorsey was now the Pres1dent s secretary and could take dtctatlon at 180 words a mlnute Furthermore he had recewed a reward for belng able to erase faster than anyone else whale transcrlblng Dorsey s ltfe wouldn t be complete unless he was singing all the txme so he had become known ln the Whlte House as The man wlth a song from Matthew Boon s Wond Vruncns Warren had been elected Dlrector of a new Agrmcultural Program at shmpton and Treasurer of a realty Corporation tn Boston He spent his time comm xtlng nn a hugh powered jet car from Boston to V ashlngton Hts assxstants whr n xmbered about smty were respons1ble for the routine labor Sktp had always been an efhcxent boy but never nn a hurry Now he left the effxcxency to his assxstxnls and wen! srwedxnp aromd In a jc! car 18 , . . . . . , I ' D I ' I . . A . . - 1 - , , t - . ll I II - . , , ,, , ' v. . . . . . , . - . . l l ' l . . . , I 0 9 . . , 0 - ' . I . . u 1 ll Q n If 1 1 I m... . , . I . n . . . . . I I I ' l 1 , - l , . . Q l . Q r . Y . . . O . U n - . . u 1 ll - I I I Q 'I . f - . . , . . i , . .. ' , ' 1 . . , . . I, . . . l 0 C I r ' ' , - , . , . .' 1 I If .' ,, ' I , 1