Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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Prophecy No one can foretell the future There are some who w1l1 d1spute th1s cla 1m I offer to them as my sole and 1rrefutable argument, the morn1ng prognost1cat1ons of one Wetherbee commonly known as The B Z Weatherman To be sure some unscrupulous 1nd1v1duals hold themselves out as oracles cla1m1ng gypsy ancestry or some other baloney and they make money at lt Why they do has always been a mystery to me I guess there s a lot of suckers 1n the world However because xt 1S customary for the h1gh school yearbook to contam a class prophecy every year I m gomg to 1mag1ne not prophesy as to the 1mpend1ng l1ves of my classmates trymg to make lt pa1nless lf not enterta1n1ng If we could by some freak of nature or phys1cs or somethmg look 1nto the future we m1ght fmd ourselves 1n someone s l1v1ng room and chances are we should see a newspaper Sgt Freeman does lt aga1n The glar1ng headlmes are 1nescapable MfSgt Donald Freeman rece1ves hxs th1rd medal of honor for SETVICC above and beyond the call of duty Sgt Freeman has been offered the rank of Second I.,1eutenant many txmes but he says Off1 cers are a d1me a dozen I ll stay a sergeant where I can make the papers every month Don t m1ss the debate between Massachusetts congresswomen Mary Erkkmen and Myrtle Pugsley on VN KXL ton1.ght urges an ad Of course It means te1ev1s1on nobody llstens to a rad1o now The advert1sement goes on Ne1ther of these lfltrepld women leglslators has ever lost an argument w1th any man so don t m1ss the battle ton1ght V1v1an Brown 1S advert1s1ng her r1d1ng stable on the front page That s unnecessary Everyone who 15 anyone knows about xt In fact you just can t be mcluded 1n the local four hundred unless you ve fallen off a horse at VIVIBH s VIX 1an s frxend Helen D1P1etro 15 do1ng all rlght There was a newspaper announcement yesterday that one of the larger c1rcuses Iforget 1ts name 15 now featur1ng her 1n 1ts equestr1enne act State F1Sh and Game Comm1ss1oner Edward Jensen has ordered a closed season on foxes as the fox 15 about to become ext1nct m Massachusetts It 15 expected that numerous women s lubs and organ1zat1ons w1ll oppose thxs measure Poor Ed looks as 1f he ll have to wrthdraw h1s rulmg I remember that he never could stand up agamst g1rls back 1n hxgh school Sylvla Wanhatalo a fore1gn trade mterpreter for a small steamshlp l1ne has been offered a post 1n the legat1on to Fmland but she 1S expected to refuse rather than sell her stock 1n the company Here s an mterestmg art1cle Carol Wetherbee ded1cates new rest home for aged That may seem pretty tame on the surface but Carol has mfluenced the state to bulld so many of them that some taxpayers are mad and are st1rr1ng up a hot flght 1n the State Senate Here s a p1cture of Loretta Goucher modelmg a su1t for some expenswe store 1n Boston Loretta s slenderness and grace have made her the top fashzon model ln the country She may often be seen at Cathy s place a large roller skatmg rmk 1n wh1ch she owns a part 1nterest Cather1ne Vodoklys was the f1rst modern bus1nesswoman to realxze the POSS1b1l1t1ES of the expand1ng metropol1s of Stow For It was here that she bu1lt her combmed rollerskatmg r1nk and ICE cream parlor m wh1ch she and Loretta dxsh out 1ce cream occas1onally for recreat1on . . J an as - ' ' . . . , 1 9 . . , - 1 1 . 1 , . . . . . . 7 J ! I 1 I ' 1 1 1 - 1 . , . . ! 1 ' U . . H . . . 0, . . . . . . . . , . . . . .- 5 I I ' . 1 1 so l I u 9 - - V . ,, . . . . . , . 1 . l . N . . . , ' I . , . . ,, , . . . u ' 11 - - o - - . ll li I ' ' I .V. , . . . . . . 1 I 9 ' 1 1 . H . . . 1 . . . . , Q . . . . H . , . C . . . ,I . . . . . 1 1 A Y as . 1 ' ' ' as - no . 1 1 ., Y . , . , , . . . , . . ' l ' , , . , - I I ' s . , .

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The basketball team f1n1shed theu' f1.fth year w1th Mr Robert Mu1r as the boys coach and M1ss Frances Macomber coachmg the g1rls Many of the Semor boys and gmrls held prom ment pos1t1ons on the teams The most 1mportant project to us dur1ng our Senxor year was our yearbook Vle were kept out of m1sch1ef durmg January and February as the yearbook took most of our spare t1me It was certamly worthwh1le as lt helped to fmance our annual Sen1or Class trxp As I stated before lt was the most remarkable class that had ever passed beneath the portals of our grand old h1gh The fact of our hav1ng studxed there mn and graduated therefrom w1ll make our school famous for many years to come Loretta Goucher Thmgs You ll Never See Ann Herrlck w1thout a broken bone m the wmnter Mrs Potter w1thout her lxttle red book George w1thout h1s name on the P M 11st The boys basketball team w1thout a Wah heen ee cry Mr Mu1r w1thout a coke Myrtle prepared for an oral theme Anna May w1thout a ponytall Margaret Woodhead W1th0Ut a huge vocabulary Eddle Jensen w1thout a radlo book B111 E ceas1ng to talk about Hot Rods Archme Banks w1th wmdows 1n h1s car Don Freeman out Wlth a g1rl Carolyn and Clara not g1ggl1ng Mrs Flaherty g1v1ng an A 1n Art The Senmor boys out votmg the Senlor g1rls 1n class meet1ng The Senlors be mg qu1et after the second bell All the Senxors entermg class together before Mrs Platt closes the door Jane Colby not ready to eat The 5th per1od bemors not settmg bad examples Mr Bejune not s1tt1ng on the edge of the seat when gwmg a drwmg lesson Betty not Wllllng to go to a movle The g1rls not brmgmg the soclal problems to Mrs Fletcher Carol Vk mdulgmg m sports George w1th a car door that stays shut The hbrary students not bemg heard throughout the buxldmg DaV1d not supplyxng the Cernor g1rlS w1th gum The I-hgh School w1thout a row of cars out front Sylv1a not typmg somethmg for Mr Hartley Sue S not leavmg for Boston on Monday afternoon Loretta gettmg a low mark on a typmg tlmed wr1t1ng Myrt and Eleanor not attendmg the Hudson movxes Cathy ceasmg to sneeze durmg I-lxstory Helen w1thout a cheery sm1le Danny w1thout a m1sch1evous look m h1s eve Eleanor Warren ceasmg to repeat I don t know P0516 not offermg to brmg her car Mary not wr1t1ng a letter dur mg Hlstory Norman commg to school f1Ve days a week Audrey not w1ll1ng to go skatmg Mr Hartley w1thout an overloaded br1efca se Mrs Platt forgettmg to asslgn oral themes on Frxday If ' 7 1 pp 1. . . . . 1 2. . ' ' . 4. ' ' - - . 5. . ' ' . 6. . 7. . .b 8. ' . 9. . . . . 10. ' . ' - 11. . . . . . ,, 12. ' ' . 13. ' ' . 14. . ' ' ' . - 15. . - . . . . . D 16. ' ' ' . 17. ' ' . . 18. Mr. Hartley not looking for something. , 19. . 20. ' 4 ' ' . 21. . . . . . . . . I ZZ. . . . . 23. ' ' ' ' . . 24. f. ' ' ' . 25. ' . 26. ' ' ' ' . 27. ' ' - ' ' ' . 28. ' ' . 29. ' ' ' . . 30. . ' I . 31. . . . .. . 32. ' ' . 33. ' ' ' . 34. ' ' . 35. . . . . . l 36. 3 ' -- ' 37. ' ' ' . 38. ' ' ' ' . 39. ' ' . 40. ' ' ' . 41. - ' ' . 42. . ' ' ' .

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When they wouldn t let her go as fast as she wanted to at the Wal lex Rollerskatmg Rmk Audrey Law started skat1ng 1n the Roller Derby held every Tuesday mght at Cathy s Place Now there s an announcement 1n the paper that she has won the nat1onal champlonshxp by put t1ng slxteen r1val contestants 1I1 the hosp1tal Looks as 1f the government IS hav1ng a new a1rf1eld bu1lt There s a 11st of the contractors 1n the paper today Say One of those names remmds me of another of my old classmates Jane Colby 1S the personal secretary to the pres1dent of that company Someone told me last n1ght that she s the only reason why they re where they are today What s more I understand that she doesn t take d1ctat1on on the boss s lap that she spells words correctly and that she doesn t take half the day off go1ng out for coffee she has lt sent rn I wonder what s happen1ng 1n the world of sports Well here s an art1cle on modern bas ketball by sports commentator George Maclver George ret1red from coach1ng the Stow I-I1gh School basketball squad to a v1ctor1ous 3 game Wlnnlng streak 1n a Z5 game season Th1s 1S the most games they ve ever won Coach Maclver attr1butes th1s cond1t1on to the fact that the good c1t1zens of Stow have never gotten around to bu1ld1ng a basketball gymnasmm for the 1r 11lustr1ous heroes The spec1f1c player wh1ch sports wr1ter Maclver talks about 1S one Norman Stewart After lead1ng the Tufts College hoop team to an undefeated season Norman was snapped up by the Boston Celt1cs and now the d1m1nut1ve 6 9 star drops xn an average of frfty pomts a game I never read the SOC1elCy page but maybe someone I knew 1n h1gh school 15 gett1ng marr1ed Lovely Wash1ngton hostess Eleanor Cameron throws another party Who doe sn t know the engagmg Mxss Cameron'7 She 15 hostess for Pres1dent Dav1d Crowell who 1S stxll a bachelor Honest Dave he was called 1n h1s campa1gn I-hs Jov1al Splrlt has led our country through many a cr1s1s Yes xt s doubtful whether General Motors has ever had a better pres1 dent Ehzabeth I..1nden world famous fash1on expert has left for France The mscrutable MISS Lmden professes the greatest contempt for the absurd French fash1ons yet lt 15 sus pected that she 1ntends to steal the latest des1gns holdmg all the deta1ls 1n her head Why that p1cture looks l1ke yes lt 15 the world famous baller1na Susan Sewall The capt1on says Mlss Sewall appears for a two n1ght performance at the Boston Opera House Lonely? I can get a man for you reads Ann HerT1Ck s advert1sement It seems that Ann IS a marr1age broker But sorry about the damage she has done Ann 15 now g1v1ng courses to men wh1ch enable them to escape her w1ly clxents Eleanor Warren s and Eleanor Peck s dance orchestra 1sn t advertlsed I guess they re not play1ng anywhere ton1ght What a t1me they had back when they started xt and no one knew them They wanted a v1ol1n1st and a p1an1st who could measure up to the 1r standard and who would both be named Eleanor I thought that sounded pretty Sllly at the t1me but the novelty seems to have helped them up to the top As I revert to the present to conclude th1s prophecy you may wonder that I have left out the most 1mportant person 1n the class The answer IS how should I know what I m go1ng to do 'P Dan1el VK oodhead g . . ' 1 . . . , . , . . . . . . , , . . . . ' 1 1 v .. , , 1 - - 1 1 r - , . . , . - , ' ' 1 0 - - . , . . . . . Q ' - ' 1 . . . . , H . . . 1 1 - , . ll ' 00 1 I 7 5 ' 1 H H . . . . . . . . - . . . . , . . , ' . ,. . . . . 1 Q - , - . . . . . H , . 1 a n- 1 - - u ' ' so J ' - ll Q1 ' 4 ' . , . - 9 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' . o 1 Q , . . . . . . . I 1 . . 1 . . . , - . --