Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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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 . . . , - . --

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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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Class Wall HEAR YE HEAR YE. I have been called upon to read to you the last w1ll and testament of the class of 1953 wh1ch 1 drew as dxrected by her xmrnechately pr1or to her passmg from our presence It was her 1ntent1on to pre sent you personally w1th these tokens but as her last days were so occup1ed w1th engagements w1th the varlous members of the faculty she was too weary for add1t1onal effort I shall apprec1ate your courteous attent1on wh1le I read thls duly attested w1ll We the class of 1953 1n the town of Stow county of Mlddlesex state of Massachusetts bemg IH as good mental cond1t1on as usual do hereby make th1s our last w1ll and testament rendermg xoxd any former wxll that may have been prev1ously made by us durmg a perlod of temporarw confus1on In thxs manner we do dxspose of our possesslons Item I 'lo Mr Hartley we w1ll and bequeath a sound proof lab so the whole school won t hear the explos1ons caused by the chem1stry class Item 2. To Mrs Potter we wxll and bequeath a Senmor Class that w11l be as co operat1ve 1n the Sen1or Play as we were Item 3 To Mrs Platt we w1ll and bequeath all the amazmg knowledge and startl1ng mforma t1on that we have furn1shed her from t1me to t1me on our var1ous examznauon papers If she sees fmt she 15 hereby author 1zed to g1ve out such of th1s 1nformat1on to the world as she may feel the world 15 ready to rece we Item 4 To Mrs Fletcher we w1ll and bequeath a typmg project completely free from errors Item 5 To Mr Pr1est the Jan1tor we w1l1 and bequeath all scraps of paper and wads of gum found around the school so he won t have to worry about not havmg somethmg to do Item 6 To next year s Senior Class we w1ll and bequeath any old Reader s D1gests and Coronets that can be found they vnll have a good supply of oral themes for next year Item 7 To next year s Jun1or Class we w1ll and bequeath our d1gn1ty and var1ous sk1lls they can eas1ly cornplete the 11' dutles as .Tumors Item 8 To next year s Cophomore Class we w1l1 and bequeath any stubs of penc1ls erasers and old notebooks that we may have unmtentxonally left behmd us 1n the excltement and haste of gatherlno up our cher1shed treasures for the last txme Item 9 'Io the young lncommg Freshman Class we wlll and bequeath our book ent1tled How to Tell the Teachers a book comp1led by us after four years of arduous study Not1ce th1s book IS not what to tell the teachers but how It tells who your favor1te authors must be to stand well w1th the Englxsh teachers and what quest1ons to ask to make the SCICHCB 'l9BCh6l' forget the lesson and be mterestmg Th1s mformatxon IS 1nvaluable to any w1sh1ng to make lugh grades 1n the subjects ment1oned Item 10 V1v1an Brown w1lls and bequeaths her horse to Dav1d Goss 1n case that old car falls apart O I I I . I . , . . . . . and pe-rfectly spaced on which she may duly place an A , to show that nothing is impossible. -J . , , . . , . , V . . 1 ' ' 0 ' 1 ' ' ,so ' . --H--J , . . . . . . , so , V. . , . . V E. . ,, - 11 ' , ' ' , .