Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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6 THE ECHO Edith Johnson (Johnny) Pleasant St. Hobby: Giving someone a line “Merry and wise, and always ready to smile.” Activities: Basketball 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3. Edith’s quite an athlete and an awful tease. Has she ever told how well she can crawl in the window during the wee, small hours? She plans to be a physical educa- tion instructor. Hope you succeed, Edith! Gordon Kelly (Spider) Sprague Ave. Hobby: Writing Wild West stories “And young Lochinvar rode out of the West.” Spider is the bane of Miss Megley’s existence with his continuous writing of wild and wooly Western stories. We think some of them are pretty good, and — with his sarcasm — Spider should crash the gates to some magazine. Henry Kemp (Kempie) Vining Ave. Hobby: Blushing “Better a blush on the cheek than a blot on the he art.” Activities: Senior Drama; Hockey 4; Basketball 4. This blushing lad is an Adonis says Miss Megley, and she should know. Henry isn’t really bashful. At least he didn’t get stage struck in the Senior Play, and he can make love quite convincingly. Our class didn’t know Henry well until our Junior year when he became a member. Dorothea Loeffler (Thea) North Franklin St. Hobby: Dancing “A daughter of the gods.” Activities: Class Secretary 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Drama 4; Secretary Comm. Club 4. Dorothea is the Senior Fashion Plate; how some of the girls do gaze with envy at her varied wardrobe. And what a light fantastic toe she can trip! We have “her’n tell” that Dorothea is quite partial to the Fair Grounds end of West Elm Street — oh!! oh! Yet with all her “dates” Dorothea is a good typist and “shorthandist”. Anna McCarthy (Mac) South Franklin St. Hobby: Fellows “Straight as an arrow is she, straight and true.” Activities: Basketball 3, 4; Echo 3, 4; Track 2, 3. Anna’s graduation will leave a never-to- be-filled hole in the basketball team. What a marvelous shot she is — baskets from al- most anywhere. Anna is always looking for a good time — and she usually finds it. Best wishes, Anna! We’ll miss you. Irene McCarthy (Mac) Pleasant St. Hobby: Pounding Pavements “She that winketh the eye causeth sorrow.” 5 ' 2 , eyes of . What color are your eyes anyhow, Irene? Some shade of pur- ply gray. Some eyes, anyway, we all ad- mit. We could place a safe bet on the fact that those eyes are not just going to waste. Irene can hum beautifully, too. You should hear her and Dot Brown when the two of them get to going (with Henry Drummond occasionally chiming in) in Bookkeeping. Now we know why Miss Damon has a worried look at times. Roger Poole (Poolie) Plymouth St. Hobby: Abington girls “And a-courting he would go.” Roger is a would-be sheik — oh “those tie, that sox, and them perfume”! Each evening Roger goes abroad to Abington — what for, Roger ? And did you see the snappy bright red felt hat Roger has? It is quite stunning, to say the least. Ora Randall (0, Ray) South Franklin St. Hobby: Drums “Music is an art.” Ora is quite an artist on the traps, so we don’t see much of her outside of school. In the languages she is quite good and cor- responds with three or four French fellows. Ora plans to be a nurse. Looks as if the M. G. H. will gain three or four Sumner- ites this year. Evelyn Salter (Peanut) The Square Hobby: “Johnny’s” “An hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two after.” Evelyn is a great frequenter of Miss Gegan’s studio, also, and what wild times we hear about. And all those Johnny’s that she and others converse about so fluently. Apropos of nothing, we hear her favorite song is “Sweet Adeline”. There, Evelyn, how’s that? William Stodder (Red) Plymouth St. Hobby: Irritating Miss Collins “He’s so tactful, aren’t we all?” Activities: Basketball 4; Baseball 4; Athletic Drama 4. Bill (he is called Red only on the base- ball diamond and basketball court — why, we never could fathom) always seems to say the wrong thing at the wrong time in our renowned shorthand class. If there is a moment of silence, Bill feels it is his duty to fill it in — and he does it. We’re sure Miss Collins will miss his enlighten- ing remarks next year. He can do some nifty catching of flies in the outfield. Can’t you, Bill?

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THE ECHO 5 Ruth Dyer (Rootie) Cedar Hills Road Hobby. ED! “He loves me, he loves me — nit!” (The Arrival of Kitty) Activities: Echo 3, 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Athletic Drama 3. Ruth is not athletically inclined, but when she gets into the rumble seat of that Essex — oh, oh! We always heard that op- posites attract, but it seems that these blondes are the exception that prove the rule. Rootie is, on the side, a bit of a mu- sician, eh? Thorndike Flye (Flukie) Snell St. Hobby: Horsetrading “Reckless youth makes rueful age.” Activities: Treasurer of League 4; Echo 3, 4; Baseball Manager 4. “Brother” is quite a boy. He loves horses and riding in or on anything. Have you heard of his trip to Pawtucket with Hazel, and about the signpost? Fluke is indus- trious — always trying to turn an honest penny some way. He’s quite popular with the girls, too. Perhaps it’s the horns or the lights on his Essex — only thirteen lights and four different horns. Catherine Gilley (Cath) Plymouth Street Hobby: Moving Pictures “Proud and tall is she, like a cedar.” Activities: Senior Drama 4. Oh, Catherina — don’t be leaner! As Aunt Jane you were a peach. Have you yet learned to faint properly? And has Chick learned how to catch fainting ladies in the approved drawing-room fashion? We won- der. Wallace Hancock (Wally) 281 South Franklin St. Hobby: Apparatus work “Bid me discourse, and I will enchant thine ear.” Activities: Echo 2, 3, 4; President of League 4; Basketball 3, 4; Basketball Cap- tain 4; Athletic Drama 3; Senior Play 4; President of Class 4; Editor of Echo 4. Wally is quite a boy, as his activities show. His ambition is to be a Coast Guard Officer. If he continues as he has done, he probably will succeed. You should see what a lovely girl he makes — especially as “Kitty”, the second, in “The Arrival of Kitty.” Muriel Harris (Sue) Plymouth St. Hobby: Has she one? “A girl there was with quiet ways.” Muriel is Lucy’s sister, but she really isn’t very much like her. Muriel has been with us all four years in high school, a quiet girl who bothers no one. We hear that she would like to be a nurse — wishes, best! Lucy Harris (Lucy) Plymouth St. Hobby: Giggling “A bright and buxom maiden was she.” Lucy is always laughing about some- thing — and usually at the wrong time — ex- cept when that dead bee stung her. How well we remember that incident. Yes, sir! A DEAD bee stung Lucy, and it stung her good and properly, too. However, don’t let that discourage you, Lucy. Persevere in whatever you do. Katherine Hickey (Kay) South Franklin St. Hobby: Being with Irene “Quietness is a virtue.” You very rarely see Katherine without Irene or Rita. Katherine is a very quiet girl in school, but we have heard her talk occasionally outside. Perhaps she is pat- terning herself after Cal Coolidge — who knows ? Myron Holbrook (Chick) North Franklin St. Hobby: Music “Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.” Activities: Echo 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Class Treasurer 2, 4; Base- ball 4; Basketball 4. Chick is one of these quiet, unassuming lads who never pushes himself forward, but who always comes out near the top. We hear Chick is learning to be an expert organist — he can play the banjo and piano very well now — success to you, Chick! Penelope Hutchinson (Penny) 26 Maplewood Ave. Hobby: Essexes “One who voices her thoughts.” Activities: Basketball 3, 4; Echo 3, 4; Athletic Drama 3; Senior Play; Track 1, 2; Vice-President of Class 2; Lunch-room 3, 4. The girl with snap and style to her. She has a way of squelching would-be wise- crackers that is a constant source of envy and admiration to the rest of us. She was Jane, the heroine, in the Senior Play, and how she did (or does) love her hero! J. Allan MacKinlay (Mac) North Franklin St. Hobby: Cedar Hills “A pleasing figure is a thing of joy.” Activities: Echo 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Athletic Drama 4. Oh, that girlish figure! But they tell us, as we go to print, that he is on an eighteen day diet. Shouldn’t need to, with the exer- cise he gets in going to the popular Cedar Hills section. Allan came to us in our Sophomore year. Wish you and your wise- cracks had been here always, Allan, al- though we do not always care for your taste in ties.

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THE ECHO 7 CLASS OFFICERS Top Row: Myron Holbrook, Treasurer; Stanley White, V. President, Front Row: Wallace Hancock, Jr., President; Dorothea Loeffler, Secretary. Ardelle Wilde (Jeff) North Franklin St. Hobby: Acting “Mistress Courtney, quite contrary.” Activities: Athletic Drama 4; Senior Play 4. The above “quotation” does not seem to rhyme, somehow, but it fits. Also, we never called Ardelle Jeff in our life, but we asked her what her nickname was, and Ardelle says “Jeff”, so Jeff it shall be. She is some actress — she had highly dramatic parts in both plays this year. And she was some Kitty! Well we remember the smack she gave Kempie that nearly knocked him over. We would bet that Kempie remem- bers it very well, too. Jeff (there!) is go- ing to Art School. Many happy returns, and all that. Carlton Wilbur (Carlie) Plymouth St. Hobby: Automobiles “Slow but sure.” Carlton is quiet, never attracts much at- tention, and on the whole is rather harm- less. He does not mix much with the other shieks, but goes his own way. We never learned to know you very well, but — good wishes, anyway.