Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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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.

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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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8 THE ECHO CAST FOR “THE ARRIVAL OF KITTY” Top Row: Myron Holbrook, Wallace Hancock, Jr., Robert Batchelder, Henry Kemp, Allan MacKinlay. Front Row: Ardelle Wilde, Edith Shipley, Penelope Hutchinson, Catherine Gilley. SENIOR ACTIVITIES SENIOR CLASS NOTES The Seniors this year have gone in for nearly everything that the school has of- fered in the way of activities. Wallace Hancock, J. A. MacKinlay, Stanley White, Wallace Dana, Robert Batchelder, William Stodder, William Sullivan, and Myron Holbrook have been the supporters of the boys’ basketball team. The girls’ basket- ball team had for its Senior members Penelope Hutchinson, Edith Shipley, Doro- thy Brown, and Edith Johnson. The base- ball team which commands so much of our attention at this time of year includes in its members Wallace Dana, Robert Batch- elder, William Sullivan, Clifton Baker, Wil- liam Stodder, and Myron Holbrook. The High School Orchestra has been quite an asset at our school entertainments. A greater part of the Orchestra is made up of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, leaving only two seniors in its membership, Myron Holbrook, banjoist and Ruth Dyer, pianist. Ruth E. Dyer, ’30. “Senior Play” The Senior Class play this year was TRES BIEN! Discussion of the play hasn’t stopped yet. People are still saying, “Didn’t Wallace Hancock play the part of ‘Kitty’ well!” And they are perfectly jus- tified in saying so, for we don’t believe that any high school boy could have done better in playing the part of a girl. Pene- lope Hutchinson as Jane was our idea of what a perfect heroine should be. Her voice was clear, and her acting very nat- ural. Poor Aunt Jane! She certainly was an obstacle in the path of matrimony, but we can’t blame that to Catherine Gilley. It was her part, and she had to play it — and she did it well. Allan MacKinlay as Sam surely did look a misfit in that half grown suit of Bobby Batchelder’s (Ting), and Robert wasn’t a very serious matter with that sofa pillow puffing out front. And Ardelle Wilde as Kitty! We must admit that if she showed such flaring up quali- ties in school as she did on the stage —