Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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10 THE ECHO Edward Colburn, Daniel Daly, George Mullin, Barbara Sears, and Priscilla Stanley. This proved to be a huge success, the class earning more than twice as much money as they had expected to. The class voted to have the gardenia for the class flower. Mr. Neal suggested the idea of wearing caps and gowns for our graduation exercises. There was a great deal of both ridicule and praise for them. Barbara Sears, Rhoda Freethy, Mary O’Connor, Bob Mitchell, George Mullins, and Hilton Murdock modeled the caps and gowns. The class decided that Hilton would be a good chef in the white cap and gown, but the majority of the class disapproved of them, so we will have to remain as other years were all in white. For nearly two months we sadly missed Richard Kunan who was confined to his home with illness, but when he returned, he made good and was soon on the Honor Roll. Nearly all in the class exchanged pictures which were taken by the Falks’ Studio of Boston. The last dance by this Senior Class was a Poverty Barn Dance which also proved to be very successful. Last but not least is the Seniors’ trip to Provincetown, this Class Day, the Reception, and the final event, our Graduation and the receiving of our diplomas, which will be the grand climax of four happy years of hard studying which has prepared us to go out into the world and obtain the different careers and professions that await us. CLASS STATISTICS OF THE CLASS OF 1937 Despite the fact that we have easy access of statistics there are many items of interest about this class that have never been brought to light. Therefore by a system of our own we have collected these items for future reference. For a class so illustrious as the class of 1937 cannot fail to be an example of intelli- gence, industry, and general good behavior to those following. Now believe me, I am not responsible for any thrilling facts that may be disclosed here. The class enrollment is 38. It is not necessary to name them, it is enough to say that not one is forgetting his name, not even his middle name. Now to speak a little of our ancestry. In order to understand much better the brilliance of this class let us mention some of our noted ancestors. We can trace our ancestry as far back as the Cave Man of the Neanderthal Cave Man Tribe. Other noted ancestors are Abe Lincoln, St. Patrick, Donald Duck, Napo- leon, Ivanhoe, Shakespeare, Noah, Horace Horsecollar, Mickey Mouse, and John Alden. The girls claim their beauty from Sally Rand, Cleopatra, and Gypsy Rose Lee. The boys of course claim their good looks from Clark Gable and Robert Taylor. So much for the ancestry. Now let’s see who some of our noted characters are: Louise Carter Leo McKinnon Gordon Williamson Seth Pudsey Rose Moran Richard Kunan Bill Sands Hilton Murdock Gypsy Rose Lee Mussolini Fred Astaire Steppin Fetchit Martha Raye Man Mountain Dean Professor Einstein Andy Devine

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THE ECHO 9 lost Eno Arsenault, Norma Brown, Laurence Davidson, Fred Higgins, James Hooke, Elizabeth Postle, Marion Ferbert, and the newcomers, Elinor Wilson, and Ethel Anderson left during the year. On the closing day of school we were very happy to have passed the halfway mark in high school. Chapter III Oh-Dear! Carrying our pencils and books again and minus a few more classmates. We held our first class meeting on October 11, 1935. Again we de- cided to select different officers. Billy Sands was elected president; Mary Smith, Vice President; George Mullins, Treasurer; and we allowed Rose Moran, Sec- retary, to retain her office again. Class rings were bought bv many pupils this year. They certainly were great. On May 8 came the Junior Prom, the crowning event in the Junior vear of this great class. It proved very successful both so- ciallv and financially and made more money than any other Prom in the past, thus making this class even more outstanding. Our new members this year were Rhoda Freethy and Audrey Clark, and the members who left before the year was out were Stanley Hel ms, Daniel Wallace, Johanna Johnson, Betty McMurray, George Cartullo, and William Acorn. The Commercial Club was an- other added attraction to the Commercial division, with Philip Apt as President, and Barbara Sears as Secretary. We had two outings: one to the Blue Hills in the fall, and the second one in Scituate in the spring. The members of our class were distributed among the orchestra, gym squad, Rifle Club, football, baseball, and the Echo staff. Soon the end was near to us. We knew that next year we would be the big students in high school. However, we started our air of superi- ority in the closing days of our never-to-be-forgotten Junior year. Chapter IV Back to school for our last year in high school. To think that we were Seniors! We all returned to school as dignified Seniors to be under the super- vision of Miss Meglev. On October 5, 1936, we had our first class meeting and what a coincidence. The class officers remained the same as the Junior vear. that is Billy Sands, President; Mary Smith, Vice President; Rose Moran, Secretary, retaining her office for the fourth consecutive year; and George Mullin, Treas- urer. We had two new members Ernest Groves from Framingham, and Dick Kelly, who left us in the Junior year and moved to Kentucky, but came back for the Senior year here at Sumner. I just don’t suppose he would feel quite right if he didn’t come back to Sumner to graduate with his classmates from grammar school. “Deeds not Words.” No! I ' m not quoting Shakespeare, it is just our class motto. I think it fits us. Green and silver were selected as our class colors. Fortunately, the Athletic Association was formed by the school, and each mem- ber paying ten cents each week was admitted to all school affairs free of charge, received a free Echo, and eighty cents of class dues. It certainly proved suc- cessful. This helped many to pay class dues. The first big event was the Senior Dance which was in the form of an Armistice Dance. It proved very successful. Then came our Senior Drama, the very-much-liked book, Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. It had been written into a play. Dan Daly took the character of Tom Sawyer. If one had never known Dan, one would have thought it was Tom himself. Those cast in the drama were the following: Mary Smith, Ernest Groves, Mary O’Connor, Norma Poole, Hilton Murdock, Leo McKinnon, Leona Mitchell.

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THE ECHO 11 Paul Wiggins Horace Lovebird Dan Daly Trotsky Richard Kelly Jimmy Durante So ends the line-up of those bright and illustrious characters who uphold the name of Charles Sumner, the ancestor we love best. Now for the general statistics. Barbara Sears was selected as the most popular and best dressed girl, the greatest favorite, the most sociable, and the class giggler. Bill Sands was selected the best looking, the most popular, the most ath- letic boy, and the class dude. Dorothy Crosby is known to the class as the best looking, the most egotis- tical, and the most sophisticated. Dan Daly was chosen the shortest boy, the best actor, and the most hu- morous. To Leo McKinnon go the titles of the tallest, the most romantic, and the clumsiest boy. Louise Carter is the most athletic, the silliest, the meekest, and the class flirt. The class selected Charlotte Miles as the most romantic girl, and the best girl dancer. Paul Wiggins was selected as the best dressed boy, the class sissy, best politician, the biggest prevaricator, and the class pet. To George Jones goes the honor of being the best boy dancer, the class Hercules, and the best singer. Norma Poole was considered the best actress, the outdoor girl, and the best piano player. Richard Kelly is known as the class Cave Man, the class night owl, and the nerviest. Hilton Murdock was selected as the class pest, the biggest bluffer, and the biggest eater. It was the unanimous vote that Richard Kunan is the most studious, the smartest, and the most conscientious in the class. Rhoda Freethy was judged the most original. Seth Pudsey was the class’s choice for class clown. Arthur Moran is the most forgetful, and the laziest. Rose Garabedian was characterized as being the quietest, the most serious, and most melancholy. Other statistics follow: Shortest girl Tallest girl Fastest driver Most artistic Most bashful Most musical Class orator Class Romeo Class scientist Priscilla Stanley Ingrid Casperson Robert Mitchell Pearl Fowler Arnold Eager Willard Hamilton George Mullin Russell Salter Edward Colburn