Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 9 CLASS DAY WELCOME By George Gagnon Teachers, parents, and friends, we the seniors sincerely welcome you to our class day exercises. We also extend a hearty welcome to our understudies, the Juniors, and bid them note with care all that takes place that they may with some faint degree of success fill the great gap that will be left by our departing class. It is with a feeling of just pride that we review our high school career, for in greatness we are second to no class Sumner has ever seen. I hope you are prop- erly impressed and realize how very fortunate is your lot to have the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight for a model and a guide. We advise you to let this sight of our glorious and immortal class inspire you to greater deeds which we hope will make you worthy of the important position some of you will possibly fill as seniors. And now casting all levity aside for a few moments, may we welcome each and everyone of you again to our Senior Class Day? CLASS HISTORY By Ruth Clooney It was on the morning of September 6, 1934, that this great class of ’38 first came into existence at Sumner High School. We were about sixty strong, having one great ambition, “To be dignified Seniors.” We were divided into three groups. The College group found their home room with Mr. Hodge, and the Commercials were separated, half in Miss Richardson’s room and half in Miss Maguire’s room. Having such a large class it was only natural that we be a very active class. We held a sort of resentment toward the upper classes who looked down upon us, just another bunch of “green Freshmen,” so we were determined to show them what we could do. Many of our Freshmen entered into Basketball, Gym, and Football, as well as becoming members of the Lunch Room, Orchestra, and various clubs. At first everything was new and different to us, and we wandered around like “lost souls” wondering where to go next, but as we were an unusually bright class, it did not take long for our greenness to wear off. The great event of every Freshman Class is its first class meeting, and Freshmen usually have only one, but this great class was not satisfied with one, we had two. Our first meeting was to elect class officers. Robert Potts was elected President; William Wood, Vice-President; Charles Caspersen, Secre- tary; and Ruth Clooney, Treasurer. Our second meeting was called to remind us that there was such a thing as class dues to be paid, and also to decide whether or not we wanted to have our pictures, as a class, in the coming Echo. We being a very outstanding and prosperous class of course voted in favor of having our pictures in the book. The rest of the year went by with very little excitement, and WQ left in June 1935 with the idea of coming back the following September as full fledged Sophomores.

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8 THE ECHO GRADUATION ACTIVITIES HONORS FOR FOUR YEARS College 1. Charles Jervey 2. George Gagnon 3. William Wood Class Motto: “Forward Ever — Backward Commercml 1. Ruth Clooney 2. Frances Lyons 3. Dorothy Ward Never” Class Flower: Gardenia Senior Honor Roll September — October Virginia Clark November — December Virginia Clark Robert Potts Charles Jervey Herbert Tucker January — February Virginia Clark Charles Jervey Ruth Clooney Herbert Tucker March — April Frances Lyons Virginia Clark Graduation Activities Saturday, June 11, Boat Trip Friday, June 17, Reception Wednesday, June 15, Class Day Thursday, June 23, Graduation Topic for Graduation “The Constitution” in honor of the Sesquicentennial Celebration to commem- orate the formation of the Constitution of the United States.

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10 THE ECHO We entered into our Sophomore year with only forty-nine members. Those who left during the year were Robert Andrew, Frances Andrew, Winona Bryar, Phillip Burns, Florence Coe, Jane Coe, Alfred Ford, Robert Potts, Veronica Si- minovitch. Merle Wass, Ralph Leonard, and Elinor Woods. For this great loss, we gained two new members, Phyllis Christiansen and Dorothy Tibbets. At our first class meeting the following were elected: President, William Wood; Vice- President, Charles Jervey; Secretary, Esther Williamson; and Treasurer, Ruth Clooney. On April 15 this great class was able to show their talent in form of a Sophomore Entertainment coached by Miss Bartlett. The program consisted of vocal selections by Lucy Kenstowicz and Mildred Harty, and a two act comedy entitled “A Better Mouse Trap.” The parts were ably taken by William Wood, George Gagnon, Alice Franklin, Charles Williams, Irving Long, Donald Mac- Quarrie, Lucy Kenstowicz, Mildred Harty, and Annie Minkowski. This was our great event of this year, and proved to be a great success. Outside of this enter- tainment, the Sophomore year, and halfway mark for us, passed by almost un- eventfully. Of course, our members were rising steadily in sports and other activities. Our Junior year proved to be a big year for us. We had our first class meeting October 10, 1936, to elect class officers. William Wood retained his office of President; Annie Minkowski was elected Vice-President; Charles Jervey, Treasurer; and Ruth Clooney, Secretary. Our next meeting came on December 7, 1936. We selected “Forward Ever, Backward Never” for our class motto, and to this day we feel we have been able to live up to this motto. Being Juniors also gave us the honor of having class rings. I think our class was outstanding in that we were the first class to have a different ring from the plain gold and onyx rings of other classes. We certainly were proud of those blue spinel rings. But since then the novelty has worn off, for the rings have changed hands a little now. The next event in the history of this great class was the Junior Festivities which took place on February 12, 1937. This entertainment consisted of three one-act plays coached by Miss Damon and Mr. Allen. There were several small skits, and the program closed with the showing of moving pictures. Now came the great event of every Junior class, the Junior Prom, which was held on April 30, 1937. The outstanding feature being the Grand March led by the class offi- cers. The Prom was a great success and everyone who attended enjoyed himself. During the year we lost Ruth Kitts, Susie Koeppel, and our Vice-President, Annie Minkowski. For that loss we gained Myrtle Churchill, William Townsend, and Arthur Neal. Myrtle Churchill was elected to succeed Annie Minkowski as Vice- President. We left in June, our minds set on coming back in September to take up our studies once more. In September we did come back to take our place as the dignified Seniors. This great year I am sure is the best year of our lives and holds many pleasant memories. We held our first class meeting October 8, 1937, and the following were elected into office: President, George Gagnon; Vice-President, Charles Jervey; Myrtle Churchill, Treasurer; and Ruth Clooney, Secretary. Lucy Ken- stowicz and Luigi Scholamerio left us, and Bob Potts, who left in his Freshman year returned to graduate with us. Virginia Clark who spent her first two years in Portland, Oregon, and her third in Wareham, came to spend her fourth with us. Our Senior Dance of October 28, 1937, was our first event. This brought a large crowd, and was a great success financially. Then came our Senior Drama, “Anne of Green Gables,” which was presented before a packed hall on January