Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 13 Pauline now gets a powder puff To keep her nose from shining. With her good looks and everything She’ll have the boys all pining. To Anna we give this pair of soles, To keep her shoes free from holes, We know to Avon she likes to walk. To see the boys and have a talk. For Scottie here’s a choo-choo, A nice, new, shiny train. She won’t have any trouble In getting up to Maine. To Mary who is an excellent cook We give this bright and shiny spoon. Now when her family comes home at night. They’ll sing a merry, merry tune. We couldn’t think of a gift for Ruth; Our brains we’ve racked and vent. So go and get just whate’er you want. With this new, shiny cent. For Muriel a music sheet For practice loud and long. We hope that she shall find it A most delightful song. To Billy we give this package of gum. Hoping that he may have some fun. And if he doesn’t chew too fast. We hope for him it will always last. WILL By Barbara Boardman We the members of the Senior Class of 1939, of Sumner High School, Town of Holbrook, Massachusetts, being uncertain as to the frail life we are living, do therefore ordain, publish, make, and declare this to be our last will and testament. Item 1 — To the teachers, Mr. Neal, and the School Committee we leave our grateful appreciation for helping us through these four years of struggle. Item 2 — To the faculty as a whole, we leave all the pleasant memories of this wonderful Class of 1939, that is so marked in the history of Dear Old Sumner. Item 3 — To Mr. Walsh we leave our reputation of being the most forget- ful class that ever graduated from Dear Old Sumner. Item 4 — To the incoming seniors we leave the back seats at assemblies. We hope they will consider this as much of an honor as we did even though you can’t see so well. We also leave our greatness, intelligence, and high scholastic ability. Item 5 — To these same incoming Seniors we leave the watching of the clocks from 8:10-1:45. We wouldn’t want those clocks lost. Item 6 — To them also we leave all books, papers, pencils, desks, and room 9, and hope they will cherish it as we did. Item 7 — To the incoming Freshmen we leave our records and noble deeds as a monument of what is achievement. Item 8 — To the student body we leave the memory of the dignity of the Seniors in their caps and gowns. Item 9 — Mr. Hodge’s Physics class leaves happy memories of trips to al- most everywhere in Massachusetts. Item 10 — The lunchroom girls leave their ability of making sandwiches to Gerry Kelly, Lillian Gordon, and Mary Moran.

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12 THE ECHO CLASS GIFTS By Agnes Higgins and Douglas Egles The school chiirs cramp poor Benvie’s hack And cause him misery. So we will give this pillow soft To show our sympathy. Our singer’s Barbara Barton. No doubt she’ll soon be tops. So now to ward away all ills. We give her Smith’s cough drops. To Barbara we give this shorthand pad Because we know it will make her glad. And when dictation she does take, Mer accuracy and speed will be no fake. To John we give this Indian boy. We know that all his years of knowledge Will enable him to discover with joy That it’s the emblem of Dartmouth College. To Ruth we give this clock to ring In the morning from her sleep to bring. So she may hop right out of bed. And think of what Mr. Neal has said. If miracles were now in style And Egles learned to dance, This dancing book would teach him how The latest steps to prance. We give to Mary this little mop Because ’twill put her on the hop. And when in a lunchroom she does work. We know that she won’t be a shirk. To Bunny we give this little phone For then she’ll never be alone. And when she hears it ting-a-ling. She’ll jump and hop and dance and sing. A puzzle hard we have for Jean — Two keys to take apart. To disentangle these, we know, Would take one who is smart. A gift for short haired Hagerty With which he’ll never part. We know, because the gift’s a comb So he’s licked right from the start. A curler new for Agnes To keep her hair in trim. She needn’t twirl it anymore During every class she’s in. A rattle bright for Francis To keep him quiet and good. We hope he’ll take fine care of it And act just as he should. To Ruth we give this recipe hook. In hopes that she may learn to cook. For when her Bob comes home at night. He’ll be able to eat with great delight. Miss MacPherson gets a horn Which she should always keep. It gives a most delightful noise. In fact, it goes “Beep-Beep.” We’ve all seen Mac’s old Chevvie, Or heard it anyhow. So here’s a brand new Chrysler That’s certainly a wow. To Lila we give this little bunny. For she’s cute and always funny. When the bunny doesn’t behave. We know that she won’t rant and rave. McGaughey needs this emblem To show from whence she is. The way she moves from school to school Keeps us really in a whiz. To Mai this letter “H” we give To help her gain in knowledge. It ought to catch the eye of one Who hails from Harvard College. To Nellie we give this little pencil So she may figure out the stencil. And when to future schools she goes. We know she’ll be there on her toes. To Bob we give this brand new flute. We know that on it he will toot. Everyone knows he’s a musical fellow, And soon, who knows, he may play a cello. To Dot we give this cedar chest, In which she must put all the best Of things she’s saved for that great day When Daddy dear gives her away. To Zoe we give this little store And wish that many come to the door To buy fish, meat, and pickles dilled. And keep the register always filled.

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14 THE ECHO Item 11 — John Card leaves his ability to fly through the air like the man on the flying trapeze to Richard Quincy. Item 12 — Pauline Rayner leaves her musical ability to Marjorie Smart. Item 13 — To Barbara Iveson, Barbara Scott leaves her typing ability. Item 14 — To Jimmy Jones, John Card leaves the great privilege of being Sumner’s Romeo. Item 15 — To Clara Colburn we leave Barbara Barton’s blushing. Barbara will be glad to get rid of it. Item 16 — Francis Keating leaves his ability of telling tales as high as Woolworth’s Building to Harry Speiler. Item 17 — John Card leaves his ability to dance proficiently to Allen Mur- dock. Item 18 — Jean Gagnon leaves her efficient conduction of the Student Council and assemblies to Ruth Johnson. Item 19 — Muriel Wilson leaves her job of pianist to Eleanor Baker. Item 20 — Mai Moran leaves her giggle to Helen Mitchell. Item 21 — Nellie Morton leaves her shorthand ability to Barbara Iveson. Item 22 — Mary Eldredge leaves her ability to talk in class to Lillian Gor- don. Item 23 — Jack Hagerty leaves his jitterbug dancing to William Poole. Item 24 — To all classes and all future classes we bequeath the school and everything that goes with it. We attest this to be a true copy of the last will and final testament of the Senior Class of Sumner High School, Holbrook, Massachusetts, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty- nine. (Signed) The Class of 1939 Witnesses : Presidents of underclasses. SENIOR DANCE The Senior Class Dance was held October 27 in the high school hall. The hall was beautifully decorated in the Hallowe’en colors, black and orange. Music was furnished by the “Royal Palms” orchestra of Stoughton. The Prize Waltz was won by Nancy Cook and Leo McKinnon. A balloon dance was also en- joyed by all. The faculty members who supervised were Miss Megley, Mr. Neal, Miss West, Mr. Allen, and Miss Knutson. The dance was a social suc- cess. Madelyn Moran