Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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16 THE ECHO First Row: A. McLaughlin, M. Wallace, A. Card, M. .Mack, M. Hogan, C. Colburn, H. Lawrence D. Kierstead. Second Row: K. .Megley, coach, D. McKay, S. McKay, M. Colby, J. Haggai, R. alsb, P. Jones, R. Little. SENIOR DRAMA Don ' t Take My Penny, a hilarious comedy coached by Miss Kathryn Megley of the faculty, was presented by the Senior Class December 19, 1940. Penny, a peppy girl with Hollywood desires, was characterized by Made- line Hogan. Kerry and Greg, fellows wishing to keep her from going, brought down the house with their pranks. John Haggai and Mason Colby provided this humor. Robert Little exhibited his French accent in his part as Monsieur Henri, a French designer. The sub plot furnished tenderer scenes with a farm loving boy, Stewart McKay, and the pretended maid, Annella Card. Marie Mack, Payson Jones, Donald McKay, Helen Lawrence, Pauline Albonetty, Shirley Howard, Clara Colburn, Richard Walsh, May Wallace, and Dorothy Kierstead also helped make this performance a great success. SENIOR DANCE The Senior Dance was held Thursday, October 24, 1940, in the school hall. A merry time was had by all in the specialty dances and the regular dances to the music of Joe Ross’s Orchestra. The motif carried out in decorating was autumn and was very attractive. Our chaperons of the evening were members of the faculty of the high school. This dance proved to be a success both finan- cially and socially.

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THE ECHO 15 Item 6. As Dick Walsh will have no further use for his oratory powers, we bequeath them to Allan Jones. He will use them to best advantage. Item 7. To George Carter we leave the advice: “When driving your car, go slowly.” John Haggai says that the slowest way home is the safest. Item 8. “Mai” Hogan, a quiet, but fun-loving member of the class of ’41 would like to bestow her best wishes on Stacia Czapla, who seems to be following in “Mai’s” footsteps. Item 9. To Lorrell Keller, who has a very amusing giggle, we bequeath May Wallace’s laughter. Item IG. To Miss Megley, we cannot bequeath peace and solicitude as the junior class (or coming seniors) are much too peppy and unmanageable. We warn you. Miss Megley, you’ll age ten years after your first month with them. We know! They’ve followed us up from the first grade, and they’ve caused us no end of worry and trouble, even though we have tried our best to set them a good example to follow. Item 11. To “Ray” Clooney we bequeath “Jim” Jones’s will-power. We might bequeath you some of his good looks, too, but by a unanimous vote it was decided you had enough of your own. We attest this to be a true copy of the last will and final testament of the Senior Class of 1941, Sumner High School, Holbrook, Massachusetts, this 11th day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one. iSigJied) The Class of 1941 Witnesses: Presidents of Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Classes. THE TYPING TRIUMPHANT The third annual High School Typewriting Contest, sponsored by the Fisher Business School, of Boston, was held recently with Somerville, Everett, Weston, Malden, Wilmington, Reading, Cohasset, Melrose, Scituate, Stoneham, Water- town, Weymouth, and Holbrook High School seniors competing for various awards. During the first week of May a test was given to the seniors, the two highest scorers being Walter Pawlowski and Betty Potts. The individual awards were gold and silver keys. On May 24, Walter, the gold key winner competed for the school trophy, and Betty, the winner of the silver key, entered as an alternate. A fifteen-minute test was given to the contestants; a ten-minute test to alternates. Five-minute and one-minute accuracy tests were also given to both. Walter was the only gold-key winner to pass the fifteen-minute test, typing at the rate of 78 words a minute. He received the school trophy which is kept by Sumner for a year. The school winning the cup for three successive years retains it permanently. The individual award was a smaller cup. Although not a winner in the silver key contest, Betty compared favorably typing 62 words a minute. Sumner should be proud of its typists and type- writing department.

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THE ECHO 17 NEW YORK TRIP The Senior Class of Sumner High School left the building at six o’clock l)y bus for Providence, R. I,, on the evening of April 21. There they hoarded the S. S. COMET bound for New York, and after a rather eventful, exciting evening arose refreshed in anticipation of a day’s sightseeing trip in the “Big City.” Breakfast in an Automat was an experience in itself. Then followed Fifth Avenue and the Empire State Building. From the top of the Empire State were seen various points of interest from the Battery to Central Park. Telegrams and telephone calls were made from the tower. A short shopping trip for souvenirs preceded a ride upstairs in a “rubberneck” bus along Fifth Avenue through the city to Riverside Drive. Some very interesting snapshots were taken on our way. A subway train brought all back to Grand Central Station and the New York Airlines Terminal. Lunchtime found the group at a res- taurant for a short while; then came Radio City with its exhibits in the Hall of Mechanical Devices and Photography. The final event of the day was a three-hour sightseeing ride. This was immensely interesting. Places of interest were Flatiron Building, Little Church around the Corner, The Bowery, China- town, Harlem, Riverside Drive, Grant’s Tomb, Aquariaum, homes of famous Americans, Woolworth Building, Chrysler Building, Wall Street, famous stores, Hotel St. Regis, Riverside Church, Palisades, penthouses, the Normandie, and the Swedish liner Kungsholm. In the aquarium an amusing sight was the feeding of the sea lions and the penguins. Dinner was served on board boat; this was followed by a general rush to see the skyline from the deck. Slightlv tired, the majority of the crowd went to bed early, giving our chaperons little trouble. Early in the morning the bus was waiting to bring the happy group home. The gracious chaperons. Miss Kathryn Megley, Miss Elna Knutson, Miss Miram West, Mr. Vincent Naverouskis, and Mr. William Sands proved as fun-loving and excited as the seniors. This is the first time in the history of Sumner High that a senior class has gone to New York, and every Senior will admit that no other trip could ever have been so enjoyable. BRIDGE AND WHIST PARTY To Help Finance the New York Trip The Senior Class held a successful Bridge and Whist Party in the High School Hall cn April 15. Prizes for the best bridge and the best whist players were awarded; there was also a prize for the person who held the lucky ticket taken at the door and one for the person who selected the right number. Enough money was materialized to furnish transportation for the Senior Class to and from Providence.