Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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8 THE ECHO Graduation Activities HONORS FOR FOUR YEARS College Commercial Elizabeth Card Alma Mann Harry Davis Class Colors: Blue and White Class Motto: Cooperation Brings Success Class Activities Paul Colby New York Trip April 19 Baccalaureate .. May 23 Class Day June 2 Graduation Topic for Graduation Essays: Thomas Jefferson, the American June 4 The Class Day reports this year were written differently than formerly. Each class member helped to compile the data for the statistics, the proph- ecy, the gifts, and the will. Then those in the upper honor group, not taking part in the Graduation exercises, took over the Class Day program. The Welcome and the History were written and read by Glenna Hulbert, the president, and Paul Colby, the secretary, respectively. Helen McIntosh read the Statistics; Helen Mackie, the Prophecy; Windsor Hollis, Victor Hogan, Ruth Weatherby, and Betty Putt, the Gifts; and Eleanor Grover, the Will. CLASS DAY WELCOME Faculty, lower classmates, friends and parents, we, the graduating class of 1943, cordially welcome you to our Class Day exercises. To you Juniors — I hope you are thoroughly impressed by our class and realize your good fortune, for you are the lucky ones who are to follow in our famous footsteps. It is with great pride that we review our high school career, and many happy thoughts will accompany us later on when we look back to the much side-splitting, good- natured humor we mixed with our studies. And now putting all levity aside, may I welcome you again in behalf of the Senior Class to our Class Day exercises, and sincerely hope that you thoroughly enjoy it.

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THE ECHO 7 Lois Gayxks Tilton 110 T’nion Street “Kriim” Ldtiddhln 7’dctful Spending Money and Collecting Itecords Echo 4 : First Aid .‘1 ; Itadio Club 4 : Senior Drama : Student Council. Mauy Cauolink Walsh 20: South Street Brookville Dark Eyes’ Montli Wdltzing Dancing Glee Clul» 1, 2, .‘L 4 ; Honor Boll 4. William C. Williamson 117 Pine Street Willie” Whollt Wholesome Sports Baseball 1. 2, M. 4: Senior Drama. STUDENT COUNCIL Dorothy Porter Muriel Berg Lois Tilton Elizabeth Putt Irene Benvie Jean Currier THANK YOU The Echo Staff of 1943 wishes to thank all those who helped in any way to make this Yearbook a success. Special thanks is given to Theodore Haggai, who was the official photographer for the Yearbook; to all those who contributed pictures for the candid camera page; to the faculty; to the faculty adviser, Kathryn Megley; to the subscribers and members of the Association; and to the advertisers whom the staff hopes the readers will patronize. We hope you like and enjoy this, our Yearbook of 1943.

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THE ECHO 9 CLASS HISTORY One beautiful September morning in the year of our Lord 1939 the illustrious class of ’43 entered the doors of Sumner High. The class being bigger and better than the previous freshman classes had to be divided into three groups. Mr. Eldred Hodge and Mr. Vincent Naverouskis became the homeroom teachers of the commercial group while Miss Elna Knutson had the pleasure of being selected as homeroom teacher for the college group. At the first class meeting the officers were elected as follows: president, Windsor Hollis; vice-president, Eleanor Kennedy; secretary, Elizabeth Card; and treasurer, Patricia Donovan. Hilarious times and laughter came when Walter Howland entered the class in October. Claire Murphy, because of illness left the same month. As freshman the class took part in some of the activities, such as Glee Club, 22 pupils; orches- tra, five pupils; and girls’ basketball team, five pupils. In June an exit was made from Sumner High not to darken its doors until the following September. September rolled around and brought the class back to school as sopho- mores. Now there was the grand total of 58 members. Strange as it seems, 29 were in the college group, and 29 in the commercial group — equally divided. Again new officers were elected as follows: president, Paul Mitchell; vice-presi- dent, Elizabeth Card; secretary, Barbara Simmons; and treasurer, Eleanor Kennedy. The loss of Fred Tevlin, because of a serious operation; Barbara Gagnon, because her family moved to Marlboro; and Herbert DeMars and Lorena Yeager, who thought it best to discontinue their educational advantage, decreased the class somewhat. During the course of the year there was held the annual sophomor drama, the name of which was By Candlelight, coached by Miss Marcia Bartlett. The cast consisted of Alma Mann, Helen McIntosh, Elizabeth Card, Patricia Donovan, Madeline Lyons, Barbara Simmons, and Betty Putt. The class also presented a very successful record hop on February 7. An interesting variation of dances had been arranged by Janet Bolles, Paul Mitchell, John Thayer, Audrey Smart, Lois Tilton, and Eleanor Finnegan of the dance committee. Seven of our sophomore girls and five of our sophomore boys were on the basketball teams, and four girls on the Echo Staff. The class now finished joyfully another year’s hard work ready for the final struggle next September to become the dignified seniors the following year. September 1941 greeted all as juniors. They were now on the home stretch — just a year before reaching the final goal. Now there was a total of 54 mem- bers in the class. Miss Knutson was the homeroom teacher of the college group, and Miss Anna Damon of the commercial group. Five new members were added this year: Muriel Berg, Dorothy Doble, James Given, and Albert and Enoch Lehtinen. There was a good representation in the world of basketball, that wit of all wits. Windy Hollis; that tall he-man, Russell Chandler; and that rushing tornado. Bill Bagley. Chosen for class officers were Victor Hogan as president, Elizabeth Card as vice-president, Alma Mann as secretary, and Madeline Lyons as treasurer. A “super-duper” lunch was served one day in the lunchroom and approximately five dollars was made. On April 10 the Junior Prom was held, probably the most successful one for years. The hall was beautifully decorated with white calla lilies, a large basket of them being placed at each end of the hall. The Bay Staters gave a good account of them-