Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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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-

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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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10 THE ECHO selves in regard to supplying the music for the night. The officers’ parents and the teachers were chaperons. The Grand March was led by the president, Victor Hogan, and Virginia Beach. Everyone had a grand time. Everyone now looked forward to next September as seniors. September rolled around with the former juniors now important seniors. This year Windsor Hollis was elected president; Glenna Hulbert, vice-president; Dorothy Doble, secretary; and Ruth Weatherby, treasurer. Windsor declined the office of presidency, thus Glenna automatically became president. Later Raymond Lutz was elected vice-president. Dorothy Doble having moved away, Paul Colby was elected secretary. The Student Council is represented by Dorothy Porter, Muriel Berg, Lois Tilton, Elizabeth Card, Irene Benvie, and Jean Currier. Miss Kathryn Megley and Miss Grace McCarthy were the home-room teachers. The class was represented in practically every one of the clubs sponsored by our school. In the gym exhibition Theodore Haggai took first prize. During the year William Malcolm left to join the Navy; James Richardson left and later was inducted into the service and is now in the Navy. The Army and Navy gave a test on April 2 to the senior boys. Hollis, Thayer, and Davis, having received the highest grades have a chance of going to college at the expense of the government. Paul Mitchell and Harry Davis have passed successfully the aviation V-5 tests, have taken the oath, and will be called for aviation cadets when their eighteenth birthdays are reached. Betty Putt was the choice of the class to represent 1943 at the D. A. R. Convention. She had an interesting time of it. The Senior Drama met with a tremendous success both socially and finan- cially. The drama. The Mad Halters, was coached by Miss Megley, with the following cast: V4ndsor Hollis, Lois Tilton, Elizabeth Card, James Richardson, Dorothy Porter, Irene Benvie, and William Williamson. A New York Trip was sponsored by the class this year, but because of a slight disagreement it finally ended up in having the girls go under the super- vision of the school with Miss McCarthy and Miss Megley as chaperons, and the boys going under their own supervision. From all accounts everyone had a most delightful time. This year it was happily announced that the class would get out of school a few weeks earlier because of the war so that the year closes with Class Day, Baccalaureate Service, no Reception, and finally graduation.