Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 19 4 7 We. the members of the Class of 1947. 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 — The Senior Class leaves to the teachers the office records for fond memories of our days at Sumner. Item 2 — To our principal, Mr. Neal, we leave all our excellent ranks and records. Item 3 — To Miss Murphy, the Senior Girls in the Glee Club leave the memory of their beautiful voices. Item 4 — 1 he Geometry class leaves to the incoming class the privilege of receiving the wrath of Miss Knutson for not doing homework. Item 5 — ' I he Senior Class leaves to Miss McCarthy peace and quiet. The Business Law Class leaves to Miss McCarthy a bright, new. enthusiastic Class of ’48. Item 6 — The Senior Class leaves to Miss Megley all the pleasant memories of the past year. Item 7 — The class leaves to the teachers and pupils all the memories of the greatest (queerest) class ever to leave Sumner. Item 8 — To all classes of Sumner High, we. the Class of 1947. leave all teachers, books, detentions, and all other articles included in this dear old building, also the hard work involved in raising money for a class trip. Item 9 — To the Juniors, the Senior Class leaves the prestige gained by being seniors, their courtesy, their wit. their intelligence, their popularity with the teachers. Room 9 with all its pleasant memories, even the corner blackboard for tardy names, the right to have control of the school next year, and the right to bring back the association. The class also leaves the great skill of the safe, slow, sane driving of the Senior boys to the mad driving Juniors. Item 10 — To the Sophomores the Senior Class leaves its ability to study diligently. Item 1 1 — To the incoming freshmen we leave four years of hard work and fun. Item 12 — To the baseball players of Sumner we leave the most well-worn suits in the whole U.S.A. Item 13 — To the next year ' s Senior English class we leave the privilege of rushing the last minute to complete their notebooks. Item 14 — The Senior Physics class bequeaths to the incoming classes their good times with Miss Dun- bar. Item 15 — The French III class leave their ability to argue to the next third year class. Item 16 — Barbara Schutt leaves to any incoming Senior girl her chewing gum ability plus her seat in the back of the room with hopes that a nice boy Wtt like Karl will sit beside her. Item 17 — Karl Anderson, our great sportsman, leaves his ability to master all sports to Robert Hollstein, Charlie E)ickinson, and Robert Taylor. Item 18 — Alan Mackie, our bookworm, leaves his knowledge of history and science to any incoming Senior who thinks he can follow in his shoes. Item 1 9 — Blanche Tison leaves to any foolish stu- dent her undying foolishness, noise, and giggles. Item 20 — Rene Loud leaves to Diane Von Der Heide her ability to soft-soap the referees, and to any fortunate Junior the ability of operating an auto- mobile. Item 21 — Mai Bishop bequeaths his good looks and snappy dress to all the fellows in Sumner with a hope that they keep up their dress. Item 22 — To Robert Hollstein is left the honor of being the star of the basketball team. Item 23— Robert Estabrook leaves to Wilfred Austin his ability of careful driving, and all the unhit telephone poles and trees in Holbrook. Item 24 — Marjorie Skilling leaves her high honors for four years to any freshman who is willing to work for them. Item 25 — Dicky Carter leaves his title of class Romeo to Bobby Hollstein. Item 26 — Barbara McGaugbey leaves her athletic ability and good will to Vonie who will take over for the next year, as well as her position as captain of the girls’ basketball team. Item 27 Abe Marcus leaves his magnificent vocabu- lary to any incoming senior who thinks he can compete, and to a freshman his brains in figuring out problems and his free style of writing essays. Item 28 — Caryl Jorgensen leaves to Alan her seat at the back of the room. Item 29 — Barbara Smith leaves to an incoming senior, who wishes to take over, her position as manager of the girls’ basketball team, and her smile, daintiness, and sweetness to Maureen Kelley. Item 30 — Catherine Dickinson leaves her artistic ability to anyone capable of performing this task. Item 31 — To Kenny Loud John Colby leaves his gift of getting to school at least one minute late. Item 32 — The Class of 1947 gratefully leaves all detention slips with the fond wish that they are disposed of as soon as possible. Item 33 — Last but not least, we, the Class of 1947, just wish to leave. 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 4th day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-seven. (Signed) THE CLASS OF 1947 Witnesses: Presidents of underclasses. 10

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THE ECHO 19 4 7 event of the year, but we still had the memory-bring- ing pictures taken by John Towns of our first grown- up affair . Merrily we sped through the rest of the year, helping the seniors at Class Day and Graduation, watching them say farewell and leave their glorious traditions to us. The summer passed, and then as old friends wc all came back to Sumner. Seniors! It couldn’t be true. Where had those other three years gone? We looked at each other when we returned that bright Septem- ber morning. No, there were no halos, we hadn ' t suddenly grown a foot or two to keep pace with our lofty positions, and neither had we acquired a con- spicuous amount of dignity or sophistication, but seniors — the word applied at last to us was a. wonder- ful sound. Wasting not a minute of our busy year, we elected our officers: president, Donald Davis: vice- president, Albert Marcus: secretary, Marjorie Skilling: treasurer, Ernestine Kettlety: and Student Council representatives, Andrew Card, Theodore Veale, Bar- bara McGaughey, Barbara Smith, and Karl Anderson. We had gained Arthur Squires but lost Joyce Whit- aker, Regina Creighton, and James Calway, now making a total of thirty-four in our distinguished class. The social season of the year was launched with the Senior Dance; we had once again secured Don Leach’s orchestra, which definitely helped to assure the success of any dance, and this one proved no excep- tion. We were even complimented on our fine man- ners and behavior. Then we sponsored a mammoth bridge and whist party purely for its financial value and we were not disappointed. The Senior Drama, “Three Little Maids’’ — ah! that was a real success both financially and from the entertainment point of view. It was enjoyed equally by the audience and by the cast. Will there ever be another like it or quite as good? Who had ever sus- pected that we had a robber or a brilliant detective in our midst! Also to raise money for our New York trip we sold chances on an electric iron so generously donated by Mr. Roy Smith, and just before Easter a style show under the direction of Miss Ruano Gilson was spon- sored. Models from all classes, girls out of school, and our teachers helped to make this, too, a grand success. Even our boys took part by singing appropriate songs after the show. At last came our reward — those three wonderfully busy days in New York during our April vacation. We climbed the Statue of Liberty, saw “Oklahoma,’’ Radio City Music Hall, Empire State Building, upper New York, a broadcast, and a television studio, and we ate and ate, in fact, we did everything but sleep. Still our energy was boundless, and we sang all the way home on the Greyhound Bus wishing that we could ride and sing together for a week. Then it was back to school with graduation almost upon us, making plans for our reception, that fine old tradition revived by our illustrious class after its wartime disappearance, this Class Day, Baccalaureate, and then — it is graduation. Reluctantly we leave our happy memories and school days, but we are still looking forward with hope and expectation saying, “We are young yet. Expect great things from us.’’ 9

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THE ECHO 19 4 7 Subject .... . English Comic Strip Li’l Abner Newspaper Record Actress .... . June Allyson Song .... Anniversary Song Actor . Guy Madison Food .... Steak Sport . . . . . . Baseball Big League Player . . Ted Williams Our Yloitai and idcslas Best looking girl . . Caryl Jorgensen Best natured boy . . Stanley Johnson Best looking boy . . Malcolm Bishop Girl genius Marjorie Skilling Most popular girl . . Blanche Tison Boy genius . . . . . Albert Marcus Most popular boy Allan Richardson Most studious girl Helen Ellis Most ambitious girl . Marjorie Skilling Most studious boy . . Albert Marcus Most ambitious boy Albert Marcus Wittiest girl Irene Loud Best dressed girl . . Barbara Smith Wittiest boy Allan Richardson Best dressed boy . . Malcolm Bishop Best girl dancer Blanche Tison Most athletic girl Irene Loud Best boy dancer . . John Colby Most athletic boy . . Karl Anderson Class flirt .... Blanche Tison Class woman-hater . . Alan Mackie Most musical . . Helen Ellis Most dignified girl . . Priscilla Chapman Girl most likely to succeed . . Marjorie Skilling Most dignified boy William Toomey Boy most likely to succeed Albert Marcus Best natured girl . . Barbara Smith 11