Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 As Freshmen Here ' s what you ' ve been waiting for — the final edition of the greatest history makers of Sumner High School in all time, the Senior Class of 1948! Step up and listen closely now. and we ll give you the inside information on how we became Holbrook’s most talked about class. When we shoved ourselves through the high school ' s battered doors back there in September, 1944, no one so much as looked down his nose at us. We were just another bunch of pitied freshmen who had four long years to avoid looking forward to. No one saw that certain gleam in our eye. (Frankly we didn’t either!) However, as time went on — ah, but we are getting ahead of ourselves. Dusting off our memory we see forty-seven, big-eyed freshmen, twenty-five in the college course and twenty-two in the commercial course, sitting stiff and still at their desks peering up at their gloating teachers. My, we’ve sure made history since then ! Class officers were elected, and they were Robert Hollstein. president: Rita Markie, vice-president: Bar- bara Clinton, secretary: and Edgar Carlson, treasurer. We also elected Patricia Howland and Richard Stok- inger as Student Council representatives. This year we lost only two members, Richard Benn and Ronald Murphy, while we gained Diana Von Der Heide. It was shown at the beginning that our class was very sports minded, for Rita Markie, Barbara Clinton. Patricia Howland. Robert Hollstein, Richard Stok- inger. Charles Dickinson. Robert Taylor, Eugene Anderson, Wilfred Austin, Thomas Haggai, Edgar Carlson, and Alan Loud became members of the bas- ketball teams. The class teams were defeated by the Juniors in the finals of the intra-mural contests, but we Freshmen beat the Sophomores. We were also represented by three cheer leaders: Phyllis Harvey, Margo Dolan, and Dorothy Skilling. On March 1 6 we decorated the gymnasium in green and white and had our main event of the year, the Freshman Frolic. With the closing of our Freshman year we had our second obstacle to overcome — the Sophomore year. As Sophomores Now we were getting somewhere. After all we weren ' t the lowest class in the school, and just think, only three more years to go. Uh . . . just think! At our first meeting we elected Edgar Carlson, presi- dent: Pauline Hadfield, vice-president: Barbara Clin- ton. secretary: and Helena Clifford, treasurer. Student Council members later chosen were Audrey Bond and Diana Von Der Heide. We lost three more members this year: Jean Dc- sousa, Douglas Smith, and Gloria Albee, but we didn’t do so badly. We snatched up four new ones: Arthur Barton, Malcolm MacDonald, the return of Gloria Albee, and our old friend, Ronald Murphy. The athletes were out again. Out for Sumner’s sport, basketball, of course, were Robert Hollstein, Charles Dickinson, Edgar Carlson, Ronald Murphy, Robert Taylor, Eugene Anderson, Richard Stokinger, Maurine Kelly, Patricia Howland, and Diana Von Der Heide. Also on the gym squad we had Arthur Barton, Raymond Taylor. Eugene Cote and Diana Von Der Heide. Many of the boys joined the baseball team, and Dorothy Skilling represented the class in cheer-leading. Speaking of basketball, this is the year we made people start to sit up and take notice of our boys, for after beating the freshmen, we licked the Seniors to become champs of the school. Thus we trudged into our third year and began our historic career. As Juniors First we elected class officers who were Dorothy Skilling, president: Diana Von Der Heide, vice-presi- dent; Pauline Hadfield, secretary; and Barbara Clin- ton, treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Ronald Murphy, Helena Clifford, Helen Card, and Richard Stokinger. Quite a few classmates were lost this year, namely, Patricia Howland, Alfred Wright, Malcolm MacDonald, Marylou Marble, Wes- ley Simmons, Arthur Barton, Emily Pierson, Carl Walsh, Gloria Albee, and Louise Poole. Earning their basketball fame were Robert Holl- stcin, Charles Dickinson, Richard Stokinger, Robert Taylor, Ronald Murphy, Edgar Carlson, Eugene Anderson, Barbara Clinton, Alice Johnston, and Diana Von Der Heide. Our marvelous gym squad members, Raymond Taylor, Eugene Cote, Charles Dickinson, James Calway, and Eugene Anderson rated thunderous applause for their superb perform- ances. Other members joined the baseball and softball teams, also the Rifle Club, Glee Club, and the Snoops and Scoops staff. Dorothy Skilling again was our able cheerleader During this year our future Senior Class adviser, Miss Megley, showed us a pamphlet on a tour to Washington that included everything except meals at a very reasonable cost. This we decided was going to be our goal, our chance of a lifetime if we could only make it. All we needed was that goal, for imme- diately we began to really raise the money. A Hot Dog Sale came off first. Then we put through a profit- able Whist Party. We gave St. Patrick’s Day a Record 8 y

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 AMELIA JULIA TERRAZANO Terry Hobby: Baseball Ambition: Fashion Designer Beautiful eyes . . . neat dresser . . . cute figure . . . smooth dancer . . . lovely hair. Echo, Glee Club. Tennis, Art Editor — Snoops and Scoops, Gym. Office Girl, School Letter, Honor Roll, Softball, Assemblies, MARJORIE LEE WHITE Margie Hobby: Collecting Pictures Ambition: Secretary Very neat . . . always in a hurry . . . long eyelashes . . . talkative in Room 14 .. . very sweet. Softball. Glee Club, Class Treasurer, Honor Roll, Office Girl, Assemblies. DIANA BEATRICE VON DER HEIDE Vonnie Hobby: Art, Sports Ambition: Trained Singer Excellent athlete . . . versatile . . . speedy typist . . . tomboy. Basketball, Softball, Gym. Winner of Foul Shooting, Class Officer, Student Council, Honor Roll, Pro Merito. Glee Club, Assemblies, Senior Drama, Type- writing Award, Office Girl, School Let- ter, Tennis. onori College Course HELENA CLIFFORD DOROTHY SKILLING 5 our U eard Commercial Course PAULINE HADFIELD DIANA VON DER HEIDE Senior s lctiviL led Waste Paper Drive Hallowe’en Dance Magazine Drive . Senior Drama Waste Paper Drive Bridge and Whist . Washington Trip . Class Day Baccalaureate Graduation . October 1 1 October 30 . November 1 8 December 1 2 February 24, 25 . April 6 . April 18-23 June 2 June 6 June 8 ver C-fass dotori: il aroon and SiL CLii Wotto: “Strive Do Succeed

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THE ECHO 19 4 8 Hop and later our treasury made a record hop from our most successful, hard-earned Paper Drive, and believe me it was hard-earned. Our last and main event was the Junior Prom with Don Leach ' s orchestra. This longed-for event, taking weeks of thought and preparation, was all over in a few hours of pleasure. During April our long-awaited class rings arrived. Everyone was well pleased with them and are still proudly sporting them. Finally we escorted the Seniors at graduation half envious and half not — envious for reasons not pub- lished here! Those taking honors at graduation for Pro Merito were Rita Markie, Dorothy Skilling, Paul- ine Hadfield, Diana Von Der Heide, Audrey Bond, Helena Clifford, and Richard Stokinger. Helena Clif- ford won the Washington and Franklin Medal, the History Award given by the Sons of the American Revolution. A typing award was given to Diana Von Der Heide for typing fifty-two words per minute for ten minutes with no errors. As Seniors And now we bring you our sigh of relief — the Senior year. Elections were again held with the fol- lowing results: Richard Stokinger, president: Ronald Murphy, vice-president: Diana Von Der Heide, secre- tary: and Marjorie White, treasurer. Representatives to Student Council were Helen Card, Eugene Cote, Helena Clifford, and Robert Hollstein. We lost four members this year, James Calway, Rita Markie, Agnes Colarusso, and Kenneth Loud: however, we gained Alice Dwyer. The basketball team, composed almost wholly of Seniors, had a brilliant year. Members of the class also joined the baseball team, gym squad, and the other clubs. Starting off the year with a bang we had a Hal- loween Dance with the rhythmic Ray Connors orches- tra. In October we held a Paper Drive. Next on our list was taking charge of the Magazine Drive. Then came one of our great highlights of the year — the Senior Drama. Always thinking of getting to Wash- ington we managed to be the first class to hold our drama in the Town Hall since this school has been built. We also raised the most money on it, practically doubling the income of other years. This proved too that we had the greatest attendance ever obtained. Ah, that’s our class for you. Along in December we definitely decided that we were going to Washington plus New York. We already had boosted our treasury and felt we could secure the remainder. Another Hot Dog Sale was held in February and also another profitable Paper Drive. Oh, we were really on our toes this year. In March we sponsored a basketball game — the Senior boys against the Alumni —beating them, of course. Eugene Cote and Pete Taylor gave a spectacular gym exhibit as a prelim- inary. Our last undertaking was our Whist Party. The D.A.R. Good Citizen of 1948, selected by the Class and Faculty for outstanding dependability, responsibility, courtesy, and patriotism, was Dorothy Skilling who enjoyed a day in Boston as the guest of the D.A.R. We now put down our working gloves and on April 18 moved on to New York and Washington on our long awaited Class Trip. Yes sir, we had made our goal by earning the most money a Senior Class has ever had. Again, we were the first class to ever go to Washington, and believe me it was worth all our efforts — five days full of our nation’s highlights. Always being a lucky class, we had good weather every day of our trip. We visited the White House, even seing the new porch recently added by President Truman. We went up to the top of the Washington Monument from which could be seen almost all of the famous buildings and scenes of the capitol. One of the most interesting places was the Smithsonian Insti- tute which has collections of everything thinkable. Another was the Federal Bureau of Investigation building where a guide explained the operations of their branch of the law; this everyone greatly enjoyed. Mt. Vernon, Virginia, proved to be a very beautiful estate. In New York we saw the play, “Oklahoma,” and went to Radio City Music Hall seeing the picture “State of the Union,” and the very spectacular Rock- ettes. All in all it was just plain wonderful. Arriving home now made us realize our year was just about spent. Class Day and Graduation were almost on top of us. Yes, they were here, and the greatest class ever to leave Sumner, the “Class of Firsts,” departed in a blaze of glory. DIANA VON DER HEIDE, Secretary of Class of 1 948. {9Y