Howard High School - Climber Yearbook (West Bridgewater, MA)

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THR CLIMBER Fix-ff Row:-Miss Yukna, D. Fratus, M. Paiva, Mr. Moss. Second Row:-G. Payne, M. Mansfield, G. Carnes, T. Seymour, B. Lundgren, E. Thomas. Third Row'-M. Ryder, T. Ely, Mr. Lindell, D. Davio, T. Murray. THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY Under the able direction of Mr. VVm. Henry Moss, teacher of English, the Senior class presented a three act farcical comedy in November. The play was entitled Happy Birthday , and the birthday was Jerome Carter's, penniless young artist in love with beautiful Gloria Maxwell, whose father was strongly opposed to jerry . David Fratus was excellent in the title role, and Mary Paiva was an ideal Gloria Donald Davio was a convincingly ferocious father. It all started with one little white lie, when Jerry tried to persuade his landlady, Mrs. Carter, to allow him to remain in his apartment. After all, he had good inten- tions about paying the rent. Mr. Robard, who as the hen-peeked husband provided some of the play's funniest moments, was of a generous nature, but Mrs. Robard, a practical woman, required more than a little flattery before she would be induced. George Carnes, as Mr. Robard, and Grace Payne, as his wife, turned in excellent performances. Naturally, one little lie led eventually to many bigger lies, until Jerry was in- volved in so many complications no one thought he could ever get untangled. At one time, for example, Jerry had three women in his small apartment, all claiming to be his Aunt Sissy, and trying to keep them separated was no simple task. At the opportune moment, however, the real Aunt Sissy, portrayed by Muriel Mansfield, revealed that .lerry was of age and that he was a wealthy young man. The joy of the young lovers became complete when Mr. Maxwell, who proved to be an old Hame of Aunt Sissyls, grudgingly consented to their marriage. lfxcellent supporting roles were played by Barbara Lundgren, as Jerry's model, Lola May, Tom lily, as Preston, the suspicious friend who shared Jerry's apart- ment, Theresa Seymour, as Marlena, Gloriais accomplished friend, who helped to extricate .lerry from his web of lies Cshe could tell bigger oneslg Emily Thomas, as Aunt Sissy's meek companion Minnie, and Florence Murray, as the stolid, stupid, sereamingly-funny maid, Ada. To the various committees goes much of the credit for the success of the liI'ntllleIiUll. :Xml to Ael II, Stern- lll, goes llie ereclil' lol' llle fame lllal will lie Happy liirtliday'sx', while a man lives that remembers the class of '-16.

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llll LIIXIBICR ll CLASS SUPERLATIVES Most Popular Boy Most Popular Girl Most Athletic Most Romantic A Most Hardworking A A AA A Most Polite A Most Likely To Succeed Most Optimistic Most Pessimistic A Most Conservative A Most Musical A Most Pleasant AA AA Most Talkative AA A Most Efficient A AA A Most Emotional A Most Dependable Most Independent Most Sincere Most Intelligent Most Generous A A Best Personality A Best Dressed Girl AA Best Dressed Boy Best Dates A A AAAAA A A Best Dancers Best Actor AA AA Best Actress A AA A Best Arguer Best All Round Scholar Best Looking Girl Best Looking Boy AA A Best Mixer AA AA AA Class Sheik A AA Class Featherweight A Class Heavyweight A Laziest A A A SleepiestA A Calmist Silliest A Wittiest Spunkiest Quietest Wcmnian Hater Man Hater To Be Married First Teachers' Pet A A A Biggest Blufifer Cutest Youngest Oldest Tallcst Shortest A Class Pest Most 'llCllllDL'l'2llllL'llllil Most Loyal Leon Beaulieu Shirley Owens Shirley Gummow, Leon Beaulieu Irma Hawes, David Fratus AA Muriel Mansfield Muriel Mansfield Emily Thomas, Leon Beaulieu Mary Paiva, Donald Davio Sophie Burba, Donald Holbrook A Muriel Ryder Florence Murray, Donald Holbrook A Marjorie Craddock A A AA Shirley Owens Florence Murray A A A A A AA Marie Gaffney A AAAA A A AA AA Emily Thomas A Rita Hooper, Donald Holbrook A Mary Paiva A Emily Thomas AA Geraldine Welch Shirley Owens, Leon Beaulieu AA AA AA Shirley Crone A A A AA AAAA Leon Beaulieu AA AAAA A Shirley Owens, Leon Beaulieu Shirley Gummow, Donald Holbrook A AAAA AA AAAA AAAAA A A Donald Davio A AA AA A A AA Mary Paiva Donald Holbrook Emily Thomas AA Shirley Gummow Leon Beaulieu Milton Rockwell A George Carnes Shirley Crone Donald Davio Donald Holbrook Lester Noyes Theresa Seymour Gwendolyn Turner David Fratus Irma Hawes A A Dorothy Thompson SILLY QUESTIONS - HUH? Mary Pross Muriel Mansfield Donald Holbrook Barbara Lundgren Muriel Ryder Shirley Crone Tom lily Mary Proms Bernardo D'Ambrosio Grace Pay nv Marie Gaffney

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'l' ll li C l, I M li li R 21 Orchestra T Assembly Committee Service Squad Cheerleaders Bowling Boys' Basketball ACTIVITIES Each Tuesday morning during the past school year, snatches of lilting melodies and stirring martial airs cmanated from the gym. The orchestra, with Miss Ry- lander at the helm, made numerous appearances, and enjoyed a very successful season. Several popular songs as well as standard classical numbers were added to the ever-increasing repertoire of this group of rising musicians. Vacancies left by graduates will be quickly filled, and the orchestra is looking forward to more new and better things. This committee was organized to plan entertaining and educational programs for the student body during the year. With Miss Hoyt as chairman, the committee includes one pupil from each grade to represent his class. These were Marjorie Lundgren, eighth gradeg Chandler Lyseth, freshmang Frank Bunker, sophomoreg Gilbert Robery, juniorg and Mary Paiva, senior. Fine progress was made, for not only have programs been planned for this year but also for the first part of next year. Some of the many assemblies enjoyed by the students were: How To Keep Trim and Fit in the Future, an amusing talk by Mrs. Mary Baker who came from the State House in Bostong Charm and Personality, a movie on how and how not to develop a good personality and good mannersg the Saint Patrick's Day assembly starring Madame O'Shaughnessy and the Four Shamrocks,sponsored by the seniorsg and a very interesting speech on Tolerance by Rabbi Norman Goldberg from Temple Israel in Brockton. The juniors, the Latin classes, the Hardinger and Manzer piano duo, and Miss Mason's classes also entertained us. The third year of this important activity has been completed. This group is composed of the following students: those who worked in connection with the lunch room, including Theresa Seymour, Marjorie Black, Rita Hooper, Mary Pross, -lane Morse, Winoiia Cole, Shirley Macomber, and Mary Paivag the boys who have helped with the moving picture machine, Billy Twomey and Doug Fatong the boys who worked under the direction of Mr. Wessling to prepare the football field for gamesg the boys of the Manual Arts course who have worked in the olhce, Darrell Manzer, Al Chaves, Tom Ely, and Richard Coelhog the girls and boys who have helped in the office, Muriel Mansfield, Shirley Gummow, and Manuel Perryg last but not least, much credit goes to the students who helped to sell war bonds and stamps, Marie Gaffney and Irma Hawes. Our trallic system has been capably directed by Gilbert Robery, Richard Giovanoni, Richard Peterson, and Robert Almquist. Mrs. Chandler's mailmen have included Darrell Manzer and Donald Davio, who have been stopped by neither hail nor rain nor sleet from the com- pletion of their daily rounds! The cheerleaders provided a colorful note to all the games this year in their red skirts and gray shirts adorned with an H. It takes hours of practice to perfect such routines as theirs and much credit is due them for consistently fine perform- ances. Shirley Macomber, Natalie Gummow, Rita Crowley, Pat Van Dyke, Norma Canzano, Ilene Gaffney, and Janet Johnson will deserve their letters when the time comes. This year bowling might as well have been called the orphan of Howard High's sports. Basketball games and play rehearsals deferred many bowling en- thusiasts from the alleys, leaving only a few old faithfulsn who still carried on. A high single of 12-l was hit by Tom Miles and high total of 323 by joe Pocius. This year's basketball team ended the season with an enviable record and with a line feeling of team spirit. Although they played a short season under many un- favorable conditions they soon became a potent threat to any school in the district. Hampered by an inadequate gym, Coach Gori at once started booking practices with district teams who had large gyms. These teams were North lfaston, Abington, and Vvhitman, who gave the boys plenty of competition and a good chance to practice in a big gym. The team enjoyed an undefeated record lor the jean' xxilli Sumner, Digluon,