Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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Harrison: Say, have you seen this week ' s edition of ' The Lang Journal ' ? Kay wrote a fine editorial on ' How to Stay Beautiful After 40. ' Remember how well she used to edit our ' Cub ' and ' Tiger ' ? Jean: Yes, I read it. Sheila Perley and Marcia Kil- lam had articles, too. Marcia gave some sound advice in her ' Lonely Hearts Column ' to Joe Waz on finding the right girl in his life. You know he ' s still a bachelor. Harrison: I read, too, that Amber Knowles is married after all these years. All the prophecies on her immedi- ate marriage after graduation proved untrue. And Judy Kent and her husband are being congratulated on the arrival of their tenth child. Jean: And speaking of children, Mary Mackenzie and Bob MacKay are the proud parents of a set of twins. Harrison: I also read that ' Tarshy ' Nikas has just settled Rodney Ricker ' s case. ' Rick ' was accused of speeding and running over a pure-bred pheasant that had escaped from Dorothy Perley ' s pheasant farm. Stella Seakas, the courtroom secretary, took down the case, and Marcia Ready, the Ready Detective, was called in. After investigating the case she found the pheasant had been shot, not run over, and the bullet matched a shell in Dick Gwinn ' s possession. Jean: Wow! What a case that was! Ipswich was hot! Thais Bruni was top reporter on that deal. Harrison: Wait, get a load of this! I heard a news bulletin on the radio this morning of a gallant rescue made by Ann Czegka, woman life-saver on Cape Cod. It seems that she heard a weak call for help two miles out and when she had swum to the voice — it was that of Steve Marvin whose boat had capsized while he was haul- ing in a baby whale. She swam back to shore, with Steve under her arm, and an ambulance driven by Alan Turner rushed him to the Benoit Hospital where Carmen and Ann Barrett gently tended to him. When he re- gained consciousness, Sally Atkinson was looking tenderly down at him. She ' s the receptionist at the hospital. Boy, what a feeling he must have had then! Jean: Ha, Ha! Speaking of feeling, I went up on my first airplane flight last spring. What a thrill! Charlotte Frydrych was there to calm me, though, and Bob Paquin was the pilot, so I was safe. On the plane I met ' Bud ' Billings, ' Dot ' Knowles, Jean Poirier, and Monica Kmiec. They ' ve formed a touring troup — ' The Happy Four- some ' — Dot sings, Jean dances, Monica plays, and Bud just looks handsome. Donald Rodger, their manager, told me they were due at the Stork Club right after the world ' s two top comedians, Eddie Murawski and Joe Kisiel had ended their engagement there. As I was sitting in my seat, I noticed an exquisite hairdo in front of me, and when the owner turned her head, I recognized at once the former Evelyn Goodale. I spoke to her, and we had a long conversation in which she told me that her hair had been done by Ann Robertson. Evelyn was on her way to New York to an art exhibition and showed me a portrait she had done of her son. Bob, Jr. for the exhibi- tion. Harrison: Exhibitions remind me that Rose Lee John- son, Ann Robinson, and Jane Mulholland exhibited their thoroughbred palominos at our fair here in Conway last fall. They all won first prize. Remember how tall Phil Publicover was? He was at the same fair putting his pet giraffe through his tricks. Jean: By the way, Johnny Caloggero, who was so very short, is running a shoe store specializing in elevated shoes. He wears some himself and he ' s as tall as Phil, now. Harrison: Alice Burke runs a baby-sitting home, I hear. The rooms are equipped with automatic bottle feeders. Ruth Clements,, Louise Gianakas, and Phyllis Marcaurelle leave their babies there quite often. ' Sonny ' Lane supplies the home with ' XYZ vitamin milk, ' and Ellen Sheehan makes up all the formulas. She has dis- covered a new kind of baby food which she calls ' Mashed Mush Baby Food, ' and it is guaranteed to make nono- genarians out of all who use it. Evelyn Atkinson, Connie Erickson, Lorraine Greenleaf, and Teddy Geanakos take shifts as bookkeepers at the home. Say, whatever be- came of Marcia Caverly? Jean: Oh, she has become president of Bates College and has discovered a new educational system where ev- eryone does all his work in the classroom and has no homework. Remember Pete Hawkins? He won his cov- eted C. P. A. and helps Marcia run the nances of the college. Hank Podmostka teaches the girls basketball and high-jumping and is quite at ease with all of them. Where is Don Souter now? He used to be a rugged foot- ball player. Harrison: Oh, he and ' Red ' St. Laurent have formed a partnership and are piano movers. Just last week they moved President ' Dyna ' Player ' s baby grand from the first floor to the fourth floor of the White House. Dor- othy Jackson and Walter Prisby witnessed the scene — they are Representatives in Congress, you know. Wally always used to get along with people — especially girls. The women ' s vote brought him in by a landslide. Women sure are getting control of things! Did you know that Ruthie Coughlin and Ann Spencer are President Player ' s confidential and most trusted advisers, and if it weren ' t for them, the President would lose his job and the whole country would fold up? Jean: Also in Washington, I heard Arthur Hills has submitted a new plan for soil conservation, and they say it will go over big. Harrison: Sue Bear is up in the agricultural world, too. She raises a new flower — the striped, star zinnia. Only she and Charlotte Stone know how to raise these flowers, but Sue keeps Charlotte locked up in a closet so she won ' t let the secret out. Do you know where Chris- tine Sotiropoulos and Jeanne Sheppard are now? Jean: Yes, they run a dress shop just outside of town about two miles from here. Margaret Hills is dressmaker and head seamstress for them. The other day I met Jeanne and she laughingly told me that Alex 1 Szurpicki was in the other day ordering dresses for his daughter, Ann. He was able to buy six because he discovered an oil well in his back yard two years ago. While he and John Willey were experimenting with the oil, some of it spurted on their hair and slicked it in place. This gave them an idea which they patented. The first company to use the hair tonic was Galanis, Conley, and Camplese, Inc., the top barbers in the country. Harrison: Speaking of oil, I must fill the oil bottle for the stove in your cabin. Jean: Thanks, I ' ll get the other three and our bag- gage and we ' ll meet at the cabin. We can all have a jolly time this evening continuing our reminiscences.

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gowns. Roland Russell ' s Orchestra furnished the music and brought a seventeen-year-old vocalist, much to the delight of the girls and anguish of the boys. The whole evening proved successful and to the surprise of everyone a large crowd remained until the end. Although we lost $14.92 we had a good time. At the end of this year we were saddened to learn that Cynthia Raupach would not be with usjin our last year, but was leaving for Arcade, New York. We all missed her gay chatter and merry laughter. The long awaited moment finally arrived, and we marched proudly into chapel and took the prize seats. Thus we began our senior year. There were more new faces among us belonging to Bud Billings, Peter Hawkins, Bill Pescosolido, and Dotty Jackson who had left us previously but whom we were glad to welcome again. Under the leadership of the same officers we quickly got down to the numerous jobh which confronted us. Our first social affair was the senior barn dance held on Halloween Night. Although we took charge, the Booster ' s Club paid for everything. The hall was deco- rated appropriately with witches, cats, grave stones, and a huge spider web covering one door complete with an enormous black spider. This dance was open to all Ips- wich teen-agers and proved a great success. Shortly after this came the Christmas holidays and Senior Day. The Senior French Club entertained at an assembly by presenting The Birds ' Christmas Carol , which launched Phil Publicover on the road to becoming class actor. He played the five-year-old son and though he didn ' t say a word, he had everyone laughing. Then we all dressed up in comfortable kids ' clothes for Senior Day. The most humorous person was Marcia Killam. She wore a Mariner middie , black skirt, striped knee socks, her hair in braids, her old glasses and carried an oversized lollipop. Don Souter proved a very merry Santa. Too bad Mrs. Santa didn ' t sew up his pants before he started, though. Sonny Lane and Bud Billings supplied cider for us all. We also enjoyed dancing after which we all joined hands and marched through the halls, sing- ing Christmas carols. In January we chose Loring as our photographer al- most unanimously. We also decided on caps and gowns without the traditional argument, there being just two against them. We then chose for our D.A.R. Citizenship Girl Marcia Caverly, who was very deserving of the honor. This choice is based on scholastic record and leadership in school activities. Maybe all our activities got us confused or maybe there was another reason why one of our Marcias, Marcia Ready, came to school one Wintry morning with two different shoes on. In March we began preparation for our class play. After a great deal of hard work on the part of the cast. Miss Allen and Miss Blodgett, and Mr. Burgess and Mr. Chadbourne, who co-operated in producing very effective scenery, the Dlay was ready. On March 31, 1950, The Three Bears was presented to a packed hall and met with great success. Harrison Tenney, LLewellyn Chad- bourne, and Phil Publicover starred in the title roles with Mary Mackenzie playing Sylvia Weston, and Kay Lang, Sue Bear, Ernest Nikas, Alan Turner, Russell Davis, and Wimpy, my dog, completing the cast. Immediately following the play, plans were begun for the operetta, Peggy and the Pirate. The leading roles were sung by Bill Pescosolido, Dotty Knowles, Marcia Ready, and Robert MacKay. Thus we bring up to date the activities and events which we want to remember through the years ahead. Tomorrow night we shall graduate and the next night we shall hold our reception. After that each will go his or her own way, and we shall miss the many happy days spent at I.H.S. Some will further their education; others will go to work, but whatever we do we shall never forget the patience and understanding of the faculty throughout these five short years and the lasting friendships we have made. CUSS MMlin TIME: Summer, 1970. CHARACTERS: Jean Johnson and Harrison Tenney. SCENE: A New Hampshire farmhouse. A doorbell is sounded and Harrison answers the door. Jean: Hello! Are you the proprietor of these cabins? Harrison: Yes — Jean: Have you one available for tonight? There are three others waiting in my car outside. Harrison: Yes, of course — right over there. Jean: We h ave come from Ipswich today and we ' re very tired. Harrison: Ipswich? Ipswich, Massachusetts? Jean: W-why yes! Do you know the town? Harrison: I went to high school there. Jean: You did! So did I — I graduated in 1950. Harrison (Gazes into her face): Why you couldn ' t be Jean Johnson, could you? Jean: That ' s exactly who I am! And you ' re Harri- son Tenney! Harrison: Right! Who ' s out in the car waiting? Jean: Sally Landry, Russ Davis, and Llewellyn Chad- bourne. We ' re traveling together on our vacation since we all teach at god old I. H. S. Remember Chad wanted to be a physicist? Well, he ' s gone dow a step — 1 teaches the Lindberg bomb — an invention by one of our classmates, Jenny. Russ teaches history — his old am- bition, and Sally teaches English composition. She be- came an expert from writing such long letters to her sailor friend. 20

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GIFTS ¥C GUTS BY ERNEST NIKAS AND DONALD SOUTER Ernest: Whoa! boy, this is far enough. These things are getting heavy. Donald: Suits me. Now I believe in miracles. I thought we would never never get these gifts. Ernest: Same here, but that rummage sale sure saved our hides. I told you that old chest would come in handy. Donald: You bet, and it did hold a treasure, only not quite what we expected. It sure solved half of our problems. Ernest: Well, let ' s unload and get these gifts passed out. Donald: For a start, how about this autographed pic- ture of Alan Ladd for Evelyn Atkinson; I ' m sure she ' d appreciate it. Ernest: Before we go any farther, we have a pleasant threesome in Charlotte Frydrych, Carmen Benoit, and Dotty Jackson, who aspire to be nurses. For these three I ' m sure these thermometers will help them take a step in the right direction. Donald: Alice Burke is always seen wheeling baby carriages around; I thought she might l ike one of her own and go into business. Ernest: They tell me Sally Atkinson wants to be an airline hostess; so I got her this little plane to practice on. Donald: Since Ann Barrett has access to a big black Buick, I got her an instruction license book to use when she finally induces Alex to teach her how to drive. Ernest: I think Susie Bear might be interested in this edition of the Harvard ' Crimson ' . Donald: Speaking of books. Gene Autry has a book out on how to yodel, which I think Thais Bruni would en- joy. Ernest: I hear Ruth Clements is starting a hope chest, and this cookbook could come in handy. They always said that ' The way to a man ' s heart is through his stomach ' . Donald: Yes, and Marcia Caverly could use this sailor to keep her company when the fleet ' s not in. Ernest: To ' Teddy ' Geanakos, I am giving this rubber car, on which there can be no dented fenders. Donald: Since Ann Czegka has a mania for life- guards, I got her an autograph of one. Ernest: For Louise Gianakas, this dish towel ought to serve its purpose while she works in Janice ' s. Donald: This trumpet is for Connie Erickson, straight from Harry James ' Band. Ernest: ' An apple a day keeps the doctor away ' , and what could be more fitting for Hugh Coughlin, who is going to be a dietician? Donald: Evelyn Goodale, who plans to get married, this dishcloth will, of course, serve its purpose. Ernest: I picked up this medical dictionary for Lor- raine Greenleaf who wants to be a medical secretary. Donald: I ' m sure Jean Johnson will have use for this book of poetry, when she becomes an English teacher. Ernest: For Jenny Linberg, this sheet of song music to add to her repertoire. Donald: Here is a comb for Christine Sotiropoulos to keep her hair as neat as ever. Ernest: Being the class boyologist, Marcia Killam should have no trouble putting this lasso to good use. Donald: Since Don Hovey seems to be a permanent fixture at the First National, I got this deed to the build- ing for Amber Knowles, so we ' ll know who ' s boss? Ernest: For Kay Lang, who is ambitious to be a sec- retary, I ' m sure this pencil and notebook will be usable. Donald: I ' m sure Judy Kent will appreciate this Rol- lie-ing pin. ' Ernest: This curler is for Marcia Ready, a must for every hairdresser. Donald: This airmail stamp ought to speed up Sheila Perley ' s letters to Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Ernest: Who ' s this package of Herbert Tarrington ' s for? Oh! I know, Ann Robinson. Donald: This pencil sharpener will be useful to Ann Robertson in the office, in case of emergency. Ernest: This pickup truck ought to do the trick when Jane Mulholland is stuck without a car. Donald: This alarm clock ought to be useful for Ellen Sheehan, who hopes to be a farmer ' s wife someday. Ernest: This bottle of pills is for Sally Landry, so she won ' t get seasick when the fleet ' s in, or homesick when it isn ' t. Donald: Being the best dressed girl in the class, Stella Seakas could use this fashion magazine. Ernest: Since Mary Mackenzie is such an ardent horse lover, this one ought to keep her company while she is in college. Donald: Speaking of horses, Rose Lee Johnson ought to enjoy this new saddle. Ernest: Phyllis Marcaurelle, who is always seen wash- ing dishes, will find some use for this Ivory Snow. Donald: To Dotty Perley, I give this box of aspirin, to help her get rid of all the headaches she had while being business manager of the Tiger. Ernest: This saxophone ought to prove worthwhile for Charlotte Stone, and who knows? Johnny might even play it for her. Donald: This clarinet is for Margaret Hills, to hold in reserve if anything should go wrong with her present one. Ernest: A quart of milk from Lane ' s Dairy farm is just the thing for Dotty Knowles. Donald: To Jeanne Sheppard, this green pickup truck so she won ' t always have to depend on Rodney. Ernest: To Ann Spencer, a tube of toothpaste to keep her Ipana smile. Donald: That ' s the last of my gifts. How about you? Ernest: It seems to me that we ' ve included every- body. Donald: Well, I ' m glad to have finished it, but it sure was fun. Ernest: That goes for me, too. 22