Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty-one Class History Natalie Robertson Henry Hall Junior High It is time to depart; With the learning you have taught A new journey we shall start. To Lawrence High across the way Our new course will be set.” And so we entered Lawrence High School. We were full of great hopes and ambitions then and it didn’t take us long to get into the swing of things. Headed by Norman Eldridge, President; Marguerite Lumbert, Vice-President; Fred Metell, Secretary; and Dorothy Densmore, Treasurer, we did quite well for ourselves that first year in Lawrence High. Our boys did a fine job in athletics. George Lino and Gordon Greene were outstanding in football, both being chosen for the All-Cape Team. Frank Marks and Arthur Medeiros did their share t oo. Frank Marks and George Lino were also second-string men on the basketball team. The athletic achievements of the girls should not be overlooked. In the fall of ' 39 Marguerite Lumbert, Marion Mohr, Evangeline Tollio, Jean Wagner and Irene Wright all turned out for hockey and all made the team. Marion Mohr and Marguerite Lumbert also served on the basketball team as regulars. On the Lawrencian staff were Lyle Long, Jean Wagner, Hilda Silva, Bernard Cassidy, Evan- geline Tollio, Marion Mohr and Marguerite Lumbert. The Lawrencian also recognized an- other of us — Eleanor McLaughlin to whom it made a special award of one dollar for her short story, Tortuous Fashion . Four of our members were elected to be on the Sportsmanship Brotherhood — Jean Wag- ner, Jeanne Davis, Lyle Long, and Norman Eldridge. Honor students that year were Natalie Rob- ertson and Louise Silva. As Sophomores we loyally attended all school functions and dances. We even ventured to give a dance ourselves late in the year. This Hick Dance of ours proved to be a bang-up success as was our whole first year in Law- rence High. During our Junior year we were still headed by Norman Eldridge, President. Other officers were: Patricia Brown, Vice-President; Jean Wagner, Secretary; and John DeRose, Treasurer. Our first (and only) social event, a Football Dance given late in November was a huge suc- cess. George Lino, Gordon Greene, Frank Marks, and Arthur Medeiros kept up their good work in football and did much toward making our team one of the best on the Cape. George Lino was chosen to captain the football team of 1941. On the sidelines Marion Mohr and Marguerite Lumbert did a rip-roaring job of cheerleading. As for basketball, George Lino and Arthur Medeiros again showed up and were invaluable members of the first team. In baseball, too, Arthur Medeiros was right in there hitting with the best of them along with Gordon Greene and Noggie Eldridge. As for the girls, Ruth Bryers and Irene Wright played for the winning team in the basketball tournament. The good work of Mar- guerite Lumbert, Patricia Brown, Louise Brown, Jean Wagner and Evangeline Tollio should not be overlooked, however. It was not only in athletics that we distin- guished ourselves either. In the American Le- gion Oratorical Contest Lyle Long carried off first prize, a gold medal and five dollars, for his speech on Religious Toleration”, and John Lawrence was awarded a bronze medal and two dollars for his talk on The Value of a Two-House Congress”. Serving on the Literary Staff of the Lawren- cian were Lyle Long, Eleanor McLaughlin, Nat- alie Robertson, Jean Wagner, Patricia Brown, John Lawrence, Jeanne Davis, Ruth Bryers, and Madalyn Hathaway. Bernard Cassidy, Warren Van Tol, Fred Metell, Evangeline Tollio, Mar- guerite Lumbert, Marion Mohr, Muriel Carl, and Jean Wagner were members of the Busi- ness Staff. Our Junior Class was well represented in the in the Dramatics Club also, by Marguerite Lumbert, Vice-President of the Club, Bernard Cassidy, Willina DeChambeau, Patricia Brown, Muriel Carl, John DeRose, and Lyle Long — all of whom took part in the numerous radio skits which the club presented over station WOCB. In the three-act comedy Spring Dance which the Club presented at the close of the year, Patricia Brown, John DeRose, John Lawrence, Marguerite Lumbert, and Jeanne Prevost took part. Marguerite Lumbert also served as Vice- President of the Student Council. Other mem-

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Twenty THE LA WRENCIAN — 1942 Class Album V v ' First rou- (left to right ' : Warren Van Tol; Avis Neal; upper, Antone Souza, Louise Brown; lower, Milton Servis, Charles Botelho; Lyle Long; Hazel Howell. Second rou : Mary Cavanaugh, Ruth Bryers, Harriet Cohen, Jeanne Prevost, Madalyn Hath- away. Third rote: Marion Mohr, Natalie Robertson, Jean Wagner, Mary Dickson, Janet Dwight, Isabella Lewis, Sophia Lewis. Fourth rou: Bernard Cassidy, Roland Baker, Evangeline Tollio, Jeanne Davis, Jean Collins.

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Twenty-two THE LA WRENCI AN — 1 942 bers included Patricia Brown, Jean Wagner, John Lawrence, Norman Eldridge, and Lyle Long. Ine class of ’41 elected Lyle Long to act as Class Marshal at Graduation. Elected to the Sportsmanship Brotherhood were Louise Brown, Patricia Brown, Ruth Bry- ers, Donald Graham, John Lawrence, and John DeRose. We closed our Junior year by electing Lyle Long, President; Jean Wagner, Vice-President; John DeRose, Secretary; and Bernard Cassidy, Treasurer, to lead us through our final year at Lawrence High. And so, in the fall of 1941 we entered Law- rence High School as Seniors! Our first money-making venture of our final year was a great success, for we realized more than twenty dollars on the comedy The Cur- tain Rises” presented by the Plymouth Play- ers. The football team captained by our own George Lino and backed up by Noggie Eld- ridge, Bernie Cassidy, Art Medeiros enjoyed a very successful year, winning five games out of seven played. George Lino was again elected to the All-Cape Team, and Norman Eldridge was also chosen. Marion Mohr and Marguerite Lumbert again cheered the boys on to victory. Three Seniors — George Lino, Norman Eldridge, and Arthur Medeiros — did outstanding work on the bas- ketball team. Norman Eldridge also made a good showing on the baseball diamond. The girls had two basketball teams. One led by Marguerite Lumbert and the other by Irene Wright. “Geet’s” Blue Team won the championship. Other Senior girls on the teams were Jeanne Prevost and Virginia Fernandes. The Harvest Dance sponsored by the Sen- iors early in the school year although it was no great financial success, certainly was a social success. Sports Night held March 29 in the Hall School gym netted some good hard cash for the Senior Treasury as the Seniors won the track events with fifteen points. Altho ugh the Juniors proved to be better than the Seniors in basketball, Lyle Long carried off the honors for the Seniors in the High Jump. In the Miss Lawrencian contest our Senior candidate, Janet Dwight, won the title with great ease. Later, in the Mr. Lawrencian” con- test Norman Eldridge placed second. Co-editors of the Lawrencian, Madalyn Hnth- away and Natalie Robertson, attended the Col- umbia Scholastic Press Association Conference at Columbia University with their adviser. Miss Arenovski. This year again the Lawrencian won the C.S.P.A. Medalist Award for excel- lence. Other members of the Lawrencian staff and Senior Yearbook are Jeanne Prevost, Jean Wagner, Evangeline Tollio, Ruth Bryers, Ber- nard Cassidy, Roland Baker, Marion Mohr, Warren Van Tol. To be their representative at the annual D.A.R. Convention held in Boston the Seniors cho„e Madalyn Hathaway. Antone Souza proved to be a credit to Mr. Robinson ' s teaching in the Eastern Massachu- setts Agricultural Contest. Journeying to Keene, N. H., John Lawrence represented the Senior Class and Lawrence High School in the New England Musical Fes- tival. Our class was destined to be a war class and four of us serve as air-raid wardens — Mad- alyn Hathaway, John Lawrence, Donald Gra- ham, and Roland Baker. Two of the Senior boys were awarded Cadet aircraftsman certi- ficates for their model planes constructed for use by the Navy. These were Norman Eldridge and Lawrence Palmer. Milton Servis was awarded an Ensign aircraftsman certificate for his successful completion of three planes. Because of the war the annual trip to Wash- ington was cancelled. Also because of the war Madalyn Hathaway and Norman Eldridge who were chosen by the students to have their names put on the Henry Herbert Smythe Roll of Honor have the distinction of having their names put on in wood instead of being cast in bronze. And we Seniors had no Prom! What with the gas rationing, the tire shortage and everything we decided to give it up and buy War Bonds for the school instead. We held our Class Banquet at Handy’s Inn the evening of June 4. Baccalaureate Service was held at the Meth- odist Church on June 7. Class Day was June 8! Our class colors were the traditional red and white and our flower was the red carnation. And so came June 9th! An eventful, im- portant, sad but joyous day in our young lives. We were graduated. Graduated from dear old Lawrence High School into a war-torn world, but we have our class motto Climb Though the Rocks Be Rugged” before us and ever in our hearts will live our memories of Lawrence High and the strains of We must leave thee, Lawrence High School Pledge we now our loyalty Hours we’ve spent within your portals Ever in our thoughts will be . . .” will keep us loyal to the end wherever we may be.