Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty-one Class History Patricia Holden, John Tsiknas A S we think back over the short span of three enjoyable years to 1941, it is inter- esting to note that we were the largest class to enter L.H.S. — 105 strong. Now we number but 65 graduating, with only 43 present to re- ceive their diplomas on account of this Second World War. Our first decisive step, and truly our debut, was in our election of officers to guide us on our first jaunt. Edna Warren was given the responsibility of leader; and able assistants were Richard Sample, Vice-President; Eugene Baker, Secretary; and Patricia Holden, Treasurer. Mr. Baker and Miss Follansbee were excellent as our class advisers and got us over our first hardships. We have always been a sports-minded class; and in the first fall, winter, and spring, many sophomores filled the ranks and formed a nu- cleus around which future teams were built. Well-known on all the Cape for their out- standing ability in sports were, and are, Ray Paltz, Richard Sample, Sam Cahoon, John Tsiknas, and Alvan Nickerson. Carrying on in L.H.S. by switching from the Broadcaster to the Lawrencian were: Eugene Baker, Durham Caldwell, Jean Barrows, Betty Jordan, John Tsiknas, John Powers, Maxine Holmes, Elmer Ross, Ray DePonte, John Bal- lard, Patricia Holden, Betty Sample, and Edna Warren. Many of these people were later to become prominent members on our school magazine staff. There were other outside interests to take up our young minds and spare time. Being socially minded, we held a ' Sweetheart Dance” during this year; also Durham Caldwell and Betty Sample had parts in the school play, a fast-moving comedy, Spring Dance”. Radio work seemed most popular that year with the coming of our own Cape Cod Station, and many took part in radio skits. Durham Caldwell, Luana Wirick, and Eu- gene Baker were outstanding in scholastic abil- ity- With the arrival of June came vacation, work, and the keen anticipation for more of high school! Returning in September, we once again chose new officers. Edna Warren held the of- fice of Presidency for a second term; and Nancy Cameron was Vice-President; Alvan Nickerson , Secretary; and John Ballard, Treasurer. With the return of such veterans as Ray Paltz, John Tsiknas, and Dick Sample, the var- sity football squad was molded. Holding first- string berths also were: Raleigh Costa, Sam Cahoon, Dennis Cruz, Steve Peters, and Peter Peterson. Worthy of mention for their work on the second team were: Donald Croft, Dur- ham Caldwell, Dale Holmes, Ellsworth Night- ingale, and Bud Higgins. Much honor was ac- credited to Ray Paltz, John Tsiknas, and Alvan Nickerson, who were chosen to be members of the All-Cape team, with Dick Sample also holding an honorable-mention position. Our boys chose Dick Sample as their next year’s football captain and made Ray Paltz their hon- orary captain. The cheerleaders, who had bol- stered our team’s morale, were: Edna Warren, Betty Sample, Janet Thayer, and Betty Jordan. The athletic enthusiasm of our class was well represented when fifteen of the junior boys turned out for basketball. Ray Paltz proved to be second highest scorer on the var- sity, with Peter Peterson and Paul Fish doing no injustice to the team. On the undefeated second team were Captain Sample, Alvan Nick- erson, and Sam Cahoon. Our starlets who played in the intramural games, were: Luana Wirick, Althea Illgen, Edna Warren, Adeline Fish, Betty Jordan, Betty Sample, Mollie Lehy, Barbara Mitchell, and Nancy Cameron. With the coming of spring, Dennis Cruz, Lawrence Rowe, Bill Thayer, Durham Caldwell, and Sam Cahoon did the honors for the class on the diamond. Even in this year we were constantly mak- ing plans for the year to come. To help fatten our bankroll, we gave a very successful Food Sale in November. To help swell our fund, too, we held two dances, the Barn Dance”, and the Victory Dance”. Found in the scholastic limelight were the honor students: Durham Caldwell, Patricia Holden, Jean Barrows, and Richard Strand. Those on the certificate list were: Betty Jordan, John Tsiknas, Robert Peterson and Nancy Cameron. Associate Editors Durham Caldwell, Jean Barrows, and Betty Jordan proved capable of filling their honored position and the Law- rencian proved to be a bigger and better mag- azine. Others on the staff were Pat Holden, Maxine Holmes, Luana Wirick, and Beverly Berg. Those on the Business Staff are often

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Twenty THE LAWRENCIAN— 1943 Class Album First row (left to right): Althea Illgen; Jeanette Bowman; Grover Bourne; John Powers. Second row: upper, Adeline Fish, John Tsiknas; middle, Florence Neal, Patricia Tollio; lower, Norma Cornelius, Jean Borrows; Carleton Miller; upper, Eugene Higgins, Mary Sloat; low ' er, Mollie Lehy, Joan Trudeau. Third row: Alvan Nickerson; Margaret Simons; Dale Holmes; Annette Augusta; Alvan Nickerson, Durham Caldwell, Patricia Holden. Fourth row: Luana Wirick; Beverly Berg; Patricia Holden; Raymon Paltz; Greta Garland.

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Twenty-two forgotten, but they truly are deserving of much praise. In this year the business staff included John Ballard, Betty Sample, Ray Paltz, and John Tsiknas. During this year the Lawrencian sponsored a contest to find a Mr. Lawrencian and a Miss Lawrencian”. As proof of his pop- ularity, Sam Cahoon easily captured the title of Mr. Lawrencian”; and Barbara Mitchell was close runner-up for Miss Lawrencian in an exciting contest. Sam Cahoon was elected Class Marshal for the graduating class of 1942. Beverly Berg, Jean Barrows, Lawrence Rowe, and John Ballard were given the honor of being chosen to the Sportsmanship Brotherhood in their junior year. Patricia Holden, Ray Paltz, John Tsiknas, and Robert Peterson were ac- cepted as members during their senior year. Representing their class off the Cape in that year were Patricia Holden, second-prize winner of the Legion Oratorical District Contest at Wareham, and John Tsiknas at the Musical Festival held at Keene, N. H. With the coming of June came the conclu- sion of another pleasant and exciting year. At that time we carefully elected our officials for our most important year coming. After deep consideration we chose the following: Presi- dent, Raymon Paltz; Vice-President, Sam Ca- hoon; Secretary, Patricia Holden; and Treas- urer, Richard Sample. With June also came the anticipations and glorious expectations of being a Senior! September came again for the third and last time, for we were now seniors. This year we welcomed new members to our ranks. The newcomers included: Betty McShane, Bob Ives, Jane Morley, Thomas Bay, Edward Dahlborg, Bill Knapp, Art and Bill Lucero, Bruce Miller, Robert Moriarty, Robert Noce, Joan Trudeau, and Leo Wilder. Under the threat of the transportation short- age, the prospects of interscholastic football were dimmed. Through efforts of the potential football team, chiefly seniors, a petition pre- sented to the school committee proved most effective in permitting the interscholastic foot- ball schedule to be carried out. Our team had a good foundation around such seniors as Cap- tain Sample, Nickerson, Tsiknas, Costa, Ca- hoon, Cruz, Peters, Peterson, all veterans. Do- ing the senior honors for the second team were Higgins, Nightingale, Caldwell, and Lucero. On account of an unfortunate acc ident received in practice. Cahoon was not able to finish out the last half of the season. As a reward for excellent sportsmanship and playing, John Tsiknas and Dick Sample captured berths on THE LA WRENCIAN— 1 943 the mythical All-Cape team. Edna Warren, Betty Sample, and Janet Thayer enthusiastically cheered their fellow-mates on to victory. With the close of the football season, there was an end to all interscholastic sports to follow because of the shortage of transportation and the scarcity of seniors. Approximately one year after Pearl Harbor, the draft age was lowered to eighteen, making us realize that war had struck us as a country and as a class. Never before in this country’s history had war so drastically affected seniors. Each day found our class smaller, for one sen- ior after another was taken into the war, either by enlistment or by drafting; and our plans were continually changing. Sam Cahoon was the first to go, and he was soon followed by Ray Paltz, Dick Sample, and Alvan Nickerson. Already our class was left to the leadership of one officer. The Services gained as we lost Lawrence Rowe, William Thayer, Carleton Wing, Robert Moriarty, Edward Wixon, Eu- gene Higgins, Jack Tavares, John Ballard, Peter Peterson, James Antonellis, Steven Peters, Ed- ward Dahlborg, Raymond DePonte, and Dale Holmes. Another outcome of the war was that this year instead of the usual three issues of the Lawrencian there were only two. In place of one of the issues, a series of mimeographed newspapers was substituted called the Lau- rence High-Lites. Durham Caldwell and Jean Barrows were in charge of all the issues, under the untiring supervision of Miss Kathleen Are- novski. Members of the staff included seniors Paul Waters, John Powers, Pat Holden, John Ballard, Beverly Berg, Maxine Holmes, Greta Garland, Robert Peterson, John Tsiknas, Lee Davis, Carleton Miller, and Ray Paltz. A high- light of the Lawrencian year was a trip to New York to represent the magazine at the C.S.P.A. convention held at Columbia University by Miss Arenovski, Durham Caldwell, Jean Bar- rows, Pat Holden, and John Tsiknas. As an effort to help the War Program, many of the senior boys collected enormous amounts of scrap under the very able direction of Bev- erly Berg, chairman of the scrap committee. An additional effort to add to the Scrap Pile and to our treasury 7 was made when we were host at the Scrap Dance, at which part of the admission fee was a piece of scrap. At the most important election of the year, Patricia Holden and Durhain Caldwell were chosen to have their names added to the Smythe Tablet. I Continued on Page 28)