Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty-three Class Prophecy Durham Caldwell (The time is May 18, 1968; the scene, the broadcasting studios of radio station WHIZ. Grouped around a microphone are Durham Caldwell, LeRoy Davis, and Lester Henry.) (CHIMES: Bong! Bong! Klunk! ) DAVIS: This is station WHIZ, Nye Road, Massachusetts, on the air twenty-seven hours a day, eight days a week, Republican Stand- ard Time. It is now exactly thirteen o’clock, B-U-L-O-V-A, Ben Rus watch time. And now we bring you a special news broadcast by that noted commentator, H. V. Gram Swing Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell! CALDWELL: Good evening, ladies and gen- tlemen! The voice you just heard was that of our ace announcer, LeRoy Davis, the man who set television back thirty years. And now to get on with our program: Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the graduation from Lawrence High School of the Class of 1943. As one of that illustrious group, I am extremely happy to be able tonight to bring you up-to-date on all its members. To begin with, seated be- side me are two well-known classmates, Mr. Davis, whom you were unfortunate enough to hear a moment ago, and that celebrated stooge and gagman (who ought to be gagged), the boy whose voice is killing mil- lions, Lester Henry ! (HENRY raises applause sign.) CALDWELL: And now the latest news of the Class of ’43! A bulletin just in from the War Depart- ment in Washington informs us of the as- tronomical rise and subsequent retirement from military service of that world-famous soldier James Antonellis. Jim. you’ll re- member, joined the Army twenty-five years ago as a buck private, determined to rise to the top. After reaching his goal several days ago, he was retired upon the special recom- mendation of the President with the per- manent rank of private, first class. Also from Washington, we learn that Rear Admiral Samuel Cahoon has been appointed head of the mathematics department at An- napolis. Nearer to home we find that Luana Wirick, who always wanted to be a private secretary, has finally landed a job — as secretary to drug-store tycoon, Lawrence Rowe, with the result that he sits in her lap while dictating. Bud’s rise in the business world has been phenomenal. Two years ago he took over his father’s small chain of four stores. To- day he has two Standard-Times routes and shines shoes on Saturdays. Maxine Holmes, most artistic member of the Class of ' 43, has just taken a new posi- tion, art director for the Burma-Shave Com- pany. Greta Garland also has an excellent art job. She draws the S” on Superman. Flash! Robert Peterson, the hamburger king, has developed a new-style meatball! We had hoped to have Bob Noce with us tonight; but, due to circumstances beyond our control, he was detained by Sheriff Gro- ver Bourne at Barnstable jail. The charge: bigamy. The women: Virginia Studley, the well-known poetess, and Edna Warren, woman lifeguard at the local bathing beach. And now a word from the sponsor of our program, the Un-American Tobacco Com- pany, makers of Weasel, the finer (?) cigar- ette. DAVIS: For your smoking pleasure, get Wea- sel cigarettes today. HENRY : Weasel cigarettes are made from the choicest blend of Turkish, domestic, and Am- erican tobaccos. DAVIS: Weasel cigarettes are queen-size, extra long to filter that sooty smoke! HENRY : Weasel cigarettes are packed in a special crush-proof package! DAVIS: Weasel cigarettes are also oval-shaped; so if they do get crushed, no one will know the difference. HENRY : Weasel nicotine has gone to war! DAVIS: Now back to Mr. Caldwell and the news! CALDWELL: Edward Dahlborg. as is well known, took his good looks to Hollywood several years back and blossomed into one of filmdom’s favorite leading men. His latest performance is playing the title role in Frankenstein, for the Thirteenth Time, Meets the Wolf Man.’’ The part of the Wolf Man is played by Richard Strand. Annette Augusta, after getting bored with selling candy in the Falmouth Theatre, also went to Hollywood. Now she is selling

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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)

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Twenty-four candy in the movie capital’s Empire Thea- tre, which is managed by that great show- man, Edward (Three-Ring) Wixon. Another working girl who became dis- satisfied wdth her position is Norma Corne- lius. Norma, however, used a different tech- nique. When she got tired of slaving behind the counter of the local five-and-ten, she merely w ' ent to see Mr. Newberry. Result: J. J. Cornelius and Company. From Mashpee we learn that Lucinda Hicks has been elected as that community’s first woman selectman. She succeeds the famed Steven Peters, w ' ho is settling down to the life of a gentleman farmer in order to devote his full time to raising cane. A special symphonic concert will be given in the Quissett Opera House next week by Pete Peterson and his people-can’t-get-apart- ments-because- we’ve -got-all-the-flats orches- tra. Maestro Peterson is expected to play several selections from the works of the emi- nent temporary composer, John Powers, in- cluding excerpts from the famous Grand Avenue Suite”, known familiarly as the Short-Cut to Falmouth Heights”. While on the subject of music, it is in- teresting to note that Emma Medeiros has just won a damage suit from Dorothy Re- zendes and her makes-ya-wanta-go-home band. The damage? To Emma’s eardrums. Now a message from our sponsor, the makers of Weasel cigarettes: DAVIS: Get Weasel, the finer cigarette, today! HENRY: Weasel cigarettes are not only toasted, but also parboiled! DAVIS: They satisfy (some people). HENRY : Something new has been added to Weasel cigarettes: a six-cent excise tax! DAVIS: With men who know ' tobacco best, it’s Weasels, double or nothing! HENRY: Now back to Raymond Gram Cald- well and the new ' s! CALDWELL: We have just received w ' ord from our female Winchell, Miss Mary Sloat, that Lawrence Perry, climaxing twenty-six years of steady courtship, has finally gained Florence Neal’s consent to marriage. While on the subject of marriage, we are reminded that the former Miss Patricia Holden has recently taken as her fifth hus- band one Raymon Paltz. For reasons of se- curity (my security) names of the other four victims w ' ill not be mentioned. Ray, inci- dentally, once w r on second prize in a w ' orld w ' ide tail-tale contest. First honors, of course, THE LAWRENCIAN— 1943 went to the author of the Japanese naval communiques. Margaret Cassidy, after all these years, is still wowing ’em along the Gay White Way. Her most popular number is There’ll Al- ways Be an England”. Also in the entertainment world, we look with pride upon the achievements of that favorite comedy team of stage, screen, radio, and Morse Code, Carleton Miller and Eugene Higgins, who are now appearing in person and the R.K.O., West Falmouth. Next Thursday they w ' ill begin a limited engage- ment at Little Dan’s, the w ' ell-known night club managed by Stella Hicks on the Mash- pee Turnpike. Currently starring at the club is blues-singer Mabel Corey. The noted author, Raymond DePonte, has just finished another novel. This one is en- titled Murder at the Race Track”, or Por- terhorse Steak for Dinner Tonight”. The book has received favorable comment from the number-one literary critic of the day, Atina Fernandes, and thus seems assured of a good sale. A quick peek at the sports picture shows that the women ' s heavyweight wrestling champion, Miss Jean Barrows, will defend her title Friday night in the Fresh Pond Arena against a very promising challenger, Molly (the Mauler) Lehy. According to betting commissioner Warren Nickerson, the odds are that Miss Barrows, better known by her professional name, Big Bertha, will keep her crown. Also on the sports scene: a special mes- senger from upper Gifford Street repons that local boy Dennis Cruz, for the sixth year running, has captured first place in the all- Teaticket marble-shooting contest. Raleigh Costa came in a poor second, due largely to his unwillingness to shoot anything but square, spotted marbles. Now a few words from our sponsor, the Un-American Tobacco Company, makers of Weasel cigarettes. HENRY : Ladies and gentlemen, Weasel cigar- ettes are acknowledged by leading medical journals as the only brand which definitely cures all throat-soreness due to excess smok- ing! DAVIS: No other cough medicine can make this statement! HENRY : Remember, for every song Lee Davis sings on this program, a quarter of a million Weasels free are fed the Japs below the sea.