Lockwood High School - Reminder Yearbook (Warwick, RI)

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,ll, THE CLASS OF 1937 MAKES A PHOPHECY An elderly man formerly Prrncrpal of Aldrrch Hrgh School sat before the glowrng hearth and rn hrs lap lay the 1937 Hemmder As he slowly turned the pages hrs grandson Iohnnre lrstened rntently as he pornted out prctures of that year s graduatrng class and rdentrfred them Well well here s Adelrne Thurber I remember she formerly worked as a chorus grrl rn the Srlver Queen owned by Ray Smrth Donald March was orchestra leader and Betty Machon the attractrve head wartress Thomas Iacques also worked there as hat boy Betty s brother Charles rs now salesman rn Ian Hayes s shoe store Grandpa was thrs good lookrng boy very smart? My yes' Donald Hall made qurte a name for hrmself rn the engrneerrng lrne Thrs boy Tony Henry the golf pro spent many days tryrng to teach Iames Bryer to be a golfer but Irm would rather be an avrator Who rs thrs grrl? That rs Lrllran Coulthurst She got marrred shortly after graduatron and rs now lrvrng rn Calrfornra Here rs Mary Leacy owner of a charn of beauty parlors These boys Duncan Errckson Tu tle and Sylvra all yorned the Natronal Guards whrle Ralph Berker decrded to Iom the Navy and see the World Oh yes thrs rs Walter Trllrnghast presrdent of the New York Advertrsrng Club Hrs prrvate secretary rs Betty Long What rs thrs boy dorng now? Don Owen rs advertrsrng manager for Evans Addrng Machme Co Thrs grrl Alrce Hughes was a companron to a wealthy woman who traveled around the world She also was qurte an artrst Grandpa rs thrs one famous? Yes Lrllran Bennetts sketches are on exhrbrtron rn the Okerholm Art Gallery New York Crty and the grrl here Vrolet Ellrs rs desrgner for Shrrley Ellrson s fashron salon Beatrrce Harrop became an accomplrshed pranrst whrle Maryorre Brown and Mrldred Reddrngton became journalrsts Thrs boy Harrre Wheeler and Elrzabeth McMannus became great opera srngers They have played opposrte each other rn many operas rn Europe Goodness me Elsre Wrlson opened an undertakrng parlor rn Chrcago and busmess be came so thrrvrng she had to hrre Dorothy Cagnon as secre tary What rs thrs one dorng now? Let me see That s Dorothy Brown She rs Dean at our Alma Mater Sylvra Howland taught Mathematrcs Dorothy Peterson Scrence Alrce Reynolds French and Clarre Tuttle Physrcal Trarnrng Thrs boy Donald Wheeler owned prop erty rn Texas where later orl was found makrng hrm a mrllronarre Grandpa thrs grrl s face looks famrlrar It should she s your mother s favorrte harr dresser Hortense Clement She took you to her Beauty Parlor the other day Here s Alrce Maxwell your father s prrvate secretary Thrs grrl Margaret Ruck got trred of offrce work so started a home for old mards She later became a Governor s wrfe Here he paused to throw a log on the frre and then con trnued Thrs year your srster s class had therr graduatron prctures taken at Olrve Martrns studro where Velma Brush was assrstant These grrls Iola Hampton and Lottre McLean ran cr mrllrnery shop rn Provrdence and drd qurte a busrness Located rn the same burldrng was Tate s dancmg Academy The last I knew Regrna Sheehan was teachrng rn Norwood Grammar School Thrs grrl Alrce Murdock became the dretrtran rn The Marn Hotel Boston At thrs same place Helen Arnold was the well known leader of the Elrte Orchestra Mrlton Brrtclrffe rs now an mterne at Howard Grandpa rsn t thrs boy a surgeon? Yes he rs Robert Betancourt rs one of the best known surgeons rn the country Assrstrng hrm are the nurses Ruth Barker Gwendolyn Krnne and Madelyn Greenwood The Illl other day Lee Confreda journalrst wrote me that Rrchard Rose and Robert Reed had opened a combrnatron rce house and hot dog stand and that Ernest Cone was a landscape gardener Thrs grrl here Helen Iohnston became a veter mary A few months ago I saw Ruth Iones avratrrx and she told me Mrldred Rrchardson rs now a mrssronary nurse and rs rn the southern part of Afrrca Why that s Hazel Wade' She turned out to be an rnterror decorator and I heard she recerved a large sum of money for decoratmg the home of Thomas Ashworth the well to do draftsman Here rs Lucrus Eccleston He was always a good sport rn school and chauffered people to wherever they wanted to go He now rs takrng an actrve part rn the Salva tron Army I belreve Raymond Iensen rs sound effect man for the A B C Broadcastrng Co owned by George Iohnson Over thrs statron you have no doubt heard thrs fellow Gurdo George the well known crooner also Ruth Neary the srlver toned soprano of the arr Now Eva Church teaches modern rstrc dancrng and only yesterday I heard that busmess was farlrng rn the Logan and Wrgnot Auto Reparrrng Co due to frnancral reasons known only to themselves Travelrrrg through Atlantrc Crty thrs summer I saw Vrrgrnra Whrte chosen Mrss Amerrca of the bathrng beauty contest Starrrng rn the new RKO prcture berng released rn Ianuary rs our much remembered Margaret Chadwrck playrng the leadrng lady opposrte Harvey Gustafson Grandpa thrs face looks famrlrar It should Iohnnre you ve seen hrs prcture rn the papers That s Lrndsay Parkrnson avrator who recently set a new altrtude record Here rs Ralph Errckson better known as the star prtcher of the New York Yankees Manager of thrs team rs Wrllram Hughes I recently saw Ruth Burdrck who rs a remarkable prano teacher and she told me Iohn Florence rs bell hop rn the Whrte House Now here rs a memorable young man and one I shall never forget It s none other than Kendall Moultrop presrdent of hrs class for four years I hear that at the next presrdentral electron he rs gorng to run for Presrdent on the Republrcan Trcket Garley now plays for the New York Cubs and I belreve hes plannrng to marry rn March Here s Sue Dwyer She has contrnued on wrth her cafeterra work for she now rs wartress rn the Baysrde Restaurant owned by Harold Morgan Constance Ferrellr has earned large sums of money as a commercral artrst and thrs boy Iohn Gallagher rs now an rce cream manufacturer Grordano rs qurte busy these days for he rs a travelrng salesman Who s thrs lrttle boy Grandpa? Gracrous me That s Saul Barber Drs rrct Attorney When I went to hrs offrce once I saw Wanda Planka a typrst there Oh' here s my broker Robert Doeg Gladys Hrll worked for hrm as hrs secretary and Wrnrfred Allen as swrtchboard operator My goodness Id almost forgotten these two but now I remember Vrola Rondeau and Adella Iohnson ran a dress shop and these grrls Eleanor Smrth and Lourse Rose are effrcrent lrbrarrans rn one of New York s leadrng lrbrarres Well these young women Vrrgmra Wrllrams and Katherrne Grllrs are nurses rn the chrldren s department at Iane Brown Hosprtal That new corffure everyone rs wearrng was de srgned by Agnes Maclntyre Rose Donnelly has also become qurte an accomplrshed harrdresser for she now 'ras a shop of her own rn Hollywood Francrs Brun Dot Hallene and Helen Rrchardson all went out rnto the busmess world after leavrng school but I havent heard from any of them srnce By the way thrs grrl Gladys Trderman rs now secretary for the Mayor of the crty of Warwrck Grandpa who s the last grrl? That rs Marlorre Ward the well known publrc a countant of the Crty of Provrdence After frnrshrng the book Grandpa sent Iohnnre off to bed whrle he sat at the frresrde wonderrng rf all the classes followrng had had as much success HAZEL WADE 37 X ga: . X 1.. L I ' I ,-: 1 1 1 . X 1! ' '-r.,-.:.g.:-v - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - - 1 1 - 1 . . , - - ,, . . . . . . . , . . - 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . .1 . - 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' , , l 1 1 1 . - 1 11 1 . . .1 . 11 - 1 1 1 1 - 11 , . 11 . - . . 1 1 1 1 1 , . . . 1 . 1 1 I ' . 1 ' ' I 1 ' - 1 1 . . . . H , , , ,, 1 1 1 1 . 1 r . - 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 ' C 11 . 1 . 11 . . , . 1 . , 11 . . . . . . . 1 . -

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.1 Yip' ,, HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1937 In 1934 we entered Lockwood Hrqh School In sprte of the confusron we readrly establrshed ourselves amonq the other classes We determrned from the frrst to be out standrnq rn our school We entered our Sophomore year wrth hxgh hopes and were very successful rn dramatrcs debatrng and other extra actrvxtres In our Iunror year we were transferred to our new school Aldrtch and contrnued on our successful school career Our Iumor Prom was the hrgh spot rn our Iunror Year In our last year we clxmaxed our success wrth our Semor Play Semor Hop and Semor Ball Our scholastxc RHODE. ISLAND HONOR SOCILTY Frrst How M Rrchardson M Brown D Peterson S Ellrson B Long O Martm R Burdrck H Iohnston Second Row A Reynolds G Kmne O Confreda M Chadwick M Huck W Planl-ca D Cagnon G Trderrrran Tlx rd How F Brun S Barber R Barker T Ashworth K Moultrop R Be ancourt D Hall S Howland CLASS OF 1937 Offrcers and Executzve Commlttee FrstHow C Tuttle G Krnne M Chadwrck Secretary A Reynolds Second How S Barber K Moult rop Presrdent T Ashworth Mrss Shatler T Henry V1cePres1dent D Hall abrlrty was proven by the large number of members on the R l Honor Socxety and by the number of students on the honor roll throughout the four years We are now lookmq forward to our greatest achrevement Gradua txon' RHODE ISLAND HONOR SOCIETY We wrsh to extend our hearty congratulatrons to the members of thrs Honor Soctety They have done out standrng work rn therr hrgh school career and therr scholastrc abrlrty rs rated far above the average We feel Certarn that these people are assured of success 1n lrfe as well as 1n school and we offer our best wrshes for a successful future IIUI l'l74W an , n L . .H Fx- U , ' E H ' ' b Q

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WINNIFRED ALLEN Wlnnze Wmnre rs one of the most popular grrls of her Semor class Her flashrnq brown eyes and charmxnq smlle have won her many frrends She loves dancmq and IS always ready for a good tlme We wrsh you success rn the future Dramatlc Club 12 3 41 War w1ck1te13 41 HELEN ARNOLD Shorty Here rs our own blonde sweet and lovable Helen Wnh her pleasrnq personalrty and art of playmg the ptano she has won a host of fnends We wxsh you success Helen rn whatever you undertake rn the future Good Wlll 13 41 Iazz Orches tra 121 School Orchestra 12 3 41 Gym Exhlbltlon 121 THOMAS RAYMOND ASHWORTH Prop Club 121 Warwxckrte Staff 12 31 Cross Country Track 121 Orchestra 13 41 General Or qamzatron 141 Tenms 131 One act Plays 13 41 Semor Play 141 Class Committee 141 Dramattc Club 13 41 Good Wxll 141 State Play 131 R I Honor Socrety 141 Gym Exh1bxt1on11 2 31 Debat mg Club 131 SAUL BARBER Barbasol Thxs argurnentatrve young man has come to us thrs year from Hope He has a very ltkable dns posxtlon and we wxsh hmm suc cess rn the future G O 141 Executrve Commxttee 141 Varsrty Basketball 141 Dra matrc Club 141 Senior Play 141 Senxor Competrtron Play 141 R I Honor Socxety 141 Intra Mural Basketball 141 THE REMINDER RUTH BARKER Huthre Ruth rs a very mdustrrous honor student and a good athlete as well She plans to contrnue on at the Homeopathlc tra nmq school Home Room Representatxve 111 General Organxzatron 111 Inter class Basketball 11 31 Varsxty Basketball 121 Dramatic Club 141 Leaders Corps 12 3 41 War w1ck1te141 R I Honor Socrety Swrmmmg Club 121 Interclass Volley Ball and Basketball 11 2 31 Gym Exh1b1t1on1l 2 41 LILLIAN EVA BENNETT 1 Introducrng L11 wxth her never faxlrng cheery smrle and lovely blonde curls She has made many lastmg frlends at Aldrrch and many a male heart f'utters when L11 walks by Rldlnq Club 111 Dramatlc Club 13 41 Interclass Basketball 111 Warwlcklte 121 Golf Club 121 One Act Play 141 RALPH CHRISTIAN BERKER Ralphle Ralph has been a very popu lar person m our class and the school wlll surely mxss htm when he graduates Ralph has also done credlt to our football team thts year Success rn the Navy Ralph and we re sure you ll become an admrral some day Football 13 41 Glee Club 141 Indoor Track 141 9 sr- ROBERT XAVIERIJ BETANCOURT o Here s the brams of the Senror Class Betancourt' Bob has brlghtened many a dull moment rn our school llfe wtth hrs never faxlrnq sense of humor and hrs almost uncanny wrttmess Bob xs a real go getter and we know hell meet success wherever he goes Debatrnq Club 141 v-Q E121