Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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66644 7066! We, the Class of 1953, Major Edwards High School, being of simple mind, disposing memory, and utterly innocent of worldly affairs, do ordain and establish this document, our last will and testament. We hereby bestow our faults and defects to our unsuspecting successors before this grand and glorious institution crumbles to the earth with a shuddering groan, unable to go on without the support of the Class of '53, To MR. PULSIFER we leave the will-power and strength needed in his quest for a new school. For MR. MARSHALL we take away 99W of his troubles and bequeath to him a new table for his office typewriter. We feel that the present one is not doing its duty. To our Class Advisor, MR. LEPORE, we leave our heart-felt appreciation and sincere thanks for his faithful guidance and friendship during our Senior year. To MR. McNANEY we leave an H-Bomb to subdue his uproarious classes. To MRS. HAMILTON we leave the latest edition of newspapers available to have on hand for next year's history classes. To MRS. SHEEHAN we leave the Medal of Honor for bravery in the line of duty. To MISS GILMORE we bequeath a sufficient number of metal cases for the typewriters in room 8, to protect them from hands without that Ivory look. To MR. ALISCH we will an underground tun- nel from the high school to the Industrial Arts Shop so that he will not get his feet wet on rainy days. To MRS. GAGEL we bequeath a tube of Ipana to prevent her ever-present smile from becoming dim. To MISS TOPHAM we leave Marion Hoyle for one more year on the basketball team, and all our best wishes for a very successful season- '53-'54 To MR. THOMAS we leave a gun to fight off his admirers-the Sophomore girls. MISS LAFONTANA we'd like to leave Ralph Hall for your future assembles but we can only give to you a poor excuse for Ralph-a record by Mario Lanza. To MR. ALLEN we bequeath a pair of danc- ing shoes for further use in high school shows. To MR. JEFFREY we leave a practically new basketball team in hopes that it will bring glory to Major Edwards. To MR. KNIGHT we bequeath a robot to aid him in his daily routine of keeping the school in running order. To the present Juniors we leave the headaches and joys which make the Senior year the best of them all. To the present Sophomores we leave our per- mission to tear down the wall between rooms four and five to make a room large enough for the whole class. To the present Freshmen we bequeath the dignity and quiet bearing which a promotion to a higher rank necessitates. To the incoming Freshmen we leave a solemn wa1'ning to fetter their exuberance and adhere to the wishes of next year's Seniors. RALPH HALL, who knows his way around, bequeaths a map of Worcester County, complete with addresses and telephone numbers, to Kings- ley Doe. ANN GARSIDE wills her beautiful complexion to anyone who is less fortunate than she. VIRGINIA COUSINS leaves the enormous task of getting class dues to the succeeding class treasurers. JOHN MACK wills to Duncan Rice his job of keeping his car on the run for Senior Class errands. SANDRA NORDSTROM leaves her well- known giggle and sneeze to Te1'esa Hartwell RICHARD BARAKIAN bequeaths his ability to waste class time by asking questions to Bebe Solitro. This, combined with Bebe's own such talent, should be enough to drive any teacher to resigning. ELAINE MONROE leaves all the underclass- men gasping. ORTON, Better late than never, DOWNER wills his permanent record of 36 tardy days to any future competitor who wants to equal it. JANET GARDNER leaves to create a hair style which will revolutionize the hair industry. RONNIE CARSON leaves to go hunting dears -the two-legged kind. MARJORIE CARPENTER leaves admired by everyone but still unheard. HAROLD CLARKSON wills a set of rules on How to Set up a Movie Projector and Get Out of Class at the Same Time , to Robert Fancy. AUDREY PETTERSON leaves her ability to make Mr. Marshall smile early in the morning to the next girl who works in the office first period. ROBERT, I'm a die-hard Democrat , FER- RANDINO leaves his ability to argue politics at any time to Roland Kelly. MARY BESHAI bequeaths her knowledge of the Italian language to Kent Lindburg. DONNIE MORROW leaves in his car-pedes- trians beware ! l ! JANET ZURANSKI leaves with Ebbie. JAMES SHARPE leaves the girls still sighing and hoping-sorry girls. LEONA CADRAN leaves Cynthia Monroe without a good friend to converse with during study periods. EBBIE WHITCOMB bequeaths his book of driving inst1'uctions to Dave Gonye1'. Ebbie goes by a new set which he has written, entitled How to Drive Dangerously and Live . ELEANOR HALLER leaves her talkative ways to Lillian Kimpton. MARIO LATUGA leaves his ability to get three cheers from the Senior Class when he answers a question right to Dick Lesperance. SHIRLEY GOTHING bequeaths her carefree, happy disposition to the teachers. This is for the benefit of the students during future 7th periods on future Fridays. RUTH AMELLO leaves the student body minus a quiet and efficient member. JEAN MACKAY leaves her cute dimples to Eddie Buck. EDITH TIMONEN leaves, but the echo of Get the yearbook material in lingers on. We attest this to be a genuine reproduction of the last will and testament of the Senior Class of Major Edwards High School, drafted, signed, sealed and delivered in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. Virginia Cousins and Ruth Amello A Class Attorneys Witnesses: Class of '53

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4e77Ze4cz mfg Co-Eclitors in Chief ........ ....... M arjorie Carpenter and Edith Timoneu Associate Editor .......... ............................................. V irginia Cousins Special Features Editor ..... ...................................... J ean MacKay Sports Editors .............. ........... A rt Editors ................ Business M amigers ...... Class Song ..... Song Hits ....... Class History ........ ...... Superlatives C lass Will .......... Class Prophecy Ann Garside and Orton Downer Elaine Monroe and Ebbie Whitcomb John Mack, Ralph Hall, James Sharpe SPECIAL COMMITTEES Ann Garside, John Mack Janet Zuranski, Audrey Petterson, Janet Gardner Sandra Nordstrom, Leona Cadran Jean MacKay, Eleanor Haller, Shirley Gothing, Ann Garside Virginia Cousins and Ruth Amello Mary Beshai, Elaine Monroe and Mr. Lepore, Class Advisor

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Zhu All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely playe1's: they have their exits and their entrancesg and one man in his time plays many parts. Shakespeare fAs You Like It.J ACT I FRICSHMAN YEAR The scene is set-an institution of learning, in a small New England town. The time-the fear- ful month of September. The curtain rises and on stage are the major players. Ralph Hall as President, Gayle Rich as Vice President, Ann Garside as Secretary, and Tony Smith as Keeper of the Funds, with Mrs. Hamilton as director. The first act features a total cast of twenty- nine stagestruck pupils, but the initial effect is overcome after Freshman Initiation. Gayle Rich, one of the members of the cast who is never to be at another performance, leaves. Leona exits also, but returns at the beginning of Act II. Ending: the Act is a class trip to Whalom Park, with thunder showers and sound effects drowning out some of the fun anticipated. ACT II SOPHOMORE YEAR The setting - the same, the time - two months and twenty-eight sunburns later. Cast -four leading rolls won by Ralph Hall, Orton Downer, Jean MacKay and Carmen Meola-Presi- dent, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. This Act entails the annual Sophomore Hop, directed and prompted by Miss Hollisg a Victory Dance, honoring the boys basketball squad for a wonderful performance during the season. Ann Jackola-a very scholasticly minded stu- dent-joins the Junior troop to complete her high school career in three years. The final scene, a jaunt to Nantasket Beach, is marred by inclement weather. The players are undampened, however, as they leave for a short run of Summer Stock.