Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Mayor Kelliher wishes Mabel the best. is Mr. Webster and departing friend and secretary. Rev. Snook givcs Mabel a token of his esteem. 62 WTS I If t f fr - , ga g 1 isiie A f -4 4 eeeie y .f 4 If - 5 , ,M ' ig we . 1 9 :rf - Q we r ry.. S 3 fl, g 1 I y V V7 5 ii i. i, , I A f s'e's V . r t , A crowd of four hundred gather in the Marshall Gymnasium to express their appreciation of Mabel's long and faithful service. After 44 years of service to MHS--service which extended far beyond her official duties as principal clerk to three Head Masters--Miss Mabel McQuesten officially retired on December 31, 1968. Once characterized by football coach Bill Tighe as the most loyal football fan any school could ever havef' Mabel has been associated by many citizens of Malden With the very spirit that makes Malden High a uniquely well-run and lively school. With this in mind, Mr. Roy Finn, a lifelong friend of Mabel, organized an official Friends of Mabel night--November 30, 1968. That evening, 400 alumni and friends, including dignitaries from all levels of government, gathered in the Marshall Gym to pay tribute to one who has given so much of herself to our school. After all the accolades and gifts had been de- livered, Mabel took the mike and said to the crowd, HI feel like the luckiest girl in the World. 14 MHS's most loyal sports fan steps to the mike to express her sentiments. -Jain. .

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And now I come to the third retiree, one of the most efficient secretaries any school system could have. The members of the Class of 1969 will long remember the testimonial dinner given here in the Marshall Gymnasium, November 30, 1968. At this testimonial it was my pleasure to present her with the National Honor Plaque. Thus Mabel became the first one not a student or a teacher to receive this honor. In preparation for her retirement some of us have tried yery hard to locate the song written for the Boston and Maine and sung over the radio: g'l'm timetable Mabel, the girl who's in love with the train--Boston St Maine. This was frequently played at 6:45 when Mabel was taking phone calls from teachers who were to be absent for the day. Those of you who know her appreciate her sense of humor. Three things she has said in the past twenty years will remain with me. To a person who complained that his tickets for the Medford game were not on the fifty-yard line, she said: uWell, I have attended many games, but I have yet to see a touchdown made on the fifty-yard linelw Some few years ago she said on her birthday, g'Mr. Webster is the first head master I have worked for who is younger than I! I hasten to tell you she is only four months older and we both belong to the '05 club! Because Ihave a typewriter in my office near my desk, she remarked one day, Mr. Webster is the only head master I have worked for who thinks he can type!i' Sic transit gloria mundi! L . . . In his letter to me of August 26 1968 Mabel McQueston r J 5 Walter Ryan said: As you probably know I have retired--it is now official' but I ' I regret the fact because I have always 7 a v ,,. 'T ., considered the teaching profession as the 3' X most ennobling of all. . . .I hope the X r if at a . coming school year will be a rewarding . . 1 .,,, ..s. - one. My continued best wishes to you in L perhaps the most difficult of all positions. Walter Ryan is a product of Boston College High School, Class of 1932. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston Col- lege in 1936. His years from 1936 were spent outside Walter C. Ryan the formal field of education. During this period he developed his talents as a Writer, and during World War II he reached the rank of Lt. Commander in the United States Navy. After the war he became News Editor for the Back Bay Ledger. This two-year assignment ended when he became script Writer for the Columbia Broadcasting Company. In 1948 he decided to enter the field of education and was named assistant principal of a school in Littleton, Massachusetts. An opportunity to teach English at the Lincoln Junior High came in 1950 and Walter, happy to teach in his home town, accepted the position. In the school year 1958-59 he was invited by John B. Matthews to teach at the High School and Superintendent Holmes agreed to the transfer. In the summer of 1964, upon the retirement of Dr. Russel Bowman, Walter was elected Chairman of the English Department upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and the Head Master. In the midst of a revision of the English curriculum in the spring of 1966 he was stricken by a severe illness from which he has recovered only to a degree. Through this trial he never gave up the hope that he would return to his beloved school and the teaching of the children whom he loved. Upon the advice of his physician, he did not attend school from the spring of 1966 through the next school year. Finally, again upon the advice of his physician, he decided to retire from teaching during the summer of 1968. In retirement we are sure that Walter will pick up his writing where illness caused him to leave off. He has been a writer of novels, radio plays and mystery stories for some 20 years. Before World War II, he published four adventure novels: Marriage by Appointment, 119371, Hired Man fl9381, Design for Danger fl9391g and Imitation Marriage U9401. For the Columbia Broadcasting Company he wrote scripts for the Grand Central Station and Stars Over Hollywood programs. It has been my pleasure to read three of his mystery stories, published since World War II: Edge of Danger 119571, Cry Tiger f19581g and China Cane U9591. His nom de plume is Michael Storm. Walter, we wish you good luck and God speed. In closing I would like to salute these four exceptional people with a slight mutation in the gospel of St. John, Chapter XV, verse 13: Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his studentsf, Maj0rem hac dilectionem nemo habet, ut animam suam ponat quis pro amicis suis. A ,,,, ,C -. .. X 2224 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION: Asst. Supt. Thomas F. Cosgrove, Joan M. Aliberte, Kenneth V. Desmond, Supt. Paul Phaneuf, John F. Glynn, Neil A. Cooper, Asst. Supt. T. Richard Kelliher, Secy. Norma M. Green. Not shown is Joseph G. Amelio. 13

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The Luukinst Girl in the Wnrld . . . Mahal clflueslen 'KJV' u A.. to X l ll 5 U .f' XN, if 1968 Queen of the Golden Tornado, Kathy Goshtigian, joins former queen. 0-s Nami, K .,.f.,, 1 s . Q 5 A A q A A 'en ,oX!. N. .mAb- tx e e A , ' N ff,L,a,a. I 'l N -'Q 4-su.-1' lf you knew Mabel, is sung by Robert Gaffey to the star of the show Toastmaster Arthur Boyle speaks after service plaque is awarded to Mabel. Arthur Boyle Jr. hugs Auntie Mabeln as friends gather around. X ..