Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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Cornelia Wondergem leaves Mansfield High straight for Foxboro High— and it isn’t to get a better education. Martha Hodges leaves her habit of talking at the wrong time to Janet Eames. Luella Whitten leaves her motto, “Silence is golden,” to Clara Cutillo. And I, Maurice Tretakoff, having made public this will, offer my battered and broken body to a first aid class. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1943 of Mansfield High School, hereby set our hand and seal to this, our will, this fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three A. D. Witnesses : Mr. Five by Five Superman Lana Turner

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John Koukol wills a book entitled ‘““Radios—How and Why They Work” to Mr. Craig. Mary Ellen Gremore leaves a small book containing addresses of sailors to Grace Nickerson. Rose Cavallo leaves her quiet ways to Dick Eldridge. Kenny Richardson leaves Virginia DeLong alone to defend herself against the wolves as best she can. Jean Paton and Edith Boynton leave their knowledge of commercial subjects to any girl who plans to become a private secretary. Alice Bellavance leaves her come-hither smile to Marcia Vernon. Irene Kalvin and Elsa Griswold bestow on any ambitious girl a pamphlet en- titled ““How To B ecome Engaged before Graduating.” Helen Johnson leaves a book of tickets to Boston to any girl who has a sailor stationed at the Navy Yard. Deborah Sullivan leaves her ‘Foot’ in the care of some beautiful nurses. Verne Butts leaves to Jackie Vallett his conviction that variety is the spice of life. Bill Cross passes down to some bright math student the art of doing his review math during trig periods without getting caught. Helen Rockwood leaves her loyalty to the basketball team to some sports-minded girl in the junior class. Anna Patrignani leaves Helena Wellman the task o f carrying on the petty gossip of the school. Gene Britton leaves his knowledge of aircraft to Seward Tuell. Helene Gallipeau bestows on Loraine Anderson her beauty and charm. Francis Green leaves his new electric razor to Jackie Adelstone. Marion Wirth leaves her large vocabulary to John Pharmakis. Betsey Fitzgerald leaves Marion Dustin the consoling thought that there are plenty of men over six feet tall. Jane Wynn leaves her job at the lunch counter to any girl who can smile and control her temper.

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ass History By Evelyn I. Eldridge In September, 1940, seventy-eight bewildered boys and girls entered the Mansfield High School. Flustered, we wandered through the building looking for the rooms where our classes were scheduled. Our confusion lasted for a few days, but eventually we became experienced in the ways of the Senior High School. Under the direction of our advisers, Miss Henchel and Mr. Wall, we chose Arthur Robertson, president; Francis Green, vice-president; Deborah Sullivan, secre- tary; and David Jackson, treasurer. As sophomores we were ably represented in boys’ sports by Walter Bielan, Bruce Bayley, Earle Buck, Harold Chamberlain, Edward Dalton, Raymond DePillo, Edgar Deviney, Robert Eldridge, Roger Everett, Fred Garland, Paul Hicks, Stanford Inman, Edward Julian, Rudolph Menga, Fred Morse, Fred Nielsen, Robert Patriquin, Arthur Robertson, Charles Rockwood, Kenneth Richardson, Edward Unger, Julius Wills, and Earl Wright. In girls’ basketball and field hockey, our honor was upheld by Edith Boynton, Eleanor Chandler, Harriet Chambers, Evelyn Eldridge, Betsey Fitzgerald, Helen Gegenheimer, Elsa Griswold, Martha Hodges, Jean Paton, Anna Patrignani, Kathleen Reilly, Helen Rockwood, Celeste Souza, Deborah Sullivan, and Cornelia Wondergem. In our first year, Kathleen Reilly, Kenneth Richardson, and David Jackson were elected to the staff of The Tatler, while William Cross, Olive Enman, Helene Gallipeau, Stanford Inman, Edward Julian, Rudolph Menga, Deborah Sullivan, Priscilla Wheeler, and Earl Wright were appointed reporters on the same publication. As we look back over the activities of the year, three social events stand out with particular vividness—the Senior Play in November; the Mardi Gras in Feb- ruary; and the prom which the Athletic Association held in April. The last-mentioned event was indeed a gala occasion for those of us who appeared at the party in our first formal attire. Before we realized it, June had crept upon us and we finished our sophomore year at Mansfield High School by attending the graduation exercises and the reception tendered by the juniors to the seniors. In September, 1941, we returned to Mansfield High School as confident juniors. We were sorry to find that our principal, Mr. Hays, and two of our teachers, Mr. Wall and Miss Merrow, had left us. We soon felt acquainted, however, with our new principal, Ir. Craig, and with our new teachers, Mr. Jenkins and Miss Swenson. We began the year by electing our class officers. We chose for president, Edward Dalton; for vice-president, Arthur Robertson; for secretary, Deborah Sullivan; and for treasurer, Edward Julian. ‘This year our advisers were Mrs. Whitmore and Mr. Robinson. Again we were represented by capable athletes. Participating in the boys’ major sports were Walter Bielan, Eugene Britton, Verne Butts, Edward Dalton, Robert Eldridge, Roger Everett, Stanford Inman, David Jackson, Edward Julian, Edmund Markt, Rudolph Menga, Fred Morse, Fred Nielsen, Robert Patriquin, Arthur Robertson, Kenneth Richardson, Maurice Tretakoff, and Earl Wright. The girls who brought credit to us in basketball were Edith Boynton, Eleanor Chandler, Betsey Fitzgerald, Elsa Griswold, Martha Hodges, Anna Patrignani, Jean Paton, Kathleen Reilly, Esther Wirth, Cornelia Wondergem, and Doris Yerbury.