Marblehead High School - Yearbook (Marblehead, MA)

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Glwup June 12 is a national holiday because it is the anniversary of the graduation of the class of 1946 of Marblehead High School. In 1962 we are celebrating this holiday by having a class reunion in the high school gym. As we Walk in the door, our eyes are caught by the gorgeous array of Bartlett girls decorating the walls. Don Bartlett has put both Petty and Varga out of business with his Bartlett girls, and he very generously drew several dozen of them to decorate the gym. Jack Baumann, senior class president, welcomed us. He is here with his wife, the former Barbara Bell. Jack coaches the professional football team of Xalanga, South Africa, where he is comfortably Warm. Bill Kiely's team of Ust Ukhta, Russia, plays Jack's every Thanksgiving in Dneprod- zerzhinsk Bowl in Russia. Sitting near Bill is George Goodwin, who now sweeps the ice at hockey games in Boston Garden. He likes getting into the games free. Craig Murphy and his wife fnee Chris Johnsonj are absent from our banquet. Craig was the first man to attempt to reach Venus in a rocket ship after contact was made with her by radar. We knew the Murphys' got there because the planet blinked, but we've never heard from them since. Pris- cilla Davis disappeared several years ago, just about the time that Craig made his flight. Although there is a strong suspicion that Priscilla stowed away on the rocket ship, nothing definite is known and she is still listed with the Missing Persons Bureau. Just as familiar to high school students as to us is Carolyn Dennis, who is now school librarian. She took up her new duties when Miss Elliott left, and Carolyn also is making pupils compile bibliographies. John Coflin is another employee of the School Department. He is supporting himself, his wife Judy Graves Coffin, and his sextuplets by working as a janitor. Marblehead's truant officer, Bert Bailey, is present. He is taking attend- ance at the reunion. He is doing such a phenomenal job that there are no more absence lists in the high school. There's Leo Martin. He has a flour- ishing business selling neckties. He comes up to the high school with a rack of ties every time group pictures are taken for the yearbook, and he is, therefore, very popular with Miss Thompson. Marion Teel, class vice-president, is the owner and operator of a merry-go-round at Devereux Beach. Frank Chandler holds a high political ofiice-Secretary of the Treasury. Having gotten experience when taking care of the class money matters, he has greatly reduced the national debt. CIt's now minus 33.791 We see Maxine Hammer, former class historian now a millionairess, who operates the poor house in Hicks, Illinois. Betty Dray, class secretary, has been promoted to hostess on a rocket ship. Beverly Hill is also a hostess on the same ship, and Joe Penni is pilot. They all have very nice tans from being so close to the sun. Russell

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To Bill Hopkinson, a bar of Lava soap to clean the engine grease from his hands, To June Korsun, the ability to keep a boyfriend longer than one week, To Fred Graves, a free pass to the barber shop, To Bill Kiely, a joke book to keep him up-to-date on the latest jokes, To Phyllis Hubbard, a Yankee accent, To Egga Knight, a rabbit's foot, with the hope that it will prevent as many auto accidents in the future as his luck has in the past, To Jack and Paul Ryan, some clothes that are strikingly different, 'To Jean Raney, another boy: that is, if she thinks she can manage another, To Leo Martin, a little black book, to keep a list of all his girl friends, To Barbara Heizer, a Cookoo clock, To Russell Oatman, some ideas for a new fantastic invention, To Marie Papin, a picture of Frank Sinatra, over which she can swoon, To Frank Chandler, a gift of five hundred dollars to buy a few more cars, To Judy Graves, a mighty Billy , To Jeff Peach, a jar of peanut butter, To Ranno Murphy, a crystal ball, so that he can Gnd out what his future is to be, To Pussy Wheeler, an ever faithful Spike , To Stog Smith, a bus ticket to Swampscott, 'To Ray Orne, a pair of scissors to cut off the lock of hair which per- petually covers his forehead, To Long John, an English book to help him pass English. In witness whereof, this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and seventieth, we do hereby affix our seal to the above as our last will and testament, revoking any heretofore made. Class of '46 Don Lipphardt and Bob Lueders.

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Oatman is here too. He is airminded and is a test-pilot for a large airplane company. We wonder what Virginia Amirault's doing, but then we re- member that she is running a fly-in refreshment stand on Egg Rock. All the grocery stores in town are First Nationals since Teddy Blackler has become president of the concern. His able wife, the former Stella Blazak, is his secretary. John Lonngren, a sandwich man, is getting a plug for Ted, his employer, by wearing his boards over his evening clothes. fHe looks well in them.J Well, it's nearly 8:30, so we have to pause while we turn on the tele- vision receiver and watch Barbie Wing's show. She's dedicating her show to the class of '46, M. H. S., and she is sorry she couldn't be here, but, as she is paid one million dollars for each performance, she couldn't afford to be absent. Miss Wing is permitting the television expert to come out of the control room and say hello to his classmates, for he is Billy Hopkinson. Chief engineer of station WING is Mike Lipphardt. At present it is oper- ating with straight television transmissions, but by fall Mike is going to have it converted to his new invention, Smellovision, whereby you can not only see and hear, but also smell the program that is on the air. While we are enjoying the program, E-d Farrell comes in, forty-three minutes late, but he has a good excuse. He is an elevator-shaft sweep in the Empire State Building, and this afternoon he got stuck between the one hundred and first and one hundred and second floors and did'n't get down until 7 :30. Judy Neily provided the butter for the banquet, for her job is remov- ing butter from the churn on the Neck by a secret process which she in- vented. She is becoming fabulously rich in the business. Dick Winter, Ed Goodwin, Marge Fitzpatrick, and Charlie Cross are also still around Marblehead. Dick married Connie, but he's now a travel- ing shoe salesman. Dick's here with Connie and a black eye which he got in a fight with her this afternoon. Marge Fitzpatrick is editor and Ed Goodwin is circulation manager of the Marblehead Messenger, which has the largest circulation of any weekly newspaper in the world. Mr. Cross is the town's most eflicient trash collector. About nine o'clock we hear a commotion out in the hall and in walks Marie Papin, accompanied by Don Swain, Barbara Scott, Phil Bartlett, Trudy Hall, Clara Le Blanc, Martha Pierce, Betty Hadley, Alva Way, and Audrey Tracey, all dressed in skiing clothes. It seems that Marie is run- ning a ski lodge in the Antarctic. Don, Clara, Martha, Betty, Barbara, and Alva are guests. Don made millions while he was in America by selling an atomic rifle, which he invented, to hunters, but the government decided it was too dangerous to have him in the country and exiled him to Ant- arctica, where he is living on the money he made. Audrey is a singer and entertainer at the lodge and is in charge of keeping the middle-aged guests who do not ski occupied with parlor games. Phil is the house doctor and