Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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THE SCREECH OWL 27 It was Hazel Priest strumming her mandolin. Hazel Phillips tall and thin. Hid behind the flagpole to skip going in. Grace Ployart to fill her purse Is going to be a nurse. Q — Q is a letter that stands for queer Murray will graduate, but we wonder what year. JR. — For resolve, Murray and Hor- an do. Resolve to pass Latin before 1932. S — Esther Salo wrote the class history When you think of the class it seems a. mystery. Helen Salo goes out with the ’27 tide Her dimples caused a wave of pride. Mary Sheridan is sad, oh my, Since Charlie’s gone to Acton High. ' “Liz” Slimond is a “ringer” She wants to be an opera singer. T — For teachers small and big Hard hearted teachers that make us dig. U — For united, to reach the top, United we stand, divided we flop. V — Eddie Vodoklys has a nice canoe And when Eddie goes paddl- ing, Ellen goes, too. W — “Lil” Weaving tennis is her call The catgut on the racket and made the tennis ball. Ruth Wilson is going to Bates to roam, You’ll have to travel far, Bonesy Nyholm. Sleepy Weckstrom never all alone Is going to make his living on his old trombone. Ernie Wollerschied creates peace in his quarter, If the school caught fire he’d pour a glass of water. X Y Z— “X” for xactly, Y” for you, “Z” for Zo-long, now we’re all through. J. Horan, ’28. ■“SMILES” AND “MILES” Gertrude Herbert never thinks deeply Because she fears she may get “Sleepy”. Grace Ployart can’t understand How Prue came to be a “Milk- man”. Ruthie Moynihan likes to rattle tin Because it reminds her of Oiva’s violin. Edward Vodoklys will think it a sin If he doesn’t try to win “Curley’s” pin. Martha Jantti a chubby young lass Sits like an angel in our French class.

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26 THE SCREECH OWL H — Is for Herbert, Gertrude or “Trudy” When Sleepy’s around she never feels moody, I — On from this letter we’ll have to go “There is no I’s,” says Leo Comeau. J — For a Senior, Martha Jantti by name. Wherever she goes she’ll sure- ly win fame. Helmi Jokinen is sure to pass She makes up a large part of the class. Ellen Jaakkola is an “Ever- ready”. Don’t believe it ? Ask Eddie. Alice Jarvi must have an early date She always comes to English late. K — For Margaret Kelley the speed of the school, Never on time as a general rule. Also for Keto, four feet with- out care, He gets into People’s Theatre for half-fare. And Anna Kozak who sure can pose She lives on the street where the Assabet flows. L — Stands for Helen Lyons, you may not know But she comes from the great city of Stow. Of Flamme Lombard there is also a rumor That for the Commercial room she supplies the humor. Tyyne Lahti her goal to reach. When she graduates wants to teach. Sylvia Lindfors is always so quiet If you dropped a pin she’d’, think it was a riot. M — Ranghild Mark a sport to ther core She could shoot a basket from any part of the floor. Geneva Martin, the good girl,, always studies her lesson, She even blushed when she saw the salad-dressing. “Maggie” Moore was a smart little lass She’d slip us the answer in the Latin class. “Dot” Mosher is going, have you said your goodbyes, Her dad shoes horses, and she shoes flies. Ruth Moynihan is a go-getter And so is the boy that wears the green sweater. N — Jerry Nee almost pitched a no hit, no run. Except for eight singles, and a homer, by Dunn. Also for Phyllis Naylor, the girl, Joke Ed, She’s entered for Bates, and soon will be a Co-Ed. O — Leah Ojanen class secretary is she A senographer she hopes to be. P — For Marion Peterson we’ll put her down As the girl that never has a •frown. For Francis Piecewicz there’ll be no repeats In the auditorium she took up two seats. On Concord Street, there was racket and din

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28 THE SCREECH OWL Mary Sheridan wishes to pass In order to sell Socony gas. W. Fardy, ’27. Lives of Seniors all remind us We can make our lives like theirs, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the High School stairs. Mr. Reardon — How are matches made? Weckstrom — Matches are made in heaven. I don’t know how. Elizabeth S. : No, a young lady should not say “Hello” when she meets a member of the faculty. Miss Thompson — Where is there a change in the atmosphere of this poem ? Margaret K. — In the fourth part, where it begins to rain. Wonderful Discovery ! ! Per- petual Motion Machine ! ! Wini- fred Fardy’s jaw. Chemistry Lab. — (Commonly sup- posed to be a place where chemistry is studied, but lab. according to Webster, means a great talker.) Hence, the Chemistry Lab. is a gentleman who talks excessively about chemistry, and other things.