Medfield High School - Peak Yearbook (Medfield, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY SUZANNE KENNEDY MARY FLAGG 1950 - 1951 This is our life, the class of 1954. In September, we started our four years of high school. Just getting out of our pigtails and knickers we found ourselves in Room 201 with Mr. Morris as our homeroom teacher. Our first day we just went from room to room not quite knowing why. Pretty soon we began to realize just what was going on. But oh, those first days . . . we were told what not to do and what was expected of us since we were now big Freshmen. We elected our class officers, who were: President Sue Kennedy Vice President Barbara Bowker Secretary Elaine Rawding Treasurer Margaret Molloy On October 19, we were initiated by the Junior Class. Oh, what a night! We were so nervous. We went through the Grand March with knocking knees, but the rest of the night proved to be more fun than we ever thought possible. At the Graduation exercises of the class of 1951, we were proud of two of our classmates, Louise Fisher and Jack Wilson, who received the Freshman Awards. 1951 - 1952 We returned from our summer vacation refreshed and ready to start our Sophomore year in September. Going into our homeroom we were surprised to find Mrs. Pederzini, who was to be our class advisor from here on out. Everyone was pleased with this arrangement. Thinking we knew everything this year, we were brought down one step and told the new rules. We never knew there were so many rules in the world, but we found out then. We started right out working this year; we elected these class officers: President Donald Tompkins Vice President lack Wilson Secretary lohn Anderson Treasurer Margaret Molloy As you can see the girls didn ' t even have a chance. The boys took over and did a wonderful job. 1952- 1953 And so approached the year 1952 and we were the new Juniors. We elected our class officers as follows: President - Sue Kennedy Vice President Louise Fisher Secretary - Verna Clark Treasurer - Margaret Molloy

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CLASS JOHN ROBERT WILSON He speaketh not; and yet there lies a con¬ versation in his eyes Football 2, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Baseball 4; Boys ' State 3; Freshman Award 1; Vice President 2; Marshal 3; Play 4.

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This year was an exciting one. We had our first chance to raise money. That was our Frolic, the initiation of the Freshman Class on October 30. It was a howling success, most of the howls coming from the Freshmen! It was followed by a dance to the orchestra of Duke Cibotti. The evening was a happy one. After our buddies the Seniors had finished raising money for their trip we ran a scrap drive. We also ran a Record Hop in the spring. Both were successful. One of the most important events of the year was our prom held on May 1. It didn ' t turn out just as we had hoped it would but our decorations, gowns and tuxedos added much attraction to it. With the assistance of the Mothers ' Club we gave the Seniors a banquet on June 3. Everyone enjoyed the home-cooked turkey dinner. The evening finished off with a lively hop. We were sorry to see the class of 1953 say farewell; but they had to graduate to make way for the best bunch of Seniors yet! ... us! The class was proud of Donald Tompkins who won the Harvard Book Award at Graduation. We were all sorry to see Verna Clark leave our class as she had been with us all through school. Verna has promised that she would accom¬ pany us to Washington in 1954. 1953- 1954 The greatest year 1954 approached with new vigor and inspiration, it being our last and most important. In September, we elected our class officers as follows: President lohn O ' Leary Vice President Donald Tompkins Secretary Elaine Rawding Treasurer Margaret Molloy We lost Rosalind Kennedy to Ursuline Academy and John Anderson to Mt. Hermon. We had two newcomers; Nanci Lane from North Quincy and Kenny Getchell from Japan. Kenny was originally a member of our class in Grammar School and Junior High School days. And so our class numbers twenty. Oh, how well we remember those jolly Sunday afternoon scrap drives and those Friday and Saturday night record hops. One particular hop featured Stan Richards, disc jockey from WORL in Boston. The Mothers ' Club held several successful food sales and penny sales throughout the year. What would we do without them? A most important event was our Senior Play held on November 21. We had a fine lively cast which lived up to the play ' s title of Smart Idiot. Everyone enjoyed it and so did we, it being a big success. We have yet to experience our long awaited Washington trip.