Medfield High School - Peak Yearbook (Medfield, MA)

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CLASS PROPHECY MARGARET MOLLOY HENRY DE FOREST Wedding bells have rung again for two members of the Class of ' 54. This time the lucky coupie is Thelma Stevens and Russ Suereth. All twenty members of the class were able to be present. A 1 arc a Newell was maid of honor and Jack Wilson was best man. After the wedding we went to Jack Wilson ' s Village Inn in the heart of AAedfield ' s Great White Way. . Since leaving AA. H. S. Jack has built up a prosperous restaurant business. He plans to open a branch on Cape Cod in July. He is noted not only for his good food but his good taste in waitresses. Thelma told us that she was running a nursery school for the children of frustrated parents. After graduation the children take their sheep¬ skins and go home to take care of their parents. Russ is a top disc jockey at WHDH. He has a lonesome guy program and the Boston Barroom in the afternoon. He is currently featuring the records of a new Dixie-land Jazz Band, Renny DeForest and his Racoons playing the coolest jazz this side of Chattanooga. Renny has a large following among college students, especially Colby. Russ still dabbles in song, so he sang Gee for his bride. Shortly after Russ finished his song we heard police sirens. Jack had to cal! the police because of all the teenagers trying to get a glimpse of Renny. But Renny took care of that; he took out his rubber stamp and stamped his autograph on some napkins; this seemed to please the kids and peace was restored. John O ' Leary was the most outstanding among the guests. He had on shorts, a bright laced vest and a perky Tyrolean hat. When I asked him about his dress, he explained that he had just returned home from Europe. He worked this winter at a small Swiss Chalet as a ski and yodeling instructor. He wore the native dress to add a little color to the wedding. He went on to say that he would soon be wearing a checked hat and checked coat as he is going to take over for Pinky Lee this summer. John ' s motto is toast of two continents. Barbara Bowker flew east from San Francisco, in her own plane. Barbara is successfully displaying her paintings. Art connoisseurs from all over the world congratulate Barbara on her display. She has painted on the fuselage of her plane, pictures of all the cars that she has owned, starting with the faithful blue Merc. According to the critics Barb is the greatest artist since Picasso. In church I noticed a family that took up one and a half pews. This family I found out is Chuck and Sue ( Kennedy ) Munroe ' s. They came here from Pennsylvania in their long, long trailer. They have three boys and three girls. Chuck plays pro football, (we always called him pro ) for the Philadelphia Eagles. This year he was voted most val¬ uable quarterback in pro ranks. All the children look like Sue; they could have their own freckle contest.

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ARTICLE XXXIV: To replace the arsenic that we ' re taking with us, we leave Mrs. Richardson a box of perfumed stationery, a trip to Rome and a case of Ajax. ARTICLE XXXV: To add atmosphere to her modern dance classes, we leave Mrs. Lambson Liberace ' s candelabra. ARTICLE XXXVI: To Mr. McGrath, we leave an exhaust fan and a re- suscitator for use in the Teachers ' Room during lunch period. ARTICLE XXXVII: To Mrs. Kerr, we leave a supply of No-Doz pills to wake the late arrivals. ARTICLE XXXVIII: To the Juniors, we bequeath a Dandelion bouquet for their extraordinary performance of The Dance of the Nymphs at the prom. ARTICLE XXXIX: To the Sophomores, we leave our tendencies toward juvenile delinquency. ARTICLE XL: To the Freshmen, we leave our lessons learned the hard way. The undersigned, being unadvised, half-baked and uncalled-for, do hereby declare this unwarrantable instrument to be our Last Will and Testament. We subscribe our name in the presence of the following untouchable and irresponsible witnesses who subscribe their names in our presence and in the presence of each other. Declared null and void this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of our Independence the one hundred and seventy-eighth. TESTATOR: CLASS OF 1954, MEDFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WITNESSES: John R. Wilson John J. O ' Leary U. R. Nutz Ima Jerk Aquae Potoribus

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Frank Clewes has his own sporting goods company and a chain of stores. He features footballs autographed by Chuck. Frank is married and lives in Millis. Marcia Newell is working for her father as a taxi dispatcher. Since Marcia went to work for him the business has grown to include 125 cabs and all handsome drivers. Some mysterious young admirer sends Marcia an orchid every day from the Pederzini Florist Shop. Wonder who he can be? Jere Hutchins is chief construction engineer for the Eagle Construction Company. Their product is really for the birds: two story bird houses. Margaret Molloy is campaigning for her election to the state Senate. She is running on the platform . . . more pay for teachers. She supports a bill that would raise teachers ' minimum pay to $15,000 a year. One of her staunchest supporters is Elaine Rawding, who is teaching English at M. H. S. She says that she hopes that her classmates ' children know more grammar than their parents did. Frances Brown came up from New York for the wedding. She has won much fame with her TV program. She forced Martha Raye into retirement. Her impersonations top all that used to be thought hilarious. This is the second year that she has won the Emmy for being an outstanding performer. She was very happy to find that John was going to be on the same network. She invited him to be a guest on her show. Nanci Lane, who models extra large handbags, a holdover from M. H. S. days, came in her zebra lined flamingo Cadillac convertible. She is married and has twin daughters, who promise to be taller than their mother. Louise Fisher is president of a girls ' agricultural college. She teaches them to be good farm wives, and to graduate, one must successfully pass the square dance course. Louise is also doing well in the tennis circles. In the fall she will travel to Australia for the Davis Cup matches. Donald Tompkins has been in Medfield with M. G. M. He ' s a tech¬ nical director for them. The company is filming an account of King Phillip ' s burning of Medfield. While re-enacting a fire scene the Peak House was endangered but East Medfield was on the job and in no time put the fire out. Pat Hastings and Mary Flagg are owners of an exclusive Fifth Avenue Salon. Their feature is Flagg ' s Flame Dyes which Pat demonstrates. Mary ' s hobby is painting and she discovered the dye one day when a tube of paint exploded and made a streak in her hair. When she tried to get it out she couldn ' t. When her customers saw it they thought the streak was very becoming so they asked for the same treatment. Some people even bring their poodles in for the flame treatment. Pat and Mary have done so well that they have a penthouse on top of the Waldorf Astoria. Kenneth Getchell is working in the M. I. T. labs on a fellowship. He won the Nobel Chemistry Prize last year for his development of skinless, eyeless, potatoes.