Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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19 4 2 Memorial High School 19 4 2 our high school boys and sports. Certainly no finer tribute could be paid him than nam- ing the field in his honor. One new teacher joined the faculty ranks in the fall. Miss Keil took the place of Miss Cumminps as the Problems of Democracy teacher. Miss Cuniniings changed her po- sition to that of Sophomore English teacher, taking the place of Miss Glutton, who left in June 1941. After the Christmas recess our faculty was joined by more new members. Mr. W hitmore came to us as Physics and Chemistry teacher; Miss AUbee replaced Miss Cummings as the Sophomore English teacher: and Mr. Ashworth replaced Mr. Mavnard as Senior English teacher. W hen classes were resumed after the Thanksgiving recess in November, the entire school and town was shocked to learn of the sudden passing of our beloved teacher and friend, Mr. Tillson. He was a true friend to each of us, and his love of his work made him the most popular and best liked teacher in the school. His greatness lay in his sin- cerity and simplicity. He will live on in the minds of all of us as a man who stood for honor, truth, and sincerity of thought and purpose. The highlight of the social season was the senior class presentation of the outstanding play. ou Can t Take It ith ou. The play was a smash hit with an excellent cast. Mr. Ashworth did a fine piece of directing, even though the pla was verv difficult to put on. We admit in closing that the four years we have spent in Memorial High have been very profitable to us. Many of us who at the present do not keenly appreciate what the faculty has done in giving us our high school education, will in years to come, as we grow older and wiser, look back and realize how im|)ortant this milestone in our lives has been. W ith best wishes to the fatultv and all future classes, we turn the keys to the build- ing over to the Class of 194.3.

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19 4 2 Memorial HigK Sckool 19 4 2 History of the Class of 1942 ALTON KRAMER When the class of 1942 entered the stately portals of this institution of learning, the size of the structure and the attitude of the upper classmen toward us made us wary of what was in store for the future. But after several months of getting acquainted with the build- ing and its contents, we elected the following class officers to be our leaders: president, John Dunn; vice-president, Carol Gushing; secretary, Arleen Kinsman; and treasurer, Marcia Brooks, who left our high school at the end of the freshman year to enter Ply- mouth high school. After a successful season of selling candy at football and basketball games, the class decided to stop making money for the re- mainder of the year, because the treasurer was in the market for an adding machine. Rather than spend all that money, we settled the question by simply not doing any more business until our sophomore year. When the good news arrived that we were to become sophomores, it became our turn to sit back and watch the frightened freshmen running around like scared rabbits. Now we had the opportunity to see how the newcomers look when trying to find rooms 31 and 32 down near the boilers. As it is customary to elect sophomore class officers, we followed suit, and the students who held the regal reins of our household were as follows: president, Thomas Cleverly; vice-president. Warren Tharion; secretary, Arleen Kinsman; and treasurer, Ruth Leon- ard. The main event of our sophomore year was Miss Erickson ' s buying a 1937 model Chev- rolet to replace her antiquated Leaping Lena. According to the latest reports she still has that so-called car in her back yard. Without doubt she has become so attached to it that she just can ' t part with it. If she can keep it from falling apart for several more years, she may get an offer from the Smith- sonian Institute in Washington. In September, 1940, we resumed our stud- ies as juniors, and a host of new teachers were here to greet us. Miss Merrill of Somerville replaced Miss Chase as the Junior English teacher; Miss Purkis replaced Miss Smith as Sociology and Business-English teacher; Miss Cummings re- placed Miss Merselis as the Problems of De- mocracy teacher; and Mr. Sturtevant came as the instructor in the new courses in agri- culture. The 1940 football season officially marked the opening of the new locker room. This masterpiece in lockerroom technique was en- gineered and built mainly through the ef- forts of our football coach Mr. Battis. There are very few schools in the state that can match this addition to our school facilities, and we hope that it will serve future classes as capably as it has served the class of 1942. Although we never got around to holding a junior social, our junior prom was the out- standing event of the year. The excellent orchestra and the gate receipts made this attraction one of the best in recent years. Our junior class officers were: president, Thomas Cleverly; vice-president, Richard Leggee; secretary, Arleen Kinsman; and treasurer, Lorraine Leighton. This, our last year as members of the M. H. S. student body, has been a pleasant one. Our officers for the year were elected as follows: president, Paul Anderson; vice- president, John Swanson; secretary, Arleen Kinsman; and treasurer, Lorraine Leighton. The big event of the football season was the dedication of the football field, to be known as Battis Field. The locker room and the football field with the grandstand stand as proof of the interest shown by Mr. Battis in 25

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19 4 2 Memorial fllglt School 19 4 2 The Last Will and Testament of the Class of ' 42 J. JAMISON KENDALL We, the Seniors of Memorial High, being of sound mind and worse judgment, taking the burden of life upon our shoulders and realizing its uncertainty, do make, in a dying gasp for fresh air, this our last will and testament, declaring all like documents null and void. We hereby bequeath, to wit — We bequeath to the fishermen of the Junior Class our sporting tackle. May they use it to good advantage on April 15, 1943. To Robert Smith, our promising young clock-maker, we do leave the task of repairing the school clocks, so that the future pupils of M. H. S. may know whether they are coming or going. (We hope! ) To the future stars of the Senior Play we leave DePinna ' s togs and Penny ' s star per- formance, to insure their success, financially and otherwise. For some rainy school day we leave to the up-and-coming students of Memorial High two dozen pails, seven umbrellas, four life- preservers, two moth-eaten bathing suits, and one row-boat. To the Science Department of Memorial High we leave the magnetism of Jean and Joan Alden. We leave to the honorable Mr. Raymond Patrick Hyman our thirteen pairs of orange stockings. To any student who considers himself a man, we leave the Archduke ' s pipe and silky mustache. We do leave and bequeath to Matrimonial Al Farley a book entitled Two Can Live as Cheaply as One. To Donald Beanpole Foye we do leave George Blimp Raymond ' s comely curves. We most cheerfully do give and bequeath to the first tramp passing through Middle- boro (poor fellow! ) that slightly used per- sonality of Bob Fish, the Superman physique of Maynard Washburn, and Dick Glidden ' s ability to throw Ferdinand and all his rela- tives. In all sincerity, to the teachers of Memor- ial High we wish to pass on Spike Tillson ' s homely virtues, his common sense, his just decisions, his love of mankind, and his strength of character. On this day of June the sixteenth, in this year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-two, we, the undersigned, do as- phyxiate our signatures in witness to the above document, decreed and sealed by the Senior Class of ' 42. Witnesses : Town Manager Town Treasurer and Collector Chief of Police 27