Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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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

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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 lemoriaI High School 19 4 2 The Propliecy of the Class of 1942 MARGARET BEGLEY CAROL GUSHING GORDOX HASKELL LORRAINE LEIGHTON Gordon Hat Haskell went on the stage af- ter leaving high school. He ' s now starring in One Foot in Heaven, — or — A Miss Is as Good as a Mile. Roger Quelle has just completed his latest book Ian autobiographv I . Still Waters Run Deep. Ruthy Bell ahvavs did have a weakness for figures. She ' s married to Freddie now. and latest reports tell us that she is playing the stock market. Elinor McLeod is doing all right for herself. Since the War she has continued driving a Mac and Ken — zie! Dickie Glidden, that super-duper-ice-cream- scuper, is still dishing out the same old ' goo. He has three girls and a boy. Harold Panesis, the now-famous Banana King, has devised a new method of grow- ing bananas without skins. He ' s not slipping! Bill Dooley has just been appointed fore- man of a large munitions factory. ell, he alwavs wanted to get a big bang out of life. Bud Matthews is now employed as chief engineer for Maxim. hat co-operation! Nobody would ever miss Connie Souza ' s Advice to the Love-Lorn ' ' column. She takes care of the hearts and darts while her suitors throw the knives I Virginia Taylor is head dietitian at the Toll House. Guess she ' s already heard that ' the wav to a man ' s heart is through his stomach. Rose Martin opened a dress shop on Fifth Avenue not so long ago. She copies her styles exclusively from Esquire. Lesley Graham is teaching agriculture up at Mass. State. Everybody insists on weeding potatoes for her. — How does she do it? George Raymond went into the belt-making industry after leaving M. H. S. Now we hear he is having a terrible time trying to make both ends meet. Betty Mitchell has become an undertaker. She ho pes we all will come down and spend a quiet evening in her parlor sometime. Eve Fuller runs a beaut parlor. She spec- ializes in pedicures and claims she ' s a foot ahead of e er body else. Mary Mackiewicz runs a watch factory, but says she ' s having difficulty keeping up to the times. Doris Craig took up nursing as a career and is doing exceptionally well. She just pulled her mother-in-law through an almost fatal operation. Virginia Nourse has opened a live-bait stand; but, confidentially, we think she ' d have better luck with Minnows. Ethel Fickert is married, but she is still em- ployed in the Globe Building. She tells us she ' s sitting on top of the world. Gen Kinney married shortly after leaving high school. She changed her name to Gen. Ken-ney Gates. Jim Kendall, our South Seas missionarv, is doing wonderful work on Oily Oily Island, converting the natives. Latest reports are that he is verv much wrap])ed up in his work. To date we read in Believe It or Not that Wendell Holmes has put on another 100 pounds and is one hockey star that swings a mean stick. Catherine Green left last month to become a missionary in Africa. A letter tells us that she has high hopes, but just now things look pretty black. The Alden Twins are starring in that much talked of Broadway show entitled Foot- prints in the Sand. We understand they gained the role through their previous ex- perience in Life. June Morris an artist I Her only complaint is that she has a hard time keeping out of the red. Barbara Roberts is secretary for M. M. H. S.. Men. Mice, and Health Society. 28