Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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19 4 2 Iemorial High School 19 4 2 that ship on a matter of principles. He has just set sail on the sea of matrimony. Dot Cowan was our female Krupa in school. She has drummed her way to fame and the title of Miss North Middleboro. Peg Begley is teaching little ones how to read, write, and catch a man — Teaching from experience? She ' s still up in those well-known clouds. Speaking of Peg. Dick Leggee is running a plane route from Middleboro to Lake iile. so that he can get home in a hurry. The Stone Twins, Louise and Lucy. ha e settled down to teaching girls at M. H. S. how to play basketball. And what able teachers they make! Evelyn Fanjoy was Alice Marble ' s succes- sor, but retired after the championship, to be an army wife. From all reports, it ' s a love match. Art Spurrier was the lad from New Bed- ford who stole the girlish hearts at M. H. S. After making a name for himself as an ath- lete, he returned home to coach our would- be Harmons, and has just ruled girls eligible for football. Jack Dunn, the town s leading undertaker, has a thriving business. His motto: X hen Life is Done, see Jack Dunn. ' Tiny Remillard and Cecilia Travassos, our littlest classmates, are in charge of the Her- ring-Run Cafe. a ritzy joint by the clear Nemasket River. They specialize in Little Alewives — fish to you. ' Bill Washburn and Alton Kramer have gone into business together, taking parties on canoe trips up the river. They say business is good, and they are thinking of expanding their enterprise to fishing trips, too. Eileen Murdock became Lakeville s gift to the world of art. She studies in Paris, ienna. and Italy, but returned to Lakeville to paint the world s prettiest scenery right at home. Vilho Jokinen was one of our quietest class- mates, but after graduation he became a great orator. He now teaches at a large university and lectures extensively throughout the coun- trv. Can you imagine that? Hughie Loheed is one member of the clas of 42 who was going places. es, he join- ed the Navv and saw the world. Now he has a girl in every port, but then didn t he al- wavs? Bev Trites is a new hostess for Pan-Ameri- can Airways. The company already has boosted its passenger list five per cent. ith a fella in everv citv. she still can t make up her mind. Lorraine Leighton. Remember the gal who had more circulation than the Saturday Evening Post? ell. when she grabbed a guy. she got a Buck. Burton Niro, the Electrical W izard. is kill- ing people left and right. Hes no super- man: he pulls the switch at the death house. Joe Moquin is an impersonator. He walks, talks, and looks like one. Joe is also cham- pion hog-caller of Podunk Junction. Franny Murphy has reached the ambition of his school days at M. H. S. He has won the shirt off a certain Harold Panesis. Albert Carr is the proud possessor of a lim- ousine which is sporting tires made from his large collection of girls locks of hair. Madeline Bell is working as private secretarv to a law firm. She wears a thousand-dollar pearl necklace to work every day, trying to prove that there is such a thing as an hon- est lawyer. ' alter Cassidy was undecided about joining up with the Army, the Navy, or Lillian. Now he is a 1st lieutenant in the Arniv. and his wife is very proud of him. Carol Cushing ' s versatilitv is still apparent in 1962. She is the manager of omen s Athletics of the Lnited States, and in her spare time she is teaching the Armv i ? i how to knit their own soc ks. Rose Johnson. Now that the world s larg- est telescope has been completed in Califor- nia, we find Rose star-gazing. Mavbe it ' s the circumstances involved in studving the stars ' that appeal to her. Shirley Keough, one of our fashionable girls, is a model for Hollywood ' s leading clothes designer. She is introducing a new color, Dartmouth Green. Ruth Leonard is still following the same trend as in her high school davs: she is now using her brains as the president of the Girls College in Lakeville. Barbara Shaw has just fulfilled her ambition to visit all the forty-eight states. She is now lecturing in her home town. Carver, on such new inventions and ideas as electricity, run- ning water, radios, and liathtubs. 30

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19 4 2 Memorial High School 19 4 2 Elizabeth Shaw, who went to Bridgewater Normal, is now on the staff of M. H. S. She is teaching foreign languages — English, etc. We are all very proud of Doris Sturgis, who is starring in the opera Barber of Seville, or A Close Shave in M. H. S. Alice Zakarian has a knitting mill. She also gives knitting instructions. Her motto is A stitch in time saves nine hundred. News has reached us that Arleen Kinsman is the manager of a date bureau out in Cali- fornia, and incidentally, she is doing a thriv- ing business. When the girls become anxious over their suitors, Arleen says, If I can ' t date your man, nobody can. Mamie Mackiewicz is the local Florence Nightingale, doing her bit right at home at St. Luke ' s. Did Florence Nightingale have a way with the soldiers, too? Ruthie Pendleton and her Red have flown the world and have finally landed out of the clouds long enough to set up a school for young aviators here at home. They say she makes a swell co-pilot. Betty LeBlanc and Betty DeMoranville are running rival booking agencies for the Nar- ragansett Race Track. The sign on one door reads, I Bet-ty wins! On the other agency door there is I Bet-ty doesn ' t! Can ' t you get together? We never got to know Richard Hurd very well in school, but we have HEARD that he is a successful farmer. We knew he ' d make good. Anita Young, one of our tiny friends, has used that asset to a great advantage. She models clothes in a local Children ' s Dress Shoppe, which she now owns. Sylvia Perkins is rivaling the famous Duchess of Windsor as the world ' s best dressed wom- an. Is it a coincidence that they each have a Duke? Elaire Alexander — ( this is poetry, if anyone can tell ) — Because her name has world renown. She is now the Queen of Dahliatown. There ' s a lot more in life than just making money; So she ' s added a Gill to make things more sunny. Joan Berry — (more poetry) — The nicest clothes and the nicest way Brought Jo a proposal every day. She shopped around till the right one she found, And now she ' s doing things up Brown. Paul Anderson is doing business on a large scale. He buys everything by the Gross. ' Dick Barnett is making a living with other people ' s feet. He doesn ' t cut them off; he ' s a shoe man. Alvin Bigelow is a tree surgeon. He says he can ' t get Wood off his mind. Alan DeMoranville is testing cars for the government. Al says they have to be good to stand his driving. John Johnson is a noted singer. His theme song is I Dream of Jeannie. Bob Leary is an up-and-coming jeweler. It all started with a Pearl. Harold Card ' s ambition was to be a teacher. He is making good, training seals. Bob Fuller makes his money in chips. No, he ' s not a gambler. They are wood chips, and he is the toothpick king. Jim Francis and Stan Griniewicz work with steel. They pound nails in army shoes. Ken Tribou could make a swell pilot, but he can ' t come out of the tailspin that Millie Cushing put him in. Shirley Westgate is all ready to settle down. She has finally received her Grant. Carl Shaw is a great sportsman. Right now he is at the Sportmen ' s Show, showing his midget tuna. Modest Charlie Varney is taking life easy as a shoe-shine boy. Remember, at M. H. S. he used to practice on his basketball shoes. Wood is attracted better by shining ones. Warren Tharion didn ' t make a hockey star, but he is a hockey coach. How many games did the gals win last season? Wann. Larry Carter has replaced Tommy Dorsey as the country ' s number one virtuoso, swing- ing his way into the hot band world and the girls ' hearts. Is there a doctor in the house? Tom Cleverly traveled the world as captain of the S. S. Bachelor, but had to abandon 29

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19 4 2 Memorial High Sckool 1942 Florence Thompson ' s musical talent has reached the composition level. Her latest rendition was inspired by the Hammond Vibra-Tone. Charles Shaw made such a hit as the discus- thrower in the Senior Play that he is now in Hollywood, where he is Betty Grable ' s chief rival for the title of the most beautiful legs in Hollywood. Many members of our class are modern Flor- ence Nightingales: Ernestine Washburn, Evelyn Wrightington, Margaret Norris, Hel- en Athanasiou, Lavinia Chase, and Caro- line Drake. Martha Howard also became a nurse, and it is rumored that she has first place in the heart of Dr. Kildare. George Gove is displaying his talent for business as the Censor Editor on the staff of Esquire. Ivan Logan has recently been added to the staff of Esquire as head of the Complaint Department. This section had to be en- larged since the appointment of the new Censor Editor. John Swanson, who received top rating at Harvard, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Edward Boucher is starring on Broadway, now having the title role in The Farmer Takes a Wife. Roger Parent has put Carver on the map by inventing a device which will mash potatoes, shell peas, string beans, and wash floors. He ' s the answer to a housewife ' s prayer. Warren Rogers ' ambition to be a mechanic has at last been realized. He is the head mechanic in a Trombone Factory. Bob Fish has recently incorporated Fish, Fish, and More Fish Diners with Braley ' s Candy Kitchen. He is working on the idea of a new service in his restaurants, that of developing and printing pictures while you eat. Verna Salley ' s hobby of interior decorating has been put to good use. Since the war she has been given the job of refinishing and redecorating Buckingham Palace. Patsy Chiuppi ' s fame is sweeping the coun- try. He is a janitor in a Hollywood night club and has just invented an automatic floor sweeper. Maynard Washburn went into partnership with Fred Carey some years ago. He has a good business and tells us he ' s cleaning up ! Arthur Standish is now in a corporation where there ' s a crank at the head with a lot of nuts underneath. He ' s working at the Ford Plant. Earl Vigers is a farmer and a successful one at that. He ' s raising peanuts to feed to his elephants that are in his circus. Lucy Hill opened up a Dancing Studio right next door to Arthur Murray. She put him out of business in a hurry. Edith Shaw and her sister have taken over the A. R. Parker stand at the Rock. They are having a hard time keeping out of the red, because Edith Lives to Eat. Eddie Caswell, after serving with the Marines, opened up an Auto Repair Shop, where he attempts to tie together the Model A ' s of the High School boys. Doris Freeman, whom we used to see carry- ing the teacher ' s supplies, has continued along this line and is now chief stock clerk for Sears and Roebuck ' s. Naomi Haskins has taken her beautiful red hair to Broadway, where she is modeling hats in Saks Fifth Avenue. Connie Heath, who has shown great talent as a secretary, is seen in 1962 as the private secretary to Neftel ' s popular coast-to-coast band. Ferdinand LeBlanc left his trumpet at home under the bed and took up window washing as a career. His theme song is Whistle while you wash! Edith Deane always tried to be true to Army and Navy both, but soon found it couldn ' t be done. So she went into business with the family, raising vegetables for the town. The sign out front reads, Buy your beans from the Deanes. Mary Duggan was always full of pep, vim, and vigor, and she now is the very popular Mascot for the Middleboro Varsity Club. Millie Cushing is a private secretary to M. H. S. Her work seems to be keeping her on the March. Connie Maynard is a graduate nurse now. She says that some of the interns are so per- sistent they often try her patients. 31