Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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26 Memorial High School 1943 The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1943 ROBERT W. GROSS Being of sound mind and memory and fully aware of the uncertainties of this life, we, the Senior Class of Memorial High School, do therefore make, ordain, publish and de- clare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all other former wills by us at any time made. ARTICLE I The Class of 1943 appoint the Honorable Walter Hicks, Oak Street, Middleboro, Massa- chusetts, the executor of this our will, and we direct that bonds to the extent of one Red Coupon (value 8 points) be required of him in the performance of his duties as such. ARTICLE II After the payment of our just debts and expenses we give, devise, and bequeath as follows: A. We. the Class of 1943, do will and bequeath to the Junior Class our recent success and Nickerson Avenue hit, Heart of a City, with the hope that they can do as well with it as we did. B. We leave to the Class of 1945 a fund of three dollars and fifty-one cents ($3.31) toward the purchase of special glasses for their reading of Mr. Thomas ' s hieroglyphics. C. To the Freshman Class we will our outstanding record of achievements, to be held before them as a symbol of what a truly brilliant class may accomplish. D. To the incoming class we leave our faculty and our sympathy. SPECIAL LEGACIES To Jack Halahan we leave our president ' s harem. To George McLeod we leave Walter Al- ger ' s sparkling personality. To Robert Sullivan we leave Sully ' s knowledge of history. To Doris Breivogel we leave Tess ' s vitality. To Stanley Alger we leave Al Morris ' s sound judgment. To James Kilpatrick we leave Jeannette Atkins ' s journalistic ability. To KiUy Farley we leave Elinor Breivo- gel ' s ability to wear clothes. To Beanie Bell we leave Betty Sellew ' s sensibility and poise. To Mr. Battis we leave the book ' The Tyranny of Words. To Eddie Travassos we leave Donald Foye ' s height. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. The Class of ' 43 Signed, published, and declared by the above-named Class of ' 43 as their last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set our hands as witnesses: Town Manager Town Treasurer and Collector Chief of Police

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1943 Memorial HigU. School 25 Under the able administration of Presi- dent Gross, the Student Council has been unusually active this year. Noteworthy among its accomplishments are the adoption of new plans for the allocation of Student Body dues and a revision of the constitution. This our last year in school was also to witness the loss of several veterans of the faculty. Mr. MacGown, the Science and Biology teacher, did not return after the summer: and Mr. Farley and Mr. Hyman left during the fall to join the Armed Forces. At the end of the first semester Mrs. Moore retired after fifteen years of efficient service in the Commercial Department. These va- cancies were filled by Mr. Spalding, Mrs. Sturtevant, Mr. Teeling, and Miss Dick. Tn March the Middleboro theatre-going public was afforded a rare treat in the pre- sentation of the Senior play, Leslie Storm ' s Heart of a City. The superior directing abilities of Mr. Ashworth scored again. With the excellent cast, including Patricia Hath- away, Ruth Kline, Barbara Michaud, Eliz- abeth MacDowell, and Arthur Burgess, he found himself with a hit on his hands. Or- chids to Mrs. Matheson for the realistic stage settings. Nor are the talents of our class confined to dramatics. We boast in our midst letter- men too numerous to mention; and the record of the basketball team, eleven wins and two defeats, is the best for some time. Scholastic honors go to Lois Wood, valedictorian, and Jeannette Atkins and Walter Alger, joint salutatorians. Many of the boys are already in the Military Service; the rest of us expect to be there soon. Most of the girls will un- doubtedly do work contributing to the war effort. It is therefore suggested that people interested in the further history of the Class of ' 43 consult their daily newsoacer.

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1943 Memorial Hi h School 27 The Prophecy of the Class of 1943 ELIZABETH KEOUGH GERMAINE BAZINET BARBARA GROSSMAN, the glamour girl of our class, has reached her goal in Holly- wood. Cecil B. DeMille says she has a great future, taking over where Veronica Lake left off. PETER DREVINSKY is interested in rais- ing bees. We ' re wondering if the B stands for Barbara. That ' s some honey! WALTER ZIDIALES has become quite obsessed with the female species. Wood he forget his girl Elinor? Norton a long shot. ELIZABETH PITTSLEY is now in the trucking business. Prices have gone up and she gets a Buck for each trip. PAUL HARRISON, the answer to a maid- en ' s prayer, is now judging beauty contests on Coney Island. From all rumors, business is picking up. ELINOR BREIVOGEL is giving Made- moiselle stiff competition. We understand she has opened a dress shop on Fifth Avenue and is doing nicely. Thank you. ANNA PAWLAK has recently been ap- pointed private secretary to the President of the United States. We remember her capability and her efficiency in M. H. S. RUTH GUSHING is as happy as a lark. She ' s on the bumpy road to love that started with a Jerk. JACK CARVER is running a barber shop in Washington with a big sign over the door which says, Come In and Be Clipped. Special Rates for Redheads. BILL McMAHON keeps singing I Found a Million Dollar Baby in the Five and Ten Cent Store. We Bet-ty won ' t let her stay there long. RENEE RAY, the quiet one in our class, has finally let her hair down. She and Madame La Zonga are teaching conga dancing in three easy lessons. 1953 finds EDWARD CLEVERLY the owner of a glue factory. Latest reports say he ' s still stuck on all the girls. RUTH KLINE PATRICIA HATHAWAY JACK KULIAN and CARL MATHESON, formerly problem children of M. H. S., have now taken over the roles of Edward G. Rob- inson and Humphrey Bogart. WALTER ALGER has taken over the Bob Hope show. The motto is Use Pepsodent daily, and your teeth will always be bright. Or, if you don ' t, you ' ll have to soak them in water each night. ALLAN BLISS is now six feet and a half tall. How did he do it? Vitamin pills. ART BELROSE, who originated the song Mr. Five by Five, is now operating a girdle factory. He advertises, Wear my foundations, and you ' ll always bulge in the right places. HENRY GATES, who joined the Navy at the early age of nineteen, has now worked himself up to become an admiral. He even has his own fleet which ferries the boys from Lakeville to Middleboro by way of one Ne- masket River. JOHN SEPETJIAN has given up his life of managing football, baseball, and basket- ball, to work in the A P. From all re- ports, he is giving the First National some- thing to worry about. But, on the other hand, FRANCIS BIS- SONETTE has taken over a chain of First National stores, and his headquarters are in the heart of South Middleboro. Could it be that business is good there? ALICE REYNOLDS, who was always so intelligent in the Secretarial Course, has just made her debut in the world of society. She is the leading debutante in New York and has just finished her autobiography, en- titled Small Town Blues or Foot-loose and Fancy-free. MARJORIE GREY, cute little redhead of our class, has worked her way up step by step, and instead of owning a grain mill, is now running the Greasy Spoon in Holly- wood and is giving Giro ' s a run for its money.