Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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Memorial Higk School Class of Forty - Four Cliarlt ' S (iuertin, who always was a Moody lad, is sliowing his temperament in the motion picture industry as the Casinova of the Love-Lorn Studio. The memhers of the class of ' 44 will ai)preciate his talents in this field. Kenny Kohertson has become the lead- ing photographer of the Police Gazette. W ' e remember back in school days when he got his start by taking surprise shots of his girl friends. Dorothy Wilber is the prize professor at AL I. T. We see that her high scholastic standing in school has been put to use. Beatrice Standish is the owner of a large farm which supjilies vegetables to the lead- ing stores. This sure is a w ' oman ' s world. Elsie Bart ett is still the belle of the ball. Remember how she used to love to trip the light fantastic at the Grange Hall ? Well, now she ' s Arthur Murray ' s prize teacher. Louise Murphy is the head dictator in her own drug store. She owns the place, but she can ' t get over her school days when she was working part time at Giberti ' s; so she reminisces behind the ice cream counter after closing time. George McLeod is the sole owner of the New York Daily Bugle. His advance is largely due to his start here in Middleboro on the huge staff of the Gazette. ' ' ] lac some day hopes to give up his editorship and become a mere sports writer on his own paper. Career girl Margaret Clark fina ' ly de- cided to go into her father ' s law- office as a junior partner. She is supported very nicel} ' from money she makes defending her former classmates who w ere caught red- handed while fishing and swimming illegally in the lakes. Marjorie W ' augh, the girl who kept pet herrings in her home room desk, has be- come famous as the originator of well- chaperoned Lakeside female stag parties, and occasionally she lectures on the subject. In a recent lecture Miss Waugh pointed out that the parties were nice, but dates with football team captains were better. Being tied down to his job as a shoe clerk and able to go hunting and fishing only during school hours, John Jurgelewicz saved his pennies and bought out the Walk- Over Shoe Stores of America. He now runs his business as a millionaire sports- man. As the yearbook went to press in May, 1944, Art Gorrie, the dashing Rover Boy of the class, was expecting a call to duty with the Fleet. We ' re glad to hear that he is still in the Navy and expects to get ];)romoted to seaman 2 c any day in recog- nition of his fine record of getting a Jerry during the war. There was a tiiue when the Howa ' xl Ath- enaeum attracted men to its creaky doors ; but since Chet Smolski has signed as emcee there, the young women as well as men have been visiting Uncle Howard in the hope of seeing his latest protege. We un- derstand that Chet has had a gawking eye on that position since his hi-school days. The last time we heard from Billy Gau- dette, Bruce Surrey, and Jock Murdoch, they were in Sampson, N. Y. ; but latest re- ports claim that the three of them have taken over complete control of the American Legion of World War H, Post Number 44. By the way, we wonder whether the} ' will enjoy the conventions. They all had a flare for good times in Boston while in hi- school. After Oliver Brett sold his controlling interests in Nagging Stables, Incorporated, he immediately bought out Zimmerman Binocular Concern and distributed many pairs of opera glasses among the theatre- minded population. He did this in recol- lection of the night he took a telescope to the local movie palace to see Bettv Grable do a grass skirt dance in Song of the Islands. Charles Atlas, the ideal of the weaklings (when we were in school), had his beauti- ful ])hysiciue in every comic book we picked up : but today ' s children see an even greater personage when they read Superman. He is Walt Lewoczko, IM. H. S. strong boy, who pulled down the title of tlie best- built man in the class of ' 44.

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Iemorial High School Class of Forty - Four The Prophecy of the Class of 1944 ELSIE BARTLETT GEORGE McLEOD Ruth Slierman is the owner of several beauty salons which feature the new up- sweep Bob. Stan Alger, who was always our class leader in high school, is vacationing in Florida ; but when he returns, he will be- gin his campaign for governor of the Com- monwealth. Jeanne Carver recently accepted the po- sition of stewardess for International Lim- ited. Many were the school days wlien she wished she were up in the clouds. Lennie Lobl ' s name glitters in the lights of Broadway these days. Her part in the senior play had great influence on Lennie. We hope stardom will bring her happiness. Ali-Rie has advanced since M. H. S. handed her a sheepskin. She went to col- lege for two ' ears ; then she joined the V. A. V. E. S. Now Ensign March is trying to teach some discipline to the new re- cruits with proper exercises for good health. We remember how energetic Ali-Rie was in school ; and if her pupils come out as peppy as she, they ' ll be o. k. According to Delores Giberti, the wide field of designing offers hopes for many. She has just designed a new gown without back, seams, or sleeves. You can see it modeled next Saturday at Macy ' s by IMiss Giberti herself. Beverly Gay is writing a love-lorn col- umn in the New York Times. Remember how she patched up the affairs of dis- puting couples of Fall Brook? Now we know where she got her experience. Madeline Sisson. just to be different from all the other senior girls, always favored the Army more than the Navy. But she still can ' t make up her mind ; so she is running a dating bureau, which dates way back to ' 44. We read in the most fashionable maga- zines that Madame Chartier is making a success of her charm school, the Stevens ' School for Reconstruction of the Face and Figure, featuring the use of whites of eggs, plus exercise, minus sweets. CLAIRE COLEMAN JONATHAN SAYWARD Beverly Shurtleff has surprised us all by becoming a school teacher. Her pupils claim she ' s aging, but she ' s nice. And-er- son is cute, too. We see, ' way in the back of a store, a prim, gray-haired figure selecting draperies, rugs, and color schemes. For her own home? Oh, no! If you will remember. Miss Farley wanted to be a buyer and also an old maid — oh, excuse us ! — a bach- elor girl ! Natalie Guilford has followed in her moth- er ' s footsteps and has become a nurse. That ' s the kind of nurse with the cool hand that you dream about, isn ' t it. boys ' Bob Sullivan is torn between two am- bitions these days. He ' s wondering whether to continue in sports — or has his old age made him decide to go into the diplomatic field? We hope this Waugh in his mind will soon be settled. Dot Caswell is now a theological student ' way out west. She had planned to go into missionary work, but the Army is the cause of her hesitancy. Ruthy Gates owns her own farm, where she has twenty-two cows. 333 hens, and four groves of Almon trees. Ah. at last Eunice and her Stanley have decided to take the fatal step. Wc know the Church-ill be packed with admirers. Dorothy Fowler has become a fashionable soloist at the Metropolitan in New York. Many were the days in glee club when her mellow voice rang glorious over al! others. Jeanne Glover has been teaching steno- graphy at Chandler ' s for the past few years but now she has accepted the position of private secretary to John Ashworth. Profes- sor. Lillian Heleen has been quite Bissey lately, as she is head bookkeeper in the Bissonette Milk Company, Inc. Caroline Johnson and Jeannette Leighton are popular music teachers here in town. Caroline still enjoys the accordion, and Jed gets her exercise and energy from beating out the boogie woogie on the drums.

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Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four Bob Powers, another of the Rover Boys, who adopted Boston as his home town dur- ing his Aloody high school days, is now out of the Navy and trying to make a Hving in a pro soccer league. It seems that dur- ing the winter months of his senior year he made quite a black name for himself playing soccer. If you doubt it. ask the fellows who became 4-F-ers because of cracked tibias. Vernon Brooks, the handsomest lad of the class of ' 44, is now breaking the hearts of all female movie goers and Demo - lishing all box office records as a second Charles Boyer. Vern kept quite a few hearts pounding while he was in hi-school : so he ' s not in an entirely new vocation. The class wit and champ hiccougher, Jonathan Sayward, resigned his Air Force commission after the war and recently sign- ed with Buccaneer Corn Distributors to do a series of programs during Bob Hope ' s summer vacation. If he kept in practice while in the Army, he ' s sure to be a suc- cess. Outdoor girl. Pat Burnett, the girl with the stage whisper who was never without something to say in study period, is doing an a la Sonja Henie. Pat not only pro- duces, owns, and stars in her own ia revue, but she sings also. Well. Pat always was pretty good at holding an audience spell- bound, especially while lighting matches in Professor Ashworth ' s classes. Mary Banus, a regular member of the Grange during school days, is now sole own- er of two dancing establishments located in Taunton and Plymouth. She seems to b? Happy only when jitterbugging. Yes. she was one of the most cheerful persons of the class of ' 44. You guessed it — Alice Haire. You could hear her merry laughter echoing through the school corri- dors. She now has a promising position in a vaudeville show. She sits out in the audience and laughs from beginning to end of each show, to make people think it is funnier than it really is. thus attract- ing more business. Ah, romantic Alaska! We can see Jean- nette Bigelow living in her new pre-fab- ricated house, although we should think she would prefer an igelow. Her home is one that she designed herself after her interesting discussions with Mr. Ashworth. At last EUy Doucette ' s dream has come true. She is now a sunbonnet baby on a chicken farm, ' way out by her lonesome. W ' ell, not quite lonesome, for, you see, Rose- Anne Savard was no pushover for a city job. either. She owns the farm next to Eleanor ' s, and many a night you can see them sitting by the fireplace, talk ' ng over the best way to raise hens. Deep in the heart of Atkins you once might have found Arleen Corayer busily at work making frames. Now, years later, she can ' t get over them. She is president of a framing company. Over the door you read as you enter. We frame every- thing and everybody. How can we ever forget when Kenny Hanson read Under Cover ? It must have had a great effect on him. for he is now an under-cover man for the Secret Service. He is stationed in Alaska, where he asked to be transferred, for he claims that he can work better with Snow a- round. In the center of a beautiful shop a mid- dle-aged woman stands admiring her sur- roundings. Yes. Claire Coleman has gone into business of her own. A sign above the store says. Ye Okie Antique Collequetor ; and below this, in small letters, In other words, dump your junk here. Izzie Souza was always very ambitious in the field of nursing : but. as time goes on, she seems to be successful in other fields. Although she has never seen him. she is married to an Earl of distant lands. Charlotte certainly rings the Bell when it comes to politics, but she shuns a political career. She often said she wanted a home with her kitchen large enough for her to do all the cooking with plenty of room. Her prayers have been answered. She is now chief chef in the spacious kitchen of the elaborate Ritz a la King Ballroom, ' way out in California. Anna Evanoff may have been quiet in school, but now she seems to Bob up at the most unexpected moments. She was once a secretary, but now she appears in various hit shows along Broadway and Allen ' s Alley. She is currently featured in Ash Biddle Dee Alten Doeten. which, translated into English, means, It ' s a Great Life.