Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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Memorial Higk School i 1 Class of Forty - Six Naturally she specializes in sweet, wonder- ful Peaches. Bessie Reynolds is still head office clerk at the Plymouth Shoe Company, and the President of the firm says she must be the most efficient secretary in the country. Arthur Craig has opened a new Super Market in the big city of North Middleboro. ( which is considered by him as the Gold Coast ), and charges only half price to all pretty girls. Children now don ' t have to worry about homework, thanks to electrical wizard Rog- er Keedwell. He has crossed atomic power with electricity, and his new machine au- tomatically does anybody ' s homework. Jean Maddigan. the most successful au- thoress of modern times, is still turning out best sellers. Her latest is entitled, Hubba, Hubba, Here Comes Male Call. Carmelina Galanto was recently voted Outstanding Pessimist of America in an election held in New York City. She is now known as the I doubt it girl. We ' ve recently come back from a trip to Mars in a rocket ship which was designed, built, and piloted by Professor John Casey, on leave from his teaching duties at Har- vard. While up in Mars, I ran into a couple of scientists who were introducing Raegan and Elva to the people of Mars. Burn- ham and Brackett, by the way. were the scientists. I went into a restaurant to get a meal up there in Mars, and I left the waitress a $5.00 tip. This was not because the service was good, but because the waitress was Bar- bara Dunham. And}- Pawlak is up in Mars too, and lie ' s President of the Mars Baseball League and has charge of all baseball in Mars. John Turner is head of Turner ' s Rock- et Express , a transportation company which trades between the Earth and Mars in rocket ships. It ' s rumored around that he ' s looking for women pilots. Connie Purcell has set up a missionary hospital in the wilderness of Carver where she gives injections to the natives against Cranberry Fever . No longer is cancer the fear ed disease it used to be since Dr. John Birchman Rice has found its cause and discovered a sure cure for it. Dr. Rice is a modest man and doesn ' t want publicity, so don ' t spread this around. Shirley MacNeill, who started as a sec- retary at M. G. M. and is now their most popular actress, has just completed her fourth motion picture called, The Bells of Saint Noyer . Dot Fan joy now has her own drug store and it ' s called, Tiny Charlie ' s Hangout. That cute little chuckle and sweet little giggle heard on the Bob Hope show be- long to Charlotte Swift. Kaiser-Frasier promises the public plen- ty of streamlined automobiles next year. The reason is that Mazsie Pittsley has been hired to design them. Jeanne Yaughan is head of the Depart- ment of Education in the President ' s cab- inet, but the cabinet only meets once a week now because Jeannie is kept busy the rest of the week keeping house for Fred. With the experience gained from draw- ing teachers ' pictures on the wall, genial Connie Sparrow has become an outstand- ing commercial artist. Her sketches for the Jantzen Swim Suit Company really catch the eye. Elaine Doucette has been appointed to the new cabinet division. Department of Health. Her official title is Secretary of Physical Education and Recreation for Health. She immediately recommended that Betty Skahill be appointed chief dieti- tian in charge of the nation ' s health. Betty ' s first decree in her new position was, Don ' t touch that mushroom ; it might be a toadstool. Evelyn Renaud, who started as secretary at Nemasket Springs Beverage Company, is now in charge of advertising for the con- cern. Her latest slogan is, Feeling Tired? Get springy with Nemasket Springs. Jack March is now chairman of the Na- tional Accident Prevention Week. His personal experiences illustrate what may happen to high school students. Charlotte Mulley has stopped Racing with the Moon. She has become Vaughn Monroe ' s personal secretary and certainly enjoys her work. John Cayton is starring on Broadway in the revival of the play. Smilin ' Through , in the portrayal of Willie, a role which he first made famous in the local town hall.

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Memorial High School i i Class of Forty - Six Prophecy of 1 MARILYN DEMERS JACK RICE The new photographer on the staff of ' Life magazine is none other than Mar- garet Hartley. The picture on the cover of this week ' s Life , entitled Louie, was taken by Margaret. Featured on a musical program Sunday evening, is the new orchestra of Henry Morris. Henry also provides the vocals and he ' s signed a contract to make movies for Paramount. T. W. A. has a new pilot for their air- lines. Waller Dunbar agreed to a five vear contract to fly for T. W. A. for $500 a week plus an apartment for him and his wife, Pat Waite, who is the new air hos- tess on Walt ' s plane. Pretty cozy, don ' t you think ? Laurier Wood ' s Used Car Mart is do- ing a thriving business. His motto is, A backfire guaranteed with every car. Russell Osborne has accepted a position with the United States Department of Agri- culture. So if your turnips won ' t turn, your stringbeans won ' t string, and your peppers have no pep — call Russell, and he ' ll make your garden grow. Those stunning new hair styles now worn by Hollywood actresses are the work of a newcomer to the cinema workshop, Dot Long. Joan Marshall is a new employee at the Sleepwell Mattress Co. No, she ' s not a secretary ; she just sleeps on the mattresses all day to test them. Sh-sh-sh, she ' s work- ing now. Gene Krupa having now retired, only one ace drummer man is now leading an or- chestra. Dave Fish is the drummer man and he ' s currently at the Canoe Club. Carmen Kennedy is still singing and dancing in her own musical, The Lakeville Follies, now in its third vear on Broad- way. Capt. Herbert Thompson wishes to make a plea for volunteers at this time. Any boy who can see lightning and hear thunder will be sworn into the Massachusetts State Guard by Capt. Thompson any time this week. Fred Lincoln has retired from the magi- cian business and is now clicking prize- winning pictures for Look magazine. Class of 1946 DONALD MELLO PATRICIA WAITE Connie Smith, the new art editor of Sev- enteen , is looking for some male models for her sketches. We hear she ' s got plenty of applicants. Donald Shaw has now taken over the Middleboro Gazette. No longer does it come out weekly, nor even daily. Donald publishes his gazette every hour. He says he doesn ' t like to print stale news. Kenny Crowell has opened a school for models. He personally teaches the girls how to pose. He always did like the girls, but whoever thought he could make a living out of it ? Donald Atkins was appointed president ' of Atkins Frame and Picture Company. hen asked if he were making much pro- gress, he replied, Why, girls who work there really co-operate in the dark room. No more wrong numbers now in our tele- phone service. Dependable Harriet Mur- dock, the new telephone operator, always gives you the right number. Admiral Roger Tillson of the United States Navy has ordered the government ' s chief engineer, Frank Scholz, to build a series of bridges over the Nemasket River. Admiral Tillson then plans to have atomic bombs dropped on the bridges so that he and engineer Scholz can view the wreckage. Peggy Burnett is preparing to leave on a tour of England where she has been invited to sing before the King. Of course she ' ll be back in time to open her musical show on Broadway. The first farmer to transport his crops by airplane was Joseph Byrne. He claims his service is so fast that if you plant cucumbers in California, you can eat them as dill pickles in Massachusetts four hours later. Emma Lou Reed has opened up Em- my ' s Ice Cream Palace, where she sells 439 4 different flavors of Dunham ' s Homemade Ice Cream. Only Eugene Kennedy ' s comic films are allowed to be shown at the Lakeville Laff- movie . Naturally the theatre is always full even if there are only six seats. Betty Perkins has opened up a fruit stand on the new road, and many tourists heading for the Cape stop there to buy her fruits.

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Memorial High School i Bev Vigors is completely up in the air over her new job ; she is an air hostess on the I.A.S. airlines. She claims I.A.S. stands for International Air Service but we have an idea it could mean It Ain ' t Safe. Shirley Holmgren is still at Memorial High School. Don ' t get us wrong ; she graduated all right and has become Miss Yeazie ' s assistant. Donald Thayer has been voted the Am- erican Farmer of the Year because of his outstanding work in the development of squirtless grapefruit. Shirley Osborne and Florence Haire have become missionaries in China. Flo- rence lures the Chinese to the mission with her trombone so that Shirley can convert them. In his magnificent green houses filled with the fragrance and beauty of the world ' s most exotic flowers, Raphael Mello proudly displays his latest creation, a tulip with green petals. He solved the riddle of the chlorophyll and for his great work he was elected president of the United States Floral Society. Richard Chaplain is still Captain of the Boston Yanks ' professional football team. He is the center of the team and also the center of attraction as far as the girls are concerned. Eleanor Derosier is the able dental as- sistant for the new dentist located in down- town Middlcboro, Dr. Yankum Harder. Marian Hanson has become an M. D. — Musical Director, that is — at the newly established Depot Grove Conservatory of Music. Marilyn Demers, after having won the title, Outstanding Athlete of the Year , has opened a Physical Culture School in the midst of the Rotary Circle. Senator Henry Johnson from Massachu- setts woke up long enough in the Senate yes- terday to propose that his hometown of Carver be made capital of the state. When Annette Perkins appeared recently on Information Please and was asked. From which side do you milk a goat? she promptly answered correctly. This was not because she owns a goat farm but be- cause she has become one of the foremost veterinarians in the country. The crowds of women descending daily on Fenway Park would lead one to believe i Class of Forty - Six Ladies ' Day was a daily event at the Red Sox home. That isn ' t the situation at all. It ' s only the appeal of talented Ed Cam- minati, the mainstay of their hurling staff. Ted Gay has become Bill Cunningham ' s foremost competitor. The name of Ted ' s column is Gay-pers and Cutups. Walt Moquin is now trying to take all the cows on his farm for rides in the rumble seat of his car so he won ' t have to churn the butter. Ruth Gomes has harnessed atomic energy to a machine which increases the volume of the speaking voice. Fred Souza has opened Friendly Fred- die ' s Filling Station. His biggest selling product is the new Lorraine gas, good to the last drip. Mildred Claire Riley is going places in her job. She ' s travelling all over the world as a buyer for one of New York ' s leading stores. Jean DeMoranville has just been selected for the seventh consecutive year as one of ten best dressed women in the country. Mary Joy ' s latest book is causing-a- boom at the bookstores. The title is How to be Contented in the Backwoods of Maine. Madeline didn ' t Tripp when the time came for her marriage to Donald ' . We all knew she Wood take the vows when the right time came. Helen Mosier, head nurse at a nearby hospital, uses her soft blue eyes to soothe the pain stricken patients, thus doing away with the use of morphine. Olive Magri, who used to write plenty of notes in high school, is now a successful authoress. She owes it all to the wonderful training she received at the Perkins Insti- tute of Learning. ' ' Doris Dudley has been commissioned chief astronomer at Harvard University. Harvard has provided her with an assistant called Al , so you can be sure she does plenty of star gazing. When Al Brooks calls out, Order ! Or- der ! don ' t say, a ham sandwich and a cup of coffee, because he ' s not a waiter ! He ' s president of the National Student Council and is merely calling the meeting to order. Alice Colvin, dean of Colvin ' s College of Mental Knowledge , became the first person to understand completely Einstein ' s Theory of Relativity. She ' s now perfecting mole-