Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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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-

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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 1 Class of Forty - Six cular power as a means of control over atomic energy. Marilyn and Grace Shaw, the demure sisters, have fallen victims to the lure of big business. They create new gowns for the elite social set. at their 5th Avenue Shop in New York. Shirley Gaskin is benefiting from the ex- perience she gained from selling lunch tick- ets at M. H. S. She is now selling tickets at Jimmy Kenyon ' s Three Ring Circus. In his circus, Jim has two wonderful and dif- ferent performances with horses. In the first, Jim directs his orchestra in a waltz, polka, and foxtrot while his wife. Barbara Jones, rides her favorite horse in perfect time with the music. The other act is the work of Deborah Anderson, who paces her pet horse through many exciting and difficult tricks. Bozo Santin is the clown, and his hearty chuckles are a carry-over of the Santa Clans role he played so well at M. H. S. Because of the help shortage, he also doubles as the strong man. We now find Eileen Casey visiting her friend Deborah at the circus every afternoon. She uses the same strategy to get out of work as she did in getting out of her home room at M. H. S. Dorothy Montgomery has opened a school in her old home town. Hanover. She teaches courses in home economics. Her slogan is : If you can cook — if you can sew — you ' ll meet a lot of men we know. Clare Beglev is still a great star at War- ner Bros. Studio, where she appears only in southern love stories. A lot of credit be- longs to her director-husband, Gilbert Camp- bell, who coaches her in how to make love southern style — southern, that is. Phyllis Houlihan ' s blushes are being used by the State Board of Censors in Shock Tests. Deep carmine shades are banned. Marita Dame, who always liked history, has become the world ' s greatest historian. Her books are used by all high school stu- dents. She is reputed to be an authority on dates . Grace Burgess has left for New York where she has been signed to play solo pic- colo for the New York Philharmonic Or- chestra. Don Pierce has opened the North Street Riding Stables . When girls come there he usually says to them, Hubba. hubba, I ' ll certainly take you for a ride. Delwin Cole has come a long way since the day he told Mr. Sturtevant the Irish potato is so named because it has a green top. He is now chairman of the State Board of Agriculture. Irene Bennett ' s dancing ability has proved to be the key to her success. She is now starred in a current Broadway hit. The North Street Blues. People who remember Madeline Leary as a shy, retiring person, will be surprised to hear that she has written a best seller that is really Wool-worth reading. Our lovely Pam Jones is still a leader. One thousand boys have failed to catch her. A song lately dedicated to her is, Oh, Pamelia, ' Melia, ' Melia. I ' ve made up my mind to stealia. It is sung by none other than the famous dancer, Jimmy Jo Ma- honey. Critics claim he dances better than Fred Astaire. Shirley Fickert at school ate only one meal a day, but when you consider it was one continuous meal, it is easy to under- stand how she became head sampler for the National Food Company. Francis Tees, who resides in Beverly. Massachusetts, is running for mayor and Beverly is seriously considering offering him the permanent management of her af- fairs. Muriel Hudson and Elaine Wilbur are both working at the Rock General Hos- pital . Muriel prepares the patients ' diets, while Elaine, head nurse of the maternity ward, sings the little darlings to sleep. Marjorie Gates has opened a charm and beauty school called The Gateway to Beauty . The popularity of the school is due to the fact that Margie won the title of Miss America of 1950. Dot Whitman is a featured skater in the Skating Vanities . Dot made a lot of ice chips during her school days, and now it ' s paying off in the form of more profitable chips . Viola Westling, one of our diamond ring girls, took the trip to the altar soon after graduation and is living the happily-ever- after life. Winona Tessier is in New York City as a John Powers model, thus accounting for the sudden increase in the male population (if New York. Donald Mello and his wife Nellie are living in a swanky apartment in New York City. Every Monday night Donald has his own radio program, which is the feature of the evening sponsored by the Mel-O-dee Coffee Shoppe.