Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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femorial High School i I Class of Forty - Seven has been invented, hen asked aljoiit his engine, l.ee said, I was lucky things came out ' C ' cje-pasetic ' . Vocalist for one of the nation ' s top- flight dance bands is Dewy. who has many limited engagements and tours. Init we ' re willing to bet you luldie money that she ' ll soon consent to a jjermanent engagement with a certain big league ])itcher. All the bank clerks in Massachusetts are ])aying strict attention to lousiness since Clifton Cordeiro has l)een appointed head of the accounting department for Massa- cliusetts State Banks by the new govern- ment. This new government, in case you haven ' t heard, is headed by that silver- tongued orator. Bill Johnson. Bill doubt- less got his experience in English class. Flo ' arney may be seen as the wife of a very successful coach on some big college cam]ius. She has always been interested in si)orts anywa -. and the marriage home suits her fine ! Alan Dodge, forsaking his engineering career, has really cashed in on liis title of Class Wit. He is now i)ulling down three dollars a week for the radio show. His theme song is June Comes Around Ever Year . He is occasionally assisted by Leo Gerrior in a blackface role. Leo got his ex- perience working on a local coal truck. Phyl Austin has become an authority on English u.sage and ])olitics. If you ever want to know the correct answer to a given pro])lem. just a.sk Phyl. As she often re- marked. Tiiere are two answers to ever ' problem ; mine, and the wrong one. We hear tliat Ovcll Bennett has opened a big chemical research laboratory in Xew ' ork. This lab is said to be one of the big- gest in tlie country, and Bennett is a most cai)able director. Claire O ' Melia, the noted lab technician, has become a tf)p-fligl:t specialist in her field of endeavor, but still admits keen interest in certain sports. She is still drinking milk to gain weight, but remains just as tiny a- ever, lucky girl ! James O ' Brien is currently the cause for all unfinislied housework. For what wife will work when the thrilling new drama. Joy ' s other Husband is on the air starring Jim. Barbara Ronan is happily married and doesn ' t mind staying in after hours now that she isn ' t told : Miss Ronan, you ' re staying after school today, I believe. Louis Mello has opened a new market in the Old Home Town called Mello ' s Middle- boro Market. Prices are cheap they say, for with every purchase the girls can run their fingers through Louis ' s hair. Bev Sturgis has joined the Waves, always having had a partiality for the navy, and tlie early morning hours remind her of down on the farm . She has had the mot- to of the waves changed to Fido Forever . From his sentimental role in the Senior Play, Jim Hargraves went straight to Hol- lywood where he has become a second Alan Ladd. He is currently worrying the girl in I ' ll Always Love You, Jean . Mae Shing, always a leader in high school activities, is author of the new book entitled Hoiv to Hold Office and Influence Teach- ers. From the latest reports we hear that Kenny Hopkins is living and loving a dan- gerous life. He ' s playing around with live wires as an electrician. PVances Murdoch is working in North Plvmouth as a private secretary to a cer- tain Mr. Berardi, and rumor has it that she ' s dedicated her life to the job. Carlon Leland and Almon Jacob have continued their friendship right on from M. H. S. davs and are now running an indus- trial art school where they do all types of work. Besides being an efficient secretary, Elaine Harris is the co-authoress of the (irccn Vears with John Johnson. Charles Jurgelewicz is making his for- tune early in life. He has now settled down and is running a super de luxe soda foun- tain just for the enjoyment of it.

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Memorial Higk School Class of Forty - Seven excellent dinner is the result of long train- ing under Mr. Reed in the agricultural de- partment. In Washington, D. C, we find that Alma Canova is a private secretary to a lawyer. By the way, how ' s the navy. Alma? Beatrice Brooks has graduated from hus- iness college and is employed hy a husiness concern in N. Y. She constantly keeps in touch with Anna Gola, who travels around the world getting trade for her ruhher corn- pan} ' . Tiger Nichols, manager of the Nemas- ket Trucking Co., has added several trucks to his husiness to facilitate hiring all his old friends. Mr. Nichols makes frequent trips to Providence to revisit the scene of his foot- hall successes while a student at Brown Uni- versity. He takes some of his precious hours from the husiness to help in coaching the present line. He sparks that line with his now famous slogan 49-50 or fight. Joy is having a gay time trying to learn those Irish songs, so that she can please all concerned. Residing in Edgartown, she paints poetic pictures of things in Glocca Moura. Speaking of painting pictures in poetry, Pepper Martin has become a second Sara Teasdale, and is having her poetic inspira- tions printed by Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., of Stephanianville, N. Y. F ' rofessor McLure has recently startled tlie world by harnessing the atom. His atom pill will do everything from homework to running a passenger liner at a tremendous rate of speed. Let ' s flash the camera ahead ten years or so, and see Jean Anderson in Carnegie Hall. .She has just made her musical debut before a crowd of five thousand pleased critics. She has been acclaimed the number one concert pianist of the nation. (All book- ing agents interested should write her man- ager, c o Plymouth, Alass.) Dev is head instructor of physical educa- tion at Regis College, her old Alma Mater, and rumor has it that she ' s really putting her heart into her work. Oh well, she al- ways was good in sports, anyway. Bill Washburn, now known as the Red- hot Redhead, has recently been jelled the l)est trumpet man of all time. He got his start with the Kennedy combine and climbed rapidl - to stardom. Carl Metzler, who started work on our local paper, has really ex])anded. He is now known as W. R. Hearst, II. After many happy college vears, Carol I love life Chaplain is holding down the position of Dean of Women at M ontaque University. She can ' t seem to stay away from Montaque, even now. It ' s a flash- back from high school days. Who do you think is the highest paid insurance man of today? Who but that glib-talking Mansfield Whitney, who sold the whole English I ' -A class insurance pol- icies during the speech unit ! Nvn se McBane is head nurse at the Jonathan Reed-y hospital in Wareham. I would guess that many of her patients are heart sick, and know that she ' s a .sure cure. George Wood and did ! He is now play- ing star lialfback for the Boston Yanks. Due to his handsome appearance and flashy play- ing, we hear he is drawing some of the biggest Gates in history. A graduate of Syracuse University, Pat Charbonneau is an associate conductor with Shirley Wright in the Donald Dodge Audi- torium in Springfield, Mass. James Cadorette has made a big mark- in the sports world for such a small fellow. He is now playing center field for the C. A. C. (Gaboon ' s Athletic Club) and is really having a good time. No wonder ! Ricey is now being heard over station WDRF as the new, the better, the more convincing Delia Stallis. She can turn on the tear-drops like nothing at all. The show is now being sponsored by Romans and iMills, Inc. The impossible has been done ! A 600 H. P. Diesel engine weighing 65 ])ounds

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Memorial Hi li School Class of Forty - Seven Have you read George Perry ' s latest solu- tion to the world ' s problems in tlie new l)est seller A Boxcar View of the World? George has been enjoying the solitude of his big home in the Maine woods. The outstanding artist, Nelson Sherman, is back in town painting the murals for the new high school. We hear that his exhibit in tlie Aluseum of Fine Arts was very well received. Bert Richmond has opened a new snack bar at a local summer resort. It is known as Skipper ' s Haven, ' and crowds of local people, as well as tourists, patronize it. Rosemarie Ouigley, whose dancing with Fred was super, even in high school days, has made a great career of her talent. Boots is currently appearing in the new play on Broadway entitled Soitca ' s Ragtime Band. Many people liave been enjoying southern fried chicken at the South Aliddleboro farm of the Lavallees, Wilfred and Eleanor. It is famous for miles around, and his success Wilfred attributes to his agricultural train- ing by ] Ir. Reed. One of Arthur Murray ' s most apt teach- ers, Bea Austin, has a modern dance studio in Plymoutli. The new dancing star Flank , who appeared at Middleboro Town Hall last week, is one of her former ])U])i]s who has risen to fame. Robert Dann, the new superintendent of the Plymouth Shoe Company, has devised a new method of skinning hides from cows. This was a method learned from skinning frogs in Mr. Kunces ' s biology class. The new painting of the President of the United States which lias recently been added to the W ' hite House Gallery was ])ainted by the eminent portrait arti.st, Ida Furlan. Hap- py-go-lucky Sanity is seen constantly with a certain young man in town, and right on the job is Cupid , too. Her training in Tripp ' s has aided her in l)ecoming an ex- pert dietician. In Boston, Shirley Bessey has opened a soda fountain, and we hear they have swell double-decker sundaes. We must dro]) in for one, but after ten years out of high school, we l egin to watcli our calories. As private secretary to J. C. Vanderbuilt, Flora Bernier gets two months ' vacation witli pay. After handling the affairs of such an important personage for 10 months, she really needs it, though.