Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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Class of Forty - Nine Twenty-five Remember quiet Mildred Armstrong? Well, she can now be found in her luxurious home with a dozen other middle-aged women solemnly sipping and testing the different brands of tea. Don ' t get me wrong — she mar- ried the owner of the business! M.H.S. is just packed with students now that Evelyn Banta, our valedictorian, has become a teacher. She is learning Mrs. Moore ' s job, and we hear that she is coming along fine. Her ex- perience as a teacher while in high school cer- tainly helped her in her career. Betty Boyce may have been quiet in school, but she certainly has changed. She was once a secretary, but now she appears in various hit shows along Broadway and Morse ' s Alley; she is currently featured in Life Is Fun . Bill Byrne is now owner of a large farm in the West. He can be seen almost any day sitting on his front porch singing away. He has at least twenty-five laborers that he enjoys watching work. Esther Dunham, our majorette, has become 5ole owner of the local Woolworth ' s. She cer- tainly has worked to this position. Esther has always hoped for excitement, and we ' re sure that this will prove very interesting. Peggy Forbes, one of our diamond-ring girls, took the trip to the altar soon after gradu- ation, and we hear that she and Kenny are very happy in rheir little home in East Taunton. Page Hardy has worked himself to the p osi- tion of president of the Pharmacists ' club and is also owner of Giberti ' s. Althoueh auite busy, he still finds time for a little outside life. Dick Jefferson is now teaching Taunton high rchool students how to model airplanes. We hear that he has a little help from a little girl, his first and only secretary, Dot. Remember how bashful Sam K ayatan used ro be? Well, he changed over night. You can find him almost any time on the corner of Lewis Street shouting away at a great rate about some handy little gadeet which is guaranteed not to rust, varnish, stain, bend, or break. You can see what speech work in English did for Sam! Tune in tonight and hear our own Al Mac- KlEwicz making touchdown after touchdown in the game between Holy Cross and U. of M. Al not only is a big-time football player, but we hear that he al,«o gets along pretty well with the girls at U. of M. We h ar that Evelyn Mayhew is doing very well in Florida. She not onlv has maids in her beautiful home, but she also has a Butler . The greatest chain of greenhouses in the country is under the management and super- vision of Dick Morse. We understand that Dick sends the finest orchids obtainable to Betty Boyce, whom he met in his days at M.H.S. Gloria Nichols has graduated from New Rochelle and is now teaching History in Taun- ton High School. In her spare time she is writ- ing a book called Caviar at Every Meal . Between working at Buck ' s and bowling at the Y we find DiCK Pearce managing his own basketball team. Anyone who would like to join just see Dick. Emily Peltola is successfully working in the Boston State House as a secretary. She really loves her work, but she says that she gets rather bored, so she is going to open a Sweet Shop just for excitement. Barbara Pfister is sitting pretty these days. She is a model in New York, where she lives alone, and likes it. Between modeling jobs she appears over WBZ every Friday and Saturday night singing lullabies to the little children. She .■ aid she really enjoys this and we bet the chil- dren do, too! John McManus has smashed the atom! He has also invented a tiny rocket ship run bv atomic energy. Although John is hard to find these days, one can occasionally uncover him by the u e of a geiger counter. Kay Seaver has profiited by her business ex- perience with Woolworth ' s. She is now head supervisor at the telephone office. Working with her is a Lindy of whom we used to hear much in the old days. Dorothy Welsh secretary at Taunton high school, may be seen frequently delivering tele- phone messages to that handsome new Mechan- ical Drawing teacher. When Middleboro ' s new high school is built, something that has been talked about for twelve ye rs Taunton will lo- p its office secretary and probably the mechanical drawing teacher, too. Terry Tripp is now living in Connecticut where he is running a chain of gas stations. He expects to build in Middleboro shortly, and of- fers free service to the wives of school friends, who. like his wife, try to cool the motor by stripping the gears. Stan Sawicki, believe it or not is married ro the Dean ' s daughter and is coaching basket- hall at the University of Connecticut. Well, he had to get a degree somehow! The new Division Passenger Agent for the N.Y., N.H.. H. R.R. is Donald Shaw. If vou ' re planning a trip somewhere, mavbe to the Lively Ranch Hotel, get in touch with Donald for advice on comfortable travel.

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Twenty-four Memorial High School CLASS PROPHECY Sylvia Caswell, Craig Mat hewn, John McManus, Eleanor Washburn YOUR prophets see in their crystal globes the loilowing: Vic iYLViA is Union Labor Leader for the enij loytes ot the A P stores. Vic rose from the ranxs and is credited with one ot the most ehe .tive, lowest aues systems of any union in tHe country. Anibal Montrond has become a trans- Atlantic airline pilot. As a hobby lie designs and tests new jet planes for his company. Miss Lakeville of ' 49, Edna Leonard, car- ried out the tradition of this title by getting happily married shortly after graduation, all ot which proves that Mrs. Moore ' s training leads to great reward. The class produced one historian, Joyce Hopkins, who by thorough study has discov- ered a remarkable resemblance between a cer- tain Indian massacre and first period lunch. The class reunion will be held at Bob ' s Diner, which is owned and operated by Theresa Far- ley and her husband. It was her out-of-town interest that resulted in this career for Theresa. Susan Leonard, who always did have a knack for gathering news, (see 1949 issues of the Sachem ) now has a position with the New York Herald Tribune. She has just started us- ing her by-line. The class produced a progressive young law- yer in the person of John Alger, who has recently opened an office right here in Middle- boro. John is also making a name for himself in the political world as candidate for state senator. Joe Gomes is busy out West now where he has become a very successful mining engineer. Joe has managed to find time, however, to win the West Coast Gliding Contest and will prob- ably win the Eastern event also. In New York we find Stuart Butler en- gaged in the field of television. Because of his physics and electronics background, Butler has been able to do much in the research on tech- nicolor television. John Richmond is another who has reached the top in his profession, that of optometry. John always did have an eye for an attractive proposition. Leonard Brackett we find working in Florida as a landscape engineer. He has com- pleted several big jobs for some of the seaside hotels, but confesses that the bathers distract his attention and thus slow the progress of his work. Donald Selenius as of last month became production manager for General Motors in one of their Detroit factories. Having worked a few years in the automobile industry, he rose quick- ly to foreman and then to his present position. He was voted by the women workers a s the only man who can put us in our places — and he aoes just that, too. Robert Perkins is successfully employed as a commercial artist. A number of his class- mates have consulted him on the shape of things in the art world. We always thought Sylvia Dutra would become a taxi driver, but we find she has set- tled down instead to a career of Art. George Cowan (a former outstanding F.F.A. member) after years of hard work on several farms, has been appointed the head of Industrial Farming at the State Farm in Bridge- water, Massachusetts. George Davis is another who has made good in agriculture. George, our former great football star and F.F.A. members, is now in business for himself, raising chicks and selling them in the market. His establishment is called Merry ' s Country Chickery. Arden Peterson has become legal secre- tary to one of the well known lawyers in this region. Even with such a weighty position, Arden still finds time to vacation in Hyannis and acquire another of her well-known tans. Richard Houghton, one of our class of ' 49 graduates, has recently found an enviable position for his ten-year old band — at the Stork Club, no less! Robert Jones, better known as Sharpie , never has been able to settle bet wen his two old interests, music and girls. He has dealt with the dilemma effectively, however, by becoming manager of Phil Spitalny ' s All Girl Singing Orchestra. The last we heard from DiCK Strautman, he was still in the navy, seeing the world. As the old saying goes Like father, like son. Bob Sherman, a prominent athlete in the class of ' 49, is receiving the best wishes of his friends on the opening of a very up-to-date sporting goods store. This, with his business interest in the Boston Braves, will keep Bob hooping, we predict. Joyce Nickerson, the talkative lass of our senior class, now has her own fifteen minutes on the Brockton station, WBET. You guessed it! She ' s now runner-up to Hedda Hopper!

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Twenty-six Memorial High Sciiool Phyllis Sousa, Mr. Allen ' s pet, is now in a mental institution — not as an inmate, but as the superintendent. After the patients pile up the little blocks, Phyllis goes in and knocks them over. That girl doesn ' t change a bit! Mary Lou Sullivan is now teaching school at the Wood Institute for malnutritioned children. Dr. Wood, president of the Institute, recently made the statement that Miss Sullivan is the best teacher the school has ever had. Alison Taylor, voted the best example of the Colgate Smile, is now chief laboratory tech- nician at the Lakeville Sanitorium. Rumor has it that the new staff doctor makes Lakeville a pleasant place to work. We thought it strange that Alison left the glamorous West to come back to little old Lakeville. Carol Gregory, having finished four years of majoring in Romance Languages at the Uni- versity of Connecticut, is now working for the American Embassy in Brazil. Chester Haire, after finishing theological school, has become pastor of one of Boston ' s largest churches. We can ' t see Chet preaching as well as we can see him pitching a ball, but we all know he is setting an example for his congregation. Robert Hallock, President of the Middle- boro Merchants ' Association, has taken over the old store which he has re-named King Phillips ' Grocery Garage. The old Ford, moreover, has been replaced by a new Kaiser. Paul Jones, wealthy Virginia business ex- ecutive, has been married for several years to a real southern gal who latched on to him right after he got through college. We hear that she allows poor Paul only two dollars a week for spending money. And that from the fellow who was never going to get married! Never mind, Paul. Fiftv per cent of the married people in the United States are men — and all in the same boat! Irving Minott, Mayor of Halifax, is now one of Massachusetts ' most prominent farmers. Not only that, but he hopes to represent the farm bloc in the legislature next year. Arthur Letendre has recently become vice- president of the First National Stores, Inc. He was going to be a doctor but decided that there wa« too much inside work involved. Nancy Mello, graduate of Bridgewater State Teachers ' College, is now laboriously reaching in Memorial High School. She also teaches a few extra courses after hours. How about that, Nancy? A few of us fellows are awfully slow, can we sign up for the course? Raymond Moffett, better known as Gor- geous George , has become head coach at Bos- ton College. During the past few years, and while he was in college, ' Raymo has been the swimming instructor and life guard at the Jones summer estate. Dorothea Picone was recently awarded a prize for being the shortest medical secretary to graduate from the Fisher School. The doctor who employs her, however, says he believes the old adage that Good things come in little packages. What did we overhear the other day but, Did you hear the one about the Red Pepper? That ' s a hot one! — Yes, you guessed it. We ' re talking about Ronald Tibbetts. Tibby is now working at the Walt Disney Studios in Hollywood. His main objective is to take over that famous character, Donald Duck. Robert DeMoranville, that bashful red- head, is now manager of the Swift Meat- packing Company. This is much to his taste because he says he ' d rather mark beef than listen to it. Allen Demers, Junior business executive in the Smith Construction Company, has been offering an evening course in the dance in order to insure a college education for his twins. David Ethier, that blue-eyed, bashful mem- ber of the class of ' 49, has really made some- thing of himself. As of last month he was ap- pointed Massachusetts State Veterinarian by the governor. Ruth Brehaut, our energetic salutatorian, is now chief organizer of all charity groups in New York. She has just completed a verv suc- cessful Red Cross canvass. Just as in ' 49, what- ever Ruth does, she does in a big way. Doris Brown, the fastest typist in the all- state chewing gum and typewriting contest, is now the head secretary at the Maxim Motor Company. Sylvia Caswell at pre ;ent is running a very successful home bakery. She is also the mother of five little Mac ' s . Between cupcakes and kids Sylvia is quite a busy girl. Jean Coe. one of Powers ' loveliest models, is giving lectures this month on poise. She and Stetson have a good arrangement. She models his bits and he sends her on tours. What hao ' -er.ed to TUNF CooPER? Just look in the theatrical columns for the name Rusty Winters. Miss Winters, who is the theatre ' s most nromising young actress, is running a Dude Ranch in her spare time. Meanwhile from the critics Rusty receives Broadway ' s greatest acclaim.