Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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both employed in the Gushing General Hos- pital, Miss Bissonnette in the depanment of Physiotherapy, and Miss Gerrior as the super- intendent of nurses. Chatting with Donald Houghton, star of stage, screen, and television, and recently polled the most popular singer in show business, were cartoonist Leslie Bradford, creator of Little Orphan Oliver, and dancer Joanne Gomes. After graduation with honors from the Fisher Business School of Boston, Miss Irene Malkoski and Miss Louise Warr obtained positions as teachers at the Fisher School. Miss Malkoski has revised the Gregg Simplified Shonhand system. Her new book is entitled Simplified Shorthand — Simplified. Miss Marilyn Shurtleff, who sported a beauti- ful diamond ring during her senior year at M.H.S., is no longer Miss Shunleff. Marilyn was married shortly after graduating. Both she and her husband were present at the reunion. Coach Iseminger of Brown and Coach Shea of Notre Dame had a long talk about revising the rules of baseball. The Misses Mary Lou Casey, head of the Mathematics Department; Barbara Tripp, head of the History Department; and Joanne Powers, head of the English Department of the new M.H.S. building, reminisced about the good old days at M.H.S. with the Misses Margaret Kayajan, Dolores Corsini, and Shirley Newton, who have the top secretarial jobs in town. Mademoiselle Evelyn Dwyer, famous hair dresser, chattered with Miss Leah Chartier, lead- ing model for Mills Bros. Inc., on the latest coiffure. The female representatives of the United States Navy were Pat Bassett and Virginia Keed- well. Pat and Virginia entered the Navy soon after graduation. Miss Shirley Butler, personal secretary to the President, drove up from Wahsington with Miss Judith Kennedy, who came back from Berlin, Germany, especially for the occasion. Pat Williams is now an Air Force wife and attended the meeting with her husband. Dave Moranville, prominent Lakeville select- man, attended with Edmund DeArruda, presi- dent of the Lakeville Broadcasting Company. Walter Thompson, president of the American Association of Ornithology, was there and was accompanied by the partners of the Madamoi- selle Gift Shop, Janice Perkins, Rose Marie Roberts, and Barbara Healey. Present also was Miss Irma Ramsden, who recently received the Pulitzer Prize for her out- standing book on psychology. Reverend Farmie Little, ordained two years ago, closed the reunion with the Benediction.

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does clerical work in the main office of the firm. Captain Everett Casey, in charge of Naval Reserve Officers Training Course at Tufts Col- lege, attended with Rear Admiral Frederick Eaton of the president ' s newly set-up commis- sion in charge of Naval affairs. A high spot of the evening ' s activities was the appearance of Miss Jean Hale, one of the leading models from the Powers agency, who came from Alaska where she is posing for the Fuzzy Fur Parka Company. She was joined by Miss Merilyn Churchill, who is employed in the office of Dr. James Saunders, surgeon in Salt Lake City. Also making the long trip from west of the Mississippi was Mr. John Leonard, vice- president of the Wyoming Conservation Au- thority, and Mr. Luther Zai of the Oregon For- estry Service. John spent a good part of the evening swapping yarns with Dr. Joseph Jacin- tho of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Florida. Coming from still further west was Mr. Walter Carmichael, who came from Rosedale, California, where he operates Chevrolet Sales. Skinny, as we knew him. negotiated the distance in three days, using his new cloud hopper Chevrolet which is equipped with wings fold- ing into the body. Miss Virginia Norris traveled, expenses paid, from Michigan, where she is personal secretary to Mr. George Morris of the Philip Morris cigarette concern. Mr. Richard Butler. 3rd Vice President of the East Boston Engineers Club, attended with Mr. Robert Mahoney, past president of the organization, who is now superintendent of road maintenance of the South Shore. Mr. Richard Gammon, made one of the shortest trips of any former member, in com- ing from the Middleboro First National store where he is Superintendent. Also making the long trip was Mr. Lorenzo Wood, Jr., who is assistant editor of the Middleboro Gazette. Th? Gazette, under the direction of Mr. Wood, plans very shortly to undergo an enlargement in facil- ities and in the near future will be published daily. Coming from another establishment in town was Miss Jane Cwihman, who is employed as secretary to the president of the Middleboro Savings Bank. Clifford Wright, celebrated concert organist, flew in just after his Carnegie Hall debut, ac- claimed by the critics to be the most sensa- tional in twenty years. Mr. Wright was seen chatting with Dr. Ray Jewell, past president of the American Society of Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Aeronautical, and Construction En- gineers, and professor of Engineering at M.I.T. Among the Navy men present were com- manders Hatch, Bartlett, Fernandes, Garafalo, Washburn, Richmond, and Lewis of the office of naval intelligence. They have collaborated on a new treatise of Naval science which they claim will enable the United States to maintain superiority on the Sea. Harold Carr, successful accountant and author of the new best seller Balancing Your Bookf the Easy Way, flew in from his office in Wash- ington. Mr. Carr was conversing with Richard Maltais, prominent youth leader and chairman of the national board of directors of the Y.M.C.A. Wayne Evans, chairman of the board of di- rectors of Lever Brothers Inc. and president of the American Association of Manufacturers, was delayed by a late plane from N. Y. In at- tendance with Mr. Evans were his personal secretaries and heads of their respective de- partments, the Misses Charlotte Burgo, Eleanor Brehaut, Barbara Freitas, and Lorraine Mor- rison. Seen talking with Mr. Evans ' aids were the former Rosemarie MacDougall. Jacki-e Thom - snn, Jean Murdoch, Irene Connolly, Marjorie Shaw, Evelyn Charron, Dorothy Lee, and Marion Long, who were present with their husbands. Discussing the current problems of agricul- ture and expressing anxiety over the recent drought, were farmers Lawson Billings of Wis- consin, William Gisetto of Montana, Frederick Pf ' rmenter of New Jersey, and John Kennedy of California. Late comers to the reunion were registered nurses Audrey Sault and Maurene Ingle se of the famed Lahey Clinic, and Silvia Montrond and Hazel Neu ' comb of the Mayo Clinic, hero- ines of the recent flood disaster. Making the trip from Boston were the Misses Joan Bissonnette and Mary Gerrior. They are

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Class of 1951 By Mary Loucasey, Charlotte Durgo DE it remembered that we, the class of 1951 ■ of Memorial High School, in the town of Middleboro, in the county of Plymouth, in the state of Massachusetts, in the United States of America, being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this last will and testament. After payment of just debts, we bequeath our estate as follows: To the class of 1952 — a library copy of the best seller, How to Get on the Good Side of Your Teachers. To the class of 1953 — two more years in the most modern and best equipped high school in Middleboro. To the class of 1954 — the great privilege of having something beneath you besides the ground: namely the freshmen. To the incoming freshmen — We leave the will power that helped us survive the four years of hard labor. To the Commercial Department — rubber gloves and aprons to be worn when cleaning the mimeograph machine. To the Science Department — A lab with equipment that works. To future class officers — the qualities of dependability and leadership possessed by the officers of the Class of ' 51. To extroverts — some of Edward DeArruda and Keneth Hatch ' s quiet, unassuming ways. To anyone who wants or needs it — Merilyn Churchill and Robert Buck ' s ability to get along with the opposite sex. To all brave Junior boys — a chance to apply for Wayne Evans ' position as the only male in the Commercial Depanment. To future assembly speakers — Nancy Dahl- quist ' s gift of gab. To all who aspire to be artists — the talent which enabled Dottie, Eila, and Naomi to win keys in the Boston Globe Art Contest. To Richard Byrnes — Mary Gerrior ' s ability to get along well with Mr. Kunces. To Red Lawrence — Bob Brown ' s freckles. To Mr. Churchill and the a capella choir — the beautiful voices of Sylvia and Christine. To the school library — a scrapbook to be used for all future articles written under the title True Confessions of M.H.S. Graduates. The first three contributions from us will be I Slept Through Classes by Bob Mahoney, Slipped into Classes Late and Survived by Judy Ken- nedy, and Made a Monkey of Myself by Roger Nickerson. To all junior girls with boy friends in the service — a chance to read the library copy of How to Write Love Letters which has been in constant use this past year by Judy Kennedy, Marilyn Shurtleff, Lea Chartier, and Janice Perkins. To Miss Lewis — the private secretary she ' d like. Said secretary to serve said Miss Lewis by correcting papers, grading them fairly, and then filing them. The main duty of said secre- tary will be that of reminding said teacher of little things that are forgotten by said teacher. In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hands and in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, declare this to be our last will and testament on this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty -one.