Merrimac High School - Yearbook (Merrimac, MA)

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The television switched over to Perley Gym, There I saw a large representation of our class participating in the basketball tournament: five on the boys' team, two on the girls' team, and five cheerleaders, The games were exciting but the most thrilling moment was the acceptance of the boys' championship trophy by Captain Emery and the girls' championship trophy by Captain jorolmon for the fourth time in our class's mem- ory, During our stay at lV1, H, S., the trophy case became more and more crowded, In our Freshman year, two league championships brought glory to the high school, while the girls' team were runners-up in the tournament, As Sophomores both boys' and girls' teams returned victorious to fill the case with league and tournament championship awards, Again in our third year, the gir-ls were leauge and tournament winners, The great twin victory came as our veteran ball players placed their final contributions in the trophy case: boysland girls were both league and tournament champions, Another heart warming sight was the joyful faces of our class as we climbed aboard the bus to leave on our class trip, We had reached one of our goals, Our success in reaching another goal is exemplified by our presence here tonight, We have succeeded in our class projects and have been highly represented in all school activities, studies, sports and musical productions, We have had a profitable past, L.et's hope our future is as bright, Noreen Quimby 16

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Class History Something strange occurred at my house the other night, Iwas tinkering around with the knobs and wires of the television set, I switched a few wires and sat down to watch the screen, Something queer started to take place, Everything that passed be- fore my eyes had happened in the past ten years, Of course this was unusual and ex- citing, but the best was yet to come, for across the screen flashed these words: High- lights of Yester Years at Old M, H, S, Immediately Ibegan to realize what a wonder- ful and successful class our class of 1952 had been, The first remainder was the view of the surprisingly young-looking but familiar faces of our class in the main room and Mr, Morrow standing before the group, I rec- ognized this to be our very first class meeting, Mr, Morrow looked up and announced that George Larkin was our president, Soon an awareness of Freshman Initiation came for john Charles, our newly elected Student Council Representative, could'nt attend meetings until Freshman Initiation was over, Across the screen came another memorable sight, There was Margaret Weigel perched way up on the top of a pyramid of boys, This marked Stunt Night and was significant of our class' teamwork, Next, a picture flashed of some girls, tacking up butterflies and flowers on the Town Hall wall, judging by the turbans on their heads, the young ladies would be blossoming out into butterflies themselves in a few hours, One girl turned and I rec- ognized Barbara Dudley, chairman of the decorating committee for our Sophomore Hop, Who is that busy teacher ? It is Mrs, Salerno, squeezing the names of honor and high honor students into one column on the blackboard while a proud class looked on, As upper-classmen we were finally well adjusted, ready to take on any duties from handeling the milk and candy business at lunch time to being hosts and hostesses at the Senior Reception, The funniest sight of all was that of Stunt Night, 1951, There was movie director, Thomas Lund with a beret on his head and comfortably sitting in a lawn chair, He kept leaping up, yelling Cut and portraying very well the part of an excitable director, The actors seemed to be enjoying it, for they cou1dn't seem to keep from chuckling, them- selves, We tied with the Seniors and added the prize to our treasury, My, what good times we hadff ' The highlight of the year was the junior Prom, What a beautiful and impressive sight was the grand march: The class was in full formal attire, our girls in gowns and our boys in tuxedoes, I witnessed next the first important projett of our Senior year, For a moment I thought I was seeing things, Was that a box coming through the door ? Much to my relief Richard Emery, stepped from behind a carton of Christmas cards, He pointed to the top of a paper thermometer' which read S1,Z00, He smiled, He had right to be happy, being president of such a co-operative class, Next Iwatched jumping jewels , I enjoyed this because when our class put it on, I had the mumps and missed the performance, Everyone enjoyed it and we were thankful we had such a fine play director in the person of Miss Gullage, 15

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Class Will Dr, Page, members of the school committee, teachers, parents, and friends, We, the Senior Class of 1952 of Merrimac High School, County of Essex of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and body, do hereby make and deliver our last will, making other previous wills completely null and void, First, we wish to extend to the faculty our sincerest thanks for giving us guidance and help through four of the best and memorable years of our lives, To Miss Phelan, we leave a brand new battery for her car so that the boys won't have to go out and push her car on the icy roads as they did one cold night after a play rehearsal, To Ngrs, Salerno, we leave a whole roomful of new typewriters so that she won't have to worry about repairing them and can throw the old ones out, To Miss Gullage, we leave a brand new heating system so that she won't shiver in the cold and have to wear one of the students jackets all day, To Mr, Huyck, we leave a large space so he can at least park his car in the schoolyard and not on the street as he is often forced to do, To Mr, Morrow, our class advisor for three years, we leave our sincerest thanks for his invaluable help, We also leave a new Problems of Democracy Class with our hope that it contains as many hot politicians as this year's class did, To Mr, Bernasconi, we leave a whole lab full of equipment so that he can con- duct all the experiments he would like in physics and chemistry, To the juniors, we leave a promise that their Senior year will be the best dur- ing their stay at high school, To the Sophomores, we leave the thought that English is first thing in the morning and that if they want to incur the wrath of their teacher they had better do their homework at home instead of depending on a morning study period, To the Freshmen, we leave the special privilege of having the history room as a home room and a padlock for every desk so that their desks will be closed to the general public, George Larkin leaves to Gary Bertram a can of gas, It seemed as though George ran out of gas every time he went around the corner and we hope Gary will not have to find use for it as much as George did, Margaret Weigel leaves her lovely piano playing to Alfred Sampson, Margie certainly did a wonderful job playing the piano during her four-year stay at high school, Now it is up to Alfred to take up where she left off, To Robert Red Keller, Dave Marshall leaves those long words that Dave liked to use, We hope that Red can use these words as cleverly as he did, 17