Murdock High School - Tower Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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MURDOCK MCRMURS v I I Class Hlstory by Harriet Beaman Thls 13 a topxcal survey of the grad uatlng class ln whose honor you are assembled Its component parts are fifty mne young men and women rangmg from average to superior Flfty five have belonged to the class slnce that memorable Tuesday follow mg Labor Day ln the year of 1931 Four have entered at dlfferent tlmes durlng the four years All are cxtlzens of the Umted btates by blrth From this fact It may be mferred that we are an unusually patrlotlc group strong at all tlmes In the lnterests of our mother countrv Nlneteen of us are handsome and vallant forty are charmmg and From our comblned hexght of nearly three hundred and elghty two feet we can easlly look mto the vu mdows of the upper storxes of the sky Scrapers ln Nevs York Cltv From such an ale vatlon how far and how much can thls class see' Its combmed xx elght lS 1484 pounds Welght enough surely to anchor nts feet to prosalc vsork even though lts head IS ln the clouds Its comblned glrth IS 1736 mches Imagme the sensatxon ll would create golng mto Coblexgh s and asklng for a belt s1ze1736' What a sensatlon lt IS to follow thxs class when lt goes mto the world Approxxmately lts combmed brams would fill two hundred and seventv four tumblers Is lt to be wondered at that this class can discern no lmpossn bllltl6S through xts five score eyes and elghteen The most notable occaslon of the freshman year was the ublqultous weenle roast when with fears and thrllls we cllmbed to the top of Benja mm Hlll and over the ashes left by years of predecessors lald our fire The succulent corn drlppxng weenles and stxcky marshmallows kept us happxly busy untll the Great Dlpper m the heavens announced the hour s t for departure The second year was saddened by the death of two of the members and m thls year that Anastasla Wolskx gamed great honor for herself and the class by takxng first prlze at the Con verse Prlze Speakmg Contest W 1th the Jumor year came the loss and have of Agon OCChldllY1lS mustache the months and years smce brought no trace ot the mlssmg lt IS ln the twelfth and semor that the helghts of glory have reached Llterary honors have won by Guy Prebble and Adello tanarl who received first and second prlzes respectlvely m the Rod and Gun Contest whlle Dorothv Hall received year been been Mon demure. the serious injury to another. It was 4

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MURDOCK MURMUR9 the certnlicate for the essay ID the C M I P A contest Ohver Letourneau Robert Fletcher Isadore Bucko Sophle K0l0dlIl8kl and Parker Bossardt have been falthful members of the school orchestra, and Albert Berard has won much Interest and fame through hrs outstandmg abxllty as an artlst and a maker of masks In the field of sports Harry Dlamond and Agon Occhlallm have proved their almost p ro f e s s 1 o n al abnllty In the field of dramatlcs one play could not do Justlce to the talent shown by thls group of students therefore three one act plays were put on as the contrlbutlon of 1935 Its comblned years are 1080 which IS no mean age even ln comparlson wnth Methuselah Conslder the wlsdom of a class that has seen 1080 summers and winters empxres have rlsen and fallen wars have been declared and won fads have swept the earth and dled out smce our eyes first saw the llght of day' Wlth what an accumulation of expenences and wnsdom thxs class wlll go forth into the world' The combined general average of the class ns A plus Where the compotent parts of such precocnousness vt all come to rest only its prophets know In contluslon so remarkable a class Jusuhes a glance along the horlzon of the future Telephone Gossnp by Albert Berard Operator Operator glve me Say are you Mary Connor? Yes I thought I recogmzed your volce It hasn t changed a bxt from the old Murdock School days Let me see just how many vears ago dld we graduate from Murdock? Twenty five vears Islt pos sible' Well It s time I came back to the old town for a vxslt ar d a check up on mv old classmates How long have you been a telephone operator' Ever smce graduation' That remmds me' Have you heard that Phllhs Baker has Just sailed for Europe to study some of the old designs worked out m the old laces and fabrlcs She mtends to m coperate these patterns ln modern dress maternal and house hangmgs VS hat' Yvonne Breton has gone wlth her Well Yvonne always dld say that she was gomg to travel through Italy and France studying the old masters Now wxll you please glve me 1935 Hello' ls this 1935? ls thus Tenney How are you' lJust called up to see how my house IS coming along Be ready ln a month? Fme By the way have you heard that Gerald Barry has orgamzed and IS manager of the Barry Transportation Line whlch operates between Wmchendon and Sprmglield? He IS domg verv well too What s that? Rita Sullivan s new book 18 Just out? What IS the name? How to Hold Your Man ' lslt fiction or auto biography? Do you remember OIIY er Letourneau He used to brlng a car load down from Rmdge He has a large farm ln Runge now and sells hls products almost excluslvely to the Montanarl I ham Stores lhey say that our quiet Adeho xs now qulte the man about town Oh' I just passed hxzella Champney s gas station as I tame lll on the Klndge Road She seems to have qulte an outtit and IS encouraging trade by offering to gxve a packet radlo with every ten gallons of gas These radlos are manufactured m Wmchendon m lames Conahan s workshop So Harrlet Beaman ns the dlrector of physical tralnmg at Mur dock And the gymnaslum ll named for nts donors the Dlamond Occhnallm - . . Q v ' , . A .-- U - - ., . Q . . . . . , r 1 A - 1 1 . ' . ' 1 I - .. . , , a - ' , ' . . . . . l . , , - . I ' I Y 1 ' . . . . , -- 1 Q . ' ' I 0 ' . 0 v . V a .--- . . . , . l - - . ' . . . 0 U l . . . . Q - - . , . . . , , , , . ' I- .... . - . . , . . . , . . . , U .---.. .--- ,,, . . . .V . v . 4 n . I , . V. , K , . ...- . l . . . . , . M ' . ' . , 4 L ' ' I '. ' la ' 1 ' Y YY l'. . K- . I 1 l . . . . .i . I , '. 7 - ' 1 ul I l I . Q . . .. Q' ' . . -n 1 . -- , , , V . . . , , 0 v v ' , . , . . . .--- f L 1 - 0 Y I .... . t . . - . . . o 5 I ,