Murdock High School - Tower Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

 - Class of 1947

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MURDOCK HIGH SCHOOL, WINCHENDON. MASS. everything but the hamburg: it's in the refrigerator at Tarrymore Lodge! Well, Mr. Burgoyne and Buddy went back after it-we just couldn't stand by and see our chaperons go hungry. In the early part of the winter we held two food sales-one at the Wood Furniture Store and one at the Electric Light Ofiice. Oh, the cooperation! Almost everyone baked and brought us the fruits of her labor: and we got some pretty neat prices for our food, too. The proceeds constituted the Hrst bit of pront that went into our treasury, Early in February we sponsored the annual Sophomore Hop. our first feature dance. How hard we worked on the decorations! It was worth it though: our big black silhouettes brought us many compliments. and we were so proud! There was just one flaw-we had a blizzard that day that literally buried the town. We couldn't remember ever having ,had a day out of school because of inclement weather, but that day was it. And that was the one day in our entire lifetime that the walls of Murdock's classrooms, yes, and even the teachers, would have looked wonderful to us. However, we had one consola- tion-we were allowed to sell tickets at the door-and that is one thing that has always been taboo at Murdock. Well, Russ Cole got through with his super-duper orchestra, and we all had such a good time, We just hated to see eleven o'clock roll around so soon. This year, since we had become of age, we had the privilege of presenting one of the tournament plays. Our play was a one-act comedy, Pickles Is Pickles. Miss Hart coached, and Mary Adams, Beverley Catanese, Eleanor Holmes. Clifford Harmon, and Edward Knotts made up the cast. Wasn't Clifford just out of this world dressed as a girl? And how could Edward be so naive? No doubt we were awarded third prize because of our lack of acting experience. Next Murdock Night rolled around again, and this time we put on a skit, mostly pantomime. called And the Lamp Went Out. Albert Barbadora and Paul Herr were the visible sound effects and property men. The tin cup didn't fall into our hands this year either, but then. it was fun taking part, anyway. Soon it was June and time for Class Day again. Reta and Chester were chosen marshal and cheer leader once more. The girls turned out 100 per cent: the boys were in the minority. due probably to the fact that Uncle Sam had taken many of our members during the year. And so the curtain came down on the second year of our high school career. In September, 1945, we reentered Murdock to begin our Junior year. Now we were definitely upperclass-upper. anyway. We didn't take much interest in Freshmen Night this year: we were beyond that stage, so we left the heckling to those youngsters, the Sophomores, while we did the heavy looking on. This year Clifford Harmon was again chosen to lead us with Mary Adams to assist him. Jane Webber became our keeper of the minutes, and Edward Knotts stayed on as our collector of cash. Miss Carbone was again unanimously elected Class Adviser. Our annual fall outing was held at the picnic grounds at Laurel Lake early in October with Helen Hart and Bill Properzio to help Miss Carbone keep up in tow. Once again the weather man was very unkind to us and sent us a very cold day, that is, it was exceptionally cold for that time of year. Since we were really grown up now, some of us had drivers' licenses, so we went in cars. By the way, Barb and Dick, did you ever tell your folks how many people could be piled into a car if necessary? As one might expect. we got directions twisted, and half of us landed in the wrong place. However, after some scouting, we finally got together, started the fires roaring, and made pigs of ourselves. Oh, yes. Miss Carbone would still like to know where, how, and why some of our members got lost on the way hoilnelj 2 il

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CLASS OF NINETEEN FORTY-SEVEN History of the Class of 1947 After a long, enjoyable summer vacation, we began our high school career at Murdock on that memorable day in September, 1943. Talk about your Green Freshmen -we certainly fitted the title to a i'T I Remembering all the horrible stories we had been told about Hheckling the Freshmen, we were a little scared that Iirst day when we walked in the front door of Murdock, and that fear remained with us and increased until it reached a climax on Fresh- men Night. Remember those paddles?-we ate standing up for the next two days-and the Shot box, -not very comfortable, was it? At that time, only one thought remained with us- Wait until we 'get' the Freshmen next year! Shortly after our initiation we held our first class meeting. Paul Herr was elected president: Clifford Harmon, vice-president: Pauline Dionne, secretary: and Albert Barbadora, treasurer. We had a little difficulty finding a class adviser, but Miss Verna Carbone finally consented to be our guiding light. Our first social event was the Class Picnic, held at the Corners . Remember what fun we had? We all ate too much, but then, that was to be expected. The chaperons, along with Miss Carbone, were Helen Hart, Rita Sullivan, Alberta Belliveau, and Malcolm Connor. They certainly were good sports. letting us wear them out playing Red Rover, Tag, and Tug o' War. Next, Miss Carbone decided it was time we learned to dance, so we had our Freshman Frolic in the Streeter Cafeteria. After two of these dances we got over our bashfulness, learned how we should act at a dance, and then we were ready to attend feature dances on a level with our big brothers and sisters. In May we had our first chance to enter into competition with the upper classes by taking part in Stunt Night. We did a mellerdrammer, entitled. And the Villin Still Pursuederf' Our Frank Murray proved himself to be a very cruel villain. We didn't get the tin cup, but we had lots of fun. anyway. Then came our first Class Day. As luck would have it, it rained that day, and the exercises were held inside. In spite of the weather, everybody turned out, even the boys, and we made a nice showing in our green and white paper costumes. Reta and Chester Priest were our marshal and cheer leader. respec- tively. Paul Herr, as president, accepted our new class colors, rust and gold, from the graduating class. And so ended our Freshman Year. When we returned to Murdock in September, 1944. to begin our Sopho- more Year, we felt pretty grown up. W.e looked down on the little Freshmen. Poor things, they were such babies: but then, they would live, and learn and grow, as we had done. This time we had an exceptionally good time at Fresh- men Night: our golden rule was: Do unto others as others have done unto you! What laughs we got out of the antics we forced the Freshmen to do! This year we chose Clifford Harmon to lead us and Beverley Catanese to assist him. Gloria Gramolini was elected taker-of-notes, but moved out of town in November and was replaced by Jane Webber. Edward Knotts became our guardian of the treasury, and Miss Carbone agreed to take us on for another year. Our Class Picnic was held this fall at Stone Farm, with Louise Burke, Helen Hart, and John Burgoyne along to help Miss Carbone see that we behaved. When we reached the top of the hill we agreed that the beautiful panorama from the top was really worth the tedious climb. Once again we played games until we were famished: then we started the fires, toasted hot dogs, and broiled hamburgers. We wondered why it took the chaperones so long to get going- Weren't they hungry ?-but we found out when Miss Carbone blurted, I took f24l



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CLASS OF NINETEEN FORTY-SEVEN In March we held our first record dance. It seemed so effortless to have a dance without spending weeks in advance making decorations. However, we were very careful to plan for an entertaining evening with games, prizes, and carefully arranged dance sets. Cliff, remember how you danced with the short- est girl in school as a result of the John Paul Jones number and sent everyone there into gales of laughter? You certainly were a good sport! When the prize waltz came up, we were very much surprised to find that Paul Herr and his sister were the only ones on the floor who could waltz. Our contribution to the Tournament Plays this year was, Squaring It With the Boss featuring Dick Damon, Cliff Harmon, Mary Adams, Eleanor Ouel- lette, Eleanor Holmes, and Frances Reynolds, and was coached by Miss Porter. To this day we thank Dick from the bottom of our hearts for coming to our rescue and taking the lead four days before the play was scheduled to go on when Edward Knotts suddenly became afflicted with the mumps, Once again we were given third prize, but we didn't mind too much for we knew we had done our best. ln May came the Junior Prom, the highlight of our social career. For most of us. it was our first formal dance-how lovely the girls looked in their long gowns, and how worldly the boys seemed to be in their tuxedos! Since this was one of the very important affairs in our career, we were allowed to dance until 12, and at that the evening ended all too soon, On Murdock Night we presented the Murdock Baby Show as our stunt. You didn't know we had so many cute babies in our class, did you? They were all shapes, sizes, and ages, and just what you would expect to see at any ideal baby show. Dick Damon was master of ceremonies: Buddy and Cliff were the judges. Wasn't Cliff typical as Ima Old Maid though? And wasn't Charlie Johnson just the perfect children's nurse? Once again we didn't get the tin cup, but we still think we deserved it. Then June and Class Day were at hand again. This year we really had loads of work to do, for the entire responsibility of decorating for commencement is on the shoulders of the Junior Class. No sooner had the Junior Prom become a yesterday, then we began immediately on Senior Reception and Class Day decorations. Now we can understand and appreciate what any Junior Class has to go through to get the Seniors graduated! This year, because it was impos- sible to secure rust-colored crepe paper, we voted to change our class colors and selected purple and white as replacements. Reta and Chester Priest again be- came our marshal and cheer leader. Mary Adams, Pauline Dionne, Olive Greene. Buddy Bateman, Dick Damon. and Jimmy Whitney were chosen as Junior Ushers-remember how lovely they looked and how proud we were as they escorted the Seniors through their last happy activities at Murdock? And so with commencement over, our third year at Murdock was brought to a close. The summer vacation flew by between the close of our Junior year and the beginning of our Senior year. It seemed very strange to be embarking on the last lap of our journey and stranger still to think that we would soon have to make definite plans for the future. Shortly after school reopened in September, 1946, we elected our officers for this last year. Cliff Harmon again took over the presidency: Albert Barbadora became his right-hand man: Mary Adams was chosen recorder of notes: and Edward Knotts once more became taker and keeper of our money. This year we decided our class officers needed some help. so we gave them an Executive Board of three members: Yvonne Morin, Dick Damon, and Paul Herr, to help ease their burdens. Miss Carbone again con- sented to be our Class Adviser, for that we were very glad, but we wondered if she knew what she was getting into. ' There was just one thing uppermost in our minds at this time-the class l26l

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