Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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-l'l'll: S A SSHMU 4 IEIEIEI I, John Bennett, leave my position as presidential manager to the First Junior that is victorious. I, Beb Lilja, bequeath my hockey captaincy and special technique to Ralph Stenquist, hoping the 1940 season will hold much in store for him. I, Phyllis Jenness, leave my athletic ability to Paula Boardman. I, Olin Hayes, bequeath to John NVhite the honorable position of class president. VVe, Burt Wright and VVaddy Hanna, leave to Tony Amato the captaincy of the football team, hoping 19-IO will produce a great team. I, Virginia Adams, leave myi good looks, pleasing disposition and popularity with the boys to Hope Arnold. I, Sherwood Coleman, hereby bequeath my ability to make noise to James Fair. I, Charles Dorian, bequeath my great scholastic ability and some worn out text books to John VVhite. I, Russell Edwards, leave to Lyle Shufelt the ability to do homework at least once every marking period whether I need to or not. I, Susie Snoop, leave to some succeeding Junior a pair of large eyes and ears plus the ability to remain unknown. I, Leigh VVentworth, bequeath my ability to pass exams to any suc- ceeding ,lunior with that luck. I, Shrimp Alcock leave my highly prized title of Lady's Man to John Felch. I, Nancy Loker, leave my sunny smile to .lean McCarty. Vile, the graduating class, leave to 'l'weezer Jackson, better known as Jackie, our sincere thanks for his help in the Senior Play. I, VVinifred Murphy, bequeath to Louise Wlalsh my ability to entertain and please the rest of the class. VVe, Virginia Glancy, Vivian Cantrel, Eleanor Hedderig, Joe Vllilkinson and Virginia Greene, leave our positions as cheerleaders to those who can make the most noise. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this fifteenth day of june, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, the last will and testament of this Class of '39 in the presence of those witnesses who have here unto signed their names as attesting to this document. lsignedl Charles Dorian Witiiessed by: Edith M. Nutt Alice E. Dawborn CLASS PROPHECY Year: 19-I9 Place: City Hospital Time: 10 A. M. Natalie appears in nurse's uniformg picks up telephone receiver. Nat: Why, yes, Doctor! Pardon me, Doctor? A new patient? Certainly,

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THE SHSSHMU 4 IEEE today, but we know that with the ideals and skills that have been acquired by us in Natick High School, we shall make our way into the world, striving to attain success for ourselves as individuals with the endeavor to make worth- while contributions to society. iaaith Brophy CLASS WILL Vl'e, the Class of 1939 of the Natick Senior High School, with all due premeditation, care, and sense of responsibility and consideration of the welfare of this gathering do truly and lawfully make, ordain, publish, declare and pro- claim as genuine this to be our last will and testament and request that its contents be carried out to the utmost. To Mr. Hill we leave our entire support for a new, spacious, modern and well equipped High School in order to do away with the evils of the double session. To Mr. Gardner we leave one ball and chain, similar to those used on Dt-vil's Island, in order to keep the prized geometry answer book from escaping his sight. To Mr. Maffeo we leave our best wishes for producing another cham- pion basketball team and our hope for one more chance to the Tech Tourneyv. To Miss Currier we leave a Ski Team that we hope will produce wonders and have the same patience as we have had in waiting for that precious snow to fall. To Mr. Vlloodbury we leave one correspondence singing course to be shared with the other members of that famed quartet. To Miss Rafferty we leave some junior who will lead and make known to the school the deliberations of that powerful and important group - The Student Council. To Mr. Sears we leave a few earnest Juniors who can convince him that the school still wants Sassamon Dances. To Miss Ratsey we leave our sincere thanks for her ever important advice and for her help in art classes. To Mr. Plausse we leave our wholehearted support in his organization of sports for everyone. To Miss Nutt we leave a Junior Class that will be as kind and friendly to her as we hope we have been. To Miss Shannon we leave an extra English period in order to allow the students to read the Readers Digest a little more thoroughly. To Mr. VVhite we leave Joe Miller's Joke Book in order to supplement his large volume of jokes. To Miss Young we leave a French Class that will enjoy the Cooperative French ltxams as well as we have. Those individual members of this Senior Class wishing to make personal bequeaths are as follows: I, joe Brown, leave the battle-scarred goalie equipment and one dozen bottles of liniment to my worthy successor. I, Dutch Grupposo, bequeath to VVarren Langley the prize position of heading the 1940 basketball team.

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-lot Nat Nat: -lot Nat: joe' Nat 'loc' Nat joe: s . joe' ,. THI: SASSFIMU 4 IEIEIEI Dr. 'lfaddeol You say his name is Brown? Yes, Dr. Taddeog send him right ni. :Ks she turns around, joseph hobbles in with crutches and his head and loot bandaged. Well. Nat llastings! lJon't tell me you're my m1rse! Why, joe Brown! I haven't seen you since our graduation back in '39! IX hat in heaven s name happened to you? XXX-ll, Nat, you see l'm goalie for the Bruins now, and it was one of our old classmates who was responsible for the sight you see before you. You remember Bud Hayward? I sure do, .loe - the Pride and joy of Room IS! Who could forget that countenance? But how did it all happen? Vl'ell, it wasn't all Bud's fault. You see, it was the two burly Ranger players, Rocco Franciose and Bill Chase coming in on me to try to score the deciding goal of the series. Bud Hayward, in an attempt to break up the play, was thrown on top of me, his skate cutting into the back of my leg. 'lihere was a short fight in front of the net in the next few seconds, and during this brief struggle, I received a blow on the head. Referee ,lim VVhalen penalized Manager VValter -lewett's two stars, thus giving the Bruins a two-man advantage. Bebe l,ilja, the high scorer of the Bruins then scored the deciding goal of the series, just before the final bell, I.eave it to good old Bebe. A hockey player certainly leads a great life, but say, joe, have you seen any of our other old classmates? I had a letter a short time ago from Johnny Hill, who invited me to come and see his new streamlined ice plant. You know he has made a great deal of progress in the Field of ice refrigeration. Very soon, he's going to have perfected his ice rinks which stay frozen out- doors twelve months of the year! He tells me he thinks he's sold the town fathers, Bill Killeen and Salvatore Tambollio the idea of maintaining an outdoor rink on the Natick Common. 'I'hey've prac- tically hired Bob Palmer and Herbert VVells as permanent super- visors and skating instructors. Imagine! johnny has really done quite well, hasn't he? 'lihe business must be growing! Uh, yes - and he has a valuable partner now in Donald Hedderig, who manages the labor part of the ice plant. just as I was leaving, several of his truck drivers were coming in. They were Bob Green, llenry Barber, Gordon Suggitt, Art Colburn, and Charlie Brady. I was so surprised - but here I am talking all about my doings. Have you seen any other members of our class lately, Nat? XXX-ll, -Ioe, when I left Natick High, I thought I'd seldom see my old friends. Youll never believe it, but a good many of them are working right here beside me every day. 'lihe two nurses that you just saw dash by the door were Virginia Adams and Louise Ahern. Ginny is supervisor of the anaesthetics department. Nancy Loker is now Dr. Ralph I'feiffer's assistant. Lucky girl! I suppose you saw Mary Hurd sitting at the desk as you came in. Poor Mary tried to go on a diet of raw vegetables and fruit juice, and now look at her - no resemblance to the Mary we used to know! Holly, Nat, after hearing about a stall' like that, I don't mind how