New Bedford Vocational High School - Mariner Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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Among the first passengers coming down the gang-plank, we see Laurie Mendes, an officer in the W. A. C. S. talking with Barbara Lawton and her husband. Behind them we see Harold Comstock, now a worn-out, old married man and George Swansey, still a famous hunter, looking over a group of girls before him. In the group we recognize Eleanor Botelho, chief operator at the N. B. Telephone exchange, Terry Hodziewich the famous concert pianist, Clara Weigel, a television comedienne, Loretta Szczepan, an exclusive dress designer and Marie Craig, a famous artist, all chatting excitedly together. We spot a set of broad blue shoulders and see that Joseph B. Goulart III made his Machinist Mate First Class rating in the Navy. Gathering at the pier to welcome all the newcomers, we find Mary Cruz, city librarian, Frank Winters, expert mechanic for jet planes, Evelyn Spooner, now a nurse, George Fagundes, dancing teacher in Fred Astaire's school, Joan Norris, now married to a '49 graduate, Henry Ferreira looking sad because the Yankees won the pennant this year, and Robert Jefferson, a professional basketball player. O! Wait! here are Grace Jefferson, Robert's sister and coach, Bernard Sasseville, Head of the Welding Department at Vocational, and Bill Botelho, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox. We all return to the hotel and find the ballroom set up for our class reunion. We wait patiently for one of our class mates who is attending a U. N. meeting and will arrive a few minutes late. He is Milton Elliot, Ambassador to England. Mary Wilbur, a Shakespearean actress in her spare time away from her ranch, and Paul Guilbeault, owner of the famous Eat and Die House arrive. With them are the well known stars of stage and screen, Eunice Racine, Don Cardinal, and John Charles Lynch. The boys have been doing a sequel to Lum and Abner . It is called Murgatroid and Birdie . Jocko O'Connor, incidentally is their writer and Milton Berle is sueing them for stealing his stuff. Our speakers of the day, noted lecturers, begin their talks. John Cadema talks on Women Drivers , Anita Cardoza on The Good Old Days at Vocational High, Al Donaghy on the Why and Wherefore of Code Rules , and Connie Chace on How to Spend Your Husband's money. ' We see Millicent Gibbs, our beautiful but still bashful Cover Girl, sneak into an empty seat in the back row. Almost at the end of the program, Charles - The Whiz - Marinelli comes in followed by his private secretaries, Ray Davoll, Cliff Sherman, and Ray Lake. Charlie is still dictating rapidly the latest information on factory parts. All totaled we are one hundred and five present. Everyone made it! Re-unions always seem so short! Almost before we know it, the time to return to our daily chores is here. We are not expendible and are exhausted from sight- seeing and reminiscing. So with three cheers for good old Vocational High and a final singing of Auld Lang Syne, we leave by sea, highways and airlines for our different destinations. Goodbye, Class of 1950! It was nice knowing you! Betty Arm Green - john Grinnell Milton Elliot Fiffy-seven

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With a See you all later , we board the bus for our hotel. As we cruise along Flugler Avenue, a few neon signs catch our eye - Allain and Dalrymple, Deluxe Wrecking Co. and The Lazy-Jane Dress Shop owned and operated by the Mesdames Barbara Cejka and Gabrielle Desorcy. The last sign is over a candy shop which is managed by Betty Ann Green and Mary Manley, two of the sweetest girls in the world, in our humble opinion. , Finally we arrive at the Hotel Sheraton where we are greeted by the manager who is none other than our old classmate, Bob Bedard. Bedard has made all arrange- ments for us - we hope! As we enter the hotel ballroom later on, we see Conrad Linkiewicz and his Elastic Band playing Music With A Snap . The vocalist is Lorraine Mello doing, as well as ever, her old stand-by, My Hero. Next on the program is Tillie Santos, now a famous dancer. After listening to selections from our, Cahemlj orchestra, we hear a few imitations by Mae Ann Hughes, now Mrs. Amos Souza. Among the dancers on the floor we spot Mr. and Mrs. Gene McCoy, Mrs. McCoy is the former Alice Pittsley, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lach, Mrs. Lach is the former Terry Boswell. In a corner we see resting, per usual, a group of distinguished looking gentlemen among whom are Joe Perry, inventor of the Board Stretcher, Bill Stawasz and Bill Balthazar who are still trying to discover how long a short circuit is. With them is Harry Faulkner, ace detective of the Crime Wave Detective Agency. Next we move into the dining-room where we find seated at a table, after three- or was 'it four servings? - the following classmates - foot testers for General Mills, Les Hacking and Les Manchester. Incidentally, May Eger, Elaine Doucet and Justina Monteiro have taken over the management of the Foods Department at Gen- eral Mills. The boys have been enjoying the 5.95 blue plate special, prepared by Eddie Nowicki and his able assistant, Ronald Piva. The following morning we find ourselves walking along the shore of the beautiful beach at Miami. On one of the tennis courts we find Eileen Caton and Arlene Car- doza, playing a set with their husbands. Cheering them on the sidelines are the con- firmed bachelors, Dick Baker and Eddie Soares. Official scorer and ball chaser is Alex Knox, a professional football player with the South End Ramblers. They have just had a tremendous season - nine losses to one win! As we continue along, we see on the two-foot diving board, Marion Kenyon and Peggy McKenna, coaxing their children to dive. Their husbands were unable to accompany them because of trouble in the stock market. Above, on the eight foot diving board are Emerson Keyes and George Johnson, movie stunt men, doing their own special swan dive. Esther Williams and her director are watching them in order to learn what not to do! On the horizon appears a luxurious yacht bearing the name S. B. V. D. or un- abbreviated, Sponsored by Vocational Dues . As the yacht draws closer to the pier, we see that at the wheel are Admiral Raymond Wilbur and Commander Louis L. Dumont who were, if we remember correctly, our President and Treasurer. 'Nuff sed! In the rear of the yacht doing some deep sea fishing are Ernie Seney, D. Stevens and Norman Mathieu, Retired. Bob Aitken, reel expert, also Retired, is supervising. Doing a good job of shining up the brass are the cheerful deckhands Arthur Con- ward, Donald Sylvia and Tom Fraher. ' Fifty-six

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We, the members of the Sen- SS ' ior Class of 1950 of New Bed- af ' L ford Vocational High School, City of New Bedford, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts, being of sound mind and memory Cthere may be a question about thisl do declare this to be our last will and tes- tament. We hereby bequeath the fol- lowing: To Mr. Mackintosh, we wish to express our deepest appre- ciation for his kindness and the ever pleasant manner with which he befriended us during our four years at Vocational High School. v To Miss Early, we extend our sincere thanks for the under- standing and interest shown by her to each of us. To the Faculty, we leave our unending gratitude for their efforts in making our future paths smooth and purposefill. To our advisors, Mrs. Oldfield, Miss Forrest, Miss Sloane, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fuller and Mr. Foley, we leave our sincerest thanks and appreciation for the help and guidance that they so unselfishly gave us. Raymond Davoll takes his truck and leaves the Carpentry boys sitting on the sidewalk. Laurie Mendes leaves to spend the rest .of her life listening to the recordings of The Great Mr. B. Ted Lach leaves Bob Lacroix still bewildered by his tales. Barbara Cejka leaves wishing she could take Charlie with her. Joan Norris leaves to go on to Matrimonial University. Robert Aitken leaves the Freshmen five years of suffering. Richard Baker leaves hoping they will change some of the Motor Vehicle Laws. Jane Collis' leaves minus her appendix. Eleanor Botelho leaves right after jane. Leo Doyon leaves his helmet to Bobby Bland. Tom Fraher leaves to the Welding Juniors one bar of soap and one towel to light over. Alice Pittsley leaves.with the next-to-the-last of the McCoys. Gaby Desorcy leaves Mrs. Cameron minus a whizzbang in sewing. Dave Dalrymple leaves nothing - he can't spare it. Julio Fortes, jr. leaves to Anthony Jadlow the privilege of cutting his fingers on the band saw. Betty-Ann Green leaves the Machine Shop freshmen with no one to whistle at. Cheer up, boys! Terry Boswell leaves taking her All-American quarterback with her. Joe Perry and Ronny Piva leave the Carpentry Department minus two good Portuguese carpenters. Fifty-eight