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

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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

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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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Power Cole leaves Mr. Robinson minus a spare man. Eddie Soares and Ernie Seney leave theiten o'clock lunch period in the locker room to anyone who is lucky enough to get away with it. Mary Manley leaves Andy without candy. Andy Allain leaves with 5,601 high school hours behind him. 'Grace jefferson, Mary Wilbur and Geraldine Wolf leave gladly on the 3:30 bus back to the country. Lester Manchester leaves to be with Joan. CHappy Days!J ' Barbara Lawton leaves Mrs. Oldfield with nobody to scold for getting into mis- chief. Pete Dumont leaves with half of the Class treasury in his pocket. Mae Eger leaves with her short, short memory. Conrad Linkiewicz leaves because someone told him it was time to go. Anita Cardoza leaves by jet propulsion - So long Anita! Raymond Lake leaves to become another Great Lake. Mae Hughes leaves her seat in the Lakeville bus to some other traveling country gal. Harry Faulkner leaves his chair in class because he can't haul it away with him. Welding Cole leaves McCombe behind for another year of hard labor. John Grinnell leaves ending his last will and testament Heaven help the Welding shop. Arthur Conward leaves his place in line to Buzz Hodginsf' Evelyn Dimples Spooner leaves quietly. Ray Pepin leaves for the Merit Gas Station. Emerson Keyes leaves hoping never again to be haunted by Henry Ferreira. Marion Kenyon leaves with her beautiful smile. Bruce Murdock leaves with no regret for rides he had in Ames' Plymouth. Ray Wilbur leaves with all he can. N Tillie Santos leaves the recreation room with many fond regrets. Rudy Bociek leaves, a nervous wreck. Leonard Ellis leaves nothing - he takes it all with him. Elaine Doucet leaves the forbidden high stool in Mrs. Oldfield's kitchen to some unsuspecting Junior. Arnold Madeira leaves with a contented mind. Bob Bedard leaves his Electron Fever to some enterprising undergraduate. Charles Marinelli leaves with his guns blazing. Crowell, Mis, Cardinal, Lynch and O'Connor leave school with S20 of pennies that the undergraduates so willingly gave to the S. E. B. A., namely, Senior Electrical Banker Association. . Finally, the Senior Class leave their best wishes to the entire faculty and student body. A In witness thereof, we set our hand, seal and signature on this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. Signed, sealed and declared by the class of 1950 of the New Bedford Vocational High School to be their last Will and Testament. Barbara Lawton Andre Allain William Stawasz Louis Dumont Fifty-nine