North Attleboro High School - Northern Light Yearbook (North Attleboro, MA)

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chu ma by Jean Reilly and Harold Bicknell ★ We, the Senior Class of 1944, bestow upon you unfortunate underclassmen our characteristics that we have so cherished throughout our four years of high school. George Cooke, Nicky Todaro, and Elmer Riley, who have already left us, we the Class of 44 , will to them lots of luck in the future. Ray Malinowski (our exalted president) leaves to join the ranks of the quiz kids. Arthur Fong wills his congeniality to some fortunate underclassman. Verna James leaves her title of Most Talkative Girl to Bernice Rovelto. Helen LaCasse leaves to become a successful telephone operator. Donald Keagan leaves — too bad girls. Margie Larsen leaves her title Most Athletic Girl , and also her nickname, Pool- room , to Natalie Weygand. Larry Zilch leaves his manly physique to Vincent Petti. Claire Smith leaves her flaming red hair to Muriel Marlow. Henry Gobin leaves his curly locks to Joe Velletri. Mary Luchetti leaves to join her navy man, Bob. Ricky Sargent leaves his athletic ability to those dashing Dean brothers. Jackie Greve and Betty Havey leave together as usual. Richard Paquin, the liveliest boy of the class, leaves to win the war. Cynthia Tennant leaves with her constant companion, Ricky. Martha Locke leaves her sophisticated manner to Carolyn Sherman. Marie Ryder leaves to wait for Buddy. Irene Baier leaves to help brother Eddie at the store. Jerry Ebert leaves — still swooning over Frank Sinatra. James Lavery leaves still finding fault with the girls of N. A. H. S. Shirley Malinowski leaves to try out her title Girl With the Best Line . Bucky Chabot leaves his title Best Dressed Boy to Johnnie Westcott. Lena Germaine leaves her impressions on all the school mirrors. Page Nineteen

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THE NORTHERN 44 G H T We entered our Senior year as meek as a lamb but we were destined to leave with the roar of a lion. The day we had eagerly anticipated for three years finally arrived. At last we could have our say in the way things were run. After the shock of our first day in Miss Washburn ' s history class wore off, we settled down, and Ray Malinowski assumed the position of president, while Helen LaCasse was elected vice-president and Mary Luchetti and that Smoothie Arthur Fong were elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. We really became famous on the athletic field this year with such representatives as Captain Norteman, Sargent, Hall, Lavery, Welch and McCloughan. Domineering the side lines were those three vivacious cheerleaders Eleanor MacLine, Janet Swanezy and Jeanne Brennan. Sargent and Hall again captured the basketball limelight for us, while Lavery and Paquin joined them on the baseball diamond. For the first time, the girls were represented in basketball by Margie Larsen and Martha Locke. By using brute salesmanship on the defenseless underclassmen, we made a great success of our dances, and as a result increased our treasury. On the whole these dances were well attended, and, seriously, we wish to thank the underclassmen for their cooperation. After much discussion both pro and con as to whether or not we should have a senior play we FINALLY decided in favor of one. Under Miss Erving ' s capable direction we exercised our dramatic abilities and presented a three act comedy entitled Don ' t Take My Penny! The cast, however, thought seriously of changing the title to Now — Miss Erving? Nick Todaro, George Cooke and Elmer Riley, thru the persuasion of the draft board, left during the year to join the navy. Mr. Bronson will lose Gobin, Appleby and Cavanagh from the band, and Phyllis Clarke, Muriel Shaw, Doris Berglund, Henry Gobin and Dan Cavanagh from the orchestra. Helen LaCasse, Helene Dietz, and Shirley Malinowski will leave him search- ing for three new drum-majors. The Glee Club will also suffer from the loss of the sweet voices of: Jerry Ebert, Marie Ryder, Priscilla Mandalian, Betty Burke, Beverly Cambridge, Martha Locke, Dick Paquin and Ricky Sargent. The teachers are going to be lonesome too. Poor Miss Washburn! How she ' ll miss Norteman, Keagan and Chabot, her three little time and a half boys. Pretty soon they may be doing double time for some tough sergeant, for the draft board is throwing covetous glances in their direction. We hope that the underclassmen will live up to the high standard which we, the senior class, have set for them. We wish to thank the teachers for the patience and help which they have given us in the past four years, although we realize that their work was made easier because we were such sweet and cooperative students. And so the curtain falls on our adventures in N. A. H. S. We bid a fond fare- well to all! Page Eighteen

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“THE NORTHERN LI G H T 44 Norman Sanford leaves as quiet as ever. Jeanne Brennan leaves Eileen and Eleanor to battle over the leadership of the cheerleaders. Bob Welch, because of his experience in high school, leaves to become editor of that famous magazine, Secrets . Priscilla Mandalian leaves her sister to follow in her footsteps. Hollis Baker I eaves us wondering whose class pin he wears. Janet Swanezy leaves to take over management of that beautiful blue limousine, the Silver Streak , that her brother thinks he left in good care for the duration. Arthur Appleby leaves so quietly that we barely noticed him. Eleanor MacLine leaves with all her teachers in hot pursuit. She always had quite a time getting to a class without being attracted elsewhere. Joseph Grimes leaves the girls still sighing. Helen McAdams leaves to establish a residence in the wilds of Attleboro, (there is such a place) in order to save herself a lot of bus fare. Ray Hall I eaves his wolfing ability to Leonard Poirier. Yvonne Poirier leaves her makeup kit to Eleanor Broderick. Charles Lovely leaves us wondering ! Barbara Sanford leaves a certain sophomore urging her to take a P. G. course. Daniel Cavanagh leaves still talking. Beverly Cambridge undoubtedly leaves to take upon herself the bonds of matrimony. Constant Poholek leaves his lux complexion to Bobby Zilch. Doris Proulx leaves to make good use of her already talented voice. Ralph Norteman leaves Miss Washburn a nervous wreck. Muriel Shaw leaves hoping Bob will soon follow. Ellsie Welch I eaves his title Shortest Boy to Philip Rushlow. Hildred Bagshaw leaves to entertain the servicemen. Betty Burke leaves hoping to become a nurse. John Thompson leaves these hallowed halls at last. Yvonne Dargis leaves her title Neatest Girl to Margie Messier. Mary Tarallo leaves to recuperate after her toilsome four years of H. S. Adele Bishop leaves us wondering why she likes the-out-of-town talent. (As if we didn ' t know). Page Twenty