North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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Rifle Club This year the Rifle Club carried on as in the past, but with fewer members. Meeting every Tuesday afternoon at the Quincy Grammar School, under the able direction of Mr. Briggs, the club accomplished much, although the war prevented outside competi- tion. Fortunate to have a supply of ammunition, the old hands as well as beginners rapidly improved their marksmanship. Bi-weekly matches were held with the high- scorers participating. Regular members enjoyed the competition and profited from the practice. No officers were elected for 1944. 5 id : 11 111 llllif: . . 1

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The Bowling Club The Bowling Club under t he direction of Mr. Sylvia meets every Tuesday and Thursday at the Norfolk Bowling Alleys. This year the total membership including boys and girls was about 100. In past years, the club has had a tournament and a trip to Nantasket, but this year, because of war conditions, these traditional activities have had to be cancelled.

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Girls ' Club One of the best known organizations at North is the Girls ' Club. As tradition has it, any senior girl may belong. Newcomers to the school have at times doubted the sanity of some of our girls. Yes, many a girl has been stared and laughed at on initiation day. But, why not? It isn ' t every day that you see a student garbed in unharmonious colors, toting a rag doll, wearing a positively ghastly coiffure, and bowing now and then in respect to a superior — a member of the Girls ' Club. Contributions for the needy are collected at Thanksgiving and Christmas time, and prepared by the Girls ' Club. Throughout the year the girls hold roller skating parties which are popular even with the boys. Miss Crockett, the Girls ' Club a dvisor, in addition to her other worthy accomplishments, has devoted much of her time to a Life-Saving Service otherwise known as the Date Bureau. Many a boy and girl has at one time or another visited the bureau and submitted an application for a date. The Semi-Formal dance which the club has every winter is one of the outstanding events of the year. This year the Girls ' Club started a Servicemen ' s File which will be kept up to date by its successors. In addition to the already countless numbers of helpful things the club has done this past year, is the work for the British War Relief and the American Red Cross. During the third lunch period you often hear Leave your ice-cream wrapper in the basket, please or Please don ' t crowd around the piano, ' you ' ll suffocate the player. Yes, those phrases do sound familiar. In fact, the auditorium was where you heard them. The Girls ' Club is responsible for those few precious minutes of relaxation to be found in the auditorium during lunch. For these and many more services we thank the Girls ' Club, a great organization with a yearly supply of grand girls.