Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Class Will We, the great class of forty-nine, being of unsound mind and Igav I. Q., do bequeath our varied talents and peculiarities to those unfortunate creatures whom we are forced to leave behind. This will shall be read and taken for what it is worth, which isn ' t much. We now will and bequeath to our Superintendent, Principal, and patient teachers the following: To Mr. Nourse, A full pardon for rooting f or Plainville whenever we played them. To Mr. Randall, A Toni wave set to experiment with. Better check those formulas Mr. Randall. To Mr. Yelle, A new list of nicknames which may come in handy in future years. They ' re arranged alphabetically too. To Mrs. Findlater, We leave a speeded up jalopy, so she can see how it is to ride over 15 miles an hour. To ]Miss Stevens, A fire hose so she can wake up the sleeping members of her classes. To Miss Spier, We leave a warm pencil so she can make a hot sketch of herself. To !Mrs. Yelle, We leave the Norton High medal of Honor for putting up with us all these years. To Mr. Gillespie, We leave a pair of ear plugs so he can enjoy himself during music period on Mondays. To Miss McHugh, We leave a brand new biological laboratory with all the dead hogs she can use. To Mrs. Harnden, A case of Bromo-Seltzer so she can pass it around to her cooking classes after they ' ve eaten some of their own food. We also will and bequeath to each of the following underclassmen the follow- ing possessions : To Hobby Becker, Bobby Caswell leaves his love for chemistry. Bob also leaves his speed to George Robillard. To Lydia Fales, Dorothy Hoare leaves her pet package of gum and her sill} ' giggling. To Rose Orange, Marilyn King leaves her good naturedness and artistic abilities. To David Rocha, Richard Wiener leaves his job at Whcaton. Richard also leaves his wise cracks to Eddie Pickett. 16

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Class Prophecy The other day 1 was engaged in my favorite pastime — day dreaming, and I had a strange dream. 1 saw an ultra-modern hospital. Coming out of the operatuig room, I saw m self as Dr. Whitne -. I called my two nurses, Betty White and Beverly Farris. We went to the laboratory to see if Ruth Goold had the cultures of my latest patient read . They were done, so we invited her to go to the theater with us. The four of us started off for the Olivier Theater, a summer play-house under the management of Marilyn King, which presented plays starring Laurence Olivier only. We were going to see Squaring the Circle, co-starring Stearns Briggs. We noticed that the proceeds of this play were to go toward the establish- ment of a new High School in Norton. After the performance we went to the Caswell Art (Galleries to see an exhibit of modern painting by Earl Charest, who ranks second only to Salvador Dali as a modern artist. Next we went to the (jypsy Tea Room, run by Betty Tribou, for afternoon tea. No, Betty said her high school romance did not pan out, so she was still looking for the perfect m.an. When we complimented Betty on her hair-do, she told us that it was done by Beverly Gale, who owned a beauty parlor across the street. At a nearby table sat the former Wanda Davis with her husband and the oldest of her ten children. A gypsy fortune teller was going from table to table with her crystal ball. Much to our surprise, who should she turn out to be but our old classmate Shirley Mohr. It seems that Shirley ' s crystal ball told her that she should go to the big city to seek her fortune instead of settling down with her high school sweetheart in Norton. Another romance gone wrong ! Shirley was glad to settle down at our table among old friends and tell us about some of our other classmates as revealed to her as she looked into her crystal ball : I see Alice Schmid sitting at a desk teaching a large class of future nurses. Rita Tucker is sitting at another table surrounded by a group of kindergarten children. The children are getting into all kinds of trouble, but Rita is especially patient because the school principal, Raymond Gagne, is in the room to see how she is conducting the class. With Raymond is his secretary, Carmella Pino, taking notes on everything she sees. Andrew Bennett, as chairman of the school committee, is also present. Out in the middle of an athletic field is Edward Hesford directing the athletic activities of the school. Shirley told us that she had heard that Eddie had made a name for himself as a member of a prominent debating team as well as being acknowledged as one of the foremost coaches of his time. Here Betty White interrupted Shirley ' s discourse to remind me that I was supposed to interview two applicants for a position as secretary, Miss Phyllis Zwolensky and Miss Doris Tondreault. ( iy former secretary, Miss Dorothy Hoare, had resigned to accept a position as secretary to the doct or who takes care of the President of the United States, Richard Weiner.) Or was Betty trying to tell me something else? All too soon me dream ended and I was brought back to reality by her reminding me that I had better return that book I borrowed, as she wanted to read it and I found myself back in good old Norton once more. Anyway, my peek into the future was fun while it lasted. 15

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To Luc}-, Beverh- and Barbara, Kette White leaves her cowboy spirit and an old saddle. To Vincent Ferrini, Rita Tucker leaves her short skirts and her love — for sports. To Richard Fontaine and Hilly Clarke, Ray (la ne leaves his great singing voice and his big wheel. To Dorothv Alarcure, Alice Schniid leaves her dazzling personality and good looks. To Barbara Foster. Ruth Cniold leaves her goolashes to be used when playing basketball. To Billy Clarke, Eddie Hestord leaves his Hashy socks. Eddie also leaves Coach Clark in need of a good forward. To Patricia Eschmann, Betty Tribou leaves that nickname of hers, Betty also leaves Derek Little for all the girls to fight over. To Marilyn Danforth, Beverly Ciale leaves her new book on Day Dreaming. To Dorothy Fitzgerald, Phyllis Zwolensky leaves a pin up picture to tack up in the main room. To Betty Drane, Doris Tondreault leaves her bright red hair, and her slow way of talking to Mary Camara. To Don Carlson, Earl Charest leaves his bow ties. Earl also leaves Johnny Scott his dungarees. To Gloria Collins Beverly Farris leaves her large eyes, Bev also leaves Shirley King to find the things Bev is always losing. To Margaret Pino, Carmella Pino leaves her quiet and effective way of doing things. To Doris Warfield, Wanda Davis leaves her sparkling personality and her cute smile. To Roselina Tacheria, Mar Whitney leaves her favorite horse Fireball. To Eunice Salley, Shirley Alohr leaves her neat clothes. Shirley also leaves David Rocha, lonely. To Herman (lomes, Stearns Briggs leaves his love for acting. Stearns also leaves Derek Little his natural sense of humor. On this day in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-nine, we, the said class, who said just about everything, sign seal, and declare this our last will and testament. (Signed) Senior Class Earl Charest 17