Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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The Parrot The school paper initiated the year of 1948-1949 with refurbished ammunition. It was decided to have the Mansfield Press print the paper. The name Parrot was reinstated. Seven issues of the paper during the year were planned. The Parrot Staff was composed of the following: Editor in Chief . . . Carmella Pino Assistant Editor .... Ruth Goold Alumni Reporter .... Alice Schmid Humor Editor .... Earl Charest Roving Reporter . . . Doris Tondreault Sports (Boys) .... Lucille Teixeira (Girls) . . . George-Ann Biladeau Reporters: Lucille Teixeira, Chairman Jean Cressey Helen Rubak Dawn Post Bookkeeper ..... Mary Camara Clerk ..... Dorothy Marcure Advertising .... Vincent Ferrini Circulation .... Edward Pickett Art ...... Judy Reynolds Dorothy Miller Photography . . ALary Elizabeth Whitney Desk Editor ..... Rita Tucker Typists : Wanda Davis Beverly Farris Dorothy Hoare Shirley Mohr Phyllis Zwolensky Richard Weiner Betty Tribou Doris Tondreault Advisor ..... Dorothy Stevens Subscriptions were obtained through the school. The paper sold at .25 per issue. Advertisements were given by various busmess concerns to whom we are very thankful. Their financial support was greatly appreciated and made possible the production of the Parrot. Last but not least, it ' s hats off to the staff for their co-operative work writing material for the Parrot. Your editor Carmella Pino 29

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Latin Club Initiation The annual Latin Club Initiation was held April i8, 1949 at the Norton High School from 7:30 to io:(Xi o ' clock. The program began with the presentation of the humorous playlet, Off With His Head by members of the Latin I Class. John, who went to sleep while studying for a Latin exam, was played by David Larson; the four conjugations, who lilced John and wanted to help him, were played by Barbara Hoare, Carol Quebman. Rosemary Knapton, and Barbara Tierney; Mr. Sum Esse Fui, who was going to lose his head because he fell in love with Miss Accusative cae, was portrayed by Jackie Cosgrove; Miss Predicate Nominative, who really loved Mr. Sum Esse Fui. by Jean Cressey; Miss Adjective, who refused to agree, by Dawn Post; Miss Vocabulary, who was the same in the front as in the back, by Judith Re nolds; Mrs. Perfect Indicative Active, who was afraid she was going to lose her eye (i), by Beverly Minor; Mr. Ablative of Separation, the Chief executioner, by Thomas Hall; Mr. Long Mark, who thought he knew everything, by George Ann Bilodeau ; The King of Latin Land — Raymond Gagne; A guard — Richard Weiner. We all thought the play a clever yet an enjoyable way of teaching certain Latin principles. The initiation of the new members took place following the play. The students who were initiated were as follows: Jean Cressey, Judith Reynolds, Carol Quebman, Rosemary Knapton, Barbara Hoare. Beverly Minor, Dawn Post, George Ann Bilodeau and Raymond Gagne. The chairman of the initiating committee was Miss Doroth} Stevens. The students on the committee were Doroth Miller, Betty Drane, Barbara Foster and Charles Mosher. All the initiates were required to per- form stunts before they were accepted into the Latin Club. The stunts included the typical ones, having their heads cut off, drinking Caesar ' s blood, feeling Caesar ' s intestines, and jumping the broomstick as well as the individual stunts that were required of each initiate if he couldn ' t answer the Latin questions hred at him. After the stunts, refreshments were served and the students who survived the ordeal were sworn into the Latin Club by Edward Hesford, First Consul. Lytiia Fales was chairman of the refreshment committee. Barbara Foster 28

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Senior Class Play The evening of December 2nd found the Seniors of Norton High School trembling behind the footlights of the Norton Town Hall, ready and eager to present their hilarious performance of Hi and Sis In New York by Henry Row- land. This play told of the adventures of a pair of country kids, Hi and Sis immersed in the complexities of the fast moving life of a ver sophisticated woman Mrs. Jackson. Sis came to New York to solve the riddle of the Jackson ' s who had run out on Mrs. Starr ' s boarding house, forgetting the little detail of paying their rent. Sis wasn ' t used to that sort of behavior. Her arrival in New York coincided with the departure of Jackson ' s maid. You guessed it, she was hired by Mrs. Jackson at the unheard salary of $15.00 per week. It developed that Mrs. Jackson was the head of a notorious shoplifting gang, and her thought was to have Sis take the rap in case of exposure. All this set the stage for the entrance of Hi , who came to the big city to protect Sis . The antics and adventures of this pair make a fast moving plot, full of comedy and thrills. Hi not only saved Sis from the law but between the pair of them, they brought the guilty to trial. The cast was as follows: Hi Hawkins Sis Spooner Mrs. Huntly Jackson Rose Turner Jane Jackson Mrs. Belle Bingham Mickey Donavan Patches Trixie La Belle A Detective Philip West Mrs. Philip West Mrs. Starr Maggie Donavan from Joggins Junction from Joggins Junction a woman of myster her maid her daughter a neighbor from the east side of New York an orphan girl an actress a young lawyer owner of Hotel in Joggins Junction Mickey ' s mother Stearns Briggs Rita Tucker Alice Schmid Marilyn King Mary Whitney Beverly Ciale Ray Ciagne Betty Tribou Phyllis Zwolensk Edward Hesford Andrew Bennett l)oroth Hoare Carmella Pino I)c)i is Tondreault Be mice ]VlcKay and Carol Rice, Seniors of AVheaton College directed and coached the cast of the play. The general management was under the direction of Mrs. Charlotie Hariidt ' ii. Stage Manager Assistant Manager Ticket Chairman Assistant Chairman Pub!icit - Chairman Lighting Earl Charest Robert Caswell Betty Tribou Betty White Ruth (joold Robert Caswell Robert Caswell 30