Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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To Mrs. Findlater, another group of Norton and Grove students to debate on their differences. We also leave her a box of aspirin to take at her future class meetings. We hope those meetings are better than ours. To Miss Flahive, we leave a group of students who will appreciate her efforts. To Mr. Yelle, we leave a French Club which will not fight to decide where to go on a picnic. To Mrs. Harnden, a hospital room where her pupils may go when they try to avoid eating their home-cooked food. To Coach Clark, all the luck in the world during his coaching years. We also will and bequeath to each of the following underclassmen these possessions: To Charles Mosher, Edward Pickett ' s love affairs. Quite a Romeo, eh, Charles? To Derek Little, Vin Ferrini ' s all-around athletic ability. To Ernest Roy, Don Carlson ' s neatness and his will to create arguments. To George-Anne Bilodeau, Eunice Hicks ' cheering ability. Shirley Hayes inherits Barbara Rosequist ' s petiteness. To Dick Madden, Lucy Teixeira ' s incentive to make wise cracks; and to Doris Poulin, she leaves her willingness to get along with Mrs. Yelle. To Eldora Souza, Roselena Tacheria parts with Ted Williams and leaves him for her to share with the rest of the school. To Algerina Azavedo, Mary Camara ' s business-like actions. To Shirley Yelle, Beverly Clark ' s good looks. To Dorothy Charbonneau, Marilyn leaves luck to pass all her speed tests as Marilyn did. To Freddy Scott, Lydia Fales ' friendliness and love for races. To Margaret Atkins, Dottie Marcure ' s desire for success and achievement in the commercial course. To Barbara Laig, Bill Clarke ' s drawing skills. To Jennie Gross, Patty Eschmann leaves her job at Sweet Paper Box. To Marjorie Sweet, Shirley King and Dotty Fitzgerald ' s friendly, quiet ways. To Matilda DeGuiar, Betty Drane ' s singing ability; especially Sunny Side of the Street. To Bobby Laine, Bob Becker ' s incentive to blush. To Dottie Miller, Bini Foster ' s love for sports. To Lorraine McKenna, Margaret Pino ' s love for dancing. To Lottie Barboza, Gloria Collins leaves her long, wavy, black hair. Eddie Courbron is left Bobby Becker ' s corny remarks. George Robillard inherits David Rocha ' s ability to be disagreeable. Rose Orange leaves Ilda Silva her neatness and ability to act at the right time. Doris Warfield leaves to Patty Roy her fast talking, parrot-like ways. To Dawn Post, Eunice Salley ' s pretty smile. In front of witnesses, we place our paws on and close this document on the sixteenth day of June, in the year of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty. It is signed, sealed, and delivered by the said class of 1950 as their last will and testament. (Signed) SENIOR CLASS Lucille Teixeira

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the train for our trip to Washington, D. C, and New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fuller chaperoned twenty-three of us. It was certainly a trip to be long remembered. In order to understand court procedure more thoroughly, we put on a mock trial with Lucy Teixeira acting as judge and David Rocha and Derek Little as District Attorney and Defense Attorney, respectively. Before this we learned a great deal about our national elections by running our own Student Council con- ventions and elections with Gloria Collins in charge. Student Council is only one of the many organizations that the Seniors run which affords us a real chance to use our knowledge and qualities of leadership. Though we are a small school, our activities are wide in scope, for we had Doris Warfield represent us at Burdett College in the Career Girl contest. Lucy Teixeira was chosen alternate by the state in the Forum For Living, a safety contest, and she won a $25 Savings Bond; Eunice Salley also spurred on Lucy Teixeira and Barbara Rosequist to appear on WPEP, the Taunton radio station. We were proud that Eunice realized her first ambition. In June awards were given to the outstanding members of the troupe. First honors were bestowed on Dorothy Marcure and second honors on Mary Camara. Dorothy was also chosen as our D.A.R. representative. Now that our graduation ceremony is approaching we suddenly realize the debt that we owe to all our teachers and friends who have helped us grow men- tally and physically to be better citizens in this world of ours. This may be the end of our journey through Norton High School, but truly the beginning of our journey into life. Class Will We, the Senior Class of Norton High School, being of unsound mind due to the conditions of the building under which we have labored for the past four years ( after the way we acted, the only solution was to release us ) , do hereby declare and publish this to be our last will and testament. First of all, we will and bequeath to the class of ' 51 better luck than we have had and hope that they will not have to fight to get things, as it seems we have had to. Second, we will and bequeath to the class of ' 52 the best of luck for their two grand years left to spend in the New Junior and Senior High School building. We wish them the best of success under the fine leadership of Mr. Yelle. Third, we will and bequeath to the class of ' 53 the hope that they will grow up and behave as mannerly as the class of ' 50. Fourth, we will and bequeath to all the classes the asset of co-operation, which we have found one cannot get along without. Fifth, we will and bequeath to the Superintendent, Principal, and patient teachers (and we do mean patient) the following: To Mr. Nourse, another crew of office girls as efficient and capable as the ejirls of 1950. To Mr. Randall, a group of students who will act like Seniors and not hide other people ' s things and themselves behind the platform out in the hall. To Mrs. Yelle, the dedication of our yearbook and two dizzy individuals such as that Clark and Teixeira to assist her in her printing shop.

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Class Prophecy It ' s been ten years since I graduated from Norton High School in 1950. Since that time, I have been in a state of bankruptcy. The other day I was sneaking through the gate at Fenway Park in Boston. Someone grabbed me by the arm and said, Hey, bud, where do you you ' re going? I turned around and who do you think it was? Vin Ferrini. He let this incident go by, and we sat down in the bleachers and started to talk about our old classmates. Vin said he had finally made the Major Leagues; he was a park attendant at Fenway Park. We got to talking about the way Bev and Don used to sit and make love in English Class. Well, that didn ' t work out. Don is traveling around and has fulfilled his ambitions. He has played sax for some well-known bands, such as Sammy Kaye and Guy Lombardo; but he wasn ' t happy until he got with the Dixie Land Jazz Band, where he has been ever since. Bev Clark turned out to be our spinster and has taken over Miss Dunkle ' s job at Wheaton College. Eunice Hicks resides on Sturdy Street, Chartley, and it is rumored she spends her vacations in Panama. Barbara Rosequist is living down at the Cape, happily married. The only time she is seen around town is when she comes back for reunions. We all understand that with two children, one cannot go everywhere. The experience Barbara gained at Reynold ' s is coming in handy. Lucy Teixeira is gainfully employed at Swank, Inc. in Attleboro, and, at the ripe old age of twenty-eight, she still enjoys softball. By the way, she has lost a great deal of weight, believe it or not. She has also been seen around town with a STRANGE young man. Not bad, either. Patricia Eschmann has finally reached her goal. Richard finally kept quiet long enough for her to propose. Roselena Tacheria is Joe McCarthy ' s private secretary. I wonder why she took this job? Mary Cam- ara has finally married her childhood sweetheart, Herman Gomes, and both have the blessing of his father. Marilyn Danforth has found her pot of luck, as she is now a dress designer and is affiliated with Paris Style Co. Betty Drane was dis- covered on Ted Mack ' s Amateur Hour and is now employed by the Metropolitan Opera Company. Lydia Fales, who started off to be a nurse, now operates a garage and is nursing wounded racing cars. Dotty Fitzgerald is manager of New- berry ' s in Norton. Dottie Marcure is being pursued by an unknown admirer, but to no avail, as she is sticking to her career. Margaret Pino has finally grown out of the bashful stage and is now a dime-a-dance girl. Bill Clarke has graduated from Art School and is employed by Look Magazine. The model he uses is a local girl from Mansfield, we hear. Shirley King has been promoted to head matron at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and she is rolling in the chips, as they are doing more business than ever before. Bob Becker, our bashful boy (so people thought), is employed by Barnum and Bailey Circus as a Clown. He also appears each Sun- day afternoon on Super Circus. David Rocha, whom we thought was most likely to succeed, made and lost his first million. But, as a fall back, he inherited Mohr ' s Market and is now a middleman. Eunice Salley ' s guitar playing and Lenny ' s wavy hair have made spotlight on Channel 1 TS. Doris Warfield has just pub- lished a book on This Generation and Their Respect. Bini Foster is now pla ' - ing with the Rochester Royal Girls ' Basketball team and was high scorer for last season. Rose Orange, who used to be so quiet and shy, lectures on Paris fashions. It is rumored that she is not so bashful now. Last but not least, Gloria Collins and Clarence Barrows have formed a dancing team and are now touring the coun- try as Ace Jitterbuggers. Being broke and in a despera e situation, I had ne er in m last ten ears enjoyed anything so much as looking back at the class of ' 50. Edward Pickett Donald Carlson