Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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THE SHIPBUILDER 9 and he is now noted for his excellent herds of goats. It was during this year that the fine playing of our ath- letes won for the school the South Shore Championship in basketball. Under the management of Leavitt the baseball team was again a success. In March we held our first class dance. Everyone admitted that the decorations were the most gorgeous and artistic ever arranged in the hall. lt was a success both socially and financially, which is something to our credit in this period of depression. In both play and operetta our members took import- ant parts and showed that the school could not get along without us. Amid the praises of the faculty and the ad- miration and envy of the other students our class saw the close of another year. We came back in September deter- mined that this past year would be our best. XYe looked and felt the part of the important senior. Wie gazed about us and there was our old friend of our early years of N. H. It was none other than -lohn Alexander Clark. And we knew from that moment that the class would not have to endure a dull period, for John is wit personified. And believe me he has done his bit to make this present year a success. Class officers for our Senior year were elect- ed as follows: Norman Robbins, Pres- ident: John Colburn, Vice President: lda Mchlanus, Secretary: and Emer- son Merritt. Treasurer. Our first class function was a Hal- lowe'en Dance, held amid a fantastic setting of witches and hobgoblins. lt was a success from all angles. The school play Tons of Money held in December had the most of its cast from our class, and I challenge any class to find an actor who can produce more laughs than -lohn Colburn. Again the class provided first class material for winning teams in basketball and base- ball. Our last efforts to make money were well rewarded at our Spring Dance held in May. .lune has arrived and here we are twenty strong. live claim the largest and the handsomest class ever to be graduated from Norwell High School. l take pleasure in introducing to you: Hlfssie Merritt, Class Treasurer and voted the .Xppolo Belvidere, that handsome man of old Greece, of our class. .Xll .Xmerican Clark, cheer spreader and future l'resident of the United States, because he says so. .Lloyd lYeare, voted the most depend- able member of our class. Still waters run deep. Hatcliie, the Speed King, and no- torious lady charmer. Johnnie Colburn, the best actor the school has ever produced. Johnnie may be in for fun but he is never ruthless Robbie or lelerlmief' our Class Presi- dent. He is said to be bashful, but oh boy, he sure has a way with the women. find Claudette, flonor Student. Nev- er try to put anything over on Bud -it can't be done. Nix Leavitt, our big newspaper man, and oh-how he fits with the faculty. ll3ingo XYhite, the Chatterbox. The class awards him the honor of hav- ing the lfest disposition in the school. l3rucie. theatrically inclined. He promises to put Norwell in glowing letters before the public by his great accomplishments. Mary Osborne, our Valedictorian- also a debater of note. llarbara Osborne, the class Venus, but boys she is already spoken for. f'Skipper,' lVlc'Klanus, as charming as she is pretty. fda will always do

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8 THE SHIPBUILDER C ass M5100 p safvzozes In September, 1928, a group of twenty-seven ambitious young people entered Norwell High School. NYe were the largest class ever to enter its doors, namely: Almon Bruce, John Colburn, Mary Deliabio, Marion Hard- wick, Leonard Hatch, Evelyn Hender- son, Eleanor Maxwell, Emerson Mer- ritt, Margaret Mesheau, lda McManus, Earl Leavitt, Barbara Qsboru, Mary Usborne, Norman Robbins, Russell ll'eterson, Emily Smith, Gertrude Strachan, Frank Roman, Lloyd XYeare, Bernard White, Elmer Snowdale, lloratio Spinney, Nondino Mazzola, lYilder Claudette, Franklyn Totman, Yincent Lincoln, and Robert l'ike. lluring our whole four years we have lost only seven of this roll. I cannot relate the proverbial duck- ing in the brook as other classes have, for it was during our freshman year that a school law was made prohibit- ing hazing. .Xfter many trials and tribulations our greeness wore off, and we settled down on a business-like basis, placing the reins of our vehicle in the hands of limerson Merritt as l'resident, lfrauk Roman as Yice lil'CSltlL'lll, lda McManus as Secretary and Norman Robbins as Treasurer. lluriug the lirst year our class won honors as actors in the school play lfudymion. Uh! what tlreek tlods we were. Xthen the Basketball season began several of our members put the upper classmen in the background by their brilliant plays. Norman Robbins and lxmeisou Merritt have played on the team for four years. XYe excelled in baseball as well and liarl Leavitt has been manager of the team for four years. lYhen June arrived we took a trip to Nantasket Beach, accompanied fby Mr. Bagnall, our class advisor. A good time was a pleasant close to our tirst successful year. In the fall when we re-entered as Sophs we were greeted by a practically new faculty, Mrs. Turner having the only familiar face. -Xfter we had become acclimated and acquainted with our new teachers we found we had lost three of our class members. Nondino Mazzola had moved to Quincy. Frank Roman, our star baseball pitcher, had found employ- ment at the Fore River Shipyards. Franklyn 'l'otman was attending an art school in Boston. Horatio Spinnev and Iihner Snowdale were attending the Xorwell-Hanover .-Xgrieultural tlasses at Sylvester High School, so we still feel they are a part of us even though they will receive their diplomas from llanover, This year found us excelling again in dramatics and ath- letics. By june our bank account had swelled to such proportions that we de- cided to take a long ocean voyage to Provincetown. We were accompan- ied by Miss Ilurley and Mr. and Mrs. l'ayne. This was an extremely happy conclusion to our second year. ln the fall of 1030 eighteen dignified and talented juniors came back to N. ll. S. XYe were there in all things as the events of the year proved. In looking over our roll we found that Yincent l.incoln had left our institu- tion for that of the Boston Trade School. Robert l'ike was pursuing his much loved work, that 'of a farmer,

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10 THE SHIPBUILDER A p the right thing. Shrimp DeFabio. She dances di- vinely. VYhat she thinks she nobly dares. Red Maxwell. Her color is like the rosy morn, sweet she is but not forlorn. Waning Mesheau Klargarets life- time marcel is the envy of all the girls and perhaps some of the boys. Gertie Strachan, always smiling and in for fun: nothing worries her un- der the sun. Bunny Hardwick. A pretty girl we all agree. an artist too, some day she'll be. livelyn Henderson. The best actress in the class: also a poet of note. Russell Peterson '32. 'bfi' SALUT THE CLIPPER SHIPS The old clipper days are over And the white winged Heets no more, XX'ith their snowy sails unfolded, Fly along the ocean floor. Sails! Since before the beginning of recorded time men of the sea have used them. They were spread in an- cient days above the venturous craft of Tyre and Sidon. They drove Pho- enician merchant vessels to distant liuxine ports. They urged Greek war galleys on to conquest and coloniza- tion. Sails aided the merchants and warriors of unfortunate Carthage, and in turn benelited the sturdy conquerors of Rome. Crusader and Viking, dis- coverer and pirate. all have raised their sails to the honest winds of lleaven and fared forth confidently upon the track- less sea. Some of these ships that had sails were called Flipper Ships, which coast- ed along the shores of the .Xtlantic he- tween 1822-1378. .Xnd many of these were built right here in New lfngland. This clipper ship era reached its peak in the years I8-W-Fil when gold was discovered in California and the only safe way to the XYest coast was by the sea. Not only did the passengers get TORY off at the Gold Coast but also most of the crew, therefore it was almost in- evitably a stay of at least three weeks before the ship sailed back whence it came. The ships previous to the building of the clipper ships had trim lines, but were slow in going from New England ports to the XYest coast as they were tossed about by the strong winds while going round the Horn. The first real clippers were built in Baltimore. and although they were thicker and drew more water, the speed was increased. The first man to build and design a clip- Ver was lsaac llcliini. Soon, however. the scene of ship-building changed from llaltimore to the Donald McKay yards at lloston, and it was here that most of the fastest ships were turned out. Xorwell's yards were the Block' house, XYanton and Chittenden. .Xnd although this town did not produce any prize-winners it certainlv did make some creditable clippers. The George 'l'honias Yards at 'Nlaine were the next important lu those of lloston. lionald Mcliay built the Surprise, a ship which went from New York to Frisco in 06 days and 15 hours. One must reineniber that at that time there was no canal at l'an:una. and a trip around the llorn meant something like