Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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Page eight THE SHIPBUILDER MGRADUATES... +++ DOROTHY LOUISE GORDON Everyone has his hobby -Proverb Basketball 4. Badminton 4. + + + CLASS SONG Chorus:- Norwell High, Norwell High, Here we are gathered together Approaching the threshold of life. To all our teachers we're thankful , Who helped us in trouble and Stl-jfe. ,Your standards we ll hold true.- We'll be true to you- Traveling o'er the road of life Childhood days, wildwood days, Within your portals fair. We've learned from you how to bat- tle We pass on our way, But you still will stay Obstacles thrown in our way. We've learned there's Joy in the battle ln Our Ileautiful Memories. ALYCE JOSEPH, '39 Tune: Memories. And problems of our every day. June 16 June 18 June 20 June 21 Julie 23 + + + Class Motto KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Class Colors MAROON AND SILVER + + + COMMENCEMENT 1939 Banquet followed by Class Day exercises and social. Baccalaureate Sermon at First Parish Church, Norwell Center. The entire school, parents and friends are invited. Graduation - Pageant The Spirit ot' Norwell Reserved seats for graduates and parents. All parents and friends are invited Senior Prom School Closes.

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THE SHIPBUILDER Page seven ...GRADUATESU + + + GEORGE ALBERT STRACHAN Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. -Selden Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Camera Club 4. Baseball 1. Basketball 1. Graduation Pageant. + + + VIRGINIA ARLENE HALL Brevity is the soul of wit. -Shakespeare Basketball 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Badminton Club 4. Secretary of First Aid Club 3. Student Council 3. Secretary 4. Shipbuilder Staff. Graduation Pageant. National Honor Society 4. Hand Book committee. +++ GORDON APPLEFORD The smith a mighty man is he. -Longfellow Basketball 4. Handbook committee 4. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. Graduation pageant. Glee Club 1, 2, 4. +++ JEANETTE LOUISE PORTER Curiosity killed a cat. -Proverb Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Basketball 3, 4. Inter-Class plays 2, 3, 4. Tri-Town plays 4. First Aid Club 3. 4-H Club 4. Class Historian 4. Graduation Pageant. Ship- builder Staff. +++ EDITH RAMSDELL PIKE A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. -Lytton Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. 4-H Club 1, 4. First Aid Club 3. Graduation Pageant. + + + EDSON LAWRENCE WHITE He is well paid that is well satisfield. -Shakespeare Glee Club 3, 4. Baseball 4. Graduation Pageant. Ai i 1 - ,fp .J Q T, xr -Y ,Alf A 4 . . . ' x 'Skip I X, ir, 7611 vi 3?-.7

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g TI-IE SIjI-I-PBUILDER Page nine CLASS HISTORY The years 1935 to 1939 were very fortunate years for Norwell High. During those years the high school was stimulated by having in its midst a very brilliant and important class. We entered our Freshman year in dear old Norwell High, 27 in number. We were: Russell Anderson, Gordon Appleford, Roger Apts, Jayne Bent, Ralph Burns, John Campbell, Agnes Cummings, Walter Dunbar, Ellsworth Farrar, Christian Fenger, June Glea- son, Virginia Hall, Gertrude Hender- son, Betty Howes, Alyce Joseph, Jayne Litchfield, Jean MacLean, Wil- liam Mesheau, Lawrence Newcomb, Edith Pike, Jeanette Porter, Jean Sharpe, Marie Somerville, George Strachan, Ruth Torrey, Barbara Weare, and Edson White. At our first class meeting we el- ected the following officers: Presi- dent, Alyce Joseph, vice-president, Gordon Appleford, secretary, Richard Cummings, treasurer, Roger Apts. We all were very happy when we left for our Christmas vacation, Fri- day, December 20. Little did we know that we were leaving that dear old edifice to the realm of legend and tradition. That evening the news was spread around that the building we left in such good condition, was no more. Fire so completely destroyed it that it was beyond repair. We all were notified during our vacation that we were to attend Han- over High school from 2:30 to 5:30. We began our Sophomore year at Hanover High under conditions simil- ar to the previous year. When we were settled, we founfl that we had lost one member of our class, Agnes Cummings, who left school to go to work. Our loss was offset by new members, Dorothy Slade from Hanson, and llowarfl Shearer from Braintree. The officers we elected at our first class meeting were: President, Jean MacLean, vice-president, June Glea- son, secretary, Lawrence Newcomb, treasurer, Christian Fenger. In November, with the aid of Miss Hurley, we planned to give our first. social, in the Community llousc at Church Hill. We readily agreed it was the best social of the year. In the spring of this year the inter- class plays were held. Our class en- tered a comedy, Sauce for the Gos- lings, directed by Miss Hurley. In May we left Hanover High to return to Norwell and to open our present school. Our first day in our new school found a new member add- ed to our class, Edna Johnson, from North Quincy. This year was brought to a close by a very enjoyable trip to Province- town. A few members of other classes of the school enjoyed the trip with us. Mr. Farr, and Mrs. Turner accompanied us. We entered our Junior year with the addition of Marie Sandberg from Weymouth and the loss of Russell Anderson, John Campbell, Walter Dunbar and Ellsworth Farrar. All of these boys left to go to work, and Jean MacLean left our class to join the Senior class. The officers elected at our first class meeting were: President, Law- rence Newcomb, vice-president, Rog- er Apts, secretary, June Gleason, treasurer, Christian Fenger. Our class supplied some of the tal- ent for the Tri-Town plays this year. We also presented The White Phan- tom as our contribution to the Inter- class plays. It was a hair-raising mystery, sparkling with comedy re- lief. In May we gave our first dance, the Junior Prom. It was a great success and the highlight of a truly memor- able evening. Which of us could readily forget that last picnic at Nantasket Beach? Echoes still come back! In September we came back seeking more knowledge and feeling very im- portant-we were truly seniors. We looked around and found two mem- bers of our class were missing, Jayne Bent, who moved to Hanover and Marie Somerville, who moved to Dor- chester. ln place of the two mem- bers we lost we gained Doris Page, from Dorchester and Dorothy Gor- don, from Thayer Academy. At this Continued on Next Page I