Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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Page ten THE Continued From Previous Page time we had a new principal, Mr. Thayer. The first thing on our programme was to elect ofncers for our last year. President, Lawrence Newcomb: vice- president, June Gleason: secretary, Edna Johnson: treasurer, Barbara Weare. This year our class contributed a few valuable players in our school sports. Girls' Basket Ball: Betty Howes, Jeanette Porter, Virginia Hall and June Gleason. Boys' Basket Ball: Rogers Apts, Gordon Appleford, Wil- liam Mesheau, and Howard Shearer. Baseball: Roger Apts, William Mes- heau, Howard Shearer, Gordon Ap- pleford, Ralph Burns, and Edson White. Some members of our class took the leading parts in the Tri-Town plays this year. The play was Jon, the first time we had attempted a trag- edy. Under the careful direction of Mr. Allen, we came home with a great victory and the cup. After the plays were finished, Saturday night, the casts of the other two plays join- ed us at our high school with a ban- quet and dance. Our class had the dis- tinction of being the first class to win the cup for Norwell. At a class meeting in January we discussed graduation. Mrs. Turner and Mr. Thayer suggested that we give a pageant for graduation. The class liked this idea very much and plans were immediately started for our pageant which is in seven scenes, as follows: 1. Cornet Stetson Home. 2. A Shipbuilder's Son. Il. Tea with Madam Cushing 4. A Civil War Youth D. Willard Robinson 5. Mock Town Meeting . North River Boat Club . 19223-Building Over Old Building 19254-Burning of Old Building 19219-New Building-Graduation 1939. In April before our vacation we changed our class adviser, from Mrs. Turner who has been ill, to Miss Hur- ley. We did not mind the change of advisers, but the change from the large bookkeeping to very small desks 6 7 was quite a blow. Lawrence New- comb had to put quite an addition on his desk. We didn't want to ampu- tate his legs. Now that we are about to graduate we all are ready and eager for what is before us. JEANETTE PORTER +++ PAGEANT Spirit of Norwell The graduating class of 1939 has a novel idea for a graduation exer- cise. Instead of the usual type of graduation, we the Seniors, decided to prepare a pageant, The Spirit of Norwell. The pageant was divided into seven scenes, these were based on true facts obtained from reliable sources. A committee of two was assigned to each scene, this committee getting information that best introduced the scene in its true reproduction. The committee provided the scenery, spec- ial costumes, and musical effects, which served as a background. The seven scenes of the pageant were: First scene: Cornet Stetson's home on the North River. Second scene: Shipbuilding on North River at Wanton Yard. Third scene: Chief Justice Cush- ing's palatial home in early Norwell. Fourth scene: Civil War setting, dealing with one of its heroes, D. Wil- lard Robinson. Fifth scene: Mock Town Meeting telling of the changing of the name of South Scituate to Norwell. Sixth scene: We discover the ver- anda of the North River Boat Club and the social life of the Gay Nine- ties. Seventh scene: This scene was giv- en in three parts. The first was the scene of the old Norwell High School building when the first addition was added to it. The second part showed the burn- ing of that building. And last, the graduation of the class of 1939. The reference books used for it were: Old Scituate, published by the Daughters of the American Rev- Continued on Page Fourteen

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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

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