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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Page twelve THE SHIPBUILDER NLITERARY... THE MOST INTERESTING CHARACTER I HAVE EVER KNOWN He was a big man, tall, heavily built, and suprisingly agile for his sixty odd years. To look at his big, brawny, powerful hands, was to know that he was some kind of a crafts- man-indeed he was a man of every craft. The broken doll carriage of a child, the faulty vacuum cleaner of a neighboring housewifeg or a leaky water pipe all came under the mirac- ulous hands of this grand old man and were made usable again. But it is the personality of the man that I wish to dwell upon. What depth of character he had! What a wise and understanding old man he was! As he repaired your lawn mow- er with his hands, so he also mend- ed your troubles with his practical philosophy, and brushed your cares away with his dry humor. He was not a saint, this man, and to tell stories of his friends, made colorful by the interweaving of fic- tion, was one of his favorite pastimes. After repeating one of these oft-told anecdotes, he would throw back his shiny bald head and laugh a deep, vi- brant laugh. Such a laugh as to pro- voke you to mirth also. To see his clear, sparkling, brown eyes, as he told his story and laughed, was to say to oneself, What a full, rich life this man must live! I, as a young boy, sat with him many times in his reenforced chair and listened to his entertaining tales. l can no longer listen to those tales. I can no longer hear his laughter or see his smiling eyes. But I will al- ways have the memory of my grand- father, the broadest-minded, wisest, most lovable old man I ever knew. Lawrence E. Newcomb Jr. English 12 + + + White: Merritt owes me 3S5.00. Shearer: And won't he pay it? White: He won't even worry about it. THE MYSTERIOUS CHINESE BOX A moody darkness settled upon the four girls. Hoping to shake off the ominously, depressing gloom which seemed to weigh upon the manor- they purposely busied themselves with the household duties. Don't you think that this house gives you a queer feeling, as if there was some secret connected with it? asked Ruth of the other three girls. Well, said Mae, if there is, we'll certainly find out because we're here for two weeks. By the way, Mary, how's supper coming along? We're all starved after cleaning this house. I'm calling it quits, anyway, it looks respectable enough for tonight. When supper was ready the girls made one dash for the kitchen, after washing their hands, sat down and greedily, but still appreciatively took part of the meal: each one compli- menting Mary on a different part of the meal. After finishing, they sat about the table lazily, when suddenly there came a knock on the front door. Each one looked at the other, none want- ing to answer the door, as the knock came once againg only this time doubly loud. Mary being the oldest got up, quiv- ering and shaking: approached the door as the knock came once again twice as loud. As the door opened a crack, she saw a tall, young. red- haired boy of about twenty standing squarely in the door. The boy, al- though he wasn't good looking, had the appearance of a scholarly, friend- ly fellow. He, Donnie Whithouse, and the four girls became acquainted, and sat down to talk. Girls, have you heard the story connected with this house ? The boy became the target of eight wondering eyes. Five years ago, he began, a wo- man named Ann Capeway, died in this house in the bedroom on the east Cmitinucd on Next Page