Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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THE SHIPBUILDER BOYS' BASKETBALL Left to right, lst row: F. Seaquist, R. Wessrnan, D. Norris, E. Allen, H. Walter, A. Stearns, second row: Coach F. Dixon, P. Dickman, J. Cann, R. Ripley, J. McManus, Manager, A. Haskell. ATHLETICS Basketball Coach Felix Dixon started basketball practice in the latter part of October so as to get the boys in shape for the coming season. At the Hrst practice he found that there were twenty boys present, five of whom received a varsity letter from the year before. Those boys were: Pete Clark, Robert Wessman, Donald Norris, Henry Walter and Earle Allen. All of these boys, with the exception of Pete Clark are seniors. Our first practices consisted of calis- thenics and other exercises to build up our wind. It was announced by Coach Dixon that all positions were open. After three or four weeks, scrimmages were started and he practised with different combinations. After much experimenting Coach Dixon found that his first team consisted of the five lettermen of the last year and Fred Seaquist, who was a newcomer to the school. We scheduled several practice scrim- mages with Abington. We played two non-league games with East Bridgewater. An epidemic of Scarlet Fever in Marion prevented us from playing them. We beat East Bridgewater at East Bridgewaterg however, we lost to them on our own home court. During the season we were hosts to Amherst, New Hampshire, Edgartown and Nantucket. This year the league was changed and instead of playing fourteen games, two with each teamg we only played ten gamesg two with Hanover, Scituate and Cohasset in the northern part of the league. And one with Duxbury, Pem- broke, Kingston and Marshfield in the southern part of the league. We started out the league with a win over one of our traditional rivals, Scit- uate. We did not fare so well in the rest of the league games winning only three and losing seven. Three of these losses were by two points or less. As to Han- over, our other traditional rival, we were defeated both times but made a better showing in the second game at Norwell. The three wins were over northern teams, Scituate twice and Cohasset once. On February 23, we went over to the Brockton Tournament and played Plains- ville. After we had led for over a half they dropped in three quick baskets and we were defeated by four points. Although three lettermen are leaving in this year's senior class, next year should find Norwell with a winning team. Pete Clark and Fred Seaquist will form the nucleus around which coach Dixon will built next year's squad. This year we had a strong second team, winning eight and losing three. The second team should fit right into next year's schedule. EARLE ALLEN HENRY WALTER Page Twelve

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THE SHIPBUILDER ALUMNI NEWS 1947 CHARLES HONKERNON - U. S. Navy WARREN EKSTROM - Working for C. B, Hamblen 8: Sons ELMER GOLDMAN - Attending Tufts College AGNES HIGGINS - Telephone Operator at Norwell LORRAINE MacMANNU?S - Working at Famous Gown Shop, Brockton NATALIE WILDER - In office of John Hancock Life Insurance RICHARD JOSEPH - Working for Anderson Florist, Greenbush BARBARA ASHCROFI' - Attending Tufts College JOANNE DICKMAN - In office of Rockland Trust Co. FAY THOMAS - In office of Rockland Trust Co. BARBARA HENDERSON - Mrs. Stanley Barnicoat EVA JACKSON - In office of New England Art REGINA CREIGHTON - Moved to Holbrook JEAN SPRADLIN - In office of Quincy Chamber of Commerce JOHN OSBORN, JR. - U. S. Air Corp MARJORIE BENNETT - At home VELDA SHELDON - Studying Nursing at Pondvillle 1946 DONALD SIMPSON - Working for Quincy Patriot Ledger SHIRLEY HOWES - Telephone Operator in Plymouth BILLIE LOUISE WALTER - Living in Michigan LOIS BELL - Deceased PAULINE BOWEN - Living in Arizona LOUISE DES JARDINS - In office of Rockland Sandpaper Co. CAROL NEWCOMB - In office of Federal Reserve Bank in Boston BETTY SNOWDALE - Mrs. Stanley Cushing GEORGE WYMAN - U. S. Navy MARILYN LAMBERT - In office of Massachusetts Bonding Ins. Co. DAVID HILLS - Northeastern University DOROTHY HALL - School of Practical Arts LOUISE JACKMAN - Mrs. Charles Snell ELIZABETH HAYES - Artist at Rustcraft Card Co. 1945 ELLEN DES JARDINS - Mrs. Quenton Wilder BLANCHE CARL - Mrs. Harry A. Merritt ETHEL MURPHY - Telephone Operator in Norwell MADELINE LAWRENCE - At home LILA MURRAY - Mrs. Charles Billings ESTHER CORNWALL - Attending Bridgewater State Teachers College MIRIAM OSBORNE - Attending Bridgewater State Teachers College BETSY ROSS - University of Chicago GEORGE EASTMAN - U. S. Army , WINFIELD OSBORNE - At home WILLIAM HIGGINS-Working for Fred Leary LLOYD MORALES - Army Air Corps Zin illlemnrieun LOIS CHANDLER BELL August 19, 1947 Class of 1946 Page Eleven

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THE SHIPBUILDER GIRLS BASKETBALL Left to right first row: A. Feneck, B. Thomas, M. Osborne, R. Jackson, H. Hender- son, N. Chase, Capt., D. Cellini, S, Gauley, B. McCarthy, F. Jackman, second row, F. Dixon, Coach, J. Murphy, E. Sousa, M. Hanon, S. Neumeyer, A. Scott, B. Carruthers, G. Jackman, S. Hall, D. Shortal, manaigerg third row, E. Georgetti, J. Hanson, H. McHugh, J. Wessman, L. Zebetti, S. Tingley. BOYS BASKETBALL RECORD GIRLS BASKETBALL NEWS Norwell Opponent The girls varsity basketball team this Norwell-42 East Bridgewater-34 year consisted of: fCaptainJ Nancy Chase, Norwell-26 East Bridgewater-48 Mildred Osborne, Sally Henderson, Bar- Norwell-44 Scituate-28 bara McCarthy, Shirley Gauley, Diane Norwell-37 Amherst-20 Cellini, Ruth Jackson, Florence Jackman, Norwell-22 Hanover-42 Ann Feneck, Norwell-40 Cohasset-41 Although the team tried very hard, it Norwell-38 Edgartown-36 succeded in winning only four league Norwell-41 Duxbury-42 games. The games were as follows: Norwell-36 KlngSt0n-47 Norwell 17 Scituate 12 Norwell-28 Hanover-40 Norwell 15 Hanover 29 Norwell-34 Pembroke-36 Norwell 21 Marshfield 26 Norwell-34 Scituate-30 Norwell 26 Cohasset 35 Norwell-39 Marshfield-53 Norwell 16 Kingston 21 Norwell-28 Nantucket--42 Norwell 15 Duxbury 13 Norwell-45 Cohasset-34 Norwell 15 Hanover 12 Norwell-38 Plainville-42 Norwell 7 Scituate 24 N.H.S. ATHLETE'S HONESTY Norwell 17 Nantucket 26 Seaquist, appearing in court as a wit- Norwell 29 Pembroke 16 ness in a civil suit. Norwell 19 Cohasset 33 Are you on Norwell Hifgh's Basketball Norwell 26 Edgartown 11 team this year? asked t-he judge. Norwell 23 Nantucket 39 Seaquist: Yes, your honor. Judge: What position? Seaquist: Guard, Your honor. Judge: How good a guard. Seaquist, without batting an eyelash, re- plied, Sir I'm the best guard Norwell ever had. Mr. Dixon seated in the back of the courtroom was surprised because Sea- quist was always modest and unassum- ing. When the case was over Mr. Dixon asked him why he had much such a state- ment. Seaquist again wthout batting an eyelash replied: I hated to do it coach, but after all, I was under oath. The team played three non-league games, defeating Edgartown, but losing both Nantucket games. The second team was victorious in the two games they played. We were all sorry that they didn't play more often. The second team was: CCaptainD J. Han- son, B. McCarthy, S. Hall, E. Georgetti, F. Jackman, Ann Feneck, P. Thomas, E. Sousa, J. Murphy, G. Jackman, S. Neu- myer, J. Wessman. Our sincere thanks to Coach Dixon and Chaperone Miss Maguire for their help in our sport's program. SALLY HENDERSON FLORENCE JACKMAN Page Thirteen