Norwood High School - Tiot Yearbook (Norwood, MA)

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Our Leaders i Left to right — Cavanaugh, Treasurer: Curtin, Vice President; Butters, President; Jordano, AA Counsel; Petraitis, Treasurer; Bortolotti, Secretary. Class Advisors Miss Ryan, Chairman; Mr. Klugh, Miss Kenefick Mrs. Cook, Mr. Learnard

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BUTTERS ELECTED TO THIRD TERM; FOOTBALL TICKET SWEEPS TO VICTORY Curtin, Cavanaugh, Jordano, Bortolotti, and Petraitis Win Complete returns early this morn- ing indicated that Eddie Butters and his Football ticket have been elected in an overwhelming wave of votes which saw all but one of the Pepsi-Boys go down to defeat. After completing what was prob- ably the hardest fought political battle that the hill has ever wit- nessed the Seniors went into their voting booths and returned President Butters to a third term, electing with him T. J. Curtin as Vice President, Archabus Cavanaugh as Boys ' s Treasurer, and Frank Jordano as A. A. Counsel. The only non-foot- ballers to survive were Nell Petrai- tis, an independent, who was elected Girl ' s Treasurer, and Neenie Bor- tolotti, the Pepsi-Boys ' s candidate for Secretary. Butters victory was clear cut and decisive. Out of 161 votes cast he received 84, or a clear majority. Chi-chi DeRoma, who conducted the most vigorous campaign, ran second while Bucket ' s Chandler finished third. The Chandler vote was the most surprising feature of the election as almost all observers had given him a 50-50 chance to beat Butters. The Butters organization was a key factor, delivering votes, on the line, to every footballer on the ballot. Darby Greaney and his cohorts did a tremendous amount of work in swaying the on-the-fence voters. The election was decided in the quiet confines of the Peabody School. The girls voted football pure and simple from Butters to Jordano right down the line. A sampling of the vote will bear this out. In one typi- cal block of twenty votes the results gave: Butters 15, Chandler 1, De- Roma 4; Curtin 16, Curran 4; Cava- naugh 18, Parker 2; Jordano 16, Har- rington 4; Petraitis 11, Payne 7; Ahearn 3, Bortolotti 10, Valma 7. Thus the footballers piled up over a thirty vote lead in the Peabody School. In the lesser contests the same pattern was followed. In the Cur- tin-Curran battle, scheduled to be the hottest on the ballot, Curtin won handily. Cavanaugh and Jordano up- set all predictions by trouncing their opponents. The fact that the gentle- men did not choose to speak at the pre-election rally apparently did not harm their chances in the least. Archabus received more votes than did any other candidate on the ballot. Nell Petraitis neatly trimmed Clare Payne for the Girl Treasurer ' s slot. The savage cutting of Miss Payne by the ladies of the class plus the fact that a great part of the football vote fell into Miss Petraitis ' lap and that contest needs no further explanation. Neenie Bortolotti proves the ex- ception to all that has come before. He carried the Peabody School where his colleagues had fallen down badly and received consistent and substantial support in all sections of the High School. The presence of Valma and Murphy on the ballot did a great deal to insure a Borto- lotti victory. Imagine for a moment to whom the Valma and Murphy votes would have gone had they not been candidates and you will under- stand Neenie ' s excellent position. The class has spoken. It ' s Butters, Curtin, Bortolotti, Petraitis, Cava- naugh, and Jordano who will lead us through ' 45. We are confident that they will make us proud. President Butters received the fol- lowing telegram from Mr. DeRoma early this morning — Mrs. DeRoma (Joan) joins me in extending to you best wishes for a most successful term.

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The Constabulary Left to right, front row — Valma, Petraitis, Payne, Shimsky, Chandler, Woodworth, Pothier, Woodberry, Greenwood, Bonica. Second row — Mondor, Parker, Harrington, Butters, LeBlanc, Cushman, Folan, Jordano, Greaney, Bortolotti, Tomm. Rear Row — Legge, Curran, Dolaher, Warde, Anderson, Ahearn, Chubet, Chamberlain. One of the last things we did as Juniots was to elect our Tfaffic Squad for ' 44 - ' 45. The thirty odd members organized with Rog Woodwotth, Captain; Buckets Chandler and Kenny Berkland, Lieutenants. In September the Constabulary began to function. Sophomores were found wander- ing around in the boiler room vainly seeking Miss Metcalf ' s French I class. One innocent young gentleman even strolled into the girl ' s locker room. Of course the Traffic Squad knew nothing of these occurrences. The Traffic officers in Miss Johngren ' s French III class entered the room very late one day. Traffic was very heavy, Miss J , they chanted. Seating themselves they began to study feverishly. Two minutes ticked by. Miss J began to pass out paper for un petit examen . Sorry but we can ' t stay, traffic you know they screamed as they fled down the corridor. For one reason or another some Seniors found it necessary to leave the service usually at the suggestion of the office. Vacancies were filled and dignity slowly took the place of chaos. By November, therefore, most of the members of the faculty were willing to concede that, like the Senior Class, the Traffic Squad was a most unpredictable body, but, that, with few exceptions, it did its work well.