Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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To th followlrg 1nd1v1duals wc bequeath some of ou1 mo 1 p 1zed possessions To Edlth Babbxt Gr ce St3flO1dS pos1t1on as Mr Sannella offl e worker and rlght hand 1r To Charles Bacon Half the names 1F Petel MlCh s black book lor wnen Pete Goes 1nto the Navy An Corps he won t have t me 1n whlch to wr1te to them all To Gordon Bigelow George Th1beault leaves hls pos1t1on as class wolf although he pre tends to act sheeplsh To Constance Bourn We leave the posl lon of class angel After all somebody has to be good 1n the Senxor Class To Phyllis Brooks Helen Bourn s ab1l1ty to come to see, and to conquer To Phlhp Bugbee Francxs B 1r1l s front seat 1n home room If It changes Ph1l1p to an oppo 1te temperament as lt dld F1 JDCIS Phll w1ll be a class p1oblem Clllld candy seller, but we hope Jean wont eat as much of the profits as Patty dxd To Clalre Desy Hazel Stradel and Con stance Prefontame glve les ons on How to be fa1thful to your one and only To Arthur Devault Abxhty to sell l1fe 1n surance so h1 fuends w1ll feel safe to r1de 1n lus car To Robert Estes We g1ve the pos1t1on as class actor for aft r the play, Mass Jlmmy we 1eal1ze he nas plenty of ab1l1ty thot only actlng abllnyj To Eddie Fortln A httle of Popeye s energy so he can blow square smoke r1ngs and thus make use of lus talent To Marshall Greene Ray Druker s ab1l1ty to get a teacher off on a tangent when he hasnt h1s homework p operly prepaled To Evely 1 Halsdorff We leave the pos1t1on as Class Qu1z K1d Two que txons she ll have to answer to quahfy 'ure W1ll Roosevelt run for a fif h te m and Who k1lled H1tler'7 To Doris Hazzard Ma' 1on Straders ab1l1ty to w1n fI'16l1ClS al d mfluence people espec1ally of the opp xt ex To Murlel Kemp Aluea Dumont SIVCS her bOVJl1l'lg ablll y then Murlel can take on any one 1n th school except Mr Sannella 'Ind feel confident of xx 1n1 mg To Theresa LaPlante Hal lOl Dav1s and Cl 1re Sal ds b1l1ty to drlve a car xuthout mak1ng a telephone Dol look llke 3 000 000 000 toothplcks To Theodore LeBlanc Andrew Kennedys ab1l1ty to show movles at just the rlght tlme to m1ss Engllsh class To Martha Lincoln Constance Bell s ab1l1ty to keep up everybody s morale She also be queaths her the horse hnxment that she uses on her wrxters cramps To Alfred Meruer John Rogers and Charley Dlnes leave the1r luck of meetmg up wlth skunks before commg to class thus supplymg the puplls Wltl a new and pungent perfume for the rest of the day To Theresa Murray Dor1s D1mock leaves her cute glggle so she can entertaln her chums durlng any dull moment To Joyce Palge Therese Robert and V1c tor1a Smolensk1 g1ve thelr enthuslasm to buy war stamps Wlth thelr pm money and thus l1Ve up to the slogan Buy bonds and p1n down the AXIS To Theresa Perry and Betty Bugbee A llttle of Pattv Thayer s and Margaret Hunter s helght so that they ll be able to see more than the top of Mxss Gahagan s head over those 1mmense senlor desks To Ethel Plette Her s1sters and Beatrlce Faubert s ab1l1ty to always look as lf they had just stepped out of a band box To Lorrame Robert Dor1s Coonans and Irene Hazzards energy and unusual sense of humor To Kenneth Schofield We glve a contract to xnstall hls super deluxe fire extlngulshers IH the school They not only put out the fire but g1ve you a shower at the same t1me To Irene Stelmack Her sxster s and Bernlce Dav1s ab1l1ty to be qulet and most respected To Harold Stone Herbert Buxton s pr1de 1n being the tallest and most looked up to boy 1n the class -if Page Twenty Four 'J 1 ' f L v A t - ' ' S- r 1 'z -z - . - . . , K ' ' L: a' ' ' Q ' 1' . . . . s c. f - - . . .' ' 7 g l. - A 9. 1 . D .. . h V. E u v 1 ' , I 1 r . - - - e . , . ,T , , I - , 1 1 1 -, D ' ' v 1- 3 f 1 . . . i , . . Q - ' o l , . . 7 . , - ' l I 9 - . 1 - - .' . , . y . I , . g s . - Q 7 : 2 - ' 1- 1 s , . 'B , , . . To Jean Coonan: Patty Jacques pos1t1on as . , . 1 . U , . . .Q U . . . . . 97 ' N l . 1 I . . f I - ,, 1 5 I ' - ' . . 4 1 7 ! ' . . . ' 1 G I 4 AL ' ' 37 ' 7 ' , . e . , . , , . , - . . .L 1 , . . , . . , , l , , , . . . ' . - , - 1 , . . , Y ' 1' ' . . - - . ' . t . . . . . . . . . , , A . , . . Q ' 1 - as ' ' C C 7 ' 11 tx ' ' V7 t Y . - . - 1 - , , , . . . , . . . . - T 1 . 1 - - os' e S . . ' . . - 1 ' , -

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sne st1ll tr1es to roller skate The next morn1ng we started out to V1S1t the D1str1ct Attorney LOUIS Skarbek He knows all the answers now except one It has been puzzllng h1m for a long tlme He IS st1ll try1ng to find out how long a short c1rcu1t IS Leavmg LOUIG w1th h1s problem we went to a qu1et spot 1n the Clty the Langer Dumont 'VIemor1al Dehydratmg Hospltal The dehydrat1ng stands for wnat happens to your money lf you are a pat1ent there for long They can even get blood fro n a stone To run th1s large hos pltal a large staff 1S needed Beatrlce Faubert Margaret Hur ter and Helen Powers are all on the cler1cal staff Walklng down one of the dark corrldors I thought I saw a fam1l1ar face Enter1ng the room I found 1t was our old classmate Andrew Kennedy He was recover1ng from wounds rece1ved after he Jomed the Fore1gn Leglon Here 1n th1s amazmg Clty, heat must be fur nxshed art1fic1ally There are tremendous fur naces runn1ng full blast To keep these golng we find two old fr1ends Johnny Pa1ge and An drew Gaulm bus1ly employed They re domg a fine job and are earrnng enough money so that they can spend plenty 1n D1nes bowl1ng alleys Walk1ng through the bus1est d1str1ct of the cxty I saw the fxrst pol1ceman I had seen s1nce CI SS We th class of 1944 belng of sound rnnd and una r the 1 rfluenc of DOtl'A1I'1U but sp11ng fever and th CILSS looks pa d out by a teacher now and then do declar th1s to be our first and last w1'l and testament '1 IG any v1lls made pr v1ou ly are now declared by the testatols to be n1ll and VO1d To the Faculty We leave earmuffs to wear th1S summer to cond1t1on the1r eardrums fo1 the death llke sllence that w1ll fall over the school IH September To our dear Alma Matel We bequ :th OU1 footprmts on th ta1rs our flngerp 1nt on tne furmture black m rks 11 the detent1o book red marks on tne 1eport cards and anytlnng else the class XVIQIIGS to leave 1n safe hands Page Tw enty Three P I entered th1S strange place It was Officer Hazzard The man power shortage was so severe 1n our class that we had to let the wom en do everythlng The beauty shop IS operated by Clalre Sands She does good face lrftmg Jobs at a reasonable more popular than Harr1et DHVIS and movlng bus1ness No because there are no commun1ty prlce Her ha1rdos are those of Veron1ca Lake Be1n1ce Dav1s are 1n the one ever moves very far roads lead1ng out of th1s Irene P1ette owns a dress shop on the mam street When she fir t came here she trled ell1ng 1nsurance but no one seemed to care for any Ray and I then went to the prlnter s to have h1m put an announcement 1n the paper of a class reun1on to be held the followmg evenlng Ray and I got a few surDr1ses ready for our olo fr1ends As we were walk1ng to the Aud1tor1um the next evemng I began to feel d1ZZy I tr1pped and fell I was more dazed than ever Com1ng out of the daze I real1zed I was 1n a Red Cross hosp1tal on an 1sland IH the PaC1fIC My pllot fr1ends were all gathered around my bed won der1ng when 1 d come to FRANCIS BARIL Class Prophet NVILI whlle they vcnture out 1nto the cold cruel world To the Junx r Cla s All our good Jucffrnent and knowledge Q uch 'ts It 1 Lownng hom mo1 onsj on how to be successful as we have been 1n passlng the SCDIOI Year leave 1 s t of d States H1s hmve to say Please repe t th tt for Kenneth 1n the back seat To the Sophomore Class We megaphone so that 1n the Unxt tory class M Pottle W1ll not To the Freshman Class We set a standard fo1 5 ou to l1ve up to by 1947 Although you are now gettung ove1 your greenness you may ye act w1se use good Judgm nt but know noth 1ng 1 - - , - L A . b . . ' ' 11 . -1 . . . . , 1 . . 1' . ' - - - ' ' . s . , A . . . :J , . ' p l , , . . . , - . . . . , p . , - . . . . , . A , , . . . . . . . . , . - . v, 7 , . Y A Y 1 1 AA L K J , S c , - 1 1 J, ' and body, twe assure you we oo have nnndsj - . V 'y fx ' L ' ' ' 43 . . 1 Q - 1 5513 V .a . .O. . f , ' C Q- . 1, 5' - 4 ' 5, .L A ' '- . 1 ' I - c , 1. I . X Q ' C- ' ' c-. - ., . 1 ' ' I ': - -- . T .1 ' ' ' ' - 2 - S - ' 3 ' ' - ' ' ' , v l 1 1, 1 - , . . - 5- f f ' - a . f I va : cz ' I ' 1 . L - ,,- 1 . v ' - 1: S , - - S - ' - ' ' . u v v A ' , a 1 - . 11 - . A . ' ' . ' ' 4 ' Q - 1 1- Y N' ' A .,. I' IL. . - Y , P oc .

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To Marjorxe Thompson Janet Chambers ab1l1ty to 11tterbug and be env1ed by all the other g1rls ID the class To Wllllam Wheeler Davrd Berggren leaves h1s lnterest 1n the lab fWho knows maybe hell 1nvent somethlng some day J To the Junlor Boys George Berthlaume Donald Bell and Stanley Dudek leave an abxllty to glVG the1r class a naut1cal a1r They may be gone but they are not forgotten To the Sophomore Boys Lou1s Skarbek leaves h1s ab1l1ty to make progress w1th the gxrls even when they are bl1nd dates To whom lt may concern Andrew Gaulm and John Palge leave thelr ab1l1ty to be absent from school occaslonally yet know everythlng that goes on ll SS HELEN BABBITT To Helen who goes pretty steady We present th1s lxttle book So when the quest1on IS asked s ready e w1ll be FRANCIS BARIL To Franme who IS never shy We glve th1s bottle of l1n1ment To take the swellmg from hxs eye CONSTANCE BELL To Connle who lxkes the Army We g1ve th1s soldler So 1n her spare t1me she wont go balmy DONALD BELL To Donald who has gone to sea 1n shlps We gxve thxs good luck charm So he w1ll have successful trlps DAVID BERGGREN To Davld who llkes to experxment wlth starch We glVB th1s candy bar To pep h1m up on hxs Army march Page Twenty Fne In Wltness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal th1s 2nd day of June rn the year of our Lord one thousand nme hundred and forty four PATRICIA LANGER for the Class of 1944 Thls w1ll UHIQLIG among all wxlls 1S now sxgned sealed publ1shed and declared for the Sald Senlor Class by the testators named hereln to be thelr last w1ll and testament done 1n the presence of us who at the1r request have slgned our names hereto as w1tnesses 1n then presence and ln the presence of each other The Class Officers Raymond Druker Patrlcla Thayer Janet Chambers Patrlcla Langer I I To Georgle who llkes to blll and coo We g1Ve th1s love blrd So he will never be blue HELEN BOURN To Helen who has sa1d Yes We g1V9 th1s wish For every happlness HERBERT BUXTON To Herbert the he man of our We glve these vltamm PIIIS So long he may last class JANET CHAMBERS To Janet who xs so Jocular We glve assurance That she wlll always be popular DORIS COONAN To Dorls the chatterbox of the class We g1Ve these throat drops And hope her vo1ce w1ll last BERNICE DAVIS To Bermce who IS rather shy We gxve th1s l1pStlCk To catch a fellows eye . . . Y . . . , , . . . . Y Y ' ' ' . 1 ' 1 : . l - v ' . , ' - . , . . v , , , , v ' , I l . l I : A Y . . ' a . . . h . Y . 1?-1,?l.-Q-fi 1 1 1 1 lsr 1 1 A Jixn x cl S .L,-. GEORGE BERTHIAUME I ' l . ,. . l Y - as yn 9 V Y , , 'Q ' v ' 1 v v . I V f ' ' ' 1 - ' I y v 1 . . s ' Y , . Q Y . . . l l. . l . . 7 . - ' v lit.,