Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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CHAIN -X l ION l'liOhl'AXl PRocEss1oNAL MARCH Joan Bullard INVQCATION Rev Clarence Fogg THEME Unlted Natxons Educatlonal Sc1ent1f1c Cultural Orgamzatlon ESSAY The Foundatlon SONG Happy Days Are Glldlflg Pflock ESSAY Projects and Problems ESSAY The BGSIS of Its Effectlveness SOLO Because Guy dHardelot AWARDING ADDRESS You Have Vlfhat It Takes Barbara Mae Carlson Glee Club Norma Chaffee Robert Rocher Olxve Cunnxngham OF PRIZES Frank Sannella Edward P Gates AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Dr Ernest F Leclalre Member of School Commlttee SONG Sun of My Soul Hursley RECESSIONAL MARCH MVAHIJS -XXII l'Iil!lS Laura E Shepardson Scholarshlp Award Oxford Grange Valedlctory Award Bausch Sz Lomb Honorary Sc1ence Award Glee Club Joan Bullard Robert Rodler Robert Rodler Robert Rodler The Rensselaer Sc1ence and Mathematlcs Award Donald Behrm er Sons of the Amerlcan Revolutxon Washmgton and Franklln Unxted States Hlstory Award Norma Chaffee The Clara Barton Chapter D A R Good Cltlzenshxp Pllgrlmage Award Patrlcxa Mara The Oxford Post Amerxcan Leg1on Boys State Awards Merutt Agablan Roland Jand on Dr Robert Fletcher Award to the glrl obtalnmg her athletlc letter who has the hlghest SCh0l3St1C average for the year Jean Rawson Dr Robert Fletcher Award to the boy obtamm h1 athlet1c letter who has the hlghest bChOl3St1C average for the 5 ear Robelt Rodler 'tt Page Elghte n v v r 1 V ' I A A A 4 4 I ' , 1 .L . u H . . H ls - vw U . i . -. ul vs 1 at vs AA yy ? w v r 1 w 4 A A A A A , 1, D 1 - A - 1 . . . . U yu ' - - - ss sv O' ' D . ' . 7 ' '

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EILEEN MARIE RCHAN Her step IS mus1c and hel volce 1S a song Glee Club 2 3 4 Dramatlc Club 3 4 Operetta 2 Prom Orchestra Comm1ttee 3 Has a charmmg personahty beautxful clothes l1kes dancmg mterested 1n Tommy often seen drlvmg a Chevvle a lovely smger RAYMOND PALMER SMITH Ray 'Not that I 11ke work less but I l1ke fun more Lvlee Club 1 Baseball 1 Prom Decoratxon Comm1ttee 3 Ho Decoratmg Lommlttee 4 Dramat1c Club 4 Projector Club 4 Ace cameraman never wlthout candy or gum loyal to Frannxe DONALD PETEIR STONE He scratched h1s head and kept on thmkmg A class favorlte l1kes huntmg and fishmg shy w1th women content to let the world go by MARY TOMASIAN Laughlng and chattermg through llfe she goes Glee Club 1 2 Operetta 2 Jun1or Red Cross 2 3 Press Club 4 Ravehn s Board 4 One of our best stenographers talkatlve always wlth Sh1r1 small easy to get along wlth l1kes to play the plano Page Seventeen X' I . lt - ' . - ' 'v I , , 9 ' , 5 5 .4 ,, , . , . . ' 1 9 ' u Q ' ' 9 D 3 ' J ' - always cheering for Dimock's Dairy .....,.. full of fun ,..... V I LLBOYY ,, . . . ,, Li ' ' ' YY , Z I ' v 9 3 ' 1 nr

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LL-X55 XXI LLONIL by Robert Rodler We the class of 1947 heartily welcome you parents teachers friends and underclassmen to our Class Day exercises First we wish to express our whole hearted thanks to our parents and teachers for the expert guidance and sympathetic understand ing which they have given us through the years We also wish to extend to the underclassmen our best wishes for a glorious future patterned after their illustrious predecessors the class of of 1947 Lastly we sincerely hope that you will appreciate the following exerc1ses CI ASS HISIUHX Patricia Mara In this year of nineteen forty seven Alma Mater bids goodbye to us In the fall of nine teen forty three she welcomed us We were thrilled to be freshmen sixty six strong At our first class meeting the following officers were elected President Glenn Bacon VICE President Ronald Messier Secretary Gloria de Villers Student Council Robert Merrick The class advisers were Mr Hobbs and Miss Sheehan M1ss Eleanor Murray of Worcester joined our faculty at this tlme In March Miss Helen Kennedy left us to teach at Bartlett High in Webster and MISS Julia Sheehan took her place To add to the excitement of being in hlgh school we had a record breaklng year for assemblies Our very first speaker was Del Obert of the Crowell Collier Publishing Company In November Donald Eames of the Nlerchant Marlne spoke to us for a few class periods Later 1n the winter Sergeant Charles Cazeault gave an 1nsp1r1ng talk on South America In March both Lleutenant Kenneth Doollttle and Lieutenant Paul Stoll addressed us In the sprlng we enJoyed two fllms The Forgotten Village revealmg the shocking con Page Nineteen F' ditions existing in Mexico and Th1s Amazing America featuring Paul Bunyan During the last week 1n March the High School Student Body presented the play Miss Jimmy coached by Miss MSDDIX Theresa Baril Barbara Carlson and Norma Chaffee were the freshmen who contributed to its success Our freshman year ended with a picnic held at Carbuncle Park 1n Oxford We spent the c1pat1ng in the various races In September 1944 Alma Mater greeted fifty one sophisticated sophomores Our class advlsers were Miss Murray and Mr Hobbs In February Miss Sheehan left and M1ss R1edl took her place The class officers elected for this year were President Herbert Mahota VICE President Glenn Bacon Secretary Gloria de Vlllers Treasurer Roger Grondin Student Council Theresa Barll and Robert Merrick Our friend Mr Obert came to start us off on the annual magazine drive Mr Charles Woodman came also to talk about fo est fires In January MISS Coleman entertained us at 1 w w y qi w 41 A J A y - l 1 I ' 1 1 v v '- , ' v 1 Y 1 YV Y Y A A K . . - .. . . . . U , , 7 Q ' ' 77 1 4 - y , ' y . . , . 9 ' ' H . ' s . . . . H . . 7 7 . : , , day swimming, playing softball, and parti- . . A . . , , , s ' - ll ' ' Qy , . ' 7 7 Q . , - . . . - . . , . . . , I 5 ' 7 . . . , ,A 7 , M . ' . ,, . . - . 3 -