Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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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 -

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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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an a emblv wlth everal ketche Later ln the year Nlr Wallace displayed h1s amazlng memory He had even memorlzed the Sears Roebuck catalogue' Our class won the boys xnter class basket ball games, w1th the followlng members of our class part1c1pat1ng Henry Antkowxak Glenn Bacon Donald Behr1nger Rxchard Conrad Herbert Mahota Robert Merrlck and W1ll1am Waddleton The school play was Happy Days coached by M1ss Mannlx The sophomores taklng part were Henry Antkowlak Theresa Barll Melda Burllngame and Barbara Carlson Another dellghtful aCt1V1ty was the operetta Gypsy Rover coached by M1ss Mary Hand The followxng classmates had leadmg parts Norma Chaffee Ol1ve Cunnmgham Ruth Kle1nsm1th Robert Merr1ck, and Elleen Rohan We ended our second year at a class pxcmc at Lake Wallum We spent the day swlmmlng playlng softball and enjoylng many other games Agaln September rolled around but thls year was dlfferent You see at long last t1fty of us were upper classmen' At the flrst class meetmg the followmg offlcers were elected V109 Presldent Ronald MGSSICF Secretary Glor1a de Vlllers Treasurer Robert Rodler Student Councll Henry Antkow1ak, Theresa Barxl and Glenn Bacon MISS O Connor was our class advlser We congratulated Mr and Mrs Irwm Pottle who were marrled ln August MISS Mary Hand left to teach muslc 1n New York and M1ss Katherlne Bowe was the new muslc super vlsor On October thlrty fxrst we had our very f1rst sport dance Naturally we all thought that It was a huge success even though It had to be held ln the Lower Town Hall because of the lnstallatlon of a flre escape Oh those poles' Our Junlor Prom was held June seventh wxth Danny Danlels and h1S orchestra fur nl l'1lDP' the mu lr- The Grand Nlarch wa dlrected by Mr Cuthbert Sanderson In November the JUDIOTS and semors were glven Vocatlonal Guldance Tests by Dr Sparks, of Boston UH1VeFSlty Dr Tehye HS16h our Chlnese Ambassador of Good W1l1 gave an mspxrlng talk, on Chma and amused all f u by speakxng Chmese and try1ng to teach It to From the Balfour Rlnrf Company we ordered our clas rmgs at long last' The Oxford shleld IS set m a ruby stone Vh1Cl1 makes a very attractlve rmg M1ss Manmx ably coached the play You re Only Young Once IH when the followlng wunlors were cast Melda Burlmvame Barbara Carlson Norma Chaffee Jane Donovan Patrlcxa Mara and Elleen Rohan Our class agaln won the boys lnter class basketball games We surely are proud of our boys The followmv 1un1ors partlcmated Henry Antkowlak Glenn Bacon Donald Beh amger Rlchard Conrad Roy Humphrey Herbert Mahota and Robert Rodxer For our class p1cn1c we agaln went to Lake l 'allum and we en oyed ourselves swlmmmg and taklng part 1n games We entered school on September 4 wlth our class numberlng fortv SIX Just lmagme fcllowlng class offlcers were chosen Presldent Robert Rodler V1ce Presldent Herbert Mahota Secretary Patr1c1a Mara Student Councll Henry Antkowlak Theresa Barxl Barbara Carlson and Ronald Messler Our class advlser was MISS Helen Gahagan M1ss Anna Mane OConnor and MISS Mary Mannlx left us VVe greeted however two new teachers MISS Gertrude Shea and Mr Davld Reldy llr Walter Brownlng returned to the faculty after servxng 1n the Unlted States Navy Assemblxes th1S year were va 1ed Mr Del Obert started the Vear off rwht by urglng us to sell masazme subscrlptxons In January a magxclan Mr Cameron fasclnated us wlth h1s tr1cks at an assembly at the Town Hall Pa e Twenty ss, h 'H ff 2' . ' 'c ' g, r f'. '. . s , . . . . , . . . . ' - v w , . v : 1 s A rl Y ! 7 , , us. H U! N . D l . . ' l . . 3 , D s . , .7 : - , , ' . , I ' ' H 9 ' ' l 7 yy 1 in 1 . as as + . I ' . , , I l : D 9 , , ' 1 1 a . . , . . , D l 7 l ' l ' . y . v A . . , I . 5 I. . . . I s v v ' ' 7 5 5 . , . , . V , , . . . .. - . Y Q , , . : , - Presldent ......... ........... H erbert Mahota Seniors at last! Alt our first class meeting the . y D ......... s .............., ' D y I ........,... W , l . - 7 7 . . , . ' I 1 . . . I . 5 v . . - . . , . ' - 9 1 . - . , , . , . H . Y. ' U ' K l . , . . ' . L . l D ' 3 , 1 - 7 . all 5.5