Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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ALUMNI STATISTICS Class of 1951 EUGENE PETERSON: Pete is now known as the Rudolph Valentino of the day, and although he is always surrounded by such glamorous stars as Liz Taylor, Betty Grable, and Rita Hayworth, Ginny, his secretary, knows his heart belongs to her! SALLY REED: An eflicient, lovely secretary is Sal! She has worked in Boston since she graduated from Williams Business School and is now one of the Governor's private secretaries. CHARLES MIX: Mixie, who in high school days was owner of the Blue Bomber, monster to all pedestrians in Pembroke, finally 'reformed and is now Registrar of Motor Vehicles in Massachusetts. MADOLYN LAWRENCE: Madge now lives in Connecticut and wants all school mates to visit the Solon Simpson's. Midge keeps busy teaching her daughters how to play basketball. BRANT BOYNTON: Brant writes us that he just returned from his second trip to the South Pole to spend his usual two weeks with the National Guard. He is now the proud wearer of three stripes. DORIS SWANSON1 In the office ofa well- known Boston doctor, you see Doris in her spick and span white uniform, cheerfully greeting the patients as they arrive. DONALD GAULEY: Recent newspaper articles are highlighting Don's football team, which is doing very well under his supervision. Those drum majorettes, who accompany the band and team are Don's idea of excellent attractive publicity! ELIZABETH WILLOUGHBY: Liz has ac- quired a huge collection of scrapbooks, which are admired by all her girl friends, fthey are just full of handsome sailorsj. These scrapbooks are collector's items. VERNON ELDRIDGE1 Joe is now withqthe Triple-,A League where he has been for the past year. He expects to be called up by the Red Sox soon. Q , -.LN l X l X. 6 EVQD ' S MM - - xi ' Z-msg -L,-, gsxw Q 4....,x V JEAN FISHER: Those happy smiles on the faces of the disabled veterans are due to excellent nursing at the hospital. Her sole interest is taking care of the buddies. fAt last she has the opportunity to have men in her lifelj ROBERT WINCHESTER: Bob is now a pro- fessional basketball player for the Boston Celtics. No wonder the games are so well attended! Why, Pembroke alone sends a cheering section which pays the Garden's expenses! MARY LOU WASHBURN: Lou's dress shop in Boston is the Maison where the elite buy their clothes. However, copies of Lou's Originals can be purchased in some department stores. Dior of Paris is at the moment negotiating a contract to import the Originals to France! ALFRED DAVIS: Al had opened an exlusive Secretarial School in Boston. There's a long list of young ladies waiting to be enrolled. DOROTHY BELKNAP: If you would like the works: permanent, manicure, and facial, Dot's Beauty Shop is the place to go. It's located in Brockton: she caters to a male clientele also. JOHN OSBORNE: Ozzie is now a traveling salesman for the Fuller Brush Company. Rumor indicates that he may soon be presi- dent of the company, and that he has been recently been put on the Board of Directors of the Rockland Savings Bank, where his personal deposits are well over a million dollars. Il9l

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To Miss Whitaker QEVQ we donate a pair of ear plugs as we know she well needs them in the ofiice QGrand Central Stationj. For her influence with the Admiral of the Fleer, Midge Lawrence promises her aid and advice on Naval matters to everyone! john Osborne gives his advice fto the boysj that the practise of charging a nickel a mile brings in a good profit plus pleasure at the same time. Len Creeden, please note: rate, just a nickel per mile! To all the boys on the South Shore, we give the Kingston Girls! Our boys have carried the load long enough. It's time others shared the burden. Doris Swanson bequeaths that devilish gleam in her eye to Barbara Van Buskirk who certainly could use it. Pete Peterson leaves his basketball uniform to any other three boys who can collectively H11 it. The Senior girls have purchased a billy club for Mrs. Cote so that she can use more than just words to defend her girls. QRemem- ber Hingham?j Eugene Lassonde wills his Problem notes to Riley. They must have been good- let's see you get an A Riley! Barbara Jones leaves those writing cramps and her status as Editor to some 1uckyf?j junior. The Steno Class leaves to Miss Boorna- zian their imaginations which she has so well cultivated. Joan Winchester gives a bottle of peroxide to both joan Handy and joan Pierce who as we can see have already experimented. Marge Styron leaves the sweetness of her disposition to the Nuclear Division of Atom Research. Now there shall be little trouble splitting those atoms. To Mr. Prendergast we bequeath a huge can, so, as his saying goes, he may Can the Chatter. Bobby Winchester leaves that wolf element in him to anyone who dares to use it. Could that be Leonard Willet? Elizabeth Willoughby leaves her ability to say the wrong things at the right time to Barbara Fee. How about that, Mr. Lynch? The Senior Boys leave Mr. Pratt search- ing for a new basketball team - Good Luck! Alfred Davis hands down fin his usual quiet mannerj the motto Be seen, and not heard! To Miss Brooks we give a bottle of Air Wick and the suggestion that the lab be moved to another part of the building. From Mary Lou Washburn to the female element at P.H.S.-her cheery smile which has effectively overcome many situations. And to our beloved class adviser, Mr. james M. Lynch, who for so many years has been a real friend and our protector, we be- queath our best wishes for great success in all future endeavors. Signed by: Witnerrey Mary Lou Washburn Papa Lynch Aunt Ettie Uncle Gordon Class Prophecy If you should happen to visit Mr. james M. Lynch, the 1951 class adviser, you will find him sitting in an easy chair fstill a bachelor, but wearing a hopeful and undefeated expressionj reading the Alumni section of the Pembroke High School 1961 Mattakeesett: 'll8l

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MARYJANE HUNTLY: The latest word on Mary jane is that she is a medical secretary to an Ear, Eye, and Nose Specialistf She handles all the patients who need to be Htted to glasses. What an opportunity! BARBARA JONES: Barb, private secretary to the famous detective, Sam Spade, was seen recently with Dick Tracy at the Stork Club. She is collaborating on a book with Dick. EUGENE LASSONDE: Eugene is now the chief technician at one of New York's largest television studios. He is seen in small parts occasionally which has helped put Pembroke in televised news. MARJ ORIE STYRON: The lovely new singer at the Latin Quarter fNew York City jis our own Marge. It is suggested that her friends tune in fbroadcast at nine o'clock each evening except Sundayj and listen! l JOAN WINCHESTER: joan is Captain of the Boston jouahs, first professional girls' basket- ball team to come to Boston. Note: The class of 1951 at its last annual reunion appointed a Committee to make plans for its Big 1971 Get-Together at which time the chief speaker is to be Mr. Lloyd Creighton, Supervisor of Sec- ondary Education in Massachusetts. The Honorablejames M. Lynch, as a commit- tee of one, will share the honors. BARBARA JONE S, '51 Southeastern Massachusetts League of School Publications It's two thirty on Wednesday, October 18, 1950, and the boys and girls in the High School are boarding the buses which will take them home. But how could this be? Classes don't finish until three o'clock. Something mighty big and exciting must be happening at Pembroke High School today, and believe me it is! Our school is host to the Southeastern Massachusetts League of School Publications. There are to be about 15 schools of all sizes coming to little Pembroke, and if that isn't reason enough for excitement then I don't know what is. That was the scene on October 18. Now it is many months later and I recall all the preparation leading up to that day: invitations were sent out, posters were made bearing the name of the visiting schools and their publications, a general display of yearbooks was attractively arranged, and books to advertise our forthcoming Book Fair were exhibited in the auditorium. As I look back on that memorable day I recall particular highlights of the meeting. I can still hear the Piano Selection by Wendell Gassett, the Verse Speaking Choir's presentation of the Psalm of David, the stirring voices of the entire body of delegates singing America, accompanied by Allan Isham. Mr. Chester Ray, our Superintendent of Schools, made everyone right at home with his Address of Welcome. A little later in the day we went to supper in the cafeteria, which was beautifully decorated in the Spirit of Halloween by the Home Economics Class directed by Mrs. Genevieve Pratt. Mr.john Gifford gave a short talk entitled A Few Words. He was followed by Dorothy Harding Fuller CDorothy Dale of W.B.E.T.j whose Words, Words, Words proved both enter- taining and enlightening. Perhaps the biggest event of the meeting was the Round Table Dis- cussion at which Mr. Robert Prendergast presided. jack Watson represented the Mattaheerett in the discussion Are Your Finances Your Problem? in which representatives from six schools participated. Weymouth High School provided the entertainment which ended a splendid evening. But of all the pleasant memories of that day the one I shall never forget is the feeling that our meeting was such an overwhelming success. We thank you for that, Mrs. Etelman. WILLIAM KEY, '52 l20l