Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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SENIOR CLASS Hilda MacIntyre “ Kid” Secretarial Course Future: Stock girl in Dennison’s Ambition: Aviatrix Activities: Glee Club. “Gentle speech, delightful personality. Marion Mason “ Fat ” Combined Commercial Course Future: Bryant and Stratton Ambition: Be a foreign buyer Activities: Carnival Committee, 4. “ It’s nice to be natural when one’s naturally nice. Ethel McCoubry • “ Eshie” Secretarial Course Future: Hairdressing “A quiet unassuming personality whose charm lies in her modesty.’’ Phoebe Mercer “ Phoeb ” Secretarial Course Future: Secretary Ambition: To be successful Activities: Junior Woman’s Club; Glee Club, 3, 4; Senior Play Costume Committee; Senior Fashion Show; Banquet Committee. “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” Henry Merritt “Fat” Normal Course Future: Work and school later Ambition: To be successful Activities: Football, 2, 3, 4; Baseball, 3; Class Baseball, 4; Usher at Senior Play. “Wholesome as the air, cheerful as the light.” Nina Priscilla Metcalf “Prissy” Practical Art Course Future: Miss Lesley’s School of Domestic Science Ambition: To be successful “Good housekeeping lies at the root of all the real ease ami satisfaction in existence.” Joseph Mills “ Joe ” Accounting Course Ambition: Radio announcer Activities: Senior Play Properties Committee; Football, 3, 4; Class Basketball, 3, 4; Baseball, 3. “Sports are the most excellent device with which to test a man’s character.’” Verna Mitchell “Bill” Secretarial Course Future: Interior decorator or clothes designer Ambition: Model clothes Activities: Sophomore Hop Committee; Operetta cos¬ tumes; Junior Woman’s Club; Senior Play costumes; Senior Dance Decoration Committee; Glee Club. “ Oh, you flavour everything, you are the vanilla of society.”

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SENIOR CLASS Barbara Jewett Classical Course Activities: Pioneer, 2, 3; Senior Play Committee. “Exceedingly well read. Celia Kinsley Classical Course Future: College Ambition: Linguist and Traveler Activities: Pioneer Board, 2, 3, 4; “Epidemic,’ 4; Junior Woman ’s Club, 2, 3, 4; Usher at Graduation, 3; Class President, 3; Senior Play Choosing Committee, 4; Senior Play Ticket and Candy Committees, 4; Class Elections Committee, 4; Salutatorian. “Knowledge is like money: the more a man gets, the more he craves .” Lawrence Dennison Kinsley “Larry” Scientific Course Future: Engineering School Ambition: Chemical Engineer Activities: Football, 2, 3; Sophomore Hop Committee, 2: Senior Play Properties Committee; lli-Y Club; A. A. Collector, 4; Class Prophecy Committee. “1 will value science, none will prize it more. ' Alice Leach “Al” Secretarial Course Future: Physical Education School Ambition: Physical training instructor Activities: Basketball, 3, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 4. “I would help others, out of a fellow feeling .” Robert Legc “Boh” College Course Future: University of Maine Activities: Senior Play Publicity and Ushers’ Committee; Hi-Y. “A great devotee of the Go spel of Getting On.” Gardiner Lester Agricultural Course Future: New York State Ranger School Ambition: A surveyor “A smile as forceful as that of Old Sol.” Elizabeth Arlene Lewis Secretarial Course Future: Business School Ambition: To become a secretary Activities: Junior Woman’s Club, 2; Glee Club, 2. 3. “A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. ' ' Mary Lewis “Freckles” Secretarial Course Future: Wilbur Studio Beauty Culture Ambition: Beauty Expert Activities: Basketball, 2, 3; Operetta, 2; Junior Woman’s Club; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4. “A lively, cheery sprite. '

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SENIOR CLASS Edith Mussells “Edie “Connie College Course Future: Radcliffe Activities: Cheer leader; Program announcer; Senior Play Committee. “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. ' Clinton Newell “Bud College Course Future: College Activities: Basketball, 3, 4; Track, 3; Senior Play. “A lord of large experience Luman Nutter “Lud Normal Course Future: Mass. Nautical School Ambition : To be an officer in the Merchant Marine Activities: Football, 3, 4; Senior Play. “He was six foot o ' man, A-l, clear grit and human nature. Mary O ' Keefe Combined Commercial Course Future: Secretarial work Ambition: Secretary Activities: Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Candy Com¬ mittee. “The modern majesty insists on work. ' ' Edward Petkewich “Ed Accounting Course Future: Boston University School of Business Administration Ambition: Success in business Activities: Pioneer, 3, 4; “Epidemic; Hi-Y; Public Speaking, 4; Senior Play Committee. “True as the needle to the pole, or as the dial tu the sun. Lenna Phipps Secretarial Course Future: Private secretary Ambition: To travel and write Activities: Sophomore Hop Committee; Junior Prom Com¬ mittee; Senior Play Ticket Committee. “Full of sweet indifference. Cora Pitman “ Fitly ” Combined Commercial Course Future: Business School Ambition: To be a private secretary and to travel Activities: Pioneer, 4; Senior Play Candy Committee; Junior Woman’s Club, 3. “Rich in saving common sense. Effie Poole “ F Normal Course Future: Art School Activities: Operetta, 2; Senior Play Committee. Her fancy lost in pleasant dreams. ' '