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

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SENIOR CLASS Rita Conti Course: Normal. Future: Teaching. Activities: Chorus, 2. “She was pretty to walk with. Witty to talk with, and Pleasant, too, to think on.” Charlotte Currier Course: Classical. Future: Swarthmore College. Activities: Pioneer, 2, 3, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “You write with ease to show your breeding.” Robert Curtis “Red” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Bookkeeper. Activities: Football, 2; Basketball, 2, 3, 4. “A flaming meteor shone for hair.” “Reel” “Char” Roger Davis Course: Scientific. Activities: Class football, 2, 3; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Orches¬ tra, 3, 4; Band, 3, 4; Chorus, 3, 4; Public Speaking, 4; Hi-Y, 3, 4, “His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey .” Fred Day “Vic” Course: Commercial. Activities: Football, 2, 3, 4; Track, 2, 3; Baseball, 2; Chorus, 4. “Men of few words are the best men.” Shirley Day “Shirl” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Nursing. “Silence is more musical than speech.” Carleton Delaney “Count” Course: Accounting. Future: Accountant. Activities: Football, 2, 3. “A moral, sensible well bred man.” John Dobbins “Prof” Course: Normal. Future: Meat Inspector. Activities: Football, 4; Pioneer, 4. “Exhausting thought, and having wisdom With each studious year.”

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SENIOR CLASS Katherine Burpee “Kay” Course: College. Future: College. “Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in a woman.” Mabel Butters “Mab” Course: Secretarial. Future: Stenographer. “Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit ” Phyllis Callan “Fay” Course: Secretarial. Future: Private Secretary. “Is not she passing fair?? Agnes Carney “Agatha” Course: Secretarial. Future: Private Secretary. Activities: Junior Woman’s Club, 2. “Faithfulness is the sun of life.” Helen Carroll “Nellie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Office Work. “Not much to talk—a great sweet silence.” Catherine Chisholm uqn . 1 WITl Future: Bookkeeper. Gertrude Chisholm “Chis Course: Commercial. Future: News Reporter. Activities: Chorus, 2. “All ivho joy would win Must share it—Happiness was born a twin.” Eleanor Clark “Ellie” Course: Practical Arts. Future: Clerk. “Officious, innocent, sincere, of every friendless name, the friend.” James Connelly Course: Comprehensive. Future: Sports Reporter. “Every one is the son of his own works.”

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SENIOR CLASS hhhh Alma Doiron “Babe” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Nursing. Activities: Tennis, 3; Basketball, 2, 3, 4. “On things she mused within her thought jul mind.” Marie Done “Re” Course: Normal. Future: School of Therapy. Activities: Hockey, 3; Riding, 3; Public Speaking, 2; Pioneer, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 4. “A merry companion is welcome and acceptable to all” Helen Doner “Honey” Course: Classical. Future: College. Activities: Pioneer, 2, 3, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 3. “A daughter of the gods, divinely tall and most divinely fair.” Richard Downs “Dick” Course: Agricultural. Future: Horticulture. Activities: Public Speaking, 2; Agriculture Public Speak¬ ing, 3, 4; Assistant Manager of Basketball, 2, 3; Manager of Track, 3. “The first farmer was the first man and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.” Helen Dyer “Garbo” “Dinkie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Dancer. Activities: Public Speaking, 2, 3, 4. “The very ground beneath her feet. Is clothed with a diviner air.” Lois Fleming “Loie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Hairdresser. Activities: Basketball, 2; Chorus, 3. “The fair, the chaste, the unexpressive she.” Virginia Gammons “Sis” Course: Fine Arts. Future: Commercial Artist. “She made light of it.” Alice Gascoigne “Gus” Course: Accounting. Future: Stenographer. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 2; Chorus, 2; Junior Woman’s Club, 2. “You have a nimble wit. I think it was made of Atalanta’s heel.”