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

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 John Crowley “Truck”, the villain of the Senior Play with the fur coat and derby hat, is also the plump good looking traffic officer on the first floor. They tell us that the reason that all plump people are good natured is that they can’t fight and can’t run, but “Truck” has suc¬ cessfully controverted that explanation by his efficient plugging of the line on the football field. In serious moods, Crowley works for DeMolay and thinks of Diesel machines, while Park Street, North Reading has a peculiar attraction for John. John Cullinane “Shorty” has tooted the tooter—I mean the sax— until we’re almost ready to recall those slams we’ve made about the sax. Any sour music disappears after going through that lengthy frame. That same height has enabled our lackadaisical “King Cull” to become a successful emulator of “Big Bill” Tilden and his fam¬ ous cannon ball serve. Kenneth Cutcliffe The Cutcliffe family seems to go in for nobility names. This one is the “Baron”. For any easy going guy, the “Baron” is the best tennis player we know—- outside of “King Cull,” of course. Ken has the idea that what this country needs is a mixture of Cab Calloway and Ina Ray Hutton’s orchestra. So he’s going “to lead a band” of females exclusively! Barbara Leona Davis “B” is a tall, charming young lady, with a genuine smile and a cheery disposition. These assets will give her a great boost into the world. Burke’s Conciliation Speech may be her pet aversion (and do we wonder!) but she seemed to be the favorite reader in the English class! Edith Goodwin Day Lofty indeed is Edith’s ambition ; it is to make good in this old world ! More power to you, Edith. She bas been a member of the chorus for two years, and she shares the pet aversion of high school students the world over, homework. Never mind, those days are gone forever, after June tenth. Marjorie Elizabeth DePatie “Midgie’s” favorite study, shorthand, is right in line with her ambition—to be a private secretary, and for further training along that line, she is entering Bur- dett. We understand she’s quite a swimmer, but her pet aversion is tobogganing—at the Senior carnival for instance. Ronald DePatie In all probability, those long end runs which you’ve remembered from the football seasons were “Light¬ ning’s”. The basketball floor is also acutely aware of this youth with the appropriate nickname. “Lightning” says he’s a woman hater, but what about the beautiful violinist of the class of ’35? Prep school and then Bow- doin are Ron’s future fields of liveliness. Oh, say, Ron, how are your pigs? Philip Dewhurst No superficial or pedantic knowledge of books for Phil—no sir; he’s one of our outstanding aggie stu¬ dents. In the future Phil plans to be a scientific farmer and raise poultry that will be the pride of this district and especially of “Pop” Wheeler.

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 Mavis Lloyd Burns “Mave” styles her course as “commercial, with a dash of art”, and that word “dash” just suits her, for she is forever dashing here, there, and everywhere; she’s harder to find than the proverbial needle. Mavis intends to be a commercial artist, but she yearns to do something different”. Well, more power to her! Lillian May Carder “Toots” to her friends, this fair North Readingite has poise plus. She is unobtrusive, but efficient, and is bound to make a fine business woman. So full speed ahead! Robert Chanonhouse Who can forget affable “C ' hanny”, highly esteemed member of the Hi-Y and DeMolay? Erstwhile king of the carnival and basketball deer, Channy is most remembered as leading his team as captain to¬ wards the opposing goal by his terrific line plunges. English seems to stymie “Channy” along with the rest of us, but he plans to rush the pigskin for Tufts. Carroll Noyes Colby. Yes, your eyes don’t deceive you; Carrol ' s middle name is “Noise.” No more need be said. “Joe Bunn,” as he terms himself, is known for his jokes and ready wit. Carroll is a traffic officer, but around the latter part of the year, the teachers were beginning to won¬ der whether it wasn’t the girls rather than his traffic duty which made him always late to class. Skiing is his mania, and soon we expect to see that our Carroll has gained enough skill at Dartmouth to defeat suc¬ cessfully those Scandinavians in the Olympics of 1940. Olive Lucille Condon “Micky’s” special interest is in music, but sports which include bowling, swimming and skiing, seem to be a stiff rival. She joined us only last year, but we’ve certainly enjoyed her company. Her pet aversion is “Breaking in a New Pair of Shoes”-—song or deed, “Micky”? Ann Connors Ann plans to be an office nurse; we envy the doc¬ tor whose nurse she will become, though we fear her lovable smile and sunny disposition will be the despair of office efficiency experts. Ann, one of our veteran ushcresses, likes skating, swimming, and typing, and hates to come to school in the morning. Don’t we all? Delmar Cotreau “Form” is quite an athlete. Proof is ample in that ring of stars on his letter for football, basket¬ ball, and baseball. The cultivation of his voice will have to take a back seat, for “Del” plans to work during the day and go to night school in some business college. At present “Form” is a woman hater and belongs to the Jockeys’ Athletic Club. Don’t worry about “Form’s” getting along. All grand fellows do! John Creicer Without guys like “Johnnie”, schools just wouldn’t have football teams, plays, or anything else. John was the chief slave of the play property committee, man¬ ager of football, (two terrifically hard jobs with little glory), a basketball letterman, as well as traffic “cop¬ per”. The stars forecast a sharp rise in law or business when “Creig” finishes with Tufts or Bowdoin. We thought that with John’s ability in slashing at that flat ice with Fraulein Ernst’s priming in German, we’d hear about his sailing for Europe last winter, but we guess he’ll have to wait four years.

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 Eleanor Agnes Dissel “Eleo”, the tallest girl in the Senior Class, started with the idea of being a teacher, but now she wants to be a secretary. She left our fair school for a year, but got homesick, so back she came, and are we glad! Nathaniel Doane The Reading Curb Club has Nat for its chief in¬ vader into our class’s heart. Yet we’ve utilized that seeming nonchalant attitude on the financial end of the Pioneer board while Nat, as President of the De¬ bating Club, led his colleagues to an unanimous victory over Haverhill this spring. His quick smile has won over everybody. Maybe Nat hears WBZ every morn¬ ing at 7:15 because he plans to study at a Diesel En¬ gineering School. Anyway we join with Nat in groan¬ ing every time we hear the game, Monopoly, mentioned. John Done North Reading’s handsomest delegate is Buddy Done. He lives, eats and thinks baseball to such a de¬ gree that the baseball team made him captain. The Civic Preparatory Course and football squeeze into the remaining space w T hile Buddy claims he has no time for girls. But just why the Sophomore ambition then, Buddy? Frances Agnes Doucette “Frannie”, one of our budding secretaries, is just waiting to invade the business world. She was A. A. representative back in her sophomore days and has been a responsible worker in many ways. She claims a special interest in donkey-riding—don’t we all! Marguerite Frances Doucette “Flip” is one of the girls who go in for everything! Vivacious and good-natured, she helped lead the crowds in the cheers at the football games. Taking a part in the senior play, she played it well—but she intends to be a music supervisor, and it won’t be long before she’ll be swinging a baton over somebody’s head. Incident¬ ally, she throws grand parties. Fouis Doyle If you see a fellow around in the middle of winter in his shirt sleeves, that’s Bob Doyle. The great out- of-doors attracts Bob, and therefore he wants to be a state trooper. He’s apt to be hard boiled with us in the future, but, gee whiz, Bob, we were only doing sixty. Clifton Englund “Swede” Englund has been making way for pigskin drives down the field for two years now and hopes to plunge into business in the same manner. Believe it or call us a fibber, but “Dub” plays the violin . He says it’s easy because the bridge of the violin helps him put the music across. Mary Cameron Estabrook “Pesty’s” nickname is derived from her last name, not her disposition. Even with her red hair, which she wishes were redder, her disposition is surprisingly mild. She is going to attend Simmons College, and her love of books is shown in her choice of a librarian’s career. How are you going to reach the top shelves, “Pesty? With a fireman’s ladder?