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

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 Lois Pratt Ouigley “Lo’s” ambition is to grow an inch! Ask John Cullinane the secret of his success; he must have the formula. Lois is going to Burdett College to train for a private secretaryship, so our future vice-presidents should put their orders in early, for she will be useful as well as ornamental. Esther F. Ray “Sunny” is the budding artist in our midst, who hopes to attend the Massachusetts School of Art, and become a commercial artist Her nickname matches both her hair and her disposition, and she likes all kinds of sports. But late homework is her pet aversion. We wonder if that refers to English. Joseph Reed “Joe”, you’re a thief, ’cause when you left the Southland you took all the sunshine with you! “Yep, that smile gives you away; old Sol sorta oozes right out of ya, Joe.” Yowsah, Joe climbs, in less than a year, by leaps and bounds both in the social register and the scholastic thermometer, being one of the most popular fellows in the class and earning class honors, and then we find him to be an actor par excellence. Gee whiz, Joe, is everyone in the South like that? Elsdon Richardson The greatest interest in Eldson’s life, outside of girls, is music. Make way, Fred Waring, for “Richie” of the twinkling eyes, who’s dragging his piano and sax behind him. Pigeons fascinate “Richie” too, and we suppose he’ll soon have them trained to play the xylo¬ phone. Elinor Muriel Salmon One of our leading athletes, whose name has been prominent in the basketball line-ups, is Elbe. Bicycling is her favorite sport, and she may be wanting one be¬ fore she finishes dashing around those long hospital corridors where she will start on a career dfi nursing. Linton Salmon The race is on! Who’s to be the most famous writer of R. H. S. ’36—Linton Salmon or Gardner Knapp? “Lin” is our source of light humor, and that’s why the joke editor made him his worthy assistant. Our light-haired four-eyes is already noted for his poems about farms and pithy analysis of the opposite sex. Frank Sargent “Frankie” is one of our potential Bobby Joneses. His laughter and indomitable freckles together with his miraculous golf put the editor into such a frame of mind that he, the editor, is often surpassed by the “little pro.” Besides golf, Frank manages somehow to collect stamps with one hand, hold his French book desperately in the other, and climb steadily in DeMolay with both feet forward. Barbara Knight Sawyer “Be” is the young lady we see on stair landings and outside of Room F with a certain young man from North Reading. She’s heading for Sargent, and from her list of athletic awards already won here, she ought to make the grade.

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 Ardis Paul Sam” is one of the musically inclined girls of the Senior Class. At the football games and at orches¬ tra one can hear her beating her drum. Believe it or not, Ardis dislikes nothing and prefers math. She’s headed for Massachusetts State College, and even with¬ out her drum, she ' ll make ’em sit up and take notice. Virginia Elsie Pease “Ginny”, though she is a possible nominee for the title of class giggler, certainly doesn’t spend all her time giggling! She’s one of those two brilliant females who have undertaken solid geometry, and what’s more passed it. “Ginny” plans to enter Jackson College, rides horseback, and, whoops, she’s a Girl Scout! Helen Ruth Picard Helen, whose friends know her as “Honey”, is a newcomer this year, and we regret she didn’t come here sooner. She intends to study hairdressing, but states her future as just work. Heaven protects the working girl, and especially such pleasant and cheerful ones as Helen, but here’s our good wishes, just the same. Beulah Pierce Beulah, who is taking the Commercial Course, may be rather quiet, but she’s always efficiently on the spot. Her plans include studying hairdressing at Wilfred Hairdressing Academy, and she harbors the lofty ambi¬ tion of being successful. With all that ambition, Beulah certainly ought to go places and do things. Bernard Pitman Short and blonde with a quizzical smile” sums Bar¬ ney up in a nutshell. Who doesn ’t remember that blonde youth streaking around the building? And when he stops, you can always see his blue eyes twinkling as he gazes over your shoulder at some beautiful damsel. Not that he can often see over anyone’s should¬ er but then you might be sitting down. Virginia Frances Pitman “Ginny” ranks fourth on the class honor list, is tond of sports, but is especially interested in reading good books. She seems to have chosen a life of work for which she is very well suited, for she will make a fine secretary, since she is keen, unobtrusive, and efficient. “Ginny’s” a fine friend, too. Virginia Pomeroy “Ginny” participates very actively in sports such as tennis, hockey, and swimming. Her life work and her pet aversion are strangely alike. The former is to a dietitian, and the latter is eating. We don’t know why, but her special interest is Chevrolets. Helen Powell “Donny”, a member of the field hockey team, be¬ longs to the Sport Club and the Upland Club. We wonder if she giggles to the goal in hockey too. Her future plans are to follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale and be a nurse And how we all sym¬ pathize with her pet dislike—the seats in the assembly hall.

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R. H. S. Class of 1936 Frances Shay Hooray—another cheer leader, and can she arouse the loyal Reading spirit! “Babs”, our class baby, has been following the college course, and her objective is Simmons. She will get success the way she has her many friends—by enthusiasm, fetching personality, and an ample amount of good nature. William Dean Sommers Wise-cracking “Bill” to you boys and girls has completed the Practical Arts Course and has been ac¬ tive in DeMolay. His broad, sunny smile and his ready wit should carry him far. Here’s to you, Bill! May your ambition to lead the robust life of a Forest Ranger be gratified! Edward Maxwell Spavin, Jr. Only under such a massive frame as “Ed’s” could such a personality be housed. Besides dreaming about helmet-diving and expounding theories in regard to div¬ ing apparatus, “Eddie” wants to enter New York State Rangers’ School where he will study forestry. He says he doesn’t like to work, and yet without his valuable and cheerful work on the property of the Senior Play, the play wouldn’t have been the success it was. Some day he hopes to be the owner of a swanky touring car with a radio, air horns, and everything. George Spindler Hails from up north o’ heah, North Readin’ to be exact. George is quiet, I guess about the quietest in the class, speaking only if spoken to. He captained the Senior Class basketball team this year very dis¬ creetly. Determined and deliberate, that’s George. Whatever he does, he does well, so we say, “Just keep on doin’, whatcha doin’ George ol’ pal, ol’ pal. Dorothy Carson Steele Dot wants to enter a journalist’s school, and from her articles in the Pioneer, she ought to make a go of it. She has adorned the chorus during her three years in R. H. S., and helped us out on lots of com¬ mittees. She says she loves to travel, and we wonder whether it is only the scenery that is so attractive. P. S. Dot’s going out to India this summer. Helen Louise Stephenson “Susie” has been migrating back and forth from junior high to high school these three years, as she has been following the Practical Arts Course. Her favorite sports of skating and bicycle riding probably came in handy on some of her treks. Helen is planning to go to the School of Domestic Science and study dietetics. Jessie Stewart Jessie, like many girls in the senior class this year, wants to be a hairdresser, and incidentally a bachelor girl. We know she will succeed in her first ambition, but the latter—! She likes to sing and dance, and is very good at both. Always laughing, “Jess” is liked by all who know her. Harlan Surrette Here we have another of those mechanical wizards who are bugs on radio. We suppose that in case of an inundation of Reading or a heavy blizzard, cutting off all wires from the outside world, that this black-haired bit of good nature would keep communications open via his amateur radio station WLJHZ in supplement¬ ing that other radio operator, Oscar.