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

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Reading High School 19 3 6 School Activities GIRLS’ ATHLETICS BASKETBALL RIDING CLUB As usual, basketball was the girls’ major sport during the winter months. Several games with outside schools were played, and a varsity was chosen at the end of the season to play a game at Reading with the varsity of Malden High School. The scores of the following games are the total of all three classes. A summary of the season: Lexington at Reading—Our first game and a hard-fought one. The Reading Seniors were de¬ feated, but Lexington admitted that they worked hard to win. Our Juniors and Sophomores won a decisive victory. Score: 54-49. Reading at Winchester—-The Seniors won, much to everyone’s surprise, hut were they happy! The Sophomores and Juniors played well despite the fact that they didn’t win. Score: 45-33. Wilmington at Reading—Somehow we can’t seem to defeat those Wilmington girls no matter how hard we try. However, our Juniors won by a margin of four points. Score: 47-34. Reading at Woburn—Everything was fine in all games until they put in the tall forward on the Senior team at Woburn, who had never made a basket in her life. Did she make them that day? I ' ll say she did. The Seniors, however, were the only team to suffer defeat. Score: 34-22. Arlington at Reading—We haven’t played Ar¬ lington for a good many years but they were a grand team. Once again the Juniors won the only victory for Reading. Score: 64-31. Malden at Reading—The game of games! Our first team was defeated by a large score but the second team lost by only one point. It was the wind-up to a perfect season, and our only regret is that the Seniors have to graduate. Score: 35-17. TENNIS The annual tennis tournament for this spring is under way with nineteen girls participating. I bis tournament will he played out to the individ¬ ual winner, who will have her name inscribed on a plaque. In addition to this tournament. Miss Nichols has organized a singles ladder tournament for the purpose of developing a tennis team to play out¬ side schools. This is the first year it has been done, and the team line-up has been followed with great enthusiasm by the girls. At the time of writ¬ ing there are seven girls in this tournament, the top four or five of whom will he chosen for the team. The girls engaged in this tournament include Ruth Hill. Tess Werner, Irene Goodwin, Olive Bates, Barbara Sawyer, Nancy Boyle, and Irene Norton. There has been a doubles tournament of the same type, organized with approximately the same girls participating for interscholastic tournaments. The Riding Club, under the direction of Miss Nichols, Mrs. Jenkins, and Miss Ernst, is riding at Jerry Jingle this spring. There are twenty-three members in the club including Helen Nelson, Natalie Kevin, Mary Lee Kingman, Constapce Scharton, Frances Jewett, Ardis Paul, Louise Rob¬ inson, Betty Nichols, Mava Classen, Alma Sias, Isabelle Johnson, Ella Wyatts, Barbara Turkington, Jean Jacob, Betty Stratton, Barbara Kimball, Vir¬ ginia Pease, Margaret Bates, Nancy Rossman, Ruth Boston, Olive Ordway, Barbara Gibson, Virginia Aldrich. SWIMMING CLUB The swimming club this year was made up of twelve members: Gladys Killam, Virginia Hart¬ shorn, Nancy Rossman, Barbara Kimball, Beatrice Meuse, Earline Brown, Mava Classen, Mildred Ma¬ son, Dorothy O’Brien, Charlotte Ryland, Mary Hitchcock, and Irene Whitcomb. Practice was held every week at Malden. The annual meet was held at the Malden Y. M. C. A. Among the towns competing were Reading, Revere, Medford, and Malden. Revere carried off top honors with twenty-two points, and Reading came in second with sixteen points. Only four of the swimming club were able to attend the meet, and so the six point difference is explained. Though four prizes were won by Reading, three were first prizes totalling five points each. Nancy Rossman came in first both in the twenty- yard and forty-yard free-style races. Irene Whit¬ comb Avon first prize in the back-stroke competi¬ tion. Virginia Hartshorn won third prize in diving. BACKWARD GLANCES Where does Tess Werner get all her pep? She can play every position on the basketball team and still be ready for another game. What will the field hockey team be like next year? At least we hope the future goalie of the team won’t throw the ball up in the air, and like¬ wise throw the game to Stoneham as it happened in the fall of 1935. It’s very fortunate that Ruth Hill is a junior or there just wouldn ' t be any tennis team next year. And so, good luck to all the future girl athletes of next year. Also best wishes to the future girls athletic editor of the Pioneer. May she get as much fun out of it as 1 have for the last two years, and may the athletics continue at the high peak they have reached this year. All I can say now is. don’t let that Stoneham hockey team defeat us again! Good luck, under¬ classmates! Irene Norton ’36 Sports Editor

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Heading High School .1936. School Activities BASEBALL 1936 First Row: B. Hoyt, L. O’Brien, G. Hill, J. Devaney, H. Landry, G. Radulski, Coach Batchelder, Capt. J. Done, R. DePatie, D. Cotreau, R. Channonhouse, D. Dewhurst. Second Row: J. Goodridge, H. Xavier, D. O’Keefe, J. Lawler, H. Perkins, R. Skane, T. Heselton, R. Lougee, H. Philips, E. Leavitt, Mgr. Third Row: J. Creiger, R. Wakeling, D. Barrett, G. Piercy, C. Meuse, D. White. Most Popular (girl) 1936 CLASS ELECTIONS Tessibel Werner Most Brilliant Lawrence Cate Most Popular (boy) Robert Chanonhouse Quietest Muriel Newberry Best Looking (girl) Helen Gillis Woman Hater William Timmerman Best Looking (boy) Nathaniel Doane Peppiest Class Baby (age) Irene Whitcomb Frances Shay Best Dancer (girl) Mildred White Everybody’s Pal Dorothy Steele Best Dancer (boy) John Done Wise Cracker Carroll Colby Heart Breaker (girl) Eleanor Brady Most Respected Mary Lee Kingman Heart Breaker (boy) Joseph Reed Most Obliging Ronald Taylor Cutest Marion Brown Most Unassuming Janet Wilkinson Best Natured James Howard Best Entertainer Marguerite Doucette Best Athlete (girl) Irene Norton Class Bluffer Carroll Colby Best Athlete (boy) Robert Chanonhouse Funniest Girl Dorothy Steele Most Original Merton Barstow Funniest Boy James Howard Artist Olive Bates Wittiest Merton Barstow Ivory Tickler Elsdon Richardson Busiest Lawrence Cate Mischievous Carroll Colby Noisiest John Crowley Class Actor Ronald Taylor Class Sheik Richard Crooker Class Actress Frances Jewett Most Versatile Tessibel Werner Junior Girl Barbara Leach Class Vamp Eleanor Brady Junior Boy John Devaney Most Likely to Succeed Lawrence Cate Favorite Teacher Mr. Dixon Done Most for Class Miss Brown Most Courteous Linton Salmon Favorite Movie Actress Ginger Rogers Tallest John Cullinane Favorite Movie Actor Robert Taylor Shortest Ernest Leavitt Favorite Author Zane Grey

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Reading High School 19 3 6 School Activities GIRLS’ HOCKEY TEAM 1936 Front row (left to right) : E. Mills, B. Sawyer, 1. Goodwin, J. Davis, C. Ryland, T. Werner, M. Hitchcock, .T. Veazie Back row (left to right) : L. Xavier, A. O’Dowd, R. Riley, M. Classen, E. Salmon, M. Atkinson, G. G. LeTourneau, M. Hitchc ock, H. Brenton GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM 1936 First Row: B. Nichols, L. Ivester, L. Xavier, B. Sawyer, I. Whitcomb, C. Ryland, J. Davis, 1. Goodwin, E. Meuse. Second Row: G. Storti, M. Widell, J. Wilkinson, P. Carter, E. White, G. Killam, V. Hartshorn, M. Knapp, E. Barstow, H. Riley, E. Brady. Third Row: M. Sullivan, E. Emery, M. Rollins, M. Story, N. Boyle, M. Wistuba, E. Salmon, M. Classen, R. Hill R. Riley, J. Veazie, A. O’Dowd.