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

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Sophomore Siftings Perhaps utu haven ' t noticed them but they’ve been here all year. What am 1 talking about ' . ' ' Why, the Sophomore , of course. Fearful ami awe struck He came marching through the open portals of this school, ami after l»eing battered about considerably in the swinging doors (I never could umieistand those), we looked alniut and found everv- thing just as it Has pictured to us by our exaggerating older brothers and sisters. For a fen necks life Has one anful nightmare for us an I find Room A. ' I haven t seen vou for necks. Have you been hibernat¬ ing? Well never forget rotary traffic, eon- des. ending seniors, sympathetic juniors and ncary faculty. Hut after a nhile ne Here straightened out. We soon Here used to the miniature gvin and live swinging door . Going around the traffic off Her two or three tunes to get upstairs betaine set omi nature to us and ne got right in the “little ole’ rut ” that had been carved for us by preceding classes. After a long and drawn out struggle with various executives and councils in the school we obtained per¬ mission to hold Sophomore election . lhe class ha since hern stumbling under the disabled guidance of their president, Janet Bird, assisted by her more, (much more) able subordinate officers; Joe Dunn, vice-presi¬ dent; Ruth Graupner, secretary; and Carroll Magison, treasurer. At the moment we are struggling to overcome all handicaps one meets when one try to swuig a Sopho¬ more Hop. (That is not spelled with a “FL !J 1 his b to be held on May ?fth and by the time this flash reaches your hands, 1 fear that I and the other commit¬ ter member will be far from here. Our greatest ambition, however, is to lie promoted so that we won’t be compelled to umlergo the ordeal of bring Sophomore all over agaui. Janet Bird

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PARKER CHESLEY KIMBALL Born in Reading July 6, 1917 Graduated R. H. S. — 1935 Killed in Action March 16, 1942

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Junior Doings In October, the Class of ’43 held its first meeting as Juniors, Richard Dill, presiding. The purpose of the meeting was to choose class officers. Nominations having been closed, the class returned to homerooms and voted in Robert Durney as president, Michael Twomey, vice-president; Lucille Watts, sec¬ retary; and Helen Poland, treasurer. Helen, having been elected in the Sophomore year, will take care of the finances for three years. Under Mr. Halpin’s expert guidance, plans were laid for the Junior Prom to be held on December 23rd. The hall was very gala in patriotic red, white, and blue and with the music of Mr. Rich’s orchestra the Prom proved a super success. 1943 has had its share of sports heroes. We’re proud of the record George Fennelly made on the football field, of Edward Fitzgerald in basketball and of Paul Quinlan’s sterling performance as outfielder on the baseball diamond. Not to be outdone by the boys, our Junior girls have done their share to reap glory. Helen Poland, speedy participant on the hockey field, Nancy Perry, basketball star, and Margaret Ivers, on the tennis courts are but a few of our outstanding female athletes. The only class to have four students with Maximum honors, we all are very proud of Kenneth Bushway, Steven Miller, Helen Poland, and Margaret Charles. The senior year is coming up and we are ready and waiting with full steam ahead to meet it. We shall do our best to live up to the precedent set by the Class of ’42 and if possible we will add more glory to their fine record. Lucille Watts