Richard Montgomery High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockville, MD)

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 Jacqueline Abbe wills her sewing ability to Neville Smith. Gillian Bairsto wills her delightful ENGLISH ACCENT to Miss Abeyounis. Mary Jo Berrier leaves her long blond tresses to The Deacon” Leighton. Bill Berry wills the Rockville Fire Department to Jimmy Nicholson. Joanne Brosius wills her gift of gab” to Judith Abbe. Tom Buchmann leaves his giggle to Eugene Heflin. Allan Burgee wills his industry to Wallace Comegys. Kathleen Clagett wills her interest in farm machinery to Barbara Nichols. Marjorie Creamer wills her demure manner to Jackie Monday. Doris Curtis wills her swing and sway” to Myles Olsen. Julia Darby leaves her interest in the human race to James Moneymaker. Frank Darcey divides his height between Paul Mulligan and Bradley Karn. Sally Deets wills her love of Tennessee to the Yankees and her third of the Three Musketeers to Charlotte Frost. Joan Dulin wills all those handsome Maine lads to the manless” girls in R. M. H. S. Alton Elder will his gentlemanliness to all the hoodlums in the lower grades. Daniel Etter wills Gaithersburg back to the Mountaineers. Ward Fetuw wills his freckles (glad to get rid of them!) to Pat O’Brien and his leadership ability to next year’s president. Francis Fisher wills his choice of jokes to Billy Redifer. Richard Gray wills his wavy hair to all the girls for rainy days. Nancy Heacock wills her position on the cheering squad to Dot Luhn and her third of the Three Musketeers to Donna Diehl. Jo Anne Hickman leaves Tarah” and all her animal books to Lucile Campbell. Margaret Higgins wills her knowledge of the country roads to Dorothy Monroe and her third of the Three Musketeers to Jo Ann Dawson. Pauline Howard wills her sense of humor to Anne Wilson. Anna May Jones wills her typing ability to David Waters. Kathryn Kirby wills her desire to be a Powers Model to Fae Ray. Peggy Lancaster wills her Veronica Lake” hair-do to Barbara Cole. Donald Lawson leaves his trips to Coles-ville to anyone who can drive that bulldozer. Hazel Merry wills her knack for public speaking to Bobby Chambers. Robert Mills wills his athletic ability to Buddy Briscoe. Hubert Nicholson wills his running ability in football to Dougy Harding. Robert Nicholson gives his claims over Prue” to the fellows of Pennsylvania. Charlotte Parks leaves her studiousness to Upton Grant. Joyce Perry wills her happy-go-lucky manner to Jane Alice Chinn. Ralph Ray leaves his harem with neglected sophomore fellows. Louise Reid wills her efficiency to Wendell Day.

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We, the members of the Senior Class of ’48, being both mentally and physically deficient and realizing that we are about to depart from R. M. H. S., do declare this to be our Last Will and Testament: First: To Mr. Tarallo, our friend and principal, we will our everlasting gratitude and admiration for his cooperation in making our senior year our best and happiest. Second: To Miss Will and Mrs. Hague we will our endless appreciation and shall never forget their thoughtfulness and attention shown to us during our senior year. Third: To our fine faculty and advisers, we will our unanimous thanks for their cooperation. Fourth: To the Junior Class, pitiful as they may be, we will our superb leadership, outstanding characters, fine traits (which they will need) and also our ball and chain to be further dragged through the corridors of R. M. H. S.

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’Tis a sunny day on the football field of Montgomery High in the year 1958, and a stirring can be seen beneath an orange and blarlc helmet cast aside from the ’48 football season. As I crawl from beneath Fetrow’s size 10 helmet, I wonder why I can’t see. What’s the matter, what’s the matter? Oh, now I know. My bangs haven’t been cut for ten years. I shove them back from my face, gaze at the helmet next to mine and gingerly toss it aside. Who should be there but my twin, who, dressed as I, wears the black sweater, the orange and black skirt, and dirty white saddle shoes that can only prove we were the cheerleaders of ’48. After picking ourselves up, (she still clutches her Christmas card folder!) we exchange greetings and converse on the subject of our classmates. Since neither of us could inform the other on the subject, the logical place to begin our research seemed to be the school. Thus we progressed up the bank and through the aqua doors of our Alma Mater. We barge into the office and step back, startled, to see Kathleen Smith as Principal and Marjorie Creamer as Vice-Principal. After conversing a few sics with our old classmates, we decided to tour the school and see what changes had been made. Marching down the hall and passing the bank, we wave gaily to Margaret Ricketts who is still THE PROPHECY figuring up the debt for the Rocket of ’48. Next we cast ourselves into the typing room, and amid the beautiful plastic, atomic typewriters, we spy Joyce Perry and Josephine Thomas conducting a class in the art of typing 500 words a minute with only 500 mistakes. At this moment Jene Van Nordstrand dashes frantically into the room with the notices, screaming, “I’ll get those kids who skipped or die in the attempt.” We discover that she has taken the position of school secretary. Just then the bell blasts away, and the supervisors of the patrol (gestapo system of RMHS), Julia Darby and Allan Burgee may be seen using their ray guns on the unsuspecting students. Suddenly we hear the fire siren, and with hopes of returning to the school later, we dash madly up the street. Upon arriving at the Fire Department, we view Bill Berry in the Chief’s car still selling his new pocket editions entitled How To Pass Biology in 40 Years.” Finding Bill too absorbed in his work to speak, we head down the beaten path that is East Montgomery Avenue and stop, as our eyeballs nearly pop out upon seeing Joanne Brosius, the new Duchess of Magruder, whizzing by in her limousine with all the little Dukes in the rear compartment. Turning left we come face to face with a huge plate glass fronted store displaying Thompson-burgs” in solid gold letters — owned, operated, and fondly cherished by Gene Thompson, Esq. Looking into the ritzy interior, we see Jackie Abbe’s counter with a sign reading Clothes Made While You Wait, Men’s or Women’s.” Having noticed a dog sled outside, we aren’t too shocked to see Frank (He-Man) Darcey garbed in a coonskin cap and Eskimo outfit buying supplies for a ten-year trip to Alaska and all parts west. Next we step into the Atomic power elevator and speed to the 52nd floor, where we are most charged to see Mary Jo Berrier, Frances Salyers, and Peggy Lancaster’s Super, Slick, Slimy, Superior Salon (beauty, that is) where all girls may buy long, 26