Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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SHARON HIGH SCHOOL 21 Robert West leaves his militar} ' stride to Eddie Bergstrom. Irene Bentley bequeathes her titian-tinted tresses to Doris Carter. “Bob” Carter leaves his insomnia and the care of the sheep which jump over his bed posts every night to “Little Boy Blue,” Harold Lurie. Elsie Butler leaves her knack at hair dressing to the Freshman girls. A1 ary Crocker leaves her natural shyness to Bertha West, another shrinking violet. Irving French leaves his perpetual noiseless moccasins to Roger Amadon. -Marjorie Glines leaves her (figured at last) sophistication to the naive Sopho- more girls. A’ thur Gla.titier leaves for Foxboro. Helen Hodgdon leaves her brother. Happy, to whoever can handle him. Bill Rockett leaves his tennis game to Peter Seibert. “Floy” Urann leaves — because of e.xhausted librarians. Marilyn Boyce leaves her quiet ways and individuality to Patty Morgan. Barbara White leaves with deepest regret, remembering the wonderful time she’s had. Mary Segrini leaves her job of errand girl to Connie Swift. Arlyn Nelson leaves the Freshmen and Junior boys to the rest of the girls in the high school. Warren Boyce leaves his conver ' -ational adeptness to Agnes Fitzpatrick. Brooks Buckley deeds his debating ability to Paul Condon. Elizabeth Ferguson wills her famous cooking secrets to Clara Niehold. Emily Snow leaves her dress-designing ability to Barbara Dowman. “Billy” Buckley leaves hi- Ford propaganda campaign to Bob McLean. Chester Stern leaves his way with the “debies” to Allen Singer. Bobby Paul leaves Miss Chase. Herman McGrath leaves his age and experience to Tommy Coffey. Edwin Hughes leaves twenty-extra pounds he doesn’t need to Roma Lang. -Ann Mullen leaves her love of life and ability to live it to anyone who thinks they can do as well. “Libby” Hassam leaves Mr. Ward her adept apologies for her departure. Dana Grue leaves “Jay” King leaves his experience as a man of the world to Warren Armstrong. “Joe” Young leaves his manly phvsique to Mr. Atlas. Helen Cole leaves her quiet subdued manner to the Glee Club. Ted Rockett leaves to Catherine and Eleanor his outstanding athletic ability. In witness, whereof, we, the said Senior Class, do hereunto set out hands, seals and X marks in the presence of three witnesses (sanity not guaranteed) at the time declaring this to be our last wall and testament, June 19, 1940. The Seniors On this, the tenth day of June, 1940, A.D. the Senior Class of Sharon High School, Sharon, Alassachusetts, has signed the above instrument in our presence, de- claring this to be absolutely their last will and as witnesses we three hereunto make our mark. Witnesses: R. Whitney (O) Ditto (OO) Yehudi (X)

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20 1940 YEAR BOOK Class l ill of 1940 Cynthia Alhnan William Rockett Arlyn Nelson Chester Stern Know ing the uncertainty of life be 3 ' on(l the protecting, sequestered ivy-covered walls of Sharon High School, Ave, the class of 1940, being of as sound a mind as AA ill ever be found in the afore-mentioned place, do hereby make this our last wdll and testament, therefore reA ' oking all AA ' ills, testaments and codicils heretofore made by us. After the payment of all laAvyer’s fees, mortgages, back rent, loans, bets of any nature and those small debts AA ' hich must ine itabl ' come as an aftermath of four hilarious, high, hectic and happA years, and after one Joe Keating has secured his future, financialh ' , from our funeral bill, w ' e leave AA bat is left, to AA ' it: Dixie Spaulding leaA s his “bee-uoo-ti-ful” blush to Kendall Southern AA ho also colors a nice crimson. ‘ Ginny” Hare leaA ' es — to the regret of the teachers in the school. Leslie Whitcomb leaves her individuality to the WhitneA ' twdns. Janet Baker Avills her shy, refined AvaA ' s to Bettv FrA ' e. Douglas Kitterman leaves his fidelity to the faithless Sophomore boys. William Melcher leaves his position on the basketball team to “Bobb}” But- tinger. Nint” Allman leaves her cut in ping-pong, her slam in badminton, and her serve in tennis to all the Junior girls Avho Avill find these A ' ery A aluable. The Senior girls leave — because of those Freshman girls AA ' ho are altogether too cute. Joan Girolamo leaves her quietness to Alelvin LeAcnthal. Mozelle Canada leaves her sunny disposition to Charlotte HeAvitt. Joe Keating leaves a case of “E-zee-Duz-It Embalming Fluid” to the half dead Junior class. Maybe a “sAvig” or tAAo of that Avill Avake them up We’ve tried eA ' erything else. Warren Whiting leaves his gargantuan strength to Vernon Saunders. Bob Kitterman and Shirley Nelson leave their devotion to “Frannie” Hall and Morris Shepard. The Senior Class leaves the S. H. S. A. to anyone aaKo Avants it. John Bradford has so many outstanding characteristics that aa ' c just leave John Bradford. Louisa Higbee leaves her glorious titian locks to Gertrude French. Sylvia Paul Avills her sunnA ' disposition and her ability to make friends so easily to her darling brother, Harold, AA ' ho certainh ' can use it. IMary O’Neill leaves her multi-colored “boAvs” to the Junior boA ' s. Barbara Crocker leaves her Avit and Avise remarks to IMr. Brosnan. Tom Nelson leaves his brief-case toting to “Freddie” Fiye. Joe SteAvart w ills his boAA ' ties to Irving Post. Cynthia Derry leaves her outstanding driAung ability to the Junior boys. Karl Krauss leaves his luxuriant groAA ' th of hair to “Winnit” Whitmarsh. Virginia Simonis leaves her love for parties to Kay Boyden. Herbie Gross w ' ills bis exceptional “hipping” ability to Harold Paul.

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22 1940 YEAR BOOK SENIOR PLAY irginia Hare Un Friday evening, March 8, 1940, the Class of 1940 presented Growing Pains as the annual benior Play, tor two months the cast had been rehearsing four times a week. The final perform- ance attested the work and intelligence of both the players and the director. Air. Thomas Brosnan. The production was in charge of Aliss Virginia Hare; Aliss Doris Newton, assisted by Air. Rob- ert Carter and Air. Karl Krauss were in charge of the Hand and Set Properties. Aliss Cynthia Derry was Librarian. Aliss Barbara White was guest pianist at the performance. Now for the cast: John Bradford had very lit- tle difficulty portraying the trials of George AIc- Intyre because of the similarity to his own life — Alary Crocker as Terry Alclntyre didn’t want to grow up — Alarjorie Glines and William Rockett tried to bring up their children — Sophie, the maid of the household, Alarihn Boyce — Airs. Patterson and her socially undeveloped daughter, Ann AIul- len and Janet Baker, respectively, played some of the must comic scenes in the play — Thomas Nel- son, otherwise known as the Traffic Cop was very convincing — The clever sophisticated. Prudence, who stole the hearts of the boys in town, was Arlyn Nelson — among the friends of the Alclntyre fam- ily were Chester Stern, “Duteh,” Richard Spaul- ding, “Brian,” Herman AIcGrath, “Omar,” War- ren Boyce, “Hal,” Sylvia Paul, “Patty,” Cynthia Allman, “Jane,” Florence Urann, “Aliriam,” Cyn- thia Derry, “Vivian,” and Houseguests- — Elsie Butler, Shirley Nelson, Elizabeth Hassam, Joe Stewart, Bill Alelcher, Douglas Kitterman, Alary Segrini, Robert Kitterman and William Buckley. The Director, the Cast, and the Production Staff deserve our commendation for the very entertain- ing and successful presentation of Growing Pains. STENOTYPE CLUB Helen Hodgdon Again this year the Junior and Senior Secreta- rial Classes have organized the Stentype Club un- der our adviser, AI iss Helen B. Crocker. ' There are eighteen members in the Club, and the officers are: President, V irginia Simonis; Treas- urer, Irene Bentley; Secretary, Emily Snow; Pub- licity Alanager, Helen Hodgdon; Chairman of Social Committee, William Rockett. ' Ehe main purpose of our club is to help each one of the members develop his personality by com- ing in contact, socially, with other members. Im- proved social adjustment has shown itself in the amount of increased activity taken by the Commer- cial group in school functions, and we hope this is only the beginning. While meetings have had to come irregularly in activity and parts of class periods, it is hoped that as we prove our purposefulness and service to the school, we will be a scheduled activity. Social meetings have been held at the homes of Helen Hodgdon, Irene iBentley, Elizabeth Hassam, and Virginia Simonis, with a farewell party to the Sen- iors scheduled at Delphine Brule’s home. A very enjoyable evening was spent on the different occa- sions. One social gathering of the Club members was held at the Bell House, where we were joined by Air. B rosnan and the Library ' Staff for dinner, on January 9, 1940. On Wednesday, April 3, 1940, the Club visited the Fisher School in Boston, where we were en- tertained by Air. Smith, ;an assistant. He took us on a tour through the school for the entire morn- ing , after which we had luncheon in the school din- ing room, and left for home about 3:30 P.AI. After lunch Ave went to the Stock Exchange and The Christian Science Publishing House. The Junior officers for next year are as follows: President, Katherine Boyden ; Treasurer, Delphine Brule; Secretary, Alarylee Ward; Publicity Alan- Qger, Bertha West; Chairman of Social Commit- tee, Eleanor Rockett. It will be very difficult to assign the award to the outstanding Senior in this field this year, be- cause the secretarial practice group as a whole have been able to prove their usefulness ; but the award will take into consideration the members’ leader- ship in this association as well as their academic rating.