Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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Class History A gentleman in a suit of spun milk, dug with a plastic pick-axe. in tlie ruins of a red brick building located in what had been the little town of Shaft fi. He found an ancient yellowed document which read as follows: THE HISTORE' OF THE CLASS or 1943 September 1931, a group of little boys in blue sailor suits, and little girls in stifily-starched dresses were eying each other shyly from new desks in the School Street School. We had just entered the Hrst grade, and launched upon a scholastic career guaranteed to make any previous classes sit up and take notice. The first year was a happy jumble of c-a-t cat, sandbox-1-i-1:2- Stringing beads. Then a new school, new teachers - 6 x 6 - johnny loves Mary -cookies and milk-recess. In good weather, outside, and on rainy days, with the windows open, we paraded solemnly around the room or did setting- up exercises - 1-2-3-4. . Then we reached the Pleasant Street School. That is where the boys play on one side, and the girls on the other, but every recess, George Bailey and a couple of cohorts would dash over to the girls' side to chase Franny Hall. Times havenit changed any. have they? Our first dramatic stroke was in A Midsummer Niglifs Dream -the roles of roses and daisies-what budding young actors we must have been. XVe had often sent longing glances in the direction of the building across the way. Then it happened!-VVe were in the sixth grade. Our teachers were no doubt surprised to note how superior we were in every way to the completely ordinary classes which had preceded us. How well we took the idea of traveling in Europe-what imagination, what ingenuity. proper keys to the secret of our later success. The seventh and eighth grades-quick happy years in which for the first time we changed classes and teachers at the ringing of a bell. lThinking back, bow did we ever stand one teacher all day? Proof. no doubt. of the stamina of youthj Freshmen at lastl Our home room teachers were Doon Hearn. and that blond gentleman with the veiy English accent. Mr. Brosnan. Day by dav, we watched with interest as the wonderful Sharon air brought to his face. the ruddy glow of health and to the buttons on his coat an ever-increasing strain. Our sophomore year was one of vital social importance. XVith obvious competence and responsibility, we managed to obtain permission to bold the Sophomore Hop at night. Our customary originality shone through as we decorated the walls and hand-painted murals - li'Fantasia tl la Pauline Chasej. The dance was a great success with delicious refreshments and dancing to records providing an evening well-enjoyed by the many who attended. Mr. Kean joined us that year in the place of Mr. Brosnan. The year book and senior plays produced under his direction speak for themselves as to his capability. page luenfy-four

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The junior year-it seemed impossible, but there we were sponsoring our junior Prom. After weeks of cutting tdoes every class experience that frantic search for scissors?Q, coloring, and stretching crepe paper, we created a lovely South American atmosphere with awnings, palm trees, and those sleepy Spanish figures Ca Chase specialj. Alan Hale and his orchestra provided the music. The evening was a great success. And then we were seniors. About this time teachers began leaving right and left to join the armed services-surely we could expect nothing different. The Snow Ball, the senior dance, was as fascinating as its name. NVe ran it night-club style with tables at which to sit when not dancing and with refreshments served at the tables. The all-senior basketball team held the splendid record of going undefeated until the fateful end. This record included a thrillingly close game with the senior girls, in which the boys barely won by 103 points. On Friday nights, when there were no games, the townis organizations put on various entertainments such as movies, dances and vaudeville shows. These lasted during the winter, then in March, we topped it off with our senior play, The Youngest, starring Frances Hall and Morris Shepard. Of course, we weren,t satisfied with an all-human cast tHerky, I did not mean you, I was referring to the cat and the dog.j Last, but by no means least, is our year book, a Etting record of the accomplishments of so great a class and a fitting way to close our twelve long years spent in the halls of learning in dear old Sharon. Valerie lVilliams Class Favorites FIRST CHOICE SECOND CHOICE Harry James ................ ......... S wing Band ...... ....... B enny Goodman Tommy Dorsey ..... ................... S wect Band ...... ....... G uy Lombardo Bing Crosby .................................. Vocalist ......... .... ...... G i nny Simms live Heard That Song Before Song ............ ........... .... ' ' Black Magicl' Bob Hope .......... ..........,................ R adio Program ,...... .................. 9 20 Club Bob Hope .....,., ......... R aclio Star .......... .................. R ed Skelton Greer Garson ...... ......... A ctress ........ ,...... . .. ...... Katherine Hepburn Ronald Reagan ....... ......... Study ....................... ......... Globe .................. ........... ......... My Friend F lickav .... ....... . . Life ......................... ......... Basketball ..... ......... Basketball ..... ......... NIoulton's ....... ......... Actor ............,................... ............. , Iohn Payne High School Subject .............................. . ........ Gym Newspapers .................. . ........................,... Herald Novel .....................,.,.. See Here Pvt. Hargrovel' Magazine .... .................... R eader's Digest Gi rls' Sport ..... ............. H ockey Boys, Sport ........ ...... B aseball Meeting Place ........ ......... S aunders' Graduation ...... .... S ocial Event .... ......, S enior Play Totem Pole ..... ......... D ancing Place ....... ........ G ymnasium P page twenty-five '1 . --.. 4,