Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

Page 31 text:

ULcto-ty. J.PiAaug.Pi UanaAl Macdonald medals For Scholarships, Character and Good Influence in the School Antoinette Picano Richard E. Hodgson Jean Doyle CLASS HISTORIAN Richard Seward GRADUATION ADDRESS Madolin Daley Preliminary Honor Group ( I! average or higher for four years) Madolin Daley Jean Doyle Richard Hodgson Marjorie O’Brien Donald W ' histon Richard Seward Richard D ' Entremont Ruth Hunter Antoinette Picano CLASS PROPHECY Virginia Barnett and Iva Langille CLASS W ' lLI Norman Houghton and Ruth Hanford ' Flic following awards and prizes will he announced at graduation exercises: History Medals Mathematics and Science Medal Grange Art Prize Grange Music Prize American Legion Medal Carrie S. Ireland Citizenship Award Parent-Teacher Scholarships Teachers’ Club Scholarships Blue and White Scholarship GRADUATION COM M ITTEE Madolin Daley Iva Langille Richard Hodgson Antoinette Picano Richard Seward Neil Glynn Patricia Morrell Dorothy Bergfors Jean Picot Leslie Dill Joseph Doherty

Page 30 text:

OtaM, ifiaiiiUcA GIRL BOY Best Looking Norma Collier Donald Whiston Best Dressed Marjorie Coles Nathaniel Simkkis Best Dancer Joyce MacKaracher Richard Hayden Best All Around Jeanne Picot Neil Glynn Biggest Time Killer Mary Crowther Bay Clark Most Popular Marjorie Picot 1 )onald Whiston Most Likely to Succeed Madolin Daley Richard Hodgson Most Athletic Dorothy Bergfors Leslie Dill Most Personality Dorothy Bergfors Neil Glynn Most Studious Jean Doyle Richard Hodgson Most School Spirited Joan Wandless Arthur Donaghey Most Likable Betty Thompson Neil Glynn Most Independent Madolin Daley Richard Wright Most Bashful ' lva Langille Ralph Livingstone Most Talented Dorothy McDermott Robert Mac Lean Most Admirable Patricia Morrell Robert Murphy Most Businesslike Antoniette Picano Robert Dearth Most Original Jean Farr Allen Higgins Class Comedian Marjorie Court W alter Burns Class Sweetheart Betty Thompson Wesley Parsons Class Flirt Joan Wandless Fred Flynn Class Actor and Actress Virginia Barnett Richard Hayden Class Heartbreaker loan Wandless Donald Whiston Favorite Teacher Favorite Subject Favorite Singer Favorite Song Favorite Band Favorite Sandwich Favorite Radio Program Favorite Comic Strip Most Remembered Event Book of the Year Mr. Thibodeau Gym Bing Crosby “Candy” Tommy Dorsey Map’s Special (Hamburg) Bob Hope Li’l Abner Medford Hockey Game “A Tre e Grows in Brooklvn”

Page 32 text:

GlaAA UiMaly. W ell, there 1 was, all set for a nice, quiet eve- ning at home in my Park Avenue penthouse. The servants had the night off, the wife was away for the week-end, and 1 was sprawled out on my favorite sofa. The radio was playing a Chopin nocturne. 1 was just starting the latest Crime Club mystery when the telephone rang. I was tempted not to answer it ; but after due consideration and a great effort, I removed my- self from the sofa and picked up the receiver. “Hello? Yes, speaking . . . Who? Neil Glynn? . . . Sure I remember you. I haven’t seen you since we graduated from Stoneham High School ten years ago. How are you? . . . Glad to hear it . . . What’s that? . . . Reunion Ban- quet? Say, I’d forgotten all about it. When? Next week? . . . And I’m supposed to give the class history! Why hasn’t someone told me? 1 can’t remember back ten years; you’ll have to help me out. Can you recall anything that hap- pened our freshman year? . . . What? . . . Wait a minute; I ' d better jot that down. ‘Paints and Patches’, operetta, starring Madolin Daley, Riddy Hayden, and Gordon Hansell — O.K. . . . You were vice president that year, weren’t you? Do you remember the other officers? . . . Jack Borthwick, president; Mary Crowther, secre- tary; Bob Murphy, treasurer. Didn’t Stoneham win a second-place cup at the Lower Merrimack Valley Basketball Tournament that year? . . . I thought so . . . And the hockey team finished second in the Greater Boston Inter-scholastic League, you say? . . . Thanksgiving Day game? . . . Oh, yes, we were the under-dogs and hadn ' t had a victory all season and we won by one touchdown. That sure was a thriller ! “What about sophomore year? I remember that first Winchester hike and the football game. Boy, that sure was a heartbreaker, losing in the last thirty seconds of play . . . What, Neil? . . . You say Dick Mercer and Bob Mur- phy were the only lettermen? We had quite a few players on the second team, though. What was the name of that Dramatic Club play? . . . What? . . . Oh, yes, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.’ Mickey MacLean was hilarious as the jester and Riddy Hayden did a swell job as the king. Pat Morrell and Bill Riggs displaved fine talent, too. The class wasn’t very active that year, was it? I guess that was because it was our first year in senior high and we didn ' t know what it was all about. Who were the class officers that year? You were president ; Dick Mercer was vice presi- dent; Margie Coles, secretary; and Bob Mur- phy, treasurer — right? Things are starting to come back to me now. Let’s see about junior year. Probably the one event we’ll remember longest was the death of our principal, Mr. Watson. His death was a great loss to the school and to the com- munity. We were lucky to have Mr. Nadeau to step in and take his place. How about school activities that year? Remember the football dance when the cheerleaders put on that screwy sketch; and remember how Margie Picot, after it was over, had to explain to the poor innocent teachers what the ‘Academy’ was? Wasn’t that the dance where Mr. Higgins did the ‘Boomps- a-Daisy’ with Miss Regish? . . . That was a riot ! Margie Picot and Joan Wandless were the only two from our class on the cheering squad, weren’t they? ... I ' ll never forget the smile on Riddy Hayden’s face when he intercepted that pass in the Woburn game. He was grinning from ear to ear. And speaking of football, didn’t we have a couple of groovy managers, what with their peg pants and all ! . . . What’s that? . . . Oh, yes, I’d forgotten about the field hockey team. They beat Reading 2-0 and tied their old rival, Melrose, 2-2. There were quite a few junior girls on the team. What about the ice hockey team? . . . Two big upsets? . . . Remem- ber them! How could I forget! The first was the 1-0 win over Melrose, brought about by the superb goal-tending of Don Whiston, a trans- fer from St. Pat’s, and a goal made by Bob Murphy after only fifty-two seconds of play. I didn ' t see that Medford game. Do you remem- ber the score? . . . 1-1. you say? . . . What? . . . Yes. they must have had brilliant team- work. Who were the juniors on the team ; I remember Bay Clark and Joe Doherty . . . Who? . . . Dave Bicknell? That’s right — and Fred Flynn and Ralph Livingstone. As I recall, it was mainly these two games that clinched an all-scholastic berth for Bicknell, Whiston, and Murphy, who, incidentally, was co-captain in his junior year. That’s something that doesn’t very often happen in high-school sports . . . The basketball team finished third in the Middlesex League, didn’t they? ... I remember Dick Mercer played, and Harry Lynch, Bud Dill, and Wes Parsons . . . Who else? . . . Oh, Bill D’Annolfo, Jack Borthwick, Art Donaghev, Larry Meuse . . . Dick Mercer went into the service shortly after the season ended, didn’t he? . . . He started a long line of boys that left our class. The only others I can think of are lack Borthwick, Dan MacLaughlin, and Harry Lynch . . . Pardon? . . . Oh. yes, I’d forgotten