Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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Gold Bars MAC DONALD MEDALS For scholarship. character, and good influence in the school. Priscilla I-Iale Richard N. Wetzler CLASS HISTORIAN - Margaret M. Chambers GRADUATION ADDRESS - Carolyn English PRELIMINARY HONOR CROUP CB axcrtge or higher for four yearsj Iay W Bliss Ianet A Buck Alice M Canney Vlargaret M Chambers Sophia A Costa Sh1rleyI Crosby Carolyn A English Pauline R Downes Bculah M Foote Ruth V Friedrich Priscilla I-Iale Bexerly D I-Ieubner Audrey NI ohnson Ioanne C Iohnson Russell F Lowerlng Francis E McDermott Vlartha McRae Barbara L Montgomery Ioseph L Nalmo Leslie I Washburn Richard N Wetzler I L ISS PROPHECY Iamcs Aylward FLASS WILL Patricia Kenney The following awards and prizes will be announced at gI'Z1LlUdU0l1 CXCICISCS History Medals American Legion Medal Nflathematxc and Sclence Xfiedal Carrie S Ireland Citizenship Avy nd Orange Art Prize Parent Teacher SCllOl3l'Sh1pS Cfranve Music Prize Teachers Club Scholarship Blue and White Scholarship Q RADUATION COM'vII'I'I'EE B Carol Anderson 'Sophia A Costa Iames E Aylward QIIIFICY I Crosby David A Burton Beulah M Foote Alice M Canney Audrey M Iohnson Russell F Lovermg Ioseph L Nalmo Franc1s P OGrady Lesl1e I Washburn ,4 Wes! of Zrcasured Jlftemarzes X loud slam ol the back door indicating that Pat was home was tolloxxed by thc tamillar call Nloth r where are you I ll be right down Please hurry Xlo her I u I it nt mc be ltte tor my own graduttion do you XII right Pat Im coming I didn t go downstairs immediately hoxscxcr but instead became absorbed in rummaging through an old chest where I tound .1 conglomerttion ol remind crs of my high school clavs Wy how time tlies' It seems only xcstcrday that I was preparing for graduation exercises mysclt Xl though it was twenty scars ago it 1S one night in ny lite Ill nexer lor t I suppose IIS only naturtl tion night Lets sec I lcnoxx that weirboolc is somewhere in this chest Ot coursc here it is Class of 1949 btoneham High bchool Nou it wont be difficult to re all my high school days Why yust scanning this boolc br1n s baclc 1 tew hazy memories of my Ircshman year 'Ihe Iirst dance I can rcmcmber was the X A I v x r ' V . . Q V . . . ' c I . . I . I l X A A lc C L A L Q I -1 1 lc L K 1 I ' . I . 1 . - . .. It u I ' - G A' y 3 V 1 1, T. K .1 W K K K c L 1 4 . K . A ' I . I Ii ' N ' ' N ' - - a ' D L n K C , r I . c . . , . . . , . I - Z! . . I . I K Y , - Y A Y y L ' A, .' . ,., 4- A, - A - . . H . K . . . . , . , . , . 1 l - , ,. , , ,,, K , Q , : . ' i 9 t ' N i i ge . ' ' ' . L l'na doing some cleaning np here in thc attic. dear. to reminisce like this on my daughter Pat's gradua- . ,y . . Y . . . t . 0 L01 ' wa ' to -A , l . 1 ' , . , K 4 ' ' , an I A 1 1 1- . ...U 'T s . ' Q - Yi' . . h .'. I . 1' . Q U . ' ' v ' ' ' V, v s I . - T I . . :Q I LT v I K - . ' I . Y Y Y Y ' I - . V I . . , , , . K, , .. A C , . . , I , Q D , , . i

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Dante sponsored by the sen1ors It w 1s 1 lot ot fun 1nd a b1g success The NV1nter Carnnal was also .111 IIUPOYIBHI func t1on on our lust of act1x1t1es The graceful danclng of our own 5h1rley Crosby at the iarnwal Ball cer tarnly added to the entertamment and It seems to me the dance a group of us to the tune of Dark Town btrutters Ball recewed qulte a round of ap plause Late ID the vear we elected class ofhcers The lucky wmners were Lesl1e Washburn pres1dent Ruth Frredrlch nee presldent Iewell Wardwell secretary o Iohnson trc1surer llld Xlarg1e NIILXILIII chalrman of soclal tomm1ttee I remember how hard Nfhss R151 worked as class adxrsor to get thmgs u11derway Xt our flrst dance the Freshman Frohc exerv one who went had a swell tlme although I dont th1nk there were too many of us who could clalm to know much about danc1ng NVhy what s thls' A copy of IUIIIOI' Hlgh Llghts NVhen our class started somethmg ll really was orlg 1nal I remember how enthuslastrcally Mrs Hlne helped us start that newspaper and how earnestly cur cd1tor1n chlef Sketches of school l1fe dunng our sophomore year 1re exen more und 1n my mmd W1th M1tch Cor nett to lead the class as pres1dent asslsted by Pat Ken 11ey as uce presrdent Ianet Buck secretary Honey Stella Karakashlan worked man of soc1al commnttee we really got off to a grand start 1n hlgh school Mr Rlchardson our class ad user was always ready and w1ll1ng to help us Included among Stoneham Hrghs cheerleaders that year were Clona Hanson Ruth1e Fr1edr1ch and Io Iohnson three school sp1r1ted members of our own class Our football games were made more enyoyable bv haung the new Stoneham I-Ilgh School band un der the d1rect1on of Mr Iordan I can see now those snappy blue and whrte un1forms wh1ch were pre sented to the band by the Square and Compass Club Three members of our own class made the f1rst team 111 held hockey Helen Klttredge Ruth1e Fr1edr1ch Honey Holman Xnother outstandmg feature of our school hte was the begmmng of a SCFICS of lh5C,I1ll7llCS held 1n the Town Hall The speakers and e11terta1nment were llwass worth wh1le Our Carmxal Ball that year lb usual drew large trowds from the surroundxng towns Representnng our tlass as an attendant to the kmg and queen w as Honey Holman Then as a fxtttng cllmax to weeks ot pract1ce of peppy rounnes and or1g1n1l songs plus trltkv plays and effectwe guardmg the IQ47 gxrls basketball season came to a close w1th the basketball tournament -Xlthough we were beaten by the yu mors our Splflf was hard to break and the follow mg vear we came back wlth Hynng colors to defeat the sophomores and squeeze out a well earned uctorv at 23 22 ower the senlors Our uctory oxer the 111 nors the followmg year prosed much easler bonng through thrs chest I can remember how hard we 1ll worked nn our typmg and penmanshlp classes to w1n awards Perhaps we could neser hane done It wlthout MISS Reg1sh s careful rnstructxon and eff1c1ent teachrng One trxumph 1n our sophomore year came at the Prue Speaknng Contest when Stella Karakashxan won 1 pr1zc for her rendxtron of Da Besta Fran Our jumor ye tr started off wlth a bang by the select1on of Carol Hertach Ioan Larson Anmane Roessler Bette Doutctte and anet Wandless for our cheermg squad and the followmg year o ohnson was selected captaln of the same group Two of the most outstandlng football games were those wrth NV1nchester and Readlng Our lettermen m football that year were Ioe Beane Dave Smlth M1tch Cor bett and Hmky Knrght Then once more 1fter IIOIHIHHIIOD papers had been taken out and camprngn speeches gnen we learned that our yumor class offlcers were Eddle Brown Ruth IC Frledrlch Ianet Buck and Honey Holman The co cha1rmen of the soual commrttee were Ianet Wand less and George Vnale They certamly d1d a f1ne Iob puttlng on the dance, Carnrval Capers Ir Iordan I remember was our class aduser that year What a successful season Mrs Lawson s fleld hoc kev teams had that year W1th three t1es two uctor ICS and one defeat' The most excltmg game of the season was wnh Swampscott when we beat them 2 o The deserung reclpncnts of yackets at the end of an undefeated season 1n our senror year were Mane F1n negan Paula Hanford Helen Krttredge Honey Hol man Ruthle Frledrlch Lyn Engllsh anlce Batehel der Bu ky khce C mney and Ioan Larson Mary O VICII1 Marrlyn bcnnmon Mary Lanzetta and Ma FIC Spadafora and P1t Kenney manager Iudgmg from thus PICIUFC taken at the Carnwal Ball I can see that the attendants from our class were LUIS -Xnderson Btrbara Gay Io Iohnson Ruth1e Fr1edr1ch and Honey Holman Hockey was a br1ght spot of the year and except for a poor start our boys mrght have won thc C B I champ1onsh1p Why here s a thppmg from the Boston Globe I That year Frank O Grady won his coxeted berth on the G B I all Star Team and M1tch Corbett played goahe on the second team I11 basketball under the d1rect1on of Coach Elerm the boys d1dnt do badly enher In baseball I00 under the leadershlp of Coach Cor don the team tune through the season wrth an 1m pressne record lhroughout the vear the Fr1day mght Boosters C luh Dances prow 1ded enyoyment after a busv week ln school The Boosters Club Annual Banquet ln honor of the athlet1c teams was held rn Xpnl W1th Mr Iohn ODoherty as master of cer emon1es lt was a great success XVell where d1d these prctures come from' Oh I remember 11ow Ihese were taken at the fashron show p11t on by 11B ln the assembly hall Yes Bar bara Cross and Eluabeth Nxckerson were always on hand w 1th thelr can1er1s It was grand of Mlss Pres ' 1 H Q ' ' -A N ' , .. . . . ,Q I, .. 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