Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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ton to gxxe up so much ot her tlll1L to help us present II Our prom that year xxas held at Mt Hood rn Melrose and was another attanr nexer to be torgot ten Rlght atter the prom came graduatron xx 1th our class marshals Barbara Gay and Mltth Lorbett and our ushers Shxrley Lrosby and Frank Ofyradv On the last day ot school ln our yumor year xxe had a beach party at Cranes Beach 111 lpsxxreh Then IH the tall ot 1948 xxe were the semors of Stoneham Hlgh School rlhlb yearbook rs .1 xx onder ful remxnder ot our semor d rys Vx hx heres th Dlcture ot the staff xx ho worked on lt I remember Pr1sc1lla Hale xxas edntor 1n ehxet lll nexer torget Leon Smrths popping m and out ot classes takmg candrd shots I xxonder 1t there IS tnythmg else xxor h rootrng out ot thrs chest VVhat are these Boston Herald bpellmg Bee medals C ommg upon these brmgs back memorles ol Ijlneull Hall nn Boston md ol the se mor tlnalxst anet VVandless Th lt xx as the year our orchestra plaved there too Gosh but our semor year xv lb eertamly good tor a lot ot laughs from l3Cg1I1I1lI'12, to end 1mmy Axl Ward really kept us rn stltches ll our Engllsh assem blxes Wlth h1s xx 1tty COITIPOSIUOIIS not to mention the t1me oe Beane almost tell otl the assembly hall stage when the lectern gaxe way under hls xxerght That xxas one assemblx that really began xxxth a bang Robert Corkum dld an excellent job as presrdent xyxth the asslstanee ot Lyn Enghsh Bucky and Honey What xxould our semor dances 'Ihe Harxest Hop and The Forty Nme Frollc haxe been wlthout Don Schacht as eharrman of the socxal eommlt ee Yes Wir Thlbodeau reallx had an ambrtlous group ot se n1ors bhlrlex Lrosbx made a bxg hu that year as mayor ette lor the band VVe had many talented classmates ID the band and orchestra Bull VVerndl1 Dlek Tren holm Marne Dolloll Duck Hersam Audrey Iohn son Iohn LaBarbera and Martha McRae Xnother football season came and xxent xxlth a hard hghtmg team led by Loi aptams Ioe Beane and Daxe Qllllfh Besides our lettermen ot the prexlous xear other sen1ors xxho played for the Blue and VVh1te xx ere Iack1e Foley Dxck Hersam Hndy Croxx ther Charhe Bamberg Sklppy Roy Iohn Gerago sxan Dxek VVetzler Dan D1Fur1a Huck Iordan and Dlek Trenholm It mx memory serxes me correct lx Dax1d Burton and Don Forkum deserxe a great deal ot pralse for being good managers I can re member the excitement that followed the dlscoxery ot the mrssmg goalposts just before the Thanksglx mg Dax game but thanks to Mr Nadeau s guldanee no toohsh rexenge xx as taken xVho can exer forget the dehghtful trme the glrls and therr mothers had at the Senxor Tea g1xen rn thexr honor bx 'xflrs Vadeau Wlth Mrs Bakers lDC3LlIllUl stage decoratrons serxmg as a background 'xlrss C reene one ot our oxxn yumor hrgh teachers sang sexerll selectlons accompanied bx talented Mlss Drago and the harprst Lommg across thls program remlnds me ot the Hamlet theatre partv IZB enyoved One look at these plctures IS enough to refresh my mmd about the se nror play The coachmg of L1te VVrth Father xx as under the skxlltul d1rect1on of Mlss Preston Art Nic Xskrll and Nancy Bertxx ell plaxed their parts xx ell as Nlr and Mrs Day The costumes that Whltllfx Xlntehell Dougre hxans and Donald Bouclm had te xx ear xx ere enough to make anvone laugh but at least they were spared the embarassment ot xx earlng axx tul red W1gS when Mrs Baker xxorked out a plan lor trntmg therr harr Crlona Hanson and I certamlx caused a commotron xn the Day tamlly xx 1th our un txmely x1s1ts Other members ot the cast xx ere Ilm my Aylxvard Walter Chambers Fred Exxalt Leslne VVashburn Iyn Englrsh Prlscllla Hale Pat bargent and -Xudrey Iohnson At the Wmter Larmx al I remember Shlrlex Cros by and Frank O Grady rergned oxer the royal eourx vxnth Ianet Buck Lvn Enghsh Clorla Hanson I ohnson Ruthre Frnedrleh Honey Holman Barbxr Cray Ianet Wandless and Iewell VVardxxell as atten dants That years hockey game xx rth Malden Lath ohc at Recreatlon Park xvas really thrllllng Our hoe key stars who were selected to play tn the G B I All Star game were Frank O Grady and Iackle Folex Three of the most outstandmg players 1n boys ba LaBombard captam of the team Then wrth the commg ot sprxng thoughts were turned to baseball bome of our players on the dlamond were Charln Bamberg Dlck Hersam Hlnky Kmght Angelo Vlg llone and Ioe Nalmo I belrexe Bob Corkum and Danny D1Fur1a xxere elected eo captams and I must nt forget our ethclent manager tor txxo years Al Suckney The Sprmg Concert textured such soloists as Bar bara Gedney Paulme Doxxnes and Ioyce Hunter and S H 5 Specnals Dot behaeht and Lyn Enghsh Coming upon the class hlstory remmds me ot semor honors Exeryone was glad xx hen rt xx as announced that Prlscrlla Hale and Rxehard Wet7ler xxere to re celxe McDonald Medals and that Lyn Englxsh xfxas te dellxer the graduatlon address Wlth the ant1c1pa t1on and then the realrzatlon ot the Boosters Clul Banquet the prom our class banquet and tlnallx Baccalaureate Serxrces xfxe reahzed that the mght xve had dreamed of for twelxe years had flnally come After graduatron many of us found yobs others xx ent on to college and st1ll others marrlecl and became homemakers It s really brought back old trmes rem mnscmg llke th1s As I closed the hd ot the chest I heard Pat call mg ag 1n 'Vfother hurry up we haxe only a half hour Good heax ens recalhng my own hlgh school dax has made me completely forget about Pat s graduatxon tomght Oh xx ell Ill fmrsh cleamng up here some other tlme Margaret Chambers y' - I s ' . s . 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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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