Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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Class Mistory Gee, Betty, isn ' t it wonderful to see every- body again! It almost seems like a dream, doesn ' t it? I said as Betty and I talked with old friends we hadn ' t been with since gradu- ation. We were attending our first five-year banquet and reunion held at the familiar and ever popular Bear Hill Country Club, right where we had held our senior banquet. Of course, renewing old acquaintances brought back many happy memories. We were completely enjoying this get-together, discussing our high school activities and the good times we had had together. Our thoughts rapidly turned back to 1946, our freshman year in high school. Then we had thought we were rather grown up, but we soon realized that we weren ' t very important at the A. A. Dance; for we had to leave at ten o ' clock. I turned to Jackie Myles, who was trying to remember our class officers for that year. I know, she said, while everyone seemed to be talking at the same time. From the buzz- ing , I finally gathered that Barbara Sprott had been president; John Farrell, vice-presi- dent; Jane Hoyt, secretary; Betty Landry, trea- surer. and Joan Christie, chairman of the social committee. Don ' t you remember, asked Agnes Barney, how shy we felt at our first dances, ' The Mardi Gras ' and ' The Maytime Hop ' ? The sweet little girls were on one side of the gym and the bashful boys on the other. This shyness was suddenly overcome when refresh- ments were served, though. Nancy Barnstead, beautiful as ever, said, But in our sophomore year we really entered high school activities. Let ' s see — I think Ken- neth Leland, Donald Moreira, and Americo Fionda were our stars on the football team that year. Remember our first real dance at Christ- mas, too! During our school days, there was always some eager beaver hurrying around taking either movies or snaps. When we discovered that one of these had brought some films to the banquet, we all wanted to see them. We set- tled down before the movie screen to see our- selves back in the good old days . First, we saw the class officers as they had looked as sophomores. We laughed as we remembered how we had rushed around with nomination papers and cast our ballots. There they were on the screen; Edward Pinato, presi- dent; Betty Landry, vice-president; Shirley Ew- ing, secretary; Joan Christie, treasurer; and Joan Howard and Charles Crocetti, co-chair- men of the social committee. Being first in several things, our class had organized an assembly program that year. Edward Pinato came onto the screen next in- troducing Miss Spinney, who had returned that fall from serving in the WAC. She spoke to us about her numer ous experiences. The Winter Carnival Ball was always a grand event on the school calender. Next there flashed across the screen a shot of Joan Christie, our only attendant in the royal court. Soon came the pictures of the Girls ' Basket- ball Tournament. As the end of March drew near, we had prepared for our first tournament. There before us we now saw Shirley Lord and Lorraine Haley who could make baskets from any position on the floor. Despite their skill, however, the sophomores lost to the juniors. Another first to our credit was the annual Sophomore-Junior Drama Night which was or- ganized under Mr. Ortman ' s direction. How we chuckled as we saw the scenes from Are We Dressing , a comedy featuring Leona Zibell, Nancy Barnstead, and John Wilson. Club Ten then came to the screen. The gym seemed to be transformed into a really swanky night club as Donald Moreira and Daniel Viera, our singing waiters, flashed by. The next moment Tommy Morin was springing from the diving board at Canobie Lake. These were pictures of our class outing the last of June. What fun we had that day! At the end of the first reel everybody began to chatter. Charlotte Dike reminded me that as juniors we had elected John Wilson as presi- dent. Adeline Mustone remembered that the field hockey girls were terrific that fall, for the first team had come through the season un- defeated. John Burns, who was near us, put in a good word for the football team. There was plenty of spirit on that team , John said. Ar- thur Beane, Robert Leland, and John Maffeo were stars for S. H. S. Remember? Will you ever forget the Winter Carnival Ball that year? asked Shirley Ewing, who had been our only representative in the royal pro- cession. And I can see Rudolph Minghella roller skating across the stage in our junior play.

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Senior MoHors MacDonald Medals For scholarship, character, and good influence in the school. John H. Winston Class Historian — Barbara A. Sprott Graduation Address — John W. Farrell Preliminary Honor Group (B average or higher for four years) Class Prophecy — Walter A. Corsono Class Will — William F. Callahan, Charlotte A. Dike The following awards and prizes will be 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 Scholarship Teachers ' Club Scholarship Blue and White Scholarship Boosters ' Club Scholarship Graduation Committee Jane A. Hoyt Joan T. Howard Joan A. Christie Charlotte A. Dike John Farrell Marilyn H. Gates Mary J. Henderson Joan T. Howard Jane A. Hoyt Elizabeth A. Landry Robert R. Leland John V. Merrill Adeline S. Mustone Barbara Sprott Ann White J. Truman Whittemore Shirley E. Wills John H. Winston William F. Callahan Carolyn A. Gardner Marilyn H. Gates Robert R. Leland Adeline S. Mustone Irving Rohrbacher Frank Sousa J. Truman Whittemore Raymond W. Iverson Kenneth Leland Shirley E. Wills

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' High School Daze ' , can ' t you? laughed Mary Henderson. I remember, 1 said, that the Spring Con- cert was a great success with the glee clubs, organ, and orchestra giving a beautiful rendi- tion of ' Victor Herbert ' s Medley ' . Arthur Beane and Joan Howard were the junior marshals at graduation, weren ' t they? Claire Laughlin asked. ' Will you ever forget the wonderful feeling we had when we were seniors at last, and tak- ing part in school activities for our last year? asked Joan Costello. Frank Sousa was elected to the presidency. The other officers were vice- president, Claire Laughlin; secretary, Shirley Ewing; treasurer, Jane Hoyt; and co-chairman of the social committee, Joan Christie and Bar- bara Sprott. Mr. DeTeso was a new, but e xtremely popular addition to the faculty that year, Frank Sousa added. He took over the position of football coach and really had the fellows on their toes. Our football team, captained by Richard Burns and Americo Fionda, had a com- paratively successful season. The staunch senior players were Rudolph Minghella, John Maffeo, Raymond McLaughlin, Damion Hurl- burt, William Roberts, and I. Although we were still in the mood to talk, we were asked to be seated again, in order that a short film highlighting our senior year might be shown. We all clapped as we caught the first glimpse of Adeline Mustone dribbling down the hockey field for a goal against Malden. Our new gym teacher. Miss James, with a big smile on her face, was standing at the edge of the field. The hockey pictures reminded me of the day when, through an error in arrange- ments, we went down to Swampscott to play and the Swampscott team came to Stoneham. Was somebody ' s face red! The Reading Thanksgiving game flashed on the screen next. We started out in the lead, but Reading overtook us. There was Richard Burns running out for a long pass he miss- ed! Right out in front were the cheerleaders, captained by Jane Hoyt. Each was wearing a yellow chrysanthemum, the gift of Mr. Beane. How natural it was to see the senior cheer- leaders, — Charlotte Dike, June Belfonte, Pat- ricia Griffin, Shirley Ewing, and Jeanne Le- Blanc. Soon we were watching the success- ful sports ' dance given by the cheerleadeis, football, and field hockey team on Thanksgiv- ing night. There were flashes of the gym dec- orated with harvest colors and of the many couples dancing gayly. Cheers went up as we saw shots of Cap- tain Goudey making a basket in the famous Belmont basketball game and of Charlie John- son, Douglas Morello, Robert Leland, Ronald Woods, Alfred Minghella, and Edward Pinato posing after the game. In a flash, John Farrell went down the ice to make a goal for Stoneham. Another cheer went up for the hockey team that held its own that season and tied for third place in the G. B. I. League. Pictures of Paul Norden, a three time all-star player, and of John Burns and Richard Burns, all-stars too, filled us with pride. When the film ended, the class talent show began. First, the cast of our senior play One Foot in Heaven appeared on the stage in cos- tume and gave us selected scenes from the play. Danny, as the little brat Georgie, was called back three times. Then Shirley Ewing, Betty Landry, and Nancy Barnstead came out and sang as they used to at our class dances. All of a sudden a character in a checked suit appeared and started singing, When You ' re All Dolled Up . Of course it was Rudy Min- ghella who brought the house down as he had done the night of the Carnival Ball in 1950. As the applause ended, 1 went over to talk with Joan Christie and Paul Norden, who had been our king and queen. They were tellina how frightened they had been marching down the aisles and keeping in step all the way to the throne. That coronation will always stand out as the most beautiful event in our senior year. Yes, said Margaret, but didn ' t we en- joy ' Cuoid ' s Court ' , our Valentine dance, where we had all the floating balloons? Just then someone started the recorder. The music sounded familiar, but it wasn ' t until Nancy White asked, Isn ' t that the glee club singing at our last Spring Concert? that I realized it was a recording that had been made. It was really good. One of the most remembered and popu- lar events was our Junior-Senior Prom, Joan Olson contributed. Do you remember our busy preparations for graduation? asked Jack Winston. The baccalaureate services, the banquet, and fi- nally araduation, the day we had anticipated for so long! Reluctantly we left good friends and the old high school. These last five years have made us appreciate more than ever how much we owe Stoneham High School. As the clock struck twelve we all rose and sang Auld Lang Syne . Then we promised that although our first reunion had come to on end, we would meet again at other pleasant class reunions. Barbara Sprott