Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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marshalls at graduation. Jeanie Bresnahan and Nicky were head ushers, weren ' t they? The final event of the year was class day at Crane ' s Beach in Ipswich. Everyone had a wonderful time, for the effects of the sunburns weren ' t felt until the next day. Well, now all I have to think about is our last high school year, and that was so filled with activities that I think I ' ll write about that later. Sincerely, Bob Dear Bob, After receiving your very welcome letter about our junior year, I just couldn ' t resist sit- ting right down to reminisce with you about aur senior year. Seniors — we were finally the society of S. H. S.! Class elections came before we realized it, and A1 LaLiberte was chosen president; Car- olyn Henderson, V. P. ; and the new co-chair- men of the social committee were Dolly Han- cox and John McLaughlin. That year both Mr. Herrick and Mr. Thibodeau were advisers. Remember football in ' 50? Under Coach DeTeso, the team finished with the best record in ten years — six wins and only four losses. Remember when they knocked Cambridge Latin out of first place — the upset of the year! Co-captains Dave Barney and John McLaugh- lin were proud of their boys that day. Bob Dixon, Stoneham High ' s T. D. King, scored nearly 80 points during the season, didn ' t he? John Burr, Dick Crowe, and Dick Shurtleff were the other regulars. You, John O Melia, Bob Powers, and Paul Tague were right in there too. Remember the picture of Leo Coughlin and John Devlin, the managers, in the Stone- ham Independent ? You missed the hike to Winchester the cheerleaders sponsored, didn ' t you? Janet Sprott was a terrific cheering captain. In fact, the whole squad was pretty terrific. Jane Per- ry and Carole Ross were still cheerleaders, and Dolly Hancox and Barbara McGrath joined the group. (( And then came the senior play — ' the best one ever so we heard for days and days afterwards and liked to believe. Skidding, an Andy Hardy play, was really a hit though. Jim Morrison, who played Andy, couldn ' t have looked and acted more like Mickey Rooney, and Annette, the heroine of the play, was won- derful, to say nothing of Nicky! Fan clubs be- gan over night! Carole Ross, Norma Swift, Leith Jones, Carolyn Henderson, Lois Maskell, Norman Allison — they were all good — weren ' t they! Mrs. Dewar deserved many thanks for her excellent directing. You know, Bob, I sadly fear I ' ve been ne- glecting the field hockey girls. Dottie Meuse and Annette Rotondi captained the team, I re- member; and for the first time the girls had a hockey party at the end of the season. The Christmas month was jammed full of events. First was the annual senior tea given by the teachers in honor of the girls of the graduating class. The afternoon was delight- ful, but how our backs and feet ached the next day from sitting up so straight and walking up all those stairs in our new high heels! Just a few days before Christmas was our first dance, the Kandy Kane with an orches- tra and all, and just a few days after the holi- day we all went to the Bob Clayton Record Hop . Bob Clayton ' s coming to Stoneham? we gasped and raced down to the town hall to see him. Basketball provided us with many an ex- citing Friday night. Sonny Carbone was cap- tain and lone senior on the first five. Jimmy Wilkins and Roland Chaput also helped us win the Small School Tournament. That real- ly called for celebration. Dick Simpson man- aged the team. Doc ' s hockey boys didn ' t have a spectac- ular record, but there was surely plenty of fight in every game. They seemed to beat the top teams, but would drop games to the second division clubs. Captain Ron and Bill Donovan both made the all star teams, didn ' t they? Har- old Jackson, Laurie O ' Toole, and Dave Barney were the other senior stick-handlers; and Tom- mie Hindes and Dick Stevens were the man- agers. I ' ll never forget the Winter Carnival cli- maxed by the Carnival Ball. Nothing during the whole senior year was more beautiful or more impressive than King Richard Shurtleff s and Queen Ann MacLean ' s march to their stately thrones. Mary Brown, Jean Bresnahan, Dolly Hancox, Carolyn Henderson, Jane Perry, Janet Sprott, Barbara Surette, and I were all se- nior members of the royal court. Then came our last girls ' basketball tour- nament. At last they were able to sing For Seniors, For Seniors. We beat the juniors 25 to 15. Carolyn Collins scored ten of those points! Ruthie, of course, came through again, and little Lorraine Aucella surprised herself, even, when the ball went through the hoop. After the splash party at the Somerville Y , we had our last dance, The Final Fling. Baseball was soon under way with Sonny Car- bone and Dickie Shurtleff as captains. Then the senior honors were announced. We were all happy when Jean Bresnahan and David Barney were awarded the MacDonald Medals, and Leith Jones was chosen to give the gradu- ation address. The spring concert came and went. From then on, Bob, it was one thing after another — events we had anticipated for years — Class Day, Last Chapel, Baccalaureate, the Senior Banquet, and then Graduation. Now we have our first reunion to look for- ward to and it will be so good to see everyone again. Thanks again for everything and — See you soon, Joan

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Tifty -Oners Girl Boy- Best All Around Janet Sprott Richard Shurtleff Best Dancer —Barbara Surette Robert Buckley Best Dressed Jane Perry William Donovan Best Looking Ann MacLean Lawrence O ' Toole Best Natured Jean Larange Salvatore Carbone Biggest Line Carole Ross Robert Dixon Mary Brown Dick Crowe Biggest Time Killer Marilyn Blackwell Robert Powers Class Actress Norma Swift Annette Rotondi Carolyn Henderson Class Actor James Morrison Class Artist Annette Rotondi Bill Murley Class Comedian Marilyn Blackwell Richard Stevens Class Couple Joan Moore Richard Shurtleff Class Flirt Beth Homer Alfred LaLiberte Class Heartbreaker Dorothy Hancox Alvin Matthews Class Live Wire Marilyn Blackwell Leo Coughlin Class Sweetheart Dorothy Hancox Richard Shurtleff Class Wit Marilyn Blackwell Leo Coughlin Most Admirable Jean Bresnahan David Barney Most Athletic Dorothy Meuse Robert Dixon Most Bashful Carol Hedburg Robert Fuller Most Capable Jean Bresnahan David Barney Evelyn Shanks Leith Jones Most Helpful Ann Galligan Robert Hersam Janet Sprott Most Independent Caroline Collins Alvin Matthews Most Likable Joan Moore Richard Shurtleff Most Likely to Succeed Jean Bresnahan Leith Jones Most Mischievious Marilyn Blackwell Anthony Salera Robert Powers Most Original Annette Rotondi Richard Berry Most Personality Joan Moore Richard Shurtleff Most Popular Toan Moore Richard Shurtleff Most Respected Jean Bresnahan Leith Jones Most School Spirited Janet Sprott Richard Berry Most Studious Tean Bresnahan Leith Jones Most Talented Jean Bresnahan Richard Shurtleff Most Talkative Nancy Ramsdell Robert Dixon FAVORITES Actor Richard Widmark Actress June Allyson Comic Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Singer Doris Day Frankie Lane Song Harbor Lights Sport Football Subject Gym Event (funniest) Dave White ' s blunder at Junior Play Most Remembered Event Carnival Ball Teacher Mr. DeTeso Commentator John Cameron Swayze Television Program Ed Sullivan ' s Toast of the Town