Stoughton High School - Stotonian / Semaphore Yearbook (Stoughton, MA)

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Class PFill hast IVlU And Testa??te?it: We, the class of 1937. of the Stoughton High School. Town of Stoughton, being of sound mind and body, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testa- ment in manner and form as follows: ALICE SHORTY STANWOOD bequeaths her shortness to ELEANOR BORGESON. FELLX TRUCZINSKAIS leaves his truckin to EDWARD DALY who needs it. HELEN LANIGAN AND EILEEN CREAN leave their humorcnis appreciation of Mr. Burke ' s jokes to anvbodv who dares to laugh al them. WILLIAM REILLY bequeaths his ability to refrain from shaving to ALTER BERGMAN. ADAM SKI-FEET STONKUS leaves his size 12 ? to JOHN STONKUS. STELLA ALOSE ITCH leaves her taste for sport clothes to GLADYS HINCK- LEY. JERRY DIPRIZIO leaves his dancing to BILLY MITCHELL with the hope that Billy can charm as many girls. IRENE TIRELIS leaves her athletic abilitv to BLANCHE HOWLAND who isn t doing so bad for herself now. MARY RIVELLA leaves her dancing ability to ISABEL BUTLER. JOSEPHINE DELUCA leaves her - Inrnk - in history to MARGARET FOSTER. SALLY KELL leaves her singing abilit to whoever can do as well. LEON BURKETT and EDITH TROLLOPE leave their romance to KATHERINE EVANS AND BILLY MITCHELL. NELLIE KUCINSKIS leaves her good marks to ELIZABETH POWERS. ANTRINETT Ito you, Millie to us,) ROACH, leaves her bus driving to GINNY CAMPBELL, with the hope that Ginny will be as pleasant about it as Milly. PETE MEARS leaves his position as treasurer to the one who thinks he can undertake such a responsibility. DRUMMER GELZINIS leaves his ready smile to RUSSELL PARSONS. CHET SMITH leaves his acting to an body capable of doing as well. IRENE TIRELIS AND MARJORIE MOSMAN bestow the Stock-room difficul- ties on BARBARA DALY AND DOROTHY DANFORTH. Page Twenty-four

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Future Alu7?ini (Continued) Saw Don. Hill squiring Betty Daly the other nite — c ' mon you two ' fess up — Anna ' ' Boo-Boo Kearns got herself a job as commedienne on the radio — Push over Ann and make room for me — . Helen Horan a quiet little lassie in school (but outside? ) is working at the Panther, where Lillian Vitkauskis is her alley-mate, and also where Margaret Cas- sidy comes ' round with the pay checks — Tony Walent and Eliza Stone who were the artists of the Semaphore (that swell school magazine) are working on a Boston paper doing sketches and the like — Kenny Leahy and Bob Beaton have permanent positions in the First National — Earle Dykeman is another one who is following in his father ' s work — Winky Morrill and Geo. Madan are two chummy bachelors who are beginning to git lovesick — Melba Capen (she of the little feet) is one gal who is commencing to get serious (about Georgy Mel.? ) — Red what a man Reilly is one of the early birds, I mean early milkmen — Drummer Gelzinis and Eddie Kim- tis are sharing a camp in Maine — could you use a boarder boys? — And Moe Rist we mustn ' t forget him — he ' s worked himself up to position of commissioner in the Boy Scout Corps. — Nice going Moe. Sally Kell, whom we all remember as the leading lady in the Sr. Play, is heard on a popular radio program together with Leroy Litchfield, singing the songs we love to hear — (wonder if P. Kelley and Litch are still pals after this? ) — Irene Tirelis who also took quite a responsible part in the play is one of the roving eye nurses at the Mass. Gen. Hospital — Chet Smith is knocking ' em for a loop on the legitimate stage — ditto Robert Smith — ah these Smith boys — Pat Williams who was remembered always for her dimples is now a Mrs. and playing her part very well (we always knew she wouldn ' t be single long ) — Aina Packard is also a nurse and doin ' right smart too — ditto Ruth Raby who was a grand vamp in the Sr. Play (or was it only acting H ' m) — Jerry DiPrizzio, the George Raft of tiie class, (who firmly vowed one day in U. S. Hist, class that the woman ' s place is in the home) is living up to his word and is keeping his wife home (oh yes, he ' s married) and going to work him- self — We ' ll bet any money Jerry only said that because he knew what would happen to him after the class was over ( for the sake of those who aren ' t in the know, Jerry was the only MALE in the class) — Mary Fullerton and Anna Raila who swore that they ' d be old maids are doing nicely as wives — then we have the Mears Bros., Bill and Pete, who will soon be seen together in the same picture — Mary Rivella can be seen at a Boston nite club doing her bit to make the place lively — and incidentally she can dance! — And so can Lena (Leapin ' ) Poillucci but she ' s to be seen over at the Norwood Flats pushing ' sextuplets ' about — that gal ' s got a business head. Elsa-Jo-Beatty will spend most of her leisure time writing novels about life on Cape Ann — how ' s Gloucester treating you Jo? — Mary LaCivita is busily posing for the Pepsodent Toothpaste Company — and designing clothes on the side — while Dot Naughton gads about in Canton in a foreign racer — she wins prizes and even beats Gar Wood! All these little things have led up to our long, tall member — Shorty Stanwood who may soon be seen doing a La Pavlova on Broadway! Page Twenty-thi

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Class IVlU (Continued) WENDELL MORRILL leaves his oratorical brilliance to WILLIAM MITCHELL. ELIZABETH DALY trusts that ELIZABETH GLOVER will be able to under- DONALD HILL leaves his freckles to LAWRENCE SCANNELL. EARLE DYKEMAN gives his infectious giggle to NORMA GEBHARDT. DOMINIC GELZINIS leaves his he mannish build to PAUL KENNEDY. GEORGE MADAN leaves his way with the women to EDWARD DUNN. WALTER McEWAN leaves his ability to fix autos to VINCENT PEDUTO. PAT WILLIAMS gives her secretarial ability to JEANE FRENCH. DOT NAUGHTON gives her rosy cheeks to MIRIAM STILLERMAN. HELEN HORAN leaves her quietness to RICHARD JOHNSON. JERRY DIPRIZIO leaves the school happily. n Witness Whereof, ive have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal, this Fifth Day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand-nine-hundred and thirty-seven. stand the master clock in the office. CLASS OF 1937 Page Twe-nty-five