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

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SEMAPHORE 1940 EDITH KARTSTEIN Edith Kartstein now waves a baton And vocalizes too. If you need music for a prom. Call Edie , 312 •. PETER LUCAS Down in the basement With coal dust on his face Works Make Heat Lucas — He has taken Mr. Mahoney ' s place. JOSEPH KAZULES Joe ' s making money In monstrous lumps With his oil and water And gasoline pumps. MARY LYNCH A reporter is Mary Lynch ; She goes snooping in and out. She says that it is quite a cinch; She ' ll edit some day, no doubt. JAMES KELLEY James has a job and I wish him luck; He ' s driving one of Those twelve ton trucks. HAROLD MacCOMBIE Harold refuses to tell Us his work; But from me to you He ' s a mail-order clerk. RITA KELLEHER Rita ' s opened a five and ten. She just couldn ' t break away So when e ' er you need ink or pen Go see Rita any day. HAZEL MacCOMBIE To lovely little Hazel Let us all drink a toast — A commercial artist For the Saturday Evening Post. HELEN KOVAL Miss Koval teaches shorthand work. (She ' s the one that wrote so fast.) If any of the pupils shirk, By Helen they are not passed. LILLIAN MACKIE Lillian is continuing school To gain a bit of knowledge; The things she hadn ' t learned in Stoughton She is learning now at college. HERBERT LIFTMAN Herb was the boy With musical ambitions; He ' s up at the top With the nation ' s musicians. RICHARD MASON Dick has a job, and He ' s getting on fine; He ' s a pilot On a big airline. HARRIET LIPSKY Our gracious Harriet is all set; With a job she surely does rate; She is a private secretary For the governor of our state. ANNE McCORMICK Anne is a traveler; She journeys east and west ; But like all others, She still likes home the best. 19

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1940 SEMAPHORE EMILY GLOVER A stage girl is our Molly ; She ' s quite the popular belle; She ' s now a member of the follies And is doing ver) ' well. CHARLES GORDON When Gabber ' s not fishing In fishless ponds. He ' s diddling around In stocks and bonds. MARJORY ' HANKS Marjor)- Hanks is a singing star Heard weekly upon the air; So just tune in wherever you are And hear her voice, so fair. EDWARD HOLM Eddie was an ambitious ' feller , Who could never be a loafer ; At present he ' s employed, As a first-class chauffeur. CLAYTON HOLMES Clayton is our Senator And famous for what he has done; He has an important say On how the government is run. RALPH HOLMES The beasts in Stoughton Were too tame, So Ralphy went to Canton And is hunting big game. EDNA HOMER— ELSIE LEWIS Does anyone want their hair dressed well In a chic, becoming way.- ' Call Edna Homer or Flora Lewis; They ' ll do it the way you say. EDWARD HORAN Red signed up with The Boston Sox ; They always win with Him in the box. BERNARD HOWES Bernard is high in Medical life; He ' s very efficient With scalpel and knife. WARREN HUBLEY Warren now talks With the greatest of ease; He ' s a salesman for Nice tenderized peas. DORIS HUMPHREY Miss Humphrey is a good seamstress; She ' s doing very well. She can make any kind of dress And what is more — they sell. RALPH JANARO Ralph gets you there With little fuss; He ' s pretty busy. Driving a bus. ROBERT JOHNSON Bob can be found In the diner he owns; He makes you anything From coffee to buns. AMBROSE JOLLIMORE Go up these stairs To the second floor; You ' ll find Ambrose In his sporting store. 18

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1940 SEMAPHORE WINIFRED MESERVE An authoress is Winifred ; Her stories they do stress The lives of people in the slums. Who have neither food nor dress. ARTHUR MITCHELL Here ' s a big sign Let ' s see what it says. Mitchell, the tailor. Will mend all vour tears. THEODORE MITCHELL Teddy draws ads For the big magazines. Pictures of food and Nice limousines. MYRNA MURPHY When you open a magazine And see a smiling face, It ' s our own Myrna Murphy In an ad of your favorite tooth paste. MARY PAPPADEMETROPOULOS Dark-haired Mary Is out in Hollj-wood ; She is a dressmaker for the stars, And I hear she ' s very good. ESTHER PETERSON Build your house of white. And have your shutters blue. For your decorating Call Esther — 322 . EVERETT ROACH Everett, the chemist, Is sure climbing high; Every night with a telescope He examines the sky. 20 HELENA RUGGERIO Helena looks after her father ' s business. Keeping books, answering phones, receipting a bill; And, though sometimes it seems to get in her hair. Miss Ruggerio still goes on with a v.ill. FRANCES RUSSO Three cheers for Frances Russo, Who has gained a fine position ; She ' ll help you lose a little weight. For she is a first-class dietitian. LAWRENCE SCANNELL If ever a shell shculd Shoot off your ear. It ' s probably Laurie Out hunting deer. MILDRED SELDEX Mildred is a social worker; From house to house she goes. Fulfilling her duties to the people Who arc greatly in need of clothes. JOSEPH SELLARS Joe always proclaimed, A hermit I ' ll be, But he ' s locked to his wife, And he can ' t find the key. RICHARD AND ROBERT SHEEHAN The Sheehan boys Sure are smart; They are twin mechanics In a motor mart. JULIUS SHIPALAWSKI Shippa has a job That ' s a sight to see; He ' s pounding a beat On the S. P. D.