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

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SEMAPHORE 194 1 CLASS BILLY ALEXANDER He rants, he raves, he shouts blue murder. He screams at men and mice ; He is a moving picture producer. His latest, Girls on Ice. PHEBE BARNES Well-paid and widely in demand Is our quiet Phebe, She sells ideas for portraits grand And says — Oh, this is easy. RUTH BENSON On the sea of matrimony. Bound for happiness, Ruth has left us all behind. We wish her all our best. ROBERT BETTONEY Robert is a railroad tender. He plays the whole day through. Stopping autos at the crossing, Watching out for choo-choos too. ROBERT BOMHARD Mechanical Bob will go far. Give him some wheels and wires. An engine, some fenders and four tires — Suddenly, there is a car! RICHARD BOTSCH The leader of the symphony Shook his hair and waved. His baton struck the bassoon player, ' Twas harmony he craved. HENRY BRICKELL Henry runs a department store. He has everything galore, Coats, and hats, and shoes, for all, Everything to fit the tall and small. PROPHECY DOROTHY BUCK Behind her specs she surveys Her classroom calm and still. With Dottie ' as the teacher, Their chance of fun is nil. HERMAN BUSCHENFELDT Tractors now are super-super. Streamlined to the last degree; Herman has a special patent And an extra special fee. ACHOR CAMPBELL His eyes alert for the slightest sound, Our wary night watchman stands Beneath his dad ' s department store, A gun in both his hands. CATHERINE CAPEN Now that Cathie is a nurse, She makes you better ' thout straining yout purse; She cures the sick with a single smile, Her talent is known for many a mile. GERALD CHAPMAN Gerry ' s undecided as yet. This is the closest I could get: Some day the Statue of Liberty I hope that I shall be. FLORENCE CHARNECKE Watch your figure, don ' t get fat Or you ' ll find you ' ll be sorry. Go to Flo ' s and her salon. No money will you borry . THOMAS CHESTNUT On the screen we go to see A very famous fellow; He plays the parts of principals, So at pupils he can bellow. 19

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T 194 1 SEMAPHORE CLASS HISTORY Some one has said that only to the freshmen are we truly seniors. For, to the sopho- more class we will always be remembered as they first saw us — juniors; and to the junior class we will always be sophomores; and to ourselves — alas, we know our own faults. 1937- 1938 Remember the day four years ago when we bravely entered the halls of S. H. S.? I do, as if it were yesterday. To ourselves we seemed so important. Imagine it, we were freshmen ! But to the upperclassmen, who looked down their noses at us, we were just another class of ignorant youngsters for them to tease. That year we had the most success- ful Freshman Dance ever held, at least in our own opinion. During this, our initial year, we were well represented in the Student Council by Annie Walent and Robert Corbett. 1938- 1939 All the suffering we went through our first year in Stoughton High was soon gone and forgotten by September 1938 when we entered as sophomores. Now, as sophomores, we soon joined with those who had teased us to tease the class below us. Remember our first election with the following results: Harold Fee, president; Evelyn Robinson, vice- president; Virginia Vanston, secretary; John O ' Hare, treasurer. Our class sponsored a Halloween Dance with much success, socially as well as financially. 1939- 1940 Juniors! ! ! It semed only a couple of weeks ago we came here as freshmen. The crowning event of the year was the Prom, a winter carnival, with William Alexander and Josephine LaCivita as king and queen. The ring we chose to remind us of our Alma Mater had a brilliant blue stone with the school seal on it. This year we had William Webster as president; Muriel Cunningham, vice-president; Virginia Vanston, secretary; William Alexander, treasurer. 1940- 1941 And then before we realized it, we were seniors. This was our big year. Our first official duty was to choose our class officers which were as follows: William Webster, president; Muriel Cunningham, vice-president; Virginia Vanston, secretary; and William Alexander, treasurer. As days passed into weeks and weeks into months, we began to realize what the education we had been getting was going to mean to us v.hen we had graduated. The Senior Play, What A Life. was a howling success, and we appreciate the hard work put into it to make it so. First thing we knew it was Commencement Week with the Reception, Banquet, Class Day and finally Graduation. As our childhood dream of Graduation has been reached, we look forward to greater tasks to accomplish and further lives to live. 18

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1 94 1 SEMAPHORE WALTER COFFEE He charms the ladies ri ht and left Since he hit Hollywood. Wolf is really quite the thing, An actor very good. ROBERT COHENNO The train went swerving round the bend, It streaked into the station; Robbie is the engineer; Says he, Some occupation! KATHLEEN DEAN Kathleen always did love to play, Now she is in Boston from September to May ; She is now teacher of a piano class. With many a little lad and lass. CATHERINE DELASCO Catherine, petite and fair, Never has a care; She lives in luxury from morn till night, For now she is a socialite. ROBERT CORBETT As a saxophonist he ' s well known, But hear that clarinet And its sweet and mellow tone — The name is Robbie Corbett. RUTH DIBBERN Out comes a pie that ' s done just right, A cake and turkey too; Dibbie ' s quite a cook all right. With never too much to do. EUGENE COTTER In ?. room, flooded with paper. Sits the poet all alone; We must eat and so must he. But must he sell that poetry? VINCENT DODA Leaning on a shovel. Gazing at the stars, Even though the night has fallen, Doda dreams of Mars. MURIEL CUNNINGHAM She married a handsome millionaire And lives on a large estate. Has a troup of servants too; Upon her they do wait. JOHN DONAHUE If you pass a dairy farm And hear the cows a-yelling. Look and see who ' s milking them; Yes. it ' s cow ' s milk Johnny ' s selling. HAROLD CURTIS Professor Curtis is busy just now. It ' s grading time up in the hills, It ' s E, or It ' s A, says he to this day. And he foots every one of his bills. DORIS DONOVITZ In the classroom she is super. In the campus she is a queen; Ves. our Doris is at college. One of the best that ' s to be seen. ROBERT DAY Because he always loved the sea, Daisy s a captain now; He owns a ship that ' s all his own And proudly stands at the bow. MELVIN DURKEE From rope to rope he glibly goes, Han iing, swinging, by his toes; All acrobats his praises sing. Among them all he is the king. 20