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

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SEMAPHORE 1947 CLASS WILL We the ambitious and determined class of -47 having completed four un- forgettable and joyous years of learning and companionship do hereby will and bequeath, on this 20th day of June some of our talents, luck, happiness and tradi- tions to those future seniors whom we deem worthy of them. To Mr. Randall we leave our countless thanks for his helpful guidance and untiring efforts. To all the faculty, who no doubt will find that we were not the noisiest and most mischievous class ever to graduate, we leave our immeasurable appreciation for their patience and sincere friendship through these four memorable years. To the Junior Class we leave the task of furthering the ideals we have thus far advanced. Our Class Officers leave with the hope that the Student Council will continue to fulfill its duties as well as in the past year. i Guy Caggiano leaves his liekable personality to Winslow Weston. Donny Kimtis leaves an athletic record to be equaled. Charlie Nelson leaves with a smile on his face and his pockets bulging with class funds. Cliff Corbett leaves a striving basketball team and luck to next year's squad. Chet Osborne leaves his laugh to Gigi Howland. Bill Totman leaves his speed record for Eddie Perdigao to surpass. Murray Rosen leaves the cracked windows in Room 23 to anyone who can finish the job. The Beetles leave their organization to any other radicals. Memie Tate, Irene Corman, Dolores Andrade, Jean McDonald, Joanne Mc- Evoy and Joanne Priest leave their tired lungs to the future cheerleaders of good old S.H.S. Astrid Smith and Babe Smith leave their companionship to Shirley Corbett and Barbara Keefe. Lydia Lysko leaves her good times to Virginia Raymond. Vivienne Anderson leaves her scholastic record unequalled. Dick Kelliher leaves the band minus a star trumpet player. Bob Govey leaves his good looks to Gigi Howland. Bob Goward fMr. Bloomb leaves his talent for keeping people happy to any- one who thinks he can do it. Leo Cotter leaves his flame thrower to the lab for experimental purposes. Eddie Gill leaves his pitching record for Richard McLea to equal. Burton Gerson leaves his secret formula for arsenic to Jimmy Pappas. Eddie Jardin leaves his Ipana smile to Buck Daley. Don Cherry leaves his jokes to his brother. Adeline Struzziero leaves the hockey squad of next year her best wishes. Evie Batchelder leaves the unwanted Semaphore souvenirs in her cluttered desk to anyone who can get rid of them. 28

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1947 Name ELMES SIMONIAN EUGENE SLYE RICHARD SLYE AsTR1n SMITH BARBARA SMITH HELEN SMITH WALTER STORKUS ADELINE STRUZZIERO BLANCHE I. SWANSON MERELYN EULALIA TATE NORMA TERRELL WILLIAM W. TOTMAN JEANNE F: TUCKER HERBERT L. VILK, JR. MARVELLE VINAL DAVID R. WINSHIP BARBARA MAY WITHAM SHIRLEY WRY Hob by Skating Fixing things Sports Painting Music Sports Radio Sports Piano Playing Singing Knitting Mechanics Needlework Building model airplanes Dancing Horseback Riding Dancing Being Happy 27 SEMAPHORE Ambition To be happy To be successful To be a success in Navy or Marines To be successful Air hostess Nurse Draftsman To live and be happy To be successful in whatever I choose to do Radio vocalist Costume designer Move west to a ranch To live a free and happy life House construction and painting To be happy To be a florist To be a good nurse Nursing

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1947 SEMAPHORE The office and stock room girls leave their worries and cares to next year's victims. Barbara Smith leaves the band minus one violin player. Mabel Colcord leaves her good-natured disposition to Ruth Forbes. Al Green leaves the task of broadcasting the football games to Kenny Johnson. Evan Shea leaves the school with many scars. The North Stoughton boys leave the School bus with many happy memories. Howie Shaw leaves his magazine campaign for his brother to carry on. George Kett leaves for the Panther Rubber. Bruce Howes bequeaths his four years of jokes, bright ties and socks as a chal- lange for anyone to equal. Bob Kelley leaves the stop watch to the next basketball time keeper. Doc, Buck and Shippa leave their torturous trek though the windy des- olate frozen wasteland, fthe J. W. Wood Athletic stadiumj, to Fish Poskus, Fish Leard and Fish Liftman. Ralph Mann leaves his red stockings to Milton Crane in hopes they will match his suspenders. Memie Tate leaves the Semaphore with best wishes to the future editor. Malcolm Brydon leaves his carefree manner and his hawk eyes to Liftman. Bill Hayward leaves Article VI, Section III, Sub Topic I of the Athletic Constitution to anyone who will carry on. Shirley Wry leaves her nickname to any underclassman worthy of it. Barbara Witham leaves her smile to encourage the underclassmen when things seem dull. Phil Mason leaves the secret of tying his tie to Walter Kosinski. Art Baldwin leaves his baseball record to encourage future teams. The Class of '47 leaves Miss Goeres all the happiness deserved by one with such patience. The entire class of '47 leaves the school echoing with its songs, jokes and laughter, and although we may leave in body we leave the memory of our hopes, ideals, dreams and wishes to all future classes. In witness thereof, we, the undersigned, have hereunto affixed our seal to this, our last will and testament, at Stoughton, Massachusetts, on this 20th day of june, one thousand nineteen hundred and forty-seven. CLASS or 1947 Witnesses: U N ME 29