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

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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

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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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SEMAPHORE l94'7 Class History Sealed in the secret library of Father Time, amidst musty books and under lock and key is the precious volume, The History of Civilization. The contents of this book contain the struggle of humanity to keep the world on its feet and the famous battles to keep peace with one another. If we could steal the key, while sly old Father Time was sleeping, we would unlock this precious volume, and add a chapter of our own in the back of the crumbling pages of the book, a chapter dedicated to the History of the Class of '47 and its struggles in S.H.S., the decisive battle of gallant fighters who strived four years to their goal, Graduation, and how they emerged with victorious colors. To understand this chapter we must take a glimpse at the past when we first entered Stoughton High in 1943. Biting our lips that September in '43, we marched forth into the enemy's lines with our weapons outstretched-pencils, pens and rulers. Taking the defensive in our freshman year, we stood our ground under the leadership of Elizabeth Curry, Donald Kimtis, Pearl Schaaf and Robert Govey, our Student Council representatives. Our Freshman dance, a great success, was the first battle in our favor. With the enemy weakening we found ourselves with more power behind us, so, seeing our chance to gain more territory, we quickly seized the rank of sophomores. 'We attacked our studies valiantly, and courageously faced our upper classmen, who withdrew their active fighting. Under parliamentary procedure we installed our new officers to Congress CStudent Councilb, president, Albert Federico, vice- president, Betty Bishop, treasurer, Philbrook Mason, secretary, Helen Smith. Un- der their help and the guidance of our adviser we charged on to our Sophomore Hop which sent the enemies back to their own lines. Veterans of two years we now accepted the award of Juniors. Being fully considered as upper classmen now, we took our rank at the head of the line and marched on to a victorious year. With much intelligent thinking we elected our leaders for the year--president, Guy Caggianog vice-president, Merelyn Tateg sec- retary, Evelyn Batchelder, treasurer, Clarence Nelson. Under their leadership, and the guidance of our Commander-in-chief, Miss Rose Enos, we plunged into the colorful battle of picking out class rings and class photographer. After much prep- aration and planning we established our first beachhead, our Junior Prom, a happy victorious event. Rating one more rank in the annals of S.H.S., we moved once more upward into our waiting place as seniors. Behind us lay bond campaigns, magazine cam- paigns, sports, activities-everything we fullfledged seniors could have indulged 30