Sutton Memorial High School - Exitus Yearbook (Sutton, MA)

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18 ' 48 National Honor Society Pro Merito Front row: Dorothy Potter, Nancy Smith, Ruth Green, Jeanette Mongeon, Dorothy Minor, Irene Martell, Pauline Gribouski Back row: Richard Hutchinson, Michael Fedorczuk, William Johnson, Harold Smith The National Honor Society, or Pro Merito, is still flourishing. The members — selected by the faculty from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes — must maintain an average of 85 per cent or more in their subjects at the end of the school year. The other qualifications required for membership are: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Sophomores Ruth Green, William Johnson, Dorothy Minor, Dorothy Potter, Harold Smith Juniors Michael Fedorczuk, Richard Hutchinson, Irene Martell, Jeannette Mongeon Seniors Pauline Gribouski, Nancy Smith

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' 48 17 After leaving the parlor, we walked a little further up the avenue and were attracted by children ' s voices coming from a large building. A bit puzzled, we decided to investigate and found the voices came from an exclusive kindergarten school under the leadership of Louise Freeland. Tired of the confusion of the kindergarten, we once again pro- ceeded on our sight-seeing tour. Read all about it. Missionary civilizes tribe of wild natives to Christian views of life, ' ' called a newsboy. We bought a paper and read the story. The name of the missionary, Virginia Viets, had a special meaning to us. She was in the Class of 1948. In the sport section of the paper we read, New York Giants win over the Chicago White Sox — 19 to 0! Manager of the N. Y. G. was that capable leader, Bill Baker, who is celebrating his fifty-fifth vic- tory of the season. Of course he would do all his celebrating at our class reunion. We learned that Reini Born and Bob Pouliot had gone into part- nership operating chain garages throughout the United States. Reini is the head of the mechanical department while Bob keeps the work- ers entertained by singing Mammy. They find that this keeps up the morale of the men while they are working. We decided to walk to the hotel and recognized Lucille Currier typing out menus in her office. Lucille is the head dietician of the hotel. The glass windows of the hotel ' s office also revealed Betty Horne, busy as a bee, working the electric typewriter and the streamlined mathematical machines. She was figuring out our complicated bills. That night, we all went into the dining room of the hotel and there autograph hounds just begged Claire Brisson for her signa- ture. She was such a tremendous hit in her latest show that she was acclaimed the second Bergman . As the night lengthened into the early hours of the morning, Bob sang our class song accompanied by Nancy and the rest of the class. Ray rose to bid a hearty welcome to the wonderful class of ' 48. Claire Brisson Adelle Smith

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' 48 19 Our Trip to New York FIRST DAY— OUR ARRIVAL At 9:30 fifteen seniors and two chaperones, Mrs. Sherin and Mr. Sullivan, met at the B. and W. Bus Terminal. After waiting until about 10:15 the bus finally came, and we were off to the big city. The trip was very interesting and the question, Are we there? was frequently asked from the time we came into Connecticut until our arrival. The Wentworth Hotel was our next stop. As soon as some of our girls stepped into the elevator, it stalled. Our rooms were located on the second and third floors; and I can assure you that the hotel ' s tele- phones, elevators, and stairs were never busier. Dinner was provided at the hotel; and then the evening was ours to enjoy in any way we wished. Some students went sightseeing; others saw The Miracle of the Bells; and Mrs. Sherin, Mr. Sullivan, and Lucille Currier saw the play, Man and Superman. Then there were various pajama parties, but we suspect that the most hilarious one must have been in Room 311, where Claire Brisson, Louise Free- land, Adelle Smith, and Ruth King were. You should have seen the girls crawl down to breakfast, one by one, the next morning! So ended our first day in the wee hours of the next! SECOND DAY— ROCKEFELLER CENTER and MUSIC HALL Immediately after breakfast we went to the NBC Broadcast Stu- dios and saw the Fred Waring show. Radio City Music Hall was next, where the Rockettes entertained. Though several of our number did not care for I Remember Mama, they were certainly in the minority. Lunch was provided at the Downunder Restaurant at Rockefeller Center. After lunch we went with a very attractive guide on a tour of Rockefeller Center. This trip ended on the roof of the RCA Building overlooking the city. Those who could still walk went back to the hotel and rested. After seeing Jack and Oxydol Sparkle at the Jack Smith Show Mrs. Sherin and Mr. Sullivan took us on a tour of Greenwich Village and a bus trip up Fifth Avenue. Several other high school classes were staying at the same ho- tel. Among them were students from Hillsboro, N. H., and some girls from Southboro. Acquaintances were formed very quickly, and New Hampshire suddenly became a popular state. Once again awakened by a cheery It is now 7:15, we con- trolled our urge to tear the telephone out and managed to look half alive for breakfast. On the mornings the telephone didn ' t ring, some- one was trying to awaken Marie. In the process everyone in the