Walpole High School - Royal Topper Yearbook (Walpole, MA)

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called a good old-fashioned sleigh ride. Any class member interested in parti- culars kindly consult Mr. Powers! Dear to many of the venerable Seniors are the good times had on various athletic squads. Although we still have baseball, track, and tennis to look forward to, let us make mention of the grand record our football team presented this year, and let that famous Senior line-up take a bow. We should also men- tion the new uniforms sported by the members of the girls' team, and the boys' basketball team. And, oh, yes, who can deny that those lovely blue sweaters worn by our football team do not enhance our corridors! It is with regret that we say good-by to our favorite sports, and with sincerity that we wish the future teams even greater success than we have enjoyed. Originality is a virtue not to be scorned, and least of all by the Class of '39. In proof of this let us point to the fact that for the first time in many years we are the only class to have a year-book which will serve to refresh the memories that have been here on the hill-top. Need we make mention of class pictures? For days both the faculty and the class saw nothing but those gray proof envelopes floating here from desk to desk. We have even heard tell that no serious damage was incurred by the camera. What do you know? It seems that that lazy East Walpole section crowded the last bus so badly that they now are assigned to a special schedule. What are things coming to, anyway? The great body of musicians which got under way last year is finally be- ginning to pay dividends fdue no doubt to the undying efforts of its Senior members in their snappy blue capes and capsj. The annual magazine drive managed by Seniors hit a new high in sales this year, and let us not forget the noble contribution of that gentle, mannerly library group. F ondly anticipated events that have not yet materialized are our Com- mencement Exercises, and last but not least, our very own night, graduation. We have now come to the end of our little summary of some of the high lights in the last four years of the Class of '39, and desire, with the utmost sin- cerity, to bid each member of the faculty farewell, and extend to them and to the School Committee our many thinks for the truly great service rendered us in our journey through Walpole High. Barbara Goodrich l 56 l

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About this time we received an unexpected vacation due to unseen, odd, and interesting developments. Of course we all remember that exciting day when the ceiling of Mr. Christie's room collapsed. What a break for us weary pupils when the townspeople decided to make the remaining ceilings secure! We didn't feel so elated, however, when we found our Saturday mornings would pay for that unexpected vacation. Truly, anything of importance after that startling event of the falling ceiling would be anti-climax, so let us move on to that important third year, wherein one hundred and thirty-five attained that certain dignity which is so characteristic of Juniors. When the smoke of class elections had cleared up, the following proved to be officers: Bob Clark, jack Flynn, Barbara Goodrich, and Wanda Geigle. Our class representation on various first teams caused Walpole High to enjoy a successful year on the athletic field. We might make special note of the glorious feat of Bay State League Hockey championship, and of the three-way tie our baseball team managed to wrangle for the baseball championship of the same league. We might also make mention of that great banquet and those nifty jackets tendered the hockey team by an appreciative townspeople. This junior year several of our class were admitted to the Honorary Society, thus upholding the brains, as well as the brawn, of our little family. Among our brilliant members, Lyndon Welch and Ray Bock entered a nation wide League of Nations' contest and received no less than honorary mention. And let's not forget that our future Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dick Heileman, outdid himself in the American Youth Forum contest, and became the possessor of an honorary certificate. One of the first activities sponsored by us was the Junior rollerskating party which went over with a bang-and we said over, not down! Next on the list of run around was the junior Dance which was patronized by the Big Apple, then in its prime. The gym held quite a few that night, and the junior coffers swelled. Last but not least in the hearts of our class came the big event of the year, the Junior Promenade. Amidst much activity and bustle, the various committees pulled through admirably, and a swell dance was held. Will we ever forget that endless grand march? With the Prom as the jumping off place, let us land into the beginning of that last glorious year when we, those erstwhile Freshmen have become the nobility of the school. Seniors all, one hundred and thirty of us, and no matter what the cynical say, we'll miss the school as much next year as we hope it will miss us. The class officers hold the spotlight as we get off to a fiying finish on our last memorandum. A repetition of those we elected last year except for a new vice-president, Anne Hennessey. More members of the class received honorary society recognition this year, and that august body has now become chiefly composed of Seniors. As usual the society gave its annual fall dance which went over in a great way about the first of November. A little later that same group engaged in what might be l55l

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of '39, priding ourselves upon the fact that we are possessed of a distinctive individuality, that we have an exalted sense of humor, that we are superior intellectually to any other class in the high school, at least through experience and years, that we are possessed of that golden thread, seriousness of thought, which when inter-twined within our lives provides us with a veritable treasure chest, and being of sound mind and body, do hereby, in the presence of these exalted witnesses, the towns-people of dear old Walpole, draw our last will and testament which reads as follows: Frank Allen, genial soul, leaves his backward manner to Chris Yates. Dave Baleson leaves his popularity and adeptness with the weaker sex to Carl Bishop. Longin Binkiewicz and Louis Lorusso leave their love for a good hot argument to Bill Lee. Mary Maguire and Edith Pruell, those mighty mites, leave their height to Ruth Hanna. Dick Heilman leaves his excuses, line, drag, and harem to John Dolan. Anne Hennessey leaves her athletic ability to Vera Presentato and her adeptness on the major class activity committees to whichever Junior becomes the leading light of her class. Ruth Kelly and Rosemary Frink leave their brilliant red hair to all defunct traffic signals. Jim McCoomb leaves his enormous appetite to Kenneth Sargent. Mary Maguire and Edward Onion leave their ability to dress well to Betty Ann Anderson and William Ricker. Barbara Goodrich, the Sarah Bernhardt of Walpole High, leaves her talent and acting ability to on coming Juniors who hope to make a success of their Senior play. Raymond Bock leaves his seat of honor in the library and intense studiousness to john Neville. Barbara Shufell and Jean Sheldon leave their aptitude at talking about any manly, good looking students to Elva Stockinger. Peter Segel leaves his professional air and ability to memorize French rules to the dignified gentleman by the name of Hudson Bates. Robert Wight leaves his supreme musical talent to Allyn Judd and Arti Shaw. 'Budu MacLeod and Jack Timmins leave their inseparability to McDonough and O'Malley. Foster Tucker leaves his outstanding individuality and inferiority complex to Russell Carlson. Lyndon Welch leaves his pure, unadulterated genius to any undergraduate who feels himself capable of getting 100 in college board math. Gerald Burns and Eric Carlson leave their high sense of humor to Bill Spillane and Al Bassey. l57l