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

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Frances Maguire leaves her good nature and sense of humor to Beryl Maguire. Arlene Miller leaves her studiousness to Fayette Hoyt. John Allen leaves his guitar and yodels to Russell Carlson. Frieda Balduf and Albert Giandemenico, together with Francis Silvestri and Virginia Yerkevitz leave their right to twosomes to any lovesick Sophomore couples. Lawrence Doane leaves his school-girl complexion and casual manner to john Grey. Theresa Counter and John Egan leave their becoming shyness to Donald Woods. Dick Harrison leaves his feminine following to William Dray. Paul Guttormsen, Roland Boulter, and Algrid Pechulis leave their bewitching and pleasing smiles to Robert Frink. Wanda Geigle leaves her talkativeness and line to any undergraduate who feels capable of combining both traits in one personality. Celia Jurgelevich leaves her babylike sweetness to Dorothy Bentley. Joe LaCorti leaves his definite vocal resemblance to Caruso to Richard Cramer. Mary Dawson and Mary Dofwd leave their ability to look and act like sisters to Beryl and Catherine Maguire. Tom llflahoney leaves his mental capacity and mathematical adeptness to Ray- mond Procaccini. Arnold Davis leaves his genius with the ivories to Bertina Lewis and Paderewski. Wardy LaCivita leaves his smashing line drives to Freddie Burroughs. Fred Layton and Pete Yates leave their tennis playing ability to the future pros- perity of the team. Dorothy Smith and Esther Gove leave their ability to cooperate on the hockey field to the team of '39. The library, venerable stronghold of all that is left to Walpole High of propriety, leaves its collective individuality, its ability to go down in posterity, its soberness and idealism, to those fortunate males who make the grade next year. Miss Morrissey's English class, that well-behaved group of young gentlemen and an occasional young lady, leave their places to those who qualify next year. The Glee Club and Senior Chorus leave to Mr. Morse their greatest thanks and a new baton for all they have caused him to break. The Senior members of the Band and Music Appreciation class leave to Mr. Kravitz a dozen or so swing records. The Senior Art classes leave their Michelangelo's, Rupperts, and Venus's to the remaining art classes and the various museums that need reenforcements. Now we come to the end of our document. In conclusion thereof we wish a lot of luck and thanks to the members of the faculty who have helped us through a hard yet enjoyable four years. Thus the class of '39 passes on. May it live forever in the spirit and in its memories, lasting to the end, of Walpole High. ln testimony whereof we do hereby set our signature and seal this 15th. day of june, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty nine. Witnessed: Signed: Class of '39 Charlie McCarthy per Leon Ballou Pappy Yokum l58l

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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

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CLASS SONG New Worlds , written by classmate Lyndon Welch, of courage and optimism with which the youth of today go forth to do their part to carry this nation forward to peace and progressiveness The music for this song was composed by classmate A great musical talent has been a source of pleasure during our NEW WORLDS Memory sings of the school days, now gone, Spent at Walpole High. rnold Davis whose ' fond yesterdays Though sometimes rough roads we have stumbled upon We flinched not, for Duty a straight path hath shown We marched right bravely, though never alone, Thus four years sped by. Now we have come to a parting of ways, Each must choose his own. If sad our are thoughts over glad yesterdays, Yet proudly we hasten to meet sterner frays! Duty commands, hence true Honor obeys, Faltering unknown! New Worlds are ours, on that faith we rely. We must strive to raise A stalwart young nation, which never may d So, pledging its people a place 'neath the sk Progress and Peace be the slogan we cry Now, and all our days! Lyndon l 59 l ie, Y