Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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O:OlQUQUQUQOCIDQUQOKOQIli0Q0lUi0 O 5 DQKMOQIlQOQlIQOQIlQOQOQOQOQOQK.:O PEARCE, MARILYN THAYER College Course Glory Bumpkins , exclaims Mal when surprised. Freshman Nominat- ing Committee, Dramatic Club, bowl- ing l, 2, 3, 4g field hockey l, 2, 3g and being Sports Editor of the Mir- ror keep her pretty busy, but she still has time for her hobby, singing. Her destination is Forsyth Dental and shc wants to travel around the U. S. A. and go up in an airplane. She likes blue, sports, good music, and the Inner Sanctum, but dislikes rice and writing letters. Her worst fault, being late, is overshadowed by her good naturedness. PEARSON, BETTY JEAN Stenographic Course 1 Betty wants to take a course in journalism at B. U. and then be- come a reporter or a WAAC. Don't be silly is her favorite expression. Her hobby is writing to boys in the service. Betty has been our school reporter, secretary of the Youth for Victory council, member of the Dra- matic Club 1, 2, 3, Commercial Club member, and a member of the A. W. O. L. Club. She likes Harry.James and lime cakes, but hatesvwaiting for anyone. She loses her temper, which is her worst fault, but makes up for it by being broadminded. PEELING, PATRICIA SPENCER College Course n The knife is quicker , sympathizes Pat who, incidentally wants to be- come a nurse after going to Simmons College. Her worst fault is spying, while running her hands through her hair is a special mannerism. Ish- kabibble loves Kay Kyser, Friday nights, good puns, and listening to Bob Hope. She is always on time. She dislikes dishes and oysters. Her activities include bowling 33 Qwhich is a hobbyjg archery l, 25 field hock- ey lg basketball 1, 23 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3. PEZZA. CLEMENTINA Practical Arts Course Clemie's ambition is to travel around the world and to go to Ha- waii, but until the Japs are taken care of she will be content to pur- sue her hobby which is seeing bands in person and collecting records. Clemie likes the VVCOP Club, the lNIake Believe Ballroom Club, and having a. good time with a group of girls. POIRIER, EDNA MARION College Course Edna, most of the time called Ed- dy or Slacks , wants to be an attorney at law and her destination is B. U. and B. U. Law School. Her favorite expression is Jumping Jupiterf' She likes hot fudge sun- daes withh chocolate ice cream, va- nilla cokes, basketball, and baseball. Her worst fault is stubborness and her best virtue is not holding a grudge very long. PEARSON, BETTY E. Business Course Liz wants to be a WAAC and go to Hawaii. She's al-'nys trying to keep Stumpie out of trouble You good egg is her favorite ex- pression. She is a member of the Commercial Club, honor roll 1, 2, 3: bowling and archery. Liz has a quick temper which is her worst fault. She likes having Peggy call for her on time and listening to Harry James and the Lux Radio Theatre. Her best virtue is always smiling. Hot fudge sundaes are her specialty. PEDERSEN, HELEN MARGARET Business Course Shrimp wants to go to Bryant and Stratton and become a medical secretary. Her hobby is skiing and Sne's.always saying You know , she likes the Coast Guard Academy, Bing Lrosby and Fred Waring but dislikes Monday mornings. Her worst fault .is never being on time. Her activities include Commercial Club, Junior Nominating Committee, and Honor Roll l, 2, 3. PELLERITI, VINCENT R. Practical Arts Course . Rich's ambition is to enter avia- tion and his hobby is collecting ava- tion magazines. 1-Iis destination is a pilot in the Army Air 1'orce. He likes the 9:2O Club , Inner Sanctum, and people who are on time but dis- likes any kind of routine or schedule. His best virtue is optimism and his worst fault is his ability to put things off with no qualms of con- science. PHIPPS, MARY FLORENCE College Course t Mary, often called Red or 'l h1ppsey , wants to be a certified public accountant or WAVE. Her destination is Bentley's School of Ag- counting and binance, and climbing the Alps after the war. Her favor- iteuexpressions are, You're not fun- ny., and Don't worry about it . I'h1ppsey's hobby is portrait coloring in oils. Her activities include bowl- ing 43 Honor Roll 1, 2, QSt. Mary'sJg and'4, QWaltham Highl. She likes tennis, skating, and symphonies, dis. likes being called Red . PORTER, PHYLLIS JEAN Business Course Meet ya at H. J.'s - O. K? says Phyl. She wants to be a nurse and train at Newton Hospital. Her hobbies include exhibition swimming and collectng photographs on auto racng and swimming. She likes to drive, go to the Lake with Marie and get letters from Connie. She hates soup and waiting for buses and trains. Her worst fault is talking too loud and too much but she makes up for this by always smiling, which is her best virtue. Her pet peeve is being kidded about not being able to whistle. Sis is a member of the M Club and bowling 3.

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QODQDMQDMOMUQGDMOQOMUQKYQOQOQUQU C S of 1 J 0103030 O'BRIEN, PAUL H. Obie's ambition is to become a top sergeant in the army. Without doubt his pet expressions Hit the dirt! and Take a sneakly' will come in very handy. He likes to col- lect postcards and telephone numbers. He also likes hot doughnuts, fast music and Bob Hope's program. His special mannerism is chewing gum. OLSON, MERTICE College Course VVell hello blabelln is the fa- vorite expression of Mert whose destination is Wheaton College. She has been an honor student l, 2, 3, 4, although she doesn't seem like a studious person. She seems to get time enough to make brownies for George and to enjoy good music, Dean's ice cream, and listening to Duffy's Tavern. Her ambition is to see the pyramids of Egypt. Her best virtue is laughing at everyone's jokcs. OSTRAND, ROY CARLTON Practical Arts Course Swede , 4-F , and Drafty', are nicknames Roy has picked up along the way. His main ambition is to become a professional skier and join the ski patrol. Likes to spend money but dislikes earning it. Worst fault is fooling with the brace on his teeth. Best virtue is staying out of O. H. with Joe Madden. Often heard saying Oh, yeah? Happy landing in the snow, Roy! PANDA, ANNE Business Course Anne, or Blondie , as she is some- times called, has picked roller skat- ing for her professional career, but first of all she plans on helping out in the war effort by working in a defense plant. Her pet expression is Gee whiz and sh has a hobby. of collecting all kinds of pins. She likes the color red and also danc- ing. Doing dishes and running er- rands are the two things that per- turb her greatly. PAPIA, THERESA MARY Accounting Course Teddy is taking accounting and wants to become a good bookkeeper. Her pet expression is Mamma wrap that up! She is a member of the Commercial Club. Her hobby is photography. She likes to eat and dislikes being left alone. Her worst fault is taking the polish from her fingernails, her best virtue is smil- ing. Her destination is Hawaii with a certain someone not mentioned. . ,E -'Ol QIiQ!1-4i-0QOQOQ0lOMOM10:O OHLSEN, ROBERT ANDREW Technical Course Without a doubt , exclaims Ole that typical Tech student. He now does his fooling, which isn't much, in the Navy. His great ambition is to become an Aviator Machinist's Mate. The country needs boys like this. Bob enjoys all kinds of classi- cal music and reading good books. He played in the band l, 2, 3. O'NEIL, EUGENIA College Course Shake a leg or Always kiddin are favorite saying of Ginial'. To be successful is her ambition and her destination is Simmons. Some of her activities are Alumni Editor of Mir- ror, bowling '40-43, Dramatic Club President '41-42, and member of Soph- omore, Junior, and North Junior Alumni Dance Committees. Jinx likes her hobby, music, and dislikes false smiles and rayon stockings. Her worst fault is biting her ringer- nails and dreaming Cin schoolj while her ability to get along with people is her best virtue. ' OWEN, RUTH E. College Course Wait a minute says Betty,' who likes dancing, music by Harry James, red jewelry, and Swedes. Af- ter attcnding Framingham, she will undoubtedly make a good teacher be- cause of her generosity. Maybe some Swedes don't mind her teasing even if it is her worst fault. In her spare time Betty collects popular music and draws. She dislikes fussy cus- tomers, late people, algebra, and ar- guments fbecause she always losesj. Her activities include Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, bowling, Honor Roll 1, 2, 3g being Co-Editor of humor of the Mir- ror in her Senior year. PANTANELLA, SYLVIA JULIE Special Course Although Sylvia says her destina- tion is unknown, her ambition is to join the WAVES. Collecting records is her hobby, and being a good lis- tener a virtue of which she can be proud. Her favorite program is the Great Gildersleeve and her worst fault saying the wrong things at the wrong times. PATTEN, JEAN ANN Business Course Are you kiddin'? says Jeannie. She wants to travel in the south with Patty and join the WAACS. Her hobby is arging with B. K. She likes hot fudge sundaes. Pat doesn't like to do homework but always does, which is her best virtue. Her worst fault is losing her temper. Pat's a member of the Commercial Club and was on the honor roll '41-43.

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sz.,-.03 ,1010103 C 1 nzozoxocmcpoioioxoxavnu:-vzocnofo POWERS. BERTRAND J. Special Course To lose weight this pet like is ice creamj, to join the Army Air Corps, and to make a success out of life is Red's:' ambition. Sonny can often be heard saying Are you kiddin,? His hobbies include stamp collecting and a Junior . Getting along with this certain Junior is Red's best virtue and pestering Red Forsyth his worst fault. Activ- ities include Senior Class Auditor 3, 4g and Dramatic Club President 3, 4. QUIGG, CHARLES L. Special Course Farmer wants to make good in the Army where he will follow his hobby wearing big shoes. With Bob Hope's programs on short-wave, vanilla Hoats like Reeds, and plenty of boys to argue with he ought to enjoy himself. Fortunately there will be no blondes. RHODES, JOSEPH RALPH Practical Arts Course Joe wants to get rich in a hurry. He is going to join the Marines in the near future and decapitate a few Japs. His hobbies are hockey, as we all can see, and radio. He likes to sing and tunes in on the 9:20 Clubl' frequently. He may often be heard saying Beat it, bum, I haven't a nickel either. RITCHIE, ARTHUR JUSTIN Civics Course Arkus wants to be a fireman and get into the Navy. His favor- ite expression is What can you do? His hobby is working. He says his best virtue is being quiet. He claims he is bashful and never laughs. VVhat do you think? ROBINSON, DAVID A. Practical Arts Course If you hear How do you feel, honey'?', or mm, that's nice! you know that is Dave. His hobby is studying airplanes and naval me- chanics so as you would imagine his ambition is to join the Navy Air Corps. He claims his best virtue is his shyness but he has the fault of arguing and being angry when he shouldn't. He likes Friday nights and loud socks. .-QM' wi'-fs., .YM 'W POWERS, MARGARET ESTHER Practical Arts Course Dolly hopes to become an officer in the WAVES, an ambition she hopes to train in immediately after leaving school. Her hobbies are writ- ing poetry, corresponding with people all over the world, and becoming a successful writer. Essy,s worst fault is the use of big words and the right anwer in Physics when no one else has it. Her pet peeve is de- livering mail on Saturday, and her best virtue is making cookies for her brother and friends in the service. REED, RICHARD MARLOWE Technical Course Get on the ballu says Big Dickn whose ambition is to become a Naval Aviation Radioman. His favorite pastime is playing Juke Boxes and he likes sports, dogs, and women, but not women with slacks. Some of his activities include football l, 2, 3, hockey l, 2g Sophomore Social Com- mittee, and Homework l, 2, 3. CHome- work while listening to Red Skeltonj. His worst fault is lending money to Curley and John. Being good-natured is his best virtue. RINES, BARBARA LORRAINE College Course Babs,' wants to enter Nurses' Training School and then become an airline stewardess. Her hobbies are collecting records and pictures of movie stars, especially John Payne. She likes to write to her brother and that certain someonei' in the Ma- rine Corps. Barb is energetic too. She likes to sing, ride horse back, and figure skate. She is always on time but day dreams frequently. Sem- per Fidelisu, Barb! RIZZO, SANTA G. Business Course Are you kidding? is Riz's fa- vorite expression. She hopes to join the SPARS or to go to Greece with Martha and Ruth. She has the hob- by of writing letters Cto whom?J. She dislikes getting up before 7:45 in the morning and has the bad habit of borrowing money. Her fa- vorite radio program is Bob Hope. ROBINSON, DONALD SUMNER Technical Course Shoot him again, he's still kick- ing!,' is Slim's unusual saying which probably refers to those little yellow men, because his ambition is to knock of Tojo's glasses. He says his hobby is railroading. Fibber McGee and Nlolly are his favorite radio characters and his activities in- clude the Dramatic Club. After the Army Crisco expects to go to Northeastern. Although he dislikes pencil-borrowers his best virtue is loaning pencils anyhow.