West Bridgewater High School - Climber Yearbook (West Bridgewater, MA)

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DONALD GERARD HOLBROOK Ambition: Professional Baseball Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Music 1; Athletic Committee 3; Track 3, 4; Librarian 2; Interclass Basketball 2. Interests: Dancing, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Swimming, Golf. Don is a carefree, happy-go-lucky fellow, whose merry grin banishes care. Bliss it is in the dawn to be alive. But to be young is very Heaven. RITA MARY HOOPER Ambition: Airline Stewardess Chorus 1; Junior Class Plays 3; Lunchroom 3, 4; Traffic Squad 2; Senior Class Play, Refreshment Committee 4; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; F-S Social 2; Newsletter Staff 3. Interests: Bowling, Dancing, Ice Skating, Roller Skating. Rita ' s pretty face and pleasant manners bring the sunshine out even on the grayest days. Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. BARBARA GILMORE LUNDGREN, Bobbee Ambition: Aeronautical Secretary Chorus 1, 2, 3; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Press Club, Typist 2; Hallowe ' en Party, Clean-up Committee 3; Lunch Room 3; Junior Class Play Cast 3; Junior Usher 3; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Class Play Committee 4; Climber Staff 4; Athletic Fund Drive, Captain 4. Interests: Dancing, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Badminton. A bright smile and a look which seems to say, Isn ' t life wonderful? recommend Bobbee very highly to her classmates. The joy of youth and health her eye displays, And ease of heart her every look conveys. MURIEL FRANCES MANSFIELD Ambition: English Teacher Chorus 1; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Clean-up Committee 1; Maga- zine Drive Captain 1, 3; F-S Social, General Committee 2; Bowling 2; Youth Center Committee 3; Girls ' Basketball, Assistant Manager 2, 3; Junior Class Play Cast 1, 3; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Climber Staff 1, 2, 3; Newsletter Staff 3, 4; Student Council 3, Secretary 4; Athletic Committee 4; Founder ' s Day Essay 4; Class Creeds 4. Interests: Poetry, Bird Study. A glance at Muriel ' s list of activities will indicate how versatile her talents are. Add to that a gentle manner, a discerning mind, and a magic touch with words. Every language is a temple in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined. FLORENCE ARDELE MURRAY, Fanny Ambition: Civil Service Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 1, 2; Climber Staff 1, 2, Business Manager 4; Chorus 1, 2, Pianist 3; Orchestra 4; Tin Can Pageant 2; Junior Class Plays Cast 2, Orchestra Committee 3; Class Vice President 3; Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4; Newsletter Staff 3, Editor-in-Chief 4; Traffic Squad 3; Founder ' s Day Essay 3; Somerville Drama Festival 3; Christmas Party, Entertainment Committee 3, 4; Junior Prom, Hall and Orchestra Committees 3; Youth Center, Game Committee 3; Field Hockey 3; Senior Class Play Cast 4, Orchestra Committee 4; American Legion Essay 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Ghost Walk Committee 4; Librarian 4; Pepsi Cola Scholarship Examination 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Assembly 4; Class Motto Committee 4; Class Will 4. Interests: Music, Bowling, Bicycling. Florence has many talents, and whether she is shooting a basket, or playing a difficult piece of music, or declining a Latin verb, she is at her best, — and her best is excellent. The fairest garden in her looks, A nd in her mind the wisest books. LESTER HOWARD NOYES, Let Ambition: Bookkeeper Junior Class Play, Stage Crew 3; Senior Class Play, Stage Crew 4; Class Treasurer 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Ring Committee 3. Interests: Bowling, Horseback Riding, Swimming. Good-natured and conscientious, Let will always have many friends. How good he is, how just, And hi for lligllf l trust.

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DONALD ALFRED DAVIO, Pop Ambition: Radio Technician Baseball 1, 4; Football 4; Track 3, 4; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Junior Class Play Cast 3; Senior ' Class Play, General Manager 4. Interests: Photography, Radio Repairing. Don takes radios and automobile engines apart and puts them together again with enviable skill, and on the side, Don is an excellent chef. We may live without friends, we may live without books, But civilized man cannot live without cooks. THOMAS H. FLY, Tom Ambition: Draftsman Basketball 3; Baseball 3; Senior Class Play Committee 3; Baseball Manager 3; Property Committee Junior Plays 3; Senior Class Play 4. Interests: Athletics. Tom is quiet and conservative, but friendly. Perhaps he is the most energetic worker in our class. 1 profess not talking; only this, Let each man do his best. DAVID JOSEPH FRATUS, Dave Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Chorus 1, 2, 4; Student Council 1, 3; F-S Social 2; Basketball, Assistant Manager 3, Manager 4; Football 4; Track 4; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Class President 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Program 4. Interests: Map Collecting. Dave must have been born under a lucky star. He has wit, personality, and a lively intellect, and all the girls envy his lovely dark curls. No man hath walked our roads with step So active, so inquiring eye, or tongue So ' varied in discourse. MARIE CAROLYN GAFFNEY Ambition: Nurse or Artist Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 1, 2; Climber Staff 1, 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Junior Class Play, Property Committee 3; Bowling 3; Field Hockey 3; Defense Stamp Committee 3, 4; Newsletter Staff 3, 4; Senior Class Play, Ticket Committee 4; Librarian 4; Christ- mas Party Committee 4; Magazine Drive, Secretary 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Assembly Com- mittee 4; Athletic Association, Publicity Committee 4; Class Gifts 4; Spring Dance, Entertainment Committee 4. Interests: Basketball, Dancing, Bowling, Drawing, Driving. Ask Marie, she ' ll do it has come to be almost a proverb at Howard. Marie ' s in- dustry and sincere enthusiasm will spell success for her with a capital S. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or think you can, begin it! SHIRLEY GUMMOW Ambition: Airline Stewardess Girls ' League, Vice President 3, President 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Clean-up Committee 1, Ghost Walk 4; Spring Dance, Decoration Committee 2; St. Patrick ' s Party, Program and Orchestra Committee 3; F-S Social, Decoration Committee 2; Junior Class Plays 2, Publicity Committee 3; Junior Prom, Dance Program 3; Junior Usher 3; Senior Class Play, Advertising Committee 4; Senior Usher 4; Senior Reception, Hall Committee 4; Service Squad 2, 4; Chorus 1, 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Athletic Committee 3, 4; Class Secretary 2, Vice President 4. Interests: Dancing, Driving, Bowling, Roller Skating. Petite and pretty, Shirley ' s cheerful disposition and her willingness to help every- one make her popular with classmates and teachers alike. Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where ' er she goes. IRMA GLORIA HAWES, Ish Ambition: Fiction Writer Chorus 1, 2, 3; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 1, 2; Varsity Basket- ball 3, 4; F-S Social, Refreshment Committee 2; Junior and Senior Class Plays, Advertis- ing Committee 3, 4; Librarian 2; Press Club, Editor and President 4; Junior Prom, In- vitation Committee 3; Class Gifts 4; American Legion Essay Contest, Representative 4; Spring Dance, Refreshment Committee 2. Interests: Writing, Reading, Bowling, Dancing, Swimming. Everyone likes Irma. Gay chatter, n light, happy laugh, and an infectious enthusiasm for lite — that ' s our Isil. Sht ' j prett : to walk with And .ritty to tali with And pleasant loo in think on. '

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SHIRLEY LOUISE OWENS Ambition: Secretary Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Decoration Committee 4; Ghost Walk 4; Class Secretary 1, 3, 4; Vice President 2; Lunch Room 1; Interclass Basket- hall 2; F-S Social, Invitation Committee 2; Magazine Drive, Home Room Representative 2; Junior Class Plav, Usher 3; Graduation Usher 3; Junior Class Play 3; War Stamp Com- mittee 3; Youth Center 3. 4; Class Ring Committee 3; Field Hockey 3; Girls ' Basketball 2, 3, Manager 4; Senior Class Play, Advertising Committee 4; Parents ' Night Program 4; Senior Reception, Hall Committee 4; Class Prophecy 4. Interests: Swimming, Basketball, Dancing, Roller Skating, Bowling Whenever you saw a group of seniors laughing together, you could be very sure that SHIRLEY was the center of it. Shirl ' s engaging personality will carry her far. A merry heart goes all the day, A sad tires in a mile-a. MARY EVANGELINE PAIVA Ambition: Vocalist or Nurse Spring Dance, Decoration Committee 3; Junior Plays, Property Committee. Stage Manager 3; Girls ' League, Treasurer 4; Assembly Committee. Secretary 4; Basketball 4: Senior Play Cast 4; Climber Staff 4; Service Squad 4; Senior Reception, Invitation Committee 4; Spring Dance, Entertainment Committee 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Assembly Committee 4. Interests: Singing. Always friendly, always kind, Mary has won for herself a large place in the hearts of her classmates. Her voice was ever soft. Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman. GRACE STUART PAYNE Ambition: Receptionist Girls ' League 1, 2, 3. 4; Chorus 1. 2, 3. 4; F-S Social. Refreshment Committee 2; Spring Dance. Clean-up Committee 2; Entertainment 3: Basketball 2, 3; Lunch Room 3 ' Junior Class Plav Usher 3: Junior Prom Usher 3; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Climber Staff, Assistant Typist 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Ghost Walk Committee 4. Interests: Horseback Riding, Bowling, Swimming, Movies. Grace is always busy at something, even in the morning, when most of us are still half asleep. This industriousness, coupled with her smile and a wonderful sense of humor, will bring success to Gracie, we are sure. The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent. And a mind content with all below. MARY JANE PROSS, Shorty Ambition: Nurse Class President I: Chorus 1. 2, 3. 4; Student Council 1, 2; Basketball 1. 2, 3. 4; F-S Social, Refreshment Committee 2; Girls ' League 1 2. 3. 4; Spring Dance, Entertainment Committee 3; Bowling 3; Junior Class Plays. Property Committee 3; Junior Prom, Invitation Committee 3; Field Hockey 3; Lunchroom 4; Senior Reception, Orchestra Committee 4. Interests: Swimming, Dancing, Bowling, Basketball. Mary is little, but her vivacious manner is so delightful that no one could forget her. Though her demeanor is the very best. Her mood is amiable, she loves a jest. MILTON ELMER ROCKWELL, Rocky Ambition: Navy Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Chorus 4; F-S Social, Entertainment Committee 2: Football 4; Marshal 3; Senior Class Play, Properties Committee 4; Christmas Party, Entertainment Committee 4; Youth Center. Game Committee 3; Hallowe ' en Party, Ghost Walk Com- mittee 4; Class Motto Committee 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Program 4. Interests: Driving. Our biggest tease by way of thumbtacks, elastics, and spitballs, Rocky can take a joke as well as play one, and beneath his gay banter is a head full of common sense and a heart of pure gold. The habit of going to the bottom of things usually lands a man on top. MURIEL BASSETT RYDER Ambition: Language Teacher Archery 1; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 1, 2. 3. 4; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; English Assembly 3. French Assembly 3; Junior Class Play, Hall and Policeman Committee 3; Junior Prom, Hall Committee 3; Junior Prom, Usher 3; Senior Class Play, Ticket Com- mittee 4; Senior Class Play, Prompter 4; Senior Class Assembly 4; Senior Reception, Invitation Committee 4. Interests: Basketball, Swimming, Bicycling, Skating. Muriel seems to be one of the happiest members of our class. Quiet, but nor shy, she has a smile and a gay Hello lor everyone she meets along her way. With equal mind what happens let us hear, f joy nor grieve too much for thing. beyond oui care.