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

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THERESA ARLENE SEYMOUR, Terry Ambition: Hair Dresser . Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom, Hall Committee 3; Junior Play Cast 3; Senior Play Cast 4; Lunch Room 4. Interests: Dancing, Drawing, Swimming, Bowling. Terry, our tall goddess, is always lovely and demure. Her gentle ways have en- deared her to us all. ( sweetness of her looks and mind. By virtue first, then choice, a Queen. EMILY THOMAS Ambition: Accountant Archery 1; Librarian 1; Lunchroom 1; Interclass Basketball 1, 2, Varsity 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Usher 2; Girls ' League 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Oass Plays, Ticket Committee 3; War Stamp Committee 3; Student Council 3. 4; Junior Class Plays. Prompter 3; Junior Prom, Invitation Committee 3; Class Ring Committee 3; Senior Class Play Cast 4; Senior Class Play, Publicity Committee 4; Office 3. 4; Magazine Drive, Business Manager 4; Parents ' Night 4; Class Play Committee 4; Hallowe ' en Paity, In- vitation Committee 4; Climber Staff, Editor-in-Chief 4; D. A. R. Representative 4; Class Motto Committee 4; Founder ' s Day Essay, Honorable Mention 4; Pepsi Cola Scholarship Examination 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Assembly 4; Class History 4. Interests: Reading, Movies, Basketball, Drawing, Driving. Talented with the paintbrush and the pen, and a skilled mistress of basketball. Em is a versatile lass with high ambitions. Quiet, very industrious, it is, however, for her ever-calm demeanor that we shall always remember her. Nothing can exite Em. Aspire, break bounds, I say, Endeavor to be good, and better still, and best. DOROTHY EVA THOMPSON, Dottie Ambition: Av.atr.x Senior Class Play, Refreshment Committee 4; Girls ' League 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Program 4; Climber Staff, Head Typist 4. Interests: Aviation, Tennis, Bicycling. Soft brown eyes and a shy smile are only two of DottieY ' many assets. Every- one likes Dottie. Could it be because Dottie likes everyone? So many gods, so many creeds So many ways that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs. GERALDINE ALICE WELCH, Gerrie Ambition: Private Secretary Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 1, 2, 3, 4; F-S Social, Refreshment Committee 2; Junior Class Play, Ticket Committee 3; Service Squad 4; Christmas Party, Chairman of Refreshment Committee 4; Class Statistics 4; Class Superlatives 4; Climber Staff. As- sistant Typist 4; Senior Class Play, Refreshment Committee 4; Hallowe ' en Party, Chair- man of Clean-up Committee 4; St. Patrick ' s Day Assembly 4. Interests: Skating, Writing to Pen Pals, Collecting Autographed Photos of Movie Stars. Gerrie combines efficiency and dependability, and mixes them well with courtesy and kindness. She can always find the silver lining of the clouds. ' ' life an empty bubble be, How sad for those who cannot see The rainbow in the bubble. Class Creeds by Muriel Mansfield CLASS ODE To the tunc of 1 Can ' t Begin To Tell You Theresa Seymour Oh, Howard High we ' re leaving and bid you now adieu; Our hearts will always treasure joys we knew. Our lives are just beginning, And when life ' s storms are new, Our days with you will help us see i hem I hroueh. 1 he fun we ' ve had in classes, The proms and football games, Will keep our hearts remembering And make us young again. So once again dear Howard, We sadly say adieu; To you we will remain forever true.

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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.

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T 1 1 E CUM 15 E R CLASS DAY ADDRESS OF WELCOME David Fratus Mr. Lord, Mr. Lindell, members of the School Board, parents and friends. We welcome you to our Class Day activities, which mark an important milestone in our lives. We who have studied and played together through the many happy days of our high school career, have reached the parting of the ways. Many of us who have finished our schooling, will find jobs and start to make our place in the com- munity, while to others graduating from high school means only another step towards the completion of their education. But for all of us, the rest of our lives lies before us, a challenge, calling forth the best within us to achieve a place in the world. In the past four years a lot of history has been written. A second World War has been fought and the problems of peace are once again upon us. The hopes of mankind have been vested in the U. N. 0., which represents the results of the struggles of so many, who gave their all, maybe not realizing it but nevertheless dying to protect the rights of others to live in peace. This is our hope in the future, that we may all live together in peace and harmony. It is in such a world as this that we must live and that we must take more important places. The future of world peace depends upon the future generations, upon our generation. We, being of this generation, have a role to play. We are prepared to play this part, thanks to our teachers whose loyalty and devotion to their job of preparing us has made us aware of the opportunities which are ours. To our teachers who are our best friends we give our grateful thanks, wishing them many more happy and fruitful years of service. We leave Howard High School determined to be ever guided by the motto of our class: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. CLASS HISTORY Emily Thomas Another season rolls around and graduation is here again. Determined to reach this stepping stone in life, the Class of 1946 has completed four years of hard study — with the help of the teach- ers, of course. This magnificent, sensational, and exceptional class of brilliant scholars has been recognized throughout the four years of its career as one of the greatest classes ever to set foot in Howard High. I now take you back over these years that you may see how the history of this famous class has developed. It all began on September — ah — , well any- way, in the year 1942. The class, then in its in- fancy, tiptoed cautiously up the front steps of Howard High, carrying that precious piece of cardboard which said, promoted to the ninth grade. ' We sensed the glares of the upperclassmen watching our every move, but we went proudly on our way. Once inside the spacious (it says here) building, the little class slipped quietly into Room 1. There at the teacher ' s desk sat Miss Weeden who was to guide us through the first step of our career. After a few weeks had passed and we had settled down to the school routine, elections were held. Mary Pross was elected President on the first ballot, the Vice-Presidency going to Leon Beau- lieu. Shirley Owens took over the Secretary ' s duties quite nicely, and Lester Noyes, naturally, was elected Treasurer. A surprise came one day in the form of a de- lightful invitation from our newly-made friends, the Sophomores, to attend a social. Not knowing what it was all about, the kind invitation was gratefully accepted. Because we were such good sports, a lew harmless pranks were overlooked. A good time was had by all, and, indeed, the party was a success. My, how the time passed! And