Westborough High School - Cotton Gin Yearbook (Westborough, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 38 of the 1950 volume:

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Bliss Borden Clare P Boswell r and Mrs H F Bur oe M and Mrs Donald H Campbell Francis Casey a d lrs A J Carlucci Chamberlain Bros Frank O Cleveland Mary Conroy Six Conspirators M and Mrs William Cutler Frances D1Natale B111 Ford and Nrs an Mrs and Mrs and Mrs Chester Farrar Nils Forsberg L P Farnsworth John M Foster Natalie M Fournier Edgar M Fournier A Friend Gannon Motors Jim Gannon Gerald D Griffin Al Halpin Joseph K Haburay John F Hanavan Lillian B Hanavan a d Mrs E R Har Irving W Harper Edwin Heckman Herman M and Mrs Marguerite W M and Mrs M and Mrs John H Hero Hero B R Houston Aram Kalenian M Elizabeth Kane Helen Kelley Thomas J Kelley .7144 .gif lffiissf '?44iQ wc.-7 -9 Kenworthy Bros. Co., HQ J. Kenworthy Dr. and Mrs. James Lawton Lord's Men's Shop Mrs. Ronald Lattinville James Lilley Mrs. James Lilley School Lunch J. Baron Mason Mr. and Mrs. Norman MacDonald Martin Maljanian Mayfair Cleaners 8 Dyers Mills 5 8 l0 Store Paul B Moran Nannette s Dress Shop M and Mrs Mrs Charles Naples M and Mrs M and Mrs Ruth O Neil Mr and Mrs Hobie Palmer S P1 Marie Polachi E Ri Jake Rives E C Robertson Virginia W Rodgers Ars Charles Rososky rs A D Russe Sam s Cobbler Shop Rufus Shaw Mr and Mrs Mlchael Smith Harold Smith Mr and Mrs James H Shepherd James H Shepherd Jr Starobin the Tailor dr and Mrs Fred Temple Ruth Wadleigh Mrs William G Trank Tony s Market K Tu s M and Mrs Robert W Trull The Trulls Mr and Mrs Hugh Tufts C Mars Noah Nason Samuel Nava William F O Brien Paul Osman Anne B Trank Mrs Annie H Trank M and Mrs Ralph Tyler Wheatley Motors Inc Worcester Suburban Electric Co J E Yukins X QQ, X Llllif giig r 1 , H. . M. l' , Jr. ' C. B. ' . P. . 1 M . . ...V h 1 . I'. . . I'- - ' ' r. . ' ' . ' ' Mr. 'n N . . . ' ' Q A I 1 . . i R. . 'per r. . i ' C. . Mr. 1 . ' ' ' . Mr. d . . ' 1 - Mr- t . . 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Football C3,43g Agriculture Club, Vice-President 3 . . . Q . . 5 ! IK 7 ' 1 ' 17 . - . 7 Y ! 3 ' ' 7 ' 7 4 . ' , - , ' B' v - 1 1 ' 5 6 , 3- : 2 4 ll ' 1? . . 7 7 ! 'f U If JAMES BERNARD Golfballs I l1ke work It fascmates me I can Slt and look at It for hours Golf 143 Sound Effects for Sen1or Play MORTON BERQUIST Mort On the stage he was natural Slmple affectmg Football 12 3 43 Manager of Baseball Team 12 33 Semor Play 143 Dramat1c Club 143 JOYCE BICKFORD BICICIC The secret of hfe IS 1n art ball 113 Orlel 143 MARY LOU BORDEN Dannie Honor Success crowns pat1ent effort Cheerleader 12 3 43 Semor Play 143 G1rls Chorus 11 23 Hammer and Saw 133 Basketball 11 23 Yearbook Staff 143 RICHARD BURHOE Dick He appears quiet and shy but there s a twmkle in h1s eye Football 143, Basketball 13,43 We1ghtl1ft1ng 143 K i KK ' . ' ' . 7 7 ' ' 77 S ' - K KK ' ' 77 3 5 ' 2 2 7 Q . C ' ' 7 KK ' ' ' I! Art 1333 Girls' Chorus 11,235 Designing 1439 Basket- S - ' 1 K 7 KK ' Y! n ' . ' Y 3 D 7 7 7 3 S S , J O K KK 3 Y ' ' n , Q . . . NORMAN BURKE Burkle A good fellow, a clean sport and the best of fr1ends Football f1,25 Basketball Q3 45 Golf C3 45 Archery C35 Sen1or Play Stage 145 CONNIE CAMPBELL Pete Honor Better late than never, but better never late Basketball Q1 2 3 45 Captam Q45 Public Speaking Q35 Orchestra C1,2,3 45 Sen1or Play Q45 Or1e1 Q45 RUDOLPH CARLSON Rudy The farmers therefore are the founders of human c1v1l1zat1on I EAN CARLUCCI Spaghett The Slght of you is good for sore eyes Art Club C35 G1rls Chorus C1 25, Dramat1c Club Q45 MARY DUNNE M A D Honor Laugh and be well Class Secretary C45 Hammer and Saw Club 135, Propert1es Senior Play 145 G1rls Chorus C15 Basketball Q45 I ' 7 Cl 7 ' 77 x a Q x S 3 - - I 7 Il 77 . n . 0 7 7 7 7 7 A u . Q . 1 7 7 7 7 7 Dramatic Club Q45. K I K! . ,, I I KK ' 77 . ' 7 . ' 7 7 . 1 Y ll 77 . . . 7 ' Q ' 7 n 7 7 . CHESTER FARRAR Chet The b1rds can fly an why can t I9 AVIHUOH C11-lb 12 33 Orchestra 11 2 33 SCIQUCC Club 143 Football Manager 11 23 GERALD FOLEY Gere Who IS sllent 1S strong Football Ass1stant Manager 133 Basketball 13 43 Baseball 1l 2 3 43 Captam 133 Agr1oulture Club 133 Student Counc1l 143 ANN FORSBERG Muscles The sm1le that won t come off Basketball 13 43 NILS FORSBERG Pete I-hs lxmbs were cast 1n manly mould For hardy sports or contest bold Football 11 2 3 43 C0 Captaln 143 Basketball 12 3 43 Dramatlc Club 143 Sen1or Play 143 INA FOSTER Trudy Gert Honor Never was the absent 1n the r1ght G1rls Chorus 11 23 Publxc Speakmg 133 Prompter Seruor Play 143 Yearbook Staif 143 Dramatxcs 143 Class Secretary 123 Basketball 11 23 Jr Red Cross 143 K Y cc ' K r Q yy . A Y 7 v ' 3 , 9 4 3 ll ' ' ' I! ' 5 ' , 9 3 3 Y Q Q Q . 4 Y KS ' 7 li Cheerleader 13,433 Knitting 133g Senior Play 1435 , . C Y ,,. . . ! !! 2 9 a ' I 5 ! Q 2 ' C I I l 7 :A ' ' 77 . , , . . i 9 9 7 S 3 Z S , 3 - JOAN FOURNIER 'Slim' Let us have music. Girls' Chorus 11 2 3 41- Oriel 1415 Senior Play 141' Basketball 11 21. BARBARA GRANGER Bobbxe The good and wxse lead qu1et lives Girls Chorus 11 2 31 JANET HABURAY .Tenney Honor All wrapped up xn one Sen1or Play 141 Glrls Chorus 11 21 Art Edxtor for Or1el 141 Basketball 11 21 Dramatlc Club 141 Manners are the happy way of doxng tlungs Pubhc Speakmg 131 Sen1or Play 141 Football 11 31 Football ASS1St2.Ilt Manager 141 Dramatlc Club 141 THOMAS HARDY Doc There l1ves no greater leader Football 11 2 3 41 Co Captaun 141 Class Pres1dent 13,41 Student COLUICI1 141 Agrlculture Club 131 7 9 ! r a 1 4 - 1 xc ' ' 1 1 9 ' K 3 cr ' n . l . , I . 1 J 9 S 1 S - WILLIAM HANAVAN 'Billy' cc - ' rs S ' S , 5 Q . 1 I cr - n 7 J 7 ' . 9 3 - VIRGINIA HARPER Gma Honor Always qu1et and always true and ready to enJoy some humor tool Student Counc1l 115 Fore1gn Correspondence 135 Orchestra 12 35 G1rls Chorus 11 25 Senior Play 145 Dramatlc Club 145, Representatlve of D A R 145 NANCY HERO 'Budge Honor Better to the wa1st l1ne than to waste Gxrls Chorus 11 25 Archery 135 Propert1es for Semor Play 145 Basketball 13 45 Dramatic Club DAVID HOUSTON Hoot Honor but think the more ' Student Counc1l 12 3 45 Class Pres1dent 125, Public Speakmg 135 Boys' State 125 Semor Play 145 Football 135 0r1el 11,2,35 Student C0l1Ilt11 Presi dent 145 BETTY .TEWETT Honor A little qu1et you may have surm1sed But when you know her you d be surprxsed Gxrls Chorus 115 Hammer and Saw Club 135 CHARLES KELLEY The score stood four to six with but an inmng left to play Football 13 45, Basketball 11,2,3,45, Baseball 11,2,3,45 Class Presxdent 115, Painted scenery for Senior Play 145. I ' 7 cc - i ' , 1: 7 . g . ' . ' ! , 9 7 P y r 2 ' I ! u ' - ' if ' ' , 9 5 ' 5 , 3 145- K l I hear, yet say not much, 1 9 S 3 3 9 ' !Liz9 lf ' ' I ' !! . , Q I ' 'Kel' KK ' ii , . . 5 . BRUCE KRUEGER V1nCe Honor Wxt IS the salt of conversauon not the food Football C1 2 31 Agrxculture Club Q31 Basket ball Manager C3 41 Golf C3 41 BERNADETTE LILLEY Berme Qu1et ways Glrls Chorus Q1 A1 NORRIS LUKEY Norrle Small a.xes fell great trees Agmculture Club C31 R1fle Club Q31 Drmvmg Club 141 KARNIG MALIANIAN Mal True to your word your work and your frlend Av1at1on Club Q21 Pamted scenery for Semor Play Q41 GEORGE MORONEY Ge0rg1e To plow and sow and reap and mow and be a farmer s boy Agr1culture Club C31 Rlfle Club C3 41 41 S fr A FRANCES NAPLES Pidgle A good heart s worth gold Girls Chorus 11 2 3 43 Hammer and Saw Club 133 BESSIEMAE NAVA Beth Honor A blush may be becomlng, but often lnconvenlent Gxrls Chorus 11 23 Basketball 11 23 Class Sec retary 133 Publ1c Speakmg 133 Sen1or Play 143 Yearbook Staff 143, Dramatic Club 143 ELEANOR O BRIEN Ellie She greets you k1ndly one and all Play 143 Orxel 143 Dramatic Club 143 Basketball 11 2,33 Iun1or Red Cross 133 CARLEY OSMAN Polly , Ossey Domestlc happmess thy only b1lss G1rls Chorus 11 23 Hammer and Saw Club 133 Cheerleader 143 Basketball 11,2 3 43 Dramatic Club 143 WALTER PAINE Waldo They say a carpenter s known by h1s chips Agmculture Club 133, Football 12 3 43 Rxfle Club 133 C ' 1 ff 7 77 ' ' J 1 1 I 7 ll ' ' 97 . , D . . s 1 1 1 ' S S S 7 K 7 ll ' 77 , . Girls' Chorus 11,233 Art 1335 Properties for Senior 3 ' S 1 S - I 7 K 7 ll ' ' ' 77 ' ' y 3 S 5 , , Z K 7 ll 7 ' 77 . . 7 7 7 ' ' THOMAS PALMER Tomm1e Qu1etly he came and went DOROTHY RUGULEISKI Dottxe Honor She th1nks the moon IS made of green cheese G1rls Chorus C1 23 Basketball C3 43 Publ1c Speakmg C33 Kmttmg C33 BARBARA RUSSELL Rusty Style IS the dress of thought Gxrls Chorus C1 A3 Art C33 Dramat1c Club C43 Propertxes for Sen1or Play C43 HELEN SHEPHERD Mxdge Honor I ll not budge an mch Student Counc1l C2 3 43 Cheerleader C43 Prompter for Semor Play C43 Basketball C1 2 3 43 Or1el C33 Yearbook Staff C43 DANIEL SIBLEY 'Dan' Dancmg IS l1fe 1tse1f Football C43, Basketball C43, Baseball C43, Sen1or Play C43 il 553,155 up 56 BEVERLY SMITH 'Sm1tty Woman s at best a contradxction still Girls Chorus 12 45 Art 135 MALCOLM SMITH 'Males I know somethmg about floriculture Av1at1on Club 125 Agrxculture Club 135 R1f1e Club 145, DPIVIIIE Club 145 Football Manager 12 3 45 ROSEMARY SMITH ROS16 She sat plymg her needle and thread stltch, stitch, stxtch G1r1s Chorus 11,25 Hammer and Saw Club 135 DAVID STOREY Delta Honor The way of cultivation is not easy Agr1cu1ture Club President 135 Football 12 3 4 DOROTHY TEMPLE Dottie Honor 'Patience opens all doors Girls' Chorus 1155 Art 1155 Oriel 145, Co Chairman Properties Senior Play 145 ' 1 IK r ' H . 7 4 J 1 ' 4 r 44 ' I7 . 9 Q 9 7 7 ' 4 ' v IK ' 7 ' ' H ' 9 . , . 4 1 gg n . c D D 9 7 ! ' 4 2 4 H . . FRANCIS TRANK Red Honor A rugged boy w1th ha1r of red w1thout the temper so t1s sa1d Pres1dent of Red Cross Councll Q35 Archery Club Q35 Semor Play Q45 Football Q1 2 3 45 Basketball Q2 3 45 Baseball Q1 2 3 45 Student Councll Q45 Busmess Manager of Orlel Q45 L JUNE TRULL .Tune B Honor What IS worth domg at all IS worth domg well Publ1c Speaklng Q35 Cheerleader Q45 Semor Play Q45 Dramat1c Club Q45 Gxrls Chorus Q1 25 HUGH TUFTS Cueball Honor Thr1ft IS the ph11osopher s stone Class Treasurer Q1 2 3 45 Archery Q35 R1fle Club Q3 45 Semor Play Q45 Wexghtllftmg Q45 Football Q3 45 Golf Q3 45 WENDELL TUFTS Swendell D1mes and dollars' Dollars and dxmesl An empty pocket s the worst of crmmes Av1at1on Club Q35 R1fle Club Q3 45 STE PH EN TYLER Steve 'I never think of thefuture. It comes soon enough. Agriculture Club Q35g Senior Play Q45. 1' ROGER WILDT Wilco Honor All that phllosopher has sought Scxence d1scovered gemus wrought Sc1ence Club Q3 47 Rlfle Club Q41 Seruo olf Q3 42 Student Counc11 Q25 Claw S Most Popular G1rl Most Popular Boy Prettlest G1rl Best Look1ng Boy Best Dressed G1rl Best Dressed Boy Ideal G1rl Ideal Boy Best Boy Dancer Best G1rl Dancer Most Studxous Nlcest Smlle Prettlest Haxr G1rl Wlth Best F1gure Prettlest Hands Boy W1th Best Phys1que Class Gum Chewer Class Opt1m1st Class Pess1m1st Woman Hater G1rl Wlth Best Personaltxy Boy Wlth Best Personaltly Most Rel1able Class Gxggler Most Art1st1c NO1S16St Quletest Class Actor Class Actress Class W1t Class Bookworm Boy W1th Loudest T1es Most Athletlc Most S0ph1st1cated Most Llkely to Succeed Favor1te Sport Past1me Beverage Hohday Comlc Strlp Actor Actress Orchestra Telev1s1on Song Show tatt Attea Allce Arnold Tom Hardy LOUISE Alberty FTHHCIS Trank Mary Lou Borden Stephen Tyler Carley Osman Hugh Tufts Dan S1bley Mary Lou Borden Margxt Badt Jean Carluccl Ina Foster June Trull Dot Temple Pete Forsberg James Bernard Nancy Hero Helen Shepherd Gerald Foley Nancy Hero Tom Hardy V1rg1n1a Harper Joan Fourmer Joyce Blckford Joan Fourmer Gerald Foley Morton Berqlust Conme Campbell Bruce Krueger Roger Wlldt James Bernard Pete Forsberg Barbara Russell Roger Wlldt Football Sleepxng Coke Chrlstmas Brenda Starr Ronald Reagan .Tohn Wayne Bob Hope Gregory Peck June Allyson Vaughn Monroe Arthur Godfrey r Play C45 There s No Tomorrow l ' 7 K4 ' 7 . . . ,, , . f ' , 5 ' 3 ' s G , g . ' 0 Y Nicest Eyes Eleanor O'Brien 3 Clam Ugnogphacg, Bruce Krueger and I have Just finished taking t.he census in this section of the country We worked in the main office compiling the records One of the interesting things about our Job was that in this manner we found out what has become of the famous class of 1950 of Westboro High School William Hanavan is in the political busmess He is managing Curley s Campaign as Curley tries for a comeback Curley is pretty old, but he keeps trying Helen Shepherd, the noted scientist, has come up with a new theory It w1ll be known as Shepherd s 'I'heory of R1elat1v1ty This theory will replace Einstein s and will revolutionize the world Malcolm Smith, the famous floricultur1st recently crossed a skunk cabbage with a rose and got a skunk cabbage that smells sweet Mr Smith plans to raise these skunk cabbages cheaply and sell them for perfune Ina Foster 1S on a nation wide rad1o network She plays the part of the wife in Young Doctor Malone, the well known soap opera Ina always did want to be a doctor s wife Carley Osman IS now managing a restaurant Her specialties are stewed Chesapeake Bay oysters and fried chicken a la Maryland Four members of the class of 1950 have gotten together and formed a band They call themselves the Mid century Band Walter Paine plays the accordion Dottie Temple the piano, Connie Campbell is the violinist and Joan Fournier is the vocalist Gerald Foley IS st1ll a holdout of his Westboro home Ger can t seem to get together with the Cards they re a few thousand dollars apart Francis Trank has realized his life long amb1tion to be w1th the Red Sox He is their f1rst base coach We feel sure that he is qualified for this pos1t1on as he had plenty of ex per1ence at it in high school Probably the best team of nurses 1n the country IS that of Ann Forsberg Nancy Hero and Eleanor O Brien When they get a desperate patient, Ann holds his head down Nancy holds James Bernard, of course has won his fame as a golf player Gorgeous Gussie Moran may have won fame for her novel clothes as a tennis player but she is now over shadowed by James His latest outfit wluch left the press searching for descriptive words, consisted of a pink two p1ece blouse bright yellow shorts, and red sneakers with blue laces Karnig Mallanian and Tommy Palmer now run the Maljanian Palmer Motor Mart You can take an old run down wreck to them and, when they re through with it it W111 run l1ke mag1c Louise Alberty now operates a dr1v1ng school Even back in high school she seemed awfully 1nterested in cars Jean Carlucc1,1s the manager of the A Sz P How Jean got this job we don t know, but they say that she s doing an excellent Job Alice Arnold now runs a drug store She also dabbles in pol1t1cs, for as you know she was never one to take a back seat to anyone in anything Speaking of politics we Just noticed that Tom Hardy is running for selectman Tom has a. prof1table business in the Hardy Carwash1ng Service, but he dec1ded to put to work his ab1l1ty for leadership which he acquired in two years as class president Running for office with Tom on the Progressive Party ticket is Mary Dunne Mary of course is running for town clerk a position that hasn t been out of the Dunne family for a good many years Bernadette Lilley and Rosemary Smith now own the enormous Smith Lilley Dress Company Joyce Bickford is the head of the designing department and Barbara Granger is the head of the office The office alone has fifty employees in it so you can see that it s qu1te a place , . . . . . , . , - . . - , . . - . . , . y 1 o - n I a n n at pr - ' 9 ' KK ' - !I ' ' . ' 9 , . . . . , ' . 9 , . . . ! 7 , . . ' 9 his feet down, and Eleanor pours the medicine down. , ' . KK ' li , - ' 1 - , , - , nnn. . Q 2 7 n n . . u , ' 7 , . . ' I 7 , . . . . , . ! 7 . o n n p f 1 , Q ' 2 There 1S a bxg carnxval up at the Westboro Stadium One of the feature attract1ons IS Rudolph the Daredevll B1ke Rider Rudolph Carlson IS apparently still r1d1ng that b1ke of his Another feature IS ChesterFarrar the stunt flyer Chet flies an a1rplane ups1de down wh1le turnxng somersaults on the top of xt One of the town s leadmg c1t1zens IS Stephen Tyler Stephen IS the e1ghteenth v1ce pres1dent of the Bay State Co Actually he sharpens the penc1ls for the seventeenth v1ce pres1dent Remember how Wendell Tufts was pers1stently swappmg old cars? Wendell 1S now the proprietor of Honest Wendell s Swap Shop Do you need a sweater for that special OCCRSIOII9 If you do go to Trull s Sweater Shop We always thought that .T une would make her l1v1ng w1th those sweaters For that classy co1ffure make an appo1ntment w1th Peter of Peter s Beauty Salon We ll bet that not very many people knew that Peter Forsberg s secret amb1t1on was to be a hairdresser Frances Naples IS 1n qu1te a profitable busmess Perhaps you have heard of carrler p1geons Well, Frances has a whole flock for frexght plgeons These b1rds are a cross between an ostr1ch and a hommg pxgeon and can carry from forty to s1xty pounds of fre1ght cross country Hugh Tufts who always had a lot of 3I'tiSt1C ab1l1ty IS now draw1ng calendars for Esqu1re magaz1ne Hugh says he fmds h1s work qu1te interestlng Roger W1ldt the renowned sc1ent1st, has come out w1th an amazmg 1nvent1on that he says 1S go1ng to preserve peace It s a hydrogen bomb that doesn t explode But when he presented h1S plan to the U N everybody walked out except the Russ1ans It IS rumored that they are go1ng to manufacture the bomb and sell It to the U S Barbara Russell Who IS 1n the top 500 1n SOC16ty threw a b1g party last n1ght and for entertamment she hired the world famous comedxenne, Dorothy Rugule1sk1 Dorothy s 1m1tat1on Walter W1nche1l has come out w1th a hot news 1tem Besslemae Nava the beaut1ful Powers model, IS gomg to be marr1ed 1n the sprmg The lucky man IS rumored to be an a1r plane p1lot Marglt Badt IS a llterary cr1t1c Margut you ll remember was the 11ttle g1rl w1th the b1g vocabulary back 1n h1gh school Morton Berqu1st and Mary Lou Borden are starr1ng ln the current product1on of Hamlet Morton who did such a good Job as the father 1n the Semor Play plays the part of another father, Polomus We thmk Mary Lou w1ll go far 1n the f1eld of drama after her 1n Splred actlng as Opheha Franc1s Adams and Byron Andrews are now tra1n1ng hxgh school teachers They know from the1r own experlences Just what to teach the would be educators about the behavlor of the modern h1gh school pup1l Rlchard Burhoe IS giv1ng lectures all over the country HIS sub1ects are var1ed but the most popular seems to be one ent1tled Are Po11t1cal Asp1rat1ons Inher1ted or Cultlvated? George Moroney IS runrung a model farm George doesn t do much farm work though because he spends most of h1s t1me tell1ng other people how to 1mprove the1r farms .T anet Haburay IS now the ed1tor of the Westboro Chronotype Janet always was glfted w1th the pen, and now she makes her talent pay off Robert Whlte remember Whltey the late entry xnto our fabulous class? Well he was gett1ng new parts for that Junk heap he had 1n h1gh school S0 HOW he S Come up wlth the gem of the century a portable collapsible auto Dav1d Houston 1S prospect1ng for gold ln the Hlmalaya Mounta1ns Dav1d always was mnterested 1n rocks, and now he apparently f1gures he can have h1S fun amd make It pay too J ' ' , . , . . . . . . . u u , '- y . ' v . , . . , . . , . , , . . I 7 7 ' ' 7 ! 1 ., . . , l , . . . . , . . , of a Wild Goose is really quite humorous - 7 .I n n I 1 1 , n n Q ' 7 7 H ,, . . . ' ! i ! I . H . . . . . . . ,, . . , ' 3 J 1 . U . , . , . . , , u , . Y , . Dan Sibley, who is now known as Twinkle Toes, is teaching dancing at Arthur Murray's. It's rumored that Dan is about to take over Arthur's job. Norris Lukey, youremember, was the practical joker of our class. He now owns the biggest chain of joke shops in the country. Some people say a good sense of humor doesn't a . p y Charlie Kelley and Norman Burke, of Westboro High School basketball fame, spent so much time downlSouth trying out for baseball teams that they each acquired a terrific tan and are now playing basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters. I Virginia Harper couldn't make up her mind whether to be a taxi driver or continue with her Red Cross work She settled on a compromise, she now drives an ambulance for the Red Cross Betty Jewett is now a farmerette Betty grew so attached to the farms after living near them all her life that she couldn t bear to leave them Beverly Snuth Good nat11red Beverly Smith now writes the jokes for the New York Sun But we have neglected ourselves My friend David Storey and I have been taking a nine years rest after the rigors of high school But we finally got hungry, so we got this job Now that we have completed this census, we will take a well earned vacation Thus you see that the class of 1950 has turned out to be a complete success The fields of business, art science literature and athletics are all well represented by this illustrious group of shirung individuals Bruce Krueger David Storey Francis Trank Clam Jfuitono, September 7 1938, was memorable for two reasons For one thing it was the first time that anyone could remember its raining on the first day of school The second, and the thing with which we are to be concerned for the next few minutes was the start of the long eventful career of the class of 1950 We were in complete harmony with the weather Nearly everyone cried, not just in the morning but all day long The routine of school required recess and lunch hour straight She always ate her lunch at recess and then spent the noon hour trying to borrow some one else s In spite of a few minor mishaps we passed on to the second grade, much to the relief of our first grade teacher It was while in the second grade that we made our initial venture into the theatrical world with a minor production entitled The Gingerbread Man Our star performer was Joan Fournier who playing the part of the pig ate David Storey as the Gingerbread Man In 1940 we crossed the school yard to the E11 Whitney building and the third grade At that time we were not particularly concerned with presidential elections There was one ex ception however Francis Trank was even then campaigning vigorously for the Democratic Party Of some fifty little third graders he was the only one who sported a Roosevelt button Miss Lawry had devised by far the most effective method for silencing noisy students I was really too simple she merely gagged them One day Connie and Hughie went just too far and wound up not only gagged, but tied back to back in the same chair , i . , . . adjusting on the part of some students, particularly Louise Alberty who couldn't seem to keep 5 1 n . 1 1 v Q 1 ' S l , Q . . D Well, only n1ne more years to go and here we were ln the fourth grade, or was th1s old Hawau'P M1ss Gleason thought that sxnce we were studymg Hawail we would get more out of It 1f we learned some native songs and dances You know what that meant' A hula dance, complete w1th dancmg glrls and nat1ve drummers' Y Our drummers were Francms Trank and Stephen Tyler The hula gxrls were Bess1emae Nava, Lenlce Krull Loretta Butterfxeld, Bernadette Lxlley .Toan Fourmer and Ann Forsberg Here lt must be mentioned that Ann was the envy of all the other girls She had the only genuine grass slurt 1n the group You should have remembered g1rls that It s what you put 1nto '1 thmg that counts And so another year passed and we now cons1dered ourselves among the el1te of the grammar school crowd After all we were 1n the f1fth grade on the second floor School was sl1ghtly hect1c th1s year As a matter of fact we left our mark 1n the form of an enormous staxn ln the mlddle of the ce1l1ng Yes on the cellmg How d1d It get there? Hugh1e Tufts practlclng a h1gh pass w1th an orange and splatl 'Nough saxdl We were not ent1rely free from practlcal Jokers e1ther We w1ll never forget the t1me Betty .Tewett gave Mary Dunne a hot foot. M1ss Roberts smelled the sulphur fumes and feel1ng herself unable to cope w1th the s1tuat1on called IH M1ss Glbbons Here we proved our loyalty to a fellow class member When asked who had l1t the match, we repl1ed m un1son Betty dldn t do It After th1s l1ttle eplsode we managed to calm down long enough to pass on to the s1xth grade We were all completely enthralled w1th the 1dea of hav1ng two teachers and changmg classes The novelty soon wore off when we found ourselves staylng after school every nxght mornmg 1nspect1on Every mormng we llned up before General Glbbons to be checked on personal appearance glrls flrst and then the boys One morn1ng Chester Farrar alone remembered h1s handkerchxef It started w1th the flrst boy and was passed swlftly down the lme We always wondered Lf M1ss Gxbbons ever thought It odd that all the boys used the same lung of handkercluef Agam we proved our dramat1c ab1l1ty when the fxrst row presented a h1stor1cal drama wr1tten by Marglt Badt It was about the death of Jul1us Caesar The hxgh spot of the pro ductxon was the f1nal scene when Bruce Krueger as Brutus stabbed Juhus Caesar played by Norman Burke w1th a letter opener Th1s dramatxc scene produced nothmg but a loud roar of laughter from the rest of the class Th1s rumed Norman s dramat1c career He s never been on the stage smce, except beh1nd the curtams The t1me fmally came for us to leave our grammar school days beh1nd and move over to the hlgh school If we enJoyed the novelty of two teachers, Just th1nk what a thr1ll we got out of hav1ng four and changing classes every perxod L1fe can be beautlful A certam group of boys who spect nearly every afternoon ln M1ss Nash s room were puzzled as to how she always knew, even w1th her back turned, when they were up to somethmg A couple of these sharp l1ttle characters soon dlscovered that she was usmg the p1ctures over the blackboard as reflectors The solut1on was slmple for such bright boys One nlght after everyone had gone the boys w1th the a1d of a chalr, ra1sed the p1ctures ever so sllghtly M1ss Nash left us shortly after th1s to be marr1ed She was gomg to take the easy way Needless to say Norman Bruce and Hugh were qu1te upset over her departure Our nature lover Charles Kelley, wrote a short artlcle for the 0r1el entltled Myrtle, My turtle Charles has long smces passed from turtles to other th1ngs ' 7 . . . . , . 7 7 ' a l o , 1 a . 7 7 ' ' 7 . , . 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' ' Ci ' 7 7 ' 6 I 7 17 ' ' Well we were determlned to make the most of our last year ln Jumor hrgh school One of our momtors Ann Forsberg lost her post because of an unfortunate acc1dent It was a small matter of puttmg a laundry tack on Conn1e Campbell s chaxr Fortunately for Conn1e she d1dn t s1t on the tack but unfortunately for Ann she told M1ss Dev1n Punlshment was swlft and Just One day Byron Andrews never partxcularly noted for h1s quxetness took advantage of the bell to make hke a B 29 Exther the bell was too soft or Byron was too loud because M1ss Dev1n heard h1m Byron she sa1d you w1l1 please apo1og1ze for your rude outburst Byron was stubborn but so was M1ss Dev1n After spendmg the better part of the day 1n the off1ce he was brought before the class He sa1d, and I quote Pardon me for my rude outburst It shall not happen agam We always thought the speech was not Byron s 1dea I-hgh school at last' Only four more years to go We were propably the most energeuc bunch of freshles ever to enter h1gh school Wxth the axd of our adv1ser Mr Bennett we ra1sed money for the Ice Follxes The h1ghl1ght of our tr1p was the dlsappearance of B1lly Hanavan We spent a frantxc twenty mmutes looklng for h1m No one was more aston1shed than B1lly He was about to call the Boston Pol1ce to look for the class It was at th1s t1me that Hughle Tufts found It was most unwlse to heckle M1dg1e Shepherd One day when he was amusxng h1mself by takmg her books she socked h1m 1n the nose wxth a sw1ft back hand It was hard to say who was the more surprmsed Some of the more br1ll1ant students had taken Latm w1th Mlss St George As she 1n formed us 1n the begmnmg of the year Latln 1S not a dead language Belleve me It wasn t our fault we d1d our best to make It so Our f1rst dance was not a rousmg success As a matter of fact It could have been called almost a flop But we drowned our sorrow 1n preparatlon for a baseball game 1n Boston It looked hke ra1n when we started out but we declded to take a chance We shouldn t have When we arrxved the game had been cancelled, so Mr Bennett got our money back Smce no one wanted to go home we declded to see a movle We unanimously agreed that Duel 1n the Sun more t.han made up for the cancelled game The crowmng event of thxs year was a class p1cn1c held on Fay Mounta1n under the d1rect1on of Mr Bennett We never could understand though why only two boys showed up Franc1s Adams and Davld Houston d1dn t seem to mxnd too much however Sophomore year we trooped expectantly back to school Imagxne the horr1f1ed look on our faces when we d1scovered our home room had been pamted shocking pmk That wasn t all, elther, for almost every room on the top floor had been exposed to th1s same paxnt Job You get used to It after a whxle , . 1 9 - . . , . . 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The boys were delxghted Wlth our new math teacher M1ss Hess, or maybe they were really 1nterested 1n geometry Her classes got her down though In fact, one day she got so angry at Joan Fourmer that whxle she was stamp1ng her foot the heel of her shoe came off Fortunately for her, she had an extra pa1r of shoes Oh well pat1ence IS a v1rtue Our dance th1s year went a long way towards erasing the prev1ous year s fa1lure Oh, Jumor year at last We were upper classmen, The ma1n events of the season were our two dances and the class r1ngs Our tr1p 1nto forelgn lands th1s year conslsted of a Journey to the thr1v1ng metropolxs of Worcester Under the watchful eyes of MISS Conroy and Mrs Rlley, we trooped 1nto the theater to see that very educat1onal f1lm, Hamlet , after a few gentle rem1nders that we were 1n Worcester, not Westboro and that we should act accord1ngly Then came the day when spr1ng fever h1t J une, Ina, and Helen 1n the m1ddle of February Desplte blustery wmds, theydec1ded anyth1ng was better than the torture of another publ1c speakmg class They devlsed a un1que plan Wh1Ch was completely fool proof, or so they thought Checkmg for afternoon attendance, they left the prem1ses at one o clock because they knew the professor never checked the attendance Unfortunately th1S was the day that Dr Russell was plann1ng to choose a g1rl for a speak1ng part at the Clark Tournament S1nce the names weren t l1sted as absent, the owners must be somewhere Consequently the entlre bu1ld1ng was turned UpS1de down 1n search of the three honor students who every teacher was sure, would never do anythmg wrong To add 1nsult to 1nJury M1ss Boswell caught them play1ng gm rummy 1n the outer Off-ICB dur1ng the1r afternoon conf1nement W1ll you never learn cr1me does not pay? season ma1nly because It was a Sad1e Hawk1ns Dance Our adv1ce to the undergraduates for future successful dances IS Don t depend on the boys, leave lt to the g1rls' That was not our only success, for m December we had our Sen1or Play entxtled And Came the Sprmg You ll probably all remember some of our memorable scenes Roger, we thought your pr1nc1pal 1nterest was sc1ence Although our strength was wan1ng we st1ll had courage enough to undertake the plann1ng of a yearbook Thanks to M1ss Conroy lt IS now complete and we hope th1s w1ll prove an 1nsp1rat1on to SUCCCSSIVG generatlons Soon the class of 1950 w1ll be nothmg more than a p1cture hangmg 1n the downstar1s corr1dors But our sp1r1t and 1ntellect w1ll lmger forever 1n the annals of W stboro Hlgh school Jafar! f 7 f 3 . , . , . . , . . . , . . ' ' Cl J! I ' , . . . , , . . . . . . , , ' s At last it was here, our senior year. The Senior Dance was our first success of the ' ct 7 ' D . ' ' H , . . . . H ' !' 7 V . , . . ' ! 5 1, f. I7 A tx-V , L, lf! 6 V N Q11 MW ootluollll f l. L ., .QFV gf g 3 K ', Ap x . KMA' , I --'L' 5 K ' f - Q 'Q A 'rf 3 ' 4 ft., Q . - vo. . 29. ' J I , Sk .. ' his d',.f,.l,,,c'1'e,, -lglzf , gi lQQQgfB8cg88ii'4a2Qae4sfnga53l-l 15, C B' QQ Y J 5' 1921 Front row, ileft to rightb: Richard LeBeau, Charles Kelley, Richard Fisher, Byron Andrews, Morton Berquist, Co-Captain Thomas Hardy, Co-Captain Peter Forsberg, Francis Trank, Louis Turner, Richard Burhoe, Robert Hunter. Second row: Coach Wedemeyer, Francis Nava, Richard Thompson, Thomas Hooper, David Storey, Ted Bullen, Francis Adams, Daniel Sibley, Donald Larsen, .Tohn Mullen, William Concaugh, Walter Paine, Assistant Coach Fisher. Third row: Clifton McGlory, Keitz Haburay, James Cox, David MacKay, William Thurber, Eldon Lowe, Robert Aldrich, Gary Berquist, Warren Smith, Edward Hunter, Henry Blasquea, Jack Uhlman. Qheanlle CLJETLA Cheerleaders: Front Row Cleftlto rightj Ann Forsberg--Mary 1,011 Bgrdeyi Co-Capt. Second Row: Barbara Toombs, Carley Osman, Alice Arnold, Helen Shepherd, Carole Andrews, June Trull, dial he t B CLQQ lllllll I Front row, lleft to rightjz Richard LeBeau, Louis Turner, Pete Forsberg, Co-Captain Gerald Foley, Co-Captain Norman Burke, Francis Trank, Charles Kelley, Richard Burhoe. Second row: Coach Wedemeyer, Richard Fisher, James De Profio, Robert Aldrich, Teddy Bullen, Donald Larsen, Dan Sibley, John Mullen, Clifton McGlory, .Tack Uhlman, Coach Fisher. Third row: Donald Boyer, Eddie Uhlman, Richard Kallio, Richard Thompson, William Thurber, Philip Morrison, David Farrar, Parker Uhlman, Bruce Krueger. 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