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

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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 , .

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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

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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