Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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when he hit Miss Wakefield’s heart. Several changes were made before we settled down with Miss Bocquel. During our junior year we were suddenly made aware of the existence of the Pine Tree State by the frequent expostulations on this section of the coun¬ try by Betty Densmore. We suffered this year with Career Books, Public Speaking, Radio Sketches, and the Sears Essay—all under the expert supervision of Mr. Zorn. Lois Lam- mers came to suffer with us, and Lois Colieary left. Because of the war and the gas shortage, our musical talents and dramatic ability were successfully combined in the form of Priorities of Weston High.” Oh those spiders! They were horrible, but the show wasn’t! This year we carried the seniors off to Paradise at the Junior Prom. The hall was decorated with cupids and angels, and a fluffy white cloud with several angels sitting on it hung from the center. Helen Coburn, dressed all in white, was chosen as queen. Her court included Joanne Brouillette, Marjorie Per¬ kins, Corinne Crehan, Peggy Lee Hill, Lois Lammers, and Carolyn Robinson. Nancy Cummings made a very sweet flower girl as she carried the floral crown which was presented to Helen by Douglas Schofield, the president of the Sen¬ ior class. During our senior year, Charles Briggs was sent as our representative to the Junior Town Meeting of the Air,” where he did a splendid job discussing Selling Democracy to the World.” Shall we ever forget some of the class periods with Harold often dozing, the knitting club clicking industriously, Martha doing her trig and at the same time carrying on an animated note conversation with Madeleine and Mary Horne? George was usually actively and inexhaustibly tickling the girls or pulling chairs around. We can’t forget the hot but usually short arguments of Briggs, Clapp, and Foster. And do you remember the time Charlie Foster was locked in a room and had to be hauled through the window by Charlie Briggs? But these gayer memories were shaken by the erupting volcano, war, which has caused a minor crater to appear in our class enrollment. Six of our members left us in the junior year: James Hanney, Craig Clive, Joseph Shee¬ han, Philip Sheehan, and Richard Malloy for the Army, and Stephen Ellis for the Navy. In January, 1944, Leonard Upham left for the Air Corps. We take great pride in these members of our class. History, Carlyle said, is made up of the biographies of all of the great men; and so it is with our class history. Each individual member has con¬ tributed his share to our class history. 11

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CLASS HISTORY On a promising September day in 1932, Miss Adams, the first grade teach¬ er, found herself faced by a not-so-promising group of youngsters. The mem¬ bers of this class that are still with us include Clara Ferranti, Sally Foster, Made¬ leine Homond, Alice Shaw, Martha Sherman, June Wales, Charles Foster, and George Wheeler. Beryl Enholm came bouncing into the second grade with shiny black hair, the future pigtails, flying behind. She was followed by her faithful pursuer, Kenneth King. In the third grade Ralph Quilty began his experimenting with rubber. The fourth grade must have found us in a state of suspended animation, but in the fifth grade Nancy Shaw joined us. Things did happen in the sixth grade. Ralph Quilty and Charlotte Boh- lin, our ballet dancer, departed for other shores. And do you remember the trip to Charlestown Navy Yard? When Charlotte left, we jumped up and down and shouted goodby to her, much to Miss Staples’ disgust. (We didn’t go out to recess that day!) Phil and Joe Sheehan appeared, and to the joy of all, not excepting the boys, Mary Koon arrived on the scene. We mustn’t for¬ get Robert Slater and the great love affair. The mothers didn’t approve. One day Vera Graves got very angry with Miss Staples and went stamping and cry¬ ing out of the room. Miss Staples sent Virginia Stevens after her. Vera very angrily threatened to throw a glass of water at her but ended up by only slap¬ ping her face. The next year we entranced the junior high with our entrance. There we discovered David Clapp and Snap Malloy. There were a lot of new things this year. We had bells to regulate our classes, we gave plays, and lost our re¬ cesses. Many of us went with Miss Marble on a trip to Boston, where we vis¬ ited the Customs House Tower and the State House. While we were in the eighth grade, a wolf and wolfess appeared, A1 Mac and Georgia Ragan. All the girls tried their best to steal a little glance at the Glamour Boy from Wayland.” Our freshman year had hardly started when we were saddened by the passing of Mary Harte, who had been a favorite with all. Edwin Schmittz, with a brisk hand shake; Jimmy Clark, with his amusing and annoying ways; and Betty Norton, with the reputation of a great stu¬ dent”—all joined our ranks during our freshman year. Lee Owens came in the sophomore year. She was chosen Queen of the Prom. Never shall we forget Mary Horne and Charles Briggs, who also came that year. The first-year French class was put to a complete loss by Cupid 10

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Lois Lammers Charles Foster Ginny Beryl, again Eighth Grade Muscles” The Winner Doris Swanson Sally Foster Beryl Mary Horne 12