Westport High School - Brownie Yearbook (Westport, MA)

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14 THE BROWNIE Most Sophisticated Most Glamorous Most Artistic Most Athletic Best Dressed Girl Best Dressed Boy . Class Juliet Sleepiest JEAN GIFFORD VICTORIA MIECZKOWSKI . ZOLA KIRBY . PAUL SILVIA AUDREY ABEEL GEORGE MEDEIROS HAZEL SHOREY JANET CRAPO VICTORIA MIECZKOWSKI HAZEL SHOREY SOPHOMORE CLASS Ist Row: Frank Carreiro, James Swainamer, Alan Manchester, Harvey Bolton, Theodore Sherman, Ernest Tripp, Carlton Bolton, Alfred Martel. 2nd Row: Theresa Pacheco, Hilda Orr, Virginia Crapo, Ethelyn Tripp, Alethea Tripp, Mary Lou Bensen, Vanda Pietrzyk, Evelyn Christopher, Ethel Bennett, Rosalina Cabral, Zeria Pontes. Last Row: Muriel Silvia, Lucinda Perry, Donald Brooder, Fred Webb, Donald Richard, Charles Costa, Harvey Wescott, Edmie Bibeau, Edward Earle, Arline Wordell, Rita Pelletier, Gabriela Santos. Class Prophecy Ten years from the day we graduated from Westport High School, we decided to take a trip back to cur old home town. I had spent a month at Lillian’s home in Texas where she had been living since graduation. I was a social secretary to an elderly lady in Boston. On the plane the stewardess spoke to us in a familiar manner. We saw Vicki, now a trained nurse on the Dallas-to- New York run. She told us that Bill

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THE BROWNIE 13 Philip Manchester Pete is a popular boy We like him very much To him we leave these kid gloves So that he may never “lose his touch.” Dana Reed Ribbons Dana is a little lad He attracts a lot of girls To him we leave these ribbons To tuck among his curls. Gloves é Lloyd Brightman Smelling Salts Lloyd’s a master musician He’s also good at crooning To him we leave these smelling salts To keep the girls from swooning. Victoria Mieczkowski Memo Pad Vicky is our glamour girl And always has a date We leave to her this memo pad So she'll never be too late. Harold Caswell Map Harold’s our most studious We leave to him this map For, unlike most of us He is a clever chap. Jean Gifford Jean is our sophisticate A worldly lass is she We give to her this lipstick So red her lips will always be. Lipstick Hazel Shorey Silver Wings Hazel likes the Air Force Its praises she always sings To be sure she remains forever true We give to her these silver wings. George Medeiros Brush George is cur best-dressed man He’s always neat and pressed To him we leave this little brush To help him look his best. Zola Kirby Brush and Palette Zola is our artist She drew for “The Villager” all year We leave to her the brush and palette To use in her future career. Dorothy King Box of Pep Dottie is chock full of life She’s lively every day To her we give this box of Pep To see she stays that way. Janet Crapo Lantern Janet is a night bird That’s her favorite time of day To her we leave this lantern To lighten up her way. Lillian Emond Rule Book Lillian is our most athletic In every game she plays And so, to her we leave this book of rules To help her the rest of her days. Sprig of Mistletoe Irving, the veritable class Romeo Probably will not need mistletoe But in case he should be in need We leave him this sprig for his deed. Irving Tripp Superlatives Most Popular Girl Most Popular Boy Most Likely to Succeed Most Studious Most Original Most Careful Most Determined Most Agreeable Most Talkative Most Mischievous Most Thoughtful ; LILLIAN EMOND PHILIP MANCHESTER, JR. LLoyp BRIGHTMAN Haro tp CASWELL HANNAH TRIPP ELIZABETH LAKE DoroTHy KING IRVING TRIPP . CARL TRIPP ; . DANA REED . WILLIAM HEALY

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THE BROWNIE 15 was the pilot of the flagship, but we would have to wait until the plane landed if we wanted to see him. At New York, we immediately went to the control room. Bill, with his train- ing in the Army Air Force during the war, had become the pilot on that run. On the train to Westport, we met Au- drey who had gone to college and was now an interior decorator. She was re- turning home from New York, where she had transacted a big business deal. At the station, we saw a prosperous- looking farmer loading produce on the train. As we came closer, we saw Carl, now owner of a large farm. Carl had married his old girl friend from Need- ham. On our way out of the station, I bought a Westport newspaper and found in it a cartoon by Zola Kirby. We de- cided to visit her at the ofhce where we met her on her way out to lunch. She invited us to eat with her. She told us that after going to college, she found she would rather be an artist so she studied art for a few years. Then she got the job on the newspaper. In spite of the many boyfriends she had had while in school, she had not yet settled down to a home of her own. She took us to “Liz’s Tea Room”. Our schoolmate, Lizzie Lake, ran the tea room and had a good business. She had started with just a little stand but had gradually enlarged her business. Zola told us about a baseball game in the Westport Stadium that afternoon between the “Villagers” and the Dart- mouth “Green”. We all agreed to go, but as the game wasn’t until two o'clock, we started for Westport Center. Zola took us into the City Hall which we had not seen. While we were look- ing around, Hazel spoke to us. She was working here as secretary to the Mayor. After finishing business school, she had come back to work in Westport. We talked to Hazel for a while, and soon it was time to go to the game. As we went in to the ball grounds, we heard somebody yelling “Red” and at ence thought of our old classmate who had been an ardent baseball player. Once seated we saw that it was Paul playing behind the plate, and Pete was pitching them in fast and furiously. It was a thrilling game in which Pete and Paul were the stars and the “Villagers” were out in front by a ten-point margin. We went down to the field to see them. Pete was married, of course, but Paul was still on the rebound. We decided to meet Hazel and Zola that evening and go roller skating. As we were getting on the bus to go back to the Center, Janet Crapo got on ahead of us. She was running a boarding house, but her soldier fiance did all the work, When we got off at the Center, we were startled by a loud explosion. We saw smoke pouring from a nearby apart- ment house window. As we were hurry- ing to the scene of the fire, the engine drew up to the curb. Just as the fire- men got off the truck, a man appeared at the upstairs window. The firemen immediately got out their net and the man jumped. When he was safely on the ground, we recognized him as Lloyd who was now an experimenting chemist. He said that he had been experiment- ing for many years, but this was the first time any such accident had occurred. We left soon after, expressing our sym- pathy because his laboratory was de- stroyed, By that time we were hungry again. We went to a restaurant on Main Street. As we were eating, a well-dressed busi- nessman came in. He was George Me- deiros. After graduating from Stock- bridge, he had started a large dairy farm of his own and now had a herd of 115 cows. After dinner, we went to meet Zola and Hazel. Not far from the restaurant, we saw a couple coming toward us who looked very much like two of our school- mates. We were very surprised when we found out they were—Dana and Hannah!!! Dana was very much changed as he was now taller than Hannah. They stopped to speak. Dana has become a well-known politician in the City of