Westwood High School - Green Years Yearbook (Westwood, MA)

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Joliri Hopkins leaves his hours in shop to Joe Iciy • Tony Gampenella leaves her genius to anyone who gets all A ' s every year. Art Harris leaves his athletic ability to Art Bent. Lee Phillips leaves his popularity to John Mc- Gilly. Joe Vaux leaves his ability for taking pictures to anyone who can get the flash bulbs. Jeanne Hanlon leaves her active participation in class affairs to anyone who would have the courage to step into the Senior class play at such a short notice. Bev. Webster leaves her vivaciousness to Nancy Upde graph. Larry Perkins leaves his editorship toFredOlose David Alcott leaves his good looks to Allan Bliz- zard. Bessie Hale leaves her good-natured helpfuHness to anyone who is that useful. Maureen Powers leaves her Irish temper to Eileen Johnson. Lulu Kierman leaves an advanced copy of Vogue to Fay Roberts. Billy Carlson for some strange reason leaves out his Junior year. Roy Crocker leaves a table of Logarithisms to Mr. Sarris. Charles Mitchell leaves his wit to Snuffy. Paul Scoble leaves a cook book (by himself) to Miss Moody. Hunter Bagley and Robert Anderson just leave again. 16

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Vt e leave Miss Moody a book of passes. To Mr. Bader v e leave athletes who stay in train- ing. To Miss Keenan we leave a copy of the constitu- tion to aid her failing memory. Vife leave Mr. Sarris a lock from Einstein ' s hair The private gifts of students v ho are spring housecleaning are these: Wini Viiatson leaves her boredom with school to Sue Moore. (Does she need more?) Ruth Hoffman leaves her poise to Joan Pinlay. • Flossie Gehling leaves her wit (or is it wits?) to Margie Mulverhill. Mabel Packard leaves the Marine Corps with one exception Lois Mace leaves her beautiful blond tresses to Betty Feaver complete with comb and mirror. Gwynne Very leaves her dogged determination to anyone who is willing to use it. Rosemary Burnett and Catherine Ryan leave their comradeship to Louise Reese and Smitty. Ruth Kennedy leaves her petiteness to her sister Jean. Janice Goodrich leaves her art ability to Allan Blizzard — not that he needs it. Jean Brown leaves her popularity to Nancy McLarai and her red plaid slacks to anyone v ho has the cour- age to wear them. Peggy Jefferson leaves her beauty to Jean GoocMn. Nancy Hamblen leaves her bangs to Elaine Bigelow. 15

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pmPHEcy Despite atomic bombs bursting and volcanoes e- rupting, the survivors of the Glass of »46 find life quite normal in 1956. Bombs are nothing com- pared to their vigorous existence in Westwood High School, while the volcanoes have a striking resem- blance to some of the teachers. No one is the least bit surprised to see that Janice Goodrich is sketching her lively twins in sailor suits as she hums Bell Bottom Trousers. Mabel Packard makes a mighty cute farmerette on Allen ' s Vermont Farm. They take all the prizes at the county contests for their square dancing. Beverly Webster just received her Oscar for being the best sultry movie star of 1956. Barbara Ashcroft is reputed to be the best nurse in Gushing General Hospital. She gives her victims practical demonstrations in the laws of physics. (Don ' t you wish you were there, Mr. Dickerman?) The Postmaster General demands a draft for more mailmen to handle the heavy mails bet -ieen the United States and Hawaii. Westwood High is now rated the best school in Massachusetts. This fact is due to Bessie Hale ' s efficient reforms. She even teaches Greek. We find Maureen Powers the matron of a mouldy castle in Ireland. She disciplines her ten child- ren by heaving books at them. (Got practice in Physics Class, didn ' t you Maureen?) Jeanne Hanlon and Jean Brown ' have made a new United States flag because they believe that va- riety is the spice of life. (They ought to Imowl) Gwynne Very disappeared while climbing a mountain. Her ghost has been seen by various members of the 17