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

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Glass of ' 4 6, wandering about in the saored portals of VJestwood High School. Lively John Hopkins is now training commandos. We like to think that he gained his skill on V ' est- woods ' Superior Commando Course. Louise Kierman, who always set the styles for our class, is now the world ' s most famous fashion model. Bill Carlson is her managing agent, and it could be that his artistic abilities have something to do with her success. Our musician, Mile. Tony Gampenella, is now on a tour of Europe. The reports indicate that she caused quite a sensation in Paris, being the only American to set foot on La Belle France who can speak French v ithout having a cold at the same time, V hen handsome Dave Alcott drives by, the gals still swoon; but we can ' t tell what it is that causes such rapture - the car or Dave. Lois Mace ' s beautiful golden tresses are slov ly turning grey - the reason being that she has just returned from Reno for the fifth time and is on the loose again. (She still can ' t make up her mind, can you Lois?) If we v ant to travel all the way to rlgypt we ' ll find Lee Phillips - and this time with a harem of his own. He says it ' s the only life for him. Could that be Larry Perkins dashing through the wilds of New Hampshire with a skunk on his heels? Or maybe it ' s the other way around I Flash ICharlie Mitchell, the great detective, has at last found Art Harris, who, it is said, had engine trouble on his trip to Mars in a rocket ship, crash- ed, and wasn ' t heard from for four short months. Joe Vaux is now photographer for Esquire Maga- zine and says he finds the job quite interesting • But I should think it would be rather dull photo- graphing the latest in men ' s suits. Ruthie Kennedy can be seen almost anytime with her cap pulled over her eyes, coat collar turned up 18

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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

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and dragging behind her a brief case containing a gun and black jack belonging to her boss, The Great Charles Mitchell. In her beauty shop Flossie Gehling just gave a permanent but she got to talking so fast and fur- iously that she didn ' t notice anything until the woman, upon looking at herself in the mirror, screa- med bloody murder. Now Flossie ' s on her way to buy a wig for her ex- customer. Our attractive Ruth Hoffman has acquired fame by discovering an antidote for chicken pox so fu- ture generations v on ' t have their beauty marred by pox marks . A successful chain of laundries has been start- ed by Nancy Hamblen, their slogan being, As Little Work as Possible. Peggy Jefferson is trying to pursue an active career but is hindered by the swarms of active men that pursue her. Thunderous applause greets the Burnett and Ryan Act as they introduce their nev routine on roller skates up at Roll-Land. Roy Crocker is now an Admiral in the Navy - he achieved this promotion because of his new revolu- tionary way of plotting courses. Paul Scoble is a typical sailor, pursued by a stream of admiring girls-much to his consternation. Hunter Bagley and Robert Anderson are the most promising orators in the Senate; their present de- bate promises to be as historic as the Lincoln- Douglas debates. Vini Watson was so shocked to find that she was out of school and free that she had a nervous break- down and is in a sanitarium. 19