Weymouth High School - Campus / Reflector Yearbook (Weymouth, MA)

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Tom Smith, look third place in a dash event. There were a lot of sophomores on that squad. We all enjoyed the Senior Play, Growing Pains, the Senior Prom, and the Senior Reception. Remember the Herald-Traveler Spelling Bee? said George. Sherrad Fleming took to]) honors in that. Both men settled themselves more comfortably in their chairs. Each man had his own thoughts, his own memories of his high sc hool days. Dick thoughtfully took his cigar from his mouth. Say, speaking of the coach, do you remember that skit the football players put on of Harry Atkinson ' s life? I never laughed so much in my life. I can see Gus Peter- son now, dressed as a nurse. We did have a lot of fun at the rallies that year. They really made the Agony Quartet, Bill Burdon, Al Bonga one, Bob Casey, and Don Sylvia, famous. They had the whole school almost rolling in the aisles. Winding up the football season with the Athletic Dance and the Bancpiet was swell, too. I remember the coach there in Uniform. We all hated to see him go. Don ' t forget the track team. They won second place in winter track at the state meet that year. Mr. Page always did have outstanding teams. We had a good baseball and basketball team also, with the boys in our class tak- ing the lead. Sports were not the only activities our class was taking over. Sherrard Fleming, Prise ilia Hilliard, Carol Curtis, and Barbara Hearn were elected to Student Council that Year; and our class officers were [ohnny Murray, Priscilla Hilliard, and Helen Cowett. Don ' t forget that they elected you vice-president, George said, smiling. We had a swell Junior Party that year. I remember that there were a lot of specialty numbers: Polly Barnes reading, Janet Tooze dancing, Eddie Dalto with the electric guitar, and lots more. Everyone had fun. We didn ' t forget the war, though, even in our fun. That was the year the Wey- mouth Highlights was started. The former students that went to W. H. S., who were in the service, really enjoyed hearing news about their old Alma Mater. We even purchased a jeep with the fine job we did on the bond drive. The one thing that was really a feat was the time when they made two rooms out of 214-A and 214-B, and put an airplan e there for the aviation classes. I remember that the class of ' 43 wrote in their class will, epiote, To rooms 214-A and 214-B, we will a few sharp axes to make one ' big happy family. ' Their will must have been taken seriously. Yes, it was a great year. We all enjoyed the Senior Play, Woman of Fifteen, which was very good. We ended the year well, too, with the Provincetown trip for our Junior outing. We started out with a new football coach in our fourth year. Coach Sweeney did a good job. Don Cote, Eddie Dalto, Joe Coveney, Jabber Slattery, George Labadie, Bill McCurdy, Johnny Butler, Norman Whittle, Johnny Murray, and you and I c v, PAGE SEVENTEEN

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were on the team. Norman Whittle, foe Coveney, and Don Cote received the trophies at the Football Banquet. Of course the football season would not be complete without the loyal backing of the cheer leaders. Representing the seniors in this swell group of morale boosters were Helen Cowett, Peggy Corbo, and Audrey Boyle. They did some dandy cheer- leading, not ordy at the games but at the rallies too. ' Remember how you paced our winter Track Team, Gouldo, the lime we won State ' B ' Championship? That was another leather in the crown of our class. When Johnny Murray left, you were made president, said George. Dick smiled. I wonder, I often wondered, why they made you vice-president, George laughed good naturedly. Diek went on. The Senior Christmas Party was a great success. Janet Tooze, Connie Tedesco, and Jane Poison gave us entertainment between the acts, remember? We all got a great kick out of Santa Clans, alias Mr. Brown. The Victory Dance went over great, too. The class play Youth Takes Over was given February 16 and March 2. Eddie Dalto and Polly Barnes took the leading parts. The Prom, on April 13, and the re- ception on Graduation Day were both great. The kids were kind of sad to leave W. H. S. I was too. Those were about the hap- piest days of my life. We had a lot of fun. The Senior Outing was the last event of our lour years. We had a great time. Mr. Stein got up and stretched. Well, Gouldo, old boy, those good old days are over now, but before we get back to the present and our work, I have a letter which I know will interest you. It ' s from our old pal, Carl Schuler, from the Trade School. Listen. Dear Dick, I was reminiscing on our old school days; so I thought I ' d drop you a line. Some- times I get rather lonesome for the old gang. Remember how our spirits were boosted by all the new improvements the first year I was there. There was the welding and sheet metal school for defence trainees, whic h had three shifts each operating on eight hours a day. The Sheet-Metal School, however, was a night project. Also there was the Auto Repair Shop ' s new car lift and grease gun. One of the highlights of the year was the time when the Civilian Defence Com- mittee had a parade which ended at the Legion Field. The Sheet Metal N. D. T. Course took part in this parade and put on an exhibition of their work at the Legion Field. A lot could be learned from the sheet metal exhibit. When we entered school in September 1943, I remember Mr. Whipple commen- ted on the increased enrollment, which totaled 138. c V, PAGE NINETEEN