Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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at Paris already. Good heavens,what's the matter with the landing gear? It won't come down.We're going to have to pancake. Hold tight,everybody! Oh, oh, someone was hurt. It's Madeline Rowe and Mar orie Duckfleld who were on thelr 'l J 1 A I ' way to meet their fiances. Don't worry,thoughg Nurse Ruth Packard will soon have the situation well in hand. Since we're so tired and thirsty let's go into Phyllis Troy's soda fountain, or,chemist's shop as they are known over here.She has a chain of them all over France. Look who just came in. It's Sylvia Haskell, winner of the 1958 Olympic Skating Championship and Prudence Thetonia, manager of the new Wool- worth store in Paris. Let's walk along the quay on the way to our hotel. Doesn't that good-looking fellow with the brunette out there look familiar? Why 1t's Roy Hammond. What's he trying to do? Oh, don't tell me he's still trying to balance the books of ofovovovovoooooooooooooo o W. H. S. Class of '48? Doesn't his wife look bored? It's getting late. I guess we'll have to go back to the hotel. Who's that ahead of us? It looks like Helen Hayes, the great dramatic actress, and Frances Kane, professor of trigono- metry at the Sorbonne. Do we know that sleek- looking person at the corner table in the dining room? Isn't lt Marjorie Johnson eating French pastry just as fast as she can? Before we leave Paris in the morning for the good old U. S. A.,we will see more of the sights We mustn't forget to see the gigantic construc- tion being carried on by Joe Waters,Dayton Hunt, and Wilbur Danner, who are trying to build up Paris as they did New York. It's been a glorious trip. We have found all our classmates amazingly prosperous. Before we congratulate them, however, we should realize that it was the atmosphere of dear old Whitman High that made them what they are. ooooooooooooooooneooo o fr CLASS WU.. .....,. ., By Helen Hayes, We, the Class of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight of Whitman High School of Plymouth County in the Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, being of sound mind and body, do on this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight hereby bequeath this--our last will and testament. We humbly beg the pardon of all those people whose talents or worldly goods we have had to beg, borrow, or steal and hope that they will be our friends forever. TO OUR BELOVED TEACHERS: To Mr. Bayley: Our thanks for the help and guid- ance he has given us through our four years of high school. To Mrs, Pratt: A record of her daily speecn, 'This is a study period: you can't study if you talk.' To Mr. Lane: A joke book. His jokes are getting pretty old. To Mrs. Mclnnesz A twin to help her with allher work o To Coach Mallnowskig A donation to the Polish Relief. We hear they're going to need it. To Miss Moore: A quiz book. She must have used up all her questions by now, To Mr. Xanthaky: A class that doesn't know how to giggle. To Mr. Sharkey: A new car. We see he has been walking quite a bit lately. To Mr. Yetten: A free pass to ride in the new car of the Coach's. You need one to get in. To Miss Allen: A clock for her office. She and her pupils must get tired of running back and forth to the outer office. To all the rest of the Faculty: The pleasure of having had the Class of 1948 to teach. TO THE JABBERING JUNIORS: To Helen Mann: Mary Ann Curby's athletic abil- ity. To Eddie Clark: Robert Jones's athletic ability. To Nancy Tucker: Natalie Fonta1ne's title of being best dressed girl. To Barbara Ferris: Her sister Sh1rley's person- ality. To Paul Glberti: Roy Ham ond's personality and popularity. Dorothy Swift To Beverly Chambers: Ann Mahoney's cheerful na- ture. To Madelyn Ware: The Oscar of 1949. To Donald Backofen: David Forrand's neat appear- ance. To Julia Ann McCarthy: Joan Cunningham's musical ability. To Amy Hogg: Kathleen Sull1van's unused book, 'Careful Driv1ng.' To Faith Penniman: An alarm clock. Maybe you'D. see her at five of instead of five past eight. To all the rest of the Juniors: The two big ta- bles at the end of the lunchroom. TO THE SILLY SOPHOMORES: To Dickie Butler: Joe Kenneally's good looks. To the Irwin twins: A name card for each one. Then we can tell which is which. To Janice Raynes: First place in a Beauty Con- test, To Mary Corthell: Leah McLaughl1n's gift of speech. To Jackie Brennan: Bob Dr1sco1l's speed in go- ing around the corner at lunch time. To Barbara Roache: A baton with a star on the end to keep her mind on it. To Leonard Sweeney: A copy of Gull1ver's Trav- els to make him feel at home. To Janet Racicotz A 1947 Black Chevrolet con- vertible. I hear she likes them. To Ann Keveney: A box of sugar to go with her personality. To all the rest of the Sophomores: The hope that they will make the most of their last two years in high school. TO THE FEATHER-BRAINED FRESHMEN: To William Taylor: William Buckley's gay atti- tude and sheikishness. To Barbara Reade: Helen Hayes's height. To Sandra Parrot: Dorene Bosworth's place inthe lunchroom line. To Charlie Shaw: The opportunity to understudy Al Jolson in his pictures. To all the rest of the Freshman: Our sympathy that you will not have our assistance throughout the rest of your days in h1gh school.

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.-.. 1 -1. 'C C -'j il I .-1 1 4. .1 A 1 2 -i 1 .1 y S .1 Q 3 -1 7 ll ll -i X A 4 ... .- .- AA .- - .- .- ..- f S- -A -:- 4 Aa- ai?-:aze-5.-S-Q.Pa..........--....s..x..x.-s...,..... -..v-7-....v. ... ....,..-...-5.-5.5 I CLASS PRQPHECY Q .. .., -..--Q,-. ... ,-.....L......: By Margaret Kilroy, Patricia Schindler, Joseph Waters. Let's move the clock ahead to the year l958. We are going on a rocket plane trip from Boston to Paris by way of Miami and Rio de Janeiro. First we'1l take Billy Burke's deluxe atomic powered taxi to the airport. Porter Stanwood Ford ambles over to carry our luggage but first stops to flirt with the hostesses, Jadine Raynes and Joan Brouseau. Now that the luggage is taken care of,let's have a quick snack at Doris McCrillis's restau- rant, noted for delicious fried clams. As we enter, we see Bob Driscoll repairing the refrig- erating system so that the food purchased from the barons, Loring Ibbitson and won't spoil. Bobby Alden, Now we are all prepared for the trip. We step into a rocket plane designed by Lockheed's Dorene Bosworth, and piloted by John Balonis and B111 Libby. Well, Pratt, fat lady of the circus, and look who's up front. It's Bethel Esther Major, the human skeleton. Right in back of them are those social whirlwlnds, Marie Brine, Shirley Holt, and Beverly Cox. On the other side are Leon Barry, whom many are comparing to Enrico Caruso, and Leon's accompanist, Joan Cunning- ham. And look who's right in front of us. It's Sidney Herman and his secretary, Shirley Ferris. Sid, as you probably know, is a great brain specialist and Is flying South for research, With him are Helen Ford, Betty Crosby, and Lvnthia Hatch,the well-known occupational thera- pists,and Lorraine Simmons, who has caused revolutionary advances in psychiatry. What's happening now? Oh, it's only Bob Abel broadcasting the speeches of the new Pres- ident of the United States, Joe Dahlll,and Vice- President, Bill Buckley. Well, here we are at Miami. ls coming out to repair one of the Frank Corbett rockets, but that's no concern of ours. We're off to see the town. Let's go over to the Red Sox in Sarasota and watch Bobby Jones, and Billy Kimball work out. This the Sox to win five consecutive If some of you want souvenirs we can have our pictures taken by Training camp Cam McClellan trio has led world series. of this trip, the traveling photographers, Bernice Swan and Barbara Barclay. Casey, the winner of the Olympic swimming cham- pionship over there? There are Mary Ann Curby, president of Sargent,and Mary Da Silva, who has succeeded Hedda Hopper as Hollywood gossip columnist. What's this being brought out of the luggage compartment? Why,it's a stowaway--Joel Cushman.I guess that his desire to see the world got the better of him. My, my, what is going on over in that dark corner? It seems that Ann Mahoney is taking a letter while sitting on bank president John Mlller's knee. For goodness sakes, here's Rio already. Why, that looks like Earle Wassmouth over there making a sketch of the airport. As we leave the airport and arrive at our hotel, we hear a big commotion over by the switchboard. We investigate to find it is only maintenance man Bob Marshall bothering those cute operators Idella Purpura and Edna Brown. Let's hurry so we'll be able to get a good table at Peggy Kilroy's famous night club,the El Roi Tan. I hear they have a good floor show, Here's Patti Schindler,the hostess, greeting us, always glad to welcome old friends. This should be an interesting show because the orchestra has celllst,Polly Close and pianist Pete Forrand. I see they are also featuring dancers,Barbara Sca- hill and Pat Condon. Isn't that hook reviewer Ardelle Perkins, over at the corner table? And here come Joe Kenneally and Rosemary Garrigan. These two have won oscars ln Hollywood so many tires that now they have a monopoly on them. Let's go back to the hotel. It's getting late and we have some letters to write. I won- der if there are any public stenographers around. Somebody mentioned Dorothy Horte and Dotty Loud, didn't they? Disaster has struck! Someone has rifled our personal belongings since we have been gone and stolen all our travelers' checks. We had better put detective Manley Robbins on the trail. He'll have the thief in no time. Meanwhile we will go to the bank and get some more money. I can hardly believe 1t.Roy Turner is pres- ident of the bank. Whatfs more, he has a bevy of beautiful girls, Janice Littlehale, Sally Harperg Dorothy Swift, and Phyllis Torrey to serve as bookkeepers and secretaries. Now that we have some money, let's take one of Russell Hatch's After that wefll go to the style show where Natalie Fontaine, Jean Appleford, Ardelle Nash, and Patricia Butterfield will model clothes de- signed b Eleanor Shea The com lete show is c Y ' - P under the direction of Agnes Kieran, the manager sight-seeing buses and tour the waterfront. Wow, that was a close call we just had, wasn't lt? I thought that Ed and Don Green were going to have one of their famous trucks com- pletely demolished when they almost crashed into of Macy's department store. Who are those two fellows we've been seeing all day on the docks? They must be Urban Bell- rose the sin ing beach comber and David Wenz, us. lt's getting late. We better head straight for the airport. That must be Evelyn Thomas, our stewardess, greeting us. I d1dn't know that she S o the millionaire commercial fisherman. I know you'd like to stay, but time for our plane to leave. Let's the hotel and collect our things. lt's nearly go back to was way down here. I wonder who our passengers are this time. There are Margaret Waterman with two stuffed animals from her prize collection, This time our pilot is none other than Kathleen Sullivan. I hope she doesn't fly a plane the same way she drives a car. I see that our hostesses are Ginny Whitman and Coralle Staples, and that looks like B111 McCabe at the radio. Some of our passengers look familiar too. Why, I believe that's Frances Carr, the exchange teacher, who has helped our diplomatic relations with foreign countrlea And isn't that Frances and Doreen Washburn on her way to Paris to try to organize a basketball team good enough to win the Olympics. Look, there're Charlie Tirrell, love story novellsq and that famous Parisian designer,Grace Gardiner. Isn't that Joan Davis over there, the girl who made a fortune from her invention of freckle-remover? I don't see anyone else we know, do you? Gee, these rocket planes are fast. We're

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In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands and in the presence of witnesses do declare this to be our last will this fifth day of June in the year One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight. SENIOR CLASS We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify on this fifth day of June, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-E1ght,the above-named in our presence and hearing declared this instru- ment to be their last will and testament and re- quested each and every one of us to sign our names thereto, as witnesses to the execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of the testators and each other on the day of the will. Witnesses: Little Iodine Baby Snooks Fritzi Ritz Scribes: Helen Hayes and Dorothy Swift Q CLASS -Z -- ---V -. .. ... .myn-ar...-.. ...-.--Q.-Q..-.1-gum HISTORY 5 ..,.....s.....- ...........,......-...J By Frances Kane, Janice Littlehale Scene: In a dream factory. Date: Graduation afternoon. J. It looks like Dreams, Inc., is going to have another visitor any minute now. F. Well, we'd better make sure she's asleep be- fore we take her to dreamland. J. Did you bring that stardust with you? F. Yes, I have some. J. Good, we'll sprinkle a little over her.fSpr1n- kle stardust, snow, as nStar Dustn is played.J F. Why don't we try her out on a dream of the past. I hear she used to sleep soundly in class, so she would probably enjoy a history dream. J. What shall we tell her about? F. Let's give her a dream of the things our class did the four years we were in school. J. Good, we'll start with our freshman year. F. Will you ever forget how we felt on that first day of high school in '44? J. I'll never forget! At 8 o'clock on that morn- ing the doors clanged shut,and we were trapped for four long years. F. Yes, and we were greeted by the teachers with the usual joyful remarks about nthe worse class I ever had. J. I thought it was quite amusing the way we pretended to be impressed by the pompous, self- important seniors so we wouldn't hurt their feelings. F. However, we soon settled down. Some of the class took part in sports while others were busy apple-polishing. J. Wasn't that the year that Cameron McClellan shaved his hair? F. Ssh! Don't mention his name or she'll wake up! J. You know, I thought freshman year would never end. It just dragged but June finally came. We were free for the summer, but that seemed to fly. F. Then our sophomore year was a big year. We could elect officers that year. Robert Marshall was President, Sally Harper, Vice-Presidentg Roy Turner, Treasurerg and Jean Appleford,Secretary. And we could join the glee club that year. Re- member the excitement over our first dance in mid-winter of 1946. J. Then came our junior year. Boy, wasn't .that the year though! I'll never forget our first dance that year. Miss Fox helped us with our decorations. We got more money than ever before in the school's history. Were we excited! F. Yes, but we were twice as excited over our Junior Prom, remember? We called it the nMard1 Grasn, and Mrs. Payton helped us with our beau- tiful decorations. ll J. Didn't Bob Marshall and Sally Harper look nice that night? They led the grand march, with Roy Turner and Ann Mahoney, you remember. F. That was a wonderful year. They all were on the whole, but gee, we didn't think so then. I can remember counting the hours until Saturdays. J. I guess we all did. But we were usually glad to get back to school on Mondays, espe- cially in the fall after the football games. F. Yes, we had a pretty good team our junior year. We even beat Abington for the first time in seven years. J. And Bobby Jones got the football trophy that year, the first year it was given. F. He and Roy Ham ond were co-captains during our senior year.We had our best team that yearg won 5, lost 3, tied 2. J. Yes,I guess we should have had our new field long beforeg it seemed to bring us luck. F. Gosh, it was beautiful. It really took a beating, though. We played some pretty rough games, as I remember. J. Not to mention those weird basketball games. All the easy games we lostg the tough ones we won. I'll never forget the Rockland game. F. I know it, I lost more sleep worrying about that game. But the fellows came through in fine style. Maybe they thought I was going to carry out my threats of mass slaughter if they d1dn't win. J. Our senior year was pretty hectic,to say the least. I never was so busy in my whole life. F. Mg neither. First, we elected our officers. Let's see. There was Bob Marshall, Presidentg Shirley Ferris, Vice-Presidentg Roy Hammond, Treasurerg and Ann Mahoney, Secretary. J. And then we chose committees for our first dance. WThe Dogpatch Hol1day.n F. Mr. Stackpole, one of our advisers, left soon after that. We missed him very much, but Mrs. Mclnnes has carried on capably. J. Then our class play, nDon't be Bashful.n I heard the cast wasn't bashful about their appe- tites at Miss G1lbert's party. F. We voted on the class Who's Who. No one was supposed to know who was who, but the news ap- parently leaked out. J. We started working on yearbooks. F. We used a new method causing more work for the typists so we could have them class day. J. And we exchanged graduation pictures. F. Don't forget our rings! J. The beautiful gold ones with the black onyx stones. F. And then came our second dance, nThe Gypsy Gambol.u We surely had novel entertainment.The fortune telling was a big hit.