Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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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.

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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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J. Not to mention the gypsy dances. It was a wonderful dance. F. But the most important dance in our eyes will be the reception next Monday. We all will have tinted gardenias,and the Town Hall will be decorated in our class colors, Green and Silver. J. Speaking of green, I'll never forget the row the kids had on St. Patrick's day,between green and orange. I guess nearly everybody was in danger of expulsion from school. But it was fun while it lasted. F. So was third period chemistry class. I won- der if the kids still soak each other with water pistols and medicine droppers. J. Remember when you and Sidney Herman had a collision while he was carrying a test tube DB1 of acid? F. I'll say. Luckily nobody was hurt. But I couldn't wear my blouse again. J. Speaking of clothes, remember all the fuss about the New Look ? I guess that was the sub- ject of more arguments than anything else this year. Gee, what a time. But nevertheless, the girls all wear the long skirts to school. F. Of course, the most outstanding thing this year will be graduation tonight. I've forgotten much of high school, but I'll never forget the end of our high school days. J. Look, she ls still sound asleep. F. Yes, but she is beginning to stir abit. J. That indicates she is getting ready to dream. F. Good, then let's move her to dreamland before anything happens to interrupt her dreams. HONOR PARTS Valedlctorianz Frances Carr Class Gifts: Sally Harper, Dayton Hunt, Patricia Butterfield Salutatorlan: Kathleen Sullivan Class Prophecy: Margaret Kilroy, Class Ode, Joan Cunningham Patricia Schindler, Joseph Waters Patricia Condon Class Will: Helen Hayes, Dorothy Swift Class History: Frances Kane, Janice Littlehale If , ,. gf' W f' O ,i l Xv Z 5 haf! F ein, f ' Y' H YEARBOOK ADVISERS To Miss Gilbert and Mr. Hayley, our yearbook advisers, we give sincere thanks for their work and co-operation. 26