Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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QwQMQMC9MQ!iQK are the typing specialists Barbara Doyle, Alice Elliott, and Anne Buckley. Other per- sonelle at the school are Anita Dias, Bar- bara DeYoung, and Louise Woodill. Principal of this fine school is Shirley Thibodeau. Barbara Quick hasjust purchased the RubyCleaners. Tom Horan drives the deliv- ery truck while Sheila Adams takes the or- ders, Operatingalarge department store are Jacqueline Brown and Ann Kenneally. They have been doing so well that they have donated large sums of money to afund raising camp- aign for the local hospital, which is being ably conducted by Shirley Prario. Joseph Bonjoliian has opened a large fish importing firm. Accountants for the firm are Doris Dufresne and Carol Woods, Operating a rival importing firm is Sam Miller. The new local hospital was designed by Paul Wenz. The children's ward is in the hands of the two specialists, Isabel Leslie We, the Class of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-three of Whitman High School, being of sound mind and body, do maintain this to be our last will and testa- ment on this the Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. To the entire faculty we leave our undying gratitude for tne four years they have spent in educating us, and to Mr. Bayley we leave our sincere thanks for his expert guidance as principal of Whitman High School during our past three and a half years, and to Mr, Johnson, our new principal, we leave the hope that he will find his new position pleas- ant and enjoyable. To Miss Allen we leave a book of the newest excuses so that she will be a jump ahead of those who know them. To the Junior Class we leave the thought that although they have had many struggles and hardships they were worth while in obtain- ing the goal of dignified Senior. To the Sophomore Class we leave the cheer- ful reminderthattheir graduationis the year after next and by that time they will have grown up. To the FreshmanClass we leave three years which we hope will be as happy and successful as ours. and Pat Smith. James Perron, afamous sur- geon, along with Eleanor Boudreau and Nancy Damon, two noted medic al technologists,have found an amazing cure for cancer. The switch-board operator Elaine Nelson, has just put through a call to the desk clerk, Marilyn Barry, that an ambulance driven by Walter Foster will be there in five minutes. The patient is James McKenna, well-known Shakespearean actor, who portrayed Hamlet recently. His press agent, Dave Vallancourt, is veryupset over this because he has to can- cel his trip to Europe to appear at the Pala- dium. McKenna took an overdose of Sleepy- Time tablets, manufactured by the pharma- cetical house of Hurley and Flanagan. It took Mary and Alice four-,years to perfect these. Even though many of our predictions may not come true, we leave with the wish that all your hopes and dreams may be ful- filled. W I I To Mr. Jones we leave a bottle of nerve tonic and our thanks for his untiring patience and hope that all future driver training students will attain the high standards and skills of this year's Seniors. Barbara Doyle leaves her gift of gab to Bev- erly Blute and her cleverness in juggling the lunchroom accounts to always show a profit to Carol Horte. William Burns leaves his talent to wow the girls with his ballroom dancing to Billy Bur- nettg Gloria Murray's terpsichorean pro- ficiency is left to her sister, Dale. To Ann Giberti we bequeath Gwendolyn Ting- ley's dexterity to make the keyboard dance. To the Dramatic Club we leave the future John Barrymore and Sarah Bernhardt, who are Robert Runirill an iCarol Bjork, to match the acting ability of Diane Derosier and James McKenna. Janice Nicoll andCarol Scagliarini surrender their spic and span 1ook to Ann Vierra and Esther Tarvainen. To Millard Thomas is willed the art of carry- ing on the spur-of-the-moment wise cracks of Ernest Morgan and also a book entitled Understanding Women. To Beverly Kramarski and Betty Hunt we leave the sunny O1SPOS1tlOI'lS of Lorraine

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law 'Pr 11-Hua Y The crystal Dall is rather hazy. Ah! It's slowly clearing! There's a sign outside a small kindergarten. It says Busy Brats' Kindergarten ----- Carolyn Baker, Superin- tendent. Two rather tired but happy teachers here are Carol Scagliarini and Lorraine Rich- ard, graduates of Bridgewater State Teach- ers' College. Many more scenes are now coming in- to view. At the local greenhouse we see that several windows are broken. It was reported that some of the pupils at the Busy Brats' Kindergarten rolled a boulder from Kelly's Mountain, named for the great explorer John Kelly, through the side of the greenhouse. The co-owners ofthe greenhouse, Pat Bezan- son and Janice Nicoll, complained to the chairman of the school board, John Burbine. This matter was then taken to the Police Department, and Police Chief John McKenna sent Sergeant Ray Pina to investigate. The affair was peacefully settled when the owners of the greenhouse agreed to move to another location. ln Washington, D. C. , there is a ter- rible racket! What is it? It's Alwyn Hol- brook and Russell Meiggs building a mansion for the millionaire Paul Harrington, who has made a fortune selling his book How to Play Pool and Win Every Time. Mr. Harargu recently purchased a baseball team and is counting on the pitching of Dick Braley and 'Bob Butler to win the pennant. Next we see the Palace Theater in New York. Joyce Emmons is impersonating the famous singer Gloria Gurney, who just made her debut in Carmen. Next on the program is the dance team of Burns and Murray. An- other treat is the new comedy team of Phil Staples and Ernie Morgan, which has recently returned froma tour of army camps. Photo- graphers June Onulak and John Harmon are busily taking pictures of these great acts for next month's issue of Snap It. published by Ed Donahue and Jack Redgate, with reviews written by Mary Bayley. AI an airport we see severaljet pilots preparing to break all speed records previ- ously set on the Moon, Mars, and Miami Air- line. They are Dick Benoit, Ronald Folsom, and Dave Belcher. These pilots do their fly- ing for Joe Seltmann, a former air force pilot, who now owns the largest airline company from Moon to Mars. Two mechanics from Whitman working for Mr. Seltmann are Ells- worth Nickerson and Walter Jackson. Ready to look after your every need and comfort are two pretty airline ho stesses, Jacqueline Paiva and Nancy Cotten. Bruce Smith is editor of the nationally known newspaper The lnquiring Bystander. He has gained fame for his articles about ser- vicemen. At the moment he is rushing to press an article telling of the heroic efforts of Les- ter Waterman, Robert' DeLong, and Frank Flavell, who distinguished themselves in Korea. Gwen Tingley and Claudia Daniels, two noted journalists, are also working on this newspaper. Gwen is editor of the Womens' Page and Claudia is editor of the Garden Page. At a race track owned by Larry Mc Carthy, we find Marion Harris training hor- ses. Marion's prize horse, Julius, recently hurt its leg as it stumbled after clearing a hurdle. The local veterinarian, Donald Nut- ter, was immediately called. Doctor Fred Fergusonhasjust treated Al Bunar, who broke his leg when he and his pal, Ed Clark, were engineering for a big construction company owned by Clarke Cas- well. This company is competing withRichard Ferguson's crew for the building of a large school. Mr. Ferguson has just hired Robert Fullerton and Tom Whalen to work for him. Turning to the fashion world, we see Marilyn Weimert designing clothes for such top models as Nancy Goodwin, Nancy Gau- dette, and Norma Hedin. They are employed' by Betty McCarthy in her fashion salon. Also working in the salon are Arlene White, a nationally known hair stylist, and Lorraine Bachand, a famous cosmetologist. This firm also develops its own make -up. Their latest line of make -up Mud and Marvels was devel- oped by the chemists Priscilla Harriman, 'Frannie Mc Laughlin and Ralph Gronlund. Ah! Now we see that tne circus is in town, and we notice that several Whitmanites are traveling with it. Diane Derosier is in charge of the advertising. She and her assis- tant, Evelyn Chapman, are famous for their colorful circus advertisements. The notec' lifter, Eddie Smith. is also traveling with the circus this year. Allan Leonard, the cowboy singing sensation, has become famous over- night along with the cowboy boogie guitarist, Marshall Hatch. Mary Johnson now owns the Johnson School lor Typing Know-How. On her staff

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if if af' if KQMQVAVf QM5 Richard and Josef Seltmann. James Perron and Nancy Gaudette leave their seat in 106 to Judy Seamans and Robert Rum- rillg James Perron also leaves the several hundred pencils he acquired throughout his Senior year to any member of the Junior Class that intends to do as much homework as he did. Eleanor Boudreau's gum snapping ability is left to Jean Mac Williams. All the stray bobby pins in the girls' room go to the Juniors who might need them on rainy days next year. Bruce Smith's argumentative ability to. get himself out of tight fixes is left to Kathy McMillain. Lorraine Bachand, Alice Flanagan, and Shir- ley Prario leave their loquaciousness to Connie Dean, Charlotte Rhodes, and Rosalie Schmikler, To Bobby McCarthy we leave Allan Leonard's western style singing and guitar playing, Barbara Quick leaves the boys guessing. A Pat Smith leaves her trusty bicycle to any- one who wants to make the eight a.m. bell. All the broken test tubas 1.1 the Chemistryltil we leave to Mr. O'Neill. Donald Nutter leaves next year's financial matters to John Damon. Eddie Donahue leaves, relieved. Norma I-Iedin leaves her fraternity pin to no one. .Jetty McCarthy leaves her dependability to Joan Srock. Anne Buckley, Mary Johnson, and Anita Dias leave their ring chains to Judith Hinkley, Marjorie Jones, and Cynthia Keith. These are guaranteed to carry any size rings, In witness whereof we have hereby affixed our signatures to this our last will and testament on this the Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. Marilyn Barry 'Q ' Doris Dufresne MARION HARRIS 2 J JHNICE NICOLL I entered Whitman High againg and as Iwalked by familiar classrooms filled with students, thoughts of the class of '53's school days came rushing back to me. I gazed upon the main bulletin board and remembered how we as freshmen had to find our homeroom on it while the upper class- men knew theirs and went swiftly to them. I laughed as lthought ofhow we craned our necks to see the room numbers. Carol Woods will never forget how she got into the wrong class and, after realizing it, had to walk out, puzzling both the teacher and the other students. Poor Norma Hedin. She walked into her class, rushed to a vacant seat, sat down--only to find herself on the floor. There was no chair at the desk. Our first football rally was a new adventure for us. Nancy Goodwin and Nancy Gaudette had been chosen as the freshrnan cheerleaders. We were introduced to Mr. Dow's magic tricks and Mr. Lane's and Coach Malinowski's jokes. We will never forget that a little bull goes a long way. The freshman cheer! It sounded like a whisper next to that of the other classes. Coach boomed, Where is Room5 sitting? Meekly we raised our hands, and he added, Wel1, yell! The second try was hardly better than the first. How proud we were to be students of Whitman High, especially when we nipped un- defeated Rockland, l3 to 12, and won the Thanksgiving game with Abington, 7 to 6. Then our basketball team won the South Shore Class A Championship. We trudged through our freshman year bearing the load of being the lowest class. W.1en June came we welcomed the summer vacation, and yet we looked forward to com- ing back in September as Sophomores. At the start of our sophomore year we were sufficiently organized to elect class officers, who were Bob Butler, presidentg Carol Scagliarini, vice-president, Shirley Prario. secretary, andEddie Donahue, treas- urer. Mr. Nery was with us long enoughto be one of our class advisors. Miss Taylor was the other, They very ably helped us to