Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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Joseph Foley, President Frank DiMambro, V ice-President Mary Power, Secretary Laurence Norton, Treasurer

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to balance the budget. Bob Lynch beaded the Student Council; Dick Fenno governed the Athletic Association: and Bert Moore piloted the “Red and Black”, Red Cross, and “The Aberjona”. B. J. Smith ruled over the Dra¬ matic Society; Virginia Terhune was at the helm of the Thrift Association; Gordon Mc¬ Govern controlled the Traffic Squad; Kay Simonetta guided the Library Club: and Her¬ bert Mahoney led the Science Club. No his¬ tory could be complete without mention of that gallant group of trigger men who have taught underclassmen to tremble at the names, Derro, Mahoney, Callahan, Muehlig, Nihan, and Twombly. To live up to the record of last year’s champ¬ ionship football team was too great a task for us, but we emerged with a good gridiron record of six wins, three losses, and one tie, including a heart-breaking one-point loss to our arch rival, Woburn. First team letter winners were: Captain Ken Harvey, Tom Derro, “Shiney Amico, Ralph Muehlig, Fred Hicks, Carmen Tofuri; Frank DiMambro, Tony Saraco, Phil O’Rourke, Steve Greene, and Dick Nihan; with Mike Penta capturing a second team award. Girls’ Field Hockey letter winners were: Anne Richardson, Edith Dover, B. J. Smith, and Ruth Tapley. At the A. A. All Sports Banquet we saw Ed¬ ith Dover and Alan Bugbee receive the Mans¬ field-Wheeler Sportmanship Cups. Our basket¬ ball team finished in third place in the League under the leadership of high scorer and Captain Gordon McGovern. Bert Moore, Dick Coon, Dick Callahan, Ted Atkinson, and Tony Sa¬ raco formed the nucleus of the first team, while Bud Mahoney, Ralph Muehlig, Phil O’Rourke, and Dick Fenno received second team letters. The greatest sport performance of the year was the spotless slate turned in by the all-senior girls ' basketball team. Paced by Edie Dover, who compiled an average of well over fifteen points per game, the girls set down all oppo¬ sition. Members of this winning combination were: Anne Richardson, Anne Penniman, Vir¬ ginia Wallace, B. A. Smith, Ruth Tapley, and Muriel Howard. “Edie” Dover also headed the the never-to-be-forgotten cheer leaders, Shirley Carroll, Virginia Terhune, Marilyn Drake, Vir¬ ginia Nelson, and Anne Richardson. Letter winners of the first-year hockey team included: Captain Tom Derro, Larry Norton, Bill McGrail, Dick Nihan, Deane Tolman and Bob Tucker; while Ken Harvey and Gene Clen- r.on received awards for track supremacy. Cap¬ tain Tony Saraco and “Zeke” Swymer headed a winning baseball team and Seniors monopo¬ lized the successful track season. Both the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams came up with their usual top notch records to top the best in this dis¬ trict. “June Mad’’ saw B. J. Smith and “Herbie” Clement sharing top honors, ably supported by Virginia Terhune, Bob Johnston, Larry Smith, Phil Slocum, and John Ottiano. Memories of a top-ranking Vaudeville will always include Bob Johnston’s voice, Ma Carey’s trumpet, Herbert Clement’s ingenuity, the jazz band, Mr. Hayward’s skits, the Senior Octet har¬ mony, the fairyland dances, and the pony cho¬ rus. Our final splashes together were a merry¬ making Class Night, complete with a delicious Banquet; and a Prom which compared with the best in history. Remember the hours of practice we put into graduation rehearsal in preparation for our final release? Well, we are Seniors now — yes — in a short while we will be Alumni; but we’re not so sure that we want to graduate. As the coming months go by we’re going to miss the days of “Mairzy Doats” and “Pistol Packin’ Mama . We may have disliked the studies, but never again can we relive or replace the friendships and the good times that have filled our high school years. Now we are turning to the fu¬ ture — a future that, perhaps, will hold in store a delightful reunion for the Class of 1944. Dick Fenno, Class Historian

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JOSEPHINE AGRI Jo” Designing School Attractive . . . intelligent . . . endowed with a swell personality . . . charming smile . . . member of Library Club . . . fashions being a dressmaker. ANGELO P. AMICO Shiney” U. S. Navy Always with a smile and never down¬ hearted . . . Rock of Gibraltar” on the gridiron . . . Shiney” is one of the larger members of the class . . . Traffic Squad . . . Ice Hockey . . . basketball . . . has a certain desire to travel. ALEXANDRA AUSTIN Alix” Sweet Briar College Unpredictable . . . attractive ... a [ human ball of fire . . . entered [ W. H. S. in junior year . . . caught ir.any a roving eye as a traffic cop ... executive board of Science Club ... hopes to see the end of the war, but soon. JOHN BIRCH Shorty” j Easy-going . . . self-sufficient . . . well-liked . . . shy but persevering nature . . . hopes to pilot a transport plane after the war. RUTH ALLEN Petite . . . blue eyed . . . smooth dresser . . . crazy about extra jewelry and sports gadgets . . . her friendly smile lights up the gloomy corridors . . . definitely the cause of the gum shortage . . . highlight of her life is in the Navy . . . THEODORE M. ATKINSON, JR. Deec” Amherst Studious . . . earnest . . . gifted with stick-to-itiveness ... a court star for four years . . . Student Council, Traffic Squad, Dramatic Club . . . wrote fea¬ tures and sports for the Red and Black . . . Science and Math Clubs ... in love with tennis and the affection is returned. MARY BASCOMB Kittie” Fisk University Came last fall from Tuskegee, Alabama . . . cute accent has won her many friends . . . plans to return to Ala¬ bama immediately after graduation — and write poetry. BARBARA BONNELL Bonnie’’ Westbrook Junior College Luscious brown eyes . . . curly hair . . . personality that spells charm . . . never fails to do the unexpected . . . chooses Junior Red Cross as her pet activity . . . varied Vaudeville experiences.