Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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ABERJOHA ■ 1946 29 Superlatives MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Barb Fry, with her impressive record of having the highest scholastic rating in our class, and Sam Perkins, that mathematical wizard who doesn’t trail far behind, are sure to go a long way. Two others who ought to go far in this world are Patsy Eberle and Don Armstrong. MOST POPULAR We could hardly have gone wrong when we selected Patsy Eberle and Bob Swanson as the most popular boy and girl in our class. Their winning personalities have won for them a great many lasting friendships. Hats off to Ginnie Lovejoy and Jimmie Haggerty, who rival them for first place. BEST LOOKING Of the feminine pulchritude in this class, Phyll Bucci tops them all. Tall, dark, and handsome Jimmy Haggerty leads the long list of good ' looking boys. Attractive Dudie Jennings fob lows Phyll, and Kenny Symmes gave Jimmy plenty of compe ' tition. BEST ALL ' ROUND SENIORS Patsy Eberle tallied again when she was shown by an impressive vote to be her classmates’ choice for best alLround member of her class. Bill Knights joins Patsy in this welL deserved honor. Ginny Lovejoy and Don Armstrong are matched for second place.

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28 ABER]0HA ■ 1946 Superlatives t DONE MOST FOR THE SCHOOL If you look up their records throughout their four years in high school, you will find that Patsy Eberle and Bob Swanson have outdone themselves in working for the betterment of Winchester High School. Deserving worthy praise are Ginnie Lovejoy and Tommy Kirwan, who are close runners ' up for this honor. WITTIEST The score was close, but Mary Penta and Parker Flagg came out in front as class wits. Immediately behind these two were Jackie Geerts and Jimmie Maguire, who are seldom at loss for a witty remark. BEST ATHLETE Chosen as best athletes were Patty Root and Sam Tibaudq. Besides being captain of basketball and football respectively, they are both three-letter winners. Dudie Jennings, twice cap¬ tain of the tennis team, and Jimmy Haggerty, co-captain of football, were seconds in this race. BEST FIGURE The Charles Atlas award of our class goes to brawny Jim Haggerty-. Of the fairer sex, Irene Lundin easily captured the position of Venus. The second figures in this race for figures were Ellen Kenerson and Sam Tibaudo, who counted close in the voting.

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30 ABERJOHA 1946 Pint Row: M. Colliander, J. Robinson, V. Lovejoy, B. Fry, M. Armato Second Row; B. Walters, R. Blackham, R. Powers Permanent Honor 11 “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.’’ How familiar is that statement! Apparently there are some people who can practice this even though they may rather do something else, anything else, instead. In our first three years of high school, we felt no such pressure from colleges as we now do. At that time the draft took care of all graduating boys and the girls had any number of chances to go to college. Now we suddenly find ourselves confronted by closed doors in whatever direction we look. Peacetime competition with the added factor of veterans competing, both for education and jobs, is proving a stiff wall to buck against. Hence those who have maintained such high averages in all subjects are going to find that their efforts will not be unrewarded. They will have, besides their records on little pieces of paper, an assurance that they can and have succeeded in competition with one hundred and forty classmates. They have experienced the sensation of success not as a matter ruled by chance alone, but as a matter affected by their own continued efforts. For these seniors have maintained yearly averages of eighty or above in all their subjects each year they have been in school, from the ninth through the twelfth. Nor are these people one-sided. You will find most of them pictured in several activity groups elsewhere in the book. They make time for work and time for play. More power to them!