Yarmouth High School - Green Wave Yearbook (Yarmouth, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY In accordance with the tradrtlon of Yarmouth High School the h1story of the Class of 1955 IS here recorded In the fall of 1951 the freshmen of Dennrs joined those of Yarmouth to form the Class of 1955 After we had become acquainted vxe held our hrst class meetrng with Mr Edward Webster our adviser Our freshman officers were Leo Frsher president Betty johnson vrce president Shirley Chase secretary and Constance Ellrs treasurer Our first class project was a movie entitled You Can t Take It Wrth You which was held ln the sprrng of 52 and ended our freshman actrvltles In the fall we returned looklng forward to the events our sophomore year would hold for us This year Mrs Marlon Baker acted as our class advisor wrth Robert Walcott president Ronald Benoit vice presrdent Clarre Muldowney secretary and Vrctorra Leyton treasurer Prrscrlla Randall and Richard Olkkola represented the class rn student council along with the class presrdent As our second year of high school drew to a close we held our first dance the Sophomore Hop on March 15 1953 Upon returning for our junror year at Yarmouth we found a new pr1nc1pal Mr Asa P Daggett who soon proved to be a frrend to all Mrs Baker repeated her dut1es as our class advtsor with Burton Derlck presrdent Dan Cash v1ce presrdent Claire Muldowney secretary and ane Dustin treasurer Thls year ane Dustin and Ira Thacher represented the class rn the student council In March the junior class sponsored the M E R P Dance wh1ch proved to be a huge success With the coming of spr1ng the class began planning the unror Prom The title was Rhapsody rn Blue Mary Ryder was chosen queen and had as her attendants Shirley Chase and Betty Webster The senior class elected jon Holmes and D1Vld Wood as their cl iss marshalls Dan Cash and on Holmes were chosen to go to Boy s State Our third year was brought to a close with the seniors Class Day at which oan Randall Sally Crowell Haralyn Dubm Judlfll Pierce Piulette Cassen and David Wood were mrtlated into the National Honor Soclety In the fall of 1954 we returned for our final year at Yarmouth The same slate of officers as the prevtous year was elected Haralyn Dubm and Albert Smith were chosen as student council members This year the class was under the able drrectlon of Mr George H111 About the middle of October work was started on our class play Cheaper By The Dozen whrch was held on December 16th and 17th The play drrected by Mrs Baker was acclalmed by all as one of the finest 1n many years Then on the evening of December 25 1954 we held our annual Christmas Pr The Sno Ball On February 18 1955 the Natlonal Honor Society members held an assembly and the following seniors were 1n1t1atecl mto the society Clalre Muldowney Rose Sylvia Victoria Leyton Alexandra Leyton Beverly White Barry Dumlcan and Nell Bottomley Plans were started early for graduation and before we realrzed rt the time had come for our Senior Prom which was followed by Senior Assembly Next was the Baccalaureate Service and finally Class Day As we left the Ezra Baker auditorium on Graduation night rt was hard to believe our days at Yarmouth were over They were days that will never be forgotten Respectfully CLAIRE MULDOWNEY 33 1 ' 4 Q a - 1 - 4 a a , - , 4 , 4 , 4 4 , . . . . .1 - . ,, . 1 1 7 , 4 . - Q 1 1 ' 1 1 4 a s ' 4 - v 1 7 - , . . , . - ' s r v ' 9 a ' a J s ' . . . . , I J . .4 - -. . . 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 . 4 J 1 . . . . A J v s a 1 L v ' 4 . ' 4: U - . 1 - , . , P 7 .1 -, a ' 9 1 a 9 1 , . v f 7 r

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