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DEDICATION
We, the Class of 1944, dedicate our year-book to
all who since Pearl Harbor have gone from Johnson
High School into military service.
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"GOBBLER" STAFF
Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley B. Hamilton
Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick J. Crosdale, Jr.
Sports Editors . . . . . . . . . Ursula J. Fitzgerald, Charlotte T. Hopping
Biographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara L. Dandeneau (chairman)
Phyllis A. Dearden Joan T. Fitzgerald Carlotta T. Hopping
Marilyn R. Drummond Ursula J. Fitzgerald Ann LaFountain
General Committee
Anne Agey Mary E. Driscoll Ann LaFountain
Mildred M. C. Amshey Marilyn R. Drummond Claire S. Lewis
Dorothy M. Calman Ursula J. Fitzgerald Evelyn E. Lundquist
Phyllis A. Dearden Carlotta T. Hopping Jane Russell
Audrey W. Stewart
Advertising Committee
George A. Casale Robert C. Gray, Jr. Audrey W. Stewart
James E. Cornell Jane Russell Joseph S. Stillwell
John J. Cyr, Jr. Herbert S. Sperry John H. Warwick
William N. Wilkinson, Jr.
Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Edith L. Pierce
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CLASS SONG
Farewell to Johnson
Our high school years have ended,
And now we must depart,
But mem'ries, sad and unhappy
Remain in all our hearts.
The Black and Red forever
Remain our colors true.
To them we pledge allegiance.
We bid thee fond adieu.
So here's a toast to Johnson,
The school we hold so dear,
Whose name we'll always hallow,
Though we be far or near.
Hasmig J. Kasparian
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THE FACULTY
Standing—left to right
Mr. George F. Lee, A.B., St. Anselm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Biology,Boy's Athletics
Mr. John V. Donovan, A.B., M.A., Boston College. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .English, German, Pre-Flight
Miss Veva M. Chapman, A.B., Bates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .English, Civics
Miss Clara A. Char-man, A.B., Bates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chemistry, Physics,General Science
Miss Edith L. Pierce, A.B., Wellesley, M.A., Middlebury. . . . . . . . . . . . . .English, Mathematics
Miss Alice M. Neal, B.S.S., M.Ed., Boston University. . . . . . . . . . . . .Bookkeeping, Typewriting
Miss Irene E. Cook, A.B., Mount Holyoke, M.Ed., University of Vermont
Social Science,French,Economics
Mr. James A. Cavalieri, Ph.B., Holy Cross, M.Ed., Boston College .
Mathematics, Science,Boys' Coach
Seated—left to right—
Miss Eileen V. McAloon, A.B., Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .English, Business Training
Miss Margaret Donlan, A.B., Boston University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mathematics, Latin
Miss Katherine C. Sheridan, B.S., M.Ed., Boston University. . . . . . . . . . History, Social Science
Mr. Alvah G. Hayes, B.S., M. I. T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Principal, Mathematics
Miss Teresa M. Kelly, B.A., New Rochelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Civics, Girls' Athletics, History
Miss Claire Torpey, B.S., B.Ed., Salem Teachers' College. . . . . . . . . .Stenography, Typewriting
Miss Mary Buckley, B.S., Regis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Domestic Arts, Biology
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ALVAH GEORGE HAYES
MESSAGE TO THE SENIORS
GOVERNMENT bulletin recently pointed out that over a million and a
half patents have been granted in this country since the turn of the century.
Buried among them are the improvements that make the modern radio
possible; that make possible the operation of the telephone on such a scale;
that give us the talking picture in its present state. Thousands of those patents
have meant more jobs for men and women, more of the good things of life to
enjoy, and an ever expanding national income.
In the patent applications of the future there are sure to be other ideas
equalling in magnitude these developments, and it is well to remember occasion-
ally that only under the American systema system which premits free minds
to think for themselves and to receive a fair reward for the things they create—
is this condition possible.
Frank Knox, our former Secretary of the Navy, said that you cannot destroy
individual enterprise and take away its rewards without at the same time
destroying individual freedom and the free institutions under which it flourishes.
Any system of government which offers the same rewards to the man who
loafs as to the man who works, is going to kill that irresistible force which has
made the United States the country the entire world envies.
I would like to leave with you this poem by an unknown author, which
sums up in a very few lines, a sound measure of a man.
"A man's no bigger than the way he treats his fellow-man,
This standard has his measure been since time itself began.
He's measured not by titles or creed, high sounding though they be,
Not by the gold that's put aside, nor by his sanctity.
He's measured not by social rank, when character's the test,
Nor by his earthly pomp or show, displaying wealth possessed.
He's measured by his justice, right; his fairness at his play,
His squareness in all dealings made, his honest, upright way.
These are his measures, ever near to serve him when they can,
For man's no bigger than the way he treats his fellow-man."
Alvah G. Hayes
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
ANNE AGEY
Basketball 1, 2, 3, Captain 4 . . . ELIZABETH M. CALDER
Basketball Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Journal A. A. member . . . secretary to Mr.
1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Cheerleader 4 . . .Gobbler Lee . . . salvage drive . . . Journal con-
4 . . . Girl Reserves (secretary) 1, 2 . . . tributor . . . blue-eyed brunette . . .
Victory Corps . . . salvage drive . . . English . . . Mary Roberts Rhinehart
feather cut . . . blue eyes . . . sports in skating . . . minding children . . .
general, dancing in particular . . . over- singing over the radio for the first time
whelmed with amusing experiences . . . . . . secretary
Burdett's
MILDRED M. C. AMSHEY DOROTHY M. CALMAN
A. A. member . . . basketball man- Salvage drive 3 . . . A. A. member
ager 4 . . .Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .Gobbler -x . . . brown hair . . . gray eyes . . . danc-
4 . . . secretary to Miss Neal . . . sal- ""' ing . . . excellent typist . . . good piano
vage drive . . . green eyes, brown hair "` player . . . fun being floor girl in
English . . . James Hilton . . . danc- Kresge's . . . also taking up collection
ing, swimming, reading . . . B. U. for in church . . . teacher's secretary . . .
secretarial course English . . . plans to be a secretary
MARGARET E. CONNELLY
GASPAR J. BALSAMO Journal 2, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . Stamp
Football 3, 4. . . . salvage drive . . . representative 3, 4 . . . Victory Corps
A. A. member 2, 3, 4 . . . Journal con- . . . brown eyes and hair . . . walking
tributor . . . college (A-12) . . . physics home in two hours . . . St. Mary's choir
. . . cheerful . . . amnesia . . . chicken . harried recess period on Friday . . .
farm movies and plays . Quentin Rey-
nolds . . . Rosemont College
JOHN A. BAMFORD JAMES E. CORNELL
Chemistry Prize 3 . . . Room Agent Gobbler 4 . . . Journal 4 . . . Journal
2 . . . blue eyes . . . brown hair . . . quiet � contributor . . . salvage drives . . . A.
. perpetual cheerful grin . . . hockey, A. member 1, 2 . . . blue eyes, brown
basketball, #ootball . . . Jack London wavy hair . . . 6' 1" . . . bowling, driv-
. . . German . . . trigonometry k ing car . . . Jack London . . . P. F. T.
passed Navy V-12 mental examination Armydances
Corps fairly well . . . accepted by
FREDERICK J. CROSDALE. JR.
DORIS A. BROADHEAD A. A. play 4 . . . Journal 1, 4 (busi-
A. A. Member . . . salvage drive . . . ness manager) . . . Gobbler 4 (business
Journal contributor . . . ash blond . . . manager) . . . Jefferson Essay Contest
blue eyes. . .likes Latin . . . reads all of 3 . . . Victory Corps . . . Prom Com-
Erle Stanley Gardner's . . . music,read- ri. mittee 4 . . . brown eyes, hair same . . .
ing . . . plays piano . . . nursing 6 1 . . . radio, movies . . . Ellery
Queen . . . bookkeeping, S. B. T. . . .
piano A-12
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
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W. JAMES CUNNINGHAM KENNETH L. DEARDEN
Salvage drive . . . Dance Committee � Basketball 1, 2,3,4 . . .salvage drive
brown eyes . . . curly brown hair . . . blue eyes, light brown hair . . . pre-
flight . . . Jack London . . . dancing,
. science . . . hockey . . . Jack Lon- bowling,
g, fishing . . . drives automobile
don . . . listening to jump tunes . . . enjoyed taking physical exam for
Hampton Beach . . . probably service
the Naval Air Corps . . . all signed up
in the Air Corps" for same
LOUISE R. CUOMO PHYLLIS A. DEARDEN
Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Gobbler 4 . . .
Evacuation Committee 3, 4 . . . sec- Victory Corps . . . blue-eyes, blond . . .
retary to Miss Torpey 4 . . brown h perpetual motion . . . everlasting chat-
eyes and hair . . . enjoys swimming . . . ter . her mother's skirts . ice
also reading . . . Rose Franken's are cream and potato chips . . . James
her favorites . . . can't choose between Craig's most faithful fan . . . best sel-
shorthand and typewriting lers and Erle Stanley Gardner. . .Jack-
son College
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BARBARA L. DANDENEAU
EDITH E. DEWHIRST
Class Essayist . . . Gobbler 4 . . . A.
A. Play 4 . . .Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Stu- Basketball 2 . . . A. A. member . . .
dent Council—Room 8-4 . . . blue eyes avid football fan . . . blond . . . viva-
. . . freckles . . . "Dandy" . . . English cious . . . English . . hazel eyes . . .
. . . piano . . . biology . . . personality!! Latin whiz . . . chin-up girl . . . nurse
. . . ambition: authoress . . . college
RALPH F. DAVIS JOHN P. DOHERTY
A. A. Play 4 . . . salvage drive . . . Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . light brown
Journal contributor . . . light blue eyes hair . brown eyes . . . Mary .
. . . blond . . . dancing . . . Jerry Siegal dancing, movies . . . sports . . . Senior
swimming . . . English . . . baseball Social Science . . . swimming . . . still
"Tickling the Ivories" . . . beating another Jack London fan . . . bowling
out some hot boogie . . . please consult . . . Navy
draft board
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JAMES W. DeADDER SHIRLEY I. DONNELLY
Class Prophet . . . A. A. Play 3 . . . p A. A. member . . . salvage drive . . .
salvage drive 3, 4 . . . brown hair, blue- "" Journal contributor . . . blue eyes . . .
green eyes . . . our class victory gar- wavy blond hair . skating, swim-
dener . . . reads James B. Hendryx . . . - ming, tennis . . . 5'2" (wishes it were
off-the-record remarks in class. . .likes 1=1 more) . loves roller coasters . . .
physics, math . . . college or armed x shorthand . . . keeps our postmen busy
forces . . . Cadet Nurse's Corps . . . nursing
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
CLAIRE I. DRISCOLL JOAN T. FITZGERALD
Journal 2, 3, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . bas- Valedictorian . . . science medal . . .
ketball 2, 3, 4 . . .Baseball Club 2, 3, 4 Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . Vic-
cheerleader 4 . . . salvage drive . . . tory Corps . . . block leader . . . hazel
short, curly chestnut hair . . . greenish eyes, brown hair . . . math problems
eyes . . . skiing . . . German and S. S. S. . . . sewing . . . discussions on Sam and
. dancing . . . Pearl Buck . . . college, % Pam . . . jewelry collection . . . reading,
then an Angel of Mercy bowling . . . war books
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MARY E. DRISCOLL URSULA J. FITZGERALD
Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . cheerleader 2,
Basketball 3, 4 . . . Journal 3, 4 . . . 3, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . A.A.play 3,4 . . .
Gobbler 4 . . . Civilian Defense . . . Miss '" basketball 2 3 4 . . . basketball club
Neal's secretary . . . salvage drives . . . 2, 3, 4, red hair . . . blue eyes . . .
divinely tall . . . brown hair, hazel eyes Saturday night dancing . . . chemistry
dancing, all sports . . . Charlotte .:
Bronte . . . piano . . . shorthand . . . . . . secret passion for convertibles . . .
reading, bowling . . . Irish . . . Burdett Jackson College
MARILYN R. DRUMMOND
ELIGIO M. FORGETTA
Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Salvage Drive
Chairman 3, 4 . . . publicity manager Straight black hair . . . dark brown
of play 4 . . . Victory Corps. . . Civilian �" eyes . . . Ipana smile . . . baseball . . .
Defense . . .Gobbler 4 . . . page boy . . . chemistry . . . football . . . run-away
everyone's friend . . . loves everything horse . . . hockey . . . farming
red sciences . . . bookworm . . .
crack of baseball bat fascinates her
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PAUL G. DYER MARY T. GILE
Brown hair . . . blue eyes . . . re- N , Salvage drives . . . A. A. member . . .
served seat in S.S. S.—sorry, Paul, no Girl Reserves . . . brown hair . . . blue
more gab-fests . . . dancing . . . Jack eyes . . . dancing . . . gardening . . . S.
London . . . Hi Spot . . . always smiling _: B. T. . . . Burroughs Machine School
Navy
EVELYN M. ELSTON
Hazel eyes . . . light brown hair . . .
B. JEAN GORDON
likes to dance . . . loves watching foot- .o-, Victory Corps . . . light brown hair,
ball games . . . reads Louisa May Al- blue eyes . . . pug nose . . . loves eating,
cott's books . . . English . . . office bowling . . . 0. Henry . . . swimming
worker . . . truant officer's daughters r . . . dancing . . . movies
(tough on her!)
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THE GOB BLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
THOMAS E. GOSSELIN SHIRLEY B. HAMILTON
Football 2, 3, 4 . . . basketball 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .Basketball
. . . baseball 3, 4 . . . Prom Committee '"' Club 2, 3, 4 . . .Journal 1, 2, 3, Editor-
4 . . . Stamp Committee (chairman) in-chief 4 . . .Gobbler 4 (editor-in-chief)
. . . chairman of Senior Class 4 . . . blue . . . cheerleader 4 . . . Class Will . . .
eyes . . . brown hair . . . Charles Atlas A. A. Play 4 . . Victory Corps . . .
build . . . fishing . . . Jack London . . . Student Council (Room 8) 4 . . . light
hunting . . . chemistry . . . Mass. Mari- brown hair . . . her two loves are bas-
time Academy ketball, dancing . . . Jackson College
ROBERT C. GRAY, JR. DOROTHEA A. HAYES
Journal 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . A.A. Play Victory shift . . . brown feather bob
. . . blue eyes . . . goes to chilly murder
4 . . . Victory Corps 3, 4 . . . blue eyes movies . . . typewriting . . . ice, roller
brown hair . . . blushes easily . . . _ , skating. , . Girl Reserve . . .swimming,
likes movies and the radio . . . pet bike riding . . . chicken barbecue . . .
subjects, math and pre-flight . . .Army f likes funnies, especially Fritzi Ritz . . .
Air Corpse
` 2. plays
CAROLINE HAYMAN
' Salutatorian . . . Band 2, 3 . . . Or-
JOSEPHINE M. GUERRERA chestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Journal contribu-
tor . . . salvage drive . . . A. A. member
Brown eyes . . . long wavy black hair . . . secretary to Miss Donlan . . .Vic-
horseback riding . . . the Bronte tory Corps . . . small red-head, freckles
sisters . . . German . . . flair for cooking . . . brown eyes . . . math . . . Charles
. . . dietician Dickens . . . class of '44's bid for musi-
cal fame . . . college . . . major in music
BETTY M. HAINSWORTH CARLOTTA T. HOPPING
Victory Corps . . . Gobbler 4 Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . .
brown eyes . . . trim and tailored . . . basketball 1 . . . salvage drives . . . A.
reading . . . Charles Dickens . . . loves A. member . . . Victory Corps . . . ob-
long fingernails . . . chicken barbecue servation post hazel eyes, curly
. . . Bunny's . . . dancing . . . drawing brown hair . . . all sports, especially
. admirer of Van Johnson . . . wants ) + ■, baseball and swimming German
to be a medical secretary Navy Nurse Corps
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CECILE T. HAMEL R. JACK. HOWARD
Salvage drive . . . Block leader . . . ,,.,, Brown hair and eyes . . . Victory
tiny brunette . . . cute smile . . . soft- "" shift . . . cheerful, easy-going . . . plays
ball, walking, dancing, music . . . Sen- the piano . . . math . . . likes swimming
for Business Training . . . likes to sing reads Robert Benchley . . . good
. . . secretary in the future romantic prospect, girls
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
PRISCILLA M. JACKSON EVELYN E. LUNDQUIST
Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4 . . . blue eyes '
medium brown hair . . . friendly Gobbler 4 . . . mischievous . . . blue
personality . . . swimming . . . horse eyes, blond hair . . . cute and good-
back riding (ouch) . dancing . . . natured . . . dancing . . . sunny smile
movies . . . bicycle riding . . . selling . . . movies . . . Charles Dickens . . .
hats . . . English . . . Dickens . . . cook- chemistry . . . Lawrence General Hos-
ing . . . hairdresser pital
HASMIG J. KASPARIAN HARRY W. MacPHERSON
Methuen High School . . . spelling Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . green eyes . . .
bee . . . athletic demonstration . . .Blue =� sandy hair . . . professional baseball
and White . . . teacher's secretary . . . player during summer. . . hunting (ris-
black hair . . . brown eyes . . . arguing ._.;.r.
ing at 5:30 to shoot ducks) . . . Jack
incessantly . . . Kipling. . . English . . . London . . . hitchhiked to New York
poetic aspirations. . . weakness for bas- for week-end . . . best looking boy . . .
heartbreaker . . plans to play
ketball . . . model secretary baseball with Boston Braves
ANN LaFOUNTAIN
ROBERT F. MARSHALL
Basketball (manager) 3, 4 . . . Gob-
bler 4 . . . Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . A. A. Blue eyes. . .auburn hair. . . hockey
member . . . Basketball Club 3, 4 . . . - . . . bowling . . . football . . . basketball
A. A. Play 2, 3, 4 . . . Victory Corps . . . '36 Ford . . . likes algebra and all
cheerleader 3, 4 . . . hair, brown . . . r math passed Navy V-5 . . . ambi-
eyes, green . . .dancing Saturday nights 7w, "� tion: to become a fighter pilot in the
Keyes, Bronte . . . German . . 1 United States Marine Corps Reserve
Lawrence General Hospital
DOUGLAS LEE
MARIE J. McDONOUGH
Baseball 3, 4 . . . Football 4 . . . sal- Dark brown hair . . . bluish-green
vage drive . . .Journal contributor . . . eyes . . . French and German student
A. A. member . . . blue eyes . . . brown reads O. Henry . . . swimming . . .
hair . . . baseball, fishing, dancing, pool
. . . biology . . . Jack London's books dancing . . . roller skating . . . quiet . . .
. . . college after war _ *� plans to enter college
CLAIRE S. LEWIS
Journal 1, 2, 3 . . . Gobbler 4 . . . A. ANNA L. McKINNON
A. member . . . A. A. secretary 4 . . . _P� A. A. Play 3, 4 . . . Red Cross . . .
secretary . . Lee 4 . Suzy . . . � scrap drive . . . brown eyes and hair . . .
brown eyess . . . mousy bloto nd (so she -<.
says) . . . horseback riding (when no sophistication . . . Elizabeth Jordan's one's looking) . . . gardening—especial-
books . . . swimming . . . typewriting
ly in weeds . . . Erle Stanley Gardner piano pounding . . . softball
. . . English . . . secretary
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
IRENE M. MILLER FRANCES C. PAYNE
Correspondence Club . . . Prom Red hair . . . smiling green eyes . . .
Committee . . . salvage drive . . . A. A. humorous . . . swimming . . . tennis . . .
member . . . secretary to Miss Buckley "` skating . . . boating . . . nice clothes . . .
competition for Jenny Lind . . . _ Dickens . . . Latin (especially Cicero)
blond . . . cover girl . . . blue eyes . . . '�� . . . picking out tunes on the piano . . .
Charlotte Bronte . . . German . . . nurse
study music
IRENE C. NARUSHOF SHIRLEY A. RICHARDSON
Victory Corps . . . C. A. P. cadet . . .
Blue eyes . . . long brown hair . . . brown hair . . . blue eyes . . . tall . . .
5'7" . . . gym . . . swimming . . . skiing militarydrill ever Sunda
. . . roller skating . . . Charles Dickens Y Y • • • horse-
. . . riding . . . gardening. . .pre-flight
. typing . . . artist . . . spiral stairway _ flying
on Mt. Greylock . . . private secretary
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HOWARD C. ROTTLER
MARILYN V. NERY Green eyes . . . brown hair . . . hock-
"� ey . . . bowling . . .dancing . . . boating
Transfer student 3 . . .Journal 4 . . . . . . .Tack London . . . math . . . mech-
long wavy blond hair . . . Girl Reserve anics helper . . . learning to drive auto-
poetic . . . Super Store employee mobile was exciting . . . especially the
. loquacious . . . nurse at Lawrence way you drive, Howard . . . pre-flight
General Hospital 1 . . . sailor in June
LOUISE A. NICOLOSI VIOLA I. RUESS
Transfer student from L. H. S. 4 . . . Basketball 2, 3,4 . . . basketball club
brown eyes and hair . . . quiet . . . ' ' 2,3,4 . . .scrap drive . . . A.A. member
Emily Bronte . . . speaks Italian flu- blue eyes, blond hair . . . math . . .
ently . . . sewing and embroidery . . . Erle Stanley Gardner . . . playing the
distrusts escalators . . . biology . . piano . . . Bill . . . swimming . . , soft-
front seat in Room 8 /� ball . . . Boston University
ROBERT A. OLENIO JANE RUSSELL
Football 3, 4 . . . salvage drive . . . Journal 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Gobbler 4 . . .
brown hair . . . blue eyes . . . all sports 3 salvage drive . . Victory Corps . . .
dancing to Tommy Dorsey . . . bluish-green eyes . . . blond hair . . .
history and biology . . Boston . . . tennis . . . arguing . . . Pinkerton . . .
Senior Social Science 4-2 . . . future lies German . . . horseback riding . . . knit-
in the hands of the local draft board ting . . . Wheelock College
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RAYMOND R. SULLIVAN
MARIE T. SAUNDERS .; Class President 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . football
Basketball 2,3,4 . . . la fete rouge . . . „� 1, 2, 3, 4, co-captain 4 . . . baseball 1,
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,,�,dimples . . . twosome with Viola . . . 2, 3 . . . Class Marshal . . . Class Sup-
brown eyes . . . swimming . . . adven- .� per Committee 3 . . . blue eyes
ture stories . . . another Elizabeth Jor- unruly brown hair . . . hockey . . . Jack
dan fan . . . piano playing if "in the _., London . . . Boston Post Medal .
mood" . . . quiet, but fun - All Scholastic Football Team . . . in-
mood" by Bump Hadley . . . en-
._ ` tered Holy Cross in March
HERBERT S. SPERRY ARTHUR J. TEMPLE
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Gobbler 4 . . . brown eyes . . . 5'6" . . . 4" r Salvage Drive Chairman . . . 6-foot-
swimming . . . hockey . . . hunting . . .
Kenneth Roberts . . . got stranded on er . skating . blue eyes . . . brown
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hairr .
a marsh a half mile from shore . . dimpless . . . pre-flight . . is
. class debater particularly fond of red-heads .
good dancer
passed V-12 mental movies, dancing . . . Army
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DORIS M. STEWART GORDON R. THOMSON
Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Cheerleader Baseball 2, 3, 4 . . . football 4 . . .
4 . . . Prom Committee 4 Class
Supper Committee 3 . . . Class Secre- light brown hair, blue eyes . . . foot-
tary-treasurer 1 . . . softball, swim- ball . . . always in search of a more
ming, piano . . . Erle Stanley Gardner comfortable position . . . another ad-
„ mirer of Jack London . . . prefers pre-
math . . . Cadet Nurse Corps . . . flight . . . armed forces
nurse
MARIAN D. STEWART
HAROLD W. TYNING, JR.
Secretary-treasurer 2, 3, 4 . . . cheer-
leader 2, 3, 4 . . . basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Blue eyes . . . brown hair . . . sci-
stamp representative 4 . . . Gobbler 4 ences, especially physics . . . bike rid-
. . . Prom Committee 4 . . .short, curly ing . . . Eric Knight . . . auto and clock
brown hair . . . the Crystal on Satur- repairing . . . laughing . . . ready when
day nights . . . loves subways . . . Uncle Sam calls him
Rhinehart . . . sports
JOSEPH S. STILLWELL, JR. - JOHN H. WARWICK
Basketball 4 . . . Journal 4 . . . Gob- Football 3 . . . orchestra 1, 2 . . .blue
bler 4 . . . Victory Corps . . . Salvage eyes . . . brown hair . . . leading orches-
Chairman 3 . . . 510". . . crew cut . . . tra . . . hunting and fishing . . . Will
gray eyes . . . movies, radio . . . code, +� James . . . excellent trumpet player . . .
general science . . . first airplane ride swimming, skating . . . trip to Phila-
was exciting. . .wants to don the Navy delphia . general math and radio
blue code . . . will enter Navy
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WILLIAM N. WILKINSON, JR. 6
JOANNE FENTON
Class Orator . . . football 4 . . . Block A. A. member . . .Journal contribu-
Captain . . . room agent 2 . . . Andover ;.
tor . . . salvage drives . . . observation
Harvard Club Award 3 . . . basketball � tower . . . Miss Kelly's secretary . . .
`, � gray eyes, brown hair . . . straight out
(manager) 4 . . . baseball (manager) 4
. . . blond, blue eyes . . . sailing, foot- .. of Mademoiselle . . . walking . . . Booth
ball . . . Ellery Queen . . . divided be- Tarkington . . . dancing . . . English
tween German and math . . . Miss knitting . . . Mary Washington Col-
Cook's joy in S. S. S. lege
A'
E
GLORIA M. WILSON DORIS C. KASHETA
Journal contributor . . . shiny black Leading drum majorette. . . brown
hair . . . mischievous . . . brown eyes eyes, wavy brown hair . . . fancy ear-
loves dancing . . . German . . . rings . . . fried clams . . . dancing Sat-
sophisticated . . . Kathleen Norris' urday nights . . . movies . . . typewrit-
books . . . skirts galore . . . nurse e� ing . . . tap and toe dancer
I
LILLIAN H. WINNING f JOHN C. POH
E Blue eyes . . . blond hair . . . petite Football 2, 3, 4 . . . baseball 4 . . .
�� ,
. . . friendlyStudent Council—Room 8 (chairman)
personality y . . . Girl 4 . . . red hair . . . freckles (who'll vol-
serves . . . salvage drive . . . dancing dancing � unteer to count 'em?) a vote for
Erle Stanley Gardner . . . Senior Jack London . . . one of our bootball
Business Training . . . piano . . . child 4! 174
heroes . . . likes math . . . on to college
nurse
GEORGE A. CASALE
DONALD A. RENNIE
Football 1, 2, 3, 4, co-captain 4 . . .
Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Gobbler 4 .handsome . aviation books baseball 2, 3, 4 . . .Class Supper Com-
mittee 3 . . . basketball 4 . . . Class
Bunny's . . . Air Corps . . . physics . . . Marshal . . . brown eyes . . . curly hair
sports . . . quiet . . . movies once in a . . Claire . . . reads Jack London . . .
while . . . Jack London i' likes science . . . Army
AUDREY W. STEWART
JOHN J. CYR, JR. Journal 2, 3, 4 . . .Gobbler 4 . . . sal-
Football 2, 3,4 . . . A.A. play 2,stage vage drive . . . Girl Reserves . . . Civil-
manager 3, 4 . . . Gobbler 4 . . . Prom ian Defense . . . swimming, bike riding
Committee 4 . . . Scrap Drive Chair- . . . curdling murder stories . . . Book-
man 3, 4 . . . black hair, blue eyes . . . keeping . . . last row in S. S. S. . . .
sports . . . Senior Social Science . . . writing letters . . . hazel eyes, brown
Navy hair . . . nursing
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JOHN R. BURNS DOROTHY F. ST. LOUIS
Blue eyes . . . blond hair . . . skating Transfer student from L. H. S. 2 . . .
. . . boating . . . "Red" . . . dimples . . . officer of Girl Reserves . . . hazel eyes,
goes for Jack London stories . . . likes brown hair . . . adventure stories . . .
math . . .shy . . . headed for the service writes him a letter a day . . . Canobie
Lake . . . ice skating . . . loves long
PAUL HULUB hair . . . movies, dancing . . . Bing
Class Vice-President 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Crosby . . . secretary
Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Baseball 2, 3 . . . WANDA A. STEFANOWICH
salvage drives (chairman) . . . Class Defense chairman . . . brown hair,
Supper 3 . . . A. A. member . . . brown blue eyes . . .sports . . . office machines
eyes and hair . . . six-footer . . . physics . . Florida sunshine
. . . heartbreaker . . . dancing . . . Jack
London, of course . . . duck hunting STUART R. WOOD
. . . is gracing U. S. Marine Corps 57' . . . hazel eyes . . . skating, base-
GALE H. KLEINER ball, football . . . dancing (good!) . . .
bowling . . . A. A. member . . . Obser-
Blue eyes . . . light brown hair . . . vation Post . . . salvage drive (chair-
tall. . . quiet. . . hunting. . . fishing . . . man 3, 4) . . . Victory Corps 3 .
skating . . . swimming . . . skiing . . . friendly, quiet . . . headed for farming
western stories . . . Zane Grey. . .phys- after the war . . . now sailing the Seven
ics . . . passed Army A-12 Seas
SEVENTY-FIFTH GRADUATION EXERCISES
Johnson High School
Stevens Hall, North Andover, Mass.
June 23, 1944
Processional March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn
Orchestra
Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Clinton W. Carvell
Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus
Class Salutatory with Essay—"The Art of Enjoying Music" Caroline Hayman
"Your Land and My Land" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romberg
Chorus
Class Essay—"Practical Idealism" . . . . . . Barbara Loyola Dandeneau
"Great Is Thy Love" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bahm
Chorus
Class Oration—"The More Prepared, the More Powerful"
William Norman Wilkinson, Jr.
Presentation of Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Principal
North Andover Woman's Club Scholarship Award Mrs. C. Mason Tucker
Presentation of Diplomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Fred C. Atkinson
"Holiday" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ganne
Chorus
Essay with Valedictory—"New Horizons" Joan Therese Fitzgerald
Class Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduates
"The Star Spangled Banner" . . . . . . . . . . Audience and Graduates
Exit March
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SALUTATORY
Mr. Hayes, distinguished guests, faculty, parents and friends: It gives me
great pleasure to welcome you in behalf of the Class of 1944 to this, the seventy-
fifth graduation exercise of Johnson High School.
The Art of Enjoying Music;
T IS impossible to develop the art of enjoying music simply by reading books
about it. The one absolute necessity is to hear plenty of music of all kinds,
and thus get the habit of forming one's own opinions. If these opinions keep
changing, so much the better. It probably means that a definite development
of taste is taking place.
If a piece of music sounds dull and uninteresting at a first hearing, don't
give it up on that account. The fact that its beauties are not obvious is quite
likely to be in its favor. On the other hand, do not be carried away by first
impressions. Music that follows the line of least resistance may be temporarily
popular, but is not necessarily good on that account.
In listening to music of any kind, try to listen from the standpoint of the
five organizing factors: rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color and form. They
will appear in varying degrees of importance, but they will inevitably be present
in every significant composition.
The "foot-listener," who merely responds to rhythm, is decidedly limited in
his enjoyment of music, but the "head-listener," who approaches the art with
his intellect alone, is perhaps just as limited. Between the two are the "heart-
listeners," the emotionalists, to whom music is just a romantic stimulant. The
great majority of haphazard listeners respond to music in this way. But anyone
who makes an art of enjoying music approaches music from all three angles:
physically, by way of the feet; emotionally, by way of the heart; and intellect-
ually, by way of the head. All really great music of the world is written with
this triple appeal.
The direct pleasure that comes from the recognition of inspiration in a piece
of music is something impossible to describe. Fritz Kreisler has given it the
physical sensation of that tingling, shivering ecstasy commonly known as "goose
flesh," and he may be right when he says that only the music that produces that
particular sensation is really worth while.
Beyond this direct enjoyment and analysis of music there are unlimited
possibilities of associating it with other interests, as well as with other studies.
If your mind is a mathematical one, you can find all sorts of opportunities to
work out the mathematics of music. The relationship of vibrations to pitch is
a mathematical one. The 440 A is considered Standard Pitch, meaning that
the sound A above middle C represents 440 vibrations per second. Each interval
of the scale has a mathematical relationship to the adjoining tones and all the
others. All the details of time and rhythm are naturally mathematical in a very
special sense, and the term "measure" really differentiates the modern, well-
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organized music from the haphazard "plain-song" which was not measured in
terms of time.
If your interests are literary rather than mathematical, music offers an even
larger field of enjoyment. It is interesting, and often amusing, to observe how
some of the composers have treated the authors of great literary masterpieces.
Shakespeare has not been very successfully set to music on the whole. Verdi's
"Othello" and "Falstaff" are the most important operatic treatments of Shakes-
peare, and Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet" is at least adequate. The finest Shakes-
pearian music is still the youthful overture to the "Midsummer Night's Dream,"
by Mendelssohn.
The French poets have had an enormous influence on French music and a
large proportion of all program music owes its existence to such poetry. Debus-
sy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is a characteristic example, basel on
a poem by Mallarme. Narrative music is almost as common as descriptive, even
when no words are used.
Music has often been compared with language itself. While it combines
easily with actual language, it also speaks a language of its own, which has
become universal. To understand the significance of the organizing factors of
rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color and form, the knowledge of a familiar
language is helpful. Music has its own alphabet, of only seven letters, as com-
pared with the twenty-six of the English alphabet. Each of these letters repre-
sents a note, and just as certain letters are complete words in themselves, so
certain notes may stand alone, with the force of a whole word. Generally,
however, a note of music implies a certain harmony, and in most modern music
the notes take the form of actual chords. So it may be said that a chord in
music is like a word in a language. Several words form a phrase, and several
phrases form a sentence, and the same thing is true in music. Measured music
corresponds to poetry, while the old unmeasured plain-song might be compared
to prose.
If you are interested in history or geography or both, the co-operation of
music again becomes highly significant. There is no better way of studying
nationalism than through the folk music of individual countries. There is no
mistaking the character of a Hungarian Rhapsody or an Irish Jig, or a Polish
Mazurka, or a Viennese Waltz. The music of a country should always be an
important part of the study of its geography and history.
Music has played a dramatic role on numerous historic occasions, such as the
fall of the Bastille, when the Marseillaise was heard, the rise of Protestantism,
inspired by Martin Luther's hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," even the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, when Yankee Doodle turned from an army
joke into a march of triumph.
Music is so closely knit with the other arts that one could not very well get
along without the other. Painting, sculpture, and literature all have their anal-
ogies in music, and the art of the dance could not exist without music, which is
its heart and soul.
But the greatest significance of music is in its relation to life itself. It is
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unquestionably the most human of all the arts, and the one that enters most
into every day experience—the mother's lullaby, a favorite hymn, a marching
tune or patriotic music of any kind. Religion has never been able to get along
without music and it is one of the greatest assets of the church today. Patriot-
ism, love,loyalty, courage, and all the other human virtues are not only expressed
but stimulated by music.
The art of enjoying music finds its greatest pleasure in the discovery of
permanent beauty, regardless of whether the discovery has previously been
made by others. When you have discovered for yourself something beautiful
that proves to have passed the test of time, and to have stimulated thousands
of others as it stimulates you, then you have enjoyed an experience that is
akin to that of the creative artist himself; and, what is more, you have added
definitely to the enduring satisfactions of life.
Caroline Hayman
CLASS ORATION
The More Prepared, the More Powerful
HE more prepared we are, the more powerful we are. In the realm of warfare
this is very evident. Germany could strike with such force and might as it did
in 1939 because it had prepared for war for well over eight years. Japan, with
a population of 73,000,000, could afford to attack the United States, with a
population of 135,000,000, almost double that of Japan, for two primary reasons.
The first was the element of surprise, and the second, but more important, was
the extensive preparations that Japan had undertaken to accomplish this pur-
pose. For years our scrap iron replenished the depleted steel stocks of the
Japanese war machine. Long before Japanese naval forces struck at Pearl
Harbor, Japanese troops on Formosa, in Indo-China,and on Japanese-mandated
islands were waiting to strike at Guam, Wake, the Philippines and British
Malaya. It took months to prepare for our invasions of Guadalcanal and North
Africa. Think of the months of preparation for the much talked about and
much called for "second front." Our military leaders, the commissioned officers,
must take years of military training in school and in the field before they are
entrusted with a command. Education and practical preparation are absolute
requisites to our military officers.
In life itself this motto is just as true. On all sides of us today we hear the
familiar phrase: "On the youth of today rests the world of tomorrow." As this
is only too true, the youth of today must prepare now for the tremendous task
ahead of them. The young men and women in the service can continue their
education, if they so desire, under a special correspondence program set up by
the army and navy. But the under-classmen in the high schools today have the
greatest opportunity of all to shoulder our post-war responsibilities. Special
technical subjects have been put into the school curricula. These technical
studies should, however, be supplemented with subjects that deal with modern
economic, social, and political problems. These subjects should deal not only
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with problems found in the United States, but also with those of other countries.
This would lead to better understanding and co-operation among the nations
of the world.
The United States is going to hold a very important position at the peace
table following the conclusion of this terrific holocaust. Momentous decisions
must be made at the peace conference. Abraham Lincoln said in his Gettysburg
Address that the government of the United States was "of the people, by the
people, and for the people." Thus it is really the citizens of the United States
who are to have this high responsibility. We, the American citizens and our
representatives in the government, should start now to prepare ourselves to
deal wisely with these problems. Many books have been written by authorities
on these subjects and they are available for public consumption. There is a
group of teen-age boys and girls at present who realize the need of preparation
in this field. They have organized themselves under the name of Student Fed-
eralists, and are working for a federal union of all nations when peace reigns
again. This is an excellent step forward that American youth have taken.
I would like to state another motto, that of the Boy Scouts—"Be Prepared."
Be prepared, America and Americans, for in preparation alone lies the strength
to overcome our many perplexing problems and to be successful in our dealings
with other countries and in our own personal lives.
William N. Wilkinson, Jr.
CLASS ESSAY
Practical Idealism
ILLIONS of people the world over are looking forward to a post-war world
of great scientific discoveries and economic improvements—air transports,
television, helicopters, and many industrial inventions which will increase
production and raise standards of living. We talk of reduced armaments and
lowered tariff barriers; security from the cradle to the grave for workingmen and
their families. Mr. Wallace would like to see a quart of milk per person per day
on every doorstep in the world. Blueprints are being drawn for training, free of
charge, enterprising youths of foreign nations in the building and administration
of industry so that they may apply this knowledge to their native lands and
help further the new prosperity. With all these modern marvels, how can we
fail to keep the peace that is being won for us?
There is much to applaud in this vision of the post-war world. Certainly a
satisfied people are not disposed to quarrel with their neighbors; revolutions
and wars grow from discontent with existing conditions. On the other hand, the
wealthy home is not always happier than the poor one. Riches alone do not
create happiness. It follows, then, that these material changes and improve-
ments in themselves, though important, are not sufficient to bind the world
together in such a way as to eliminate all possibilities of future aggression.
As Lt. Col. W. F. Kernan has said, "Before the road to victory and peace
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can be traversed, it must be discovered." If we are to find the road to peace,
we must first find the road to war and then travel in the opposite direction.
Nationalism, power politics, fear, and revenge, were all causes of today's
war, which were themselves caused by selfishness and lack of understanding
among nations. Each nation distrusted its neighbor, saw a threat to itself at
the least advancement made by another country. This fear was an outgrowth
of the unsympathetic attitude and the misunderstanding among nations. People
of all nations wanted the same things—a home, security, money to spend, happi-
ness. But each nation saw only its own people seeking these things. The peoples
of other lands they saw as a threat to their own way of living, or as an odd,
foreign group whose ways were strange to them and, therefore, to be condemned.
We Americans today dismiss the problem of India with its many different
tongues, races, creeds, political parties, and castes, as a complex question which
will probably never be solved. Yet what would an Indian say of America with
its Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, and Communists; its New Dealists and
Anti-New Dealists; its Catholics, Jews, and Protestants; its Irishmen, Italians,
Germans, Armenians, and Poles; its isolationists and internationalists? What
unity could there be in a nation of such contrasting peoples? To India, we must
be as great a riddle as she is to us, because neither of us ever stops to consider
what the basic desires, needs, customs, and beliefs of the people are.
The most serious problem after this war will be to persuade the outraged
countries of Europe who have been the victims of brutality and atrocities at the
hands of the Nazis that the Germans only in a quest for security and from a
mistaken sense of outrage chose this horrible method of obtaining the one and
satisfying the other. The first desire, security, is understandable and common
to all, but the second, the desire for revenge caused by misunderstanding is
precisely what we are trying to eliminate. If Germany is to be punished, she
must be made to see that it is not because she sought security, but because in
seeking security, she destroyed that of others. She distrusted France because
she believed France was working against her. France distrusted her for the
same reason, and each built up hard feelings against the other until Germany
went to war to destroy what she thought was threatening her safety. This
situation developed from the misunderstanding between the two nations. Be-
cause a national boundary line separated them, each regarded the other as
intrinsically different and alien. Instead of working together for their common
ends, they grew apart and kindled new grudges and hatreds.
We, as Americans, are surely the one nation of all others who should be able
to lead the way in the field of mutual understanding and tolerance. America
is a living, dynamic proof that boundary lines drawn on a map are not divisions
between unlike groups of people; they are all imaginary lines drawn helter-
skelter between peoples with similar aims and desires. It is the abiding principle
of our American way of life that all men are created equal, that each is entitled
to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Under this principle, we have
joined all the nationalities, religions, races, and beliefs in the world into one
great nation and shown that it is possible for all groups—Armenians and Irish,
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Catholics and Jews, liberals and reactionaries—to live side by side with no
great difficulty or embarrassment.
Let us traverse the golden road to peace and happiness by making mutual
trust and understanding the password to the new era, so that all nations, races,
creeds, forms of government, and philosophies of life, may truly all be united
in "One World."
Barbara L. Dandeneau
VALEDICTORY
New Horizons
E ARE living in a modern world where science and invention accelerate
the pace of all life. Change is the law of life. Resistance to change is a sin
most implacably punished by nature. In a speech to the workers of a Nazi
armament factory Hitler said that this is a war between two worlds. He is
right. Inexorably, it is a war of annihilation between two worlds. It is a war
between the Old World and the New World, not geographically, but spiritually.
The Old World is the enslavement of the body, mind and soul of man. The New
World is freedom.
Without freedom of thought and its expression, science would not exist, and
without science, we could not hope for man's ultimate freedom. Since the dawn
of history, and probably in prehistoric eras, men have struggled and died for
freedom to know the truth, that others might be free.
From the seed of liberty grew America. Scope was offered to the free play
of man's versatile and constructive genius. In a free Republic education is the
real mother of invention. Today there are more students in American universi-
ties and colleges than in all the universities and colleges of all the other nations
of the world. Blest with great material resources, even in these recent times of
economic perplexity, we have remained the best fed, the best housed, the best
clad country in the world. Emergence of creative genius is relatively easy where
all breathe the air of freedom. Man is an infinite reservoir of imagination, devo-
tion and accomplishment.
War—with all its destruction—is like a catalyzer that speeds a valuable
reaction. From the rubble of destruction and the chaos of the present day, man
must think in terms of constructive prescience. Research men agree that the
conditions we cannot foresee now are the very ones most likely to develop. What
sort of world lies just ahead, if the things that already exist in the laboratory
can be brought into the practical realm of everyday life?
Electronics, magic secret weapon of war now, will become a new wonderland
for you at war's end; there will be untold wonders of ingenuity and comfort,
convenience and entertainment. Imagine cooking your roast in six seconds;
leaving your windows open wide when it's zero outside, yet heating your house
electronically; phoning your wife while flying over China. You and electronics
are opening upon a great future together—exciting, wondrous, full of delights.
The scientist has been looking at many other aspects of our civilization—
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our cities, our highways, the social structure of the community. Elaborate
scientific studies have been made, at great expense, over large areas and long
periods of time. When we turn from his surroundings to man himself, the future
seen by the scientists is equally exciting. American chemists, with infinite
patience and consummate technical dexterity, have given to the medical pro-
fession a brand new combination of the atoms with which the doctors make their
wondrous cures. New methods of treatment continue to pour out of research
laboratories. These discoveries cut a wide path through the tangled jungle of
diseases in which medicine has been groping towards the horizon.
How are these things to be realized in a world where people continue to kill
each other off in a series of wars? All soaring minds and hearts long for a Federa-
tion of the World, when man has drawn his sword for the last time, and accepts
the fundamental truth that God has made of one blood all the nations of the
world.
After thousands of years we have only begun to glimpse the future's promise;
young men and women armed with the disciplined freedom of science will be
the keynote of America's future security. It is the prerequisite of the survival
of civilization.
Tonight the Class of 1944 says goodbye to Johnson. This is a day of sadness
and joy all intermingled. We regret to think that the many happy hours spent
here are gone forever. But at the same time our hearts contemplate the new and
different work we shall soon commence in a broader world.
Before we make our final adieu, we wish to thank Mr. Hayes, our principal
and leader, for his unstinting time and efforts. To our faculty, we extend our
deepest appreciation for your patience and guidance. To our schoolmates, we
leave the time-worn traditions of Johnson, hoping that you, too, will pass them
on.
Classmates, these past four years of work and play have left a deep and
pleasant impression upon all of us. May they guide and inspire us in our life
work. And now the Class of 1944 bids you a fond farewell.
Joan Fitzgerald
CLASS HISTORY
T LAST, after our long years, the doors of Johnson High slowly close on
the Class of '44. They will close on another class next year, and another
and another, but their joys and pleasures will be theirs, not ours. We have
gone, but the memory of the four years that we have spent here will live with
us f orever.
When we entered school in September, 1940, we were the same nervous,
twittering freshmen that we have looked upon, perhaps disdainfully, for the
past three years. We were guests of the Seniors at the Senior-Freshman dance
early in the year, and an unforgettable occasion it was. This was the year
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President Roosevelt was reelected. The same year that we had an unbeaten
football team. We elected Ray Sullivan class president and Paul Hulub and
Marian Stewart vice-president and secretary. They held these offices for four
years.
When we returned the next fall, we were a different class. Haughty and
proud, we were now much less inclined to behold the seniors with reverence.
We were sophomores. This was our first year of school in war time. We were
given instructions in case of air raids, made model planes for the Navy, and
enrolled in the new pre-flight course. Two new teachers, Miss Donlan and Miss
Torpey, were added to the faculty. Harry MacPherson was our star baseball
player, and Shirley Hamilton, the present editor-in-chief, was already on the
Journal staff. Thus our second year ended.
Our third year was harder, but none the less enjoyable. We were Juniors
now, and could shoulder responsibilities. The year started with a barn dance
given by the seniors, one of the best dances that we had had. We were still at
war, and our activities showed it. We had scrap drives, tested the drinking
water, and started the Victory Corps. ' Girls trained as nurses'aides. Gym class-
es were introduced for the first time. This year we triumphed over every oppo-
nent in football except Punchard. We went to the Junior-Sophomore dance,
and in June we went to the Junior-Senior supper.
Our third year was over and past, and at last we were Seniors. We went to
the Senior-Freshman dance and were quite amused at the Freshmen. Again
two teachers were added to the staff. They were Miss Kelly and Miss Sheridan.
We beat Punchard this year 30-0 and Ray Sullivan was awarded the Boston
Post Star for his splendid work. Our class sold over $400 worth of war stamps,
and the entire school sold over $1700 worth. Some of our members are already
in the service, and with graduation many more will follow.
We have spent four years at Johnson, working, studying and playing, and I
know that to all of us they were four of the most enjoyable years we have known,
f our of the best we'll ever know.
Herbert Sperry
CLASS WILL
E, THE Graduating class of 1944, make this last attempt to imprint upon
the minds of the faculty and bestow upon those lucky Juniors our various
charming ways, brilliant minds and magnetic personalities.
First, our Senior class president, Ray Sullivan, leaves his astounding per-
formances on the football field and elsewhere to his namesake, Jackie Sullivan.
See if you can keep up the famous Sullivan reputation!
Mildred Amshey passes on to Rita Malek her unforgettable giggle.
To Carl Schofield, an ardent Shostakovitch fan, goes all the boogie-woogie
music Ralph Davis has accumulated during his career.
Louise Cuomo leaves her job as Miss Torpey's secretary to Hazel Wood.
See if you have as much patience, Hazel!
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THE GOB BLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Phyllis Dearden and Audrey Stewart, the recipients of the "Johnson Jot-
tings" column last year pass it on to Betty Morton along with careful instrue-
tons on "How to Dig Up Dirt in Three Easy Lessons."
Viola Ruess, that deceivingly quiet member of our class, hands on her list
of South Lawrence wolves to Jeannette Rea.
Paul Hulub bequeaths his massive build to Henry Enaire, who probably
will be astounded as to the increase in appetite which goes along with it.
Alan Armstrong is the lucky boy to receive Herbert Sperry's gentlemanly
airs.
Direct from John Cyr to Albert Kneupfer, who really doesn't need them, go
Johnny's mischievousness and winning ways with the weaker sex.
Shirley Donnelly, our class lady, bequeaths upon Dorothy McDowell her
charming manner and dignified air.
Elizabeth Holdsworth receives all Margaret Connelly's stamps, collected
during two years as stamp representative.
Barbara Dandeneau grants to Mary Werenehuk her flair for writing. I'm
sure Mary will sincerely appreciate that.
Arthur Temple hands over his amazing debating ability to Phillip Rugh who
no doubt will need it next year.
Harry MacPherson, class heartbreaker, leaves his bee-yoot-i-ful car (?) to
Clayton Crotch to further his research . . . . the subject, we'll leave to your
imagination.
To Therese Enaire is left Edie Dewhirst's nursing ambitions.
Joan Fitzgerald leaves her amazing store of knowledge to Shirley Britton,
who is really astounded by the whole thing.
Betty Hainsworth passes on her reputation as Class (you know) Flirt to
Irene Costello. How about it, Irene?
Mary Gile and Dorothy Hayes pass on to Fay Vincent their typing tech-
nique. As to any other techniques . . . . I really wouldn't know.
John Doherty and Donald Rennie bequeath their one-woman complex to
Billy McEvoy, who could use it.
Joe Stillwell and Bob Gray leave their method of fascinating females to Roy
Marland, who I suspect doesn't need it.
To Eugene Bohnwagner goes Jimmy DeAdder's store of witty (Or should I
say corny?) jokes.
Evelyn Lundquist leaves her good-natured manner and sunny smile to
Claire Doran.
To Mary Driscoll, Junior, from Mary Driscoll, Senior, goes all the confusion
resulting from having the same names.
John Burns and Gale Kleiner grant their mutual trait of quietness to Stewart
Wilson.
James Cornell leaves his lovely pink complexion to Arnold Santos. Embar-
rassing, isn't it?
Marilyn Drummond reluctantly gives up her coveted French reference book
to any member of Miss Cook's next year Senior French class.
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THE GOB BLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Doris Stewart and Marian, those two irrepressible cousins, bestow their pep
and vivaciousness on Roberta Hutton.
John Poh leaves his gorgeous yellow and brown plaid sweater to anyone
who'd have the nerve to wear it.
Kenny Dearden sadly relinquishes his golden curls to Freddie Messina. The
result, you must admit, is startling.
Ann LaFountain, who certainly must have expected this, leaves her title of
Madame Fury to Mary Rivet.
Paul Dyer passes on his admiration for Miss Kelly to Archie Cousins to keep
the torch burning.
Dot St. Louis passes out of Johnson's portals with her everlasting conversa-
tions of Stanley ringing in our ears.
Shirley Driscoll inherits from sister Claire her habit of borrowing anything
and everything.
Evelyn Elston leaves her position as salesgirl in Grant's to June Chamberlin.
Gaspar Balsamo gratefully leaves the care of chickens to another nature
lover, Tommy Crabtree.
John Bamford, our own quiz kid, bequeaths his incredulous power of answer-
ing all the sixty-four dollar questions to David Pickles. Surprised, David?
Irene Narushof and Louise Nicolosi bestow their love for writing composi-
tions upon Phyllis Brown.
Babe Calman leaves before she gets into any, more trouble.
Lefty Thomson passes on his wolfish instincts to John Pitman.
Cecile Hamel bequeaths her big brown eyes to Charlotte Lewis. Better to
see you with, my dear!
Joan Fenton leaves her baby-talk behind forever, but bestows on Betty
Lewis her endless supply of clothes and lovable personality.
Ursula Fitzgerald bequeaths to Lorraine Lewis the days she forgot to go
to math.
Eligio Forgetta bestows upon Horace Hebb his attractive tooth-paste ad
smile.
Shirley Richardson leaves her love of the Air Corps to anyone who feels the
same way.
Jim Cunningham gratefully passes on his beautiful curls to Benjamin
Hollins.
To Roger Smith goes Jack Howard's perpetual aloof attitude.
Pussy Jackson and Lillian Winning leave their handbook on "How to Charm
Men" to poor bewildered Margaret Dill.
Hasmig Kasparian, our newcomer, leaves her ferocious attitude on the gym
floor and naive manner other places, to Ruthie Adams.
Claire Lewis bestows upon Anna Greenwood her one-man complex.
Harold Tyning leaves to George Tardiff his passionate love for Senior Social
Science.
To John Canty go Doug Lee's sharp jackets and engaging grin.
Buster Warwick bequeaths to Bill Finneran his red-hot trumpet.
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Doris Broadhead and Betty Calder leave to Frances Donnelly ten new
methods on how to avoid doing homework.
As one chatterbox to another, Caroline Hayman hands over her accordion
to Rita Connors.
Eddie Bardsley almost faints when he inherits Tommy Gosselin's Sinatra-
like manner and super-special line.
Jean Gordon and Josephine Guerrera pass on to Lois Valpey the times they
got sidetracked on the way to school.
. Freddie Crosdale, our busiest Senior, leaves his position as Business Mandger
on the Journal to Lloyd Bauchman, who is rather overwhelmed by the prospect.
George Casale bequeaths his special Latin lover technique to Edward Cun-
ningham.
David Manahan is the lucky boy who receives Howard Rottler's own special
brand of dancing.
Carlotta Hopping bestows her tomboyish manner on Betty Riedel.
To Shirley White go all the numerous ribbons of Marilyn Nery.
Pat Walsh is the lucky girl to receive Frances Payne's driving license.
Billy Wilkinson leaves his place as Class Orator to Charlie Seymour, new-
comer from Lawrence.
Anne Agey and Yours Truly reluctantly yield their weekly excursions to the
Crystal to Helen Turner, who is, for once, speechless.
Robert Marshall bestows his prominent head of hair on Clifton Milne.
Doris Kasheta bestows her dancing ability upon Shirley Bauchman.
Irene Miller and Anna McKinnon both contribute their lovely voices to
Helen Calder, who is quite overcome by this sudden musical ability.
Jane Russell leaves her dignified and hi-hat manner to anyone who has the
poise to carry it off and still remain charming.
Stuart Wood, who donned the Navy blue recently, hopes Arnold Wilcox will
do the same.
Upon John Wood, Robert Olenio bestows his perpetual smile and wise crack.
To Ethel Raitt goes Marie Saunders' famed strapless evening gown.
Marie McDonough bequeaths upon Jane Loring her liking for out-of-town
Romeos.
And last but not least Gloria Wilson leaves her originality to Lil Balavich,
who already has a generous supply of her own.
Shirley Hamilton
CLASS PROPHECY
a S I sit under the palm tree in front of the main building of the huge Arabian
Oil Refinery trying hard to avoid the bright rays of the hot summer sun, I
think longingly of the day a year from now, in 1960, when work will be
completed and I can return to the United States and to North Andover. It's so
lonely over here. If only I knew what was happening among my old friends and
classmates!
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THE GOB BLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Down the road is a cloud of dust caused by an approaching car, probably
some government inspector. The car drives into the yard and with a loud hail
who should jump out, to my surprise, but Jack Howard. Jack tells me that he
has been sent over as an engineer to help complete the pipe line and refinery.
He pulls a chair up under the tree and I begin to question-him about home and
the old classmates immediately.
"Well," begins Jack, "the plane I came over on was piloted by Kenneth
Dearden and Robert Marshall, and for our hostess we had Gloria Wilson. Avia-
tion is the thing now. Quite a few others of the old class have gone into it. Jim
Cornell, Herb Sperry, and Bob Gray are all pilots for the Airline Freightway
Corporation, and Dot St. Louis, Marilyn Drummond and Edith Dewhirst are
hostesses on the big airliners."
"Did any of the fellows get ahead in big-time sports?" I query.
"Why yes," replies Jack, "Ray Sullivan and Don Rennie were just chosen
as outstanding football coaches of the year. Harry MacPherson is managing
the champion Boston Braves, with Gordon Thomson and Paul Hulub as star
members of the team."
"Well, hurry up and tell me more," I impatiently demand.
Jack takes a long drink of the cool lemonade in the pitcher, and continues.
"Tom Gosselin is the leading dentist of the town. Across from his office is the
building which houses the New England Daily News published by Freddy Cros-
dale and edited by Shirley Hamilton. Joan Fitzgerald has just written a best-
selling novel, and Barbara Dandeneau is writing articles for a big magazine.
Mildred Amshey and Anne Agey are doing a wonderful business with their
dancing school. Ursula Fitzgerald and Irene Narushof are very successful
chemists. Gaspar Palsamo owns four or five big chicken farms around town and
is just rolling in wealth."
As Jack stops for a breath, I ask, "Did they finish the new high school in
North Andover?"
"Oh, sure! And Caroline Hayman, Marie McDonough and Carlotta Hop-
ping are teaching there. Anna McKinnon and Ralph Davis are in New York
starring in the most popular play of the season. Ann LaFountain and Jane
Russell are supervisors at the hospital. John Poh and George Casale own amuse-
ment parks at all the big beaches along the coast. Evelyn Lundquist and Mar-
garet Connelly are research engineers in the laboratory of a big manufacturing
company. Howard Rottler is manager of the municipal airport. Paul Dyer,
John Warwick and Bob Olenio are big automobile dealers in Boston."
Here Jack pauses again for a drink of lemonade, for it is becoming hotter.
He settles back in his chair, takes out his pipe and begins to relax.
My interest is all keyed up, and to get him started again, I ask, "What is
Eligio Forgetta doing?"
"Oh, he runs a large vegetable farm and owns the biggest market in Law-
rence. Jackie Doherty is police chief. Dot Stewart, Marian Stewart and Viola
Ruess run a modeling agency in New York. Phyllis Dearden and Audrey
Stewart own the department store where I bought my traveling bags. Harold
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Tyning is becoming famous as an inventor of work-saving machines. Betty
Calder and Priscilla Jackson are employed by a large kindergarten. Shirley
Richardson, Claire Lewis, and Dot Calman work for Douglas Lee in the office
of his flourishing milk business. Irene Miller and Claire Driscoll are out in
Hollywood working in the movies."
"Where is Stuart Wood?" I interrupt.
"You know," Jack says, "you can ask more questions quicker than the
teachers up at Johnson High ever could." He looks at me with a smile and then
continues.
"Stuart Wood is captain of a freighter going between North and South
America. Lillian Winning and Frances Payne operate a hat shop. Marilyn
Nery writes the society column for Fred Crosdale's newspaper. Bill Wilkinson
is an important radio news commentator. He broadcasts in television every
evening. Marie Saunders is a librarian. Doris Kasheta is appearing on the
stage of John Cyr's popular night club in New York. Jim Cunningham is master
of ceremonies there. Hasmig Kasparian is a successful lawyer. Mary Driscoll
and Louise Nicolosi are proprietors of a big restaurant. Art Temple is a Con-
gressman, Evelyn Elston is an artist. Joseph Stillwell is a big radio comedian
with a show of his own. Joan Fenton and Betty Hainsworth are society women.
Jean Gordon and Mary Gile are Red Cross workers. Louise Cuomo, Doris
Broadhead, Josephine Guerrera, and Cecile Hamel are also nurses. John Bam-
ford is teacher of mathematics at Harvard. Shirley Donnelly and Dorothea
Hayes are operators of a beauty parlor."
"How about John Burns and Gale Kleiner?"
"Oh, they got to be president and treasurer respectively, of the American
Woolen Company—Whew! After that report I am all out of breath!" says Jack.
"Well, I say, the sun is going down and the lemonade pitcher is empty, so
let's take the chairs and go into the house. With all the news about my fellow
classmates I think I can manage to stay here for another year."
James W. DeAdder
CLASS OF 1944 — SERVICE HONOR ROLL
GASPAR J. BALSAMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al2
FREDERICK J. CROSDALE, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al2
JOHN J. CYR, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navy
JAMES W. DeADDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al2
KENNETH L. DEARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V5
ROBERT C. GRAY, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Army Air Corps
GALE H. KLEINER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al2
ROBERT L. MARSHALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V5
JOSEPH S. STILLWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navy
ARTHUR J. TEMPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al2
WILLIAM N. WILKINSON, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V6
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS BALLOT
Best Looking Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Donnelly
Best Looking Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry MacPherson
Best Dressed Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Hainsworth
Best Dressed Boy . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Harry MacPherson
Most Popular Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marian Stewart
Most Popular Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Sullivan
Girl With Nicest Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irene Miller
Boy with Nicest Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry MacPherson
Wittiest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James DeAdder
Best Blusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Cornell
Best Heart Breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry MacPherson
Most Original . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloria Wilson
Most Entertaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Davis
Most High Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Russell
Teacher's Pet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Hayman
Class Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Hayman
Least Punctual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Cyr
Girl Who Has Done Most for J. H. S. . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
Boy Who Has Done Most for J. H. S. . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Sullivan
Best Girl Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Fitzgerald
Hardest Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Crosdale
Best Actress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann LaFountain
Best Actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Davis
Best Girl Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Agey
Best Boy Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Wilkinson
Girl Most Likely to Succeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Fitzgerald
Boy Most Likely to Succeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Wilkinson
Class Flirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Hainsworth
Class Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Crosdale
Best Boy Athletes . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Sullivan and Donald Rennie
Most Studious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Fitzgerald
Most Talkative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Hayman
Most Dignified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Russell
Most Collegiate Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
Most Collegiate Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Sullivan
Peppiest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
Best Natured Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Agey
Best Natured Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Sullivan
Most Mischievous Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
Most Mischievous Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Cyr
Class Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Donnelly
Class Gentleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbert Sperry
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THE GOBBLER - 1944 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
Most Popular Woman Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Kelly
Most Popular Man Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Donovan
Favorite Movie Actress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greer Garson
Favorite Movie Actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Van Johnson
Best Movie of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A Guy Named Joe"
Favorite Pastime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dancing
Favorite Radio Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry James
Favorite Radio Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Sinatra
Favorite Meeting Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hi-Spot
Best Girl Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Agey
Best Boy Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Rottler
Favorite Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Life"
Favorite Dance of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prom
DO YOU REMEMBER . . . .
when we used to have no school when it rained?
when Caroline Hayman refused to.answer twice in history?
when Johnson boys ever went to Johnson dances and danced?
when DeAdder and Balsamo set fire to the carbon bisulfide?
when Barbara Dandeneau and Phyllis Dearden used to go scavenging for
test tubes?
when we walked to Andover en masse to protest?
when we had the sub in S. S. S.?
when Fred Crosdale tripped with the teachers' tray?
when girls wore slacks to school?
when Margaret Connelly dropped the mercury in physics?
when Evelyn Elston and Lillian Winning were the only students in D. A. III?
when we had debates in English?
when we voted for caps and gowns for graduation?
when Carly Hopping and. Caroline Hayman had the explosion in chemistry?
when all the girls got B in conduct in geometry?
when you answered the telephone the day after class supper and Mr. Hayes
wanted to know why you weren't in school?
when Ray Sullivan gave directions to get from high school to his home?
when the radio station mistook Andover for North Andover when announc-
ing the no-school signal?
when Miss Cook had her bell?
when we beat Punchard on Thanksgiving Day?
when our school was filled to capacity?
when we didn't have a Sullivan on the football team?
when DeAdder had nothing to say?
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Cast of Characters
Dutch Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Davis
Hunk Hoyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Finneran
Satchel Moyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman Campbell
Chuck Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Messina
Dr. Reeber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Schofield
Old Grad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Giaquinta
Minerva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna McKinnon
Ethel Roberta Hutton
Miss Delaware Water Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
The Blind Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy McDowell
Bud Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Dushame
Professor Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Smith
Gale Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ursula Fitzgerald
Jack Haggerty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Crosdale
Chester Billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray
Helen Schlessinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann LaFountain
Miss Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Dandeneau
Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Margaret Donlan
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Cyr
Music . . . . Supervision of Mr. Joseph B. Murray
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The football season of 1943 was very successful. The Johnson High Eleven,
captained by Ray Sullivan and Donald Rennie, played hard and well. As a
result, they won all but one game, losing only to Central Catholic. The most
exciting game of the season was the annual Johnson vs. Punchard game, played
on Thanksgiving Day. At that game our team clashed with our well-known
rival team and took the "Punch" out of Punchard by beating them with a score
of 31-0.
The following seniors were awarded varsity letters and sweaters: Sullivan,
Rennie, Casale, Balsamo, Norris, Cyr, Poh, Doherty, Hulub, Gosselin, Thom-
son, Olenio, Lee, and Wilkinson.
Special lauds go to Coach Cavalieri and Assistant-Coach Lee for their fine
coaching and their untiring efforts throughout the entire season. Jack Sullivan
was elected to captain next year's football team. Good luck, Jack!
BASEBALL
It's a sure sign of spring when Coach Cavalieri calls out his candidates for
the diamond. Veterans from last year are: MacPherson, Gosselin, Sullivan,
Milne, Rennie, McEvoy, Evangelos and Crotch. Others chosen to represent
Johnson this season are: Poh, Long, Thomson, Wilkinson, Soucy, and Mitchell.
Harry MacPherson, ace pitcher of the team, has been honored by receiving
an offer of a..contract with the Braves. Here's hoping that you go far in the
baseball world, Harry!
BOYS' BASKETBALL
This year's basketball team had a fairly successful season. The team was
comprised of Crotch, Milne, Gosselin, McEvoy, McKee, Evangelos, Stillwell,
Soucy, Giaquinta, Long, and Rennie. Most of the scoring was done by Clayton
Crotch, Bill McEvoy, and Tommy Gosselin. Billy Wilkinson and Al Kneupfer
were the managers.
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The girls' basketball had a very successful season, winning all but two games.
Throughout the season all players showed co-operation and excellent teamwork.
The team was coached by Miss Teresa Kelly, captained by Anne Agey, and
managed by Ann LaFountain.
Captain Anne Agey, Shirley Hamilton, Marie Saunders, Viola Ruess, Marian
Stewart, and Doris Stewart were awarded jackets.
Irene Costello, Mary Driscoll, Ursula Fitzgerald, and Ann LaFountain
(manager), were awarded letters.
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THE JOHNSON JOURNAL
Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Hamilton
News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Drummond
Sports Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Ursula Fitzgerald, Carlotta Hopping
Exchange Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Russell
Humor Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Agey
Poetry Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey Ferrin
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Cornell
Reporters
Marie Consoli, Dorothy McDowell, Lois Valpey, Shirley Wentworth
Proof Readers
Mildred Amshey, Margaret Connelly, Claire Driscoll, Mary Driscoll, Ann
LaFountain, Rita Malek, Betty Morton, Marilyn Nery, Audrey Stewart
Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rita Farrell, Marie Torpey
Art Committee
Carol Berry, Gloria Bottai, Vivian Campbell (Chairman), Rita Coppola,
Velma Hinton, Donald James
Faculty Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Edith Pierce
Business Staff
Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Frederick Crosdale
Advertising
Edward Bardsley, Robert Gray, Walter Kohl, Joseph Stillwell, Florence
Sylvia, assisted by members of the editorial staff
Circulation
Mabel Arlit, Edward Bardsley, Barbara Campbell, Norman Campbell, Wal-
ter Kohl, Rita Mulcahey, Mary Ness, Rita Nicetta, Joan Pitman, Alma
Sanford, Ethel Shapcott, Shirley Wentworth
Typists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Typing Class
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Candid Camera Shots of the Play, by Benjamin Hollins
KEY TO BABY PAGE
Top--Caroline Hayman, Anna McKinnon, Doris Kasheta, Hasmig Kasparian,
Howard Rottler
Second from top—Doris and Gloria Wilson, Robert Olenio and Viola Ruess, Joan
Fitzgerald
Third from top—Carlotta Hopping, John Warwick and Betty Hainsworth, Irene
Miller, John Burns, Gale Kleiner
Bottom row—Mary and Bill Driscoll, Ann LaFountain and Jane Russell, Doris
Stewart
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POP-,TQAIT,. " Of D U"TI NCTION
PORTRAIT-/ OF DI✓TINC`rION By PLOUF are, more
khan a delinea-kon q �(a- urcS -hey are more khan
pko-�o6raph3 - key arse pot4rayal4 per�on-
ali�ie� eomhined with P'LAopial W,6re,3-, ran[�rno h,gh \,)A
works of rna4ur� of today-
Tke TubjeJ� are well pored; -ke 6ackgrounclq well
Balanced; eke, rare lighting ef�ec� T, -the eompo�i�ion�,the
exc�uiTi�e ni4h, and tke Ppi( 7 aT a whole well q�ua'Laa,
all �ka� ar-�i34ic inT+inck and well deserve- our
Slogan, POP-TPAIT✓' OF DI✓TINCTION-
PUDUF Spares m+ker ef or4 nor expense rn +kc produc-
hon of POP-TP-AIT✓' OF D1✓TINCTION- patrona6e in khi4
group of pr,14q is solrci4ed, not upon pace 6am alone, 6L4
ra+her is our endeavor' to make khem To fine �ha+ �h-ir
�rlce i4 incon�equc.4.La�_
L. ERNE5T PLOUC
POPTQA1T,-/' OF Df,/ TINCTZON.
Studio at LOWFence, " CISS.
haverkill St. at FFonHin
A. L SUlldl [� LAN [D CO.
THE LARGEST STORE IN LAWRENCE
CALL LAW. 6133
DAILY FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
COMPLIMENTS OF
SA U N 1) [ r.,,S-
COMPLIMENTS OF
IGHNG STUDIO
PHOTOGRAPHS OF DISTINCTION
II COMPLIMENTS OF
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Geor e 1H . Sckruender
lfinnemn9s L)r-UCJ SfCFe
SERVICE STATION
130 MAIN STREET
79 CHICKERING RD. NO. ANDOVER NO. ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTSr
COMPLIMENTS OF
BEST WISHES
FROM (Dates the FICFiSt
EILLICT-11's TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE CLASS
OF 1944 WE EXTEND OUR HEARTIEST
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES.
LAWRENCE �
Pussem s, Inc.
FIRST WITH SMART FASHIONS
Wm. N . G�over, �hIm. �. COMPLIMENTSTS OF
/� II
7�rtISlic Feauty SkepPHARMACIST
299 ESSEX STREET BAY STATE BLDG. 52 WATER STREET
LAWRENCE MASSACHUSETTS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS.
COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS OF THE
Pr. M . 1). Curren
Villacje Store
DENTIST WEST BOXFORD, MASS.
ROY B. HOOK
COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS OF
Lena p . [DeC] Fden Irk [ hi -speT
CONGRATULATIONS FROM
J OSEPH T. GAGNE, PRES. 11ke U rn ift] re 13C]Fn
FINE FURNITURE AND RUGS
Allied paint Store AT LOWER PRICES
34 AMESBURY ST. LAWRENCE WILSON'S CORNER NO. ANDOVER
mclNl()sld SCHOOL
HERBERT E. PETZOLD, PRINCIPAL
GRADUATES OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ARE ELIGIBLE
WITHOUT EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE SECRETARIAL
AND JUNIOR ACCOUNTING COURSES OFFERED BY OUR SCHOOL.
GRADUATES OF THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE ADVANCED
SECRETARIAL COURSE OR TO THE ADVANCED
ACCOUNTING COURSE.
INFORMATION BY MAIL OR AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE.
SUMMER SESSIONS START JUNE 5 AND JUNE 19.
THE FALL TERM IN DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL BEGINS SEPTEMBER 11.
BAY STATE BUILDING, LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
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COMPLIMENTS
S u TIC N 'S M I L L
NORTH ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS
IF IT COMES FROM MEAGAN'S ITS GOOD
Central Service Station Meaqan,s
BETTER LUBRICATION SERVICE REXALL DRUG STORE
ED. MCINNES, PROP. NEIL B. MEAGAN, REG. PHARM.
RAILROAD SQUARE TEL. 21717 TEL. 28138 - 9626 48 WATER STREET
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
FOR SERVICE CALL . . . .
SULHVArI ',,-S wm. Q. Kent
ICE & OIL CO.
THE BIG FURNITURE STCRE
ALSO FURNITURE MOVING
TRUCKING OF ALL KINDS
226 ESSEX STREET
TEL. 29784 RES., 50 SECOND ST.
WC] llCF K. MOFSS & ,-Son
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Scivin
qs LarI ��sWEST BOXFORD, MASS.
I PLANTS AND FRUIT FOR SALE
Of LaWr'E'nCe IN SEASON
RED OR PURPLE RASPBERRIES
BROADWAY SAVINGS BANK STRAWBERRIES AND CULTIVATED
BLUEBERRIES
COMMUNITY SAVINGS BANK
ESSEX SAVINGS BANK
hollins Super Service
LAWRENCE SAVINGS BANK TRY OUR RANGE AND FUEL OIL
GAS AND OIL METERED SERVICE
TEL. 28604
56 MASS. AVENUE NO. ANDOVER
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Class hono rs Ton UAL I TV
always g c fe
ck.CFFq e s
RUBBER AND SPORTING GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
RAIN COATS - SPORT CLOTHING - RUBBER FOOTWEAR
581 ESSEX STREET, LAWRENCE, MASS.
TEL. 22.573
TI 1L IB N t() N pI� I SS Gy
MERRIMACK STREET, LAWRENCE
RES., 259 OSGOOD STREET, NORTH ANDOVER
PRINTERS OF "THE GOBBLER" FOR 1944
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