Age 17. 455 Spring Street, West Bridgewater, MA. Born on 6/23/1925, in Brockton, MA. Died of carbon monoxide poisoning (death certificate). Junior at Howard High School, in West Bridgewater. Was known as "Truck." Went to the club with his girlfriend Miss Lorraine Carlson, age 16, dead. Pair took the Ashmont bus from the Carlson home in Brockton north to Boston shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday evening. His remains were identified at Waterman's Funeral Home in Boston on Sunday. "He was interested in sports and played on the High school basketball team last year" (Brockton Daily Enterprise, 11/30/1942). Was employed the past summer at Camp Myles Standish, Taunton, MA. With Miss Carlson were two of 28 persons age 17 or younger known present when the blaze broke (14 died, 14 survived). Couple was the youngest known present in which both parties perished, a combined 33 years of age. Was the third-youngest male patron victim of the fire (after Charles Sheehan, age 15, and Walter Rapp, age 16), at 17 years and 5 months. Was the eighth-youngest fire casualty overall (of 490 total). Was the lone Grove victim from the Plymouth County town of West Bridgewater. Parents Mr. and Mrs. William W. and Mamie R. Noyes, same address. Was buried near the grave of Miss Carlson at Pine Hill Cemetery, in West Bridgewater. "Lorraine Carlson's family talked over the matter with the family of Robert R. Noyes...and the sorrowing relatives decided that the girl and boy should rest near one another even as they met death together" (Brockton Daily Enterprise, 12/03/1942). The above nickname "Truck" was included on his headstone. The casket of Miss Carlson was unearthed and opened in January 1944 to address lingering family doubts about the identity of the buried remains (visual examination proved inconclusive). Middle name Raymond. 

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