Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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No, the Russians weren ' t coming. That noise was just Mr. Abruzzese and his boys doing a little target practice. The Rifle Club, a member of the National Rifle Association, held numerous postal match- es against various schools throughout the country. Several shoulder-to-shoulder matches were held with surrounding schools. Kenneth Simonson was presi- dent of the club, and also one of the best shots. The other officers included Henry Daley, vice president, Roland Garland, secretary, Steven Mitchell, treasurer, and Bob Lovett, executive officer. There were about twenty-five boys on the team.

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■m r »■ i I i A J i i i As The never-say-die theory was a main factor in the success of LaTanzi and Tribe this season. Sparked by the sen- sational passing of Jim Jug” Girouard and the brillant running of Don Mcln- nis and Bud Woelfel, the Wamps finish- ed undefeated. More than once the Braintree boys fought back to claim a victory in the final seconds of play as shown in the Natick, Norwood, and Canton thrillers. The line, led by Co- captains Jim Piner and Sal Recupero, consisted of seniors-Doug Hart, Rog Ol- son, Fred Martin, and glue-fingered Joe Carlozzi. Meanwhile on the reservation the Wampettes and Screeching Squaws held their heap big Pow Wow on Satur- day afternoons to boost the gridiron greats of their tribe. Heading the Wam- pettes, whose many war dances and twirling exhibitions have added great color to the halves of our football games, are Frannie Puliafico and Nan- cy Cleggett. The Screeching Squaws are Judy Johnson (B) co-captain, Priscil- la Taber (R), Laura MacDougall (A), Mary Neitz (I), Pat Hayden (N), Pat Kil- roy (T) co-captain, Mimi Blake (R), Shir- ley Lindgren (E), and Sandy Wolcott (E).

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What ' s that cloud of dust in back of the Hollis School? What ' til it rises and we ' ll see. Well what do you know — it ' s the hockey field (dust bowl) and on it are Miss D end her Dusty Dolls. Quite a flashy crew denned in their blue wermies! This year they ' re headed by the unexcel- led wing and captain Val Norris, whe scored most of their gcals. The Dusty Dolls finished the season with a 6-2-1 record. Their greatest (and easiest) triumph cf the year was over the Cross Country boys — too bad, fellows. We must all remember the story of Ca- sey at the Bat. He struck out. The Ca- sey ettes of Wamptown hardly ever strike out, so Casey hasn ' t got anything on us. Under the marvelous coaching of Auntie Alice Daughraty the girls came up with a tremendous season. Besides Miss D ' s coaching we received some assistance from the track boys. The team was great- ly aided by Judy Johnson and Nancy Pal- mer as our future Mel Parnells, Shirley Lindgren as our next Billy Goodman, and Mai Richardson and Laura MacDougall as Jimmy Piersall and Teddy Williams. C aseuette r amytown