Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1961 e««uo t ott e tc(A Flash: “B. H. S. Class of ’61 to hold twenty-fifth reunion on Venus this week.” Yes, that’s what the headline read on June 17, 1986, and today is the big day. Meteorologist W. Zablosky has predicted a beautiful week. Everyone has gathered at the Hollis Rocket Terminal where the old wooden bleachers once were. The air is full of excitement as we are anxiously waiting to board our rocket, and there is a great deal of activity going on around us. Terry Soley is very busy at his doughnut stand for everyone is stocking up for the trip ahead; even J. Adams, the baggage truck driver, can be seen nibbling one of Soley’s doughnuts. Stepping out of a taxi is the now famous actress C. Moore; she is surrounded by photographers and reporters including M. Caron and F. Kibble. Kay Peckham and D. Archibald are on hand to maintain order. There seems to be a slight delay, for H. Daley is repairing the engine. In our spare time we will follow service men D. Mclnness, H. Cleveland, and E. Ashton to R. Foss’s Canteen. Inside “The Braintree 5” — C. Streiferd. Chuck Morrison, N. Hourihan, V. Kosmo — are playing to the exotic singing of D. Shaw. Fitzy is making banana boat sundaes for J. Hurney, R. Caldwell and Robert Migliorini. Little Hoot Gibson, M. Sullivan, C. Woodward, L. Paty, and G. Hill, all navy men, are playing cards in one corner. The music is interrupted when stewardesses J. Murphy, Bunny Foley, Di Clancy, and D. Walker come to tell us that the rockets are about to blast off. At the end of the field we see D. Pettengill driving a bus load of teachers, who have just arrived from a teachers’ convention, to the rockets. Stewardesses A. Curreri and C. Joyce are leading teachers S. Allard. N. Greene, J. Whalen, C. Mischler, N. Borden, C. Bigony, P. Lyons, A. DeMarco, W. Hedlund, A. Kelvie, R. Ohman, M. Shields, P. Cass, S. Kincaid, R. Reera, and P. E. Smith to rocket number one. Since our class is so large, it is necessary to employ several rockets. The first rocket is staffed by pilots A. Burrell and K. Webster; engineers J. Sheehan, S. O’Connell, W. Lofgren, J. Kennedy Jr., and A. Sullivan; electricians Butch Adams and M. Monti; hostesses J. lannuzzi and J. Lutz; dietitians S. Davis and B. Dunbar. Also on its staff are Father Haviland, Sister Centorino, and Rev. Walker. The medical staff consists of Ray Baker, M.D., medical secretaries R. Lauria and Ducky Trescott, nurses Betsy Campana, J. Brayton, J. McLennan, Jo MacLaughlin, J. Murray, and Dutchie Empey, R. Landry, D.M.D., and his assistants J. Kincade and P. Madden. — “The pause that refreshes,” compliments of W. MacCormick. R. Caiman, Inc. Rocket number two is staffed by pilots Porky Knowles and D. Pacheco; engineers R. Shire, R. Guarino, R. Coletti, R. Maguire, and A. MacDonald; and electrician Squeaky Smith. Also on the staff are Father Skinner and Rev. Johnson. The medical staff consists of V. Richardson, M.D.; medical secretaries B. Church and N. Martin; nurses C. Morrison, Chops Olson, E. Rouleau, J. Nightingale, L. Morison, and M. Todesca; Soapy Borax, D.M.D., and his assistant J. Barnes, C. Pollack, and Tonto Nelson. — “Another pause that refreshes,” compliments of R. Keniston, J. Smith and Co. The third rocket is staffed by — -“oops” the first rocket just took off. As we were saying, the staff consists of pilots G. Sirois and T. Hingston; engineers R. Hofferty, P. Aalto, W. Frazier, C. Lodi, and D. MacKay; electricians C. White; hostesses G. Trant and P. Willson. Also on the staff is Chaplain Batchelder and Rev. Corkum III. The medical staff consists of W. Barnes. M.D.; medical secretaries C. Johnson and “0 My Gracious” Marshall; nurses S. Buker, D. Wick, M. Tisdale, M. Lonergan, P. Bishop, and J. Bailey. Since everyone is boarded, we are nearly ready to blast off. Everything has been checked and rechecked. The rockets have been put into the capable hands of several mechanics, including W. Belcher, K. Smith and R. Fitch. We are waiting for W. Henry, now a veterinarian, who ran back to get his Beasley, the B. H. S. mascot. 7A

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Nanci Hourihan leaves her personality . . . Donna Bier- man leaves for Weymouth . . . Howard Daley leaves to pick up behind us . . . Pete Lennon leaves to follow his sister Sue . . . Gerry Califano leaves her purple petticoat . . . Donna Kurtzis leaves her onions . . . Whitney Ludlow leaves playing cards . . . Carl Streiferd wills his piano to Liberace . . . Bruce Bent leaves his little car . . . Paula Madden leaves her live flowers . . . Carole Jackson leaves with Doug . . . Suzanne Regan leaves her voice to Mickey Mouse . . . Charlie Morrison leaves to start his own band . . . Bill Lofgren leaves Mrs. Morris . . . Jean Urquhart leaves all the boys in study . . . Judy Thomas leaves her volleyball to Miss Soucaras . . . Jean Pecoraro leaves after Bruce . . . Harold Corkum leaves his history books . . . Bobby Conlon leaves to follow Ellen . . . Melvin Adams is left backstage . . . Meredith Tisdale leaves for Weymouth . . . Jean Pearson leaves her crutches ... . Jan Moline leaves her size to Kathy Carroll . . . Ronnie Cox leaves his jokes . . . Sue Pimentel leaves her 37c pins . . . Jane Wilken leaves to find a quieter seat in “B” lunch study . . . Louise McKeough leaves her laugh . . . Howard Cleveland leaves without a backward glance . . . Steve Canter leaves his ice skates . . . Peter Knowles leaves the “First National” . . . Sandra McClelland and Phyllis Holbrook leave for the gym . . . Jean Kelley leaves her Cadillac . . . Joan Gallagher leaves art class . . . Joanne Kaukola leaves her hair pins . . . Sue Drennon leaves her Wollaston boy friends . . . Harry Alger leaves his yellow convertible . . . Steve Grubis leaves with his nose in the air . . . Ronnie Baker leaves in a trail of dust . . . Butch Allison leaves his hot rod . . . Judy Brown leaves her shiny nose . . . Marilyn Buckley leaves to join Ronnie . . . Judy MacLane leaves her eye make-up . . . Janet King leaves her wrist bandages to the Future Nurse’s Club . . . Stu Smith leaves his hamburgers . . . Terry Soley leaves his track shoes . . . Joanne MacLaughlin leaves the lunch room . . . Margie Nelson leaves the Bargain Center . . . Jean Hutchison leaves her slide rule . . . Jean Murphy wills her flag to Lorraine Hennebury . . . Allan Battestini leaves Mr. Perry to infinity . . . Don Archibald leaves his Bermuda bell . . . Janet Coletti leaves Mr. Goldstone . . . Paul Vecchione leaves his brother, “Vinnie” . . . Dave Ward leaves his skis . . . Pete West leaves his rubbers for a rainy day . . . Kenny Smith leaves his sessions . . . Mike Vella leaves to become a sportscaster . . . Ray Walker leaves his poems . . . Judy Barnes leaves her stilts . . . Carole Calhoun leaves finally! . . . Pam Brackett leaves her glockinspeil . . . Billy Whalen leaves his portrait in B. H. S. library . . . Paul Sullivan leaves playing tennis . . . Judy Blowers leaves quietly . . . Roby Barrett leaves her voice . . . Mary Ann Bernabeo leaves her daintiness . . . Pam Bond leaves her tights . . . Kent Whitehouse leaves his radio in class . . . Rich Garland leaves a little tiny foreign car . . . Dennis Gibson leaves his freckles . . . John Griffiths leaves voluntarily . . . Ray Guarino leaves his short haircuts . . . Mike Gilcrest leaves Lerners . . . Charlie White leaves gladly! . . . Rich Tapper leaves the prom decorations still hanging . . . Bill Thorn leaves his bermuda bell . . . Tom Thevenin leaves for the Colonial Pharmacy . . . John E. Sullivan leaves his poker cards . . . John W. Sullivan leaves Mr. Hottleman’s home- room ... Jim South leaves for the North . . . Paul E. Smith leaves Miss Riley . . . Bob Williams leaves the track . . . John Wilson leaves with Phyllis . . . Curtis Woodward leaves in a pair of colored, pegged pants . . . Nancy Borden leaves her sister, Pauline . . . Anne Darche leaves her speeches to Diane Wood . . . Barbara DeBeradinis leaves her long name . . . Arlene DeMarco leaves Miss Hough . . . Anita Elliott leaves her cosmetics to “Carol Cut-Rate” . . . Carolyn Connor leaves for the last time . . . Suzanne Frazier leaves eat- ing a chocolate Hoodsie . . . Carolyn Johnson leaves in a hot rod ... Joy Kincaide leaves her hair spray . . . P. MacDonald leaves the library . . . Mike Graziano leaves his many brothers and sisters . . . Rich Hansen leaves his ham radio set . . . Mike Hemingway leaves his memories of the prom . . . Bill Henry leaves Mr. Bixby . . . Nancy Martin leaves without a sound . . . Janice McLennan leaves to visit Tuckie . . . J. Smith leaves standing up more girls . . . Pete Dunfey leaves his WMEX radio . . . J. Morgan leaves the cafeteria to anyone who wants it . . . Barbara Morley leaves her red hair . . . Judy Nicker- son leaves Miss Downey . . . Jim Sheehan leaves his sacred cow’s tail ... to the faculty we all leave our ad- miration, gratitude and a bottle of Aspirin. 6A 1961 Qass Will Committee

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Only seconds ago we heard the blast off of the second rocket, now we hear the count down on the last. — 5 — 4 — 3 — 2 — 1 — 0 blast off! On all three rockets, secretaries Lee MacKenzie, C. Movalli, J. Blowers, N. Better, M. Bergonzie, and Half Pint Linscott are passing out informative pamphlets ex- plaining the structure of the rocket and giving credit to those responsible for the finished product. They have been put together through the efforts of writers S. Grubis, L. Hamilton and P. McVay; printers W. Potter, R. Hardy, R. Hasty, R. Neill, and S. Smith; publisher Spade Berman; typists S. Brennan and B. Mulligan; secretaries L. McKeough, Goody Goodwin, A. Modestino, J. Nickerson and J. Wilken. They have been sponsored by businessman M. Gilcreast, Stretch Deehan’s Insurance Co., M. Leo, and B. Peckham, jeweler. An excellent crew of draftsmen. Red Tzamos, L. Carifio, Ted Williams, R. Haskins, E. Rose, B. Mortimer, and J. Morello, drew up the plans of the rocket, and electrical engineers C. Doran, W. Irving, and K. Congdon planned the wiring. L. Fornell, M. Bernabeo, and A. Drysdale designed the interior, while Skip Dauphinais and R. Tapper did the actual construction work. Many of the pamphlets deal with the life and work of G. Mitchell, the astronautical engineer who designed the rockets. He was assisted by R. Russell, C. Pickett, Jim Murphy, R. Miller, and R. Elliott. “Did you bring La Rocket Cafe?” asks Frogman R. Bradley. “No!” Bang! Bang! “Anyone else forget their La Rocket Cafe?” Inside the rocket there is a great deal of activity going on, for several of the teachers are having their hair set for all the festivities to come. L. Tedesco is giving L. Hendrickson a poppie, J. Pecoraro is cutting C. Reed’s hair in a pixie, G. Mahon is giving J. Pearson a bouffant, B. Califano is having a French twist done by M. Bonvie, and P. Holbrook is arranging G. MacDonald’s hair in a beehive. No rocket could be complete without a TV room. Several secretaries, J. Moline, P. Williams, S. Hammond, S. Spinney, and M. DiCarlo are watching Michael Vella’s sports show. He is interviewing “Wild Bill” Elliott, pro ball player. Now for a station break — There’s “Hot head” Fontana with his head in an oil burner demonstrating to housewives B. Salters and J. Foster the fine texture of the soot in his oil burners. — Back to the show. P. Vecchione, D. Hannon, R. Cox and J. Rakauskas, pro ball players, are now being interviewed. - — Time out for another entertaining commercial! — Salesman R. Bonvie is trying to put across the point that Flak -0 makes sheets the B-B-Beddiest. Housewives M. LaTanzi, and J. Farina, are listening attentively at this point. — Back to the interviewing of that celebrated golf pro J. Dizel. — Let’s pause for station identification! This is station B.H.S. Blink. Blink — “Say there, D. Miller, with the telescope, are you an astronomer?” “No. I’m a peeping Tom and a scientist on the side.” “Do you chew Smiceroy?” “No!” — Back to the show. Commander J. Klink just clanked by with his Navy detachment. Roll call: Birdie Purdy, T. Thevenin, A. O’Rourke, Nellie Field, Marty Mardirosian, D. Linscott. W. McCarty, W. Gill. R. Garland, and W. Ludlow. “All present and accounted for? If not raise your right hand.” — Guess what — another commercial — Big Barber Bing Neal is expounding on “Neal’s Hair Tonic,” W. Thorn’s amazing chemical concoction. — Now stay tuned to R. Nagle and Hawaiian Eylelash. At this point G. Ghiorse, who is studying for postgraduate exams, yells, “Turn that infernal racket off!” So much for TV; let’s join secretaries D. Kurtzis, J. Nelson, B. Saunders, G. Wing, and B. Frazier who are keeping an account of the trip to send to their friends back home. Radio operator R. Cavan announces that we are coming to a space station which has grown into a modern community. D. Olson is responsible for the modernistic structure. Dirty and Clean Black take excellent care of the ten-foot square community park near a small shopping center. Secretaries A. Darche, C. Hobart, K. Imlay, and r. Dexter are shopping for souvenirs in J. Schrader’s five and dime store. They have stopped to talk to sales clerks C. Smith, S. Seppala, and D. Bohlken, and sales manager K. Brady. Next door is Tiger Elliott’s Beauty Salon; she has J. Zampine, A. Graziano, and F. Hayden butchering heads for her. Their victims are office workers L. Quaglia, J. Kelley, and J. MacLane. (Zy 8A