Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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1 HEADSET Handling a day in school would be impossible without music. Karen Han- ley, like many others, brought a Walk- man with her to school. MAKE MY DAY Clint Eastwood all over his room made it easy to discover who Steve Medeiros idolized. The posters were priceless to Steve. LICENSE Proud of being able to drive, Joanne Parsley held up her license. The smile on her face told the story. A license meant the freedom to come and go without depending on others for a ride. HEAVY METAL It took Kevin O’Brien a long time to accumulate the conglomeration of group insignias on his dungaree jack- et. Kevin also prized his hand painted t-shirts for his band, “Regime of Death.” CORVETTE Emily Downing leaned on the hood of a shiny new ‘vette. Most wished they could own one just like it. More mod- est cars were the norm for students who owned their own transportation. 26 Prized Possessions

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i Class of 1988 25 PERFECT! nt hadn’t been done in the |K history of BHS. Leave it to class of ’88 to get it right. The class of ’88 looked great the forming of the tradition- senior picture, in June ’87. I A illiam Gaudreau replied, ‘We took a great picture- ..what else would you ex- )ect?” Kelli Talbot figured out the t. “The seats were taped the shape of 88 providing bveryone with a place to sit, |o our picture was perfect,’’ enthused. When the class was told to head outside for pictures to be taken, some kids were a bit hesitant. Large dark storm clouds were forming over the stands and the stadium. Just as the photo session ended the first sprinkles were dropping on everyone. No one wanted to get wet, let alone be struck by lightning. Tracy Cavan- augh remembered, “It was rainy, and I didn’t want to be there. I wanted to go home.’’ Stephen Medeiros recalled, just did it because it was there. I really didn’t think about it. I just went.” Kelli Talbot added, “I cared about our picture be- cause it was the class I’ve been with in school for the past twelve years.” Thanks to the efforts year- book editor-in-chief Frannie Pedersen and her crew of in- trepid tapers, the picture was the first in the history of graduating classes to come out picture perfect. FINALLY PERFECT Despite the initial confusion, the class of ’88 was able to pull it off and form two perfect eights. he

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Prized Possessions 27 7 0 7 ??? W WThat is that? Oh, Vlr no. ..wait! It can’t be! I don’t believe it! I never thought YOU’D have any- thing like that! And I thought mine was awesome! From Clint Eastwood posters to shoe collections, you heard it riere first — every student nad a prized possession that you might least expect. Clint Eastwood posters - who would you guess had these? If you guessed Stephen Medeiros, you were right. Why Clint Eastwood posters? Steve replied, “Because Clint represents what is good about America. He is intelligent, rich, and a Republican.’’ As for Joanne Parsley, one could easily tell that she was excited and enthused after she had received her driver’s license, when she said, “I feel older, more powerful! 1 couldn’t live without it.’’ When you wanted to relax or live it up, what did you do? What kept you going every- day? For Rob Kearney, it was his $800 Kenwood stereo. Now that’s expensively high- tech, and according to Rob, “It’s worth it!’’ Continuing on the music wave, John Aspessi had an addiction to his Les Paul gui- tar. With this great instru- ment, he played in a band called “Dirty Pool.” To justify his addiction to his guitar, John said, “I have withdrawal symptoms without it!” Everyone had a special possession that made their free time extra-special from collections of shoes that ri- valed Imelda Marcos to heavy metal insignias. MUSIC John Aspessi was distraught without his trusty guitar. STUFFED Cartoon characters were still big with teenagers. Chris Kelley liked Mickey best of all.