King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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The Class of l983 entered into King Philip Pegional School in September i979 to begin their four year voyage. Many of us not knowing what to expect, were rather nervous, but being the Class of '83 we lcnew we could malce it together. Our Freshman year started off with flying colors under the leadership of Therese Doyle-Presiden t, Debbi Finley -Vice President, Terry Roche-Secretary, and Delight Newman-Treasurer. They were guided successfully by Mr. Weintraub and Mrs. Fagan. Working together we immediately began our fundraising events. Sponsoring candy sales, dances and a magazine sale we built up our treasury. Showing our class spirit we proudly built our hrst Homecoming float at Geromini 's house, When the Hornets get Swatted Down, The Warriors VWll Keep 'em on the Ground. We played the Mansheld Hornets. Though we did not capture a victory, we were proud of our hrst float. The Freshman-Sophomore Semi- Formal Longer Than held at the King Philip Ballroom in Wrentham proved to be success. Mhth music by Labonza, we all danced the night away. The Freshman were beautifully represented by Dawna Hooper and Pam Canclage in the Queen s Court. As Freshman we grew to lcnow King Phillip and ourselves and we were ready to go on! Beginning our Sophomore year with the same leaders and advisors, we lcept our spirit growing and our ambitions grew. Mhth the use of Tenley Hughes' garage we set off once again to build our awesome float KP Will Pocket the Pockets! We were again defeated, but we still lcept our pride. We sponsored dances, candy sales, a jelly bean guessing game, a magazine sale, and a road race. Everyone worlced together to malce our fundraisers successful. Our Freshman-Sophomore Semi-Formal The Rose held at the KP Ballroom again was certainly a wonderful evening. Joshua Tree performed and proudly representing our class as Queen was Debbi Finley. Denise Petrosian and Sandy Allsworth were in the court. Mhth only one year to go to be at the top, our funior year certainly proved to show how awesome the Class of '83 really is! Our lunior Class ofhcers were Therese Doyle- President, John Kinlin-Vice President, Viclri Werning-Secretary, and Delight Newman-Treasurer. Once again Mr. Weintraub and Mrs. Fagan survived our outrageous ideas and schemes. What can we say, as luniors we were UNl?BALl . Playing Oliver Ames for Homecoming, we built our best float Warriors Voice will Soar, As They Silence O.A.s Roar in Tenley Hughes' garage. Although we did not win the trophy, we were definitely proud of our float. Raising money was not hard at all. We worlced together on dances, candy sales, carnation sales, and our

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l. Most Likely to Succeed Karen Calkins, Tom Hughes 2. Class Clowns David Hooper, Sue Kirby 3. Class Punkers Jim Houseworth, Heather Koh ut 4. Most Likely To Float Around Lake Pearl in a Keg Heather Kohut, Dan McDonnell 5. Most Chauvanistic, Most Liberafed Chris Milrulis, Cathy Hayes 6. Teachers Pet Delight Newman, Jim Houseworth 7. Class Loafs Glenn Snow, Sue Kirby

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memorable Gong Show. As judges we had the famous Un-Known Keimachu, Mrs. Tower and the Patriots All-Pro place lficlfer, John Smith. Sticking together and showing our true spirit as l uniors, we captured the Class Competition trophy. This brought a feeling of unity to the class. We proudly accepted it. Qur l unior-Senior Prom 'Wonderful Tonight was an evening for all to cherish. Held at the Chateau DeVille in Pandolph, we danced to music by Mainstreet. Karen Henderson and Vicki Werning represented the luniors in the Queen Court. Our first Prom was enjoyable but we lfnew the best was yet to come' As we sail on, the Class of .7983 hnally entered King Philip as SENl0FfS.'.' Kps best yet' Leading the class was Therese Doyle-President, Patty Phelan-Vice President, Debbi Finley-Secretary, and Delight Newman-Treasurer. Mrs. Fagan was our new head class advisor. We sure tried her patience, but she survived. Mrs. Wernborg assisted her as an advisor with this wild and crazy bunch of ????,' Tony Ormsby, an exchange student from Australia, joined the Class of 1983. Starting our Senior year immediately was Homecoming. Building aggressively at Tenley Hughes' we completed our Super Senior Float. We played the Mansfield Hornets and proudly displayed our float Mansfield Hornets will lose their form as KP Warriors stomp their swarm. ' Although we lost the float competition, we willingly accepted the Spirit Weelf Class History Competition tropn y. As Seniors we provec we :ac school spirit' The day was highlighted by Homecoming Queen Therese Doyle and her court Denise Petrosian, Viclfi Werning, and Delight Newman. Our class showed more unity as we all enjoyed ourselves at the Chinese Food Banquet. Vhthour :ne hypnotist we would not be able to salute our :enow classmates. On Thanlzsgiving Day, Carol Schwalbe represented the Senior class as Queen. Trying to stay sane, we lfept our treasury increasing. Candy sales, dances, carnation sales, and other major fund raisers contributed to our treasury. We all enjoyed our successful Senior Supper and the lunior-Senior Prom, which was held at the Sheraton- Tara in Braintree, was definitely an evening to remember. We have so many good times to cherish and to be thanliful for. Now that we have our diplomas, remember to talfe each day for itself and reach for the best. You can achieve what you really want to if you put your mind and heart to it. Remember we are still young and the world is yet to be ours So let's do it right because this class, the Class of 1983, You are the Best!