Ludlow High School - Lion Yearbook (Ludlow, MA)

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page twenty-six 1942 oe, Fea alias Walle SSVID AZOINAS

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LUDLOW HIGH SCHOOL page twenty-five ALICE MEGISKY “Footloose And Fancy Free.” Ambition: Clerical work Activities: Dramatic Club |; 4-H Club, Pres. II1; Etiquette Club III; Automobile Club IV COAL SMMEWE JMEKEINANRZ “Steve”’ “In My Solitude”’ Ambition: Airplane pilot Activities: History Club II JOHN STEPHEN “Johnnie”’ “‘Lazybones”’ Ambition: To live to the year two thousand Activities: History Club Ill, IV

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EU DEOW FIGHesSGHOoOr page twenty-seven CLASS. HISTORY Four years have swiftly passed since the fall of ’388, when we first took our places as the class of 1942. We were mere Freshmen then, and a bit bewildered by it all, but nevertheless proud to be starting on our high schoo! career. ‘there was great excitement when election day came around, and when the votes were finally tabulated, it was found that we had elected the following officers: president, Marguerite Bacon; vice-president, uileen Chisholm; secretary, Lucitte Gaudreau; treasurer, Dorothy McLean. Remember those first class meetings—how we struggled tc “Get something done’’! Everyone seemed de- termined to hold us down, and we were out to do big things. However, thanks to an in- dustrious committee, we did manage to have a Freshman Party, complete with all the trimmings. After a carefree summer, far from classroom worries, we settled down to the job of being Sophomores, and another step was reached on our ladder to success. Our new officers were: Aarien Gaudreau, president; Marguerite Bacon, vice-president; Diolinda Pereira, sec- retary; Dorothy McLean, treasurer. All led us very ably through the year 1939-1940. Dur- ing this year we began to take more interest in our work—and play! A few brave mem- bers of the class represented us in the Oratorical Contest, and we all took part in the club program which was organized for everyone. Soon exams were upon us and after hurdling that obstacle, we were weil on our way toward the third stage of our journey through the sacred halls of Ludlow High. During 1940-41 we began to assume the offices and tasks befitting our position. The past two years had been spent pleasantly in building the foundation on which the last half of our education must rest. In this, our junior year, our efforts began to bear fruit, and our aims were clarified. We were now ready to start in earnest toward a specialized goal. The class leaders (president, Linnea Faiquhar; vice-president, Marguerite Bacon; secretary, Anita Silveri; treasurer, Kenneth Damon) guided us through the maze of ac- tivities in which we found ourselves involved. Our first contribution to the school’s social life was the gay Valentine Dance, given on the fourteenth of February. It was not long be- fore it was time to start planning for the Junior Promenade—the affair of the year. With the vivid picture of that beautiful Prom night in our memories, we rang down the curtain on our Junior days, and determined to return in the fall ready to assume the coveted position of Seniors. Early in 1941, little did we realize what hectic days lay ahead, or what demands would be made upon ingenuity and our ability to do several things at the same time. The first half year passed smoothly as we “got under way’ and began to get used to the idea of being high and mighty Seniors—at last. Although there was a preponderance of girls in the class, the boys managed to win out in the elections, with Carmin Moutinho as president; Raymond Haluch, vice-president; Arthur Hiersche, treasurer—and one girl— Anita Silveri, secretary. The Senior Dance went off as scheduled, and all of us were busily at work when a certain incident on December 7 suddenly changed the course of our life. With that treacherous attack on our country, a new meaning and purpose was given to our work. There were new duties to be assumed; new fields to be explored. New words came into our vocabulary—words like First Aid — A.R.P.— Communications — Air Raid Drill—production—War Bonds. Due to the speed-up in war time production, more work- ers were needed, and many members of the class were released from their school work in May to start training or actual work in war industries. All our efforts from now on were to be concentrated on but one goal—Victory. Our course, the usual class activities were carried on, and we soon found ourselves at the peak of our career—graduation week, with Class Night, Ivy Day, th Prom, the Class Banquet—and finally, the greatest mo- ment of all—Graduation Night. We are reminiscent now as we think over the laughter and sorrows shared through these years, and we feel proud of our achievement—a goal striven for and won. Per- haps we are a bit perplexed and sad as we leave these familiar scenes, but we will take with us a part of this school—that part which will give us confidence, and that part wh'ch will eventually find for us our niche in the world. There are many hard days ahead, but we stand ready to issue a challenge to life and its problems.