Walpole High School - Topper Yearbook (Walpole, NH)

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TEN YEARS HENCEH' Qcon t y Dana O Nexll ts well known as the head of the Gulf Products D1str1but1on Company for New England with headquarters m Cold River He expects the company to be sup plyxng the entire country soon After starrlng on Arthur Godfrey s program for some txme Barbara O Brxen has recently marrxed Mr Godfrey Since Barb s hair 15 now red she ms lookmg forward to a family of little red heads I understand that both Shxrlee Ball and Eleanor Jennzson have remamed xn Walpole Eleanor IS teachmg Umted States History at the hugh school and Shxrlee IS the hbrarxan at the town hbrary Shrrlee has never marrxed Wesley Staples IS the owner of a large chicken farm He says he owes hls wealth to the government prxce support on eggs Perhaps you have seen Wesley drwmg h1s 61 Ford station wagon with 1ts V8 turbo prop engine Laura Thayer xs running a Chxnese restaurant whzch caters to e11te socxety Laura seems to enjoy thas bustness smce she wrxtes that she now wexghs 250 poun Carroll Johnson the dzstxnguxshed scxentrst who made a rocket shxp and flew to the moon is now workmg on a passenger ship whlch wxll commercralxze mter plane tarxan travel As for me I have gwen up my career as an opera smger m favor of movies My f1rst picture soon to be released is the latest versxon of Gone With The Wlnd which I play Scarlett O Hara Slncerely Patrlcxa Morrissey Z3 I , . . . . . V I ' - ' . , . , . , , . , . . . . . . , l . . . . , . , . ' ds! I l , .. - . , . . . . . .. . . ,, . 1 1 . in n U . ,

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Ten Years Hence ' ' ' February 14 1961 Alumni Editor Class of 1961 Walpole I-hgh School Walpole New Hampshire Dear Sir A few weeks ago I received your letter asking me to inform you of the activities of the Class of 1951 since its graduation During the past weeks 1 have been busy con tactmg my former classmates and have gathered the following sensational information The first reply was from Jack Crehore at his wmter home in Miami Florida As we all know Jack recently became the sixth husband of Barbara Hutton following the divorce of has first wife Shelly Winters about a year ago lt took me some time to contact Sally Perham who is now lxvmg in Alaska It seems that her husband has just opened there an eating establishment which specializes in Mexican food for the Eskxmos Perhaps you will read of the place in Duncan Hines Joe s Snack Bar I understand that B111 Fletcher has combined his interests with Jim Johnson x machinery that is and they operate the largest farm equipment sales company dealmg in International products in the East B111 also runs a huge dairy farm but it is ru mored that he makes most of his money from a chain of night clubs which he owns from New Hampshire she has recently become Speaker of the House The Democratic party is now seriously thinking of running her for president in the next election Finding Walpole short of land Tom Kmiry moved out west in 1955 taking his 70 000 head of cattle with him His financial interests having overflowed the Bank of America he established his own bank a few years ago As a sideline Tom is a Model A Ford dealer Muriel Britton has made a name for herself in the field of fashion Now a top flight designer on the staff of the VOGUE magazine she also operates Haute Couture salons in New York and Paris B111 Houghton is the basketball coach at Vassar and also manages to play for the Knickerbockers during his spare time He is married and has ten children Phyllis Yanizyn is married to a prominent Wall Street broker and she spends most of her time flying around the country in her jet plane looking after her many estates Kenneth Gunnerson writes that he made a great deal of money through shrewd business deals and is now comfortably situated for the rest of his life QThe letter was postmarked Alcatraz Deborah Bartlett has spent most of the time smce graduation furthering her education and earning numerous advanced degrees Recently she became the bride the Count de Moola and they are now spending their honeymoon on the Riviera After studying in Paris and Madrid Jeanne St Peters had returned to this country and is now an internationally famous artist contmued on next page ZZ l O D I I . - Q a o a o n cu n 1 I c , I o Janet W hitman has distinguished herself in politics . Elected as representative o A l I . , ' ' . ' of

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Ruth B r amard Roy C or bett Thomas Johnson Phxlxp Kolvoord Harley Prent1ss Joan Aldrzch Sh1r1ey Pomeroy Pr1sc1l1a Holmes Leona Amsden Evelyn Moody Joan Daxuels Lols Lawrence Lee Lund Carroll Paxne Our Alumnz The Class of 1950 Four Year lnstttutxon Elementary Teachers Course at Keene Teachers College Ruth belongs to the S C A Club and works in the college lxbrary Majorxng in Physical Educatlon at Sprmgfxeld College He IS manager of the Track Team and a member of the Freshman Intramural track team Mechanxzed Agricultural Course at the Umversxty of New Hampshire Pre Law Course at the Umversxty of Vlrglma Phil is active m college sports Cwxl Engmeerxng Course at the Umversxty of New I-lampshlre I-Iarl IS a member of the second Freshman basketball team Two Y ear lnstxtutxon Secretarxal Course at Northampton Commerctal School Joan ns a member of the Glee Club and the Bowlxng Team Secretartal Course at Northampton Commercial School Shirley 15 a member of the Glee Club and the Bowhng Team One Year lnstxtutlon Grace IS planning to attend Plymouth Teachers College next year Employed Worknng at Nursing Home ln Lyons New York She would like to re enter Mary I-htchcock Hospital next fall but that w11l depend on her eyes At Home Housewife Mrs Gardell Farnum now living m Grafton Vermont I-Iousewxfe Mrs Roger Damels now lwmg in Walpole Working for the Hicks famxly Joan 15 hoping to attend a sec retarxal school soon Working as waxtress and chambermaxd at The Old Colony Inn m Walpole Lots ns engaged to Burnham Blake Jr of Bellows Falls Working at the Lund Poultry Farm Lee 15 planning to Join the Navy soon Working a home now lf Uncle Sam does not step ln Crxck would like to go to college next year 24 Grace Rhodes ---------- Post-graduate Course at Northfield School for Girls. ---------- . 1 U L . . . , ---------- . 4 . . L . . . n