Williamsburg High School - Tattler Yearbook (Williamsburg, MA)

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Freshman Class FIRST ROW, SEATED: Stanley Gromelski, Susan Gorham , Susan Senecal, Virginia Johnson, Wilfred Sam- son. SECOND ROW: Barbara Pollen, Beverly Ramstrom, Kathy Walsh, Betty Sherk, Susan Ballway, Pearl Adams, Katherine Sroczyk, Frances Sroczyk, Mary Jean Breguet, Martha Morrey, Geraldine Sanger. THIRD ROW, STANDING: Patricia Lyons, Paulette La Palm, Joan Robbins, Linda Morton, Nancy Dufresne, Marilyn Boucher, Russell Damon, Timmy Mosher, Diana Damon, Carol MacDonald, Betty Greene, Mary Jane Sanger Maralee McCarthy. FOURTH ROW: Richard Wittshirk, Tim Moynahan, Bruce Mack, Richard Tetreault, Robert Mason, Edward O'Brien, David Healy, Richard Ames, John Munroe, William Munroe, Robert Clif- ford. The freshman class of 1960 started its high school career as most freshmen do--unsure of ourselves and uncertain about our teachers and courses. Our first activity as high school students was electing class officers: President, Wilfred Samsong Vice President, Stanley Gromelsldg Secretary, Susan Senecalg Treasurer, Virginia Johnsong Historian, Susan Gorham. A good year lay ahead of us except for one thing. We still had to face Freshman Reception! That night we would be at the mercy of the seniors and we looked for- ward to it with mixed feelings of dread and apprehension, anticipation and curiosity. The evening was fun, though, with the exception, perhaps, of the part in which we were the entertainment. The freshman class had no worries about school life getting dull. We had weapons for combating dullness--paper airplanes, erasers, clay, rock 'n roll pins, tacks, etc. There was always some activity in the freshman room. Unfortunately, as a result of this ac- tivlty, 'sanctions were imposed. All the definitions of the word set had to be copied from the unabridged dictionary. A large piece of paper had to be covered with, l will settle down when the bell rings at 9:00. These experiences made us realize that there were limitations, as to what we could do for entertainment. Though our class was rather lively during the freshman year, surely it will quiet down within the next three years and it will be a tamed class which graduates in 1960 -- we hopel Susan Gorham 30

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Pro Merito for Merit Wi? SEATED: Sam Bowker, Cornelia De- Nood, Henrietta Ronka, Betty Beals, Sandra Kmit, Alice Hathaway. STANDING: Ruby Wittshirk, Ron Packard, Charles Sears, John Merritt, Walter Boucher. May 16, 1957. This was the date of the Fortieth Annual Convention of the Pro Merito Societies of Massachusetts. To belong to the Williamsburg Pro Merito Society in the junior year, one must have a scholastic average of at least 85 for the preceding three years, to belong in the senior year, the average must be 85 or above for four years of high school. The senior members receive Pro Merito pins at graduation, To the Pro Merito Conference, then, with Mr. Houle as faculty advisor, the W.H.S. Pro Merito chapter drove off on May 16. What did they do? What did they see? What did they hear? The place was the new South Hadley High School. Seated in the luxurious auditorium, the Williamsburg students, with the members of may other Pro Merito chapters, acknowledged with appluse the greetings of Pro Merito Execu- tive members, the singing of a South Hadley High School trio, a Spanish dance by a Spaniard, a German folk dance by two Germans, a Japanese skit by three Japanese, and a trumpet duet by two trumpeters, And everyone listened with interest to the description of teen-age life in Japan and in Africa, The business meeting before dinner con- sisted of roll call, various reports, and discussion on the question: How can scholarship be made more respected?' After dinner the South Hadley High School Drama Club provided pleasant entertainment by presenting scenes frorr A MID-SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Thus the conference closed with Shakespeare having the last wordp this was not the first time. Cornelia DeNood Driver Educafion SEATFD: Suzanne Graves, Terry Smith, Sandra Kmit, Jan Samson, Mary Vayda, Betty Boisvert. STANDING: Earl Tonet-Instructor, Connie Baker, Raymond Gingras, George Heath, Frank Kushka, Mary Jane Sanger. THRID ROW: Russell Damon, Wilfred Samson, Harry Williston, Otis Sears, Freeman Sears, Glenn Richard- son. 32