Williamsburg High School - Tattler Yearbook (Williamsburg, MA)

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Class Prophecy It was the summer of 1976. The fresh country air was streaming through my hair as I gave my new, streamlined engine full throttle and roared down the straightaway. Yes, Look Park certainly has one of the finest train runs this side of the Mississippi. Ever since I took my job here ten years ago as chief engineer, I have been waiting for the opportunity to give the streamliner a good workout. Suddenly, a deer bounded out of the woods right into my path. I tried to stop--what a mess! Then a figure leaped out of the bushes screaming and tearing his hair. I could tell by the green uniform and shiny badge that he was none other than the Look Park game keeper. After he had stopped his jumping up and down, I recognized my old buddy, Chick Kellogg, who, I assumed, had just been transferred by popular de- mand from a cage-cleaning job in New York. After we had loaded the venison steaks into the caboose, I invited him to take a spin with me in my new engine, and to talk over old times at W.H.S. Naturally. we discussed our favorite reading material, and thus the subject turned to Allen Moran. Have you read Allen's latest stories in PLAYBOY? asked Chick. I guess the intellectual stimu- lation at old W.H.S. finally got him into the right fie1d. Yes, I replied, and have you seen the cartoons that Gary Moore does to illustrate them? I hear the censors are hot on his hee1s. Speaking of journalism, said Chick, Gert Heath gets some good dirt in her column for the BOSTON RECORD. As a matter of fact she has written a few articles concerning some of our old class- mates. lt seems that Bernie Beattie, third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, has been having troubles with players stealing third. However, Fred 'Bloodhound' Hayden, the famed private detective has been put on the job, and a solution is expected soon. Not only that, but Gert put in a big plug for Helen Symons, who runs the only dancing school teaching cha-cha exclusively. Then I interrupted, did you read the article on Mary Richardson? It seems that she and Doug Kel- logg, now an admiral after a long career in the Navy, have been happily married for three years, an all time record for Mary. True, Mary's sea-sickness did present a stumbling block for a while, but a consultation with the world-famous marriage counsellor, John Curtis, and a big bottle of dramamine, solved the problem quite nicely. Chick, who was fairly bursting with information, told me about Tom Hatter. He has become a Bondo expert for General Motors. They say that he is the first person to complete a car of more than 50471 Bondo, and it is rumored that in knowledgeable circles he is called 'Mr. Bondo'Z By the way, his sidekick, Dave Aloisi, has become a successful Roto-Rooter Sewer Service man. Ralph Healy, who worked with Dave, and who made him the man he is today, has gone back to fiddling with engines, and is now chief golf-cart mechanic at the White I-louse. That's funny, I said. I always figured Dave for a farmer. Well, Joel Howes and his .cousin Nick have made good in' the dairy business and own a tremendous herd of aphids. They also run -a small poultry farm which is supervised by Kathy Mollison, who, as you know, had a great deal of experience in this field. Not only that, but Bucky Sherk has astounded the world by inventing that great labor- saving device for dairy farmers, the reclining milking stool. Just then, as we emerged from the dark recesses of the tunnel, the figure of a young boy dropped into the caboose. However, he hadn't reckoned with the superior powers of Chick Kellogg and a pile of venison steaks. Quickly, Chick extricated him and brought him up front. And lo and behold, it was no eight-year-old ride chiseler, but a thirty-three-year-old rid chiseler, the owner of a great worm 21

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The Class Will of l96l Bill Ames leaves his hunting vacations to Neal Menard. Kathy Mollison leaves her quietness to Betty Lou. Allan Moran leaves one-fourth his know- ledge to suffice the needs of the in- coming freshman class. Tom Harter leaves his Bondo to Dickie Thomas. Sue Clark leaves her homework for tomor- row. Cindy Kellogg leaves her set shots to Betty Brooks. John Curtis leaves Pete Batura mad. Dave Braman leaves his study hall girl- friends to Buddy Haskell. Linda Beals leaves the boys staring. Mary Richardson leaves her ability to be quiet to Nancy Fox. Fred Hayden leaves to move into the Snack Bar. Steve Johnson leaves again for Salem. Gary Moore leaves Mrs. Belck confused. Pete Batura leaves Mrs. DeNood peace and quiet. Ralph Healy leaves his Haydenville taxi service to Cecil Thomas. Dan Dunlevy leaves applauding himself. Tim Mosher leaves . . . what happened? Ronnie Kievitt leaves his night life to Mike Dymerski. Dave Webb leaves his slide-rule to Andy Burr. Lucinda Lyman leaves her sports car to Mrs. Belck in hopes that it will be warmer than her jeep. Donna Hurd leaves her honesty to Mazur. George Wright leaves his hundred yard dash to lunch to Tom Kushka. Chick Kellogg vaguely remembers leaving. Doug Kellogg leaves Linda Taylor depressed Gert Heath leaves--yakity yak. Laura Barrus leaves her trips into the shower to Linda Mason. Dee Dee Smith leaves her ability to flirt to Ellen May Granger. Nick Howes leaves his CANTERBURY TALES to Lee Diamond. Dave Aloisi leaves his true blond, wavy hair to Wendy. Bernie Beattie leaves basketball practice gladly behind. Nick Warren leaves his book on how to talk effectively in English class to Roger Bisbee. Mary Nietsche leaves, reading a book. Helen Symons leaves the TATTLER to Barbara Hinton. Joel Howes leaves to do his Modern Histnry homework. Kenneth Sherk leaves his pile of books to David Kenny. The senior debators leave the UN signifi- cantly strengthened. Craig Haskell left.

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ranch in South Dakota, Tim Mosher, the Worm King. Just as we were about to throw him off, he held up his hand and said, Wait! You haven't used me as a prop for introducing more characters into your prophecy. So naturally we hauled him back in and pumped him for more information. We1l, said he, Steve Johnson has made a fortune incorporating gas stations all over the country under one name--Bumble. Then he continued to tell us about a few of the girls from our class. It seems that three girls have made a killing by starting a social etiquette class in New York. After much study, Dee Dee Smith, Cynthia Kellogg, and Candy Moore supplied the modern building with its most striking feature, a dining hall modeled after the Snack Bar, where young innocents are taugh the ways of the world. Bill Ames, an expert in the field, has become chief instructor of Coke drinking. Now that Tim had served his purpose, we threw him off the train, stranding him a full one-eighth mile from the station. Speaking of Cynthia reminds me of Sue Clark, shouted Chick over Tim's epithets. I think that she and Linda Beals have set up a beautv parlor in San Francisco, which is a front for a vicious gossip ring. And you remember Sue's friend, Laura Barrus. Well, she has started a professional basketball league for women. Just then I remembered some information about some other classmates of our. I heard that Ron Kievitt, aside from his regular job as clown for Ringling Bros., has been experimenting with rockets. As a matter of fact, his latest attempt, the Kievitt Klunker, missed the moon in grand style, and landed the astronaut, Dave Braman on an asteroid one mile in diameter, which he has claimed for the United States. When last heard from, he had sent out the inspiring words, 'What am I doing here? That reminds me of Dave Webb, reminisced Chick. He became an electronics expert and is now working on an electronic marvel to replace transistors--the vacuum tube. By the way, what do you think of Dan Dunlevy's expanding Corner's Grocery in Worthington to a nationwide chain' store? Oh, it's pretty good for an amateur, I yawned, but that does remind me of Pete Batura, who was also on the debating team. He came back to good old W.H.S., where I hear he is doing a tremen- dous job as debating coach. Furthermore, Cindy Lyman is now the music teacher, since Miss Healy had a nervous breakdown while pounding out Stodola Pumpa for the CCENSOREDJ straight year. Then Chick came forth with a sterling piece of information. The last I heard, he said, Donna Hurd has gone to Greenwich Village as a missionary with Mary Nietsche as her medical assistant. Finally, we came to a screeching halt before the Look Park station, and I let Chick out before I parked the train. Oh yes, he shouted, hitting the side of his head. l knew there was someone we forgot--George Wright! Have you heard anything about him? I queried. Why, of course, yelled Chick over the roar of the engine. He became a hermit in the Ever- glades where he has written two books--HOW TO DEVELOP AN OUTGOING PERSONALITY and OVER- COMINGYOUR FEAR OF CROWDS. Nick Warren and Chick Kellogg 22