Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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3, that same year. I worked on and off at nursing until 196$. In 19$1 we moved to Wisconsin. I have two sons, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. I lost my husband in 1977. Rug Hooking has become the main interest for me at pre- sent. I have a class here in Eau Claire, Wis. the year round. Then each June I teach at a Rug Seminar at Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn. In July I teach at Luther College in Iowa. My pupils are from all over the country and Canada, ffy rug-hooking friends are what keep me going. I'll miss seing you all. Good Luck! ETHEL JENKS TOWNS - Took care of my bedridden mother for two and one-half years. Moved to a new location after being in one place for seventeen years. Much to dispose of—Junk, Collectibles and antiques. Went to Hawaii for two weeks and hope to return. Personal activities are reading, crossword puzzles, picture point, embroidery and TV Sports—hoping the Red Sox will make it this year. ESTHER JOHNSON GIBSON - I wish I could join in the celebration of the $Oth anni- versary but since my husband is recuperating from a fractured vertebrae resulting from a fall while in the hospital, I will be unable to attend. We enjoy our Condominium apartment. Besides golf, we have two pools to keep us in shape. I work with a group making ceramics for gifts which are sold at a bazaar to help the school. I sew all my clothes. Cur condominium offers many activities such as arts and crafts, oil painting, exercise classes, duplicate bridge and other card games, cookouts and a monthly ball. FLORENCE JOHNSON SHAW - A lot has transpired since I was fortunate enough to get a job in 1931 starting at the fantastic salary of 312.00 per week. I have four wonderful sons and seven grandchildren who make up our family. We've had the usual crises within the family, including such bizarre things as brain sur- gery and cardiac by-passes, but the following passage amply expresses our feel- ings? Our family is a circle of strength and love; with every birth and every union the circle grows. Every joy shared adds more love and every crisis faced together makes the circle stronger . PHYLLIS JONES - Sorry to miss the reunion but had reservations for Hawaii. (We know that Phyllis was a Registered Nurse serving in a supervisory role) CHARIES MARSH - I received my BS degree from Mas3. State in 1936. On graduating I joined Fisk Rubber. Fisk sold to U.S. Rubber, now Uniroyal. I worked for them thirty-nine years, retiring in 197$ at age fifty-nine. With Uniroyal I had three year tours of duty in the Phillippir.es and Colombia, South America. I was in the U.S. Navy for twenty-seven months during World War II. I have three sons, ages IjO, 3h and 28 and one grandchild. % main hobby is Duplicate Bridge. I still have my sax and clarinet but am pretty rusty. STANLEY MATTESON - Married forty-two years—no children. I worked for Pratt Whitney of United Technologies for 36 years, taking an early retirement at age sixty-two, in 1976. We have two cottages in New Harbor, Maine. Work on cottages kept us too busy to attend prior reunions but we rearranged our schedule this year to attend our $0th. We dabble to some degree in coins, stamps and books. We do puzzles of all kinds in winter. We enjoy tag sales, flea markets and browsing through antique shops. »e are active with Church youth group as Leaders of the High School age group for twenty years. My wife has been Sunday School teacher for U0 years. My wife was an only child and I the eleventh and youngest of my family. A sister, 20 years my senior and I are the only two left of my family. FRANCES MONTAGNA FAGNANI - I worked as Cost Accountant for Westinghouse for fourteen years. I was married in 193h and Frank and I have two daughters who have blessed us with two granddaughters and four grandsons. We have been retired for seven years and, as most retirees, we have done extensive traveling. For hobbies, we bowl and I sew, knit, crochet, do crewellng, braiding and needlepoint. I'm still looking

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2. became bored, I gave it up for working on our chicken farm which I found much more pleasurable and interesting I had no family of rry own but in 1956 I took in a homeless boy He is now married and has three children who have made us a very happy Gram and Gramp. ALICE BAL30NI ZAVARSLLA - We live in Agawam. Our son, Ralph, is a School Counselor in Agawam Since we are going to Bermuda, we will be unable to attend the reunion. SYLVIA E4RDWELL NELSON - My working days were in an office with an Insurance Agency, I have one daughter and two granddaughters, one twelve and one thirteen I enjoy gardening both flowers and vegetables. BEATRICE CASANOVA PLOWER - I was married and had no children. I lived in New York until 1971 when ny husband died. I then returned to Agawam. Since then I have traveled to Greece, the Greek Isles, Turkey, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Bangkok, Singapore, South America and the Canadian Rockies. In 1979 I lost both my mother and my sister Helen. I look forward to more travaling. JOSEPH CHAGNON - Married and living in East Longmeadow. I was a cabinet maker and carpenter and for many years until retirement worked as superintendent of construction jobs. I am enjoying such hobbies as gardening, nature stucty, Rock- hounding, making silver jewelry and cutting and polishing rock. JULIA CHRISCOIA CRAWFORD - After forty-two years in the field of Education in Agawam, I retired in 1976 from my final assignment as principal of the James Clark Elementary School. Presently Jack and I are enjoying the winter months in Port Orange, Florida, the summer months in Agawam and we are doing some traveling. NATALE V. CIRILLO - I have retired as of last September from the James River Corp. where 1 was employed as a chemist in charge of Quality Control and R. D. I have been married for U3 years. We have three children, all married and five grandchildren. My hobbies are golf, fishing and all sports. Good luck to all. ALMA COLSON BOYNTON Have traveled a great deal. Have most recently been to Australia and New Zealand. Travel to enjoy the Springfield Symphany. ANY'COTE SURPR5NANT - Harry and I.have three children and three grandsons. We own the Bay State Advertising Co., Inc (Outdoor Advertising - Billboards) and I still do the office work for this company. We also own the Safeway Signs, Inc. of New England (Directionals - Overhead Highway Signs. I do not work for this company. Both companies are located at 231 Western Ave., West Springfield, Mass. In my spare time I do knitting and play bridge. NELLIS DAVIS - I didn't go to business very long. I kept our home for my aging parents. I enjoy gardening and reading. VSRDA FITZGERALD BURKE - Widowed. Spend much of the winter at a friend's Chalet at Ski Country in New Hampshire and to the Islands and the shore in the summer. DOROTHY HASTINGS MARTIN - Taught Physical Education at Agawam High School for forty years, retiring in 1976. Since retiring tiave taken up needlepoint, work one day a week at the church and am a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cantain Charles Leonard House. ORPHA HASTINGS BIAISDELL - I had been looking forward to our $Oth reunion and had planned on coming but it is a conflicting day. I'm very active in Rug Hooking and will be teaching a Seminar in Tennessee. My class there finishes the day of our reunion. I graduated from Springfield Hospital in 1935 and was married

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for a day with nothing to do LOUISE MEYER SCULS - I was an Accounting Office Supervisor with the Telephone Company and held this position for thirty-four years. My husband and I both took early retirements in 1969 Since then we have traveled to Mexico, crossed the United States a couole of times and went to Bermuda. Our main hobby is camping. We have a Club which we helped to organize. We meet at a different location every month for four days and so have been all over Florida and enjoy it tremendously. We have a daughter and a son and three grandchildren—two boys and one girl. VERA MERRILL BARK MAN - I worked as Secretary for Avco Lycoming. We have one son, one stepdaughter and two step-grandchildren. My hobbies are knitting crocheting and tag saleing. I do volunteer work for the VA hospital, the local hospital and the Red Cross. I am an active member of five organizations. MARY 0fCONNOR MURPHY - I retired as Record Librarian from Noble Hospital in Westfield. I am widowed, have one child and two granddaughters ages ten and six. They live only two houses from me so am enjoying seeing them grow. My hobbies are traveling, duplicate bridge and golf. CHESTER PIICH - I am still single. Can’t tell if the right girl didn't come along or if I wa3 to busy running iry poultry operation. Since I sold the chicken busi- ness and am retired now, I can enjoy lots of interesting hobbies - like watching the stock and commodities markets. FRANCES PILCH - I, too, like my brother Chet, dealt in poultry, organic farming and plants. Unlike my brother, I chose to marry and live in Enfield, Conn. LEONARD RISING - Anita and I will have besn married forty-seven years as of July h, 1981. W- have two sons, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and another one on its way. I was in sales with Fels Naptha and Fillsbury Flour Co. for eighteen years and then went into Industrial Catering. For the past fourteen years I have been Director of the School Lunch Program in Wilbraham. Although I am still working at this job, I may RELUCTANTLY retire this year. EDITH PISANO MICHAUD - I married in 1935, divorced in 19li7 and married Joseph •'Ul in I960. I have one daughter, Joyce Young, a twenty-one year old granddaughter, Leslee, and an eighteen year old grandson, Jeffrey. Ity working experience was ten years as a legal secretary and twenty-five.years doing secretarial and account- ing for a firm of Certified Public Accountants. I retired in 1973. In my senior years I studied organ for three years and enjoy trying to play it. My other hobbies are gardening, sewing, knitting, bowling and dancing. I also enjoy spectator snorts with particular enthusiasm for the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Celtics. Although we have done quite a bit of traveling, we look forward to doing more. EMMA RICCI - I am still unmarried — Serving as Administrative Assistant at the Springfield Juvenile Court. My hobbies are Golf, reading and traveling. HARO ID ROOS - Married—Have two girls and one boy. X owned and operated two restaurants. I retired February 2£, 1981. My hobbies are gardening and boxing. CLARENCE JACK DALY and) , , , , '7 n' Vv- - 1931 Classmates who married and have lived all our R.PY.DAU-------) married lives in Agawam. We have one daughter, Kathy, married to Kevin Doyle. They too, live in Agawam. I, Adrienne, have retired from the Robinson Park School Cafeteria in Agawam. Jack is still working in con- struction at Smith College in Northampton. In his spare time, he plants a garden which he enjoys very much. We have no grandchildren.