Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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: “Hi kids—where you headed for ?’’ “Chud and I are going out to watch the football scrimmage we want to see some of the boys in our class perform. “Oh. I ll come along; I haven't seen any of our class in action By the way who's on the team' : “Well, Chuck Tyler and Aoet Brown and Cordon Jones along with Sam Grimaldi see a great deal of action. And of course lid Mason and Fred Jeser- ski play on the team. “I certainly am proud to have members of our class play on a team that has won the championship of Western Mass.” “Here come the rest of the gang. Let’s practice a few cheers.” |Cheer is given and record fades ou [ PHELP1E: '‘ Those were the good old days.” [Honey picks up record] CHUDDY: What’s that you got there? HONEY: A record of the most important event in every Junior’s year. PHELPIE: Of course, you must mean the Junior Prom.” HONEY: This is a record that tells of the decorating committee getting ready for the big affair Shirley Linnehan is in charge. CHUDDY: “Let’s hear it. Honey. [Honey puts it on] (Record ] : It certainly is a lot of work to decorate this auditorium for the Junior Prom. I do hope everyone likes the decorations.” “Like them I Why there supercalafigilisticsisprelladochasl This may- time effect with the maypole and all is certainly a swell idea.” : “You're coming to the Prom aren't you'” : “Certainly I wouldn't miss the highlight of my Junior year for any- thing.” “Tm glad were having Ray Sparrows orchestra they certainly do play swell music. ' -----; “Who are the heads of the other committees'” ‘ Well General Chairman is George Guidi; Refreshments, Shirley Spring; Tickets and Invitations, Ruth Raison; Ushers, Ruth Hauff; and I'm the head of the decorations committee.” [Record ends] CHUDDY: Gee, that was the final affair of a swell year. But let s go on to the most important of all—our Senior year the last year of our dear old school days. [Record begins] (Two girls talking before school] ; “Goshl We’ve got about five minutes before school starts. Xot enough time to do any homework.” : “Say, aren't you glad we've chosen Charles Tyler as President? “ Yes, He's an excellent speaker and will be able to conduct a class meet- ing successfully. “If he is ever absent. Ruth Phelps, ice-president, will be able to take over the meeting very efficiently.” : “We couldn't ask for better officers than Lorraine liar pin, as Secretary, and Roland Swanson as Treasurer. : “And aren't we lucky to have such good advisers as Mr. Langlois, Miss Dickerman and Miss Benotti.” : “There goes the bell. I have to go to my homeroom note. Remember save me a seat at lunch.” [Pause in the record] CHUDDY: We certainly started the year with a bang. PHELPIE: Quiet! Let’s listen to the rest of the record.

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HONEY: Yea. what are you looking for Phelpie?” PHELPIE: Well, we made a record of the Sophomore Party, didn't we? HONEY: Oh, yes? The Vegetable Jamboree. PHELPIE: Here it is.” CHUDDY: Listen!” [Kids talking and moving and running around—breaking balloons—music in background then quieting down ] ART: We are gathered here tonight for the highlight of our Sophomore Year, the class party. I hope you all brought your vegetables in order to get in. Did you Miss Dicker man' ' MISS DICKERMAA: Yes. Didn't you see the carrot I brought. ART: And you, Miss Hastings. • .MISS HAST I ACS: '7 thought I wouldn't get in the door without my vegetable, but when they saw it was an onion they almost pushed me through. ART: O.K. (Jang. We go to our games now, and at n o clock we'll go to the lunchroom for refreshments. [Aoise] IPeople saying Coodnite et cetera] ART: Well, Mr. I.anglois, did you and Mrs. Langlois have as good a time as all the Sophomores seemed to have' ' MR. LAACLOIS: I'm sure it'll be a Red-letter day for the both of us. ART: Well, 'Aite MR. LAACLOIS: So-long, Art. [record ends leaving girls sitting in a daze.] CHUDDY: Hey, grab that record.” PHELPIE: Oh! Heavens! [doing so] HONEY: “Boy, that seems as real as though it were tonight.” CHUDDY: How about it, Kids, didn't we have one for the Junior year?” HONEY: We must have.” CHUDDY: Sure, here it is.” [Record begins where group of students are returning from the first meeting of the Junior Class.] Wasn't our first Junior meeting a .success! Cee, Arthur Callerani has been elected President for the third consecutive year. “ Yes, and Ruth Raison will be serving our class as secretary for her third year. Who was elected vice-president and treasurer?” The Vice-President is Lorraine Harpin and our Treasurer is Ceorge Cuidi. [Record goes off] PHELPIE: Gee, don't you think our junior year was fun—let’s listen to some more events.” HONEY: This is where a group of dancers are discussing the Cabaret. CHUDDY: Let’s listen kids. [Record—with dance music in background] Aren't the decorations effective—that black cat and those candles on the table certainly do add a lot to the attraction. “That music by Ray Sparrow's orchestra certainly is smooth. Cee all the juniors are here everyone is having the time of his life. [Record goes off] Cl IUDDY: That certainly was a high-light in every junior’s school days.” HONEY: I don’t think I'll ever forget it.” [Phelpie looking through records] PHELPIE: Look, kids, here’s a record we made when we were cheerleaders. HONEY: Gee, I almost forgot that we were cheerleaders that year. CHUDDY: Put it on Phelpie. [Record begins]

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LUNCH HOUR (Clatter of dishes being washed]. Noise of children getting their lunches and talking simultaneously. ] “One tuna sandwich bottle of chocolate milk there is such a line you hare to wait for hours before you get waited on I wish more students would bring their lunch so we wouldn't hare to wait so long to buy ours.” : Say, by the way, did you go to the Kid party'!” : ‘‘No! The unexpected sickness—mumps kept me from going.” : ” You certainly missed one of the best parties the Class of '42 ever gave.” : “WhyV' We had a huge Christmas tree covered with beautiful decorations and Frederick Jeserski, our Santa Claus, gave gifts to all the Seniors. The poems on the gifts certainly were cute.” : “Did they give any prizes'!” : Yes, Nancy Clark won the prize for the cutest girl while Wallace Gulliver won it for the cutest boy and Louise Mandirol and Lorraine Ardizoni took the prize for the cutest twins.” — : “Didn't they give any prizes for the funniest girl and boy !” : “ Wait till you hear! Fred Jeserski dressed as a girl, with a wig, dress, and high heels. Naturally, he won the prize as the funniest girl. Pint Davis, who was dressed as a baby with carriage, bonnet, and bottle won the prize for the funniest boy.” : Decause we decided upon our class song earlier than any other class, we sang it at our kid party.” : Didn't Shirley Spring, Warner Toelken, and Ruth Raison compose it ? Yes, they did an excellent job of it too. Ruth Raison was also elected to receive the D.A.R. Good Citizen Award.” ”Speaking of holding outstanding positions, the Senior Class was well represented in Student Council by Don Bennett as President; Ruth Raison as Secre- tary; Ruth Phelps. Helen Smith, Chuck Tyler, Nancy Clark and Sam Grimaldi.” : “Didn't our Pro Merito members, Shirley Spring, Ruth Raison. Lor- raine Harpin, Elaine Salani. Christina Coughlin. Lorraine Ardizoni and Roland Swanson, under the direction of Miss Smith, go to Ludlow in October? ' : Yes. Lorraine told me they had a wonderful time. Say. didn't Shirley Spring, as editor-in-chief of the Agawam Mirror, put out two splendid editions?” There’s about Jive minutes left. Maybe we can get some dancing in before the bell rings.” ; ” Yes, I just love that new public address system the Student Council installed to make the music sound better.” IDance music heard softly in background fade out to finish of record CHUDDY: [As Honey is writing a letter) Say, what are you doing? HONEY: Writing. This record made me dreamy; so I’ve decided to write a few letters to our long-forgotten classmates. PHELPIE: Speaking of letters, weren’t Eddie Mason, Ray Barbieri and Lou Lovotti the three-letter men of the Class of '42? CHUDDY: It seems baseball was their best-liked sport. HONEY: Baseball! baseball! Wasn’t it around that time that the Senior Play. ‘Ever Since Eve’ was given? PHELPIE: Yes. Shirley Linnehan, and Shirley Spring, and Robert Davis certainly made it the best Senior Play ever given. CHUDDY: Gosh! The Senior Play certainly started things rolling. PI IE I. PIE: Why, I remember the week after the Senior Play, the Dramatic Club produced the One Act Play 'Everything Nice' at Enfield, Mickey I hrhardt and I certainly got Shirley Spring and Wally Gulliver into trouble in that play. Cl II DDY: A few weeks after those two famous plays the Junior Prom was given. The Seniors turned out in crowds that night. PHELPIE: I’ll never forget the Class Banquet held at the Edelweiss.”