Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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HONEY: No. nor the French fried-Mashed-potato debates. PHELPIE: I felt sorry for you. Honey, when the French fries won. HONEY: Well Graduation soon took my mind off potatoes.” CHUDDY: Graduation! Gosh! How I wish our class were back in school. PHELPIE: We certainly stunned everybody with our caps and gowns that night. HONEY: Remember the fun we had at our class picnic. CHUDDY: Gee, I wish we could have another class picnic. Wouldn’t it be perfect if the rest of the class came here unexpectedly! PHELPIE: Miracles don't happen very often. We'd better stop our wish- ful thinking and finish our game of tennis. HONEY: (Putting down the letters| Never mind the tennis. You two put awav the records while I look for wood to start a fire. PHELPIE. OH! Boy! We finally cat! (Curtain | Lorraine Ardiconi Louise Manderol Ruth Phelps

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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.”

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JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Leslie Moore, President Shirley Ahern, Vice-President Marion Lancevin, Vice-President Henry Daglio, Treasurer