Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President, DUANE PATCH Secretary, CATHRINE MANOS Vice-President, ALICE WASKIEL Treasurer, ROBER'l STEPHENS

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a grand time at the “Teen Town Trot and we netted a sizable profit to be used for the prom. Dolores Rivers, Gerry Hauff, Gladys Johnson, and Lillian Paro furnished a very pleasant part of the entertainment. Do you remember the prom, the dance we had all been looking forward to since our freshman days? The auditorium became a formal garden complete with classic columns, marble balustrades and exotic plants. It is surprising that there was a flower left in the neighborhood for the front of the stage was banked w ith Iris and ferns. A moon glow'ed softly and stars tw inkled down at us as we danced to Ray Sparrow’s music. In June we were proud to be represented at the graduation of the Class of iQ45 by Jean Wilcoxson and Lllen Letendre as Junior Marshals. Eddie Deloghia had left us to join the Naval Air Corps at the end of our sophomore year and during the junior year three more members left our class for the armed forces: Donald Campbell. Paul Diduk, and Bernard Keeley. Our senior year saw champion teams in both football and basketball. Stew ie Safford and Tom Aitchison, co-captains of the football team, were elected to the “All Western Massachusetts Team . In our annual basketball game w ith West Side, Jimmy Fenn saved the day with his spectacular plays in the last few seconds of the game. Marie Paro became secretary that year while our other officers remained the same. The Class of 46 always had a prominent part in musical events. In our senior year Gerry Hauff played the coveted lead in “The Pirates of Penzance , while Lillian Paro, Dolores Rivers, Jean Wilcoxson, and Norman Gauthier had important roles in the cast. In our junior year Marilyn Binns had won first place in the school oratorical contest and second place in the Valley-Wheel Contest. Jeannette White brought honor to us as seniors when she won first place in the school contest. Jimmy Fenn made an excellent president for the “Student Council” during our Senior year. In the preceding year Bob Backstrom had been treasurer and Evelyn Peterson, w ho served as secretary the senior year, had been treasurer of the council. The Class of ’46 broke two records in Pro Merito membership. We had the largest number ever elected from a class, eighteen members, and our mem- bership included all four of our class officers. Even though one of the worst blizzards of the winter was raging the night of the “Kid Party , over fifty brave souls were able to witness the graceful ballet by Norman Gauthier and hear Wally Provost’s “one-man symphony . Having original ideas, we chose for our senior play an old-fashioned melo- drama, Silas, the Chore Boy”, produced in “gay-nineties style complete with barker and entr'actes. It required all the ingenuity and many weeks of hard work by our class artists to produce backgrounds for three different scenes. We had a busy spring term with last minute work on the year book, club parties, another prom, and banquet plans. Before we realized it June was upon us. As we marched down the aisle, we hoped that we looked dignified in our caps and gowns at the first peacetime graduation in five years. ELSIE WOOD PHYLLIS CAMPBELL

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 Out Will We, the Class of 1946, being in a sound and generous state of mind, do hereby proclaim our last whim and testament. We bequeath our possessions as follows: To the Citizens of Agawam: Our sincere thanks. To Mr. Dacey: A blonde, blue-eyed secretary. To Miss Ward: A rear-view mirror to combat her pet peeve. To Miss Smith: Another large Pro Merito group. To Miss Belyea: Chimes to replace the bell that she dislikes so much. To the Faculty: Another lively senior class to keep life exciting. The Junior Class: A year in which to have as many good times as we have had. The Sophomore Class: Some of the Juniors’ surplus wealth. The Freshman Class: Three years of successful social activities. The Eighth Grade: A I reshman Party. Ramona Davis: A year to display her many hidden talents. Gerald Moore: The spotlight in next year’s chemistry class. Barbara LaViolette: A book to keep her dates straight. Robert Stephens: Continued success as class treasurer. Jeannette Tlarpin : More opportunities to serve on business committees. Teddy Godek: More names added to his long list of friends. Jean Tetreaull: Just Plain Bill . James Mercadante: That certain freshman. I M 1