Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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(TV9 (S k3 Scknk: The Wylie living room. A large trunk stands open in the center of the room, much of its contents strewn on the floor. Norma, clad in lumber- jack shirt and dungarees, is depositing other articles from the trunk to the floor. The doorbell rings. XORMA : Come on in. The door's open. (Marge, Marion, Rusty, and Bob enter.) RUSTY: What goes on here? Was your house hit by a cyclone? MARGE: Are you packing for college, Norma ? I don’t think you’ll need that stuff. XORMA : Not packing -unpacking. Mom says I have to throw out all my souveniers so she can use the trunk for my clothes. After all my work collecting them, too. MARIOX: It must have taken you a long time to collect all this. NORMA: Twelve years. I didn’t collect much the first eight, but the last four years I’ve really been busy. IU)H: What’s this, a picture of the second grade at the Plains School? Not so good looking a gang as the one at North Agawam that year. XORMA : Did you ever see the picture Marion Hastings has of her class at Feeding Hills? MARION: Well. Agawam Center had the best building if you liked bricks falling on your head. RUSTY: The town finally condemned it and built a new school building. We were in the third grade at the time. MARGE: Iley, here’s a '43 Mirror—and a Sachem, too. (lee, wasn't seventh grade fun? {Oil: That was the first year we were all together as a class, and we were a pretty smart class at that. That was also the first year we had expe- rience with study halls. MARIOX: Those corridors looked long and dismal; didn't they? I got lost at least once a day. XORMA : Well, by eighth grade we knew our way around. See this armband? • That’s my souvenier for that year. Miss McCormick was head of the junior high corridor patrol which, by the way, boys, was composed en- tirely of girls. RUSTY : After all. you've got to allow for one mistake. MARGE: Remember the party Miss Potter gave for the Fnglish Club—and the mystery play a group of us girls put on ? XORMA: Ah, my debut as an actress. I can still recall my greatest line—“I’m scared.' [23]

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KARL SLUSSKR WOOD 45 Federal Street, Agawam Oil—quiet except in corridors—nice kid—pals with Jack. Camera Club 3; Sophomore Party Committee: Kid Party Commit- tee; Senior Play Committee; Ski Club 1: Class Prophecy. JOANXK VYYYKX WOODBURY 24 Albeit Street, Agawam Jo—stunning clothes—large green eyes—blond wavy hair. Tri-Iii .'{-4; Personality Club 2-.'!, President 4; Dramatic Club 2; Field Hockey 1; Maytime Concert 1-2-3-4; Operetta .‘4-4; Junior Cabaret Committee: Prom Committee; Kid Party Committee; Senior Play: Soclum Start’: .1 irror Staff 4: Junior Cabaret Kntertainment; Junior Marshal; Chorus 1-2-3-4; Librarian 4: Ski Club. ELIZABETH ANN WYANT 230 North Street, Feeding Hills Hutch—'• Wally”—roller skating—Norma’s sidekick. Basketball I; Field Hockey 1; Baseball 1; Volley Ball 1; Socium Staff; Class Banner Committee; Senior Play Committee. NORMA MERLE WYLIE 40 Pierce Street, Feeding Hills Pinky- that physics class!—gets Helen in and out of trouble. Tri-Hi 3-4; Personality Club 2-3; Dramatic Club 2: Mavtime Con- cert 1-2-3-4; Operetta 1; Band 3; Orchestra 2-3-4; Junior Caba- ret Committee; Prom Committee; Usher; Socium Staff; Pro Merito; Miii'ur Staff: Candidate for Pepsi Cola Scholarship: Motto Commit- tee; Sophomore Party Committee: Junior Cabaret Entertainment; Librarian 4: Chorus l-2-3 122)

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BOB: Say isn't this the “Mirror” issued when we were freshmen? It's got a lot of work in it by members of our class. Here’s a Sachem for '45, too. Let’s see what we looked like then. MARION: Oh look! Roger Ilcywood, Arden Tinti, Marion Pratt, and Ralph Tortoriello were our class officers. MARGE: The way those seniors used to look disdainfully at us just because we were a little younger! BUSTY : Here’s the next year’s literature, gang. We really went to town then, joining clubs, entering athletics, and earning good grades at school, too. Our football team was nominated for the Western Massachusetts cham- pionship, and our basketball team won the Valley Wheel championship. BOB: Miss Currier was our faculty adviser, and Roger, Arden, Jean Fusini, and Jack Cassidy were officers. Here's a program from the Blarney Ball, our first fling at putting on social events. XOBMA : That was our Soph party. It was a great success. MARION: Even The Play,” Norma? XOBMA : Let's not discuss the subject any further. BOB: Why not? What happened? MARGE: “The Play” was Norma’s first - NORMA: —and last— MARGE:—attempt at writing, directing, and promoting a play. The day of the grand opening one of the actors, Roger Hey wood, came down with the mumps. RUSTY : Thoughtless of him. NORM A: Well, it all worked out in the end. A1 Racicot did a good job of un- derstudying; and Jack Cassidy, Louise Phillips, Dave Itichman, Jean Fusini. and Louis Haggctt were very co-operative. RUSTY: Here’s the rest of the entertainment: Arden Tinti and Dick Frank- lin. duet; Francinc Provost, tap dance; music by the Sophomore Rhythm Wreckers; and a solo by Marge. BOB: It would have been a perfect year except for the death of Mr. Phelps and Mr. (Jranger. After that no one felt much like having fun. MARIOX: People began to wonder if we’d ever have a new superintendent until Mr. Wright took over. What’s this? The Mirror for the next year is in newspaper form instead of magazine. MARGE: Our Junior year brought about a lot of changes for us. Miss Currier left, our home rooms were changed, and Miss Phelps became our faculty adviser. Charlie Gonet, Louise Phillips, Jean, and Rusty were elected class officers that year. BOB: Mr. Langlois. Miss Bclvca, and Mrs. Hadley left (couldn’t stand us any longer); Mr. Oulton and Mr. Montagna returned after military service; and Miss Parvanian, Mrs. Coleman, and Mr. Freme joined the faculty. By the way, wasn't Mr. Freme here before? 1241