Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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NORMA: Back in '42 and '42. lie took one look at what lie was destined to get in a few years and left. But we fooled him, he had some of us anyway. MARION : Isn’t this little deer, four-legged, that is, from the Reindeer Romp, our Junior Cabaret ? MARGE: That’s Romola Tangocci’s handiwork. She has some clever ideas. Rl ST) : We had a struggle for decorations because of the new fire laws. Any other class might have quit, but we went ahead and made a success. Of course, 10d Kennedy’s orchestra helped. MARION: We uncovered some talent in our class, too. Ginnv Kibbe sang while some of the girls danced, Joanne Woodbury sang, and Norma blew that thing she calls an instrument. MARCE: We got our class rings that winter. Charlie delivered them to us so that we’d have them in time for Christmas. HOH: We voted for our class colors lats year, didn’t we? I remember Leo DeLucehi nominated black and blue. Blue and silver edged his sugges- tion out. though. MARCE: Remember the fun we Tri-IIi girls had at the Wakefield Convention in March? This year only five seniors could go to the convention at Attleboro. REST)’: Then came the Prom in .May, and more trouble with decorations. MARION: We finally collected wild flowers and decorated the auditorium with them. Those and the crystal ball were very effective. NORMA: Eddie Abrahamson’s orchestra was tops. Naturally, that was be- cause he had a lot of saxophones in it. HOH: The death of Miss Barnes, our eighth grade history teacher, marred our junior year, though. MARION: June rolled around, and our friends of forty-seven left us in charge. MARCE: We kept the same officers and took over the front seats in assembly. How we used to fight to decide which room would be in the front row! RIESTY: We finally settled it by having a different room in front each month. HOH: More changes in faculty this year. Miss Moriarty. Mr. Quick, Mr. Oulton, and Mr. Alexakos left. NORMA : Mr. Skolnick, Mr. Kistner, and Mr. Foley joined the faculty. Miss Burke came from the junior high to teach French, and our own Mr. Lang- lois was welcomed back to the school in the biology department. MARION: I suppose this little wind-up toy is a relic of the Kid Party. I think we had more fun playing London Bridges” and Rattlesnake” at that than we did when we were in grammar school. MARCE: Weren’t the costumes funny? I think Miss Miller should have re- ceived a special award for her pinafore and sunbonnet and the long wood-shaving curls. And Charlie was a wonderful Santa. Rl STY: Every time the photographer had us set. some one would crack a joke; and he'd have to place us again. Here’s the final result (picking up pic- ture from the Kid Party). HOH : Here's an account of our football team for the past four years. Out of [25]

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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

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twenty-five season games, we’ve won twenty-two. tied one, and lost two. Not bad! We were up there for the Western Massachusetts champion- ship again this year. RUSTY: Mow about our basketball team this year? We might have had a rough beginning, but we lieked old West Side; and we were the only team to defeat East Hampton. Next year Coach Kistner’s boys will really make people sit up and take notice. Too bad we won't be there to sec it. MARIOS: The senior class had a lot of representatives in both sports this year. A number of boys received sweaters in football and letters in basketball. XORMA : Does this program from tin senior play, The Divine Flora,” bring back memories, gang? MARGE: That was a riot. Mrs. Nardi was driven nearly crazy at the re- hearsals, but we came through. Miss Phelps kept the cast supplied with cookies. BOB: After the play everything happened at once: the class banquet, presenta- tion of the gifts, ami the reading of the will. MARIOS: June 17th was the happiest and saddest day of my life. RUSTY: Not to mention the proudest. It doesn't seem possible that we won't see a lot of our classmates anymore. XORMA: The picnic was our last gathering as a class. It was fun, even though the boys did beat us girls in softball. MARGE: (Jolly, look at. the time! We’ve got to leave, Norma. See you at our first class reunion. Russell Demarais Marion Hall Marjorie Trigoer Robert Wkbler Norma Wvi.ik 126]