Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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BARRETONE MOSTS AND BESTS BOY GIRL Most Studious Paul Salvadore Violet Corso Most Likely to Succeed Oresto Persechino Kathleen Backus Most Nonchalant Frank Masulaitis Beverly Houston Best Dressed Frank Masulaitis Dot Lou Rice Best Looking Oresto Persechino Dot Lou Rice Best Dancer Frank Masulaitis Dot Lou Rice Most Popular Paul Salvadore Dot Lou Rice Most Diplomatic Alan Ohlson Ruth Bacon Best Driver Keene Burgess Lillian Bechan Most Sophisticated Oresto Persechino Kathleen Backus Most Witty Dick Milan Shirley Gray Most Quiet Keene Burgess Patricia Puliafico Best Companion Paul Salvadore Mary Aliquo Best Disposition Paul Salvadore Lois Wyman Best Athlete Frank Masulaitis Diana Awtry Most Versatile Oresto Persechino Arlene Morrison Most Active Paul Salvadore Kathleen Backus

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22 BARRETONE ‘‘How could you see to write down the report? “Wal, 1 don’t know about thet, but I still want to watch fer air- planes, he insisted. Jim paused to consider this for a minute. How could a blind man watch for airplanes. Why it was ut- terly preposterous ! “Please let me, Chester begged. “I want to do something to help out. Being a soft-hearted man, Jim finally gave in. “Tell you what I’ll do, Chet, he said, “just to try you out, Pll put you on the night tour with Elmer Waite. You start tonight at eight o’clock.” To see Chester’s wrinkled face light up, one might think that he’d just b een handed a million dollars. He thanked Jim whole-heartedly and started to trudge homeward. Faithfully and staunchly Chester stood watch with Elmer Waite twice a week. About ten minutes of eight on Tuesday and Friday nights this slight and aged figure would be seen hobbling toward the watch- tower. Most of the time he would hear the planes many minutes be- fore Elmer, and in just a short while Chester was able to distin- guish between the different planes merely by the sound of the motors. He could also tell whether they were high or low and in which di- rection they were flying. He bought a second-hand clock that had no glass, in order to be able to tell what time the plane passed over the post, and soon learned to write a report in Braille. One day, after giving it more than a little thought, he asked Jim Cook if he might have a tour by himself. Jim, knowing how loyal Chester had worked at the post, said yes. Now, every Wednesday and Thursday nights he watches, or rather, listens at the post, from eight o’clock to midnight. When- ever Jim happens to be missing a volunteer, he phones Chester, who had a telephone installed for just that purpose and who is always ready and willing to fill in. Merely the fact that he is blind does not hinder him from doing his bit in helping the great cause. His sincere patriotism is exemplified by his ef- licient and conscientious service. (This is a true story about a 1 lind man by the name of Chester Downs, who lives in Milton, New Hampshire.) Arlene Morrison ’44 “LEST WE FORGET” IS ' 41 — “Remember Pearl Harbor. How could it be forgotten ? The most dastardly crime ever com - mitted against civilization perpe- trated and carried through by the “Yellow men left a world shocked and dazed. 1942 — “Bataan Falls. And, with it, thousands of American men gave up their lives that we might live. No post-mortem memoriam will ever express a nation’s debt and gratitude to these heroes. 1943 — “North Africa Invaded by Allies — “Russians Save Stalin- grad. Almost too good to be true was this news. Long shall we remember Mr. Churchill’s words, “This is not the end or the beginning of the end but merely the end of the beginning. 1944 — “Rome Falls to Allied Might. Allies land in France. 4,000 ships, 11,000 planes take part. We hope this is the begin- ning of the end.

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24 BARRETONE CLASS OF 1945 President Vice President Secretary Treasurer RENEE AGAR WEALTHEA BOARDWAY EVELYN CARANCI HAROLD CAREY BETTY CARLISLE JESSIE CLEMENTE BETTY DEAN FRANK DiFGNZO RALPH DiLIBERO RUTH FLINT JOHN FOX ORESTE FRANCIOSE HOPE JOHNSON DONALD LANG NICHOLAS MALLOZZI MARY VALENTE VELNA BORDEAUX JAMES GILLILAND PETER MALLOZZI LESLIE McCLANATHAN JAMES PARSONS HELEN POWER ROSARIO PULIAFICO MARION RICCHIAZZI IRENE SIECZKARSKI STANLEY SOKOL DOMINICO SOTTILE GEORGE THORNG LUCY TOLMAN VITO TRIFILO EMMA YONKER GEORGE YONKER