Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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FRESHMAN CLASS MEMBERS Howard Bechan, Phyllis Bechan, Carol Berthiaume, Barbara Boyle, Norman Brodmerkle, Claire Burgess, Dominica Cappello, Audrey Carter, Norman Cilley, Elizabeth Clark, Eleanor Cory, John Cranston, Leroy Dawson, Junice Dean, Margaret Dixson, Geral-d Dorsey, Thomas Flynn, Sylvia Fran- ciose. Shirley Fuller, Robert Glidden, Gloria Hart, Kenneth Izzi, Stanley Kasputis, Rebecca Langley, Ralph Lincoln, Elaine Miller, Ann Murphy, Alvin Panaccione, Marjorie Prada, Adrienne Puchalsky, Robert Reidy, Rose Ricchiazzi, Carol Riffenburg, Margaret Sawtell, Patricia Sinclair, Max Snyder, Dominic Spasaro, Philip Staknis, Henry Swan, Margery Swan, Irving Vaughn, Raymond Wells, Jacqueline Whippee, Sylvia Wilder, Mar guerite Williams. 18

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SOPHOMORE CLASS MEMBERS Joseph Aliquo, Lucille Belcher, David Berthiaume, Alden Brodmerkle, Miles Brown, Joan Buttero, Eugene Caranci, Amelia Chakuas, George Fish, Dolores Fuller, Waldo Fuller, Donald Harlow, Theodore Kowal, Irene Kowza, Joseph Martone, Robert Mason, George Mennard, Rosamond Moran, June Mucha, Christine Ohlson, Robert Phoenix, John Pollock, Carmela Ricchiazzi, Rosario Ricchiazzi, Carol Rice, Judith Sample, Joseph Sawtell, Aldona Sluckis, Patricia Stevenson, Jane Strong, Winifred Weeks, Edward Werner, Margaret V right, Richard Peabody. 17

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EDITORIALS FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER As we, the 1949 graduating class, look back on our four years at Barre High, we come to realize the true significance of the words “Forward Ever, Backward Never.” From our first day as Freshmen to our long-awaited Senior year, that one thought has been ringing through our minds — “Forward, forward, forward.” Remember those report cards? Why were we so nervous as that fateful day drew near? What was it we feared? The stern look on our parents’ faces? The taunting cries of our “friends?” Perhaps it was both but even more it was a haunting voice resounding through our minds — “Backward never, backward never.” It was, in reality, the voice of an inner conscience that we feared. And again and again we resolved with renewed vig or to shut out that fearful voice, with study, hard work and more study. Like the wheels of a train that thought surged through our minds — study, forward, study, forward and like the wheels of a train we moved forward through the years until at last, we were upon the threshold of graduation. Graduation! What does it hold for you? Golden dreams and opportunity, or a night- mare of misfortune? It’s up to us! Are we going to travel through the world of tomor- row on that train of opportunity, moving ever forward? Or are we, somewhere along the line, going to “jump the track?” It’s up to us! Remember, “forward ever, backward never.” Keep this in mind and your world oi tomorrow will be a golden world of opportunity. Four small words and yet their signi- ficant meaning can change your life. The decision is ours! The world offers us a challenge and we can answer that challenge as citizens of the world — the heartbeat of our nation! Forward ever, backward never!” SUCCESS THROUGH MISTAKES “June,” a word which is amplified in the minds of the seniors and which to them means one thing, “graduation.” The event awaited by all, which closes the second chap- ter of our lives and which reopens our third with opportunities or misfortune. Remember your first day of school? The thoughts running through your mind, a mind of effervescent enthusiasm? Surely, you must remember the emptiness in your heart, this being your introduction to school and a day which was the commencement of your future world. Time has now carried some to the door of collegiate life and some to the start of their occupational dreams. The words “school days,” which did not make much of an impression on you before, now loom in your mind with memories, sweet memories, and you now associate the words “school days” with bygone pleasures. Remember the first day of high school? The socials, the junior prom, the senior play, and that wonderful trip to New York? Why, of course, you do. But you also remember your mistakes. Many of them were foolish but many were also beneficial. For it is through your mistakes that you better your life. You strive to avoid them. You resolve not to fall prey to their embarrassing predicaments. And best of all, you endeavor to make your progress through life a better one. Take heed, future citizens of the world, and have faith in your education. Through it, success will be yours. Be wise in your undertakings and make the most of your oppor- tunities. Remember success can be reached by realizing and correcting your mistakes. 19