Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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BASKETBALL Our basketball team had an unsuccessful season last year as they won only four and lost fourteen. However, many of the games were very close and as the game ended, the opponents always seemed to be ahead by one or two points. Perhaps this poor season is a result of the late start that Barre had in starting basketball practice and only through the untiring efforts of Coach Mennard and Principal Leroy Dawson were we able to play in Florence Hall again. An interesting fact is that Barre seemed to be able to win all their practice games but could win only four of their regular games. They beat the Alumni twice. They defeated the Athol Y.M.C.A. twice, once by a score of 72-68, the highest score ever tallied by a Barre team. After the games at the Athol “Y” the players enjoyed swimming at the indoor chlorinated pool. At the Orange Tournament, Barre played its first game against Petersham, whom they had defeated twice this season, and had little trouble racking up a win. After this win, the team seemed inspired, and sincerely believ they could win the Tournament. However, they were bitterly disappointed when they were trounced by Thayer and automatically drop- ped out of the tournament. THE TEAM R. Salvadore, S. Andrukonis, C. Giarusso, W. Morse, A. Mallinson, S. Good- win, C. Trifilo, W. Sokol, J. Polock, G. Mennard, E. Caranci, D. Berthiaume. JAY VEES P. Staknis, N. Cilley, D. Spasaro S. Kasputis, R .Wells, R. Lincoln, L. Dawson, R. Glidden, M. Snyder. 32

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SCRIPTUS One of the many outstanding activities at Barre High this year, was the publication of the ever-popular Scriptus. Both the students and faculty eagerly looked forward to its monthly publication. The aim of this school paper is to give the students the prin- ciples of newspaper construction, and the self-satisfaction derived from this worthy cause was also invaluable. In the fall, Ann Stevenson was elected e-iitor of the Scriptus. A competent staff capably worked in their different fields and they all did their utmost to make this school publication a successful one. Monthly meetings were held to call together the staff members for suggestions and criticisms. The enduring efforts and whole hearted cooperativeness of the students result- ed in a better schoolpaper. The paper followed the same basic pattern as in preceding years. A front page, featuring the latest important activities of the students, a feat- ure page of poems and stories, class news, a page devoted to each class to report their social highlights, an editorial page, sports section, humor page, and a roving reporter page constituted the paper. The size of the paper was contrary to previous years. It was in the shape of a magazine with a cover to correspond to the occasion. We exchanged school papers with surrounding schools on a large scale and to these schools we wish to express our gratitude for their interesting material. We sincerely thank Mr. Parker and Miss Bentley for their inestimable assistance as advisors for our school paper publications and to the Class of ’50 we extend our best wishes that they may carry through our endeavors.

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GIRLS’ SPORTS Palma Puliafico Barbara Mennard Helen Chakuas Amelia Chakuas Elaine Miller Gloria Hart Margaret Dixon Lillian King Irene Kowza Adrienne Puchalsky Carol Berthiaume Captain Co-Captain Center Forward Left Forward Right Forward Right Forward Left Guard Center Guard Right Guard Center Guard Right Guard The year of 1949 may be well recalled for its most interesting develop- ment. Although not in the sense of victory it will be remembered for its various phases of sports. From the opening of the basketball season in the fall, to the ending at spring, the girls showed great efforts. The “new look” was also added to the team this year. The girls were arrayed in brilliant maroon shorts and white blouses, displaying the school colors honorably. Alumnae of Barre High, Mrs. Kowal and Mrs. Puchalsky were announced as the new coaches. The games with Templeton were played in the afternoon and a supper was held after the games. The supper at Barre was greatly enjoyed because we celebrated our first and only victory of the season. In general, it will be credited once again this year that although not always victorious, the girls’ basketball team exhibited to the public enjoy- able games. Other sports included softball and volleyball played between the upper class and the lower classmen. 33