Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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SENIOR TRIP It was a warm and long awaited day in April, the twelfth of the month, that dawned bright and clear, and the Senior Trip to New York and Washington was about to begin. We traveled to New York by Trailways bus, arriving early in the afternoon, a little tired from traveling, but we didn’t mind. The first afternoon and evening was spent sightseeing and viewing a show at Radio City. Early Friday morning the group left the hotel, traveling by bus to Jersey City, where we boarded a train for Washington, D. C, After an enjoyable train trip through the state of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the class arrived at the station in Baltimore, Maryland, where we met our Washington guide. We boarded the bus and proceeded on a tour of Baltimore, going to Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote our National Anthem , then to the Franciscan Monastery on the outskirts of the capitol city and on to the Hotel Harrington. We had the evening free, but we certainly had a wonderful time. We met in the lobby of the hotel early Saturday morning and from there proceeded on a tour of the city, visiting the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Institute, Jefferson Memorial, National Art Gallery, and then returned to the hotel for lunch. The after- noon was spent touring the capitol building and visiting the Washington zoo. After we had a delicious supper, we saw the illuminated capitol building, the Congressional Library, and went swimming at an indoor pool. Those who went had a marvelous time. Sunday morning everybody attended their respective church and after the services boarded the bus for a trip to Fort Myer, Arlington Cemetery, where they saw the impressive changing of the guard, and then continued to Mount Vernon, Virginia, to see the home of George Washington. In the afternoon we visited Annapolis where we had an enjoyable time going around the military academy with our guide. Then we entrained at Baltimore for the return trip to New York. On Monday morning, the students went shopping and sightseeing, and that evening saw the stage play, ’’Kiss Me Kate,” starring Anne Jeffreys. After that, many of the students made the most of their last night by going out to different places such as a night club, movies, or to Times Square to see the bright lights. A stop was made at the Empire State Building on Tuesday morning, and then we boarded the bus for the return trip home. We, the Seniors, had a very nice time and will never forget the phone calls we had every morning at seven-thirty from Mr. Flynn saying, Time to get up.” We wish to thank Miss Bentley and Mr. Flynn for making our trip such a success. To us, it was a trip that will long be remembered.

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