Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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HISTORY (Cont,nue i) to US it was a success oDurlng the November month of 1951 we put on our assembly before the whole school, o .When basket- ball season rolled around this year. Bill Gorman, Joe Persechlno and Dick Wine were members of the varsity quintet, • .Polly Puchalsky, Audrey Sample, Stella Kowza, and Sylvia Dahart had made the female basketball team. On the jayvee squad such notables as Gerry Tuttle, Joe Celona, Dick Parkinson, a nd Dick Garlepy pounded the boards,,, We waved a fond farewell to the year 1951 and watched the year ’52 roll in,,, Another senior play to attend and to think about the day when we would be performing behind the footlights for our class trip© oo An- other tournament, more treks to Turners Palls, but no victory this season,,, In the prize speaking contest this year, two of our members copping fourth prizes: Audrey Gawthrop and Wayne Cauvin. .May- “ time and another prom: the class of ’52 used the Cinderella theme for their prom; it was very pretty, and more of the class of ’ 5 I 4 . attended the affair than did last year, . .Baseball, , .final exams . , .class trip, , .graduation, . • another milestone, o .would 195i|- ever come? JUNIOR YEAR. ... 1952-53 More was required of us this year; we were juniors, and our home room was on the first floor; the children were all upstairs. There w re several new faces among the faculty members this fall: Mrs, Ruth Crowson, Miss Mary Ann Handakas, Miss Jean Keohan, ' V Mr, Walter Dupuis, Mr, William Gosselln, and a new superintendent of schools, Mr, Carl Peterson, . .Another election of officers: President William Gorman, Vice-president, Joseph Persechino; Secretary, Stella Kowza, and Treasurer, Gerry Tuttle ,, .Second place in the annual magazine drive.,, usual affairs did not Interest as much tnls year, for we had but one thing in mind: our junior prom , 0 , however, a one-point lose to North Brookfield took the tourna- ment away from us,,. In the annual speaking contest Wayne Cauvin and Pauline Sidotl took top honors ,. .Moonlight Roses was the theme of our prom. Hours and hours went into the decoration in Williams Hall; it was all worth our labor.

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ' 54 FRESHMEN YEAR. ... 1950-51 That first sunny week of September, 1950, found, the class of 195 a frightened group of youngsters, sneaking from class to class. As usual, most of the boys showed up to the classes with hair well-groomed. . .During the last week of September we met Del Obert, who became our inspiration for the magazine drive. Needless to say, that we were a proud group when we came out third in the magazine drive contest. We beat the sophomore class ...By the time October rolled around we were all well acquainted enough to hold elections for class off- icers: Willlsun Gorman, president; Joseph Persechino, vice-president; Pauline Puchalsky, secretary; and Richard Wine, treasurer. With November came the call for basketball. Many of our class were able to make either the jayvee or varsity teams . .December and our first Alumni Christmas Social. . .Then the Christmas holidays and the advent of 1951 ©.. A new year, and we were ready to start again, full of new resolutions .. .We attended the sen- ior play of the 1951 class and enjoyed the production. . .March finally rolled around and, for most of us, we would witness our first Tri-State basketball tournament at Turners Palls... Barre H.S. was victorious that year, and we were quite proud to be associated with Barre High. With the April showers, came baseball. Some of our frosh lads made the varsity team... The prom followed; few of us were able to attend. . .Then the class trip to Whalom Park... June — final examinations, followed by Class Day and graduation. We said goodbye to the class of ' 5lo SOPHOMORE YEAR. .. .1951-52 The summer days flew by, and once again we were mounting the knoll to the Henry Woods High School; but now in a different capacity: we were big sophomores. And Mrs. Upham was to be our homeroom teacher.. Class officers were again elected: William Gorman, president; Polly Puchalsky, vice-president; Joseph Persechino, treasurer; and Stella Kowza, secretary. . .Another magazine drive, another mad rush to come out any place but at the bottom. We came in second position, and the ice cream social was not so hard to take ...Our first social affair was our Hallowe’en party;

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HISTORY (co-nti nueJ) Russ Cole’s orchestra furnished the music for our prom, ••Dick Parkinson did a fine job as chairman of this affalr,.oThe grand march was an elegant thing that almost didn’t terminate, , .The junior year was fast approaching its end, and Mr, Baker, our homeroom teacher was leaving Barre High too ••And then came the day that made us seniors,,, it was the tornado June of 1953 » SENIOR YEAR,, ..I 953 - 5 I 1 - It was a sophisticated group of people who approached the senior classroom and Mr, Paul Flynn in September 1953 0 oClass elections were held: Joseph Persechino, pres- ident; Stella Kowza, vice-president; Carol Stevenson, secretary; and Gerald Tuttle, treasurer, • •It was going to be a banner year, •.We won the magazine drive and ate ice cream until we were almost sick, , •Basket- ball in the new gym. Memorial Hall,,, what a beautiful floor,,, This was the year Coach Mennard adopted the two-platoon system, , oMuch chatter,, • We sponsored our Alumni social.. Then preparations for the senior play. The drive for ads for the playbook was successful. The play this year was a mystery: The Devil’s Eye directed by Mr, Paul Flynn, With the help of a sound effect corps the play was a great success. In basketball, we were not so fortunate; the girls, however, won the King Philip League title. In the tournament the varsity lost to Hinsdale, ,, Food sales, card parties, bazars, all to make money for our senior trip, April came and we went to Washington, D,C, and New York city, , .Elsewhere in this annual you can read a re- sume of our trip, , o Baseball rushed in upon us,,, Mr, WilHam Gosselin, our baseball coach kept us busy and gave us valuable hints .Final examinations, class day, graduation, congratulations, farewells, handshakes ,, .Commencement S It was a great four years at Barre High School, Barre, Massachusetts,