Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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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,

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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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APRIL IN WASHINGTON The hour was early; the weather, cloudy; but anticipation and eagerness filled our hearts as we. waited for the bus to carry us to Springfield, the first part of our long, long trek to our nation s capitol, Washington, D.C. At 7ik-3 we boarded the train that would take us to that fabulous city of New York , ©Grand Central Station in New York City at 10:25 aoUio The weather had cleared and the hay seed was fast falling from the 19Sh seniors of B,HoS, After a hurried luncheon we were driven to the B, 0. R.R© station in Jersey City On the way to the railroad station we toured lower New York city and took a thrilling ride across the narrows to the Jersey coast. We were all thrilled at the first sight, for most of us, of Lady Liberty, The photo-bugs were busy getting shots of the Gorham skyline® On the train again and headed for President Elsenhower s city. Some of us regretted leaving the big city, but we knew that in a few days that we would be back to do up the town. Unaware of the fact that we had been travelling all afternoon, we were quite surprised when we heard the conductor shout, ’ WashingtonS” 5 t 30 Pom,, and here we were at the end of our destination. We loved the city from the first glance,. The accommodations at the Hotel Stratford were beyond our hope We scattered during the evening to various parts of the white city and were awed with what we saw, Tuesday morning we left at 8:00 for a long day of slghtlngo We began the day with a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,, oA lectured tour of the city from which we learned much about the residences of the foreign ambassadors and diplomats ,, ,The National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, the Memorial amphitheatre, and the thrilling changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier will long be remembered by all of us. The morning s tour terminated at Mount Vernon where we whispered a prayer of thanksgiving at the tomb of the Father of Our Country, At Alexandria, Virginia, we tasted some real southern fried chicken which initiated us into Dixie living. The southern weather was wilting us, but we did like their food.