Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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We were proud of our boys who participated in the games at Turners Falls They were: Thomas Taylor, Richard Lamacchia, and William Whigham. We were also proud of our class members who took part in the Junior ' arsity games and the girls’ basketball games. Stewart Anderson and Josephine Trifilo took part in the Prize Speaking Contest. Josephine took second place for the girl s and Stewart placed second for the boys. The end of our Sophomore year at B. H. 3. soon came. We have many happy times to remember during this year, and we will always remember the fun and excitement that took place. We finally became upperclassmen! In 1961, we walked into B. H. S. as Juniors. This made us feel as though we were now really a part of the high school. Mr. Decelle was our class advisor. Class officers were: Stephen Perkins, President; Lewis Valente, Vice-President; Joan Vaidulas, Secretary; Carolyn Tetreault, Treasurer; Thomas Taylor, Student Council Representative • We placed second in the Magazine Drive for the third year. Members of the basketball teams were: Thomas Taylor, William Whigham, Richard Lamacchia, and Roger Gariepy on the Varsity team with Alfred Whippee managing. Marcia Iotter and Mary Ann Mertzic played on the girls’ team. Josephine Trifilo and Stewart Anderson participated in the Prize Speaking Contest again this year. Stewart placed first for the boys, while Josephine placed third for the girls. This was a busy year for our class. After two food sales and a spaghetti supper, we began preparing for our Junior Prom. The theme for our prom was The Last Time 1 Saw Paris, with an Eiffel Tower, side walk cafes, and flowers for decorations. Our Junior year came to an end. At last we were Seniors. We are sorry to say that Myrle , Leslie, and Bob are no longer members of our class. As Seniors, we had many duties to perform. Our first was to elect officers: Laurence Gould, President; Lewis Valente, Vice- President; Joan Vaidulas, Secretary; Mary Ann Mertzic, Treasurer; Stephen Perkins, Student Council Representative. Mrs. O ' Neill was our class advisor. Carolyn Tetreault was elected chairman of our Senior Tea. He will always remember the good work done on our Senior Bazaar by Bill .Vhigham, the chairman. Although it rained, the bazaar was held on Oct. 6 inside the Town Hall.

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Class History In September, 1959 t forty terrified students entered Barre High School to begin their year as Freshmen. We were frightened by the wild threats of the upperclassmen. We soon learned that their bark was greater than their bite. Miss Long and Mr. Pitisci were waiting to guide us during our first year at B. H. S. At our first class meeting, our main duty was to elect class officers. They were as follows: Stephen Perkins, President; John Lamacchia, Vice-President; Marcia Potter, Secretary; Mary Ann Mertzic, Treasurer; Robert Janulevicus, Student Council Representative. Blue and gold were chosen as our class colors. The Freshmen Assembly soon came and passed. Next came the Magazine Drive. We are proud to say that our class was the first Freshman class in twenty-seven years to place second in this drive. The Freshman class was well represented during the basketball season. Participants were: Ned Berthiaume, David Dansereau, Roger Gariepy, Robert Janulevicus, Richard Lamacchia, Angelo Salvadore, Jeffrey Watson, and William Whigham on the Junior Varsity team, and Thomas Taylor on the Varsity team. Leslie Teagno, Myrle Taylor, and Mary Ann Mertzic played on the girls ' team. Four members of the class participated in the Prize Speaking Contest. They were: Marcia Potter, placing fourth for the girls; Laurence Gould, placing second; William Whigham and Lewis Valente tied for third place for the boys. The year soon came to an end, and though it might have been hard at first to get accustomed to the rules and regulations of the high school, we can honestly say that we enjoyed this new life that we were now leaving. In the Fall of I960, we returned to the high school as Sophomores. We were all united in one homeroom with Mrs. Upham as our class advisor Class officers were: Stephen Perkins, President; Thomas Taylor, Vice-President; Joan Vaidulas, Secretary; Mary Ann Mertzic, Treasurer; Lewis Valente, Student Council Representative. One of our duties as a Sophomore class was to put on the Sophomore Social. Marcia Potter was General Chairman, while Joan Vaidulas, Carolyn Tetreault, and Leslie Teagno were assistants. We were proud to say that this Social was a great success. The annual Magazine Drive soon came. To the dismay of the Juniors our class came in second again this year.

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This year, after a great many tense moments we came in first in the Magazine Drive. We will never forget the fun we had as kings and queens on the day of the Ice Cream Social. Next in line was the Senior Social. A one act play, entitled Christmas Trimmings, was put on for the alumni. A dance took place after the play. It soon was time for us to begin thinking of a play to put on in February. Mr. Weldon found us The Happiest Days of Your Life a hilarious English farce. The play took place on February 15 and 16. Our last activity as a class was a ham and bean supper on March 30. Carolyn Tetreault was the chairman of the very successful affair. Now those four years of high school that we anticipated such a short time ago are drawing to an end. Soon we will be walking through the ivy covered portals for the last time as a class and out into the world as separate, adult citizens. Years that have promised to be so long as we looked forward to them have flown by, and we find it difficult to believe that they really have happened at all. The proof of their reality, however, lies in the hearts of all of us, the memories of fun filled days never to be forgotten.