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Class History By Patricia McMahon If one could but catch Time and imprison him, the years need never slip away. But alas! Time is fleeting; and we, the class of 1948, must herein set our history, that it may be re¬ corded in the annals of Bellingham High School. Our four happy years at high school, which sped with alarming swiftness, were filled with so many pleasant associations and good times that, if we did have our “bad days,” they were overshadowed by the good ones, and all that re¬ mains is a pleasant memory. As the years go by, and we look back in retrospect, our years here will have become a dim memory. Hence we set forth our History, which, in years to come, may revive for us the pleasant associations of our four years at Bellingham High School. Throwing off the robes of childhood, we entered our freshmen year one bright Septem¬ ber morning in 1944. Looking back at it now, it seems that it was but yesterday that we, feeling very adult, held our first class meeting to elect our officers to guide us through our first year. Carlton Patrick was voted President, assisted by Vice-President Norman Garneau. Our Secre¬ tary was Richard Guyette and Henry Evers be¬ came our Treasurer, with Miss McCooey as our advisor. The first social affair was a gala acquaint¬ ance party sponsored by the Seniors, and after various initiation ceremonies, we were officially members of the freshmen class and settled back to a routine of study. Did we say study? The studying we did then was minute in comparison to the way we dug in when, upon returning from our Christ¬ mas Vacation, we faced our Mid-Year Exams! Cram, Cram, Cram! Worry! Worry! Worry! Will we ever forget those breath-taking moments while we waited to see if we had flunked or passed?? However, as the poets say, “ ’Tis al¬ ways darkest before the dawn.” Soon after this hectic period, we embarked upon our first so¬ cial undertaking. We sponsored the St. Pat¬ rick’s Day dance which turned out to be THE social event of the season and a boon to our finances. Our first year flew by with the speed of Mercury, and after a lazy summer, we were back at our desks again, with our foot on the second rung of the ladder of knowledge. Gone was the first shyness which marked our previous years, for were we not lofty sopho¬ mores now? We looked down upon the Fresh¬ men as mere children, forgetting that but a year before we had been in that role. Our second year was a busy one. With President Beatrice Remillard and Vice-president Victor Glowka at the helm assisted by Norman Garneau and Patricia McMahon who were Secre¬ tary and Treasurer, our year got under way with dexterity. Our first social event of the season was the Thanksgiving Dance which proved to be not only successful financially but also so¬ cially. This was followed by a turkey raffle just before the Thanksgiving holidays. The co¬ operation and zeal with which our class worked at making this a success was characteristic of the enthusiasm with which all our undertakings were carried out. Another highlight of our sophomore year was the choosing of rings. This necessitated many conferences and discussions, but finally the rings were selected. Our year came to a close with our final exams in June and Time brought another year to a successful conclusion. Oh! Summer! Wonderful invention of Nature! But soon Nature turned the leaves to gold and we found ourselves in the third phase of our school life. As the proverbial Jolly Juniors our year started off with Miss Addante as our class advisor. Conducting us through our third year was President, Robert Tuttle; Vice- president, Lucille Pelland; Secretary, FUreda Schafer; and Treasurer, Norman Garneau. This was a promising year for us. Our Halloween Dance was a gay event, and the auditorium was filled with a capacity crowd of young dancers. This affair was surpassed only by our first formal —our Junior Prom. Will we ever forget the whirl of multicolored gowns under the soft lights of the auditorium. . .the strains of Gene King’s orchestra. . .the flower-scented air. . . the long line of cars leaving the dance, heading for a snack? Ah, happy memories... But let us not forget our seafaring adven¬ ture to Provincetown which we enjoyed so tre¬ mendously, while bettering our geographical knowledge. And there was always that “Rumors Are Flying” broadcast over the radio system which kept up with the movements of our classmates.
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CLASS HISTORY ( Continued) Our Senior year came along with all the rapidity of a speeding bullet and our days were overflowing. For the final time we elected our class officers who were Robert Tuttle as Presi¬ dent; Richard Guyette as Vice-president and Freda Schafer and Norman Garneau again as Secretary and Treasurer. Class pictures, rings, the Freshmen Acquaintance Party, the Christ¬ mas Ball, our Leap Yeaf Dance, Mid Year Ex¬ ams, and all the other joys we shared were dimmed only by the thought that this was our last year. No more echoing shouts in the long corridor, no more the cheering at our basketball games studded with superb performances of good sportsmanship by our athletes, Garneau, Crooks, Tuttle, Patrick, Forte, and Berardi with Rose Potter, Shirley Cowen, Phyllis Stratman and Lu Marcet as cheerleaders to keep up their morale. Was it not the immortal Shakespear who said, “The play’s the thing”? And so it was with us when in April we presented “The Mad Hatters” and received congratulations on its success. Also with the advent of spring came the baseball season. All Bellingham High’s talent appeared for spring training. After a few prac¬ tice sessions it was evident that the ability shone on the basketball court by such as Garneau, Patrick, Tuttle and Crooks also extended to the baseball diamond. The team played through a successful season, and the exciting moments of some of those games will leave us something to remember in years to come. Our year was climaxed by the whirl of ac¬ tivities that was class week. Who can ever forget the crowded auditorium on Class Night; that never-to-be-forgotten Class Banquet; the solemnity of Graduation Night, when we donned cap and gown and with a strong feeling of joy and sadness accepted our diploma; and then the Graduation Ball, when we made merry under a roof which would never again see us as Seniors, but rather as Alumni? With the final strains of Auld Lang Syne lingering in the air, we closed the doors of Bellingham High behind us and started out on an open road. € SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD (A Fragment) Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing; Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road. —Walt Whitman
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