Dracut High School - Dracuteer Yearbook (Dracut, MA)

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TWEED HOUSE YELLOW MEETING HOUSE RICHARDSON HOUSE DURKEE C-ARRISON HOUSE OSC-OOD HOUSE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

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Essay of the Town of Dracut fcontd Q Is LlllC91fd1lW 1 o mx 6111 x S mu S ue 1 e txbl hed Ill the tom ll nlthouf uno f1c1V1l l6C0lflN Stwte thit thl Rex Mme 'Une' Ol .vw V1 Schoo lll ton .1 0111181 of 11181410 F01 1ltlmQ,tl1f 1 x 1 lm txughi Whoo Vlnc pleam L 0 he lllflldllh al then enLV1mpment lm: llf X ldw Vvx sehrwl l?LIllClllUlS Fne 0 these l7LhlCl11lgS Vue ffl 1mm.11 schoolx load ed 11 l'X6llXXUUfl lt Dldflll felllel, at Lol lll'lbX1ll6, at Bruker Axenue, .md xt the N1 x X Vud fuoodhuej md one Qecondalx Vchool loc lted xt D1 'lCLlt Centel bo th xt the tov nspeople mlgfht hw e cl 1 oppmtunltx to supplement then edu caltlon am' lf-'dfllllf' en ox ment V1 toml lllllfllx 1 Hrted m the seal ot 1' e l1blrtlY wa uw mated Ill 1 mv lorm 111 ru Hmm OTTICG, and C0l1tlICl fxnloxlnwxtelx 110 books Smce tlmt tlme xt h N gvmvn hx lexps .md bounds Il 1922 Marx ffleelex NIOIIISOH Qfue to the L mx 71 Va modem. l1bl11lX bulldlllg, Ill memorx J he1 b1OlQll6l D1 Wlvses hleelex lcllkl-31 u lo Vell xx ho was lJ0lI1 ln Dlacut and whose affecuon for lux buthphzu cont mov T Nlllillll long dl1flbllNX hte IN 111 us 10Cdt9fl m Unmeut C mutex, IN one 01 fhe woxt bl: xx nt StlLlCtll19S m the town It mm contains mme than 4' 000 xolumu Them fue Nexelal efulx lJLlllCl1ll S st l 111 l'nL 10 flle1,0XXll Among: these ale t e Osgood ll0'l e, mm ouned ox XI s IL ll 1 fl l 1 x h ch IS located on Mfxmmot odd, nefu ledge ll' ll the llOVKl1 llouke Ifwdful on l lleuexx Axenue 111 C0 1118 x1l e, whu h 1 mu ed ln M1 Samuel Dex.-mlfx he Old X Vunum house located on Mammoth hood 111 f 0ll1IlSX1l e non owned hx N11 U amel H .mon Durmf the fmee of the F1611 hl11w.11 Vx Vu fum the xedw fOllOVK1llg the1e were seweval llldl in fmttdckx moon the settlels of U1dCUt and ' l'1OlITlSlO1Cl In orde1 to se ers would Iefue then homes Vmfl tl Q letlff ln 1 5 1lllSOll houxe xxhlch IS A Jr of tmf Thele lx one xuch 441111 on hz c 1 ' ldlllll ff 111 thls Xlpllllt e nrlee LJcllllN0l1 Home loultfd new 'ex dl emu ll Ho pll xl Thls was tolmel x OXKll6d bx l:,dxxVucl 1 obuln Fhele fue m mx well kmmu will lllawt lhllilte uhlch fue stlll 161Jl9S6l1t9d In plesenf town leslfleuts Amonff these fue Al Uof l1.1d'ev f0bL11ll and Qolbuln Fox, Goodhue, Hllflleth Hox ex, IVufe1 lwxbof-X Rlchfudson Ruvell, and X alnum All of these efulx fdTI'1ll1QS plflxefl fm H1150 tam 1415 n the hxstolx of Dlacut The wtmem of Dlacut h me Vxlxxa tal Il n mine pmt m the establ1shmentV sl a remlhlle, Vind, .N uae then llfflll theX c 111 cl .mo 8Y9lClQQd the l1bGI't1Q 01 xx lrh thex h d toueht IACIX nm en 0 the lleeeut 19NlCl6lltS Qtxll do an 'TCTIYQ pV11t ll hu ffm elnment llO+ on K ol the tcmx., but also ol the C0l.l11t1X T ex lea lfed th lt 11 these llghtx xx e1e not exe, 1 eu thex uoulc soon be loxt lhe Name 1 me 0 fu e mus xu s 1 Je .mac ot md me lfwulx to collect AHX co mom ll om cl 'f10UN V c cm x x llch df vot follow Lloselx st. lldd1Cl'- mlm h we 011159 Xfjx Vet 'lhese 1LCU1flN .ne l6L01ClN ol the pa 1 lime lllTUlQ has xef to be enacted on tlue these WN01dx VV1e' FOI, 111 IQXIQXXIDQ' the hwtmx or ou1 foxxn, ue hfue read ot the hllClNl'llpN PI1fO'lll'E9Cl bx those Qettle Q H mud to 1ll1Uld.l'lt 111 thu New XX or d V1 ne K Cllll f.1t1o11 md ue h.1xe 1e.1d of the 16 f'l1!cllQl0l1 of 1 clleam Thele IS more tlouble xet to mme exen 111 0111 ela le us meet thu md COIIQUQI lt, as ou1 .111 cestols dld lhex the eallx xettlelx haue mu ed tv um thex haue gn en to us fm 1 f 1 plece 01 1 hee and plospemub -Xmel CV1 lfoun f n v 0 keep It tha Kun ' PAlHlfIAOHR1l'N lt ' '. as t, h ' ' 'li' ssl' ls ' rg -V z iS . 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HISTGRY OF THE CLASS GF I95I Vt ell l1e1e xxe 11e 1ll l111ed up dlld as 16clllX IN xxe ll exe1 bc fOl the class dax exelclses All the unde1classmen ale slttlng 111 there xx a1t1n0 and Johnnx and Shlrlex ale all set to lead us 111 but xxe Just c IH t seem to get started Janet s hat xx on t st'1x on and Bobs goxx I1 19 too small f01 h11n Iohn keeps repeatmg some part of hls speech that he 111 t seem to xemembel 111d xou' xx ell xou probablx cant help lcmcmbeung the fnst tcxx daxs xxe came 11110 thls Olll oxx11 Dracut I-hgh School You knoxx that ex en fs f19Shm8ll vxe had lllti-'llljI9lILB 1n1t1-1t1xe11ess and courage espec11llx cou1age It certalnlx dld take dll axxtul lot ot It to entel Mlss Ranevs Algebra I class Oh hoxx those tou1 xxalls 1anf xx1th xxlsdom' To the last dav 1 dont thmk Bob Lutz remembered to close that back door Ol Wayne Fllnt to erase the black board tor anx of the untoltunate xounff ladles xx ho had been called upon to demonstlate the11 b11ll1ance And t1x1n1 to get a se1t 111 the cafeterla those flrst fexx xx eeks vxas 1eallx mu1de1, xx hat xx 1th all those lottx sophomoles scarlng us poor mortalq away Because vxe were freshmen xxe xx ere bub1ect to ex erx one s pranks, Wxllx 5 search for the pape1 bender Qtor M1 Ix ersj a11dD1ck lVl0l1llS 1ttempt to get a bucket ot steam vxerc the txxo pllfe xx111111ng ones We had no SOC1ll dutles th It xeal 101 ou1 11111111 OlllLLtlX Bb xx as to become sopho mores But xxe d1d elect class OTTICQIS at the begmnlnxr of 1948 Those vxho gave freelx ot the1r SQFXICGS xx e1e Bob Ham1lton, pxesloent Janet Mcbarthv NICE pres dent Buddx Andlexxs Q9C16t 118 a11d Bettx hadden t1e1surer Mlss Jacquellne M l'ha11eut became ou1 class adx1se1 Iooklng back one 1eallx has to ldllffh Vle L6ltclllIl5 d1dnt make anx bn, splash th1t xea1 We dxd 'fo to all the Uames 1nd cl1ee1ed and hoxx xxe cheered tor the hcloes on our basketball baaeball and football te 1ms A texx ot us ex en xx ent to the d1nces but oh xx ell xx hat could you expect trom such greenles' xxc xxere out T01 ten xxhole xx eeks VN hen vxe assembled 111 the fall we tound out th 11 a texx ot ou1 cl 111 had g'lV6ll up tl1e snuggle a11d so the 16l I111I1d61 ot us xx c1c left to flI'llNl l up the xxork that vxe had so nobly begun Tlc 1' xe ll x e lost no tlme 111 tltCfll'lg' c lass ott1ce1s Kennx PQIIN xx as elected to the hlj.,lI OTIICC ot the DICSIUQIILX Janet 'Nlct alth xx 15 once 1ga1n chosen as X108 p1es1de11t lackle Pednexult took notea 1nd J met PGIIX collected our monev Olll classes seemed ex 61 so much hal de1 th 1t xear I st1ll d0l1 t see vxhx vxc had to lea111 l1ow to conlugate loxe 1n I'1ench 1nd I tlll It certalnlx d1dnt haxe any thlng to do xxlth the teellngs betxxee11 us and those b1a1nb who had thought up such COI1fl1b1llg languages Ex ervones t lVO11t9 class xxas World HlQt0YX Among othel thlngs Im sure xxe bloke all records by l'ldXlIlQ,' tvx entv seven of our worthler membels escolted to MISS Varnums otflce 111 OII6 dav lead bx ou1 presldent Ken Perrx I heard IVIISQ Yarnum 11early ran out ol demerlt sl1ps Oh vxhat a hlstorlcal dav ln the l1fe ot thlb Temple of W1bdOm F111 1llx xxe xx e1e alloxx ed to cl1mb Ol1t0 the socxal l1dder We ex en hlred a band tor the 0CCd9lOll' The Sophomo1e bprmg Sxxmg xx as qu te the success The dec orat1ons bemg tloxxe1s xxele xxell smellx I guess that coxers lt and the band xx as reallx smooth at least xxe thought so hx SIXOIIQ else must haxe thought so too because the qu'11te1s a11d halt dollars 1eallx plled up at the t1Ck6t 0fflC6 The11 all of a sudden June xx as xx 1th us a11d xxe xx oke up to the tact that halt ot our hlgh school days xx e1e ox er September came a1ound agam and xx e xx e1e back to the same old grmd I guess xxe xxere all shocked to fmd that 'Vllss Ranex Nllss lermas 111d lVI1ss Loughlln h d 1fo11e Vte seemed to haxe a xxhole 11exx stalf Nllss Keete Mlss Madden M1 NIOIAII dllcl N11 IJdOlIl15 xx c1e ou1 11exx teache1s lJ1cl11t 11 seem flllIlIX to see a man 111 the lab T .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 - K ' - 1 11 1 1 , 1 , g K l :K K , . v 1 1 1 . 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