Dracut High School - Dracuteer Yearbook (Dracut, MA)

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

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Hrstory of the Class of l95I tContd Q Berng but rumors we rll had to sufter through L aesar s death and burral lucky us' But we found out that all was not lo t There w as fun rn berng an upper class m rn too 'Ihe danees the banquet the games exen the Tech Tournev remember' Vl e needed class ottreers for all thrs and so electrons were held Bud Andrews took the presrdentral oath Lors U ballaghan was xoted to serxe as vrce presrdent Bob Hamrlton was chosen to be seeretarv and Ann Monoxelos was elected to serve as treasurer A few ot the more talented members ot our elfr s performed rn the sprrng varrety show 'Ihes w ere prettw good too as I remember rt Frnally the nlght of the prom came 1 h rt certarn one looked out of thrs world to vou Ihe exammatrons were held and e were free once agarn Durrng that summer most of us got Jobs of one krnd or another Then bep tember came and we w ere senrors-mrghtx senrors Berng a senror reallv drdnt make too much drfference the trrst few months except that rt errtrtled us to a heap of unwanted composrtrons To make matters worse oral book talks were added Remember how exeryone trred to be the frrst one to get rt ox er wrth ' Bob Hamrlton was once agarn elected our leader whlle Janet Mcbarthy was elected as hrs understuds Paul Lhrrstrdes secretary and Ianet Perry, treasurer VS e got off to 1 late start on our dance schedule but frnallv the Fall Frolrc was held Almost everyone turned out for rt and our lrttle prggy bank grew Just a lrttle more plump About thrs trme we all began mak ng plans for our warrety show Wrth all our work we strll had a lot of last mrnute rushrng but rt turned out Just frne The audrtorrum w rs frlled to oxertlowrng and we were all prettv proud of our one and onlx produetron the Showtrme Rewrew Wow rt w rs trme tor wou and vour trr nds to settle down to studyrng agarn 'lhe Chemrstrs lab seethed wrth horrrble creatrorrs When the smoke cleared and vou were rble to take 1 deep breath agarn Mr Daoulas would stand out rn the hall and Mrss Rrlex s P D flass was ah good old Problems ' A book could be wrrtterr on th rt but lets rust sax that rt w as the class of the rear We nexer drd trnd out wh rt happened to Pat Murphy though In Februarw the Crxrc Lommrttee held 1 banquet for the athletes of the school Phe bows were aw rrded sweaters and the grrls went to Boston to the Ice Pollres fherr M rreh rolled 1rr lrke r lron barnt Pat s das came along and we sponsored the Blarnex Swrng Dance shamroeks and all Allof rsudden exerrone eemed pressed for trme Colleges Jobs xearbook oh that rerrbook' the prom class dar and graduation exerrthrng had to be str rr htened out rrrd rt seemed as though there rust wasnt enough trme tommrttees were formed for the prom Applrertrons were berrrg sent to drt tererrt eolleges rrrd trrrns C ee rt sure was gorng to seem funns to leave thrs school' 'lhe nrght of the Prom came and w ent all too qureklx Exerythrng was so drevnx x0 oh rou know w hat 1 mean The grrls looked extra prettx rn those sw eeprng eowrrs and the bots actuallx looked handsome It was rust one of those nrghts xou ll remember ex err trme xou smell flow ers and hear a smooth band plavrng Frnals oh brother' But now exen ther are rn the past Todar rs class day tomorrox rs fraduatron and someone pokes xou ln the back tome on w hat are rou w artrng, for Ther hare started to plar the march l OIS O LALLAL H AN I , .1, 2 ' .- - v 1 . - 1 1 1 4 11 1 ' ' - . . 1 , . . , . , , 1 , U 1 ' 1 1 A1x1 ' 1 .1 1 'L1, 1 A ' K 1 . 1 1' '1 1 - ' ' '1 1 1 1 v v 1 ' - ' I . , .1 . . , I I YI 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 . . . Q , . v . V I 1 ' I lst . - ' 7 , . . . , , , . . ' . , ' r 6 . r 1 2 n I ' rx ' , ,, . . . . . 1. 1 'Y 1 V 'IV I ' 1 ' 1 ' ' b 1 1 I 1 ' , I 7 ' 1 1' tv s - 1 . , . , ' 1 L I 1 1 v I v . - , . . , 1 K 9 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' '1 ' 1 1 V . . . 1 , , . . , ,l 1 1 1 1 1 ' U ' 'V I L 1 , l vs 1 1 v . . . v ' . . . , A i , . . I L. , ,. ' V 1 . I I I 1 - 1 . . ' ' . 7 ' ' I ' I ' 1' 11 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 it 1 1. r . . , ' sa , ' ,- , rr , K 1 1 A - ' 1: 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' H, 1 1 1 ' ' 1 K 1 1 ' ' ' 1 Y I 1 v' ' . 1 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' C C , 1 1 , proudly proclarm a great success had been scored by hrs mad screntrsts. ' 1. ' 1' 1 ' 1 11 1 1 4' 1 177 ' 4. I ' 1 - 1 11 ' I ' 'I v I 11 ' 1 ' I y 1 1 1 1 . 1 11 s 1 I' 1 I I ' I , 1 I 1 . Y. ' ' I I 1 . , ' L 1 . ' t-A1 ' x '1 1 12 .1 1 1 1 ' K1 - 1 ' ' . ' , 2 1 1 1 ' ' 1 2 ' '1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 44 I 1 v Y 1. I Y' 1 I l 1 I I L .I , -. . ' 1 v 1 1 I . V 1 ' 1 1 1 . , ' K s 'XS . . 1 1, , U ' , , 1 1 Q I 1 1 I v 1 4 , ' v v . 5 9 ' 1 1 4 ' r . v 1 K1 2'g1 A , Q ' K1 1 K1 y 1 I' K1 11 .1 ' ' . 1 1 I C 4 ' ' . , K. 2 . 1 ,, ' K. . .1 Q. ' ,. L. tv V , 1 ' 1 . N . I I ' I . I ' ' Y ' 1, 1- 1 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' I 1 5 , 1 --, . . . . ' 'L j ' j 3 . , I 1 rv , Q Q 1 I v . Y ' I I N ' ' 1 1 . ' t 1 ' ' , , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ', 1 1 ' l 1 ' ' 1, Y ' ' ' ll W . .' g ' , -I y - 1 , , , - ' r 11 Y , , , H v ' s N ' , 1 1 . .1 I 4 A