Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute - Aggie / Maple Yearbook (Hathorne, MA)

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BOYS’ PROPHECY While sitting back reading the Maple of the class of 1962, I've just realized that 10 years have passed since I've seen my old classmates. I think I'll take the day off and see how they are all making out. Well, how about that, Bob Buchanan is head of the Farm Bureau down at Waltham, Talking with him is Steve Pretanik; you see Steve is the warehouse manager and they are getting things straightened out about hiring boys from the Aggie for the coming summer. Over on the highway I see that Ray Bessom owns a scooter company. Business is really booming. Ha! Look who the mechanics are-Stan Fishman and Mark Wettingil. You couldn't beat that if you tried, Harold Bowden and Charlie Grigoreas are still over at the Waltham field station grinding away. Charlie is the foreman now, but Harold is still just a worker making a tremendous income of $65 per week, Have fun men! Down at the Aggie I see Paul McNaughton is the head of the Fruit Department. Paul tells me that Tom Nowell has a tobacco farm down in Alabama and is making a slight profit of about $20,000 per week, Tom sits behind a desk with a cigar in his mouth and tells his foreman Verne Hardenbrook to tell his workers what to do, No hoe for Tom, Wow! Look whose teaching Driver's Education; it's Lloyd Campbell. I see Lloyd is having alittle trouble with one of the student drivers, but Lloyd tells him to stay calm and rel ax because when he started out, he was the same way. Good luck Lloyd! What's that, sign I see? Philip Lebednik, Educational Manager? Yep, I guess that's right. Phil is fighting hard to get some new buildings for the campus. George Grant is the head of the Dairy Department and, as you know, George is not happy unless someone else is sad or mad; so he gives the students 2 hours of homework every night, Nice guy.” I see that Paul Johnston and Dick Perron have gone into partnership in the dairy business; it has all the modern conviences, Don't work too hard, men! Bert Cole is making out quite well with a hatchery over in Ipswich, and look whom he's talking with, Don Gilday! Yousee Don is a gentleman farmer and he has a few chickens onhis place about which he is getting some information. Down the road I see that Mr. William Carroll has gone into the turkey dressing business. I wonder how he ever got into that. Ronnie Tilton, Bob Nihan and Dick Churchill have just signed a 10 year contract with the Boston Bruins. Boy, those fellows really love to skate. Lots of luck, boys, Well, well, look who has gone into the Restaurant business, Walter Lunt and Dick Lee. Dick has a lot of work to do, waiting on customers, sweeping floors; washing windows, cooking, etc. while Walter sits in the back eating all the profits up. Frank Poitras and Paul Sweeney have gone into the greenhouse business. Business is really good, but the doctor bills are high. Paul is always bumping into the ceiling. I guess that we will either have to raise or he will have to shrink. Bernie E, J. Levesqus is the head of Essex County Co-Op in Topsfield, Right now he is trying to figure out how many boys he will hire from the Aggie this summer, He won't hire people off the street because he can get boys from the Aggie for $.50 per hour. Ha! Ha! Have fun E, J.

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To anyone who is interested, I, George Grant, leave My excellent talent of getting along with Mr. Curtis. Donald Gilday leaves his ability of not getting on the Saturday sessions list to anyone. Robert Plegge leaves his ability to skip school and getting caught to Nick Forbes. Thomas R. Nowwell wishes to leave Bill Rudd his ability to over eat apples in fruit foreman- ship. From Frank (Froggie) Poitras: Dule et drie thus beve ye o classmen. Who will seek, Tilton opis but never induce he at 5 a.m, Charles Grigoreas leaves his excuses to stay out of the study hall to Master Walsh in hopes he can do the same, Wm. (Bill) Pelletier leaves his ability to stay out of trouble to Earl Carpenter and his reserved space on the Saturday session list goes along with it, To Mr. Scanlon, Keith Hughes leaves his natural curly hair. Fur-lined hockey equipment is left to Bruce Palmer from Ronnie Tilton, He'll need it, To any future athlete Lloyd Campbell leaves his spot on the 1 A.M, train to Gloucester, It's going to be cold! The illustrious Paul McNaughton, bequeaths to Bill Rudd his nack of backing up the fruit rig without hitting Mr. Kelly's car in the process, The bird-lover, Bernard Levesque, leaves to any deserving underclassman his love of wild life and the outdoors, We, the Seniors of Essex Aggie, leave to the students that follow us the hopes and fond mem- ories which we have had in Essex, and for the future, whatever you do you will never forget us or the Aggie.

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Well who'se this I see all dressed up? It's Nick Halford, oh pardon me! Doctor Nicholas Halford. Nick has a very profitable animal hospital in Marblehead. John Filfalt has gone into the undertaking business I see, Business is Dead! Guess who has gone into the dairy farming business, John Cahill. Paul Beauvaisis a very prosperous greenhouse owner in Manchester, You all know how Butch Gibley loves to go down to Bishop Fenwick High School to see the girls! Well, now he runs a popcorn concession stand there. Have fun Butch! Chester Chmiel is still driving his overdrive stick shift Willys! But he has a good flower shop in Peabody, Andheis married to Bob Flowers old girl, Judy. Look who is out in Las Vegas, Frank Graham; he runs a protection racket out there. They call him Cracker, Thomas Jarvis is still looking for that tree that jumped out in front of him. You have to watch out for those sneaky trees when you're driving Tom. You know how much Wayne Lappas loves Mr. Muldoon, Well, he's the president of his fan club, Rah! Rah! Keith Hughes is still trying to learn how to ride a motor scooter! He is married now and has 8 children! Nick Lisk just ran out of gas on Route 1 going to work, The boys that ride with him won't give him gas money. Terry Livingston was a great chef for Colonial but he ate so much of the food that they fired him, Now he sells Metrecal, Bill Pelletier is still trying to figure out if he should or shouldn't write the class prophecy. Doug McDowell is a skindiving instructor and a salvage expert. Watch out for those ten legged octupuses. Bob Peters is as careful as ever when using power tools now. He'll be out of the hospital in a few days, Walden owns his own wholesale business; his best sellers are pink locusts. His best customer is a fellow by the name of Ralph. Bob. Plegge owns Marshalls store now; .all you have to do is be friendly is Bob's slogan! Yours truly, James M, Healey