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

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CLASS PROPHECY Ten years ago today was the Big Day in the life of the class of '64. Yes! We graduated with a miracle. Wait, now, until you see what they have been doing. Tom Balboni is the new County Forester. The problem of keeping trees and rural expansion has been solved with tree houses. Tom Carrien is a poultry inspector with O'Laughlin providing the needed transporta- tion in a egg beater type of Renault. What an advertisement! Dave Smith is racing a ''409 during the summer and rebuilding the engine during the winter. We told him they wouldn't stay together. Dave Cuscuna finally gave up wearing those needle -nose shoes with cleats. He broke his leg and now is selling magnetic shoes. Dick Newton owns the John-Deere Tractor Company. Al Pothier is the engine de- signer with Wayne Orcult installing the engines with deisel fuel convertors. What a multimillion business debt they ought to be in. Richard Hartung is the manager of the Edgewood Farm specializing in grass cutting and fertilizing. We knew he had a green thumb. Bill Lindeman owns a broiler processing plant for himself, no wonder cooked chickens get up and walk away from the table nowadays. George Miller makes his own rings and repairs rings. You better watch out for that fake gold on your ring, because in the rear of his store he's got a Fort Knox from the real stuff. Richard David and Evans are professional locksmiths now. They studied under a F.B.I. program, which enables them to open locks in five hours. Chuck Homan is doing all right. He's got a clubhouse down on Malibu Beach in California. Dick Nordstrom was last seen at the Aggie library, he's been trying to finish read - ing all the encyclopedias there. Poirier is trying to win the heavyweight bout with Ronnie Curtis as his manager. Pete Saunders has his own ideas of traveling around the world on a motorcycle. Wait until he tries to ride over the ocean. Bill Robblee married his boss's daughter and is the proud owner of Essex Flower Shop in Salem. Don Townley and Paul Provencher took over Walter Wojna's place in the fruit de- partment, because poor Walt went bankrupt from taking Mr. Kelly's advice on the stock market and credit unions. Bill Roberts, Finn and Johnston are in competition to take over farm shop foreman - ship. Maybe it's a good thing we don't have a longer shop program. Dana Russell is a way out kid. The last we heard, he was out in a space ship ex- ploring the outer limits. The new manager of the Boston Celtics, is Ronnie Athanas; they haven't won a game in the past five years. Keep trying Ron! Dennis Coffey is working for the Federal Income Tax Bureau. He's the mathematician; no wonder we all received more than what we filed for last year. John Sullivan and Ken Silvey are experimenting with orchids grafted to petunias and pansies. Some help two years of college were. Steve Calef is an ambitious tree expert with a large number of tree climbers, in- cluding his wife who is the main attraction in the trees. Lee Sanford is the production manager for Butcher Boy Meat Market, specializing in lamb chops. Al Lambert is in the swing with things, he's the new gymnastics instructor back at the Aggie, showing how to fly on the rings. 20

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I, Wayne Orcutt, do hereby leave my ability to throw speed shifts to Frank (Clutch) Kramer. I, Thomas Balboni, leave I qt. of S.A.E. 10-30 City Service oil to Mr. Costa. The ability to pick up cheap cars is left to George Garrity by Steve Holmes. I, John Porier, do hereby leave to Kendall Peterson my little black book full of the nearest loan agencies and my undefying strength to the freshman Kearn. Bob Albach leaves to Allan Cossar the ability to speed to and from school with- out getting caught. Bill Lindeman leaves his ability to get into trouble to some poor, miserable, undeserving underclassman. I, J. Allan Lambert leave to Skip Peterson my plaid scarf and my ability to get away with raising in class. Doug Fay leaves all Chrysler products to Mr. Costa, because he seems to think they are classified as a car. I, Allan Downey, leave to John Coughlin my outstanding ability to get caught and suspended for smoking. Roy Ward leaves to any underclassman, his Buick, the best on the campus? And, last, but not least, Chuck Miller leaves quietly. Dear Underclassmen; Don't be a fool. Study while you can, because later it will be too late. When you become a senior, you can't learn in one year that which usually takes four. You have the greatest opportunity you'll ever have in your life while in high school. You will have to decide on your future, and the Aggie will give you a great background. When you're in school, study, don't look for a good time because it isn't here. Don't give the teachers a hard time; you may need their help some day. Don't be the guy that is always in the middle of everything unless it's a class where you can learn something. The one thing people can't take from you is your knowledge. Your summer project should be used for two reasons. The first -- to learn your major course right on the job, and this is the best way to learn. The second -- save the money you earn, because when it comes time to go to college, you will be all set and have no money problems. This is a great setup for anyone. The best feeling in the world is when you're interviewed for a job and you can tell the employer how much a week or even a year you think you are worth. The only way you can do this is to have (1) a piece of paper that says ''diploma ' and (2) a college degree; the only way to get these is to study and study hard. Yours truly, Chuck Homan 19

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John Cooper is teaching ornamental horticulture at Stockbridge. On the side, he's manufacturing pens and pencils to make up for the ones he lent out at Aggie. Doug Fay and Bob Albach are chief mechanics at the Army motor pool, let's hope we don't have to drive one of those vehicles. Dave Nappi finally made that position of golf course greens' keeper. It's less nerve racking than the Boston Patriot's position of quarterback he held once. Gary Hunt and Al Downey just finished college. Now they are really a pair of mad scientists. Guy Darisse is a avid photographer for Life magazine. He's been banned in most places for the way he gets a candid shot. Roy Ward is a Buick enthusiast planting starter bombs in Fords and Chevies. One of these days he's going to be police chief of Saugus. Can you imagine a thing like that? Yann Kaloustian has become instructor at the poultry building. From there he can keep an eye on the chicks in the building across the street. Steve Holmes is doing a booming business selling run-down cars to Aggie boys who need some sort of transportation. George Drake is racing motorcycles in New Hampshire. We heard he is a State Trooper, head of the traffic division. Clay Parsons has a thriving enterprise doing abstract designs as a l andscape architect. With all the money he soaked people for, he owns a large shack in Florida. Donald Robinson finally received that so-called fast going Ford he always wanted. He gets it pushed to race track and stalls out after the first of ten laps. Mike Todd just got a job working for the U.S. Department of Education. He's paved the way for shorter schooldays and longer vacations. Yea, Mike! | John Medwid bought a horse farm last year, and is making a lot of money renting out horses to Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Frank Mikulis is now the Forest Ranger in the biggest Banana Plantation in the world. Without him we would have banana friters. I hope my classmates will realize that the things I have said were all in fun. What - ever their goal, we can be sure they will achieve the ultimate of the best. Sincerely, Francis Mikulis