Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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THE ARGUS and the Volce of Firestone featurmg Patrice Munsel Our opera fans are st1ll ravmg about her magnlficent per formance We embarked very early the followmg mornmg for the Capltol of our natlon Three dehghful days of slghtseelng ensued There was a great deal of rushlng done ln order that we might VlSlt as many hlstorlcal shrmes as posslble Among the most lmpressrve were Annapolls Washing ton Monument Arllngton Cemetery the Capltol Bulldmg Mt Vernon and the Natxonal Art Museum All of us were avld shutterbugs durlng the five days Sleep seemed to be lacklng Even though curfew was at a reasonable hour few took advantage of the rest perlod Remember the squeals of de llght by those who were 8SSlgHCd a sulte of rooms complete Wlth televlslon sets? But tlme passed much too quxckly and all too soon lt was tlme to start Clty where we took a ferry to the Statue of L1berty There we thrxlled to that fabulous New York skyllne Weary but burstmg Wlth the news of what we had seen and done we pulled mto Gardner late Frlday mght In fact many are stxll l'CI'Il11'1lSC1I'lg about those glorious days Other noteworthy items durmg the last of the year were C M I P A electlons our own Albert Ahlstrom became the new presldent and LOUISE Kraskouskas was voted secretary to the organlzatlon Boys and glrls State delegates were also announced Albert Ahlstrom Bob Sauter D1ck Joslyn Catherlne Murphy and Betty Galdanowlcz The flve selected had an excellent opportunlty to learn about our governmental system Our thlrd year had come and gone and wlth 1ts passmg we bud farewell to a good frlend and teacher MISS Shel don who had served as our class advmser for three years Although we were sorry to have her leave we wrshed her success and happmess m her new career +-iecffaksv-4 Semor Year Wlth three years of experxence and fun behlnd us We re1o1ned our class mates to spend the greatest year of all as senrors The girls sport1ngD A s and the boys enthuslasts of the Zoot SU1tS The conservatlve styles seemed to have become a thlng of the past but next year somethmg new wlll un doubtedly be added The glrls hockey team dlrected by Coach Power had an undefeated sea son It was a great thrlll to all fans and players as xt has been many years smce the team had had such asuccess ful season Our football and basket ball teams had rather good seasons who buoyed us on through thlck and thm Senior cheerleaders were Cath erme and Elxzabeth Murphy Suzanne Turcotte and head cheerleader Sylvla Kajander The glrls won second DTIZC at a cheermg tournament and a trophy was granted to the school ln recogm tlon of our cheerleaders fine ab1l1ty Our semor play Our Hearts were Young and Gay scored a tremendous hxt after two months of rehearsals Well never forget the hxlarxous cos tumes of the 1920 era Remember Robert Sauter and Gordon Shevlsm wh1te kmckers Wllll3m Laakso as the dashmg French actor Norman Valley as the great Ot1s Skmner and hls lov mg wlfe played by Patrlcla Cook? Audrey Glll and Sheila Bohman cer talnly had trouble wlth the dentl frxce but thelr wonderful Enghsh Y . , ' ' J 7 7 1 l ' 7 . , . 4 7 ! 1 ' , ' v - ' homeward. We returned to New York and we give thanks to our cheerleaders . . . . , l Y P , . , 1 . , . Q - . u n . Q' . 7 X v n , . . . , . . . . , . , . . 4 I . . 5 . . y P Y 3 Y 7 9 ' C . n - - N 'I . Q l . ,, . .

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THE ARGUS eral were understudles while others were members of the chorus For many students t1me passes slowly but that wasnt true for us Wlth the band fest1vals Held trips and flnal exams suddenly lt was June' After our last final assembly we left school to go our separate ways for the summer Sophomore Year Tanned and shlnmg faces were agam seen at school where old frnend shlps were renewed and new ones made Our self confidence Improved when we realzzed we were no longer the b3b16S of the G H S famlly Future football stars Paul Haras lmowxcz Dxck Feltmarch Butch Ma zeJka Dexter F1sher and Tom Parrxsh helped our team to Wm the State Class B Champlonshlp Thls athletic prowess was continued throughout the year when members of our large and talented famlly walked away Wlth bas ketball honors At tlmes l1ke these we knew that the rest of our famrly was proud of us because we had con trlbuted to the success of our school The band progressed rapxdly 1n the course of a year and for the first t1me ln several seasons nts members were allowed to travel to all the out of town games They certamly presented some dellghttul entertalnment Our Sophomore Party held 1n the gym Just before Halloween was well attended Of course bemg a year older and havlng become better ac quamted wxth our fellow classmates We enjoyed thls party even more than the first one Infact all the dances were well attended that year by many students of the class of hfty three Remember the A A Ball Muslc Club dance and the Pound Party? The band agaln hlghhghted our second year ln hlgh school Wlth 1ts brllllant annual concert and tr1ps to Palmer and Boston where we per formed at the Hatch Memorlal Shell on the Esplanade Never before had such tremendous crowds llstened to us We felt proud to have been chosen to play there At the annual Pro Merlto assembly Margery Crouch was presented the award for the hxghest rankmg sopho more Her name was the hrst to be mscrlbed on the lamp of knowledge whlch IS now 1n the trophy cabmet Although the year was one to be re membered our thoughts drlfted away from school Wlth the advent of the on commg summer Junlor Year Then came the half way mark' Up per classmen at last' That was the year Johnnle Ray wh1te bucks poodle cuts and ponv talls were m style Athletlc events were agaln glven an honored place IH our social agenda for that fall Although we won no hon ors we achleved a fine record ln good sportsmanshlp Probably one of the most antlclpated events was the Jun1orSen1or Prom when we were host to the semors Later there was the Choral Concert the first of 1fS k1nd ever presented at our Alma Mater We enjoyed many wonderful mo ments that Junlor year but the Wash mgton trlp was undoubtedly the most excrtmg at least to those fortunates who were able to go Stormy Weather came upon us the day of our depar ture but nothxng could have dampened our enthusiasm New York was our hrst stop where we vlslted Radlo Clty Muslc Hall the N B C Bulldlng, 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . ' . ' 1 . . , . . . . - 1 ' ' ' ' - u 77 - 1 1 1 1 - . u ,, . . . . . . 1 1 ' 1 . ' ' , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 , . 1 1 ' n N , , - 1 t . n , - 1 ' . - , s . . , , , . , . . .

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THE ARGUS accents added a d1st1nct flavor to the play Sue Pearson and Sylvxa Ka Jander won laurels for the leadmg roles of Emxly Klmbrough and Cornella Otls Skmner The entlre cast put on a memorable performance However the play wouldn t have been pOSS1ble wlthout the competent dlrectxon of Mlss RHVESI aSSlSt6d by Margery Crouch and hard workmg commlttees A new treat was the Semor K1d Party Dressed 1n clothes of the younger generatlon we for a week afterward renewed the memor1es of our rollerskatmg days Many of us nursed brulsed knees from falhng so often or sore sldes from laughmg so much Prlze wmners for the best costumes went to LOUISC McKell1ck Norman Hxcks and Larry Cohen However the star of the evenmg was Santa Claus portrayed by Albert Ahl strom The glfts that he gave out were later contrlbuted to char1ty Another successful band concert and choral concert were dlrected by Henry Gates The varlety and good sp1r1t1n the programs were two qual 1tl6S that helped to make them popular wlth the audlence The year'sfest1v als were held IH Turners Falls and at the Un1vers1ty of Connect1cut A large number of us hated to leave the orgamzatlon as we had become very attached to xt durmg four years Preparatlons for commencement were here before we knew lt The call for graduatlon speakers was out and all of us s1gned up for commlttees to help Wlth the fmal act1v1t1es The Senior Receptlon and Banquet deslg nated the end of our hlgh school days yet the full lmpact d1d not affect us untll that last moment when we held IH our hands a beautlfully embossed dlploma symbohzmg the successful completxon of our courses at G H S Ours was the first class to have lts hlgh school l1fe recorded on film Mr Wlll1amS took movxes of many of our act1v1t1es 1n order that we mlght rellve those days ln later years But for all of us the future holds many new experlences We must not l1ve on our past memor1es alone for that would be stagnatlon We must contlnue a forward march and ant1c1 pate reumtmg Wlth our classmates of 1953 Upon our leavlng we have made room for another class to be come part of our growmg famlly of loyal Gardnerltes . , . , . . 7 ' ! 1 Q 7 ' Y 1 , . - r - ' ,