Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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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 - ' ,

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