Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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I Class Hlstory Table of Contents Commzttee Ronald Allam Elalne Anderson Sharon Bllss Donna Kauppl Patrlcla O Leary Carlene Poploskx Sanna Sorlla Robert Weeks II Semor Class Plctures and Wrlte up Jacquelme Brodeur Davld Flanagan Dana Kennan Elalne Leppanen Chrlstlne Nyman III Lxttle Oscars Paullne Beauregard Barbara Nlchols IV Sports Commzttee Dons Canty Thomas johnson Thomas Leavltt Glorla M1chaleW1cz Helen O1ala Faith Zager Commzttee Sha ron Bhss Helen OJala Commzttee Barbara Davldowlcz V. Photography Lawrence Popple Marvel Clavlen Joanne Kaupplnen Celia Lemo Barbara N1chols Barbara Roach Thomas Johnson Peter Polkonen Edward N obrega Barbara Davidowicz David Dawley Ronald Dobson

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3 Class l-llstory Ronald Allaln Patrvcla O Leary Elaine Anderson Carlene Poploslcu Sharon Blass Senna Sorlla Donna Kauppl Robert Weeks lG DilC'1Jl FRESHMAN YEAR Bewltched bothered and bewlldered was a good descrlptlon of us as fresh men 1n the fall of 1955 Mr W1ll1ams our prmcxpal conducted the orlenta t1on program and we were mtroduced to our class advlser Mr Lahtmen Mlss Saben said Choose your llttle star m the balcony and see how br1ghtly you can make lt shlne m the next four years Durmg the rest of the day we met our teachers and some of us were baxt for the semors mvnta tlon to rlde 1n the elevator to room 37 for free cokes In the next few weeks we chose our first class officers Presldent Porter Sampson VICC Presldent Helen Smlth retary Chrlstme Nyman treasurer Thomas Johnson Cool crlsp fall days meant field hockey and on the teams were many of our classmates Gall AUSt1H Judy Roberts Barbara D3VldOW1CZ Donna Kauppl Joyce Tresback Elame Ander son Judy Crelghton Carolyn Cunnmg ham and Joan D111 The glrl s basket ball team was supported by Joyce Tresback Barbara D3V1d0W1CZ Judy Roberts D1anaGautreau Jan1ceJa1llet Donna Kauppl Joanne Kaupplnen and Kathy Parkhurst When sprmg arrlved and the field was dry the two Barbaras Reilly and Davldowlcz plus Elame Hunter and Judy Roberts knocked ln a few runs for the softball team Whlle Tony Kraskouskas Andre Valoxs Allan Cormler Mlchael H111 Arthur DuVerger and Larry Popple were runnmg laps for the track team Bob D111 Ronn1e Rogers John Olech n1ck1 and Norm Beauregard were swxmmmg laps at the Greenwood Memor1alPool for the G H S team Fledglmg members of the football squad were Bob Weeks Roy SHVOIC Txm Matukas M1ckey LaFortune Johnny Mmns Ed Nobrega Paul Hagen Bob D111 Norm Beauregard Jxm Johnson and Harold Sund After many strenuous rehearsals and more than slx months of prep aratlon eleven freshmen members boarded the Ocean Monarch for a two weeks trlp to Trmldad Seas1ckness study hours and practices falled to dlm the enthuslasm of the G H S Happy Wanderers and all have last mg memorles of Trlmdad durlng Car nlval season and Internatlonal frlend ShlDS fostered by the Slmplex Tlme Recorder Company Those makmg the trlp were Ela1ne Anderson Dlane Blbeau Sharon Bllss Dexter Hedstrom Barbara N1ChOlS Carol Osterberg Helen Smlth Ph1l1p Thompson Klrsten Wallgren Jlm Warakols, and Falth Zager . . . . , 1 1 . . , 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . . , . . U . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 11 ' ' 1 . . , . . . 7 7 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 9 . , . 1 ' 1 , . f 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - ' u 11 1 1 1 ' . . . . . . . 1 1 ' ' . . , . . . 1 ' ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1