Grafton High School - Compass Yearbook (Grafton, MA)

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W- qiilgi X -wg ii A RALPH TRETHEWEY TreTh Ralph has lighT blue eyes and brown hair. To all his classmaTes as well as his Teachers, he is courTeous and Triendly. His sense of humor is one of his greaTesT asseTs. AlThough he has noT ioined many clubs during his Tour years aT GraTTon High School, he is especially inTeresTed in aThleTics, and is a member oT The AThleTic AssociaTion. He has played baseball, TooTball, and baskeTball ex- cepTionally well. His TavoriTe subiecT is physics. AlThough he is un- decided abouT his TuTure career, he has given some ThoughT To aTTending B. U. WhaTever he chooses, he will succeed. People admire a regular fellow, and TreTh cerTainly is one. EDWIN TUTTLE llTu+ll Edwin has brown eyes and brown hair. In school affairs he has been very cooperaTive, since he is boTh dependable and a loT oi fun. He is a member of The AThleTic AssociaTion and played TooT- ball. ln The Junior CabareT, he played The parT of Joe Wendall, Anne's husband, in The PaTchwork Quilt In The Senior Play, Summer Scene, he received much praise as John SmiTh, a Cal- ifornia TruiT-grower. He sang in The Barbershop QuarTeT in The Gay NineTies Revue. Having obTained The use of his TaTher's beach wagon, Edwin has helped considerably To make our Food Sales a success. His TavoriTe subiecT is Mechanical Drawing. He calls himselT a Jack-of-all-Trades, buT his real ambiTion is To become a hard-working plumber. GLORIA VINCENT Gloria Gloria has dark brown hair and brighT brown eyes. To Those who know her leasT, she gives The impression of shyness. AcTually, she is very sociable. As a Freshman and Sophomore, she belonged To The French Club. ln her Junior year, she ioined The Commer- cial Club, and, as a Sophomore. she was in The Glee Club. She was also a member of The AThleTic AssociaTion. Her TavoriTe sub- iecTs are biology and English. She plans To be a hairdresser and wanTs To begin her Training aT ElizabeTh Ollis's School in Wor- cesTer. WiTh her abiliTy To make friends. we know she will have hosTs of sTeady cusTomers. . BARBARA WHITTEN Barbs Barbs has brown hair, blue, Twinkling eyes, and a nice smile. She is enThusiasTic abouT school affairs. For Three years, she has been a member of The AThleTic AssociaTion. She was an usher Tor The Senior Class Play and was in The chorus Tor The Gay Nine- Ties Revue. She worked hard on The Food Sales, held To raise money Tor The Senior Class Washingfon Trip. Her TavoriTe sub- iecTs are biology, chemisTry. and English. When she graduaTes. she wanTs To begin Training as a nurse aT WorcesTer CiTy Hospifal. If one of us ever becomes a paTienT aT The hospiTal, we hope ThaT Barbara is our nurse. Her sympaThy and lively spiriT will cheer us up!

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ELEANOR SWANSON Ellie Eleanor is one of fhe fallesf girls in our class. She has blond hair and blue eyes. She has such a pleasani personalily fhaf she is always helping everyone. As a Sophomore, she sang in fhe Glee Club. As a Junior and Senior, she was a member of fhe Afhlefic Associafion. Alfhough she worked in fhe Wesf Upfon Haf Shop affer school hours, she always managed fo have her English home- work complefed, which we know pleased Miss Noyes. Her favor- ife subiecfs are English and Problems of Democracy. l-ler main ambifion is fo become a recepfionisf in a docfor's office. She would cerfainly be an aid fo pafienfs and clocfor! DOROTHY SWEET 'lDo+ll Dorofhy is fhe kind of person everyone likes for a friend, and her sunny even disposifion won her many af Graffon. As a soph- omore she sang wifh fhe G-lee Club, and, as a iunior, she was a member of fhe Commercial Club, and fook parf in Bargains in Cafhayf' She was Associaie Edifor for The Liffle Warrior and Alhlefic Associafion Secrefary. We all remember Dof as Mr. Meegan's secrefary. She served on fhe Washingfon Commiffee and worked affernoons as a felephone operafor in Upfon. Vififh all ihese acfiviiies, Doi was also an honor sfudenf af graduafion. Her favorife subiecf in school was fyping, and oufside of school her favorife subiecf was Rusfy. Affer graduafion, af fhe felephone office, and in all her fufure life, we know Doi will be successful. JANICE SWEET llJanll Janice has blue eyes and blond hair: she is as sweef and friendly as anyone you will ever rneef. Her name cerfainly suifs her! The seniors will remember Janice as fhe girl who duiifully fook fhe morning afiendance. She has parficipafed in many school func- lions. She has been in fhe Glee Club, Debafing Club, and Alh- lefic Associafion. She was Wardrobe Misfress for fhe Junior Cab, Prompfer for fhe Senior Play. and a member of fhe chorus for ihe Gay Nineiies Revue. Her favorife subiecf is hisfory. She wanfs fo be a nurse, and plans fo begin her fraining af Memorial l-lospifal. Wifh her charming and sympafhefic manner, we know she will be vofed fhe Mosf Popular Nurse! ELEANOR TORNWALL Eleanor Eleanor has lighf brown eyes and sofi brown hair. She is reali- able and cooperafive in school affairs and a real friend. In her Sophomore year, she belonged fo fhe Glee Club. She played fhe appealing parf of Anifa, fhe wheel chair invalid, in fhe Senior Play. She was in fhe chorus of 'rhe Gay Ninefies Revue, dressed as a very gay lady in a long skirf and wide-brimmed haf. Her lavoriie subiecfs are English, French and science. Her ambifion is io be a successful nurse. She wanfs fo begin iraining af Hahne- mann Hospifal in Worcesfer. Because of our acquainfance wifh Eleanor, we know she has fhe deferminafion fo achieve her wishes, and we are for her IOOZ. 21

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MARGARET WOOD llpeggyll Peggy. our camera whiz. has added her biT To enliven The class. since Freshman days. Throughouf The four years she has served on various commiffees and has belonged To The G. A. A. She worked hard for The Civic Pride Drive and The Junior Cabaref. As a Senior she Took parT in The Gay NineTies Revue and was Phofog- raphy Edifor Tor The LiTTle Warrior. She has liked English besf, buT in all subiecTs has been a good sTudenT and a loyal worker. From soliciTing ads To selling TickeTs, we always felf ThaT she could be called on To do a good iob cheerfully and willingly. We feel ThaT These admirable qualifies will help her in her career as a laboraTory Technician. From all of us To you. Peggy-loads of - luck! IIIIISS PIIIIPHTIII In SepTember. I959. I, Nancy MacLaren, was on my way To aTTend The dedicaTion exercises for GrafTon's new high school. Enfering The builcl- ing, I meT ClinT Hargrove scrubbing The spoflessly clean floors. ClinT Har- grove Told me Thal' Bud Merigold was now an insTrucTor of The cooking class. Passing Through The corridor. I discovered Eleanor Tornwall, The school nurse, Trying To seTTIe down in her new office. While Talking To Eleanor. I learned ThaT BeTTy Brokaw was sTilI Talking-as a lawyer, of course. EnTering The audiTorium To hear The guesT speaker aT The dedicafion, RoberT Desmarais, now a full admiral in The navy, I meT Dick AbboTT and his wife, The former Helen Johnson. Dick has founded a new animal hos- piTal in GrafTon wiTh Helen caring for his liTTIe rabbiTs. Dick said ThaT Don Corkum is a carToonisT for The TELEGRAM and GAZETTE. A sudden flash caughf my aTTenTion and I Turned around To see Beverly O'Rourke Taking candids aT The exercises for Nancy BurncoaT's social page. Jusf Then, our new aviaTion execufive, Don Nichols, Took his place aT The head Table. He was accompanied by his privafe secrefary, YveTTe Bardier. Following Don was Red Anderson, flighT officer aT WorcesTer Municipal AirporT. Rushing in aT The IasT minufe was Don HoTsTra, MasTer of Ceremonies, and his wife, The former Phyllis ChrisTie. The opening number was played on Twin pianos by Marilyn Dumas and Joan Cunning- ham. Glancing aT my program, I noficed a huge adverfisemenf for Mar- lene Bishop's Dance STudio. Then The TirsT speaker of The clay, Sfeve Main- Tanis relafed his experiences in SouTh America. Lafer, we were enTerTained by a characTer direcT from New York. Gene Mongeon was singing Caledonia. While Talking To Gene afTer work, I found ThaT Eleanor Swanson has founded in New York. The Swanson Mod- eling School. A few of our classmaTes now model aT The school: BeTTy Berfrand. Barbara Chrisfian. Mary Mis, and Barbara Skinner. Talking wiTh 23