Grafton High School - Compass Yearbook (Grafton, MA)

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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

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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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Mary, I found ouf fhaf Charloffe Allen and Carol Allison are denfal hygenisfs af an exclusive office in Bosfon. As fhe fables were being cleared away for dancing, I glanced up fo see Arne Sfranberg in fhe uni- form ofa waifer. Talking wifh Arne, I discovered fhaf Edwin Tuffle had opened a plumbing shop in Worcesfer wifh Ralph Trefhewey as his parf- ner. The orchesfra was funing up: much fo my surprise I saw Gary May- nard as fhe leader, wifh Guy Richardson as vocalisf, and Reginald I-Iiggins, pianisf. Guy fold me fhaf Gary Maynard had a nafionally famous orches- fra. While on four fhroughouf fhe counfry fhey saw some of our class- mafes. In Connecficuf, Dof Adams was a diefifian for an exclusive hofel. wifh Joyce Sanderson as her assisfanf. The owner of fhe hofel was none ofher fhan Tom Peavey, who had a number of ofher resorfs in differenf secfions of fhe counfry. While in New York Cify, Guy said he mef Kif Smifh, who was a banker in one of fhe larger insfifufions in fhe cify. As fhe dancing was beginning, I said good-bye fo Guy. As I leff fhe building, I saw a car drive up. Who should be behind fhe wheel buf Ash- fon Derby, who was head designer for a car manufacfurer? In fhe car was Dof Sweef and Mabel Sanders. I found fhaf Dof was head felephone operafor in Upfon and Mabel had an exclusive designer's esfablishmenf in Bosfon. Making my way fo fhe Iaborafory, an annex fo fhe main building, saw Peggy Wood who was scrufinizing some specimens of birds. Peggy had sfarfed a bird sancfuary. Peggy fold me fhaf Sonia Kilik was raising French poodles in Maine. Leaving Peggy. I enfered fhe gym. and spied Theresa Boufieffe looking over fhe building, foo. Theresa was now head nurse af Memorial Hospifal wifh Joyce Bailey, Barbara Whiffen, Janice Sweef and Mary Kelly as fellow nurses. While we were falking, Fred Kuras, now a professional baskefball player, came in. Suddenly someone 'rapped my shoulder and I furned around fo see Barbara Fifzpafrick and Nancy Akerson. Barb said she was a Iaborafory fechnician and Nancy, a secre- fary, for one of The publishers of a magazine. Nancy fold me fhaf Elinor Davenporf, Claire LeBoeuf, and Mariorie Emerson had combined fheir falenfs as wrifers for fhis magazine. The owner was none ofher fhan Joan Crofeau. Leaving fhe gym, I mef oufside Dolores Snow and Minola Con- rad, who were planning fo be married soon. Minola fold me fhaf June Card had gained much fame as a horsewoman. Coming in lafe were Gloria Vincenf and GloriaiAIlain. I found fhey also were being married in fhe near fufure. As we falked, Dave Melican drove by on a moforcycle: he was a sfafe frooper. As I sal' down fo resf, I began fo fhink of fhe fun we had as classmafes and fhe changes fhaf had faken place since our graduafion.