Hale High School - Pompositticut Yearbook (Stow, MA)

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On May ll 1956 the Iumor Class of Hale Hlgh School held 1ts annual prom at the Stow Town Hall The motrf of the prom was Stardust. The decoratlons conslsted of sllver st ars and mrdmght blue crepe paper stage was cleverly decorated wrth a whrte p1cket fence and flowers The music was furnrshed by Larry H111 s orchestra from Lowell Massachusetts, and was greatly enjoyed by everyone We should like to express our srncere apprecratlon to all those who helped to make the prom a success I I . ' I streamers , forming an arc over the center of the dance floor, while the - - I I

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Do You Remember Our changxng DI'l 'lC1D6lS Our f1rst dance Charlene Ferguson Class partles Trlp to Nantasket Beach Th Turners rlayrldes Sophomore Iumor Pro'n Canoble Lake Class rlngs Physlcs classes Boys vs glrls on Prom M Shahln s classes 5th perlod sw1mm1ng classes Hands or Hans Mlsplaced r1ng money Telephone calls 4th Penod study Stopper War Open book tests Geometry theorems Chewing gum The day the boys won a basketball game Our new faculty Assemblles Presldental campalgn The 18 Democrats Chooslng a play Play rehearsals After play rehearsals Baskets 1n The Gym The n1ght of the play New rules Corndor passes New school hours Stand R1d1ng ln the trunk George Senlor 1nvas1on of the teachers room A clean offtce closet Macbeth Oral toptcs Lad1es before gentlemen at lunch So who s a lady? Mr Metal1ous plpe Wow' Yearbook problems Commlttees Dead11nes Semor plctures The ftnal copy Graduatlon rehearsals Caps and gowns Graduatlon Yearbook dance Autographs for the Yearbook Plnal Goodbyes Thmgs Wed like To Know Whathappened to the f1fth perlod sw1mm1ng classes? D1d Nancy and Sh1r1ey really go parklng? Who moved Lee s car? Is the book always r1ght? When w1ll the Semors wear out those Woolley s Handbooks? Who 1S Stuggs 9 Who put the tack on Mr BeJune s seat? What s behlnd the Green Door? What s the attract1on at the shack? Who lor what! lS Plerre? Why IS Mr Metal1ous grouchy on Mondays? Do you get out of 11fe exactly what you put lnto 1t? What do Russell and Laurl do for exc1tement 1n Florida? What happened to the Gxrls Champion Basketball Team? How d1d June and Blame get 1nto Joan s locked car? Who borrowed the chop sttcks at Ch1n s Village? What do June and Ioan talk about in hlstory? What do the semors fmd to do in all their study periods? What has happened to our high school dances? D1d the B1g Four behave durmg their probatlon? Why can't Blame and Sh1rley water skr? Who d1d the Bunny Hop up the mlddle of the street after Iune's party? ' --- ' A --- ' --- . ' --- r. up assemblies---Side door of the Hudson Theater---Pizza House---The Willeys--- I , I

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Class Prophecy One nrght as I lay tossrng restlessly rn my bed the most fantastrc dream came to me The year was 1977 twenty years from the present trme Thrs turned out to be the year I was to take a trrp to Mars The government had opened a rocket arr base rn Stow where all shrps left for the Moon and Mars After purchasrng a round trrp trcket, I boarded the rocket and settled down for a long Journey The shrp was berng delayed for one passenger, whom we srghted runnrng across the freld frrst dropprng her handbag, and then her coat Iust as she reached her seat, our conveyance lrfted and we took off I sat starrng at the befuddled woman, tryrng to re member where I had seen her before Oh of course rt was Nancy Johnson, my old classmate! After rntroducrng myself, we sat together and talked of old trmes Nancy was strll lrvrng rn Stow, whrch was now qurte the metropolrs srnce the new a1r base had been burlt She enlrght ened me concernrng the whereabouts of many of the others of the class of 57 Shrrley Blanchette why, of course I remembered her Yes, I knew she had marrred, but what happened to her after that 'P Nrne chrldren Shrrley had nrne ch1ldren! Well, she always had been a patrent sort Nancy told me Elarne Carmrchael had opened a restaurant shortly after graduatron and that now she owned a charn of them all across the country Elarne s wealth hadn t gone to her head, though as she strll vrsrted Nancy qurte often From what I was told, she was strlla clownll Mary Iokrnen had moved to New York where she had obtarned a Job as secretary Mary and I had roomed together for srx months She was employed by a theatrical agency, and after a year she had rrsen to the hrghest posrtron pos srble private secretary to the presrdent It was Just about thrs trme Mary was introduced to Iohn Willrams, one of the wealthrest men rn the Unrted States Rumor had rt that Iohn was backrng a show Well Mary and Iohn h1t rt off qurte well and they are strll very happrly marrred after erghteen years We had been travelrng about two hours, so Nancy and I went to stretch our legs We met the stewardess, and to our surprrse, rt turned out to be Ioanne Lawson She sard that a few years after leavrng school her Job as secretary became so dull that she couldn t bear rt any longer She told Grnny Iokr of her plan to become a stewardess and Grnny began to consrder a srmrlar After many hours of travelrng, we reached the Moon Nancy and I had never been there before, so we were very anzrous to land The rocket shrp passed carefully and qurckly throughthe air locks, and soon we were rnsrde the man made atmosphere Only a few mr nutes passed before we were takrng our frrst steps on moon sorl A sudden clamorrng after the lrttle stooped man who was the last passenger off the plane, made us look more carefully at hrm In utter amaze ment Nancy and I suddenly realrzed that rt was our dear old prrncrpal Mr Oakey Sens1ng hrs frarl condrtron, we rushed to hrs ard but a man wrth a camera rn one hand reached hrs srde frrst It was Ronnre Denaro' The four of us made our way to the arrport coffee shop, seekrng refuge from the other reporters Mr Oakey told us he had grven up teachrng rn order to enter the screntrfrc freld He stated that he was havrng a diffrcult trme though, because he spent too much trme tellrng Shaggy Dog Storres, and not enough trme workrng Ronnre had come to the Moon when the frrst newspaper was started He was now the star reporter on the Moonbeam Trrbune He told us that June Macomber dropped rn to see hrm qurte often when she landed there Iune had Jorned the arr force after graduation and was now on space patrol Ronnre rnformed us further that Ioan Herrrck and Ann Stott were also rn the arr force but they very seldom got to the Moon Ioan spent much trme on Mars berng engaged by the physrcal trarnrng servrce of the arr base there to trarn young male recrurts Ioannre al ways drd have a way wrth the stronger sex In her spare trme, we were rnformed, that Ann ran a nursery wrth the help of Albert Erkkrn, who was a rocket prlot Our dear cuzzrn had prloted the frrst trrp to the Moon from the Earth but now he Just went back and forth between Mars and the Moon Well, trme was runnrng short, so I boarded the shrp alone Nancy was stayrng at the Moon for awhrle The trrp to Mars was qurte uneventful, and I slept most of the trme Once agarn the rocket slrpped down through the arr locks and I hurrred down the steps to put my feet on solrd ground . . . I . . . I . . . I ' '- o I 11. - ll II . I ' I - - I I I . . . . . . . . . . occupation. Well, now they both worked on the rocket line and simply loved their new careers. - - ll - 4 ll ' ' I rv ' u 4 - 1 0 1 ' ' . ll - Il ' ' ' '. I