Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY Tonight, four years of long and hard learning and a lot of fun have come to an end, and we, the class of 1957, are presenting our Class Night Exercises. In September 1953 we started out fifty-two ambitious, full-of-fun, and willing -to-leam freshmen, our class ad- visers, Miss Anna Damon and Mr. Peter Bizinkauskas. Assisting the class advisers were our class officers: Robert Mac- Lean, president; Richard Elliott, vice-president; Joan Kemp, secretary; Jane Spinney, treasurer; Mary Ellen Buck- ley, assistant treasurer; and Janet Hunter and David Anderson, Student Council members. After much discussion and serious tliinking we chose our class motto: Always Endeavor to Continue Forever, and our class colors: Blue and Gold. Four new members were added to our class during the school year-Marlis Schweiger, Margaret Moore, Doreece DeVine, and Roland Wright. Extra-curricular activities for the year included Snoops Scoops, Band, Cross Coun- try, Glee Club, Girls ' and Boys ' Basketball, Girls ' and Boys ' Gym Squad, and Cheerleading, in which quite a few members of the class participated. In September 1954 we felt our importance as sophomores. This year the class officers were Mary Ellen Buckley, president; David Anderson, vice-president; Joan Kemp, secretary; Robert Downey, treasurer; Jane Spinney, assistant treasurer; and John McLaughlin, Carol Reynolds, Janet Hunter, and Dale Belcher, the Student Council representa- tives. The new members of our class were John McLaughlin, James Dowd, Joseph O ' Brien, Howard Abbott, Peter Fer- guson, Carolyn Mclnnis, Gail Grant, Florence Nightingale, and Carol Cox. Extra-curricular activities included the Echo, Bulldog Bulletin, Band, Glee Club, Gym Squad, Baseball, Science Club, Basketball, Cheerleading, Track, Foot- ball, and Cross Country. David Anderson came in third in the Football Kicking Contest. High Scorers for the Cross Country team were Robert White, Jolin McLaughlin, Joseph Tenore, Robert Christian, Robert Wagner, and Joseph O ' Brien. Our social activities for the year included a successful hot dog sale with Janet Himter, chairman. We also had a Clierry Tree Hop dance with Jane Spinney, chairman. This dance was a big success, thanks to our wonderful class advisers. Miss Damon and Mr. Bizinkauskas, who arranged for the appearance of a male singing group, The Four Chaps, who provided delightful music entertainment. Two years of work and a lot of fun have now brought us to our junior year. The class president was Robert Downey; Howard Abbott, vice-president; Gail Grant, secretary; Jane Spinney, treasurer; Richard Elliott, assistant treasurer; and Student Council members, Janet Hunter, Meredythe Chase, Robert White, and Dan Smith. New members of our class were Fred Sharp, Jane Massey, Eudivilia Closson, Loretta Repetti, Kenneth Lahti, Eva Morris, Robert Bethune, and Charles Lindsay. This was a very exciting and busy year for the juniors with the selection of class rings, a very successful hot dog sale, and our Junior Prom, this being the most important of all the events. The theme was Flower Land. The whole class worked extremely hard to make this glorious night. May 4, a big success. The auditorium, as well as all the people present, looked beautiful. Music was provided by Guy Ormandy ' s Orchestra. Richard Elliott and Louise Koski were crowned King and Queen of the Prom. Each year the American Legion Auxiliary selects one girl from the top ten percent of the class to send to Girls ' State at Bridgewater State Teachers College for one week. The lucky girl to be chosen was Barbara Condon, with Carol Reynolds as her alternate. Also each year the American Legion selects two boys for Boys ' State at the Univer- sity of Massachusetts in Amherst. The delegates were Robert Downey and John McLaughlin. The Junior office girls helping in the office were Carolyn Mclnnis, Meredythe Chase, Mary Ellen Buckley, Carol Reynolds, and Barbara Parrotta. Extra-Curricular activities were the Echo, the Bulldog Bulletin, the Commercial Club, the Glee Club, the Band, Cross Country, Track, Football, Basketball, Gym Squad, and Cheerleading. A quartet, made up of four members of our class, Jane Spinney, Gail Grant, Janet Hunter, and Margaret Moore, sang Christmas carols over the Intercom and also entertained at different assemblies. Joseph Tenore won a trophy in Boys ' Gym Squad, and David Anderson broke the school record in throwing the shot put, with a throw of 42 ' 4 1 2 . Those receiving Pro-Merito Awards, awarded for a B or better average for three consecutive years, were Howard Abbott, Phyllis Andrews, Meredythe Chase, Barbara Condon, Robert Downey, Alice Gillis, Gail Grant, Louise Koski, Janice MacLean, Lee Mason, Margaret Moore, Barbara Parrotta, Carol Reynolds, and Maureen Smith. At last we were seniors. Class advisers were Miss Anna Damon and Mrs. Velna Roberts, replacing Mr. Bizinkauskas. Donald Giardini, Richard Quaker, Hugh Kane, John Roberts, David Gartland, and Karl Seitz were new members of our class. To head the class this year were Robert Downey, pre sident; Howard Abbott, vice-president; Barbara Par- rotta, secretary; Jane Spinney, treasurer; Mary Ellen Buckley, assistant treasurer; and Janet Hunter, Robert White, Robert Hauston, and Carol Reynolds (president). Student Council members. Three members of our class, Robert White, John McLaughlin, and Joseph Tenore, were lost at the beginning of the year. Chester West was elected to replace Robert White in Student Council. Barbara Condon, James Dowd, Bette Pike, and Dan Smith were chosen for the Ex- ecutive Board to help out the class officers. Social activities held during the year were a Halloween Hop and a Paper Drive. Activities during the year, in which many members of the class took an active part, were the Echo, Phyllis Andrews, editor; the Bulldog Bulletin, Jane Spinney, editor; football, Robert Downey and David Anderson, co-captains; the Commercial Club, Barbara Par- rotta, president; Band, Driver Education, Glee Club, both boys ' and girlsj with Gail Grant, president of the Girls ' Glee Club, and James Dowd, president of the Boys ' Glee Club; Carol Reynolds, captain of cheerleading; Robert Wagner and Howard Abbott, co -captains of the cross country team ; and Student Council, Carol Reynolds, president. The senior year is a happy, busy one which brings enthusiam to all those looking forward to graduation in June. 20 i

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Superlatives MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED BEST DANCER MM Chester West and Carolyn Mclnnis CLASS FLIRT WITTIEST Robert Downey and Mary Ellen Buckley CLASS COMEDIANS Robert Downey and Mary Ellen Buckley MOST COURTEOUS Robert Haustonand Barbara Condon MOST CONSIDERATE Howard Abbott and Phyllis Andrews CLASS BLUFFER Robert Downey and Mary Ellen Buck- ley FRIENDLIEST David Anderson and Jane Spinney CUTEST Howard Abbott and Barbara Parrotta Fred Sharp and Gail Grant MOST BASHFUL Robert Hauston and Irene Richards MOST STUDIOUS Howard Abbott and Phyllis Andrews MOST CO-OPERATIVE Patrick O ' Connor and Jane Spinney Dan Smith and Carol Reynolds MOST ARTISTIC - V Robert Hauston and Maureen Sniith 19

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Junior Prom Grand March King and Queen rr ' Guests Dancing Class Officers 21