Leander R Peck High School - Arrow Yearbook (Barrington, RI)

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'mf PROPHECY RQ 4 ta QTQEL .2 To the Parents, Faculty, Friends, and Underclassmen assembled here, and to you, Honored Members of the Graduating Class of 1968 of Barrington High School, let me say that I am indeed honored and thrilled to be here today as your guest speaker. Just twenty years ago tonight, along with fifty-two other classmates, I sat here on this very platform, garbed in like cap and gown, await- ing a long anticipated and, I might add, sometimes doubted, certificate of gradua- tion. Since then, I have traveled great distances and met a great many interesting people in my profession as public lecturer, but never have I heard of such out- standing success and good fortune of any one class as that of the Class of 1948. So it was with a mixed feeling of pride and honor that I accepted your principals request that I address you on your night of graduation, and tell you of the great achievements of Peck High School's outstanding alumni class, so that you, too. might attempt the heights of success that they as a whole, reached. Since they are scattered far and wide, over the surface of the earth, maybe we should begin here at home, in the United States, and work our way eastward. In Washington, D, C., holding the unique position of Hrst woman of the Supreme Court Bench, Justice Janice Brown, well known Democrat and author of that outstanding book on world conflict, Two Worlds, reports of the success of several other classmates. As presidential nominee on a third party ticket, she states, David Cham- pagne is gathering unbelievable support, and it is feared by opposing forces that his party, the National Prohibition Revival Movement, might well be a leading factor in the coming elections. Secretary of War Gerald McCarthy, who gained much of his experience as Secretary of the Class of '48, is said to be contemplating a move toward hostilities with General Earl Fahlquist and his Million Maidens from Mars. General Fahlquist, Who reached that distant planet several years ago after re- peated attempts had failed, is reported to have absolutely refused the admittance of McCarthy to this all-feminine planet, but Gerald, along with multi- millionaire industrialist Harvey Cooper, and noted brain specialist George Ennis, Qboth bachelors, incidentallyj has stated that he has his rocket ship constructed and intends to resign his government post in order to help govern UQ this female-ridden planet. Henry Gerber, will, of course, pilot his friend's ship with the able assistance of world-famous chemist and astronomer, John Vxfatjen, who is accompanying the group in order to study the chemical struc- ture of the soil and atmosphere about Mars, Also in Washington, and preparing for departure to Russia, is Carolyn Bailey, newly appointed Ambassador. Now that women diplomats have be- come more common, it was not with too much surprise that I learned of Miss Bailey's appointment to this most important post, since she has gone far in the Diplomatic Service since graduation. Perhaps, while in Moscow, she will see Inez Hoar, who, since retiring as Prima Donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company, has settled down with her husband, a former Prince, in the Repub- lican-controlled Russia. According to word received from Rear Admiral T. G. Buckless' office, two members of the Class of '48 have had recent rank advancements. In nearby Norfolk, Dorothy Lother was advanced to Lieutenant S. G. in the Navy Nurses Corps, while Benjamin Weir after a long and colorful career, was retired as a Chief Petty Officer, 28

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ARROW 1948 l Q MARGARET ANN ZOMPA y I laughed al' the world l Margaret is noted for her speedy talking and her l . i ways of getting into mischief. Head typist for both the ARROW and the Beacon. she is planning to bc- come a secretary. ARROW, Head Typist 4: Beacon, Head Typist 4: Dramatic Club 4: Senior Chorus 3, 4. T7--jf BRRRINCT 'R Q 9 ta SENIOR COMMITTEES SENIOR SOCIAL COMMITTEE SENIOR PLAY SELECTING Bruce Crowell, Chairman David Champagne , Miriam Bolwell Nancy Vitullo Henry Gerber Earl Eahlquist COMMITTEE Patricia Ballou Janice Brown Harvey Cooper John Sturtevant SENIOR PICTURE COMMITTEE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE Inez Hoar Joyce Anderson Harvey Cooper Joseph Pezzullo I 27 COMMITTEE Barbara Allen Stella DiSanto Joseph Pezzullo Constance Munro Robert Pemberton Paul Jackson -O all QS J?

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BARRINCT My M 'C 1. un JQQZ, Now, turning North, we find numerous members of this illustrious class in the great metropolis of New York. In colorful Greenwich Village, once again the home of the true artist, we find Joyce Anderson, working in her studio on one of her incomparable chil- dren's portraits for which she has won undying fame, and nearby we find, in his garret, clad in smock and French Beret, Bill Jiacovelli, a renowned sculptor. Judy Ferry is also in New York right now, but as usual does not expect to remain there long. She has just returned from another Big Game hunt in Central Africa, where she set a new record in close-range leopard hunting, and is eager to be off again, this time to Nothern Canada, with her old friend Amy I-Iedenburg, outstanding sportswoman. There goal: to capture alive several small mountain wolves for Judy's farm in Connecticut. Speaking of sports, Nick Longo's Rhode Island State Basketball Team, by their performance in copping the Eastern College Division Basketball Crown, paid the greatest tribute possible to this magnificent coach , . . It is really un- fortunate that after winning one world series pennant, the Providence Black Sox, managed by Joe Andreozzi, have not been able to place again, but since the addition of Bob Carter, Cformer All-American footballer, West Coast Golf Champion, and star of a Boston Club for the past four yearsb the club's hopes for another pennant have risen. Of course, the Providence Team will again count heavily on outfielder Joe Pezzullo for his usual record-breaking home runs. So much for the Sport World: let's now turn our attention to the honor- able profession of teaching. At the University of Chicago, Catherine Panarello has continued in her chosen field, Mathematics. She is now Professor in charge of Relativity at this Illinois University, and is industriously trying to disprove Einstein's famous Theory. Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Maine, John Sturtevant recently presented an original play on the separation of Maine from Massachu- setts, fondly dedicating this work to two of his former high school teachers. Mr. Sturtevant has, in his leisure time, Written many successful plays, three of which have become world-famous and are now on tour in the United States. Somewhere in these United States, visiting every town, city, and village of note for her worthy cause, Patricia Ballou is gaining new fame as a disfran- chiser of men. Advocating that the average male today, when going to the polls, will always vote for the more beautiful candidate, Cand candidates are usually women todayj Pat is persuading her public to allow only intelligent people voting privileges-women, that is . , . Recently she was joined by two of her old associates, the Marlowe Sisters, vaudeville tumbling team, known locally as Claire Boudreau and Miriam Bolwell. All of this trouble started several years ago, when one John O'Neill, vener- able President of U. H. K. CUniversity of I-Iard Knocksl, ran for Mayor of the Borough of Brooklyn, only to be defeated by one more lovely and less suited, Miss Staten Island of '58. -This, Pat points out, was due to the weaknesses of the men of the locale. Also residing in New York right now, is Bruce Crowell, Doctor of Den- tistry at the Bronx Zoo. When I last saw Bruce, he was hard at work fitting a partial plate into the gigantic mouth of Helena, the Zoo's prize hippo. At that time Bruce hadn't heard much about the rest of his class except, of course, his colleague, Willard Decker, head animal keeper in the rival Zoo of Man- hattan. 29