Lee High School - Echo Yearbook (Lee, MA)

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BARBARA MAE TURNER vvsquin n Blithe, Lively, Unassuming. . .short little redhead. . . sharp basketball player. . . My nerves .. .dying to get that license...the only girl on the football team... Oh, that Physics . . . a perfect Ginger . . . always ready to help. . .a good sincere friend. Freshman Choirg Wildcat 1, 2g Sophomore Dance Com- mittee: Senior Play Entertainment 1, 2, 35 Basketball 2, 3. 45 Senior Choir 2. 3, 4g Freshman Party Decorating Committee 35 Junior Prom Committeeg Graduation Usher 35 Senior Play Castg Driver Trainingg Yearbook Staff. Pastime: Accordian playing Ambition: College SHERRY JANINE TURNER Sher Gleeful, Sociable, Nimble...twinkling brown eyes . . .ginger hair. . . pretty 'n pert. . . full of fun. . . Ready? Let's go! .. .shorthand whiz. . .a cheerful Hello for everyone. Senior Choir 3,43 Cheerleader 4g Freshman Party Com mitteeg Driver Trainingg Yearbook Staff. Pastime: George Gobel Ambition: Stenographer ' .iff ' I '7:', X MARY MARGARET VECCHIA ll Discreet, Qualified, Diminutive. . .amazingly ener- getic for one so small. . . friendliness personified. . . Parky .. . 'Ntunber please ...neat and intelligent .. .an asset to the business world. Majorette 1, 2g Senior Choir 2, 3, 4: French Club 3: Graduation Usher 3g Wildcat Staff 3g Pro Meritog Driver Trainingg Senior Play Usherg Freshman Party Committee: Announcement Committee 4: Gregg Certificate of Meritg Yearbook Staff. Pastime: Operator Ambition: To be a Private Secretary 23

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's. Y GORDON STEWART STEAD MAN Skip Creative, Determined, Outspoken.. .a roguish smile and gay disposition. . . a conscientious student. . . a careful worker. .. capable and diligent. . .golf, his favorite sport... 'I' never crib in the book ...is very likely to succeed. Sports Manager 1: Vice President 2g Football 2, 35 Golf Team 2, 3,45 French Club 3g Junior Prom Com- mittee, Pro Meritog Yearbook Editor: Senior Play Cast. Pastime: Dancing Ambition: Engineering v IUDITH ANNE STEWARD uludy uv Earnest, Genteel, Magnanimous...loves big words . . . knows clothes. . . big ideas. . .fond of horses. . . wholesome smile... brains and beauty. . .ambitious ...whiz at typing. Camera Club 19 Freshman Choirg Senior Choir 2, 3, Graduation Usher 33 Announcements Committee 43 Freshman Party Committee 43 Yearbook Editor. 4: Pastime: Writing letters to the U.S. Navy Ambition: To travel SHIRLEY ANN TERMINI Shirl Agile, Dynamic, Submissive...shining brown eyes . . . curly black hair. . . beware of a gray Chevy. . . Paul . . . entertaining pantomimist. . .her smile, a sign of friendliness. Wildcat lg Freshman Choirg Senior Choir 2, 33 Fresh- man Party Committee 49 Yearbook Staff. Pastimcg Writing letters Ambition: Hairdresser 22

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Class H Lstory Generally speakrng the hrgh school rs an rnstrtutron of hrgher learmng For obvrous reasons the hxstory of our four years rn hlgh school reveals not only our leamrng from books but also the development of our personalrtres When we fust started hrgh school tn September 1952 we found the road rough and the future un predrctable Frfty nrne puprls some shy and a few ambrtrous made then way to Lee Hrgh doors he erghth day of that month many lookrng rn for the frrst trme rn therr lrves As we entered Room 1 we were welcomed by Mr Rrchmond who served as our homeroom teacher and gurde We settled down rrght away to our fxrst busrness frndmg the rooms and teachers of our subjects whrch were lncluded rn f1ve drf ferent courses Classrcal Sc1ent1f1c Commercral Industnal Arts and Household Arts Mr Brown the newly appomted prrncrpal presrded over our frrst class meetmg at whxch he descrlbed the proper procedures to be followed at our future meetrngs Accordrng to hrs prescrrbed methods we elect ed Robert Clark as our pres1dent Ann Consolatr secretary and Dorrnda Costello treasurer John Kelly the only member of our class to hold offrce rn each of hrs four years was vrce presrdent The next event whrch lrngers rn our mrnds IS the Freshman Party Thrs mght IS memorable not only because of the humrlratrng 1n1t1at1ons but also because of the fact that rt marked our entrance rnto the soc1a1 l1fe of the school From then on we were more or less regarded as equals An Industrral Arts Club a Camera Club and a school newspaper the Wrldcat were outlets o those Freshmen who preferred drsplayrng therr talents rn these frelds to studyxng 1n Room 1 each Tues day afternoon whlle the Senror Cho1r was rehearsrng The crownrng achrevement for Lee Hrgh rn the freld of extra currrcular BCIIVIIICS was the wrnnrng of the Berkshrre County Basketball Champronshrp The townspeople through therr generosrty made possrble for the boys a banquet the grft of jackets and a trrp to New York C1ty as rewards Soon sprrng days brought therr annual fever baseball and a promrse of summer vacatron We now were travelmg over the natural brrdge to the state of Sophomores termed by the ancrents Wrse Fools The begrnnlng of th1s year found the majorlty rested and a few ready to tackle a year of hard serrous work Latrn translatrons brology labs Englrsh composrtrons typmg drrlls these were just a few of the trme consumrng subjects Wllh whrch we were faced Also rn the currrculum were some new subjects Gregg Shorthand thrrd year Latrn Frrst A1d Drrver Trarmng and Art Though not all these affected us ID 53 rt 15 rnteresung to note when they had therr mceptron Also new to us as Sophomores was the fact that we were now part of the Senror Chou whrch met every Tuesday afternoon mstead of the Freshman Cho1r whrch met each Monday mornrng We met for our f1rst class meetmg of the year on September 21 1953 when we elected John Kelly pres1dent Gordon Steadman v1ce pres1dent Rosalmd Streeter treasurer and Dormda Costello secretary The class as a whole d1d very lrttle that year except to arrange for the Sophomore Dance the frrst socral event Wh1Ch we managed wrthout outsrde assrstance Included on the commrttee for the affarr were Gordrne Mrlls Gordon Steadman and Barbara Turner orchestra Margaret Major Dorothy Branco and Dorrnda Costello publrcrty D3V1d Hunter James Lorrng and Rrchard Lorrng refreshments W1th the suc ess of thrs dance as proof that we could carry on socxally and the many tenth grade names on the honor roll as proof that we were progressrng scholastrcally we approached the brrdge to our busy and 1m portant eleventh school year As we rounded the thrrd bend of our journey our lrfe began to grow more actrve for there were now many addrtronal extra currrcular act1v1t1es rn whrch we were able to partrcrpate the Stamp Club Musrc Apprecratron Club and French Club In add1t1on to clubs we had many assemblres durmg the year vary them and to urffe student partlcrpatron Mr Brown had each homeroom present a drfferent program Those offered by the Jumor Class were a mock Groucho Marx Show by Room 16 The Hrstory of Musrc by Room 5 and a pancl dxscussron on Town Government by Room 4 Because of thc large amount of buslness rn the oftrng we held our class meetlng early By September 16 v.e knew our presrdent to be John Kelly vrce presxdent Rosalrnd Streeter secretary Rrchard Brown and treasurer Bernard Burnell These offrcers vsrth Robert Clark Rosemary Ranaom and Judy Pellrzzaro comprzsed our Rmg COITHHIIICC They met representatxves from drfferent compames on November 17 and chose the Josten Company vsrth whom to do busmess Afttr mdlvrdual orderm and three months uartmg 24 o 1 U 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 OU I 1 ' 1 1 , I 1 ' 1 1 1 1 I 0 1 ' 1 O - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 - 11 - 11 f 1 1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 ' 1 - 11 - 11 1 1 ' 1 0 1 1 1 - ' 1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 0 , 1 1 . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 . . . 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