Lockwood High School - Reminder Yearbook (Warwick, RI)

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' T e-r-ef'i--1-f--v r A -f-gs ., I,-, , .f al-:vw . . V.. ,,..,:,- T H E Crea, W., A i 4 ol X ,. ,1 s, on ouv. KNVXS ' ' ' ' Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Old English proverb. Yes, these were the sentiments of a bewilderedflooking group of seventh graders, as they mounted the steps of Lockwood High School one gray September morning in 1949. They were awestricken with the vastness of this new place and lost in perplexity by the sea of strangers which seemed to engulf them. Little did they realize that these sofcalled strangers, classmates and teachers alike, would one day be numbered among their most intimate friends. That was the confused and insecure Class of 1955. As the days turned into months, we gradually became accustomed to the daily routine of high school life. The rotating system of class periods was not quite so confusing, and wc even ventured to enter the Junior High Play Com' petition with Help Wanted. Some of the more enter' prising members of the class dared to take part in the R. I. junior High Drama Festival, which was being held for the first time. Even though we did not win, we baby Blue Devils had taken our Hrst step. Tis education forms the common mindg just as the twig is bent the tr'ee's inclined. There JJ Alexander Pope. Grade eight was another year of adjustment for us. As we made more friends and entered into more activities, we were being molded not only academically, but socially as well. Menibers of the class joined organizations such as Jr. High'Y, Band, Orchestra, Masquettes, and started to take part in sports activities. Again, we entered the jr. High Play Competitiong this time with Wildcat Willie. We were growing. is no royal road to learning. Euclid. In the ninth grade divergent courses of study were purf sued by each of us. Some preferred business training, others a general course, and still others followed a college prepara' tory curriculum. At first we found our new subjects ex' tremely difficult to master, but we learned to studyg and with study came reward. Twenty-seven of us were elected to the National junior Honor Society. This was the year that we really commenced working as a class. Our greatest achievement was the Spring Frolicf' It was the first time in the history of Lockwood that a Fresh' man class had sponsored a danceg and, to the pleasant surprise of all, it was a pronounced success. The Class of Fiftyffive was making itself known. 29 xv Sammi

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J , .1-li, , ' .Mg Name Patricia Lally Alfred Lancellotta Donald Lancellotta Glenna LaSalle james Lasso Robert Levesque Claudia Lewis Carol Lillibridgc Norman MacKinnon Wallace MacLeod George Maden Allan McFetridge Claire McKenzie Robert Morris Maud Moulton janet Newberg William O'Brien Irene Ouellette john Padula Sandra Peirce Mildred Perry Andrew Porteous Fortin Powell Robert Ramsey Norma Remington .Ioan Renfree ,ludith Reynolds Barbara Rogowicz Maryann Rybar Richard Savory jack Schwarzkopf George Scavey Lois Sefton Marie Soderlund Robert Stursburg Carl Swanson Linda Tedrow Nancy Thompson Gerald Todd Nancy Trainor Gilbert Trudeau Robert Warren Marlene Watson Dorothea Weidmann James Whitford Ellis Winterbottom CAREFREE TALKING RELIABLE BUSY IN LOVE ENTHI ISIASTIC BASHFUL STUDIOUS SMILING IN TROUBLE WORKING AT THE OFFICE Through The Looking Glass Pet Peeve Getting up early English grammar Crowds Exams Jim Guetti Wise guys Work Frankie's ear Opera singers Corny Westerns Women drivers Teachers cutting in ice cream line Genuises and masterminds Bad color combinations Being riled by Bob Morris Getting crushed in locker room Women drivers Waiting Nickname Hydrant Crabby Work Hard butter Hard seats in auditorium Woman trying to buy a manls tie Slow people Homework Dill False smiles Singless D period voice class The Whip Old Fords Student advisory committee A sick cow Crowded school bus Callisthenics Rocky Marciano High calorie foods Too many nicknames The painful antics in D period voice Arguments Bill Silly girls Homework Men drivers Surprise tests Right hand voice partner What the h Oh, for hea sr Favorite Saying Come on You re out eck .1 Horsefeatherf I ain't telling Doggone I don't kno I'm an old min Moi? Professor ven's sake W.. Dig that crazy rod ' Let's face it ,. If I told y u, you would o know Pretty tricky Oh, sure joe fMcCartpyj must go Breaks my heart Your dead Gizafdeeckn Oh, for cruma sakesl' Baloney Yes, thatls trac You can't tak You're out Really My word Keep smiling And so . . . For crying o You know i ,- ,v ut loud tw Better days are coming Oh, good gri f It's curtains' Are you kidd:n' mee See you later, alligator ish You can't tak I'll say Kinda makes That's about George What a cree Ho Yo Always you wonder t rf' George Maden, Barbara jones, Hov Reynolds. Maud Moulton. Earl Bonner. Dav Barbara Arnold, Allison Ballantyn iul c Linda Tedrow, Francine Bruckshavk Marjorie Keenan, Chickie Dahlber Sandra Pierce, Myrna Barrv. Lucius Eldridge, ,Iames Whitford, Mike Fedeli, Willizim Harrington. Fortin Powell, Janet Newberg, Ro Nancy Trainor, Barbara Rogowiez, John Anderson, john Hines, Rober Barbara Hopkins, Dolores Jencks 28 I b e it with you e it with you Noted For Getting in trouble with Dot and Bab Sociability Singing Harp playing Athletic activity Red Hair Trying to drive Long pony-tail Hillbilly singing Sports activity Quietness Arguing with teachers Willingness to work Teasing Always in a hurry Being reserved His opinion on politics Running off warnings and programs Originality Horrible nicknames Getting flat tires Giving information His height Radiant smile Head cheerleader Pleasantness Versatility XVorrving about tests Clothes Long hair Calling Carol Lillibridge Ma' Green, extra long stocking cap Goodfnaturedness Being class flirt Catching on to jokes quicklyll? Long, daggerflike Hngernails Trombone playing Cheering Hot rods Quietness Sweetness Discreetness Long words Being unconcerned lard Gross, jean Hamel, Leon johnson, Judy Collom. Dorothv Hawthorne , -Iames Guetti. Marie Soderlund ', Mildred Perry. Nancy Thompson g, Robert Morris, Claire McKenzie, Jimmy Lasso 1 John Padula Vfally MacLeod oan Renfree, Jack Schwarzkopf, Bob Warren ert Levesque, Alan McFetridge, Harold Allen Maryann Rybar, Glenna La Salle. Arlene Basso t Broduer

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THE SANDS OF OUR TIMES Time Flies Ovid. We dont know one million anything. Thomas Edison. The price of wisdom There we were in our first years didn't seem possible. To start off the y ' . ' ' Y ' e held a paper drive, which vnas an ov The Gypsy jubilee, a jukefbox dance the Study Hall, added to our everfincrc the meantime fellow classmates were d selves on the football and basketball t were participating in Student Council, N Cheerleading squad, Good Will, and v izations and clubs. At last we were ge th of one per cent about No matter what course we were f no doubt about it-scholastically, grad most difficult of all. It seemed that th the more there was to learn. Neverthel find time for a combination paper and Sweetheart Ball. and the crowning eve juniorfSenior Prom. We worked har 1 Senior class to make the prom, 'iGarden outstanding event. We were now prcpa zenith of our high school career and elai Senior Class of Nincteenfhundrcd fifty is above rabies. Job zsrsi lt was not until our Senior year that we of a sound education, and we made one for perfection in all our endeavors. We very capable Executive Committee with command as class President. After our been taken, we embarked on the money opf dance. was held in the Auditorium, an that it was a breathftaking. beautiful s major event was the annual Varsity Revu selling Christmas trees. The Holly H in which practically the whole class took forget to mention our valiant football te the Class C CofChampionship. We ar wood's last team was so magnificent. With the month of February came Exams were gone forever, and we conce duction of our Senior Play, What A and energy were consumed in this sho v Ver hilarious comedy was well worth the toil The more fortunate members of the cl opportunity to travel, either in the Flr U. N. Trip to Washington. D. C., or to Music Festival in Vermont. Honors D tion to more brilliant classmates who b the R. I. Honor Society. The Senior Prom. Class Day, and were unforgetable events: then the big n This was the Grand Finale 1 this was G stood waiting to receive our diplomas, o back over the six years we had spent a had been years filled with learning. la and even trial and tribulation sometimes of wl ITU oll e ess, bo nt C211 YXK' asi' isti can VV arii e rr high school. It with gusto. we clming success. mich was held in g treasury. ln li 1 nguishing them' s. while others i 'arwickiteu staff. wus other organ' i ie Blue Devils. ing there was leven was the re we learned, we managed to tle drive, The if the ycar, our OW C l0 t noniously with the In the Rain, an red ID ffiv fin ...P Se d C, par am, reli o ass uri d t ay CC OU ra ur I ug , b the happiest years we had ever known. Alma Mater for the last time, there dimmed eye, but in every heart was the the last class ever to graduate from Lock had done our best. We could do no mor Lives of great men all re e . . m We can make our life sublii And. departing, leave beh Footprints on the sands o W kn we e. in f ti rs: a be ni 'ma CP ntrz Lif f h Zi r ight h u Z1 O. ll inc: n d to ascend to the he title of The ilized the value l effort to strive an by electing a .ten Erickson in or pictures had king project of our Christmas everyone agreed pectaclc. Another 'Hit the Road, t. We must not which captured roud that Lock' cf, for MidfYear ted on the prof Much time shows, but this we put into it. had the unique Exchange. the 2 New England , , m I KT. a lrought recogni . e members of Class Banquet finally arrived. uation. As we inds wandered ckwood. They ter, friendships. : they had been As we sang the 5 many a tear' vvledge that vve, id High School. us e us mef' Hen ry Wadsworth Longi elloxv. 30