Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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JUNIOR YEAR On September 4, 1946 we once again entered the familiar corridors of M. E. H. S. We had all looked forward to our Junior Year as it not only- represented work accomplished but foretold many good times. We started the year off with a bang with Miss Maguire as our class advisor in Room 1 and we elected the following officers: A1 Russo, President; Jean Cousins, Vice President; Lois Chapman, Secretary; and Ralph Pendleton, Treasurer. Rumors were flying around about our new classmate, Ralph Pendleton, formerly of Rhode Island, who was to be an asset to our basketball team. Sure enough as the season rolled around, he became one of the outstanding athletes of the team. It was in the early part of October that we began rehearsals for the Junior Play with Mr. Namen as our director. In spite of the loss of patience on the part of Mr. Namen and the exhaustion and fear cf the actors, on December 7, Jumpin ' Jupiter proved a great success. In April our class rings arrived and we proudly displayed them to the rest of the school. June brought warm weather and the Junior Prom. On the 19th, many happy couples were found dancing under a roof of colored streamers, provided by the efforts of the Junior class. However, the year did not pass without changes. Mr. Peltier left us in January and Mr. Bixbv took his place. Also during our spring vacation, Mr. Goodnow resigned and Mr. Sanderson became our new principal. On the last day of school in our Junior year, we all took off for the Chapman ' s summer home on Cape Cod. We went in four cars with all of the drivers getting lost at least once but finally arriving at our destination. The girls slept in two rooms down stairs and all of the boys slept in the attic on cots except for three fresh-air fiends, George, Mickey and Jigger, who slept in the garage and froze. Soon after our arrival we decided to look around the place. We went down to the beach to see how the swimming was, but the tide was out. Some- one saw some fish in the river that runs next to Chapman ' s place so back to the cottage we went to secure fishing line, bait and a net. As the fish didn ' t bite, brave George put the net into the water and caught the fish. Of course, most of us never saw fish like these before. They were blowfish and when yo u rub their bellies, they puff up to three times their original size. Amazed at these freaks of nature which couldn ' t be used for eating, we decided they must be good for something and tried using the poor dumb fish as footballs . 20

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Class History FRESHMAN YEAR “We ' re Freshmen, we ' re Freshmen, cried the new inhabitants of M. E. H. S. on September 6, 1944. Yes, grammar school days were over and we were now entering high school. As soon as school began, we learned that our home room was Room 3 and our teacher was the school ' s historian, Mr. Namen. We spent our first day in the strange building passing on wrong bells, getting lost in corridors, and forgetting pencils and other belongings. However, it didn ' t take long to get accustomed to M. E. H. S. and after we had settled down for a year of hard work, we elected the following officers: President, Robert Swenson; Vice President, Ruth Kudirka; Secretary, Barbara Keith; and Treasurer, Raymond Lyon. We held a class party at the Skaterina where Mr. Namen helped greatly in keeping the floor well polished. Eventually, the year came to a close; we passed our books in and prepared ourselves for a much needed vacation after ten months of hard study. SOPHOMORE YEAR It was not long before September 5, 1945 rolled around. We were sorry to learn that we had lost eight of the previous 26 members of our class: Paul Conforti, Allen Doe, George Grassier, Ruth Kudirka, Raymond Lyon, Peter Lescord, Carmen Salluce and Merribee Warner. As Mr. Chaffee had resigned we began our Sophomore year with a new principal, Mr. Goodnow. This year the building was not so strange and we immediately assumed the sophisticated attitude, typical of most Sophomores. But we soon settled down for the year in Room 1 with Miss Maguire as our class advisor, and elected the following officers: President, Albert Russo; Vice President, Antoinette Flaminio; Secretary, Eliza Puccetti, and Treasurer, Bill Oser. This year we had a wel- come addition to the class — Jean Cousins from Commerce High in Worcester. During the year there was plenty of homework — especially in Biology, as Miss Maguire had us all chasing bugs , collecting flowers, and planting miniature vegetable gardens. On October 30, we sponsored a Sophomore Hop which was very successful and later on a Spring Dance. Again the class attempted a class party, this time attending a movie in Worcester. June drew near all too quickly for these intelligent Sophomores and final exams appeared. We struggled through them as we eagerly looked forward to summer vacation. 19

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■S ,; We then had supper — all we could eat. How Mrs. Chapman kept us supplied for food is the eighth wonder of the world. The girls helped with the dishes and everybody went to Hyannis to the movies. When we got back to the Chapman ' s home we realized that we had left one of the fellows in Hyannis seven miles away. Gager took his car back to look for him. Ya, you guessed it,” Merlin Howard was sleeping in the show. All night long you could hear the girls giggling downstairs and the boys playing cards upstairs. The boys generally went to sleep around 2.30 with Mr. Chapman hollering, Break up the game . The next day we went swim- ming and got sunburned. Some looked like broiled lobsters. Others went horseback riding and others still played cards. The food we had was swell and plentiful. We finally went back to West Boylston with painful sunburns (especially Barb) and were soiry to leave. We gave the Chapman ' s a little gift but it will never be able to pay them back for the fun and experiences we had. SENIOR YEAR And now comes the year we had long been anticipating. On September 2, 1948 we entered Room 6 to find Mr. Stubbs as our homeroom teacher and Mrs. Severance, our class adviser. New as upper classmen we could com- mand the respect of all. Once again we settled down for a year of both fun and hard work. However, we found that several changes had been made. Many of our teachers had been replaced by others but that did not bother us as the new teachers proved to be efficient and friendly. It was not long before we elected officers again. A1 Russo, of course was our President; Lois Chap- man. Vice President; Jean Cousins, Secretary; and Ralph Pendleton, Treasurer. Many problems confronted us but with the helping hand of Mrs. Severance we came out with flying colors. Once again now the year drew to a close, but this time it was different. As dearly as we all loved M. E. H. S., we were looking forward with high hopes and great anticipation to the bright future lying ahead of us. T| 21