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

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Most Versatile .... Most Witty ......... Quietest ......... Most Efficient .... Friendliest .......... Most Argumentive Noisiest ............. Most Courteous .... Most Bashful ....... Most Unselfish ...... Most Dignified ...... Most Ambitious .. Most Romantic .... Most Carefree ...... Neatest ................ Most Mischievous ayvewcwdaea Donald Morrow Orton Downer Harold Clarkson Richard Barakian Orton Downer Robert Ferrandino Mario Latuga John Mack Donald Morrow Richard Barakian Ebbie Whitcomb John Mack Ebbie VVhitc0mb Mario Latuga Ebbie Whitcomb Orton Downer Ann Garside Edith Timonen Marjorie Carpenter Virginia Cousins Mary Beshai Janet Gardner Elaine Monroe Ruth Aniello Eleanor Haller Leona Cadran Virginia Cousins Edith Timonen Janet Zuranski Shirley Gothing Ruth Amello Audrey Petterson Most Dzgnzfied Nirest Smile Cutest and Best Ioollmq Most Wztty Most Versatile

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Most Popular ..... . Most Athletic ...... Most Excitable ..... Nicest Smile ........ Best Personality Most Studious ...... Best Dancer .... . Best Natured ...... Best Looking ........ Cutest Dimples ........ Most Sophisticated ...... Class Sweethearts ...... Most Cheerful ...... Most Helpful Cutest .................... Most Talkative ................. 66444 Jean MacKay Ann Ga1'side Audrey Petterson Mary Beshai Ann Garside Marjorie Carpenter Audrey Petterson Shirley Gothing Elaine Monroe Jean MacKay Sandra Nordstrom Janet Zuranski Edith Timonen Eleanor Haller Sandra Nordstrom Janet Gardner Most Likely to Succeed ....... ........ T he Class of 1953 CLASS FAVORITE S Food ..... Drink ....... Past-time ....... Sport ....... Athlete ........ Movie ....... Actor ..... . Actress ................. T. V. Program ..... Orchestra ......... Male Singer ..... Female Singer ...... . Comedian .......... American ..... Subject .......... Expression ....... Besetting sin .,..... Virtues .......... Ralph Hall Orton Downer Robert Ferrandino Ronald Carson Ralph Hall James Sharpe Ralph Hall Mario Latuga Ronald Carson Ralph Hall John Mack Ebbie Whitcomb Mario Latuga Harold Clarkson Orton Downer Robert Ferrandino Spaghetti and meat balls Frappe Skipping classes Basketball Jim Thorpe The Great Caruso Tex Ritter? Ava Gardner Mr. Peepers Guy Lombardo Mario Lanza Jo Stafford Martin 8: Lewis Ike English It's in the book. Studying Honesty and Faithfulness

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, 'I' . Zhu Control tower to spaceship-control tower to spaceship ........ over ........ over ........ over ........ can you hear me? A clicking sound ........ the waiting ........ endless, tireless waiting ........ millions of people expectant ........ no report ........ no word ........ the ominous stillness of the air waves ........ a silence that could mean either life or ........ And then throughout the hushed control tower office comes the brief staccato sound ........the dashes........the dots........ a sound from another planet........ a great discovery ........the Mesa, the new rocket ship, had landed on the Planet Sun! The message came through tersely- This is Radio Operator, Janet Zuranski, aboard the space ship, Mesa. The time is June 19, 1973. Mission completed ........ the Class of 1953 on its annual reunion trip has landed on the Planet Sun ........ all are unharmed ........ more later ........ Newspaper reporters gasping ....... , .... television cameras recording a picture for posterity ........ radio announcers going berserk ........ a nation waited and cheered! The intrepid travelers could report mission accomplished. But the story behind the story! How did it happen? Where had it started What was the purpose? The reason? The 1953 Major Edwards Jr.-Sr. High School graduating class comprised a small group-just 26 youngsters. It was a good group with the usual talents. Year after year, calm, orderly class reunions were held in the usual manner-another gathering, more handshaking, smiles, a comment on a new bay window, a counting of the new marriages, and then ........ At the 19th. class reunion held in 1972, the usual orderly business meeting was being held when out of the blue came a startling proposal-a revolutionary idea. A trip to the Sun the following year! A trip conceived in every fashion by members of the class in order to investigate new horizons! So it happened. Each member of the class contributed to its success in varying degrees. From later reports pieced together and relayed to gasping millions, apparently the trip-its arrangements and passengers, took the following form. Lorenz E. Whitcomb, renowned designer, spent all his waking hours designing the superior ship. All of his technical knowledge and artistry went into the work. It was his pride and joy! Harold Clarkson, who had set the pace for the building of revolutionary space ships, went to work and from Ebbie's design finished the building of the ship in nine days. Now pilots, cargos, and passengers had to be agreed upon. Orton Downer and Ronald Carson were designated as co-pilots. Orton, jet ace of World War III, had obtained his first experiences at the controls of a machine while driving cars during his high school days. Ronnie, an international pilot, was well-known as The pilot with a girl at every air-field. Audrey Petterson and Shirley Gothing, sewing designers usually catering only to the elite Park Avenue clientele, designed new uniforms of blue and white, a fashion- able ensemble for the crew. These two versatile young ladies also came on the trip in order to check on the latest styles on the Planet Sun. Crew doctor was James Sharpe, respected and admired throughout the universe. Jim had just found an herb that induced day-dreaming in school and had endeared himself to all school youngsters. His medical secretary was Eleanor Haller, on vacation from the Mayo Clinic, where she was serving in the same capacity for the World Surgeons' Clinic. Handsome movie star, Mario Latuga, was the good-will ambassador. After achiev- ing stardom in Hollywood as the Heartbeat, his devastating personality was sure to entrance the Sun girls. nws:n1315-WW xi-zwwujf -, fl-Ff'fHv.1V Q 'Y