Martha's Vineyard Regional High School - Vineyarder Yearbook (Martha's Vineyard, MA)

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MERRILY L. BENZ “Mez” Butch’s . . . boys . . . guitars and jazz . . . parties . . . hot Oldsmobile . . . scooters . . . those junior girls . , . Mr. Rusbosin’s “Femme fatale” . . . “studying, ugh!” ... the center of attention . . . “Oh, Mom!” . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatics Club 1; Band 1, 2; String Ensemble 2; Jazz Group 3; Prom Court 3; Prom Decoration and Clean-up Committees 3; Dance Band 3, 4; Vineyarder Staff (Literary) 4; Basketball Cheerleader 4. “A tempest in a teacup.” FRANK PERRY CANHA “Frank” “Leave me alone!” . . . art and off-beat music . . . parties and fun . . . First National ... “I have to talk with you!” . . . “Was I really hypnotized?” . . . “Egad!” . . . eats like the proverbial horse ... “I have 76 necktiefe” . . . “Remember? . . . straws . . . Chess Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 3. “It’s the same the whole world over.” LYDIA CASE “Lydia” Richie . . .’58 Chevy . . . typing . . . charge ac¬ counts . . . September 28, 1963 . . . cheerleading . . . winning ways . . . effervescent . . . Chorus 1; Secretary 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Cheer¬ leader 2, 3; Football Cheerleader 3; Prom Commit¬ tee 3; Prom Court 3; Vineyarder Staff (Typing and Subscriptions) 4; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 3. “There’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.”

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GORDON W. BASSETT “Tod” Old Sculpin Gallery . . . summers ... 15 yard penalties . . . dead parties . . . hurricanes ... no worries ... “I hate ta be broke!” . . . Jeep jaunts .. . . a terror when riled . . . easy going . . . Chess Club I; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Biology Club 2; Track 2, 3, 4; Cross Country 2; Citizenship-Scholar¬ ship Award 1, 2, 3; Football 3, 4. “The strength of twenty men” 1 ! I NEALE C. BASSETT I “Neale” I County Road . . . sports . . . vacations . . . lunch periods . . . red jeep . . . homework?? . . . weekends when his parents I leave . . . “Frank the Stein” . . . Chess Club 1, 2; Track 2, 3; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 2, 3. 1 1 “An athlete was always a man who was not strong enough for ivork.” NORMA JUDITH BELAIN “Judy” Lake Street . . . 1210J . . . Ray . . . neat dancer . . . sewing . . . get-up-and-go-girl . . . pert . . . calm .. . sophisticated . . . beautiful hair . . . Dramatics Club 1; Needlecraft Club 2, 4; Prom Committee 3; Junior Varsity Basketball 3; Varsity 4. “Beauty and wisdom are rarely joined.” Sponsored By CRONIG BROS., INC. RENEAR’S FORD SALES, INC. Vineyard Haven

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RUTH ELAINE CHATTERTON “Ruthie” Bentley . . . letters . . . Boston . . . Connors Market . . . lunch line . . . New Hampshire . . . North Easton socials . . . hee stings . . . too much hair set . . . studious . . . “Bill’s coming down!” . . . heated P.O.D. discussions . . . seamstress . . . Chorus 1; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 1, 2, 3; Class Historian 2, 3; National Honor Society 2, 3, President 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Prom Decoration Com¬ mittee 3; Vineyarder Assistant Editor 3, Editor-in- Chief 4; German Cluh 4; D.A.R. Good Citizen 4. “Her thoughts are as still as the waters under a ruined mill” EDWARD L. CIANCIO “Ed” “Where are the girls?” . . . pool . . . cars . . . hunting . . . football . . . Karen . . . “Why do we have to start school at 8:30 A.M.?” . . . “Awright, you guys” . . . “Cut it out, Ern!” . . . “Alvin” . . . Rod and Gun Club 2; Football 2, 3, 4; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 2; Prom Decoration Committee 3; Vineyarder Staff (Layout) 4. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” ERNEST F. CIANCIO “Ernie” “Door Prize” . . . trips . . . beach parties . . . dis¬ likes homework, cafeteria lunches, and supervision —in that order . . . all-round good guy . . . well liked . , . continual laugh . . . “OF Ern” . . . Hallo¬ ween stunts . . . “Little Harry” . . . Rod and Gun Club 2; Citizenship-Scholarship Award 2 . “He that is of a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.”