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

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Class History Four years ago the summer turned to fall as always, but one thing was dif¬ ferent — we were the insignificant freshmen instead of the irreplaceable eighth graders. From the first day of school we thought we had nothing to worry about except graduation. How wrong we were! From the start we were blessed with our advisors, Mrs. Leonard and Mr. Hoar (I really feel sorry for them to think what we put them through) and our freshman class president, Barbara Devine. Judy Andrade and Gary Leighton were chosen as Miss and Mr. Freshman class. Barbara was all set to get right to work and raise the funds we would need, but unfortunately, there were one hundred and twenty-three other freshmen who weren’t quite as en¬ thusiastic. The first money raising activity was a Mother-Daughter, Father-Son bas¬ ketball game. It really drew the crowds (and the money). School let out in the spring, summer slipped by, and we were Sopho¬ mores. We felt a little more secure our Sophomore year, because the seniors had a new class to laugh about . . . and at! Gary Leighton was chosen Class president. Sally Nevin and James Ferreira were picked as Miss and Mr. Sophomore class. Under the leadership of Gary, we had a Mod Day,” where students, and faculty, could wear anything they wanted. Some students even went as far as to paint their faces in multi-colored swirls. The whole day was really a suc¬ cess. We had a Tag Day,” soon after our Mod Day,” on which a student, or several students, could tag another person who would have to carry all their books . . . ALL OF THEM! And as usual we had food sales. Soon after our last sale in the spring, it was summer . . . Spo nsored by CRANBERRY ACRES CAMPSITES LOBSTER IN RUFF” M. S. DUARTE REALTY TRUST OCEAN VIEW RESTAURANT 18 Vineyard Haven

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REST OF OUR LIVES TODAY FIRST

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. . . and we were Juniors. Nancy Tripp was our newly elected president and Deborah Hoxsie and James Heathman were chosen Miss and Mr. Junior class. Soon after the last leaves of autumn fluttered to the ground, we were busy thinking about the spring and our prom. But before anything else, we had to raise more money. We sold Tom Wat Kits, plastic flowers, and butter¬ flies, and, of course, we had more food sales. All too soon it was time for the initial planning of the prom: Who would be chairman? Where can we have it? What will we use as a theme? WHAT is a theme? It turned out James Heathman was elected chairman and Deborah Norton was picked as vice- chairman. The committee was chosen and we got right down to work. After several debates, arguments, and out-and-out fights we settled on the place: The Navigator Room at the Harborside Inn; and the theme: Sunset Over Atlantis.” As anyone will tell you, the hardest part of a prom is the making and or buying of decorations. Our decorations, which consisted of two Roman statues, several Corinthian columns and a beautiful sunset mural, were made by certain talented people in our class. The evening of May 23 descended on the Island and the especially lovely young ladies and their tuxedoed escorts descended upon the transformed Navigator Room. The queen was chosen early in the evening so she could reign over the proceedings of the night. The court was slowly picked out of the long line of girls: Carol Metell, Teresa Letourneau, Nancy Pachico, De¬ borah Hoxsie, Nancy Campos, and Jill Cottle. Silence fell upon the room as Marcia Rogers and Remo Fullin circled the room once, twice, and finally handed the bouquet of roses to Nancy Nevin and her escort, Michael Ber¬ nard. Sponsored by SEWARD’S GARBAGE DISPOSAL SERVICE A. M. MASEDA — BUILDER SEWARD’S MARKET Chilmark Oak Bluffs 19