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

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A.F.S. CLUB: Mr. J. Didato; D. Phillips; J. Crowell; D. Skuber; K. Merrill, president; R. Linton; B. Dietz; Mrs. A. Lesnikowski, advisor; A. Fed; B. Welch; P. Mercer, secretary; S. Phillips; S. Johnson; P. Fuller; K. Ricketts. The American Field Service is a program that pro¬ motes brotherhood and mutual understanding of people from all over the world. This year, Bruce Blair was selected to represent the United States in Chicchicbu, Japan. Although adjust¬ ment to a culture so different from our own was difficult at first, he is settled in now — learning and living in the complex Japanese soci¬ ety. Also, this year we are happy to have Darinka Skuber, our A.F.S. student from Yugoslavia. She arrived in August and is staying with the Welch family. Darinka is a welcome addition to our school and the class of 1976. Both the adult and student A.F.S. chapters work hard to raise money to finance various A.F.S. activities and projects. In the past year we have held two flea markets which were quite successful. In these times of great change, it is important to realize the fact that all, in spite of cultural and economic differences, people are people — we all share the same limitations, the same needs and basic feelings. Perhaps the statement “united, we stand; divided, we fall” says it all. Karen Merrill President 26

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National Honor Society FIRST ROW (1 to r) J. MacKay C. Grant B. Ryder M. Fragosa M. Conole A. Feil D. Hancock S. Lemenager SECOND ROW: P. Mercer E. Flanders C. Nunley M. Oliver R. Linton B. Malonson THIRD ROW: P. DeBettencourt N. Lyons R. Hewett J. Baer T. Barritt B. Deitz Mr. Tyrus Houston Advisor ABSENT: B. Blair “Maybe it wasn’t planned that way, but American ends in ‘I can’.” 1976 Student Council and School Comm. Representatives FIRST ROW (1 to r): R. Gardner, M. Fragosa, L. Baptiste, P. Leighton, J. Lemenager, C. Grant, T Rebello. SECOND ROW: M. Oliver, A. Feil, D. Bagnall, K. Davey, S. Lemen¬ ager, S. Ewing, N. Lesnikowski, C. Flanders, Mr. Tyrus Houston — Advisor. ABSENT: P. Dow ley. 25

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The year 1976 is special. It is the year of our Nation’s bicentennial, and it is also the year that the staff of the 1976 Vineyarder altered tradition. We feel that the most unique feature in the creation of the 1976 Vineyarder has been the change from the single editor staff used in previous years to a staff led by co-editors, each sharing the manifold responsibilities of making sure that deadlines are met, photo¬ graphs are turned in on time, and lay-outs are completed. We’ve had our share of prob¬ lems, as any staff will, in putting out a year¬ book; but working together we managed to make decisions that we hope will be satisfy¬ ing. We as editors are very grateful to have a staff like ours, all pulling together for a fin¬ ished product. We would like to express our thanks to each and every member. We would also like to thank Miss Barbara Las¬ sen, without her our yearbook could not have been completed. Pamela Dowley, editor; Jeanne Crosby, editor; Miss Barbara Lassen, advisor; Mary Oliver, assistant editor. We want to look back on our yearbook ten years from now and see something that represents the people in our class as individ¬ uals. Despite the difficulties of change we have encountered, we are proud to say that our yearbook fulfills our goal. 1976 Vineyarder Staff YEARBOOK STAFF: STANDING, BACK ROW: W. Van Waldron; L. Jeffers,sports section ch.; B. Dietz, underclass section ch.; D. Phillips; T. Barritt; A. Davey; B. Welch, business mgr. STANDING, SECOND ROW: P. Dowley, editor; J. Crosby, editor; K. Merrill, activities section ch.; C. King; L. Gassert; M. Alwardt; D. Figueir- edo. KNEELING: M. Oliver, assistant editor; D. White, J. Mello; P. Mercer, senior section ch.; J. DeSorcy; M. Conole; D. Anderson. Sponsored by LIMITED EDITIONS SHIRLEY’S TRUE-VALUE HARDWARE Vineyard Haven MARTHA’S CHEESES LILLIAN’S 27