Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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Tlicy were on their way to New York to visit their friends Angie Fanzera and Doris Ciole who are secretarie-s to Robertivech Konowicz, the American ambassador to Roland. Our bus was ready to move on when we noticed that we had a new driver. This time Newt Saarinen took over. The passengers looked very eager to begin their journey again. Soon the sun began to set and the passengers became weary. All was serene. The melodious voices of the famous Phillips Cdioral group consisting of Jackie Vincent, Joan Priest, Robert Matson and Lloyd Williams permeated the bus, as we travelled onward to New York. It seemed as though we were journeying to an enchanted land of success. [ 22 }

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Prophecy BRIGHT FUTURE It was a beautiful October day in 1975, when I received a letter from Joan Christian, secretary to Roy Watjus, who was now the owner of the Wat jus Excursion Line, announcing a half-price rate on a trip through New York City. Being urged on by the splendor of Indian Summer, Mark and I decided to take the excursion. After much hustle and bustle we were prepared for our journey and finally arrived at the Watjus terminal. Much to our surprise we discovered that the terminal was an ultra modern building designed by the well-known architect John Lowe of the West, Arcieri, and Penniman Architectural Designers Co. The landscaping of the terminal was done so cleverly by the De Grappo Landscaping Co., that it blended perfectly with the modernistic tones of the building. We entered the terminal and procured tickets for our journey from Jo Buscemi. Since all the details for our trip were taken care of we stopped at Gould’s Goodie Shoppe to buy refreshments. There behind the counter as sales girl was Virginia Luca — and to think that she was our neighbor and we didn’t know where she worked. We chatted with Virginia for a while and soon learned that not only did she work for the Watjus Co., but so did half of the neighborhood. She informed us that Jack Shaw was vice-president of the Company and that John Cocco was treasurer. We were shocked when she told us that the driver of the bus for our trip was none other than the man who lives directly across from us, Raymond Pete” Peterson. Time was flying, so we said farewell to Virginia and went to the bus. There we met Pete and started off on our journey to New York. It wasn’t long after we’d left the terminal when we became aware of the fact that this bus ride was not going to be one we’d forget easily. Right in front of us sat the internationally famous stand-in for Marlon Brando, Russ Forsyth. Russ, while not standing in for Brando, was on tour with his singing group, the Maynard Rancheros, of whom Kathy Zawadski, Betty Boeske, and Pete Grigas were most famous. Honestly, shock upon shock, directly across from us sat Arlene Gunn and Myrna Johnson. Both girls were wearing dark glasses and caps with visors. They were trying to avoid public recognition and overcome their bitter disappointment over not win- ning the Miss America contest. Poor things, but the winner, Mary Bachrach, certainly was a lovely choice. ■We are awfully proud of our friend Russ Heinenon who won the Mr. America contest. We were fortunate, the bus just seemed to be full of celebrities and real sociable people. There was this simply fascinating person who was a child psy- chologist, Dr. Peter Abbot Wilson. We eaves- dropped while he dictated notes to his secretary, Geraldine Maria. If only those seven Wilson children weren ' t so noisy, blowing those horns and all, we could have heard all that he said. Imagine advice from the famous Dr. Wilson and for noth- ing at that. As soon as we completed the survey of our fellow travellers we decided to relax and read. Mark was reading and may I say enjoying the latest book by Don Torppa entitled The Runner. It was a biography of the famous athlete, Jim Duggan. I noticed that the illustrations in the book were done by two class- mates of mine. Ginger Spratt and Margaret Mauro. I reverted to my usual reading. Tidbits, a magazine put out by the Greta Carlquist Journalism Corp. I enjoy this magazine thoroughly. Ruth Nelson, the art editor, certainly does a magnificent job. I particu- larly like the section on culinary arts by Alice Hanson and Joan Boothroyd. This issue has a good fashion section. The fashion editor is Jane Sawyer. Members of her staff are Carol Hinds, Jean Antila, and Carol Martin. Miss Sawyer is the originator of the new super-dynamic space dress for women travellers to the moon. Her models were Joan Power and Joan Whitney. It wasn’t long before Pete, the bus driver, bel- lowed, ten minute break for coffee!” We got out of the bus and went up to the small restaurant. The pert young waitress. Ginger Warila, suggested that we have hamburgers to go with our coffee. They were made of prime beef from Manning ' s cattle and cooked by the hamburger king, Dick Sluyski. While having our snack we engaged in conversation with another passenger, a Miss Kasziewicz who was on the public relations staff of the very successful Marsh Matrimonial Bureau. Along with her was Barbara O’Loughlin, public relations officer for the Waves. [ 21 ]

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The Class Will We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty- five of Maynard High School, Town of Maynard, County of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby proclaim this to be our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any Will previously made by us. The Senior Class leaves Mr. Lerer in search of another dependable group. Patricia Manning leaves the Junior girls without a ride after Religious Ed. classes. Rebecca Marsh leaves Maynard High School with one less tardy pupil. Carol Martin leaves her high honors to Sheila Byrnes. Edward Penniman leaves his spelling ability to Dave Laasanen. Raymond Peterson leaves his intellectual ways to Bobby Kane. Joan Priest leaves for Texas the day after gradua- tion. Joan Power leaves Maynard High in a black Mercury convertible. Newton Saarinen leaves his sun glasses to Mucciaccio. Jane Sawyer leaves her license behind to anyone who fears they might fail Driver Ed. next year. John Shaw leaves his ' Rusty Old Halo’ to Francis Quinn. Richard Sluyski leaves his position at Manning’s to Jackie Tobin. Virginia Spratt leaves by Ayer.” Donald Torppa leaves behind a pair of white bucks, size twelve, to any Freshman who thinks he can fill them. Roy Watjus leaves his comic books to B. Meister. Arthur West leaves his love of nature to Jarmulowicz. Lloyd Williams leaves his bicycle and boy scout ability to Ole Carlson. Peter Wilson leaves his all ’round ability and Senior duties to Bob Ferreira. Robert Matson leaves a vacant spot in front of the mirror in the boys’ basement. Margaret Mauro leaves her quiet and unnoticed ways to Beverly O’Toole. Ruth Nelson leaves her art ability to Dave Vermilyea. Angelina Panzera leaves taking her honors to Fisher. Barbara Phillips leaves her vcKabulary books to DoDo Brooks. Jacqueline Vincent leaves Miss O’Brien with- out a capable assistant. Mark Waldron leaves his baseball ability to John Kulevich. Virginia Warila leaves her Co-Captaincy job” to any future deserving cheerleader. Joan Whitney leaves her gum in Miss O’Brien’s wastebasket. Jean Antila leaves her writing ability to Jimmy O’Loughlin. Robert Arcieri leaves his ambitious ways to Mary Grigas. Mary Bachrach leaves her fashionable wardrobe to be divided equally among the Freshmen girls. Betty Boeske leaves her Johnnie Ray Fan Club to Kathy Spratt. Joan Boothroyd leaves Driver Ed. unexciting for the passengers and the instructor. Josephine Buscemi leaves with no regrets. Greta Carlquist leaves with an extra set of keys. John Cocco leaves via high honors. Fred DeGrappo leaves Alfred ” to anyone in need of a name. James Duggan leaves his football ability to Herbie Cremer. Russell Forsyth leaves his muscular build to Danny Mulcahy. Fred Gould leaves all his curls to anyone needing a Toni. Peter Grigas leaves his saddle to his sister. [ 23 ]