Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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CLASS PROPHECY AROUND THE WORLD IN 79 DAYS— 1969 We see the steeples of the Middleboro fade gently into the background as we, Deanne Donner, Jeannie Perkins, Nancy Robinson, and Maureen Chase, cruise down the Taunton River on the first leg of our journey around the world. As we enter Long Island Sound, the salty Atlantic waves break forth over our forward deck. We thought we were doomed until Admiral John McCulloch of the U. S. Coast Guard arrived upon the scene. He offered to lead us safely into New York harbor. Once we had secured our craft, with the help of dock manager Bob Rubeski, we decided to spend a time in the big city. We took a taxi, driven by one time race car driver, Frank Leo, to Gale Starr ' s colossal new multibillion dollar theater. Attending the Broadway musical we spotted Bev- erly Beckman singing the lead in Springtime Along the Nemasket written by Margie Washburn. We found that our wardrobes were inadequate for our journey, so we entered a swank 5th Avenue shop owned by Nancy Tomkiewicz. Waiting for the commencement of the fashion show, we had a chance to talk to designers Dolores Mattos and Greta Hale. Leading the procession of models were Virginia Wholan and Madelyn Medeiros. We hurried from the show to the gov- ernment office of Bill Allen where his secretary Pam Mattie gave us our visas for South America. Cruising southward along the eastern coast, we stopped briefly at Fort Dix where we saw General James Longworth drilling his men. In the Nation ' s Capital we found Ardis Reynolds, master-mind scientist, brewing up a formula for a rocket to send the capital up to cloud seven. For some reason we left this area quickly. From Parris Island, the Parris Island Loverboy Bob Guidaboni waved to us from the shore. In Miami we were upset to find millionaire playboy, Henry LeValley, resting uncomfortably in the hospital awaiting the decision of Dr. James M. Bonnar III. However Henry ' s nurses, Carol Gray, Georgene Pohlman, and Joan Leonardo were trying to make him as comfortable as pos- sible. Just as we left, Dr. Bonnar ' s secretary, Patricia Rogers, came in with the decision; but at this untimely moment we took our leave. Our next stop was at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, where we found Captain Ed Lizotte and Lieutenant Jon Harris desperately trying to wake up Bruce DesRosiers who had fallen asleep at the controls at an altitude of 20,000 feet! It looked as if Janice Pierce, airline nurse, would have her first assignment. Later in Brazil we found Tom Richards in a tree on his banana plantation vainly trying to capture a banana-stealing monkey. However, we had trouble discerning which was the monkey! In Bolivia we came across Kathleen McDonald and her companions Rebecca Peabody and Mary Jane Travis who had finally succeeded in pursuading the cannibals to give up their traditional profession. Overwhelmed by the heat, we decided to travel on. We crossed the Atlantic as guests on a Navy ship. We were treated like dignitaries by the sailors who included Roy Parker, George Dubord, Chester Pittsley, and Bill Robbins. The only one who suffered illness on board was Carol Ger- rior, the ship ' s dietician. Navy nurse, Judy Wilcox, blamed the illness on overeating. Boom, Boom! Here we are in the refreshing? climate of South Africa! Who do we find but Jean Morgan writing a book called Spear Throwing Can Be Fun. Crossing the Sahara we were refreshed at Dennis McGunagle ' s Hot Dog Stand. We were served by camel hops Barbara Oliver and Lindora Cabral. Barbara re- marked that noted psychiatrist Susan Edgerly, with her patient Bonnie Blais, had passed through only a few days before on their way to Dr. Austin ' s mental center in England. From the Sahara we took a giant step to Madrid. In- trigued by screaming crowds, we were drawn to the site of a bull fight. Who should we see but Richard Ryder as a toreador. — Oh, No! — The bull has confused Dick ' s red hair with his red cape! He need not worry, though, for Spain ' s most beautiful seniorita, Bette Pitts is cheering him on. Here comes another rose — Good Luck, Dick. In gay Paris we saw starving artists Joan Boothman and Pat Dunham, who were painting a mural for the mansion of Countess Linda Austin. As we flew from Paris on our way 29

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JUDY MacLEAN, PATRICIA HATHAWAY, and SHIRLEY SMALL, future nurses, leave sailing off on the S.S. Blood Vessel. BETH WHITEHEAD leaves . . . Oops! I almost forgot my diploma. MAUREEN CHASE, KATHY PERKINS, and JOANNE BURKE leave to take their places standing at the front of the classroom, instead of sitting at the back of the room. JO POHLMAN leaves in a cloud of blue . . . What? Exhaust fumes, naturally. To future biology classes, BEVERLY BECKMAN wills her body. STEWART FLANDERS and NANO ROBINSON leave no more dented fenders . . . My, weren ' t we lucky to have insurance. ALFRED ORTELT, BOB HOGAN, BOB RUBESKI, and FRAN OTTO leave their tranquilizers to underclassmen with vim and vigor. To Danny Gibbons, a cool stepper, ROY PARKER leaves his black and white saddle shoes. To Bob and Denny, RUTHANN FLYNN and LINDA CLARK leave one more year of study . . . ? ARDITH AUSTIN, LOIS ERICKSON, and CAROL GERRIOR leave Mr. Churchill tone deaf! To an underclassman interested in husbandry, PAUL CONDON wills his pig. JAMES BONNAR leaves quoting his favorite subject . . . Veni, Vedi, Vici! BONNIE BLAIS and JEANNE PERKINS leave the cafe- teria devoid of food . . . Even government granted bread and butter ! To Valerie Mulkern, LINDY CABRAL wills a car like her Bessie . . . She just couldn ' t part with the old gal. GINNY WHOLAN, CYNTHIA BECKER, and PAT CAREY leave singing . . . Old Cape Cod, here we come. To the editors of next year ' s yearbook, BARBARA OLI- VER and ATHAN SAVAS leave their gold covered pill box . . . just full of headaches! DAVID FONTAINE leaves in a gail of wind, while ELLEN SHURTLEFF leaves in a canoe towards the club. To those who love horses, JANICE NEWCOMB wills all her horse sense. HELYN HATHAWAY (art student) leaves painting the town. SANDRA LEACH and LLEWELLA VICKERY leave their hearts in the Service of their country. To Miss Jenness, DICK RYDER leaves his red hair and freckles. PAT ROGERS leaves the Napoleonic Wars to next year ' s Modern History class . . . sigh ! CHESTER PITTSLEY leaves the office girls . . . alone. To Miss Thomas, JON HARRIS leaves his influence with Clement Riley. KAROL ANN ROBBINS leaves her spare time and alibis to Dutchy Jackson. ED LIZOTTE leaves singing My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. To Greg King, JOHN SWARTZ leaves his Silver M pin, (Accidents do happen.) BOB DEROISER, SALLY BENSON, and GEORGE DUBOLD leave . . . finally, finally ! BOB CLARK and RICHARD DEMORANVILLE leave ... if their cars will start. To Linnea Nyberg, GALE STARR leaves her . . . (Well, if you don ' t know, we ain ' t gonna tell ya ! ) To other newcomers at school, BETTE PITTS leaves her volume on How To Make Fast Friends . . . We beg your pardon, it ' s How To Make Friends Fast. To Miss Anacki, the SENIOR PLAY CAST leaves the brown study. TOMMY RICHARDS leaves at his usual snail ' s pace! In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands and in the presence of these honest but mentally unbalanced witnesses, sworn before the Justice of Peace, we declare this to be our last will and testament in this year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty nine. Signed: CLASS of ' 59 Witnesses Susan Edgerlyl Ross Perry L c • Gale Starr f Signatures Judy Wilcox 28

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to Norway, we narrowly missed Dave Fontaine, who was taking pi ctures atop the Eiffel Tower. At a winter resort in Norway we were greeted with the news that ski instructor Alfred Ortelt had mistakenly led his class of beginners, actress Carol Briggs, businessman Francis Otto, and interior decorator Cynthia Ashley, down the ex- pert slope. The group was now residing in the hospital under the care of nurses Lynda Hall and Cathryn Parry. On our way through Germany we headed for an auto showroom to secure a foreign car with which to tour the country. Dealers Dick DeMoranville and Bob Clark had their model, Janice Newcomb, demonstrate one car ' s features. We would have taken this, but tall Jan was stuck behind the wheel; so we took another and sped away. We visited the American Embassy at Berlin, where we had a conference with the renowned American Ambassador to Germany, Donald White. Don told us that newsreporter Joanne Burke had been caught two days before trying to sneak under the iron curtain. We were guided out of the Embassy by Donald ' s secretary, Linda Clark. Anxious to see. the ruins of Greece, we hurried to their site. Much to our surprise we found construction engineers Jim Pollard and Dave Thompson rebuilding the Parthenon which was only a part of a master plan under the direc- tion of Athan Savas for the restoration of Athens. Something new was coming to Greece. Fanny Douzanis was planning a minstrel show to celebrate the completion of this project. We were nearly barfed from entry into Russia by Secret Service woman Pat Hathaway. It was not until we renewed old acquaintances that we were allowed to enter. We were astonished to note that Paul Condon had been sent to Russia from the U. S. to teach efficiency to the Russian farmers. Bob Hogan was reviewing Paul ' s work as material for his nearly completed novel. Was Russia ' s Cow Reall y The First To Jump Over The Moon? On to India! Touring India we heard rumors that famed musician Beth Nelson Whitehead had found the discourd in India Music and was trying to revise their harmony. At the Taj Mahal, Rosie Daredevil Powers was floating in the pool in front of the building. Her secretary, Karla Lehtomaa, confirmed the rumors about Beth. In this Atomic Age we decided to take the old way and flew by magic carpet to Nepal, but oddly enough we ran out of thread on the top of Mt. Everest. Perched on the peak were Shirley Small, Karol Bobbins, and Roland Gang- one. Roland explained that the purpose of their mission was to preserve their Modern History notes for future gener- ations. In Burma we bumped into Mary King and Sandra Leach teaching unruly children how to sing Way Down Upon the Irrawaddy River. June Hall was showing the Burmese how to make Swedish meatballs. Hannibal ' s Elephant Service, owned by Dave and Ron- nie Guildford, guided us to outer Mongolia. There we were accosted by Ross Perry, who had been having a hard time selling Flora Dora toothpaste to the Mongolians. We got outer Mongolia and headed for China to see honorable disc jockey Stuart Flanders. His words of wisdom were, Ah — so! Very fine Chinee like to Rock and Roll. Helyn Hathaway and Cynthia Becker were running an American Laundry in Hong Kong. We headed for Japan. There we found Sandy and Lois Erickson, owners of the SaLE movie studio, filming a sequel to Sayonara called Bonjour (the only foreign word the girls knew. ) Aloha. Welcome to the Hawaiian Islands shouted Ruthie Flynn from the porch of her little grass hut. Since she didn ' t have room for us, we stayed in Little John Tubman and Big John Swartz ' s hotel on Waikiki Beach. We bought tickets for Alaska where we found Jeanne Goodreau writing a book entitled 49 Ways To Decorate Your Igloo At Christmas. Too soon, our journey was over. Back we flew to Middle- boro where a crowd of friends greeted us: botanist Donna Newton; athletic director Dianna Burrell; hotel managers Audrey Duell, Beverly Caswell, and Gloria Weston; social- ites Delores Bernier, Ellen Shurtleff, Sally Benson, and Llewella Vickery; and last of all Town Census Taker, Linda McCallum. Thus ended our trip around the world. 30