Milford High School - Oak Lily and Ivy Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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History of the Class of 1963 As we look back on our years in Milford High School, we remember many pleasant and a few unpleasant things. Each of us has his own private memories that he will keep with him forever. The one thought that occurs to everyone is how quickly the years have sped by. The year 1959 is an important one in the history of Milford High School, for in September of that year, we, the class of ’63, entered the Halls of M.H.S. This event was both important to us, and, shall we say, unforgettable to the faculty. Now there was a new power in the race for school supremacy. We started on the bottom rung of the ladder as mere freshmen under the auspices of the mighty seniors. Again and again our cause was defeated, but we fought on. Showing our good judgment even in our young and foolish days, we completed our freshman class election and ended up with four very able leaders. Tall, blonde Billy Hubert rose to be President with petite Kathie Moro as Vice-President. Pretty Leslie Balzarini took up the pen as Secretary, and lucky Billy Tosches, as Treasurer, got to handle all our money. For the first time we were exposed to many various courses, a choice of subjects, large numbers of upperclassmen, and, seemingly, mass confusion in the halls. Then with the passing of the summer of I960, we advanced another rung and became sophomores, or wise fools.” The aptness of this definition is still to be decided. During our sophomore year sadness swept throughout the school with the death of our beloved Mr. Metcalf. We feel honored to be the last class to know him for an entire year and shall always remember him. Another summer and we reached the Golden Year — we were juniors. At last we really started to function as a class. Indeed, who shall forget our Junior Prom with lovely young ladies in beautiful gowns escorted by handsome, beaming young men? We received our rings, and, thanks to our ring committee, we were all overjoyed with o ur purchases. To lead us in our important junior year projects, we elected Robert Pagnini as President, Kathie Moro as Vice-President, Leslie Balzarini as Secretary, and Tom Creasia as Treasurer. It was during our junior year that everyone entered the full swing of social affairs. There were dances and football games, of which, incidentally, we won four in our senior year. We joined clubs, went to basketball and baseball games, attended the senior play, and joined in many other activities. Who shall forget our Thanksgiving Day game with Walpole? Or the rallies—inspired by Mr. Allegrezza? Or the Town Series with 18

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Senior class officers, from left to right, are Vice-President Roberta Diotalevi, Treasurer Thomas Creasia, President Paul Davoren, and Secretary Leslie Balzarini. SENIORS 17

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St. Mary’s (What did happen to that bugle, Mr. Tosches?) Or the Science Fairs— particularly Bill Pagnini’s projects? Under the direction of Dr. DeSalvia, a Key Club was started during our senior year for boys of each class. The Key Club began its program with a dance co-sponsored by our cheerleaders and at Christmas aided the Salvation Army by reconditioning toys for the needy. The Business Club, initiated the previous year, continued to blossom under the able leadership of our highly-efficient, business-minded seniors. Pranks and personalities became more prevalent. Odd smells drove students and teachers from B-4 and A-14 and rendered the rooms uninhabitable for days. One bright morning in May of 1962 our energetic juniors, following in the tire tracks of our famous chemistry teacher, cycled their way to school via Main Street. Unfortunately, this feat was not looked upon with favor by our principal. This same May marked a very successful cafeteria strike, for which we were chastised severely. But now, as seniors, we know better. About the same time, good natured Mr. Allegrezza was plagued with For Sale” signs, boulders, and assorted paraphernalia scattered on his front lawn. During the summer before our senior year, the High School Library was recata¬ logued and began to function very efficiently. With the end of this summer we returned to school with new vigor, determined to make our last year at M.H.S. memorable, exciting, and profitable. We elected our class officers, the most important of all four years; for they will lead us not only through one year, but through all our remaining years and our many class reunions. To do this leading, we chose Paul Davoren as President, Roberta Diotalevi to help him as Vice-President, Leslie Balzarini, who must have writer’s cramp at the end of her four years as Secretary, and Tom Creasia as Treasurer. Our basketball team was honored with a new coach — the first time Milford High has had a coach not on the staff at school. We feel Coach McGovern did a great deal with our team. The evaluation of Milford High School took place all during our senior year; first by a state committee, and then by a Harvard Committee. The School Committee need not have spent so much money on outside opinions. They had only to ask us, the all¬ knowing seniors, what our opinion of Milford High was. Through our four years, the school has continued to grow and continued to improve. The facilities were not the best at times, but we managed to learn and reap knowledge. However, there was one facility which we lacked, and we paid for it — a gym. Our basketball team suffered the most. Our auditorium left much to be desired. In fact, conditions became so bad, at last it was declared illegal to hold our games there, and all our games were played in the Armory. In our senior year, we took more tests, College Boards, achievements, made appli¬ cations, studied, and did homework; but somehow there was always plenty of time for extra-curricular activities.” We planned our Graduation and Senior Week activities. We realize with mixed feelings of sadness and joy that this, our graduation day, marks the beginning and not the end of many happy and prosperous years. 19