Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 228 of the 1977 volume:

«•• k fc- .:- ! :IS  ,, .iiS 11 1 • •; 1 ■?  . Id %: WILBRAHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 1977 FALCON Minnechaug Regional High School Wilbraham, Massachusetts HERB FROST SUE HANMER LINDA CHEETHAM PATTI CASTELLI . JULIE BERENSON GINA FUSCO .... PATTY BRODEUR PAUL CAMPION . . PAULA VANCE . . . DONNA GROGAN SUE DOTEN TIM DEVALLE DONNA BROWN . . MARIA PANASIAN KAREN DELANEY ARTTIPALDI DAVID BERNSTEIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRAPHICS EDITOR COPY EDITOR ACTIVITIES EDITOR ACTIVITIES EDITOR SENIOR EDITOR SENIOR EDITOR UNDERCLASSMEN EDITOR UNDERCLASSMEN EDITOR ACADEMICS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR ADS EDITOR BUSINESS EDITOR BUSINESS ADVISOR ADVISOR We do not remember days, we remember moments. Cesare Pavese - Julie Berenson Always remember The race is not given to the swift or strong But to the one that keeps on keepin ' on. Rose Dodson Football: Hit is the name of the game. Steve Faudrey You cannot teach a man anything, You can only help him discover it within himself. Galileo Galilei - Renee Levesque Friends are forever. Joanne Munsell x I to laugh. 10 The world is full of happiness when the heart is full of love. Linda Cheetham • M 1 s I l .I ,.l ik-S Hlj ' Happy times and by gone days are never lost In truth, they grow more wonderful within the heart that keeps them. Kate Sullivan 12 I thought I was going to get beaten up by a senior on the first day. 13 The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Tina Russo 14 16 Confucius say: He who speaketh with forked tongue never needs silverware. Bruce Keddy ACTIVITIES w . It takes as much courage to step out on the stage and perform as it does to play middle linebacker, commented Mr. Spencer, P.A.V.A.S. advisor. The Talent Show performers displayed this courage, along with enthusiasm, personality, and of course, loads of talent. Katie Garber, who co-directed the show with Scott Dow, explains, Scott and I had a good variety of acts. We decided exactly how we wanted it and just went from there. For one person involved, the whole show was an exper- ience, while for another, simply, I had a great time! Erin O ' Shea, who, for one act, had her whole self smeared with lipstick, vows, 1 loved doing the show but I ' ll never forget trying to get that stuff off! fcS P % fc T lfc A Some rehearsals started as early as 6:30 in the morning. It really started getting hectic during rehearsals. But that ' s the fun of it. I love that part, said Jenny Osmond, who emceed the show with Jim Wark. It was their job to introduce per- formers like Tom Burns and Ben Strauss, who did a magic act described by one viewer as, just excellent. Then there was Rubber Ducky, an act in which twenty girls danced around the stage with flippers on. And they claim, You haven ' t lived until you ' ve walked in flippers. Producing a show of such grandeur and variety is not an easy job. Jim Wark sums it up best by saying, Show biz is a lot like life. It ' s the little people that make it go. I ' ll never forget the little people. 1 1 r r vaSp 1 ■ V i| II . Nfc J.C.L. is a place where everyone is welcome Clif Averill J.C.L. is described by one member as a good group where anyone can join, everyone is equal, and everyone helps with everything. Their year- round activities help to provide the money to send them to conventions, where, in Rochester, New York, their latest scrapbook took fourth tionally. This year they held the Battle of the Classes Dance and paid twenty- five cents a head to the class who, number-wise, dominated the event. They also sponsored the Catapult Con- test and walked away with first place in accuracy, distance, and authentic- ity. That day was freezing cold. But some lady wanted to take a picture of us all in front of our catapult. So we all had to take off our coats and stand there with our J.C.L. T-shirts on. Our teeth were chattering — we were wicked cold! One untimely project was the pick- ing of lycopodium (Latin for Princess Pine), used to make Christmas wreaths to sell. We had our first major snow- storm of the season that day. So in- stead of picking the lycopodium up off the ground, we had to dig it out! In K-17, you can see the room deco- rated with awards. These don ' t just ap- pear; they are earned and well-de- served. Their efforts do pay off - this room full of trophies is visual proof. FIRST ROW L TO R: J. Cannemela, C. Megliola, G. Fusco, R. Levesque, M. Trute, L. Bissonnette, L. Cloutier, K. White, C. Averill, A. Ats. SECOND ROW L TO R: K. Andrews, K. Barry, K. Ridenour, G. Nessell, I. Ats, J. Levesque, L. Marinaro, J. Tobia, E. McGee, S. Jurkowski, R. Lasonde, D. Therrian, D. Leonard, P. Grover, M. Melbourne, K. McGee. THIRD ROW L TO R: K. Duffy, J. Wark, S. Allen, D. Chapin, K. Mack, S. Wyman. FOURTH ROW L TO R: M. Ecker, M. Grover, R. Powers, P. Chambers, M. Rademaeker. MISSING: L. Divida, G. Saxe, J. Flynn, Mrs. Ats (advisor) J.C.L. OFFICERS: Deb Chapin (Vice- President) Clif Averill (President) Sue Allen (Secretary) Ginny Saxe (Treasurer) LOiix femina facti |:jf -Vergil Mrs. Ats (Advisor) i . ' j - : y;. ,j - LEADER CORPS MEMBERS OF THE GIRLS LEADER CORPS ARE: L TO R: BOTTOM ROW, M. McClelland, G. McRae, T. Kronholm, D. Leonard, D. Went- worth, C. Kokysynza, M. Shaw, D. Demetrius. TOP ROW, L. Shankel, C. Bond, R. Siebert, J. Wolcott, D. Melcher, P. Blodgett, P. McLaughlin. MEMBERS OF THE BOYS LEADER CORPS ARE: L TO R: BOTTOM ROW, T. DeValle, K. Gaynor, G. Clark, P. Lemieux, P. Gaynor, D. Anti, P. Campion. SECOND ROW, M. Niemzcyk, R. Farrar, S. Francis, J. Scarlet, S. Goyer, P. Loveland, J. Brady, G. Mukai. TOP ROW, E. Byron, D. Robinson, P. Dionne, D. Carlson, J. Ancey, A. Rodrigues, T. Schnepp. ■■■Ill BEST ACTOR- JIM WILLIAMS BEST ACTRESS- AMY YOUNG BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- JON GOTTSCHE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- JEAN-MARIE JONES FRESHMEN ONE ACTS- SITTING L TO R: Denise Therrian, Mary Trute, Jane Hale, Kathy Smola, Amy Young, Cindy Erickson, Lisa Fusco. STANDING L TO R: Nancy Powers (co-director), Karen Voss (co-director). s HIIH StUlllUI]! JUNIOR ONE ACTS- SITTING L TO R: Jane Scott, Cathy Gartner (co-director), Virginia Saxe, STANDING: Karen Gardner (co-director). fMak +WUJ4 A SOPHOMORE ONE ACTS-FIRST ROW SITTING: Anita Megas (Co-director) SECOND ROW SITTING L TO R: Mike Orland, Judy Kirk, Jim Williams, Jean- Marie Jones, Linda Marinaro (Co-director), Sherri Healy, STANDING L TO R: Kevin McGee, Carolyne Kearney, Mike Radamaeker, Jim Cannamela. HONORABLE MENTIONS- CATHI GARTNER JENNY OSMOND VIRGINIA SAXE JANE SCOTT CAROLYNE KEARNEY BEST PLAY- SOPHOMORES- GHOST STORY L. SENIOR ONE ACTS- FIRST ROW SITTING L TO R: Malcolm Gillian (lighting), Julie Berenson, Jenny Os- mond, Maria Panasian (co-director), STANDING L TO R: Doug Moody, Steve Gillis (co-director), Jon Gottsche, Jim Wark. If ' Children are poor man ' s riches. Fuller. The student tutors are: (FRONT ROW) Debbie Farnham, Sara Went- worth, Lisa Brennan, Liz Brennan. (SECOND ROW) Val Sweeny, Kathy Crawford, Paula Wolfe, Karen Gardner, Mr. Przybylowicz - advisor. i j. $ 5 Kli iZiJ z. j j ■ A ife: I L , .kiS Where children are not, heaven is not. Swinburne. Woe to that land that ' s governed by a child! Shakespeare. rt SCHOOL u STORE L TO R: J. Schneider, D. Merrick, A. Boucher, L. Brennan, D. Nor- owski, J. Arduino, Mr. Mitchell, N. Crooker, C. Bump, C. Hannington, L. Gadsby, M. Jutkiewicz, IN WIN- DOW: J. Safford, T. Knox. SCHOCl -.- ' nr ST5K HAJLLO i - V WBCOU 7 - A •.•:! £ tE a 0W ' 0 ' 1 m m i ' ■ y 30 j i M I I j. • i b Frost-Editor-in-Chief HOW DID I GET CONNED INTO THIS? -Y.B. EDITORS One by one we yearbook editors would come strolling into homeroom, only to hear the inevitable, All right, I have a few an- nouncements. Everyone come on over here. And everybody made their way into the cramped yearbook office while Mr. Bernstein continued to warn, You guys, the deadline is Friday. Remember this is your yearbook and you want it on time. Herb and Sue will be staying after to look at pages. Herb? On many an afternoon, frantic cries for help could be heard from inside the tiny room. The pictures didn ' t come back yet?! We can ' t do layouts without pictures! . . . Who took all the croppers? There used to be five croppers in here! . . . Linda, did you call Loring to-find out where those pic- tures are? ' . . . Listen, do you think we can straighten this place up a little? Smoke Signal has to use this room too you know. At the beginning, ideas were endless - we were going to have color for the first time, we were going to take a plane ride for the picture on the, end page - this was to be the yearbook ever. Of course, deadlines ime around. Sue Hanmer, co- admitted later, It was a lot jhan I thought it would be. But ; when the proofs come back and you know : ng to be good. Good? Better than good - the best! h • ,:tv Donna B own-Sports ?■ V Chamber Choir Members of the Chamber Choir: Linda Marinaro (SEATED), FIRST ROW: Sharon Richter, Sandy Gardner, Lisa Gouvan, Julie Berenson, Mike Orland, Garrett Roach, Jim Cannamela. SECOND ROW: Debbie Leonard, Jenny Osmond, Virginia Saxe, Lisa Divida, Jim Beaulieu. THIRD ROW: Mary Ellen Sparks, Donna Mack, Jon Gottsche, Kurt Little, Bob Bureau. Missing: Amy White, Carolyn Jones. 28 As Members of the As Schools Match Wits Team are: (FIRST ROW, L TO R) Alan Sund- berg, Karen Flodman, Herb Frost, Cary Dalton. (SECOND ROW) John Kacoyannakis, Mr. Musselman - advisor. Schools Match Reading Aides Reading Aides: (L TO R): Ken Barry, Mrs. Yankowski - advisor, Anita Ri- venburgh, Sheila Le- vakis, Sabra Presti, Ann Marie Scibelli, Beth Goodrich, Debbie Rustin. Missing: Larry Del- grego, Lisa Hansen, Carol Cloutier. Model Model Congress (L TO R): Mr. Hanscom - ad- visor, Tina Russo, Lisa Knak, Tammy Mackin- tosh, Neil Leblond. Missing: Lee Poulopo- lous, Randy Feid. Congress PWho can sing a song, make • a sculpture, build a cabinet, A pen a poem, perform a pirou- • tette? A PAVAS member, V that ' s who. As Gail Nessel • says, Minnechaug should be A more than just academics and sports. We try to make people Smore aware and interested in the creative arts. Members work to promote all aspects of the arts. They ' ve contributed to the band ' s trip to Italy and have designed various works of art around the build- ing. The arts, as simply a product of the creative spirit, shine forth in the works of all PAVAS members. DRAMATISTS: Anita Megas (LEANING), Cathi Gartner (MIDDLE), Nancy Powers (SIT- TING), Holly Kervick (STANDING). MISSING: Linda Welsh. OFFICERS: (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM) Neil lond (Treasurer), Julie Berenson (Vice-Presi- ■lessell (Secretary), Kathy Ridenour TO RIGHT) Eric Byron, Dave Gra! Priscilla Blodgett, Paul Lemieux. CREATIVE WRITERS: (FRONT ROW) Neil Leblond, Gina Fusco, Donna Grogan. (BACK ROW) Katie Garber, Virginia Saxe, Cindy Fredette, Carey Dalton, Mary Grillo, Lori Getchell MISSING: Erin O ' Shea, Martha Shaw, Sherry Labine, Pam Boynton. MISCELLANEOUS: (TOP) Rachael Siebert. (SECOND ROW) Katy Wilson, Bernie Abar. (THIRD ROW) Lisa Divida, Jenny Osmond, Deb- bie Leonard. MISSING: Julie Belli, Linda Cheetham, Lisa Shankel. ARTISTS: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Kathy Ridenour, Michelle Beaumont, Jane Scott, Jenny Trute. Missing: Sue Orciuch. CHORUS MEMBERS: (AT PIANO) Linda Marinaro, Karen Voss, Carolyn Jones, Gail Nessell, Julie Berenson, Donna Mack, Sharon Nowak. MISSING: Steve Strohman, Mary Ellen Sparks, Beth Robison, Kim Pennington, Amy White, Clif Averill, Debbie Chapin, Jillen Flynn, Karen Garvey, Sue Holliday, Sally Johnson, Lisa Knak, Maria Panasian. BAND MEMBERS: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Karen Flodman, Mary Gerard, Scott Dow, Hooker Groth. MISSING: Paul Loveland, Bob Bureau, Carol Schenk. s T U D E N T FIRST ROW (SITTING): J. Belli, T. DeValle, T. Schnepp, S. Doten, J. Ancey, H. Frost, C. Tobia, J. Wark, L. Poulopoulos, E. Shea, S. Roche, L. Maskell, J. Flynn. SECOND ROW: P. Blodgett, R. Siebert, C. Fredette, L. Stirlen, L. Cambo, C. Howard, S. Labine, J. Wilson, L. Marinaro, C. Calvert, S. Dow. THIRD ROW: S. Gatchell, S. LaVallee, C Minor, C. Megliola, C. Coupe, L. Jordon, E. Hassiotis, D. Shirly, K. DeValle, P. Calvert. FOURTH ROW: M. Lovell, D. Mathews, M. Hough, K. Crawford, D. Farnham, P. Wolfe, P. Begley, J. Brayton, K. Loftus, S. Macintosh. MISSING: W. Meehan, S. Johnson, G. Fusco, K. Garber, T. Kronholm, N. Burns, P. Murphy. c o u N c I L Just what is Student Council? Well, as Sara Roche puts it We ' re there in case someone needs us for something like communicating with the adminis- tration. They work with us and we help out wherever we can . . . There are a million and one committees but they all get everything done well. They held the very successful semi- formal dance, worked for the March of Dimes, helped to reinstate snack break, We do so many things-I can ' t ever think of them all. But we are there for a purpose and we want peo- ple to know about it. i 1 1 1 L . n H 1 32 The Yearbook Staff Is . . . Dedicated . . FIRST ROW (L TO R) K. Ridenour, P. Blodgett, K. McCann, K. Becker, D. Getchell, S. Payer. SEC- OND ROW- T. Bacon, L. Marinaro, H. Mercure, L. Whipple, M. Grillo, L. Davis, L. Stecker, T. John- son, B. Abar. THIRD ROW- K. Luthgren, D. Duke, J. Levesque, V. Saxe, M. Shaw, C. Sheehy, S. Magel- haes, V. Zavala, S. Martin, S. Gillis. FOURTH ROW- N. Leblond, S. Bradley, L. Lindahl, B. Shaw, C. Neiske, G. Nessell, M. Turley, S. Dow, S. Brad- ley. FIFTH ROW- P. Dogan, T. Melbourne, K. Ponath, G. Anschutz, G. Maxwell, D. Carlson, L. Matonis, J. Ancey. Missing: B. Bacon, L. Sattler, J. O ' Brian, A. McGranaghan, A. Nestor, S. Stroshine, P. Blanchard, C. Gore cki, L. Cloutier, A. Burns, C. Averill, M. Moriarty, J. Tobia. Special thanks to Jenny Trute for her fine artwork. ■■ Determined And Organized! fh to B H jfo J ™ i J L.9 gp ' l i .— ' • . m.« f v!2_ LIBRARY AIDES FIRST ROW L TO R: D. Hilt, L. Mercure, B. Bacon, K. Tracy, T. Andre, K. White, C. Magill, N. Donovan, C. Simpson, A. Young. SECOND ROW L TO R: C. Har- dy, E. McGee, B. Robinson. MISSING: S. Cutting, J. Chambers, C. Dizer, D. Dubour, C. Erickson, T. Ever- ett, D. Farnham, B. Hannington, T. Kelley, J. Mason, J. Mason, D. Thomas, A. White. OFFICE AIDES L TO R: A. Joy, L. Bedard, D. Cox, M. Sparks. MISS- ING: L. Donnelly, J. Duquette, S. Goodrich, M. Guth- ree, E. Hassiotis, J. Safford. A.V. AIDES STANDING: G. Graff, Mr. Scharl, S. Harrison. SIT- TING: R. Vierthaler, S. Weatherbee. STUDENT HOSTESSES FIRST ROW L TO R: C. Lovell, D. Harasymiw, A. Grusaka, J. Cerulli, T. Mackintosh, K. Dolecki, J. Flynn, D. Williams. SECOND ROW L TO R: L. Smith, A. Sazama, J. Scott, L. Abrahamson, J. Jack, L. Cambo, A. Sousa, L. Stoeber. THIRD ROW L TO R: L. Davis, J. O ' Brien, K. Garvey, K. Voss, N. Donovan, G. Saxe. FOURTH ROW L TO R: K. Garber, E. Veidemann, V. Sweeney, S. Driscoll, C. Garvey, D. Lovell, G. Fusco, D. Grogan, J. Tobia, Miss O ' Connor-Advisor. MISSING: S. Beaulier, L. Cloutier, M. Grill, M. Grillo, P. Kret, M. Lepley, P. Lovell, C. Martinez, D. Melcher, G. Nessel, S. Orcuich. GUIDANCE AIDES SITTING L TO R: C. Duncan, P. Burns, K. Voss, L. Kissinger, P. May, B. Goodrich. STANDING L TO R: K. Barry, V. Prouty. 35 CONCERT BAND MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE: Mary Gerrad, Carol Schenk, Lisa Brown, Lisa Knak, Marilyn Hulstrom, Michele Duer, Jean Marie Mannix, Su- san Depper, Beth Markett, Mary Alice Kuhn, Janet Bryan, Tracie Allen, Jane Scott, Pamela Flodman, Susan McLaughlin, Kelly Cambell, Robin Demetri- us, Peter Chapin, Donna Get- chell, Brenda Williams, Robert Moynahan, Todd Landers, Frank Grillo, James Cannamela, Linda Marinaro, Karen Flod- man, Sally Short, Scott McEth- ron, Mary Wolcott, Paul Love- land, Andy Sharpe, Cliff To- ziar, Sally Johnson, Paul Wil- liamson, Scott Cooper, Donald Robison, Paul Mukai, William Smith, Dan Groth, Eric Ger- hard, Constantinas Mantis, Scott Dow, Shawn Bugbee, Ste- phen Strohman, Steven Payer, Eileen Morris, Robert Brooks, Hooker Groth, Robert Bureau, John Adams, Joel Vesel, Robert Auchter, Douglas Carlson, Wil- liam Newton, Eric Byron, Mark Turley, Craig Nieske, Noel Pix- ley. DIRECTOR-Charles Beeler. The band was invited to play in Italy?! That ' s right. Even Mr. Beeler couldn ' t believe it. He thought it was a joke. But they all began to take it very serious- ly. They had sunrise section- als -practice at 7 o ' clock in the morning. Everyone was helping each other out. We ' ve got to get everything down pat-per- fect. They had to raise a lot of money, but everyone pitched in. They had a fruit sale, held the Pops concert, took inven- tory at Zayre ' s, and many other fund-raising activities. And since they had to learn a little Italian, there ' s one thing they would surely learn to say, Gra- zie, Italian! Choralyres, Men ' s Chorus Girl ' s Chorus Arranged By Warren Amerman JMt Master of the eighty-eight — that ' s MIKE ORLAND. This talented sophomore has been playing at the keyboard since he was six. It takes a lot of time, at least an hour a day. An old song may be easy, but a new one is hard and chal- lenging. After you learn the music, it ' s fun. I just like playing, so I never stopped. Although Michael plays the piano to please himself, he pleases many listeners too, with the sound of his music. I don ' t care if it ' s one person or a hundred. After I learn everything, I like playing it for the other people. And it seems to be this learning that Mike loves most. It ' s just knowing that I know it. SUE HOLLIDAY loves to dance. It ' s just a great way to express yourself. She takes jazz and ballet, and finds end- less enjoyment in both. There ' s always a possibility to learn different things - as long as you have the will to want to. While she is performing, Sue discovers a different per- son within herself. When I dance, I can be someone I ' m not. I ' m more liberated, not so quiet ... I can ' t see the people. I ' m with myself up there. Sue would like to go into Special Education and help small children relate to dancing. I would try to bring kids out of their shells - get them to express themselves more and get them to respond to the music. They ' ve got to put feeling into it. That ' s the most important thing. Work-Study Going to school all day plus working a full or part-time job can prove to be im- possible, unless, like some kids here at Minnechaug, you ' re on Work-Study. You can leave school at 11:30 after taking all your required courses in the morning, go to a job in the afternoon, and get credits toward graduation for working. As Tim Aloisio puts it, Last year I stayed in school till 2:30 and I had a part time job. I ' d get home at nine or ten at night and I ' d be too tired to want to do homework. It seemed like I didn ' t have time for anything. Now I ' m home by six or seven and I have the whole night free. I think I ' d hate school if they didn ' t have the program. I ' d gladly go to work rather than sit in classes all afternoon. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Newsome teach the classroom part of work study de- scribed by one student as not boring at all. They discuss how to fill out job applications, how to go for an interview, how to be on the job. They try to get the kids going in the right direction. And it seems to be working. Debbie Norowski, for one, is using her training as a model along with her job experience at model- ing and received employer recommenda- tions to get her to a modeling agency in New York City. Debbie says, I have time to do my homework now, and time for myself. It ' s a nice change. And it ' s also helping my career. The kids in Work-Study consider themselves lucky. It ' s a good program given by the school. It ' s a chance to maintain a good job, get something done, and still get the credit we deserve. 1 41 06 m w CQ X w J CD U O w SP c 5 o S CD ■a d-d c w-c o d u in 3 C a g o u QJ m S IS 3 Jlo «x 3 w to -t- t d 6.2 o c o s ° - j-T3 d 5 u c o oj ; (50 VI QJ c o in +j 00 d 6 8 w in I-, ai a T3 a ex - a O QJT3 cm 60 d « d n d jC 5 oo ° r- « 4= 55 0 ' £18 So 3£ d - s ( ) d a m i_. t -1 CX « o i t -C a O C ■- 42 0 (J O I T3 UU 00 c So c - 2, PHOTO CLUB PHOTO CLUB MEMBERS L TO R: S. Payer, M. Turley, P. Bateson, D. Bennett, Mr. Petzold (Advisor), T. Domey. 44 Do You Remember .the worst winter that you could remember? . December 1963 , the number one song of 1976? .The Ground Round - before we couldn ' t go? . Bruce Jenner? .New Years Eve parties? . the Senior Kick-off? .Tom Nodell ' s Christmas locker? PROJECT BLUEBERRY??? .the Advanced Biology class dumping Mr. Sternberg in Sawmill Pond ... or Mr. Sternberg dumping the Ad- vanced Biology class in Sawmill Pond . .the mysterious secret about rosebud in Mr. Bern- stein ' s Lit and Film class? ..the BICENTENNIAL? . . the thirty-seven f iredrills and bomb scares when it was thirteen degrees - in the snow?? . .the first Pep Rally that Minnechaug has had in four years? . . Miss Brewer ' s Twenties Experience . .the three glorious snow days that just happened to fall on the day the term paper about the history of rice paper was due? . . Our girls ' swim team — All-State Champs? . .the election of Jimmy (Peanut) Carter? . .Western District Chorus when Mrs. DiDomenico stood on a table in her bare feet? . .GAUCHOS? . . the Ludlow Hockey game and no fight? . .watching Roots ? . . fighting for seats at Friendly ' s after the basketball eames? 2DdTHLffT£5 Members of the 1976 Mathletes team are: Mark Davis, Herb Frost, Dave Leonard, Mark Kulberg, Lorraine Jordan, Karen Flod- man, Lisa Brown, Nancy Fortier, David Brainerd, John Massida, Alan Kulberg, Mike Grover, John Kay, Pam Flodman, Diane Mammarelli, and Frank Polom. Their advisor is Mr. Victor Granaudo. 46 FROM LTO R: K. Ahlquist Tutor W. Amerman Music M. Ats Latin, History J. Badger Principal D. Balser Ind. Arts D. Bamford Mathematics M. Barrett P.E. D.E. D. Barry social Studies T. Barton Mathematics 5. Bates 5up. Services C. Beeler Music D. Bernstein English Learn To Live And Live To Learn Swinging pendulums, colored lights, slinkies, and balls flying through the air. By the time they graduate, most kids here at Chaug experience all of these things in one classroom. Not in art or music or shop, but in physics with Mr. Eagins. He teaches with this kind of 3-D concept — showing his students that physics is real and can be applied to life, along with a focus on each individual student. My attempt is to build a personal bond between each student that I have in class .... I try to greet each student as he enters and say goodbye as he leaves — just to show him that I appreciate his presence. Outside classroom time and the hours spent cor- recting papers, Mr. Eakins loves to work with the stock market and the financial affairs of his estate. With these investments, the attempt is to make the most out of one ' s resources .... you fin d ways of investing in order to keep up with inflation of the times. He and his wife have a greenhouse attached to their home, but the problem with trying to grow things under glass is all the bugs, and with bugs, you have to worry about the effects of the insecti- cide. You might call Mr. Eakins a salesman. He ' s try- ing to sell his students empathy, knowledge, curios- ity .. . 49 The Mind Of Each Man Is The Man Himself • fWJmk PBL D 1 f i i NOT M l H| No, they didn ' t scale Mt. Everest. They didn ' t send a man to Mars. And they didn ' t fall at the Alamo. But they did rise to the challenge. And leading the class of ' 77 were a sturdy band of class officers and an advisor, Mr. Girotti, who helped create a smashing success. No class at Minnechaug has ever earned as much money in its four years as this class has. From the freshmen Christmas paper sale to the sophomore candy sale to the junior magazine drive to senior work weekend, and all the activities in between, their hard work and dedication has paid off. Mr. Girotti has enjoyed working with such an enthusiastic bunch. I think it shows the kids to be not only good students, but fine people as well. He has found a kind of unique spirit throughout the four years. Its been one, big, steady stream of enthusiasm. They ' ve been willing to put the time in and work hard. Julie Belli, our president for four years, has, according to Mr. Girotti, provided the spark for the class. She ' s not afraid to get things started and to ke ep things going. Because of the fine leadership, both in the officers and the advisor, everyone will have benefited. Not only did part of the treasury pay for graduation caps and gowns, but the money was earned by the class of ' 77 and for the class of ' 77, and with genuine spirit — that unique factor that sets this class apart from any other. Mr. Girotti worked with the officers all summer on Open Campus J A until, after the third time, it passed. It ' s this kind of persistence that J m has kept the class going. As an advisor, he ' s taken the time to get to v.J know as many seniors as possible because he feels it ' s important and he likes to see everyone involved. Julie Belli commented, He ' s more than just an advisor, he ' s a real, true friend. He made all our hard work seem like fun. ' Big G ' became a part of our lives when we entered Minnechaug four years ago and I think he has grown right along with us. We named him our 1 class officer and our 1 guy. -T FROM TTOB: D. Danthony English W. Davidson English J. Deely Business C. Casserly Science P. Deslauriers Special Ed. J. DeWolf Ind. Arts J. Dexter Spanish 51 Do Not Turn Back When You Are Just At The Goal FROM LTO R: W. Eakins Physics J. Emerson E.I.I.P. J. Etter Social Studies D. Ferris Mathematics S. Ferris Librarian 52 It ' s incredible. Mrs. Bates finds herself busy every minute of the day. She loves to sew, ski, read, hike, play bridge ... I never like to sit and just be idle. One thing is for sure — she ' s enjoying every single second of it. I like to create and I wanted things to look nice. Sewing has become like a creative outlet for me . . . Once a week I get together with some teachers and we play bridge. I love the game — it ' s so tremendously challenging intellectually. . . . I ' m an avid reader. And I ' ll read anything — just about anything. I fit it in — before bed or here and there. I ' m uncomfortable without a book .... I try to lead a relatively whole life .... My husband and I go skiing in the winter and backpacking in the summer. I just love to be in the mountains. It ' s incredible. Everyone Excels In Something In Which Another Fails The phone rings on her cluttered desk and she rushes to answer it. This conversation is interrupted by a sec- ond caller whose message is brief. Mr. Badger then enters to verify some in- formation. Someone calls from the other room, Mrs. Thompson? She ' s off and running again but the smile hasn ' t left her face yet. I love my work. This is the kind of job that ' s never dull. There ' s always something that needs doing, and the kids make it such fun — they make the whole thing so much more inter- esting. In addition to her work, she adores cooking and skiing — the two things I like to do best in the world. Cook- ing is done gourmet style — some of her specialties include quiche lorraine and a unique version of beef stroga- noff. The secret to being a good cook is never giving up. You know that someday you ' ll figure it out right. Skiing is the only sport I know of where you ' re not competing. It ' s just you and the snow .... there ' s noth- ing quite like it. Her work at Minnechaug is varied and never-ending, but always excit- ing. She is our own Jill of all trades. FROM LTO R: D. Hamelin Social Studies D. Hanscom Social Studies J. Haynes Ind. Arts R. Hennessy E.I.I.P. R. Hofmann English R. Holt Mathematics D. Jeserski Business FROM LTO R: P. Gartner Dir. Spec. Ed. P. Gaynor Home Ec. J. Girotti Phys. Ed. K. Goulding Home Ec. V. Granaudo Mathematics J. Guziec Business S. Hachadourian English We Are Tomorrow ' s Past 1 tf FROM LTOR: G. Jones Art S. Jones English M. Kacoyannakis Guidance D. Kaynor E.I. I. P. E. Kennedy Guidance J. Kennedy Spanish M. Kibbe Ind. Arts C. Kimberly English R. Kirschling Guidance S. Kline English W. Kober P.E. Director D. Kosiorek Biology li m mm I I ' m ' • V s. i We have our own version for the man of all seasons — Mr. McCarthy. Why? Well, who else could own a Jaguar, love the opera, travel throughout Europe, be an organist at his church, collect old books and oriental carpets, study six languages including Rus- sian and Ancient Greek, and still have time to teach French and German? I love classical music. Operas have beau- tiful melodies. It is a great extravaganza of sound and color — a feast for the eyes and ears. All aspects of the arts come together. lTJ aJ ■  • '  5b ;n irq w 8 SEATED: J. Dodd, N. Porter, L. Searles, STANDING: C. Shaw, J. Thompson, J. Wolford, C. Sullivan, J. Sauve, A. Morgan, P. Viveiros, P. Fegley, K. O ' Leary n His collection of oriental carpets is unique. Each one is a work of art. Some have animals in them and even people. The most interesting are the older ones. The designs are even clearer and the col- ors have mellowed. Recently, Mr. McCarthy ' s ancestral background inspired him to take up Irish. T he country itself fascinates him. In Ireland we do a lot of hiking. The terrain lends itself to that — beaches, moors, islands, mountains. The nice thing about Ireland is the ruins of churches and monasteries to explore. Throughout Europe, he finds that peo- ple are more friendly and somewhat put at ease if you make an effort to try to speak their own language. I like it over there very, very much. Being such an active man, Mr. McCarthy ironically en- joys the European lifestyle he calls very relaxed and refreshing. There ' s more time to just set and enjoy. k . A S _  . k No One Knows What He Can Do Till He Tries FROM TTOB: G. LaFlamme French P. LaFlamme Chemistry R. Latino English A. Leavitt English C. Ligarski Mathematics J. Logan Ind. Arts 4 h- Jl+M SEATED: L. Schieding, A. O ' Neil, T. Mazza, A. Ross (manager), A. Rising, L. Rising (supervisor), STANDING Godfrey, D. Gallo, Y. Craig, I. Chmura, P. Webber, B. Szanderowski, M. Lopata, N. Hansen, A. Ciecko (bookeepei Ross, P. Ross, K. Wilk, C. Narreau 58 i A beautiful setting in the mountains of northern Israel became the place of a year ' s adventure for Ms. Kline and her husband. There they became members of a kibbutz-a com- munal settlement where you do your work and you get everything you need. It ' s basically an agricultural commu- nity in which money is not used and everyone works in cooperation with each other to produce food and raise the children. Everyone has a job to do - like picking apples or mend- ing clothes or preparing cereal for 200 people. You choose and can rotate jobs. The children don ' t live with their families. Infants live in a nursery where mothers could visit, and the older children live together in little houses. There are a few hours before dinner each day that the kids are with their parents. The families are very close. The time together is spent totally devoted to the children . . . children are the dream - they are our hope and future. The Klines never locked a door or had any fear of crime but they were very conscious of the war which was taking place at the time only minutes away. They were even taught how to use sub machine guns. I wasn ' t used to the fear of the enemy around - the immediate sense of war. We were within 10-15 miles of the terrorism ... we could never get away from it. Whenever you ' ve seen a completely different life style, you can see the good and the bad in both . . . That was a year of exciting adventure - a learning experience. It was almost magic. What you come out with is a greater appreciation of what life in America has to offer - the wide choices we have, and the appreciation of life in peace ... I love my life here. I love teaching. I like to ski, play tennis, and travel. It would have been hard to stay there. FROM LTO R: J. Logan Ind. Arts P. Lynch Phys. Ed. W. Maciaszek Art W. Magdycz Science H. Manegre Ind. Arts D. Martin Science R. McCarthy French German W. McLean Social Studies D. Merker E.I.I.P. H. Miller Phys. Anatomy A. Mina Science . •-  r Vi ' . ■ ' «fcr ' ■ mm The Most Useless Day Of All Is One of our staff came to Minnechaug by way of Africa. That ' s right - Africa. Ms. Kennedy accompanied her hus- band when he served as the director of a regional office for securing scholarships for African students to go to Ameri- can Universities. I was there playing a very traditional housewife role but in a culture that was very unfamiliar to me . . . one of my delights was to go to the local market. We were there in Nigeria during the Civil War, and there were a lot of food shortages. We couldn ' t always get imported American food. I was pregnant and had my child over there, and that was fun, because even though I couldn ' t understand the lan- guage, I could communicate with the African women about the baby . . . The common backpack we use here was a curiosity there, so we would always be kind of novel. If my husband carried the backpack, that was very unusual be- cause women have full responsibility for child care. Ms. Kennedy welcomes challenges. During her African stay, she scaled the heights of Kilamanjaro. Even today, she remains an adventurer - being active in the feminists rights movement. She disgards the traditional role of women in society. Thoreau might have had her in mind when he penned the lines, If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, howev- er measured or far away. 60 That In Which We Have Not Laughed A Teacher Affects Eternity agan, J. Kijak, L. Gosciminiski, S. Strycharz, T. Sczepanik, R. Frydryk. STANDING: T. Trewin, L. Stejna, S. Klimkowicz, J Norman, J. Ross, G. Stocks, L. Superneau m ' 4 m J - ' She ' s a conscientious grandmother, a meticulous chemistry instruc- tor, and a bright, vivacious woman. Her name is Beulah Towne and she is retiring after twenty four years of teaching. She plans Travel . . . and possibly further study as ways to spend the free time she will have. She is considering writing a book, something perhaps about her life as a teacher, I was thinking . . . maybe writing some kind of a little thing . . . Reflections of a Retiring Teacher. Mrs. Towne was also drafted as a naval officer during the second World War, to teach Naval Air Cadets the physiology of high altitude flying. But she never got there. In- stead the Squibb Company offered her a job as a researcher on the develope- ment of penicillin. The government felt that she would be of more use on the research project than in the Navy, so she took the job. She was one of six women involved in the six month de- velopment project, along with a team of two hundred men. They worked day and night for six months straight, from shake-bottle production right up to huge three story tanks full of the wonder drug . She says, It was the most exciting time of my life ... I mean, we were at war, and everybody was at war. When asked what she plans now that her most active years are over, she flared up, Don ' t say that! I ' ve got an- other thirty or forty years or even an- other career ahead of me!! ■■mtr Se I ft She Can Never Tell Where Her Influence Stops The Essence Of Mathmatics Is In Its Mystery r FROM L R: R. Spencer English E. Steele Home Ec. K. Sternberg Science R. Strauss Guidance A. Tipaldi English B. Towne Chemistry R. Trimmer English J. VanWest Art L. Verani Business D. Wagner English H. Walinski Assist. Princ. S. Weiss Guidance A. Whalen Phys. Ed. TO He can repair your power mower. He can manicure your garden down to the last weed. He can tune your carburetor till it hums. But if he had his choice, he ' d rather wrestle with a sticky polynomial. That ' s Mr. Granaudo. After imigrating from Italy at the age of fourteen, Mr. Granaudo had to struggle with English. But he found an international language of numbers and loves to teach this, his favorite subject, every day. When he first arrived in America, they put him in a school for the mentally retarded. The first day they had me draw a picture of a cat, then a dog, and then I finally graduated to coloring a bird. For a while, no one would listen to his complaints — only because they couldn ' t understand him. Soon, they gave him a test in Italian and he qualified to be in the seventh grade. Throughout junior high and high school, math always held the highest mark. Math was the easiest thing for me to understand — it didn ' t involve much English. His interest in the subject grew. I chose teaching because I knew what it was all about. Right now there ' s nothing else in the world I ' d rather do. Mr. Granaudo may still turn square roots into scroots , But when it comes to arithmetic; tan(0 + ) = (tan tf + tan ©XI - tan $ tan 9) in any language. M I — -- •■ ' !• -. It Is Only The Ignorant Who Despise Education LVC ,y £ aj ♦ ' -. V) VI ,k ■ - .. She has twelve hens, four cats, and a rooster named Nathaniel. Her hens bear the name- sakes of famous American women — like Dol- ly and Martha. It ' s got to be a history teacher, right? That ' s right, it ' s Ms. Brewer. Besides taking care of the farm, she loves playing tennis, woodworking, collecting stamps, cooking (desserts!), and painting. She has also taken classes in oil painting. I espe- cially love big, colorful sunsets, whether it ' s photographing or painting them. The subject she teaches and the farm where she lives have a lot in common. Both are chal- lenging and enjoyable ...I think history is often maligned as being boring when in reali- y it can be fun. This same viewpoint of his- ry applies to her farm, one acre that also Ids apples, peaches, vegetables, and her fa- ite flower — gladiolas. Who would ever believe that raising 13 chickens could be so much fun? ■ 1 UNDERCLASSMEN z en E. Albertson A. Allen T. Allen E. Anderson K. Anderson K. Anderson K. Andrews S. Barker T. Barkhuff J. Barrett K. Barry M. Batista M Beaulieu M. Beaumont L. Bissonnette B. Bolduc S. Bordenuk B. Bosworth W. Boulanger C. Boyer J. Brochu D. Bromley R. Brooks P. Brown S. Bugbee B. Burgess Freshmen Alb-Coc V S. Chapman R. Chichakly R. Clark J. Clute C. Cloutier L. Cobbs R. Cochran The school isn ' t as good as I thought it would be. — Bob Perosse I enjoy letting the upperclassmen have their fun cause when I ' m up there I ' ll be doing the same. — Mike Kozub ifc-r = ,i an A M V i i ' i 1 1 kaai Y? r B. Ashe L. Auchter B. Aveiy S. Aykanian C. Babineau T. Bacon D Ballard T. Ballou I W Beck L. Bedard P. Begley D. Belli D. Berenson C. Bergeron L Bilton . A. Branconnl J. Brayton E. Brennan J. Brennan D Bressette P. Briand B. Brinn S. ||j|rland S. Burnor T. Calabrese L Cantalini D. CarpJuk .£. Qfrapin Freshmen Col-Fre M. Collins J. Condon A. Connell J. Conway J. Cooke J Cooley L. Cormier S. Fitzgerald P. Flodman D. Florian D Fountain B. Francis T. Francisco M. Fraser W. French D. Fritz D. Frodema C. Fusco L. Fusco J. Garber K. Gatvey C. Genza B. Goodrich K. Goudreau T. Govoni M. Graff P. Gray J. Gray F. Grillo V S. Hanmer L. Hansen T. Haraty P. Harris D. Hartin C. Heath E. Heffernan L. Hermance D. Hill B. Hnatow Freshmen Fri-Jon TFT M - K. lngraham J Irla py D. Isham Wl C Jalbert Bk 1 R. Jernigan T. Johnson ' ' E. Jones v E j. L. George E. Gerhard G. Gibson H. Gibb E. Gillan M. Gleason M. Goebel S. Goguen J. Grochmal D. Groth K Guinis R Guyer G. Hagopian J Hale C. Harty B. Hatch E. Hatch J Hawley ■i W. Hodgdon E. Holda B. Holley W. Holman J Horton M. Hough J Hulbert S. lellamo Freshmen Jon-Mat M. Jones W. Jones J. Jordan C. Kacoyannakis K. Kaczenski I. Kalogeras D. Kelley J. Leone S. Levakis r i J. Leven P C. Lewis i P. Liapis S. ' V M 1 1 % ' Jt ■■■-. J Mannix C. Mantis B. Markett D Mathews N. Mathieu How many times have you walked into a friend ' s living room and found, of all things, a balance beam? A few years ago, Sue Chapin would practice onner beam every day — in the living room. Now she practices every day at the Pioneer Gymnastics School. Gymnastics has been a big part of Sue ' s life. She began taking lessons when she was nine; before that, she ' d been learning ballet and acrobatics. Sue spends most of her time outside of school working out. In gym, determination is the most important thing. If you don ' t set goals, you ' re not going anywhere. Sue has certainly proven that she ' s going somewhere in gymnas- tics. She has entered meets all over New England. She loves the high level competition. Competition is really good and I enjoy it. If you know there ' s a meet, you ' re gonna give that little extra push. You know you have to do it. How does she feel when she doesn ' t quite do it ? When I was little, I would get upset. Now I realize that I ' ll have other meets. And I ' ll put in that extra effort next time. Looking forward, Sue Chapin sees three more successful years as a Falcon gymnast and then more intense competition in college. Has she ever dreamed of going to the Olympics? A lot of times Iwish I was in the Olympics out it ' s a dream for me and not really within my reach ... I would probably have to give up my family and friends and make due with smaller education. Even though I ' d love to be in the Olympics, my family is still important. S. Liquori A. Lively K. Loftus T. Lord H. Los K. Mack T. M«ck S. Mackintosh C. Magill M. Maharne I — L. Mawaka j D. McGuill P. Mav B L. McKenna w ' ' E H McCaffrey T. McLaughlin v ' y T. McCarthy S. McLaughlin F. McClelland . D. McNaughton •7 Freshmen Maw-Pai Move over Bobby Orr, here comes Debby Farnham! She ' s on a hockey team called Hampden East that she and a friend, Joann Brennan, started last year. The boys in class look at us and say, ' You play hockey!? ' Well, it ' s just as much a girls ' sport as it is a boys ' sport . . . They ' ll get adjusted — it ' ll just take time. Hockey is not her only sport. I ' d like to try other things. After hockey, maybe horseback riding. I like horses an awful lot. I like soccer too because it has to do with hockey. They help each other. And I really want to ski. The oppositiion doesn ' t bother her. I wanted to do it and I just want to do my best ... I just can ' t understand why people put you down for trying it. O. O ' Neil J. Orszulak D. Orton K. O ' Shea R. Ouimette J. Ourlette McCoullough S McEathron McFarland M. McGaunn K. McCranaghan Freshmen Pai-Spe A. Smith K.. Smith R. Smith K. Smola T. Snow T. Sparks S. Specht J. Squire L. Sternberg S. Streeter L. Stroshine S. Subjek G. Sullivan M. Swenor E. Taft Freshmen Squ-Zim CD W O o as o CD J !S yr  . ■ - . %  ' Sm jH M l Cv Mr. Deely, B. Abar J. Abrahamson J. Adams S. Allen M. Anderson G. Anschutz M. Ami M. Ardolino Sophomores Aba-Bya J Burns N. Burns T. Burns T. Busha C. Butler L Butler L. Byam I . ' - ' Being a sophomore is O.K., but I can ' t wait ' til I ' m a senior. — Sue Morrison All being a sophomore means to me is 180 more days ' til I ' m a junior. — Pat Chambers N. Axtell L. Babineau E. Bachmann C. Ballou S Bardwell J. Bargon B H.iin.i C. Barnes B. Bergeron D. Bernardes B. Bernardo R Berta B Berthiaume fe A B. Bonney J. Boucher K Bourcier S. Bradley • C. Brow L. Brown R. Brown J. Bryan J. Buchholz R. Budynkiewicz D. Bureau J. Burgoon Sophomores Cal-Eng K. Duffy L Dufresne D. Duke J Duquette E. Duquette G. Eaton M. Ecker C. Engel C. Engel G. Engel W. Fabian N. Farrat R, Fasth C. Fernandes J. Ferranti S. Ferrier Sophomores Eng-Hut HHnuari|iHH H H| L. Gouvin . h. D. Harasymiw S. Gardner ]. Goyer k L. Harlow §© ;■ ' ' ' 1 R Garibian ■ m. ' G. Graff a E. Harris D. Garrison D. Gramarossa m 1 M. Harvard P. Garten 11 - • M C. Grassetti H A H. Hassin W ' C. Garvey JL mS t D. Gray Al E. Hassiotis «■ H S. Gatchell j W w •■ ■ • H l wk f H C. Healy fl f 11 K. Hebert — ; Sophomores Iel-Mac L Jordon A. Joy S. Jurkowski I wM I R. Kemp S. Kibbe K. Kiley G. King J. Kirk L. Kissinger M. Kokaszyna P. Kret J. Iellamo ? Go, one hundred percent, all the time. That is what it takes to be on three Varsity sports. Jim Rahilly knows, because he did it. I just like sports enough ... I just want to be in sports all the time — mostly football. He played middle guard this year and hopes to be able to go on to a profes- sional career. I like team sports, like football, because if you do well, the whole team benefits, not only you. It builds strong ties. Off season I lift weights, and then a couple weeks before the season starts, I begin running and lifting at the same time. The only problem is that there is no off season for Jim. As soon as foot- ball stops Jim begins thinking about skiing, and is on the slopes as much as possible. Last season I skied sixty-two times ... I count them every time I go! Jim also dispells the rumor that Coach Sousa makes the team run up and down the stairs with their ski boots on. No, we ' ve never done it. Jim ' s need to do sports all the time is carried into the spring also, because he enjoys throwing the shot for the track team. My longest throw was thirty- seven feet. Jim summed up his feel- ings about track, It was good exper- ience, and helped me a lot to keep in shape for football. You know, because shot-putters are always lifting. I don ' t know, I was proud just to be a part of the team. Minnechaug will be seeing a lot of Jim in the next two years, as he strives for perfection in three Varsity sports. f - .. - S k jc. J Kacoyannakis S Kaczcnski ( K, s I Kasper B Kalsanos J Kaynor ( H earney I) Keith T. Lambert L. LaMontagne R Lasonde S LaVallee M. Lavinio W. Leard S. Leary R. Lee C. Lloyd K. Loftus P. Longo D. Lovell C Lovell B. Loveling L. Maccannell T. Mackintosh ! 1 — «t V I . rt : f E s v ♦ Hill m$ t ffl ■i J. Krzynowek S. Kubik A Kullberg M LaChapelle N LaCross I. LaFlamme S. LaFleur  a P. Lefebvre J. Lemon C. Leonard S Leone J. Levesque V. Lindsay R. Lis A M Lively i Sophomores Mah-Nov S. Norowski J Novak It ' s easy. Just take the fire of a middle linebacker, the grace of a ballerina, the dedication of a Kamikazi pilot, and blend them with the poise of a clean up hitter. What do you get? Holly Viall. At 5:30 every morning, Holly is on the ice. She has passed figure skating tests that qualify her as a Junior Lady, one step below the national competi- tion level. What keeps me going is knowing that I can compete with peo- ple who ' ve been skating for nine years. Just to be at that level with them — I ' m happy. Holly ' s only been skating for three and a half years, but she ' s kept an alert eye on the other skaters on the ice. Ev- eryone is out for themselves. To me, people should want other people to do well, whether you compete against them or not. They ' ve worked just as hard as you have. School has to fit into her schedule somewhere between her morning and evening practices. Her parents and teachers have been really cooperative in helping her keep her unusual hours. Skating is a lot of work, but it ' s also a lot of luck at the right time. Everyone has their good days and bad days. That ' s why you have to practice all the time to try to get consistent so you al- ways have good days. But whether she ' s skating up or skating down, Hol- ly Viall is skating her way right to the Sophomores Now-Sid A. Panaia N. Pappas S. Paradis C. Pelletier R Perrone R. Powers ■MtV 1 K l M. Rademaeker J Rabully 1 W L- r C. Rapisarda f P. Read M. Reardon K. Reynolds K. Rich A - r W. Roth G. Roundy S. Roy C. Rugg K. Ryan D. St. Germain J. St. Pierre L. Salerno M. Seailes S. Setian A Sharpe G. Sheehan L. Shepardson K. Sherman D. Shirly L. Sidor Now you know there ' s no fourth floor. — Karen Duffy For three more long years I ' ll be con- sidered the ranker instead of the ran- kee. — Terry Vignault This year I ' m a sophomore which means I ' m no longer the lowest form of life in Minnechaug. — Jon Wark No matter how you look at it you are you. — Melissa Moriarty A sophomore feels a little older, a little wiser, and feels as if he finally be- longs. — Debbie Williams M Nowak J O ' Brien M O ' Brien T. O ' Neil E. Siebert P. Silvernail M. Simonoko E, Sitnik J. Slade I. Smith L. Southworth C. Stark B. Tucker M. Turley N. Turnberg S. Uihlein , J. Valentine E. Veidman P. Vermette W L. Veto ' R. Westberg K. Wezniak L. Whipple K. Wilbur D. Williams J. Williams J. Williams T. Willson Sophomores Sie-Zil fffl jft ' -. S. Woodard R. Wuerthele J. Zilewicz f ' TP jTL 71 w. ' • D. Wilson S. Wilson T. Wilson K.. Witkop R. Wolford L. Stecher P. Steen D. Stephens D. Stewart S. Stiles S. Stirton K. Stolarik D. Stolpinski D. Szamier J. Szcuepanek J. Taylor T. Tbalassinos D. Thomas T. Tippett K. Trevallion M. Trimble G. Vickowski R. Vierthaler T. Vigneault N. Vonflatern S. Vonflatern J. Wallace K. Walton J. Wark S. Andr J Bogdahn L. Booth M. Bradford D. Chaput P. Christiansen M. Cormier C. Cote S. Dakis N Deragon J. Ellithorpe L. Ecker L. Fellows A. Forbes R. Gatts T. Gillis A. Griswold P. Hannouch L. Harper M. Hellyar W. Irving T. Kubic D. Leavenworth D. Lesniak D. Littorin K. Maryott S. Moriarty B. Murphy D. Murphy M. Mussleman M O ' Keefe 3. Page L. Podgorski R. Powers P. Rawls W. Reed S. Riddle ]. Sullivan T. Sullivan E. Teed H. Viall B. Walt L. Wilk R. Wilson ' f MB CD o z P. Abrahamson J. Adams D. Anti R. Ardizon ' ni J. Arduino D. Auchter R. Audette B. Bacon Juniors Abr-Cou M Conley C. Connell D. Connor D. Conway M. Corbishley P Corriveau S. Courtney i i 85 Juniors Cra-Ger R,Craw xawford N. Crooker E. Crossman D. Ooze C. Cunningham S Czaplicki C. Dalton K. Dernavich C. Dickie M. Dionne C. Dizei P. Dogan T. Domey C. Dunscombe L. Duquette P Duquette C. Dwyer L. Ellard S. EngeU M. Fisher B. Flathers K. Flodman M. Flynn R. Follansbee C. Fontaine J. Fortier T. Foster Motocross — to Brian Witkop it means a lot more than racing motorcycles on dirt tracks. It ' s a highly competitive and demanding sport. He practices every day, . . . usually until I can ' t do any more. Brian tries to please his father, who got him started in the sport and has encouraged him all along. He ' s helped me so much. It ' s good to have someone behind you. When I don ' t do well, I feel I ' ve let my father down. So I practice more. It makes me try harder next time. Before a race, . . . everything starts flowing through you. Your mind has to be on one thing. There might be thirty or fourty bikes on one line ... I just love it. It ' s a good feeling when you ' re out in front. So many people want to be in the same place that you are. Kfe The sport is growing around the country. Brian would like to see a high school motocross team and dreams of being the New England champion or maybe even being sponsored by a big company someday. It ' s the most demanding sport now physically and psychologically. B. Garvay C. Catchell R. Gaudette K. Gaynor P. Gaynor K. George M Gerrard j v % w i V. L Uncy D Demetrn N Donovan J Dorsey C. Douglas S. Dow D. Dragon C Duhord A E. Eitabrook R Farrar G. Feid J. Fidalgo G Fiore J. Fraser C. Fredette D Fuller G. Fucco L. Gadsby K. Garber K. Gardner E. Caribian Juniors Get-Kuz Safinat Iboney and Nancy Kuznicki. They ' re a team. Nancy and her purebred Arabian gelding spend a lot of time together. They ' ve won countless first place ribbons and trophies at horse shows throughout New England. But Nancy won ' t take all the credit. It ' s not me — it ' s the horse. He ' s an easy horse to get along with. Judges look for showmanship, style, attitude, confidence, . . the general way you present yourself and your horse. Showing a horse involves a lot of concentration. You have to be in good mental condition. You have to feel good to look good ... It takes a lot to show a horse and show him well. It looks easy but it ' s really not. Owning and training a show horse requires at least five hours of every day during show season. The horse must be fed and groomed twice a day to maintain his best condition. Nancy doesn ' t mind the time. Horses are nicer than people. They listen. They ' re friends . . . My horse — he ' s my best friend. ) v- 1 fi s. Gray M Greco M Grill M Grille 1 Grise D Crogan H Groth P. Grover J Harvey L Hassin R. Hatch S. Hayn R. Heath R. Hellinger K. Hutchinson S Iampietro R. Irla S. Jacek M. Jackson P. Jalbert ft P Kane S. Kapp D. Kellner M. Kibbe D. King M. Kirby Juniors Lab-Mik A. Lariviere L. Lavoie C. Leary W. Lemieux D Leonard C. Leone N. Leone M. Lepley t 7 L Lopardo R Matonis L. Mcrcure J. Lord «s P. Matthews M. Merrill D. Lousteau B Ml G. Maxwell r R. Merrill K. 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Person N Pixley J. Pokorny L. Powell C. Powers J. Przybycien J Read P. Reidy f A Juniors Mil-Spa E. Soucy A. Sousa S. Southworth M. Sparks E. Sattler V. Saxe F Scarpelli C. Schenk M. Schmidt E. Schnare J. Schneider R Schnepp L. Skinner F. Skrzyniarz T. Sleith E. Smith T. Smith Juniors Spe-Zol J. Tamsey K Taylor R. Thompson J. Tobia T. Tobin D. Torticelli C. Tracy H. Trevallion J. Specht H. Stecher L. Stirlen L. Stoeber J. Stolki T Stolpinski D Strange • , N. Vartanian N Vito N. Waters S. Weatherbee M. Webber K. White E. Wikar B. Witkop S. Witkop J. Wolcott J. Wolski S. Zilewicz K. Zimmerman G. Zirakian R Zolla i JM.fe I HE M. S ydl C. Trovas J Trute M Turner S Usher S Vachon L. Vail K.. Vance P. Vance ; 1 1 B. Wild D Williams m ■ - D. Williams A P. Williamson J Willson K Wilson F _w K. Wilson - T% V K Wilson P. Woods K. Wytas W. Zapatha P. Zeckhausen T. Zeroogian L. Bartolucci J Bibeau W. Black L. Buoniconti F. Butta T. Cason E. Chambers D. Costello C. Cote P. Crowley M. Dragone D. Farnham D. Ferrington J. Glaser S. Goodrich R. Harvey P. Jameson B. Jordan A. Jutkiewicz K. Lake L. Lomascolo D. Merrick A. Meserve 1. Morse R. Moynihan K. Nichols D. Norowski D. O ' Conner J. Panaia J. Peters M. Quigley D. Sampson A. Stark D. Vigneault C. Wallace L. Welsh 90 I WHS w nHpH r SPORTS ' i An Falcons Relish Victory You ' d never know that they were about to play a game. There ' s music going and the sound of tape being unraveled in the gym, but there are no voices to be heard. It ' s so quiet that all you think about is the game. You lie down and let the music get you going. It gets you in a hitting mood. Out on the field, they do what they call the Oklahoma drill. It ' s a two-on-two charge- those drills really get the adrenaline flowing for the game. They then at- tempt to eat up the other team- does the menu look tempting? The season began with a promising team; the guys from last year had some experience and they ' d all been on a weight training program which added a lot of strength. But a few key injuries plagued the season, leaving the Falcons without the really good record they ' d hoped for. Tom Schnepp, quarterback, attributes some of the team ' s success to the coaches. They ' ve got to be the most dedicated coaches in the league. They really know their football. But practice sometimes strayed from the usual. One weekday in early November, it snowed. Coach Casserly decided to hold prac- tice anyway and went outside to shovel the field. But the guys preferred to have snowball fights; Jeff Harper and Mike Devine singled themselves out by making mudpies(!) their hit of the day. ' 1 • • ? l 1 ' . ' 1 iB :, zJb jjjl • Grid Iron Menu Rack of Ribs Fillet Of Fullback Cream Of Quarterback Leg Of End Breaded Neck of Quarterback 93 Zeke - The Dedicated Athlete Everyone ' s the team, he claims. If you have a good atti- tude, you ' ll have a winning team. Ed Misiaszek is a part of that team. As one observer put it, he just lives football. The Dancing Bear plays tackle regularly throughout the season. But this was not always so. When I was a sophomore, we weren ' t very successful. I didn ' t get to play too much. But I wore a varsity shirt, so I was still a part of the team . . . The coaches would say, ' The chain is as strong as its weakest link. ' Anything someone can do on the bench helps. It ' s the whole team. Ed started to play football in his backyard with friends. I used to like it. Then in seventh grade, he joined a town team. Today, he calls it a psychological game. Football demands a lot of you. You have to give everything. 94 A Lot More Spirit - Definitely Kim Patric Minnechaug ' s RahRahs do more than just cheer. After practicing for the whole month of August, they won first place at the cheerleading competition in the Eastfield Mall. Pam Szmyt says, We worked so hard to get it. And none of them will forget it. They worked hard the rest of their two seasons, too. First, they decorated the halls with posters that met eager eyes on the first day of school. And, in an effort to get the cheer- leaders and the football team closer, they decorated the guys ' locker room. On the field, they did what they usually save for basketball - the guys running through the hoop. The players liked it. We liked it. Everyone liked it. The girls all agreed that Mrs. Donnelly, their coach, de- serves a lot of credit. She was one of the factors that helped us win the competition. Mrs. Donnelly was a big help in keeping us all together. They were all together, all right — let ' s give a cheer for the RahRahs! 95 imsii wK A r • .f Team Ties State Champs The 1-1 tie was the best game we played all year. The Ludlow match seems to stand out in the players ' minds. Minnechaug hadn ' t beaten or tied them for ten years. When we had to come through, we did. The guys, looking forward to the impor- tant games at the end, had to come back from a mid-season slump to win their last seven games in order to clinch the division title. Just to be funny, some of the guys, especially Tom Kinner, liked to wear their pajama tops when it was cold out. And on the buses to away games, their favorite topic of conversation was pumpkins. They would get all excited when they ' d see one, one team member confides. They ' re a little weird. Soccer — A Contact Sport? The third in a series of left arm injuries left Bill Siebert to finish out the soccer season this year with a cast on his arm. First he broke it last fall in his junior year, but was able to play by the spring. He was then playing in another league and broke his arm again. This time a metal plate had to be inserted to protect the bones. Bill was beginning to have doubts, I didn ' t know if I wanted to play soccer again. He was, however, playing his senior year. I like it too much. But that left arm would not give up. The cast this time is protecting his broken little finger and joints. Bill is a good team player. He never gets mad. Teammates Peter Dionne, Tom Gernux and Dave Whipple seem to think a lot of Bill. He ' d rather make everyone else look better and even gives up individual goals to help someone. Bill plays soccer year round. I want to be the best in soccer. 98 tkr i State Champs Do It Their Way But Miss Lynch, I can ' t swim without my bub- ble. Cory McGuill ' s famous inflatable bubble be- came a kind of mascot for the girls swim team along with Psyched Mike the clown, who they just could not do without. The song Ol ' Miss Cascio had a Farm! Eii! Eii! Ooo! became popular because everyone contributed animal sounds to it, including Sue Chapin ' s chape-ape call, Jill Wolcott ' s coyote cry, Sandy Stirton ' s dog that just got stepped on, Sue Doten ' s seagull, and of course, Caw Caw Cas- cio and Baa Baa Lynch. The team likes to prove that they are unique. For some incentive to break previous records, they ' d yell Minnechaug Go Let ' s! before a meet. At prac- tice, they ' d tell everyone with goggles on that they looked like Goggles Pizano. Sue Doten, upon be- ing called for an unheard-of false start, argued, I was just making sure my goggles were working, Mr. Official Sir!! And on their way to the state championship they well deserved, they loved to sing their favorite song, We ' re gonna do it our way! 99 Practice Pays Off For Flipper There ' s a difference between playing a game and being dedicated to a sport. Sue Doten represents that difference. She swims twice a day, at 5:30 in the morning and after school. It ' s a part of my day now to get up and go swim- ming. Sue sometimes finds it difficult to explain to people that swimming is a demanding sport. Any sport is as hard as you make it. Some people think I just swim up and down the pool. But you learn to set goals for yourself. While doing laps at practice, there are many things to think about. I sing or talk to myself. Or study for a test. It keeps your mind off how much your arms and legs ache. But there ' s a reason for all the hard work and sore muscles. There ' s a lot of personal satisfaction. Whatever you do, you know you ' ve done it by yourself. ■H 100 Although Shirley Babashoff was not our cap- tain, contrary to popular belief, Sue Doten dubbed in and filled the flippers of last year ' s captain, Sue Shaw. Seriously, folks, this year ' s team was com- posed of the most insane bunch of no-minds ever to swim for Minnechaug. But it was this crazi- ness that brought everyone closer together. Without the supreme amount of talent and love that filled our pool, the victory for states would have remained a dream. (Jill Wolcott) The team spirit needed to win states was definitely there and I think we deserved to win. We went through a lot together, but it was all worth it. I only hope that next year ' s team can follow in the footsteps of the 1976 state champions. (Patti McLaughlin) awsw Mi A:.-:... ■ _«,.; We knew we had a great chance of winning. We really went in with high hopes. And once we were half way through, we knew we had it. (Lynn Whipple) 101 - A ■■ ■■■ •■ O-J ■a Ml tr a a i a. •I HI  •- «. i ' i jum: i . . U to a a-tf- — _— ' ••■■••a i w K aa . aaaraasr VflMflfCMMMIW run ■ ■■A ■•:■■■ aaa a 4aaa. ■ C«a. ■ .aaaaa. !••■ •■■ . a«ara-J aa ak ■r ir;iiiM;ii j« v «ataa irat :::::::::::;: aai w ■ ■ in in ' ■9 ■ „ ■ ;a.«a« i Mnra afg r« KJ •eaaa. ■•■•: ■■■a •■ un mm — •• . mm -. ■aaaa -aaaa waar taaaa aaaa V ■ ■1 ■ 102 naV.V- I Willie Graduates Score! Score! Score! Score! The Falcons used this cheer, along with their team prayer, to get them psyched before a game. They certainly were a spirited bunch. The girls plastered Minnechaug Field Hockey bumper stickers on Longmeadow ' s bus and gave egg shell cookies (that wouldn ' t break against a brick wall!) to another team. They loved to sing and would ad lib songs on the way to games. One favorite is Lisa Cambo ' s Brownies? What kind of morons are Agawam Brownies? to the tune of an Oscar Meyer jingle. Green and white kilts added a new look this year as the girls took second place in the Valley Wheel Championship. Throughout the season, the team was never depsyched. After scoring in a game that ended a five-game slump, however, Miss Bucknell became more excited than anyone. I don ' t care if she kicked it in! Willie will be graduating with the other seniors on the team this year. Who ' s Willie? He ' s their favorite mascot, of course. He ' s been with us a long time. - l vl H H - L H r SSS a 1 I . Jiter ? 104 Building Year For Women ' s Soccer She called it a building year. Coach Jeannie Dexter led her varsity girls ' soccer team through an enthusiastic season. Al- though practice was on a half-size field and games were played in none less than cut-off jeans, they did manage to scrounge up matching shirts for the games - well, for almost everyone. Four seniors led the collision course of a season, backed by a strong underclassmen force. The girls showed their colors in a game with Longmeadow where they came from behind in the last five minutes, scoring three goals and leaving the game in a tie. Highlights of the season included: the invention of the Brinn pass; the day they played Duck Duck Goose as a running exer- cise ; leaving practice early to go watch the guys play; Linda Matonis ' orange shirt; Laurie Struzziero ' s birthday cake - an Oreo with a candle; early Saturday morning practices - one with a good-looking outside helper; and Deb Leonard and Tammy Mcintosh; with a pinch on the cheeks; laughed in unison, Bab- lucci! Grinding Out Grueling Miles Running up to eight miles a day would take a lot out of anyone. An awful lot of self-determination goes into being on the Cross Country team. This year the guys placed third in Western Mass, and co-captain Ed Kirk de- scribed it as the strongest team Minnechaug has ever had. We had a lot of depth. He added that Coach Bamford was a major factor in training and success. He puts a lot of time into it and tries to make practice enjoyable. Cross Country is a sport where, if you want to be good, you have to do a lot on your own, claims Ken Gaynor, one of the leading runners. Running during practice, you think about a million things. But in a meet, you need some motivating force to keep you running hard. You ' ve got to think about the race and why you ' re out there. You think of all the miles behind you. You haven ' t practiced this long to goof up now. ■ ' ■■ ■ V. Field Hockey 8-2-5 SITTING, L TO R: S. Bennett, 5. Usher, K. Fabbri (tri-capt.), M. Verani, A. McGranaghan, M. Guth- rie. STANDING, L TO R: L. Bissonnette, M. Grill, S. Jacek, N. Donovan, P. Blodgett (tri-capt.), L. Maskell (tri-capt.), D. Demetrius, L. Cambo, P. Murphy, E. Hassiotis. ! iwife b jy : Wj58hp J.V. Field Hockey 1-7-1 SITTING, L TO R: L. Stecher, K. Ryan, J. Iellamo, S. McCracken, J. Szczepanek, S. Davis, R. Fasth, T. Sullivan, Coach Nesbitt. STANDING, L TO R: K. Loftus, C. Kearney, R. Demetrius, A. Misiaszek, K. Barry, D. Merwin, D. St.Germain, S. Moriarty, C. Dyzer. Soccer 1-7-2 FRONT ROW, L TO R: R. Biskup, B. Brinn, D. Thomas, B. Hannington, T. Mcintosh, D. Bureau, D. Messier, L. Brennan, P. Steen. BACK ROW, L TO R: Coach Jeannie Dexter, S. Martin, B. Bosw- roth, R Siebert, P. Castelli, L. Matonis, D. Leonard, Struzzirro, B. Tucker, L. George, L. Usher, D. Hi, N Leone (mgr.). MISSING: J. Bren- B. Moore. 108 Swimming 11-0 FRONT ROW, L TO R: S. McCarthy, S. Johnson, S. Doten (capt.), J. Wolcott, A. Griswald. SECOND ROW, L TO R: C. Bond (mgr.), L. Wilson, G. Ma- cRae, P. McGlaughlin, S. Leone, A. Griswald, S. McGlaughlin. THIRD ROW, L TO R: P. Moody (mgr.), C. McGuill, S. Stirton, C. Miner, K. Dolecki, L. Whipple, L. Veto, D. Robinson, Coach Sobeck. FOURTH ROW, L TO R: Coach Cascio, M. Wem- worth, J. Mannix, S. Chapin, B. Gillan, S. Landa, C. Magill, Coach Lynch, J. Wolcott. 5 m 8 o w o ■■ $ r i hi tlfl ' 12 Varsity Cheerleading FRONT ROW, L TO R: K. Patric (co-capt.), L. Knak, P. Szmyt, K. Garvey (co-capt.), K. Krzesik, T. Owens, S. Holliday. BACK ROW, L TO R: D. Melcher, M. Hagopian, S. Lebine, L. Vail. Junior Varsity Cheerleading TOP TO BOTTOM, L TO R: C. Fredette, S. Nowak, D. Szamier, D. Grogan (co-capt.), V. McMann (co-capt.), G. Fusco, L. Byam, B. Esta- brook, L. Salerno, M. Metzger, L. Stirlen. FIRST ROW, L TO R: P. Langone, J. Shea, C. Cunningham, G. Roundy, R. Cordner, D. Lapata, T. Schnepp, M. Lively, D. Ballard, J. Ancey (co- capt.), B. Merrill, B. Merrill, T. Rogers, T. Schubert, D. Carpluck (mgr.). SECOND ROW, L TO R: M Riley, T. Stark, N. VonFlatern, C. Stark, S. Setian, R LaSonde, M. Melikian, J. McCullough, R. Bready, M. Florio, N. Vartanian, M. McNulty, G. Clark. THIRD ROW, L TO R: Coach Martin, Killer (mgr.), J. Harper, J. Rahilly, E. Crossman, B. Lis, G. Zirakian, G. Mukai, D. Auchter, K. Szmyt, M. DeVine (co-capt.), C. Trovas, C. Cote, B. Wolski, S. Faudree, S. Carpluck, Coach Campbell. FOURTH ROW, L TO R: Coach Casserly, K. Hori- gan, E. Misiaszek, B. Roth, G. Engle, D. Massida, D. Strange, P. Reed, D. Motyl, R. Farrar, B. New- ton, P. Silvernail, J. Burns, Coach Sawyer. Varsity Football 5 - 5 J.V. Football 4 - 4 Freshman Football 4-4 FIRST ROW, L TO R: B. Schnepp, G. Hagopian, J Murphy, O. O ' Neil, P. Begley, J. Horton, G. Riddle, G. Roach, S. Dodd, G. Rahilly, B. Zimmerman, M. Yearick, B. Guyer. SECOND ROW, L TO R: K. Ingraham, J. Gray, G. DeValle, M. Signorelli, M. Lewis, S. LaVallee, K. Dorsey, D. Normandeau, D. McGuill, T. Barkhuff, A. Kern, J. Crowder, G. Vig- none, J. Kurpaska, D. Muir, G. LaChappelle. THIRD ROW, L TO R: Coach Mina, Coach Poe- lanan, B. Melbier, S. Leven, K. O ' Shea, F. Grillo, T. Read, J. Squire, D. Florian, J. Broshu, B. St. Denis, K. Garvey, T. O ' Donnell, M. Megas, D. Zephir, M. Miller, M. Batista, D. Quill, K. Anderson, T. Sparks, P. Liapas, J. Cooley, J. Barrett, Coach Win- ston. Cross Country 10 - 2 FIRST ROW, L TO R: J Scarlett, J Vesel, K. Gaynor, E. Kirk (co-capt.), M. Stevens (co-capt.), D. Tucker, M. Belanger, P. Powers, M. Ecker. SEC- OND ROW, L TO R: Coach Bamford, C. Babineau, D. Berenson, B. Marchand, R. Audette, B Bureau, 1 Wicker, T. Nestor, D. Crawford, S. Mikkola. NG: Coach Kennedy, K. Goudreau, M. La- 110 Varsity Soccer 11-5-2 FRONT ROW, L TO R: D. Costello, M. Grover, tri-captains: S. Cooper, W. Silveira, B. Siebert, B. Cauley, E. Chapman, M. Gillan. BACK ROW, L TO R: Coach Whalen, T. Gernux, J. Pokorny, S. Strohman, D. Whipple, T. Kinner, B. Donati, P. Dionne, A. Tiboni, S. Francis. C ' ■•; , ' t 3m ' . ' k U JlZ I ■ -j m 20 ■ J J.V. Soccer 9-4-2 FRONT ROW, L TO R: T. Pollard, T. Boillard, R. Courtney, J. Wolcott, B. Follansbee, P. Lefebvre, S. Courtney, M. Gallant, S. LaVallee, J. Dionne, D. Benoit. BACK ROW, L TO R: Coach Tognary, D. Duke (mgr.), M. Kokaszyna, B. Brown, P. Zeckhau- sen, S. Hesser, M. Searles, P. Grover, M. Metzger, S. Riddle, T. Gillis, J. Bugbee, R. Wuerthele, B. May, M. Flynn, Coach Tipaldi. Freshman Soccer 11-3-1 FRONT ROW, L TO R: T. McCarthy, J. Bugbee, P. Tarbell, co-captains: P. Mukai, J. Wolford, M. Ko- zub, S. Bugbee, G. Wuerthele, D. Frodema, B. Per- usse. MIDDLE ROW, L TO R: B. Holman, S. Wez- niak, T. McLaughlin, L. White, R. Smith, D. Wrona, S. Hanmer, P. Brown, B. Francis, Coach Balser. BACK ROW, L TO R: J. Kibbe, C. Boyer, B. Crawford, T. Wilson, G. Gibson, A. Mulcahy, S. Mackintosh, S. Cutting, J. Garber, L. McKenna. MISSING: M. Swenor. 112 Li ■ ■flr 0 dfl - t ■- ' ■ ■ ' |-M| f . ' JpV Kflftfll A; Fl w k j H The Secret ' s Out One of the hardest things about being a Minnechaug hockey player is having to wear a tie to advertise the games. But we all know they wear sweaters just to cover them up, said one keen observer. There are other difficulties, too, like trying not to catch a puck in the leg during warmup or trying as hard as you can not to swear in the clutch or getting the school to provide us with soap since we always forget. Several things have come to stand out on the list of crazy things we do. As the seniors will tell you, to initiate new members, we ask them what their mom and dad ' s names are. Then we revert them to nicknames. And the day after Christ- mas, we evaluate everyone ' s presents to see who did the best. It ' s just tradition. During tryouts, Danny Costello has a way of hitting rookies. They ' ve got to learn — Head up! All right!? Todd Kubik has a way of screwing up his words. He comes out with these jokes that, uh ... Tom Sweeney, Ricky Rodriques, and Tim Aloisio were ranked as team clowns. Tim ' s always saying big words to try to confuse us. And you should hear him say Adoobywah! He says it all the time. Tom Sweeney, or Greeney as the team would have it, confides, Actually we are all crazy, but we try not to tell anyone. Well, the secret ' s out. Now we all know. 113 Coaching Makes The Difference One big change this year for the guys on the gymnastics team seemed to make all the difference in the world. Mr. Tom Sawyer took over as head coach. He brought together the individual gymnasts of all the events and made them into a group where the theme is unity everyone roots for everyone else, no matter what. We feel closer by always cheering for one another. One thing about Coach Sawyer is that he really believes in interteam compe- tition to help them improve. Weekly awards were given for the highest scorer, most routines done, and most improved. In the B-hall showcase, achievements were marked with green stars. As Ken Gaynor puts it, He had us do daily conditioning and plenty of routines. Last year we hardly did anything. Of course, that ' s why this year ' s team is so much better than last year ' s . . . It ' s like you want him to watch you and you ' re always trying to impress him - not to show off, but to have him respect you like you respect him. At a work out, you could usually hear Cat Stevens ' music. And you could always see every team member working on some new move or perfecting an old one to improve themselves for the team. Senior Steve St. Germain captured the true gist of the season when he said, The members of the squad had determi- nation and spirit. That ' s all the team itself needed. Then the coach was the final piece to the jigsaw puzzle. This man, who I respect so well, was the force that drove the squad to success. I will remember this year as one of time and work that turned a group of losers into a group of proud, winning gymnasts . . . Saint. 116 Yah-Low, What Energy!!!! A mystified spectator watched one girl do a beautiful routine on the uneven bars. Where does she get her ener- gy? He then looked to the floor, to the beam, to the horse. He found them all occupied and stared in awe. Where do they all get their energy? They really excel on that. The gymnasts at work were those on this year ' s team, practicing hard, and being rewarded with quite satisfying results. In one meet, the team total hit 95.00, the highest ever in Minne- chaug ' s history. Outstanding performances by Sue Chapin, Kim Dolecki, and captain Jill Wolcott were only a part of the tremendous effort put forth. Junior Priscilla Blodgett explained it sim- ply. We just won ' t be satisfied with anything but the best. Brand new warm-ups added a new shine to their polished moves while the Grinch and Miss Crashio (oops! Coaches Lynch and Cascio, that is) added their own sparkle. The team got a good laugh every time they heard a certain YAH-LOW! Gymnastics ranges from running to dancing to posing to tumbling. Let ' s do our tumbles, ladies! . . . All right, who ' s vaulting? . . . Have you done all your routines? . . . How about a pig-out after the meet? Sandy Stirton, a promising sophomore, told her own thoughts on the sport. Sometimes I feel as though gymnas- tics is individual but it ' s not. It takes the work of all and the spirit of all to win. That ' s a team. He Never Complains They also serve who only stand and wait, wrote the famous English poet Milton. The spotlight always seems to be on the hero, but no one ever notices the one who sits on the bench and has to wait a little longer to get into the game. For now, Paul Oullette is the one who has to wait for his turn. He practices every day along with the rest of the Varsity Basketball Team. A Teammate, Mike McNulty, says, He works harder than anyone on the team and he never complains. He acts like he ' s just happy to be a part of the team. Paul admits that it bothers him sometimes, but he really feels a part of the team effort it takes to win. I know that the harder I play defense in practice, the harder they ' ll play in games. It makes all of us work harder . . . whether you play or not, team sports are important in helping you learn to get along with other people. If you can do that, it ' ll help you a great deal in life. If you can ' t, you ' ll be hurting. 118 Sure, Why Not Has anyone ever heard of the SWN club? Probably not. Well, to fill you in, the basketball team presented an award after every game to the best gunner of the day. They had a golden gun plaque that was given to the person who took the farthest, most impossible shots because when he had the ball, and didn ' t know whether to shoot or not, he just thought, Sure, Why Not? Some of these guys have been playing basketball together since junior high: Mike Niemer Niemzcyk, Jim Brades Brady, Tom Gerno Gernux, and more. Plus they added a hard-working manager, Larry Delgrego, or better known as Larry D. The team itself was a lot closer this year. There was a better, more relaxed atmosphere at practices. Mike McNulty credits much of the team ' s success to the coach. Mr. Girotti kept us loose. We worked hard but at the same time, we had a lot of fun. The game at East Longmeadow was described as: the best game I ' ve ever seen in my life , and the most fantastic game. And rightly so, for the Falcons came from ten points behind to win and take over first place. Near the end, when the winners knew who they were, the fans took time out for a silent cheer and then the players and the fans decided to let everyone know just who was the best. One viewer noted, I ' ll never forget Niemer ' s We ' re 1 signs to everyone. Well, we are 1! 119 Perpetual Motion Fabbri She sat leaning on two legs of the chair, gum popping in her mouth and a smiling face continually looking all around. Down she went to four legs of the chair and up again to two. Indeed her restless mannerisms carry over to her favorite pastime-sports. I just enjoy running around ' says Kathy Fabbri. But her reasoning is hardly what one might expect from such an athlete. High school sports are good because you work with teammates. Everyone works their hardest and maybe you come out as number one. But I don ' t plan to do sports in college, not like I ' m doing here, on a different sport three times a year. I play sports for enjoyment rather than trying to be great at them. And I ' d like to try different things — tennis, ping-pong, bowling — I love bowling, golfing Kathy ' s a real doer. Granted I ' m out to have a good time, but I never stop working. This perpetual motion keeps her free from boredom. In high school, she ' s played on the field hockey, basketball, softball, and track teams, enough to keep anyone busy. The only time I get bored is when I ' m just sitting and watching, like during track when it wasn ' t time for my particular event .... I couldn ' t jog. I couldn ' t stand knowing that every time I ' d go it would be the same — - nothing to make it special. I ' d rather keep in shape by doing different things every day. I don ' t think I could train myself as an Olympian either; I want to enjoy sports instead of making them my life. || MS; 120 Five And You ' re Out!! If you ever went in to watch the girls basketball team practice, you ' d probably hear more than the sounds of bouncing balls and running feet. As Martha Shaw explained, We all warm up to music - Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, the Beach Boys, Chicago. We put them in order, all on one reel - they ' re our tunes. But the problem was that the JV coach didn ' t like the music played too loud so, it was competition between us and them - which one of us had the courage to go turn it up again and which of them would go turn it down. The girls had to keep an eye out for themselves. If someone was taking a foul shot during practice, she ' d better watch out. Some- times we ' d pull her socks or her shirt or hold her shoulders down on the shot. And if someone was wearing those elastic-waist shorts, we ' d tease her by trying to get ' em right off. Of course, we never really did. Once they played Commerce at the Civic Center. There were some spots where the ball would bounce up over your head and other spots where it wouldn ' t get past your ankle! It was a weird floor. But we all felt like professionals in the locker room. Remember the game when four of us players had four fouls apiece? Five and you ' re out! Peggy Murphy and Kathy Fabbri were discussing the high points of th e season. We can ' t forget Colonel Shelby. He ' s Diana ' s . . . Wearing pinnies over our heads? . . . How about when the coach got stuck on 91 and we never did have practice? And Kathy added, Yeah, but you guys didn ' t let me know and I wound up standing there for hours waiting! 121 « iMNhM XL • tarn w ' ■ in n i ii tmmww  ■    WI v r - Sufnnm9 7 i , WHEN 122 Falcons Don Water Wings The seniors insist there are a lot of crazy freshmen. The freshmen insist, How about - freshmen are the best? Scott Cooper, Gary Garcia, and Scott Goyer as captains know that their job involves more than just swimming. As Coach Miller puts it, If there ' s one thing they do, it ' s to get the guys going during a meet. Kendall McCarthy swam the best for Minnechaug in distance and Scott Goyer was the lead man in sprints. Mr. Miller added, Our times are improving but so are everyone else ' s. There are clubs where they can swim year-round, not just during the season. The standards have all been raised. This team could beat the New England Champs of just six years ago. Really. Although the divers kept getting hurt-eardrum problems here, back problems there-Donny Robinson and Craig Pow- ers continued right along and kept the board bouncing. To an unknowing spectator, the practices may appear as hard, endless laps. Don ' t get the wrong idea. Too much fooling around was quickly put to a stop. And one could hear half- sarcastic remarks like, Golly gee, these practices are tough. ilUlULl Hit I ' llHTi ' l K iiMiii J!. Guys Break In Coach Most of the time, when the guys on the ski team loaded up on the bus for Mt. Tom, they weren ' t at all sure if they really would have that practice or meet they were scheduled for-they never knew till the last possible minute. On the bus rides, they were either hoping they ' d make it to the race on time, or wondering who would fill the 8th spot in the line-up - they never knew that till they got there. But once they arrived, other priorities took over, like invading the other girls ski team ' s buses, being rowdy, and trying to impress them. Usually, though, someone would have to go off to look for David Brainard. He always seemed to get lost-every time. Don Tucker, one of the captains, said, We had a good time trying to break in the new coach, Mr. Kosiorek. That ' s really what the whole season has been about. But on the way home from those races and practices, they had exciting food fights- Hostess pies, rotten apples. Everyone ended up with food all rubbed into their face and hair. And if someone had something edible, like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, it was an all- for-one effort to try to get it from him. About the season, one member commented, Isn ' t it funny how we beat the best teams in the league and lost to the worst? Another said, I have a race today. I wonder if it ' ll be cancelled. ?fe ' Sweet And Sour Season Some of the reasons for the girls ski team having such a fantastic season include constant practices at Hemlock Hill, excellent coach- ing from Mr. Deely, and munching out on Oreo cookies and pickles before their big meets. This gave them energy to wipe every other team off the course. The practices at Hemlock Hill were, at times, frustrating, but they proved to be beneficial in the end. Those constant phrases like Get Down! . . . Hands in Front! . . . Carve your turns! and Are you using this course? will be re- membered. The crammed van filled with boots, tangled bodies and ripped bags headed up for Mt. Tom, and all that could be heard from the back was Where ' s the food? and How many minutes till we get there? The girls won all their meets except for one against Longmeadow, which was only by a few seconds. Usually on their way home from victorious meets, they ' d hit McDonald ' s! and celebrate. We ' re all big eaters! The most outstanding thing about the girls ski team was that they accepted any challenge they were put up against. We always pushed to do better than the next guy, and no one ever gave up. « Varsity Basketball 16-5 KNEELING, L TO R: P. Ouellette, co-capts.; M. DeVine, A. Rodrigues, J. Brady. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Girotti. T. Gernux, T. Schnepp, H. Lom- bardi, M. McNulty, M. Niemczyk, J. DeVine, R. Farrar, L. Delgrego, mgr. « mini ft A 9$y t.t, J.V. Basketball 18-3 KNEELING, L TO R: M. O ' Brien, F. Skrzyniarz, N. Vartanian, K. Holliday. STANDING, L TO R: P. Silvernail, R. Feid, D. Mele, P. McMann, M. Krze- sik, B. Schnepp, J. Kogut, Coach Ferris. MISSING: S. Brady. Freshman Basketball 12-7 KNEELING, L TO R: B. Delnegro, B. Murray, co- capts.: J. Wolford, S. Leven, G. Gibson, L. White. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Hanscom, J. Cooley, J. Kibbe, B. Cunningham, K. Anderson, L. McKen- na, D. Normandeau, D. Bromley, B. Crawford. MISSING: D. McNaughton. 126 •■ft lifi, ■•A , Boys Gymnastics 6-3 SITTING, L TO R: O. Milbourne, S. Francis, S. St. Germain, B. Fish. KNEELING L TO R: P. Gaynor, P. Lemieux, S. Courtney, D. Grassetti, D. Hall, E. Byron, K. Gaynor. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Sawyer, M. Dodd, M. McGaunn, D. Fritz, M. An- derson, K. Trevallion, B. Francis, D. Berenson, D. Frederic, B. Witkop, Coach Bell. Girls Gymnastics 9-1 FRONT ROW, L TO R: B. Siebert, P. Blodgett, K. Dolecki, L. Galavotti, J. Wolcott. SECOND ROW, L TO R: C. Howard, B. Gillan, J. Wolcott, D. Belli, P. Moody, C. Hansen. THIRD ROW, L TO R: P. Castelli, D. Robinson, M. Grill, C. Bond, S. Stirton, L. Veto, S. Chapin, J. Kasper, R. Siebert. Swimming 10-4 FRONT ROW, L TO R: S. Gillis, B. Smith, B. Wilson, G. Garcia, S. Goyer, K. McCarthy, J. Shea, E. Kirk. SECOND ROW, L TO R: A. Bercovici, S. Kapp, J. Kerr, C. Powers, C. Miller, D. Robinson, J. Read, M. Davis, G. LaChapelle. THIRD ROW, L TO R: S. Payer, B. Belanger, C. Rugg, J. Taylor, K. Zimmerman, T. Pollard, S. Riddle, M. LaChapelle. FOURTH ROW, L TO R: Coach Winston, J. Clute, J. Irla, K. Ingraham, F. Grillo, J. Garber, K. Mack, E. Hatch, Coach Miller. MISSING: S. Cooper, D. Birkhauser, S. Duffy, R. Lasonde, A. Sharpe, J. Burland. Jl Varsity Hockey 13-3-2 KNEELING, L TO R: T. Wilson, T. Sweeney, W. Zapatha, T. Aloisio, G. Palm, D. Costello, T. Kubik. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Kennedy, S. Bardwell, R. Rodrigues, J. Dorsey, D. Macintosh, D. Costello, H. Stecher, B. May, E. Bachmann, W. Silveira, J. Foley. -4 ' : m y Boys Ski Team 7-5 L TO R: G. Anshutz, G. Rahilly, P. Begley, B. Marchand, B. Holman, D. Brainard, K. Blomberg, T. Boilard, Coach Kosiorek, M. Searles, co-capts.: B. Lis, D. Tucker, D. Orton, J. Rahilly, C. Boyer, J. Adams, J. Russell. Girls Ski Team 13-1 KNEELING, L TO R: M. Metzger, R. Lis (co-capt.), B. Tucker, B. Moore, K. Loftus, D. Orton. STAND- ING, L TO R: C. Tucker (aide), A. McGranaghan (co-capt), K. Delaney, K. McGranaghan, P. Calvert, K. Dernavich, K. Collins, D. Mammarelli, S. Gog- ven, K. Ryan, Coach Deely. 128 Varsity Basketball 12-8 KNEELING, L TO R: D. Demetrius, D. Trow, L. Struzziero, P. Murphy, K. Fabbri. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Kugler, D. Leonard (mgr.), A. Burns, tri-capts.: L. Matonis, M. Shaw, D. Wentworth, C. Leone, A. Misiaszek, B. Dickinson (stats), S. Dunk- lee (mgr.). MISSING: S. McNulty. ■ r i ..j J.V. Basketball 1-19 KNEELING, L TO R: D. Bureau, L. Bissonnette, co- capts.: K. Sherman, S. Bennett, L. Carney. STAND- ING, L TO R: Coach Butler, R. Demetrius, B. Wil- liams, J. Clarke, D. Bromley, R. Biskup, K. Hebert, B. Brinn. J.V. Hockey 10-5-1 KNEELING, L TO R: W. Reed, G. Wuerthele, G. Tangrati, D. Vierthaler, M. Kozub, S. Hanmer. STANDING, L TO R: Coach Kibbe, P. Worthing- ton, D. Costello, J. Vessel, W. Zapatha, K. Dorsey, D. Matthews, B. Bergeron, S. Mackintosh, J. Bray- ton, D. Sullivan. 129 130 WKm 7 SENIORS Accept me as I am so I may learn what I can become. — Anne Griswold School is a building that has four walls and tomorrow inside. — Pete Dionne Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse can hap- pen all day. — Danny Costello 132 Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot. Such is the case with Rose Dodson. She ' s sometimes mischievous, sometimes sil- ly, and always unpredictable. Rose never fails to see the sunny side of an otherwise dull situation and as she says, I think everyone should go out and enj oy themselves. Why should you worry about what people think of you? It ' s you you ' re living for! Her style is simple. When something, whatever it may be, pops into her pretty head, she just goes ahead and does it. For the fun of it. Even if people say not to do it, I do it anyway because I like to experiment. I like to watch how people react. Once I wanted to see what would happen if I stayed out all night, so I did. Another time I smoked in front of my parents, just to see what they ' d do. I don ' t even smoke. I figure, as long as I ' m enjoying myself and I ' m not hurting anyone Rose is always on the go; always in the spotlight. In school, she likes nursery school, food tech, and gym because you ' re always doing something. I can ' t stand to be still. The rest of her time is spe nt shopping, party- ing ... I love New York City. There ' s al- ways something going on — from muggings to parties. Of course, I ' d rather be at the par- ty. Just to try to be fun. Rose Dodson Bernadette Abar Linda Abrahamson Nancy Adams William Albertson Peter Allen ■ IB i Some people are going to like me and some people aren ' t, so I might as well be me. Then at least I will know that the people who like me, like me. H.P. (Karen Garvey) 134 i U IsW. p n ► f The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of com- panioship; it is the spirited inspi- ration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else be- lieves in him and is willing to trust him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (Renee Levesque) Timothy Aloisio James Ancey Ellen Andrews Michael Ardollino Dawn Atchinson Robert Auchter Clifton Averill Barrie Balboni Peter Balise Dwight D. Ballard 13! 136 You can ' t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find — you get what you need. — Mary Leavenworth You never really leave a place you love. Part of it you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind. — Sally Johnson I hope that the most you hope for is the least you attain in the future. — Kathy Hilt Kimberly Barsom Ron Bartels Cheryl Bartolucci Ernest Bates Kenneth Beane Daniel M. Beaudry Sandra Beaulieu Beverly Beaumier Michelle Beaumont Kathleen Mary Becker Julie Mary Belli Christine Belsky Karen Berard Julie Marie Berenson Judith Anne Bergeron Joseph Berthiaume Susan Berthiaume Richard Bilton Daniel Birkhaeuser Debra Blanchard Paul Blanchard David D. Bonney David Booth Paul Bourbeau Pamela Boynton Stephen Bradley P. James Brady Kelly Jean Brassill Stephen Bready Linda Brennan Patricia Anne Brodeur Linda Bromley Donna Brown Thomas Brown Garth Broz 138 Steven Budlong Robert Bureau Michael Burgoon ' - Stephen Burke 4 Alicia Burns Barbara Burns Philip J. Butta Paul J. Campion Chester A. Caney Gino Carestia Darrell Carlson David Carlson Anne-Marie Carmody Kellie Carter Carol Ann Casale ' atricia Marie Castelli Brian Cauley Gary Cebula Francis Celentano Debra Chapin Edward Chapman Ginger L. Chaput Linda A. Cheetham Maryanne Christiansen Richard Clark Janet Coleman Catherine J. Colitti Greg Condon Debby Conery Patricia Conway Scott A. Cooper Danny Costello James M. Coville Craig Cowles Ann L. Craig 140 ... there lies a building, inside the building there lies a school, inside the school there lies the classrooms, inside the classrooms there lies the students, inside the students there lies . . . ... a studious mind. . . . the need to fol- low. ] 1 1 L B  — ... a mean streak. participa- tion. It ' s simply mind over matter, you don ' t have a mind so it doesn ' t matter. — B. Paquette (Scott Francis) The mind is like a parachute, does not function until open, disgust. _ Cindy Gorecki 141 Msam Jenny Osmond Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Well, Jenny Osmond can speak a little pigeon-German. The summer of ' 76 was extra spe- cial for her. This lucky senior spent ten weeks living with a family in Munich. I had taken German and I wanted to travel. I guess you could say I just wanted some adven- tures. One of her adventures took her and a friend to Berlin, both the East and the West sides. West Berlin is beautiful. It is all rebuilt from the war but East Berlin — it took a few hours to get in and what I saw on the inside gave me the creeps. It ' s so ugly — one building had a bomb hole in it. There are guards with guns and dogs ready to attack you if you do anything wrong ... It makes you think that it must be pretty bad to live there if someone would risk their life to get out. They just aren ' t free to do anything they want. On the fourth of July, things were brighter. She attended a celebration at a famous Bavarian spot. There were people of all ages. We said the pledge of allegiance and sang any song that had to do with America. I ' ve never seen so much patriotism in my whole life, and I was never so proud to be an American. Donna Croteau Elizabeth Dakis James P. Dalton Ronald Damiani Lynn A. Danserea David M. Davenport Steven F. Day James Dennis Timothy DeValle Michael Devine 142 Look up and ahead, never down, because the most beautiful things in life are found at the top of rainbows. — Kerry McCann No love, no friendship, can ever cross our path without af- fecting us in some way forever. — Chris Belsky Graduation isn ' t the end of high school, but the beginning of life. — Bob Bureau mam M 1 1 V m. i We ' ve only just begun (to live) — Sue VonFlatern am Scott Harrison He ' s really hung up on this thing. Who? Scott Harrison. Yes, he ' s hung up on sailplaning — that daredevil sport where you compete with eagles. For a birthday present, I received a ride in one. It was over Mt. Washington, right at the end of the day — it was beautiful. I guess that ' s where I caught the bug. Scott has been taking lessons and is thoroughly involved with the sport. What makes a person want to go up? It ' s like riding on a roller coaster — right at the peak. You dive down and it ' s like floating in the air. A sailplane is a non-motorized plane that soars above the earth on air currents. They look like gigantic eagles. A sailplane moves on the average of 42 miles per hour and depends on hot air to keep it rising. Most sailplanes can achieve a top diving speed of about 160 mph. When you go into a steep dive, your heart comes up to your throat and your hair stands straight up ... It ' s really neat — the higher you go, the more you can see. You can see the curve of the earth and the clouds look like cotton. Sailplaning is great. There ' s so much freedom — you just drift all over the place, you dive down, do all sorts of tricks, then catch a wave and go back up again. It ' s like a never ending ferris wheel ride — only much more fun!! Donna Leslie DeWolf Bonnie E. Dickinson Peter A. Dionne Lisa Divida Shelley L. Dodd 144 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Strzempek, Mary Beth Verani, Louise Lindahl, Erin O ' Shea, and Alicia Burns. Hang it up! FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Danny Cos- tello, Steve Burke, Steve Kibbe, and Bevin Fish. 14-: m t- Ail Senior T THEY ALL WORKED THEIR BUNS OFF — traveling from house to house, our senior class did everything from cleaning a goat house, to cutting up firewood. The whole weekend was much more fun than it may sound. Just being together made the days seem that much more of a party! This annual senior affair helped to raise $1,200 which was used for activities such as, The Prom, Banquet, 50 Day Dance, and Senior Breakfast. This year ' s class of ' 77 , went first class all the way! 146 Rose Dodson Dawn Dolecki William Donati Donald Dorn Mark J. Dorsey FROM L. TO R.: Kim Barsom, Tina Russo, Cheryl Wytas, Ann Craig, Darlene Spencer, Lynn Ferri, Donna Croteau, Ginger Galavoti, Nancy Wil- son, Julie Belli, Tom Sweeney, Jim Ancey, Deb Leonard, Jill Wolcott, Kathy Fabbri, and Sue Doten. 147 1 se; m= Zmi Class Advisor; Mr. Girotti 148 Julie Belli-President Tim DeValle-Vice-President Sally Johnson- Secretary Bill Meehan-Treasurer Linda Florio Jillen Flynn James Foley Linda Fortini Debra Francis The way a crow shook down on me, The dust of snow from a hemlock tree, Has given my heart a change of mood, And saved some part of a day I had rued. Robert Frost (Neil LeBlond John Garvey Karen Mary Garvey Kirk Gaudreau Terri M. Geary Thomas Gernux Cynthia A. Gorecki Jonathan Gottsche 151 Robert Grassetti Marcia Graves Mary L. Gress Self-conquest is the first and finest of all victories. Anne F. Griswold Michael Grover Do it, to it! — Tom Schnepp 152 Michelle Marie Harper Scott A. Harrison Mary Hassin Blair Hastings Jon Hastings This is now the end, yet it has only just be- gun. — Philip J. Butta Hope for the best Expect the worst And end up some- where in between — Lynn Maskell Cynthia Hicks Suzanne Hill Katharine Ann Hilt John Hirst Lynn Holly 154 Brian Izzo Jennifer Jack Stephen Jackson If you can ' t be good, be careful. If it comes easy, take it twice. Melanie James Donna Jobson Nancy King Thomas Kinner Edward A. Kirk Lisa Knak A person who never makes the same mistake twice, misses a helluva lot of fun. — Tom Garten Tammy Knox Leslie LaFreniere Peter Lavelle 157 Mary A. Leavenworth Neil S. LeBlond Patricia L. Leduc Debora Leonard Angela Marie Leone 158 Dennis P. Lopata Paul T. Loveland Kimberly Ann Luthgren Leon Mack Patrick Mackey 159 Susan McCormick Susan McCracken Timothy McGuill Debbie McMann Patricia McMullen What ever you do, do it well. — Caryl Tobia 160 William Mireault Edwin Misiaszek Douglas Moody Kevin Moore Jonathan Morgan George W. K. Mukai 161 Sherry Munroe Joanne Marie Munsell Christine Marie Nealy James Nelson Gail Nessell Age, like distance, lends a double charm — Nancy Wilson Life, itself, is the best teacher — Lisa Divida 162 Donna M. O ' Connor Kevin N. O ' Connor Michael Ogoley Robert O ' Hagan Susan O ' Neil Acceptance should not depend on your conform- ing to what others think you should be — Al Levin (Cliff Averill) 163 Paul Ouellette Brian Ouimette Teresa Owens Michael J. Palmioli Maria O. Panasian one thing to think, and do, and I wanted to avoid the thinking and the doing - Bill Wojnicki 165 Steve Burke Everybody has seen Dude Burke jivin ' and slidin ' down the halls. Hi fox, what ' s happening? , white Cons with double laces (sometimes triple), yellow and green or red and blue, his shoul- ders swaying to a Rolling Stone ' s beat (his favorite group). Every- body knows Steve Burke. Breeze. I accidently stole Steve ' s calm, but not his cool, when I asked to talk with him about this profile. Me, man, me?? . . . Me? Meeee? really? ahhh — tell ' m I ' m cool, write down I ' m cool, he jokes in mock falsetto. Burkie, I think they already know that. Cool Breeze stutters around my questions, What do you think you ' ll be doing ten years from now? What experience sticks out from your childhood? Do you like school? When I asked him if he had a girlfriend, I think he started to blush — not like when he ' s doing his Elvis Presley imitation, hips swiveling and collar open, I wanna be a hound dog, or the glowing face he showed as he pulled a yellowed clipping from his wallet about the NCAA reinstituting the slam to college basketball. It ' ll bring class and flash back to the game. And the magic, I think and imagine Burkie is dreaming of taking off at the foul line, twisting once and slamming the ball deep and powerful, two handed, through the hoop. Steve was dealt a disappointment last winter when he didn ' t make the varsity basketball team after being on the team his junior year. Having seen Steve play, I know that his style — his love of flash, You gotta please the fans, gets in the way of his fundamentals. Of course I miss basketball, he says as he fans a handful of tickets to Civic Center basketball games this season. Right now, I believe there is a pro or two who could use half of Burkie ' s love of the game, love of the freedom of play, and I have a hunch Burke might trade some heart for the magician moves of slipping a ball around a court like a balloon on a string. Steve Burke has taken a risk. He ' s developed a style — some might call it wiseguy or cocky or silly or cool, but it ' s Steve Burke. His gabbing, his joking, his swaying, his bobbing, his energy, his embarrassment when someone teases him, is all Steve. As he starts to leave I realize he hasn ' t answered my questions — we ' ve talked sports and magic — Hey Steve, I haven ' t got anything to write. Tell ' m, tell ' m I ' m a typical high school student — I watch football on Saturdays, I eat a lot, I party — I gotta go. I sit there looking at Steve — Yep, his game is all offense, I think, run and gun is cool, is sometimes silly, is jive, is vulnerable. Steve! I shout one more time — What are you gonna be when you grow up? In my own business, he says. What? A bookie, he jokes, his eyes sparkle, and with his head cocked like an eagle about to take flight, he slides out of the room. I hear him start to hum an Earth, Wind, and Fire tune. — Greg Trimmer Kimberly Jean Patric Dave Payer Alan E. Pearson Kimberly Pennington William Pereira Steven St.Germain Robert St.Pierre Cheryl Santos Robert Sazama John Scarlett Gretchen Schmuck Thomas E. Schnepp Gregory Schott Thomas Schubert Paul Schwabe Sara Setian Lisa Shankel Martha Shaw William Shaw Margaret Sheehan Deborah Jane Sheehy Pamela J. Siano William T. Siebert Thomas Silva Walter Silveira 172 Michael A. Siniscalchi Cheryl Smith Lori Smith Sandra Smith William Smith David Soucie Darlene Karen Spencer Carol Stamm Lori A. Stark Mark Stevens Whitney Stiles Diane E. Straham Stephen Strohman Laurie Struzziero Mary Strzempek Kathryl M. Sullivan Thomas Sweeney Amy Swift Virginia Switzer Pamela Szmyt 173 True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it ' s lost. — Debbie Douthwright The only way to have a friend is to be one. — Sue Driscoll Follow me and I ' ll lead you on to the BIG V!! Aldo Tiboni Peter Tippett Caryl A. Tobia Joanne Tozier Donna Trow Edward Trybus Marybeth Verani Donald Tucker Nathan Twining Thomas Vakel Donald Veto Sue VonFlatern Karen Voss Kirk Van Brooklyn James Perry Wark You gotta be kidding me! That ' s good, but I still don ' t believe it!! — Coach Hanmer 17b How many kids have gone through four sets of tires in Minnechaug ' s parking lot? Dennis Bolduc is one of the few, if not the only driver who can make this claim. However, Dennis does most of his street car racing other places — 91, the Mass. Pike, Boston Road near Palmer. I built my car for the fun of building it, but I won ' t race unless it ' s a good road. Strangely enough, he ' s never been caught speeding, al- though once I went by a cop doing 110. He caught me but I only got a verbal warning. IF it ' s possible to add a warm, friendly smile to the red-and-plaid jacket look of a street car racer, Dennis does that too. He admits that a lot of hard work goes into the upkeep of a car that can bury the speedometer. I go through the motor, take it apart, and put it back together with high performance goodies. Dennis doesn ' t devote all his time to his car. He used to ride motorcycles a lot. And during the winter he likes snowmobiling. Motion seems to govern Dennis life. Everyone should start riding — it ' s beautiful. I ' d ride a horse if we had one. Dennis Bolduc Jeffrey Warner Sue Ellen Weissbach Diane Wentworth Ruth Westberg David Whipple Amy White Debra Wilbour Sherri Williams Brian Wilson Nancy Ann Wilson I ' d rather wake up in the middle of no- where than in any city on earth ' Steve McQueen may have come up with these words, but Corey Goodrich, in his own way, lives by them. For him to be in a city is like a fish out of water — he ' s just not at home. Things move too fast. You can ' t stop to ob- serve. I like watching people; you can learn more about people from watching them than by talking with them ... In the country, you can be yourself — you don ' t have to impress anyone. Corey ' s feelings are evident by his actions. His speech is steady, but relaxed and easy; his words are sincere. I go at my own pace — I say what I want, do as I please. I want to have a cabin in the woods and chop my own- firewood. I like to get away from the mono- tony of society. The way to do that is to find a place you are relaxed in. That ' s the woods for me. When speaking of his girlfriend, Cheryl, he smiles. His eyes look up and display a strong but gentle quality matched only by his tone of voice. She ' s like a part of me. I found myself. You can ' t begin to understand your surroundings until you know yourself. And you know, if you don ' t know yourself, then you don ' t know anything. Corey Goodrich « - L m f c v V t  7 EPv !9 M 8 S ; 1 5 f 1 A 1 Thomas Wilson William P. Wojnicki Jill Elizabeth Wolcott Leslie Wolfe Cheryl Wytas . tfk 4U Missing: Karl Gran Lewis Morse 1 1 — S -si Dennis Bolduc Joseph Grant Deborah Polley t Ml Thomas Crawford Bruce E. 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Carol Lew Shaw Congratulations to the class of 77 Congratulations to Mary Congratulations to the Senior class of 1977 Crow, who will win the bets? The M M Kid Do it just for the hell of it. T.S. Don ' t order a drink for the road ' cause- the road is already layed out. Dopy, Sneezy, me, Bashful, say goodbye! Bye, bye. Falcon Swimming- Do it in the pool! Jon M. Goodbye Amos B. Moses Good Luck Always- Bill M., Steve B., Doug M., Good Luck Always to Jim, Malcolm, Steve, Pete, Eric, Bob. Good Luck and best wishes to the graduating Class of 77 - Mr Mrs. Hermance Good Luck Chris Whit Good Luck Cindy and the class of 77 The Gorecki Family Good Luck Cindy, hope nothing but good things happen to you Good Luck- Class of 77 From Mr. Mrs. Gene Walton Good Luck class of 77 Good Luck class of 77 Good Luck class of 77 Good Luck class of 77 Good Luck class of 77 Good Luck Class of 77, Paul Crowley Good Luck Dawn Good Luck Dawn Good Luck From Mr. Mrs. Florian Good Luck gang- Where ever you end up Love, Orb Good Luck Julie, Tom, And Friends Good Luck Seniors, especially Holly Lee and Kimmie Ann Good Luck Seniors Good Luck Seniors Good Luck to all the gang. Love Janice Good Luck to class of 77 and all your future endeavors Good Luck to Corey, Nina, Shannon, Sue, Sally, Amy, and Lynn Ann From Joel Good Luck to Dawn, Tom, Darroch, Lee. Love, Judi Good Luck Steve. Love Always, Cheryl Good Luck to the senior football players- C. Casserly Good Luck to ' 77 from Home Ec. Dept. Good Luck 77 from Miss Noone Good Luck 77 Howie , Jo Good Luck to the greatest class of all-77 Good Luck to the Class of 1977 Good Luck to Dar and all her friends Good Luck to Whit, Zork, Vince Chris, Donny, Brian, Sue, Peter Happy Birthday, Kathy, Paula, and Sara Love, Potion No. 9 (Remember Lake Side!) Have a purrr-fectly wonderful future, Seniors- Love, Bernie the Cat Hello old friend! Hey Linda, does a chicken have lips? Hi Mikey, How ' s LIFE? Love, Bonnie H.L.Y.E.R., N.N.E.P. Believe I am finally leaving Minnechaug I am going to miss you, Kenny. Love, Donna I leave to my sister. Deb, all the grins, smiles, giggles, and laughs I ' m so glad we had this time together. If happiness is your destiny, there ' s no reason to hurry. If you throw the people you love away, you have nothing. Kathy, Kim, Holly-Three Stooges? Sometimes I wonder! Keep on keeping on, 77 Kevin, Good Luck in the future. Love, Kim Lada Lada, Let ' s tute. March to your own drummer, and step to the music you hear. Mrs. Kimberly Men and Women are not created equal, and neither is better than the other. Merle ' s Bar and Grill: Tiny Bubbles in the wine . Mr. . Mrs. Frank Pychewicz Mr. Mrs. Gerald Doten Mr. Mrs. R.F. Levesque Mr. Mrs. Gregory Panasian No one know what he can do until he tries (L.R.V.) Rapisarda Reincarnation: I ' ll see you guys in 500 years. Remember Ponderosa ' s parking lot! ROY G BIV Scarecrow sends her love and wishes you much happiness. S.C. T. say thank you! See you in Torremolinos See you in ' 80 Smile! Gary the hammer Petzold Smorge, good luck always. C.B. Success and best wishes to the class of 77 Take care, Seniors! I ' m gonna miss ya! Thanks for the memories . . . Thanks for the winning smile. H.D. Three wholesome girls?? The best of everything to our son, Bob. The best of luck Vera, with love, Dawn. The best to the best- ' 77 G.P. Tim wishes Dar the best of everything. To Bobby A,B, and C- especially Bobby C To Ernie wife- Isn ' t marriage a ball (and chain)! 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Elaine Bernie Zapatha 208 WEJBRSHAM PUBLIC LTBRABV The reason this year ' s graduation was so special was because we all went into it together and we ALL came out of it together. -Deb Leonard GRADUATION SENIOR PROM SENIOR BREAKFAST SENIOR BANQUET 3 • JM| L Bte. ' B - 1 mm Front Row L To R: L. Cheetham, S. Johnson, M. Gress, J. Bergeron, J. Osmond, D. Spencer, J. Belli. Middle Row L To R: M. Grillo, D. Belli, C. Miner, L. Southworth, K. Loftus, B. Gress, S. Davis, R. Carter, C. Dalton, J. Wil- son, A. Young, S. Jacek. Back Row L To R: K. Garber, M. Wolcott, C. Calvert, P. Moody, S. Kirby, C. Erickson, C. Cam- bell, G. McRae, K. Ponath, T. MacKintosh, E. Carr, P. Cal- vert, J. Hale. Missing: B. Bridgman (faculty Ad.), Mi- chelle Kober(mgr.). SYNCHO Stroke . . . one, two, three . . . Stroke . . . one, two, three — O.K., do a Baraccuda. Now a clam. How ' bout a swordfish? Just in case you ' re won- dering, this isn ' t a lesson in Marine Biology or a cram session in fishing. It ' s SYNCHO! What ' s Syncho? Swimming underwater to the deep end of the pool and finding all your mermaid friends in the shallow end Yelling and screaming so they can hear you underwater . . . Not being able to keep up your bath- ing suit straps during the show . . . Catching the rays when coach Bridge- man isn ' t looking . . . Hurrying to catch the W.A.Q.Y. mo- bile out in the parking lot before they run out of bumper stickers and free breakfast passes to McDonalds Often not being able to hear the music through the constantly BREAKING loudspeaker! And from one team member, It ' s the best part of my year! despite wrin- kly toes, Swimmers ear , blue noses . . . BOYS TRACK 11-1-0 FRONT ROW L TO R: R. Farrar, B. Fritz, G. Gar- cia, D. Massidda, S. Kubik, J. Scarlett, M. Sinisczl- chi, J. Ancey (capt), S. Cooper (capt), E. Misiaszek (capt), D. Tucker (capt), S. Goyer, B. Mortensen, B. Ouimette, E. Kirk, S. Faudree, T. Gernux, SECOND ROW L TO R: Coach Ferris, R. Audette, M. McGaunn, B. Belanger, M. Kresik, R. Gadette, P. Powers, B. Shaw, P. Dionne, O. McGettrick, K. Szmyt, M. Stevens, C. Powers, M. Webber, K. Hori- gan, E. Wikar, D. Berenson, THIRD ROW L TO R: K. Garvey (mgr), Coach Bamford, M. Malzenski, J. Goyer, B. Schnepp, M. Belanger, J. Vesel, J. Taylor, B. Marchand, S. Mikkolz, J. Rahi lly, T. Rogers, P. Campion, J. Wolcott, M. McNulty, G. Engel, G. Ouimet, C. Bergeron, O. Milbourne, D. Crawford, M. Beaulieu, Coach Casserly. Missing: D. Carlson, P. Gaynor, K. Gaynor, G. King, M. LaChapelle, M. Ecker, D. Brainard, R. Lasonde, C. Babineau, T. Garvey, K. Goodreau, J. Siniscalchi, J. Brochu, M. Beaulieu. e firemen ran to a brush fire in the back woods of Minnechaug High, so did our very own Volunteer Fire Fighters e Boys Track Team. Not only do they fight fires, but they also play water-polo in the pool, (co-ed, no less), listen r Doug Massida ' s finishline YELP(!), and shine moons through the windows of the spectators bus. ow, the 1977 track team had their best year in twelve. The practices were grueling and involved who-knows- of jogging and sprinting. But there ' s a little attraction which always seems to keep them truckin ' , known as the GIRLS track team. As Gary Garcia puts it, it ' s Invigorating . . . track, that is. The surprise birthday party for the little one , (Miss Nesbitt) was one of the highpoints of the season, but so were a lot of other incidents that occurred off the track. No one will forget Sue Doten and Jill Wolcott throwing lemonade at each other as well as food and shaving cream especially if they were caught in the crossfire. Everyone enjoyed watching Miss Nesbitt and Missy Grill beat Sue in a high jump contest and eating those doughnuts after practice. They didn ' t just have fun off the track either. They were league champions, which made competing fun too, even though they tried very hard to con Miss Nesbitt and Mrs. Sammich out of those extra practices. But moments like Missy Grill ' s 26.1 in the 220, Sue Doten ' s second place finish in the javelin at the states, and freshman Lori Usher ' s outstanding finishes in the 880 made those practices a lot easier to go to. FRONT ROW L TO R: J. Wolcott, S. Doten (capt), L. Maskell (capt), A. Craig. SECOND ROW L TO R: S. Aykanian, G. Pirog, S. Mor- iarty, C. Simpson, J. Szczpanek, D. Thomas, S. LaFleur, S. Paradis, D. Bureau, S. Landa, L. Hansen, THIRD ROW L TO R: K. O ' Keefe, L. Brennan, L. Calabrese, S. Leone, C. Kearney, C. Harty, D. Sakowski, M. Grill, S. Usher, C. Wilson, J. Kirk, M. Wentworth, C Lucas, G. Hawthorne. FOURTH ROW L TO R: Coach Nesbitt, S. Martin, W. Hodgdon, A. Panaia, K. Lucas, L. Michels, V. McMann, B. Flathers, S. Kurk, D. Demetrius, P. Steen, P. St. Denis, C. Grassetti, L. Usher, M. Munsell, C. Dunscombe, B. Tucker, D. Mammarelli, Assis. Coach Sammich, (mgr) C. Magill, L. Davis (mgr), V. Switzer (mgr). Missing: A. Cardetti, C. Garvey, D. Leonard, S. McLaughlin, R. Powers, L. Smith, D. Williams. GIRLS TRACK 9-0-1 Second base is always between first and third; everyone knows that. But it wasn ' t that simple for the girls when they had their warm up because somehow it always got covered up by grass and dirt. After spending ten minutes looking for the base, the girls would begin their warm ups. This was unfortunate for Mr. Martin one day, because he ended up getting hit with a ball he pitched and got a good size bruise not to mention a good laugh from some of the girls. If you ever watch the outfield during one of the practices you might wonder how they managed to come in second. It ' s not often you ' ll see an outfielder play on one foot or two outfielders playing each others shadows by mimicking the others catches and throws. Chris Leone and Eleni Hassiotis have mastered th is art. The girls overcame some problems during the season but the most painful was the rasberries they experienced sliding into the bases . They also had a habit of diving at the balls hit into the outfield even though they didn ' t always catch them. The teams season was capped off with an exciting 3-2 victory over Ludlow which made Mr. Martin forget their antics during practices. First Row L To R: (mgr) M. Sparks, A. Gruszka, J. Clark, B. Brinn, E. Hassiotis, C. Leone, D. Brown, J. Coleman. Second Row L To R: Coach Martin, S. VonFlatern, D. DeWolf, A. McGranaghan, A. Misiasek, N. Hughes, C. McGuill, L. Matonis, (mgr) P. Riedy, Asst. Coach K. Kennedy. SOFTBALL 10-8-0 BASEBALL ■SB FRONT ROW L TO R: (stats) L. Vail, J. Brady, (capt) M. DeVine, G. Popovich, D. Orton, J. Coville, (capt) A. Rodrigues. SECOND ROW L TO R: (stats) C. Kokoszyna, J. Kogut, F. Skrzyn- iarz, D. Strange, B. Follansbee, R. Perrone, J. Pokorny, J. DeVine, D. Costello, M. Harvard (mgr), Coach Deslauriers. Missing: F. Messier, M. Anti. ■ ■ .: ■• -[ ' ■ What would the baseball team be without their band on the bench? They wouldn ' t be able to listen to the talented duo of Mike Anti and Spanky Jeff Kogut playing the spoons while making those great double plays. Minnechaug has a power house team. They hit more homeruns than last year ' s record breaking season. Not only could they hit, they had a great pitching staff lead by Poco Jeff Pokorny who had a one hitter against East Longmeadow which many considered one of the best games. The end of the season was the best for the team because they loosened up and played without pressure . The boys also had the problem overcoming some injuries which caused three different people to play third base. The team ' s season and confidence could be summed up by a simple statement made by one of the players; We were good . GIRLS TENNIS If you were wondering where the dead chicken calls and the scream- ing of squeeze the bananas out of it , were coming from, you were listening to the feminine half of ' Chaug ' s ten- nis team. This year, along with tracking down fly-away tennis balls and fight- ing with the stickem-stuff-spray (supposedly for their tennis racquets handles), the girls added yet another activity to their list of many; PLAY- ING IN THE SNOW! And when it ' s sunny out, they run back and forth collecting t water in their empty tennis ball cans. But rain seems to be their favorite kind of atmosphere, cause we always splash around in the pud- dles! says Chris Duckie Belsky. FRONT ROW L TO R: P. Castelli, C. Colitti, L. Wolfe, D. Douthwright, P. Murphy, K. Barsom, V. Barsom, C. Tobia. BACK ROW L TO R: Miss Dexter (coach), L. Hermance, K. DeValle, D. Douthwright, D. Hartin, D. Szamier, C. Har- tin, C. Engel, M. Caliento (mgr.) S. Driscoll (mgr.) u ' i Mi FRONT ROW L TO R: D. Mattew, J. Sullivan, P. Worthington, S. Bardwell, H. Frost, M. Flynn. BACK ROW L TO R: B. Cauley (capt), P. Balise, P. Silvernail, P. Loveland, T. Hettrick, D. Engel (capt), Mr. Deely (coach). BOYS TENNIS 9-9-0 Minnechaug has in their midst the West- ern Mass. Class B Tennis Tournament Champions. They won that rather long title in grand style by winning four of the five matches at the championship at U. Mass. The boys were disappointed because they expected to see a jumper on the roof of a twenty story building and no one ever showed up. Alot of surprises awaited this years play- ers. One surprise was that Mr. Deely never hit any mailboxes on the side of the road when he was driving to the matches. The weather also played a trick on the boys the first time they played against Amherst. During the middle of the matches a very large cloud appeared over the courts and before they knew it, snow was falling. It was so bad they couldn ' t see the other side of the net. But they managed to survive that strange day and go on to become the only Minnechaug tennis team to ever win a tro- phy. In the only game where the lowest scores win, Minnechaug had the low- est. Their scores were so good in fact, this year they became Western Mass. Champions and became in fourth in state competition. The major reason they are the champs is junior Brad Barker ' s great round of 70 in the Western Mass. tournament. Through- out the entire year when one player didn ' t do well another player would do fantastic. Balance is obviously a key to winning. The guys followed the advice of keeping their head down and eye on the ball at all those practices, except once. Hugh Lombardi hit a ball that accidently hit Mr. Girotti in the head. Besides putting up with incidents like this on the course he had to put up with popcorn box fights on the way back from states. Between flying golf balls and flying popcorn boxes it ' s a wonder he didn ' t get many bumps on his head. L TO R: D. Mitchell, J. Howard, J. Tamsey, Mr. Girotti (coach), D. Lopata, H. Lombardi, B. Barker, B. Grasseti. Listening to the radio . . . watching T.V. . . . writing your name- It ' s abilities like these that we often take for granted. But there are those who are not capable of doing these things, let alone understanding what they are. These people are the children at Monson State Hospital. Our Minnechaug volunteers give up an afternoon one day a week to work with children up to fourteen years of age. They teach them to listen to different sounds, how to feel various textures, and how to create their own music. Why you may ask, does anyone want to do this? It can be answered in one word . . . satisfaction. You have to be patient, says Sue Ore- cuich, but it ' s worthwhile when the kids finally respond. MONSON STATE VOLUNTEERS- Diane Merker (Advisor), Tracy Slieth, Debbie Morin, Sue Orcuich, Sandy Beaulieu, Leslie Wolfe. Missing: Sarah Setian, Bob O ' Hagan. ITALY! You know it had to be good if Mr. Badger only lost his smile once. Doug Carlson - V4 ' ' e5« z 3Kp The best part was seeing Mr. Beeler get kissed by our lady tourguide. Jane Scott 11 i tar. It was a lot of fun, even though we had the same napkin all week ... Pam Flodman ... and the same towel! Michelle Duer FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS FOLK FESTIVAL ST iw i V. OUR TOWN SIT DOWN! screamed a booming voice from the stage. A mischievous child from the audience froze and then quickly sat down. The interruption lasted only sec- onds, and the the show calmly continued. For the cast and crew of Our Town, nothing could stop them from performing — not a troublesome kid, or chaotic rehearsals, or lack of audiences. It went from the sublime to the pathetic and back to the sublime, says director Dennis Ryan. Nevertheless, everything pulled together by the last dress rehearsal. This year, the dramatists chose a more serious, more challenging play — a play with depth, emotion, and humor. Heavens, we can ' t forget the humor! How about the time (Evel Kneival) Jon Gottsche rode his mo- torcycle on stage, or the time the coffin — straight from the funeral home — opened up to a headless skeleton? Serious, eh? Still, we had a good time . . . especially the cast parties ... all FIVE of them! J 8 L. -. ' J l WW ' M [1 • Ij ' t D || I ■ I 1 Hi ' Hi l|j ■Wnaa Abrahamson N. r EMERALD KEY 772447 LXUUUV puboc umtAinr i lb ggii i- %SfcS KU - V V V V v vt Vi  ll ' V 1