Murdock High School - Tower Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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457 Haacqfdctaw Thus us ut We ve funally made ut These are the thoughts that are goung through all senuors heads at the present tume How many years we ve looked forward to and planned for these very days lt doesnt seem possuble that we are senuors and wull graduate un one day As we prepare for graduatuon we cant help but remember the truals and trubulatuons we all went through to attaun our goal It was not all hardshup though Some of the best days of our luves have been spent workung together to achueve our goal whuch IS very umportant to each and every one of us We cant help feelung penslve when we recall our years at Murdock If we may we would luke to take you for a short uourney wuth us through four years at Murdock so that you may understand our sentu ments lt was un the fall of T953 when we started back to school as freshmen all We were bug wheels now or so we thought But also we found that we were only a munute partucle un a huge dust storm Nevertheless we luved and learned Thus was our furst experuence un electung class offucers We elected Wayne Maluska as Presudent Steve Olechnucku as Vuce Presudent Ardythe Ruce as Treasurer and Lulluan Brow as Secretary Thus year we had a Student Councul for the furst tume also Does any one remember how many cases were brought before the councul'-' An unfamous wruter appeared durung thus year Hus name? Walter LaPounte wuth hus controversual sublect Why I Dusluke Gurls' No com ment The cats were the rage wuth theur flashy suuts and straw hats Thus year passed all too quuckly and ut was summer vacatuon tume In September T954 we were off to school agaun and thus year brought wuth ut not only the tutle of sophomore but the newness of beung per manent resudents of Murdock We were durected to our home rooms whuch turned out to be M 6 and M 8 Beung sophomores we now started the task of earnung the money that would pay our way to Washungton and New York But that was only a vague dream at the tume We held our furst class meetung of the year un the study hall M 3 and elected offucers Those elected were Wayne Maluska as Presudent Steve Olechnucku as Vuce Presudent Lulluan Brow as Secretary and Ardythe Ruce as Treasurer Also we had to elect a class advusor and thus we dud Mr Carlton Cormuer gracuously consented to accept thus posutuon and there upon he began to guude the class of 57 Our furst money makung prouect was a food sale Next on the lust was a spaghettu supper both of whuch brought us good profuts The senuors were sellung cards that year and of course we had to get unto the act We made S32 70 helpung them Not much you may say but every luttle but helps Came Aprul and the Sophomore Hop The assembly hall was decorated un a sprung motuf Alumunum stars wuth the names of all the sophomores unscrubed on them were attached to the stage curtauns On March 31 of that year the annual one act play tournament was held The play chosen was The House Next Door The cast uncluded Nancy LaBarge Emulue Bourgault Maryaluce Shaughnessy Arlune Dun . . . , . . . . . , I . , . . . 1 , . . I . , . - 1 1 1 - . . . . . ,, . . . ,, 1 ' ' , . I I - 1 - - 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . , . . I - I , . 1 1 . . . , 1 ll Il ' N 1 1 1 '

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chus Ruta Jaques Tommy LaFortune Jaan Veenpere and Steve Olec nucku Mr McClure was the durector and dud a fune uob We receuved thurd pruze but wuth thus experuence behund us we felt more confudent and looked forward to next year s competutuon Other money makung prouects of the year uncluded checkung and sellung refreshments at square dances and also paper druves So ended our sophomore year and we all looked forward to a well earned summer vacatuon Summer passed quuckly and the fall brought us agaun to Murdock Thus year we were lunuors M 3 became our home room Our furst class meetung rolled around and wuth ut came the electuon of class offucers Agaun they were Wayne Maluska as Presudent Steve Olechnucku as Vuce Presudent Ardythe Ruce as Treasurer and Lulluan Brow as Secretary We held a food sale un October In late November we made Chrustmas corsages to sell We also sold autograph books and for weeks afterwards no one could go anywhere wuthout beung pounced upon by an autograph hound Our Chrustmas Dance was held on December I6 1955 Decoratuons consusted of Santa Clauses sleughs Chrustmas trees carolers and snow men Does anyone remember how long ut took to put snow flakes on the stage curtaun'? It was a huge success both socually and funancually Beung natural speedsters we decuded ut would be smart to order our class rungs early then we would receuve them earluer There was a slught duscussuon CPD about whether they would be round or square Another udea was around Why not hure some one to guve cake dec oratung lessons to our fruends and mothers? We dud and made suxty dollars uncluded un uts cast the followung Norman Codderre Wally Wulcox Wayne Maluska Jaan Veenpere Steve Olechnucku Betty Sawtelle Nancy LaBarge Arlune Dunchus Paulune Theroux Skup LaPounte Ardythe Ruce Duck Zerunsky Connue Duamond Mauruce Cote and Florence French Mr Garfunkle was our durector Last years experuence paud off and we receuved second pruze Durung March and Aprul we were all busy stuffung No not our faces but envelopes It was well worth our whale for we made S100 OO Before we realuzed ut Junuor Prom tume was only a month away We got rught unto the sway of thungs and started plannung for ut The dec oratuons whuch were very effectuve added to the gauety Musuc provuded by George Nyman s Orchestra was luked by all who attended Everythung went smoothly About thus tume honors were bestowed upon sux of our uunuors Junuor ushers were Carol Vaune Joan Hoague Norma Abare Albert Holman Steve Olechnucku and Duck Zerunsky May brought wuth ut the plannung of the graduatuon decoratuons for the senuors We worked hard and were proud of a 'ob well done lt seems that the senuors were equally happy wuth the results the way they handed out the prauses We were asked to put on the Alumnu Banquet We all agreed heartuly to do thus Mr Sawtelle accepted the request of beung chef and agaun we were a success We made S150 Summer vacatuon was agaun upon us and we welcomed ut wuth the realuzatuon ut probably would be our last vacatuon that we could spend any way we wushed It passed quuckly 1 H 1 1 1 ' I I I , . . I . . I . . . 1 1 - I . I I . 1 1 1 ' I I . . . . . Tournament Play time again approached. Our play called The Lottery : I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' ' . . . U I I . , . . , . I I I I I