Nashua High School - Tusitala Yearbook (Nashau, NH)

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7 -4. N ... - . -v.-- ---... TENNIS During the last two years tennis has proved to be an excellent source of enjoyment and com- petition for several members of our graduating class. Although we didn't make any starting positions on the team as sophomores, We never- theless gained experience. During our junior year three of our juniors earned starting posi- tions and won letters - Barry Cerier, Hugh Taggart, and Marvin Porter. Backing them up were fellow juniors Arthur Gay and David Winer. All turned in creditable seasons for Coach Scheer, with Porter undefeated and Cerier and Taggart losing but once. During the season our team faced Lawrence Academy, Assumption Prep of Worcester, and Fitchburg, ending with a record of one win and four losses. Rain forced the cancellation of several more matches. This year our senior players look forward to more luck in both their final record and in having less rain. Whatever the outcome, how- ever, we seniors will feel that tennis has been a refreshing and rewarding sport. MARVIN PORTER TRIBAL Favorite Male Vocalist ..,.,....,. Favorite Female Vocalist ....... Favorite Dance Band .,,.........,. Favorite Jazz Band ,.... Favorite Hangout ...,.. Favorite Athlete ...... Favorite Song ,,,..... Favorite Movie ,......,...,....., Favorite T. V. Program ..,... Man of the Year .,.......,. Favorite Book ..,.., PAGE FIFTY-EIGHT GOLF The success of last year's golf team was largely due to the practice and experience of the preceding year, when sophomores Karl Foster and Donald Noel helped the team to a 7-2 record, losing to Portsmouth and Governor Dummer. Last year, with juniors Karl Foster and Richard Ledoux participating, Coach Paquette's Purple Linkmen enjoyed a 9-1 season, marred only by loss to Portsmouth. This downfall, was soon forgotten when the team brought home the elusive State and Individual Cham- pionships after a twenty-year absence. With three regulars for its '55 season and several promising youngsters, the defending State Champions face a lot of hard work, but with the help of a ten-match schedule negotiat- ed by Coach Paquette, the team should be in fine shape to retain the championship on June 3 and 4. And if experience leads to success and one success promotes another, its team may yet achieve a perfect season. KARL FOSTER CHOICES Perry Como Theresa Brewer Glenn Miller Earl Bostic The Priscilla Ted Williams Sincerely Gone with the Wind George Gobel President Eisenhower Gone with the Wind TUSITALA

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LETTERMEN OF 1955 TOP LINE JOHN ANASTASIOU: Football MAURICE AREL: Football PAUL BELLAVANCE: Football, Basketball, Baseball BURLEIGH BRIGGS: Football BARRY CERIER: Tennis HUBERT CHAPUT: Cross-countr Y, Track THOMAS FLAHIVE: Basketball, Track, Cross-country SECOND LINE KARL FOSTER: Golf RICHARD HARWOOD: Track Cross- country CHARLES JEPSON: Baseball JAMES KOPKA: Football, Track JACKSON LACOMBE: Track RICHARD LANDRY: Baseball EDWARD LEHOUILLIER: Football LOWER LINES ANTHONY MANDRAVELIS: Foot- ball RICHARD MAROIS: Football, Track ROBERT MILLER: Baseball LEO PARE: Track ROLAND POLIQUIN: Football MARVIN PORTER: Tennis THOMAS RYAN: Track HUGH TAGGART: Track Cmgrj Cross-country ROBERT THERRIAULT: Basketball GRADUATION ISSUE PAGE FIFTY-NINE

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TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY Although they had never run track before, the five members of 1955, Dick Harwood, Tom Ryan, Hubert Chaput, Jack Lacombe, and Jim Kopka, who reported for track as sophomores gave a good account of themselves, and when spring of 1954 rolled around they were ready and waiting, with Flahive as an important ad- dition. Harwood came through in the mile, Kopka scored consistently in the discus and shop-put, Ryan often went twenty feet broad jumping, and Lacombe and Chaput picked up those extra points which are precious in a close contest. Nashua finished fourth in the State meet. Har- wood and Flahive were selected to run in the New England, where Harwood added a fifth place to his win in the state meet. In the latter Flahive took third in the half mile. Early in 1955 indoor track caught the at- tention of the Nashua runners, and Nashua sent its first indoor track team to the Exeter meet, placing a strong third. GRADUATION ISSUE As the 1955 track season continues, the same six seniors are out, and the state title in track is just over the hill. Thomas Flahive, Richard Harwood, and Hubert Chaput sparked the 1953 cross country team to a 4-1 record, losing only to Lowell by one point. Flahive and Harwood broke an elev- en-year record at Lawrence Central that year. The team of 1954 was paced by the hard run- ing, red-headed combination of Harwood and Flahive, and good steady runners in Taggart and Chaput. Nashua finished with a 5-2 record. Many records fell during the course of the season. Flahive and Harwood reduced the 1948 home course record from 11:54 to an a- mazing 11:05. The team took third in the state meet, which was better than any previous team from this school had done. Harwood, who finished fifth, and Flahive eighth, were on the All-State Cross Country Team. Both boys were eligible to run in the New England Meet at Boston. THOMAS FLAHIVE PAGE FIFTY-SEVEN