Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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Ar our prom, Midnight Masquerade ' Mary Breen and Helen Grady reigned as courr princesses. Ail of which brings us to September, 1964: For our senior class officers, we elected John Ignacio, David Wilson, Louis Gross, and Cheryl Miceliotta, Our well-season, two thousand pound, twenty-two legged gridiron menace, headed by Captain John Wilson, brought us the fourth undefeated season in Natick High history, and first place standing in the Bay State League. At the Thanksgiving Game rally, we were treated to the sight of Dennis ' Chopper 11 Thompson leading the most unforgettable squad of cheer¬ leaders we had ever seen. Our other cheerleaders, for the second consecutive year, came in first in the Bay State Cheerleading Championship competition. In this group were Ann Brans field, Ava Baram, Joan Lang, Lynn Morrissey, Eileen Farrell, Judy Ignacio, and Mary Breen, captain of the squad. Impressed and somewhat mystified by all this was Pierre Hacsler, our APS exchange student from Switzerland. That fall the Leaders Corps was introduced in the Girls Physical Education Department. Our cross country team had a 7 and 2 record, taking third place in the Bay State Con¬ ference. The Honor Society, in conjunction with the Future Teach¬ ers Club, initiated a student tutoring service, and a substitute teaching service for the benefit of all students. Under the leadership of Mark Raider, John Wilson, Judy Ignacio, and Helen Grady, the student council ser up a bulletin board for student use. Guided by Mr. Englehardt, the Science Club, an outgrowth of the former Science Quiz Team, was organized. For the convenience of all students working on science proj¬ ects, the club set up a non-profit materials ordering service. Five members of the class, Walter Bordett, David J t Brown, James Coplan, Claudia Winters, and Joseph Dampio, were selected to participate in the Army Science Seminar Program, which involved working at the Army’s Natick Laboratories after school two or three days a week. The group worked on such projects as Experimental Space Diets ' Polymer Plas¬ tics under Irradiation ’ and ’’The Determination of Intrinsic Viscosity of Polyvinyl Aeeatc fa prize-winning tide, to be sure!). This program proved to be an invaluable experience for all. Our senior play, Blithe Spirit 1 was highly successful. Perhaps this was due in pari to our parade, a noisy but enthusiastic motorcade led through town by a 1929 touring car, Tliis year, Sassamon edited by Glenn Durfee, saw a number of innovations. The paper ran a campaign to increase sub¬ scriptions, which permitted a reduction in advertising space from one and one half pages per issue to only one sixth of a page per issue. With the increase in subscriptions, Sassamon circulation is now 1100 copier per edition. Another new feature is the Redman, a literary magazine published three times a year and edited by Betsy Markle, In step with increasing school enrollment, Mr. Sdcklor was appointed second vice principal; Mr. O ' Sullivan was ap¬ pointed chairman of the Industrial Arts Department. A new head librarian. Mrs, Milliard, became a member of the faculty last September. Since then, more students have had access to the library, and more books have been circulated than ever before. In fact, during the first semester of 1964, over 10,000 students made use of rhe library facilities, and 5788 books were circulated. Even more impressive is the continually rising number of students using the library fa¬ cilities. During their second league season, the wrestling team, alias Mark ' s Raiders turned in a record of 2 and 7. The varsity basketball team, eo-caprained by David Bernard! and Walter Ball, had an overall record of H and 7 giving Natick a three way tie for third place in rhe Buy State Conference. Make that record i I and 8 if you include the game against the faculty- on N Club Night! The girls ' basketball team had a 5-3 season, defeating Needham for the first time in years. Due to its excellent record in past years, our Indoor Track team was moved up to Division One in rhe Metropolitan Track League, With this increased competition, we had a 2 and 5 season. At the annual Christmas assembly, Nathalie Edwards, for the third consecutive year, won the prize for die best home¬ room mural Topping off the winter season was the Christ¬ mas Cotillion. Thirteen members of the class of 1965 won National Merit Letrers of Commendation and four, Donald Hutchins, Wil¬ liam Smith, Dorothy Tripp, and Claudia Winters, were an¬ nounced as semi-finalists. At this years art exhibit, Leslie Adams, Martha Keezer, and Deborah Darling were awarded prizes. Receiving Gold Keys in the Scholastic Art Awards sponsored by the Boston Globe were Nathalie Edwards and Laurie Whitehill. Laurie’s paint¬ ing, also a blue ribbon winner, was sent to New York for further judging. Were sure you remember the day early in March when we were rudely subjected to the first ’’real fire drill in Natick High history. At the Thirteenth Annual Science Fair, four members of our class won first prizes: Linda Trinkley for her project in Advanced Biology, Walter Elordett and James Coplan for their work at rhe Army Laboratories, and John Jorgensen fur his Electric Milky Way Machine ’ The Business Awards Assembly pointed up much new talent. For typing, shorthand, and other business skills, cer¬ tificates were awarded ro many members of the class of 1965, of whom two of the most outstanding were Arlene Du bosky and Donna MacLean. This year’s musical, My Fair Lady ’ had an immensely successful two night stand, thanks to the efforts of all con¬ cerned. Produced and directed by Mr. Bach ini and Mr. Gar¬ nett, the show provided funds for the band ' s new uniforms, Bach ini-Garnett Productions will have to find a new manager, however, with the graduation of its able directress, Nancy Gregg. Another feature of the newly uniformed music department is its twenty-odd piece dance band, probably the largest for miles around. Three seniors, Richard Glashow, Claudia Win¬ ters, and Amy Watts, played in the District Orchestra held at Beverly, Massachusetts, in January. Richard Glashow was selected to go on to the All-State Orchestra in mid-April. The Sadie Hawkins Dance was the most successful to date, netting $275 for the Sassamon. Marty Siegal and Jim Noil- man, in their fortunately inimitable style, again DJ‘d the affair.

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CLASS HISTORY 1965 Mr. Hennigar, honored guests, faculty, and fellow classmates; Perhaps you remember that day early in September in 1962 when we, then the graduating class of Coolidge junior High and the first class ro have attended three years at Wilson Jun¬ ior High, arrived at Natick High School only to be con¬ fronted by a battery of pin-punching tesrs. As sophomores we were to benefit greatly from the ex¬ perience of chat first harrowing year. Instrumental in uniting us as a class were our class officers, Mark Raider, John Ig¬ nacio, Louise Gross, and Betsy MarkJe, We were readily impressed by the famous Natick school spirit at the enthusiastic Friday afternoon rallies. That year we also had two members of our class, Jbhn Ignacio and Rob¬ ert Leach, on the varsity squad. The sophomore team went on to an undefeated season, with the highest scoring record in Natick ' s history, only to foreshadow the greater fooitbaJl team to come. Wrestling, a sport new to Natick High, was brought to the school that fall, and several members of our class were on its first team. In October we were introduced ro the rest of the school at the annual Get Acquainted Dance. Another new organization, the Humanities Discussion Club, was initiated at the school thanks to the efforts of Mr. Sloane. By Christmas we had settled into a daily routine; now we got lost only when the school was on assembly schedule. In January we had our first bout with midyears; some of us still haven ' t recovered. A two day science symposium was held at MIT, to which Walter Bordetr was sent as a representative of the class. That March our class rook all prizes in biology at the Eleventh Annual Rotary Club-sponsored Science Fair. At the annual art tea and exhibit a first prize was taken by another member of our class, Laurie WhitchilL The Sadie Hawkins Dance, held ro raise money for the Sassamrm, and the Sophomore Dance, held shortly thereafter, were both very successful. With the leadership of Mark Raider, John Ignacio, Louise Gross, and Cheryl M icellona, our junior year was even more successful than our sophomore year. Among our achievements in this, our second year at Natick High School , were the bookstore, newly established by the Student Council, and the Debating Society, sponsored by Mr. Rooney. Our wrestling team officially joined the Bay State Confer¬ ence and had an overall record of 3 wins and 7 losses. Having practiced since the previous May. our cheerleaders, among whom were Ann Bransfield, Ava Baram, Mary Breen, Eileen Farrell, and Joan Ling, who won the Bay State League Cheer¬ leading Competition held ar Brendeis University. Chosen to participate in the U, S. Army Science Seminar Program were Claudia Winters and four seniors, who worked at the Army ' s Natick Laboratories. In the Student Council Talent Show, first prize was taken by two young men from the class of ' 65, The Travellers, Thomas Montgomery and Douglas Green. In addition ro midrerms, rn which we had become more or less hardened veterans, there was a new series of tests await¬ ing many of us: the College Board Exams. These began with the administration of the PSATs, to be followed in later months by the SAT ' s, and for rhe exceptionally ambitious, there was the NMSQT. Our varsity basketball team has a 16 and 4 record, and a final league standing of second place. Indoor track, mean¬ while, went undefeated with a 7-0 record, placing first in Di¬ vision Two of the Metropolitan Track League. Under the direction of Mr. Bach ini and Mr. Garnett, the production in March of the musical South Pacific was one of the most successful in school history. In April, thirty-eight members of our class were inducted into the National Honor Society. Our class again sent representatives, this time Joseph Dam- plo and Claudia Winters,to the MIT Science Symposium. At the annual science fair, our class won the first three prizes in chemistry and a number of honorable mentions in se veral fields. For the first time in our memory, the annual Sadie Hawk¬ ins Dance was a financial success, thanks to the witty sales¬ manship of Marty Siegal and Jim Nollman. Another first was Tag Day, 1 a campaign to raise funds to send a Natick student overseas through the American Field Service Program, In this drive, our class raised more money than cither of the other two classes. Penny Chapman was selected as our first overseas student and she spent the follow¬ ing summer in Norway, Due to Complications in the cafeteria, our lunch schedule was changed from four lunch periods a day to thirty-four. This new ' plan was supposed to allow us to dine in greater leisure. At the annual art tea, Laurie Whkehill was again honored, along with Leslie Adams and Deborah Darling, all of whom won prizes for their work. Deborah, in addition, won a cer¬ tificate award in Boston Globes Scholastic Arts Competition. Ar the Annual Industrial Arrs Fair, held at Fitchburg State College, Natick students won a number of awards, including seven Gold Seal Awards, the highest honors possible. Win¬ ners of rhis award from our class were: Douglas Kitely, Thomas Lovczzola, Judith Morrison, and Russell Cudmore. At this same fair, Mr. Sneklor was elected Outstanding In¬ dustrial Arts Teacher of the Year by a panel of faculty judges. Outdoor track went undefeated with an 8-0 record. The tennis team did well with a record of 10 and 6. Girls’ tennis did well, too, and Nancy Gregg was undefeated as the second singles tennis player in rhe Bay State League, It is also worthy of note that rhe girls softball team scored a major victory by winning its first game in three years. Lnsr year, after an attempt to change our Alma Mater, we stopped singing it when closing the assemblies ’in the usual manner.” John Ignacio and Mark Raider were chosen by the class of ‘65 to represent Natick at Boys ' State for a week at the Uni¬ versity of Massachusetts. This program, sponsored by the Massachusetts American Legion, is an assemblage of high school boys from all over the state for the purpose of studying and practicing the fundamentals of town and state govern¬ ment. 199

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The Honor Society held its induction ceremony, initiating twenty members elected from the senior class since last year. The Society also announced its first scholarship, the money for which was raised by the Honor Society D ance. This year the Future Nurses Chib has also initiated a schol¬ arship program, and plans to award two scholarships. Construction began this spring for a new addition to the school The occupation of land by building equipment has created for rhe students a severe parking problem. Also, this spring, the volume of sales of 3 x 5 cards at Fairbanks jumped about 300%, for reasons painfully familiar to most of us! This year was no exception for MV, McNally ' s IR classes, which made their annual Pilgrimage (to the UN, that is). Before wc depart this morning, and resume the busy ac¬ tivities of senior week. Sr is fitting that we reflect for a mo mem on the memory of Mrs, Marie Anderson, better known to many of us as Miss Dona hoe. We were privileged to have had her with us. In closing, we would like to offer special thanks to our faculty advisors, Mrs, Goudet and Mr. Biedrzycki, and to Miss Shannon, for their help and devotion to our class and to our teachers, who have tried in every way possible to give us the opportunities for an excellent education. Both Natick High School and we as a class have changed a great deal dttr- ing these past three years, but lasting impressions have been made which shall remain with us for a long time to come. The history of the class of 1965 will not end with our gradu¬ ation; it will conrinue to be written throughout the years by all of its members who uphold rhe traditions of Natick High School Claudia K. Winters fames Copkn 1965 i kupr m L V? ' 1 «$»« We, the unsurpassed multifarious class of 1965, being col- Iccrively of sane mind and sound body, do herewith bequeath our List Will and Testament in the firm belief that it will be accepted in the spirit in which it is intended, that of fun. To Mr. Henmgar, Mr. McManus and Mr. Stickler we leave our sincere thanks for treating us mercifully so that we have survived, unscathed, our three glorious years in the crowded chambers of NHS. To Miss Shannon, we leave our grateful appreciation for all the wonderful things and the great quantity of work she has done for us. To our great class advisors, Mrs. Goudet and Mr. Biedrzycki, we leave many thanks for the hours they have dedicated to us, the good advice they ' ve given us and the patience they have shown us. Furthermore, we leave them the best of luck with the next class they advise. Thank you, so very much. To Mrs. Brown we leave our thanks, a super-giant size bottle of aspirin, and a patented thermometer guaranteed to distinguish a genuine illness from the extraordinary malady caused by overwork and worried thoughts of tests the next period. No words can express our gratitude to Mr. Garnett for the many long hours lie spent with us to make our class play, CLASS WILL 1965 Blithe Spirit, a success, and to Mr. Bachini and Mr. Garnett for our musical, My Fair Lady, the greatest ever. We leave you both very sincere thanks and our bloomin ' cockney ac¬ cents to be awarded to any future class that may be able to use them as successfully as we did. To our sometimes beloved and always long-suffering teach¬ ers we leave our thanks, all the homework assignments [wc never did and the thought that no other class will ever be quite like us. We also make the following bequests to indi¬ vidual members of the great faculty that has contributed so much to the success of our three years here at NHS: We, John Lutrell and Sheila Bradley, being the only Seniors in Espanol 211, leave Miss Ciannavei with the rest of the burros. The Senior athletes leave Mr, Carey their admiration and gratitude and all the sweatshirts that weren’t stolen. We, the Anatomy and Physiology classes of E and G pe¬ riods, leave Mr, Filledcs rhe prep-room—CLEAN! and well stocked with apples, lollipops and instant coffee. i, Linda ZacchiJJi, leave my broken skirt zippers to Miss Vasile. To Miss Helen Connolly, we of A period English do be- stow a Bachelor of Sidewalk Engineering Degree. I, Walter Kenneth Bordetc, leave Richard Clayton (as in Rulwer) Satterfield to Mr. McNally in the hope that he can find some use for him. We p Barbara, Jean, Carol, Lorraine, Jams, Mary, Valerie and Marjorie, leave to Mr. O ' Sullivan a giant size case of throat lozenges, I. Debby Bixby leave Mr. Colombo finding my date for the Proin. Bill Klopcr and Rich Hynes leave Mr. Drown a well- stocked stockroom and an autographed picture of Mandy. We, D period Clerical Practice, leave to Miss McDade, an engraved copy of Rule 16. Homeroom 156 leaves a wild Perrona Plant as a gift in saluting Mrs, Offerniann’s first year. Congratulations! Wc, the Guidance Librarian, leave to Miss Nutt a clean office and some valentine candy; to Miss Rafferty a missing piece of cake and a sign telling the period currently in prog¬ ress; to Mr, Scanlon a real office full of people to see him; to Mr. Andrews a good morning and a good afternoon; to Mr. Rosen a good typist and a quiet guidance library; and finally to all of them a king-size bottle of tranquilizers and five giant-size pairs of earmuffs. We, judi Herb and Gladys Smith, leave to Miss Weinitrailb the missing rime watches. Wc, the Wilson twins Bob Spekman and Martin Siegel, leave to Mr. McNally 7 823 pages of notes and a Russian translating secretary. We, E period Comp. Math, leave Miss Johnson no such animal. We, the members of the C period library crew leave Mrs. Mulford and Mrs. Oldfield a silence sign and a one year sub¬ scription to a national art magazine by which to remember us, forever! We, the Senior members of Mr. Anderson ' s D period Chemistry class, who always make sure to taste, smell, and listen to every chemical reaction, leave Mr. Anderson a book