North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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PROPHECY was our old friend Paul Lamprey. Later, while glancing through the Frankfurt Express edited by Sandy Vose, we saw where Charlie Haight had just opened up a rocket training school and was advertising for students. One evening we attended a championship boxing bout between Jolting George Kettinger and Bouncing Bruce Robinson. George claimed the crown after knocking Bruce out in the second round. After the fight we left for England. Arriving there we pro¬ ceeded to Lady Anne Walker’s large estate on the outskirts of London, where we were to spend a few days. One afternoon before leaving for France, we had tea with Claire Markey who had just made a successful debut into London society. She told us that Glenda Girard was going to swim the English Channel as announced by her coach and manager, Jean Ingram. Arriving at Nice, France, a pleasure resort, we met Frank and Ruthie Andrews who explained that they had left their own little basket¬ ball team at home in care of nurse Priscilla Gidley. Ruthie said she had learned that Elaine Jiadosz was now de¬ signing originals in her own salon in Paris, and her beautiful models were Joyce Haigh, Joan Roberts, and Joanne Greene. Frank hastened to tell us that Gordon Berry and Tom Broadhead were also in Paris doing a thriving business manufacturing La Femme Fatale, an exotic perfume. That night we went to the opening of the new play “The Mystery of the Quiet Speech Class,” starring Margaret Crotty and Jake Zahn. After spending the next few days on the Riviera, we left France for Italy. Lennie Coppeta was our host in Italy. For our first treat we went to Carlo Giribaldi’s world-renowned Spagetti House, where we were served by his waitresses Louise Currier and Hilda Shea. For another treat he took us for a ride in his souped-up gondola. Two weeks later we found ourselves in the heart of the Belgian Congo, where we were met by Paul Donovan and shown through his fabulous diamond mine. During our stay with Paul we learned that Gert Klufts and Carole Smith were in the jungle collecting rare snakes to send to Jane Lewis’s Biological Museum, and that Alice Dolan, a Nuclear fission scientist, was in the jungle looking for uranium. During the next few days we toured this scenic country, after which we boarded our ship and started toward Hawaii. As we were leaving the ship at Pearl Harbor, we spotted Bob Lewis and his secretary Marlene Lovejoy supervising the loading of pineapples straight from their plantation onto a freighter. While we were talking to Bob, Rodney Wilson came down to the dock to prepare for his day’s work as a pearl diver. Later we learned that he sold his pearls to Lois Milliken and Marie Mastin, who owned a very exclusive jewelry shop in San Francisco. We were met at Honolulu by Mayor Big John Boush. In the course of our conversation he told us that an old classmate of ours, Terry Cronin, was a great hit at a Waikiki theatre as a hula dancer and Judy Cyr accompanied her on the ukulele. Before leaving the “Island of Paradise,” we made it a point to visit Betty Mandry’s “House of Orchids.” After saying good-by to all our friends on the island we again boarded the J. H. S. Luxury Liner, but this time we were going home. We were tired, and broke, but very happy that we had seen so much of the world and, best of all, our classmates of “53.” Lillian and Ronnie

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CLASS “Hurry, driver, the boat leaves in five minutes.” “Lady,” the cab driver retorted over his shoulder, “I’m only doing ninety.” We held our breath as we whizzed around a corner on two wheels. With honking horn and screeching brakes we pulled up to Pier “53” where the J. H. S. Luxury Liner was blowing a warning whistle to late comers. We jumped out of the cab and turned to pay the driver, but were refused by cabbie Jack Torla who told us that the ride was on the house. Scrambling up the gang plank, we bumped into steward Kenny Lambert and stewardess Betty Batcliffe. While escorting us to our staterooms, they announced their coming marriage which was to take place in Naples, Italy. After resting we took a stroll down the deck. As we rounded a corner, we almost stumbled over a pail and mop which were strewn across our path and lying at the feet of Jimmy Farrell, who was sprawled in a deck chair reading a book entitled, “How to Get Along with Sea Captains.” Jim jumped up and began swabbing the deck, as First Mate Ralph Vernile greeted us with an invitation from Ship’s Captain, Herbie Ackroyd to join him at his table for dinner. There, much to our surprise, we also met at his table, French Countess Nancy Lawlor and America’s number one playboy, Freddy Clarke, who had acquired his millions through his revolutionary invention of a machine which takes the eyes out of potatoes. We enjoyed a delicious meal especially pre¬ pared for us by chef Dom Mangano. After dinner it was announced by Orchestra Leader George Everson that the floor show would begin. We were thrilled by the wonderful roller skating act of Claire Arsenault and Marilyn Burris, which was followed by the sensational new crooner Bob Lefebvre. Last but not least, we enjoyed the famous Bockettes who featured Pat Driscoll, Priscilla Graham, Gerry Drummey and Shirley Scheipers, who also performed as a beauty-shop quartet. For the next few days, before we reached Cuba, we spent our time relaxing in deck chairs reminiscing with our old friends. When we docked at Havana, we were met by Tiny Gibson who drive us to her beautiful resort in her new 1963 pink Cadillac con¬ vertible which she had purchased from Smiling Bill Choquette, the friendly Cadillac dealer. Taking the elevator to our roof-top suites, we discovered the elevator operator to be none other than Doris Bisson. She told us that Senator Chuck Harbolt from Nebraska was vacationing here, and at the moment was at the hotel pool practicing his high diving. She also informed us that nearby, Jack Boyle owned a spring training camp for near-sighted baseball players. That evening we visited Dottie McCarthy’s night club, “The Tropical Heat Wave” and immensely enjoyed the rhumba dancing of Ivy Awley. The next day we continued our cruise, our second stop being Finland, and arrived at Helsinki just in time to witness the finals of the Olympics. Much to our delight Kevin Devine broke the ski jump record, and Billy Riedel won the pole-vaulting contest. In the women’s finals, Ann Nelson easily defeated all other opponents in the figure skating event, while Carol Hamilton set a new record in the women’s hurdle race. Before leaving this sport-loving country we went mountain climbing with Elsie Seymour who is an expert in this field, and someday hoped to conquer the Matterhorn. After traveling across the Baltic Sea we dropped anchor at Danzig, Germany, and went by rail to Frankfurt. We stopped at the Wallwork bank to cash a check, and much to our surprise the cashier

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