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

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CLASS The year was 1964 and, as we boarded the train, whom should we meet but Joe Abbott who told us that he was going back to North Andover for the tenth reunion of Johnson High’s class of 1954. Joe told us that he was now business manager for the “New York Times’’ and his private secretary was none other than Kay Himber. At the next stop a very distinguished looking naval officer came into our coach. We were very surprised to see that he was Victor DeMario. Victor told us that he was a captain and had been stationed at a base where Jacquelyn Donnelly and Rose Enaire were lieutenants in the Waves. We were thrilled to hear all about our old classmates and, before we realized it, we were home in North Andover. As we entered the modern train station, we ran into Bob Gravel selling tickets. Bob told us that he managed the station and his hard-working assistant was Larry Holleran. We decided to take the new jet-propelled subway to the high school. The sub¬ way was called the L.L.L. Company after its inventors, Roger Lawson, Kenny Long, and Normie Lundquist. Once aboard, we noticed that Peter Casale was the driver. After a hectic ride we emerged safe and sound to meet Ray Roberts, handsomely dressed in the police chief’s uniform. Ray had just sold some tickets to the Policemen’s Ball to Nellie Moschetto. Nellie was now a big-name, musical-comedy star, and was driving a gold-plated Lincoln. She had just finished co-starring in a show with Chuck Turner, who was in great demand on Broadway and in Hollywood. Walking down Main Street, we noticed a new town building. The dedication on it was,“In honor of Robert Janusz, President of the North Andover First National Bank.’’ We were very surprised to meet Donald Foulds and Dave Knightly. We were happy to learn that they were our new selectmen. They told us Jack Slipkowsky had just opened a new nightclub called “The Mambo Room.” They said that Scotty’s Sextette was performing there with the dynamic singing trio of Barb Wainwright, Marty Cavallaro, and Dick Kennedy. Noticing that the time was late, we hurried on to school. As we were entering, we met Edie Bamford, now the physical education instructor at the University of Maine. Ann Bullock soon appeared and was happy to tell us that she was a physical therapist at Dr. Donald Slipp’s Medical Clinic. She also said that Pat Daley, Pat Elander, and Josie Luzzio were all nurses at the clinic. As we made our way down the long corridor, we saw Jeannette Houghton in Principal Ronnie Fountain’s office. Jeannette was busily performing her secretarial duties. She told us that Coach George Acciard and his assistant, Bill Smith, had an excellent team. It had just won the state championship from Coach Ray Watts’ Punchard eleven. Dot Sutcliffe and Joan Waddington were now the French and Latin teachers, and none other than “Dangerous Dan McLaughlin” was the head of the mathematics dept. Jacquelyn Finn, the girls’ coach, told us that she had seen an advertisement an¬ nouncing the opening of Madeline Doherty’s Model Agency. Some of her top models in¬ cluded Kitty Driscoll, Lois Haigh, and Carol Long. A few minutes later we met Mary Keane and Pat Knowlton, the school nurses, using the electric ear testing machine invented by Clint Hollins. They told us that Betty Beletsky and Joyce Cuddy were running their own mil¬ linery salon and featuring the creations of Julie Gillick, a famous hat designer. 4 28