North Attleboro High School - Northern Light Yearbook (North Attleboro, MA)

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19 91 — THE NORTHERN LIOHT Glate, PlOjiliecAf, liy (jinn) ' PecIJmm mid Hurl.) Clurl. Bucky — After an abbreviated course in the science of prophetical reasoning, or the art of Divine Inspiration, Ginny and I will venture to foretell the future of our honorable classmates with the help of our inevitable and ever-present spheres of crystal magic. Look there ' s a little fellow creeping along that dirt road at Coral Lake. It ' s Melvie Andrews. I guess he lives down there now. Ginny — I see Willy Baxter ' s tousled head bending over a drafting board and he is almost boss now at Brown Sharpes. Bucky — I see a huge stack of test tubes fuming and smoking and in their midst — I see BEGGSIE — It ' s Louis Beggs, the super scientist. Ginny — I can ' t see her but I know it ' s Connie Benjamin by her soprano trill — and I hear a rhapsody, s ' help me — Bucky — There ' s Harold Berg still bothering Miss McGivney. He ' s her insurance collector now. Ginny — Look at this — Little Ed ' s doing the technical work and Big John is doing the heavy work in Bielecki ' s machine shop on Watery Hill. Bucky — Here is Bill peeking through a pair of his father ' s frames. Bish is still studying for his M.D. Ginny — Lillian Bohannon is still pleasing Mr. Hartwell with her bright answers. She is his assistant now. Bucky — Ruth Brown is now buyer at Grant ' s and they have promised to send her to New York next year if she is good. Ginny — I can ' t see Corrine Carr but I ' m sure that she is still whispering secrets in the Great Beyond. Bucky — I see Archie Carufel playing the bass fiddle and saving his pennies so he can take another trip to Canada. Ginny — Bob Chabot finally got drafted and A1 is blowing his bugle in Co. I waking him up in the morning — Bucky — you should hear the terrific quarrels they are still having. Bucky — I can hardly see Yvonne Chabot but I can hear distant bells ringing at the convent. Ginny — A1 Cloutier still has that managing urge. He ' s managing the New York Giants. Bucky — I see Pris Coburn is still blocking sweaters for the Evans Case boys. It ' s her busines along with various things. Ginny — John Craig is still tinkering with cars but it ' s his profession now. Bucky — Claire DeRenzo is making the spaghetti and meat balls at the Rome Cafe. Page Twenty-four

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THE NOHTHEIIN LIliHT Jimmie Messier leaves in his usual shuffling gait. Ed O ' Neil leaves to take up his post as head-usher at the Community- Theatre. Rita Ouellet leaves her unique way of sneezing to anyone who desires it. Rae Payette leaves with her car filled up as usual. Ginny Peckham leaves to visit Pembroke in order to be near Brown. Roy Phipps leaves undecided whether to head for Sayles or Bridgewater. I guess it ' s Sayles. Bill Precourt leaves a vacant spot on the baseball diamond. Jean Ralston leaves in a green Packard only to be picked up by a tan Plymouth. Bob Reilly leaves in Beaumont ' s car. Leo Ringuette leaves to play a wicked sax in Joe Kennedy ' s New Colonials . John Roberts leaves to keep an appointment with a tonsorial artist, (barber). Helen Rose leaves disgusted with her graduation pictures. Phyllis Rose leaves — doesn ' she Skut ? Aggie Slowey leaves to join her crowd at Sloweyville. Ruel Smith leaves — don ' t worry Jan he won ' t go far away. Jitterbug Sprague leaves his hot steps to whoever can do them. Anne Sullivan leaves but she was only here once in a while anyhow. Barb Swallow leaves very quietly. Dwight Thomas leaves still wondering how he stands with Hazel. Jan Thompson leaves her title of Venus to Yvonne Poirier. Claire Thornley leaves her smile to Lulu Gagnon. Tony Velletri leaves — Oh! happy days! Dick Wall leaves Miss McGivney ' s fifth period study a very quiet place. Marilynn Waterman leaves to keep up her writing ability. Donnie” Welch leaves for once without fear of the truant officer catching up with him. Marjorie Weygand leaves the lunch room still feeling hungry. Hazel Wilmore leaves in a toss between Tommy and Gorham . Milly Woodbury leaves to devote all her time to Ed . Helen Wojciechowski leaves her title of Tallest Girl to Ginny Copeland. Janet and I leave hoping that the next time we see you all, you ' ll look as happy as you do now. 41 — Page Twenty-three

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41 — —19 THE IMOliTHEItN LIOHT Ginny — Red Deware is in the army now with the rest of the boys. Bucky — Clay Dietz may be seen pushing the same car around — it still doesn ' t run. Ginny — Elmer Dillon is teaching them at Briggs Corner now instead of taking lessons. Bucky — Barb Dupras is sewing emblems on a navy uniform now. Ginny — I can see Connie Dyer in a white uniform — nursing is her profession — and is she throwing those patients around!! Ginny — I see Franny Fish but I don ' t want to look — he ' s swimming at the Reser- voir. Ginny — There ' s Margaret Fisher busily knitting a new pair of woolies . It ' s pretty cold in Canada. Bucky — Wow, look at this — . A model community built by the government for the model married couples of Massachusetts. There ' s Dick Wall ' s house, and Donnie Welch lives right across the street. Marion and Jeanne are talking with Mary and Kenny Fisler, who live a few blocks away. Ginny — Norma Forbes and Catherine Battersby arc still thrilling the boys — they are hostesses at Camp Edwards. Bucky — Bud Frobel and Dotty Grosse leave the farm every month and drive down town in the Ford. Bucky — Cliff and Ken Fuller are playing pool — I see Janice VERY dimly in the background. Bucky — Red Gardner just pulled a fast one. He rolled down Draper Avenue and blitzkrieged Oldtown and is now dictator. Ginny — Anita Gendron has achieved her one desire and is playing the drums in Phil Spitalni ' s orchestra. Bucky — It ' s Hallie peeking over somebody ' s shoulder as usual. He ' s a consult- ing engineer for the East Squeedunk Dam. Ginny — I see an army uniform — Handsome — ??? It is Pat Grimaldi but he is anxiously waiting for his year to be up so he can go into contracting with his dad. Bucky — I detect a guy with his head stuck under the hood of a tractor. It ' s Farmer Roberts, of course. Ginny — Rough and Tough Smitty has realized his dream. I see an over-head super-duper highway from Boston to Providence with only one inter- section at Grant Street. Bucky — I ' ve the same thing in my crystal with Janet, who finally got her license, speeding up and down the road known as ' ' The Venus Skyway” be- cause of its beautiful curves. Ginny — Hilly is manager of the Falls Tigers and Sprague is pluggin ' away at first base. They have drawn the biggest crowds the Falls has seen yet. Page Twenty-five