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

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THE NOKTHEKN LIIIIIT Bucky — Tony Velletri is now bottling soda instead of delivering it. Marie King is acting as his PRIVATE secretary. Ginny — Claire Thornley and Helen Linley have finished commercial school and they have set up an escort service with Marge Wevgand as the most-called-for escort. Phyllis wanted to work too, but Skut wouldn ' t let her. Bucky — Rae Payette met up with a Conga dancer in her South American travels and she has never come back — he was that good. Bucky — Madam LaRosee has set up a dancing school and is giving private lessons to the frosh . Ginny — I see swarms and more swarms of papers with Ed O ' Neil under them. He has his own paper route now and he certainly looks proud. Bucky — Everything looks fuzzy — It ' s Miss Houghton and she ' s struggling furi- ously with her kindergarten — and she ' s the one who can do it. Ginny — Bernice is still working in Mr. Mott ' s office but a promotion looks probable if the innocent little freshmen don ' t mess things up as usual. Bucky — Roy Phipps has completed his plans for that special little love-nest and he has half the town ' s highway department at work building the foun- dation and landscaping the surrounding country side. I see Bill Mc- Carthy slaving away at the controls of a tractor while Johnnie Mason stands by to make sure that Bill won ' t injure himself permanently, by working too hard. Both these boys practically run the department now. Ginny — All I can see is a blur — no — it ' s a streak. It ' s Tommy Leary in his new car. I think it has retractable fenders for driving in traffic. Bucky — Bill Precourt is one of ' ' Dose bums , he plays first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ginny — I see a race track — Heavens! — Has someone won some money? — No it ' s coming clearer — It ' s Jean Ralston with her famous string of thorough- breds at our own Narragansett Park. Bucky — Footsie Messier is working in a Navy yard now. He is making gun- boats . — (shoes to be exact). Ginny— There ' s Mary Kennedy, the only woman publisher of a comic maga- zine using her characteristic wit to make her book one of the best. Bucky — Look-Here ' s a little bookworm squirming toward Marilynn Waterman ' s latest best-seller. I guess it will be pretty good eating for the little fel- low. Ginny — Helen Wojciechowski ' s height has finally proved valuable. She ' s do- ing a fine job modeling at Anne Sullivan ' s dress shop. Rita Ouelette and Juliette Labrie are also employed in the same shop. Bucky — I see an M.D. ' s shingle hanging on one of those newer houses in town — Look it says, D. H. Thomas, M.D. . Office hours: 4:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Oh yes — There ' s my old friend Hazel ably assisting the doctor in his numerous operations. Page Twenty-six

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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

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41 — —19 THE INIIIHTHEKIM LICHT Ginny — Ah, I see an artist ' s studio. Yvette Labrie is in one corner talking to her private secretary, Millie Woodbury. Bucky — There ' s a little red school house at Coral Lake. Esther McArthur is educating the children of that up-and-coming community. Ginny — Leo Ringuette and his Colonials are now playing at Bob Reilly ' s famous Jive House on the Ten Mile River. Bucky — Pris Lacourciere is assisting a painless dentist who at this moment is doing quite a job on Aggie Slowey the Queen of Sloweyville . Ginny — Now that all the boys are in the army, I see Helen Rose streaking to- wards Pawtucket in her father ' s newest jitney. Bucky — Barbara Swallow finally ended up in the army. She ' s having quite a time as a hostess at Camp Devens. Ginny — Helen Lykus liked high school so much that she ' s working i n the lunch- room. Boy, what menus they turn out now. Bucky — I see Janet Ryder still running around with Johnnie. As a sideline she works as a medical secretary. Ginny — I see a bird. Bucky — No it ' s a plane. Ginny — It ' s superman Kennedy. He ' s a professional schoolboy now in his third school. He went to Tufts, Yale, and finally to Brown (much against his will). He ' s quite a football hero . Bucky — Things are getting pretty dim and cloudy, but I ' d recognize your voice anywhere, Gin. Maybe it ' s the smoke of the lab that makes it hard to see — anyway I know the man that you ' re helping is the fellow from Brown who chased me and the boys away. Ginny — That ' s funny Bucky. Things are getting dim in my crystal too. But nevertheless, I see you in a ' 31 Ford now, your ' 30 wore out traveling the road to Attleboro. The vision is fading and a nurse is in the deep dark background. It looks like Hazel, Bucky. That ' s a good omen! All of my prophecies come true. Ginny — I think we ' ve seen all our old classmates questionably bright futures. The vision is fading — My crystal ' s a blank! Bucky — So ' s your mind! Ginny — It would be of unending value for us to take an extended course in the art of prying unjustifiedly into the Great Beyond. If any of these prophe- cies turn out right, please come to us and we ' ll contact your futures for a VERY slight fee! Page Twenty-seven