Peabody Veterans Memorial High School - Meta Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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that they both could see the skating event. Even the jan- itors EMMANUEL PETRADELIS, HENRY WESOLOW- SKI. and GEORGE TRAINOR had left their work to join the others. When Danny arrived at his stand, his two chefs DAVID and JOHN PETERSON were waiting for him. Shortly after, BEVERLY BOLDUC and CAROL CUNHA had ar- rived and went to put on their uniforms. It was only 9 o’clock, so Danny spent some time cleaning up with his GRILLO scouring pads. At 9:30 his stand was opened. His first customer was his old school chum JOHNNY GEORGES, who was an- nouncer of the day ' s events. Standing next to Johnny was the organ grinder man, ROBERT NEWTON, with a monkey on his back. Among the reporters setting up their equipment were PAUL DOMBROWSKI, ace photo- grapher for the Chicago Tribune, and JAMES FLYNN of the Herald. About this time Papoose Valley was coming alive with spectators and participants in the first dav’s sporting events. MIKE EFENECY. DENNIS DUPUIS and JIMMY MAR- SHALL, members of the ski patrol for the week, were checking the main slopes for any last minute hazards. As JOHN GOULD and JOHN KAUPPINEN were seating the last of the eager spectator-, the Navy Band marched across the field to the tune of When the Saints Come Marching In.” One could pick out such outstanding members as JOHN CAVANAUGH, LENNY ANTOSZEWSKI and GERALD HURLEY. The color guards raised the flag and JEAN CASSADY accompanied by the band, began The Star Spangled Banner.” The first event of the day was the figure skating com- petition. The fans rose in applause as BILL LOWD pre- sented the gold medal to EVANGELINE STAMATION for her outstanding performance. As the ice was being cleared for the next skating event, many of the sports enthusiasts, among them JUDY PIERCE, JOAN IIOBEY, and ANNETTE LAPLANTE, who were attending the annual teacher ' s convention being he ' d in a nearby town, walked over to Danny’s stand to order some coffee. There, joking with Danny, was the fa- mous comedian of the “Tonight Show ROSE SHEILA LEVY’. Th“ Tonight Show” is the original show which began in the 50’s. It has steadily climbed to the number one position, since the debut of the new M. C. — PETE MOSKOVITES. The famous names of the show include LY DIA FREITAS, the famed satiric poet, and the French actor who made his first appearance in Big Blue Eyes”- JACK OLEKS. Co-starring with Jack was the lovely CAM- ILLE GRAVELLESE. The announcer of the show is the boy with that Ipana smile — STEVE KUCKER. Also appearing on the Tonight Show are the Singing Sisters. CAROL SANTANGELO, ROSEMARIE DELORENZO, and JOANN DIGIACOMO. The fans now settled down for a thrilling hour of hoc- ke V exhibitions. ROGER NELSON and DICK TASSINAR1, along with ED TEIXEIRA and PETE TKACHUK, dem- onstrated their skill with a hockey stick. CYNTHIA BERRY, JOANNE KOLHONEN, LINDA ABBOTT, and JANET IRELAND had front row seats, and one could see the gleam in their eyes as they remembered their high school days, when they cheered for these same boys. As the ski patrol returned from the assigned trails, the women competing in the obstacle race got in position. It was an exciting rac», with the Olympic Queen ANITA GRIMARD coming in first. In second and third positions were ANN PZEGEO and DOLORES SANTA RELLA. Winning in the men’s competition was GERARD MC- DUFF, with DON GERAGHTY ' a close second. This was the final event of the day. Danny soon closed up the stand and hurried home. Danny was having open house for the class of 60”, from P.H.S. The first visitors were JOHN KESSARIS and CHARLIE MANTSOUR- ANI, who were here campaigning for this year’s presiden- tial election. Charlie was returning from the Presidential Primaries in New Hampshire where the results were very promising. Running against Charlie was TOMMY REILLY ' . John, his old friend and campaign manager, was certainly dome: a fine job. The guests seemed to be gathering fast now. Among them were LINDA PENTILLA. VIRGINIA J AIS, and LINDA OLIVEIRA. Others there were the French designers BETH LUZ and JOANNE DOBZEL- ECKI. and chatting with them were NANCY ' EDELSTEIN and Hollywood make-up artist BARBARA DUNN. Danny really enjoyed hearing their news and could remember them as members of the best class ever to graduate from P.H.S. The party never had a chance to calm down, for at 11:00 LINDA DOWNEY and CAROLYN DUGGAN came in. They were coming from the rehearsal of their J.V. program. Their local show rates high with the T.V. viewers, especially with their former classmates. Alternat- ing witli the Double Dee Show is Fashion Parade” with BARBARA BOY CE as hostess. This is a favorite show with the ladies as she gives the latest fashion news. The party was a great success with the help of FRANNY PARIANOS and LOUISE PROVOST, who supplied the refreshments. A gathering of over 80,000 was on hand for the opening of the spring and summer events the next day. The M. C. for the second pari of the International Sports Fair was GENE MANEY. Gene had been called away from his Shore Line Hotel in Miami to officiate. I he first event would be the stock-car races. As the cars assembled at the starting line, the crowd sat on edge, for two of tl le cars competing were contestents for our gold medal award. They were BILLY BURKE, driving his own Blue True,” and MICKEY PROKOPIS driving “Trouble Maker. Down from the West Peabody Speedway was JACK MARSHALL, driving Mrs. Connelly’s red bomb. Others competing were JOHN SILVA, in his own customiz- ed rod, and FRANK CAIRES, driving The Queen Mary.” To the crowd’s wonder, our own MICKEY PROKOPIS came in second behind the English contestant, Sir SIDNEY ' GOLDFARB. It was a hard race; as usual, the Queen Mary put on a good show. The women ' s competition followed, with contestants from France, Spain, the United States, and Russia. They were BUNNY BARBRICK. JOYCE CAMPUS, MARSHA GOLDSTEIN, and SANDRA PETERSON. This was an unusual event, as there was no trophy winner. It seems that Bunny ' s wheel got out of hand, and like most women drivers, the other three girls stopped to help her. The mechanics FRANK MANOS and TINY ' POWERS ordered the race postponed. The women ' s golf tournament began as scheduled, with CATHY COLETY and DONNA CLANCY competing. Their caddies were none other than MARIE DUNN and BARBARA HOLDEN. It certainly is a small world. Ardent spectators of this match were KATHY BEZEMES and RUTH VOUNESSEA. Following the golf match was the track meet, which got off to a sure victory for the United States with JOHN KILPINEN taking an early lead. Ca tching up quickly was Australia’s own WENDELL WILKINSON. Others repre- senting their native countries in this meet were JIM CAULFIELD, HAROLD PUTNAM, NEIL LAWRENCE, and ALAN CUNNINGHAM. The high jump also brought another victory for the U.S. ; SHEP REMIS came in first. In second place was BRUCE J ' HAYER, who had previous- ly held the world record in this event. The trophies were presented to the U. S. by the famed inventor of the Q Bomb, BRETT HARRISON, P.H.D. Brett has sponsored this entire track meet arid has won much acclaim as a track enthusiast. It was now 12:30, and the crowd left for lunch. The fair would resume at 2:30, with the exhibition baseball game. Everyone would now head for BRUCE’s Snack BARR for today’s special: All you can eat for 99c.” Many of the recent Cafeteria Queens of P.H.S. were there, working as waitresses. As hostess, ELAINE KALFIN had a very hec- tic day, but a welcome smile was there for everyone. The waitresses, SUE WHITING, PHYLLIS TRABACH, MARTY STANLEY, and BEVERLY TRULL were cer- tainly earning their pay today! The short-order cook, TONY ADAMCZYK, could hardly be discerned through the crowd. DAVE McCAFFREY, who came from Italy to visit, offered to give him a hand. His offer was gladly ac- cepted. The originators of the M S Salad, MARY MAKELA and CAROLE STACEY, were also there. Their fudge was in great demand that day.

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(Elass Prnpl ry The International Sports Fair As the coo-coo clock called out 5:00, DANNY KATSARA- KES jumped out of bed. This wasn’t any ordinary day in Danny’s life. Today was special. It was the opening of the International Sports Fair in Papoose Valley, and he owned and operated the only hot dog stand around. This meant big business for him. After breakfast he turned on his new Model T. HALCHUCK radio in time to catch LON LAN- GILLE’S early morning weather forecast. It ' s gonna be fair.” It was just a short distance to his stand, so he decided to walk. On his way he met BOB FINNEGAN opening his PENNY NH Kel CANDY store. When Danny arrived at the fair grounds all the venders were getting set for the big day. GEORGE BATSINELAS had just set up his popcorn machine when his old class- mate THOMAS BAKULA arrived as the first customer. Before very long MARCIA BATEMAN arrived to buy some popcorn for the girls in the office. As he walked along, he met KEVIN O ' KEEFE opening up his balloon stand. Passing the administration building he saw the people crowded at the doorway waiting to get tickets. There, patiently waiting, were ELIZABETH KIR- KORIAN and JOANNE LABONTE. They were surprised, but happy to see him there. Inside the main building DAVE HALLINAN, in the ticket booth, was busy selling the last of the tickets. The last two tickets were being -old to DANNY MACIONE and TOMMY DAVIS, when the skating event was announc- ed. The office manager JEANNE MESERVE. and her staff, LINDA MICALl HUCK, DOTTIE MAKAROWITZ. CELIA MARTIN, DONNA CORSE and JOAN SANTOS were completing their necessary paper work so that they too, could enjoy the coming event. CAROL MULLARKEY, the switchboard oper ator, was busy receiving calls, and found it impossible to leave. CATHY BARRY AND SANDRA NAPOLITANO. secre- taries of Chief CHARLES ALEXANDER, of the local po- lice force, knew there was no chance of seeing today’s events. Maybe tomorrow! The Chief, with Lieutenants JO- SEPH SULLIVAN and ROBERT LEPAGE was ready for the day to begin. Probably the most frequent problem for them would be trying to find the parents of lost children. Back in the office ROBERT COTE was finishing up hi- dictation to CAROL NELSON. At the typewriter waiting for Carol was CAROL HARWOOD ready to lieJp her so

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As the time for the commencement of the afternoon ses- sion drew near, the people began leaving. Finishing their dinners were many of Bruce’s former classmates. Among them were DR. PAUL KENNETT and his nurse, ANA MARIE CALLAHAN. So far they had not been needed at the fair. Sitting near them were ROBERT STONE, RICHIE JACAYAM (). and DAVID JENKINS. These hoys founded the Gem Motor Foundation, which has pro- vided the cars for the stock car races. Coming over to chat with Bruce now were STUART MacCRACKEN, ELLIOTT BERES, and ALFRED HUDON. Also there, and delighted to see Bruce, was the Rev. ROY ENOS. The afternoon began with demonstrations by famous sports personalities. Showing the younger fans some pitch- ing tricks was DENNIS PRICE. Denny was the highest paid pitcher in the Eastern Division League. With Denny were LEO ESPINDLE, DANNY MELLO. ROBERT COLES, and TEDDY DZIADYK, all experts in their regu- lar positions. MIKE NYGREN, high scorer for the Boston Celtics, was there signing autographs for the many eager youngsters. Others present were PETE WAHTERA and JAMES DALTON. Pete had received lh u most valuable player award from the Boston Patriots for the past 5 years. The younger fans enjoyed seeing Pete and Jay very much. Next was the swimming competition. Participating in this event were TOM HOSMAN. TOM KATSAPETSES. JIM AHORDINI. and TOM BARANSKI. This was a very splashing event, with Tommy Hosman and Tom Katsapet- ses tieing for first place. The women ' s swimming compe- tition also began with a big splash, as PEGGY PHOTIOU, along with PAULA FOYE, CAROL LANGILL. and RUTH GIRGUS participated in this event. Paula beat Carol by a °lim margin. The last even of the day in an outside ring was for the men and women skilled in ju-jitsu. Competing in the men’s event were JOHN SOUSA and CHARLIE TRAC- CH1A. With the championship contenders were their mana- gers. RUSSELL RICK and WALTER BIRMINGHAM. In the women ' s ring were ROSE O ' ROLTRKE and CAROLYN STOCKER. Refereeing for the boys was CARL HUM MERI k. and PHIL FALKINGHAM refereed for the gods. The fans were very excited and interested as they watched the matches. The sun had gone down by the time Danny was able to leave the stand. Tonight he would catch up on all of the re=t he had missed recently. On the last day of the sports fair, the inside events were featured. Outside of the gigantic auditorium were signs announcing the fair and giving a rundown of each event. These attractive signs were painted by the P. PR0NC.0 Sign Co. The inside events also attracted their share of enthus- iastic fans. First, the chess match began between HANS HAIMRERGER and WALTER NEKOROSKI. Looking on intently were their coaches, WALTER GROCE and TOM RYBINSKI. As the chess match continued, we went to the next event. Inside the auditorium the fans were anxiously waiting for the bowling competition to begin. It turned out to be a thrilling match, wih Russia ' s team of JOHN KODIS and MIKE KUZMIN defeating JOHN AND TEDDY PAPPAS of Greece. Th“ award for the highest single string was won by GEORGE SMART. He received the only trophy given to America in this event. As we returned to the chess game, we saw that a criti- cal situation had developed. Hans had just maneuvered his opponent into check. The coaches seemed nervous as DAVE MLIRPHY had come over to confer with them. Then we returned to the bowling events. Competing in the women’s bowling league were CAROLE ST. GERMAIN and SHAREN WILT, with JANICE PULEO and MARTY WINEBLATT opposing them. Carole •St. Germain’s team was victorious, and received the award for the U. S. Next was the women ' s singles badminton match, between MARY ANN ST. PAUL and DAWN PARSONS. They put on a thrilling performance, but the birdie played the leading roll. In the women’s doubles, SUE MONAHAN’S team received the trophy. Befrore leaving the auditorium, after the last event was over, we saw Walter congratulating Hans, who was the winner in the chess match. It was a fine game, boys! The fair came to a magnificent end, a- the fans witnessed the spectacular five-mile parade, including 25 beautifully designed floats from the many different countries partici- pating in the fair. The parade was led by the famous I MLS. baton corps. They are internationally known, and have traveled to many foreign lands. We recognized many fam- ilial such as: JUDY WHITWORTH, DOTH GLENCROSS. IOYCE HAMILL. KATHY MURPHY. DONNA I STER, VIRGINIA KAUPPINEN, GAIL KALINUK, PAT LAWLOR. and EMILY HENDERSON. Their performance was outstanding and their uniforms were stunning. When we talked to the girls after the parade, we discovered that their uniforms were specially designed for this appearance by the famous company owned by S ALIA JACOBSON, SUSAN GOLDSTEIN, BARBARA WEINER, and ROBERTA FEINGOLD. Behind the corps were floats representing the United Stat--. Enhancing the first float were the famous stars of screen and TV, MAIUt ARDINl and DOREEN HORENSTEIN, who were co-starring with the teenage idol ROBERT ZILINSKY in J. M. V1ICHAL lASZdN ' S production of Kamikazi Pigeons, the new smash hit on broadway. Also on the float, interviewing the girls, was the Hedda Hopper of the ■ 70’s,’’ LILLIAN BROWN. Featured on the second float were the actor- on M Squad” LENNY MARTILLA, PAUL MOGAVERO and PETE McCARTHY, with their prisoner, JOAN Mc- GRAY. the favorite TV cowgirl. On ihe same float were our G Men”: STEVE GARLAND. BARRY GOLDBERG, and ROGER GOODROW. With them, in handcuffs, were BONNIE FOSS and BETTY MERCHANT. Bonnie and Betty had their own dance party on TV. On the same float was the Rookie” of the Legitimate stage. JOHN CRONIN. These floats were made by the W. CHI-GAS Co., and were designed by America ' s foremost artist. HELEN McNICH- OL. The policemen on motorcycles, BILLY ANDERSON, JOEY HOYLE and PAUL RIORDAN, could hardly keep the crowd in order as the floats went by. Russia followed with a very colorful float. Featured wrr j PAUL RYAN and PRISCILLA BOGLE, the famed Russian folk dance team. Also on the same float were Russia - favorite comedians. JAN BLAKE and TERR ' i BLANCH- ETTE. The float representing France wasn’t far behind. The early French classroom was the theme of this float. The teacher was enacted by CAROL HYNES, and playing the part- of the students wer° VIRGINIA RANKIN and SUSAN PIERCE. Along with these girls, representing the honor of France, was the essayist DONA PROSSER. Dona recently received the Nobel Prize Award for the essay MR. McGEE Goes Sailing.” The DWIGHT JAMES studios of Hollywood are using this book as a theme for their next picture. The crowd was thrilled as each beautifully decorated float passed. Among the spectators were ROBERTA J EL- INSKI and JOAN STEPENUCK. Their hands were red from applauding the outstanding floats. One could hardly discern their two friends, who were standing behind them: HOPE WEYMOUTH and NINA SMILEDGE. Talking with Nina and Hope were WALTER WILSON and DAVID DALBON. It seemed that the boy- were in the Army, and had just returned from Iceland. Hearing the name “Army TERRANCE MORRISSEY ran over to defend his own branch, the Navy. He was stationed nearby and was able to see the last day of the fair. As England’s float passed, with the portrayal of early English government a- its theme, we saw SUSAN FINLAN representing Queen Victoria, and STEVEN PODHASKI representing our own George Peabody. Also on the float, in early English attire, was SANDRA JAMES representing the Queen’s lady-in-waiting. Following this colorful float was the new jet engine fire truck, designed by the Secretary of Progress and Invention. ARNOLD SCHULTZ. Driving the new inven- tion were CHARLIE ADAMS and BRUCE BURBANK. A- this truck passed, one of the first fire trucks err built came by, drawn by four white horses. Sitting in the front seat were STUART LORD and JOHN MICHAUD. Sitting on the back end, waving to the crowd, were RICHARD QUINT. JOHN ROCHE and ED KAVANAUGH.