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

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(fanimr Sat Utrtfma Alas (Strutt 0tii?0 mtttQS tn Btrruijilj Jforetoorb S four years of difficulty and ease; sadness and joy; gravity and levity, spin rapidly toward memory, leaving the tangible world forever, we are immediately driven to the begin- ning of a seemingly interminable, unpaved, untrodden highway. Not a streetlamp is visible, nor a sign post nor any verdant foliage — not a sound can be heard. The vast population seems a fantasy as we are encompassed by nothing but solemn deso- lation. The road winds gradually uphill, ribboning farther away, farther until merely an infinite horizon is manifest, a horizon which seems to yearn for a conquerer. And conquer it we must if we are to attain satisfaction — We, as sole engineers must build the path ahead, for we dare not relinquish our seat on the council of intelligent participation in the world community. Each even batch of mortar spread, each tree planted by the roadside gives us an added sense of fulfillment. We gradu- ally learn to cope with all impediments, strange faces and spirit- ual upheavals. There is no point to slothful production because we all want to enjoy life and only a useful and constructive one can be enjoyed. Too quickly do the milestones turn to headstones. The past must be rarely considered, but for short moments of ecstacy; the present must be wisely improved; we must go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with strong hearts. But as we toil and sweat, laugh and cry, let us build our- selves a stool, have a seat, wipe our brows and take that ecstatic jaunt backwards as we turn the pages of this book — the META of nineteen hundred sixty-five.

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META TYPING STAFF First row: Sandra Trueira, Sue Mulley, Rosemary Roltch. Second row: Toula Saxon, Lee Ann Politotti, Carol Goyette, Sandra Halepakis. Third row: Gail Anderson, Genie Tsouvalas, Jeanne Hudon, Linda Scioscia. Fourth row: Jane Gordon, Carol Jablonka, Kathy Downey, Gail Chandler. Fifth row: Elaine Mandragouras, Kathy Krecek, Joanne Pernitchi, Linda Zielinski, Diane Brown. META ADVERTISING STAFF First row: Jane Ormsby, Beverly Waxman, Peggy Hughes, Niki Eastman, Elyse Valles, Linda Adamopoulos, Paula Bozek, Gail Upton, Noreen Fitzgerald, Linda Taylor, Elaine Mandragouras, Sandra Halepakis, Sheryl Fotheringham, Linda Woodbury, Joyce Hynes. Second row: Chuck Schultz, Don Gillis, Al Maravelias, Wendy Brunning, Pat Haggstrom, Chris Rosenthal, Elaine McManus, Maria Zolotas, Randi Olsen, Ruth Harris, Cindy Rewinski, Harriet Smallis, Linda Scandone, Laura Doringer, Pat Rose, Joanne Pernitchi, Kathy O ' Leary, Doris Hutchins, Mary Barnett, Maryann Gaudet, Alan Pierce, Rich Newhall. Third row: Mike Lignos, Ralph LeGrow, Hank Morriss, Andy Venios, Pat McEwen, Jeanne Hudon, Linda Scioscia, Judy O ' Brien, June Michalchuck, Steve Gaman, Ralph Swaine, Bob Perakis.

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®etritation= Sima 15. Carroll NLY by total proficiency brought to fruition by constant, lasting effort and sincerity can one attain true excellence. Through excellence does one gain admiration. Miss Anna B. Carroll, whose unassuming yet truly interested attitude has affected a vast number of this graduating class, may be counted among the elite of the teaching profession. So, it is with the greatest sense of pride and honor that this class dedicate its yearbook, the Meta of nineteen hundred and sixty- five.