Pembroke Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pembroke, NH)

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Qlaoo cproplfrc-:cy Recently returned from a xears tour of Europe Barbie Chase an old lrrglr school frrend chopped rn unexpectedly one day She helped me put the clrrldren to bed so that xxe could talk xx rthout berng drsturbed After a xx lrrle our talk slrrfted from Parrs to the good old days xx hen xxe vxere all carefree teenagers rn hrgh school Here rt xx 'rs 1965 ten vears srnce xxe had gathered together for that last farexx ell We had come a long xxay srnce then and we rnarx eled at the success xx lrrclr had been aclrrex ed by all of us Judy Chase a candrdate for the next presrdcntral electron, xx as destrned to be our first xx orrran presrdent especially xxrth the help of her clex er campargn manager Roy Gilbert We certarnly had outstandrng rnenrbers rn that class Gert Sansclragrrn made the nevx spaper headlrnes by berng named American Teacher of the Year and Don Barllargeon xxlro rs noxx man ager of the Pembroke Parrots carrred hrs team through to a glorrous vretory and the VS orld Serres Champronshrp He deserves a lot of no one xxould have exer heard of them rf he hadnt taken over Bruce Nlrchrels xx as lucky that he xx asnt hurt xx hen hrs laboratory blew up last xxeek Mrke xx as errperrmentrng xxrth hrs nexv drscoverg, xxhrch Wrll be a great grft to scrence xx hen he completes rt I took out my old scrapbook and We roared at the clothes xxe xx ore then When Barbie ran across lN1t Montmrnys prcture, she told me that lXat xx as runnrng her oxxn exclusrxe dress shop rn lNexv York It xx as a lot of xxork, but she strll had trme for herself thanks to her capable assrstant, June Dennis Most of our grrl frrends xx ere rnarrred Gloria Rrehards and I xrsrt qurte frequently She has a lovely famrly She xvears her harr as long as she ever drd Its the least of her xxorrres noxv that Barbara Mandrgo operates a beauty salen Nat Santaeruce, another good frrend of ours rs so busy xx rtlr her nexx rnterests that xxe hardly see her anymore She bought shares rn the New berr'y clrarn of stores and rs dorng all rrglrt for herself Our talk xx andered from one tlrrng to another and came to rest on the forergn attractrons that Brrbre lr rd xr rted She enplarned hoxx she had bumped rnto Frrncrs NlcKenna and Bernard Cole xx lrrle she xxr busrly gaprng at the Erffel Toxx er Frannv 1s noxx on a tour xx rtlr a company of actor He elrd srrch fr good Job rn our Senror Play that he decrded to make actrng hrs career Bernard rs rn officer rn the Forergn Legron After htxrng talked frll afternoon xxe decrded that rt xx as trrne to do sornetlrrng about drnner Our husbands xerx generou ly xoluntcered to take us out so xxe called Genexa Knoch We knexx that xxe xxouldnt lraxe to xxorry about the ehrldren because Genre xx as an experrenced nurse She has lr rd some sloxx recoxerres, but has nex er lost a prtrent yet' Seeing that rt xx as 1 day for rerrrrnrscrng xxe decrded to drrre at the best restaurant rn toxxn xx hrclr xx as operated by fr team xxell knoxxn to us Irene Plante and Lena Bonenfant greeted us xx hen xxe xxalked rn the door lhex elarmed that the reason belrrnd therr success xx as cooperation Irene manages the re taurrnt md lem hrndles the money tra led by none other than Robert Desroelre beg rn to plrx Il rtlr hrs per onalrty and talent Bob couldnt help but be the rage of the teen 'rger Iookrn aeros the room xxe spotted Gertrude Bellerose xxrth Doug of course Gert xxorked as a seeretarv for a xxhrle, but finally grxe rt up to get married md rarse a famrly The sry. of Us fimshed elmner together and drs cussed current exents and the amazrng tele xrsron set rnx errteel by mx brother Robert 'Needless to sag I xx rs xerx proud of the fact rnd tlrrrlled xx rth the one that he had rnstalled rn my lrorrre In the field of sport Fred Forel has achrexed out trndrng honors rn the game of basketball Some grrls rn our class al o xxere atlrletrcally rnclrned Joy ce and Joan Blar the rnseparable txxrns lraxe represented the Lnrted States rn the Olxmprc Game They brought home blue rrb bons and skatrrrg honors On the srde they operrte a grrls athletre school Connre Clement makes use of her artrstrc talents by orrgrnatrng hrrr styles and parntrng rn her spare trrne She also desrgns dresses xxhrch Arlrne LaValley models for her rn the leadrng fashrorr shows v V 1 V 1 ' . 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Qlaoo CLD ll We the Class of 1955 IH the town of Pem broke county of Merrrmack and the state of lNew Hampshlre belng as sound of mlnd as We can poss1bly be do hereby make thrs our last w1ll and testament rendermg yo1d and of no ava1l any former w1ll or vulls that may have been prevlously made by us durmg a perxod of forgetfulness We the semors vull our splendld methods of cooperatlon to the Jumors We bequeath our good manners to the sopho mores To the freshmen, we leave our great urge for knowledge Vie the semors vv1ll and bequeath our 1n d1v1dual talents 1n the followmg manner Donald Balllargeon my ab1l1ty to dlscuss sports mth Mr Gardner to Day 1d Moses W1ll1am Baron my ablllty to get away w1th out domg my homeyy ork to Robert Clement Gertrude Bellerose my ab1l1ty to be absent and st1ll keep up my grades to Emma Polsson John Bergevm my ab1l1ty to get along well wrth people to Bernard Labbe Joan Blaxs my Llberace sm1le to Irma Stevens Joyce Bla1s my darly squabbles wrth Mr Tremblay to MarJor1e Howard Lena Bonenfant my front seat 1n Engllsh class to Clarre Hamel Eleanor Cass my qulet ways 1n class to Gyy endolyn Brock Barbara Chase my cute nose to Cynthxa Nlackenzle Judlth Chase my actmg ab1l1t1es to Faye Bennett Constance Clement my art1st1c 1ncl1nat1ons to Helen LaCaya Bernard Cole my ab1l1ty to ansyy er Mr Dunlap cley e1ly 1n lustory class to ll alter Mack June Dennls my knack for haymg a good trme to Jacquellne Langford Robert Desroche my fI1I't3t10US ways to Peter Cluckermg Jacquel1ne Dow ner my Jov1al vsays to Jean n1ne Letendre Edu ard Elhott my s1deburns to Edward Batchelor Frederxck Ford and Franc1s NIcKenna our ab1l1ty to dmc cars and not get IDIO too many ZlCClClCDtS to Francis Glrard and Charles Bach elder Nlaureen French my ab1l1ty to get good marks 1n Macbeth tests to Isabelle Boulet Rlta Gagne my l101T1CITl8.k1I1g ab1l1t1es to Betty Gay Make good use of It Betty Robert Gagne my ablllfy to complete my homeyy ork before classes start 1n the mornlng to Raymond Roy Roy Gllbert my pos1t1on as pres1dent of the semor class to anybody who yy ants a headache Geneva Knock my ab1l1ty to be late for classes to Regma L1ttlefield Arlrne LaValley my funny laugh to Laurette I ey esque Andre Lemaue my ab1l1ty to tell corny Jokes to Norman Adams Sally Lrttle my ab1l1ty to read poetry cor rectly to Murlel Plante Barbara Mand1go my ab1l1ty to have my homeyv ork done on tlme to Madellne Rlley Bruce M1clnels my herght to Auton Hall It comes 1n handy somet1mes Nathalie Montmmy my short curly ha1r to Loulse LeBlanc My many men I keep for myself Irene Plante my l1ke for styllsh clothes to Uadelme Glrard Glorla Rxchard my long ha1r to Slmone Rrchard Gertrude Sanschagrm my ab1l1ty to keep up my good marks to Rena Talllefer lNatal1e Santacruce my Job at Newberrys to Xyette Gosselln Roy Severance my ab1l1ty to take a yoke to Fred Lea Ve do hereby make constltute and appolnt N11 larvrs T Beal to be the executor of thls, our lxst yy 1ll and testament In mtness, yy hereof we the Class of Nmeteen Hundred and Flfty five have hereto subscrlbed our names and affixed our seal tlus fifteenth day of June m the year of our Lord One Thousand Nme Hundred and Flfty five to tlus, our last yy 1ll and testament Gloria L Rzchard 1 Y . - . .Y Y, n , , u - . 7 ' 1 ' P ' Y . . . . I . . J ' ' I 1 ' , ' - c I . . Y. Y d . I Y . . . , . ! 7 ' 1 - Y v ' V Y E . Y Y Y . . , . Y. . - my W . . J 7 ' . . . Y. Y Y . Y Y I 4 I . Y, Y, . Y Y . . Y . , Y Y I Y . : . . - ., . . Y . I 2 , V s. . 4 Y . Y Y , . . Y . . r - ' . Y . . . . Y . , I . , 7 v ' v I 1 V V ' ' . . , - ' - 7 N ! - . ' 'a I t v'-1 . ., , I . Q . ' 1 V, I ' Y' a . L., . - M 7 1 . ' ' , ' - v v ' - ! . Y Y . . Y - - s ! 7 n 4 - , , v ' . ' .' . Y

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Later on, I realized tl111t tlll'Ollg1l the 0ourse of the day, we 111111 seen. 1103111 of, or talked 2l1JOllt almost CVOI'yl1Ill' wit11 whirh we 111111 grad- uated in 1955. We put on Olll' tllllllilllgf caps 111111 r11ke11 our brains to see if we 0oul1l re111e111- 11er what had happened to tl1e rest' of our high sehool ZlCI1V1tLlIll1lIlCCS. rl1llOI'C was .larkie Downer who was 11ow ll121SlCl' of ll large ClllCliCI1 farni witl1 Billy Baron as 11er right-han1l 111an. The thought of tl1e farm gave us 11 Clue to the whereabouts of Roy Severance. He too, operates a farm, but of a different kind-he sponsors ininks. Thatls where Johnny Bergevin obtained tl1e mink coat for Maureen French when l1e was out in California. NVQ heard that Mossy was doing fine also. On our way out of the rest- aurant, we encountered a group of people dressed as though they l1ad just e111ne from tl1e theatre. We recognized one of the111 to be Eleanor Cass who was 11ow assistant t11 11 doctor, her husband, lJ11vi1l C.'hil1l. 'l'11l'j' to11l us that Sally Little, 1111w I1 111111-11 s1-11-ntist, was in town visiting some 1'el11t1ves. After 11 short 011at we hailed ll Cab, 111111 who 511011111 shout. Hello, but l'I1lwar1l lllliott. Ile has his own 01111 1-11111pa11y and in his spare ti1111- 1lt'f'0l11l'S il st111-li Fill' ra0er. XYe 111111 11111111st given up 1111110 ol' diseovering the w11ere11l1o11ts 111 Allilli' l,L'Ill3ll'U XYllCll we heard 11 f11111iliar shout f11l1owe11 by ll burst of laughter and applause 0o111i11g over the radi11. Our elass dehnitely turned out to be soine- thing. Here we 111111 11 f'Ol11C4ll2lI'1, an artist, a teaeher, an inventor, and alinost a president. Su000ss had truly been achieved by everyone in o11e w11y or another. Rita M. Gagne 'vs f 11 1 f S , ,IH X 1 T ,Y 411 .1 F 1: 35 . ! -r r K Vy , A ' .L 05' , , ' 4 4 fl 1 1 ff' - v 1 il 1 ., ai, .iight . H Q 1 A' Li W M 11 3 I , N ' pt. 'lip Sa A 1 . M r 1 u S A, xlrqap ' 'N sf- A - 31