Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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JEAN DOUGLAS, head nurse at the MARILYN GRIFFITH Hospital, entered with her staff of nurses, composed of SYLVIA CHURCHILL, ELAINE CORREA, PAT GOODWIN, and NANCY DUNLAP. Marilyn, founder of the modern hospital, has been winning scientific awards since high school. PAT PARKHURST, manager of Shiretown Newsstore, made a grand entrance with ROLLENE ZANIBONI, editor of the Zaniboni Times. Pat asked me if I had heard about EDWARD DUGAN'S being named Good- will Ambassador to France. I had already heard about it from NORMAN MITCHELL, teleVision's newest Answer Man . Mitch , of course, had always known all the answers. MIKE BARRETT, owner of the Barrett Cab Co., and DICKIE BARUFALDI, president of the American Fishing Industry, joined the table and I found that the lights were being dimmed by electrician, AL LOPRESTI, for the first act of the evening, which comprised NAT SANTOS, specialty dancer, and WINNIE STENQUIST, popular recording song stylist. Feeling restless during the act, I slipped away and wandered upstairs to the library where I found LAURA HUTCHINSON, BARBARA BREN- NER, BETTY TRAVERS, and CONNIE VERKADE, teachers at Plymouth High School, meeting with their engaging principal, DONNIE WEEKS. Not wanting to interrupt their intentfconversation, I kept on until I reached the kitchen. JOAN CAPPELLA, LORETTA CARAMELLO, MARY IZZO, and BARBARA LODI, dietitians at COLIN MacKENZIE's Manomet Cafe, were preparing the evening's banquet. I sampled their masterpieces and wandered on. Back in the lobby, that man of few words, LEROY MORGAN, was reading the Zaniboni Times, which headlined the robbery of the EUGENE QUINLAN National Bank. The bank tellers BERNADETTE KUHN, JANE BRENNER, GEORGE HOLMES, IRWIN HOLMES, and MIKE CUOZZO, had all been involved. Detective BOB SANTOS was still trying to solve this break. JOYCE GALLERANI, hair stylist at the ORMAN JENKINS Poodle Shop, and BETTY KRUEGER, owner of Betty's Bakery, joined me back at the lounge, where comedienne ROLLENE SANTOS was in the spotlight. PAT MURPHY, drama student, came around to our table to sell us an autographed copy of SALLY MANDELL's new book on dogs. At the table next to us LUCILLE ZANELLO, beauty consultant, was giving advice to NANCY BAILEY and ANN PALAVANCHI, who were chosen to represent Plymouth in a coming beauty contest. As soon as Rollene had finished her act, we departed for the dining hall. DICK BLAISDELL, famous cartoonist, sat opposite me with JACK SCHEID and DONALD GOVONI, congressmen. BROOKS JOHNSON, Speaker of the House, addressed the class before we ate. MARIAN CAD- MAN, the country's leading psychiatrist, suddenly became intensely in- terested in me. Finally, I excused myself before dessert and left the din- ing room. A few late arrivals were entering the club, I noticed. RONNIE KAISER and DICKIE LIBRO, new owners of the General Motors, arrived in their Cadillac. GEORGE IDE, president of First National Stores, was with them. OWEN TAVARES, owner of that fabulous hotel at West Pond, arrived in a Barrett Cab with BRUCE HENDERSON, owner of a chain of drugstores. HARRIET ADAMS, JOAN CAVACCO, BARBARA GARSIDE, and LORRAINE LOPES joined me in the lobby, and they discussed the new FH

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Class .rfpliecy Plymouth, once a tourist town, Into a vital city grew, The reason for this rapid change Was the class of '52. As I arrived home from New York, I was met at the Plymouth Air- port by the Mayor of our fair city, BEN BENASSI, with his private sec- retary, MAGGIE HOLMES. We proceeded at once to the BOB BORSARI Country Club where we were to meet the rest of the class of 1952 for our 10th year reunion. MARION MUTHIG, hostess and also dancer at the club, greeted us at the door. WALTER NELSON, police chief, and DANNY O'KEEFE, Lieutenant, were standing at the entrance conversing with ARTHUR AT- KINS, criminal lawyer, and SABRA CARPENTER, secretary at the F.B.I. Police Chief Nelson mentioned something about checking to see that the RONNIE GUIDETTI Gambling Laws were being carried out. JOE MAGUIRE, the country's most eligible bachelor, informed me that several well-known figures in the sports world were at the swim- ming pool. LAURIE ENOS, head of a successful advertising agency, showed me the way. GEORGE CLARKE, manager of the Red Sox and HAROLD MOTTA, manager of the Braves, were in a heated discussion on the diving board. Waiting patiently to dive off were RAY BUSSOLARI, star of the Celtics, and STEVE TAVARES, football coach at Penn State. WALT CORREIA, recently elected to the All-American line-up, and BOB HOLTON, track star, were sound asleep. LENNY VAZ, coach of P.H.S.'s undefeated foot- ball team, was enlisting the aid of Notre Dame's coach, WAYNE CATON, in fixing his portable. ELAINE CAVICCHI and NANCY PRINDLE, phys- ical instructors at Wellesley, informed me that MICKEY GAVONI had won his tenth fight at the gardens. I walked back to the club with that entertaining personality, JOAN CAVICCHI, who said she had finally completed her own version of God Bless America . We found, upon reaching the lobby of the club, that a large group had gathered around those who had recently visited France. SYLVIA MELAHOURES, winner of the National Photography Contest of America, was taking their pictures. ARLENE MOTTA, French teacher at the Sorbonneg NANCY PELLEGRINI, one of the Nation's Ten Best- Dressed Women, and NATALIE DENNETT, famous artist, were in the group. I entered the cocktail lounge with TED JESSE and EARLE BURGESS, who had just built America's most luxurious liner. BOB ANDREWS and BOB WILLIAMS, cranberry tycoons, were ordering fast ginger-ale fizzes from part-time bartender at the Stork Club, PHIL MAINI. DONNIE REID, author of that new book, How to Stop Growing , informed me that DON- NIE MCGRATH had produced a new perfume which he had titled Un- decided , SHIRLEY LODI will be given the first bottle free of charge. V.:

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kindergarten recently opened in Manomet by PETE DARSCH. DOTTY CHASE passed us and I was informed she had invented false teeth for her toothless rats. JOAN BESSETTE, head of the Telephone Company, rushed in with one of her supervisors, LORRAINE CASEY, to say that HARRY CHURCHILL, Hollywood agent, was in the lounge with his discovery who had become famous at M.G.M., ANN HILTON. Ann was being interviewed by reporter, SHELDON KAPLOW, and the fashion director of Vogue magazine, NANCY ST. GEORGE, was taking notes on the interview. SHIRLEY CORDEIRO, owner of the Airline Training School, joined our group with that famous woman pilot, DIANNE DYER. MARIE FON- TAINE, ANN HOLMAN, and BARBARA NICKERSON, all teachers in the school were with them. CATHERINE SWANTON and JOAN LaFOREST, air line hostesses, were also, among the group. The guests were slowly filling the ballroom for the entertainment of the evening. Rancher JOHN CADMAN and cafe proprieter, BOB MOR- INI, were clearing the floor. PHILIP TINTI, Plymouth's answer to Lowell Thomas, was rehearsing his speech while his secretary, CONNIE CROWELL, prompted him, to the annoyance of CAROLE HENRY, world traveler, trying to re-memorize her speech. LILA MELISSE and PAT SOLLIS, who had scheduled the entertainment, were nervously checking the lists. In the center of all this JANICE WILLIAMS, that sensational dancer, was trying out her kicks. ELAINE BATTLES, J OANNE DRIES and ANNE DREW, models at the BARBARA PECK Charm School, entered breathlessly with JAMES FITZ- PATRICK and EDDIE HOLMES, insurance brokers. DICKIE VILLANO, owner of the city's ten movie houses, and HOWIE WOOD, landscaper for Hollywood movie sets, were ushered to reserved seats. ERNIE SOUZA and BARNEY HATHAWAY, dental surgeons, were passing out dental appointments to all. Five minutes before the show began BARBARA MORI, Secretary of State, rushed in with that man of distinction, KENNY REID. They had just flown in after having dinner at the White House. MARYANN DICK- SON, CLAUDETTE DISTAULA, and BARBARA DRIES, Washington secretaries, obviously had come in on the same plane. ANN HALL, fash- ion director of Charm magazine, with her secretaries PAT PRATT and JANET STEFAN I, were the last to be seated by ushers, JANET PRETONI and JOAN TIBBETTS. Master of Ceremonies, BOB BORSARI, began his speech and then the SILVA trio, composed of FRANKLIN, CHARLES, and RICHARD, took over with the song interpretations of ROSE ROMANO. As the entertain- ment progressed, I noticed engineer, CARL TURINI and scientist, DEN- NIS SMITH, falling asleep. MARY SANTOS, HELEN MICHAEL, and ROLLENE PERRY, hair dressers at BETTY SOUZA'S beauty salon, left to finish their dessert, and JANIS TIBBETTS left to find Danny. I turned my attention immediately to the floor, as the spotlight fell on JOE MONDEAU, and the audience burst into applause. Joe raised his baton and Stardust,' poured forth. The couples got up to dance and the clock struck 12:00. Like Cinderella, I left the Club and hailed a taxi to the airport. Plymouth was wonderful but Broadway was waiting. by Roberta Anderson with inspiration from my gang ug I