Powers Institute - Pendulum Echo Yearbook (Bernardston, MA)

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A55 I? As we look toward the future Our hopes are high and bright, Some paths are up to nature But all will see the light.. Arthur Avery, as you all know To Stockbridge in Amherst soon will go A dairy farmer. he'll study to be Working his way through busily. A boss in auto mechanics Eddie Damon wishes to be Will this work come automatic? Says Ed as he works industriously. The ambition of Bob is a sailor to be But certainly not an orderly His rating will be hard to claim But. we're sure it will be high in fame. Writing shorthand, typing letters This all takes time and hard work A busy worker, Peg Drew will do better. Never a job will she ever shirk. Shampooing, curling, drying New styles she is always trying Above her door the sign reads See Joyce Grover for your beauty needs. Qmibilll Ever Pat Mahoney, a nurse will be. Caring for the needs ofthe ill. Emptying bed pans and giving shots. Both take patience, practice and skill. Now let me see where will this be Under the UF or under the EW Wonders Miss Nelson, as she sits at her de As a filing clerk, she'll try this task. Making a home for the little ones, Their life a little happier, that's certain The fight for joy has now been won Thanks to our orphanage helper, Joyce P A hairdresser she too, has chosen Working hard and working late Resting minutes she has stolen Time off Miss Hewitt will never take. A secretary Sonja Seager has been Typing, dictation by the score sk etrin Could be she'll be taking dictation from Jim, ln a little house built, two by four. Here's to Harry, the friend of all May fame and riches to him befall llis smiling ways, in his position As Harry. the mechanic, with great ambi tion.

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Tit-spite the confusion and work of this first project. the Juniors decided it was about time to prove that w e were really from Powers . Along with a few other firsts . we are proud to let everyone in Orl the fact that we were the first and so far the only class to have the school seal on our class rings. Many an exciting day was spent waiting for the rings to come, We might say that it was quite a Xmas present when they arrived the afternoon we were leaving for our Xmas vacation. A bowling party. planned late in the fall, was our first social activity. It was a new sport for many and everyone enjoyed the evening from the moment of depart ure for the alleys to the moment when the last crumb of' food disappeared from the table at our snack bar for the evening. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Callahan. lu Noveniber. we sponsored a barn dance at the Town Hall and made a profit of 5310 which raised our bank account and our morale to a great extent. The duties in our Junior year also required that we sell ads to finance the publishing of the yearbook. Without making the mistake of' the class of 54. we obtained permits at the police station in Greenfield and proceeded to sell S829 worth of ads. to round out a happy and busy Junior year. Twelve excited members attended our first class meeting as Seniors. and the following officers were elected: PI'FS'l.df'Itf Joyce Petrin TTIUCP-pFF.Yl'ClPlIf Harry Marshall Secretary Sonja Seager Treosizrer Marilyn Nelson PIAA Margaret Drew. Robert Dean The annual Senior Auction came first on the agenda and manv a memorable night was s ent collect- D v C' ing wares. Vt e stored the articles in I,essard's barn until the big nights finally came. Numerous dona- tions of baked goods gave the auction added spark and a profit of approximately S260 was realized. Next came our dramatic contribution of the year. a comedy in three acts. The Baby'-Sitter . pre- sented in the Town Hall. Det-eniber l0th and llth. lnder the able direction of our principal. Mr. fp- ham. S175 was taken in to raise our Viiashington fund considerably. The Senior Supper was next presented at the Elementary School Cafeteria and here another S100 was added to the bankroll. Linda Eastman left our class in the winter. leaving us with eleven members. With the cooperation of the Bernardston Grange. our class sponsored a Saturday night dance which brought in about 370. In the course of the year, we also had a bowling party and a roller skating party. both of which were topped off' with an hour or so of food and fun. Finall ' came the long-awaited WVashington Tri i. lileven class members accom ianied bv Mr. and N 1- e P . Nlrs, Callahan, left East Northfield station at t A. Nl. on lrriday. :Xpril 15th with the Northfield group. In six days. we got ofl' the train, unchanged, except for the many memories of those happy, fun-filled days in Washington and NYC. VVe will never forget the thrill of being in our Nations Capitol and we will ever remember the many thingswe have learned. On this trip. we were fortunate to be the first class to see the gigantic Iwo Jima monument in Arling- tion National Cemetery. The VVashington 'Trip over. time was then devoted to plans for tlraduation and Class Night. These last busy days closed four happy. memorable years at Powers which will always be remembered by all. 18

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