Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 124 of the 1953 volume:

PIONEER BOARD Editor-in-Chief PATRICIA GALLANT Advertising Manager DAVID SCHURMAN Art Editor LOUIS HAYWARD Assistant Editors FANE COWAN LORRAINE LeBLANC Head Typist JEAN EARLEY Circulation Manager BARBARA LONG Profile Editors ROGER CORKE VIRGINIA DOUCETTE 2 1953 PIONEER READING HIGH SCHOOL READING, MASSACHUSETTS READING READING, 3 FOREWORD J Education is a debt due from the present to future genera¬ tions. — Peabody Today we of the Class of 1953 are at a crossroad, a crossroad where we must not stride blindly ahead, but where we must pause and look humbly backward and recognize that the past has prepared us for the future. This is the last year that a class will be graduated from the building which we know as Reading High School. Next year the graduates will leave through the wide, modern doors of a new R. H. S., the culmination of many years of dreaming and planning. The memories of the happy and profitable years which we and the classes before us have spent at Reading High serve to remind us that we high-school stu¬ dents have a debt to pay in later years. We owe it to future generations to see that educational opportunities and facili¬ ties for young people continue to expand as they have in the past, in keeping with the American tradition and ideal. We, the Class of 1953, wish through the pages of our PIONEER to glance back briefly over the early years of high-school education in Reading, and to record in detail our last year of high school — the climax of three very full years for us, and of forty-seven years for the building which we shall remember as R. H. S. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAST.7-10 FACULTY.11-16 SPORTS.17-30 UNDERCLASSES.31-37 ACTIVITIES. 38-52 SENIORS.53-86 FUTURE.87-89 THE PAST A student entering Reading High many years ago found a far different place from the R. H. S. of today. Outside, the building is much the same, but on the inside many changes have occurred not only because of rather crowded conditions and the ravages of time. The pupil of yesterday fol¬ lowed a less flexible program of studies, enjoyed a different variety of activities, and had fewer class¬ mates and teachers. On the next few pages, trace briefly with us the story of the beginnings of the Reading School System and of the infant days of the present R. H. S. ’STUDY THE PAST IF YOU WOULD DIVINE THE FUTURE Our schools of today are built on the experience of yesterday. The first record of a school in Reading dates back to 1693, when the town voted that a free school be kept. The sum of four pounds was allotted for a three- months ' school. The first school master appointed was Nicholas Lynde, who had been graduated from Harvard in 1690. Eighteen years later, in 1708, the first schoolhouse was built. This small one-room building was located at the corner of the present Washington and Woburn Streets. The school master, Mr. John Webb, was paid thirty pounds a year to teach reading, writing, Latin, and Greek. In 1793 came the first appointment of a School Committee to care for all school business. It was not until 1856 that a high school came into being, when the Center School District of Reading purchased a building called Union Hall and rented it to the town for use as a high school. The first class, consisting of four members, Frederic Bancroft, Esther Emerson, S. Maria Parker, and Lena A. Wakefield — all possessors of old Reading names —- was graduated in 1863. It was very soon evident that a new building was needed, and in 1867 Reading dedicated as a high school the building which is now known as the Center School, located beside the Methodist Church, near the Common. Seven years before the turn of the century, in 1893, Reading appointed a Superintendent of Schools, who was to devote two-fifths of his time to Reading and three-fifths to Wakefield. As the town grew, the number of high-school pupils increased until, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the town had outgrown the facilities of the Center School, then operating on a two-platoon system. As a result, on March 7, 1904, the town meeting voted to buy land between Sanborn and Linden Streets for $8,000. Slightly less than a year later, $1,500 was voted for plans, and on June 28, 1905, came the major appropriation of $85,000 for the building itself. Ground was broken in August of 1905, and the first brick was laid two months later. On November 13, 1905, a metallic box containing the school reports, the course of study, a list of pupils and teachers, and pictures of Reading was laid in the foundation with great ceremony. The construction of the sixty-eight foot by one hundred fifty-seven foot building of Georgian design progressed rapidly, and on September 15, 1906, an open-house was held. An unexpectedly large crowd of between fifteen hundred to two thousand townspeople came to inspect this new, modern school, which fortunately was large enough to accommodate approximately two hundred more than the two hundred eighty pupils enrolled. Two days later the school opened its classroom doors to pupils for the first time. Typical of the many comments made was that written by Dr. A. E. Winship, editor of the Journal of Education. Th e new High School house is one of the best, and one of the best equipped and appointed in the state. Indeed, I know of none better for the size and wealth of the Town in the country. The money has gone for the latest and best for school purposes, rather than for ornamentation. It is as valuable for its purposes as some High School buildings that have cost $50,000 more. When the present high school opened, most students followed an academic program of studies. However, the new school contained both a typewriting room and a commercial room, providing improved facilities for instruction in typewriting and stenography, both of which had been introduced into the curriculum just before the turn of the century. In the same year that the 8 Commercial Course was opened, the principal of the high school recommended to the School Committee a further modifying of our courses so as to offer a wider range of choice to differing tastes and capacities. ' It is evident from this recommendation that as the number of pupils attending high school increased, the more diversified were the pupils ' interests and abilities. Within two years the principal ' s suggestion had been followed, and students enrolled in the General Course had several electives from which to choose. In the 1910 School Committee Report, the group recommended a Domestic Science Course for girls, and the Superintendent recommended that the girls be included in the physical training program. In 1917, the Shop Course was finally inaugurated, and the classes were held in the room which now serves as the boys ' lunchroom. In the early 1920 ' s it became necessary to remove the Shop classes to the Highland School, where they remained until the Parker Junior High was built in the late I920 ' s. The beg inning of the present Home Economics Course came into being with the opening of the junior high, and since then many girls have made the daily journey to their classes. Extracurricular activities were a part of the school from the beginning and gradually increased in number. Language clubs, debating teams, musical organizations, school publications, dramatic groups, in addition to sports, helped to round out student life. It is evident that the present Reading High School has seen many changes during its forty- seven years of existence, a period marked by two world wars and the beginning of the Atomic Age. Only time can tell what changes the new school will see during its years as the center of high- school learning in Reading. When the construction of the latest Reading High School has been completed, the 1953 School Committee might well echo the sentiments of the School Committee of 1906, which in¬ cluded in its report to the Town the following words: Our present new High School building, with its splendid equipment and picturesque situation, is but another expression of the Town ' s devotion to the cause of education. Education, considered in its broadest and best sense, is of the highest importance to all — an education that appeals to the heart and soul, the mind and intellect, and the physical nature, leading to good health of body, mind and soul . . . We would in this connection suggest that in order to make the most possible use of our new building with its modern appliances, we must not forget that building, apparatus, books, and even excellent teachers in addition, cannot make a good school; this can exist only when and where the pupils are willing to do the necessary amount of hard work. In fact, it is but a truism to assert that nothing worth while can be accomplished, nothing of enduring good to the individual can come except by struggle and perseverance, self-denial and sacrifice. A perfect character, which is the end of all life, must be attained by persistent effort of heart, mind and body. We earnestly desire to make our schools bet¬ ter and better, more efficient in building stronger boys and girls, possessing keener minds, healthier bodies and higher moral characters. While we firmly believe that our children will compare favorably with those in other places in like conditions, yet we cannot state our desire too strongly for better results and a higher development. We, therefore, solicit the hearty cooperation of all parents to the end that the educational training which the pupils receive at our hands will not result in disappointment ard failure, but will show its fruitage in a life of never-ending usefulness and efficiency. ' 9 Carolyn Donley delivers an essay on Driver Education during commencement exercises for the Class of 1952. Mr. Sussmann presents diplomas to the twins, Ronald and Donald Michelini. The new graduates scan their programs. Richards Burhoe, 1953 President, accepts the torch for his class. John McNabola, President of ' 52, prepares to present the torch, symbol of R. H. S. traditions and ideals, to the President of the Class of 1953. LouiS Mcl ukikL FACULTY AND CLASSES A school is only as good as the instructors and classes within its walls. Here at Reading High School many subjects have changed since 1906, but the teaching has been of a consistently fine quality. In 1906, the courses offered were almost entirely .academic, while today a variety of courses prepares students for college entrance or other pursuits. R. H. S. is very fortunate to have many teachers who are willing to take on the added responsibility of directing an activity or a group. The new high school will need a larger faculty be¬ cause of the increased number of pupils and class¬ rooms, but the teachers ' purpose, good education, will never change. MR. RUDOLF SUSSMANN Always with the students ' welfare in mind, Mr. Sussmann, our Principal, supervises the school effi¬ ciently. Sincerely interested in each one of us, he emphasizes the importance of an excellent education and a sound character. MR. LUKE HALPIN Because of serious illness, Mr. Halpin has not been with us during the greater part of this year. All of us have missed the friendly, capable man who is Assistant Principal and Head of the Guid ance Department. 12 Trig fascinated the advanced math students. Seated: Miss H. R. Zimmermann. Standing: Mr. J. M. Aidrich, Mr. F. J. Pope Mr. P. A. Wogan. 13 True ease in writing comes from art, not chance . . ENGLISH Seated: Mrs. J. R. Cutcliffe, Miss M. E. Shay, M iss E. A. Batchelder. Standing: Miss V. Cox, M iss A. L. Archambault. Mr. E. VV. Roewer, Mrs. M. B. Wadsworth, Mr. A. L. Spencer. French has its amusing moments. LANGUAGE HISTORY U. S. History is doubly interesting during an election year. Mr. R. Bronner, Mr. W. E. Hanlon, Mr. A. C. Bennett. Hard work makes capable typists. COMMERCIAL Melodious voices blend in song at Chorus rehearsal. Everyone at R. H. S. enjoys the sports. t ♦ r C ♦ 4 I 16 SPORTS From the beginning, R. H. S. has maintained a varied program of sports to direct youthful energy into enjoyable and healthful channels. Until fairly recently, the most popular sport at R. H. S. was baseball, but now the spotlight shines on football and all its attendant activities. Winter brings com¬ petition in basketball for both boys and girls, while spring calls the athletes outdoors once again for baseball, golf, and track. Gone are the gym bloomers and middy blouse, and the turtle-neck football jersey, but the love of sport and competi¬ tion remains. ltRA VUftXEY FOOTBALL Lack of weight was the Rockets ' chief obstacle of 1953 as they ended the season with a 3-5 record. Sparked by Albie Runge and outstanding sophomore halfback Tom Murray, the Rockets fought gamely and at one time had even Winchester on the ropes, finally bowing 7-6. The locals suffered a blow in a pre-season scrimmage when Louis Bacigaiupo fell victim to a severe leg injury, wnich cost the rugged lineman the loss of that limb. However, due to Louis ' flaring spirit and the big hearts of the people in Reading and neighboring towns, Louis is now on the road to recovery. After a rather dismal first seven games of the season, the Rockets boarded the buses for Stoneham for the annual Turkey Day game. One of the largest crowds in the twenty-year history of the classic was on hand to watch the Rockets win their third game of the season 14-6, with Tom Murray and Jack Hardy making the tallies. At the Football Frolic and Banquet on December 4, Bill Cutcliffe, a line¬ man, was elected Rocket Captain for 1953. 18 ROCKETS OF 1952 First Row: Cutcliffe, Milton, N. Murray, Boyden, Murdock, A. Runge, Hardy, Oulmet, Burhoe, Oram, Doherty. Second Row: R. E. Ellis, J. Runge, Jones, Surdam, Warren, T. Murray, Faulkner, B. Talbot, Ronald Ellis, Smith, J. Talbot. Third Row: Healy, R. D. Ellis, Stanton, Poehler, Fisher, Barron, Edwards, R. Runge, Theriault. COACHES Left to right: Assistant Coach Vic Archambault, Head Coach Joe Crowley, Assistant Coach Ed Roewer, Assistant Coach and Faculty Manager Alton Bennett. 19 Tom Murray, wearing one of the new Rocket jerseys, is off for a short gain as Arch Ouimet sets himself for a block. Coach Crowley ' s expression shows the tension of a close game as he sends first-string quarterback Jim Murdock in with a new play. Reading . vs Wellesley Reading vs Swampscott Reading vs. Punchard Reading vs. Woburn Captain Albie Runge gets last-minute instructions from the referee before a vital game. 20 Reading . 6 vs. Winchester. 7 Reading 14 vs. Danvers .27 Reading . 7 vs. Lexington . 14 Reading 14 vs. Stoneham. . 6 Muff Murray, Rocket fullback, trie left end for a hort gam. And the score goes up another notch. Halfback Jack Hardy gets set to ram opposing tacklers. 21 CHEERLEADERS Left to right: Nancy Cutcliffe, Elaine Doran, Beverly Murphy, Nancy Chamberlain, Eleanor Doherty, Marcia Johnson, Gretchen Vedder, Geraldine Johnson, Frances Rich, Sheila McNa bola. TICKET SELLERS Seated: Rita Bazso, Joan Butler, Joyce Butler, Nancy Hall, Gayle Fa lie, Lillis Wellington. Standing: Beverly Hatch, Jean Corindia, Carol Basinger. PROGRAM GIRLS Front Row: Vera Harvey, Joan Allen, Lorraine LeBlanc. Second Row: Lois Hulsman, Barbara Record, Patricia Gallant, Janet Ferren, Billie Porter. Third Row: Gudrun Flater, Barbara Crouse, Fane Cowan, Claudia Palmunen, Nancy Carlson. 22 BATON SQUAD Front: Janice McCauley, Joanne Oldenbrook. First row: Beverly Snyder, Dianne Robbins, Priscilla Harrison, Mary Jane Crock, Dolores Surette, Marguerite Frasco, Judith Jellison, Merelyn Daniels, Sally Fitzpatrick, Lois Doiron, Jean Robbins. Second Row: Nancy Rodgers, Elizabeth Doherty, Elise Francis, Janet Poore, Glenna Creamer, Dorothy Hall, Mary Green, Janie Boutwell, Lois Bartosch, Coralie Abell. Third Row: Ruth Campbell, Marilyn Brown, Dolores Conti, Muriel Davis, Elna Tarbox, Sally Leighton, Claire Gonzalo. BAND Front: Barry Hubbard, Kenneth Woodside, Edward MacLeod, Charles Hill. First Row: Peter Hardy, James Winn, John Bickell Douglas Barker, John Moore. Gordon Barnes. Bruce Kay, Harry Bowen, Gail Green. Carol Gerrior, Alys Wilson, Marilyn Sheppard Gordon Tibbetts, David Murphy. Second Row: Janice McCauley. Andrew MacLeod, Richard Schofield, Robert Rodgers. Henry Sheppard, Richard Curtis, Paul Gullam, Frank Venuti, Joseph Butler. Arnold Keene, Lawrence Skinner, William Keefe Florence Russell, William Forsberg. Nancy Heselton. Frederick Brown. Richard Gray, Edward Donnelly, Edgar Cook, Donald MacLeod. Mr, Wegiel. Fourth Row Robert Doucette, William Gallagher, Robert Smith, Henry Bolton. Arthur Orben, Eunice Marden, Philip Hodges. David Matthews, William Geary, Robert Noseworthy, Martha Matthews, Willard Tucker, Richard Hodges. 23 BASKETBALL SQUAD 1952-53 First Row: Thomas Thompkins, Paul Jones, Albert Runge, Jack Hardy, Richards Burhoe, Daniel Matthews, Robert Ellis. Second Row: Everett King, Edouard Lassieur, Donald Hill, Henry Milton, William Talbot, David Johnson, Herbert Scheiner, Coach Hawkes. Third Row: Joseph Talbot, Ronald Ellis, William Cutcliffe, William High, Edwin Healy, William Doherty, Russell Runge. Dick challenges opponents with his height on a rebound. BASKETBALL Dick snares one off the boards with Bob and Paul looking on. S-t-r-r-r-e-t-c-h ! ! 24 Coach ' s final instructions before the tap-off and a big grin from Jack. Moral support from the Rah-Rah Girls. Reading 76 Melrose 34 Reading 59 Lexington 60 Reading 52 Stoneham ... 53 —— Reading 42 Winchester 46 Reading ... 61 Wakefield 52 Reading 56 Concord 43 jy Reading 51 Belmont .... 44 [ I WM it i - “T — «B| w ' j L v ■■ ■ ■ | 1. _. l ■ i I i I _ Albie drives in with Henry leading the way. Reading 73 Melrose 63 Reading 48 Lexington 44 Reading 58 Stoneham 42 Reading 46 Winchester 48 Reading 38 Wakefield 25 Reading 43 Concord 54 Reading 47 Belmont 57 Paul misses a foul, but Captain Jack taps it in. GIRLS VARSITY Left to Right: Barbara Long, Janet Ferren, Frances Rich, Dorothy Hall, Nancy Chamberlain, Patience Peale, Marcia Johnson, Judith Miller, Peggy Loud, Beverly Murphy. 26 A splendid show of teamwork by the Juniors. Future stars, the Sophomores: Joan Pantano, Virginia Dolan, Barbara Hoyt, Sandra Taylor, Ann Strout, Ann O ' Brien, Carolyn Blanchard, Doris Miller. 3ASKETBALL Reading clockwise, the Juniors: Janice Olsen. Marilyn Brown, Gudrun Flater, Muriel Davis, Jean Corindia, Janice McCauley, Evelyn Burhoe. Joan Butler. Barbara Richardson, Nancy Hall. Lois D ' Entremont, Natalie Zanni. 27 BASEBALL SQUAD Front Row: H. Scheiner, D. Ham, R. Wright, N. Murray, A. Milley, A. Runge, B. Starr, R. Johnson, A. Poehler. Second Row: Coach Roewer, R. Gagnon, W. High, J. Talbot, R. Ellis, R. Bayrd, L. Martin, F. Miller, R. Runge, R. Bell, W. Morrison, J. Doherty, Coach Archambault. Third Row: W. MacKinnon, B. Cook, W. Talbot, W. Fisher, L. Meuse, J. Wall, C. Vars, W. Spinney, J. Vedder, M. Andrews, W. Doherty. 28 GOLF TEAM Clifford Reed, Henry Milfon, Leo Connors, Coach Bronner, Jack Hardy, Harold Cogger, Arthur Ouimet. The 1952 League Champions hope to equal last year ' s record. TRACK TEAM Front Row: Robert Almeida. Bernard Barron. Harold Pike, Coach Crowley Paul Jones, Richards Burhoe. Thomas Cutler Back Row David Murphy. Douglas Gordon. John Miller. Donald Dolben. William Cutcliffe Edgar Cook. Edouard Lassieur, W.ll.am Oram Mr. Crowley ' s track team annually hopes to run away with all honors. 29 Tarzan on the rings. Mr. A watches a double cutoff in motion. Up the ropes in sixty seconds flat. Jack Fleming dives up and over. 30 UNDERCLASSES AND ACTIVITIES Annually a new crop of Sophomores arrives at R. H. S., most of them not so bewildered as tradi¬ tion would lead one to expect, to take their places beside the Juniors, who are already well established in high school life. Members of the Classes of 1954 and 1955 have been active in sports, in their class- sponsored activities, and in the program of extra¬ curricular activities which is so much a part of high- school life and is open to all students. Front Row: Elizabeth DeMar, Ann Tomlinson, Doris Miller, Carolyn Blanchard, Priscilla Leslie, Dolores Devaney, Joan Leonard, Ann O ' Brien, Arlene Weare. Second Row: Marjorie Nugent, Sandra Helpard, Janet Giuliano, Lois Doiron, Margarette Russo, Lois Davis, June Coolte, Diane Robbins, Yvonne Muise, Dolores Surette, Linda French, Louise Davis, June Newnzer. Third Row: Barbara Hoyt, Mary Ann Ventimiglia, Carol Walker, Dorothy Glover, Nancy Wheeler, Gael Desmond, Dorothy Jenney, Margaret Murray, Marilyn LeFave, Gayle Boyce, Sally Grant, Charlotte Cryts, Beverly Boivin, Joan Magliozzi, Ann Cullinane. Fourth Row: Gertrude Clark, Helen Taylor, Barbara Moulton, Jean Doucette, Nancy Burpee, Katherine Kramer, Nanette Burns, Virginia Dolan, Joan Pantano, Ann Smith, Virginia Hoy, Janyce Sears, Patricia Marshall, Judith Westover. SOPHOMORE Front Row: David Wendell, William Zanni, Roy Doucette, John Boyden, William Woglom, Arthur Dickinson, Joseph Doherty, Richard Bell, Herbert Ferren, Laurence Duffy, Joseph Gallagher, Charles Hill, Melbourne Doucette, Barry Cook. Second Row: Norman Forsberg, Arthur Hathaway, John Twinam, Arthur J. Brown, Thomas Halpin, Ronald Ellis, David Barrett, Carl Amero, William High, Leonard Anderson, Paul Doucette. Third Row: Robert Foster, Charles Cryts, Thomas Fallon, Douglass Beeman, Paul Barrett, Bruce Wheeler, William Doherty, Daniel Fitzgerald, Peter Vincent, Russell Daley, James Dunn, Edgar Cook. Fourth Row: David Abbott, Jon Vedder, William Fisher, Philip Hodges, Ronald Roberts, Donald Hill, Howard MacMillan, Barry Butler, Robert Brown. 32 Front Row: Barbara Conti, Frances McKay, Shirley Henderson, Ann Chaput, Maureen Skinner, Judith Stone, Patricia Carter Ann Howes, Marlene Beeman, Anita Mulhinch, Isabelle Eisenhaure, Joyce MacMillan, Elaine Carr, Priscilla Harrison Geraldine Crowe Carol Peterson. Second Row: Marion Towle, Marjorie Mclntire, Glenda Caesar, Cynthia Livingston! Ruth McDonald, Jane Mercier, Ann Strout, Barbara Toothaker, Deana Newell, Katherine Coneeny, Merelyn Daniels Judith Partelow, Marion Ruderman, Janet Kay, Lorraine Crovo, Nancy Jones. Third Row: Sandra Taylor, Nancy Goodwin Dorothy Cook, Mary Hardy, Joyce Curhan, Barbara DeMar, Joyce Skane, Jean Mclntire, Elizabeth Currie, Barbara Nurmi, ' Carol Sanford, Carol Stevenson, Florence Russell, Dorothy Hogan, Faithe Eldredge. CLASS Front Row: John Marden, Robert Thomas, Donald MacDermod, Arnold Starr, Barry Hubbard, Robert Taylor, Jon Read. Jon Richardson, Peter Orth, Paul Procter, Charles Smith, Richard Roqers. Second Row: Duncan Moodie. Milton Robinion, Kenneth Jones, John H. Miller, William Skinner. David Surette. Albert Lowe, Dale La Belle, Alvin Opland WJ ' iam MacDermond, William Morrison. Third Row: John B. Miller, Harry Parshley, Robert Theriault, Daniel Saunders Robert Sullivan, Russell Runge, James Surette. John Smith, Joseph Talbot, Roger Sullivan, William Sullivan, Robert Jenney. Fourth Row: Thomas Tompkins, Jack Runge. Richard Poehler, Edward Stanton. David Mathews, Don Mason, Oidon S de botham, Maurice Titcomb, Robert Smith, Thomas Murray. Fifth Row: Frederick Miller, Frederic Larson, Richard Spinney. William Titcomb, Leland Martin. William Spinney. George Perry. Richard A. Johnson. David Murphy. Duncan Moodie, Merelyn Daniels, Thomas Halpin, Ann O ' Brien. CLASS OF 1955 Well, here we are! It took us nine years to arrive and add our claim to the weary halls, and, we are told, it will take us not much over one year to beat a fresh path to a gleaming new school (constructed just in time for our class, of course). But don ' t get green-eyed , ye upperclassmen; let us say you ' ve done a fine job in helping to mellow the old place. Right now we ' re entering into the spirit of high-school life and enjoying it! We broke the seal of the new school year by learning some of the tricks of the trade and, to open our student activities, elected our officers: President, Tom Halpin; Vice-President, Duncan Moodie; Secretary, Merelyn Daniels; Treasurer, Ann O ' Brien. Our big event, the Sophomore Hop, was a success because of our work and planning. Sports, extracurricular activities, together with school projects and government have further busied our school life, along with our teachers ' hobby, collecting homework. Do we sound like well-rounded specimens for a new school? Seriously, we really enjoy high school life and hope our coming two years will be successful and happy. i. ' .-V Gudrun Flater, Linda Long, Marilyn Brown, Herbert Scheiner. CLASS OF 1954 This year, we, the Class of 1954, found ourselves up another rung on the ladder, almost at the top. We had many plans for the year. Before much time had passed, we elected our class officers: Presi¬ dent, Herbert Scheiner; Vice-President, Gudrun Flater; Marilyn Brown, Secretary; and Linda Long, Treasurer. Mrs. Franzen is class adviser. Books and schoolwork occupied much of our time, but we didn ' t neglect to make gala plans for our Junior Prom, which, held on April 15, was a complete social success. In June we paid our last,tribute to our friends in the graduating class by sponsoring the traditional Junior- Senior Reception. The Juniors made a good showing in all sports. The boys worked very hard and their efforts were well rewarded. At the end of the football season, Bill Cutcliffe was elected captain for our fast-approach¬ ing Senior year. Our class will always remember being part of the old ' Reading High School. Nevertheless, we are looking forward to being the first graduates of the new high school. We have high hopes of making our Senior year, the top of our ladder, one which will be truly fine. 35 Front Row: Sandra Lane, Alice Amirault, Carolynn McKeague, Mary Bennett, Patricia Keane, Beverly Snyder, Joan McManus, Patricia Evans, Barbara Blanchard, Judith Popp, Maureen O ' Brien. Second Row: Annie Gaffney, Joan Sullivan, Jacqueline Selfridge, Barbara Gerrior, Nancy Rogers, Ella Daley, Anne Colburn, Vera Harvey, Janice Richardson, Agnes Myhre, Margaret Donegan, Rita Bazso, Marguerite Frasco, Dorothy Wallcup, Rena Deschenes. Third Row: Nancy Hall, Eleanor Jarvis, Norma Harris, Beverly Hatch, Gretchen Vedder, Irene Turilli, Carol Joyce, Jeri Hull, Anne Surette, Barbara Aylward, Glenna Creamer, Patricia Rooney, Billie Porter, Rose Venuti, Priscilla Marshall, Phyllis McKie, Coralie Abell. Fourth Row: Marilyn Brown, Gudrun Flater, Evelyn Burhoe, Joan Butler, Marilyn J. Brown, Janet Poore, Elna Tarbox, Marilyn Beck, Nancy Henry, Marcia Johnson, Natalie Zanni, Judith Jellison, Helen Eisenhaur, Lois D ' Entremont, Barbara Gaw, Mary Jane Crock. JUNIOR Front Row: Michael O Brien, Paul Doucette, Lawrence Skinner, John Brandon, William Knowles, Richard Redmond, James Donnelly, William Hunter, Melvin Jones, Donald Upton, Timothy Cullinane, Robert Nowell, David Harrison. Second Row: Edward Webb, Gerald Richardson, Ronald Smith, Leonard Day, Kenneth Elden, Richard Coombs, Herbert Freeman, Gerald Sweetland, John O’Donnell, Robert Almeida, Malcolm Crosby, Ronald Pigon. Third Row: Howard Goodwin, David Harlow, Albert Starr, William Talbot, Robert E. Ellis, Terrence Desmond, William Banfield, Daniel Matthews, Fred Merritt, Robert. Noseworthy, Paul Lewis, Wendell Mclntire, Gerald Peters, David Pulson. 36 Front Row: Alexis MacKay, Sally Fitzpatrick, Blanche Gosselin, Sandra O ' Dowd, Janet Iverson, Barbara Cavanaugh, Rita Tower, Mary Tower, Mary Cail, Norma Castine, Joan Breuqelman, Jane Madden, Christine Moberger, Mary Greene, Janice Boutwell, Carole Basinger. Second Row: Patricia Arnold, Joan Silva, Arlene Penno, Janice McCauley, Karen Metcalf, Janice Olson, Linda Long, Jean Corindia, Brenda Baisley, Beverly Brown, Ann Christensen, Jane deBrigard, Irene Carleton, Nancy Stewart, Lois Bartosch, Joanne Phillips. Third Row: Geraldine Johnson, Jacqueline Warnock, Ruth Wilson, Joanne Oldenbrook, Joan Sweat, Clara Pitman, Luane Pierce, Barbara Urquhart, Eleanor Anderson, Muriel Davis, Barbara Snow, Barbara Richardson, Marilyn Rogers, Sally Leighton, Gail Falle, Norma MacGrath. 1 - CLASS Front Row: John Fleming, Kenneth McKie, Bruce Batting. Roger O Shea James Blake, R.chard G-Hant A F u, Edwin Healy. William Hart. Gerald Surette. Robert Ellis. Michael Donnelly, Charles R.ley. Second Ro-: WJI.am G .‘ Joel Estey, Robert Wilkins, Donald Martin, Robert Smith. Richard Stosez Freder.c Bearse. Bernard Barron Robert Do.ron. William Cutcliffe, Robert Callahan. Alan Oliver. Third Row Herbert Schemer Hugh Ross Stanley Me.w.ll Georq. P.eek Leigh Bangs, William Crawford, Paul Carlson. Paul Henderson. Stanton MacLean. Jack Frost. Dav.d Johnson, Donald MacPherson, John Boudreau, Matthew Andrews. 37 . . and that ' s why the track team will win the champion¬ ship this year. — An annual Crowley comment. They also serve who only stand and wait. A bunch, a lunch, and laughter. Perplexity personified . . . which picture to take next? Shop and Home Ec. commuters. Mrs. Kingman, our cafeteria supervisor, retired this winter after twenty-three years of service. Is anyone watching? Just looking. 39 CHEERLEADERS DANCE Wonderful music led to smooth dancing. Nancy, Elaine, Bev, Chambie, Eleanor, Marcia, Gretchen, Gerry, Frannie, and Sheila — at the climax of an exciting season. Dave is proud of his new queen. The crowd happily approves as Albie crowns Queen Barbara. Yes, it ' s the pause that refreshes. 40 SOPHOMORE CHRISTMAS DANCE The dancing was enjoyed by many a youth and many a maid. Capturing the Christmas spirit — Ann Howes, Dave Barrett, Lois Doiron, Tom Halpin. Hey there, Santa how ' s the fit? The North Pole was never like this! 41 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY First Row: Virginia Doucette, June Peterson, Harold Cogger, Lorraine LeBlanc, Patricia Gallant, Nancy Cutcliffe. Second Row: Barbara Record, Louis Martinage, Channing Brown, Franklin Rodgers, Claudia Palmunen. This year the National Honor Society, with the cooperation of the Student Council, raised money for a scholarship to be awarded to one of the N. H. S. members at graduation. STUDENT COUNCIL Seated: Gudrun Flater, Jean Robbins, Nancy Chamberlain, Richards Burhoe, Duncan Mcodie, Barbara Long, Ann O ' Brien, Mr. Sussmann. Standing: Jack Hardy, Richard Spinney, Nancy Stewart, Claudia Palmunen, Merelyn Daniels, Willard Tucker, Jean Doucette, Sheiia McNabola, Jean Corindia, Marcia Johnson, Thomas Halpin, Herbert Scheiner. 42 Made up of one representative of each homeroom, the class presidents, and the captains of sports teams, the Student Council works for the benefit of each member of the school. Speeding cars are not the concern of the Traffic Squad, but lagging students are. CAMERA CLUB First Row: John Miller, James Blake, Richard Stosez, Kilborn Bagley, Jack Frost, David Schurman, George Perry, James Donnelly. Second Row: Edouard Lassieur, David Harlow, William Spinney, Daniel Saunders, Paul Carlson. The mysteries of the camera and the idiosyncrasies of the projector and the sound track challenge these lads. TRAFFIC SQUAD Rear: Hugh Ross, David Schurman, Richards Burhoe. Front: Herbert Scheiner, David Ham, James Mur¬ dock, Willard Tucker, Harold Cogger, Neil Murray, Melvin Jones. LITTLE ORCHESTRA Pianist: Eunice Marden. Standing: Mr. Wegiel, Florence Russell, John O ' Donnell, Robert Noseworthy, Willard Tucker, David Matthews, Donald McPherson, Harold Cogger, Robert Smith. The many orchestra rehearsals resulted in good music. SENIOR EXECUTIVE BOARD Seated: Frances Rich, Nancy Chamberlain, Richards Burhoe, Barbara Long, Beverly Murphy. Standing: Dorothy Hall, Paul Jones, Arthur Ouimet, Robert Warren, Richard Secord, Willard Tucker, Robert Blandy. 44 The Executive Board worked with Miss Nichols to formulate preliminary plans for our Senior activities. CURTAIN GOING UP On November 21 and again on November 22, the curtain rose on the annual Senior Play. This year Curtain Going Up, itself the story of the production of a high-school play, was well received by a large audience. The Seniors, who voted to turn the proceeds of the play over to the Louis Bacigalupo Fund, were happy to see Louis himself in the audience on opening night. 45 PLAY READING COMMITTEE Front Row: Lorraine LeBlanc, Joan Allen, Barbara Crouse, Beverly Murphy, Fane Cowan, Frances Rich, Virginia Bigham, Ruth Stiles. Second Row: Janet Ferren, Barbara Record, Dorothy Hall, Nancy Chamberlain, David Schurman, Elwyn Wells, Elaine Doran, Joyce Foster, Lillis Wellington, Lois Hulsman. Joyce ... as the actress who has been insulted by professionals. Louis ' expression confirms the fact that the play was a success. Tension mounts as our play within a play nears its climax. Willard, as Milt, expounds his philos¬ ophy of life. 46 Lis ■ • ■■ .. - USHERS Left to right: Richards Burhoe, Arthur Ouimet, James Murdock, Jack Hardy, David Ham, Albert Runge, Richard Secord, Robert Warren. PROGRAM GIRLS First Row: Cynthia Weir, Harriet Smith, Kathleen Halloran. Second Row: Priscilla Howe, Eleanor Doherty, Patience Peale, Arline Richards, Carol Powers. TICKET GIRLS Nancy Towle and Jean Earley, two of our efficient ticket girls. CANDY GIRLS First Row: Nancy Cutcliffe Beverly Murphy, Peggy Loud Sheila McNabola Second Row: Elise Francis, Elizabeth French, Virginia Bigham Barbara Long Gloria Thibault. STAGE CREW Channing Brown, Kilborn Bagley, Joseph Rushton, Marc Colburn 48 Tony ' s broom — his excuse for witnessing rehearsals. Harold ' s big scene — ’’I’ve been shot! And furthermore ... — Mr. Spencer drives home a point. COSTUME COMMITTEE Seated: Lois Hulsman, Joan Allen, Barbara Record. Standing: Patricia Gallant, Eunice Marden, Virginia Merrill, Judith Miller. The Costume Committee helped to gather a varied wardrobe for the cast, and gave invaluable assistance on the nights of the performance. CAST OF “BALCONY SCENE” Left to Right: Merelyn Daniels, Lorraine LeBlanc, Helen Taylor, Barbara Crouse, Willard Tucker, Thomas Halpin, David Matthews, Richard Wright. DRAMATIC CLUB First Row: Thomas Halpin, Patricia Gallant, Joan Allen, Ann Lovering, Willard Tucker, Barbara Crouse, Lorraine LeBlanc, Merelyn Daniels, David Matthews. Second Row: Marion Towle, Judith Jellison, Mary Hardy, Jane deBrigard, Nancy Stewart, Helen Taylor, Jane Decatur, Ann Colburn, Sandra Taylor. Third Row: Karen Metcalf, Joyce Curhan, Carolyn Blanchard, Leigh Bangs, Marcia Johnson, Nancy Henry, Linda Long. Balcony Scene was the choice of the Dramatic Club for presentation at the annual Drama Festival. 49 PIONEER BOARD Seated: Lorraine LeBlanc, Patricia Gallant, Louis Hayward. Standing, Jean Earley, David Schurman, Barbara Long, Roger Corke, Virginia Doucette. Overseeing dll work on the yearbook was the job of these busy Seniors. PIONEER LITERARY STAFF Front Row: Beverly Murphy, Nancy Chamberlain, Virginia Doucette, Roger Corke, Nancy Cutcliffe. Second Row: Helfen Swenson, Claudia Palmunen, Joan Allen, Barbara Record, June Peterson, Elaine Doran, Barbara Crouse, Janet Ferren, Frances Rich, Mary Jo Hubbard, Jean Robbins. Third Row: Lois Hulsman, Patricia Gallant, Willard Tucker, Stephen Land, David Schurman, Richard Secord, Jane Cooper, Nancy Towle. Questionnaires, dots, and thirty-five words haunted the waking hours of the Seniors who wrote the profiles of their classmates. 50 PIONEER TYPING STAFF Seated: Jean Earley. Standing: Alice Hoyt, Janet Ferren, Joyce Perkins. Accuracy and dependability characterized the work of the girls behind the typewriter. PIONEER ART STAFF Seated: Arline Richards. Jean Earley. Barbara Crouse. Louis Hayward. Lorraine LeBlanc, Joyce Butler, Priscilla Howe. Standing Jane de Briqard, Janice Olsen, Richard Gallant, Agnes Myhre, Vera Harvey. Cropping pictures, arranging proofs, and making layouts occupied many hours of this industrious group. BUSINESS STAFF Seated: Alice Hoyt, David Schurman, Joan Allen, Jean Robbins. Standing: Peggy Loud, Janet Ferren, Joyce Perkins, Carol Powers, Virginia Bigham, Margaret Leonard. The diligent efforts of the business staff netted many ads and much necessary capital. HOMEROOM COLLECTORS Seated: David Schurman, Eleanor Williams, Claudia Palmunen, Nancy Chamberlain, Richard Johnson, Jane Decatur. Standing: Janice Boutwell, Ann Howes, William Skinner, Katherine Kramer, Marcia Johnson, Charles Vars, Nancy Burpee, Agnes Myhre. Each Pioneer collector was responsible for the subscriptions and payments from his homeroom. 52 SENIORS The Class of 1953 occupies the unique position of being the last in a line of forty-seven classes who have completed their educations in the present high school. Every class is made up of individuals, and here we present the members of ' 53, their individual pictures and profiles, and their collective history, which will reach its culmination on June 10. CLASS The first chapter of our lives at Reading High opened in September 1952, when we, two hundred and fifteen Sophomores, presented ourselves to Mr. Sussmann in the assembly hall for assignment. Gradually our shyness wore off, and as we gained enthusiasm, we accepted the responsibility of electing our first officers. They were the following: President, Barbara Long; Vice- President, Dick Burhoe; Secretary, Ann High; and Treasurer, Louis Martinage. It did not take us long to settle down to the books and routine of high- school life. Each Saturday we were right there with the upperclassmen cheering the Rockets on to victory. That October day when the Black and Red were victorious over Winchester will always stand out as a red-letter day on our Sophomore calendar. From sports we turned to our first social function, the Sophomore Hop, the theme of which was the Cinderella Ball. We once again welcomed back Mr. Rich, whom most of us had previously known at Parker Junior High. Christmas vacation was just an interlude before those first big exams — midyears. Having weathered that crisis, we expended our excess energy on basketball, volleyball, and Mr. Oliver ' s Key to Memories. Once again we surmounted exams, this time finals. As our Sophomore year came to a close, we, the Class of 1953, looked forward with eagerness to our second chapter. Seasoned high-schoolers, we returned in the fall of 1951 to begin our second chapter. After electing the following officers: Dick Burhoe, President; Lorraine LeBlanc, Vice-President; Nancy Chamberlain, Secretary; and Louis Martinage, Treasurer, we started a year of success and happiness. During our Junior year, football meant more to us than it had previously, for our class was well represented on the field. Our exhausting cheering was well rewarded when we learned that Albie Runge had been elected captain for the following year. Basketball started without a moment ' s hesitation, and the closely fought games never ceased, not even for midyears. Yes, our class was as well repre¬ sented on the court as on the field. At the close of the season Jack Hardy was elected captain for our Senior year. We now began to formulate plans for that long-to-be-remembered dance, the Junior Prom. The big night arrived, a success as usual, and we believed ourselves to be dancing on an ocean liner. The arrival of spring meant the arrival of bats, golf clubs, and track cleats. It was this year that R. H. S. won both the basketball and the golf championships in the Middlesex League. 54 HISTORY Sports and other extracurricular activities were only the frosting on the cake; for two years we had been working diligently in our classes. It was after the third quarter of our Junior year that we took time out to cite the members of our class who had distinguished themselves scholastically. We were very proud to have such a fine representation in the National Honor Society. As June loomed up we set about to plan the Junior-Senior Reception. Watching graduation activities, we knew that we had only one chapter left. Although we looked forward to our Senior year with anticipation, it caused us some sadness to say goodby to our many friends in the graduating class. Having spent the summer in various ways, we returned in September to write that third and final chapter of high-school life. We wasted no time in electing our officers: Dick Burhoe, President; Barbara Long, Vice-President; Nancy Chamberlain, Secretary; and Louis Martinage, Treasurer. Hardly had the football season got underway when we were all saddened by the severe injury to our classmate, Louis Bacigalupo. Each week the team was inspired to victory in order to win the ball for Louie. The pep and enthusiasm of our cheerleaders and baton squad added much to these eventful days. As the football season drew to a close, the annual Cheer¬ leaders Dance was held, highlighted by the coronation of Barbara Long, Football Queen. No sooner had football ended than we were off in another direction — dramatics. Our production , Curtain Going Up, was a play within a play. The cast was doubly rewarded by capacity audiences both evenings, and the realization that a substantial sum had been contributed to the Bacigalupo Fund. Throughout the fall and early winter, all events were pointing toward June IOth. Our Pioneer staff was diligently at work. College Board classes and guidance assemblies took much of our time. Since December, when he became ill, we all have missed Mr. Halpin ' s guidance help and friendly greetings. We hope that next year he will once again be giving R. H. S. students his much-appreciated and invaluable assistance. When we were not cheering ourselves hoarse at the closely fought basketball games, we were planning ahead for those not-too-distant days. There were caps and gowns to be ordered, committees to be chosen, and all the last-minute details to be taken care of so that our graduation would be a success. The Senior Prom, our never-to-be-forgotten last dance, was held on May 8, at Bear Hill. We knew that our last week was to be filled with won¬ derful memories of Baccalaureate, Class Day, and the Senior Banquet. The time is fast approaching when we, the Class of 1953, shall receive our diplomas. However, we will always look back with fond affection on the wonderful friends and experiences we have had here at R. H. S. Although we may be the last class to be graduated from this school, we shall have as many fond memories as will those who follow us. Jeanie Earl 55 cl£z- £ - ht xjC- Soy. X f - )yisC - - 2- -C ' €T? _ Z JL 56 Jkfcc £ .S JzW ' - “ 2 L Lm Z_-t t cJ ' y sCcJZ- Ljtz ' — GRADUATION 1953 oc rcim PROCESSIONAL MARCH High School Band RAISING OF FLAG and PLAYING OF COLORS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Class President, Richards H. Burhoe, Jr. STAR SPANGLED BANNER. Audience, Senior Class and Band Key-Smith PRAYER Rev. Paul E. Sheldon SALUTATORY Claudia Frances Palmunen TORCH ORATION.Richards H. Burhoe, Jr. ESSAY.Nancy Ann Cutcliffe, Class Honors ■ ESSAY Channing Crocker Brown, Faculty Honors ■ ESSAY.David Franklin Ham, Class Honors ESSAY.Jean Marie Earley, Faculty Honors VALEDICTORY Virginia Claire Doucette CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS.Rudolf Sussmann, Headmaster CONFERRING DIPLOMAS.Philip R. White, Chairman of School Board AMERICA.Audience, Senior Class and Band BENEDICTION .Rev. Paul E. Sheldon RECESSIONAL MARCH.High School Band 58 RICHARDS BURHOE, JR. Dick . . . our efficient and lik¬ able President ... a class officer for three consecutive years . . . Dick ' s ambition, to be seven feet tall . . . enjoyed English and es¬ pecially remembers Coach Crow¬ ley ' s half-time talks . . . future plans include college. CLASS BARBARA LONG Barb . . . the girl with the warm smile and sweet personality . . . Student Council, basketball, and the Senior Play occupied much of Barb ' s time . . . favorite pastime, bowling . . . plans to attend nurs¬ ing school . . . success is in sight for Barb, our Vice-President. OFFICERS NANCY LEE CHAMBERLAIN Vivacious Chambie . . . Class Secretary, Student Council secre¬ tary, J.W.C. vice-president, cheer¬ leader . . . other activities, basketball, Youth Council, Senior Executive Board . . . Loved Span¬ ish with Mr. Roewer . . . ambition, marriage . . . next year, business school for this cute lass. LOUIS MARTINAGE Lou ... a human math machine and the efficient Class Treasurer for three years . . . hopes to be¬ come a successful engineer, but is undecided in his choice of col¬ leges . . . claims golf and automo¬ biles as his favorite pastimes. 59 DORIS E. ANDERSON The petite little blonde . . . that ' s Dorrie . . . who hopes to attend Fisher Business School . . . typing, her favorite subject, will bring her deserved success as a secretary ... an everlasting mem¬ ory will be her many friends at R.H.S. WARREN A. ANDERSON An industrious workman in the physics lab . . . affable Warren . . . a rabid sports enthusiast . . . the future appears vague . . . but his winning smile foretells success . . . Warren looks back with nostalgia to seventh-period U.S. History. EARL A. AUGUSTA Earl cla ims his ambition is to own a real hot rod ... a trip to California awaits him next year . . . remembers experiments in chemistry . . . cars of all types and chemistry are tops with this lad. LOUIS BACIGALUPO Louis . . . earned our respect by his fortitude and cheerfulness . . . good-natured, gregarious . . . member of football and track teams . . . interested in the activ¬ ities of the Youth Council . . . to Baci, best wishes always. CARL ABELL With a quiet manner . . . shy smile . . . but very friendly . . . a shop enthusiast . . . didn ' t mind the long walk to the Junior High each morning ... it took him to his favorite class . . . will remem¬ ber homeroom with Mr. Archam- bault. JOAN ALLEN Amiable Joanie . . . plans in¬ clude Emerson College and speech therapy . . . enjoys traveling, work¬ ing with people . . . favorite sub¬ ject, French .. . numerous activities —Literary Staff, Rainbow, J.W.C., program selling . . . indispensable to Senior Play . . . prompter, member of Costume and Play Reading Committees. 60 KILBORN BAGLEY Buddy . . . the future dairy farmer ... he will go off to an agricultural college next fall . . . faithful, interested member of the Camera Club, Projection Crew . . . has devoted many hours to his hobby—photography. JAMES BASSETT Light-hearted Jim . . . aspires to enter the Coast Guard Acad¬ emy . . . vows to remain a blissful bachelor ... an ardent follower of popular music . . . boxing fan . . . Jim will keenly remember Al¬ gebra II with Mr. Fitzgerald. THOMAS BEHEN Tom . . . just back from the Marines . . . chose the College Course . . . Student Council mem¬ ber . . . main interests include cars and girls . . . hopes to own a pri¬ vate business someday . . . retains fond memories of Latin with Joe Murphy. DONALD F. BELAIR Donnie . . . ambition, to be¬ come a State Trooper . . . spends his time working on cars and skiing . . . Donnie won ' t forget the autumn trips on the R.H.S. Band bus . . . science is his fa¬ vorite subject . . . next year, Offi¬ cers Training School. CHARLES ROBERT BAYRD Bob . . . smiling and affable, plans to spend the next few years on the high seas . . . member of Chorus, baseball team and Youth Council . . . won ' t forget a certain baseball game with Concord . . . enjoys history and gym. VIRGINIA I. BIGHAM The girl with the friendly hello . . . Ginny enjoyed typing and shorthand . . . was Mr. Pope ' s efficient secretary, practicing for her destined future job . . . worked on the Play Reading Committee . . . J.W.C. occupies her on Thurs¬ day evenings. 61 CHANNIN0 BROWN Ambitious Channie . . . coolly confronted the College Course . . . plans include college and then medical training . . . favorite subject, biology . . a memory of the National Honor Society . . . Channie ' s perseverance and dili¬ gence will be rewarded. WILLIAM CARNEY Bill keenly enjoys football and swimming . . . votes history as top subject . . . will never forget fourth-period . . . although his future plans are undecided, we know that Bill will be successful in whatever he attempts. ROBERT P. BLANDY A member of the Senior Execu¬ tive Board . . . future business tycoon . . . Bob is prep-school- bound . . . staunch participant in football and hockey . . . fondly re¬ calls lively election-year discus¬ sions in Mr. Hanlon ' s U.S. History class. JOYCE BUTLER Joyce plans to attend business school next year . . . her favorite subject is art . . . lasting memory, the two-thirty bell ... a member of the Pioneer Art Staff . . . ticket girl . . . enjoys Rainbow on nights off from the theater. JOHN CHASE John . . . portrayed Buck in the Senior Play . . . interested in flying . . . ambition, to own a pilot ' s license and a Jaguar . . . enjoys the out-of-doors and aquat¬ ic sports . . . will never forget Physics, or the squeaks and rattles of R. H. S. NANCY CARLSON The vivacious blond . . . lover of animals, especially horses . . to own a ranch abounding in horses is Nancy ' s ambition ... to be an airline hostess is her plan for the immediate future ... a tip of the hat to a faithful pro¬ gram girl. 62 MARC COLBURN Quiet, ambitious Marc . . . plans to work his way through col¬ lege . . . enjoys football . . . chemistry is his favorite subject . . . Marc will never forget Mr. Fitzgerald ' s geometry class . . . someday he will be solving crimes as a famous criminologist. JOHN COIT Jake ' ' . . . dynamic tackle for two years . . . ambition is to see the world . . . will always remem¬ ber US. History with Mr. Hanlon . . . baseball and hockey kept him busy ... in the future Jake ' ' will be wearing those Navy blues. After a period of service in the Marines, Sonny rejoined us . . . good-natured, quiet . . . cars take up his extra time . . . has bright memories of Miss Drury ' s classes . . . big ambition, to go to North¬ eastern next fall. WILLIAM CLARK Bill . . . would like to see the Yankees lose the World Series . . . he likes those certain mockers in Mr. Roewer ' s classes . . . skiing and history rank highest with Bill . . . it ' s on to college next year. • GEORGE A. CLATTENBURG RICHARD COLLINS Dick . . . looking forward to graduation this year ... he plans to go to college next year . . . hopes to become an engineer . . . enjoyed English very much . . . golf and hockey hold their own as Dick’s favorite sports. HAROLD COGGER Tall, good-looking Hal with an infectious grin . . . member of National Honor Society and Sen¬ ior Play cast . . . golf and DeMolay rate high . . . will remember Mr. Spencer ' s attitude toward the weaker sex . . . Harvard will wel¬ come Hal. 63 LEO CONNORS Happy-go-lucky Leo . . . always ready with a cheerful smile . . . likes Physics, golf, and girls . . . captain of the R.H.S. golf team . . . hopes to capture the State Amateur title . . . prep school next year for this likable lad. ROGER CORKE ' Rog . . . who hopes for a commission in the U. S. Army ... . member of the Pioneer Board . . . likes math . . . played two years on the R. H. S. eleven ... a good hockey player . . . won ' t forget Mr. Spencer ' s criticisms of the fair sex. DOLORES R. CONTI Energetic baton twirler . . . member of J. W. C., Junior Cath¬ olic Daughters, Student Council, and Senior Executive Board . . . that ' s our Dol . . . future plans include business school . . . then success . . . Mr. Weigel ' s Music Appreciation class is her favorite memory of R. H. S. FANE COWAN Likable Fane . . . busy with work on Pioneer, Publicity and Play Reading Committees for the Sen¬ ior Play . . . belongs to J.W.C., Rainbow . . . enjoys ice-skating, collecting records . . . will remem¬ ber Mr. Pope ' s experiments . . . aspires to be a lab technician. JANE COOPER Attractive Snookie . . . quiet and reserved . . . especially en¬ joyed history . . . favorite memory of R. H. S., that 2:30 bell . . . future plans include Chandler and secretarial work . . . you can be sure that Snookie ' ' will be suc¬ cessful in all she does. RICHARD CROSS It ' s the Navy next year for Richie . . . after discharge he plans to attend linotype school and become an A-1 linotype op¬ erator ... he enjoys camping, skiing, football, and racing boats . . . favorite school periods, phys¬ ics and lunch. 64 DONALD M. DAVID To be a success is Don ' s ambi¬ tion . . . chief interests include hunting and photography . . . likes lunch periods best, but is thoroughly intrigued by Miss Cox ' s English class . . . the U. S. Air Force beckons Don after graduation. THOMAS CUTLER Tom —an automobile fanatic while at R. H. S., plans to cast his fortune with the Air Force . . . professes to have enjoyed his study periods most . . . only re¬ gret is that he must leave the sophomore girls behind. NANCY CUTCLIFFE One of our cutest cheerleaders . . . lent her talents to Student Council, National Honor Society, Literary Staff, J. W. C. . . . next year will probably find Nancy at Bates College . . . Spanish and math are favorites . . . has fond memories of the Junior Prom. RICHARD DOBBIN Dick ' s ambition is to amass a fortune . . . maybe math, his fa¬ vorite subject, will help . . . claims that his fondest memory will come when he receives his diploma . . . his plans for next year as yet are undetermined. BARBARA N. CROUSE ROBERT E. CRYTS Quiet but mischievous . . . Bob . . . liked history with Mrs. Cut- cliffe . . . crazy about football and hockey . . . one of the stars of our baseball team . . . next year plans to don the familiar Navy blue . . . found English IV the subject. Off to Deaconess Hospital for I training as a nurse . . . versatile Barb . . . favorite subjects, French and typing . . . will remember French translation assignments, play rehearsals . . . member of Pioneer Staff, Play Reading Committee, Program Girls . . . Worthy Ad¬ visor of Rainbow. 65 ELEANOR DOHERTY The blonde, curly-haired cheer¬ leader . . . that ' s Eleanor . . . next year it will be Number, please . . . Eleanor enjoyed history . . . will always remember the football games and a certain star end . . . member of the Chorus and of dance committees. EDWARD DOUCETTE Ed . . . the bookkeeping whiz . . . will long remember -Miss Zimmermann ' s homeroom . . . Ed ' s ambition, to be president of the Middlesex County National Bank . . . the Marine Corps beckons this lad next year . . . sports and dancing will always offer him enjoyment. ELIZABETH DOHERTY Cute little Liz . . . one of our baton twirlers . . . participated in Youth Council, J.W.C., Business Staff, and Play Reading Commit¬ tee . . . interests include dances and sports . . . will never forget the Canteen . . . next year, busi¬ ness school. VIRGINIA DOUCETTE Ginny . . . diligent, depend¬ able . . . member of Pioneer Staff, Publicity Committee of Senior Play, National Honor Society . . . Latin, her best and favorite sub¬ ject . . . ambition to teach, his¬ tory or language . . . next year will find Ginny at Emmanuel or Regis. 66 i ELAINE DORAN A vivacious, enthusiastic cheer¬ leader . . . headed for Merrimac . . . dance committees, J. W. C., Youth Council, Senior Play cast, Pioneer Literary Staff all claimed Elaine ' s spare time . . . found Spanish with Mr. Roewer enjoy¬ able . . . will never forget the Junior Prom. JEAN M. EARLEY Cute, likable . . . best descrip¬ tion of Jeanie . . . member of Guidance Committee, J.W.C., head typist for Pioneer . . . en¬ joyed working for Mr. Baker for two years . . . summer camping and art work, Jeanie ' s hobbies . . . future . . . Westbrook Junior College and airline hostessing. I WARREN E. EDWARDS Swifty ... an embryo bus- nessman . . . performed credit¬ ably on the track and gridiron . . found time to make his oresence felt in hotkey and De- Molay . . . Mr. Roewer ' s humor [and U.S. History comprise his most pleasant memories. ROBERT G. FAULKNER Tall, good-looking, and quiet . . . Bob will never forget Mr. Roewer ' s choice comments . . . a member of the track team and football squad . . . chief interests include hockey and DeMolay . . . success as an architect is certain. , JOYCE FOSTER Joycie . . . dancing, flowers, ind one blond are her interests . . Chorus with Mr. Oliver, her aleasure . . . English with Miss iatchelder, her memory . . . ac- ive in Senior Play, J. W. C., Rain- sow . . . after traveling will either each dancing or marry. ANN ELISE FRANCIS This attractive member of the Baton Squad plans to attend B. U. next year . . . Lise would like to travel . . . favorite memories of R. H. S., trigonometry and Mr. Oliver ' s productions . . . chief in¬ terests, football games and a cer¬ tain man. % JANET FERREN Jan . . . energetic program girl . . . whizzed through the Com¬ mercial Course . . . especially liked shorthand and typing . . . ambition, to be a private secre¬ tary . . . chief interests include skating, dancing, sports . . . Pioneer Staff, basketball, Play Committees have kept Jan busy. i ELIZABETH FRENCH Bette . . . bowling, swimming, rollerskating are her hobbies . . . typing is Bette ' s favorite subject . . . next year we ' ll find her in an office as a typist, one of the best . . . the 2:30 bell is her fondest memory of R.H.S. MARILYN FRONGILLO Marilyn . . . our attractive ticket girl . . . won ' t forget those math classes with Mr. Crowley . . . this lass will become a telephone operator and later hopes to own a Cadillac convertible . . . bowl¬ ing, reading and dancing top Marilyn ' s list. RICHARD GIBSON Gib ' ' . . . known for his per¬ sonality . . . has fond recollections of Spanish with Mr. Roewer . . . would like to be able to speak that language fluently . . . Gib will not forget our vast cafeteria . . . a Navy career lies ahead. PATRICIA M. GALLANT The girl with the expressive eyes . . .Pat will study physical therapy at.Simmons . . . enjoys reading, skiing, swimming, writing . . . Editor-in-Chief of the Pioneer . . . member of the National Honor Society, Guidance Committee, J.W.C., Program Girls, Publicity Committee. WILLIAM GREEN Dark-eyed, curly-haired Billy plans a vacation trip to California next year . . . longs for a new Cadillac and a good job in the art field ... his favorite memory of R.H.S. is 2:30 on Friday. HERBERT L. GARDNER Herbie . . . good-natured and quiet ... a session in the Army as an engineer is his aim ... his favorites in the sporting world are hunting and fishing . . . shop and his black Ford rate high in Herbie ' s book. PHYLIS GRIFFIN Phyl . . . salesgirl at Newbury ' s in Wakefield . . . hopes to con- pl tinue in that job after graduation 5o . . . loves dancing and collecting do pop records . . . won ' t easily for 31 get detention . . . Phyl ' s favorite subjects were lunch and book fea keeping with Miss Drury. 68 i RICHARD I. JOHNSON Nonchalant Dick . . . hopes to complete college and find a good job . . . member of the Student Council and DeMolay . . . Span¬ ish and history held a special in¬ terest . . . will never forget Mr. Hanlon ' s history class . . . Tufts or Northeastern next year. JACK HARDY Jack, one of the best basketball . players ... a standout in baseball, „ golf . . . kicked many after-touch- „ down points . . . active member „ of the Student Council . . . ushered at the Senior Play . . . graduation . leads Jack to prep school. K KATHLEEN HALLORAN Colleen Connie . . . plans to attend Merrimac College . . . am¬ bition, to be a private secretary . . . sports interests include danc¬ ing, skating, football games . . . typing and trig are Connie ' s fa¬ vorite subjects . . . favorite mem¬ ory — Miss Zimmermann ' s home room and biology class. LOUIS HAYWARD The Lou leaves R.H.S. with a fond memory of frequent discus¬ sions in Mr. Hanlon ' s class . . . Art Editor of the Pioneer . . . the University of Massachusetts beck¬ ons to him ... his goal is to make his fortune early. DAVID HAM Dave . . . member of the Traf¬ fic Squad and snappy second baseman on the baseball team . . . will attend a college or en¬ gineering school . . . Dave ' s fa¬ vorite subject is math . . . chief interests, hockey and baseball . . . physics lab made a lasting im¬ pression. . V ANN F. HIGH J.W.C., being secretary of our sophomore class, and basketball have kept Ann busy . . . will re¬ member English III . . . enjoyed Spanish . . . finds dancing with a certain halfback very enjoyable . . . University of Massachusetts next year for this petite miss. 69 MARIE HORRIGAN Marie . . . whose main ambition is to graduate . . . hopes to be¬ come a telephone operator . . . outstanding sport is skating . . . typing is considered her favorite subject . . . Mr. Crowley ' s math class will linger in her memories. MARY JO HUBBARD Westbrook Junior College beck¬ ons Jo ... a class fashion-plate . . . possessor of a sweet person¬ ality . . . claims Spanish as her favorite subject . . . Pioneer Staff and J.W.C. kept her busy . . . ambition, to become an airlines stewardess . . . everlasting mem¬ ory — Junior Prom. PRISCILLA HOWE Talented Pedill plans to at¬ tend the New England School of Art . . . would like to become an interior designer . . . enjoys art work and roller skating . . . among her favorite memories of R.H.S. are summer vacations and lunch. LOIS J. HULSMAN Loie . . . with the sweet person¬ ality . . . hopes to go to Bouve College to become a physical education instructor . . . Worthy Ad visor of Rainbow . . . J.W.C. and Scouts keep her busy . . . ardent baseball fan . . . outstand¬ ing in her memories, Mr. Pope ' s experiments. HERBERT L. GARDNER Herbie . . . good-natured and quiet ... a session in the Army as an engineer is his aim ... his favorites in the sporting world are hunting and fishing . . . shop and his black Ford rate high in Herbie ' s book. JAMES JOHNSON Jim . . . quiet and likable . . . favorite memory of R.H.S. is the spacious lunchroom . . . top sub¬ ject, Spanish ... to get a good job is Jim ' s ambition . . . next year he hopes to be at the Uni¬ versity of Massachusetts. 70 PAUL JONES Jonesy rated history his fa¬ vorite subject . . . capable member of the Senior Executive Board, football squad, basketball team . . . track captain . . . will never forget Mr. Crowley ' s curly hair . . . with his personality Paul ' s destined to succeed. MARGARET LEONARD Margie . . . vivacious, brown¬ eyed blonde, who ' s tops wi th everyone at R.H.S. . . . favorite subject, Ancient History with Mr. Bennett . . . future plans feature business school . . . would make someone a cute secretary, but she’s still partial to Navy Blue. STEPHEN A. LAND Steve . . . member of Pioneer Literary Staff . . . favorite subject, U.S. History . . . Steve will always remember Mr Hanlon ' s impartial political attitude . . . DeMolay, baseball, and piano are some of Steve ' s interests . . . next year, Harvard ... to prepare for law school. WALTER JOHNSON Walter, enjoyed chemistry with Mr. Adams . . . plans to attend Worcester Polytechnical Institute or Cornell and become a chemical engineer . . . likes to shoot golf . . . enjoys DeMolay . . . says he ' ll always remember fourth-year Latin. RICHARD I. JOHNSON Nonchalant Dick . . . hopes to complete college and find a good job . . . member of the Student Council and DeMolay . . . Span¬ ish and history held a special in¬ terest . . . will never forget Mr. Hanlon ' s history class . . . Tufts or Northeastern next year. LORRAINE M. LeBLANC Popular Lulu . . . the girl with the lovely voice . . . plans to at¬ tend a liberal arts college . . . member of Student Council, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Chorus . . . po rtrayed Lorry in the Senior Play . . . will remember lunch and Mr. Oliver ' s productions. 71 PEGGY LOUD Quiet, tun-loving . . . that ' s Peg . . . rates Consumer Education and bookkeeping her favorite sub¬ jects in the Commercial Course . . . member of J.W.C. and Play Committee . . . three years on the basketball team . . . plans to marry an Air Force man. ANDREW MacLEOD Chucky . . . member of the Color Guard . . . science has been Chucky ' s favorite subject and has provided the most interest . . . enjoys hockey, basketball, 4-H . . . ambition, to be a pilo t . . . next year he plans to join the Air Force. WALTER MacCAUGHEY Wally rated shop as tops . . . always smiling and good-natured . . . his ambition is to get out of school and find a good job . . . Wally ' s interests settle around models, hot rods , and a certain sophomore girl. DONALD MacLEOD One of our faithful members of the Color Guard . . . Mac ... his ambition is to own a fleet of trucks . . . chief among his interests are mechanics and football . . . likes physics . . . the Air Force beckons to him. WILLIAM D. MacKINNON, JR. Bill ... an active fellow who put his tireless energy to good advantage as a DeMolay officer and member of the Ski Club . . . his crystal ball indicates college or prep school . . . enjoyed U.S. History immensely. ANN LOVERING Ann . . . remembered for her fine performance in the Senior Play . . . future plans are not yet certain, but they will probably in¬ clude Lowell and nurses training . . . English was tops on Ann ' s list . . . but, oh, that fourth-period study. 72 L l i I DOLORES L. MAGNO Dolly . . . whose hidden desire is to be a famous ballerina . . . enjoys all sports and dancing . . . Dolly plans to see the world . . . favorite subject rs history . . . third-period English with Miss Batchelder holds many memories. DONALD MARTINAGE Donnie ' s chief ambition is to become a mechanical engineer . . . the noon-hour hot rods hold special interest for automobiles- minded Don . . . plans for next year include Northeastern . . . spends lots of time at Meadow Brook. DAVID J. MARTIN, JR. Dave will help the greenhouse business next year . . . among his favorite interests baseba ' I, foot¬ ball, hunting, and camping hold first place ... his favorite subject, science . . . one of those golden voices heard in Chorus belongs to Dave. EUNICE MARDEN Eunie . . . fine pianist . . . enthusiastic member of Band, Orchestra and Chorus . . . also active in Senior Scouts and Rain¬ bow . . . favorite subject, biology . . . remembers band rehearsals . . . either Mount Holyoke or Wheaton College beckons her next year. LOIS McELWEE Red will always remember Miss Drury ' s homeroom and book- kee ping classes ... a member of the Chorus . . . also enjoys danc¬ ing and swimming . . . after grad¬ uation, the swtichboard beckons this petite lass with the striking red hair. joan McMahon Cute and ambitious, that ' s Joan to a T“ . . . capable secretary to Mr. Bennett . . . diligently followed the Commercial Course, favoring bookkeeping . . . Pioneer Staff, Play Committees and J.W.C. claimed Joan . . . next step, the business world for this likable lass. 73 SHEILA McNABOLA Sheila — cute, strawberry blonde . . . our diligent head cheerleader . . . efficient president of Junior Woman ' s Club . . . other activities include Student Council and Senior Play Commit¬ tee . . . Sheila ' s plans for next year, college and assured success. WILLIAM MILLER Bill . . . plans to enlist in the Navy next year and attend Am¬ herst College after his discharge . . . favorite memory of R.H.S., Mr. Pope ' s lectures . . . ambition — to travel and own a farm in Maine . . . favorite school subject, gym. ALLAN MILLEY Al rates lunch as his favorite hour of the day . . . will always remember Mr. Crowley ' s joking . . . trips to Newton occupy much of his time . . . captain of base¬ ball . . . Al ' s winning ways are bound to bring him success. JUDITH MILLER Quiet and amiable . . . Judy plans to attend Lowell State . . . enjoyed Rainbow and sports, es¬ pecially basketball . . . favorite subject was French . . . has fond memories of Miss Zimmermann ' s biology class ... we know that Judy will be a success. HENRY C. MILTON A terrific golfer, basketball and football player — that ' s Hen . . . aiming for Dartmouth next year, then into the chemical field . . . favorite subject, history . . . likes the football coaches best when they are off field. VIRGINIA MERRILL After the University of New Hampshire Ginny hopes to be a farmerette . . . enjoys horseback riding on My Gal . . . skiing in the winter . . . favorite subject, Home Economics . . . creaking stairs of R.H.S. will echo in her memory. 74 i • V- - • ‘ • 4 JAMES MURDOCK Jimmy . . . good-looking, ver¬ satile athlete . . . plays baseball and basketball . . . outstanding quarterback for the Rocket eleven . . . member of the Traffic Squad . . . favorite subject, math . . . undoubtedly he ' ll remember Coach Crowley . . . Jimmy heads for Tufts next year. JAMES F. MURPHY Electrical school beckons to Murph . . . chief among his in¬ terests are baseball and cars . . . a member of the baseball team . . . his greatest ambition is to own a good car ... is among those who know the red chair. BEVERLY MURPHY Bev . . . pretty cheerleader . . . remembers football games and dances with Jim . . . claims short¬ hand as her favorite subject . . . Senior Executive Board, Play Com¬ mittees, Pioneer Staff and J.W.C. consumed her spare time . . . dreams of being an airline hostess. NEIL MURRAY Hard-hitting Rocket fullback . . . that ' s Muff ' . . . active on the baseball and track teams . . . a member of the Traffic Squad and the Student Council . . . en¬ joyed Mr. Hanlon ' s history class . . . hopes to call Tufts his Alma Mater. WENDELL NELSON Tink . . . will study at the University of Massachusetts to be¬ come a veterinarian . . . Andy in Senior Play . . . enjoys skiing, riding and 4-H . . . championship sheep-breeder . . . favorite mem¬ ory — Miss Zimmermann ' s biology classes and seventh-period lab. DAVID A. MURPHY Murph . . . hopes to make money in the next few years . . . we are entirely certain that this has little to do with his favorite interest, which happens to be shooting . . . good luck in the future. 75 WILLIAM ORAM To the Air Force marches the Chief . . . member of the foot¬ ball squad . . . hunting kept him outdoors, too . . . has high hopes of being a mechanical engineer . . . finds second-period Consumer Education class hard to forget. CLAUDIA PALMUNEN Forsythe Dental School is Claudia ' s destination ... to pre¬ pare her for work as a dental hygienist . . . Mr. Spencer ' s Latin classes afforded pleasant mem¬ ories . . . active in Student Coun¬ cil, Art Staff, basketball, Senior Play . . . we will always remember all those A ' s. PATIENCE PEALE Pat ... a tall miss who is a whiz in geometry . . . member of Rain¬ bow, girls ' basketball . . . pro¬ gram girl at the Senior Play . . . geometry was Pat ' s favorite sub¬ ject . . . recalls those days in study . . . will attend the University of Massachusetts. DONALD W. OWEN Mickey . . . quiet and indus¬ trious . . . enjoyed Practical Arts . . . it ' s the University of Massa¬ chusetts for Don, who hopes to become a cook . . . cooking, in addition to baseball, is his chief interest . . . Don ' s favorite mem¬ ories . . . those exciting football games. ARTHUR ORBEN, JR. Biff . . . faithful member of the Band and Orchestra . . . claims lunch as his favorite sub¬ ject . . . will remember Mr. Han¬ lon ' s history class . . . always found tinkering with his car . . . objec¬ tive, to become a state policeman after his Navy career. ; i ? S? , ' ' K? ARTHUR OUIMET Our comedian . . . Arch . . . activities included Chorus, Senior Executive Board, and the golf and football teams . . . hopes to at¬ tend prep school next year . . . ambition, to become a man . . . Arch always enjoys music, golf, and his many friends. 76 JOYCE C. PERKINS Joyce, with the pleasant smile . . . competent member of the Commercial Course . . . her fa¬ vorite subject, shorthand . . . Pioneer Staff, J.W.C. clai med her time . . . expects to remember Miss Batchelder ' s senior English class . . . her goal, to be a private secretary. KIMBER PIGON Next year the Navy will train Kim in aviation mechanics ... a member of the track team and Chorus . . . interests include his speedboat, C.A.P., DeMolay . . . wishes all classes were as interest¬ ing as shop with Mr. Wales. JACK C. PETERSON Pete ' s interests lie in sports and automobiles . . . ambition is to graduate and join the Armed Fo rces . . . that 2:30 bell always sounds like heaven to him . . . we know that Pete will smile his way to success. HAROLD S. PIKE Harry . . . member and manager of the track team . . . quiet in class . . . hunting, fishing, and mountain-climbing are among the sports he enjoys . . . Spanish was a delight . . . will continue study¬ ing it at B.U. next fall. JUNE PETERSON June . . . blonde and blue-eyed, with a ready smile . . . favorite subjects, Latin and biology . . . enjoys reminiscences of Miss Zim- mermann ' s class . . . plans to at¬ tend State Teachers College . . . Pioneer, Junior Woman ' s Club, and Rainbow occupied her spare time. ARNOLD POEHLER A flash of red hair and you know it is Skip . . . found shop his favorite subject ... a member of the baseball team . . . looks forward to graduation day and then the Army Air Corps. 77 CAROL POWERS Tubby . . . known for her pleasant personality . . . typing and bookkeeping are her favorite subjects . . . her future plans are undecided, but Chandler may claim Tubby . . . with her go memories of Miss Batchelder ' s English class. FRANCES RICH Frannie . . . cute, vivacious cheerleader . . . ambition, to grad¬ uate from college and be a suc¬ cess . . . member of dance com¬ mittees, Senior Executive Board, and Pioneer Staff . . . served as corresponding secretary for Junior Woman ' s Club . . . remembers Mr. Roewer ' s Spanish classes. CLIFFORD S. READ It ' s the Navy for Cliff . . . am¬ bition is to be a contractor . . . likes golf and hockey ... his fa¬ vorite subject, English . . . re¬ members golf matches with Mr. Bronner . . . member of the ' 51 football squad and this year ' s golf team. ARLINE RICHARDS Arline . . . found typing and shorthand to her liking . . . hopes to be a professional ballroom dancer . . . capable president of Youth Council . . . chief interest, receiving letters . . . remembers Mr. Oliver ' s musicals, the 1951 Sen ior Prom, and our Cheer¬ leaders Dance. BARBARA A. RECORD Barb . . . enthusiastic about the College Course . . . favorite subject, Mr. Spencer ' s Latin classes . . . member of Literary Staff, National Honor Society, J. W. C., Play Reading Committee . . . en¬ joys Braves baseball games and Saturday football games . . . next year, teachers college. MYRNA RICHARDSON Next year Pinkie will attend a school which will prepare her for a career as a hair stylist . . . her favorite sports are bowling and rollerskating . . . enjoys typing . . . will remember Miss Batch- elder ' s English classes . . . faithful to Rainbow. CORINNE A. RIGHTMYER Cora plans a career in the Women ' s Air Force, then marriage . . . likes baseball, skating, bowl¬ ing, and boys . . . favorite subject is practical matk . . . will never forget Miss Cox ' s English class or the red chair. JEANETTE ROBBINS Jeannie . . . cute 1 n ' petite . . . next year it ' s the University of Massachusetts for this gal . . . active member of the Baton Squad, J.W.C., literary and busi¬ ness staffs of the Pioneer . . . votes dancing and chemistry tops . . . remembers her friends at R.H.S. ✓ FRANKLIN RODGERS Shorty hopes to be an archi¬ tect . . . will go to G.E. as an ap¬ prentice craftsman for night classes . . . member of the Na¬ tional Honor Society . . . reserved, quiet . . . interested in scale models, doodling, cars. NANCY RODGERS Nan . . . baton twirler with lots of pep . . . active in J.W.C. and Pioneer Business Staff . . . will long remember the Sophomore Hop in 1950 . . . favors history, dancing, and football games . . . future plans include junior college. WAYNE ROLLINS Red ' s activities include De- Molay and baseball . . . claims his favorite subject is Physics . . . will never forget Spanish II . . . plans to be an engineer ... it will be either Tufts or North¬ eastern for Red next year. ALLAN R UDERMAN Rudy . . . future plans include the Navy . . . main ambition — to own a chain of stores . . . foot¬ ball, card games, and cars are tops with Rudy . . . favorite sub¬ ject is Mr. Crowley ' s Math A . . . will never forget the Red Chair. 79 ALBERT F. RUNGE Albie . . . dynamic star and Rocket captain on the gridiron . . . outstanding in baseball and basketball . . . enjoyed homeroom with Cal . . . won ' t forget Mr. Crowley ' s mocking . . . it ' s either prep school or the Navy next year for Al. DAVID SCHURMAN Ambitious Dave ... a familiar figure in the chem lab . . . plans t o attend M.l.T. and hopes to become a chemical engineer . . . active in the Senior Play, De- Molay, and Pioneer Staff . . . won ' t forget those debates with Mr. Hanlon. JOSEPH R. RUSHTON Ship ahoy for Joe ... a career in the Navy . . . says he will retire in Hawaii . . . fascinated by air¬ planes ... a T.V. Red Sox fan . . . member of Senior Play Tech¬ nical Crew . . . enjoyed history discussions, Mr. Crowley ' s math classes. RICHARD SECORD Friendly Dick, plans to attend Tufts next year . . . was a member of the Senior Executive Board, Pioneer Staff, baseball team, and DeMolay . . . cla ims Physics as his favorite subject . . . good luck to this future dentist. RICHARD SCHOFIELD Dick ... a faithful member of the Band . . . calls Mr. Crow¬ ley ' s seventh-period math class his favorite memory . . . Dick ' s in¬ terests and hobbies center around hot rods and related publications . . . next year ' s plans include working as a carpenter. RALPH E. SELLARS, JR. Skip . . . that boy with jet black eyes . . . will long remember math with Mr. Baker . . . member of DeMolay . . . chief interests include shop work, cars, Band, and N.H. . . . hopes to attend Went¬ worth and become an engineer. 80 RUTH STILES Ruthie . . . cute, artistic . . . activities include Rainbow, J.W.C., Pioneer, Senior Play . . . Miss Roy ' s Art II is her favorite subject . . . lunch period in Room 10 will long be remembered . . . next year, nurse ' s training at Lowell General Hospital. DONALD SURDAM Soy ... a solid man on the grid and hoop squads . . . firmly determined to possess his own new car . . . Mr. Crowley ' s mock¬ ing will be long remembered . . . he intends to enlist in the Air Force. v A - WILLIAM SMITH Smitty will be a truck driver . . . hopes eventually to become a mechanic . . . fifth-period study a favorite memory . . . outdoors man . . . enjoys hunting, fishing, hockey ... of all his subjects, he found shop most interesting. HELEN SWENSON CALVIN W. STURGE Good looks, a winning smile describe Cal . . . DeMolay of¬ ficer . . . football fan . . . home¬ room is rated tops . . . the ministry his ambition . . . favorite mem¬ ories include Coach Crowley ' s mocking . . . Cal will be an asset to Southern Methodist Uni¬ versity. HARRIET J. SMITH A sparkling smile and a sweet disposition belong to Jo . . . aspires to be a receptionist after business school . . . votes Con¬ sumer Ed. and -Mr. Weigel ' s Chorus as tops . . . program girl and active member of J.W.C. Helen . . . our cute little nurse of the future . . . claims history and biology tops . . . Pioneer and J.W.C. member . . . will remember Mr. Bennett ' s history class and a certain Hallowe ' en . . . we predict nothing but suc¬ cess for Helen. 5 ■i ; i 81 GLORIA THIBAULT The tennis pro . . . Gloria . . . also enjoys ice-skating . . . may attend evening classes at Malden Business School . . . ambition, a good office position . . . Con¬ sumer Education is Gloria ' s fa¬ vorite subject . . . J.W.C., being Mrs. Wadsworth ' s secretary, kept her busy. EVELYN URQUHART Evie ' s going to Florida next year . . . ambition, to travel around the world in her private plane . . . likes skating, dancing, and driving her dad ' s car . . . enjoys typing . . . favorite mem¬ ories, Mr. Crowley and C. R. during lunch. WILLARD B. TUCKER, JR. A future sportscaster via the University of New Hampshire . . . Bill won ' t forget Ancient History with Mr. Bennett . . . Student Council, Band, DeMolay, Traffic Squad, Senior Play, and athletics shared in this versatile lad ' s activities. NANCY L. TOWLE Industrious Nan . . . enjoys ski¬ ing, horse-back riding, swimming, traveling, and hiking . . . favorite subject is chemistry . . . Nan re¬ members algebra with Mr. Crow¬ ley .. . plans to work for a year before entering nurse ' s training . . . Nan ' s ambition is to run ar orphanage. MARGARET T. VASEY Peg . . . our Elsie in the Senior Play . . . claims history a; her favorite subject . . . plans tc attend Lowell School of Nursinc . . . likes dancing and skating . . Peg will long remember those Senior Play rehearsals with Mr Spencer. LAURENCE G. TAYLOR Larry . . . will be a P.G. here next year . . . then on to college . . . reading makes his free time fly ... a quiet member of ' 53 . . . spent enjoyable hours in geometry class . . . has his mind set on becoming a scientist. 82 BARBARA ANN WATSON Barb ... a quiet and reserved member of our class . . . who re¬ vealed a wonderful personality to her friends . . . typing was Barb ' s favorite subject . . . her ambition is to be a secretary . . . best wishes to a swell girl. ERIC WELLS Work in the Midwest beckons Eric . . . wishes to own a 1953 Mercury by ' 55 . . . cars are his real interest . . . enjoys hockey . . . will recall Miss Batchelder ' s English class . . . prominent mem¬ ber of Reading Road Dusters. JOHN A. VENUTI Johnny ... a success in the Shop Course, which is his favorite . . . hunting, fishing and mechanics are his interests . . . backfiring of cars during the sixth lunch period, Johnny ' s memory . . . plans to attend Middlesex Agri¬ cultural College next year. Cute . . . quiet . . . Cyn liked bookkeeping and Coach Crow¬ ley ' s math classes . . . plans to attend Wilfred Academy and eventually become a hairdresser . . . driving and dancing especial¬ ly interest Cyn . . . Play commit¬ tees and J.W.C. kept her busy. ROBERT M. WARREN Tall, blond Bob . . . member of Senior Executive Board and foot¬ ball squad . . . enjoys dancing — especially with one particular girl . . . likes math, won ' t forget Mr. Roewer ' s Spanish I . . . ambition, to become an engineer by way of Lowell Textile. LILLIS WELLINGTON A pretty girl with a sparkling personality . . . took part in the Senior Play . . . served on the Play Reading Committee . . . active in Rainbow, Baton Squad, girls ' basketball . . . she will re¬ member her many friends . . . next year, junior college. CYNTHIA A. WEIR 83 ROY WHITE, JR. Future member of the Armed Services . . . avows his ambition simply — to lead a happy and successful life . . . Roy is a hardy disciple of outdoor sports, plans to utilize his shop talents in the future. ELAINE WOODS Member of the Student Council . . . took the Business Course.. . . dark-eyed Elaine will enter Comp¬ tometer School next fall . . . her hobbies include ice-skating, driv¬ ing, and dancing . . . among her memories, Miss Drury ' s seventh- period class. ELEANOR WILLIAMS Quiet and pretty . . . Billie . . . ambition — to graduate . . . dancing and ushering for the football games were among Billie ' s activities . . . favorite subject, history . . . will always remember homeroom periods . . . next year will find her at Malden Business School. J. RICHARD WRIGHT Lanky Dick . . . hopes to attend Dartmouth or Tufts and become an electrical engineer . . . De- Molay, baseball team, Pioneer Staff and Senior Play account for much of his time . . . unbelievable to some, but true, trigonometry enthralls him. GEORGE WOODLE JR. That streak of a blue Mercury is probably Woodie ... he slows down to play football and base¬ ball . . . votes algebra as favorite subject, but we think it ' s girls . . . next year the Marines will claim this reservist. DONALD ZANNI With a ready smile . . . Don . . . always has been interested in trucks . . . hopes to have hi; own trucking concern . . . partici¬ pated in football . . . will remem¬ ber Mr. Hanlon . . . and the comments from the back of the history class. 84 THADDEUS W. ALLEN After prep school, Thad just wants to get rich ... he is one of the three seniors returned from the Marines . . . partial to Cali¬ fornia clothes . . . the flashier the better ... he will never forget Mr. Bronner ' s classes. WILLIAM HARVEY Bill . . . one of our quiet class¬ mates . . . hopes to own a farm after his stay in the Navy . . . his hobbies, hunting, fishinc,. and hockey, occupy his time . . . en¬ joyed science and Mr. Crowley ' s joking with the football team. CHARLES RICHARDSON High wages, interesting work . . . to find those would be Utopia for Charlie . . . favorite sport is football . . . enjoyed Latin with Mr. Spencer . . . Charlie wi ll never forget the fast-moving line in the R.H.S. cafeteria. Joan Allen 38 Temple Street Doris E. Anderson Haverhill Street, North Reading Virginia I. Bigham Elm Street, North Reading Joyce Butler 337 South Street Nancy Carlson 329 South Street Nancy Chamberlain 116 Lowell Street Dolores Conti 177 Woburn Street Jane Cooper 522 West Street Fane C. Cowan 14 Grant Street Barbara M. Crouse 26 Berkeley Nancy A. Cutcliffe 50 Locust Street Joyce E. Foster 8 Crosby Road Elise A. Francis 54 Mt. Vernon Street Elizabeth G. French I I Lewis Street Marilyn Frongillo 30 Lakeview Road Patricia M. Gallant 48 Hanscom Avenue Phylis Griffin 19 Eames Street, North Reading Dorothy M. Hall 70 Mt. Vernon Street Kathleen C. Halloran 22 Prescott Street Ann F. High 59 Berkeley Street Marie Horrigan 21 Lincoln Street Priscilla A. Howe 34 Green Street Peggy L. Loud Bow Street, North Reading Ann Lovering 28 Plymouth Road Dolores Magno 303 Summer Avenue Eunice A. Marden 203 High Street Lois McElwee 20 Locust Street Joan McMahon 95 John Street Sheila M. McNabola 293 Ash Street Virginia L. Merrill 264 Forest Street Judith M. Miller 455 Grove Street Beverly Ann Murphy Wilma Road, North Reading Claudia F. Palmunen 191 Pearl Street Arline E. Richards 79 Salem Street Myrna G. Richardson 370 South Street Corinne A. Rightmyer Meade Road, North Reading Jeanette A. Robbins 14 Chapin Avenue Nancy A. Rodgers North Street, North Reading Harriet J. Smith 18 Auburn Street Ruth H. Stiles 227 Woburn Street Helen Swenson Marblehead Street, North Reading Gloria Thibault 6 Hanscom Avenue Nancy L. Towle 83 Winthrop Avenue Evelyn Urquhart Oakdale Road, North Reading Eleanor A. Doherty 25 Lincoln Street Alice B. Hoyt Meade Road, North Reading Patience K. Peale Margaret Vasey Upton Avenue, North Reading 321 Haverhill Street Elizabeth Doherty 25 Lincoln Street Mary Joanne Hubbard 83 Hanscom Avenue Joyce C. Perkins Emerson Road, North Reading Barbara Watson 21 I Ash Street Elaine Doran 33 Orange Street Lois J. Hulsman 284 Woburn Street June K. Peterson 10 Linden Street Cynthia A. Weir Haverhill Street, North Reading Virginia C. Doucette 13 Wenda Street Lorraine M. LeBlanc Pine Avenue, North Reading Carol Powers 22 Manning Street Lillis M. Wellington 67 Sanborn Lane Jean M. Earley 18 Whittier Road Margaret A. Leonard 73 Salem Street Barbara Record 522 Summer Avenue Eleanor Williams 20 Pierce Street Janet L. Ferren Marblehead Street, North Reading Barbara M. Long Gordon Road, North Reading Frances Rich 28 Middlesex Avenue Elaine Woods Lowell Road, North Reading 85 Carl Abell 14 Bay State Road Thaddeus W. Allen Jr. 155 Main Street Warren Anderson 78 Scotland Road Earl Augusta Park Street, North Reading Louis Bacigalupo 19 Woburn Street Kilborn Bagley 76 Grove Street James Bassett 150 Wakefield Street Charles R. Bayrd 7 Norman Road Thomas S. Behen Jr. 179 High Street Donald Belair Malm Road, North Reading Robert P. Blandy 87 Scotland Road Channing C. Brown 12 Main Street Richards H. Burhoe Jr. 43 Winslow Road William M. Carney 68 Mineral Street Edward Carter 29 Beacon Street John A. Chase 13 Winter Street William P. Clark 165 Bancroft Avenue George Clattenburg Jr. 64 Minot Street Harold W. Cogger 23 Meadow Brook Lane John Coit LeClair Road, North Reading Marc Colburn 42 Winthrop Avenue Richard Collins 75 Deering Street Leo V. Connors Jr. 48 Winthrop Avenue Roger Corke 12 Nichols Road Richard Cross 157 Salem Street Robert E. Cryts 145 Village Street Thomas A. Cutler 218 West Street Donald M. David 70 Howard Street Robert D ' Entremont 17 Warren Avenue Richard J. Dobbin Tamarack Road Warren E. Edwards 14 Gardner Road Robert G. Faulkner 246 Haven Street Herbert L. Gardner Jr. 15 Longfellow Road Richard H. Gibson 17 Woodbine Street David F. Ham Chestnut Street, North Reading Jack Hardy 340 West Street William A. Harvey 79 Forest Street Louis A. Hayward 337 Haverhill Street James Johnson 468 West Street Richard I. Johnson 856 Main Street Walter A. Johnson 39 Berkeley Street Paul F. Jones 64 Minot Street Stephen A. Land 90‘Woburn Street Walter MacCaughey 17 Elliott Street William D. MacKinnon Jr. I I Hunt Street Andrew MacLeod Central Street, North Reading Donald G. MacLeod Jr. Central Street, North Reading David J. Martin Jr. 30 Belmont Street Donald Martinage 10 Winthrop Avenue Louis H. Martinage 10 Winthrop Avenue William A. Miller 3 Bond Street Allan C. Milley 9 Harold Avenue Henry C. Milton Jr. 281 Summer Avenue James M. Murdock 7 Hillcrest Road David A. Murphy Park Street West, North Reading James F. Murphy Park Street, North Reading Neil Murray 14 Harrison Avenue Wendell Nelson 420 Franklin Street William H. Oram 54 Franklin Street Arthur F. Orben Jr. Sherman Road, North Reading Arthur T. Ouimet 91 Pleasant Street Donald W. Owen 100 Oak Street Jack C. Peterson 1056 Main Street Kimber H. Pigon 128 Salem Street Harold Pike 2 Kelch Road Arnold P. Poehler 34 Winter Street Clifford S. Read 100 West Street Charles M. Richardson Park Street, North Reading Franklin B. Rodgers Central Street, North Reading Wayne A. Rollins 48 Pilgrim Road Allan Ruderman 32 Gould Street Albert F. Runge 46 Hancock Street Joseph Rushton I 14 Ash Street Richard E. Schofield Batchelder Avenue, North Reading David H. Schurman 456 Haverhill Street Richard Secord 238 Woburn Street Ralph E. Sellars Jr. 17 Vale Road William Smith Winter Street, North Reading Calvin W. Sturge 323 South Street Donald Surdam 328 Main Street Laurence G. Taylor 25 Auburn Street Willard B. Tucker Jr. 64 Prescott Street Douglas Twinam No. R. State Sanatorium, No. Wilmington John A. Venuti 22 Brooks Street Eric Wells 9 Hanscom Avenue Roy F. White Jr. 1067 Main Street George F. Woodle Jr. 34 Walnut Street J. Richard Wright 15 Federal Street Donald Zanni 310 Ash Street 86 THE FUTURE We won ' t presume to foretell the future of R. H. S. However, we are almost certain that before another graduation rolls around, the address of Reading High School will have changed. The modern, new building at Birch Meadow is progressing on schedule and promises to be an asset to the town. On the next few pages are pictures of the first stages of its construction. Thus far everything has gone well, and we are sure that all will continue to go well at the new R. H. S. 87 The steamshove! quickly disposed of the underbrush. Th is house had to give way to the new auditorium. Mr. Hanlon points out the view from the prospective History Department. During the fall the ground was cleared and leveled. 88 Preliminary construction. At this stage, staging. The woodmen spared that tree. Looking toward the future main entrance. J AT r 89 We wish to offer our sincere thanks to the many firms that have placed advertisements in the PIONEER, and, also, to our sponsors, who have generously offered their assistance. Without the support of these friends, the PIONEER, which encourages literary and artistic talents in the Reading Senior High School, could not have been published. SPONSORS Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Allen Mr. Hugh L. Eames Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Gallant Mr. Newell H. Morton Mr. and Mrs. John Pacino Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richards Mr. and Mrs. Newman A. Rollins Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Schurman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Welch Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wise A friend The Staff wishes to express its gratitude to the Art classes for their cooperation and their contribution to the PIONEER. The class histories were written by Nancy Cutcliffe, ' 53; Sally Fitzpatrick, ' 54; and Merelyn Daniels, ' 55. Junior members of the Literary Staff are Sally Fitzpatrick, Lois Bartosch, Nancy Stewart, Linda Long, Jane Decatur, and Mary Jane Crock. Sophomore member is Merelyn Daniels. mt a Jofr YOU’LL REALLY ENJOY? Here’s what the Telephone Company offers girls finishing High School — V A chance to fill an important job. y A chance to earn good pay, regu- lar raises, paid vacations. y A chance to enjoy friendly com¬ panionship, meet new people, make new friends. This is your chance to do vital work . . . get a joh with plenty of responsibility and oppor¬ tunity for advancement ... he associated with a reliable Company that’s known and respected everywhere — a Company you ' ll he proud to work for. Come in and talk to us. Get all the details. But do it now, so you 11 have a head start. NEW ENGLAND The Telephone t TELEGRAPH Campon y gfoi excellence ... 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Telephone RE 2-0809 Shirts Beautifully Finished—Expert Shoe Repairing—Hats Cleaned 94 CHAPIN OIL COMPANY Winkler Heating Equipment 42 Haven St Reading, Mass. 24 Hour Service — RE 2-0599 JOSEPH J. ROBBINS, INC. RE 2-1201 335 MAIN STREET READING, MASS. RE 2-1948 DESOTO PLYMOUTH SALES SERVICE Body and Fender Repair Shop Expert Repair Service On All Makes Of Cars 95 Compliments of CHRISTENSENS Reading Greenhouses, Inc. 357 So. Main St. For Corsages of Distinction Phone RE 2-0091 ♦ Weston’s Greenhouses 9 Auburn Street LORALANE, Inc. Waterhouse Cash Market Junior Miss - Women’s Wear and Accessories H. E. Waterhouse, Prop. 654 Main St. 529 Main St. High Grade Food Products Reading, Mass. Winchester, Mass. 191 Main St. 1740 Mass. Ave. Near Summer Ave. Tel. REading 2-1293 Lexington, Mass. Compliments of Compliments of George H. Sidebottom o BEN’S BARBER SHOP Masonic Building Reading, Mass. ■ - Expert Service - - DICK’S GULF SERVICE HANSON’S Dupont Spray Glaze SERVICE STATION Tires, Batteries, Accessories Lubrication - Tires - Batteries - Accessories Dick Haselton, Prop. MOBILGAS REading 2-7001 4 West St. Tel. REading 2-1354 96 Snapshots of your High School days will be a fortune of memories in later years. Keep them safe, mount them in an album now with Nu-Ace snapshot mounting corners Dragon Corner Shoppe 206 WEST STREET READING, MASS. Johnson Farm Supply, Inc. 10 Haven Street Reading M ass. Flowers for All Occasions Ericas Greenhouses RE 2-0547 1090 North Main St Salon of Quality Fred’s Beauty Salon Virginia Ralston, Proprietor 48 Haven St. Reading REading 2-1599 Electric Range Headquarters HOT POINT — GENERAL ELECTRIC — UNIVERSAL — FRIGIDAIRE $179.95 and up, including normal installation REFRIGERATORS — WASHERS — WATER HEATERS — FREEZERS Clean — Safe — Economical — Efficient — Modern The Electric Way Is The Way To Better Living TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT 25 HAVEN STREET RE 2-1340 Compliments of M. Ruderman All Types of Appliances and Home Furnishings Archie Levine Custom Tailor Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Remodeling Tel. Heading 2-0073-M 175 HAVEN ST. READING, MASS. Compliments of READING CASH MARKET Compliments of MURPHYS RESTAURANT (under neu ' management) All Home Cooked Foods Reading Square 98 Compliments of PERRY’S OIL COMPANY 100% SUNOCO PRODUCTS AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING and Perry’s Trailer Park Main Street North Reading, Mass. Phone No. Reading 8246 Hobart’s Garage 178 MAIN ST. READING, MASS. Automobile Repairs G. M. C. Trucks, Sales and Service Prompt and courteous Service Tel. RE 2-0582 JONES BROS. North Reading Post Office Square GROCERIES VEGETABLES MEATS HARDWARE — HOUSEHOLD GOODS Tel. N.R. 4-3100 Prentiss Parker, Inc. INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS Compliments of 200 Haven St. Masonic Block RE 2-0249 Kingman Richardson REAL ESTATE INSURANCE Reading, Mass. Reading Square RE 2-1080 Greetings to the Class of ’53 From the Class of ’63 Prescription Laboratory Medical and Hospital Supplies FRANCIS BROS., INC. For 64 Years at 181 Haven St. Supplying the Hardware and Houseware Needs Free Delivery DEE PHARMACY Harry Dee, Reg. Pharm., Prop. of Reading 44 Haven St. Reading Compliments of ATLANTIC FOOD MART 32 Haven Street RE 2-0054 Now comes the DOING! After preparation The thrill of earning is great — the thrill, and benefits, of saving will be even greater! Learn to SAVE SOMETHING FIRST every time you are paid — then spend what you must. comes application . . . To you who are now ready to go into business — and every type of work is busi¬ ness — one of the best measures of your progress will be the personal saving you do. Open a Savings Account in this Bank with something from this week’s pay . . . and add to it as regularly as you are paid. All savings are insured in full under Massachu¬ setts Laws and dividends are paid regularly. Start a Serial Share Savings Account in this friendly Bank NOW — to have the money you need when you want it. Good dividends added regularly. Every dollar is insured in full under Massachusetts Laws. Mechanics Savings Bank Reading Co-operative Bank 643 Main Street, Reading 643 Main Street, Reading 00 We Carry The Latest In Jewelry Authorized Bulova Watches HANSCOM JEWELRY STORE Jeweler and Watchmaker Expert Watch Repairing on Swiss and American Watches 193 Haven St., Street Floor Tel. REading 2-0248 Compliments of Green Door Guest House 848 MAIN STREET READING, MASS. EUGENE’S Furnishings for Men Van Heusen and Arrow McGregor Sportswear Kali-sten-ik Shoes Florsheim Shoes for Men 642 Main Street Reading, Mass. Carleton Gray, Inc. SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOUNTAIN PENS and MECHANICAL PENCILS BALL POINT PENS Hallmark Greeting Cards for All Occasions M. F. CHARLES SONS CIO Main St. Reading. Mass. READING WAR SURPLUS 660 Main Street ARMY AND NAVY SURPLUS Full line of Men s ork and Dress Clothes “Bargains Galore Monroe Sales Services, Inc. Heating Oils — Coal Coke Building Materials Dealers in Hillman Minx 113 Haverhill St. North Reading, Mass. Tel. No. Reading 4-3113 ROCKPORT FISH MARKET SALES PARTS SERVICE Fresh Fish Daily from the C 2 U Main and Minot St . Tel. RE 2-0424 169 Haven St. RE 2-0076 Compliments of A. CEFALO and SONS, INC. 42 Bennett Street Lynn, Massachusetts Contractors and Builders of Reading’s New High School 102 NORDBERGS RESTAURANT 611 Main Street, Stoneham Member N.E.T.A. — T.D.N.A. Tel. 2-0806-M Certifield T.C.M.A. Dealer READING TRAILER SALES Compliments oj Quality Trailers Parts and Accessories Route 28 226 Main Street Reading, Mass. Myrtle Waterhouse MINERAL CORNER STORE Corner Mineral and ine Sts. M. N. PERKINS Representing M. N. PERKINS COMPANY and University Cap and Gown Company BOSTON MASSACHlSETTS Goodall-Sanford, Inc. PLASTICS DIVISION Invites You To Visit Our New Retail Store NICHOLS Fuel Co., Inc. Williams Oil-O-Matic OIL HEATING • SALES • SERVICE RE 2-0859 24 Hour Service THE WILLIS PHARMACY, INC. Established in 1855 SERVICE and QUALITY MERCHANDISE r 104 Compliments of MAGEE - DONNELLY CO. PLUMBING AND HEATING Haverhill St., North Reading Shop: N. R. 4-3142 Res. REading 2-0198-M Compliments of WEBER AND SMITH, INC. Manufacturers of TANNER’S FINISHES 15 PIERCE STREET READING, MASS. 105 Compliments of D S SERVICE STATION Park Street North Reading Telephone N. R. 4-3325 Compliments of THE NORTH READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Atlas Paint Supply Co. 591 Main Street Reading Roger Buck’s Service Station JENNEY GASOLINE and OIL Stores in 35 Lincoln St. Reading. Mass. Woburn - Brookline - Jamaica Plain Quincy - Needham Tel. REading 2-0916 RANDALL’S CRULLER SHOP BELL’S BARBER SHOP 57 High Street Tel. RE 2-2121 Fresh Bakery Goods Baked Daily All Baking Done on the Premises 3 4 BARBERS Prompt and Courteous The Shop for Men and Boys Compliments of Johnnie’s Service Station John M. Flaherty, Prop. 749 Main Street RE 2-7043 Compliments of STEELE’S MUSIC STORE 650 Main St. Reading, Mass. Tel. RE 2-1962 RECORDS - RADIOS - GREETING CARDS 106 Compliments of MASS. TRUCKING 34 Salem St. Reading, Mass. it ' s WALKER’S for OLDSMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE 431 Main St. Wakefield, Mass. i FREDERICK’S CLEANSERS 159A Haven St. REading 2-2100 MElrose 4-3702 MIDDLESEX FLOORING CO. No. Reading 4-4163 Haverhill St. No. Reading, Mass. Linoleum — Asphalt — Rubber Tile Metal and Plastic Wall Tile THE BEACON RESTAURANT and CATERERS 453 Washington St. Woburn Near Reading Line Rose Room — Reserved for Private Parties Dancing Nightly WO 2-3455 Compliments of HOWARD D. JOHNSONS Route 28 Andover Tel. Andover 1965 THE COUNTRY COTTAGE by Roy and Dorothy Skidmore Specializing in Clams Scallops Steaks Chops Fountain Service Luncheon Dinners CASE DRUG, INC. Service for the Sick Paul E. Case, Reg. Pharm. 644 Main Street Reading, Mass. Tel. REading 2-0299 Free Delivery EMERY’S 31 Federal St. Flowers For All Occasions Tel. RE 2-0485 OIL — COAL — COKE — LOAM Installation and Service Oil Burners — Heating Equipment PERCY N. SWEETSER Call RE 2-0044 Eve. RE 2-0338 MONAT GARDENS Cut Flowers and Pottery 10 Main St. Stoneham, Mass. SToneham 6-7045 DRAGON CORNER SHOPPE 206 West Street Reading, Mass. C. K. Elden RE 2-2982 “Tool Chest On The Highway” GARDEN SHOPPE Hardware, Paints, Tools, Seeds Fertilizer, etc. 281 Main St. Phone RE 2-2525 Reading Compliments of QUALIFIED TELEVISION SERVICE Radio and Television Repairs 56 Prospect St. Reading Compliments of Johnnie’s Atlantic Service High and Green Sts. 1 el. RE 2-7004 Reading, Mass. Tel. N.R. 4-3261 W. F. BRENNAN BUILDER and CONTRACTOR Park St. East s No. Reading 108 EDWARD LAPPIN EDGERLEY and BESSOM Plumbing FUNERAL HOME, Inc. and 743 Main St. Tel. RE 2-0105 Heating Charlks E. Hii.ts 76 Haven St. . Tel. RE 2-0460 David Malcolm Office 2-0353 Compliments of STROUT WING THE READING CHRONICLE REALTORS and BUILDERS MORTGAGES 405 Main St. Reading. Mass. Compliments of A FRIEND 109 THE CHILDREN’S SHOP 187 Haven St. Reading Co mplete Line of CLOTHING — TOYS and GIFTS From Sizes 0-14 We Now Carry Subteens — Sizes 10-14 RE 2-0090 “Out Front ’ TAILS For Rental High Waist line Long.ftanrow Skirts Grosgrain Facings Breast Pocket Single or Doublebreasted READ WHITE 111 Summer St. Boston Liberty 2-7930 — 2-7931 Flowers by NEWMAN Quality Corsages Reasonable Prices (Next to Torre’s) RE 2-2088 Compliments of Haven Home Bakery 68 HAVEN STREET RE 2-2282 D. M. AINSWORTH “Tour Vitamin Store ” Entertaining Hypnotist and Lecturer Available to Schools, Organizations, Etc. Please do not phone — See me in person Haven Street Reading Compliments of L. G. and M. C. HAWES Florists ZITZOW’S NEIGHBORHOOD STORE Lowell and Grose Street Reading URGENTLY NEEDED! BURROUGHS CALCULATOR. BOOKKEEPING and BILLING MACHINE OPERATORS After graduation—shape your future with your own hands by qualifying for a high-paying position as a skilled Burrougns Business Machine Operator. A shortage of trained personnel in this field assures you of a well-respecied job. Investigate the Burroughs School today—call, write or phone for a booklet des¬ cribing how you may become a specialist in the op¬ eration of Burroughs machines. Free Placement Service for Burroughs Graduates Burroughs Office Machines Training Center Operated by Burroughs Adding Machine Company 240 Newburyport Street Telephone Boston 16, Mass. Commonwealth 6-7100 DONNA RUTH SHOPPE Specializing in Botany no-dye-lot and Bernat yarns Co me in and get acquainted 176 Haven St. “CHICK S” FOOD SHOPPE r 40 Main St. Reading Specialist in Decorated Cakes for all occasions Call RE 2-2714 SANTORO S DELICATESSEN Where Every Sandwich Is A Meal Cold Cuts and Salads for Parties Is Our Specialty Reading Square REading 2-1852 BOB GRUNDY Electric Appliances — Television Westinghouse — Bendix — Maytag — Thor — ABC Wringer Rolls — Easy — Blackstone — Hoses Water Pumps — Electric Motors 74 Haven St. Reading Reading Carpet and Rng Service V. H. MOROOKIAN, Prop. ORIENTAL and DOMESTIC RUGS Shampooing, Repairing, Dying, Laying Compliments of BATCHELDERS YANKEE TRADING POST Opposite Sailor Tom ' s MARQUIS Hand Cut Donuts Fried Clams Fish Chickens and Chips 310 Main St. 286 Main Street Reading, Mass. Reading I WILLYS Over 500 miles to one tank of gas Leading car for Safety and Performance Low center of gravity Control Tower Vision Willys has everything you want in a car Performance — Roominess — Visibility — Aero Frame Construction Unmatched Economy BLANCHARD’S MOTORS, INC. 5 5 Main St. Next to Theatre Reading, Mass. Reading Square Market Quality Foods of All Kinds 607 Main St. RE 2-0890 RE 2-0891 Winslow’s Opposite Reading Depot Luncheonette -VARIETY School Supplies We have almost everything Newspapers - Magazines - Toys REading 2-2078 CALVIN FUNERAL HOME James E. Calvin, Director Most Modern Chapel in This Area Sand — Gravel — Loam — Fill — Cinders — Stone — Asphalt Driveways C. WEDGE and SON BULLDOZING — LOADING Telephone No. Reading 4-3263 Mt. Vernon Street Clarence E. Wedge Office Main Street North Reading, Mass. No. Reading 4-3431 Ticketprinted Service Expert Burner Service WEDGE OIL CO. AUTOMATIC HEATING 24 Hour Service Telephone Office North Reading 4-3431 Residence N. R. 4-3848 Main Street North Reading, Mass. 113 Arthur L. Gray, Inc. 136 Washington St. STUDEBAKER SALES SE RVICE Compliments of Abbott’s Service Station MOBILE GAS AND ACCESSORIES GENERAL REPAIRING Main St. North Reading Tel. N.R. 6-21 Compliments of Globe Phone Manufacturing Corp. Reading, Mass. LAING CHEVROLET CO. 452 Main Street Compliments of CHEVROLET SALES and SERVICE FAIRLAWN ANIMAL HOSPITAL ESSO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 16 Lowell St. Wakefield Phone REading 2-1020 14 OUR REWARD - as Official Photographer for the Class of 19 f? 3 is in knowing that the students of Reading High School have received the finest in Photographic service. IN YEARS TO COME we would enjoy working with the graduating class and yearbook staff as much as we have this year. NEXT YEAR let us assist you. The Warren Kay Vantine Studio, Inc. 132 Boylston Street Boston, Mass. Produced TEXTBOOKS DIRECTORIES CATALOGS BULLETINS LABORATORY MANUALS PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL fan t e Artist, Draftsman Architect BLUEPRINTS PHOTOSTATS OZAPRINTS Spauldi M ESTABLISHED 1 886 ng I ranLIin Street, Boston lO, IVIassacIiusetts 42 READING (MA) PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1995 00506 506 9