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

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- g...., ,s xyfwu . wil ig' Cfom of 19 9 .Ma s ,--.. , 'IM xg CLASS OFFICERS Left to right: Kenneth Mullen, treasurer, Robert Burpee, president, Mary Ellen Sias, secretary, Fred Squire, vice-president. JU' f L5 OP? On September l9, l955, we freshmen, the Class of l959, nervously filed into the school auditorium to be introduced to our homeroom teachers and to the school in general. Tensely we waited for the time when our names would be called, and we would go to our new homerooms. ln homerooms we were handed maps and a booklet that was supposed to tell us how to get around. Nevertheless, during the whole first week bewildered freshmen wandered around the school looking for classrooms and getting acquainted. On September 27, l955, the first Student Council meeting was held. The freshmen members are Laurel Calvin, Ronald Chess, William Herrick, Bruce Latham, Kenneth Mullen, Richard Gallagher, Betsy Smith, Linda Stott, and Mary Ellen Sias. The Freshman Frolic, our first high-school dance, was held on October 22, 1955, in the school cafeteria. The music was supplied by Bill Phinney, and the cafeteria was decorated with pumpkins and autumn leaves cut out of colored paper. ln the fall, one of the main activities of the freshman class was the freshman football team, which consisted of thirty-four boys under the instruction of Coach Pacino. Also in the fall we freshmen elected our class officers. They are as follows: president, Robert Burpee, vice-president, Fred Squire, secretary, Mary Ellen Sias, and treasurer, Kenneth Mullen. One of the new experiences we had was mid-year and final exams, which kept the whole school studying like mad for almost a week. When the Shares in Democracy campaign came along in January, the freshmen gladly contributed their bit. Although none of the freshman homerooms sold the most shares, we still did an excellent iob. The leading freshman homerooms were Room l 27 with fifty-four shares, Room 3 with thirty shares, Room 5 with twenty- seven shares, and Room 6 with twenty-four shares. At the beginning of the basketball season the regular cheerleaders, Miss Nichols, and the freshman members of the Student Council elected the freshman cheerleaders from the fifty girls who tried out. In March the freshman basketball team ran up quite a record of victories in the Eastern Massachusetts Junior Headmasters' Tournament at the Boston Garden. Although the team was finally stopped by Natick in the semi-finals, it made an outstanding showing. The Class of l959 has enjoyed an excellent year, and we are looking forward to entering the ranks of sophomores next September. 26

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STUDENT COUNCIL As the representative and leader of the student body, the Student Council is of prime importance in L , - 4- , it S E f the affairs and management of fi Q Q 3 RHS life. This year Student Council If S members have presented speakers at occupational guidance assem- blies, conducted a fund-raising drive for charity organizations, and spon- ' sored an active toreign-exchange- N' student plan. Through their efforts, democracy is put into action as teachers and students work together for the good of all. Mr. Spencer STUDENT COUNCIL Seated, left to right: Ruthann Sullivan, Barbara McDonough, Kenneth Mullen, Laurel Calvin, Nancy Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Latham, Philip Barrett, Jean Merrill, William Shaw, Nancy Larson, Virginia Wood. Second row: Nancy Luther, Linda Stott, Ann Dennison, Jean Smith, Shirley Smith, Ellen Partelow, Patricia Kimball, Mary Ellen Sias, Patricia Comstock, Molly Johnson, Susan Searle, Maria Gallante, Jane Fowler, Susan Warford, Joyce Doherty, Joan Cum- mings. Third row: Janet Baker, Richard Delong, Conrad Ferrara, Fred Brown, James Sellars, Peter Bergholtz, Edward Donley, William Hosker, Joseph Haley, Robert Burpee, Betsy Smith. is faculty adviser to the Council. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The gold pins proudly worn by several seniors are emblematic of their member- ship in the Reading High School Chapter of the National Honor Society. Selected by their teachers on the basis of character, leadership, scholarship, and service, mem- bers are feted by the faculty ata tea fol- lowing the impressive induction ceremony. High standards of scholastic achievement are among our most honored traditions at RHS, and make it possible for Reading High graduates to continue their education successfully at schools of higher learning. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Front: Jeanne Merrill. First row, left to right: Janet Carlson, Nancy Fitzpatrick, Second row: Janet Baker, Richard Ogden, Carolann Leslie. Third row: David Marshall, Karen Mich, John Face, Nancy Morse, John Turner. 25

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l HOMEROOM 4 Seated, left to right: Virginia Cutler, Kathryn Doherty, Nancy Chandler, Katherine Chase, Patricia Davis, Arline Carr, Patricia Chase, Jean DiCesare, Ellen Carter, Margaret Denbow. Second row: Fay Converse, Joseph Dempsey, James Cavanaugh, Marion Dickman, Anne Coneeney, Patricia Devaney, Priscilla Dole, Richard Crowley, Edward Chin, Stanley Daley. Third row: Thomas Donegan, Richard Cavanaugh, Desmond Camacho, James Caywood, Robert Copp, William Cavanaugh, Richard Crouse, Ronald Chess, Donald Demars, Daniel Cummings, Peter Connors. 4 ?l 1 5 ii i A 3 R i B B iff' Q X 1 .ww Q l 2 x ' a it wg 9 lx ,, HOMEROOM 3 Seated, left to right: Helen Brown, Elizabeth Benson, Lois Breugelman, Susan Brown, Judith Armstrong, Margaret Barton, Andrea Beliveau, Carol Beauchamp, Laurel Calvin, Andrea Bickell. Second row: Gerald Burnham, Robert Barrett, Robert Beighley, Barbara Bliss, Nancy Bowker, Deanna Burley, Ruth Avery, Linda Butt, Beverly Butt, Brian Canty, Andrew Beliveau. Third row: Thomas Beighley, Roy Carlow, Robert Boyce, David Burhoe, Philemon Carleton, Fred Brown, Robert Barton, Robert Burpee, Roland Carlson, William Bartosch, Richard Barrett. s s . . if Y 5 if li? HOMEROOM 5 Seated, left to right: Deborah Gilbert, Marianne Doucette, Linda Gardner, Caroline Gibson, Beverly Driscoll, Jeanne Ferrara, Joyce Fowler, Marilyn Foley, Linda Gromyko. Second row: Vincent Giuliano, Roy Fransen, .loan Frazier, Elaine Doucette, Marlene Gregorio, Nancy Foster, Sheila Fitzgerald, Walter Gray, William Ellis, Richard Ellis. Third row: Carl Doucette, Patrick Faucette, David Evans, Richard Gallagher, Richard Goodwin, Robert Goodwin, George Gray, David Dwyer, leo Faucette, 27