Somerset High School - Raider / Memoirs Yearbook (Somerset, MA)

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Most Poised MARJORIE DUBE THOMAS O ' CONNELL Best Dancers LILLIAN CROSS JOHN CORDEIRO Most Brilliant JAMES SOUSA JOAN BENEVIDES Cutest BARBARA MAYNARD GEORGE MONIZ Most Popular PAUL GINALSKI AUDREY SLADE Most Interesting JEANNE GOUGH JAMES MEDEIROS

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Most Likely To Succeed LARRY O’TOOLE BETH KILGREW Most Artistic CLIFTON HADFIELD SHIRLEY RONDEAU Most Talented MARILEE ARCHAMBAULT JIM BALAGUER Best All Around CLAUDETTE LEVESQUE PAUL GINALSKI Most Charming MARILYN FRANCE JAMES DOONAN Class Wits JOANNE HADALSKI RUSSELL CADORETTE

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A crack of lightning; a crash of thunder; a torrent of rain. The storm raged in all its fury! I was excited and tense as were all the passengers on the plane. Fasten your seat belts,” our stewardess, Barbara Bertolini, instructed, and remember that two of our best pilots, Robert Burns and Philip Bibeau, are doing their utmost to bring the plane in safely.” We were now circling Somerset Airport, slowly descending. As we taxied along the runway, I breathed a sigh of relief to my seatmate, Eleanor Rice, as an inter¬ preter at the U.N., who was returning to Somerset with Barbara Maynard, a fas hion designer working in New York. I had always been so busy with psychiatry that I had never returned to Somerset. Now I decided to seize this opportunity to see the many advances that had been made in Somerset City by my old friends. Due to the inclement weather, I stopped for the night at The Somerset Hotel, owned by John Cordeiro, and managed by Gilbert Gabriel. I checked in at the desk and immediately recognized the clerk, Eleanor Baldaia. I hadn’t been in my room for five minutes when I heard a terrible racket. I investigated, and found that Beth Kilgrew was running her famous Dictatype machine—a contrivance which typed thought waves! After conversing with her about old times, we both retired for a good night’s sleep. The next morning I ate at Theresa Botelho’s restaurant, Le Repas.” I was shown to my seat by Joan Foulds, a most charming hostess. I spied June Kadlec, in a nurse’s uniform, sitting a few tables away. I joined her, and she told me of Claudette Levesque’s success in the modeling field. I walked back through the lobby and went to the information booth in order to get a tourist guide of the city. I was pleasantly surprised to discover Judy Manchester working there. With all her general knowledge, it was fitting that she should head an information booth. Around the corner from the hotel I spied Alan Elsbree’s Car Rental Agency. Realiz¬ ing that it would be easier to make my tour by car, I rented one from Alan for the day. En route to St. Pierre’s Shoppers’ World, the first point of interest, I saw a huge sign with the words Stein Tunnel, next right.” The tunnel had been constructed by David Grime, a now famous engineer. A few blocks north lay Sue St. Pierre’s fabulous Shoppers’ World. In the main window, as a feature attraction, was a display of Casey- tested” mattresses. Obviously enjoying his work, Ray Casey was soundly sleeping on the mattress he was then testing. Once inside the store I noticed a glowing sign with the smiling face of Marilyn France, advertising White ’n’ Brite” Toothpaste. Mari¬ lyn ' s winning smile had made the toothpaste literally sell itself. Another nationally known product on display was Barbara Boyle’s Bubbling Bubble Bath.” This product claimed to have the sparkle and effervescence of Miss Boyle herself. As I headed for, the door, having finished my shopping, I saw two old friends of mine, Mary Kenney, and Ann Fitzsimmons, coming toward me. They told me that Gail Cahill, a buyer for the women’s department, was attending a Fashion Convention in Paris. Since Mary and Ann were secretaries at the Art Gallery, they suggested that I go to t he Gallery to see the exhibits of some local artists, Clifton Hadfield, Maureen O’Brien, and Shirley Rondeau. My tour now took me through the business section of the city, and I drove up Stock and Bond Boulevard, the Wall Street of Somerset. I entered the City Bank to cash a check and recognized two tellers, Lillian Cross and Dotty Lynch. They told me that the President of the bank was Norman Chace and the Vice President, Gilbert DeCosta. As I was leaving, I saw the wealthy financier, David Walmsley, puffing on a gold-tipped cigar. He told me excitedly, Eddie Arruda has just inherited a vast fortune, and is moving into a mansion near mine!” I next stopped at the Somerset Branch of the United States Patent Office. I was greeted by a surprised Margaret Burgess, who exclaimed, Why, Jane Parrott, I haven ' t seen you since we graduated from S.H.S. fifteen years ago!” She led me into the inner office where Theresa Affonso, the secretary, was working. They showed me some newly patented inventions which included: Jeanne Gough’s crashproof Goughmobile,” which would spring back into shape if it were dented; John Fleck’s Sta-full Refrigerator,” which, upon being emptied, would replenish its contents; Tony Sardinha’s marvelous invention of 3-D TV!