Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Class Poem We thank you, Alma Mater, For one and all, the same. For all that you have done, Let’s face it with great courage For all of our achievements, And make success our aim. And knowledge we have won. We remain sincerely grateful Though you have guided us always For this Class of °55. To distinguish right from wrong, As time came for our “Hellos’’, Our thoughts will remain upon these days It comes for our ‘“‘Good-byes’’. When our time has passed and gone. As we journey on through life, Our hearts are beating rapidly, kind thoughts of our Alma Mater stand Our eyes are bright with gleams To remain always within our hearts As We leave our old school friends As the fairest in the land. And face the future with our dreams. The future holds a challenge — Norman Grise and Marianne Schlitt VERSE: GHOZAS EEO REPEAT A CHOlT2: REPEAT A CHO. 3: Class Song (Tune - There Is A Tavern in The Town) We are the seniors of T rade High, yes, Trade High, But we are leaving with a sigh, yes, a sigh. We will all be back some day to call on you And then renew old friendships true. Fare-thee well, for we must leave thee, Do not let the parting grieve thee, And remember that the best of friends must part, must part. Good-by, good-by, dear Freshman Class, yes, good-by, Our time to leave you now is nigh, yes, is nigh, And our word to you is to work for honor grades, And we'll be proud you went to Trade. Good-by, good-by, dear Junior Class, yes, good-by, Our time to leave you now is nigh, yes, is nigh, Our responsibilities we leave to you, And know to Trade you will be true. Good-by, good-by, dear Faculty, yes, good-by, Our time to leave you now is nigh, yes, is nigh, Much of what we are and ever hope to be, We owe to Trade High Faculty. REPEAT A CHO. 4: Good-by, good-by, dear friends, good-by, yes, good-by, Our time to leave you now is nigh, yes, is nigh, We will always treasure all the friends we made, And say, ‘“We’re proud we went to Trade”. Words written by Edward Lambert

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the year we heard, “Are your dues fully paid? Have you placed your deposit on a yearbook? Do you have the balance which is due on your class rings? Will you pay for your banquet ticket, please? Have you taken care of the rental fee for your cap and gown?” Yes, we learned that seniors have to plan, participate, and pay if the senior year is to be an enjoyable one There have been several new changes, honors, and developments which we are proud to claim in this, our year of ’55,—the new athletic field has been started; a parking area for student cars has been provided as well as regular spaces assigned to the faculty; the pattern shop and the beauty culture department have been enlarged; the electric department is being equipped to include oil burner instruction; the cafeteria is open before school to serve breakfast to the early arrivers and the late risers; the Student Association Store was completed and really is selling a variety of articles; the library has opened its doors to reveal a delightful room in which to read and do reference work; the print department, with the assistance of Mrs. Hol- land, editorial adviser, and Mr. Elvin, vhotographer, is producing the 1955 Beaver; Trade’s first Honor Society was organized to recognize and honor the students with high scholastic achievements; a swimming team was started which competed successfully in several meets; the ’54-’55 basketball team became City Co-Champs; and Trade’s Bowlers rolled into top place in the Bowling League which includes all the Springfield high schools and Ludlow High. Congratulations to the champions! Now our days at Trade are really numbered al- though three of the most important are ahead — our senior banquet and prom the evening of April twenty- seventh at the Highland Hotel; our class day exercises on Friday, May thirteenth; and finally our graduation at the Municipal Auditorium the evening of June thirteenth. Of course, we are looking forward with pleasure to our final activities, but we are sorry, too, to see our school days end. This year we do not feel like chanting as we did gleefully when we were small: “No more teacher, No more school, No more sitting on the dunce’s stool But the freshmen are becoming smaller every year. Isn’t that a sure sign that we are grown-up and ready to step into the adult world? 7? April 15, 1955 1955 Glass Ballot Most popular Best looking Best dressed Most ambitious Most studious Most likely to succeed Smartest Most cheerful Class: flirt Most bashful Best natured Class athlete Class crooner Class lover Class speaker Class baby Class thin man Class gum chewer Class racketeer Most talkative Class joker Class man hater Class dancer Favorite band Favorite actor Favorite actress Favorite TV program Girl Sheila Bryant Patricia Martin Lucille Kratochvil Margaret Lambert Jeanne Frechette Sandra Heineman Dona Cote Thuryle Allen Patricia Blanchard Antoinette Remillard Dorothy Collins Elizabeth McCarthy Mabel Hewson Jean Gendreau Sheila Bryant Constance Ryan Grace Dimauro Patricia Martin Carol DeMaio Marilyn Batchelor Marianne Schlitt Elaine Gravel Glenn Miller Marilyn Monroe George Gobel Boy Leonard Patrie Richard Houde Joseph Piteo Gerald Buoniconti Archibald Best Carl Boyer Victor Artioli Asial Burgess Rogers Hill Bruce Strange Joseph Loglisci Roger Denault Edward Lambert Robert Hersey Phillip Drumheller Edward Benson John Rommelfanger Roger Tessier Vincent DelNegro Stephen Kowal Alex Fearn Ralph Meyer Marlon Brando

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SPECIAL AWARDS Victor Artioli—Reader’s Digest Award Dona Cote—D.A.R. American History Award James Cowles—Civitan Award Phillip Drumheller—Voice of Democracy Contest (City and State) John Emirzian—Honorable Mention - Ford Industrial Arts Award Contest Elizabeth McCarthy—M.V.A. Western Chapter Vocational Citizenship Award Ronald Rogers—Elks’ Youth Leadership Contest Richard Smus—M.V.A. Western Chapter Vocational Cit- izenship Award CLASS DAY ASSEMBLY SENIOR AWARDS FROM THE GIRLS’ DIVISION i Thuryle Allen, Beauty Culture— 2 medals: Drum Majorette, Service to the Class Lime wats 2. Sheila Bryant, Beauty Culture— 1 medal: Secretary of the Class of ’55. 3. Dona Cote, Power Stitching— 4 medals: Dramatics, Science, Mathematics, First Honors. 4. Dorothy Collins, Beauty Culture— 1 pin: Second Honors. 5. Hileen Cote, Trade Dressmaking— 1 medal: Perfect Attendance. 6. Elaine Gravel, Trade Dressmaking— 1 medal: Vocational. 7. Sandra Heineman, Beauty Culture— 1 medal: Vocational. 1 pin: Second Honors. 8. Mabel Hewson, Foods and Catering— 1 medal: Music. 9. Lucille Kratochvil, Foods and Catering— 2 medals: Vocational, Vice President of the Class of 55. 10. Margaret Lambert, Beauty Culture— 1 medal: Service to the Class of ’55. 11. Elizabeth McCarthy, Foods and Catering— 2 medals: Athletics, History. 1 pendant: M.V.A. Vocational. 12. Edward Rossmeisl, Bakery— 1 medal: Vocational. 13. Sue Webb, Beauty Culture— 1 medal: English. 14. Florence White, Vocational Homemaking— 1 medal: Band. = pe Se On Palle 22. 23. 24, 25. SENIOR AWARDS FROM THE BOYS’ DIVISION Victor Artioli, Printing— 3 medals: Honor Student, English, Vocational. Robert Berselli, Radio and TV— 1 medal: Science. Carl Boyer, Drafting— 3 medals: Honor Student, Mathematics, President of the class of ’55. Edward Briggs, Patternmaking— 1 medal: Athletics. . Gerald Buoniconti, Architectural Drawing— 1 medal: Vocational. James Cowles, Drafting— Civitan Award. Harold Davis, Printing— ° 1 medal: Vocational. Phillip Drumheller, Radio and TV— 1 medal: Perfect Attendance. William Flanders, Radio and TV— 2 medals: Vocational, Honor Student. Andre Fournier, Auto Body— 1 medal: Vocational. William Frangie, Electric— 1 medal: Vocational. Ronald Girard, Printing— 1 medal: Music. Daniel Isham, Drafting— 1 medal: Vocational. Leonard Martone, Auto Mechanics— 1 medal: Vocational. Thomas Mulcahy, Sheet Metal— 1 medal: Perfect Attendance. Edwin Pagnoni, Machine. 1 medal: Vocational. Leonard Patrie, Welding— 2 medals: Dramatics, Vocational. Joseph Piteo, Printing— 1 medal: Class Treasurer. Arthur Provost, Auto Mechanics— 1 medal: Vocational. Ronald Rogers, Cabinet— 1 medal: Honor Student. 1 pin: Student Council. Joseph Sieracki, Cabinet— 1 medal: Attendance. Richard Smus, Radiqg and TV— 1 medal: History. M.V.A. Vocational Citizenship Pin Ronald White, Sheet Metal— 3 medals: Mathematics, Honor Student, Vocational. Robert Wright, Auto Mechanics— 1 medal: Band. James Bernardo, Cabinet — Honor Student