Sutton Memorial High School - Exitus Yearbook (Sutton, MA)

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' 48 15 Our Seniors C arefree — Reini L oveable — Barbara A rtistic — Adelle S ilent — Dot S tudious — Pauline O rderly — The Senior Class F riendly — Claire B. F unny — Joe Pouliot 0 bservant — Louise R eligious — Virginia T iny — Ruth Y outhful — Betty E nergetic — Claire P. 1 ntelligent — Raymond G raceful — Nancy H appy — Billy T alkative — Lucille Adelle Smith

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14 ' 48 This year we lost three of our classmates. These were James Ashworth, who moved to Rhode Island; Eileen Andrews, who moved to Canada; and Gordon Young. So to take the place of these former class officers, we elected Claire Brisson, treasurer, and Claire Pechie, vice-president. After the seniors returned from New York, we took over the pa- per drives and also sold pansies. At long last we reached our senior year. In our first class meet- ing we elected the following class officers: President Raymond Chouinard Vice-President Claire Pechie Secretary Pauline Gribouski Treasurer Claire Brisson A. A. Treasurer Nancy Smith Mrs. Sherin was again elected our class adviser. Our activities this year were numerous since all the seniors were planning on the annual class trip to New York. The first activity of the year, other than paper drives, was a chick- en supper. This supper was a huge success; later in the year a spa- ghetti supper was held with equal success. Late in November the seniors sponsored a hayride. Though we made no profit, the hayride was enjoyed by all. The next activity was the senior play, Mama ' s Baby Boy, held in Sutton Town Hall on November 17, 1947. In December we present- ed our play at Rutland Veteran ' s Hospital. At this point a new member, Reinhard Bom, joined our class, making our number seventeen. In March, Nancy Smith was chosen D. A. R. good citizen from Sutton High . Other activities of note during the year were the tonic sales at basketball games, three whist parties, and the sale of greeting cards. At last came April and the trip to New York. We stayed at the Wentworth Hotel. It can safely be said that everyone enjoyed the trip. As we finish our last year of high school, we, the class of ' 48, wish to express our gratitude to the following teachers who have helped make our four years successful: Mr. Butler, Mrs. Crocker, Miss Don- nelly, Mr. Magane, Mr. Morris, Miss Moshos, Miss Mulcahy, Mr. Place, Miss Ryan, Mr. Schwab, Mrs. Sherin, and Mr. Sullivan. Lucille Currier Betty Horne

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16 ' 48 Class Prophecy On April 17, I960, we started out from Sutton Municipal Airways on a rocket-ship, bound for New York to attend our class reunion. After we arrived in New York, we walked past a famous theatre and saw the glittering words: Bloomer Girl— starring Claire Pechie. Why, that was the girl we had known in school. The two Claires were the only ones of the class of ' 48 that liked A1 folson! We read farther down the list and saw: Pauline Gribouski, cos- tume adviser. It seems that Pauline had been working at Filene ' s Store in Worcester but had decided to move to bigger prospects. Growing weary of the big, glaring lights, we walked to the docks. There it was a bit foggy, and for a time only the old fog horn could be heard. Then a sailor called: All ' s well, Skipper Chouinard! Well, if it isn ' t Ray Chouinard up there on that bridge! we ex- claimed. Ray had done very well in the navy, having joined, right after graduation. We then decided to visit the ship that was in Ray ' s charge. What did we find, but Doris Carter sitting on his lap. Doris is his per- sonal secretary. After a pleasant visit, we started for the center of town again. We should have our hair done, we said to one another. Let ' s stop at the next beauty shop that we find. Entering a beauty par- lor, we were very surprised to find Barb Champagny the owner. We had a tete-a-tete about everything in general and learned that she was to be married the following week to a very handsome Irish- man. While we were in mud-packs, Nancy Smith and Ruth King walked in for services. Not noticing us, they started a conversation, and we learned by eavesdropping that Nancy was head of the personnel de- partment in Macy ' s, a new store in Sutton. In her spare time she was giving free violin lessons at the Sutton Auditorium. Ruth had formed her own trade school in Worcester and was an instructor in the use of atomic tractors. Across the street from the beauty parlor was a sign which read — ' Art School, Adelle Smith, famous artist, instructor and owner.