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

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1951 volume:

yvuo . qSu l l J cf- H d CL - Dedication We, the Senior Class of 1951, dedicate the Exitus to Mr. Robert E. Place. In our four years of high school, he has been more than an athletic coach and teacher; he has been our friend and advisor. Therefore, we dedicate our yearbook to him in gratitude. 1 Editorial For most of us, graduation from high school is the culmi- nation of formal schooling; for others it is only a gateway to colleges and universities. In either case measurement of future success can be directly attributed to the quality and quantity of the education which one acquires while in high school. The school year 1951 has marked the ' ‘graduation” of Sutton High School from a four room building to a modern school plant with all the latest conveniences. This graduation” assures the students in Sutton of all the educational opportunities offered by a large school along with the close co-operation and friendli- ness which a small school has to offer. We, the class of 1951, the seventy-fifth in the history of Sutton High, wish to take this opportunity to express our thanks to everyone who has helped us to attain our goal of graduation. 2 1 . o o -g o co 13 o 6 L £ G O 3 CO Li L 3 Exitus Staii 4 Donald G. scnwdu B. S. in Education Boston University Robert E. Place B, S. in Chemistry University of Mass, Anne L. Beechler A. B. in English University of Conn, Kenneth A, Stone B, S, in Education Fitchburg State Teachers College William J, Flanagan A. B. Holy Cross College Adele Lehr B. S. in Education State Teachers College Framingham, Mass. Joseph A. Sullivan Principal B, S. in Education State Teachers College Salem, Mass, Ed, M, Harvard University EDWARD PLANTE JANE BATES President . . . . 1,4 T r easur er i Vice-President . . , 2,3 Secretary 3,4 Basketball 1.2, 3, 4 Basketball . . 1,2, 3, 4 Baseball . . 1,2, 3, 4 Chorus . . . 1,2, 3, 4 Chorus . . 1,2, 3, 4 Suttonian . . 1,2, 3, 4 Octet . . . . . 3,4 Exitus Staff .... 4 Suttonian ...... 4 Senior Play .... 4 Senior Play 4 A. A . . . 1,2, 3, 4 Exitus Staff 4 English Club . . . 4 Treasurer President . . . 2,3 Basketball Baseball . 1,2, 3, 4 Chorus Basketball 1,2, 3, 4 Suttonian Chorus . 1,2, 3, 4 A. A Octet . . . 3,4 Exitus Staff Pro Merito . ... 3,4 Senior Play Suttonian . 2,3,4 Cheerleader Senior Play .... 4 English Club .... Good Govt. Rep. . . . ... 3,4 Photo. Club Pres. . . .... 4 8 JAMES BRIGHAM Basketball . Baseball . . Chorus . . . A. A 1 .2.3.4 1 . 2 . 3. 4 1 , 2 , 3, 4 1 , 2 , 3, 4 Senior Play . English Club 4 4 : v L WILLIAM BULLARD Basketball 2,3,4 Baseball 3,4 A. A 2,3,4 Senior Play 4 English Club 4 Chorus 1,2 CYNTHIA FISHER Basketball 2,4 Chorus 1,2, 3, 4 Sextette 3,4 Senior Play 4 Exitus Staff 4 Suttonian 2,3,4 English Club 4 ROBERT GUSTAFSON Basketball Manager 4 Pro Merito 2,3,4 Suttonian 2,3,4 Exitus Staff 4 English Club 4 Ch. of Mag. drive CAROL HOWRAD Chorus 1 ,2 , 3 ,4 A. A 1,2, 3, 4 Suttonian 2,3,4 Chorus Sec. 4 Basketball 4 Exitus Staff 4 Senior Play 4 English Club .... 4 GRANT JOHNSON Chorus 1,2 A. A 1 ,2,3 Senior Play 3,4 Suttonian 3 Pres., A. A 4 9 ARTHUR LAFLEUR A. A 1,4 Chorus 1,2 Basketball 1,4 Senior Play 4 Exitus Staff 4 Suttonian 1,4 Treasurer 2 A. A. Treas 3 English Club 4 DAVID MOORE Exitus Staff 4 Senior Play 4 English Club 4 A. A 1,2, 3, 4 PHILIP SMITH Basketball 1,2, 3, 4 Baseball 1,2, 3, 4 Chorus 1,2, 3, 4 Pro Merito 2,3,4 Octet 3,4 Senior Play 4 Mag. Chairman 3,4 Red Cross Del 3,4 U. S. History Award CAROL ROSS Chorus 1,2,3 A. A 1,2. 3, 4 Suttonian 3,4 English Club 4 l Janice M. Swindell NANCY TAFT Chorus 4 Suttonian 4 Senior Play 4 Exitus Staff 4 English Club 4 10 Graduation Program Processional “Pomp and Circumstance” Edward Elgar “Star Spangled Banner” Key Invocation Reverend Ovila N. Gevry Response High School Chorus Address of Welcome Edward R. Plante Songs “This Is My Country” Raye - Jacobs “Battle Hymn of the Republic” Howe High School Chorus Essay Class Song Essay Janice M. Swindell Senior Class Philip F. Smith Songs “Alleluia” “You’ll Never Walk Alone” High School Chorus Presentation of Class Gift Thompson Rodgers - Hammerstein Robert W. Gustafson Presentation of Honors Address Presentation of Diplomas Robert E. Place Asst. Principal Joseph A, Sullivan Principal Edward W. MacLaren Chairman of School Committee Benediction Reverend G. Edgar Wolfe Music Supervisor, Mr. Frederick Mirliani Accompanist, Joan Brigham Senior Calendar September Opening day of school October Record Dance Freshman Initiation November Senior Supper The Mikado December Opening of Basketball Senior Play Christmas Concert Christmas Vacation January Cyrano de Bergerac F ebruary Valentine’s Ball Clark Tournament Romeo and Juliet March Cinema Dance Record Dance Return Party April Beginning of Baseball Spring Recess Senior Class Trip May Spring Concert June Baccalaureate Alumni Banquet Graduation Senior Reception Class History On September 4, 1947, we, the class of 1951, entered the portals of the grand and glorious institution, Sutton High School. Without much ado, we chose the following as class officers to guide us for the first year; Ed Plante, president; Andre Peladeau, vice-president; Jeannette Bernier, secre- tary; Janie Bates, treasurer; and Conrad Vigeant, A. A. treasurer. Miss Ryan (now Mrs. Donald Deary) became our class advisor. Later in September the Sophomores very thoughtfully invited us to our initiation at the town hall. The initiation went quite well although it had its embarassing moments. The next month we held the traditional Return Party in honor of the Sophs. The rest of the year went quite uneventfully, although different events sponsored by the upperclassmen were much enjoyed. After a long summer, we returned to Sutton Hig h for our Sophomore year with Miss Ryan again acting as class advisor. We elected Normie Minor, president; Eddie Plante, vice-president; Janice Swindell, secretary; Art LaFleur, treasurer; and Jeannine Forget, A. A. treasurer. This year it was our turn to initiate the Frosh. This one evening was worth waiting for a whole year. The Freshmen finally reciprocated with a return party in March of the following year. So the year ended, but not uneventfully. As Juniors we selected the following class officers; Norman Minor, president; Eddie Plante, vice-president; Jane Bates, secretary; Ruth Patterson, treasurer; and Art LaFleur, A. A. treasurer. This year our class was under the advisorship of Mr. Place. By now the class of 1951 felt quite elite with a cozy membership of seventeen. Our Junior year seemed to end before it had begun; and the summer vacation prior to our last year was upon us. The days passed by, with everyone anticipating the be- ginning of our Senior year in the new school. The opening of school was delayed two weeks; but the seventeen Seniors agreed that our new building was well worth waiting for. As class officers we chose: Eddie Plante, president; Normie Minor, vice-president; Janie Bates, secretary; Ruth Patterson, treasurer; Grant Johnson, president of A. A. This done, we started paving the way for our trip to New York and Washington, which is still a dream of the future. As does each Senior class, we chose a D. A. R. Pilgrim to attend the annual con- vention at Boston. Janice Swindell was the girl chosen. In an election conducted by Mr. Schwab, Norman Minor was chosen to represent this school in Boston on Good Government Day. The class wishes to congratulate both Janice and Norman on their being selected. In December we presented our long awaited, long worked on, Senior play. This play, “Here Comes Charlie,” seemed to be very well received. We again wish to thank Miss Anne Beechler for her endless hours and untiring effort in the production of our play. We would also like to thank Mr. Michel Scheurer and Mr. Roscoe Fisher for their able assistance. This year, for the first time in the history of the school, the boys’ varsity basket- ball team won a game in the annual Clark Tournament. We mention this because Coach Place was honored to have his varsity composed of five Seniors. In February we held a Valentine’s Ball, featuring “The Hilltoppers” from Holy Cross College, Worcester. An enjoyable time was had by all who attended. Once more, we, the graduating class of ’51, wish to thank the teachers, classmates, and friends, who have helped start us on the road of life. Norman Minor Edward Plante. Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of Sutton High School, being the first to graduate from this new and marvelous building, do hereby affirm this to be our last will and testament. To the Junior Class, we will our position as the “Friendly Seniors” and the pleasant atmosphere of the lecture room. To the Sophomore Class, we will our genial and beloved Mr. Donald Schwab. To the Freshman Class, we will three more wonderful years in the new Sutton Memorial School. To Mr, Sullivan, we will a florist to supply the office with fresh flowers daily and a permanent baby-sitter, so that he and his wife will be able to attend school functions together. To Mr. Place, we will some Kutrol for his ulcer and a new car for his Auburn to Sutton taxi service. To Mr. Schwab, we will a white picket fence to keep out uninvited Halloween guests. To Mr. Flanagan, we will a serious-minded Latin class. To Mr. Stone, we will a safety-first class to help him in Manual Training. To Mr. Mirliani, we will a box of delicious, chocolate-cocoanut covered flies to help maintain his extraordinary sense of humor. To Miss Beechler, we will a more active English class and another successful Senior play. To Miss Lehr, we will a girls’ basketball team that will have a more successful season. I, Jane Bates, will my crew-cut to Genevieve Szewerenka and my driving ability to Gale Johnson. I, James Brigham, will my Henry Ford to Donald Ellis to carry on the free trans- portation to and from school activities. I, William Bullard, will m y driving ability to Ronald Gibson and my baby-blue eyes to Dudley Perry. I, Cynthia Fisher, will my ability to argue with “Doc” to Johanne Potter and my powerful soprano voice to Bette Chausse. I, Robert Gustafson, will my curly locks to Murray Andrews and my love for cemeteries to Lanny Goodwin. I, Carol Howard, will my height to Donald Moore and my position as Mr. M’s secre- tary to anyone who can take the kidding. I, Grant Johnson, will my ability to get to school on time to Raymond Smith. I, Arthur LaFleur, will my bow-ties to William Keeler, my punctuality to Norman LaFleur and my jokes to Paul Bjork. I, Norman Minor, will my crew-cut to Robert Craw and my debating opponent, Mr. Place, to Lynwood Eaton. I, David Moore, will my quietness to John Peterson. I, Ruth Patterson, will my basketball position to Loretta Amour and my love for “Blue Grass” to Connie Crosier. I, Edward Plante, will my basketball ability to Donald Moore and my basketball student to Franklin Smith. I, Carol Ross, will my sandwiches to Theresa Minor and my fair-complexion to Sylvia Besjourdy. I, Philip Smith, will my witticisms to Connie Crosier and my place in the Glee Club to Mr. Donald G. Schwab. I, Janice Swindell, will my brown eyes to Diane Naster and my height to Roddy Lavallee. I, Nancy Taft, will my ability to play the piano to Carol Maranda and my mythical glass of beer to Carol Johnson. Fantasia - 1966 As I sit here among all my old friends, listening to the lively conversation and watching the light from the huge fireplace reflected on their faces, I think how wonderful it is that everyone from our original graduating class has managed to come here to Jim Brigham’s ski lodge in the White Mountains for our first reunion. Most of our paths have not crossed for fifteen years; but as a result of much inquiry as to whereabouts, plus long distance telephone calls and telegrams, here we are, discussing what Fate has brought us and reliving old times. From what I have gathered, we represent an interesting assortment of careers and lives: Jim Brigham owns and manages a truck farm here in New Hampshire and this mountain ski-lodge in the winter. He is also skiing instructor and is now suffering from his second broken leg in two years. In high school it was glasses and now it’s legs, but he’s still his old good-humored self . . . Ed Plante has succeeded Mr, Place as physical education instructor and sports coach at S. H. S. Mr. P. retired because of ulcers de- veloped in nineteen fifty-one. Ed played major baseball for twelve years but quit because his wife and lil Ed missed him too much during spring training and playing season. Pay day won’t ever be quite the same; but Sutton has grown by leaps and bounds and so have the teachers ' salaries . . . Janie Bates is the wife of a successful contractor in Miami, Florida, and does therapeutic work in a hospital there. She received her training when she was drafted into the Women’s Medical Corps at the outbreak of World War III. Bob Gustafson is a construction engineer and was in the Seabees during the war. He was awarded the D. S. C. for the rush construction of bridges in Indo-China, In a few days he goes to Alaska to supervise the building of a radiant-heated highway to occupied Moscow. He will make the trip up there with Carol Howard, who, became interested in politics and is now a representative from the newly admitted state of Alaska. The latter territory is thriving under forward minded leaders like Carol . . . Norma Minor graduated with honors from Holy Cross College and since serving with the Marines for the duration, has taught math and sciences at Wellesley College. The environment has proved to be too nerve-wracking and dangerous for a sworn bachelor, so he intends to transfer to a men’s college. Despite all, rumor has it that a cute little Senior will accompany him as his bride . . . Bill Bullard married a widowed farmer’s wife whose chickens he had stolen, and who gave him his choice between the joys of wedlock or jail. To save others from his fate, he has founded the Bullard Detective Agency for the apprehension of chicken thieves. His home and headquarters is an abandoned toll booth on the Brooklyn Bridge. Why shouldn ' t Bill live there. He bought the bridge the first day he was in New York. While trying to collect his tolls, he was grazed by twenty cars in one day. But persistence pays. He told us proudly of the day when an organ-grinder’s monkey threw him a penny . . . Ronnie Pacquin and Art LaFleur run a commercial airline from Boston to Rio De Janeiro. Ronnie was a jet pilot in the war so he handles the flying end of it while Art does the selling and accounting. They also operate a protection agency on the side with Art selling and Ronnie as chief muscle-man. For people who must be forcibly persuaded, they call in David (“Two-Gun Moore’’) and his boys from David’s cattle ranch outside of San Antonio, Texas. He worked there as a cowhand after leaving S. H. S. and later inherit- ed it from his uncle. They found that imported stampedes were an effective means of con- vincing those hesitant about buying protection . . . Before flying up for the reunion, Ronnie and Art picked up Philip Smith in White Sands, New Mexico, where he is an atomic re- searcher for the government. He is at present engaged in a project for launching the first rocket to Mars which will surpass the speed of these flying saucers which are seen more and more. He himself will be a member of the rocket crew and if he gets to Mars and back, he promised to tell us what Martians really look like . . . Grant Johnson has found a place in the sun as a set designer and builder for MGM Studios in Hollywood but fears for his job because movies are rapidly going bankrupt as a result of the widespread patronage of colored and two-way television and of radio, which 18 is so old it’s new . . . Janice Swindell is Mrs. Lawrence Wentworth, wife of the professor of inorganic chemistry at Vassar, She now teaches English there after starting her career as school marm in the Ozark Mountains. She can only stay with us for four days because she is going to a reunion at Wheaton College in Massachusetts . . . Nancy Taft and Henry Hickory have been married since June of ’51 and are living happily in Sutton with their three little Hickory sticks; Hickory, Dickory, and Doc. Nancy and Henry have a ranch style home in one of the new housing projects and are very active in church and civic affairs Ruth Patterson has been telling us about her interesting experiences in the WAF ' s. She is a member of the first Women’s Air Force Group to ' fly-transport planes into fighting zones. Now she is married to a successful New York architect and lives in a fashionable district on Long Island . . . Carol Ross married a TV actor and they now have an early morning breakfast show, complete with coffee cup chatter and domestic bickering. We all remember how photogenic Carol was, so it is no wonder she is a success on television . . And what about me, Cynthia Fisher, who is writing this. I’ve traveled even more than I’d bargained for during my three years in the Waves. After this I went to college on the G. I. Bill and studied journalism which got me a job as a foreign correspondent in occupied Russia. I’m married now to the editor of the American newspaper in Moscow and we are living there with our two children who are privileged, as are my husband and I, to be wit- nessing the formation of a Democracy where none had existed before . . . Jim’s wife has just told us that supper is ready, so I will close by saying that I sincerely hope we will have many more reunions after this one in order to keep alive old friendships and relive the days of our youth which are so dear to us no matter how separ- ated our lives have become. Cynthia Fisher Arthur LaFleur. Juniors 21 Frosh 22 Boys ' Basketball Girls ' Basketball 24 25 27 Glee Club Senior Play Pro Merito 28 i i f ! f I 29 i 31 CARLETON H. LAPORTE MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHER FOR CLASS OF 1951 TELEPHONE WORCESTER. MASS. 4-3630 STUDIOS: HIGHLAND STREET AT DEAN 39 BRANTWOOD ROAD YOUR FRIENDLY FORD DEALER Mumford Motor Sales, Inc WHITINSVILLE, MASS. COMPLIMENTS OF Carroll Gochie Mortuary 370 MAIN STREET SOUNDERSVILLE 24 HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE MILLBURY 2137 Providence Road ED ' S and ELLEN ' S SNACK BAR and GRILL Wilkinsonville, Mass. 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