Tantasqua Regional High School - Tantasquan Yearbook (Sturbridge, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 110 of the 1955 volume:

YZ May we present to you “Taskie,” who represents for us the Tantasqua school spirit. - Word comes from the sponsor that Taskie has been at the meetin gs when we prepared this book. Have we had fun? Ask Taskie! stelenowledgments Joseph Poirier, a Ninth grader, drew ‘““Taskie’’ for us throughout the book. Much of the pho- tography in the book was done by Purdy Stu- dios, 367 Boylston Street, Boston 16, Mass. The Country Courier has been kind to lend us pictures which we have acknowledged on some pages. Mr. Paul Henrickson, our art teacher, has given us much assistance and Miss Estelle Paige, of our English department, has helped us collect ads. Page Number Title Page .t2.nk tees 1 Table of ‘Contents =... 2 2cc :.:sc0sse te 2 Dedication ...2:. Ane ce eee 3 School Committees... 1.2... 4 Historical Pages 0. .scees, .culee- tee 5-7 Map of District)a.ca0.. ee 8-9 The Grounds Broken 222.24 10 | The Building Begins 2.14 2)..e. 9 11 First Building Finished) 2 22a) et 12-13 The Principal 2... 233 14 The Assistant, Principal 2.2.-.2)..cet at ee 15 The Faculty 2.22.2 16-17 ‘The School Staff ...22,..h0 gee 18-19 School before Dec. 6, 1954 ........... Lo dccsa 20 School on Dec. 6, 1954622502) 21 Classes in Feb.,. March v2.33) 22-23 Seniors,, Class_.of 955 32. = = 23-28 Seniors Baby) Pictures’ 32. =). ee 29-31 Juniors, Class of “56° 202.220) ap: Sophomores, Class of “577 ( 2... 2 33 Freshmen, Classvof 58i0 = 22. 34 Freshman Officers; In Memotiamses eee 35 Fighth Grade; Class of 59 =) ee 36-37 Seventh Grade, Class of “60° =-ai.u eee 38-40 Student’ Council ..24.....5e ee 41 Photography Club 222....32 42 Library Club: 222525.4he.@ ete 43 Tom. Tom Staff .22.....072.2 28s 44 Travel, Science, Art Clubs’... 2.2 o 45 Majorettes, Band (2:55... 3... eee 46 Junior High School Glee Club 2.1.22). ee 47 Senior High School Glee. Club 2... 48 Cheerleaders: 2 csc:820sts-sancvcc 49 Junior Varsity Basketball Team )2.2., eee 50 Varsity Basketball Team s.2.4.. 3 re 51 Candid ‘Shots =... t250)50) oe 52-55 Tantasqua Staff Qj. 4.25. 4 ee oe 56 Final’ Page) .205 2 cet oe ae 57 Advertising 20%: .:1 05.00, Ae 58-88 VD le, C. To the FOUNDERS of this SCHOOL... When the news that a regional school, Tantasqua, was being planned, many people doubted that it could be done. Your courage in the face of these doubts, and your foresight to see beyond custom and tradition, made it possible for us to attend this school. For this we give you our everlasting thanks and gratitude. Top row: Michael Mantak, Lloyd Goodu, Roger Bennett, Frank Nierodzinski, Arthur Earls. Bottom row: Ralph Hall, Irene Wright, Philip Palamountain, Frances Ginn, and Richard Goddard. School Comméittce It is especially for those on the School Committee above, those named on the opposite page, and to Walter E. Scott, our superintendent and principal, that we dedicate this book, and then to those unnamed others who have helped to build the idea of a regional school, and then to build it, we wish to express our thanks. There have made history — “The members of the Planning Boards who were appointed by the Selectmen in each of the five towns: Brimfield: Denzil Bagster-Collins, Robert Bruce, Henry Lach; Brookfield: Richard Goddard, James LeRoy, Philip Palamountain; Holland: Lewis Howlett, Mrs. Dorothy Ordway, Reed Rich; Sturbridge: Frank Haynes, Harold Murphy, Harry Rosenblum; Wales: Mrs. Carrie Baker, Holly- well Dreyer, Frank Nierodzinski. This group organized as follows: Chairman, Denzil Bagster-Collins; Vice Chairman, Frank Haynes; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Dorothy Ordway; Corresponding Secretary, Harold Murphy. Later Mr. George Adams repl aced Mr. Bagster-Collins on this planning board. “It was their duty to study the advisability of joining forces to build a Re- gional High School and to make recommendations to their respective towns. The first joint meeting of the Planning Boards was held June 12, 1950. For about a year and a half these Planning Boards met and considered thoroughly the operation of schools under a Regional School District; the organization re- quired to operate and control the schools; tentative details relative to construc- tion and the maintenance of the buildings; preliminary plans for a curriculum; methods of dividing among the towns the construction costs and the operating costs. “These Boards held informational meetings in their own towns, and finally presented their report for consideration at a special meeting at each town on January 14, 1952. “The towns having approved the recommendation for a Regional School by a total vote of more than five to one, the Tantasqua Regional District School Committee was established. This Committee has been in existence since January 1952, and the following individuals have served: Brimfield: Roger Bennett, 1952 to November 1954, Ralph Hall, Mrs. Irene Wright, from November 1954; Brookfield: Richard Goddard, Philip R. Palamountain; Holland: Reed Rich, 1952 to February 1953, George Canning, February 1953 to March 1954, Arthur Earls, from March 1954; Sturbridge: Lloyd Goddu, 1952 to November 1953, Mrs. Francis Ginn, from November 1953, Harold Murphy, 1952 to September 1954, Michael Mantak, from September 1954; Wales: Frank Nierodzinski. “The committee was organized as follows: Philip R. Palamountain, Chaitr- man; Roger Bennett, Vice Chairman (after November 1954, Richard A. God- dard), Harold Murphy, Secretary-Treasurer (after September 1954, Richard E. Held).” From a statement issued to the press by Philip Palamountain, Chairman of the School Committee. TANTIUSQUES ea ee Mel THE GRAPHITE OR BLACKLEAU PpEposIT NEAR BY WAS VALUED BY OTHE INDIANS FOR FACE PAINT, AND’ BY THE WHITE MEN FOR PENCILS ee AND OTHER USES. JOHN WINTHROP, ih 1uR., WAS “GRANTED THE HILL AT @ TANTOUSQ” IN 1644, AND BEGAN 4 TO EXPLOIT THE MINE IN 1GOu MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY TERCEN ERAS: COMMI ssi ON Sign on Route 15, near the Lead Mine. VYlaning Our School Sign at the exit of Old Sturbridge Village. h ts Ce OLD FORDWAY AT TAD + TASK A� 3 EY Used by Indians from time im a ime memorial, by white on their first westward journeyings. Part of ere “irst known path from | Bo. ston Bay t tot: vonnect icut River. a Crossed by bidinne onieaas Sea y Joiut Py acon on bis - yw ir, ayo by Thomas Hooker wes he pom bt 2 ae — his flight from Bristol, R.A. to succor the Pilgrisns. by ies poste : P 9 owen spmmentis sti adil i hh sce me, ee j 8 Where did we get our name “Tantasqua?”’ The name was selected by the school committee from many names suggested. The word is an Indian word which has had many spellings, in accord with the way the word sounded to those pronouncing it. Our spelling was chosen as the one most easy to pronounce and to spell. The region in the vicinity of an old graphite mine near Sturbridge was called by the name, in its various spellings, in records early in the seventeenth cen- tury. The deeds recording the sale of the mine to Governor Winthrop’s son in 1644, so named the region (one of the men negotiating those deeds was Stepherr Daye, first printer in America). The whole Quinebaug valley was given the name; the villages around the present Sturbridge were grouped under the clan name; and the village itself (where the open theater is now in Sturbridge), was given that name. The Old Fordway at the present exit of Old Sturbridge Vil- lage was designated as in that region. The name had been used so often that a lake or pond which had been known as Walker Pond was renamed “Tantiusque Lake’ at the annual meeting of the town of Sturbridge in 1894. A nearby brook came to be called by the name, also. The meaning of the word is of no great importance to us, since the historical associations with the name made it seem significant enough to be selected. In 1893 Mr. Levi Chase, who wrote much accurate history of the region, wrote to Mr. Albert S. Gatschet of the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C., for the meaning in the Indian dialect of the name ‘“Tan- tousque, stating it to be a territory near Sturbridge. The reply was that it means “located between two breast shaped hills.” Mr. W. R. Carlton of Spring- field wrote in a letter to the School Committee on March 11, 1955, ‘‘To me, the word seems to carry a meaning to the effect of ‘Near the Green Meadow’ ‘Near where green things grow’...”’ Mrs. William Reynolds, Town Clerk of Sturbridge, who first suggested the name ‘‘Tantas- qua’’ to the school committee. ll af a hits” st Pn”: i ee iia aby 7 : oes , Ae =) { i a [4 { 4h rr : ¥i, oa ql i pet : : ‘ n fan ; + as . eo fh ; . ay ge) De a | : { 4 baa ey | � nae } | ¥ : + + By STURBRIDGE Signing the Contract 4 Front row: Richard Goddard, Ralph Hall, Philip Palamountain, Louis Neri, Harold Murphy, Lloyd Godder. Back row: Roger Bennett, George Stoner, Frank Nierodzinski, Walter Scott. First Shovel of Dirt Dug for Tantasqua. « Front row: Walter Scott, Philip Palamountain, Lloyd Godder. Back row: Frank Nierod- zinski, Harold Murphy, Richard Goddard, Roger Bennett. The First Bulldozer to Begin Work for Tantasqua. Pictures Courtesy of The 10 Country Courier JOSEPH MISIASZEK Clerk of the Works Pictures Compliments of the Country Courier Seman Pen 3 ee jokin aR i oa Linn Ti il ii mt in wa BNNs: 8 naar om WU Uy = iii ii Superintendent and Principal WALTER E, SCOLL The tremendous pressure of building a curriculum for our new school district of Tantasqua has been successfully met by our superintendent, Walter E. Scott. On September 27, 1954, we started school in Brookfield, Brimfield, Holland, and Sturbridge. On December 6, we moved into Tantasqua. To set traditions under the difficulties of temporary quarters was not easy, even under the ever- watchful eye of Mr. Scott. Yet those traditions were even then developing. His amiable quietness makes the students feel they can trust him. It gives everyone concerned a feeling of security. Assistant Principal HENRY CARD Mr. Henry Card’s honesty and straightfor- wardness make him popular alike with stu- dents and faculty members. His training in the Navy has helped him to learn that he must never shirk duty. Every job done by our Assistant Principal Henry Card is well done. Assistant Principal ROBERT BRUCE Mr. Bruce has experience with the subjects he teaches and is a gteat help to us; in addition, no class of his could be dull or unexciting because of his fre- quent anecdotes. Let us never forget that even before he worked on the planning board for this school, Mr. Bruce was spending many hours lecturing and talking about the advantages of a regional school. He is not one of the least of our founding fathers. EDWARD A. AHERN Math Science KATHERIENE CARROLL Head Social Science Department EDWARD J. DESMARAIS Science Math J. V. Coach HELEN ANDRY English Social Studies ROGER CHARETTE English Latin HELEN DUQUETTE Head Department Physical Education for Girls FRANCIS BANSFIELD Driver Education Social Studies Varsity Coach ARLENE CLARK Home Economics WILLIAM FLETCHER Journalism History Sponsor of Tom Tom EDWARD BZDULA Head Business Education Department FLOYD CORSON Music Director WESLEY FURBUSH Head Aucio Vis. Departme. . General Business Math MARJORIE CAMPBELL Librarian MILFORD DEPREY Science JUDITH GLAZER English Social Studies CAROLYN GODDARD Social Studies English MARIE MacARTHUR School Nurse JACK PERRY English Drama Public Speaking PAUL HENRICKSON Art Director MRS. ODETTE MAJORELLE French JOHN RAINKA Head Industrial Arts Department WILLIAM JULIEN Guidance Director MARY JANE NESBITT Business Education VERNON C. SMITH Agriculture Math Science CATHERINE KENNEDY Home Economics EDNA NYQUIST Head English Department Advisor School Yearbook MRS. FREDA STEGNER Biology Mathematics BURTON MacARTHUR Head Physical Education Department for Boys ESTELLE PAIGE English PAUL WALSH - Industrial Arts SECRETARIES—Mrs, Hedwiga Kochanowski, Miss Gloria Ciukaj and Mrs. Doris Laughlin. SECRETARIES Mrs. Hedwiga Kochanowski Miss Gloria Ciukaj and Mrs. Doris Laughlin 18 Courtesy of Country Courier OFFICE GIRLS Priscilla McIntyre Anita Demers 3h am Sins fe Ge eH ee 1 mtn wee. + : E ®. To a . es ee mae SSE ALE ON ok - os oe SE OES 8 ie em woe co a a MAINTENANCE—Albert Gendreau, Reginald Russ, Floyd Gray Matron and Roland Poirier. MRS. MARY LEARNED CAFETERIA STAFF—Mts. Pearl Lindell, Mrs. Phyllis Hyde, Mrs. Ilsa Pratt, Gordon Bennett and Mrs. Lorette Callahan. TE bate School, September 27—December 6, 1954 In Brookfield, Brimfield, Sturbridge, and Holland. | WALTER BE eoCOT 1 | Superintendent Changing Classes Country Courier pictures Tantasqua pha bee hy oa DECEMBER 6, 1954 You Are There Tasky’s in the corner and can't get out. FRANCIS MARTIN Franny, Binder BEST ALL AROUND BOY President, Basketball, pro- merito, yearbook, newspaper editor, representative from N. E. to N. W. .. . a real athlete a bright future “Come what may he’s the same good sport every day.” ALAN AARONS Al, Bones CLASS JAZZBOW Baseball manager, newspaper, yearbook photographer, band . . . He’s our pantomime art- ist ape ou can't. hardly get them kind no more” .. . “His voice may be gruff but he isn’t so tough.” GERALDINE BOUTWELL Gerry CLASS SWEETHEART Vice president 2 years, glee club, band, art club, softball, yearbook, treasurer 2 years, newspaper editor, dramatics ... “I guess you know’... that melodious giggle devoted to accordion ... “You can never tell what she'll do Nextss JOAN MACUMBER Jo, Shorty CLASS SHRIMP Secretary 3 years, glee club, softball, band, yearbook, dra- matics 99.) Horses Feathers: a Oblethatalongs hatter. aw nuts . . . Diamonds are a girl’s best friend . . . ‘“Here’s a little girl with a ring and hopes to be married in the Spring.” Class of (955 LORETTA BYMAN Loretta CLASS WOLVERINE Oh those big eyes, and that walk ... mever serious... Gia yprrcigy Jove 5 , AY come on.” JEROME BENOIT Jerry, Skeeter CLASS CLOWN President 1 year, Student Council 3 years . . . takes life slow and easy oh that haircut witty working MAN eee GCuNOUtmOLebetcm : “No wonder all the teachers’ hair turns gray, I chatter, chatter, all the day.” BERNICE NICHOLS Bunny MOST STUDIOUS Treasurer 2 years, yearbook editor, glee club, art, basket- ball, dramatics, music : Persuasive . . . Oh that twink- le in her eye . . . “Oh Heck” full of fun . . . “Although she looks quiet she really can be quite a riot.” JACQUELINE CARON Jackie MOST POISED Secretary, won prize for best essay on the UN, newspaper, glee club peaches and cream complexion ... “Should I, or shouldn't 1?” “Beautiful brown eyes.” ROBERT BRUCE Bob MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Baseball, Basketball, Student Council, President 3 years, Science Club . owner of that crazy red and green Chevy . “what?!” GERALD CONANT Jerry MOST AGREEABLE Track, Baseball, Yearbook ... that wild mandolin . . . ‘Such a nice personality” ... Tall, dark, and handsome. FRANCES CRANE Franny, Faye CLASS BABY Glee Club, Roller Skating ... Happy-go-lucky, energetic and fun loving .. . “Real George” Yearbook . . . Dramatics. Ss. CACOtS ANITA DEMERS Nita, Frosty MOST CHIC Cheerleader, Prom Committee, Glee Club, Yearbook, Office Gitlee Likes: toy dance well dressed . industrious nice to know . . . that cute Italian hair cut... Al- righty” “‘okay.” ROBERT COLLINS Bob, Buba MOST GOOD NATURED Basketball, Baseball, Glee Club... a real athlete loves to fool around tremendous appetite “Seta” . . . sleepy time boy. RUSSELL GADAIRE Russ MOST IEISTSIL SC INO) 3 5 Yearbook that faithful motor vehicle . . . teacher's pet?? . . . “Always happy, carefree, and takes life as it comes.” a GRACE DEL GRECO Gracie, Dimples MOST POPULAR Cheerleader, Art Club, Glee Club, Yearbook, Majorette, Dramatics, Library Club, Stu- dent Council, DAR Citizen, Representative Student Gov- ernment Day neat and sweet with a twinkle in her eye . . . vivacious. DoLorRES FOURNIER Doe MOST ATHLETIC Glee Club, Treasurer, 2 years . strictly for outdoor sports son Oley lekoreresdhy” . 5 « Isiunor dle of dynamite. RICHARD HAYWARD Rich MOST CONFIDENT Baseball . . . devoted Yankee fan . . . always ready for a laugh . . . hobbies. . . col- lecting postcards and match- book covers. ALICE HEBERT Al MOST BASHFUL Art Club, Library Club, Year- book .. . likes swimming and skating . . . waiting anxiously for Clutch to come home... . what a cute smile. . ding pretty quick!! . A wed- ANNE GENDREAU Annie MOST WITTY Band, Glee Club, Softball, Yearbook . . . a talented de- signer looking forward to art SChOOles seen tULINOfet uneasy “Alrighty” . . . Library Club, Dramatics. Basketball, RAy HECK Ray MOST POPULAR Student Council . never a dull moment... . there’s one in every class .. . hot rodder happy, never sad, sometimes naughty, but never bad.” “Always Seaton CHESTER KENYON Chet CLASS SWEETHEART Baseball, Camera Club sense of humor . birdie!! . . . he’s quite a sailor . swimming, cooking . Considerate “You hot ticket.” . . watch the JANE Hoy Janie CLASS CLOWN Glee Club, Newspaper, Year- book ... 4-H... . All Sports . always good for a laugh .. « � Who Us? Who Me? . . . The busiest girl ever, is on her way to Business school. Doris HATTIN Dot, Dee MOST EFFICIENT Glee Club . . . swimming and ice skating... “I'm sure”... “Good things come in small packages” . . . never misses a trick. ROBERT MASON Bob CLASS WOLF Baseball, Basketball, Year- book, Newspaper, Dramatics . . willing speaker . . . facial expressions . . . Oh, so ener- getic. : | : KATHLEEN JOYCE Kay, Kathy BEST ALL AROUND GIRL Office Girl, Yearbook, Prom Committee, Glee Club, Library : “Here’s a girl with a smile, that makes the bubble of life worth while” Library Club “Dear, Dear, Dear, treat for shock!” DorotHy LAMB Dotty, Dimples BIGGEST DIMPLES Glee Club, Softball . . . can’t resist those Monson boys cutest dimples. PAUL MARTIN Pa Pa QUIETEST Baseball, Basketball . . . Quiet and reserved . . . likes to eat ... Ahbhhhhhhhh! Mary KILLIAN Molly MOST JOVIAL AND MUSICAL Band, Glee Club, Yearbook, Softball, Newspaper, Library Club, Dramatics . . . Prom Committee . Inishe assur to be late . . department . . her accordion get along with. A genuine . always in time . lost and found . never without � SO easy to Seuacors PHILIP MEAD Phil MOST TALKATIVE Facial expressions . . . “You can't hardly get them kind no more” . . . Basketball. PRISCILLA MCINTYRE Pris MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Cheerleader, Glee Club, Year- book, Office Girl . . . Blondy dependable . . . “Oh, Joseph” tries to roller skate . . . Prom Committee beoeeepetite . “Josephine.” ALAN MEAD Al MOST MUSICAL Glee Club, Projector Club, Adventure Club 3 Years playing a guitar and singing is his specialty always ready for a joke. ROGER MUNDELL Rog MOST ATHLETIC Basketball, President of Student Council, President of Class for 3 years, Baseball .. . that cute smile . . . conscien- (FOWS so « leloese 2 2 “)8Eidhy to bed, early to rise, and the girls go out with the other guys.” LUCILLE PETRELLI Tony, Lu, Lulu FRIENDLIEST Yearbook . . . a willing helper in class activities . . . easy to get along with... . “Eh Krim” prom and refreshment committees. DONALD PELTIER Don MOST JOVIAL Track, Basketball, Baseball, Swimming . . . Never a dull moment ... good guesser.. . Does he get the right answer . oh, my yes! .. . but did he really know it? . . . Nope! just a lucky guess... “You Bet.” FRANCIS NASSE Sonny, T.P. MOST ARTISTIC Track Manager . a weak- ness for freshman girls gets along well with everyone ... likes to design homes. SF CHCONS CHARLES SCOTT Charlie MOST STUDIOUS Basketball, Tennis, Track, Electronics industrious . dependable makes jokes out of everything quiet . . . dramatics. JULIA PRIzIO Julie MOST GOOD NATURED Yearbook, Glee Club, Dra. matics, Art Club, Manager and assistant of girls’ basket- ball . . . willing helper in school activities . . . “You just have to get to know me, that’s all.” ELLis SMITH Winpy CLASS SALESMAN Art, Woodwork . terrific on the dance floor . . . well groomed . . . So you want to be a salesman . . . gonna sell us the store watch you step — don’t get your foot stuck in the door. 20s FRANCIS NORTON Franny. LIVES FOR LONG WEEKENDS Baseball oh, that wavy hair .. air force . . . owner of that hot ’41 Ford “Late to bed, early to rise, doesn’t make Franny any too wise.” PAUL SPENCE Pete CLASS BABY Baseball, Basketball, § Pro Merito loves life . . ; crewcut . . . boy, can he eat . “The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” 1 SU ANDYKRYWN Jacqueline Caron Robert Bruce Alice Hebert Russell Gadaire Robert Mason Philip Mead Paul Spence Richard Hayward Robert Collins . Lucille Petrelli . Geraldine Boutwell Chester Kenyon . Kathleen Joyce . Alan Aarons . Anita Demers . Priscilla McIntyre . Julia Prizio . Gerald Conant . Dorothy Lamb . Mary Killian . Joan Macumber . Ellis Smith . Doris Hattin . Donald Peltier . Jerome Benoit . Loretta Byman Dolores Fournier . Grace Del Greco . Francis Nasse . Francis Martin . Paul Martin . Anne Gendreau . Frances Crane . Raymond Heck . Roger Mundell Charles Scott . Bernice Nichols . Alan Mead . Francis Norton 31 Class of (956 nie Back row: R. Murphy, D. Perry, C. Monette, C. Fairbrother, B. Benjamin, B. May. Middle row: R. Garstka, H. Stuart, J. McKenna, C. Gendreau, N. Sweet, D. St. Pierre, J. Sullivan, N. H owlett. First row: R. Green, M. Underwood, C. MacGowen, M. O’Keefe, P. Whitten, E. Rosbury, M. Sheldon, C. Fay. Secretary JULIE WEBBER Treasurer Front row: J. La Bonte, G. Johnson, K. Di Bonaventura, C. Di Matteo, J. Webber, B. Mor- rell, S. Craig, D. Byrne. Second row: B. Streeter, B. Wilson, C. Kovaleski, D. Bailey, E. Melhuish, J. Russ, L. Martin, L. Nase. Third row: R. Nichols, R. Simpson, C. Lindell, G. Vilandre, C. Gustafason, A. La Vergne, N. Robida. President Vice President JOSEPH MISIASZEK STEVEN PIKE Secretary Treasurer MARY BRUCE RICHARD | HEROUX First row: Carl Silverberg, Bob McLean, Richard LaVallee, Steven Pike, Gerald Dufour, Joe Misias- zek, Raymond Caldbeck, Bill Looney Fred Elliott, Arthur Tripp, Thomas Killian, Richard Heroux. Second row: Sheila O’Keefe, Eleanor Brown, Maty Lou Green, Lorraine Bonneau, Elaine Felton, Sandra Carpenter, Carole Mantha, Judy Simpson, Gail Vickers, Beatrice Fountain, Joan Kretchmar, Cecile Morin. Third row: Virginia Hall, Carol Senecal, Mary Bruce, Beverly Donovan, Gail De- Moranville, Myrna Paquette, Rose Hufault, Rose Boucher, Beverly Carliell, Audrey Toppin, Elaine Renaud, Sally McIntyre, Dorothy Smith, Wenona Mead, Sally Dillon, Frances Van Hook, Gladys Atwood, Judy Streeter, Claire Provost, Judy Hwalek, Pauline Herbert, Mary Galonek, Nancy Dreyer. Fourth row: David Gregory, Tom Palmer, David Cheney, Robert Griggs, Stan Lawrie, Donald Lavigne, Peter Grudzien, Kenneth Lindell, David Aho, James Schultz, Parker Kent Weaver, Eugene Jablonski, George Klingler, Lenwood Hill, Gordon Gregoire, Marcus Phipps, Cheney Lawrence. Back row: Richard Martin, Richard Finney, Bruce Hickland, Bruce Gadaire, Bob Lusk. 33 Cars of 5§ GnadeG Dwéscoa “ F ca First row: Ronald Caron, Kenneth Kopacz, Lee Smith, Fred Henke, Joseph Arsenault, Herbert Ab- bott, Timothy Tillyer, Jerome Hicks, John Gould, Chaalres Tuttle. Second row: Judith Reid, Ruth Martin, Shirley Barnes, Jane DiBonaventura, Eileen Felton, Gloria Richard, Elaine Gagnon, Marsha Monette, Patricia Fitzgerald, Geraldine Young, Rose Bacon, Barbara Newton. Third row: Jane Cour- noyer, Lucille Provost, Eleanor Pronto, Deborah Tillyer, Anne Gerard, Eleanor Plumley, Jacqueline Meyrick, Norma Fortier, Susan Blair, Nancy Britton, Paula Gadaire, Margaret Wetteland. Fourth row: Wayland Wheaton, Francis Mundell, Lenward Benjamin, Warren Grimes, Ralph Morris, Joseph Craig, Robert Peterson, Kenneth Silvius, Kenneth Peterson, Ronald Tetreault. First row: Edmund Young, John Frain, Kenneth Fairbrother, Ronald Pierce, Kenneth Durand, Ron- ald Murphy, Philip Sullivan, Thomas Bergeron, Richard Woodard, Donald May, David Gendreau. Second row: Judith Sherman, Joyce Stuart, Bertha Hoy, Jacqueline Kearns, Judith Laughlin, Gail Chamberlain, Andrea Caron, Geraldine Smith, Gertrude Smith, Susan Benjamin. Third row: Donald Berry, Ernest Marcille, Janet Brown, Annette Wassmer, Janice Mahitka, Joyce Bernard, Kay Saun- ders, Nancy Morgan, Carole Parent, Constance Bonneville, Susan Bonin, Caron Osterburg, Linda Laughlin, Alfred Ikey, Delwin Ginn. Fourth row: Timothy Morse, Paul Faugno, George Berry, Richard Demetrius, Paul George, Russell Lucier, Sam Schumacher, David Lyman, Peter Byrne, Don- ald Howard, Joseph Poirier, Steven Szumilas. Class of'58 Grade9? Division “ES FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS—Front row: Leonard Benjamin, Vice President; Jane DiBonaven- tura, President. Back row: Eleanor Plumly, Treasurer; Geraldine Smith, Secretary. Iu WMemoriam DOROTHY GERO Member of the First Junior Class Tantasqua Regional High School Who Died on March 4, 1955 a5 Class of 59 Gnade S Deusen “4” First row, left to right: Carol Steadman, Betty Martin, Carole De Moranville, Joyce Nichols, Willa Power, Toni Burton, Barbara Dubay, Carol Nase, Beverly McDonald. Second row: Peter Skudlark, Wilfred Bertrand, Kenneth Learned, Eugene Plasse, Jean Fairbrother, Elizabeth Jolin, Georgette Lamoureux, Edward Caldback, Francis Smith, Robert Corriveau, Edward Racicot. Third row: William Gero, Everett Shores, Harold Phifer, Jeoffry Melhuish, Richard Hamborg, George Perkins, Bernard Plouffe. First row, left to right: Deborah King, Celeste Wassmer, Dorothy La Rosa, Sandra Vickers, Calma Meyrick. Second row: Ronald Heroux, Jane White, Pearl Bacon, Dixie Hall, Marion Menard, Pauline Boutwell, Gleonora Achilles, David Carlson. Third row: Roger Dion, Robert Cournoyer, Fredrick Boucher, Ronald Martin, Roderick Craig, Charles Mundell, Martin Faugno. 59 GnradeS Déuision “B Class of 5G GradeS Diision “C™ Front row, left to right: Linda Miller, Barbara Oliver, Sandra Terry, Marie Plasse, Deborah God- dard, Jean Carliell, Ann Baquette. Second row: Beatrice Waite, Constance May, Janeth Leao, Nancy Gregory, Nancy Beeman, Joanne Lescarbeau, Donna Morgan, Linda Herbert, Marcia Hitchcock, Oralee Tipkey. Third row: Robert Czyzewski, Dan Macumber, Alan Bradley, Richard Morin, Alan Demetrius, Robert Knight, Robert Morris, David Yates. Front row, left to right: Flora Newton, Joan Fountain, Marion McLean, Marie Hamel, Lorette Borbeau, Patricia Potter, Betty Racine, Jeanette Lamb, Barbara Spence. Second row: Gorden Reid, Edward Bennett, Linda Shaw, Sandra Bands, Roberta Keefe, Priscilla Hayward, Sandra Learned, Gorden Menard, Chester Sey. Third row: Paul Carlson, Clark Elliott, Charles Vogel, Robert Lach, Robert Munier, Eric Gustafson, Leonard Jalbert, Nelson Cruso, Robert Gauvin, Peter Cimicud. Class of 59 Grade Diuision “D Class of 60 GnradeZT ODtiscon 4 First row, left to right: Judith Taylor, Gertrude Hoy, Jacqueline Gendron, Louise Dillon, Sandra Wetteland, Judith Fish, Linda Lucier, Pat Harrington, Barbara Deering. Second row: Paul Lawrie, Roger Casavant, Roger St Cyr, David Renaud, Eleanor Snow, Carole Bennett, Priscilla Mathieu, Thomas Kozlowski, Edward Killian, Robert Lazure, Douglas Kenyon. Third row: Edward Arnold, John Gregory, Robert La Pain, Clifford Fournier, Kenneth Caldbeck, Richard Howe, John Dennett, Michael Sansoucy. Class of 60 GradeT ODcision “BS” First row, left to right: Yvette Suprenant, Lena Nichols, Emilia Zachara, Irene Biron, Blanche Papineau, Barbara Perkins, Betty Hope, Patricia Poirier, Nancy Donais, Edna Grimes, Rose Paquette. Second row: Carl Graham, Ronald Bertrand, Myron Naylor, Ronald Curboy, Lawrence Pierce, Roger Felton, Albert Gaucher, Robert Arsenault, Dennis Martin, Donald Bradway. Third row: Richard Baldina, Charles Bacon, Albert Booth, Peter Kelly, Thomas Blake, Gerald Blake, Glendon Raymond, Arthur Prince, James Stearns, William Paradis. war First row: Paul Shailer, William Laughlin, Barry Eddy, Alphonse Czyzewski, Louis Hyde, Stephen Woods, George LeBlane, Howard Mead, Colin Yates. Second row: Donna Loux, Georgia Dunham, Judith Henke, Priscella Gaudreae, Lizabeth Upton, Sarah Hyland, Loertta Hogapian, Karen Morrel, Janet Pros], Daphne Morse, Susan Gould. Third row: Doris Sherman, Sylvia Wamback, Martha Ladyka, Barbara Lamothe, Kathleen Powers, Doris Berry, Linda Parent, Virginia Bergeron, Shirley Boucher, Sandra Hall. Class of 60 Grade7 Déuisien D First row: Faith Byron, Faye Silverberg, Nancy Thibeault, Ruth Meunier, Sandra Sheeran, Shirley Reilly, Carol Walker, Beatrice Hamel, Mary McLaughlin. Second row: Kenneth Menard, Alice Huf- ault, Marylyn Lynch, Carolyn Wadsworth, Jill Holden, Charlotte Smith, Rachel Davieau, Sarah Palmer, Gloria Fay, Doris Dufour, Ronald Tryba. Third row: Eric Silverberg, Robert Faugno, Timo- thy Manier, Barry Smith, John Terry, Robert Craig, Gary Ciejka, Jerome Burke, John Richardson, Peter Showman, Alfred Pratt. First row: Irene Langlois, Marlene Frederick, Gloria La Rosa, Lucille Bailey, Ann Blondin, Florence Bonneville, Beverley Clancy, Margurite Craig, Margaret Gendreau. Second row: Andre Bourbeau, Peter Blake, Ronald Mahan, David Mahler, Janet Boucher, Diane Dupre, Frank Del Greco, Barry Peck, Harrison Morgan, Roland Pierce. Third row: Duncan McLaurin, Jimmy Cormier, Robert Ikey, Edward Caron, Eugene Jolin, Robert Tibbets, Alden Dreyer. Class of 6€0 Grade7T Deision ES ROGER MUNDELL GRACE DEL GRECO First row: Delwin Ginn, Ronald Caron, Joyce Bernard, Bertha Hoy, Carol Parent, Charles Tuttle, Phillip Sullivan. Second row: Jon Gould, Kenneth Kopacz, David Lyman, Kenneth Durand, David Gendreau, Russell Lucier, Alan Aarons, Paul George, Donald Berry, Chester Kenyon, Leonard Ben- jamin. Third row: Patricia Fitzgerald, Norma Fortier, Susan Benjamin, Robert Bruce, Samuel Schu- macher, John Frain, Gordon Simpson, Ronald Pierce, Susan Blair, Robin Love. Back row, left to right: Chester Kenyon, Nancy Sweet, Clara Gendreau, James Schultz, and Mary Galonek. Middle row: Alice Hebert, Judith Streeter, Gladys Atwood, Roberta Garstka, Anne Gen- dreau, Joanne McKenna, Mary Killian, and Joan Russ. First row: Carol MacGowen, Judith Burton, Grace Del Greco, Mrs. Marjorie Campbell, Marie Hamel, Lucille Baily, Carolyn DiMatteo, Gail DeMoranville. THE LIBRARY TOM TOM EDITORS Back row, left to right: W. Fletcher, Advisor; Mary Killian, Paul Spence, Fran- cis Martin, Robert Mason, Gerry Boutwell. Front row: Margo Sheldon, Ro- berta Garstka, Diane Bailey, Betty Morell, Leta Menard. : Back row, left to right: Lennie Hill, Joe Misiaszek, Donald Lavigne, Dick Fin- ney, Gene Jablonski. Mid- dle row: George Klingler, Alan Aarons, Chet Kenyon, Dorothy St. Pierre, Rich- ard La Vallee, Jane Hoy, Jackie Caron, Barbara Streeter. Front row: Clark Elliott, Marty Faugno, George Perkins, Judy Simpson, Julie Prizio, udy Burton, Georgia Dun- ham, Alphonse Czyzewski. “ ravel VL LTA First row: Tim Tillyer, Sam Schu- macher, David Lyman, Milford J. Deprey, Advisor; Jane Di Bona- ventura, Karen Osterburgh, Ron- ald Pierce. Second row: Ruth Mar- tin, Pat Fitzgerald, Judith Laugh- lin, Linda Laughlin, Constance Bonneville, Jacqueline Meyrick, Lucille Provost, Marcia Monette. Third row: Kenneth Kopacz, Fred Henke, Donald Berry, Paul George, Delwin Ginn, and Ron- ald Caron. Left to right: Captain Grace Del Greco, Beatrice Fountain, Mary Bruce, Maureen O'Keefe, Eleanor Brown, and Patricia Whitten. First row, left to right: R. Boldina, R. Czyzewski, T. Blake, D. Gendreau, K. Lindell, A. Aarons, | R. Morris, L. Hyde. Second row: D. Bradway, L. Hill, C. De Moranville, J. Macumber, M. Ladyka, L. Hagopian, A. Pratt, G. DeMoranville, R. Garstka. Third row: D. Ginn, B. Eddy, C. Tuttle, E. Silverberg, J. Frain, N. Dryer, G. Boutwell, A. Gendreau, and M. Killian. 46 First row: D. Kenyon, E. Silverberg, R. Tryba, K. Menard, Mr. Floyd Corson, Director; K. Yates, E. Racicot, R. St. Cyr, E. Killian. Second row: F. Newton, F. Silverberg, L. Miller, A. Paquette, M. Gendreau, P. Skudlark, K. Learned, C. Meyrick, F. Byron, M. McLaughlin, D. King, C. Steadman. Third row: R. Lazure, C. Wadsworth, B. Oliver, N. Donais, D. Loux, N. N. Thibeault, C. De Moranville, M. Lynch, and B. Hamel. Front row: D. McLaurin, T. Kozlowski, J. Richardson, E. Plasse, Mr. Floyd Corson, Director; E. Caldbeck, E. Jolin, C. Mundell and M. Sansoucy. Second row: M. Hitchcock, G. Lamoureux, L. Parent, J. Holden, E. Zachara, J. Melhuish, R. Hamborg, L. Hagopian, S. Palmer, W. Power, B. Curboy, P. Armstrong, and G. Blake. Third tow: M. Menard, C. Bennett. C. May, J. Bonin, D. Morgan, D. Lyford, S. Terry, D. Hall. N. Beeman, P. Hayward and B. Jolin. 47 Fourth row, left to right: Director, Mr. Floyd Carson; C. Kenyon, B. Wilson, D. Bailey, E. Mel- huish, N. Sweet, J. Bernard, S. Bonin, P. Fitzgerald, M. Fortier, M. Killian, J. Coron, A. Demers, P. McIntyre, G. Atwood, F. Van Hook, C. Gendreau, J. McKenna, W. Mead, A. Gendreau, C. Di Matteo, and P. Grudzien. Third row: R. Garstka, R. Collins, G. Klingler, D. Lavigne, F. Crane, M. Sheldon, B. Rosbury, R. Hufault, S. Blair, N. Britton, S. Craig, C. Provost, S. Benjamin, D. Tiller, E. Gagnon, P. Ashleigh, D. Byrne, G. Di Moranville, J. Webber, A. Aarons, G. Gregory, D. Perry and J. Russ. Second row: C. Fay, G. Del Greco, P. Whitten, J. Macumber, J. Prizio, C. Senecal, J. Simpson, J. Burton, M. O’Keefe, C. Mac Gowen, J. Di Bonaventura, E. Brown and F. Martel. First row: K. Mahitka, W. Looney, J. Shultz, D. Aho and R. La Vallee. | Back row: J. Hwalek, M. Galonek, E. Renaud, C. Fairbrother, D. Fournier, N. Howlett, C. Parent, J. Hoy, and H. Stewart. Second row: J. Sullivan, M. Paquette, C. Bonneville, J. Brown, B. Kovaleski, B. Hoy, M. Wegman, A. Caron, Mr. Floyd Corson, Director. First row: G. Plouffe, G. Johnson, J 48 La Bonte, C. Morin, L. Provost, J. Cournoyer, B. Donovan, C. Mantha, R. Green. Gunior Varsity Gaskettall “Jeam Left to right: Richard Woodard, Donald May, William Looney, Robert Griggs, Coach Edward Des: marais, Raymond Simpson, Joe Misiaszek, Edmund Young, Francis Mundell. Left to right: Coach; Francis Bansfield, Francis Nasse, Paul Spence, Robert Murphy, Bruce Gadaire, Robert Collins, Robert Bruce, Paul Martin, Charles Scott, Leonard Nase, Donald Peltier, Alan Aarons, Manager. a “ERONT-GERRY REAR ‘ANNE First row: Julie Prizio, Bob Mason, Grace DelGreco, Bernice Nichols, Priscilla McIntyre, Anita Demers, Ruth Green. Second row: Alice Hebert, Diane Byrne, Barbara Streeter, Mary Killian, Jane Hoy, Geraldine Boutwell, Frances Van Hook, Lucille Petrelli, Jacqueline Caron. Third row: Steven Pike, Eugene Jablonski, Alan Aarons, Bob Bruce, Chester Kenyon, Joe Misiaszek. Not pictured: Joan Macumber, Russell Gadaire, Gerald Conant, Francis Martin, Sally McIntyre, Ellis Smith, and Colin Lindell. YEAR Book OGRA LING aitttde wy | re, Og 2 ‘ ee Ee | 30 cry m —— avg ee ome meee! ae Miles E os. oS “Jantargua Lights the Might There’s an old, old Indian legend Told by the whispering winds, That those who learn upon Tantasqua’s slopes Shall return to learn again. Tantasqua’s legends and traditions are beginning. We will return in memory as we add to our knowledge, or we will return to take adult education courses. Even this year these lights were on the first night of spring for our first adult education classes. The Photography in this book is by PURDY STUDIOS, Boston, Massachusetts 57 STUDENTS! Patronize Your Advertisers BRIMFIELD Arne's Inn Brimfield Garage Cheney's Apple Orchard Ernie's Barber Shop Gilman's Service Station Ralph Hall, Poultry Specialist Hatchs' Village Store Long Vue Motel H. C. Maddocks H. L. 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SPENCER Compliments of a Friend Cormier Jewelers George's Soda Shop Dr. T. E. Grenier Dr. George H. Gerrish M. Lanoureux Co. Morin's Dr. F. F. Nase Phaneuf's Spencer Flower Shoppe Spencer Food Market Spencer Sea Food Van's Pastry Shoppe STURBRIDGE Aline's Food Shop Arland Tool Mfg. Co. The Blue Chalet Bob's Service Station Brogan's Sunoco Service Deary Bros. Midway Variety Store Newton's Sturbridge Cabin Court Nichols Nursery Ovide's Hotel Rap's, Inc. Sturbridge Motor Inn The Country House The Hardway The Publick House WALES Aarons Poultry Farm Ed's Super Market Grace, Molly, Alice, Joan Wales General Store Wayside Gardens WARE Dendor's Furniture Appliances Russell |. Ferguson Joe's Sport Center Ware Co-operative Bank Ware News Co., Inc. Ware Trust Co. Wilson's Pharmacy WARREN Tirrell's Repair Shop Tucker's Hardware Store Warren Cash Market Warren Garage Warren Laundry Warren Pharmacy Warren Savings Bank William's Dry Goods Novelty Store WEST BROOKFIELD Country Courier Dot Dick's Restaurant Golden Gate WEST WARREN Rogers Plastic Corp. Wm. E. Wright and Sons Co. “AN INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE PAYS THE BEST DIVIDENDS” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ides wes. im alias A oT ae mee Ce ee ia tate Ge Me rebalga f. CF pct ike Mo. St ees En ; = i Bh eg we ligase as eae aes mes - een Sse Turn to the writings of any one of the world's great men and you are sure to find a reterence to the great value they placed on education. We have chosen to quote Benjamin Franklin for a very special reason. Actually, he is the father of a large segment of our business because it was he who invented the first bifocal lens! The investment''—as Franklin puts it—that you are now making in knowledge will go far to insure your success in later life. And further, the dividends that you will receive later will be proportional to the degree of mastery which you attain in your studies. American Optical Company is also currently making a large investment in knowl- edge to insure its future. Our new Research Center, staffed by learned scientists and technicians in the fields of optics, stands as a fine example. It is our beliet that these people, working for the Company to improve the vision of human beings the world over, will be paying dividends for many, many years to come. Ain teeiea se Ortical Veto cents Palmer Road Brimfield For the Best in FOOD, DRINK and FRIENDLY SERVICE HYDE MANUFACTURING CO. Southbridge, Mass., U. S. A. Manufacturers of Industrial Cutlery and Paperhangers Tools YALE H. BROWN Registered Druggist Phone 29 Monson, Massachusetts KODAK SUPPLIES and FOUNTAIN SERVICE RUSSELL I. 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NEW ENGLAND STORE WARREN CASH MARKET John and Laura Orszulark Phone Hemlock 6-7616 MAIN STREET WARE CO-OPERATIVE BANK The Home for Your Dollars The Dollars for Your Home WARE, MASS. PASTIME BOWLING CENTER Southbridge, Mass. STELLA’S Misses and Women's Wear 63 Central St. SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. WAITE'S OF SOUTHBRIDGE Hardware — Paints — Housewares Mill Supplies — Power Tools 282 MAIN STREET Southbridge, Mass. MATHIEU’S SHOES Southbridge, Mass. CENTRAL MUSIC STORE 33 Central St. Southbridge, Mass. THE COFFEE SHOP 10 Central St. Southbridge, Mass. GAY'S Exclusive Jewels THEO. MICHAELES, Prop. Southbridge, Mass. McCRAY‘’S GARAGE Monson, Mass. Congratulations to A. G. LAMONTAGNE, INC. Class of 1955 Ford and Mercury CAPITAL CLEAN ERS Used Cars and Trucks ROUTE 20 PALMER Palmer Mass. Telephone 87 Stop and Save at CONSUMER'S MARKET Compliments of Your A P Southbridge Managers and Clerks TT. MEATS GROCERIES ARLAND TOOL AND MANUFACTURING INC. Sturbridge, Massachusetts Compliments of WORCESTER COUNTY ELECTRIC COMPANY Palmer Palmer, Massachusetts Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp We Invite You to Use Our Services SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CLUB ACCOUNTS MORTGAGE LOANS Gl AND FHA LOANS COLLATERAL LOANS TRAVELERS' CHECKS REGISTER CHECKS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE PALMER SAVINGS BANK Incorporated 1870 PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS DEARY BROS. WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS Dairy Products FLORSHEIM'S MEN BOYS’ STORE 288 Main Street Southbridge, Mass. HUGLI’S BAKERY Brimfield, Massachusetts 18 Central Street NEAR TANTASQUA DONUTS — ROLLS — PASTRIES Tele. Palmer 216 Compliments of RICE GADAIRE LUMBER CO. LONE OAK RESTAURANT Full License Privileges REAL ITALIAN SPAGHETTI FRIED CHICKEN — STEAKS Tel. Vo 7-7430 Route 9 Brookfield CARL J. PAOLUCCI, Mor. Compliments of SHORTY’S CITIES SERVICE STATION Brookfield, Mass. Compliments of DERY’S STEAK HOUSE 266 Main Street Southbridge, Mass. Compliments of MARY’S BEAUTY SALON Brookfield, Mass. Compliments of RICHARD’S FURNITURE Brookfield, Mass. WOODARD’S GARAGE R. P. Woodard and H. F. Woodard, Props. DODGE — PLYMOUTH Batteries, Tires and Accessories Telephone Vo 7-6788 Compliments of FONTANA’S MUSIC STORE 12 Elm Street Southbridge, Mass. THE COUNTRY COURIER Friend of Tantasqua Publishers and Commercial Printers WEST BROOKFIELD MASSACHUSETTS ALTA CREST FARM “Quality Dairy Products” BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS McLAURIN - JONES CO. Brookfield SBE BROWNIE’S JEWELRY Southbridge, Massachusetts J. L. Lemmelin Elizabeth C. Lemmelin LIB AND LEM'S Glass, China and ‘Furniture All Ages 125 HIGH STREET Residence 182 South Street Tel. SO 4-6382 Southbridge, Mass. THE BROOKFIELD INN GEORGE'S TEXACO STATION GEORGE H. GENSLER, Proprietor Route No. 9 BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS You've Tried the Rest, Now Try the Best STURBRIDGE MOTOR INN Route 15 GLOBE FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, INC. 833 Main Street Southbridge, Mass. DIAL 4-6931 Compliments of Compliments of GLOBE NEWS ROOM SOUTHBRIDGE COAL CO. John F. Laughnane Jake Edwards SOUTHBRIDGE BOB’S SERVICE STATION Route 20 Sturbridge, Mass. Best Wishes to Class of '55 BILL SWIACKI Insurance — Real Estate Agency 335 MAIN STREET Southbridge 4-417] Compliments of HIPP ALLEYS Automatic Pin-Setters UNDER STRAND THEATRE Tel. Sbdge. 4-8926 1955 CHEVROLET New Look! New Life (V8 or 6)! NEW EVERYTHING! C. H. KNIGHT, INC. 85 Hamilton Street Southbridge, Massachusetts We Have a Complete Line for Young DESA PAINT AND Men's Graduation and Furnishings WALLPAPER CO. R. ROBBINS Tel. 4-2075 Soni hinitieg 57 CENTRAL ST. Main Street We Wish to Thank Don Loux for His Donation of the Driver Education Car Our Congratulations to the First Graduating Class of Tantasqua High School BRIMFIELD GARAGE Brimfield, Massachusetts COMPLIMENTS OF Kobidax “The One Stop Supermarket” 4 Miles from Tantasqua School BROOKFIELD ROAD FISKDALE, MASS. A tglor-made YEARBOOK TAYLOR YEARBOOK CoMPANY-DaALLas � « ‘ 4 ‘ . - = h . . ‘ . oe , io - o ¢ . “6 4 ‘ - “4 to i _ 5 ‘ ts + ‘ . 7 a . — � _- ur 'y a � ‘ “= | ’ - _ � . 7 z= 7 . “ , - ] ee REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY — aE. |: ee re 3 ae i Fal oo te t f bial LY 4 The Latin classes study Rome. The Chef’s Club? Skating on our grounds. Wi 4 AEC Se sone sates We BBY EewBww Gs VE KN GH H WH LT Class Day CEASS PROPHECY One fine day in 1965, we were leaving New York, where we lived in a huge mansion, to take a trip around the country. When we came near the New York Times building, we found that Francis Martin was the editor of that paper. What a surprise ! ! Upon arriving at the airport we found the pilot to be Doris Hattin!! And sitting in the seat across from us, was the fabulously wealthy “chicken king,’ Alan Aarons!! Upon arriving in Boston, we got a ride with a woman taxi driver, and what an awful driver!! She was, of all people, Jane Hoy!! We stayed in a Boston hotel known as Peltier’s Paradise, owned by Donald Peltier. The head waiter in this hotel was Ellis Smith, and the maid was Frances Crane! Frances was working for the ‘Sneaky Pete Detective Agency’? which was run by Pete Spence! The next day we met Jerry Benoit, and found out that he was now an English professor at Boston University. How he did love his job!! We traveled next to Brookfield, where we saw Joan and Russell Gadaire, now very happily married. We didn’t stop to speak; we just ducked the flying pots and pans and left. Next we went to Chicago, and stopped at a bank, called the ‘‘Hayward-Hebert Stashaway.” Richard Hayward and Alice Hebert were the co-presidents of the place. And a little farther down the street was a big building called the ‘Petrilli-Prizio Penitentiary,’ with Julie Prizio and Lucille Petrilli as co-wardens of it. We continued on our way until we met a police-woman, Bunny Nichols, and a fat woman, Gerry Boutwell!! Gerry had just broken a pair of scales, and Bunny was arresting her. No wonder she broke those scales!! She now tipped the scales at 450 pounds!! Later on, Gerry took us to see her boy friend, Chester Ken- yon. He now owned his own photography studio, and was taking wedding pictures of Priscilla McIntyre and Phil Mead!! We wen t next to a wrestling match, starring “Monstrous Murderin’ Martin, (Paul Martin), and “Knock ’em Numb Norton” (Francis Norton), in the bout of the century. Then from there, we went to a famous Hollywood studio and saw Grace Del Greco and Kay Joyce, taking the place of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe!! Our next stop was Reno, Nevada, where we saw Loretta Byman and Bob Mason, filing for divorce! ! We then traveled to Texas and saw, of all people, Charlie Scott starring in a rip-roaring rodeo show. How the women did swoon over him!! Next we stopped in New Orleans, and saw Dolores Fournier singing Rock ’n Roll tunes in a night club. Her husband, Francis Nasse, was home baby-sitting. We continued on to see an opera, and starring in the very popular opera, “Tiptoe through the Cowslips” were Bobby Collins and Dottie Lamb. Well, that was enough of that intellectual stuff for us. We traveled next to Tennessee, where we met, of all people, Jerry Conant and Anita Demers; a couple of old hick cowboy singers !! The next old pal we happened to meet was Bobby Bruce. He was now an advisor to the lovelorn, known as ‘‘Heartbreak Healing Hannah.” And the next old pal,—boy, did he surprise us!! He was Ray Heck, and he was selling girdles for the “Flabbo-Flex Girdle Company. We traveled to Maryland next, and found that Roger Mundell and Jacqueline Caron were now robbing banks for a publicity stunt. Actually, they were television stars! ! Well, we had now seen the whole old gang, so we re- turned home, and lived happily ever after!!! Respectfully Submitted, Anne Gendreau—Race Track Bookie Molly Killian—Ugly Woman Wrestler = ae SS oS son ay Risa OFFICE EQUIPMENT, INC. 836 Main Street WORCESTER 4, MASS. Best Wishes to the Class of 1955 ANOERSON - NICHOLS COMPANY Architectural Engineers for Tantasqua Regional [50 Causeway Street, Boston exale DRUGS CENTRE PHARMACY OF SOUTHBRIDGE, INC. 319 Main Street SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. H. L. FEARING, Treas. A. J. PELEQUIN, Reg. Ph., Mgr. SO 4-7063 PRESCRIPTIONS DELIVERED FREE High School 14, Massachusetts W. T. GRANT STORE Palmer Massachusetts MONSON BOWLING ALLEYS Monson Massachussetts ROM’S DAIRY SPOT Italian Cuisine Spaghetti, Ravioli, Gnocchi Chicken Cacciatore, Pizza ORDERS PUT UP TO TAKE OUT Open Daily STURBRIDGE ROAD STURBRIDGE SOuthbridge 4-4070 The graduation pictures in this supplement were taken by Purdy Studios, Boston. Leonard Hill, Nancy Sweet, Chester Kenyon and other students took the others. Chester Kenyon has done much of the student photography work for the yearbook and supplement. Loot atin See