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

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FACULTY » and I wanted to be a teacher ee@

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OFFICE STAFF Left to Right: Mrs. Patricia Chase. Mrs. Doris L. Taylor, Mrs. SCHOOL NURSE Marcelle Closson. Mrs. Marie MacArthur SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT Mrs. Catherine Morris Pls semitone

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SEATED, left to right: Wafter Luce, Irene Lopata, William Emrich, Elizabeth Tite, and Paul O’Brien. STANDING: Richard Erban, Ted Steensen, Chris Nasse, Edward Ahern, Vernon Smith, Edward Shumate, John Lynch, and Peter Lewis. “Nancy!!” “Debby, I haven’t seen you since we graduated from Tantasqua. Let’s go someplace and talk.” ‘Remember all the good times we had?” “Remember all of our teachers?” “I remember in Jr. High.” “In Mr. Ahern’s class we had ‘towns,’.” “Everybody else made money with their businesses except us.” “Mr. Arthur Lewis, Mr. Damon, and Mr. Allen tried to teach us the right way to speak English. They also taught us History.” “So did Mrs. Hodgkinson and Mrs. Showman.” “Mr. Nasse, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Steenson, Miss Lopata, and Mr. Norton taught us the fundamentals of Math and Science. If they hadn’t we would have never gotten through the rest of the years.” “We sure weren't angels then, were we?” “Did you know that Mrs. Bzdula had a girl in her class that could take dictation at 180 words per minute.” “I didn’t think that Mr. Bzdula would find anyone to replace us as football program sellers.” “Did he?” “No.” “I don’t see how Mr. Toepfer ever had the patience that he did with out bookkeeping.” “I remember I was treasurer of something and was always getting my books mixed up. He sure had trouble straightening them up.” “Oh, the way the food turned out in Home Ec.” “It’s a wonder we didn’t poison Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Stellato, Mrs. Sherris, and Miss Dowling.” “They always had to tell somebody to rip out the zipper on the skirt or dress.” “The lamps and bookshelves that the boys made, remember them?” “Mr. Moge, Mr. Rainka, and Mr. Plante were responsible for those.” “Oh, those beautiful master- pieces we did in art.” “Mr. Pothul and Mrs. Ladinig had courage allowing some of us to use the paints. We could have wrecked the place.” “Mr. Emrich made the general science class interesting. And it was great the way he managed the winning baseball and ninth grade football teams.” “Remember how