Technical High School - Tech Tiger Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1979 volume:

of ee — aX . The Class of 1979 proudly dedicates this yearbook to a former Tech High graduate, our Principal, Mr. Willard J. Wright. Our special thanks for providing the leadership that we all looked for in our senior year. Ad EE RR: in entice thy F } Fy g t ; ttt tees eet ee sees, 16 Congratulations to Amy Linsky and James O’Connor Charles F. Warner Achievement Medal Winners 1979 Susan Adamski Judy Alvarez Bobby Anastas Angela Anderson Daryl Anderson James Anderson Barbara Austin Paul Bailey Remona Baldwin Michael Balsam Lance Baptiste Tracey Barklow Elana Barnett Paul Barrows Bertha Basemore Mark Baymon Ethelda Bennett Richard Bertassi Sherry Bishop Everton Blake James Blake Paula Blanton Gina Bledsoe Floyd Bodiford F { m | MNS Angela Bolden Greg Bradway Raymond Breton Joseph Bridge Mary Brightwell Michael Brunt Jaime Bryant Kenneth Burke eS ee Lori-Ann Burke David Burt Diane Caldwell Emmett Callahan Jeanette Caney Donna Casineau Robin Caulton Diane Cavanaugh John Chaisson Mark Cieplik Angela Clark Robin Clark Craig Coffey William Coffren Sharon Cole Gregory Collins Leo Coltey James Combs Leslie Connor Carla Cook Elaine Cook Richard Cookish Laurie Cooney Aaron Cope Sheila Corbin Philip Cote Carolyn Craven Kevyn Crenshaw Olive Crenshaw Brian Curley Andre Dauphinais Kim Daunais Tommie Marie Davis Jerry Day Glen Deblois Bonnie Defilio Barry Deyampert Sandra Dinoia Barbara Dise Shiela Drummer Carol Drzal Catherine Drzal Kevin Dumpson Eddie Dunston Roger Elder Ellen Fairbanks Lance Faniel James Farley Peter Federicci Jeffrey Fellion Joseph Ferrentino Velvet Fields Ralph Fiore Jeanine Fontaine Regina Fontaine Audri Ford Wayne Francis Douglas Franck William Garner Sherrie Garrant Etta Gilbert Paul Glassanos Perman Glenn Robert Glenn Ris Wilford Godbolt John Gomes Cheryl Goodreau Suzanne Gop Patricia Grady Fiore Grassetti Mercedes Graver Rufus Green = Roger Hall Jennifer Hardy Kenneth Heatley Troy Hennessey Richard Heywood Joseph Hobson Gregory Hovsepian Mortie Howard Tracy Hufnagel Cheryl Jackson Willie Jackson Timothy Jewel Eric Joffe Doreen Johnson Eric Johnson Leandrews Johnson Wayne Johnson Albert Jones Robert Jreaswec Darlene Jubrey Benjamin Kaplan Steve Karapatakis Richard Kinsey Greg Kirastoulis James Kirastoulis Stephen Koch Kim Korbut Thomas Kosinsk1 James Kusnierz Sally LaFleur Steven LaJoie Mark Lambert Regina Lancaster Ronald Lanoie Maria Laragione Guy Larson Mark Latney Gary Lavallee Debra Leverette James Lewis Amy Linsky Patrick Lopez Ronald Lowe Wayne Lowery Lynn Lucius Michael Lynch Pablo Madera Kenneth Maille was Ellen Manolakis Todd Marshall Olga Martinez Diane McCarthy Matt McCarthy Venorise McCoy Laureen McDonnell lane William McLiesh Julie McMahon Michael Merriweather Janice Miller Roberto Molino Jeffrey Moller James Moore Robert Moore Kevin Mullen Marie Murphy Kevin Musiak Michael Nitri Larry Nunnally James O’Connor Sterling Orr Carlos Ortas Michael Pagnoni Modern Pannell Delsie Parker Kimberly Partlow Brian Payne Frederick Pearson Susan Peck Michael Pelletier Daniel Peloquin Raymond Peltier Nancy Perry Alan Poon Myron Popowski Michael Pringle Deborah Richardson Kevin Rivera Diann Sands Tony Shaw Glen Spear Dennis Sullivan Nelson Rudolph Richard Shaver = “oh oor = nA = wo Sa ae “$ = Angeline Rowe James Serrenho Allan Skeene David Stovall Richard Robie Alan Schunk Therese Singleton Stephen Sternchak William Summerson John Surrette Gregory Sutton William Suzor Sandra Swenor Thomas Talley Eric Taylor Noel Taylor lnetnmemmense aa | Joseph Tetreault Leo Tetreault Jeffrey Thomas Leroy Thomas Krista Thorton Michelle Treadwell Darlene Troy Scott Ulen Rene Vadnais Keith Walmer Michelle Was hington Edward Waterhouse Lois Waters Esther Watson Gretchen Watson Anthony Watts Peri-Ann Wells Bruce Westcott Susan Westcott Monica White Ronald White John Wigglesworth Kimberly Wilkie Anita Williams Doris Williams Ernest Williams Felecia Williams James Williams Kenneth Wilson Lee Winterton Lori Witherell Gerald Witkowski Brenda Woods Frank Zanetti S. oe ? i “ a j S. (iN | Dennis Ashe Maria Cotto Keith English Troy Hennessey Frank Manzi Daniel McBride Boneta Troy Pamela Vaselacopoulos 33 ‘ ‘ t es ae Bs fas =) te | Miss Kroll F: McDonough _, a eS NTT TTT Oe oe | “Mr. Pieciak 4 } at | Mrs. Sambor ite Faculty Favor 120 Members Mrs. Mildred Barend ller i Mr. Roland M 38 Senior Leaders and — Student Council Ist Row — James Blake, James O’Connor, Kevyn Crenshaw. 2nd Row — Audri Ford, Diane Caldwell, Janice Miller, Amy Lin- sky, Colleen Hourihan. Ist Row — Lon-Ann Burke, Anita Williams, Julie McMahon, Etta Gilbert, Sheila Corbin, Amy Linsky. 2nd Row — James Serrenho, Leo Tetreault, James O’Connor, Tony Watts, Kevyn Crenshaw, Pablo Madera. 3rd Row — Mark Baymon, Diane Caldwell, Boneta Troy, Janice Miller, Colleen Hourihan, Kim Korbut. 4th Row — Darlene Troy, Wayne Johnson, Ben Kaplan. Sth Row — John Collins, Greg Sutton, Myron Popowski. 6th Row — Jim Blake, Barbara Dise, Jonathan Holmes. Senior Homeroom Reps Junior Leaders and Student Council Ist Row — Robin Larder, Paul Richard, Paul Zavadsky. 2nd Row — John Dowd, Francis Dawson, James Sweeney, Sandy Calla- han, Maureen Parker. Ist Row — Kris Drzal, Vicky Caballero, Barbara Popowski. 2nd Row — Marla Early, Frank Fields, Chris Culhane. 3rd Row — Arnoldo Sanchez. Sophomore and Freshman Leaders Concert Choir —iip Ist Row — Mr. Melikian, Olga Martinez, Debbie Richardson, Audn Ford, Janice Miller, Vicky Barnett, Dana Vetal. 2nd Row — Lori Ann Johnson, Angela Prude, Cynthia Anderson, Darlene Troy, Diane Caldwell. 3rd Row — David Vallina. Ist Row — Mr. Melikian, Michael Carter, Vicky Caballero, Frank Collins, Barry Thomas. 2nd Row — Donald Carter, Greg Brad- way, Roberto Molina, Fred Spann, Tony Morris. Band 4l Yearbook Staff of “Tiger” Paul Brammucci, Sharon Cole, Maribeth Maney, Leo Tetreault, Theresa Gordon, Chris Culhane, Alan Schunk, Barbara Popow- ski, David Rice, Tracy Singleton, Myron Popowski. Ist Row — Amy Linsky, Kris Drzal, Jim O’Connor. 2nd Row — Michael Pelletier, Jay Bryant, Barry Joseph, Paul Zavadsky. iy a 42 Ist Row — Amy Linsky, Dawn Kinnear, Kathy Drzal, Kris Drzal, Sandy Callahan. 2nd Row — Jim O’Connor, Harry Kastri- nakis, Kim Partlow, Jim Blake. Ist Row — Angela Musiak. 2nd Row — Sharon Pepsin, Lisa Bobbit, Bridget Johnson, Maureen Parker. 3rd Row — Janice Miller, Diane Caldwell, Darlene Troy, Kendra Edmunds. 4th Row — Sandy Callahan. Cheer- leaders 43 Junior Red Cross Ist Row — Dana Vetal, Pablo Madera, Ms. Kroll, Kim Partlow. 2nd Row — Barbara Dise, Jay Bryant, Tommy Boyer. Ist Row — Boneta Troy, Ms. Hallen-Linsky, Dana Vetal, Pablo Madera. 2nd Row — Theresa Polite, Vicky Cabellaro, Kevyn Crenshaw, Pat Small. 3rd Row — Kim Partlow, Barbara Dise, Barbara Popowski, Bill McLeish. Medical Careers N 9) re qe) _— = «D) idea D) Chem qe} oS N oO ic 46 47 49 51 52 1979 CROSS COUNTRY TEAM 53 54 SOCCER 55 1978-79 FOOTBALL TEAM 57 WRESTLING BALAK = i aa = [se ie N yee AS ON Eg 61 BASKETBALL 1979 VARSITY BASKETBALL 63 1979 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL 64 ceapmwiece sommes YAO Remar 65 HOCKEY 67 68 é ee ” ae 2 ee 5 SPNANNN co teths hee Say aie wee Ten ny my 69 — 72 BASEBALL Ist Jim Kirastoulis, Brian Curley, Jim Grindle, Todd Marshall, Dennis Ashe, Emmet C i i Bos : 7 allahan, Greg Kirastoulis 2nd Richie Perrson, Chris Rawson, Don Gleason, Ernest Williams, Champ Godbolt, Vin Maratea, David pak Coach Burns 73 BOWLING 74 Niv Id wrt | SaXOd 8 76 78 AE ELI BOTT ERY WS 79 — CLASS OF 1979 SENIOR BALLOT . PRETTIEST GIRL — Laurie Cooney . HANDSOMEST BOY — Anthony Moore . MOST POPULAR GIRL — Angela Bolden . MOST POPULAR BOY — Wilford “Champ” Godbolt . MS. TECH SPIRIT — Audri Ford .MR. TECH SPIRIT — James Williams . BEST DRESSED GIRL — Regina Lancaster . BEST DRESSED BOY — Thomas Talley 80 NO COR 5 ON Oi CO . MOST ATHLETIC GIRL — Diane Caldwell . MOST ATHLETIC BOY — Wilford “Champ” Godbolt . CLASS POLITICIAN (GIRL) — Audri Ford . CLASS POLITICIAN (BOY) — James O’Connor . CLASS CLOWN (GIRL) — Angela Bolden . CLASS CLOWN (BOY) — Keith English . CLASS COUPLE — Michelle Washington and Sterling Orr . CLASS FLIRT — Deborah Richardson . CLASS WOLF — Steve Karapatakis . CLASS CHATTERBOX (GIRL) — Angela Bolden . CLASS CHATTERBOX (BOY) — Darryl Randolph . SHYEST GIRL — Angela Anderson . SHYEST BOY — Paul Barrows . DETENTION QUEEN — Rose Weller . DETENTION KING — Tony Cook . CLASS SONG — “Free Bird” . FAVORITE FACULTY MEMBER (FEMALE) — Mrs. Barend . FAVORITE FACULTY MEMBER (MALE) — Mr. Miller . MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED (GIRL) — Amy Linsky . MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED (BOY) — James Blake . CLASS THEME — Believe in Yourself “79” CLASS WILL The graduating class of nineteen hundred seventy-nine being of sound mind hereby and forewith leave the following: Paula “Cobra” Blanton leaves her sister, Deona, all her books, pens, and locker, and riding the bus by herself. Gina Bledsoe leaves Tech without Jaimie Bryant. Pete Federici leaves behind his pistacchio shells . . . everywhere. Doris D. Williams leaves Mrs. Skeene and Mrs. Sullivan hanging in the doorway of Rm. 118 between classes every day. Darlene Troy leaves her brother, Junior, not being able to ask her for any more bus tickets or money. Audri Ford leaves Mrs. Barend . . . still looking for her. Michael Pelletier leaves an old pair of boots and a torn gym bag in his locker in the TECH NEWS room. Thellie Bennett leaves Mrs. Metzidakis and Mrs. Gallagher a box of Pampers. Lynne Lucius and Amy Linsky leave with a library pass to McDonald’s. Sherry and Maria leave for the South End. Kathy Bousquet leaves Kathy Krol a dark pair of sunglasses so that she won’t be embarrased to come to school on Mondays. Janice Miller leaves school with Greg Sutton. Everyone leaves wondering when the yearbooks will come out. Todd Marshall leaves for the sunny beaches of Florida, instead of the Saturday morning scrimmages in Longmeadow with the temperature below zero. Honors Science 12 leaves Mr. Snow to lead “Charmed lives”. Ellen Fairbanks leaves as fast as she can. Mr. Wallace’s 6th period class leaves him without injury. Diane Caldwell leaves Gregory Schmoke behind. Tracy Singleton leaves Todd waiting for her on Monday mornings. Homeroom 301 leaves all the remaining notes it owes to Mr. Forest signed, sealed, and delivered. Jim Serrenho leaves the trays in the cafeteria for someone else to clean. Joe Tetreault leaves to go into the Navy. To all the bare-legged . . . Kim Partlow gives you her furry socks — enjoy! Honors Science 12 leaves Mr. Snow saying, “Hooray for me, the hell with you.” Julie and Todd leave together. 81 Jimmy Blake leaves Barbara, Beverly, Carolyn, Mary, Minnie and Shirley to anyone who can handle them all. | Ralph and Kim leave happily married. Alan Schunk leaves behind Dave Vallina sitting alone at the lunch table third lunch. The homeroom of 304 thanks Mr. Sullivan for all he has done for them, and leaves him still asking for thirty seconds of silence. Robyn Kindberg leaves for Brian. Sandra Dinoia leaves her hunk of cat to Mr. Comer’s Advanced Biology Class. Gary Lavallee leaves looking for a pair of training wheels for his motorcycle. John Wigglesworth and Glenn DeBlois leave the windowsill near Rm. 209 to anyone in the incoming Sophomore class looking for a place to loiter. Jeffrey Thomas would ies to leave his songs that he sings to go on lingering in the hallways of Tech. Robin Clark leaves all the teachers saying, ““Good-bye and good riddance!” Honors English 12 leaves Mrs. Howard with “a grain of salt”. Ron White leaves all of his films to Mr. Melikian. Allan Skeene leaves Mr. Haynes a daily change of suits. Robert Jreasweg leaves hoping never to see Mr. Peabody’s physics class again. Jim O’Connor leaves disappointed that he can’t run for president anymore. Carolyn Craven leaves the teachers’ register to some new victim. Thomas A. Talley III leaves his GENTLEMEN QUARTERLY magazines for the Seniors in remem- brance of him. | : Leslie and Julie leave with many more years of good friendship. Myron Popowski leaves behind his record collection and an assortment of burnt out amps. Audri Ford leaves school saying “You Know”. Carolyn, Ella, and Pat leave Mrs. Sambor searching for her missing chocolate chips. Mrs. Linsky’s daughter leaves wondering if anyone knows what her names. Jim O’Connor leaves wondering what happened to the band he joined as a sophomore. Tracy Singleton leaves Mr. Singleton to find another “daughter”’. Danny Boy’s crowd leaves . . . looking for a new place for their fifty or so partying rowdies. Sandy Swenor leaves saying “Anyone want to buy a ticket to a keg party?” Maria LaRagioni leaves “Kidnapping” (Greek s). Jimmy Williams leaves his good school spirit and his disc jockey equipment to Tech Hien School. The Tech basketball team came as number one and leaves as number one. Angela Bolden leaves yelling, “Mona-Monnn!” down the halls. Delsie Parker leaves all the hall monitors with a gold plated pass, signed by herself. Mr. Comer’s Advanced Biology class leaves him still saying that there’s no such thing as May 15th. Jimmy Blake leaves Miss Cormack looking for another “Shamus”. Honors Math 12 leaves Mr. Follett still running for his computer room telephone. The class of 1979 leaves the next class its great Tech Spirit. The guys at the lunch leave Wayne Johnson with a new set of eyes to help him read. Mr. Snow’s Honor 12 class leaves with “Dubby” still flying overhead. Mr. Von’s second period class leaves him wondering who taped his phone. The bloodmobile leaves Anita Williams. . . fainting. Mrs. Howard’s Honors 12 class leaves her with Channel 57 and the Shakespearian plays. Cathy Drzal leaves still eluding Mr. Snow’s classes. The Class of 1979 leaves... in a hurry! Mr. Biscaldi’s Drawing 12 classes leave him “separating the big thinkers from the little stinkers”. Mr. Miller’s classes leave him with his tests — oops! (5 points) — learning checks. Verne Davidson leaves his grades. Butch Grant leaves his funk sign. The Class of 1979 leaves Mr. Pieciak looking good and standing tall at 180 pounds. Jimmy Blake and Cathy Drzal leave Amy Linsky still 1. | | Mrs. Heyl’s typing classes leave her looking for a new timing clock. Dee Randolph leaves saying “I should have made Western Mass.” Floyd Bodiford leaves with three good years behind him. Concert Choir leaves Mr. Melikian driving the bus. Mr. Comer’s Advanced Biology class leaves him disecting by himself. Remona leaves with all the cheese. The class of 1979 leaves Miss Kroll, Mrs. Hallen-Linsky, and Mrs. Metzidakis all the leftover tickets from the prom and the banquet. | Diane Caldwell leaves Mrs. Drowne with an empty first base. The class of 1979 leaves Mr. Wright telling us for the last time how wonderful we are. Signed and sealed before me, I. M. Done I. M. Done Senior Banquet de oN 79000 eeeeens sites er ere cere a TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL BANQUET CLASS OF 1979 WILLOW GLEN HOUSE NORTH MAIN STREET EAST LONGMEADOW MASS. Saturday May 12, 1979 $ 16.00 without SA Dinner 6:00 P.M. $ 12.50 with SA acetate NLC LLL LLL CLO AL AL Beef dinner-red Chicken dinner-Yellow Class Day meeeii $ a Ay ‘ = S34 ee ay ; Lea eee AS eee Si 4¢ppp� “4445 alg get AGES. PPRPEPR Slag. a Ant et ee halt hd edi oe i ¢ he we ? a The Clee Tlineteen hundred anc seventy=nine Technical Nigh School requests the honor of yout presence at its Senior Prom Believe in Yourself” Friday evening, the twenty-fifth of May nineteen hundred and seventy=nine from Six o clock to one o clock to he held al The Sheraton West West Springfield, Massachusetts 91 92 93 94 Vy t.1 10. joes e g mS ‘oR LETS TALK ‘ ee 1 Seu ; , TURKEY =| ew =— Ba TYAN! gob see BEST WISHES SPRING ST. DRUG, INC. 121 SPRING ST. 736-0351 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. ON THE AMOURY COMMON FREE DELIVERY WE FILL ALL PRESCIPTIONS FREEDOM FEDERAL SAVINGS PARK AUTO SCHOOL 1243 Main St., Springfield, MA 560 Sumner Ave., Forest Park 265 State St. Big Y Office — Sixteen Acres Springfield, MA 1941 Wilbraham Rd. Spfld. 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