Templeton High School - Class Book Yearbook (Baldwinville, MA)

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w11l help to make a world sale lor everyone a world C111ZQ1Slm1D whlch 15 tloe only guarantec tor a better and peaceful world tor hrrrself and all men 1-le wlll through 'ns hopes through hrs rdeals help to attarrt a world ot lasttng pea e and 1 berty unxted by nftutual understandtng for a reallzatlon of a world of happmess for all humantty Fellow graduates Thts week marks the comoletron of cur 1 ur years at Tenpleton Hrg School We are novx reaay for our varlous vocattons sorre o us to hrgrer learntng As a class we w11l be par mg Whatever vocatton we may cnoose let us keep before us tue ideals wtth whrcl we have been lmbued whlle at Templeton H1gh School Let us chertsla the great lesson taught to us by our datly contact wrth our fellow students ana our teachers that of coopera tlon wrth one another and respect for the rxghts of each rndxvrdual We are thankful to our parents to our teachers and to our town for grvmg us the opportunlty to obtaln an educatron rn the true Amertcan way We are now ready to go further eaulpped wrth an educatron that wrll make us a credrt to our parents a credtt to our school a credrt to our town and a cred1t to our church CLASS SONG By loy e Sherman To the tune ot Symphony T H S School we know so well All our love we tell lNow that we leave T H S Thrs song we smg today As we go our way Why must we grreve? Forty seven The class ot trtends so true Forty seven We re sad about leavlng vou But we know we must go T ll S As we go along Hear us smg thls song Our thanks to you Our thanks to you 24 ,A , Y11 1 ' 7 A, t ,, . . . ,1 1 1 , . 1 ' C lo 1, ' ' 4 a 'L ' A 'J 11 .. 1 . Y 1 ' ' I 'Y 1 ' l . I , . 1 f A . 1 f A V n -v 1- I ' f . . .1 , A , X RJ f , . 1 L . . . 7 ,

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when freebooters sold tretr captrves 1nto slavery Th1s cannot happen today We know the m1sery of these people We know the meanlng of the word servrle W'e know the lot of the slave To thes shocked people of Europ we are holdrng out a better exrstence a freedom that 1S an mnerent part of eacl' mdtvldual a freedom guaranteed to each rndrvrdual the rrght of lrfe lrb rty and the pursu1t of happtness Stat smen cannot for one moment forget that nattons exrst for the welfare of people that governments exlst for the welfare of the famrly States were made for people not people for the state Wrule t e Unrted States and rts mrllrons of p ople are concerned w1th remedyrng mter nat1onal affarrs we cannot forget our own nat onal problerrs Today rn Amerrca people are restless they are uncertarn as to the future Labor and management are at extremes Prrces contrnu to sprral 1nflat1on rs lookmg at us and to all tndrcatrons wrll be soon confrontmg us Our reconversron to peace has been hampered by the lack of balance between balance and demand True we are all strrvrng for a better standard of lrvrng because the better the lot of the people the better the natron But before thts rdeal can be realrzed agarn we must cons1der rndrvrduals Labor must unde stand management management must under stand labor and they both must realrze that t'1ey cannot and must not rnfrrnge on the rtghts of socrety An understandmg between government labor management and soctety wrll pTOV1d9 the only solutron to nat1onal problems Thls understandmg must be a proper respect for the r1ghts of all rndlvrduals not the r1ghts of a few racral and relrgrous drscrrmlnatron A true prcture y t one that the maJor1ty of people try to overlook or camouflage But such procedure does not solve these problems and as long a they go unsolved so we shall have them The only solut1on to such problems rs a return to the ethrcal concepts of rndrvrduals respect for the rrghts of others governed by rel1g1ous prrncrples A mutual respect and conslderatron IS a fundamental must rn the lrves of all peoples before real peace can be establlshed here tn Amerrca or throughout the rest of the world We of the class of l947 wrll shortly enter a world that IS lookrng for the dove of peace a world frlled wrth sufrfermg war wearrness C1V1l war a world seek1ng balance power sphere of mfluence control over peoples ltves Although we are entertng a battle whrch many older people feel can be treated best by tndolence we must clrng to our rdeallsm and trust rn a greater future a world of peace W have trred to and have succeeded rn solvmg rnsurmountable problems of the past We can and w1ll do our part rn solvmg th1s problem of peace Each one of us you and me can by concerted actron work for or peaceful country and a peac ful world We can accomplrsh thrs ldeal by our part1c1pat1on rn the socral cultural and pohttcal GHCIIIS of our town your state your country and your world Thrs rdeal can be real1z d by actron not by apathy We must practrce tolerance and understandmg rn our own communrty We must partrclpate rn the town government erther as offtcrals or as electors We must part1c1pate 1n our state and natronal governments we must use our god grven r1ghts of freedom to assure a country tl assure a world of equalrty and peace for l1fe ltberty and the pursurt of happmess for all peopl for all natlons b they Amerrcans Hebrews Engltsh Chrnese or Germans If every mdrvrdual rn every land wrll ass rne hrs responsrbrllty of respect for others he 23 g . . . t . e e, A ' J ' ' , e ' A . e , A , I . ' ' ' ' ' ' e ' ' ' - ' ' . 1 . I ' , The picture in America today is not exactly a pretty pictureeestrikers, delinquence, and ' 1 s , . ' ' 14 V I l f T ' ' l I 2 l 1 1 ' f . e ' ' ' ' ' ' U es, ' , 9 ' I I ' ' ' ' ' rr ' T ' ' I

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CLASS PROPHECY On a frne day rn lune ln the year l957 Eddre Marlloux and l were crulsrng down Wall Street a very good street for two successful m n lrke ourselves Eddre be1ng the presrdent of the cttys Bachelor Club and l berng the vrce presrdent and also the treasurer We were as l sard crulsrng down the street rn Malllouxs l958 Jet propelled Rolls Royce convertlble s dan wrth two radlos 3 spotl1ghts and push button wrndows when out of a clear butter mllk sky Eddre sard and l quote Ray l wonder what the rest of the gemuses of the class of 47 are dolng after these past lO years Flyrng low er ah rrdtng nonchalantly down Broadway we almost ran down an over eager fellow trylng to fltrt wrth a skrrt To our great surprtse we found that rt was old Trght Llp Amlclon stlll loolctng for a w1fe After talklng to htm for a whlle we found out that he was runmng a 300 acre farm rn upper New York State and had Just come to the crty for a l1ttle fun We dectded to go to the Metropolltan Opera House and there we saw none other than the great opera star Betty Smrth an old classmate of ours As we felt the need of refreshment after the opera we stopped rn at Earl Carroll s for a spot of tea for we are strong prohrbrtromsts The lrghts drmmed the spotlrghts shone and out sauntered another old classmate lane Hendrlckson who IS the feature attract1on at Earls After the show she told us she had gone to see a ball game a few days ago and had seen Rachel Norskey who 1S now catchlng for the Brooklyn Dodgers whom lack HOX19 manages Poor Ltppy l They never gave htm another chance After lookrng unsuccess fully around New York for more of our classmates Eddle and I declded to take a trrp to Boston and stop at our old home town on the way A few mmutes after leavmg New York we arr1ved rn good old Templeton lt drdnt take wrde vartety of work Alex Zalewskl IS a su cessful buslness man runmng a b1ll1ard parlor ID Balclwrnsvrle Vrola Duprey 15 now mrlkrng 20 cows a day at Adams farm rn Baldwrns v1lle and Betty Fletcher runs the skr tow on Ladder H1ll Paul Pre-dette rs a successful farmer ID the Whlte Hrlls of South Royalston Lrllre McGowan 1S happrly marrred w1th three sets of tr1plets as well behaved as she used to be Cynthxa Savage and Marlorle Wheaton are conductrng square dance classes at the Grange Hall ln Templeton every Frrday nlght men admrtted free loyce Sherman IS happlly and fmally marrred and res1d1ng 1n Phrlrpston The best blueberry prcker the Thousand Acre Swamps ever had we understand Dorrs Wrlder IS also happlly marrred and the head of a large department store ln Gardner Slnce Mary Yurkus edrts The Gardner News all Templeton Hrghs news gets front page space there Larry Smrth who IS runmng an escort bureau rn Hubbardston IS very successful and the fastest man ln town at that Roberta Cuttlng now has grey hatr as she 1S Q tegchef Qt dear old Templeton Hrgh The last one we found rn town was Ellen Strott She IS busy brtngrng up a couple of future basketball stars l wonder whom she marr1ecl'P We left Templeton then and contrnued on our way to Boston Drrvrng through Roxbury under polrce protectton of course we stopped at a restaurant whose stgn read Provost s Bar and Grrll lce Cream bar that IS Worlds Best Spaghettr and Ravrolr by that famous cook Dorothy Alves We went rn and had a delrcrous meal Provost looked so blg and strong that I ask d hrm how he kept hrmself lookmg so f1t Hrs reply was that he drops rn every 25 t l 9 A , 1 l I us long to locate our former classmates in the home town. We found them all busy at a , . ,