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

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day at Rauno Lampr s muscle burldrng gym rrglct around the corner After leavrng Provost we rode by Fenway Park The Red Sox now have eleven pennants flyrng under the flag As we watched the crowd stream up to the park we heard a vendor yellrng peanuts' pop corn' rce cream and root beer' We turned a corner and saw our old pal Robert Cuttrng nollerrng at the top of hrs lungs We chatted a whrle and he told us that Pearl Sargent had won frrst prrze rn the Natrorral Most Freckles Contest and that Florence Murdock rs run nrng a Huntrng Lodge up rn Marne what she s huntrng for he drdnt mentron The three of us agreed that rt had been no surprrse to us when Bob Waxlax was appornted the Secretary of the Treasury after the last electron He assured us that we would frnd the rest of our classmates rn Calrfornra where he had seen them when he was workrng there last summer We decrded to fly to Calrfornra because we drdnt want to wear out the trres on Eddre s car We hopped rnto a Unrted Arrlrnes plane and found that the prlot was Ieff Hrnes who rs now called the Hubba Hubba man of the Arrlrnes Betty Parker the stewardess was strll tryrng to catch Hrnes Who knows what wrll happen rn ten more years? Brddrng our frrends good by when we arrrved rn Calrfornra we took a taxr to Hollywood In Hollywood we met Ralph Henshaw who rs a brg movre producer he has two chauffeurs to drrve hrrn around Ralph gave us rnformatron about several of our classmates rn Holly wood Chet Nasratka rs now a famous cartoonrst almost as famous as Trk Tok of Lrttle Orphan Annre fame Ruth Eaton leads a hectrc lrfe handlrng all the brg Hollywood partres Norma Sm1th a prosperous nurse lrkes her work very much for she rs takrng care of Charles Boyer rn hrs old age Ralph also told us that we mrght frnd Terry Wrctoskr and Soup Campbell at the Capacabana frnally loosenrng up and grvrng the grrls a break On questronrng Ralph further we found out that Paul Leskrnen after takrng Agrrculture four years rn hrgh school frnally decrded to become an engrneer Hes makrng a good start all rrght hes engrneerrng a wheelbarrow for the town of Hubbarclston Frnally Ralph sard that Leonard Tourrgny turned out to be the best Shakespearean actor of all trme but that he was strll lookrng for hrs Ophelra rn Hollywood and on Broadway Everyone turned out rust as l expected, for ours was The Best 1947 Class Templeton Hrgh School ever turned out rn that year .1 , 1 . , ' , rr . , ,, . r . . 11 1 V 1 - , 11 . W, ' I , . . , 1 . . 1 . , . . . . . 1 . . 1 1 - 1 . 11 11 , . ' - 1 1 . I I 1 1 . . - . 11 , . 1 1 11 . . . . . 1 1 1 11 11 . . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 ' 1 . 1 . . , . , .

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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 , . ,

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CLASS WILL We tne Templ ton Hrgh School Class ot IQ47 b rng ot sound rnrnd and drsposrng memory ao 'rereby declare thrs to be our las wrll and testament MARIORIE WHEATON leaves ler chatte pox natur to Mary Borey We have yet to hear what Marys vorce sounds lrke ERNEST AMIDON leaves hrs overgrown foccl hords to Allred Agnellr Now the scho I wrll know that Alfr d strll exrsts DORIS WILDER leaves her constancy rn love to Paty Columbus who plays the held To Elarne Rannrko TERRY WICTOSKI leaves hrs drmples Maybe now shell grve us a smrle once rn a whrle ELLEN STROTT grves her naturally wavy beautrful locks to Dorothy Beane Now Dotty you wont have to worry about damp weather rn the mornrng To Albert Carpenter WENDELL CAMPBELL beaueathes hrs abrlrty to blush when ne sees a grrl Where there s a skrrt there s Albert prevent Mr Strnson from havrng a nervous breakdown next year PAUL LESKINEN leaves hrs loyalty to Hubbardston to the natrves They can have rt CYNTHIA SAVAGE grves her extensrve wardrobe to supplement Ethel Murdock s dun garees RAY DesBOIS leaves hrs humor and antrcs to Irwrn Gates Come on Sleepy now you can be the lrfe of the party IOYCE SHERMAN bequeathes to Murrel Bourn her one and only drmple Now youll have two Murrel DOROTHY ALVES leaves her Job as a typrst for Mr Tracy to an unlucky Iunror who wants to rurn her eyesrght To Melba Ballou ALEXANDER ZALEWSKI beaueathes hrs argumentatrve nature We hope that next year Mrss Guenther wrll have a chance to vorce her oprnron occasronally ROBERT PROVOST leaves hrs braggrng about Roxbury to anyone else who rs lucky enough to come from that drstrngurshed communrty To Robert Burns NORMA SMITH leaves rrer auretness so that Mr Tracy wont burst a blood vessel next year EDWARD MAILLOUX leaves hrs ready and wrllrng car to any under classnran wrth transportatrcn probl ms PEARL SARGENT leaves her conservatrve nature to Martha Eurbush Now Martha wont be rnvolved rn so many arguments LARRY SMITH beaueathes hrs Jeep to lun and Marrorre Mrller to help them get out of Brooks Vrllage X I , 9 . , I Q, . . , , 1 . y . I 1 r' e . ' ' ' c '. . o ' ' e ' ' , ' I , . To Paul Waaramaa, BETTY SMITH leaves her fondness for algebra. We hope this will ' e ,