Tewksbury High School - Scroll Yearbook (Tewksbury, MA)

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II HIST V 921,11 YOU FACITIQTHTJCY your hrst day in high school? Yes, each one of you, l'm sure, has a vivid picture of .it in your mind. You most likely woke up early, as I did, with a queer hollow leellllg Ill tht pit of your stomach. This feeling, a mixture of nervousness, excitement and im' portance, increased as you half regretfully, half joyfully made your way to school. Outside the door your knees practically caved in, your heart gave a despondent leap: then you were inside. flow thin-gs changed! All that importance disappeared, making you wish you could dig a hole and crawl into it. When you found that all your friends felt the same way, however, you were more confident and said, uWell, I can try anyway. Yes.. you tried. Gradually you gained more confidence. Miss Sullivan and Mrs. Allen, your advisors, were pleased with your accomplishments. ln the magazine drive your class led the others. Remember the donkey and goat that came to your rooms as a token of goodfwork? Then came that which you had been planning all year4your dance. The most interesting feature was the entertainment, a scene from 0'Day's barber shop, starring Red Scammell, Leo Fearon, Leo Laferriere, Roger Boisvert, joe DiPalma, Richard Dewing and Emmet Millett. The program also included a solo by Sylvia Brownstein and a piano selection by Hazel Farwell. The green roses made by Gwennie Barker added to the novelty of the evening. By the praises of the upper classmen and teachers, you knew your dance was a great success, and you can look back upon it with pride. Not long after that you realized that graduation was drawing near, and watched the Sen' iors more carefully. Many of them had helped you smooth out little difficultiesg they had become your friends. During that last week you gave them your warmest thanks and wished them suc- cess in their work. Then you were looking back on your own completed year, wondering how it could have gone so quickly. After the summer months spent in fun, it was good to see the familiar faces of school friends again, wasn't it? This time you entered the school, not with timidity, but with confidence, saying, Why should I fear? I know it's work but also fun. This time you could watch the Freshmen and smile. You forgot about trying to prove to others that you were really worthy of -being in high school. Your work the year before had shown that. As a result your advisors, Miss Swartz and Miss Sullivan, had difficulty in bringing to your attention the school drives, The opening of the football season aroused the school spirit. You can well remember how the boys showed their spirit. They won the Suburban Championship Title! The Wilmington game made the final decision. Five of the boys made the All Suburban Team. One of them was a member of your class. A good group of cheerleaders helped the school to back up the boys. Those from your group were Bette Doucette, Gwennie Barker, and Eileen Sheehan. While the girls in the commercial course were exploring the mysteries and advantages of shorthand, the college course students were deep in Cacsar's works and were progressing in Latin H. Do you remember these subjects, girls? Wouldn t you take them again?--or would you? ln May those of you who were in the Glee Clubs and Mixed Chorus sang in the annual Spring Concert, while the rest sat and listened in amazement. Gym night also came in May. Those of you who didn't take part certainly missed some' thing great. It was fun to show your parents just what gym is like. They were proud of you, Tm sure, when you made a perfect handstandl June and graduation seemed to have come again. The Seniors marched to the stage in time to Pomp and Circumstance. Now there were only a few mOr0 Cl21YS left Hlid fheY lU5t flew by. It was summer again.

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Thelma Darby, who owned her own beauty salon, and had as her private secretary, Veronica Baluta, said she could locate several of the girls who were her regular customers. These were: Gwennie Jane Barker, who was a platinum blonde now, thanks to weekly bleachings-fshe's sec- retary to a big butter and egg man, and has ideas of marrying the bossjg Eileen Sheehan, secre- tary to Dr. Emmet Millett, the town's leading horse doctorg and Mildred Edwinson, who was a hostess at a fashionable night spot and had to be at her best always. They were all enthused about the idea of the reunion, and all wanted to help. Mildred said she had been going steady with Leo Laferriere for years, and would ask him to plan the menu for our banquet, since he was a chef in one of 'Boston's big hotels. We made arrangements to engage the banquet hall at Bett's Beanerien, run by our own Betty Compton. James Stevenson was currently featured there blowing his brains out on the tuba, just as he did in the high school band. We decided to ask Betty Ann Doucette, an ultrafultra fashion stylist, to put on a fashion show for us. Billy Dunn and Dan Cooney were cofowners of Dunn E8 Cooney's fixit shop. Flat tires were their specialty. Eleanor Seaward agreed to give us a big writefup on the society page of the New York Times. john McPhail was back in the army, and had attained the rank of Colonel. Joseph DiPalma was his aidfdefcamp. Jennie Tatseos was the hrst one to fulfill her girlhood ambition. She married her boss, and now had two sets of twins. Anne Ryan had achieved great success in the field of nursing. She was now the supervisor of nurses at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital. Stuart Murphy had planned to be a runnerfup to Fred Astaire, but after a few unsuccessful attempts to master the terpsichorean art, he had turned back to the held of science. We were all delighted and thrilled to learn that on the night of the reunion banquet, our dear Stuart was to be awarded the degree of doctor of Guess What , because of his untiring efforts in tracking down some little microbe whose name has not been revealed as yet. We don't know whether shels blonde or brunette. Oh, my goodness!!! What's that? jeepers, I've slept over, and there's Bucky tooting the horn for me. l've missed the bus, and Dad will have to take me to school. Daddy!!! Hazel Farwell

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Well, you were finally juniors-what a change from Freshmen year! Did I hear someone say you were timid? Oh, no, you werenlt timid! Why you could have run the school if they had given you a chance, couldn't you? That's how you felt, at least! The first big event was Freshman Day . This was the first time the Freshmen had been given a day of recognition. The Seniors were glad to use your suggestions to aid in carrying out their plans. The football season was opened by a winning game with johnson. The Howe game was thrilling and the score was close-W7 to 6 in favor of Tewksbury. The traditional Wilmington game closed the season with a record of six games won, two lost. This year football had become more interesting to the girls, for they were able to understand it more, it was no longer a mystery. This year for the first time Charlie Hazel coached the girls' basketball team as well as the boysh The best games of the season were those with Chelmsford. The boys lost the game at Chelmsford by a few points. The game played here they won. They were proud of this game, because it made the only poor mark in Chelmsford's otherwise perfect record. You gave the Seniors and faculty a Tea Dance Tuesday afternoon of Senior Week. An entertainment was provided by the talented members of the class. Refreshments followed, served by the committee and the class advisors, Miss Maguire and Miss Stanley. The Senior Prom was held, not in the school auditorium as is customary, but at the Reading Country Club. Many of you attended and enjoyed yourselves. The Seniors were repaid for their time and hard work spent in decorating and planning by having the evening turn out a great success, Finally graduation came. You watched Gwennie Barker, Richard Dewing, Rita and Leo Laferriere lead the Seniors down the aisle toward the stage. The big time had come for another class. The History Medal was awarded to Sylvia Brownstein for her excellence in United States History. This is what many of you had been waiting for, but you weren't sorrowful to see Sylvia receive it. The last day of school came. just another summer and then you would be Seniors. Oh, what a wonderful feeling that was. As you left school for the summer the movie camera which the school had earned through its magazine drive filmed your departure. Dances were your specialty during your Senior year. You started the ball rolling with the Halloween Masquerade. Remember Dickie Sullivan's 'lHula Girl costume? At the 'Christmas party, Santa arrived with presents for all the good girls and boys. Cupid and St. Valentine were remembered in February. 'The boys showed the girls that they too could run good dances by taking charge of a belated St. Patrick's Dance. The basketball team answered the question 'kWhere is Tewksburyu by winning not only the Suburban League Championship but the Townsend Tournament as well. Boys and girls alike played in some very exciting games. As you look to the future you think of your Senior Prom, Class trip and Class Banquet and realize that all too soon this, your Senior year, will be over and your High School life will be a thing of the past. Shirley Ives