Wachusett Regional High School - Wachusett Yearbook (Holden, MA)

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Mrs. Lois A. Hall Languages Mrs. Helen M. Hamilton Social Studies Peter J. Harrity, Jr. English Miss Barbara F. Hastings Business Peter K. Houmere Industrial Arts Philip P. Hugo, Jr. Industrial Arts R. Carroll Jones Agriculture Edmund D. Kelsey Guidance Charles A. Lindberg Social Studies Mrs. Alice B. Makepeace Home Economics Norman G. Mills Chemistry Forrest C. Miner Driver Education Mrs. Jane O. Moulton Physical Education William A. Nesbitt Driver Education Mrs. Alice Q. Olson Business Arnold L. Pinto Physical Education Norman A. Rayner Industrial Arts Elmer Ream Physical Education Gerard L. Rousseau Languages David K. Ryan Social Studies Maurice Salminen Science Mrs. Nancy J. Sampson Business Mrs. Mildred H. Sears Business Richard C. Sell Biology Charles E. Shiere Business Mrs. Jacqueline B. Smith Biology Mrs. Helen J. Still Mathematics Albert A. Theriault, Jr. English Mrs. Leota E. Wadleigh Librarian Ralph J. Wadsworth English Martin F. White Science Mrs. Charlotte B. Williams Mathematics Mrs. Jean W. Williams English FACULTY — First Row, left to right: J. Moulton, H. Carlin, G. Thomas, A. Berryman, B Hastings, J. Smith, H. Still, C.LaPrade, P Anair, N. Sampson. Second Row, left to right: M. Clark, H. Hamilton, M. Eames, M. Sears, I. Williams, F. Caronna, R Gaw, A Makepeace, A. Olson, J. Costa, H. Brace- bridge. Third Row, left to right: F. Creamer, R. Sell, M White, R Wadsworth, D. Fitz- P erald, A. Theriault, C Lindbergh, W. Davis, Houmere, R. Barker. Fourth Row, left to right: E. Kelsey, M Salminen, C. Bartlett, N Mills, W. Griffin, A Pinto, N. Rayner, P Hugo, G Cooper, C. Shiere, E. Ream. Fifth Row, left to right: P. Harrity, N. Beards- ley, F Miner, W Nesbitt, R. Carey, D. Ryan, R Flagg, J. Daniels, G. Bowes, G. Rousseau.

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GORDON M. THOMAS PRINCIPAL Charles N. LaPrade Assistant Principal Mrs. Elsie C. Larson Mrs. Shirley E. Bjornlund Secretary Secretary Miss Patricia R. Anair Mathematics Charles W. Bartlett Guidance Robert B. Barker Dramatics Howard C. Barre Music Nathan L. Beardsley Mathematics Mrs. Alii P. Berryman Business Gregory F. Bowes Art Robert V. Carey English Miss Helen I. Carlin English Miss Ada L. Carlson Librarian Mrs. Frances H. Caronna Languages Miss Mary B. Clark Languages Gordon H. Cooper Social Studies Miss Jeanette G. Costa Physical Education Mrs. Frances C. Creamer Mathematics Joseph A. Daniels Science Wayland S. Davis English Ralph Drinkwater English Mrs. Marian F. Eames Home Economics Edward B. Eisnor Science Daniel J. Fitzgerald English Robert F. Flagg, Jr. Social Studies Bernard J. Foley Languages Mrs. Ruhamah H. Gaw Home Economics G. Joseph Gribouski Agriculture William H. Griffin, Jr. Social Studies Mrs. Barbara Duggan Secretary Jm M f. A .9 JjQ i ' 1 K - J ' ! nil Br Si ' ■ f join KpSiL ' m m lEt . IB ■ ff m ' MM -■ 8 MS M §§ j, ’ ' ■ y.t-2j

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The year is 1982. The situation is the twenty-fifth reunion of the class of 1957. The program, This Is Your Life, is going to do our life. I have been thinking a lot about our high school days. In 1953, groups of bewildered students entered the schools in their respective towns. How frightened we were by the big books we had received and by the new courses we were taking! We students were destined to merge, forming the illustrious class of 1957 at Wachusett Regional High School. I must not diverse any further, for the house lights are going down, the audience is hushed, the curtain is going up. This is your life, class of ' 57, says the master of ceremonies. Let ' s begin the program with your sophomore year. As the doors of your new school opened, in walked a sophomore class which had not been united in its freshman year. With maps in hand and feeling like freshmen again, you inevitably found this building too large, but through teachers ' and other students ' directions you didn ' t miss too many classes that first week. That year you elected your class officers in a new, democratic way. The two party system was used and each candidate launched his campaign wholeheartedly. Here were the winners: your president, Sam Elliott; your vice-president, Buddy Amidon; your secretary, Catherine Christmas; and your treasurer, Jon Miles. By now you had become acquainted with the school. No longer were you so timid, so you began joining many activities such as the Glee Club, Latin Club, Band, and Dramatics Clubs. Your class was well-represented on the newly organized ' Echo ' staff. Will Calvin Anderson, Sandra Jacobson and Janet Hogberg please come forth, for they were the members. Let ' s turn to the sports angle. To the newly formed varsity football squad your class added the following and will they please stand up as their names are read: Don Perry, Fran Jennette, Vincent Keough, Don Granberg and Robert Sanders. Your one contribution to the girls ' hockey squad was Karen Manty. Soon the season of basketball rolled around and your class was rooting for their two classmates. Bud Amidon and Fran Jennette. Again you boasted Karen Manty as your sophomore contribution to the sport of basketball. The summer months had now drawn nigh, and school was recessed until September. The months flew by and soon the fall months were upon you. With a new outlook on school life and a feeling of prestige, you began your junior year with great aspiration. You felt you were a more important part of the school, no longer getting lost in the corridors, no longer being laughed at for your childish antics, and no longer feeling insignificant. Like old hands you indulged in your campaign and elected the following officers: president, once again, Sam Elliott; vice-president, Richard Lambert, who took over so ably when Sam moved away; secretary, Allegro Johnson; and treasurer, Andrea Rogers. This year you even made history, not world- wide history, but a part of the history of the school. The first Student Council was incorporated. You were represented on the body by Catherine Christmas, Marilyn Lundquist, Dick Purington and Dana Kierstead. You cheered the bigger and better new varsity football team more enthusiastically for included on it were the following: Gerald Mullaney, Jon Robi- son, Ray Lantinen, Don Granberg, Paul Downer, Fran Jennette, Don Perry, Richard Arnold, Ernest Desanti, Bill Balcom, Bob Johnson, Edward Jameson and Robert Sanders. The Girls ' Hockey Team included Carol Ann Watts, Allegra Johnson, Georgiana Pruneau and Janet Rice. The cheerleading squad was now open to mem- bers of your class. Your fine representatives were Muriel Barnjum and Marilyn Flagg. Helping these cheerleaders along with the team spirit were Sandra Benson and Joanne Johnson, drum majorettes. Then it came, June 1, the day of your Junior Prom. How excited you had been getting ready for this big event! You had been as busy as bees making Oriental decorations for the prom, the