Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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10 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY CHRISTMAS SEALS LOCALS Help to Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis The Crimson and Gray welcomes these new faculty members: Miss Plant, teacher of commercial subjects, Mr. Kyrios, assistant coach and teacher of general science and biology, Miss Walters, teacher of home economics. We are sorry to have three of our teachers leave: Mr. Win ston, who is teaching in Newton, and Mr. Hawks who has gone to Braintree. Good luck and best wishes to you. Miss Evelyn Dover, who left to teach in Weymouth, was married November 26 to Mr. Dana Bent. The Crimson and Gray wishes her great happiness. We welcome to the faculty nursery, Robert V. Beals, Jr., born October 31, 1938. MISS HOWE For Her Seniors CLASS OFFICERS 1939 President Price Burgess Vice-President Isabelle DaDalt Secretary Fleurette Demers Treasurer Frank Guardiani Adviser Miss Howe 1940 President Lester Newlands Vice-President Odile Girouard Secretary Louise Bouvier Treasurer Armand Sansoucy Adviser Miss Troy 1941 President Raymond Chauvin Vice-President Sally Cheney Secretary Janet Migala Treasurer Richard Bardwell Adviser Mr. Snell 1942 President Thomas Walkinshaw Vice-President Jean Robertson Secretary Gertrude Bouvier Treasurer Roger LeBoeuf Adviser Mr. Mickleson 1943 President Wayne Morse Vice-President Susie Tobia Secretary Celeste LeBlanc Treasurer George Young Adviser Miss Drake TRAFFIC SQUAD The traffic squad this year elected Robert Gatin- eau president, and Frank Krysiak as his assistant. The traffic squad is carrying on its good work, started last year, in directing pupils across the streets at twelve and three o ' clock. It is under the leader- ship of Mr. Mickleson. MR. MICKLESON Jack Sullivan Eugene Roy Roger Larochelle Howard Cole Robert Laliberte Douglas Brown John Gifford Kenneth Phillips Gerard Bastien Beu Guertin Lester Newlands Alfred Martin Gilbert Atwood Donald Hutchinson Robert Proulx Raymond Mercure Raymond Varin Gregory Decataldi William Swiacki William Chamberlin Florenzo Locki Edward LeClair Raymond Freeland Normand Donais Albert Bouvier Victor L ' Ecuyer Alphonse Homicz Norbert PickGrski Richard Nichols Raymond Robida Frank Guardiani Raymond Trudeau Arnold Goodwin Richard Woodbury Steven Casavant James Champagne K. Niejadlik Robert Girard Alfred Tiberii George Vasil Alvin Greene Jimmy Bastien George Fitts Charles Roy Armand Sansoucy Hazen Locke Warren McGrath SENIOR PLAY Do I have to rehearse tonight? When does the football team rehearse? Are the principals to come tonight? Don ' t be alarmed. These questions were only a few that were asked as the night for the pre- sentation of the senior play, November 1 8, drew near. The play, very much in keeping with the season, was a football story, When Stars Shine, by Tacie Hanna Rew. Congratulations to the whole cast. It was a great success! Eleanor Barr ' s exciting personality, Mary Weissner ' s demure charm, the two heroes ' , Louis Decataldi and Alphonse Homicz, dash and nerve, together with dominant Coach Green, and teasing young Virginia Gagnon, were particularly outstanding. Yvette Proulx deserves special credit for her excel- lent portrayal as Granny Campbell. Her hesitant means of ambulation, cracked voice, and nervous ges- tures made her characterization particularly realistic.

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DECEMBER 1938 FLOOD AND HURRICANE FLOOD AND HURRICANE Our memories of 1938 will always include the hur- ricane. We have printed excerpts from the many papers written about the experiences of M. E. Wells High pupils. One could imagine the ancient Goddess of Wind blowing to conquer her rival, the God of Rain. Wa- ters rumbled and roared over dams and reservoirs taunting Wind, who soon crashed in, destroying trees with thunderous commands for Rain to watch her methods .... The Universalist Church steeple teeter- ed back and forth three times. The fourth time it crashed into the driveway in a mass of broken and splintered wood (John Beverage.) Main Street, the pride and joy of Southbridge, was a swirling river. Water poured out of cellar skylights in front of the Edwards Company and Woolworth ' s Central Street was a miniature Niagara Falls. Police and firemen rushed madly and helplessly about. Store owners and managers gazed pitifully at the water that poured from their cellars, carrying hundreds of dollars of merchandise with it (Alvin Greene.) Candid camera fiends were in their glory, dashing here and there snapping pictures (Bob Girard.) The steeple of the Elm Street Congregational Church swayed and dip- ped with the wind, when there came a snap, faint above the wind. Then suddenly there was a much louder rumble and down came the towering mass of brick, wood, and twisted steel (Bill McCann. ) In Stur- bridge the old Revolutionary cemetery was covered with massive trees fallen and uprooted (Clarence Drew.) Dresser and West Streets were masses of wildly racing, yellowish water (Bob Hofstra.) Trees scratched and tore at windows as though they were intent upon destruction (Sally Cheney.) The disastrous flood and hurricane that swept over Southbridge cost the town over one half million dollars (Silvy Tobia.) MR. DION For His Skating Rink EXPERIENCES OF A PAPER BOY Philip DeAngelis I had started to deliver my papers when I saw a boy open his umbrella in the middle of the storm. The wind did a topsy-turvy with the umbrella and finally turned it upside down. That boy probably saw the first part of the hurricane produced by Mother Nature and the latter part right in his home produced by Papa. I kept on delivering for fifteen or twenty minutes but upon seeing a tree uprooted too close for security, I went home and decided my life was more precious than my customers. I might well have gone on ped- dling, however, for I had not time to change my wet clothes when simultaneously a giant tree in front of the house gave way, the two chimneys on one roof scattered like so many peanut shells, and the tin on the roof was whipped off, crumpled and blown away and only stopped its journey when a barn near by got in its way. The sum of all this I consider an afternoon- mare which could not be equalled in a dream! MISS HEBERT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES I thought the first Reservoir was the most unusual scene created by the flood. To see just an empty hole made us ask, Where shall we skate next win- ter? .... I liked the hurricane for two reasons: We had no school and we had no lights, and I love candle light (Rita Adamick.) It rained cats and dogs and what not all day (Ernest Nordman.) I went into the store and headed for the cellar. The sight that met my eyes was one of those things that even in the middle of disaster are comical. Boxes, bottles, and other miscellaneous articles floated in about a foot of water. Clinging to a cardboard box in the center of the mess, and crying their hearts out, were three little kittens. But on top of the box was Pixie, the mother of the three — sleeping soundly (Alvin Greene.) We rode forth into the whipping rain which beat on the windshield like a jitterbug drummer in a swing orchestra (Patricia Smith.) My mother called the Hur- ricane a hustle-breeze but I called it a Corrigan Wind because it was really headed for Florida and it hit the New England states instead (Dorothy Hitch- cock.) I saw something that looked like a house turn a couple of somersaults and then break up. The next morning I found out it was a garage and, be- lieve it or not, not a single pane of glass in either window was broken (Robert Olson.) On and off went the lights in the theatre, until the management an- nounced the impossibility of continuing the show. What a disappointment, for we were anxiously await- ing the moment when Marie Antoinette would lose her head in the guillotine (Bob Gatineau.) I thought how strange it was that water, so necessary to us, should actually turn upon us and destroy life and property, and how helpless we were to relieve the suf- fering caused by it (Doris Girard.) The storm left scars that will never be erased even by time .... All the survivors looked into changed surroundings, the fortunate looked forward to re- construction and repairs, the less fortunate to loss, depression, and heartbreak (Barbara D ' Arcey. ) And then when Mother Nature came and smoothed the ruffled feathers of her children, the Goddess of Wind and the God of Rain, they laid down their swords and slept (Phyllis Whiteoak.) MISS BRODEUR For Christmas Party

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DECEMBER 1938 11 The cast was an unusually large one. It was as follows: Bab Merrill, Eleanor Barr; Peggy White, Mary Wiessner; Mrs. Barnes, Elaine Bousquet; Mrs. Rob- bins, Patricia Smith; Lucy, Virginia Gagnon; Mrs. Campbell, Yvette Proulx; Mrs. Larson, Florence But- terworth; Gene Robbins, Louis Decataldi; Jotty Barnes, Alphonse Homicz; George, Earnest Nordman; Carter Lawrence, Price Burgess; Harty Williams, Frank Guardiani; Coach, Alvin Greene; Reporter, Raymond Robida; Pearl, Ellen Northup; Martha, Rita Pelletier; Alice, Mabel Tatman; Ella, Evelyn Os- trowski; Jim, Hector Anctil; Walt, Stephen Casavant; Alberta, Phyllis Swenson; Ruth, Ruth Calcutt; Helen, Mary Tobia; Jane, Bertha Blakely. The amateur band consisted of: Tarki Vangel, Richard Woodbury, Maurice Smith, and Robert Ga- tineau. Members of the Monroe football team included: James Champagne, Norbert Delage, Robert Gatineau, Robert Girard, James Hazzard, Walter Janusz, Frank Krysiak, Victor L ' Ecuyer, Norbert Pickarski, Alfred Tiberii, and Raymond Trudeau. The trainers were Warren McGrath and George Vasil. The play was directed by Miss Thecla Fitzgerald, assisted by Miss Persis Howe. The chairmen of the various committees were: Tickets, Norbert Pickarski; Publicity, George Fitts; Ushers, Eugene Roy; Candy, Ann McTighe; Stage, Warren McGrath; Music, Isabel DaDalt, Stephen Cas- avant; Make-up, Paula Mannie, Elaine Bousquet, Eleanor Rowett; Properties, Mary Romano; Stage Manager, Eva Salviuolo. We wish to thank Goodwin Brothers ' Company, the Butler Florists, the Sansoucy Funeral Parlors, and Miss Polly Chamberlin for their kind help in making this play a success. MRS. COOK Test Tubes ASSEMBLIES September 14: A safety program was given in the auditorium in the first assembly of the year. Officer Lariviere addressed the group. September 28: At a musical program lead by Miss Hebert, the orchestra played several selections. October 5: Coach McMahon explained the funda- mental plays of football. The orchestra play- ed several selections. October 11: In the Columbus Day program the or- chestra played patriotic songs while the group sang. An Italian folk dance was given by a group of Italian girls. October 19: Miss Birtz entertained by sketching in various ways, such as drawing pictures with a few lines and drawing up side down. She illustrated, by drawings, a poem, read by Rich- ard Gatineau and an amusing talk given by Ben Benoit of the public speaking class. October 26: The group enjoyed a community singing program lead by Miss Hebert. The songs in- cluded our old favorites and several patriotic songs. November 2: A moving picture was shown illustrating a lecture on conservation by Mr. Talbot, region- al director of the Audubon Society. HOME ROOM OFFICERS Year by year as the high school grows, the home room organizations increase in importance, officers of each home room have been elected for 1938-39: The following Seniors Room 1 26 Price Burgess Isabelle Da Da It Catherine Chace Arnold Goodwin Room 102 Victor L ' Ecuyer Anne McTighe Louise Gregoire David Ohlwiler Room 104 Richard Woodbury Alfred Tiberii Mary Tobia Phyllis Swenson Juniors Room 202 Howard Buckley Shirley Austin Germaine Bastien Room 204 Barbara D ' Arcey Odile Girouard Gilberte Galipeau Whitman Goddu, Room 218 Roger LaRochelle Shirley Matys Adele Liro Jr. Sofoclis Kollios Room 220 Lester Newlands Kathleen Traynor Hedwiga Swiacki Charles Roy Sophomores Room 219 Richard Aucoin Darthia Bernheim Hortense Anctil Room 222 Rene Cournoyer Mary Curcuruto Gregory Decataldi Alfredo Committo Room 224 Roland LaPierre Nancy Goddu Lorraine Julien Wilfred Hebert Room 230 Channing Pratt Natalie Pierce Myrtle Polley Donald Morey Room 124 Alphonse Szumilas Patricia Whiteoak Gladys Vantura John Sheard Freshmen Room 108 Barbara Cudworth Robert Cote Gertrude Bouvier Harold Briggs Room 1 1 Normand Hebert Betty Gilman Margaret Diorio William Hogan Room 1 1 8 Roger LeBoeuf Florence Lamoureux Pauline Langlois Alexander Kovaleski Room 120 Fred Morse Jean Robertson Constance Peloquin Russell Morse Room 122 Howard Thompson Shirley Salva Elaine Salva Virginia Tondonati Room 226 Francis Roy Ruth Dionne Juliette Brault Minor McLaughlin Grade VIII Room 1 1 2 Edmund Rewinski Sylvia Greene Betty Maxwell Edward Vlach Room 1 1 4 Raymond Gendron Norma Rowett Lorraine Lariviere Theresa Quevillon Room 1 1 5 Nisi Dionis Susie Tobia Celeste LeBlanc George Young Room 1 1 6 George Fontaine Lorraine Metros Pauline Bourdeau Joseph Blais Room 1 1 7 Maurice Parenteau Erma Bozzo Norma Vincent John Sacramone