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

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JUNE l942 At last we could walk wsth our noses hsgh and proclasm to the rest of the world we are tops Then suddenly we sensors were attacked by the pesky foes measles and scarlet fever Many of us were annoyed by rather than ssck wsth them Fra wcoss Roy for snstance watched measles sprout rsght before hss eyes Even the fsrst sensor event of the Year our play 320 College Avenue was affected The star Buddy Butler was quarantsned for two weeks the vsctsm of hss ssters scarlet fever Thss caused great anxsety sn the sensor class but Iucksly Buddy was re leased sust before the play and so the play was aved Upon Ray Phaneuf we turn the spotlsght of our thanks for hss fsne sob of worksng the spotlsght dursng the te'1se moments of the play The athletsc seasons scsntsllated wsth champson football and basketball teams And we of the Class of 42 are proud of our contrsbutson to these two great sports Notable dursng thss persod was the fsne 2l support one way or another asven our team dursng the Putnam gam Thss was fol lowed by the Northampton Basketball Tournament whsch many sensors attended For the fsrst tsme many of them found beauty sn a school busldsng Not to be left out of thss lsne up ss our D batsng Team Do you remember thesr exhsbstson of how men fsght verbal battles? Many gave thanks that no blood was spslt As for our class sts lf ov r fsfty of us have left the ordsnary routsne of classes Some p rsons have already had several months expers nce at the Trade School and sn defense work Many of the dutses of Csvslsars Defense hav occupsed our tsme What a peaceful Isfe we led untsl war struck' And sncsdentally snausre about Mr Sperandso s solly old nature walk Because sn spste of snterruptschs the Class of 42 has fsnally come to graduatson battered and brussed but stsll holdsng the ba'sner hsgh we know we have produced a race whsch wsll survsve the trysng tsmes ahead CAST OF 320 COLLEGE AVENUE I l -J . - 9 . - sl sl - 1 I I - - 1 I ' 1 l ' I - - 9 . 1 , 1 I ' . . 0 D . 1 1 V , C, . . . . 1 , . f. , - . l ck . . I , - Q 1 ... 1 . S . I , 9 . Q . . ' 1 I . 1 . . . , . . I I . . . I . I 1

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would decorate the necks of the falrer sex of the hugh school whule thelr dannty ones would Ive In the hlp pockets of thelr current Romeos In splte of the dlther of dlthers for fear the rungs would fall to appear before Chrlstmas many were pleased to fund that Santa Claus rushed through has flrst de Iuvery of the golden curclets as a surprise present much apprecnated To add to the ranks of our brulllant mornlng faces we welcomed Julle Perron Buddy Butler and Professor Savory who ponned company wlth a good class Then too forty one of us punnors had younger brothers and susters nn the fresh man class to serve as nasty llttle chaperones edge from sand superior lunlors After we gave the town a good gomg over at New Year s our dear class returned to the haven of alma mater to prepare for the lunuor p ay Thus I state brlskly blow :ng on my nalls that the Class of l942 put on the best play ever presented wuthun the four walls of our great audutornum All lok Ing aslde the juniors packed the hall sold standnng room and made the buggest profnt In the hustory of Wells Furthermore this drama Mode to Order Hero was so good that not one but two extra command per THE CRIMSON AND GRAY formances were given before the chnldren of other schools No sooner had thus prause been sounded than It was tame for us to get to work and decorate that same assembly hall for Class Day It certainly IS lucky that gasollne ratlonnng wasn t In effect at that time o the four cars that each made about twenty trlps for flowers vases moss and above all mountaln lthe forbuddenl laurel wouldn t have been so successful But never before had we seen the old hall look so festlve and we grudglngly admitted that the mad and hectuc two days spent had brought pleasant results It was worth all the wor ry For weeks afterward the town buzzed nts decoratuons Closely follownng thus was the decoratnon of the Town Hall whuch we mnstakenly but Iaborlously thought could be decorated on the same scale However the patrlotlsm displayed was In :ts very slmpluclty beguulnng and all those present enloyed themselves So passed another year and the erstwhule lolly jumors have become the serlous se nlors just waltung for the favors of the truflung underclassmen SENIOR YEAR In September of l94l we became sensors CAST OF MADE TO ORDER HERO 20 I . Q I ' . - I r T I ' I I I 1 I . . . . , . I - I I Il ll ' I I I l I - . I l . I I -what am I saying?-to gain useful knowl- with talk of the beauty of our stage and I 1 Q I 1 I I . . , . . , , , . . I I I . . l . . I . - I . . ' . - I ' . l I I I ' I -

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY WILL OF TI-IE CLASS OF 'I-I2 We the Class of l942 takung unto con suderatuon the approachung collapse of our status quo have wrutten a wull We have left our most cherushed belongungs to those un whose hands we trust they wull be safe And ut us our earnest desure that these our gufts shall contunue to shed a blast of sun shune on Mary E Wells after we the Senuors have departed lumped as ut were from the brudg of the present unto the sea of the future Thus wutn a sob and a flawung tear we plunge Into Our Wull To the Mary E Wells Hugh School we leave Bughop s and Martun s udeal school equup ment complete wuth red leather portable Iounaes and combunatuon soda fountaun To Mr Greene RUSSELL MORSE leaves hus horse and wagon JEAN ROBERTSON leaves her car to her To Muss Troy GERTRUDE BOUVIER leaves her competent and wullung spurut to help her carry on another class JULIA LICHOROWIEC leaves her smule to Muss Kung so she can perk up droopy splrlts next year For the Gurls Dressung Room VIOLET SAV ORY leaves a full length truple tuered l'T1Il'fOl' To Mr Duon ALEX KOWALEWSKI leaves hus collectuon of fush poles To Muss Swuacku LOUISE LeCLAlR leaves her bucycle To Coach McMahon SHOES RUZZOLI be queaths hus unformatuon on sports and hus authorutatuve manner un dealung wuth the players MARJORIE COLE leaves the space un her heart for Track to Mr Lataulle LORRAINE PROULX leaves several orugu nal dress patterns to the Domestuc Arts Department MARVIN MORSE leaves hus wunnung smule to Bully Matys lHe can take care of utll MARGARET KEENAN leaves her basketball management to Mary Woulas JESSE JONES leaves hu perfect pause and nonchalance to Charlue Bastuen VASILIKIE KOLLIOS leaves her dreamy eyes to busy Muldred Carlson PAUL'NE IANGLAIS leaves her returung manner to Erancus Kurby HERMAN LASKOWSKI leaves hus wutty tongue to Jay Oker SALLY LENTI guves her makeup artustry to Paulune Bourdeau to take care of the Senuor Play un l942 DOROTHY MERRICK leaves her home room desk un IOZ to suster Norma NORMAN MORONG leaves the speed un hus car and hus legs to make the school go round FRED MORSE leaves hus brush haur cut to Bull Cahull who us already In practice ROSE SANEK leaves her serene peace and quuet to Robert Lazzerun BRUCE WHITTEMORE leaves hus gang to Patty Barb and Phyllus DOROTHY WIESSNER leaves her dependa buluty to handle busuness to Pat Robson CHRISTINE WILLIAMS leaves her charm to Clara Taraskuewucz ETHEL SMITH leaves her collectuon of shoes to the freshmen gurls so that they may look taller LORRAINE DESROSIER leaves her spark lung brown eyes to Hazel Twuss ARMAND DuFEDERICO leaves hus basket ball powers to Vangel Costa RUTH DIONNE leaves her dumples to Fran cus Lemmelun MARGARET DIORIO leaves her wunnung way wuth Cole Trade to Lorraune Luver nous RUTH ABRAMS leaves her oratorucal abulu tues to Mr Earls to be dustrubuted to the debatung team 22 - gg I I V I T . . A .S . I - - 1 - I - - . I I T I I . 9 . I, , . , . - Y ' . I father so he can use it. . . . . . I ' ' I I ' . , . I ' I ' I - . I . - . ' I I .