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

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$ Z X o J THE CRIMSON AND GRAY PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XXIX DECEMBER, 1945 NUMBER 1 CRIMSON AND GRAY STAFF 1945-1946 Editor-in-chief Assistant Editor-in-Chief B usin ess Ma nagers Secretary Treasurer Subscription Ma nager Business Staff £ Rofrerl Cafon £ AchiJles-tfnttros - Carl QIboik . V Paul St. Martin T -J ulian Benvenuti. J r. 5 Nrrry TiViiHnimrr - , Jean Small t AR i ril Dious. ' Vrtt i, G erald d-rogoiro S -Theresa Swirbliss M J LL— Editorial Afutnni f M I U W I ' I 1 T TT Jlf Athletics Jlduo Dtnnw Jie- Subscription Staff Eilil-u ' .Timljp Veronica Di Federieo Clare Tully -fermwrtH-jH- HTr Faculty Adviser Miss Fitzgerald Locals LeOkm-e Lucille Lusijrnan fili«ui Osluey Prattle Edward Gillon v nthn1ir. II i ■ i il 1 1 n i is ' IS Typing Wanda Boksa Puulinu MaduiT? Mary Bydensky Stephajj Le S lola Helen Welk •) o TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER Carmine Marinelli ' 48 HEADINGS OF DEPARTMENTS Ronald Sheriffs ' 48, Rachel Jalbert ' 46, Rachel Trudeau ' 46 PACE LITERATURE 3 Nancy Wilkinson ' 46, Bessie Michaels ' 46, Jean Small ' 46, Laurence Simonds ' 47, Dougl as Steenburn ' 47, Carl Mafson ' 46, Lucille Lusignan ' 46, Christine Walker ' 47, Thomas O ' Brien ' 46, Margaret Jones ' 46, Roger Woodbury ' 47, Barbara Shippee ' 47, Betty Howard ' 47, Rita Leduc ' 46, Rudy DiCregorio ' 46, Roger Dion ' 47, Nathalie Hazelton ' 47 REVIEWS 8 Robert Langevin ' 47, Roger Hebert ' 46, Kathleen Brousseau ' 47, Beverly Fox ' 47 FRESHMAN WEEK 9 John Ferguson ' 47, Phyllis Agard ' 49, Kent Blair ' 49, Ann Marie Flynn ' 49, Marcia Small ' 49, Robert Craig ' 49, Roger Vincent ' 49, Vincent Del Vecchio ' 49, Alden Bennett ' 49, Norman Leigh ' 49, Isabel Norowski ' 49, William Coderre ' 49 LOCALS 13 ATHLETICS 17 ALUMNI 20 PRATTLE 21 Elinor Oshry ' 47, Harry Chapell ' 47, Lucille Lusignan ' 46, Julian Benvenuti, Jr., ' 46, Roger Woodbury ' 47, Rachel Jalbert ' 46, C. Edward Egan ' 47,

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;3 r« eserSKsre pmS year we find many 7™- of our boys home at Christmas to stay. Bond purchases made this pos- sible. ' ' Give A Bond For Christmas Patronize Our Advertisers

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4 DECEMBER, 1945 T ' 2. 7- LITERATURE ig S ap fr W SWff i fr MS ft ' ' (aV: ) ' THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS NANCY WILKINSON ' 46 In this great land of ours Thanksgiving Day stands true to its meaning. We have much to be thankful for in this year of 1945. The war is over, and all our brothers, cousins, uncles, and sweethearts no longer face danger from fighting lines. Once again thousands will turn out for the Thanksgiving Day football game, this year with much lighter hearts; at every dinner table the roast turkey will have a much sweeter smell; and life all around will be merrier than it has been for four long years.. War against Germany, Italy, and Japan has been won. True we celebrated V-E and V-J days. True we had parades, danced in the streets, and made noise. Now, however, we ' ve had time to settle into peace. Conversion efforts are on all sides. We can- not ignore the problems of the atomic bomb, the present day strikes throughout the nation, and the revolution in China. We must not forget our wounded and the families of our gallant dead. But over all, people ' s eyes will glisten with thank- fulness — for this, our first Thanksgiving of peace. FIRST CHRISTMAS AFTER THE WAR BESSIE MICHAEL ' 46 December 25, 1945 is Christmas Day, but io the people of America it has a greater meaning. It is the first Christmas after the war. The millions of war- torn soldiers have finally returned to their homes and to the longing arms of their parents — parents who have prayed every minute for their safety; who have lived the past four years in constant fear, always dreading the words, We regret to inform you, which have been engraved in the hearts of many Americans. Yes, they, too, have done their job and Cod, in His wisdom, has rewarded many of them by bringing their sons safely home. Then, too, He has taken many; He has had to take many in order to show that He has little toleration for a world of greed and hatred. Our boys have died for that exact cause. They have died so as to preserve the peace and liberty, which, for so long, have been symbolic of our America. If it had not been for this sacrifice, this Victory could not have been possible. The sight of a united family gathered around the Christmas tree; the sight of a mother ' s happy tears as she looks adoringly at her son; the sight of a father ' s proud gaze upon the boy who had once been a fighting C.I. — these, also, could not have been possible without sacrifice. Therefore, on this Christmas Day, though many of us have a great deal to be thankful for, let us think a moment of the homes whose windows are still adorned with gold stars. Let us make this Christmas not just another holiday, but a truly memorable Christ- mas after the war. 1946 JEAN SMALL ' 46 With the dawn of January 1, a new year, 1946, will be given to the world. Let us hope that each nation will realize the vast opportunity offered by a new year and will take advantage of it. Upon the reaction of each and every nation depends the success or failure of this decisive year, 1946. If we look back on the year 1945, we will see that, though it has been a year of triumph, its cost has been great. It has been a year of death, misery, and de- struction. What terrible scenes Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and German horror camps recall! Yet, too, can we ever forget the atomic bomb, V-J day, and the world wide peace conferences? Though history may call 1945 a year of success and victory, we who have lived through it will forever re- member its gore and ghastliness. With these thoughts in mind let us resolve to do our utmost to further every worthy interest in a sin- cere effort to make 1946 a better year. In accor- dance with this wish, let us hope and pray that all nations under the divine leadership of God may come a little closer to our common goal, a world peace in 1946. THANKSGIVING LAURENCE SIMONDS ' 47 During the first dreadful winter of the Plymouth Colonies, almost half of the company had died. Soon summer brought renewed hope. When the corn crop was gathered, Governor Bradford set aside a day of Thanksgiving. The preparations were great and the women spent days boiling, baking, and roasting the food. As guests there were Indians who brought their share of the feast — wild turkeys and venison. The tables were set out of doors. Besides the feast- ing, there were prayers and sermons and songs of praise. From Plymouth the custom spread to other colonies until the Governor of each issued an annual Thanksgiving day proclamation. We are thankful today for peace, for freedom, for health and strength, for guidance in our daily walk, for grass and flowers, for songs and birds, and for our parents, sisters, and brothers. As long as people believe in God and his wisdom, there will be a thanks- giving.