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

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1950, in order to form a more perfect union between teacher and student, establish justice in school, insure scholastic tranquili- ty, provide for the general entertainment, promote the students ' welfare, provide and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our former fellow students, (especially for those detention servers and the 8:00 A.M. reporters), do ordain and establish our last will and testament. To Miss Troy, the class of 1950 leaves orchids in gratitude for guiding us through our four most successful years. The class of 1950 assures Mr. Robertson peace, prosperity, and happi- ness now that we are leaving. Period 4 Machine Practice class leaves Miss Howe a happy birthday song at the right time. Arthur Coderre leaves a bushel of apples to Miss Fitzgerald in compen- sation for all the irritation he caused her with his constant changing of his homeroom seat. William Martin leaves his football undershirt to Coach Duhart. Bernadette Baybutt leaves her pull with the Southbridge News publicity department to Miss Tait for the Talent Show of 1950. To Mrs. Adams, the class of 1950 leaves the promise of 103 seniors re- turning for nostalgic reminiscences. Robert Jones leaves his stride to Nelson Horr so he can outrun Charles Cook. In order to aid any sinking Junior, Frank Kaitbenski leaves his water- wings. To compensate for the vast amount of energy that is used by students do- ing homework, Donald Peloquin leaves his meal ticket. Ninfa Ricci leaves her alertness to Thomas Howarth. Stella Bournelas leaves her finger nails so that students under pressure may have something to chew on. Theresa Bourassa leaves her keen smile to Claire Jarry. Norman Dumais leaves his bookkeeping ability to Billy Welch, the Fresh- man treasurer, so that he may know if he and his class are making money. Nancy Bousquet inherits Madelene Proulx ' s sound argumentative quali- ties to help her win debates on women ' s rights. Paul Woodbury inherits Evelyn O ' Donnell ' s cherry red cheeks. To towering Shirley Agard, Lorraine Lucier leaves her diminutive height to elevate Shirley to even greater heights, if possible. Jane Calcutt leaves her numerous A ' s to Louise Tanca in case Louise ever runs out of her own. To Pat Johnson, Marilyn Thompson leaves her sweet smile, to make Pat ' s own smile still sweeter. To Rita Perazzola, Diana DeAngelis leaves her smooth creamy complexion. Irene Clements leaves her piano playing to Richard Knowles to carry on at future assemblies. Nancy Czyzewski leaves a recording of her chatter so that the next year ' s Seniors won ' t be overcome by the stillness in the room. Pat Welch leaves her secret formula for red hair to Jean Nichols who will just love her for it. Gladys Thompson passes on her long-distance phone calls to Colleen McGann. To quiet Barbara Mitchell, Shirley Bruso bequeaths her gift of gab so that Barbara, in turn, may hold an audience enthralled for hours. Barbara Poirier leaves her gay spirit to the future boy or girl who will be elected to the last seat in the last row of 104. Frank Grandone leaves his split second entrances at 8:04% to Frank Deignan.

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In September of 1949, we superior seniors had the privilege of ridi- culing the freshman, humiliating the sophomores, and ioshing the juniors, lest the ti tle of upper classmen inflate the latter. Led by Raymond Casa- vant, Connie Matys, Kae Hyland and Jimmy Athanas, under the guiding hand of Miss Troy, and the co-operation of the senior class, we set forth on the last year of our high school education. Our first senior activity was the sale of doughnuts during the milk period. Ann Maloney, our selling agent, thanks the early morning appetites of the student body for this source of income to our treasury. After a week of initiating the freshman in a truly brutal fashion, we, along with the sub-upper classmen — the juniors of course — threw a party for the newcomers so they would not be too angry at their treatment during the week. Football season under our new coach, Mr. Paul Duhart, found start- ing positions for many of the seniors. Ken Boland blossomed as quarter- back in the T formation with his magnificent handoffs and accurate passes. The pony backfield and the hard-charging line had plenty of heart. Its excellent season ended by defeating the Green and White 23-6. The Diane Poirier-led band and the cheerleaders-sponsored victory dance added extra festivities to the affair. Our class will always have pleasant memo- ries of the turkey day classic because we triumphed three out of four years. Also in November we put on our senior play, You ' re Only Young Once. No one will forget Gilly ' s mustache or John Fish ' s derby hat. Then, too, Ted Hong ' s rifle, Kae Hyland ' s crown, the love life of Cynthia Mattson and Lord Tolloler Clifford leave pleasant memories of Iolanthe. We also had excellent representation in the Talent Show and Dramatic Club. Because everyone was endowed with the Christmas spirit during De- cember, we decided to run a Christmas Capers dance. Amplified advertis- ing by Harry Chapell was instituted for this affair. The familiar Christ- mas tree, the yuletide atmosphere, and the group singing blended together to form a successful dance. It was during these cold winter months that we appreciated our basketball teams. Gerry Lizotte ' s height, Tarkie ' s set shots, Tom Michael ' s all around play, and Lefty Varin ' s ball handling were very encouraging to Coach Duhart who is still unhappy because Andrea is the last of Periklis whom he will coach. Captain Louise Perron, Wanda Bernard, and the Castruccis were seniors of much value to the female sextet. During this season, our school politicians, Ann Maloney, Gilly Chrisi- kos, Paul Woodbury, and Tom Michael, asked for our support for good government day. Kae Hyland was our D. A. R. representative. This is an opportune time to thank Mr. Arthur Lane for pinch-hitting for Miss Troy during her convalescence. We grinned our prettiest for the class photographer and turned our attention to the class trip. Although some wanted to go to Bermuda and others thought our finances limited us to Washington, Gene Dudek and Ann Maloney, our steering committee, decided upon New York. Norman Dumais, the student manager of the magazine campaign, lorded it over Arthur Coderre, his super salesman. With that money, plus the doughnut sales funds, we finally reached our destination and enjoyed four hectic and educational days. Now, as we await graduation we look back upon the past four years spent here only to realize that, although it may have seemed like a long time, it really wasn ' t. Class Historians Frank Grandone Cynthia Mattson Anne Maloney Jordan Zack

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Harry Chapell leaves his camera to Richard Bedard. Jerry Lizotte leaves his height to Claude Bachand. John Fish leaves his witty sense of humor to Normand Cloutier. Biddy Jalbert leaves his fast ball to Charles Fontaine. Ira Brackett leaves his smooth manner to Joe Athanas. Raymond Brodeur, better known as Giddu, leaves his modesty to Arnold Simpson. George Perikli leaves a few pounds of muscle to Andy Perikli. Billy Michaels leaves his Greek Ballads to George Kollios so as to continue his serenades to Mr. Duhart. Gerard Tavernier ' s imaginative stage characterizations and Ben Dargie ' s curly hair are willed to John DelVecchio. Diane Poirier leaves her acrobatic ability to Theresa Tremblay, to Clara Gates she leaves her poise, to Charlotte Beck, her strutting ability, and to Pat Mannis, her special smile for bystanders while parading. Cynthia Mattson bestows her pleasant voice upon Pauline Lusignan. Elaine Vangel leaves Galsworthy to Jackie Renaud as a new string to her bow. Richard Antaya leaves his interest in the Reader ' s Guild to Michael Ellis. Kenneth Boland leaves his unique wit to Tommy Michael. Adele DiGregorio and Gloria Dube leave their unceasing chatter to Pat Guzewicz and Lois Oshry. Robert Nelson leaves his long legs to Robert Bruso. Robert Girouard leaves his How about that love of the Yankee ' s to Freddie DiGregorio. Jackie Allard and Anita Bozzo leave their willingness to co-operate in school affairs to Sally- Ann Martin. Norma Cassavoy leaves her favorite book, The History of Webster , to Carole Daniels, for future reference. Millie George leaves her sparkling blue eyes to Michael Giacobbi in ex- change for his brown ones. Louise Perron leaves her athletic ability to Evelyn Cabana. Mary Rutcho leaves her likeable ways to Nathalie Cabana. Sophie Swiatek leaves her polka dancing and the Ware boys to Gloria Ciukaj. Dot Bucchiacchio leaves her ever ready smile to Pat Powers. Mary Colognesi ' s long eyelashes are willed to Dona Howlett to add to her already long pair. To any unfortunate female with natural straight hair, Pat Davis bequeaths her natural wavy hair. The pride and joy of Bill Egan — his scrapbook — is bequeathed to Mary E. Wells High School so that Bill won ' t be forgotten after he leaves. Constance Gravel leaves her sophisticated air to Patricia Dumais. Anne Maloney leaves her alarm clock — which always gets her to school on time — to Paul Ryan. Don Rawson is willed Marilyn Rowett ' s bright red blush to keep the class rooms ever glowing with color. Mingo Marino is willed Jordan Zack ' s argumentative nature so that there ' ll never be a dull moment in class. Jimmy Athanas leaves his popularity to Vasil George. Audrey Simonds leaves the program from the Rose Bowl Game to Mrs. Beauregard and her influence to get a ticket for the game in 1950. Dorothy Kimball leaves her efficiency to Barbara Rischitelli. Natalie Pulsifer leaves her friendly ways to Jean Reopel. Gilly Chrisikos leaves the Representative-ship to Chiefie Costa. Jean Chase leaves her bowling score to save the day for the Freshman Five. Mary Castrucci leaves her pep to Frances DiPaulo.