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

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FRESHMAN HISTORY Our Freshman Year began with the traditional initiation by the Seniors, which we all agreed was lots of fun. We elected the following class officers: George Chicoloff, Vivian Anderson, Anne Volpini, and Mike Ryan. Highlights of our Freshman Year were the production of the H.M.S. Pinafore, in which some of us took part. We lost the traditional Thanksgiving game against Bartlett, but were proud of our Interclass Basketball Team which lost by only one point to the mighty Seniors. In June we said farewell to George Gaudette ' s teasing Seniors.

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SOPHOMORE YEAR Our Sophomore Year opened with the election of class officers: Jack Far- land, Vivian Anderson, Santhe Billis, and Steve Chrisikos. Our two dances that year were successful both financial- ly and socially. Although we lost the traditional Thanksgiving day Bartlett game, our class was proud to have three of its members play first-string football: Jack Farland, Ray LaFleche, and George Chicoloff. With the close of the football sea- son came the Basketball Season and the Interclass Basketball Tournament. The Class of 1958 beat 1957 but lost to 1956 in the final game. Do you remem- ber Mr. Duhart ' s doubles, our coaches ? A few of our players were Joe Ada- mick, Lanny Bowen, Jay Fitzpatrick, and Richard Bozzo. In the spring of 1956, Miss Bro- deur ' s talent show was graced by the Twins , Jackie and Judie Collette, and the Vocalettes: Marilyn Bucknam, Ro- na Kress, Shirley Prendi, and Judy Wood. Sophomore Year came to a close in June, 1956, while we all anxiously looked forward to our Junior Year.

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PROPHECY Hello, folks, this is your friendly announcer Smiling Sherman extending you heart- felt Thanksgiving Day greetings. Today we are gathered to dedicate the new Paul H. Duhart Stadium and commemorate the 20th anniversary of Wells ' undefeated team of 1958. Maybe history will repeat itself, since this Wells team of 1978 is also undefeated thus far. Looking through the crowd gathered here today, I see some members of that famous Class of 1958 from the entertainment world: Among them, the Collettes, who have replaced the McGuire Sisters. Jean Anderson, the star of that hilarious new television show, Jinny Jinny. Sharon Simpson who has just returned from entertaining our armed service personnel on Mars. Linda Powers was named one of the ten best dressed women in the United States. Gil Martin is rapidly making a name for himself in his dual capacity as conductor of the Interplanetary Orchestra and orator extraordinary. Jack Curboy has revised the Ziegfield Follies, starring Judy Davis. Rose Levielle is creating quite a sensation as the new female Elvis Presley. Vivian Anderson and Rita Carmel have just finished their movie, Gentlemen Prefer Brunettes. The movie is a Dot Remian Production. From the sports world we have Jack Farland and George Chicoloff who are coaches of arch rivals, U.C.L.A. and U.S.C., respectively. Joe Adamick, Curtis Litchfield, and Dick Bozzo have just returned from a panther hunting expedition in South America. Sitting near these famous big game hunters is Harry Xanthakos, the National Direc- tor of the Y.M.C.A., and Jack Serleto, the winner of the Olympic Weightlifting Cham- pionship. And just to prove that this isn ' t a man ' s world, the fair sex has made its im- pression in sports. Jeanine Tetreault is the winner of the newly organized Women ' s Olympics. Jean Undergraves, demure and sweet, is now physical education director at Radcliffe. Noella Miller won the World Figure Skating Championship. In the middle of the field for pre-game ceremonies stand some of the Wells alumni who have made good in Southbridge. There are Ray LaFlecbe, the Town Assessor, Karen Lavoie who took over Mrs. Beauregard ' s French class after her (as she used to say) 99 years of service, and Phil Zelazo, the owner of a nation wide chain of Big Bunny stores. Along with these well-known Southbridgites we see Judy Wood who is executive secretary to the new Superintendent of Schools in Southbridge. James Diorio, Connie Tremblay and Pauline Millette are co-managers of Woolworth ' s. Vic Lefebvre has suc- cessfully contacted Jupiter with his ham set. Dot Orlowski and Joan Jolda are cleaning up in toll charges on their super-highway to Webster. Tom Knowles has done the complete wiring of the new Southbridge High School. Looking further through the crowd, a list of people seen reads like the Who ' s Who of the United States. The famous lawyer Walter Damian has increased his stature by his outstanding de- fense of Steve Chrisikos during the government ' s fruit-monopoly suit against the latter. Margaret Bliss is the head of the Congressional Library. Maryellen Higgins has been hired to paint a mural in the capital building by order of the vice-president Florence Steplowski. Anne Volpini is the author of a great novel depicting life at Nasson College. Kathy Gallery was recently named Queen For A Day, in need of contributions for her college — Wellesley you know.