Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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f hk Senior Year Book — 1953 Class Prophecy Ehr (Ornrlr METROPICA, RHODE ISLAND, JUNE 1. 1970 President Is Inaugurated John Henry Leach, born and raised in the backwoods of Ashaway. R. I, was inaugurated President of the United States yesterday. This shy, home-loving farm boy was chosen on the basis of his wonderful leadership in his extreme youth of the famous class of 1953. Westerly High School. Speeding Ticket Presented Leaving Port C on a sightseeing rocket to the moon. Conductor Jack Siswick was fined for speeding. Space Patrolman George Gaudlap conducted the investigation on his super-jet tricycle. Senator Reelected For the sixth consecutive time. Miss Joan Maxson has been elected a U. S. senator from Rhode Island. Senator Maxson has far out-stripped every previous incumbent in her accomplishment. Grand Opening There was a grand opening of the Second National Supermarket in Hope Valley today. Owner John Currie presented all the ladies with free orchids. Weather Fred DePietro. scientist and weather predictor, warns the people on the East Coast that within the next two or three days they will be victims of a hurricane. His right knee has been paining him excruciatingly. History Teacher Appointed Miss Barbara Waite has been appointed history teacher at WHS. as successor to now Supreme Court Justice James Smith. FLASH! Miss Virginia Cate has just been appointed delegate to Lower Manchuria, replacing Betty Mudge. Miss Cate was selected because of her extremely versatile ability of oral manipulation. Notorious Crooks Strike The world was terrorized once again by those two master-mind bank robbers. Myra “the Crook” Wells, and Maitland “the Brain” Crandall. Today a safe was robbed in Kalamazoo. Michigan, and once again the thieves used Mr. Michael Bezubka's original theorem. New Discovery The two famous chemists of Washington. D. C.. have finally discovered a medical cure for TVitis.” These two benefactors of the human race are Doctor Martha Rider and Doctor Jean Marriott. Delegate Appointed U. S. Secretary of State. Mr. Stephen Pukas. has announced that John Koulbanis is the new U. S. delegate to the U. N.. and that Fred Lanphear and Bill Croasdale will undergo Senate investigation for monopoly of the potato chip market. Sells Herd Prosperous goat rancher. John Card, has sold his entire herd to Ray Com-rie. former lion tamer, now retired. Paris Theft International jewel thief. Richard Altimari. has been apprehended by the successors to Scotland Yard. Private Eyes Don Kugler and Dick Hutchins of the International Police Force.

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The Senior Year Book — 1953 Moon,” on which our theme was based, shone brightly on our Harvest Queen, Barbara Lloyd. This being our last season of football at Westerly High School, we wanted to make it unforgettable. Since we were an original class, we suggested that for the most important game of the season on Thanksgiving Day, when Westerly opposed Stonington, the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes should compete in displays which would be shown on the school lawn. The Seniors were awarded a trophy for the outstanding display. Each year as this trophy is awarded to the class with the most attractive display the group will take with it the joy and happiness which swelled within us when we received it. The sun shone brightly on two members of our class when each received a distinguished honor. D’Ann Frechette, in competing with students from Stonington High, won the “I Speak for Democracy” contest. Barbara Lloyd was awarded the D. A. R. award. With Miss Hanson as its advisor, the “Indigo Bunting Club” was formed. This poetry study-group successfully staged a Valentine Dance at which Bobette Drysdale was crowned Queen of Hearts. Such brilliant performers as Starlyne Piet-rallo, Dianne Button, and Carolyn Anderson along with Barbara Lloyd, Robert Kreyssig, Roberi Ferendo, Virginia Cate, John Leach, Betty James, Richard Seagrave, Ruth Chamberlain, and Roger Tamer made possible “Tish,” our senior play, which was most highly praised and was the very best performance given in a great number of years. The Senior party, Senior banquet, Senior picnic, and Senior Reception followed one another rapidly and brought closer the graduation of the class of 1953 from Ward Senior High. As we reluctantly depart from our beloved school, we are reminded, once again, that its light will continue to illumine our minds with wisdom and our hearts with warmth, thus enabling us to look toward the future, not with dread, but with joyous hope: for we know that the eternal rays of the “sun” will guide us through the uncertain years ahead. SYLVIA MORRONE JEFFREY BENSON Statistics Snaps Identities (See Page 23) 1. John Leach 2. Ann Chiaradio 3. Maitland Crandall 4 Steve Pukas 5. Roger Tamer 6. Margaret Serra 7. Barbara Waite 8. Fred DiPietro 9. Charles Schriver 10. Robert Strawderman 11. Chester Irwin 12. Sylvia Morrone 13. Kay Cellino 14. Lois Beverly 15. Susan Emerson 16. Catherine Schackner 17. Robert Ferendo 18. Joseph Quaratella 19. Ruth Chamberlain 20. Jean Marriott 21. Barbara Lloyd 22. Nancy Barrett 23. Richard Pignataro 24. Martha Rider 25. Irma Olean 26. Robert Kreyssig 14)5

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 Award Made Philomena Rossi and Phyllis Zeg-arzewski have recently been awarded the Nobel Prize for their great achievements in the field of nutrition. African Development Dick Batchelder. noted American explorer, has survived his latest safari, and intends to return to the U. S. to appear in Al Dowbekin’s latest movie “Jungle Drums, co-starring Ed Gordon and Ernest Gardiner. Italian Ambassador It was announced today that Mrs. Julia Piccolo O’Shawnessy has been appointed Ambassador to Italy by President John Leach. Missing Space Cadet Found The case of the missing space cadet. James Hall, has been burst wide open’ Private Eye Edward Lallo. who has been working very diligently on this extraordinary case, found Cadet Hall suspended in mid-air just a few miles from Planet 88. It seemed that President John Leach had repealed the law of gravity. Journey to Moon Miss Barbara Terranova has successfully piloted a Supersonic rocket to the moon and back. She is the first woman ever to make this flight alone. The Senior Year Book — 1953 Queen of Secretaries Prominent employers throughout the nation today voted Miss Ruth Pearce of Bradford. R. I., as the Queen of Secretaries. Miss Pearce was chosen from a field of ten finalists and will be crowned tonight at the annual Secretaries’ Ball. Sang Sang Gone “Up the River Warden Audrey Salimeno of Sang S'ang Prison announced today that the last prisoner has completed his sentence and has been released. Since it is doubtful that the prison will ever be needed again, plans are being made to remodel it for use as a vacation resort. New Funnies Cartoonist Tommy Church has originated a new comic strip called “Life at Westerly High.” FLASH! A wire has been received at the White House from Nathaniel B. Min-deck. Ambassador to Russia, that the leaders are ready and willing to talk terms for releasing the countries which Russia has forcefully held under her Communistic power. This can mean nothing but world peace and harmony at last! Inherits Fortune In the business world's latest development. Miss Janet Taylor bought the Brooklyn Bridge for the ridiculously low price of $151,000,000. Miss Taylor inherited her fortune late last month after slaving twenty years in a department store. Masterpiece Completed Mary Downes and Diana Crandall, sculptresses deluxe, have just finished their latest masterpiece, “The Dying Cow. New Highwayman Angelo Algiere has recently been appointed Road Commissioner of the ever-growing city of Bradford. Gangster Captured! Louie, the Lug Capalbo. famous gambling casino owner, was arrested today for picking flowers in Wilcox Park. Medal Awarded General Herbert Dobson. Supreme Commander of Annapolis, today awarded a medal to Cadet Robert Fer-endo for a new discovery. Cadet Fer-endo is said to have perfected a “Bulldog Bomb for the complete eradication of the Bears. Case Cracked On the biggest case of the year. Detective Forrie Wright has finally discovered who stole the quart of milk out of the Big Dipper. The culprit defended himself by saying that the great bear” was hungry. Missionary Francis Monteith, missionary on the asteroids, is devoting his life to converting fallen stars. «.6 -