Westford Academy - Clarion Yearbook (Westford, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY 1545 If Father Trme IS seated ln his offrce gorng over his .f gt records The Class of 53 about to be released rnto the world enters starry eyed and exerted 43-Ras? MONA HARRINGTON and EDWARD BOHENKO Tzme Tzme Tzme Tzme 153 Tzme 753 Tzme Father Txme O Farther Tlme you re lust the one I wlsh to see Please let me know what trme wlll tell about the Class of 53 Before I ll knovw what prarse you re due Your hrstory I must revrew Srt down my ch1ld there at my knee And we shall see what we shall see Your offrcrals must have drawn no blame For I see that they ve remarned the same We had Cyn George Erleen and Ted Also Eva our two Brlls and Red Wrth our adsrsor Mr Rennre their trme was wrsely spent Some were on the Councll whrch had Ted as presrdent Let s see how they fared wrth class frnances How successful were your dances7 We had Tullp Trme Valentme Han est Trme too And Freshman Receptxon before we were through The great Senror Prom that was run by your class In beauty and musrc rs hard to surpass The gangs had great fun decoratrng the place And our earnrngs have gone toward the school trophy case You seem to exhrbrt school sprrrt galore Let's see rf your athletes can push up the score That's a freld, Father Trme, where our stars really shane, From freshmen on up, we're there rlght down the lrne You had football heroes, Blott, Dave, Yogr, and Ed, And Bxll, whose leg broke on a pass thrown by Ted To these add Paul Mack, and you have what we call The frnest teams ever, be rt basket or baseball Cheerleaders and grrls' hoop teams proved more than farr, Wrth Erleen and janeth, Ann, Dot, and Clarre a- 'fr , , ' 'L I 4 :T K at ,D 4,7 - . . . . . . ' 'I .- ' v 4 , f ' ' xr 'J J 5.43, , . I, Q! at gr-fr, - , - .. 4,v-V,-,MXL-rf, f A- 'P 'I 1, f'Z322I 3 ffjif3ffY4m1. -E M777 r 1 ' K' , V., , 9sJr1f'.sjA' 'V ' V' wc, Mp, I ' ' If f ,ff 4 The ,g if-mmm Q Mm t ' 5 I If 2 . . V , . I . ' I, v Y - V 1 3 7 7 7 7 , . 1 , - 53' a s 7 s V . 7 3 ' Y 7 ' J ' 1 1 Y 1 s '53.' 1

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ment The schools should contaln a faculty and admmlstratron whose arms would be to du elop youngsters lnto bcttcr cltxzens by treating them as rndmduals and encouragrng thc dcxelopment of thclr outstandlng talents The bulldrngs should hayc .1 good yentnla txon system classrooms vslth proper llghtmg and a gym and assembly hall for sports and recreatlon The equlpment books teachnng ards and sports cquxpment should be new and IH lceepxng wxth modern trends An adequate health program should be marntanned throughout the communxty School should proyrde thorough physlcal CY.il'l1lI'11tlODS for all students cspeclally those partncl patrng rn sports Exammatxons for tubcrcular dnseases should be conducted for eyeryone vuthm the course of a ycar The health program of a communlty should also mclude the clearance of slums and the general upkeep of the communrty One of the arms of the communlty should be to proude clean and healthy burldlngs and publlc places such as parks and lrbrarles Another responsrbnlnty whnch cannot be avorded rs that of law enforcement The com munlty must proude a capable police force whlch wxll not only fme offenders but also w1ll proy rde a helpxng hand to the youth of the communrty who do not realxze the serlous ness of speedlng and carelessly manrpulatmg automobrles Included under the headrng of law enforcement IS protectron The polnce force 15 under oath to grve protectxon at all times to all rndrvrduals Safety dcvxces whrch mclude slgns traffic lnghts and the up keep of roads would perhaps be a part of thus A good recreatxonal program IS necessary for the betterment of youth The school church or yarrous clubs IH the communxty should feel It thelr duty to sponsor games dances plays or sports to grve to the young people mterests that are gomg to help them grow to be strong and healthy adults The governing of towns rs a responsrbnllty whlch rests not only on those ln offlce but also on the people who do the electrng Electors must be careful to choose able mtellr gent honest men who can be trusted to carry out therr varrous dutres Those elected should feel oblrged to serye the communrty to the best of therr abrlnty The success of the prevrously lrsted rtems determmes the success of the communrty but thrs achreyement can be reached only wxth cooperanon from all members If each mdrvxdual does hrs part freedom wrll be complete an vu .- 5 f . ye WX f xi-v X2 f Zu T.-,rv el-5 0 4, . aff?-g Q . .. . 7 I, .1 V . . l - l - V , , , , . , , . T- , - 7 7, ,v., , - a y V , . i I . Q 7 - v s v 1- , . A y 5 . . bf, . - . , -- ,' ' ' 1 ' . Y. Q V . . . . Y 7. .W . . . 9 1 . ' 1 1 ' ' 1 7 . . . . . 1 1 1 s 1 a . , ' , . Y .. 7 . . Y . . , .

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11216 lwfc I mfe Yzme 7 wie Yzme XVe re nght on top ln studres too Thcrc s yust no hmrt to uhat uc can do Eya Lorraxne and Mona lsee Made Natronal Honor Socrety Our top performers nn the Cadcmy Cabarct Added tame to the name ot good old XY' A Claire stole the show vyrth Arthur Murray and the dmcc Whlle Blll Slott scnt thc fcmrles syyoonrng rn 1 trance Dottre Y as Mammy had em rollrng on the floor And Brlly E and Ed Mac were called back for more The Glee Club vyasn t omrtted by your snappy group Two Brlls Barb Mona Claxre and Ted sang wxth that fme troupe We can t forget our thesprans rn the annual Sprlng Play Each year blazed forth stars lxke Mona Ewa and Ed Wlth addrtrons to the cast rn Teddy Brll and Red In handrcraft Bev and Aurea worked hard Your class 15 outstandrng rn eyery regard We ve capable offrce glrls Irene and Lors And our mechanrc Dave Wrlson thcre s nothrng can slow You even haye a pair of twins Le Ducs Pauline and Paul And there s Mary from Cuba the smallest of them all That s our record Father Trme set down rn black and whrte And lookrng oy er these four years rt seems we ye done all right We overcame our Freshman Fears and learned our way around As sophomores we yoxned the gang new frrends new mterests found Our junlor year rts trrals and smlles sllpped by from day to day Until as Senrors we emerge a part of W A These many happy memorles wrll be treasures you ll hold dear Class rrngs class prctures and class trrp your frrends your teachers here Your hrstory I have revrevyed now here IS my decree I hereby fund you trred and true young Class of 53 l53.' ' ' f ' K ' - - . al' A ' 4 I ' 'A ' I '53,- 4 r L , v u y . . f A 1 ' I ' - A A 1 i . ' ' r ' 1 f . 153: ' . I ' ' A , ' 7 , v f r A . 7 7 Y I 9 I A ' 53.' Our talents in the world of art don't end with this arrayg ' . ' ' , ' , . V -I I I 1 I a 7 3 ' Z F53-' l ' ' , ' , ' , ' g I ' ' ' us. 3 7 ' ',53.' Y , I , D ' - 7 Y 7 . , Y I ' . . , . , , ' Y v l I 1 I - I 7 . Y I 7 I 3 v . V , . 5 Y , '