Westwood High School - Green Years Yearbook (Westwood, MA)

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• r- n IN THE MOOD ' ' ' ; i -: ..- WAYNE AND JEV r WHAT ' LL YOU HAVE ? THE LINE-UP 1 V| WHY SO GLUM ? IMPORTED BEAUTIES MA a PA THE SMOOTHIES THE COURT LA TOUR EIFFEL BEAUTY PARADE EVENING IN PARIS

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C la55 J4i5i Our fieshni;in vcar, the fust ol oui loin, loiii; trails aloiij the side of our secoiul mountain, was one ol uoiuler— wonder at the activities ol high school, and woiuler at the so ereignt ol the senior tiail whidi to us then seemed so lar away. Alter oin first shaky steps, the way became easiei as we became ac{|iiainted with oiM teachers and other friends, . rthin .Mace, Tony French, ( ynihia Mac- Mahon, and Gerry Colburn were our leaders, heljjini ' to dear the trail ahead of us. Soon alter, we learned that two of oin j uides, C viuhia and Tonv, had to leave oiu grou|) lor a new trail on anothei mountain. Before they left, however, we decided to entertain omselves and, at the same time, give thanks to the .Mmighty for our good lortinie so far. A little plav was presented called A Modern I hanksgiving. I hose ahead ol us on the second, third, and fourth trails, paused in theii (limbing to share our presentation. Soon after Thanksgiving, (iarol Richenl)iug and l)a id l.owry stepped toward the front of our group to take the places of those who had left. Always we shall remember (iviuhia and Tony for the grand friends they were and how deeply we regretted their having to leave us so earlv on our upward climi). Halfwav u|), we held a woncierlul dance for evervone which was under the ca])al)!e cliiection ol davle Ness, Norman Ricker, and Roger Langley. Ihen ama inglv enough, . rtie Mace, Dave Lcjwry, and [ackic Tiipp all un- derwent surgery at practically the same time. W e were deliglued when they joined our group again, .uul we started up the last half ol our ireshmaii trail. In Match, we presented a Truth or ( onsecpience Show with all the fixings. It was in March, also, that we learned that our c lass had the privilege of choosing the sc hool ring. This meant that novv we woidd have a ring distinctly our own and that they w(;uld be considerably less ex])ensive lor us and the c lasses to follow. Classes to follow . . . and there was one already, lor l)elore we knew it, we had started up the second trail. This cjne was a little narrower and rockier than the first, but we were by this time used to climbing and did it much more easily. Doiothv I ' ortmaii was fast becoming a sensation with her cjrgan, for soon the talented Dotty v as plaving at the Hotel Beaconsfield! Nicholas N ' orris, who has since left us, had a miserable time with that strained ankle of his; but he managed beautifully to get up and down the stairs c n tliose criuches! Honor again was brought to the sophomore class, for now Jean Kreitas won a beautifid clock radio in a nation-wide photcjgraphy contest. Soon we were measured for cjur class rings, and we received them before Christmas. Then oiu falndous Hobo Hop came along, with the oldest clothes in West- wood attending! That was election vear also; and candidates were. on cnu minds, especially when Peter Hennessy announced that the Prench Vous-estes (pronounced that ■way too) was Estes Kefauver ' s long lost uncle. So, despite the rocky way, humor found its way into our midst and urged us ever upward. We struggled on in silence except for a chuckle or laugh here and there. Then things started ic; get noisier again when . ndy Panda hit us with a bang. Accompanving . ndy were some gorgeous gals o Cuba; and, between the two of them, thev provided a cheerful assembly.