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

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To Phillip F. Flaherty Throughout our years at Westwood High School your supportive influence has nur- tured our growth trom uncertain followers to mature and confident leaders. Your un- derstanding and concern has drawn us to you. We sought advice and always found a friend. Your personal interest in us as unique individuals has guided us through these four challenging years. You were generous with your time, forever finding a moment for words of encourage- ment when days were difficult. Your devotion and enthusiasm for our class have im- printed warm memories in our hearts. It is with great appreciation, love, and respect that we dedicate the 1980 Green Years to you, Mr. Philip Flaherty. Phillip F. Flaherty

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V y 1 1897 WESTWOOD 4 CONTENTS Seniors 10 Faculty 56 Classes 80 I j Activities 94 Athletics .... 116

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Best Wishes For A Happy Retirement Celia Viall During the sixteen years that Celia Viall has been Director of Guidance for the Westwood Public Schools, she has proven to lie a valued friend of students, parents, faculty, and administration. Her active involvement in a variety of school programs enabled her to give guidance and direction to school and com- munity. As a counselor, Mrs. Viall has always taken a special interest in each of her students, providing them with personal, academic and career educational coun- seling. Each year she provides each student with information about post secon- dary alternatives and requirements. Celia Viall should be remembered as one who cares greatly about her students. Mrs. Elizabeth Wentzell Some years back, Mrs. Wentzell stopped by W.H.S. - to help out English teachers for a few hours each week. She never left, staying on to inspire and help a whole generation of her own classes to discipline their prose, untangle their grammar, and discover new worlds of experience and understanding in their books. Hundreds and hundreds of her students found her unbounded energy and enthusiasm contagious; it seemed as if she never, ever, slowed down. Now that she leaves W.H.S. with the Class of ' 80, is she finally, at long last, going to stop? Take it easy for a change? Just sit around and enjoy her grandchildren? You might ask her — if you can find her. Try the slopes of Cannon or Wildcat as she schusses by. Or try the waters of Long Island Sound or the Caribbean; she might be crew- ing on that big yawl or sloop over there. Maybe you ' d have better luck on the Champs Elyssees, where she could be relaxing, sipping an aperitif in a sidewalk cafe, just watching, for once in her life, the world go by. Wherever you do manage to track her down, be sure of one thing; those around Libby are having a better day, feeling younger than they have a right to feel, enjoying life more. They will have caught some of Mrs. Wentzell ' s inimitable zest for living. Frederica Richardson Beginning in the Home Economics Department in 1967, Mrs. Richardson transferred to the Social Studies Department the following year where she introduced the courses in psychology. Mrs. Richardson was a teacher dedicated to each child who attended her classes. She encouraged each student to recognize his own worth, study to his potential, and become a better person. She felt each child was basically good and only required the encouragement, guidance, and tolerance of an adult in order to develop into a responsible citizen. Westwood High will miss the devotion and con- cern of Mrs. Richardson.