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alumnus spring 2007 2007 florida reunion new building proposed page 1 99 years of service to pinkerton page 2 no place like home page 5

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the pinkerton academy alumnus volume 29 number 3 spring 2007 alumni association officers `72 michael pelletier president `57 george tsetsilas vice president `96 john breda secretary `57 nancy gilbert ek treasurer executive board `50 juanita bethune randall `52 carolyn hodgdon cassidy `60 james sullivan `63 gail mannarini rehse `64 ronald gagnon `65 gayle emerson gagnon `65 linda pelletier greenwood `72 peter brassard `72 susan roemer brassard `80 bill lonergan `81 jim fitzgibbons `83 carrie rouleau-cote `96 amy witham chouinard past president `66 barbara stevens elllingwood alumni coordinator anne massa parker `86 managing editor robin b perrin hon alumnus dir of alumni affairs and relations management send all news and requests for address changes to the alumni center 5 pinkerton st derry nh 03038 call 603437-5217 or e-mail alumnioffice@pinkertonacademy.org the alumnus is published three times a year in january may and september it is printed by cummings printing in hooksett nh gift information pinkerton academy is an institution offering educational programs through public support and through the gifts and generosity of graduates and friends there is a continuing need for the support of programs at the academy which are not normally funded through tuition tuition covers only part of the cost of educating our students please contact the alumni center office for information on various gift opportunities including estate planning at pinkerton academy table of contents new building for 2009 proposed page 1 supreme court decision page 1 trio to retire with 99 years of service page 2 headmaster s message page 3 class news starts on page 4 there s no place like home to be built page 5 in memoriam .page 7 reunion chart page 8 sports report page 10 girls lacrosse game page 30 craft fair page 32 23rd florida reunion page 35 golf tournament page 36 upcoming events back cover on the cover a large crowd enjoyed the exceptionally warm weather at february s annual florida get-together after lunch some of the alumni gathered to photographically record their attendance in the front row holding the pinkerton banner were beverly newcomb o donnell 5 6 left andricha rd macgregor `48 please see more photos of the successful school-wide reunion on page 35.

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schools within a school committee studies concept of a freshman academy pinkerton academy has a number of important active freshman year lead to higher dropout rates faculty committees that provide the academy with inforthe committee concluded that freshman students need mation research service and ideas one such committee is a transitional year to bridge the gap between the middle the schools within a school committee this committee school philosophy and high school expectations in addihas been charged with tion they recognized freshmen would move to the main campus that teachers and adstudying how to make pinkerton a smaller several times a day for art music physical ministrators need to more intimate experiimprove their response education foreign language and other elec time to students expeence for our students and faculty tive classes their initial affiliation with our riencing difficulty and in january after that a lack of educamonths of study re school will be paced and affirmative tional personalization search and field trips at a large school tends the committee proposed the development of an autono to lead to decreased academic success mous freshman academy on the pinkerton campus it the committee s goals for a freshman academy inwould include the construction of a building dedicated to clude emphasis on the rigor and standards of a successful freshmen a team of teachers and administrators dedicated to freshmen and a curriculum designed for freshmen studies three secondary schools with similar programs that committee members visited were norwich free academy in connecticut dover nh high school and noble high school in maine committee members returned to pinkerton after asking philosophical scheduling transitional academic faculty and governance questions this important research along with research-based articles on small learning communities was recently presented to the board of trustees by members of the schools within a schools committee the committee s chalthe girls field hockey and softball fields located behind the low vocational building will soon lenge was to propose an be relocated to make room for the school s newest building the proposed freshman academy environment to promote high academic and social success for our freshmen their research on the first year high school experience increasing the number of students of high school showed a number of interesting facts for achieving sophomore status improved academic and soexample freshmen are the most at-risk population because headmaster s message to page 34 they have the most unique needs and failures during the alumnus spring 2007 headmaster s message

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21 28 29 31 32 33 from the classes evelyn lane noyes 524 raymond rd chester nh 03036 class news 34 eral dena was a long-time class correspondent for the pinkerton alumnus she will be greatly missed gladys tewksbury nicoll 177 chester st chester nh 03036 603 887-3715 lois hazelton graduated from pinkerton in 1929 some will remember her as she was a well-known educator we shared many of the same interests teaching a love of the outdoors our town of chester and the granite state i m donating books in her memory to the chester library i m sure she will smile at my selection she was a trustee of the library for many years i feel both children and adults will enjoy and learn from these books i ve also been asked to participate in a program pertaining to earth day mother earth will be my theme gathering information showing mother earth s need for help from us has been interesting gladys albert madden 61 old strawberry hill rd hyannis ma 02601 508 790-4302 aajmadden@verizon.net school days school days dear old golden rule days the first line of an old standard song i learned a long time ago this now brings me back to our short time together at pinkerton academy and the class of 1936 i will try to bring back a few memories of my days at the school and the many memories i have of them i am albert j madden and will try to reach as many former classmates as i can starting with russell holm my first call in february rusty spent several years in the us navy and was at pearl harbor on december 7 1941 he served throughout the pacific theater transporting men and supplies for the war effort yes he is one of our unknown heroes fred manning also served in the navy but i have not learned of his duties i served in the navy and also played the lead trumpet in the captain s band this is a 19-piece dance band i served four years then transferred to the us army in 1948 and served another 24 years including time in korea and vietnam i m sure there are many others that were in the service but i have not reached them as of now i ask all that served including the girls to call or email me remember norman digger watts on the gridiron he was a powerful one on our football team harold red gurley quarterbacked the team andy mesellis was the speeding halfback paul brassard was an outstanding pitcher on the baseball team dan metcalf was our stalwart coach baseball basketball and football as i write i think of my father james e madden of the class of 1916 he was the undefeated track man running the mile run and setting a record then of four minutes 28 seconds he did this as the captain i went to the school 20 years later i write this because our principal john bell said to me why don t you run as abbie keddy havenwood/33 christian ave concord nh 03301 the alumni center 5 pinkerton st derry nh 03038 the alumni center 5 pinkerton st derry nh 03038 editor s note a donation was omitted in the winter alumnus st mark s lodge should have been noted for a donation in memory of al hepworth `31 the alumni center 5 pinkerton st derry nh 03038 603 437-5217 36 the alumni center 5 pinkerton st derry nh 03038 603 437-5217 altadena h dena spofford of east derry nh died monday april 23 2007 at the parkland medical center she was educated at chester elementary school followed by pinkerton academy class of 1933 she worked at public service of new hampshire from 1933-1977 except for 5 years out caring for her father she moved to e derry in 1962 after her retirement from public service at the age of 62 she spent her time volunteering in the community and at the first parish church e derry and parkland medical center until june 2006 dena was a member of dena spofford in 1933 both the chester congregational-baptist church and first parish church e derry having been active in both as sunday school teacher and on many committees she enjoyed cooking quilting and people in gen spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net

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pa demonstrates there s no place like home the project electrical teacher charles kennedy said the value to the students is the realism of the concept it s something the school can t simulate in a lab setting pinkerton will provide the manpower for the project while there s no place like home will provide the financial support and resources through their sponsors to build the house solicitation of corporate and private sponsorship of the pinkerton construction site has begun we re looking for money and service donations to prepare the site explained wood for example excavation foundation and paving services will be needed we re wide open for community and alumni support and help kennedy added there s no place like home has formed partnerships with several sponsors and organizations including the new hampshire national guard which has helped move houses as they are built to help with the project financially or by donatabove the proposed site of the house-building area at pinkerton is lo ing services contact wood at the academy at 437cated across the street from the lobby of the stockbridge theatre below 5211 for more information about there s no place building construction technology teacher david howes assists student like home the organization s web site is www william fulton during class william will be working on the house next placelikehome.org year as part of an independent study project to be donated to a needy family in new hampshire they will be partnering with an organization based in rochester called there s no place like home that has already delivered two homes to victims of hurricane katrina the classes part of pinkerton s department now called the center for career and technical education located in the low vocational building have been given approval by the school s trustees to proceed with the project to begin next fall the students expect to take the nine months of a school year to finish a one-story home they will build a two-piece modular home at a site on campus across the street from the lobby of the stockbridge theatre once the two units are complete they will be shipped to the permanent home site of a family in need where the final assembly will be completed families who lack the resources to re-build their home after a natural disaster like the recent floods in the granite state will be eligible to apply for a house before the first of what could be many homes for new hampshire s needy the pinkerton worksite must be completed and ready for the students the school hopes it will be an ongoing project perhaps building one house a year for someone affected by a natural disaster said bill wood `65 director of pinkerton s center for career and technical education but first we need some resources to construct the site on campus where the houses will be built besides the building construction classes students in the electrical and heating ventilation and air conditioning programs will also be among the estimated 90 to 100 students active in pinkerton academy s building construction technology classes are in the planning stages of building a modular home this is a tremendous community project commented headmaster mary anderson in addition it is a remarkable learning opportunity for our students that will eventually assist a family in new hampshire alumnus spring 2007

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your father did he showed me the many trophys won by him in the by-gone days this is a sad one for me norton bagley and i were in school together from the first grade in derry s west side school with miss goodwin norton was a top student then in 1924 as he was at the academy after many years of being away from school i salute him dr norton bagley remember the school orchestra miss alice norton was our music teacher and i helped her organize the group the members as i remember were randolf frost lorrette lee francis gedney and beatrice bellavance piano al madden trumpet samuel gelt vaughn stevens violin phil bartlett flute and bob hanf drums we rehearsed in a room behind the stage in the assembly hall now i have learned there is a formal music course and band at pinkerton i remember marching from the old building to the morning services with mr bell conducting the readings and our answering the pianist and i played the marches as all marched into the hall how many remember the names of the upperclassmen that dunked the boys in the basement of the old building they were clayton ross and vaughn goss the girls were made to wear their clothing inside-out and backward those were the days i got the class critic after over 70 years and upon reading and seeing the graduating pictures knowing many had passed became quite sad june sullivan pauk was my cousin born three days apart she was born on june 12 and i was june 15 1918 evelyn desmarais senecal is living here on cape cod who i see once in a blue moon she was fine when i last saw her i m not sure but i think irene keith was in our class she served many years in the military i was expelled from pinkerton by john bell in the spring of 1933 i returned again to the class of 1937 left school in the spring of 1935 and joined the ccc s stationed at camp peabody gorham nh mildred hutton loveitt taught english in gorham maine and retired there she and i had a long conversation about the days gone by remember her dad was the licensing agent for the state motor vehicle department remember the wednesday night band concerts at macgregor park the madden and sawyer ice houses at beaver lake the broadway theater bank night daa carnivals and the queens where have they gone these are a few of my memories of pinkerton and derry nh i called tom grady having not seen or heard from him for many years we spoke of our war-time service family and of the good old days tom was a tail gunner in a b24 in the china burma india theater he flew 48 missions in that unit after the war he attended several art schools and became a designer for the honeywell corp now he s retired and his interest is watercolor painitng i talked to claire ricard cling and thanked her for the many years she was the correspondent in our freshman year her family moved to manchester nh after leaving derry she carried on for our class of 1936 now retired and living with her daughter in windsor ct she enjoys her seven daughters and seven grandchildren carmela moro lacombe was given a family gathering and 88th birthday party on march 30 at the weathervane seafood restaurant in dover nh i have been married to her sister rose for 68 years on april 15 i ask all who read this to call or write or email me i would love to hear from those who served in wwii korea or vietnam as well any and all updates about family and your memories while attending the academy are welcome if you call my phone let it ring al spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net dorothy fullonton stone 17b finch ct derry nh 03038 603 437-3644 dorothea myatt grandmaison 15a finch ct derry nh 03038 603 432-8720 sincere sympathy to evelyn rider mccarthy on the death of her brother arthur rider `36 talked to olive garvin simpson on her birthday in march she lost her youngest daughter to cancer but seems to be adjusting to florida living john devine and wife ruth phoned in february he keeps busy doing the yard work at their home in ft myers fl that seems to be all the news for now so will close regards from the two dots 37 38 charles kachavos 18 barkland dr derry nh 03038-3936 603 434-4443 i would like to hear from classmates but i don t have any news tried to contact corienne shea but all i got was a message that the phone was not in service and no further infomation is available if anyone has any information please let me know and i will update the class don t know why it sticks in my mind but i can remember 70 years ago corienne lucille and i were skating on horne pond at one time corienne worked for the fbi on a personal note our daughter elaine retired after teaching english for 38 years she started grammar school in germany and finished in colorado springs co she attended junior high in japan and graduated from high school in carmel ca she was vice-president of the class she attended kansas state for one year and got her degree from san francisco state when your children start retiring you know that you are getting along in years this nice weather reminds me of a little diddy we used to say the spring has sprung the grass has rizz i wonder where the flowers is here s hoping everyone is well and god bless you charles glenn e wright 961 n euclid st la habra ca 90631-2932 562 697-9940 gewright961@hotmail.com lost and found in florida we briefly lost jacqueline o brien mckay but then realized that her son brian s `63 area code in the 2007 alumni directory was an error when we dialed 727 868-6180 jackie answered she is staying temporarily at her son s house all are going to new england in june to visit family lost marjorie davis walker s phone is no longer in service she had told me previously that a daughter pauline worked for verizon in plaistow nh i have been unable to reach anyone at plaistow will a nh classmate accept the challange drive to plaistow find pauline and then marjorie found freda gardner mckay survivied the tornado that struck the villages earlier this year without loss or injury she recounted that she also survived the devastating long beach earthquake of 1932 she remembers being on roller skates when it hit her schedule includes golfing nine holes swimming and bridge eleanor stanton hughes reports having a stint with a stent we both have joined that club nice that we octogenarians have an array of spare parts i would guess that the little plastic lens to 39

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treat cataracts heads the list arline ladd lanford continues to sing the praises of panama in may she ll trade her allergies for the clear air of boquete she also adds her warning to mine don t walk around in the dark without a flashlight rae parmenter sives did not complain of allergies and has no plans to move to panama in memoriam 1929 1929 1930 1933 1935 1936 1938 1939 1943 1948 1962 1972 2002 2004 thelma k bond lois b hazelton leo o pelletier altadena h dena spofford samuel l patten arthur w rider henry dorman richard emery flora pickering burdette cecil b taylor cheryle wood andrews deborah gard bixby timothy j mongeau cassandra karpinski celebrated our 65th reunion has it been that many years i went to see bertha at the haven health center her face lit up when she told me about harold bean s visit with her earlier this day my news is that after living some 50-plus years in belmont ma i have moved to a condo in chelmsford ma this places me about ten minutes away from my son keith in westford please let me know what s going on in your life barbara 42 43 phyllis wilson macgregor 16 butler place northampton ma 01060 413 584-9457 leonard daniels has stayed put also characterizes himself as just an old codger but feeling good and that s all to report from florida recieved a card in march from las vegas regarding richard emery which reads i regret to announce the passing of my pa he was a great bloke signed carl i had received a christmas letter from dick saying that he was in chemotherapy your correspondent is now the only one in the west all of you are along the atlantic seaboard from maine to florida glenn 40 41 marion richardson pounder 3b pine isle dr derry nh 03038 603 432-3998 springtime greetings to everyone george sheldon has returned home from spending the winter in green valley az while there he entered the senior games and won six medals four gold including golf putting chipping poker and texas hold em one silver for billiards and a bronze for shuffle board several classmates have asked me about getting together for lunch not as a formal reunion but just a time to get-together and reminisce anyone interested please call me and i will arrange a date and place marion barbara keith gibbons 181 littleton rd unit 220 chelmsford ma 01824 978 455-3427 babsgibb@yahoo.com dear classmates although i am aware of the impossible task it will be to try and fill bertha s shoes i decided to volunteer to be the class correspondent if any one of you would really like to do this step up my feelings will not be hurt i m sure that we all agree on how much bertha is missed she was the glue that held the class of 1941 together all these many years following the alumni day luncheon in june 2006 when we roland routhier 2 severance st derry nh 03038 603 432-2032 rout2@comcast.net here we go again starting another new year and it seems that all the news i have to report for our class is bad news our classmate flora pickering burdette passed away on january 11 2007 at the concord regional visiting nurse association hospice house after a long illness i hadn t received an email from flora for quite some time and wondered how she was doing so it came as a shock when i read this news flora was very active with her church group and did a lot of volunteer work for her community her last trip to derry was for our 60th class reunion and in one her emails she later told me how much she enjoyed seeing her classmates and reminiscing our condolences go out to her family and we will miss her i ve lost count of how many of our classmates are no longer with us so maybe if one of you is keeping track please refresh my memory i still hear from bill stewart from time to time and he inquires about the well-being of you guys i don t have much to tell him as i seldom hear from any of you how come now on a much nicer note this winter is fast fading and it s been great lorraine and i decided during the summer that we were not going south this winter so the weatherman decided to take it easy on us it s the first time in about 30 years that we haven t gone south but we found it nice staying in town i still keep busy with my job as supervisor of the checklist and you can find me at the town hall stop by to say hi and see your `tax dollars at work on march 29 lorraine and i attended a musical `guys and dolls presented by the pinkerton players at the stockbridge theater we were really impressed at the professional way the students performed in this wonderful presentation it made us both proud to be part of the pinkerton family we try to see as many of the shows as we can and have enjoyed all we have seen on a humorous note while at this show we sat beside two young ladies and we conversed while waiting for the show to begin in our conversation i asked what class they were in smiling they replied they were both teachers at pinkerton and had graduated from there a few years earlier i was slightly embarrassed but then i thought at my age anyone under 50 looks a lot younger to me and besides i m allowed these slight miscalculations right each time we attend a function at pinkerton we marvel at the many changes that have occurred in the few years since we graduated and how mature and well-mannered the young people act next year 2008 will be the 65th anniversary of our graduation i m not planning a reunion but it does fall on the year of the pinkerton biennial reunion if any of you plan on attending this affair the reservation form is usually in the alumnus so watch for it make your reservation with the school and send them the check they will arrange for our class seating together if there is alumnus spring 2007

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ss cla ur like o r ee y ld t s wou gethe e on ou ohdy et-t at t ou if y and n a g arker 217 7-5 ep pla ed list help ll ann r at 43 to ase ca ente ple mni c alu 1957 date september 29 2007 time 6 p.m place the pinkerton tavern cost tba contact jean dutra davis 603 623-3283 or nancy gilbert ek 603 432-9293 tour at pinkerton 4 p.m 1972 date october 13 2007 time 6 p.m place pinkerton academy cost tba contact don hill 802 933-6532 dhillsr@hotmail.com reunion to be held in the spaulding arts and humanities center in the cafe 1987 date september 28 2007 time 6:30 p.m place the radisson hotel cost tba contact eric dupere eric@ipaymentfla.com or leslie marcy pendergast 763 862-5986 lesdanmn@aol.com 1997 date tba time tba place tba cost tba contact the alumni center 603 437-5217 1977 date august 3 2007 time tba place castleton windham nh cost $50 contact mike mulrennan 603 880-4624 mjmulrennan@aol.com please register at www.pa77.com 1992 date september 29 2007 time 11 a.m place pinkerton academy cost tba contact liz morris tewksbury liztewks@hotmail.com catered picnic to be held on the patio of the spaulding arts and humanities center near the cafe 2002 date tba time tba place tba cost tba contact the alumni center 603 437-5217 1967 date july 14 2007 time 6 p.m place pinkerton academy cost $35 contact polly wells tewksbury 603 483-2050 or 603 505-1085 reunion to be held in the spaulding arts and humanities center in the cafe 1982 date tba time tba place tba cost tba contact lisa karakostas 603 773-6950 lkarakostas@ehr.org if you would like to help plan the reunion please contact lisa the reunions of 2007 spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net

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guess who turned 80 and celebrated his 60th wedding anniversary this year congratulations to sam low and barbara wheeler low `46 on their anniversary not too many accomplish two big milestones in one year sam s family provided his photo above and wanted to send their love enough interest i will ask for a room after so that we may visit and chat it would be something very informal but a chance to meet one more time so please make an effort to attend this reunion make your reservation and let me know i ll take it from there i hate to use that old cliché it s later than you think but it s later than you think roland routhier 44 lorraine ninan holm 10 mallard ct derry nh 03038 603 432-2690 the new year came very fast i ll try to tell you about some of our classmates and their activities we are only 20 left to come to our reunions as you know about six people live many states away so please people come to nh next year in 2008 for our reunion ginny smith ball and foster tell me they are well as are their five children and eight grandchildren they wish us all a great 2007 as glenna cote downing tells me she celebrated her 80th birthday this year and it didn t phase her a bit i can t say the same it really shook me up she enjoyed a luncheon given by her bridge friends her granddaughter and husband joe took her to hawaii in february of 2006 it took her two weeks to recover her biggest complaint is she doesn t have energy or as much as she d like to have she almost gave up golfing she manages to keep busy with bridge mah jong and some volunteer work at her church and daily walks she went to hershey pa for christ mas 2006 went to georgia to lake lanier and calloway gardens near atlanta and a while ago she went to a church bus trip i say glenna no wonder you say you lack energy you certainly go and enjoy your life ruth severance devine says she was 80 march 19 2006 she finds it hard to believe she is now in her 80 s she tells me that john and she will be married for 63 years and they said it wouldn t last john falls often and has to use a cane and walker and doesn t like it a bit he s pleasantly stubborn and doesn t want to think about using a wheelchair he s 89 and no longer drives their son james lives near them and takes them for appointments or whereever they wish to go ruth s arthritis bothers her a lot but seems the only major health problem when she heard that we had our first snowstorm she could remember snowstorms but glad they haven t any had lunch with bernice martel becker a few weeks ago she calls me about once a month and we go out to lunch and talk over our school times and church days friendship is a wonderful thing to have the food is secondary maizie carey moynihan another good friend called me her granddaughter goes to yale and plays on the girls basketball team she is an a students an maizie is so proud of her al moore wrote on bertha wiggins holm s christmas card he said he and his wife were really sorry they couldn t attend our last class reunion but will try in 2008 they had a huge family reunion planned in north carolina so couldn t attend our affair we ll all be looking for you both in june of 2008 they have never missed a reunion got a nice surpirse telephone call from bill merrill he wanted to tell me he was so much better healthwise and no longer had to walk with a cane or walker that is good news and also doesn t have to use a wheelchair there is one thing he doesn t do is drive his two sons have to do that for him i told him i take 11 pills a day and he said he takes 14 guess he had me beat a mile he still lives in his family home on the farm in londonderry he s lived there for 79 years he was able to attend the military officers association of america meeting at the executive club this group is influential in assisting the veteran s military affairs group in washington dc there are 5,000 members in the usa he told me a cute story about when he was in the service and was checking in at a new base the officer checking him in said where are you from he said new hampshire and the officer said he was from maine and was glad to talk with bill bill said their talking led to his giving him a suite instead of a room katherine adel hardy the wife of our late classmate leander hardy passed away on february 10 2007 in the maple leaf health care center in manchester i remember her as a fine lady who visited the elderly helping the needy and truly enjoying meeting people please try to write to me even if it s only a paragraph we are only 24 strong now and my news is dwindling with love lorraine elaine latulippe rendo 19 lane rd derry nh 03038 603 432-9633 laneroadelaine1@aol.com for those of you who live away from this area and might think that we are now beginning our spring the news is that in the past few months we have just begun to have winter today as i write we are expecting another snow storm rain and sleet turning into snow again this after an unbelievably mild and almost springlike winter i have just returned from spending easter with my son jim his wife jackie and son andrew in phoenix where the 45 alumnus spring 2007

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pinkerton academy sports news cheerleaders sportsmanship highlight winter season quarles and alicia zajac all were four year varsity cheerleaders and were members of seven state spirit titles this team put on another outstanding performance at the new england championships and placed a close second at that meet alicia the winter season was again kind to the pinkerton academy zajac won the nh individual cheerleading competition held sports program the cheerleading squad led the way by win at pinkerton ning the state championship and also being honored as the best ed faszewski s boys swim squad was near the top of their for sportsmanship in their sport the girls indoor track team sport all season the astros lost only a close meet to lonand the boys swim team captured the runner-up plaque at their donderry on their way to a regular season record of 14 wins and respective state meets the overall winter sport program earned 1 loss this group headed by senior caption quinn doucette the runner-up sport plaque at their respective state meets the and a strong junior contingent of harrison hollingsworth kai overall winter sport program earned the runner-up spot for chan and marc marois were outstanding at the state chamsportsmanship in class l a prestigious accomplishment all pionships in durham and brought home the runner-up plaque of pinkerton s ten winplacing second to ter sport programs had keene this foursome reason to be proud after also represented pa this productive indoor at the new england season meet in rhode island the pinkerton varand was good enough sity teams were simply to place at this compeoutstanding as they tition won 141 while losing the girls track just 50 while sub-varteam was good ­ very sity squads also made good this winter but us proud by winning they are in the same 50 of their 84 contests division as perennearly fifty percent nial power bishop of our winter athletes guertin despite bree were honor roll sturobinson capturing dents with girls basketthe 55-meter dash ball ice hockey girls aryon trujillo wintrack and cheerleading ning the 3000-meter leading the way nine athletic director robert royce and associate dean of students beverly run and several other members of our boys lannan far right proudly posed for a photo with this year s female scholar good performances basketball squad the athletes they include from the left kaitlin kwiecien kelly sennott emily the astros could not most in class l made sinitski kaylee dinardo meredith houghton mia picillo and julie sheehan topple bg and had the all-state scholastic to settle for the runteam four pa athletes won individual state championships this ner-up plaque for the second straight winter seniors kaitlin winter on the varsity level two subvarsity teams won end of kwiecien brittany cole and meredith houghton were also year tourneys in their sport standouts this season for pa who completed an excellent 28-2 sportsmanship was again well recognized at our school regular season during the past winter the astros were rated second among despite losing several starters from the state championship the 20 class l schools for sportsmanship and the cheerleading squad of 2006 john barry s girls basketball team surpassed squad won the sportsmanship award again for spirit the third the expectations of many and put together a superb season this time they have earned this honor others recognized in their team got several excellent performances from seniors kellie sport were girls basketball which placed second while girls cunningham sarah mcnult rebecca ormond and mia track and ice hockey both placed fifth the jv wrestling and jv picillo en route to a 13-5 regular season the regular season cheerleading teams won the sportsmanship award at tourneys included a win over state champion winnacunnet on the road they attended during their post season and against excellent teams from trinity and londonderry the the pa cheerleading squad made it four straight titles in astros won their prelim tourney contest over salem before losthe winter by capturing the class l spirit championship this ing a close contest to winnacunnet in the quarters group coached by michelle mccarty put on a near perfect walter roberts and his boys track squad stood out all winperformance in durham in late february and they needed to be ter winning 32 of 34 meets during the regular season before in order to beat a strong class l field including the blue dev placing fourth at the class l meet at dartmouth seniors craig ils of salem this squad won competitions at bishop guertin sports news to page 33 concord and medford before heading to durham for class l the three seniors on the team melissa delaney camille 10 spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net

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weather was in the high 80 s imagine my surprise when trish my daughter calling to confirm the plans for meeting me at the manchester airport told me that during the week there had been a 12 snow storm here and of course it was still really cold think global warming in february while having dinner with friends at a local restaurant i met sam and barbara wheeler low `46 who told me that they were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary the next day at the puritan back room in the newspaper article a week later a wonderful picture of the two of them appeared along with the information that they were married january 4 1947 in manchester they have seven children 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren the celebration was hosted by their children sam worked at the derry post office and retired as assistant postmaster he has been one of the group of us who planned the class reunions when we ve met at marion piper caldwell s home marion wrote a lovely note following the printing of the last alumnus article telling me how much she enjoyed what i had written about her trip to the wedding of her great nephew in arizona she said that it helped her to relive the pleasure of that wonderful and memorable time she also noted that this couple were then the parents of a four month old baby i had forgotten to mention in that article that after marion showed claire cote ball and me the photos of the wedding and described her trip she brought us downstairs to show us where she keeps her 100 plus photo albums you can imagine my amazement and envy knowing how many countless pictures i have that are still waiting to be put into albums i am very happy to write that gladys hoisington richardson has returned here to live after living with her daughter in rhode island for several months she realized that she missed being with all that is familiar and where some of her family and her friends are welcome back gladys we missed you also last month bertha hall bourque wrote to me enclosing some newspaper articles of my sister that her mother had saved she wrote that she still works on thursdays and saturdays at a fabric store enabling her to get plenty of fabrics and sew every day she is an exceptional dressmaker and her scarves are beautiful as i know since i have one she kindly gave to me bertha still lives in manchester with her husband edward i understand that harold and barbara gallien moynihan are back after having spent time in florida with their sons and their families unfortunately they arrived back when the weather turned back to winter wonder if they wish they were back in the warmth of florida now that the holidays are over we are hoping to again have a mini-reunion possibly in the early weeks of may someone will be calling once the date and place are agreed upon previously we have always had an excellent response so we hope that this time will be as successful once again please call write or email me with your news and information this column is dependent on your response so please let me hear from you my telephone number is 432-9633 and my email is laneroadelaine1@aol.com elaine eugene fontaine 15 coteville rd londonderry nh 03053 603 432-2138 apologies from the editor for mispelling an obituary for the class of 1946 in the last issue shirley abbott merrill passed away from your correspondent hi gang well it s that time of the year again most of the news is not good a good friend of mine and our classmate frank young lost his wife mary smith young `49 and i m sure that i speak for all of us that we are sorry for the family s loss i got a call from walter novak `50 letting me know that his sister helen novak brulport passed away she has lived in florida for years in the palm beach area and then moved to sebastian fl our condolences to the family also our condolences to pat and ken macdonald for the loss of his brother roland chuck johns called him a few days ago and talked about old times ken has had a battle with cancer for the last ten years but he told chuck he was doing quite well we missed you at our reunion now for good news some of us got together at the yard restaurant for dinner a few weeks ago we all had a good time there were 15 of us we had a separate room and it was great barbara and dick true jim and betty `49 mcgrevey chuck and barbara `52 johns sam `45 and barbara low tom and janice `45 moyhihan irene and bud `45 hicks joannne aiken `48 and joan and i we may do this again in the fall if anyone wants to join us please call this summer joanne aiken spent two weeks with ray and vera wingate hunkins as usual vera and ray are the best of hosts as we all know from our past committee dinners we all miss you both as always gene jean mackinnon marlow 3225 apperson rd east bend nc 27018 336 699-8972 jmmarlow@juno.com i have heard from a few of our classmates regarding our having a 60th reunion anyone interested please let me know as soon as possible the pa biennial alumni luncheon is not being held this year every other year so if we want a reunion planning needs to start i would love to receive suggestions as to when and where i usually get to derry in september or october and would love a reunion there and then i received a note from audrey torrey saying they are back in nh as the move to pa did not pan out now audrey is busy trying to get her gardens ready for spring by the time this issue comes out hopefully she won t have snow to worry about based upon the weird weather world-wide we d best be doing our all to affect global warming hoping to hear from many of our classmates jean mackinnon marlow 47 48 46 margaret peg fogarty marrigan 81 hardy road londonderry nh 03053 603 437-4568 the class extends deepest sympathy and condolences to joan thatcher taylor family and loved ones buck passed away march 19 2007 at their home in walpole this man lived a full and busy life he leaves a great legacy of love and friendship to his loved ones and community the class also extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to betty daskal macrury and loved ones with the passing of her husband king macrury i am writing this report in april as the nor easter swirls through new england i hear the frustrations of friends who want and need spring as you read this i do hope all is well spring chores are done and gardens in personally i will be thrilled to have screens in and open windows i have cats who love to curl up on open sills and chatter at the birds i do hope you enjoyed spring when it finally came and gardeners i hope you are enjoying the results of your labor have fun peg alumnus spring 2007 11

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virginia verge nelson 17 everett st derry nh 03038 603 432-2220 nelsonv1000@aol.com first of all i received a christmas letter from carlene caldwell sanborn which i received after our last deadline for the alumnus column in december she and bruce are great-grandparents now her sister louise lost her husband last summer so carlene and she went on a river cruise in europe with grand circle cruise lines in october i received a phone call from malcolm whitney the first of february instead of florida he is now living near his daughter rita in maine also have received some phone calls from chuck keith he said he was just checking in to see if i had any news i couldn t tell him much because no one ever writes or calls me from around here the class would like to extend its sympathy to the family of mary smith young who passed away on february 22 2007 at her request there were no formal services she and her husband frank had been maried 59 years i also received a call from gordon lovell who lives in maine his wife irma was driving her chevy impala on one of those stormy days the end of january she hit black ice and the car left the road and crashed it was totally destroyed and luckily irma walked away from it well dick and i have put away our ark until next winter by charles reynolds po box 1851 palmer ak 99645-1851 907-745-2303 hawkhill@matnet.com winter was tough wasn t it it was so cold up here the scenery froze broke loose and blew away meanest march ever makes thinking about tahiti easy a pox on thirty below walt novak and wife louise recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary always fun to hear from those two special people that pair our friend kitty checks in frequently traded her shot gun didn t like thoughts of landing on her bee-hind so now she s packing a .38 her woodpile keeps her fit woodpiles do that discovered her daughter lisa is a dog musher owns 35 dogs and races many i d rather watch the front half of a dog wouldn t you john pellerin writes often i forgot he retired at 57 from an auto accident he recently lost his youngest daughter who had cerebral palsy then his wife myrtle to whom he has been married for ten years lost a daughter to cancer the two daughters died two days apart how hard must that have been i ache thinking about it he now has three daughters and two sons and myrtle has four daughters and two sons they live in a motorhome in charlestown nh somehow they stay positive not sure i could shirley royce wrote she s picking up pieces of her life trying to move forward her husband came in from a bike ride said he d never do that again then collapsed and died they were married 41 years the cycle of life spins on but we don t have to like it it s so difficult to lose a spouse or a child she seems wonderfully positive strong classmates ours her chickens bring her pleasure especially the bossy one head-hen doesn t want her nest moved nor ants crawling in it good layers though shirley believes it was gelt s not gillette s that delivered groceries guess i goofed says she loved those icecream sundaes at pieroni s and the thick frappes at low s drugstore shirley s reachable at 2065 nw 165th court road dunnellon fl 34432 sometime google the word frappe.surprised the class of 1951 gathered for their 55th reunion those attending included first row thank-you planners left to right carol o hara glendene woodberry bob wayman virginia pillsbury and marie caldwell/bryant for inviting murray second row left to right don ball claire lewis lucille bailey marilyn kumin bill us to an 06-06-07-noon-miniputnam kay monty betty richardson and bill low reunion derry plaza restaurant 1/4 mile off i-93 dr ej has then there will be a sump pump installed downstairs two wet only one year of psychiatry training to go he deserves some vacs are a lot more strenuous it only came through the laundry loud cheering great to hear from various alumni known and this time via the workshop which will be renovated this summer unknown who caught my reminiscing errors and set me straight to make room for the sump pump we didn t have it as bad as imagine my big surprise when maizie carey `42 called i ve did our son dave and his family they live in deerfield on not never met her in my whole life i only knew her as a gorgeous tingham road with bridges on both sides of their house and both redhead who was a queen contestant for the 20th derry winter bridges swept away by the rain so they were literally marooned carnival and that she made me swoon i started my swooning they took some pictures of the broken road and driveways of young but you knew that said she came in second theresa their neighbors that were partially demolished that s all the bourassa won the title delightful visit thank-you maizie also news for now hope everyone has a nice summer amazing genevieve stannard rowell `52 who had saved a clipginny ping from the 02-05-46 manchester union of that queen contest 49 50 12 spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net

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sent me a copy ok new memory workout which hepworth buzzed our heads with which navy plane the f4f wildcat the f6f hellcat or the f4u corsair wonder what muzzy s was wonder where jackie hepworth is remember the shiny-black graham-paige jack rider s son bob drove a 1941 i think well great gobs of goose grease mates one of those just sold at auction for $55,500 be well do well bye charles on the farm glendene woodberry horion 200 hanover st apt 113 manchester nh 03104 603 622-1464 and claire marquis lewis 365d old lakeshore rd gilford nh 03249 603 293-4382 i just arrived home this week from florida and already we have had two april snowstorms the latter being a nor easter resulting in major flooding across the northern part of the state with gilford having several streets closed off because of low-lying flood areas i have not been anywhere for three days and long to see my forsythia in bloom and my crocuses poking up their pretty yellow heads o spring wherefore art thou the photo is from our 55th class reunion which was inadvertantly omitted in the last alumnus see if you can correctly identify our classmates bob chase arrived late and is not pictured here but he got to see most of us before he left we had our annual class get-together again in early march and happily added one more to our fold nancy gallien small and her husband don `46 made the trip across the state to be with us at the dutch heritage restaurant where we meet yearly others attending were virginia pillsbury lints and hubby don marilyn kumin meyers and hubby john marie murray weston and hubby carl lucille noddin bailey kay monty potfora and myself we were all being seated at a long table when we noticed a familiar face at the next table and at a glance saw that is was villed with tahiti village residents from the park where lucille and i live there were also having a reunion with several friends who are no longer in the park how cool is that after dinner we again drove to ginny and don s for coffee and desserts i ambled outside to see if the kumquats were ready and was disappointed to see the tree bare except for a few handfuls at the top but i enlisted our two tall ones don and lucille to salvage what we could as they pulled down the branches and we raked off the ones we could reach gotta have `em not much more to tell excpet that my old chevy gave up the ghost when is drove into my yard and i had to buy a new one if it ever stops snowing and raining i may be able to test-drive it see ya claire 51 eleanor watt barton 37 chapparel drive londonderry nh 03053 603-434-0646 elescellar@aol.com carolyn hodgdon cassidy 2 kingsbury st derry nh 03038 603 432-3573 nancy gray sullivan 491 mammoth rd londonderry nh 03053 603 432-6668 nansllvn@verizon.net dear classmates happy spring to everyone we hope you all had a good winter and are in good health are you all out enjoying the weather because we haven t received any news from anyone what is going on with you and your life while you are reading this sit down and drop us a line or email as we would love to hear from you in the last alumnus we mentioned having a reunion this year we did hear from dick spaulding and paul pillsbury please if you are interested contact us so we may set a date for july or august we are leaning towards having a cookout just hanging out and bringing each other up to date in our lives when i talked to dick spaulding a couple of weeks ago he was back in vermont sugaring after spending the winter in aspen skiing ellie is settled in her mobile home and still works a few hours a week sully and i returned from florida last week we had a good winter four of our grandchildren came down the february vacation which kept us real busy we went everyday to watch the red sox practice got autographs but not dice-k s we also went to three games took them to universal studios by the end of their vacation i knew i was really 72 but it was all worth it ellie carol and i were planning to go out for lunch this week but carol is in connecticut taking care of her grandchildren.that s all for now please send us your news and let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in the reunion we will do all the work nancy ellie and carol 52 carol gallahue morrison 21 jefferson st derry nh 03038 603 432-5895 rmorri@comcast.net here it is april 18 and i am not ready to say winter is over and spring is here although our winter wasn t that bad it doesn t want to give in and let us have a decent spring we received the sad news that irene severance keddy passed away dec 15 2006 she had been residing in new boston texas our deepest sympathy goes out to her husband and family i just received a call from bob cassidy and as you all know bob has parkinson s disease he is going to have a deep brain probe procedure done on may 15 and 23 it is done in two stages this procedure has helped delay the progressiveness of the disease by up to ten years in some patients all of our prayers are with you bob that the surgery will be a success and try to keep a positive attitude please keep in touch phyllis verge bergeron has been recovering from an operation on her foot and we wish her full recovery soon ray and phyl didn t go to sunny arizona this winter and decided to tough out the billings montana winter taking bets on where they go next winter 53 alumnus spring 2007 1

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again it s been tough getting news from you folks we all know miss abbott taught us how to write a good report so when you get a chance send some news carol and i wish you all good health and try to enjoy the summer bob and carol morrison pat fling henderson `55 left and betty mcgrath dickason `55 posed for this photo recently in florida pat and betty have been friends since elementary school alicia macgregor goodchild 7790 south tropical trail merritt island fl 32952 321 453-5573 and kenneth whitney 56 fordway derry nh 03038 603 432-2154 kowpaw@comcast.net the florida reunion had the best weather ever in february jim rozer and i represented the class of 1954 jim and norma stayed nearby and were enjoying the warm sunny weather i was so glad to see them a this was the first year pat delano smith was not present at the reunion i received notes from paula sheedy davis and beverly benway hamer both are well and looking forward to seeing everyone this summer at our annual informal get-together we certainly have lots of life experiences to analize and share hope to see you soon alicia patricia gendron whitney 56 fordway derry nh 03038 603 432-2154 kowpaw@comcast.net 54 55 i have some happy news and sad news i ll start with the happy news i got an email from pat henderson on february 12 2007 telling me that her daughter megan and her husband had a baby boy on february 11 in england he was born at two minutes past 5 p.m and he weighed 7 lbs 10 oz they have named the baby edward harry richards and they will call him ned she can t wait to go to england to see her new little grandson i hope you can go soon pat ken and i are the proud great-grandparents of a new baby boy our granddaughter misty and her husband walter gillis had their baby on february 16 2007 at the elliot hospital in manchester nh he was born at 5:08 pm weighed 8 lbs 10 oz and was 21 inches long he is doing great growing like a weed he has an older brother logan charles who is 6 years old and is in kindergarten in londonderry i got a card from betty dickason she and her husband alan stopped in florida to see pat henderson she sent me a picture of she and pat that was taken by alan i thought i would include it in the alumnus so you could enjoy it she mentioned that the picture represents their friendship from elementary school to the present received an email from arthur smith pat sadly my sister marcia passed away on friday november 10 2006 in weston florida she was predeceased by our older sister marilyn who passed away in derry exactly two weeks before on october 27 2006 while marcia s death was expected she had lung and brain cancer marcia s was quite the opposite she died suddenly of an apparent heart attack while recovering from a fall she had taken in which she had broken a shoulder and a hip she was living temporarly in a nursing home marilyn was 84 and marcia was 82 we send our condolences to you and your family arthur condolences to barbara corson on the loss of her sister flora burdette who passed away on january 11 2007 at the concord hospital she was 81 years old barbara our thoughts are with you condolences to roland macdonald s family who passed away on march 25 2007 at the concord hospital he was 70 years old our thoughts are with you i hope i will hear from some of you we would be very interested in what you are doing now that you are retired at least i hope most of you are retired until next time i hope you all have a wonderful summer take care and stay healthy pat and sandy marcia boyle abbott 11 madden rd derry nh 03038 603 432-2991 mea610@aol.com and beverly newcomb o donnell 62 franklin street derry nh 03038 603 432-3954 hi everyone i recently returned from my brief winter trip to florida we did attend the florida reunion and had an enjoyable day the weather was perfect there was only a few people that we knew very well but we enjoyed it the class of 1956 purchased a new alumni directory currently it is in my possession please don t hesitate to call if you would like information on a certain classmate there is a biographical section a class listing by year of graduation and a geographical section for those who travel you can stop by anytime if you would like to look at it congratulations to bob dabrowski i heard he will be opening a tire warehouse in derry this year hope this hasn t changed i would like to wish the class of 1957 good luck on their 50th reunion they are only as good as the people attending make them have a great summer bev 56 1 spring 2007 www.pinkertonacademy.net

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our april winter nor easter we were devastated by snow rain wind flooding and washed out roads i hope that all of you made it through these times all right let us hope that the summer is a nice one thelma eaton furr was in new hampshire in january and a few of us had lunch in manchester roger beliveau ken mccann joe plaza dave wilson and his wife gale and i joined thelma for a lunch with a lot of talking catching up on the last 40 years and a lot of reminiscing about our days at pinkerton thelma wrote to say thank you for a most wonderful mini-reunion i enjoyed it more than you can imagine it was so good to see each of you now i am doubly planning on attending the reunion in 2009 our 50th wow i did have breakfast with connie sutton bell on friends from the classes of 1956 through 1959 recently celebrated a mini-reunion on monday so we were able to catch up a panama canal cruise celebrating were front row from the left ruth ross betty ek some more i haven t seen her since jackie keith hepworth `59 and nancy gilbert ek `57 standing from the left wayne ross we graduated it was great `58 kenton ek `56 ken hepworth `58 and brad ek `58 henry and joyce morin were in key west florida for the winter they jean dutra davis said that the boat was in the water and the fish were biting 490 river rd apt 5 yolande and bob klein went skiing in utah over the christmanchester nh 03104 mas holidays with the kids johanna 27 and dana 26 great snow 603 623-3283 and incredible scenery while there yolande and bob visited sujeangeo@comcast.net everything has been finalized for our class reunion on sep sanne beauregard reeves and her husband ron they live in tember 29 the itinerary is the football game at 1:00 p.m vs riverton utah about 20 miles south of salt lake city their proplondonderry as part of the mack plaque competition cocktails erty has a wonderful view of the valley and mountains susanne at 6:00 p.m at the pinkerton tavern on route 28 just a short is retired and ron has a contracting business while there bob distance from the academy dinner is at 7:00 in a private set and yolande met susanne s daughter and two of ron s grandchilting on the second floor dressy-casual for clothing memorabilia dren sue gave her email address so fire up those computers and of the old days would be appreciated so that we can share with share some news her address is susannereeves@msn.com bob each other more information will be forthcoming with specifics talked to martha peabody who lives in lubbock texas with her about prices and other info if you want the additional informa significant other who is a retired ph d geologist martha received tion make sure you have contacted a member of the committee her ba while she was in her mid 40 s and is a two-time cancer so that you will be on the mailing list for the updated information survivor but is thankfully doing well she hopes to make it to the 50th reunion yolande and bob traveled to florida in march and if there are any questions please contact me jean april and visited with joe lavacchia joe is in an assisted living facility recovering from a recent illness joe enjoys the alumnus george davis and would love to hear from classmates his address is 3850 up490 river rd apt 5 per creek drive room 164 sun city center fl 33573 you can manchester nh 03104 call joe at 813-633-2875 station 2 603 623-3283 janet and glenn peabody emailed to say that they were jeangeo@comcast.net on the road again and wished everyone well my next deadline the class of 1958 will be celebrating our 50th class reunion in `08 i would like to know if there are people in the class that should be about the beginning of august keep the emails notes would like to have a reunion some idea of the time of year and and letters coming remember our 50th is 2009 again have a the your ideas on what type of venue would be most appropriate wonderful summer your correspondent dick west there will be a committee being formed so if you would like to volunteer please contact me we have a year s time but it comes up quickly if we decide to do something in the fall george richard west 843 gould hill rd contoocook nh 03229 603 746-5169 hamphall@aol.com greetings classmates!what a crazy winter and spring we have had here in the northeast i am writing this in mid-april right after 57 58 59 alumnus spring 2007 1

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