The Annual

The Annual

Holyoke High School
Published by the Class of 1965

David G. Healey Editor
Martha J. Baldwin Associate Editor
James M. Fleming Associate Editor
Shirley V. McDonald Associate Editor
Stephen M. Milewski Associate Editor

1965 Yearbook Staff

Joan Ahern Carol Cieplinski Mary Heffron Arthur McLean Mary Ann Stewart
Don Albonesi Diana Colignori Linda Kelly Steve Milewski Jean Tesini
Donna Allen Margie Cross John Kisiel Moe O'Hare Dan Thompson
Marty Baldwin Mr. Downs Tom Laliberte Dotti Perlowski '66 Don Togneri
Besty Bayon Jim Fleming Barbara LaMay '66 Dick Preiss Sharon Trachy
Jo Beis John Griffin '66 Paul Leveille Rob Ryan Pat Tracy
Don Bigda Johanna Gulvas Dave Lucey Dennis Sbrega Eva Weinert
Becky Brzostecki '66 Mary Hahn Geoff MacDonald Jim Scanlon '66 Betty Worsnop
Anita Censale Dave Healey Shirley McDonad Judy Skwira  
Mr. Donahue

In Appreciation

We wish to express our extreme gratitude and appreciation to our faculty advisor, Mr. Thomas Donahue, who has devoted many hours to the success of the 1965 Annual.
Bill Lawson

Yearbook Dedication

We, the Class of 1965, fondly and respectfully dedicate our yearbook to Mr. William L. Lawson, whose patience and helpfulness in giving both time andeffort unstintingly to the students and to our alma mater, has so moved usthat our academic and athletic standards have never been higher.
EJ Moriarty

From the Principal

May 12, 1965


Of the many attitudes or dispositions that are encouraged in secondary school education, the dedication toward a job well done and the spirit of cheerful cooperation stand high on the list. When a class is able to produce eleven ( 11) perfect scores of 800 in College Board competition on a national level, and when that class can boast of four ( 4) National Merit finalists with perfect scores, and when that class also can produce state champions in swimming, league champions in baseball, and runners-up in football and basketball, and when that class is able to earn for the High School superior citations in vocal and instrumental music competition among the schools of Western Massachusetts, then the members of that class can stand back and raise their heads proudly to salute the purple banner of Holyoke High School now waving at new heights. All the more remarkable is this achievement of the Class of '65 when one realized that you were meeting the challenge of transition from an old building to a new one in the process of construction and this at the start of a new century of high school education in the City of Holyoke. We commend you for your splendid record. We are humbly grateful to you for making the transition a smooth and swift victory. Your records of achievement will serve as an inspiring challenge in the years to come. As you face the stern realities of life, may you ever keep smiling, keep up your undaunted courage and, above all, keep close to God.
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