Happy New Year

The 1960 Argus Little Oscar awards for the Happiest Seniors was awarded to Robert Menne and Joyce Leamy. We present them here to wish you a Happy New Year.

Your own happy face will be welcome at our 50th Class Reunion. Please make a resolution to visit our blog often and leave a comment and connect with other classmates.

Blair Lariviere

Blair J. Lariviere, 66, died on Thursday December 18 in St. Vincent hospital, Worcester, MA. A resident of Templeton, Blair was an art teacher in Gardner for 34 years, retiring in 2002. He completed undergraduate studies at Clark University and received a Masters degree in Art from Assumption College. You can read his full obituary at www.boucherfuneral.com
For a complete list of deceased GHS Class of 1960 classmates, click on the following link: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzep7fvn/memoriam.htm

Girls' Field Hockey Team

The 1960 GHS Girl's Field Hockey team played ten games. Seniors on the team included Rachel Hebert, Marcia Shepard, Mary Phelan, and Donna Blake. Priscilla Power was the coach.

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs

Our 1960 Argus featured two photos of groups of students moving in the stairways between classes. In the upstairs photo, the faces of Russell Hoag, Geoffrey Wood, Robert Coffin, and Harold Fiske can be seen.

Downstairs

In the downstairs photo, Marilyn L'Ecuyer, Larry Lundwall, and Pamela Prime are in front. You may recognize other familiar faces in the background.

John Tinker

Some will remember Mr. John Tinker as a teacher, others as a class advisor, and a very special group could call him "Coach." John Tinker came to Gardner High School in 1937. He coached the boy's high school sqwimming team in 1939 and started the Massachusetts High School Swimming Championships in Gardner in 1947. The boy's swim team won the championship for the next 13 years. Mt. Tinker retired in 1975, after teaching for 38 years. In this photograph, Coach Tinker is shown with seniors Gerald Richardson (deceased) and Dennis Erickson.