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.

Here's Looking At You

Robert Marien and Carolyn MacIntosh were voted as having the "nicest eyes" in our Little Oscars awards in the 1960 Argus.

Girls Basketball Team 1960

The Gardner High School Girls Basketball Team in 1960 was coached by Priscilla Power and included seniors Lucille Minns, Gladys Narkevicius, and Jadwiga Narkevicius. The "Lady Wildcats" won six games and lost only one.

Liitle Oscars: Most Musical

Most Musical

Our 1960 Argus Little Oscars Committee selected Harold Fiske and Carolyn Cunningham as the Most Musical members of our graduating class. Today, Carolyn Cunninham lives in New York state. Harold Fiske and his wife, Anne Fleming (also GHS Class of 1960) live in Canada. Harold was never one to toot his own horn, but here is a bit more about him from a professional organization:

Dr. Harold Fiske holds B.M. and M.M degrees from Boston University and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He is the author of three books on music cognition and over fifty published papers, book chapters, and reviews. He has served as Chair of the ISME Research Commission, and has presented over 75 papers at research conferences. He joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario in 1974 where he continues to teach courses in music psychology and philosophy and advise graduate student research.

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Best Dancers

In 1960, classmates Judy Goodwin and Ron Gerard received the Little Oscars award for "best dancers" in our graduating class. The Little Oscars selection committee included Diane Brazawskis, Rachel Hebert, Helen Legere, Theresa Bridge, Georgette LeBlanc, Shirley Long, Mary Erickson, Gloria LeBlanc, and Elaine Stanley.

Today, Judy lives in Princeville, Hawaii. Ron Gerard is deceased (2003).

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