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a Canton High scrapbook

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These pages are from The Echo (the Canton High School yearbook) for 1963, my junior year.

I have selected pages and photos of students and teachers I remember.  It’s a personal post in that sense.

The yearbook is online on Internet Archive (link above). You may need to be a registered user to log in.

 

— Roger W. Smith

   March 2023

 

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sister of the late John Bosanquet, my classmate, who died in a tragic accident in my sophomore year

 

a neighbor and close friend

 

Jeff Coady, Brad’s brother, was a good friend.  So was Dawn Gardner, sister of my classmate Billy Gardner.

 

Fosdick (Dyke) Harrison was a good friend of Brad Coady and me.

 

my best friend Johnny Harris, who was a year ahead of me

 

Arthur Contois was a good friend with whom I liked to discuss classical music.

 

I knew Ricky Hagberg and his older sister Karen well.

 

I knew Bob Seavey well. Jim Russell was in all my classes.

 

Shown are my classmates (from Mr. Badoian’s class) Peter McWilliams and Russ Minkwitz; as well as Ricky Hagberg.

 

This a photo of the Mirror staff,  Carlton Sancoucy, who I believe was the editor, is in the front row. I am in the back row, third from left.

 

In the second row are Mrs. Haines, the librarian; and Linda Haines, her daughter and my classmate (in every course). Also my classmate Jean Moore, daughter of the science department chairman. And, in the same row, a popular student and friend of mine, Eiaine Joyce; as well as Arthur Contois. Priscilia Marotta, a good friend of mine and classmate, is in the third row; as well as Carlton Sansoucy.

 

My friend and classmate Carol Soule, who married Russ Minkwitz, is in the first row. Elaine Joyce and Jim Russell are in the second row. And my neighbor and friend Jeff Coady is in the back row (second from right).

 

I had Miss Bertrand for Latin and French.

 

I had Mr. Tedesco two straight years for American and European history. Mr. Bowyer for civics sophomore year

 

 

 

I loved Miss Meade’s typewriting course.

 

 

“Beautiful — the water is so calming to me.”

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New York Harbor, September 20, 2020; photo by Roger W. Smith

I had the following exchange on Facebook with Barbara (Harris) Churchill yesterday. Barbara was the kid sister of my best friend Johnny Harris when I was growing up in Massachusetts. Barbara lives in the Midwest now.

Barbara Churchill:

Beautiful – the water is so calming to me.

Roger Smith:

Me too, Barbara. When I am downtown, in this part of the City, I often feel such peace. It is surprisingly uncrowded, especially on weekdays. Wall Street is nearby, but no one seems to go a few blocks more downtown. A lot of the activity and people are further uptown and in Midtown.

Barbara Churchill:

Your photos always amaze me. I know nothing about NYC really, and subconsciously think noisy, crowded, city, and you capture so much beauty and green (and blue) space!

Roger Smith:

Barbara — When I first came to NYC from Mass. — a long time ago — I experienced a sort of “street shock”: everyone seemed in such a hurry; the people on the subways looked kind of pale and pasty; no one seemed to have time for you … It was all cement and steel: high rises and crowded sidewalks. Slowly, I got to like it. It turns out that most of the people are really friendly and will go out their way to help you. And, then I discovered how enjoyable it was to explore the City; and the beautiful parks and the river, etc. I don’t think most people, even many New Yorkers, appreciate how much natural beauty (i.e., nature) contributes to making New York so great — they don’t know it’s there, right in front of them, so to speak; and then the people are another “natural resource.”

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

  September 21, 2020