The Class of 1943 was particularly hard hit by World War II. Three of its 14 male graduates — Richard W. Blake and Robert K. White of Hampton and Robert G. Lord of Hampton Falls — were killed while in the Armed Forces. Also, George E. Page died shortly before graduation and was awarded a diploma posthumously. Thirty-one members of the class are pictured in the above composite. The 32nd member, Bob Lord, joined the service before graduation and was awarded his diploma in absentia.
[Photo courtesy of Stan Brown ’43)
Class of 1944 Graduation Photo: Front row from left: Carolyn F. Wentworth, Muriel R. Lamott, Diana D. Gagné, Doris I. Parr, Dorothy E. French, Catherine R. Perkins and Dorothy G. Lord. Second row: Caroline W. Pierce, Margaret S. Jenness, Norma I. Emery, Doris E. Batchelder, Jeanette M. Binette, Shirley M. Timson and Marion F. Allen. Third row: Ernest M. Junkins, Jr., Constance E. Smart, Russell A. Merrill, Dorothy L. Rowe, Harold W. Higgins, Jr., and Wilma G. Oliver. Back row: Lawrence E. Murphy, Philip E. Coyne, Daniel S. Fogg and Donald E. Plimpton. The twenty-fifth class member, Harland E. Carter, is absent from the photo.
[Photo courtesy of Diana Gagné LaMontagne ’44]