Fourth Grade in 1944-45. Teacher: Ada L. (Perkins) Simmons. Hampton Centre School. [Photo courtesy Ada L. Simmons]

Pictured above are (left to right): Row 1 (kneeling), Amie Pelletier, Arthur Hemple, David Bowley, Arthur Hoyt, Sally Ann Wiggin, Betty Batchelder, Dale Elliot, Peter E. Tilton, Neil Moore. Row 2 (first standing row), Carolyn Kuchtey (?), Arthur Moody, Karlene Young, Robert Lavigne, Barbara Ann Towle, Nancy Toleman, Jo-Anne Thompson, Raymond Felch, Betty Clough, Marjorie Lee Rice, Lucy Ann O'Dea, Thomas Sawyer. Row 3 (rear two rows, standing), Unidentified girl, Anna Northway, Howard Stickney, Miss Ada Perkins (teacher), Charles White, Robert Percival, Robert Weeks, Patricia Vanaman (?), Joyce Ford, Kenneth Kee, Joyce Nownes, Eleanor Moulton, C. Raymond Gilmore, Peter Clark.

Class of 1953, Hampton Academy & High School

Pictured above are (left to right): Row 1, Barbara Margaret MacKenzie, Sally Ann Wiggin, Edythe Irene Hollis, Suzanne Eleanor Riley, Barbara Ann Chaddock, Claude Raymond Gilmore, Mr. Elton Bucs Smith (Homeroom teacher), Wallace Robert Philbrook, Caroleann Martin, Marjorie Lee Rice, Sandra Louise Pond, Jo-Anne Mae Thompson. Row 2, Jackquilyn Spear, Anna Margaret Northway, Joyce Elise Ford, Betty Ford Batchelder, Arlene Catherine Abbott, Betty Elaine Clough, Priscilla Elizabeth Leavitt, Karlene Marie Young, Bette Faye McLane, Mary Ellen Laughlin, Elizabeth Tynan Laughlin (twins). Row 3, Marlene Eleanor Boom, Barbara Ann Doyle, William James Chevalier, John Edward Rodden, Paul Milton Vatcher, Paul Chase Leavitt, David Wallace Lloyd, Stanley Quay Stonesifer, Jr., Robert Sidney Parizo, Robert Paul Lavigne, Lucy Ann O'Dea, Rochelle Norma Kaye. Row 4, Barbara Ann Schuck, Anne Elizabeth Spinks, William John Jeralds, James Ernest Mann, John Dean Retzloff, Arthur James Moody, Charles Albert Pearson, Peter Hewat Harney, Bernard Leavitt Dunbrack, Jr., Bruce Gordon Dow, Charles Austin Lamprey, Stanley Wayne Knowles, William Harry Noble, Carol Christina Cutler, Joyce Mildred Smith.

Our first big event of our last year in H. A. was the Senior Dance. This proved to be a successful fall dance with many of our classmates attending.

"The Eager Miss Beaver," our Senior Play, was also a great success and one of the best ever put on at H. A., thanks to the supervising of Mrs. Dennett and Mr. Bushold. We spent the whole year excitedly discussing the class trip. There is no need to tell of the fun we had.

At last graduation, which until now we have eagerly awaited, has arrived. We have received our diplomas and now we, the Class of '53, bid farewell to H. A.

Although many of us have spent much time in detention halls, we have really enjoyed these four years.

Barbara Chaddock

Also see this class in 5th grade in 1946.