1966

POPULATION:  16,390

HOUSES:  4,008

• Vote for addition to main library rejected by Town Meeting; recommendation to seek subsidy from federal grant
• Main library reports the installation of new Xerox 914 copier, cited as tremendous work-saving device
• Town library system still includes East and North branches

SCHOOLS 

• As the result of a naming contest sponsored by the Student Council, Walpole High School athletic team nickname is changed from "Hilltoppers" (or simply "Toppers") to "Rebels".
• Blessed Sacrament School opens with 130 1st and 2nd graders
•  Plans for expansion to additional grades in subsequent years
• Anticipated September opening of new West Junior High School experiences a series of delays
• Delayed opening requires double session schedule at East Junior High until February
• New teachers include Barbara Hinds (English) and William Weikel (math)
• Richard Eldridge replaces Edith Adams as principal at Fisher School  Other school principals:
• Bird Elementary:  John Tokaz
• Boyden:  Marion McCollum
• Old Post Road:  Harold Varney
• New Stone:  Rogert Graney
• East Junior High:  Ernest Camelio
• Walpole High School:  Wayne Stacy