POPULATION: 15,600
HOUSES: 3,786
- Explosive town growth is the feature topic of the 1964 Walpole Town Report
BUSINESS
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| Herb Lewis |
- Four Seasons Arena skating rink opens at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 (current Walmart location) alongside Hollywood Lanes
- Phillips 66 gas station opens on Main Street (current location of Triton Car Wash)
- Peggy Lawton's Kitchens is re-built after major fire
- Active citizen and businessman Herb W. Lewis dies
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| Four Seasons Arena |
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| Phillips 66 gas station on Main Street |
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| Superintendent John Powers and Principal Harold Varney greet students at the ribbon ceremony for the opening of Old Post Elementary School |
SCHOOLS
- Old Post Road Elementary School opens. Double sessions are held at Bird Elementary until November opening date
- School Department continues to juggle classroom space with expanding school population
- Three North Walpole 6th grade classess moved to East Jr. High
- One Plimpton School 6th grade class moved to Boyden Elementary
- School principals Leonard Down (East Junior High) and John McGovern (Walpole High) retire
- Ernest Camelio takes over at East Jr.; Wayne Stacy at the high school
- New hires at Walpole High School include Richard Schnorbus (English/Journalism)
4 comments:
John McGovern did not retire..he became Superintendent of schools in Abington. Wayne Stacy was named interim principal in the fall of 1964 and became principal in January 1965.
Thanks for the additional details, Dave Stacy.
The Phillips 66 gas station was owned and operated by George Levya and Ken Smith for many years.
My father was the original dealer of that station. It opened in the late summer of 1964. That is probably him putting the gas in that Ford. I remember visiting him there as a kid.
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