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
1 comment:
I'm confused. Many Boston Globe articles say that the Walpole mascot was originally the Warriors and changed to the Rebels in 1968. Do you have any source?
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