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
2 comments:
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?
Warriors is the name that Foxboro High School used. The Hill Toppers was the name Walpole used and it is in all the yearbooks up until the change. It's in all the yearbooks up until the Rebel change. The error is a common assumption because the highly successful Coach John Lee came to WHS in 1968. In truth, the name preceded his arrival by two years.
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