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It was worth the wait.
Seventy-seven members of the Haverhill High and Haverhill Trade School Classes of 1961 finally celebrated their 60th reunion after COVID-19 forced a delay in having the gathering.
Altogether, classmates and guests totaled 110 for the Sept. 18 afternoon event at Bradford Country Club. Music from the 1950s and 60s, now called “oldies,” played within the tent, which was decorated in white and brown and gold, the school colors.
Haverhill High School Class of 1961 President Raymond F. “Toppy” Comeau called the event a “nostalgic blast.” He added his classmates appeared to agree, calling it “an exceptional, one-of-a-kind event.”
Comeau thanked four groups—classmates, teachers “who labored to help us learn and develop our character,” reunion committee members who attended 14 meetings to prepare for the event and deceased members of the class, for which there was a moment of silence.
Raffle items included a large original quilt in the brown and gold school colors created by committee member Joyce Goggin LaRosa, a photograph of a Rockport scene by classmate Ronnie Grant and a bucket of a variety of bottles of wine.
Friends
Through Fathoms of Time
By Raymond F. Comeau, PhD
A funeral procession yesterday
40 or 50 cars
(Quite a lot I said to myself)
Has got me thinking of my early friends
Near Temple Street where we grew up
Colleen like a sister
Tommy Dominic
Rocky and Joe
We watched TV the newest rage
Played stickball went crazy for rock and roll
And walked the streets at night
Cussing loud
Love and pleasure were like the sun
And disappointment the end of the world
Could they even think that I’ve forgotten them
So little am I involved
But they’re pictures for me
With verve and happy thoughts
How are they doing are they around
Am I a forgotten one
© Raymond Comeau April 2023