The Wellesley High School (WHS) Class of 1955, the “Fabulous Fifty Five,” held its 70th Reunion at the Wellesley Country Club on Friday, June 20. Attending were 17 classmates as were some significant others. A dozen other class members had made contact that they couldn’t make the Reunion because of distance, et al.
Class President Kent Campbell spoke words of welcome, to the assembled.
Class members Tory DeFazio, who has helped organize WHS Class of 1955 reunions for many years, and Roy Switzler, both Wellesley residents, helped coordinate this year’s gathering and mentioned how important it was to keep connected to classmates over the years.
Contact has been made with 43 classmates this year. Members of the class range in age from 87 to 90.
The Class of 1955 had 189 graduate from WHS on June 8, 1955, at Wellesley College’s Alumnae Auditorium (Walsh Auditorium), The class was the first to graduate from the present Wellesley Middle School (WMS), formerly Wellesley Junior High School, in 1952. Since graduation, the Class of 1955 has had 10 Class of ’55 Reunions.
In 1955 there were less than 700 students across the three grades at Wellesley High School. The high school has now greatly expanded to about 1,300. The original 1938 building was replaced by a new high school building in 2012.
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