Thank you to the following people:

My parents, Randy and Cheryl (Rich) Durkee - Class of 1961 and 1964
My grandmother, Louise (Thayer) Durkee - Class of 1940
Bob Barden - Class of 1949
Elliot Thompson - Class of 1949
Ed Flory - Class of 1955
Bud and Bunny (Patnode) Baker - Class of 1949 and 1951
Ray and Judy (Miner) Barden - Class of 1960
Marilyn Baker - Class of 1951
Brian Baker - Class of 1979
Elaine (McNamara) Gatchell - Class of 1963
Donna (McNamara) Chandler - Class of 1957
Paul Landry - Class of 1982
Lindsay Hildreth - Class of 2004
Stacey Hildreth - Class of 2003
Diane (Hildreth) Rex - Class of 1979
Thelma (Dickinson) Dubriske-Class of 1933
Jackie (Horton) Taylor - Class of 1948
Stanley "Shady" Plifka - Class of 1936
Josh Benoit - Class of 1997
Mary (Snow) Benoit and Fred Benoit - Class 1966 and 1969
Dorothy (Bliss) Doolittle - Class of 1945 and Director of the Winchester Historical Society
Joe Stevens - Class of 1965
Phil Hyde - Class of 1946 and coach at Thayer 1952-1954
Carri (Baker) Trocha - Class of 1976
Marc Kingsman - Class of 1975
Eddie Kingsman and Betty (Byrne) Kingsman - Class of 1936 and 1944 Dick Houle - Class of 1949
Pat "Campbell" Thompson - Class of 1957
Thayer High School Class of 1955
Walt Lepinski - Class of 1940
Vincent Lepinski - Class of 1941
Bruce Jones - Class of 1957
Trevor Croteau - Class of 1993
Carolyn (Nash) Reed - Class of 1957
Peter Richardson - THS teacher and coach
Sal D'Atri - THS teacher
Tim Durr - TMS teacher and THS Soccer coach
Pam Kolodziej - THS teacher and coach
Erin Cooke - THS athletic director - 2003-2004
Dale Courtney - THS teacher (1966-2002), Athletic Director, (1970-1985), and baseball coach
Irene Pratt - Conant High School Class of 1941, wife of Phil Pratt
Lucille (Boodey) Hill - Thayer teacher and volleyball coach.
Louis Faucher - High school sports official 1947-1973
Jim Hogancamp - Charlestown High School Class of 1963
Cecil Fisk - Charlestown High School Class of 1931
Joanne Gardner - THS librarian 2003-2005
Bob Lund - Local radio announcer and newspaper writer
Christy Menard, Peg Cushing, and Jessica Connell at Conant Public Library
Janean Gay - THS Alumni Association, Class of 1967
Kevin Haverty - THS teacher, basketball and soccer coach
Alan Rumrill - Keene Historical Society
Ginny and Arthur (Miller) Rafter of Mason, NH - Ginny is the niece of former Thayer coach, Ernest Barnes.
Coralie Gray - Archivist at Wilbraham and Monson Academy
Mike Milewski and the staff in Special Collections at the Dubois Library at UMass-Amherst.
Mylinda Woodward and staff in Special Collections at Dimond Library at UNH.
David L. Adams - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at UMass-Amherst.
Charles "Skip" Adams - Head Custodian of Winchester Schools
Ian Walker and his wife Melissa - Ian is the son of Ian Walker, who was THS coach from 1928-1930
John Callahan - Last athletic coach at Powers Institute in Bernardston Massachusetts before the school closed.
Emily Brown - Special Collections Librarian at the University of Rhode Island
Willard "Guggie" Chiasson - Athol High School alumnus and former Orange High School student
Cynthia (Cook) Winterhalter - Daughter of former Thayer teacher, A.D., and coach Albert C. Cook
Peg (Woods) Blaine - Niece of George Woods of Thayer High Class of 1939
David Hogan and Nadine (Coombs) Hogan - Class of 1950 and 1951
William Hogan - attended Thayer High School though his junior year 1944-1945
Howard Fosdick - Class of 1950
The staff of the Greenfield Public Library in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Library Director Susan Stanovich and staff at the Uxbridge Public Library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Many other friends, librarians, members of historical societies, members of SABR, and relatives of those associated with Thayer High School.

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