Bellows Falls High School - Sampler Yearbook (Bellows Falls, VT)

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'1' H E S A MPLE R 25 ATHLETICS BASKETBALL Basketball is always looked forward to with a great deal of interest by the students of Bellows Falls High School. Each year many candidates are on the floor at the first practice, listening to the advice of Coach Olbrych. From the class of 1936 those who, at one time or another, received a position on the first team are Steve Kissel, Clarence Harlow, Floyd Carey, Edward Hennessey, and Roger Willard. Steve Kissel, the High School star center, was unable to play during the season of 1935. lie and Clarence Harlow were over age. During the inter-class Basketball season the class of 1936 was the outstanding team. The Senior class was represented by Allan Dex- ter, Pat Ilarty, Eddy Kane, James Ferguson, Bob King, Francis Barbieri, Sanford Wilson, Joe Massucco, Tony Bobrowski, Bert Roby, and Captain Clarence Harlow. In closing this short review of the Basket- ball conquests of the class of 1936 , we wish to thank all coaches who had anything to do with the work of the class of 1936 in the field of sports. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The first year that the Senior class was rep- resented in Girls’ basketball was in 1934. Margaret Macarthy was the sole representa- tive. The team was fairly successful that year, winning four games and losing three. The basketball team was under the coaching of Miss Drew. The 1935 basketball team was a very successful one, having gone to the Girls’ Basketball Tournament at White River Jun- ction, only to be eliminated by the winner of the tournament. Seniors represented were Stel- la Woynar, Margaret Macarthy, and Jean Ed- wards. The team was coached by Mr. Olbrych. The 1936 basketball team won all but two games and with considerably high scores. B. F. was represented at the tournament again this year and lost to St. Albans by a score of 25-18. Eleven games were played during the season. The team was again under the coaching of Mr. Olbrych. Seniors representing the team were Captain Stella Woynar, Helen Waryas, Helen Waysville, Jean Edwards, Alice Cray, Margaret Macarthy, and Geraldine Lorange, Manager. FOOTBALL With the arrival of September each year comes the world’s most popular sport, “foot- ball.” In Bellows Falls High School, football sea- son is very popular, for it brings together veterans and new men who wish to make a name for themselves in sports. The class of 1936, being one of the most out- standing athletic classes in the School History, was always well represented. Those of the class who displayed their talent with the pig- skin were usually Captain Bert Roby, Clarence Harlow, Gilbert Weston, Francis Barbieri, Robert King, Pat Harty, Clifford Holmes, and Franklin Barrett. The work of Captain Roby in backing up the line was outstanding in the season of 1935, while the wonderful line work of Gilbert Weston received high praise. BASEBALL The King of Summer sports in High School has again taken a step forward. The season of 1936 is not yet complete at the time of this short review, but the success of the base- ball team so far deserves much credit. Ten games have been played and nine games have been won. There remains only one game with Hartford High and one game with Winchester High to be played. The members of the team of 1936 were Maurice Dexter, Edward Kane, Edward Hennessey, Vincent Harty, Francis Kiniry, Paul Costin, Charles Stewart, Guy Bal- dasaro, Edward Lawlor, and Edward Zeno. Most of the credit for the excellent work of these men goes to Coach Jay, who spent night after night teaching the men how to work together. Coach Jay was assisted by Manager Clarence Harlow who was unable to play any sports but Football this year. HOCKEY Mr. Stevens our coach had to start the season with only three letter men. In spite of this he whipped his green material into a fair team. “Max” Miller and “Don” Shaughnessy were the stars of the team, scoring most of the Purple and White’s goals. “Lawrence” Hadley played a good steady game at left wing and set up many of Miller’s and Shaugh- nessy’s goals. Bert Roby and Raymond Cray formed a good defense. In the nets Captain Eddie Kane and Maurice Dexter performed. Henry Cray and Dannie Howard also played good steady hockey on the forward

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NAME CLARENCE HARLOW PATRICK HARTY JOHN HEALY EDWARD HENNESSEY JOHN HENNESSEY JOSEPH MASSUCCO RAYMOND McCLARY FLORENCE MEANEY EDWARD MINER AGNES MITCHELL GEORGE OLMSTEAD BEATRICE PARKER MARGARET PORTER CLAIRE ROBINSON BERTRAND ROBY CORLISS SANBORN MARGARET SMITH VIRGINIA SNOW ELLEN STEARNS CAROLYN STONE ARTHUR WAREING HELEN WARYAS HELEN WAYSVILLE GILBERT WESTON NETTIE WILLARD SANFORD WILSON CLARA WINCHESTER STELLA WOYNAR MARTHA WYMAN EXPRESSION Jees! Holy smokes! That’s what you think! That’ll be another day! Is that so? That’ll he the day! Guess so! Come again! Really! • O. K. Who me? Jimmy crickets! Who said? Oh, jeekers! Oh, nuts! I wouldn’t know! Baloney! My gosh! No kiddin’! For Heaven's sake! Guess I told him! Holy Moses! Holy cow! Gosh! Wait a minute! Oh fiddlesticks! Oh fudge! Jeepers! Go to it. ALIBI I’m an old man. Didn’t get up on time. I didn’t have time. Was workin . The clock was slow. I was home studying. I left it home. I was out too late. That’s O. K. I ll do better next time. I don’t know what you mean. I didn’t have time. I didn’t know. I’m awfully busy. I haven't got time. Well, I studied it. I don’t know. Didn’t have time to do it I was with my cousin. I was absent yesterday. Had to work. Maybe tomorrow. My mother will kill me. I had to milk late. Couldn’t bother. I went to a dance last night. I forgot. I gotta get some sleep. Won’t be here. AMBITION Lawyer Truck driver Accountant Mayor of North Walpole To get a job To take up medicine Be a cartoonist To stay in nights Diesel engineer Nurse To own a chicken farm Social Work To be a buyer Court Reporter To marry Marg Maearthy To become a M. I). Journalist Commercial air hostess Writer Get a job in Waterbury Grow taller than Dexter Tag along with Helen and Stella To bum to California with Stella to see the Rosebowl football game To get rich Nurse Drug store cowboy Government nurse Bum to California with Helen Waysville To civilize the natives of Africa OCCUPATION IN 1950 Public Enemy No. 2 Still truckin’ in the “Green Mountain Cafe” Salvation Army convert Paying alimony Raising fleas Digging ditches Designing dresses for Mae West Trying to get some sleep Chimney sweeper Wife of a quack doctor Decorating Easter eggs in a 5 10 cent store Leader of 4-H Clubs Junk dealer Veterinary dentist on a poultry farm Still trying to marry Marg Pushing a baby carriage Writing nursery rhymes Bus driver’s wife Telling fairy stories Mrs. Limmy Garrison Posing for animal crackers Bareback rider in a circus Rag peddler Driving a tractor and hollering “Whoa” Dish washer at the Star Selling and fitting Ladies’ silk stockings Advertising reducing machines Selling candy for a change at Newberry’s Giving advice to the lovelorn

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26 T II E S A M PLE R line. The team played five games, winning two and losing three. Next year the Hockey team will be lead by Co-Captains Miller and Shaughnessy. The scores of the games were as follows: Middlebury 0 B. F. 2 Hanover 4 B. F. 0 Hanover 2 B. F. 3 Deerfield 3 B. F. 2 (Overtime) Middlebury 4 B. F. 1 TENNIS During the last two years the Bellows Falls High School Tennis Team, consisting of Miller, Harlow, McAuliffe, and Wilson won twenty-seven straight tennis matches. In the year of 1934, the four boys went to the State Tournament at Rutland. Harlow and Wilson got into the semi-finals that year in doubles, losing out to the State Doubles Champions by a score of 6-3 and 6-4. The High School Tennis Team, lacking experience, did not do much at the tournament of 1934. The next year the same four boys went to the tournament at Middlebury College for three days. Because of the fact that the boys had had lots more experience in 1935 than in the previous year, they were able to accomplish more. Because of the good training of Coach Oibrych, Miller won the State Singles Cham- pionship and McAul'ffe was runner-up in singles, playing fine tennis during the whole tournament. In doubles, Harlow and Wilson again got into the semi-finals, losing to the State Champions by the score of 6-3 and 7-5. Max Miller brought back to the High School a beautiful trophy which has been placed in the cabinet with the other trophies won by the students of the Bellows Falls High School. This trophy won by Miller represents the Singles Championship of the State of Ver- mont. This team is one of the most outstanding ever to represent any High School. HEALTH IN THE SCHOOL The school plays one of the leading roles in the lives of most young people during their formative years. Therefore, it is most im- portant to preserve the bodily health of the student as well as to develop his mind. Some of the most important factors in pre- serving health in the school are proper ven- tilation and lighting, even heat, exercise, and proper clothing. Good ventilation is a necessary part of the health program. If a school is equipped with a modern air conditioning system, it is un- necessary to open windows to improve cir- culation of air. If, however, the school has no air conditioning and the windows must be used for ventilation, there is greater danger of students’ taking cold. The building is warmer in one part than another. Of course, this is not healthful and many absences re- sult. In a modern school house, all the rooms are situated so as to receive the greatest amount of 1 ght. There are many windows through which the sunshine may pour, and the desks in each room are.so placed that the light will shine over the left shoulder of each pupil. Care must be taken to have the temperature uniform throughout the building. The proper temperature for the best work is about 68 de- grees. The gymnasium, although it should not lie as warm as the rest of the building, should be at least warm enough so that students w ill be comfortable when engaged in activities which require little energy. Exercise is also of great importance in the maintenance of health. In school, some of the needed exercise is provided through gym work and sports. In the fall, football is the major sport. Although it is dangerous in some ways, it develops in the participants a sense of co-operation. In the winter term, basketball and hockey hold our interest. Basketball is a fast game, furnishing a great deal of exercise with a minimum of danger. Hockey is perhaps a little more dangerous, but it gives one a chance to be out of doors. In the spring, track and baseball offer the stu- dents the open air and give them a great deal of physical exercise. Sports, however, bene- fit only a few students, most of them boys. The boy or girl who is naturally athletic needs the exercise least. The quiet, bookish students need it badly. This need is partly filled through regular gym classes which are com- pulsory in many schools. In these classes, students have apparatus work, calisthenics, tap dancing, and games. Therefore, gym work is much more beneficial to the majority of the students than are sports. From the kindergarten up, school children are encouraged to visit the dentist every six months. A dental fund is provided for those who cannot afford these visits. Dental Honor Rolls are provided in each room. The students in each room which gains 100 per cent are given a holiday. Most schools have a school nurse who ex- amines all the students periodically and gives advice to those in need of it. Some schools give a course of three or four weeks in Home Nursing along with the regular Home Econom- ics course. Students receive instruction in the