Bellows Free Academy - Alpha Omega Yearbook (St Albans, VT)

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It was up to the junior class to give the seniors a fitting farewell and our Junior Prom proved to do just that. Of course our junior year would not have been complete without Junior Prize Speaking. Many of our class gave very good selections and Betty Kelley, Joyce McKillop and Kath- leen Sweeny won first, second and third prizes, respectively. This event brought our junior year to a close. In September, 1944, we began our senior year at Bellows Free Academy. Yes, we were dignified seniors now. We soon got acquainted with our new principal, Mr. Sunderland, and learned to like him very much. VVe chose as our leaders this year Eu- gene Gritiin, Marjorie Woodell, Joyce McKil- lop and Alan Myers. Football, which had been eliminated in our junior year, was started again. The Mer- cury got off t0 a good start with Donald Hill holding the responsible position of managing editor. Other members of the class who held important places on the staff are: Ethan New- ton, Janet Atkins, Eugene Griffin, Ann Fisher, Betty Kelly, Kathleen Sweeny, Luela ChaHee, Lucille Aldrich, Joyce Hoy, Antoinette La- noue, Ruth Nagle, Wanda Sloane, Hilda Win- ner, Alan Elrick and Dorothy Barr. Late in October we started work on the Senior Play. Our production was a mystery in three acts entitled The Night W'as Dark. Under the direction of Miss Hortense Bee- man and Miss Louella Catlin, our play was a huge success. The cast of characters was as follows: Rakofsky, Gordon Chevalier, Mor- timer Garth, Thomas McCormick, Mrs Delilah, Dorothy Barr, Kay Garth, Paule Lamarcheg Norma Patterson, Marjorie Woodellg Alan Garth, Eugene Griiiing Lillian Ferris, Joyce McKillopg Benjamin Garth, Norman Dennis, Jabez Weedle, Roy Wheeler, Gerald Skinner, Gould Susslin. We decided, shortly after mid-years, to have a Senior Supper on February 13. Eu- gene Griffin and Marjorie Woodell were host and hostess. In May came our last chance to participate in the Junior Jamboree and we made a final attempt to win the Willson Cup. Our play was Thank You, Doctor, and how pleased and proud we were when we were awarded the cup! Our four years at B. F. A. have gone by much too fast, but no one can ever forget these four memorable years that we have spent here. We have felt the limitations the war has put upon some of our activities but we have been able to meet them cheerfully. And now with the end of the war in Europe we can go forth hopefully into the future, trusting that war with Japan also will soon be over. Pk 09W fl A iii: .yy ICC gg' X. e -', it 'why - wiki p Page Nine

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CL SS WILL OQawyer-A lan Elrick WE, THE CLASS of 1945, of the city of St. Albans, in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, in manner fol- lowing, that is to say: FIRST: We do give, devise and bequeath to the Junior Class our great dignity, hoping that they will use it wisely in attempting to form a class as outstanding as ours. To the sophomores we leave our ability in athletics, hoping that they may produce top Hight tournament teams. To the freshmen we bequeath our punc- tuality, our brilliance, and all of our re- maining excellent qualities, knowing that they can easily find use for them. SECONDLY: The girls of the class of 1945 will to the girls of the lower classes their fine sense of cooperation in sharing the few remaining boys. The boys of 1945 will to all undergraduate boys who will reach the age of 18 next fall one pencil and one pad of paper knowing that this small amount will be sufficient for their needs until they too receive their greetings from the president. THIRDLY: To deserving individuals we do make the following bequests: Item 1: Fred Bliss wills his experience with Ford cars to Ballard Perry. Item 2: Vivian Denault leaves to Shirley Urwin her excellent eye for making baskets. Item 3: Dorothy Barr wills to Carolyn Peabody her ability as a cheerleader. Item 4: To Anna Bushey, Mary Brouil- lette leaves her talkativeness. Item 5: To Eddie English, Norman Den- nis leaves his ability to argue. Item. G: Hubert Smith and Gordon Che- valier will their experience in shop work to James Brouillette and Billy Sweeney. Item 7: Betty Kelley and Eugene Grif- fin bequeath to Beverley Bordeau and John Dupuis their magnificient stage talent with the hope that they may develop into theatrical stars. Item. 8: Bob Corrigan leaves his ability on the basketball Hoor to his brother, Roddy. Item 9: To Bill Raymond, Tommy Mc- Cormick leaves his latest book of S64 phrases. Item 10: Alan Myers leaves to Herbert Baldwin his quiet and unassuming manner. Item 11: To Douglas Godfrey, Ethan Newton wills his ability as a concert artist. Item 12: Gould Susslin leaves to Clayton Harmon a just portion of his sparkling humor. Item 13: Donald Hill wills his skill and experience as editor of the Mercury to his successor Richard Barker. Item 14: To Lillian Hall, Janet Atkins leaves her quiet dignity. Item 15: Joyce Hoy wills her pep to Gladys Clark. Item 16: The Class of 1945 leaves all its spare red ration points to Robert Lampman knowing that he will make good use of them. LASTLY, we hereby appoint the.teachers of Bellows Free Academy executors of this our last WILL and TESTAIMENT: hereby revoking all former wills by us made. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have here- unto subscribed our name this 12th day of June in the year Nineteen Hundred and Forty- Five. THE CLASS OF 1945 'A' 'A' 'A' 'A' 'lr 'A' i' Witnessed by 2- Mr. U. R. lVright, resi-ding at Dumbarton Oaks Miss B. A. Coin, residing at Bretton Woods Mrs. I. M. Peace, residing at San Fran- cisco Page Eleven