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

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B.fF. A. Mercury 21 Class Prophecy Nows ours is only one more of the many classes that have graduated from BFA. But in twenty years when we recall those who have completed their education in this institution, the class of 1948 will be known as the famous class . I-Iow do I know. I have that prophetic power given to every senior who writes the class pro- phecy. Suppose you take time now to share with me this power. On a day in june, 1968, I was idly drawing on a piece of paper when my boss entered and exclaimed with excitement, I have it, I have it, I have discovered the model city from which to gain facts. And you are to verify my findingsf, Heluctantly I left the building to go to the airport. My assignment I felt would be another uninteresting experience. But at the airport I was greatly surprised to find everyone going to this model place named Success,'. I secured my ticket with difficulty and finally boarded a plane. As I was settling down, the pilot went thru the plane. I felt that he was someone I knew, yet I could not place him at once. Later I recog- nized him as Lloyd jacobs. He told me he piloted his plane to Success daily. After a short visit he left and I settled down to think about what I might see. Awakening the next morning, I glanced down to catch a glimpse of my destination, a group of ultra-modern buildings surrounded by well kept farms. Trees of unusual proportions and beauty covered the small hills surrounding the city. Be- fore I could see more we landed on a huge run- way. A porter took my luggage and directed me to a waiting car. And what a carl It was so streamlined that I just stared. At last I looked at the driver and there was Norma Wilson. Norma, who I knew had wished for a '48 Cadillac back in high school. was now designing and manufacturing her own cars. She drove slowly through the city so that I might look around. We passed several interesting places but one 'fi particular interested me, Swainbank's Old and New Carsf, Norma was just telling me how well Tommy did in this business when I saw a crowd of people before a store. Clancing up at the top of the building I saw two stout posts By Nancy Newton which held up two barrels. A sign swung be- tween them. It said Roberts Barrel Companyf' Stinky himself stood outside watching the crowd enter. Other important places of business were Bucklandis Dress Shop, Morseis Milking Ma- chine Manufacturing Co., and Crossis Modeling Agency. The last of these three I recognized as the one which sent such beautiful women all over the world. Coming down the street was a man whose gait and bearing indicated prosperity to the nth degree. Could that be another of my classmates? Why, yes-it was Raymond Beauregard. Norma said he had become a millionaire by striking gold on the banks of Lake Champlain. This dis- covery led to the beginning of the now model city, Success. Two other progressive citizens were Gerald Tromblay and Catherine Berger, who had run a filling station and a hot dog stand respectively to gain their fortunes. At one intersection we were halted by a pa- rade marching up the street. The drum majors and majorettes were trained by Betty Bard. Norma said that she was an instructor at the near by college which was run extremely well by the master mind of Susan Hermann. Norma pulled up beside a beautiful hotel building situated on a hill overlooking the city. Roland 1fEcuyer, the manager of this impressive building, hurried over to my car. He talked with me several minutes and then personally con- ducted me to my room. Shortly after he left, a knock at my door indicated that I had a caller. I opened it to find Patricia Pudvah, president of The Chamber of Commerce, who I learned was to conduct me on a tour through the city. We shall begin by visiting the mayorf' she said. Immediately I suspected it was Larry Lar- row. But Pat told me Larry had become bored with politics and was now a veterinarian. When we arrived at the city hall, we were conducted to the mayor's office by his very able recep- tionist, Mariette St. Amand. The mayor, who turned out to be Edward Brooks, had aged so much that I did not recognize him at first. No doubt the anxiety of his office had caused the gray hairs, or had he been experimenting with

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Class Will We, The Class of 1948, of the Ci-ty of St. Al- bans, in the County of Franklin and the State of Vermont, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last VV ill an Testament, in manner following, tha-t is to say: FIRST: We do give and bequeath to the junior Class our great wisdom, fondly hoping that with what little knowledge they already have they will know enough to use it well. To the Sophomore Class we leave our out- standing personality and superb manners, as they will find these qualities valuable assets in their junior year. We do leave to the Freshman Class this for- mula: Hard work + concentration - loaiing in study halls : I diploma at the end of the next 3 years. Any failure to comply with the pro- vision of the formula may result in an extension of the time alloted to receive said diploma. SECONDLY: The boys of the class of 1948 will to the boys of the lower classes their own edition of How To Win Friends and Iniiuence Peoplef, so that they too may get on the right side of the teachers. The girls of said class of 1948 leave to the girls of the three lower classes their sophisticated ways and ideas so that they may acquire a more ladylike appearance. THIBDLY: To deserving individuals we do make the following bequests: Item I Betty Martin wills her basketball uni- form to jane Wood with the under- standing that it will be cleaned and pressed before each game. Item 2 Graeme Francis wills Wayne Harvey some of his height so that he m-ay he seen as well as heard. Item 3 Frank Horan wills his swiftness for chasing fly balls in right field to John Walsh. Item 4 To Priscilla Smith, Joyce Newton wills her dramatic clinching ability. Item 5 Leslie Williamson leaves Rocky Houle his ability to get by with a minimum amount of effort. Item 6 To Tommy Greenwood, Robert Lampman leaves his round sense of humor. Item 7 David Livingston leaves' the maunv 5 4 'good jokes that he didn't put in the Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item I tem Item Item Item B.F.A. Mercury Lawyer: Maurice Chevalier Periscope this year to his successors. Susan Hermann wills to janiee Bell her outstanding ability to bluff her way out of any situation. john Comstock leaves his many ideas about running the school to Simon Winner. VVilliam Tuscany wills to George Dacey his ability to do a good jobof entertaining behind the footlights as well as behind the scenes. Nancy Kern leaves to Pat Vinal her well-known giggle so that she too may attract attention in assemblies. Tommy Swainbank leaves his girl- charming blush to Clifford Sargent. To Fenton Horan, Alden Richards leaves his best Toni Wave Set. Pat Pudvah leaves her many unused locker room jokes to Claire Maynard. Edward Brooks leaves his love of gos- sip to Sylvia Shepard. Celeste Gage leaves to Carroll Salls a generous portion of her musical ability so that he may concentrate on some tune other than I love coffee, I love teav. To Jean Buckley, Betty Bard leaves her quiet dignityv. Clarence Roberts wills to john Muril' his mania for chasing after the fire engines. The Five Year Boys leave-with smiling faces. LASTLY: we do hereby appoint the faculty of Bellows Falls Academy executors of this our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto sub- scribed our name this 14th day of Iune in the year Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Eight. THE CLASS OF 1948 C D XVITNESSED BY: Mrs. Luna Tick, residing at Bellevue Hospital, New York City Mrs. D. Ranged, residing at Nuthouse Lodge, Plc-alsanlntville, N. Y. Miss NI. I, Wright, residing at NVaterbury, Vt.

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22 peroxide again? After a short talk he turned i1n- mediately to the urgent business matters which awaited him. As we left, the chimes in the tower of the Episcopal Church, which I learned were rung hy john Berryman, warned us that it was near noon. We stopped to eat at a smart restaurant. Un the outside I noticed a sign which said, Try Bronson's Baked Beansn. Then I knew that joe Bronson was the owner. The head waiter who greeted us was Dennis Coon, part owner in joe':, restaurant. The entertainers during the after- noon and evening were Nancy Kern, jeanne Perron, Colleen Myott, and that famous voice teacher, William Tuscany. All together they formed an interesting team. As We were sitting there a young man snapped our picture. Pat said it was the famous photographer Leslie William- son, who was known to us in school days as john Henryf' Ever on the alert for new and in- teresting subjects, he and his trusty camera traveled near and far. After we left the restaurant I was conducted to a group of modern buildings which I recog- nized as Sue Hermanxfs college. Wandering through the halls we read some of the signs on the doors which indicated professors. They were Lawrence Richard, History, Arlene Sheehan, German, Robert Denio, Chemistry, and Donna Kerr, Mathematics. I found that Maurice Cheva- lier was the college football coach while Rodney Mears handled baseball and Graeme Francis, basketball. Celeste Gage was the music super- visor and Leah VVhipple was her accompanist. As we left the school I noticed several people gathered around a platform on which stood Clif- ford Chagnon. He was talking politics while Rose Luneau, news reporter, took his speech down at the rate of 150 words a minute. Clifford was hoping to succeed Paul Chabot as city treasurer. Paul was about to assume his new du- ties as city postmaster. Next we went through Robert Lampmanis printing office. Here we saw Monica Bashaw acting as fashion editor, Paul Denner as car- toonist, and Paul Desautels as editor-in-chief The press was now publishing besides their daily, Success Sentinel, George Wood's recent hook, THE MYSTERIOUS BLONDE. I noticed that Germaine Gregoire was Budis secretary an business associate. As we were leaving, we ran smack into Betty Niartin. who was chasing a small eollie. Betty, who as I remembered had not liked dogs, was p B.F.A. Mercury now the cityis dog catcher. The motor of her large red truck was being repaired by Roddy Corrigan with Andre Demers as his assistant. My attention was sidetracked by a huge bursf of applause which came from the cityis Sport. Arena. Pat pointed out the great ping-pong player, Bud Saurwein and his opponent, th famous detective, David Livingston. In different sections jacques Chabot and Frank Horan were engaged in hockey and baseball games respec- tively. It Was here we ran into three famous men named Roger Rheaume, john Comstock, -an 1 Reginald Yates. Roger was the city's well known skier, john the best fisher and Reginald the 'fa- mous hunter. We left hurriedly, for it was getting late. WVe passed a modern theater whose neon lights said: See Marilyn King in her latest sensational role. Below I saw a notice which read: Coming soon, Pascal St. Pierre, the great cowboy croonerf' Pat hurried me up a big hill which overlooked th'- entire city. On the way up we met janet Shepard who had become well-known in the art of more tain climbing. Pat told me that the trees we could see scattered throughout the town were planted by Louis Dworshak, who was an e pert in landscaping. The view also overlooked Paula Partlowis horse ranch. In the distance we eould see the large progressive looking farms o Stanley Webster and Malcolm Ladd. Pat sail Malcolm and Amos were arguing over thc boundary line between their farms. Representing them in their case were George Harmon and another lawyer. Georgeis secretary was Betty Ladue. The next stop was at the four-story hospital which was situated on the outskirts of the town Of course we met the two pretty medical secre- taries, Ann Kalahan and Kay Collins. The doc- tor who was conferring with some nurses was none other than Robert Saunders. The nurses were Anna King, joyce Newton, and Charlotte Towle. We passed two doors on which we read: Dr. Monica Marshia, Brain Surgeon, and Dr. Al- den Richards, Dentist. We peeked into Alden': office and saw Marilyn Lemnah busily writing. I concluded that she was his secretary. It was dark when We left the hospital and glancing at my watch I knew I had just time enough to go to my hotel, make my report, anl catch a plane back to my work. I was hoping im' hoss would he pleased with the survey that I had just completed. l certainly was, for l had seen .:Q. my classmates.