Brandon High School - Neshobe Yearbook (Brandon, VT)

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Class Prophecy We sent a blanket which the girls made, six bales of hay and a bushel of oats to the Lady Wonder Horse in Virginia to pay for the following Prophecy, straight from the horse’s mouth: There will be terrific rivalry between Anna Bryant of the Rexall Drugstore and Mary Nickerson of Brown’s Drugstore. The question is: Who can make the most powerful soft drink? I can see them at the age of 102, cackling with glee as they work over a bubbling, fuming, smoking mixture such as a lemon, cherry, coffee phosphate, which they are making for some happy, unsuspecting customer. But with atomic energy poking its head over the horizon, even I can’t tell what they’ll come up with next. Linda Aines is going to join the Waacs. After several years of hard work, she will get promoted to the exalted rank of head bass drum player in the Waac band. Oh dear! During the presidential parade of 1974, the band turns a corner, but Linda doesn’t. She can’t see over the top of the drum. After she finally finds her way back, she will be charged with being AWOL and demoted to 16th class tuba cleaner. After years of hard work at the Brandon Theatre as head popcorn maker, Jane Mohan will accidentally invent a type of pop corn which looks like snow. This will be a great help to our armed forces, because in the summer time they can drop it on our enemies in the tropics. The enemies will think that it’s snowing, put on heavy arctic garments and roast to death. Jane will be thanked by the president himself. Jack Maroney is going to be head athletic director at a girls’ school in California. We sure nope he gets along better than the last one did, as he left on crutches, with one arm in a cast and a black eye. Jack will need all his muscles in good working order. First Tommy Dorsey won’t be able to keep up with Billy Moffatt in music; Billy will take over Dorsey’s band. Then Einstein will find Billy is his match in science. After that Billy will want to go exploring off in space. Who will be his next victim? Dorothy Higgins, who always wanted to be a nurse, will be in the infirmary in Bronx Park Zoo taking care of the nursery. It really is so much fun. Carlisle Geldert will work on underwater photography but all the pictures he gets will be of himself. Don’t worry, the mermaids won’t be' witch him. He’ll always be true to Carlisle. Barbara Platt will give drivers’ training instructions here in B. H. S. only there will usually be one thing missing—a car. It seems she has a little smash-up, from time to time. Bernie Humiston will have a little accident and will suffer from amnesia. It will seem that he thinks he is a lady wrestler. Jimmv Steele, who likes to travel, will take a trip to Turkey where he will decide to live because he likes their ways so much. While he is there he will acquire four beautiful wives and then he’ll have trouble deciding whether to bring one, leave them all, or bring them all home with him for a visit.

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Dorothy Higgins wills her ability to knit and crochet to Gloria Aldrich. Think you can do it, Gloria? Pat Hope wills her ability to run the duplicator to anyone who wants the job. It’s real messy. Wayne Howland wills his farming ability to Bobby Forguites. You’ll have to grow larger and stronger, Bob. Bernard Humiston wills his strength to John Ketcham. You won’t have to try very hard, John. William LaRoque wills his ability to get in the Honor Society to Bill McDonough. You’cf better get started before it is too late. Jack Maroney leaves his skiing ability to Dick Sargent. You have a long ski trail ahead of you, Dick. Marjorie McDonell wills her good humor to June Lewis. It’s really fun, June. Bill Moffatt wills the road to Forestdale to a nyone with a car. Leave a path open for Bill, as he still has use for it. Jane Mohan wills her quiet ways to Kathleen Johnson. You will have to stop flirting, Kathleen. John New wills his wavy hair to Mr. Fay. It stays in place by itself, Mr. Fay. Mary Nickerson wills her American History book to the Sophomore Class. If you study, it’s really not so difficult, kids. Gale Parmelee wills his ability to drive four in the front seat without getting caught to anyone with a truck. It’s really some trick. Barb Platt wills her studious attitude to Jackie Willette. You’ll have a struggle, Jack. Janet Smith wills her small waistline to Elaine LaPorte. You won’t have to diet, Elaine. James Steele wills his ability to chase the girls to John Marcell. We know you can do it, John. Jean Thompson wills her ability to work at the theater to Betty White. Think you can do as good a job, Betty? Better remember your bookkeeping. Signed: Gertrude Baker, Patricia Hope.

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This is the way an advertisement will read in the New York Times: “Artist wanted, no experience needed, good wages, Cartoon Section, Satur- day Evening Post. Gail Dick will answer this ad. Soon the Advertisement will read: ‘ Would like job as artist, prefer cartoon sections.” The Post won’t supply enough work to satisfy Gail and her four little artists. Marjorie McDonell will win first prize with her laugh on People Are Funny, then get a job of her own laughing from Coast to Coast on T. V. Betsy Forguites will stay single until 1962 when she will meet a dog trainer whom she will marry. You see, he will be able to train her dogs; her kennels are getting quite crowded. Pat Hope, who liked sewing so much at Brandon High, will graduate from U. V. M. and will work as an assistant in the operating room of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, sewing up incisions. Ruth Disorda, after marrying Leonard, will decide they spend too much money on the car getting it fixed in garages. She will start learning how to be a mechanic. She will then have her own garage in Middlebury where she can fix everyone else’s car. Jean Thompson will retire to her home just waiting for any eligible, handsome, wealthy bachelor of whom she approves. Gert Baker will be one of the heroes of the class of ’53. During her first season of driving at Pice Raceway, she will spin off the track twice. After several years, she will become one of the leading drivers in the National Stock Car Association. I see that Wayne Howland will take over his father’s farm. I see a wife. Oh, it’s Pat Hope. It’s not long before the family starts to increase! I see thirty head of cattle, and a couple of experimental yaks imported from Alaska. Mary Bruce must have taken the Senior Jamboree quite seriously, because I see that she will take up wrestling as a side line. You will be able to see het at 11:00 o’clock on channel 7 on Saturday Nights. Janet Smith will turn out to be a great success. She will set up a business of writing class prophecies, with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London, Paris, and Timbuctoo. She will hire her husband as 17th Vice- President. Bill LaRoque will join the Navy and become chief dough slapper of the baking squad. This is a very important job, as everybody knows what wonder- ful artillery fire navy biscuits make. Gordon de Lancey in school had only one girl; but after going in the service he will meet many and will become quite a Romeo. He will have girls wherever he goes, but he’ll still prefer brunettes to blondes. Gale Parmelee will do quite well on his farm. He will get a pretty profit after someone finally teaches him about the birds and bees. Bob Bassett, our class politician of ’53, will go to Washington to campaign for United Nations delegate and get himself a job as the American peace delegate to Russia. He sure will talk himself into something this time. John New, who had a very excellent baritone voice, will join the service and be known as the singing sergeant of his outfit. When he lands in New York on his way home, he will walk down the street singing and will be given a job, so he certainly won’t go hungry. He will be the only singing Good Humor man in the United States. Janet Smith, Carlisle Geldert.