Conant High School - Yearbook (Jaffrey, NH)

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I awake wlth a start as my book falls to the floor I shake my he d 1 llttle daved at the com monplace reallty of my po lt1OD An I pl muon more satlsfled CLAS UIDCE the world began ropl have kept record OI Jent KhlCl h ve taken place Town an mount f h1 tJFlCS h tn t po terlty may kno: fhat lo been aeeompllsh ed, and y centlv alu tre lraetlens f tle or ould beneflt them se ve ry de troylng all thelr hl tory from the stuov of hlstory that W rs tventy or hlrtf yelr ind, Nhrr Co IF 1 d lt the os 1b1l1t 1VP o palr Sdyl l p y lar e ovey 'o have thelr wuollea and ub profs sor re book Weople Know ur t lnterv nother w r t t We t ltse 'FlStDFj can lntrln bout Therefor t 1 prefe sor vue t here lere no 1 tory loom o ld be eos er to r note vorld pea Nox, ltbouvn tnts learn u e e r bEllFE6 a torl slould be d tro ed, belleve pust rlty wlll want Ol wh t th c use of l aceompllshed It is my proud d y tonlgnt to l te to ou the JCtlVltlP of the largest elas ever to enter Conant H h ,ebool t Cla s of l 7 In september 1955 Fre hmen a slgned s ats ln the front of the maln room Our class w s so l rge we occupled more than hllf of wlth me and mlne, as lf I ad tasted of the flery WINES f the mlghty and found them lack rl that prlng of nlne lng 1D eomparl cool mountaln Ollve L tourneau C as Proohet HICTORY the maln study h ll and b cause other el se ve ut to m ke room for u we dldnlt feel s lDS1gHlfl cant former 1D COmlDU cla ses probably h d felt Durlng thl year our only cla s aetlvlty was an outlng to the Poole RLSCFVdt1OH Came HC C C ' d , plled lnto the army trucks, loaned to us through the klnd ness of Captaln Flanagan, and Gnyoyed a hllarlous tlme at the foot f old Monadnock At on early meetlng we e fOllOWlUU offlcers leoted tw pre ldent, James Shlelds vlee presldent, secret ry, Auoust Duval trea urer, G orge Fox he s We offlc rs erved cap ble well dur ng our Sophomore and JuD1OT years Wlth one excep tlon Uurlng our Sophomore year hdella Spear cted as secr tary the offlee reverted to Auvu t Duv l agaln our thlrd yefr Ullzabeth Flan g n, who W s elected to e Conant t ff, left at the end of her Freshman year and her place was fllled by Barbar Fenerty Dorothy Cutter and August Duval were chosjh ath letlo representatlves Louls Lanvevin, There 1 no doubt that ln Spltb of our large number we suffered some oualms at the thought of m6CtlDg strange .- .H n A D I f l ' . h e e.' ' t . ' 'I 0 a f ' - - A - ' 1 - fb ' H 3' ' , ' ' ' 'son v'th d M'55 , X A 1 ' ' ' ' s ' a' . - 1' S . - S c O' ' , ' 8' 6- p: e 1 iv' - .. ' e- as s had to 'J s v 1 'e e ' f . mo o a l s, W 3 ' d ctties -a g a- 17 ' -H o ' ' L - ts o m'Al t ' . ' , as 2 ' - ' O s : - c,:i p - s X s a - . lis ed so .la s ' . 4 's - X uf fn o 'mas ' ' V V, . N ' s ' ' ' s-u et a s' -- 1 2 s f ' . We t M s 'l- 'lf 'N o be f ,. . . s for a ay H T W ld wf' f H ' - L ' ' l s , fs f ' ' -' - ' - 's s. I ,I ' ' 1 V - . . . . .1 ' I a s oco a ' els of 1 o . v' e t ' 3 1 s f 1 el omg Ufte W' h e p - a 2- ' - s' ' I y of 1 ' Q a hey 2 ' O ' H : g J up LH 'esof' 'ng, s' ' f H '- 5 ' 'L' I mux FGbf3 ' lf-- - ' ' O4 ' we f Q0 1 WH' g e ' it.H ' e D' : o g 'es ' e, 'h's 1 s. ar- f e to ,' . T. se als g ,s the if tif w ' ' e se 1 A8 and h's ' 1- is it W u - i ' , J C i, 1 p :s.e- V A ce. ' Tu f' - 1 J e - O T I ' 1 ff . - 'Q l ' 1 - a - ed prff ssor loss '.' ll ' C 3 '- o J A his 'ee .1 e es y Q s a A- we Q 'Q f 'f e ' H ' 'fe . h ' - af to Kn r C a e leo. 937 a ' a H V th r- ' . s a s- L - ut 'sl re a - y 5 . . .IS L u I t ' . ,, 3 'es Y 1 . ' o ig- Fon' -- he is 95 . ' - . V p . . F 2 -H ., 55 s V, were s ' - to - 's ' . F 'a. a ' L ' J' ., F 7' ' ..

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Mate Henry SIFOIS, who are 1n ch rge of the malden voyage of the sh1p,made themselves known to the lovelg lQdl8S and prom 1SG 1 del1ghtful CFObQlHg The wheel turns agaln and I P1CtUFC the FECTS1t1OR room of M1 Rowlond's School for 1ounv lad1rs On the faculty are Helen AdumS nd Mary Green fhesr two are commentlng on the succe stul try uts they have had fox tne new play when Mar puer1te De ch nes JO1H them and tells of the excellent gym n t1C 6Xh1b1t1OH Wh1Ch would soon t ke pl ce under her d1r ectlon The scene shlfts aga1n large group of peolle, who are start1ng out on a hazardous gou rney ln a new plane, are belng made comfortable by Lucy Pomp onlo, an attract1Je a1r tew ardes The rolllng plaln of the pralrle 1U the d1 tance, an a ttractlvelv bullt ranch house near by, aan v1ew1ng the unex celled work of the 1nter1or de corator, Bern1ce Hayden, are the two pros erous ranch ovn ers, Alfred anulls and Alfred Qawyer Bernlce 1 trylng t tell them that lthough she sp CC1a1lZ6S ln paper hanglng and antlque furnlture, she 15 very proud of her flrst ranch house The two Alfreds are pos1t1ve that the hou e v1ll draw more guests to the1r dude ranch The kyscraper looms ln the moke and sun and has soul Pfalrle and valley, stre ets of the c1ty pour people to lt and they mlngle among 1ts twenty floors and are poured out agaln tack to the streets, pra 1r1es and valleys 1 e men and women, boys and glrls so pagred ln and Ulf all d V that QIVGS the bu1ld1ng a soul of dreams and thoughts and mem OFIGS CCar1 Sandburgl Floor after floor reveals ltself to me tnd the faces of those who are the Hsoudsn flash across my mlnd In a rlchly furnlshed l w offlce are AdCl18 spear and PFISC111 Balrd sec retarles toll me Sh1elds, attorney, famous for the m nner ln Wh1Ch he handles d1VOFC6 ca es Another floor nd two en glneer , M r1o Manzone nd Louls Murphy, are excltely congr tu l tlng one nother for shortly they are to le ve to bu1ld 1n re l1tv the br1dge of thClF dre ms The m1n11ture model x s before them nd they revel ed 1U the beauty of the thlng Doctor lawyers, GHQIHGGTS gournallsts, S6CFEt1Tl6S and ph rm C1Sta all flnd lt conven lent to be housed N1th1H the skyscraper The dental OfflCS of DF sylvlo Bern1er and h1s as 1st nt Marlon wlllls lS not too far away from the OfflCG of two gournallsts August Duval nd George Cox These txo are taklng turns t lklng 1nto dlSCOHHECtGd Hmlken, rehelrslng r 'the b1g show to t ke pl l tter Apparently they are Hout Wlnchelllngn Wlnchel Down, doxn, down, my floors go and on the flFSt I s 1de l potherc rv shop Louls L ngevln stands there ready to ald manklnd SOOthlDG drugs 1f o e 1 111 nd coco colds o help les en the tenslon of the hectlc mode of l1V1Dq of the 'souls of the skyscraper Vagwsly, I was aware that my succes had had all th gla mOuF I expected and yet, .nd Yet, There + A L Q . . . O. - - , . ' .- - ' - ' u . l ri f 1 . 1 N . Q 0 . , . , . ' r C. . ' u t 1 F Q. Q L ' 2 ' f o u f 1. ' o - ' ' f '- u CJ V . C4- - . fw ' - ' '- 1- o fl 3 GH ' J ' - fl U . . . . o . ' ' , ' A ' 4 L ' S c -, 3 E5 S 1. ' . . ' '1 do . . . . . , P ,K . , A , .eu . ' Q O, 4, 4,. 3. 'Q .13 e C1 -' ' n I1 C1 - Q 51 . ., . l A . . - . J 3' 'L .1 a 7 ' 1 El n L ' ' 1 ' ' - va 2 - A ' ' Q f 1 1 S -,. S , FT 7 S o G 3 ' 1 a a ' c ' ' ' - - , - , 5 . t . . A S . . L . . . S ' Q . I . . .. 2, ' 7' P ' S . Lf, ' 7 S . . I .- , A F . . X A sg V -g 7.1 Q F! - ' ' O.. D. . L ' . 0 ' IJ O 'V - a , - fo ' A fn a ace ' . . . f . , A Lk O ' ' . 1 . . -A 5 ' C . . ,I 5 W, . L ' G6 -'ln . .. . 2 Cl. Q J ' u fl . u. ' H S N w ' ' ' -4- ' 1 A . , . . s ' a n s a - Q t 1 'I . fl . l 5,1 ' o ' ' - 1 1 u - 1 . , ' ln . . . . - K S E . - 1 . 'N ' t J , f . It s th -- v ' ,A ' 4- -, , yy , s C ., ,,, Q wee. is . fall 'V 1 2 1

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teachers We actually felt at home when we found Mr Homer Forcler on tre upper floor for he had taught a large number of the ela s lh JuDlOF hlgh We were very sorry to have hlm leave at the end of our flrst year, but F15 place w s ve y efflclently f1 led by Mlss Ella beth McCoy In our Sophomore year our ell s of forty two members was O1V10bO, of we d 1D D1 s Cunn1nvham's room e t e ot rs ln mls MeCo ' IOOl year, we fol ow IYL the p ee d t t by Su F as es e p s , d1dn't partlelp te 10 any dlVlGU l l etl lty, ut d to coup r t ln eve y school fu etlon Our thletlc repr OF Ol v tr ntatlve were Adella The Gln nt Glee Club, to whleh mzny f us belonned, JOIHLQ wlth the F1tZWlll1dm and Troy Glee Clubs nd have concert lu the three towns Amos Fortune, one of J f freyl flfbt publlc benef ct ors, left sum of more o t e chocls f Jalfre wa voted Jn l9?8 to use the IHCJHC of the money s pF1ZCS ll puUl1C peaklng conte ts lhrough ul VJld ble delays the flr t conte t Jas not h ld n tll the sprlng of 1935 Among the wlnner wer three f our member Barb ra Fen rty, James Snleld , nd W1ll11m Purdy Sept mber, 193 arrlved, our cl ss now numbered thlrty 51X Thlb year wa to be o r most lmpcrtant year, soclally and flnanclally In October xltn the alproprl te COlOFlDgS of Jr n e nu bl ck we ven ur ed tlmlely to sponsor a Hal lowe'en Ball Ne felt Justly Jroud of t C net result o thls dance and our Washlngton Trlp fund was increased 1n a worthwhlle manner The Junlor Play, nMlSS1Dg One Palriu was presented under the dlFECtlOH of Mlss Cournoy er on February 17 Those tak lng part were Barbara Fenerty, Ollve Letourneau, Ruby Potter, Dorl Doud, MHTQUGTILC Des chenes, mary Green, August Du val, Harold Magor, George Cox, Wllllam Purdy, Louls LWHQGVIH, Marlo Manzone, and James Shlelds Early 1D March we spon sored, Wlth the able 3SS1St ance of parents and frlends, a St Patrlem' Supper By thls tlm6 our bank account had eroxn conslderably larver and S6U1OFS leave for Washlngton lt d wncd on us that our dream would soor be a reallty In May another opportunl was Ven to HtT1U e l1 nt fanta t1OH t the annual May ball Unlon hall was at traet1vely decorated IH plnk nd whlte and Ken Boutelle's orche tr furnl hed the muslc Analn th1S year many of u took p rt ln the JOlHt gle club concerts Wh1Ch were held wlth the Troy glee club 1D Troy and Jaffrey under the su pervlslon of Mrs Mlldred Whltcomb of Keene The second annual Amos Fortune Prlze Speaklng Contest was held on May 31 Barb ra Shlelds prlzes were WWGFGSO to Fenerty ard JGDSS d1d not seem posslblc year could pass so yet the receptlon tendered to the Sbn1OFS 1n June brought us to the P63112 that qulckly 1 . 1 . . 1 ' 1- - ' I-iw 1 .1 1 fs 1- I W' .1 ' ' l e 'H H' - ' ' 4 . 4 7, M ' ' . , L- S . , . . . I 'r - 1 . , ' L 3 - 2: - f ' .' 2 a -r ' ' Ste. .:V V .1 1 . N- , . , - 'pal 3 , . ' ' , I ' - A .S , . - - . 7 S , e - - 'I Q I , .- '. some 'A us Ire seat- 2' ' Y C'.'1,I'S-X 1 V' gt., 1 . :. an n- ne' ' 4 's y s ' n. This be - I, - - '12 '2 re e en se 'ep.-, A e cl'es of th' a.t ' ' a '. e in- X I . ' a c aes a 'v' b 1 ' ' M VC, f ii El Q 1 ' fl' o f ' S Y 0 'nl ' . a f ' , ' e ese . '1s I 1 ' O v ' O- Spear and Alfred Kelley. when, in Aprll, we saw the X C a is ' ' 31 - ' ' , - ii X O V I -5 . L - - Q . : - I 3 1- .4 W . ,. -4. ' T ' ' ' a 7' A 1 e ' ' ' I S I, ,-. . ' ' A 'g' ' S a 1 f .' ' a - - ' - . ' - 1' ' w - ' 3 - - l . - J . ' K I il .A i Aly ta 5 U-. ' Q I hh.. S I O 'F' cy. TS LL S 0 - s Q 1 . , D lg ' fi. . ' QL . .1 L . S XC . JS . S G . Q . G H ,g zu f' a - - W I A . s s W . e u - ' ' l I A ' . . A . - e ' V s - e as o ' .' f s f 'a e 4 ' - ' , ' s a P' 'e . - e Q ' 1 ' - a ' A . . ' s 2 u ' - . ' r : ' I 1 . L ' 1 ' , . I It - w 1 3, 'a e ' 3 ' e ' a g- a ' a '1 f t - ' ' , - 1 '- ' H' . , I -