Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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1lF' THE BGG AND I Betty MacDonald In the mining town of Boulder, Colorado there was born to Irs. Darsie Bard, a red-haired daughter who was named Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard. nBetty'sN maternal ancestors were Dutch. Ten Eyck was their name, and they settled in New York in 1613. Her father's family name was Campbell. The Campbells cane to Virginia from Scotland. They were all well-bred people except for WGannyW who were her shoes on the wrong feet, and married a yellow-eyed gambler, Janes Bard of Bardstown, Kentucky. A few months after Betty was born, her mother received a wire from her father telling her to cone to Mexico City which she did. From Mexico they moved to Placerville, Idaho where Betty's brother, Sydney Cleveland, was born. Thence they moved to Butte,'Ebntana wiere they remained for four years. Durinj this time, Betty's sister Darsie was born. 1 In the summers, they sgent most of their time in the moun- tains , where they were taught by their mother and father to love danger and excitement. Their grandmother taught then to avoid danger and be constantly alert against it. nGannyW kept then inside the cabin and read such books as The Bible, Pilgrin's Progress, The Little Colonel, The Wizard of Oz, The Five Little T Peggers and all of the books of Zane Grey, Dickens, Thacheray, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling to then. . 4 When Betty was nine years, old they moved to Seattle, Wash- ington, where preparedness for the future began. Betty and her sisters were-given lessons in singing, piano, folk dancing, ballet, French, and dramatic arts. They also had to follow a strict health program. They ate no salt, never drank water with their nealsg chewed their food one hundred times, get ug at five o'clock in the norninjg and took cold baths. They exercised to nusic and played tennis. To keep their minds healthy they were not allowed to read funny papers or go to When Betty economy measure and ballet, and Betty went seventeen years the movies. was twelve years old her father died. As an they had to stop all their lessons except piano entered public school in the fall. through high school with honors. When she was old and a sophomore in college, her brother Cleve 1 brought home Bob MacDonald, for the weekend. Bob took Betty dancino and to the novies. The result was that Betty fell head -.J over heels in love with him. They were iarried when she was eighteen. Bob decided that he wanted to have a chicken farm. He bought one in the Olympic Mountains. Their home was originally a log cabin, but rooms were added to it, , Any' we +4.-4..,i

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'IY Betty's life followed a more or less set routine. Monday, .nshday, meant carrying all the water from the spring, tryin, tu make soapsnds in that hard water, and in winter having clothes hanging in the house drying for days. Tuesday, ironing day, was a process of heating the iron on the stove, wiping off the soot, heating it all over again, for by that time, it had and then cooled off. Wednesday was baking dayg another struggle, with the stove which refused to Let hot. Thursday was scrub day, and Betty literally scrubbed all the woodwork in the house. Friday she cleaned lamps and lamp chimneys, only to have then all sucked up again, as soon as the lamps vere lit. Saturday was market day. Bob and Betty jonnccd to town, and back again, in the old' Ford Truck, and usually forgot to get the nost important things. Sunday was a day of peace when Betty only washed her hair, cooked dinner, straightened up the house and acted lazy. Spring Betty rave birth to a red-haired daughter, neant more work. She didn't mind this for she loved Anne. In the Anne . This to care for After struggling on the farm for a number of years, with no water, electricity, or modern conveniences, Betty, Anne, and Bob finally moved onto the chicken farm of their dreams. They had all modern conveniences. I imagine this new none seemed like heaven to Betty. Rosemary Sullivan '57 Mr. Duprey Our History class has skull practice To near Mr. Duprey say what he nay. ' boys, ' that noiseln each day, In the room, ne has a large crowd of ' And we hear him say, WErnest, stop He loves to give long assignments at To find out if our brains are still bright. long, tiresome, and hard night, His tests are Union really shows up on my report card. He cones every morning in a big green car, believe he's Way above'par. students had their may, I'n sure they'd want Er. Duprey to stay. And we often If nest of the Stuart Bryant 'A7 .A H414 . .