Bellows Falls High School - Sampler Yearbook (Bellows Falls, VT)

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H THE S A M P L E It orable comment. “Honor Bright” was the Senior Play, in which Eddie Kane was the hero and Tony Garrett the heroine. All the actors participating did excellent work, and it was through their efforts and those of the ticket sellers that the receipts were so large. The first five honors were announced in As- sembly, the Tuesday following Easter vaca- tion, and consisted of Clifford Holmes, Bea- trice Parker, Claire Robinson, Laura Fenn, and Nancy Faris. And now approaches o ir happy yet sad week of Commencement. Before we take our leave, we wish to thank the faculty for all their efforts in helping to shape our lives and to prepare us for the future. The officers of the Senior Class are Presi- dent, Edward Kane; Vice-President, James Ferguson; Secretary, Margaret Porter; and Treasurer, Margaret Macarthy. SENIOR CLASS INVENTORY For a singer we have........................ For a movie comedian we have................ For a tap dancer we have.................... For a Prime Minister we have................ For a worker in metals we have.............. For a help for cripples we have............. For a servant we have....................... For a rifle we have......................... For a great king we have.............. For a school we have.. . :.................. For a movie actress......................... For a way of cooking we have................ For a prophet we have....................... For building monuments we have.............. For a Major League Baseball Player we have For a working man we have................... For batteries we have....................... For a place of residence we have............ For a coffee company we have................ For a leader of a country we have........... For cigars we have.......................... For winter weather we have.................. For relief we have.......................... For erasers we have......................... For flowers we have......................... For part of a house we have................. For fruit we have........................... For comfort we have......................... For a president we have..................... For Maple Sugar we have..................... For a food shop we have..................... For a band leader we have................... For a football coach we have................ For a “meanie” we have...................... Our activities are.......................... For chewing gum we have..................... After the banquet we are.................... For roofing we have......................... For a coffee shop we have................... For a drink we have......................... For breakfast we have....................... For canned foods we have.................... For a caress we have a...................... MORTON DOWNING LLOYD ROBINSON MAC DONALD SMITH KANE PORTER WINCHESTER ALEXANDER STEARNS PARKEH FREY ELIAS STONE HADLEY MINER WILLARD HOLMES SANBORN KING DEXTER SNOW DOLE BRADLEY GARLAND GARRETT (L) ORANGE ROBE(Y) ADAMS OAR(E) Y EDWARDS WARDING HARLOW MEANLY WAR YAS CLARK . FULLAM .BARRETT CRAY (CO) . WOYN (AR) “EGGS” “PICKLES” . KISS (EL)

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T II Ii S A M P L E R CLASS HISTORY 13 Soon we, the class of 1936, will be taking leave of the sheltering walls of our cherished Alina Mater. As we look hack over a short period of four years to the time when we entered Bellows Falls High as Freshmen, we are reminded of a great many happy moments. Time passed swiftly with hockey, football, dances, and other extra curricula activities and with simple, every-day labor under our patient teachers. Before discussing High School days in detail, however, let us go back a few years further into those “good old” grammar school days. Eddie Miner started off to the first grade in Cuba, with a bright shining face, and prob- ably with a brand new hair ribbon! But he found one year in Cuba sufficient, and the next fall he embarked on the long journey north to Bellows Falls, arriving at the Atkin- son Street School just in time to enroll as one of its members. The first four years of Nancy Faris’ grammar school life were spent in the sunny south in various “little brick School- houses”. The first year she attended school at Brewster, Florida, second and third at Auburndale, and fourth at a training school. Rock Hill, South Carolina. Her adventures in the south preceded two years' grammar school and six in High at Bellows Falls. If we survey the Seniors of 1936 indi- vidually, we find that many of them were originally from cities and towns outside of Vermont. Jimmie Ferguson spent his first year in a Pittston, Pennsylvania, school, where he probably got lost in the mob the first few days. One year of that school was enough, so next he came to Putney, working gradually up to Bellows Falls. Mildred Cabell entered Bellows Falls High a year ago, after ten years in Passaic Collegiate School in New Jersey. Virginia Denham attended various and sun- dry Massachusetts schools before arriving here September, the last. Gridley Bryant Grammar, South Quincy Junior High, and Lexington Junior High are only a few of those Massachusetts institutions of learning. However good Massachusetts schools may be, Clifford Holmes no doubt thinks New Hamp- shire schools are just about as good, for he went eight years to Langdon Center Grammar. Highest honors were carried away from the Saxtons River school by Phyllis Frey, and second highest by Ellen Stearns. By bringing the Saxton River “ites” to Bellows Falls, the “Silver Streak” plays quite an important part in High School life. Other towns con- tributing students to our class are Westmin- ster, Bartonsville, North Walpole, Bellows Falls, and Athens. Now let us open the door of High School, and step inside to catch a fleeting glance of the activities within. Probably the old saying of “ Ignorance is bliss” held true for us as Freshmen; at least we were happy and contented in our new surroundings. The officers chosen for the year were President, .John Andosca; Vice- President, Joe Massucco; Secretary, Geral- dine Lorange; and Treasurer, Billy Barry. Though business this season was not very pressing, each officer received a due share of experience in handling class affairs. As Sophomores, our standing was elevated considerably, since we occupied the third floor of the building! That year’s social events were mostly negative quantities, though we did elect class officers—President, Clarence Harlow; Vice-President, Beatrice Parker; Secretary, Jean Edwards; Treasurer, Eddie Kane. In the Junior year, a new system of electing officers was introduced, quite an improvement over the old system of election without much forethought. Every one in the class wishing to be a candidate for an office circulated a petition on which was indicated the name of his party and what he intended to accomplish if elected. Clarence Harlow, Clifford Holmes, Peggy Porter, and Eddie Kane received the largest number of votes for the respective offices of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. This was the grand year of our Junior Prom, which we remember so well for its success as a social function, and also for the empty state in which it left the class treasury! The deficit was readily made up by a small assessment of each member of the class. Later on, a Pie Prom was held for the especial benefit of the Latin Club. In June, we held the responsibility of graduation ex- ercises and the Senior Hop. This final event was a huge success. This, our Senior year, has been fully as busy and as interesting as any of the four. The Senior Bazaar and plays, “Where the Cross is Made”, and “Spreading the News”, took place the evening before Thanksgiving. For the Bazaar, the gymnasium was beautifully decorated in blue and white, patterned in snow scenes with skiers enjoying long, frosty, cross-country rides. A little later in the win- ter, the Dramatics Club presented “Growing Pains”, which attracted a great deal of fav-

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THE SAMPLER 15 SALUTATORY Parents, friends, teachers, and fellow class- mates. We, the class of 1936, are glad to welcome you all to share with us the final observance of our school days. The past twelve years have been a happy mixture of sunshine and shower. We hope they have prepared us somewhat for the future which stretches before us. We realize that our parents and teachers have played a great part in guiding us until this time. They deserve our sincerest thanks. We are now about to enter the world where we must learn to take bumps and bangs ourselves. The new life will be more complex, but we face it with confidence and courage. As we look back, we find that one thing is always of supreme importance—-health. We hope you will bear with us while we discuss it at some length. HEALTH Because health is of such great importance to every human being, we propose to discuss it in its various phases and help more people understand its value. Good health is one of the greatest aids to success. “One should always keep in mind that health and person- ality are not separate entities or qualities. Good health is as much a part of a good per- sonality as the right hand is a part of the body.” We shall try to convince you all just how important it is to preserve the great gift of good health. Still, “health is not so much a gift as an achievement.” A baby whose health is perfect at birth may become almost an invalid through neglect. “Heath is never the same from day to day or even from hour to hour; it is ever changing.” It takes constant care to be in the best of phy- sical condition. A person’s good health is one of his surest guarantees of popularity and success. E. Lee Vincent stated that “people now understand physical health to mean posses- sion of vital physical energy in such measure that the person can meet whatever demands of energy the day’s work places on him and can still have left enough energy for play and recreation as well as for emergency demands.” A healthy person is one who can take it. He is never too tired for fun and pleasure. He is not a dead weight at socials or anywhere else. Because he never has to think about hpw he feels, he can devote his whole mind to what he is doing—be it work or play. When busy, his body becomes a machine obeying his every command. The old saying “A sound mind in a sound body” seems to hit the nail squarely on the head. With this standard all of us would be more nearly perfect. A perfectly sound body is of little use to one with a weak mind. On the other hand, if one’s body is not well, a fine mind cannot be used to the best advan- tage. People in school realize as much as anyone else that good health is very important to efficiency. We know that when we arrive at school writh a headache, no lessons go well we are unable to concentrate. Also, we seem to be on poor terms with the teachers, nothing goes right. The human mechanism is so delicate that a slight upset may cause a great deal of trouble. A ma- chine must be in the best condition to operate perfectly. So the human machine must be in even better condition, in comparison, to work to the best advantage. Many people do not appreciate their good health until they become sick and lose it. They see people whose health is poor, and pity them. Still they neglect their own until, like the one boss shay, it breaks down en- tirely. Then, they wish they had been more careful. The old adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” still holds good. We should protect and increase whatever good health is given to us. It seems that more people are beginning to realize this than ever before. Still the ma- jority of laboratory workers are working on cures. If they spend as much energy work- ing on preventives of known diseases, more may yet be accomplished. Some things indicate that we are becoming more conscious of this possibility. Babies are vaccinated and inoculated before they have a chance to con- tract disease. New serums for inoculation are constantly being discovered. People predicted that the depression would do much damage to health. This prophecy just hasn’t worked out. “Six years of hard times have left no discernible physical scars upon us as a people.” It is reported that 1985 continued the trend to better health, lower death rates, and longer life.” People now can look forward to a life span of well over sixty years, while in 1900 forty-five was the average limit. In just the past six years, the death rate from tuberculosis has de- clined one-third. The rate now is about fifty per hundred thousand as compared with about two hundred at the close of the nine- teenth century. The reports of our mental state of health are much the same. Although there have been more entries in mental hos- pitals, it is greatly because of financial in- ability to care for the patients at home. At the beginning of 1936 we have a favor- able report of the nation’s state of health.