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

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THE SAMPLER 11 ELEANOR CORAN “ Pegleg” “ A good sport is somebody worth while” General Course; Ring Committee, 4; School Column, 3; “Bishop’s Candlesticks. ’’ “Pegleg is quite a camper just ask her about those camping trips. As “Persome” in the “Bishop’s Candlesticks’’ she did a fine job of character acting. EARLE COWING Pappy General Course; Nature Club, 1. You don’t hear much from Earle but he gets around. A Doctor Jekyll and Cowboy Hide. Hi ho. Silver. We hope Earle has a sense of humor. Maybe this will develop it. PAUL CRAY “Mull” “Sleep ts sweet to the labouring man” College Preparatory Course; Hockey, 4; Spotlight Club, 4; Decoration Committee Junior Prom, 3; Senior Hop, 3; Hobby Exhibit Committee, 3; Opera House Committee, 3; “The Poor Nut;” “It Never Rains;” President of Junior Class; President of A. A., 4; Business Manager Year Book, 4; As- sembly Committee, 4. “He drives an Olds with Buick parts. When the road and he turn in the same direction, it’s just a coincidence. We wouldn’t call him lazy—but his uncle’s name’s Van Winkle. RICHARD CROTTY “Rich” “ All the great men are dead and I'm not feeling so well myself” College Preparatory Course; Track, 4; Interclass Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Spotlight Club, 4; Junior Prom Cloakroom, 3; Senior Hop Cloakroom, 3; School Column, 3, 4; “The Poor Nut; School Patrol. The tall. Roman-looking boy who (he thinks) will make a future Bing Crosby. Richard can usually be seen during school hours poring over his “aids.” HARRY DEAN “Dunga” “I'm the big boy” General Course; Football, ‘2, 3, 4; Hockey, 4; Baseball, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3. 4; Band, 3, 4; All-State Glee Club; Dramatic Club, 2; Stage Manager “Bishop’s Candlesticks,” 3. “Dunga is the amiable guy who played baseball, football, and hockey. He can raise a row any time, any place, with no provocation.

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10 THE SAM PLER MARGUERITE BISSELL “Migg” Tis better to be brief than tedious Commercial Course. Marguerite knows all the answers in Chem class or anywhere else for that matter. She is a good listener, a quality not often found in girls, and she has made many friends during these last four years in high school. JOHN BLAKE Blakeg” “ There are tteo great men in the world and I'm both of them Commercial Course; Interclass Basketball, 4; Band, 2, 3, 4. Johnny would make a good daddy for “Baby Snooks.” He’s good at blowing his bass horn, but he gets along without it very well. Good luck, Johnny, and more wind to you. EDITH CAPRON “Eda “ Willy and Wise General Course; Interclass Basketball, 3, 4. “Edie” is a raven-haired damozel with a sparkling smile and a beautiful soprano voice. One of the best in interclass basketball. The class wishes her luck in her musical career. MARY COLEMAN “ Betty ”Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything Commercial Course; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Announcement Committee. “Betty” is the most amiable girl this side of Alaska. She can usually be seen whanging away at one of those “obstreperous” typewriters in room 22. 0 $% etc. Don’t blame her, blame the typewriter. JEAN CONDON Katie She is, generally speaking, generally speaking General Course; Interclass Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Spotlight Club, 2, 4; Nature Club, 1; French Club, 1; Hobby Exhibit Committee, 3; Year Book Staff, 4; Brattleboro Reformer School Column, 3; Times School Column. 4; “It Never Rains.” Jean has many activities. She talks and talks and talks and ta- -must we go on? She says she’s amiable, good natured, and sympathetic. ’Sa funny thing, she is, too. As an off-key crooner and terrific poetess, she has no equal.

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12 T HE S A M P L E R RICHARD DEXTER Bud IIandsom r, massivt a nd broad General Course; Football, 3, 4: Basketball, I, 4. 8, 4; Baseball, 1, 4, 3, t; Opera House Committee, 8; Class Treasurer, 3, 4. “Bud” is the outstanding athlete in the class. He plays football, basket- ball, and baseball with the best of them. Did somebody say athletes were dumb? Not this one. JOHN DIZER, JR. Jack “ The toxin of the soul—flic dinner bell College Preparatory Course; Track Squad, 3, 4; Hockey Squad, 3; Band, 1. 4, 3, 4; Orchestra, 1, 4, 8, 4; (dee (dub, 1, 4, 3, 4: All-State Band, 3, 4; Senior Octet, 4; Spotlight Club, 3, 4: General Science Club, 1; Assembly Committee, 4; Chairman of Boys’ (dee Club; Governing Committee, 4; Editor-in-chief of Year Book, 4; “The Enchanted Isle;” “The Poor Nut;” “A Modern Thanksgiving;” Green Mountain Boys’ State, 3; German Band; School Patrol, 3, 4. The Lincoln-built boy who is chief of the Year Book Staff, a poet of sorts, a most realistic “Poor Nut, and the wittiest boy in the class (or is this only half right?) BRIDGET DONOVAN “Bridie “ To know her is to like her” College Preparatory Course; Interclass Basketball, 3; (dee Club, t; French Club, 1, 4; Motto Committee, 4; Play Committee of Roman Banquet, 4. The girl with the winning smile and the best disposition in the class. Bridie made the best Roman at the banquet, but we think she’s Irish. MARY EXNER Ex How those eyes twinkled, I will never forget General Course; Interclass Basketball, 1, 4; Band, 1, 4, 3, 4; Orchestra, 1, 4, 3, 4; (ilee Club, 4, 3; Spotlight (dub, 4, 3; School Column, 4; “It Never Rains;” All-State Band, I, 4, 3, 4. Mary (that dark-haired girl with the blue eyes) is one of our foremost musicians in both band and orchestra. She’s always doing something, never resting. Best of luck, Mary, in everything you do. ELEANOR FARNSWORTH Effie Mae If had the wings of an angel Commercial Course; Interclass Basketball, 3, 4; Spotlight Club, 4; Hobby Exhibit Committee, 3: “It Never Rains.” Effie Mae”, the pet problem of the faculty, can usually be seen deftly putting the finishing touches on some new masterpiece of art. Methinks she made a perfect maid in “It Never Rains.”