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

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STAFF Part of the preparation of the noon-time lunch involves wielding of giant pots and pans by Mrs. MacPhee and Mrs. Gray. Within their cluttered retreat Dan Brown and Bob Trombley take time out to catch up on the latest sports. From the combined efforts of the late night plan- ning of menus in the home economics room and the bustling early morning preparations in the cafeteria, come the wholesome meals served each and every day by our capable dietary staff to over five hun- dred students. Our staff, however, includes not only two professionals and their excellent guidance, but also a host of students who gather daily to prepare and serve the food and to clean up after each bout with the latest cafeteria line. Our truiry cleaning brigade fall into formation with their weap- ons raised. Left to right are Phil Atwood, Dick Kilburn, Lin Mel- lish, Steve Dana and Harlan Rounds. 15 The custodial system at the high school is an ef- ficient functioning organ, comprised largely of stu- dents, and co-ordinated under the competent guid- ance of a learned gentleman in shirt sleeves, Dan Brown. For thirty years Dan Brown and — for the last ten years also — Bob Trombley have, winter and summer, opened the school doors each morning at 6:45 A.M. and closed them again at 10:00 P.M. Be- tween the boundary of those hours a thousand-and- one tasks of both major and minor importance are performed: sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, sealing, varnishing, painting, mowing, shoveling, glass setting, heating, ventilating, plumbing, and even interior decorating. Truly it is an effective group that keep: our school in its present impeccable condition.

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Rhode Island Mrs. Margerete Wetherell — School of Design, B.A. Art. Dangling jewelry and trailing scarves . . . spends three-fourths of her time puttering about the sink . . . presents a field of the fine arts to the masses. Mrs. Buckley, do you have a pen? Can't I get out of study hall, Mrs. Buckley? Can I go home, please? Questions, questions, ques- tions — so much to do, so many people to help — thus goes a day in the life of Mrs. Buckley. With the help of juniors and seniors she takes messages, gives lunch tickets, offers timely ad- vice to anyone in need, types the closing re- port, and, incidentally, is secretary to Principal Davis. Meanwhile, deep in the inner office, Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Hammond type out the vital statistics of the school — state reports, attend- ance records, payrolls — and correspondence and bookkeeping of every type. Mrs. Mary Pollard — School Nurse. Dispenser of medicants for miscellaneous ail- ments . . . gives freely of her professional skills . . . interests young girls in nursing through FNA 14

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The Githens twins confirm an important point in their U.S. History class. Oblivious of the clutter of the publica- tions room. Miss O'Brien, speech thera- pist, and her pupil work out a problem together. Late afternoon sun lingers over an old stairway. Mr. Tremblay leaves his class for a brief pause in Dan Brown's inner sanctum. 16