Bellows Free Academy - Alpha Omega Yearbook (St Albans, VT)

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B. F. A. Mercury 7 the editor-in-chief. June l. A confession must be made at tl1is time. Today we jumped from the second story window and narrowly escaped injury. Jeannette Bilodeau escaped into the next room before she was arraigned by office personnel. Our Junior year began. We were now upper classmen. Our class officers this year were Howie Rhodes, president, Pauline Montague, vice- presidentg Jeanette Bilodeau secretary' and Billy Remillard, Treasurer. On the pages of the first few months we find that some important new jobs were filled by members of our class. Frank Nardine is editor- in-chief of Mercury, and Nancy Foster is Feature Editor. Thirteen other members of our class are assisting them in turning out a successful job. The Future Farmers of America elected Gordon Boomhower as president and Bobby Ladue as vice-president. Again this year on December 21 we read about the Christmas Play: Susan Gaines was a member of the cast and Kathleen Riley and Jon Sanborn were stage managers. V - 7 Tear drops over the pages of March I5 and lti for we lost the Junior Jamboree. The cast of H The Mayor and the Manicure included Nancy Catlin, Jon Sanborn, Howie Dodds, and Carolyn lvlflllllilft. Kathleen Riley, Jean McMahon and Varol Bisson acted as stage managers and promp- ters. This year thc pages of the diary are scattered with outstanding athletic events which includes state championships in baseball and girls basket- ball and a Northern Legaue championship in football. Eddie Bailey was named for the All- State football team and Tommy Pierce and llowic Rhodes made the second team. Shirley Aldrich received honorable mention on the All- State girls' basketball team. In the spring. at the Athletic Banquet, the girls who received their gold basketballs were: Sylvia Rand, Pat Ovitt, Sue White, Renee Vallee, Milly Swisler, Shirley Aldrich, Barbara l.aPan. Eleanor Smart, Patty Prouty, and manager Sue Gaines. This year the new boys' cheerleading squad consisted of Jon Sanborn, Gerald f'oon, John Jean and Vernard Picard. The diary relates on May ti, 7, and 8, the high- lights of three delightful days of the Vermont State Music Festival. Those chosen as members of the All-State Chorus were Katy Muzzy, Grace McGowan, and Jean McMahon. The members of our class who have attended the All-State Band during their high school years are Nancy Catlin, Carolyn Urquhart, Nancy Rich, Susan Gaines, Gerald Coon, Bernard Rivers, Carl El- wood, Vernard Picard, Kathleen Riley, and Patty Fitzgerald. A During this year our class was known far and wide by their representation at the lfnited Na- tions at New York. Renee Vallee and Katy Muzzy spent two days learning the functions of this organization. Also. Eddie Bailey was chosen to attend the Model General Assembly in Ply- mouth, New Hampshire. The diary tells us of the night of June 17, when our Junior Class made history with its Pirate Pink Promf' June 20-27. This week Sue iVhite, Nancy Catlin, Carolyn lfrquhart, Milly Swislei, Frank Nardine, Eddie Bailey, Jon Sanborn, Tommy Pierce, and Dennis deMontigny attended Girls and Boys State to learn about government pro- cedures. Our class was honored to have Frank Nardine chosen one of two delegates from Vermont to attend Boys Nation. At last! VVe now hold the highly coveted position as seniors. Dear Diary : today we elected our senior class officers. Tommy Pierce was chosen as president, Susan Gaines as vice-president, Nancy Foster as secretary, and Kathleen Riley as treas- urer. This year, members of our class are officers of the Student Council. Bobby Longway is pres- ident, Renee Vallee is secretary, and Eleanor Smart is treasurer. Nancy Alexander was chosen as president of the Allied Youth, and Dennis de Nlontigny as secretary. The thespians of our class presented our senior play entitled 'K ln a llouse Like Thisl' on Decem- ber l and 2. The cast included Nancy Foster, Nancy Catlin, Carolyn Urquhart, Susan Gaines, .lon Sanborn, lloward Dodds, Pauline lluquctte,

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6 B. F. A. Mercury cl,Qc'3vllvi'.'5iC.'NluvQ'.'5iG'?v1ivi'5i'G'Nuvi'3ll'G'Ni1vt'D1i'C'N1M'Dii'G'9vliviC5i'G'?vu1vi'3ii'G'ivlnvi'5l'G'NiM'5i'G'Ni Glass History Sue Gaines and Millie Swzfsler KwliwrwllwrwilwrwllwrwlIseereaalfhwreeellbwreaaffwiwliwiwllwiwilwil One sunny day last May when we were inves- tigating the lost and found department in Room 27 in search of a pair of red mittens, we came upon a dilapidated five year Diary dating back to nineteen hundred - 49. There was no name but obviously it belonged to some member of the class of 1953. The first pages were written most carefully expressing our good intentions on regis- tration day. The first comment written on September 1, 1949, ably expressed the feelings we shared on that day. It read. How will I live through four years of this? On September 2, the fresh- man class made their first mistake. Some senior made profit selling us seats in assembly. Turning to a page in October we found that we had successfully held our first elections: Eddie Bailey led our class as president, Tommy Hall assisted him as vice-president, Carol Bisson was secretary and Sue Gaines held the ofhce of treas- urer. November 4 - Now we are officially members of Bellows Free Academy. We were the guests of the sophomores at our Freshman Reception. The highlight of the evening occurred when Gerald Coon drank a pint of lemon juice from a baby bottle. On December 21 the diary tells us that with the excellent prompting and stage managing of Nancy Catlin, Jean McMahon and Carolyn Ur- quhart, Nancy Foster, as the only freshmen in the cast, stole the show in the Christmas Play. Found across the pages of January 12 to the 15 was the lone word Exams'l. On the pages of March 15 and 16 an accurate account of our first Junior Jamboree was given. Ringing in the Groom was presented by Nancy Foster, Nancy Alexander, Jimmy Hodet, Nancy Catlin, Howie Dodds, Jon Sanborn, Patty Prou- ty, Jean McMahon, and Carolyn Urquhart. Yippee! We wonl Leafing through the pages of our first year, we found several outstanding achievements by mem- bers of our class. Eddie Bailey played varsity football and basketball. Joan and Carol Bisson were members of the J. V. Cheerleading squad. Some rather interesting events occurred during the summer vacation but as much as we would like to tell you about them, they do not come under the heading of class history. Turning back to September we find that we en- tered our second year with a little more confi- dence. We elected Ronnie Toof as our president, Howie Rhodes as vice-president, Eleanor Smart as secretary, and Tommy Pierce as treasurer. This year the tables were turned. On Novem- ber 4, we had the laugh on the freshmen. We quote from the diary these words. Of course it was a lot better than last year. This year another member of our class stole the show in the Christmas play. Nancy Catlin, the acrtess, was prompted by Jon Sanborn and Nanc- cy Foster. On March 15 and 16 we were again successful in the Junior Jamboree with our presentation of The Blue Teapot . The cast included, Nancy Alexander, Jon Sanborn, Frank Nardine, and Jean McMahon. The prompters were Carolyn Urquhart and Kathleen Riley. In the back of this diary under the heading, Memorandum, we find certain privileged chai- acters. Our ahtletic ability was strengthened by the addition of Howie Rhodes to the baseball squad. Pat Finn was our cheerleader. On the Mercury Staff Frank Nardine, Nancy Foster, and Jon Sanborn gave their excellent advice to

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8 B. R A. Mercury Ted Bachmann, Frank Nardine, Joan Bisson, Arnold Perron, Jean McMahon, and Dennis de Montingy. Kathleen Riley and Claire Chevrier were prompters, and Joyce Hogan, Vera Dacey, and Wanda Martinson were stage managers. Our class went traveling again in November. This time the diary says that Jeannette Bilodeau and Nancy Alexander attended the Allied Youth Convention in Buck Hills Falls, Pennsylvania. The F. F. A. was represented at its Boston Con- vention by Bobby Ladue and Gordon Boom- hower. The diary reveals that in December Bobby Tatro was a member of the cast of the Christmas Play. Among the pages of the diary we find a copy of this year's Mercury which tells that Frank Nar- dine is once again editor-in-chief. Twenty-five other members of our class are working with him to make this the most successful year. The ten year jinx was broken this year when the judges decided that it was time for the juniors to win the Junior Jamboree. Result: we lost. The cast of our excellent but unappreciated per- formance of Mr. Vincent included Nancy Cat- lin, Jean McMahon, Ted Bachmann, Carolyn Urquhart, Howie Dodds, Joan Bisson, and Ar- nold Perron. The prompters were Kathleen Riley, Pauline Duquette, and Vera Dacey. The record of the Music Festival this year tells us that Jean McMahon, Pauline Duquette, Grace McGowan, Wanda Martinson, Jon San- born, Ted Bachmann, and Dennis deMontingy contributed their voices in the All-State Chorus. Turning to the back of the diary again we find the heading It's in the book that the following Q. n .. special awards were received. The D. A. R. Good Citizens this year were Susan Gaines, and Howard Rhodes. Dennis de Montigny also re- ceived a special chemistry award in a contest held at U. V. M. During our four years our athletic ability has grown by leaps and bounds. The 1953 edition of the football team again took the Northern League Pennant. Outstanding members of the team were Eddie Bailey, Tommy Pierce, Howie Rhodes, Tommy Hall, John Jean, Jim Hodet, Carl Benham, Moe Bouchard, Gordon Boom- hower, and Dennis de Montigny. Jon Sanborn and Dave Berry assisted the team as manager. Chosen to represent our school in the All- State Football team were Tommy Pierce, Eddie Bailey, and Howie Rhodes. Our girls basketball team completed its record straight undefeated season as Vermont State Champs. Barbara LaPan was placed on the All- State first team and Sylvia Rand and Shirley Al- drich on the second team. Outstanding on our boys varsity basketball team were: Howie Rhodes, Eddie Bailey, Tom- my Pierce, Gordon Boomhower, and Steve Ashton. The members of the defending championship baseball team were Eddie Bailey, Howie Rhodes, Jimmy Pare, and Vernard Picard. As our senior year draws to a close the pages of the diary are filled with the activities of graduation. The first four years of our diary are covered with the ex- perience of our high school career. No one yet knows what will fill the pages of the next year. We hope that the diaries of each member of our class will tell stories of success and happiness. . . l I 5 . j ' i xl- ., .