Black River High School - Banner Yearbook (Ludlow, VT)

Text from Pages 1 - 144 of the 1976 volume:

THE SENIOR CLASS OF BLACK RIVER HIGH Presents “THE Dedication In a sense you were the leader of our class. You led us in the school and out. If we needed a spark to light the fire. . . You were there. Over the rough roads you guided us. And we made it through. Thoughts of you will remain in our lives. For these reasons and so much more we thank you. 2 Mr. Earl Washburn: In grateful appreciation we say thank you for the great interest you have taken in our school. The hours of time given to support our school in all ways, especially your backing of the athletic events and scholastic programs, we have not failed to notice. If school spirit is needed to be found, it can be found in you. Again we say thank you. Mr. Gary Sandberg: In grateful appreciation we would like to say thanks to a man to whom too much thanks cannot be said. You have devoted so many hours of your time for our time. Your advice and instruction was often needed and was always there. Our completion of this BAN- NER could not have been without you. For this and so much more, you will be long remembered. Mr. ''Chuck Bostock: In grateful appreciation we would like to say thank you. The roles you have played as our Senior Advisor and Basketball coach have left many warm feelings in our hearts. You have also helped us struggle throughout Spanish class. Your enthusiasm has helped to keep us on the right track. For this and so much more we would like to take this opportunity to thank you again. 3 UNION 39 SCHOOL BOARD: Allen Burton Raymond Nymaln Allen Devereux Donald Parker Joan Sanderson Edward Smith Margery Turton Earl Washburn Ignatius Matulonis Superintendent Morris E. Schmoll Anita Pickielnok SECRETARIES Priscilla Downs Lillian Davidson Gladys Hucak Roxana Tofferi Sr. High Math, Activity Committee, Student Council Dave Baker Sr. High Math, Varsity Basketball, Photography Barbara Springer Teacher's Aide Stan Firkey Guidance Director, Psychology, Activity Committee Priscilla Welch Library-media National Honor Society Jacqueline Schmidt Jr. High Math M. Marquis Business Education Golf Stew Schmidt Don Downs Susan Pollender Sr. High Social Studies Sr. High Social Studies Jr. High Social Studies Athletic Director, Activity Committee Girl's Varsity Basketball Driver Ed. Martha Taylor Sr. High English Gary Sandberg Sr. High English Yearbook Mrs. Gurdak Jr. High English Bob Frappier Jr. High Reading 7 Nancy D. Phelan Consumer and Homemaking Ed. F.H.A. Hank Kraft Sr. High Science Science Club JohnJ. Witalec Boys’ Physical Ed. Cross Country, Jr. High Basketball Mr. Crozier Sr. High Science Crossing Guard 8 Rev. Johnson Industrial Arts Ed. Mr. Jim Baker Jr. High Science Baseball Jennifer Stowell Girls' Physical Ed. Field Hockey Gen Salvas French El Senor Bostock Spanish, Sr. High English, J. V. Basketball, Assistant Varsity Basketball Marilee Kara Art Education Mrs. Bonita Lambert Band, Chorus 9 HOT LUNCH Mrs. Kathan Mrs. Debish - i HOT LUNCH Mrs. Stocker Mrs. Smith HEAD CUSTODIAN Mr. Josselyn NURSE Mrs. Jones CUSTODIANS Mr. Dunlap Mrs. Johnson Mr. Biron CUSTODIANS Mr. Josselyn Mr. Langello Mr. Jelley KEVIN R. ARLUND It's always better late than never. Baseball 1, 2; Cross Country 2; Varsity Soccer 3, 4; Boys' State Alternate 3; Photography 4; Prom Committee 3; BANNER 4. Pet Peeve: Warm beer, bus ride. Prize Possession: Family, friends, Toyota, stereo. Favorite Saying: I don't know. Future and Fame: College, law. Jeans, corduroy and flannel shirts, Londonderry I.G. A., big mouth, Otto.” 12 ERIC VERNE BAITZ I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Varsity Golf 1, 2, 3, 4; Photography Club 3, 4; Boys' State 3: Cider Drive 4; Class Vice President 4; Candle Drive 2; Magazine Drive 1, 2; Banner 4; Prom Committee 3; Varsity Club 2,3. Pet Peeve: Flatlanders, conceited people. Prize Possession: Family, friends, golf clubs, camera. Favorite Saying: Really? Future and Fame: College. Short, curly hair, skinny, German, Grand Union, golf course, golf, photog- rapher. 13 SHARON ADELE BAKER Sharon moved with her family midway through the year to relocate in Windsor. We wish her the best of luck in whatever she may attempt to accomplish in life. THOUGH WE DRIFTED APART IN DISTANCE WE ALWAYS THINK OF YOU AS BEING RIGHT HERE THOUGH WE HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS OUR EXPERIENCES ARE STILL THE SAME AND THOUGH WE HAVE MANY NEW FRIENDS IT IS OUR OLD AND CONTINUOUS FRIENDSHIP THAT MEANS THE MOST TO US. - Susan Polis Schutz M LONNI MARIE BILLINGS Human needs. Some food, some sun, some work, some fun, someone.” Field Hockey 1, 2, 3; Softball 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2; F.H.A. 3, 4, Secretary 4; Youth Leadership 3, State Meeting 3; Photography 3, 4; Tutoring 4; Band 1, 2; District Music Festival 2; Cider Drive 4; Senior Bazaar 4; Prom Commit- tee 3; Candy Drive 3; Magazine Drive 1, 2; Class Treasurer 1; Class Secretary 2. Pet Peeve: Saying Good-bye, weekends ending. Prize Possession: Grandmother B., Mitzy, family, friends. Favorite Saying: Piglet. Future and Fame: Undecided. Dark hair, lyin’ eyes, white shirts, Bridgewater, in lounge reading, A.L.B., Lonald, food. 15 COLLEEN FAYE BISSONNETTE If we use our emotional energy to push away unpleasant feelings, we will have little energy left for life itself. Prom Committee 3; Candy Sale 3; Junior Miss 4; Cider Drive 4; Banner 4; Senior Bazaar 4: Softball 4. Pet Peeve: Fat, diets, exams, making decisions, people who don't mean what they say, saying Goodbye. Prize Possession: My friends, memories, freedom life, felt picture. Favorite Saying: Decent! That's great! Future and Fame: Dental Assistant - Northeastern University. Short, Smile, Biz, neat, English muffins with peanut butter, poems, dis- position, food. JOAN MARIE BIXBY Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is here and going fast. I don't have time to look ahead and I don't really want to. But yesterday's smiles and tears Will always remain in my memories. J.V. Softball 1; Varsity Field Hockey 1,2,3; Varsity Club 1,2,3; Magazine Drive 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council Rep. 2, 3, 4; Photography Club 2, 3; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Cider Drive 4; Student Council Treasurer 4; F.B.L.A. 4; Springfield Vo-ed 4; Banner 4. Pet Peeve: Being hurt by someone you love! Prize Possession: Memories, Family, Friends. Favorite Saying: Who's going to Rutland tonight? Future and Fame: Champlain College. Short, brown hair, in the office, crying at movies, McDonald's. STEPHEN GILBERT BLANCHARD Let not today be a fault for tomorrow, but a bridge for the future. Soccer 1, 3, 4. Co-Captain 4; Baseball 2: J.V. Basketball 1, 2, Captain 2; Varsity Basketball 3, 4; Varsity Club 2; 4-H 1, 4-H King; Prom Committee 3; Banner 4; Cider Drive 4; Senior Summer Project, Project President. Pet Peeve: Being injured, waking up in the morning and facing cold days. Prize Possession: Family, soccer shoes, BETH, friends, Lori. Favorite Saying: I was only Kidding. Future and Fame: V.T.C. Neat, long hair, blue eyes, Beth's house, Petco, trailer Blanch, friend, Steve, sweet, trying to get along with a special person. is SANDRA JEAN BOWKER The blessings of life are not equal to its ills, though the number of the two may be equal; nor can only pleasure compensate for the least pain. F.H.A. 4; Tutoring 4; Banner 4; Cider Drive 4; Senior Bazaar 4; Candy Sale 3; Prom Committee 3. Pet Peeve; Male chauvinist pigs! Boredom. Prize Possession: Family, friends, memories of Michael, Mandy. Favorite Saying: ”Ya know? Future and Fame: California, cosmetology. Short, ex-redhead, knapsack, parties, dances, games, West Hill, Sandee, old jeans, Bowk, D.A. Vice President. 9 TRACEY JEAN BROWN It's not the things that can be bought that are life's richest treasures. It's just the little 'heart gifts' that money cannot measure. Helen Rice Magazine Drive 1; Student Center Monitor 2, 3; National Honor Society 2,3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Candy Drive 3; Rutland Vocational 3; Model U.N. Assembly (Plymouth, N.H.) 3; Senior Bazaar 4; Cider Drive 4; Excelsior Chapter 4; Activity Committee Rep.; National Honor Society Vice President: Tutoring 4; Jr. Miss 4. Pet Peeve: People who think they are better than everyone else. Prize Possession: Friends, memories. Favorite Saying: Don’t do what others think or say, do what you think is right! Future and Fame: College. Long brown hair, T.J. trucking, Oldsmobile, Senior Lounge, parking lot, leaving the parking lot in a hurry, negative thinking. - Don't walk in front of me I may not follow Don't walk behind me I may not lead Walk beside me And just be my Friend! Camus JOHN HENRY THOMAS BRUNELLE Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Baseball 1, 2, 4; Basketball 1; Soccer 1, 2; Rifle Club 1; Cider Drive 4. Pet Peeve: Not being able to get enough sleep. Prize Possession: My car, Syndie, Family, Friends. Favorite Saying: . . .brain! Future and Fame: Arizona. Blonde, Blue Eyes, Levis, Teeth, in my Che velle, Hot Rod, not being able to say no.” GEORGE PAUL BURGESS Junior Prom 3, Cider Drive 4. Pet Peeve: People who normally act foolish. Prize Possession: Family, gun, outdoor sports. Favorite Saying: Give me a break. Future and Fame: Armed services, trade education. Human, home, at Lake Ninovah, Mt. Holly, being quiet, oral reports. 22 CHARLES WILLIAM CALLAHAN Accept me as I am - only then will we discover each other. Rutland Vo-ed 3, 4; Photography 1; Candy Drive 3; Magazine Drive 1,2. Pet Peeve: Helen Seward, Hawkeye H.K. Prize Possession: Beer, women. Favorite Saying: I I• ? .’’ Future and Fame: Traveling. Countryfied, under the bridge, swearing, talking. LORI ANN CREASER I wouldn’t give a gumdrop, a ginger snap, or mint for all the wealth of all the world with all its golden glint if I should have to go through life, without a friend or two, for after all the best in life, is just knowing you. Class President 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4, National Convention (Washington, D.C.) 4, State Meeting 1, 3, 4; Youth Leadership 3,4; Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; I.V. Field Hockey 1, Varsity Field Hockey 2, 3, 4, Cap- tain 4; J.V. Softball 1, 2: Varsity Softball 3, 4; Varsity Club 2, 3; Junior Miss 4; Prom Committee 3, Senior Summer 4; Growth Group 3; Cider Drive 4; Stu- dent Center Monitor 3; Activity Committee4. Pet Peeve: Zits, fat, diets, being in a bad mood. Prize Possession: Friend� , family, nephews, comb, Pepper, a special friend. Favorite Saying: You do? Cut it out, you guys. Future and Fame: College, Saint Joseph the Provider. Tall, glasses, freckles, eating, Lake House, with Beth, Horshack Laugh, Lori, Minnie Mouse watch, Warsaw Princess, Big Macs, Polish men. 24 CYNTHIA ANN DEBISH Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, I always get into trouble. Chorus 1; English Award 1; Class Secretary 1; Softball 1; Field Hockey ]. V. 1, Varsity 2, 3, 4, Most Valuable Player 3, Captain 4; Skiing 1, 2, 3, 4, Instructor 2; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; National Honor Society 2, 3, 4; Cider Drive 4; Banner 4; Junior Miss 4. Pet Peeve: Snotty People, getting up. Prize Possession: M.A.M., Snoopy, Patrick Henry, Stephuoushe + Tressa Baby. Favorite Saying: Give me a break, ya know. Michael! Future and Fame: College, Champlain, Executive Secretary. Long hair, tall, thin, Pat’s Pad, Sewards, M. Wildfarm, flirt, yacking, smiles, Pat's backbone. 25 DONNA LEA DEMERS ''Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, yet I can't forget what might have been. Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 1. 2, 3. 4; Basketball 2. 3, 4; J.V. Baksetball Cap- tain 3; Girls’ State 3; Candy Striping 3. 4; Cider Drive 4; National Honor Society 3,4; District Music Festival Band 4; District Music Festival Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Drama 1, 2; Jr. Miss 4; Candy Sale 3: Banner 4; Varsity Club 3, Var- sity Basketball Co-Captain 4. Pet Peeve: People who think they are better than others. Prize Possession: Family, friends, memories. Favorite Saying: I'll think about it. Future and Fame: College, Nursing. Short, brown eyes, home, at school, dimples, singing, grin, shy. 26 Memories Memories are made of things that happen every day, moments as we live them things we do or say. Little bits and pieces of laughter mixed with tears, paragraphs and pages written through the years. The friendships we remember mistakes that we regret, the ending of a love we never could forget. We can't erase the sadness or edit out the tears, we can't undo the wrong we can't relive the years. But since memories keep building each day can be the start, of making new and happy ones to store within the heart. LYLE HOWARD ELLISON It makes no matter what other people think of you as long as you like your- self.” Rifle Club; Photography Club; Cider Drive 4. Pet Peeve: Bad criticism when it's not needed. Prize possession: Hunting and fishing equipment, family. Favorite Saying: . . . you should have seen . . . Future and Fame: Good job, home, and family. Average looking, around or on Lake Rescue, acting foolish, good food and money. 27 STEVEN JAY FELDMAN Be yourself.” Soccer 3, 4; Cross Country 2; Varsity Club 2, 3; National Honor Society; Ban- ner 4; Class Treasurer 3, 4; Photography Club Treasurer 4: Growth Group 3, 4; Boys' State Alternate. Pet Peeve: Chores on cold mornings, late bus. Prize Possession: Parents, stereo, Kalie. Favorite Saying: It’s cool.” Future and Fame: College. Short, curly hair, smile, parties, home, soccer field, truckin', GROK 1 and 3, Flip, being Jewish, music. 28 DEBORAH ANN FIRKEY Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and softly sits on your shoulder. Basketball Captain 4; Basketball Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball; Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4; Hockey J.V. 1; Captain 3, 4; Varsity 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Banner 4; Candy Sales 3; Cider Drive 4; Jr. Miss 4; U.N. Model Assembly (Plymouth) 3; Jr. Class Vice President; Senior Class Student Council Representative; Ele- mentary Tutor 4; Winter Carnival 2, 3, 4; Growth Group 3, 4; Science Fair 2; Graduation 2, 3: National Honor Society 2, 3, 4; Athlete of the Year 3; Pho- tography 4; Magazine Drive 2, 3; Student Center Monitor 3; Varsity Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Pet Peeve: Liver, neon lights, paper chains, smoked oysters, fat. Prize Possession: Fiat, bells, hair, friend, people, bracelets, SLM. Favorite Saying; Stephen, cut it out! Future and Fame; Radiological Technology (X-Ray) UVM. Long hair, long nose, long feet, long lashes, short, parkin' lot, Martels, Killer’s Fiat, Rabow's, with Pam and Pete, big mouth, sports, marks, Fiat, parties, clotess, Levis, earth shoes, P.F., money, lips, freckles, shoes, chocolate, whipped cream, Big Mack. 29 JULIE MARGARETE FRIDLINGTON To cease to think is much the same as ceasing to Be. Ben Franklin Tutoring 4. Pet Peeve: Ludlow. Prize Possession: J.P., cats, England. Favorite Saying: Flippin’ 'eck. Future and fame: writing, England. Hair, glasses, parking lot, backsteps, talking British, anything English. The Word Before Good-bye What is the springtime after all? Only the other side of fall. Oh, if I could have I'd have made you a sunny sky. Hello's the word before good-bye. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it shines yet the things I want are seldom mine. How much of summer can we hold before we turn and find we're old? The things our mirrors tell us are all lies. Hello's the word before good-bye. Sometimes it’s dark, sometimes it's fair yet when 1 go home at night Nobody's there. Perhaps the next wind that blows in will bring you back to me again. Till then remembering just makes me want to cry, Hello's the word before good-bye. Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win yet I can't forget what might have been. Rod McKuen 30 SUSAN LEE GAIGNARD Let your life be like arithmetic: joy added, sorrows subtracted, friends mul- tiplied, love undivided. Field Hockey 3; Class President 3; Activity Committee 3; Student Council 3, 4; F.H.A. 3, 4; Jr. Marshall 3: Photography 4; Banner 4: Cider Drive 4; Candy Sale 3; Prom Committee 3; Work Study 4; Student Center Chairman 3; Growth Group 3; Senior Summer 3. Pet Peeve: Fat, diets, being hurt, bummers, making decisions, saying Good-bye. Prize Possession: Life, family, memories, friends, two certain pictures! Favorite Saying: I don’t know. Future and Fame: Undecided. Tall, parties, dances, games, Senior Lounge, Piglet, snot, dimples, eyes, food. NANCY JEAN GATES Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, there with be content. Philippians 4:11 Field Hockey 1, 2, 3; Springfield Vo-ed 3,4. Pet Peeve: Snobby People, Being used. Prize Possession: M.K.B., family, friends. Favorite Saying: Take it easy! Future and Fame: Try my best at what the future brings. Jeans, Giggles, button nose, in the sticks, nature, Brazil, flirting, jokes, painting, trying to make people happy. 32 ELIZABETH ANN GRAVES Accept me as I am, only then will we discover each other. F.H.A. 1, 3, 4, Recreation Leader 75-76, State Conventions 1, 3, 4; Youth Leadership 3, 4; F.H.A. National Convention 4; Field Hockey J.V. 1, 2, 3, Varsity 4, Varsity Captain 4; Basketball J.V. 1, 2: Softball J.V. 1, 3; Skit Night 2; Youth Group 3; Prom Committee 3, Chairman Magazine Drive 4; Student Council 1, 4; S.C. Vice President 3; Cider Drive 4; Varsity Club 4; Senior Summer Project 4; Banner 4, Jr. Miss 4. Pet Peeve: Lima beans, conceited people, sharing kilts, idle gossip. Prize Possession: Mother, family, friends, sunshine bed, Jerimie. Favorite Saying: . . . that, too. But Ma . . .” Future and Fame: St. Jo's. Sloppy, jaunty, spirit, Jersey, worn-out clothes, me and Lor, collecting junk, with Steve, eating, male tears. 33 SCOTT JOSEPH GROVER It’s not if you win or lose, it's how you cheat. Band 1; Rifle club 1, 2; Varsity Club 2, Cross Country 2, 3, 4, M.V.R. 2, 3; Boys' State Alternate 3, Candy Drive 3, Golf 3, 4; Banner 4; Cider Drive 4; Ruthland Vo-ed 3,4. Pet Peeve: Scof, Gopher, sore losers. Prize Possession: Jean, car, snowmobile, friends. Favorite Saying: From here on up it’s all downhill. Future and Fame: Undecided. Tall, dark, Jean's house, cross country, Ford, J.E.L. GARY LOGAN GRUBER Man can not live by broad alone. Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Springield Vo-Ed 3,4. Pet Peeve: P.P.P. Prize Possession; Bed, fooj-ball table. Favorite Saying: Yeah, right! Future and Fame: Undecided. Neat, bedroom eyes, long hair, Pot Belly, Pub, Zoo, sleeping late, Grube, bars. 35 CYNTHIA JEAN GURDAK Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Photography 3, 4; National Honor Society 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Trea- surer 4; F.H.A. State Meeting 1,3, Youth Leadership Conference 3: Varsity Club 3, 4; Basketball Cheerleader J.V. 1, Varsity 2, 3; Majorette 1, 2. 3; Field Hockey J.V. 3. Varsity 4. Captain 4; Prom Committee 3; Student Cen- ter Monitor 3; BANNER 4; Junior Miss 4; Tennis 1: Girls' State Alternate 3; District Music Festival 2; First Grade Tutor 4; Growth Group 3, 4; Voice of Democracy 4. Pet Peeve: Mondays, alarm clocks. Prize possession: Friends, family, Grandma Y., Sam the Cat. Favorite Saying: Couldn’t tell ya.” You wouldn't lie to me, would you?” Future and Fame: College (law enforcement). Long hair, jasmine, senior lounge, Cindy, I've Been Searchin', Gurdie, glumbki queen, wintergreen lifesavers, Ramblin' Man, Mt. Ascutney, crispy dollars. STEPHEN GEORGE HUDAK Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. j.V. Soccer 1; Varsity Soccer 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain 3, 4; Varsity Baseball 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Photography 4; President of Photography 4; Boys' State Representative 3; Yearbook Co-Editor 4; National Honor Society 4. Pet Peeve: Rainy days, Glasses, Broken Wrist. Prize Possession: Family, friends, memories, life. Favorite Saying: Really. Future and Fame: Wildlife Biologist. Tall, Levis, Glasses, Green Eyes, 76 Mt. Holly, home, Hungarian, Ram- bler, Hudak, 660, Hude, good music, Sunsets, good food. PETER ALLEN JOSSELYN We think much less than what we know, we know much less than what we love, we love much less that what there is, and to this precise extent we are much less than what we are.” Soccer 1,2,3, 4, Captain 2, 3, 4, M.V.P. 3, 4, M.V.L. All Star 2, 3, 4, All State Team 3, 4, All New England Soccer Team 4, Shrine Soccer Game 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4, Captain 3, 4, M.V.P. 3, M.V.L. All Star Team 3; J.V. Basketball 1; Baseball 2, 3; Golf 1; Class President 1, 2; Varsity Club 2, 3; Varsity Club President 3; Student Council 1, 2; Activity Committee 1, 2; Chorus 1; Gymnastics 1, 2; Boys' State Alternate 3; BANNER 4; Photography 2; Prom Committee 3; Student Center Monitor 3; Winter Carnival 1, 2; Cider Drive 4; Growth Group 3,4. Pet Peeve: Referees, moody teachers, getting up in the morning, cold sores. Prize Possession: Family, sports, Pam, Rabows, the Schmidts, friends. Favorite Saying: 10-4! Future and Fame: College. Rugged (quote Mrs. T.), tall, dark, Martel’s, athletic field, parking lot, home, athletic ability, disposition, Joss,” legs, parties, temper, girls, McDonalds. MARTHA JEAN KIRKBRIDE If you see someone without a smile: give him yours! ” F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 2, President 3, State Secretary 4, State Meet- ing It 2, 3, 4: Youth Leadeship 3, 4, District Meetings 1, 3, 4; National Convention (Washington, D.C.) 4, Photography Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, 4; Class Secretary 2, 3; Student Council 4; Secretary 4; Magazine Drive 1, 4; Prom Committee 3, Banner 4 (Co-Editor); Yearbook Seminar 3; Student Cen- ter Co-Chairman 3; Girls' State 3; Voice of Democracy Contest 4; 1st Grade Tutor 4; Ski Instructor 1, 2; Field Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Band 1, 2; Vice President 2; D. A.R. Good Citizenship Award 4. Pet Peeve: Two-faced people, sprained ankles and thumbs. Prize Possession: Family, friends, life. Favorite Saying: Oh, what a jerk! Shoot a boot! Future and Fame: College, travel, to be happy! Smiling, curls, Renault, theatre, Okemo, Burlington, Kirk, D.A. Scout, Careless, diets, keeping room tidy. In the beginning all was empty and void; god’s spirit moved above the waters. Out of the darkness came a word that brought new life This is so good, let there be light. Weston Priory Gregory Worbet, O. S. B. 39 EDWARD THOMAS KOBAK Great things are done when men and mountains meet. - Blake Cross Country 2, 3. 4; Bowling Club 1; Tennis 3; Cider Drive 4; Chess Club 2, 3; Banner 4; Photography Club 4. Pep Peeve: Snobbish people, Ludlow after 9:00 P.M. Prize Possession: Family, Friends, Home. Favorite Saying: I believe you! Future and Fame: College or service. Tall, blue eyes, long hair, friendly, girls, skier, polite, Grand Union, Okemo, home, starting to school at 8:15 when late bell rings at 8:10, food and travel. 40 DWAINE LaBARGE I'll do it tomorrow! Pet Peeve: Nosey People. Prize Possession: Family, stereo. Favorite Saying: Forget it!” Future and Fame: Florist Tall, Flannel shirt, dungarees, Corner Shoppe, bumming a butt, girls, money. 41 JULIE E. LAMPERT Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Tutoring 3, 4; Candy Striping 3; Banner 4; Cider Drive 4: Candy Sale 3; Sen- ior Bazaar 4. Pet Peeve: Making decisions. Prize Possession: family, friends, memories. Favorite saying: Really? Future and Fame: College, Nursing. Short, blonde, D.A. President, jeans, silver hoops. a memory is but a dream too tangible to hold like a snowflake that has glistened and sparkled floating gently through the air only to melt into icy cold water in the palm of your hand leaving no hint of past lacy whiteness. 42 DIANE LEMIRE She meets people with laughter on her lips and love in her heart. J.V. Cheerleader 2; Swimming Club 1; Banner 4; Cider Drive 4; Button Com- mittee 4; Swimathon 2; Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4; Tutor 3, 4. Pet Peeve: Stuck-up people, good-byes. Prize Possession: Family, friends, guitar. Favorite Saying: I know! Future and Fame: Physical Therapist, housewife. Blonde hair, blue eyes, short, back steps, Dairy Bar, laugh, smiling, R.I., having to remain still. VICKI LYNN LINCOLN Field Hockey 2, 3, 4; J.V. Cheerleading 1, 2; Band 2, 3, 4; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Majorettes 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary 4; District Music Festival for Chorus 1, 2, 3; Drama 1, 2; Cider Drive Committee 4; Candy Sales 3; Banner 4. Pet Peeve: People who think they’re better than others, getting up in the morning. Prize Possession: S.G.V., Melissa, memories, family, friends. Favorite Saying: Yeah!?! Future and Fame: Happiness. Laughing, unorganized, with Sam, Absent minded, D. A. Secretary ■ crying at movies, emotional involvement. 44 JEAN ELIZABETH LOMBARD It isn’t the size of the dog in the fight that counts, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Majorette 3, 4; Chorus 3; Cider Drive 4; Magazine Drive 2; Candy Drive 3; Senior Bazaar 4; Science Fair 1; Media Festival 2; Banner 4. Pet Peeve: Nosey people, jealousy. Prize Possession: Memories of my brother Jim, S.J.G., my mom and dad, my dog Pete. Favorite Saying: Yes, definitely, There goes my honey! Future and Fame: Undecided. Short, brown and green eyes, sitting in Scott’s car, bumming a ride from Pluta, untied shoes, hot fudge sundaes, temptation. Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles where they can fly I’ve got to be Where my spirit can run free Got to find my comer of the sky. 45 JOHN LAWRENCE MARTEL What once was shall never be again. Varsity Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Baseball 1, 2: Golf 3; J.V. Basketball 1, 2; Varsity Basketball 3, 4; BANNER 4; Varsity Club 2; Student Council 1. Pet Peeve: Going to Rutland. Prize Possession': Sharon, Jeremy, family, sports. Favorite Saying: ’’Don't get hurt? Future and Fame: Marriage. Freckles, braces, Mt. Holly, McDonalds. 46 PAMELA MARIE MARTEL My joy overwhelmes me; my happiness overcomes me, for when I look at you I see Love!' ’ A.G.M. F.H.A. 1 - 4, Historian 1, Vice President 2, Reporter 3, State Reporter 3, State Public Relations 3, State Convention 2,3, National Convention 3, Dis- trict Meetings 1-4; Student Council 1-4, President 4; Varsity Club 1-4, Secretary 3; Varsity Soccer Cheerleader 1-4, Captain 4, Co-Captain 3; Var- sity Basketball Cheerleader 1-4, Co-Captain 3, Captain 4; Chorus 1, Pho- tography Club 2; Gymnastics 1, 2; VASC Convention 2, Prom Committee 3; Student Aid in Elementary Special Reading 4; Banner 4; Girls' State Alternate 3; Magazine Drive 3, 4; Activity Committee 4; Student Center Monitor 3; Softball 1,2. Pet Peeve; Thinking someone hates you and finding out they're the best friend you've got! Prize Possession: Family, Pete, Raggedy Ann, 7 J.'s, A.P.R. Favorite Saying: It was so funny. Cut it out, Peter.” Future and Fame: College - Special Education. Flat, smile, eyes, my little yellow bug, truckin’ with Deb and Steve, Josse- lyn's, Grand Union, cheering, party cries, freckles, sewing, stuffed animals, camping, moody, TT and BP, nail biter, a 'A pounder. - A m. ROBERT RONALD McINTYRE If you do not understand my silence you will not understand my words. Basketball 1, 2, 4; Cider Drive 4. Pet Peeve: Soccer. Prize Possession: Julie Barr, motorcycle. Favorite Saying: Yeah, right. Future and Fame: Racing. Half-way-decent, Julie Barr's, basketball, rally racing. 48 SYNTHIA LEE McVINNEY Love is the most fun you can have without laughing. Banner Carrier 1; Majorette 2, 3. 4; Ski Program 1, 2; J.V. Cheerleading 3; Cheering Captain 3; Softball 1; Banner 4: Chorus 2, 3; Cider Drive 4: Science Fair 1; Candy Drive 3; Photography 4; Senior Bazaar 4. Pet Peeve: The Fashion Shop, B.C.; work, conceited people. Prize Possession: John, family, friends, lenses, cannon ball bed. Favorite Saying: I think I'm going to be sick. Future and Fame: Cosmetology. Long hair, skinny, green eyes, jeans, with John, trucking around, no socks, flirting, bricklins, food. 49 STEPHEN LESLIE MERRIAM It is better only sometimes to be right, than at all times to be wrong. Boys' State 3; Soccer 1, 3, 4; National Honor Society 2, 3, 4; Prom Commit- tee 3: Photo Club 4; Varsity Club 3; Band 1, 2; Banner 4; Growth Group 4; Winter Carnival 1, 2, 3, 4. Pet Peeve: Flatlanders, snobs. Prize Possession: Fiat, D. A. F., . 45. Favorite Saying: What? Future and Fame: Electrical engineering - U.V.M. Tall, freckles, corduroys, parkin' lot, with Pam and Pete, Fiat, I.G.A., Clot, Killer, P.W., Mountain Dew, money, Wopper with cheese. 50 DAVID JOHN NORTON It’s easy to be an angel when nobody ruffles your feathers. Band 1, 2; Student Center Monitor 2, 3; Cider Drive 4. Pet Peeve: T.C., stuck-ups. Prize Possession: Family, truck, a certain friend. Favorite Saying: Oh really! Future and Fame: Undecided. Medium build, neat, Okemo, Sewards, Tyson, truckin’ around town, out-of- state girls. ELEANOR JEAN NORTON Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from them- selves. Basketball 1, 2, 4; Springfield Vocational 3,4. Pet Peeve: Tina Hall, Flatlanders. Prize Possession: Alson, Chris, Family, Friends. Favorite Saying: I'm not hungry. Future and Fame: Marriage. Green eyes, brown hair, skinny, short hair, Chadbum's house, Mount Holly, Sewards, Alson, I.G.A., truckin' with Cindy. KARLEEN KIM PARSELIS Gymnastics 1, 2; Magazine Drive 1; Modern Dance 2; Candy Sales 2; Rutland Vo-ed 3,4; Cider Drive 4. Prize Possession: Friends. Future and Fame: Undecided. Tall, blonde, accent, flatlander, landjagers. ALICE THERESA PIERRE We pass this way but once. If we hedge against reality, if we do not pursue our dreams, we make a mockery of life and know but half of what we are. Florence Fisher F.H.A. 1, 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Spanish Tutoring 3, 4; Field Hockey 2, 4; English Award 2; Tennis 1; Cider Drive 4; Science Club 4; Field Hockey Captain 4; National Honor Society President 4. Pet Peeve: People who make fun of others, riding the bus. Prize Possession: Family, friends. Favorite Saying: I can imagine!” Future and Fame: College, happiness. Short, longhair, lounge, Allie, accent, fear of fainting. Nature is so beautiful Lord! Raindrops fall like mighty warriors protecting what is theirs from intruders; Powerful rivers flow through the countryside, claiming their route without care of what may be in their path. And then there are the clouds, so splendid in form artists can never re-create. They seem peaceful wanderers in a world where human inhabitants are so much the opposite. All of this is so breathtakingly beautiful! We try to grasp as much of this special wonder as we can; For our lime here is short. and God has offered us so much of His Beauty to appreciate. 54 JOHN JAMES PREDOM Nothing is really work unless you'd rather be doing something else. Springfield Vocational 3, Cider Drive 4, Banner 4. Pet Peeve: Stuck-up people. Prize Possession: V.W., ring, friends. Favorite Saying: What?” Future and Fame: Undecided. Tall, medium build, short hair, Sewards, Jelley's house, doing favors for friends, girls with smiles. TERRY ROUNDY Never underestimate the power of a woman. Cheerleading 1, 2, 3, 4; Gymnastics 1, 2, 3, 4; Springfield Vocational 3; Rutland Vocational 4; Cider Drive 4; Field Hockey 1; F.H.A. 1; Chorus 1, 2, 3; Band 1; Majorette 3, 4; Junior Miss 4. Pet Peeve: Diets. Prize Possession: My hair, my jeans. Favorite Saying: Yea, decent? Future and Fame: Travel and sing. Tall, long hair, back steps, Russian split, dumb cheerleader, rowdie, food. 56 STEVEN ARTHUR SCALES Challenge is the core and mainspring of all human activity. If there's an ocean, we cross it; if there’s a disease, we cure it; if there's a wrong, we right it; if there's a record, we break it; and finally, if there's a mountain, we climb it. Cross Country 2, 3, 4; Golf 2, 3; Boys' State 3; Band 1,2,3; Banner 4. Pet Peeve: Snobbish people, Ludlow after 9:07 P.M., out of gas. Prize Possession: Honda, climbing gear, family, friends. Favorite Saying: Meanwhile, back in the jungle . . . Future and Fame: College, wildlife biologist. Tall, Blond, Truckin', climbing, sleeping until noon, waking up at 8:00, girls, cars. 57 STEVEN J. SLADE A wilderness of sweets.” Varsity Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; J.V. Baseball 1, 2; Varsity Baseball 3. 4; J.V. Basketball 1,2. Pet Peeve: Arguments, Know-it-alls. Prize Possession: Family, friends, chain saw, C.B. set. Favorite Saying: Can you imagine that? Future and Fame: Live as one of the working class. Classy bum, Okemo, working, Mad Dog, Root, women, parties. Dad’s at happy hour (6-8). 58 RICHARD EDWARD SNOW Life is a journey, not a destination. Golf 1, 2, 3, 4; J.V. Soccer 3; Cider Drive 4; Photography 3, 4; Bowling 1. Pet Peeve: Ludlow after 9:07, talking behind peoples' backs. Prize Possession: Impala, stereo. Favorite Saying: You don’t mind if I don't believe you, do you? Future and Fame: U.V.M., law. Skinny, tall, handsome (?), cruising, High Street, riding around, parties. 59 STEVEN PATRICK SNOW Every man meets his Waterloo at last. Soccer 4; Cross Country 2; Basketball 4; Banner 4; Photography Club 4; Tennis 3: Baseball 4; Bowling Club 1. Pet Peeve: Stuck-up people, underclassmen. Prize Possession: Bike, family, friends, coin collection. Favorite Saying: Well the whole problem is . . . Future and Fame: College. Tall, blonde, blue eyes, truckin', constantly moving, spending money. 60 JAY OIVA TOFFERI A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. ” Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Golf 1, 2, 3, 4; Ski Team 1; Class Treasurer 2; Varsity Club. Pet Peeve: Late bus. Prize Possession: Skis, Ole Red, 270. Favorite Saying: Oh man. Future and Fame: Ski bum and college. Blond, Aspen, brown eyes, Highstreet, sleepiness, Finn, chocolate covered cherries. 61 CHRISTOPHER ROY TURCO Why should the devil have all the good times? Rutland Vo-ed 3, 4; Cider Drive 4; Banner 4. Pet Peeve: Drugs, being told what to do. Prize Possession: Diane Lemire, snowmobile, car. Favorite Saying: Almost decent.” Future and Fame: Heating and plumbing, marriage. Tall, brown hair, brown eyes, Dairy Bar, Diane's back steps, lateness, flirt- ing, temper. 62 BLACK river HIGH SCHOOL Superlatives MOST ATHLETIC MOST TALKATIVE K. Firkey P. Josselyn T. Brown K. Arlund BEST PERSONALITY MOST STUDIOUS D. Demers S. Hudak BEST DANCERS DONE MOST FOR THE CLASS S. Blanchard E. Graves E. Baitz V. Lincoln 64 MOST POPULAR MOST PRACTICAL P. Josselyn, L. Creaser, P. Martel S. Feldman C. Gurdak BEST DRESSED R. McIntyre M. Kirkbride J. Predom C. Gurdak MOST CREATIVE CLASS PESTS G. Gruber C. Debish P. Martel S. Feldman BEST SCHOOL SPIRIT S. Gaignard S. Merriam CLASS SWEETHEARTS P. Martell, P. Josselyn C. McVinney, ]. Brunelle. 14 D. Firkey, E. Graves, J. Lombard. S. Merriam, S. Blanchard, S. Grover. TYPICAL SENIORS MOST POLITE A. Pierre J. Tofferi MOST ARGUMENTATIVE R. Snow E. Graves R. Snow MOST AGGRESSIVE QUIETEST S. Slade D. Firkey K. Parsells L. Ellison MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED CLASS FLIRTS C. Tureo C. Bissonnette S. Merriam D. Demers MOST DEPENDABLE FRIENDLIEST V. Lincoln P. Burgess A. Pierre E. Kobak 67 89 SZ,6l ‘81 ‘AOM yCiojSTH ox asnuajodXH BOYS’ STATE GIRLS' STATE Stephen Hudak Stephen Merriam Steven Scales Eric Baitz Senior Winner of Ludlow’s Voice of Democracy Contest State Voice of Democracy - Fifth Place Winner Cynthia Gurdak Honors DAR Good Citizenship Martha Kirkbride Donna Demers Martha Kirkbride Betty Crocker Homemaker Alice Pierre Juniors FIRST ROW: J. Callahan, S. Chadbum, M. Cuenin, C. Richards, Y. Heiberg, J. Lincoln, C. Langlais, E. Harmon, M. Hannon. SECOND ROW: P. Jones, R. Roby, D. Bissonnette, R. Martel, K. Baker, S. Briggs, D. Fridlington. THIRD ROW: J. Toomey, G. Martin, D. Merriam, T. Stryhas, D. Josselyn, J. Predom, D. Downs. FOURTH ROW: L. Carlson, E. Billings, D. Schmoll, B. Stryhas, C. Beauchain, D. George, D. Gruber, T. Hall. FIFTH ROW: R. Burgess, B. LaBarge, S. Flanders, S. Grover, L. Parker, L. Merrill. SIXTH ROW: L. Cahill, P. Lackey, J. Bothers, M. Patch. ABSENT: V. Bailes, P. Damone, M. Devereux, J. Gurdak, B. Nadeau, D. Day, J. Maynard, J. Murphy, T. Sheehan, P. Stocker, L. Taylor, D. Turton, W. Kalinen, M. Dailey. PRESIDENT: D. Day VICE PRESIDENT: S. Grover SECRETARY: L. Taylor TREASURER: D. Bissonnette 72 PRESIDENT: K. Jelley VICt PRESIDENT: L. Rogers SECRETARY: L. Schmoll Sophomores FIRST ROW: M. Taylor, S. Hannon, D. Rogers, D. Simonds, K. Lever, D. Baker, C. Bowker, D. Maynard, D. Holton, ]. Stark, D. Emerson, S. Woods, G. Sandberg. SECOND ROW: L. Rogers, C. Garrow, W. Heiberg. G. Marcheaux, A. Miele, J. Hunt, H. Baitz, P. Pullinen, L. Creaser, C. Ciufo, K. Jelley. THIRD ROW: L. Martel, J. Spaulding, S. Stillings K. Bragg, S. Firkey, L. Schmoll, V. Tuomisto, S. Barton, G. Damone, B. Demers, G. Amundsen. FOURTH ROW: M. Graves, S. Slade, J. Tucker, E. Alexander, S. Creaser, B. Martel, J. Strong, M. Stevens, L. Pratt, N. Koitto. FIFTH ROW: C. Craig, J. Billings, S. Baitz, J. Josselyn, T. Hyjek, G. Blanchard, M. Blais, J. Buswell, L. Gruber, E. Brunelle. SIXTH ROW: G. Roundy, C. Gates, G. Surething, J. Chadburn, M. Lackey, K. Parsells, C. Wilkins, L. Tureo, W. Garrow, T. Durgin. ABSENT: E. Allen, S. Varga, P. Dailey, C. Devereux, D. Gabert, S. McVinney, T. Tremaine. TREASURER: N. Koitto 75 Freshmen FIRST ROW: K. Morrill, T. Lazetera, S. Tucker, M. Allen, R. Bensen, M. Dailey, D. Stryhas, L. McIntyre, B. Martin, T. Nowak, G. Salvas. SECOND ROW: C. Nowak, S. Slade, D. Tureo, R. Benson, V. Roundy, L. Rogers, S. Norton, N. Tureo, J. LePoidevin, R. Wheelock. THIRD ROW: D. Haley, M. Barton, J. Lampert, J. Porter, M. Waisanen, K. LeBrun, K. Hart, D. Williams, D. Komulainen. FOURTH ROW: D. Connors, J. Bixby, C. Durgin, M. Nortunen, K. Chadbum, I. Gabranski, I. Seyller, G. Turton, T. Billings, L. Merrill, ]. Rice. FIFTH ROW: ]. Spaulding, P. Bentley, H. Hill, T. Ciufo, C. Wilkins, K. McCullough, C. Stark, W. Bamforth. SIXTH ROW: T. Ciufo, E. Garrow, R. Merrill, G. Bothers, M. Matulonis. ABSENT: K. Bryant, J. Garland, E. Lever, S. Baker, D. Beauchain, J: Brown, T. Callahan, D. Cram, B. Davis, M. Letoumeau, K. Predom, C. Simonds, L. Rogers, G. McIntyre, P. Nadeau, J. Farrand. PRESIDENT: S. Slade VICE PRESIDENT: M. Barton SECRETARY: C. Durgin 76 TREASURER: T. Billings 77 8 th Grade FIRST ROW: R. Frappier, T. Cram, B. Farrington, M. Dailey, C. Laundry, L. Valente, R. Blais, J. Collins, V. Gurdak. SECOND ROW: C. Linehard, M. Hopp, S. Benson, G. Baitz, R. Martel, J. Rogers, S. McCullough, A. Haskell, C. Hoffman, D. Brzoza. THIRD ROW: M. Bryant, K. Barrows, J. Stillings, L. Wright, M. McLean, L. Hyjek, D. Ellison, D. Alexander, A. Pickielnok, J. Damone, P. Devereux. FOURTH ROW: R. Burdet, S. George, L. Perrino, S. Scales, S. Bragg, S. Seyller, S. Varga, C. Caira, J. Beauchain, M. Kathan. FIFTH ROW: T. Bill- ings, M. Gurdak, E. Rogers, J. Graves, R. Burton, M. Simonds, R. Barrows, M. Hannan. SIXTH ROW: M. Cahill, M. Martell, R. Kirkbride, B. Roundy. ABSENT: R. Bamforth, R. Garrow, P. Hemenway, M. Holt, C. Chandler, K. Butler, P. Lackey, M. Langello, F. Miele, L. Moulton, C. Rogers, R. Smith, M. Thomas, D. Warren, L. Woods. PRESIDENT: M. Gurdak VICE PRESIDENT: A. Haskell SECRETARY: D. Ellison TREASURER: S. Scales 79 7 th Grade FIRST ROW: E. LeBrun, L. Perkins, B. Merrill, M. Maynard, J. Schmidt, J. Baker, S. Pollender, B. Oldenburg, J. Bixby, L. Achey. SECOND ROW: D. Rose, C. Hastings, T. Gabranski, J. Lazetera, B. Schmidt, M. Vanesse, C. Hopp, C. Creaser, J. Ellison. K. Billings, D. Williams, S. Gates. THIRD ROW: M. Garland, W. Thomas, M. LePoidevin, D. Pelkey, K. Varga, R. Bloom, M. Foster, S. Morse, J. Damone, G. Baitz. FOURTH ROW: A. Booth, L. Brunelle, M. Ford, P. Day, T. Spaulding, M. Patry, C. King, D. Balch, C. Sheehan. FIFTH ROW: D. Creaser, L. Cahill, T. Spaulding, D. Alexander, C. Dailey, J. Parsells, M. Freeman, M. Bothers, R. Holton, N. Feldman, C. Adams. SIXTH ROW: G. Dunnette, P. Predom, R. Holton, R. Barrows, M. Josselyn, J. Lampert, H. Barton, R. Merrill, C. Beauchain, C. Stark, J. Maynard, D. LeMire. SEVENTH ROW: G. Hunt, M. Lever, C. McIntyre, R. Hannan, D. Phelps, K. Hart, M. Chadbum, R. Webb, P. Evans, T. Chandler, S. Lincoln, D., Demers, K. John- son, A. Connor. ABSENT: L. Baker. I. Callahan, S. Mallard, R. Gurdak. 80 PRESIDENT: J. Lazetera VICE PRESIDENT: R. Bloom SECRETARY: H. Barton TREASURER: C. Creaser 81 Soccer FIRST ROW: D. Turton, S. Creaser, ]. Billings, T. Stryhas, G. Blanchard, J. Josselyn, S. Feldman, T. Lazetera, L. Carlson. SECOND ROW: R. Roby, J. Martel, T. Hyjek, K. Arlund, D. Josselyn, J. Tofferi, E. Billings, S. Blanchard. THIRD ROW: W. Heiberg, B. Martel, D. Maynard, G. Gruber, P. Josselyn, S. Hudak, S. Slade, S. Merriam, S. Snow, R. Kathan, P. Valente. 84 RECORD Arlington W 2-1 Brattleboro W 2-0 Fair Haven W 3-0 Leland and Gray W 4-1 Proctor T 2-2 Springfield L 3-2 Woodstock L 4-3 Burr and Burton W 3-2 Mill River W 3-1 Green Mountain w 1-0 Rutland w 4-3 Otter Valley T 1-1 Mount Anthony T 1-1 Stowe W 1-0 Sacred Heart L 3-2 85 Field Hockey VARSITY: V. Lincoln, L. Creaser, D. Firkey, B. Graves, C. Debish, C. Gurdak, A. Pierre, M. Kirkbride, V Baker, L. Parait, G. Damone, L. Schmoll, V. Roundy. JUNIOR VARSITY: C. Richards, S. Slade, J. Garland, J. Gabranski, S. Barton, C. Garrow, N. Koitto, J. Lampert, S. Norton, J. Porter, B. Demers, M. Nortunen, D. Gabert, L. Allen, L. Rogers. MANAGER: L. Rogers. VARSITY RECORD Leland and Gray L 1-4 Green Mountain T 1-1 Arlington W 2-1 Springfield L 0-2 Mt. Anthony L 0-3 Mt. Anthony L 1-4 Leland and Gray L 0-3 Arlington L 3-4 Burr and Burton L 1-2 Bun and Burton T 1-1 Springfield W 1-0 Green Mountain W 2-1 86 87 Varsity Basketball FIRST ROW: R. McIntyre, J. Martel, T. Stryhas, S. Blanchard, E. Billings. SECOND ROW: J. Toomey, P. Josselyn, G. Marechaux, D. Josselyn, T. Tremaine. ABSENT: T. Hyjek, S. Stryhas. RECORD S. Royalton L 52 - 57 Green Mountain L 55 - 57 Tournament L 57 - 80 Tournament L 43 - 50 Proctor L 67 - 81 Arlington L 80 - 98 W. Rutland L 62 - 65 Poultney W 80 - 70 Leland and Gray L 57 - 100 Fair Haven L 47 - 75 Woodstock L 62 - 80 Burr and Burton L 58 - 75 Green Mountain W 56 - 39 Otter Valley W 73 - 65 Mill River w 58 - 55 Arlington w 70 - 51 W. Rutland L 41 - 54 Poultney W 68 - 62 Leland and Gray W 58 - 49 Proctor W 74 - 62 Play-offs: Leland and Gray W 59 - 53 Quarter Finals: Proctor L 52 - 64 J.V. Basketball FIRST ROW: M. Matulonis, J. Strong, J. Billings, I. Josselyn, G. Blanchard, L. McIntyre, I. Seyller. SECOND ROW: J. Brown, B. Martin, S. Suyhas, G. Marechaux, S. Baitz, S. McVinney, T. Lazatera, C. Bosiock. ABSENT: T. Hyjek. RECORD S. Royalton W Green Mountain W Tournament W Proctor L Arlington W W. Rutland W Poultney L Leland and Gray W Fair Haven L Woodstock L Burr and Burton L Green Mountain L Otter Valley L Mill River L Arlington L W. Rutland L Poultney L Leland and Gray W Proctor W 89 Varsity Basketball FIRST ROW: E. Allen, D. Firkey, D. Demers, L. Schmoll, J. Tucker. SECOND ROW: S. Firkey, Manager: V. Bailer, J. Gurdak, R. Martel, L. Roger, D. Bissonnette, S. Pollender. ABSENT: D. Gruber. RECORD Leland and Gray W 31 - 30 Woodstock W 44 - 32 Arlington W 67 - 48 Tournament W 60 - 42 Tournament W 52 - 27 Green Mountain L 47 - 53 Whitingham W 46 - 33 Bun and Burton W 47 - 39 Woodstock W 46 - 33 Whitingham W 88 - 44 Leland and Gray W 60 - 44 Brattleboro L 31 - 37 Windsor W 58 - 37 Mill River W 50 - 35 Arlington w 62 - 29 Green Mountain w 53 - 36 Mill River w 65 - 21 Brattleboro L 48 - 50 Burr and Burton Play-offs: W 51 - 47 Cabot Quarter Finals: W 62- 41 Wilmington Semi-Finals: w 54 - 48 Twinfield L 37 - 61 90 J.V. Basketball FIRST ROW: P. Stocker, K. Predom, L. Creaser, D. Beauchain. SECOND ROW: B. Demers, D. Tureo, V. Tuom- isio, L. Rogers, P. Downs. ABSENT: L. Taylor. RECORD Leland and Gray Woodstock Arlington Green Mountain Whitingham Burr and Burton Woodstock Whitingham Leland and Gray Brattleboro Windsor Mill River Arlington Green Mountain Mill River Brattleboro Burr and Burton w 37 - 30 L 28 - 37 W 23 - 22 W 36 - 19 W 31 - 21 w 44 - 12 L 14 - 19 W 20 - 11 W 28 - 22 L 28 - 32 L 27 - 50 W 25 - 19 W 38 - 13 W 41 - 28 W 24 - 11 L 38 - 49 W 24 - 23 91 Baseball FIRST ROW: N. Billings, J. Cross, J. Pickielnok, T. Bissonnette, T. Stryhas, P. Josselyn, D. Josselyn. SECOND ROW: J. Josselyn, D. Turion, T. Hyjek, J. Baker, J. Billings, G. Blanchard. ABSENT: S. Hudak, J. Durgin, S. Slade. Wallingford RECORD L 12-19 Otter Valley L 1-9 Proctor L 0-19 Arlington W 15-0 Leland and Gray W 11-3 Woodstock L 0-16 Green Mountain L 4-23 Burr and Burton L 4-8 Fair Haven L 12-20 West Rutland W 14-12 Poultney L 10-11 92 93 Softball FIRST ROW: L. Pratt, E. Graves, K. Jelley, C. Richards, N. Koitto, H. Baitz, J. Lincoln. SECOND ROW: L. Rog- ers, D. Firkey, S. Grover, L. Creaser, B. Demers, P. Jelley, L. Martel, L. Allen, G. Damone, V. Bailes, D. Simonds, J. Upton, T. Hall. ABSENT: V. Tuomisto, R. Martel, L. Creaser. 94 95 S. Grover S. Scales X-Country P. Jones D. Schmoll L. Creaser J. Buswell J. Murphy J. Witalec J. Stillings G. Amundsen L. McIntyre J. Gurdak, D. Merriam, K. Predom E. Allen, B. Martin, S. Stillings, M. Waisanen 96 C. Craig Golf FIRST ROW: S. Firkey, R. Snow, J. Martel, J. Tofferi, E. Baitz. SECOND ROW: S. Grover, M. Blais, M. Marquis, S. Schmidt, G. Roundy. ABSENT: S. Bragg. 4 97 Soccer Cheerleaders CHEERLEADERS: G. Turton, L. Taylor, K. Jelley, P. Pullinen, S. Slade, T. Roundy, D. Tureo, P. Martel. J.V. Basketball Cheerleaders CHEERLEADERS: FIRST ROW: C. Ciufo, C. Durgin. SECOND ROW: V. Roundy, S. Slade, G. Damone, C. Garrow. Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders CHEERLEADERS: G. Turton, H. Baitz, K. Jelley, P. Pullinen, P. Martel, T. Roundy. ABSENT: L. Martel, S. Slade. Pamela Martel - Varsity Soccer Captain 99 Activity Committee FIRST ROW: Mrs. Tofferi, J. Lazetera, M. Gurdak, Mr. Downs. SECOND ROW: S. Slade, D. Day, K. Jelley. THIRD ROW: A. Pierre, P. Martel, L. Creaser, E. Graves. Photography Club FIRST ROW: S. Hudak, R. Benson, E. Baitz, S. Feldman, J. Lincoln, M. Cuenin, L. Ellison. SECOND ROW: M. Patch, C. Gurdak, M. Kirkbride, G. Surething, M. Lackey, M. Dondero. THIRD ROW: L. Billings, R. Snow, K. Arlund, S. Merriam, B. Davis. ABSENT: D. Baker, V. Lincoln. 102 F.H.A. FIRST ROW: D. Tureo, K. Predom, G. Turton, K. LeBrun, K. Han, D. Emerson, T. Callahan, D. Komulainen. SECOND ROW: S. Slade, C. Durgin, M. Letourneau, J. Lampert, M. Barton, J. Garland, K. Chadburn, J. Gabran- ski. THIRD ROW: J. Rice, D. Haley, C. Nowak, J. LePoidevin, N. Tureo, K. Baker, J. Stark. FOURTH ROW: J. Gurdak, D. Merriam, G. Damone, V. Tuomisto, H. Baitz, S. Barton, K. Jelley, L. Manel. FIFTH ROW: M. Nor- tonen, S. Norton, P. Martel, L. Billings, A. Pierre, M. Kirkbride, N. Koitto. SIXTH ROW: N. Phelan. ABSENT: L. Creaser, E. Graves, C. Gurdak, J. Bixby, S. Bowker, S. Gaignard, V. Bailes, M. Cuenin, C. Langlais, P. Stocker, L. Taylor, S. Chadburn, D. Gaben, C. Garrow, D. Maynard, L. Pratt, P. Pullinen, L. Schmoll, D. Simonds, S. Woods, J. Porter, L. Rogers, V. Roundy, M. Waisanen. 103 Band FIRST ROW: S. Fixkey, S. McCullough. SECOND ROW: A. Haskell, C. Stark, S. Bragg, L. Achey, S. Varga, S. Scales, M. Gurdak, C. Hastings. THIRD ROW: M. Cuenin, D. Demers, V. Lincoln, D. Balch, A. Pickielnok, E. Washburn. FOURTH ROW: E. Billings, D. Ellison, N. Koitto, L. Pratt. ABSENT: M. Langello. Chorus FIRST ROW: S. McCullough, C. Dailey, E. LeBrun, R. Benson. SECOND ROW: M. Ford, T. Alexander, K. Hart, J. Parsells, M. Vanesse, K. Billings, S. Benson, Mrs. Achey. THIRD ROW: L. Pratt, V. Lincoln, D. Demers, J. Col- lins, M. Cuenin, G. Amundsen. ABSENT: M. Bryant, P. Evans, L. Hyjek, M. Kethan, D. Komulainen, T. Shee- han, K. Butler. 104 Student Council FIRST ROW: D. Tureo, T. Nowak, B. Schmidt, T. Lazetera, M. Gurdak, S. Bragg. SECOND ROW: M. Kirkbride, J. Bixby, P. Martel, R. Tofferi, E. Graves, L. Creaser, D. Firkey. THIRD ROW: S. Slade, S. Gaignard, D. Day, K. Jelley, H. Baitz, L. Martel. FOURTH ROW: B. Stryhas, D. Josselyn, T. Stryhas. PRESIDENT: P. Martel VICE PRESIDENT: E. Graves SECRETARY: M. Kirkbride TREASURER: J. Bixby ADVISOR: Mrs. Tofferi 105 National Honor Society FIRST ROW: A. Pierre, Mrs. Welch. SECOND ROW: C. Gurdak, J. Tofferi, C. Debish. THIRD ROW: S. Hudak, D. Demers, D. Firkey, S. Merriam. ABSENT: T. Brown, S. Feldman. 106 Science Club FIRST ROW: C. Langlais, A. Pierre, E. Harmon, C. Richards. SECOND ROW: M. Blais, H. Kraft, J. Buswell. Majorettes MAJORETTES: V. Lincoln, C. McVinney, T. Roundy, L. Pratt, J. Lombard. ABSENT: J. Gabranski, A. Miele, C. Gurdak. 107 Rutland Vo-Ed FIRST ROW: P. Lackey, J. Predom, S. Snow, S. Grover, I. Brunelle, L. Ellison. SECOND ROW: J. Bothers, C. Callahan. C. Tureo, P. Burgess. Y. Heiberg, C. Langlais. THIRD ROW: K. Parsells, S. Briggs, L. Parker, S. Gro- ver, E. Harmon. FOURTH ROW: J. Callahan. T. Roundy, S. Baker. ABSENT: L. Cahill, S. Chadburn, D. LaBarge. Springfield Vo-Ed FIRST ROW: D. Day, E. Norton. C. Debish, J. Bixby, R. Burgess. SECOND ROW: C. Beauchain, R. Roby, G. Gru- ber, M. Pluta, J. Murphy. THIRD ROW: J. Maynard, L. Merrill, L. Taylor, P. Stocker, B. LaBarge. ABSENT: K. Baker, S. Flanders, W. Kalinen. 108 Banner Staff FIRST ROW: Editor - S. Hudak, Co-Editor M. Kirkbride, G. Sandberg, E. Baitz. SECOND ROW: J. Lampert, S. Merriam, D. Firkey, P. Josselyn, P. Martel, S. Blanchard, B. Graves, S. Feldman. THIRD ROW: R. Snow, K. Arlund, J. Martel, D. LeMire, M. Patch. FOURTH ROW: L. Billings, A. Pierre, L. Creaser, S. Gaignard, C. McVinney, J. Lombard. FIFTH ,ROW: S. Bowker, C. Gurdak, I. Bixby, C. Debish, V. Lincoln, D. Demers. ABSENT: S. Baker, C. Bissonnette, E. Kobak, C. Tureo, K. Parsells, J. Predom, S. Slade, S. Grover, D. Norton, B. McIntyre. T. Roundy, T. Brown. CO-EDITORS: Martha Kirkbride Stephen Hudak ADVERTISING CHAIRMAN: Steven Feldman CO-CHAIRMEN: Cynthia Gurdak Susan Gaignard SPORTS CHAIRMEN: Elizabeth Graves Stephen Blanchard Pamela Martel Peter Josselyn ACTIVITIES CHAIRMEN: Vicki Lincoln Lonni Billings TYPING CHAIRMAN: Joan Bixby PHOTOGRAPHY CHAIRMEN: Stephen Hudak Eric Baitz 109 “I’ve Been Searchin’ So Long” 110 Ill Jr. Miss Pageant 1976 Jr. Miss Miss Deborah Ann Firkey Runner up and Miss Congeniality: Miss Elizabeth Ann Graves AWARDS Judges Tea 1st Elizabeth Graves 2nd Deborah Firkey Poise and Appearance 1st Elizabeth Graves 2nd Cynthia Debish Scholastic Achievement 1st Deborah Firkey 2nd Cynthia Gurdak Youth Fitness 1st Elizabeth Graves 2nd Lori Creaser Creative and Performing Arts 1st Deborah Firkey 2nd Pamela Martel 112 PARTICIPANTS Colleen Bissonnette Cynthia Guardak Donna Demers Pamela Martel Terry Roundy Tracey Brown Deborah Firkey Cynthia Debish Elizabeth Graves Lori Creaser ESCORTS Gary Gruber Eric Baitz Edward Kobak Peter Josselyn Stephen Hudak Jay Tofferi Stephen Merriam Michael Merriam Stephen Blanchard Steven Snow 113 114 All Sports Banquet Sponsors Elizabeth C. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Otto Arlund Mrs. Priscilla H. Baitz Mr. Charles D. Baitz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Billings David Baker Mr. and Mrs. George Burgess William Crozier Mr. and Mrs. Armand Demers Mitchell A. Dondero Mr. and Mrs. Donald Downs Catherine L. Dumville Mr. and Mrs. Stan Firkey Robert E. Frappier Miss Barbara Gaignard Susan Gaignard Gaignard Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. David S. Harlow Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hogancamp Mr. and Mrs. William Hudak Miss Kara Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kirkbride Henry and Alice Kraft Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Lombard Mr. and Mrs. William Martel Michael W. Marquis Mrs. and Mrs. Leonard Maynard Mrs. Eva Maynard Walter J. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Merriam Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. McVinney Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Morse Scott Morse Mr. and Mrs. John Norton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pickielnok Walter and Alice Pierre Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pillon Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Pullinen Alayne and Peter Rabow Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scales Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sandberg Mrs. H. J. Snow Mr. and Mrs. Richard Snow Edith Stinehour Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Springer Mrs. and Mrs. Tuure Tofferi Mr. and Mrs. John Turco Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Washburn Priscilla Welch Susan F. West Mr. and Mrs. John Witalec Mrs. Jeraldine Graves Whitaker The Black River Association of Jewish Youth If If Has Anything To Do With Money, See Us! FIRST NATIONAL BANK Ludlow Plaza Ludlow Equal Opportunity Lender Congratulations to the Class of 1976 Compliments of TUCKER CONSTRUCTION CORP. General Contractor • Developments • Roads - Bridges • Foundations Water and Sewerage Systems Sand and Gravel Equipment Rental 120 Drawer C, Ludlow, Vt. 05149 (802)228-5122 MARY W. DAVIS 1V1 w Realtor and Associates Ludlow Shopping Plaza Ludlow, Vermont 05149 802 - 228-8811 We would like to thank all of those who purchased an advertisement and thus supported our yearbook. Please patronize our sponsors! 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Cavendish Vermont Building and Remodeling R.F.D. 2, Box IE Ludlow, Vt. 05149 Tel. 802 228-8204 Compliments of DAKEN MILLS OUTLET STORE Ludlow Vermont 135 Thank You! We would like to sincerely thank the following people who aided in the production of this yearbook: Mr. Mitchell Dondero: For his help with the photography. Mr. David Baker: For taking pictures and giving advice. Mrs. Roxanna Tofferi: For her general support of the yearbook and for her motivating aids! Mr. Paul Pullinen: For his cooperation with the yearbook staff. Faculty Members: For being understanding and cooperative. Mr. Michael Marquis: For letting our typing staff use his room at any time. Mr. Michael Patch: For taking so many pictures for us and helping in the darkroom. Mr. Charles Beauchain: For taking pictures and helping the staff whenever needed. Mrs. ''Anita” Pickeilnok: For keeping our bookkeeping straight! Ludlow Bicentennial Committee: For allowing us to use photographs of Ludlow's Bicentennial Coin. 136 . ................... ...................................................-..............- - v