Brandon High School - Neshobe Yearbook (Brandon, VT)

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Dorothy Higgins wills her ability to knit and crochet to Gloria Aldrich. Think you can do it, Gloria? Pat Hope wills her ability to run the duplicator to anyone who wants the job. It’s real messy. Wayne Howland wills his farming ability to Bobby Forguites. You’ll have to grow larger and stronger, Bob. Bernard Humiston wills his strength to John Ketcham. You won’t have to try very hard, John. William LaRoque wills his ability to get in the Honor Society to Bill McDonough. You’cf better get started before it is too late. Jack Maroney leaves his skiing ability to Dick Sargent. You have a long ski trail ahead of you, Dick. Marjorie McDonell wills her good humor to June Lewis. It’s really fun, June. Bill Moffatt wills the road to Forestdale to a nyone with a car. Leave a path open for Bill, as he still has use for it. Jane Mohan wills her quiet ways to Kathleen Johnson. You will have to stop flirting, Kathleen. John New wills his wavy hair to Mr. Fay. It stays in place by itself, Mr. Fay. Mary Nickerson wills her American History book to the Sophomore Class. If you study, it’s really not so difficult, kids. Gale Parmelee wills his ability to drive four in the front seat without getting caught to anyone with a truck. It’s really some trick. Barb Platt wills her studious attitude to Jackie Willette. You’ll have a struggle, Jack. Janet Smith wills her small waistline to Elaine LaPorte. You won’t have to diet, Elaine. James Steele wills his ability to chase the girls to John Marcell. We know you can do it, John. Jean Thompson wills her ability to work at the theater to Betty White. Think you can do as good a job, Betty? Better remember your bookkeeping. Signed: Gertrude Baker, Patricia Hope.

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of Brandon High School, of the town of Brandon, state of Vermont, being of unsound mind and unstable memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. First: To the faculty we leave our appreciation for their helpful guidance and for their inspiring influence, which will continue to serve us. Second: To the Junior Class we leave the Senior Room; the first row of seats in the gym; and, to the girls, the senior hooks. For moneymaking activi- ties, we leave the senior store and the milk. Third: To the Sophomore Class we leave our twenty-six different types of personality. Fourth: We leave to the freshmen our ability to catch detention, make noise, and get into trouble. We will the remainder of our property individually in the following manner: Linda Aines wills her ability to catch detention for throwing snowballs to the freshmen. Watch out, kids! Miss Force is around the corner. Gertrude Baker wills her driving ability to Audrey Lee. Improve your driving and spare Bucky’s fenders. Robert Bassett wills his knowledge to anyone who has the courage to take over. It’s a lot of hard work, but it is really worth it. Mary Bruce just thought and thought and decided there was nothing she could part with. Anna Bryant wills her sweet and dainty ways to Lorna Ricard. You’ll have to settle down Lorna. Gail Dick wills her artistic ability to Robert Rockwell. You have a good chance, Bob. t Ruth Disorda wills her ability to skip school to Ted LaRock. You won’t have to change much, Ted. Gordon de Lancey wills his seat in the senior room to Barb Bassett. Hurry, Barb, you’ve got just a year ahead of you. Betsy Forguites wills her happy-go-lucky ways to Shirley Welch. You’ll have a tough grind, Shirley. Carlisle Geldert wills his ability to flirt with all the girls to Bob Forrest. Don’t be so bashful, Bobby.

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Class Prophecy We sent a blanket which the girls made, six bales of hay and a bushel of oats to the Lady Wonder Horse in Virginia to pay for the following Prophecy, straight from the horse’s mouth: There will be terrific rivalry between Anna Bryant of the Rexall Drugstore and Mary Nickerson of Brown’s Drugstore. The question is: Who can make the most powerful soft drink? I can see them at the age of 102, cackling with glee as they work over a bubbling, fuming, smoking mixture such as a lemon, cherry, coffee phosphate, which they are making for some happy, unsuspecting customer. But with atomic energy poking its head over the horizon, even I can’t tell what they’ll come up with next. Linda Aines is going to join the Waacs. After several years of hard work, she will get promoted to the exalted rank of head bass drum player in the Waac band. Oh dear! During the presidential parade of 1974, the band turns a corner, but Linda doesn’t. She can’t see over the top of the drum. After she finally finds her way back, she will be charged with being AWOL and demoted to 16th class tuba cleaner. After years of hard work at the Brandon Theatre as head popcorn maker, Jane Mohan will accidentally invent a type of pop corn which looks like snow. This will be a great help to our armed forces, because in the summer time they can drop it on our enemies in the tropics. The enemies will think that it’s snowing, put on heavy arctic garments and roast to death. Jane will be thanked by the president himself. Jack Maroney is going to be head athletic director at a girls’ school in California. We sure nope he gets along better than the last one did, as he left on crutches, with one arm in a cast and a black eye. Jack will need all his muscles in good working order. First Tommy Dorsey won’t be able to keep up with Billy Moffatt in music; Billy will take over Dorsey’s band. Then Einstein will find Billy is his match in science. After that Billy will want to go exploring off in space. Who will be his next victim? Dorothy Higgins, who always wanted to be a nurse, will be in the infirmary in Bronx Park Zoo taking care of the nursery. It really is so much fun. Carlisle Geldert will work on underwater photography but all the pictures he gets will be of himself. Don’t worry, the mermaids won’t be' witch him. He’ll always be true to Carlisle. Barbara Platt will give drivers’ training instructions here in B. H. S. only there will usually be one thing missing—a car. It seems she has a little smash-up, from time to time. Bernie Humiston will have a little accident and will suffer from amnesia. It will seem that he thinks he is a lady wrestler. Jimmv Steele, who likes to travel, will take a trip to Turkey where he will decide to live because he likes their ways so much. While he is there he will acquire four beautiful wives and then he’ll have trouble deciding whether to bring one, leave them all, or bring them all home with him for a visit.