Brandon High School - Neshobe Yearbook (Brandon, VT)

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CLASS HISTORY Out Freshman year began with initiation ceremonies during which we became full-fledged members of Brandon High School. In October we elected the following class officers: President, Armand Racine; Vice President, Me- linda Geldert; Secretary, John Paige; Treasurer, Gary Pfenning; Student Council Representatives, Charles Memoe, and Carolyn Brown. Mr. Fay was our class advisor. The following officers were elected at the outset of our sophomore year: President, Armand Racine; Vice Presi- dent: Melinda Geldert; Secretary, Jane Jennings; Treasurer, John Willette; Student Council Representative, Charles Memoe. We sponsored the Harvest Dance which was a tremendous social success. Class advisors were: Mrs. Millett and Mr. Fay. Officers elected for the Junior year were: President, Armand Racine; Vice President, Melinda Geldert; Secretary, Jane Jennings; Treasurer, Thomas Blair; Student Council Representatives, Ronald Bertrand and Charles Memoe. We sponsored the Christmas Dance, Junior Prom and the One-Act Play Contest. Mr. Barna and Mr. Fay were our class advisors. Senior class officers were: President, Armand Racine; Vice President, Thomas Dickinson; Secretary, Jane Jen- nings; Treasurer, Grace Baker; Student Council Representatives, Carolyn Brown and John Paige. We sponsored the Senior Play in the late Spring and climaxed our four years at Brandon High School with a Senior Ball and Banquet at the Brandon Inn. Our class advisor was Miss Force. CLASS PROPHECY Dateline: May 20, 1970, Rutland Herald, Vermont’s Number One Newspaper. On Saturday evening in the Thomas Whalen suite of the Rockefeller Inn, Brandon, Vt., the most unique re- union of any high school class in the U. S. was held. Each member of the class appeared on the nationwide TV program. People Are Unique, To Say the Least. ” Thomas (TJ) Whalen acted as MC during the festivities. Many will remember him as the author of the best seller, Dramatic Influences in the Lives of Young People, or Teachers Die Young. During the telecast Mr. Whalen contributed $50,000.00 in the kick-off drive to pro- cure two helicopter buses, which will provide rapid transportation for tuition students at the new Brandon Union High School. Each member of the class made his donation by attending the $100-a-plate dinner held at 3 A. M. on the roof-garden of the Inn. The following is a summary of the fortunes of these gay, exciting and famous personalities as they were re- counted on the telecast: GRACE BAKER is world champion lady wrestler with the Barna and Bettle Circus. ALLEN BECKWITH is employed as a guard at the Brandon Bank. Robberies have increased lOO since he started work. MARTIN BOOSKA is proprietor of the Booska Farms, where all work is done by hand. REGINA CHARBONNEAU won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. While driving through heavy traffic, she made a wrong turn and ended on the track. CURTIS DELORM is co-owner in the Delorm-Melton Restored Car Emporium, specializing in Model A” Fords. MELINDA GELDERT was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Brandon Daily Herald which now boasts a circulation of 75. GEORGE McDONOUGH was given a discharge from the army when he was slightly wounded by an atomic bomb which exploded on his head.

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IN MEMORIAM LOUIS JA MES LONG 1939-1957 There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some other shore And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore.

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JOAN EUBER and Moses, after they were married, went in to the camera business with all their little Camerons. MARY JOHNSON, after years of slaving for her sister at Shapiro's, decided it was time to settle down. Asa housewife she was an immediate success. FLORENCE GONYOU, after years of study, is a nurse at the Brandon Animal Hospital. BENONI GRIFFIN has displayed some unknown talent. He is now playing the lead in Robin Hood. GERALD HUNT has risen to fame with the children. He is now known as ''Flippy the clown, with the Big Top Circus. ALICE FAY is teaching Home Economics at the Goshen Private School for boys. JANE JENNINGS has developed quiet ways and is now a missionary in South Africa. JANET DISORDA, who was always on the go, is now touring the world in her souped up helicopter. PAULINE BARRETT went to South America for her health and got a job on a plantation. RONALD BERTRAND went to New York and is now star hurler for the Yankees. CAROLYN BROWN started her movie career immediately after school and is now starring in a movie called Murder in the Drug Store. EDWARD COLVIN went on to college after graduation and now has a position teaching zoology in the Brandon Normal School. DONALD DELORM, the new manager of the A P store, sold out his share in the Corporation and moved to Alaska. KENNETH LENO, the sole heir to the South American Collee Company, has just announced that he plans to marry a movie actress. TOM MAHEU became a Vermont State Policeman and is now patrolling around Brandon and Middlebury. CHARLES MEMOE went to Boston and became one of the greatest tailors in the business. SHEILA MUMFORD has a position in the Towne Shoppe modeling famous styles created by Memoe Inc. WAYNE OLIVER turned to politics and now is on a committee to investigate the Siberian Salt Mines. CHARLES SKIPPY PATNODE is now the president of the Kelly Toy Company. ARMAND RACINE has a federal position, making motors for jet planes. ROBERT RUSS now operates a furniture company which specializes in swivel chairs. JANICE WHEELER became a diamond cutter and was recently transferred to King Solomon's Mines. RHODES WYMAN took over his father's lumber business and made an industry out of it. He is now cutting all of the trees in Northern Canada. RUSSELL MOULTON has developed a new type of ray-gun. He claims that his shotgun kicks too much. ROBERT NICKERSON is owner-manager of the Harlem Globe Trotters. JOHN PAIGE is still in the National Guard, and is still trying, unsuccessfully, to get a promotion. BETTY QUESNEL has replaced Miss Force as math instructor at Brandon High. JOHN ROGERS was attempting to sleep his way through the army. He has received a medical discharge and now works for the Simmons Mattress Co.