Brattleboro Union High School - Colonel Yearbook (Brattleboro, VT)

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THE DIAL- XIARJORIE HELYAR HENRY VVELLMAN Marjorie Helyar is a tennis star, And has won herself a name. Let's count her as another classmate VVho's won her way to fame. FRANCIS LEBARON Francis LeBaron is an undertaker, And has a good business-he must For his motto is Ashes to ashes And dust to dust. If you don't want the worms to get you, Then LeBaron must. DORIS BRAZER Doris Brazer is an accountant, And the way she figures is a shock. The only ones she reads aright Are the figures on the clock. ' NED Howe Ned Howe is a gardener, And has done work of note- He's invented pink blueberries And is perfecting his hayless oat. ELIZABETH BROCKNV.-XY Elizabeth Brockway is a telephone girl. Be my wife, the King of Peru did tease But Lizzy kept on chewing gum And answered, Number, please. GORDON RIDEOUT Gordon Rideout became a boxer, And would have won without doubt, But he hit with all his Inight, And knocked himself right out. LEONARD RYAN Pat Ryan became a minister, And left his congregation in the lurch. He lost his position because He wouldn't go to church, FREDERICK BISSETTE There is a famous broad jumper W'hose name is Bud Bissette. He jumped so high- That he burst the sky And isn't back yet. KENNETH JOHNSON Kenneth Johnson is a railroad fireman And works for VV est River, I guess. He's been promoted to fireman On the Cannonball Express. CHARLES CRANE Charles Crane, a man of renown, Is a scientist and known the world around After ten years of exhausting query Charles has propounded a startling theory. The science world is in distress, Charles has proved--nothing less, CEven Einstein's on his kneesj. The moon is made of plain green cheese. Brud VVellmaIi is a hobo, And last week passed through town: He had that same cheery smile And not a trace of frown, His life will yet be worthwhile- A good man won't stay down. HOXN'ARD BETTERLY Howard Betterly is a printer, And would be of great fame If he showed folks his paper- But he can't find it a name. ELIZABETH FAIRBAN KS Betty Fairbanks is a school marm And a good school she did keep. But now all the kids play hookey, Playing Little Bo-Peep. PALIIIA GOODNOUGH Palma Goodnough is a crystal gazer, And though try as best she can, Our Palma is still gazing For the one and only man. PAUL VVATEROFF Paul, excelled in speech by few, Has made New York his rendezvous, For there opportunity does present Chance for further advancementg VVhen on a platform straight he stands, Into his pockets go his hands. FLORENCE TORREY Florence designs sent to Paree They were returned without decree: Then she worked all night and day Until a fortune came her way, But along came a troubadour And they together are taking a tour. FRANK SMITH Frank extended his industry Far beyond his ability: At last he discovered his fate- Fish do not like imaginary bait, As a result, his sign now reads 11 OLIVE DILLBACK Olive ministers to those in need, As for the heathen, they take heed 3 Wfhile they are munching elephant ma row, Olive is preaching the straight and na row. NIARY FILION Mary is a beautiful stenogg Her employer she had all agog: Her work was comparatively fine, So the boss asked her to dine: Bells will be ringing some bright day Same Old thing, in the same old way. ELI-ZANOR HLYBBIXRD r.. I-- She could hardly hobble to the cupboard Could crippled Eleanor Hubbardg After many a wearisome day, The doctor came around her way, He righted her toe with a twist, And now she's turned chiropodist. HELEN VVILDUR Helen, entertainer so gay, Now helps to drive the blues away: As hostess in a night club grand Everyone has given her a hand. KINIBALL BARBER Kimball Barber, it did appear, 'Won a record, just this yearg He did travel swift a path, The same that Pheiddipides hath, And now he's known, by his renown, To have won an Olympic crown. DON FAIRIIANKS Don, a fellow peculiar and queer, Had no trouble but the ladies to fear: As the time goes hurrying swiftly on. A monstrous rival clutches our Dong In order to escape misery great, Don hies to yon mountain to meditate. There he builds a cabin small And will live forever in this bachelor's hall. Live VVorms-just VVhat the Fisher- BERNICE BDYINGTON man Needs. VVINSTON SIBSON Sibby, seeking adventure galore, Decided to go out for moreg VV hen he on two legs and one hand, Has traveled all over the land, There at the end of journey bold, He will find a pot full of gold. KITTv REMILLARD Kitty, a companion so quiet, Is dwelling midst song and riot 3 just a ticket of admission VVill show us her position On Horatio, the elephant, In midst of a circus, elegant. Our little Bernice to college went, Her records all before them shattered, On teaching philosophy her mind was bent, And beside this nothing matteredg As a result of her great knowledge, She's now President of Boyington Col lege. EDITH KALL Edith into business did row: Never had chance to come or gog But it's said and hath been rumored That from her work she hath been hu mored, ' And straightway time will tell, iVhether she'll marry or make more jell

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10 TH E DIAL CLASS PROPI-IECY .ALLETHAIRE SMITH Allethaire Smith has a political career But she's still our good old pal, Of all the great Smiths there ever were To a class By far the greatest is Al. DORIS BAILEY Doris Bailey-sober and sedate, Still loves to read a book. To find her early or late Just into the library look. ELEANOR NIILLER Eleanor Miller is a spinster And all worldly things has forgot. Poor Eleanor is pining her life away, She did not find the man she sought. CHARLOTTE HUDSON Charlotte Hudson is a dramatist And has written many a witty line. Better than Hamlet or MacBeth Truly, her plays are quite Fine. GENO ASPESI Geno Aspesi invented an air machine- The best of all aircraft ever seen. A million miles an hour it should go. No gas or fuel it needed, though. Geno's name was lauded to the sky. Truly a wondrous machine-but it wouldn't Hy. BEATRICE TAYLOR Beatrice Taylor is a welfare worker Vlfho has seen this world of strife, She's another from the class of thirty two XVho's on the upward path of life. ELEANOR TARBOX Eleanor Tarbox is a spinster And alone by her cottage she sits. Just thinking as swiftly she knits, And wishing and wishing each day A That Bud had not been such a jumper- Then he could not have jumped far away DORIS TYLER A Doris Tyler's peculiar, queer: She She She She But thinks it is there but says it's here, thinks it is now and says it is then, doesn't know how but tells us wheng calls night day, and calls day night always she knows-Doris is right! EVELYN JONES Evelyn Jones is a school-teacher And teaches English-more or less- Of dumb freshmen Back in B. H. S. MERYL MATIIER Meryl Math And of her To find the But when t r is a musician, ll the poets sing. ost Chord she had hope, ey investigated the thing 'T was fourd to be only a rope. CHARLES COLT Charles C011 his fight has won, Congress has passed his bill, I guess, After ten long years his work is done, And the peanut tariFf is less. V I-:RNE PUTNA Verne Putn But he's in m is a stamp collector, Dutch.-There's no doubt That he stofmped all communication VVhen he bc lught the Postal Service out. LIAUDE BUTTEPFIELD Maude Butt And would rfield is a nurse, e known far and wide. She had ch rge of a big hospital- But all the patients died. LAURENCE CLARK Laurry C' ark was a baseball pitcher, But now th Reds he aids. Once he wa throwing harmless baseballs, And now h Es'rH ER COBLEI Esther Cobl 's tossing hand-grenades. GH eigh is a bareback rider, A performer without peer. No rider w s ever so good- Not even PEu1 Revere. EVELINE M URRAI' Eveline Mu And essayel But when s ray is a swimmer, to swim the channel wide, he got across she found That they had moved the other side. . LORENE PIERC Lorene Pi store And sold st Until the l'l rce worked in the ten cent eam in great slices, Ianager fired her Because she forgot the prices. HI-:LEN NICHOLS Helen Nichols was a diver, And would have won a big cup. But after her first dive Poor Helen didn't come up. .ANDRENV LIASTALER Andy Mastaler is a famous name, Greater than all the dukes of Prussia. ' Gone are Lenin, Stalin, Trotzsky, and Breep. Andy was the Iron Man of Russia- But he fell asleep. XVILLIAM FITCH Vlfilliam Fitch is a mathematician, As we knew he would be. But his mind he has lost, Proving that two and two make three. EVERETT ESTLER Everett Estler is a cowboy bold, Who rides his steed as did men of old. A most daring rider, you see Best of all horsemen he Inust be. One little detail we omitted, of course. Everett's fiery steed is a rocking-horse. JOHN LATCHIS Johnny Latchis was a bank runner NVhom bandits chased-he fled And ran so fast and ran so far That now poor Johnny's dead. DIARY JANE Cox An aviatrix was Mary Jane Cox. But she fell to her death below. Now she's in a little pine box- The airplane was too slow. DONALD Rlx Donald Rix is a contractor. He does his own cooking too, His ideas were of good intent, But he built his roads of stew And his pancakes of cement. WILLIAM SHERXVOOD For ten years VVill Sherwood has not moved, Because the world's wrestling crown he sought, And one day while practicing, He tied himself up in a knot.

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12 EVELYN AVERY Evelyn Avery loves sport, And she is champion of the court, The squash racquet she wields with skill And gives the audience quite a thrill. BIANCA NENX'ELL Bianca journeyed to Hollywood town, There she has certainly gained renown, She regally glides across the screen, Swaying the crowds from scene to scene. XIANETTA CLAWSON V anetta, who knows her geography, Has written a Kipling biography, She's painted him clearly as a poet And believes the whole world ought to know it, He drinks enough Lipton's tea to burst 'im, But then, it's just an old English cus- tom. CELIA AND INIILDRED IYIORSE Only two sisters we had in our class, Each was a loyal little lass, After combining their wits, these two, They decided just what to do, Gassing their Ford for a long, long quest, They started toward the golden west, Now twenty years have passed. Their efforts are realized at last, In Death Valley they've taken their stand And are shipping grapefruit all over the land. UTINYH IYIASTALER AND ROBERT DUBUQUE Our little Tiny has much on his mind Another such load would be hard to find, The New York Yanks he owns all him- self, These are too much for such a wee elf, An enormous load Tiny cannot bear, So Bobby DuBuque his burden will share, This combination now is a hit, And with their team they've earned quite a bit. JIMMv FITZGERALD Jimmy was worried and with just cause, His girl had gypped him and all because- His mind was determined to seek the west VVhere fame and fortune would be best, Undaunted to his course he took, Travelled o'er river, plain, and brook, At NVyoming at last did he land, Now he's a famous rodeo man. VIRGINIA CARLEY Virginia was given a break, And how much money did she Plenty, and with a dandy start She took many prizes with her art. make ? THE DIAL BETTY ANDERSON VVe all know Betty Anderson, 'Who solved her depression. Her tresses she fashioned so Her friends to her Beauty Shop go, No ocean danger Betty braves As she dances over the waves. JEANETTE INGRAM AND ANNIE COOKE Of Estler their ideas they took, And into dancing went Ingram and Cooke From Marlboro and Vernon they danced away And they haven't been heard of for many a day. INLIARGARET JOHNSON AND HAzEL COLBETH Johnson and Colbeth a partnership formed And into museums with antiques they stormed, And well did they do until one sorry day, The curios, they found, were made yester- day. ALICE BEYETTE Our little blond, Alice Beyette, For adventure travelled to Crete, VVhile climbing and motoring the coun- try to see, She came across Count Linderlee, He, our little Alice did long to keep, And now they've taken the marital leap. BURNS ROBINSON Our artist digs ditches by the mile Very beautiful in fancy style, But when men come to lay a pipe, Burns has dug too fancy a type. HBENU BLODGETT Ben Blodgett, rugged and fine Has really mastered a line, For everyone knows He is right on his toes Not boating along the green Nile But fishing near a South Sea Isle. RUTH STEBBINS Ruth Stebbins had a gift of talk So at salesmanship she didn't balk, In tones increased quite high and long, Her garters she sells for a song. IYIARGUERITE VV OOD Marguerite has made a great advance In spiritualism and seance, She can go to realms unknown And make souls talk with cry and moan, To Europe she will go next week To make a king's dead grandma speak. 9 1 JERUA GALLUP Ierua, many her wiles did sway, But only one got all, they say, She rode the wings of the turtle-dove, Finding smiles are the language of love. JOHN RIDER AND HoDDv IVIADDEN John Rider, known to everyone here, Suddenly took to the platform for beer, Stumping with Al was long out of date S0 he hit upon Madden to help tour the state. Together the two their campaign did win, And now Hoddy Madden, and Rider with him, Is head of the faction that ushered beer in. KATI-ILEEN CRAM On the road to Algiers there stands a mill tall, I asked everyone I knew why 't was there and all, VVhy that is 'Kay's' lipstick factory, don't you know? She makes rouge, too, to keep her cheeks aglow. Rather too bad, her friends all say, For she needed none of those things yes- terday. BARBARA LEACH At ten, Barbara was so shy, She would scarcely wink an eye, As the years go rolling on, She cabbages our gentle Don, But on one line and sorry day, Don flapped his wings and flew away. FRANCES PROUTY Frances Prouty, we called Tony you know, She had, 't is said, many a beau, She selected on one moonlight night, The favorite of her heart's delight, Together they reside on a farm, Near woods and brooks of nature's charm. KATHERINE FRANKLIN Katherine pursued a mighty course, Never once hindered by any force, Encouraged by many a friendly mate, To France she went and not too late, She has 'returned with vast knowledge, To instill in others the French language. ALICE GRANT HJ Alice, successful as a scholar, Continued her research as a philosopher, She has discovered marvelous things, Including even, why Saturn has rings, Her books contain a wealth of material In volume and serial after serial. 0 SAXVYER Jo Sawyer, it's a pleasure to tell, Has accomplished two feats equally well. First in a bakery did she demonstrate, And now a hotel does operate, She confesses as she plods along, That soon the bells will ring ding-dong. tContinued on page 445