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

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CHAPMAN and our own Ralph Branca CARL TEN NEY The team posted a good record but we drd get off to a poor start because we had all learned to use a rake so much better than a bat Our track stalwarts were LARRY TOMS DON WAITE GREY GODDARD and BRUCE GAUTHIER Brucre was throwrng thc shot and Bull was throwrng rt too the shot that rs We sent a large delegatron to the All State Musrc lestrval at Burlrngton thrs year BEVERLY DANIELL MARILYN GUSTAFSON CARROL RICE VIRGINIA HERRICK PHIL SMITH ROGER CHAPMAN WAR RLN LAZELLE VIRGINIA HEWITT represented the band BILL DENNISON GORDON ULMER MARY HOPKINS PHYLLIS WHITNEY BLVERLY BOVER were members ot the socal group Those who drdnt at tend strll vxonder rf thrs gang drd anythrng up there rn the lrne of musrc N May es erybody turned out the grrls rn new exe nrng dresses and the boys rn rented surts or vshatex er they could drg up for the occasron to attend the Junror Prom It was put on by none other than the class of 50 and was sard to be the best rn years We don t lrlce to brag or anythrng lrlce that but Four boys and two grrls vrere chosen to go to Boys State and Grrls State rn une They were held at Norwrch Unrw ersrty and Vermont unror College respeetrvely The fortunate males to attend were TIM RYAN BILL DEN NISON LARRY TOMS and HARRY ANDERSON The grrls vs ere MARY HOPKINS and BETTY HOUGH TON These lucky classmates learned about gow ernment played rn athlctrc contests and met many nrce fellows and grrls from thrs state Well there se ms to be nothrng else that I can bore you wrth so I wrll remove my self from thrs platform rn favor of someone who rs more easy on the eyes PHYLLIS WHITNLY' HJHJ fren AIIKIFIIUII Sensor Year N 0 the roar that some of our und rclassmcn may have heard on the fateful Sep ember day of 1949 was not caused by Hyrng saucers rt was rust the clatter of one hundred and erght drgnrfied senrors filrng rnto Brattle boros Rogues Gallery We were rmmedrately attracted by the famous parntrngs and statues Oh and was thrs one of Walt Drsney s characters standrng on the pedestal 7 Why no' It was Napoleon hrmself Uncle Carl Mrller After takrng our hands and leadrng us fwrth the help of a hefty left footj to the boards called seats our money mad pal began to recrte hrs prece about Why money rs made That could mean only one thrng Mr Mrller had a dencrt rn hrs cash He chose as hrs proteges wrth the horsewhrps PEGGY SAGE DON WAITE and ROGER CHAPMAN Of course we weren t forced to pay but we E D drdn t want to face the Freshres wrth scars on our faces What was that 7 Lrsten' A drfferent vorce over the P A 7 Yes Mr Wrggrn had had all he could take from us wrz ards and had left the rnstrtutron Mr O Merrdrth Parry of Proctor had come to talce over the dutres as master and or The Freshman Blowout the dance where the senror boys compete wrth each other to see who can wrn the hearts of the most Freshmen grrls was the first event of the year and went off rn great style at the Communrty Hall The open mouthed freshres who had been slrcked up by mamma were there and sat as unual on the srdelrne watchrng the upperelassmen strut therr stuff Those statues rn the halls better lcnown as trathc oth eers who always left classes four mrnutes early to tell Jokes were DONALD HOPKINS WAYNE WEATH ERHEAD BILL DENNISON CARL TENNEY FRED BERRYMAN HOWARD LEE JOHN CARLSON DON WAITE EUGENE BROOKS NICK MILLER LEFTY COREY ALDEN HANNUM PHIL SMITH ROGER CHAPMAN LARRY TOMS FRED HER RICK and TIM RYAN These boys had to be rn A 1 physrcal eondrtron to cope wrth those underclassmen lads ITH the eomrng of fall came Coach Natowrch s call for the Charles Atlas men The grrdrron stars who romped around Stolte Freld playrng leap frog and drop the hankre were GREY GODDARD BRUCE GAUTHIER WINSTON COBB DAN DUDEK DOODIE ANDERSON ERNIE CARLSON CAB BAGE TENNEY and DON WAITE The team had a very successful year wrth srx wrns two defeats and one tre On the day when electrons were held the clay TIM RYAN walked up and down the arsle sluggrng those who drdn t rote for hrs candrdate GLENN CHICKERING was elected presrdent wrth JOYCE NIXON to replace hrm rn case of hrs premature death BEV BOVER was selected for secretary to carry on our r ast correspondence and KIYI CARLSON the shy traffic oliicer to rattle our prggy banlcs Those elected to represent our class on the Student Councrl were JOHN CARLSON LEFTY COREY ANN CHAMBERLIN JOYCE NIXON BEV BOVER ROGER CHAPMAN all commanded by HARRY AN DERSON The Pep Club was agarn brought rnto berng under the gurdance of Mrs Chaffey Elected to the presrdency was BILL DENNISON JOYCE NIXON was hrs ever farth ful secretary The purpose of thrs club was to rarse the morals er morale of the sports mrnded boys Then came basketball Those huskres wrth the beautrful legs were TIM RYAN DAN DUDEK DOODIE AN DERSON DON WAITE and CABBAGE TENNEY managed by KIYI CARLSON These boys drd a swell job for therr Alma Mater Comrng rnto the sportlrght agarn thrs year was the 1 6 T H I A L 1 7 5 - S ' . 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E D made 1deal spots for praet1s1ng the twenty yard dash 1t LARRY eould go that far llkl the desks were natural hurdles We had more th 1n 1thlet1e gemuses PHIL SMITH took over on tl1e Spothght Board H1s ILILIIIIOD to the staff produeed 1gre1t ehmge DMI we s1y for the better 9 1 also h 1d mueh to say rn the goxermng of o11r 1nst1tut1on JOHN CARLSON HARRY ANDFR SON l.l'lLI BEV BOVIR r presented us on the Student C OLIIMII Wh lf he ny LILLISIOITS they h 1d to mrke' The grett d1y hntlly Il'l'lWLeI' Tl11t well k11own danee w1s here the LIIIIOI' Prom' A few of the more kllflllg, d ISIIIDJ3 hero s of our el1ss rttended 1t The few who rema1ned home reael books tbout How To Get A Boy and How To Get Better Aequ unted W1th G1rls After t1k1ng final exam1nat1ons and s1y1ng sad fare wells to all the teaehers Iflel our b loyed IIFICIILIS we real med what a wondertul t1me we had had ID good old B H S But there st1ll rema1ned two more ye1rs of work and play All the Sophomores were look1ng forw 1rd to 1t' Pfznlnle M me R11 era Junlor Year ILL here we are entermg our th1rd year 1n the erumbl1ng 1vy eovered walls of dear old Brattle boro H1gh Sehool Unfortunately for the seeond year I0 a row we wer plaeed under superv1s1on of that gruesome twosome MISS I'I11I'l'lCtClI1LLIy md M1ster Charles Cnrpen ter Dav1s A few of our elass Casanov IS lrranged th1ngs so that they eould be eloser to the new erop of freshman females for they were not fast enough for those of the elass of 51 It wasnt long before the 1ney1t1ble sh rdow 1rr11ed Yes you guessed 1t Shyloek M1ller wus lgdlll atter our money To help hxm foree the dolllrs from us he em ployed POLLY STREETER and MARILYN CHICKER ING you know Chlek the glfl w1th the ah er well you know what I mean Already up at Stolte M6IUOfldl I1eld were Coaeh An drew N3tOW1Lh and h1s Jerky personnel of dandel1on p1ekers er exeuse m football players Among these rugged 1nd1y1duals were DAN DUDEK GREY GOD DARD BRUCE GAUTHIER ERNIE CARLSON HARRY ANDERSON LARRY TOMS WINSTON COBB and CARL TENNEY ERNIE CARLSON was grven honorable ment1on on the All State Team To gu1de our poor 1mmature souls we eleeted the most d1st1ngu1shed quartet that eould be found anywhere They were Pres1dent LARRY COREY V1ee PI'CSlkICUf JOAN COLBURN Seeretary EDWINA ILETCHER Treas urer CARL ALEXANDER TI'NNIY C1bb1ge surely wasnt named after Alexander H1m1lton as our deHe1t for the year elearly showed' We weleomed two new members to our beloved el tss I RED BERRX MAN and BARBARA MALC OM These two g1rls er pardon me th1s boy and th1s g1rl had no trouble tlndmg tr1ends IU the1r new surroundmgs The students who wandered lDt0 the darkness of the Ll1lkls6l1 eoop next door Qbetter known as the Annexj to proude the world w1th the sweetest musle th1s s1de of heayen well sweet ITILISIL w ll ITILISIL anyway were ANN CHAMBERLIN VIRGINIA HERRICK BAR BARA TATE BETTY HOUCHTON JOHN ROBB CARROL RICI' WARREN LAZELLE PHYLLIS WHITNIY MARILX N GUSTAISON BEVERLY DANIILL VIRGINIA HI'WIT'I PHILIP SMITH IFILI ROCI R C HAPMAN mr Mlll 11 rolled 1round 1nd we all beg tn to look for the D1aI that M1ser M1lIer had prom1sed us I e 111 he 1r IIIITI now X es people you must pay your dues 1f you want the D1al and other prnrleges I ean remem ber what ERNIE CARLSON Inswered Ah fooey' I m 1n all sports and I am t 1ble ta read nohow so why should I g1ye h1m my money ' Bun Ch ttfey hooked yumors MARY HOPKINS DAVID MANLEY and WARREN LAZELLE to help h1m pubhsh the Dlal wh1ch was agam Next eame the bloodhounds for news the Spotl1ght Staff These eager beavers under the able d1reet1on of MISS Lord Qnot that they needed any 1dv1ee5 were Ed1tor 1n eh1ef ROGER CHAPMAN ASSOLIQIC Ed1tor JOYCE NIXON Sports Ed1tor BILL DENNISON ass1stant ed1tors POLLY STREETER JOAN COLBURN PHYL LIS WHITNEY PHIL SMITH 1nd JACK ROBB Stumbl1ng staggermg hobbhng elflbbllflg, and dou ble dr1bbl1ng our basketball boys eame down the eourt TIM RYAN DON WAITI: HARRY ANDERSON CARL TENNEY and DAN DUDEK helped to turn 1n 1 good season s reeord Of eourse you ean t forget managers LARRY TOMS md ERNIE CARLSON you know the managers they are the ones who do all the shootmg wh1le the aetual basketball e 1nd1dates run all afternoon We also boasted of the two smallest bounemg beautres of the eheerlng squad TINY ILETCHER and SQUIRT BOVER Now I want to ment1on a lad who was stuek w1th the name GORDON IRVINE ULMER JR Gordy was our member of the sk1 team wheres er he went he eopped sk1 yumpmg honors IIOR the b1g dramat1e event of the year the sehool play we had LARRY TOMS FRAN COVEY and VIR GINIA HEWITT do1ng the aetmg for the yumor elass MISS Edland had a tough t1me Wltll G1r1ger 1t seems that she wanted to put on a burlesque show wrth herself 1n the lead1ng role Ser1ously though the pl my was a gre 1t sueeess The eall for baseball e1nd1dates brought out many 1un1ors A look at the hneup showed JOHN CARLSON ERNIE CARLSON DAN DUDIK TIM RYAN and HARRY ANDI RSON o11 the selu 1d We were 1lso rep resented by three 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EDI sulclde squad or the skl team The only semor who represented our noble group was none other than the GORDON ULMER Gordle dxd a Hne job on his hlckorxes capturing thlrd and fourth places In Jumpxng at the Interscholastlc meet at Lyndonvxlle HF band was well represented this year l'y sexeral musically lnclmed senxors The contrlbutors of squeaks and flat notes were ANN CH AMBFRLIN VIR CINIA HFWITT BFTTY HOUCHTON VIRCINIA HERRICK JACK ROBB CARROLL RICI' WARREN LAZELLE MARILYN CUSTAINSON BFVFRLY DANIELL ROGLR CHAPMAN BARBARA TA'IE and PHIL SMITH Thc songblrds rn our mrdst who wtrblcd at thc Solo Concert at Green Street School were JULII: KING CORNY LIVINGSTONE GLORIA BOVER JOAN COLBURN POLLY RIVERS GORDON ULMER and BILL DENNISON To enable the singers to rude rather than hltch hike to the muslc festivals and to provide mox res for us krddxes It was decided that we would sell magazme subscriptions agam thus year For our able busmess manager and secre tary BILL DENNISON and POLLY MAY respectn ely were chosen We managed to haul m S3 326 50 of which the school recerved 551084 The top salesmen were sensors mlnd you JACK ROBB and PHIL SMITH BARB TATE CATHERINE BINGAMAN and FRED HERRICK were the semor newshounds for Miss Lords Spotlrght thxs year They always succeeded nn brmgnng ln the week old news and local domgs To help these lclds along a school paper the Ray was begun Serving as edrtor rn chxef was BILL DENNISON as soclate editor PHYLLIS WHITNEY humor editor Bev Bover art edltor GINGER HEWITT sports edltor HOWARD LEE and semor news editor FRANNY COVEY Mrs Murdock and Mr Scott were faculty ad vrsers WARREN LAZELLE most expertly managed the edu torshlp of the Dlal To asslst hlm with the essays cuts and poems were NICK MILLER assistant edrtor DAVE MANLEY busmess manager MARILYN CHICKER ING art edrtor GLORIA BOVER VIRGINIA HEW ITT and BILLIE MAE JOHNSON assistant art editors MARY BINGAMAN ANN CHAMBERLIN DON HOPKINS WAYNE WEATHERHEAD BETTY HOUGHTON MARCIA JONES and LARRY TOMS associate edxtors Agam thus year the Dual won lts usual honors THF hawkeyes who patroled the counters up In the attlc to see that everyone dropped hrs money into the box except on bargain day were BARB TATE ALICE DAVIS BEV DANIELL BARB LUNDEN CATHER INE BINGAMAN JEAN SECHRIST MARTHA SNOW DONNA SHAW POLLY RIVERS JOYCE NIXON and BARBARA PUTNAM A few of our boys just couldn t understand why Mr Parry mslstcd that they pay th regular prxce Was It thenr fault that they couldn t dlstxngulsh between a nnckel and a quarter7 The orators of our class who partlclpated In the annual Sherman Prrze Speaking Contest were POLLY RIVERS MARCIA JONES whose speech won frrst place and GLORIA BOVER whose deln ery won third prnze The New England Muslc Fcstnal demanded the talent of JOAN COLBURN MARY HOPKINS GLORIA BOVER and POLIY RIVFRS whxle those who lent thclr volccs to thc fcstn xl It thc ucen Clty In Vermont wcre JOYCI DARLINC DORIS ANN BOMBARD CORNELIA LIVINCSTONF MYRNA CONSTAN TINF GORDON ULMFR FUGFNF BROOKS BIIL DENNISON and JARVIS COLEMAN With the xrrn nl of sprung c Ime thc meutable arrival of baseball Thc fellows who dlstrlctcd the audncncc composed mostly of thc scwmg club-by hnttlng homc runs every few mmutes wcrc LEITY COREY ERNII' and KIYI CARLSON 'I IM RYAN DOODIE ANDER SON and DAN DUDEK Along wnth baseball c imc track GORDON ULMER GREY GODDARD BRUCE GAUTHIER and LARRY TOMS were thc fellows who messed up the cmders In tennis Mr Scott turned out a fine team The semor boys wnth the rackets were PHIL SMITH FRED BERRY MAN DON HOPKINS DAVE MANLY and ROGER CHAPMAN and DON WAITE For bemg a good gurl and good boy and for laughmg at the teachers jokes MARY HOPKINS and JACK ROBB were selected to recenc the D A R Crtlzenshrp Award HF Sports Dancc sponsored by the Student Council was onc of the most successful actnvmes of the year Dancing to the muslc of Dick Perry everyone had a super colossll tlmc In May the gurls donncd thcxr long dresses and the boys thcxr tuxedos for thc annu1l unxor Prom held at Lawton Hall When May c lme rollmg around nt was tum to conslder who would have the honors of domg the commencement parts The faculty finally declded on BARBARA PUT NAM MARY HOPKINS WAYNE WEATHER HEAD and FRED HERRICK For the class w1ll MAR THA SNOW and GORDON ULMER were selected for the class prophecy MARILYN CHICKERING and ROGER CHAPMAN were elected To sum up the hlsto rles of the last four ycars POLLY RIVERS DOODIE ANDERSON WARREN LAZELLE and your SENIOR HISTORIAN werc chosen OW that June IS herc oncc again md we have com pleted our four years of high school we want to ex press our gratitude to the principal to the faculty and to our fellow studcnts for makmg our stay at B H S an cn Joyable and a prohtablc onc We shall never forget thls Ivy clad buxldmg or what wc have learned ID It So long B H S ' We your last graduating class salute you' Phyllis 101171116 W 17117165 ,. . . ,, . . . . . 1 ,J . , . 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