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

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CLASS HISTORY ELL, we made it! We were Freshmen. Yes, sir, we felt proud that morning as we walked up the steps to the old fHa! Halj High School. Now I know that a lot has been said about the school, and I don't want you to get me wrong about this. It was an adequate school as far as it went. You've heard of Room 20, no doubt. That was the combination indoctrination center, testing grounds for the latest paper airplanes, meeting place, assembly hall, and casino. Oh, yes, it was used as a study hall also. It was this room that we, the class of 1954, were herded into like sardines that first day. In this room we were confronted with Carl f Peop.te, your dues are payable now J Miller, who meant to say, Peo- ple, your dues are payable now! After things were rolling smoothly--although we gathered no moss, we did collect a Stone-we elected as our class officers: JOHN NOYES, President, SU- SAN HEBB, Vice President, DONALD OSBORN, Treasurer, and FAYE JOHNSON, Secretary. Mondays were the days when we were forced to eat sog dogs or starve. Also upon the third floor was a very interesting machine. At first glance, it looked like a Coke dispenser, but actually this was a very cleverly disguised gambling device. Who will ever for- get the joy of getting from five to ten Cokes for the price of a nickel or the sorrow of getting nothing? When Andy Natowich came around singing his theme song, You, You, You , ROBERT WARWICK, PAUL DYE, JOE TATRO, ARNOLD WILSON, KENNETH BENSON, KENNETH ORNE, and PHIL KEMPF jumped into their pads a.nd could be seen every afternoon until dusk upon the hill playing pick up sticks. Also playing something were, KATIE JONES, ADELE BAKER, GLADYS FRINK, JOAN FRENCH, BEVERLEY ROBERTS, SUSAN HEBB, GERALDINE SEARLES, BRADFORD SARGENT, DAVID MIL- LER, JOHN NOYES, PETER ESTABROOK, DON OSBORN, and CLIFFORD MARTELLE. First period every Monday and Tuesday they made the rafters ring with sweet . . . er . . . ah.. . . ah . . .? Out in front of the tooting, squirming mob stumbled ANN HIL- SON, ANN MALCOLM, GAIL FANNING, and MARILYN PAGE with their dropless batons. That year the magazine drive took in 33,386.40 The homeroom lieutenants who helped to make the drive a success were KENNY ORNE, BERT BALDWIN, BEV WEATHERHEAD, and KATIE JONES. Freshmen initiation! Do you know the date when we were initiated? You guessed it! It was Friday the 13th. Freshman Year 1954 vnnsoox That winter we were represented on the slopes by FRED DALEM, JOHN NOYES, PETER ESTA- BROOK, BERT BALDWIN, GUY DAVIS, and BILL EMERY. Oh, yes, we don't want to forget DON stern turn OSBORN. In 1950 the school had two basketball teams, one for the girls and one for the boys-I mean men. They were JO-ANN KEITH, GAIL FANNING, and ANN MALCOLM for the girls, and JOE TATRO, PHIL KEMPF, ARNOLD WILSON, ROBERT WARWICK, and PAUL DYE for the boys-I mean men! Now don't get the impression that all the Freshmen had was brawn! No sir! We had brains also. There was the writing type like LEWIS YOUNG and GAIL FANNING, who won a Cheer Writing Contest. We had the reporting type-BERT BALDWIN on the Spotlight Board. There was the representative type like PAUL DYE and KATIE JONES who stood up for our rights on the Student Council. Spring rolled around before we knew it and JOE TATRO, PHIL KEMPF, RONNIE TIER, and JOHN KOSHINSKY voluntered to rake off the diamond. Also up on the hill we could see KEN ORNE and JOE DYE sacheting around the oval with PAUL ODLE managing them. It surely sounds as though we had a fine start on our high school career, doesn't it! Here's NANCY MORRILL to tell you more about it. -Peter Webrter Erlabrook Sophomore Year The town of Brattleboro had at last taken pity on us poor, little, studious students who had been gal- loping through the dismal, creaking halls of the an- cient dungeon-er-high school for centuries and had built us a new one. All summer long we watched with bated breath as the beautiful building grew. Finally, in September of 1951, to our bitter disappointment, this structure was ready to receive the joyfulf?J pupils who were dying to get back to their studies. We moved in-bag and baggage. No sooner were we all crushed inside when the floor sank about two inches and the walls cracked, to our horror! Our new home didn't collapse, however, and we were forced to come back the next day and re- sume the old routine of shooting spit balls--er- studying! Even in the new school, Uncle Carl Miller, our cherished relic of the old high and the good old days was standing at the door with outstretched palms, beg- ging for alms. We, now super-superior sophomores, sat back- and have been doing so ever since-er-sat back and 21

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eniofz Sapefzlatives Most Likely To Succeed fgirlj Most Likely To Succeed Qboyj Done Most For The School Class Actor Class Actress Most Athletic fgirlj Most Athletic Qboyj Class Crooner fgirlj Class Crooner Qboyj Class Brain Class Wit Qgirlj Class Clown Qboyj Girl With Biggest Drag Boy With Biggest Drag Class Chatterbox fgirlj Class Chatterbox Qboyj Class Flirt fgirlj Class Sheik Class Poet Class Danger fgirlj Class Danger Qboyj Most Sophisticated Qgirlj Most Sophisticated fboyj Best All-Around Qgirlj Best All-Around Qboyj Gum Chewer Most Pessimistic Most Optimistic Class Sponger Best Sport fgirlj Best Sport Cboyj Class Artist Friendliest Best-Natured Qboyj Best Looker fgirlj Best Looker fboyj Peppiest Most Reliable Most Courteous Most Talented Best School Spirit Most Ambitious Most Independent Most Shy Most Co-Operative JO BURACZYNSKA PAUL MILLER DON OSBORN JAMIE ORNE NANCY MORRILL MARY ROON EY PHIL KEMPF MARYANN JASIENOWSKI JAMIE ORNE JOI-IN HOPKINS ANN HILSON MIKE GIALLELLA MARYANN JASIENOWSKI BOE WARWICK JOAN HEWITT ALBERT MIKUSRI MARYANN JASIENOWSKI STEVE PLATA LEWIS YOUNG GERRY RICHARDS JOE DYE JOAN STILLWELL BERT BALDWIN JO BURACZYNSKA BOE WARWICK BLANCI-IE NADEAU SUSAN COLE KATIE JONES WILLIE WILSON MARY ROONEY DON OSBORN JOAN HEWITT JO BURACZYNSKA PETE ESTABROOK ANN MALCOLM BUNNY KERYLOW MARYANN JASIENOWSKI FREDA DILLBACK BERT BALDWIN BERT BALDWIN GAIL FANNING Jo BURACZYNSKA ANN HILSON GRACE HECTOR JO BURACZYNSKA THE COLONEL

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gleefully observed the poor little freshmen and fresh- girls go through the tortures and terrors of freshmen initiation which we had survived, by luck only, the year before. E We elected PAUL MILLER as our president. Shortly thereafter he became the first four-legged officer in the new high school by hopping around on crutches. Since he, being an invalid evidently needed help, JUDY COLE volunteered for the office of veep. ANN MALCOLM jotted down all the many millions of im- portant accomplishments that our classic class carried through. BOB WARWICK had a jolly time spending our hard-earned money. To make sure that the school affairs were run prop- erly, we elected BEV ROBERTS, BOB WARWICK and BOB TUDOR to the Student Council. With these three in there the sophomore class got off with just two years' hard labor and two years' class dues for bail. Several talented classmates made the beautiful music in choir and orchestra. In the former were DAVE MILLER, LEW YOUNG, JUDY COLE, MARY ROONEY, MARYANN JASIENOWSKI, CONNIE ALLEN, ADELE BAKER, KATIE JONES, and NANCY MORRILL. Orchestra members were MARY ROONEY, KENNY ORNE, JOHN HOPKINS, JOAN FRENCH, ADELE BAKER, PETE ESTA- BROOK, DON OSBORN, BERT BALDWIN and PAUL MILLER. In the spotlight for the Spotlight were PAUL MILLER, BERT BALDWIN, SUE HEBB, and FREDA DILLBACK, Miss Lord's best helpers. Were we on the spot! The mighty gladiators of the gridiron glorifying our class at football were BOB WARWICK, ARNIE BLACKSTONE, DON OSBORN, PHIL KEMPF, KEN ORNE, JOE DYE, ARNIE WILSON and BIG JOE TATRO. Backing up their terrific tackling with terrific band music were KATIE JONES, BRAD SARGENT, DON OSBORN, JOHN HOPKINS, BILL EMERY, ADELE BAKER, MARY ROONEY, BEV ROBERTS, JOAN FRENCH, WES PHILLIPS, DAVE MILLER and PETE ESTABROOK all under the able direction of Mr. Carville. Adding sugar, spice and everything nice to the games were ANN MALCOLM fShe's sugarj, ANN HILSON QShe's spicej and MARILYN PAGE QShe's everything nicej, ,cause that's what little girls are made of. GAIL FANNING was the girl with the cheering voice. Showing the opposing teams the techniques of bas- ketball, and doing a fine job, were, BOB WARWICK, PHIL KEMPF, JOE TATRO, and ARNIE WILSON. Down the slopes at speeding speeds, freezing their noses flashed FRED DALEM, DONNY OSBORN QDON, by the way, won a gold pin at Hogback for going down the trail in less than fifty seconds that 22 yearj and BERT BALDWIN, who, after pounding the slopes hurried home to pound the ivories on his piano. Spring sprang and with it came our superior base- ball team. Important players were ARNIE BLACK- STONE, JOE TATRO, and PHIL KEMPF, Displaying their terrific talents tearing around the track were DON OSBORN, WILLIE WILSON, BOB WARWICK, and JAMIE ORNE, Yes, Sophomores-Wise fools! We were the wisest fools ever to fool away a year in B.H.S. -Nancy Elaine Morrill Junior Year In September of 1952, a new era started for the class of '54. We were now upperclassmen! Coming to school that year with nothing but study and hard work in mind, we tried once again to prove to all that we were going to be the best class ever to graduate from B.H.S. Kicking up turf for Coach Andy Natowich in football were, PHIL KEMPF, BOB WARWICK, WILLIE WILSON, JOE TATRO, ARNOLD BLACK- STONE, BUNNY KERYLOW, KENNY ORNE, and PAUL A. DYE. Andy was trying desperately to show his boys the art of ballet. Out there to cheer them on were two of our own, MARYANN JASIENOWSKI and GAIL FANNING. Those seeking greener pastures in the fall of '52 were PAT BUEB, CONNIE ALLEN, DONALD UN- DERWOOD, and EDDIE HANNETT. Their places were filled by EDWARD KENNEY, ED GOODELL, BUNNY KERYLOW, and JO BURACZYNSKA. The weekly news-hunters from the Spotlight un- der boss Lord were ANN HILSON, SUE HEBB, BERT BALDWIN, MARYANN JASIENOWSKI, and FREDA DILLBACK. Snooping down halls, peeking through keyholes, these reporters were everywhere! The executive board consisted of BOB WARWICK as president, with secretary JOAN STILLWELL taking notes very carefully from his knee. BEV ROBERTS assisted the president to her full capacity as vice-presi- dent. Treasurer was JOE TATRO. That was the year I started driving the family car-provided that I put in the gas. Got around a lot that year! For the seventh time we were state champs in the annual magazine drive. Why not, with SUE HEBB and PAUL MILLER as assistant secretary and busi- ness manager, and BEV ROBERTS, JOAN FRENCH, ARNOLD BLACKSTONE, JO-ANN KEITH, and BOB WARWICK as home room lieutenants! When fall fell that year, out on the hardwood were WILLIE WILSON, PHIL KEMPF, BOB WAR- WICK, BUNNY KERYLOW, JOE TATRO, while THE COLONEL