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

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Looking around, we notice that SUE HEBB has car- ried on her study of languages and is now doing very well in that field. She is an interpreter in a Chinese laundry. It's a good, clean job anyway. We next see PATTY BICKFORD, JOAN STILL- WELL, CONNIE POTASH, JOYCE AUSTIN, and FREDA DILLBACK staring out of an office window and making good use of the training they received at B.H.S. They may be seen there all day long, sharpen- ing pencils to perfection. JO-ANN KEITH is there, too, but her day is spent with the duplicator .... S.W., S.W., S.W! We then notice, much to our surprise, that GERRY RICHARDS and CYNTHIA MARTIN have opened -of all things-a library! Lined up outside are BOB COLBURN, NORMAN JOHNSON, ED KENNEY, and PHIL BACON. We never knew the boys were so interested in literature, but you can't tell a book by its cover. Just in case anyone should want to take out a book, they've employed DORIS COTA as a li- brarian. We meet PAUL MILLER, and, after he sells us a magazine subscription, we pump him for news con- cerning our old buddies. ' He tells us of the sad fate which befell MIKE GIALLELLA at the last alumni parade. MIKE had been celebrating a little too much, went through an open manhole, and hasn't been heard from since. No one went swimming in the Connecticut all summer. PAUL also informs us that WESLEY PHILLIPS and BOB AVERY are cleaning up in the world of finance. They are janitors in a local bank. One puz- zling feature of this situation is that their clothes have extremely large pockets which are invariably empty when they come to work in the morning and full when they leave at night. We hear that JO BURACZYNSKA and MARY ROONEY, somewhat power-mad after their reign as class ofiicers, ran for President and Vice-President, respectively, but were unsuccessful. The primary rea-- son for their failure was probably that no radio sta- tion would accept their advertising. None of the an- nouncers could pronounce JOZEFA'S name. QA nar- row escape for America.J The sounds of marching feet and crisp commands come to our ears, and we turn to see the local Na- tional Guard unit, led by Sergeant EDDY GOODELL, coming down the street. EDDY seems slightly power- mad, he has Privates CURT and MERT HIGLEY carrying him. His other slaves include RONNIE TIER, EDDY WHALEN, BILL TRACY, and HAROLD WRIGHT. For some reason they are accompanied by CORINTHA DOYLE, SYLVIA DAVIS, SALLY LAWRENCE, ELOISE THURBER, and LUCY LEARY. We didn't know that the Guard accepted 26 girls, but if it's all right with the boys, it's all right with us. Another odd noise grates upon us, and we find BERT BALDWIN, a pipe protruding from his mouth, pounding a piano on the sidewalk for a Salvation Army band. fHe has been having trouble getting a job, and this one has certainly been lair salvation.J Another member of the class of '54 lending his ability f?J to the group is DAVE MILLER. He now pushes his hot air through a horn, and it sounds much better that way. A fairly new establishment in our town is that of BENWARE 8z BEDARD-Booze and Beer . The boys seem to have found a way to get their refresh- ments wholesale. flt's rumored that they're trying to join Alcoholics Unanimous .J The earth trembles as STUBBY THOMAS has given up the childish habit of driving around in a jeep, and does his hotlrodding in a Sherman tank. STUBBY'S silhouette is about the same in or out of his vehicle. FRIEDA PETRIE and VIRGINIA BRISTOL are doing well in the Brattleboro branch of the I.G.A. Of course, I.G.A. stands for International Girdle Agency. Modeling for them are SUSAN COLE, SHIRLEY WOOD, and BEVERLY WEATHERHEAD. Their business is making figures lie. We hear that PETE WILDE is especially interested in pick-ups these days. We mean pick-up trucks, of course. fAt least, I think we do.J It seems that KENNY ORNE has joined the Fire Department. His car finally broke down for good, and he felt lost without something of a colorful nature to drive around in. He's really having a hot time of it now. We decide to make a brief trip to the high school before we return to 1954, when we arrive there, we are surprised to find GAIL FANNING teaching English. Well, that's just proof that truth is stranger than fiction. DON OSBORN has replaced Mr. Parry, we notice. OZZIE may not be as good a principal, but he does look better on skis. Wandering through the halls, we notice that an F.F.A. meeting is in progress, with guest speakers KEN JOHNSON, CHARLIE ROBB, BILL EMERY, and HAROLD DOMPIER. We listen for a while and de- cide that those four can certainly handle the bull, any- way. One of the last sights that we see before returning to our own time is a plaque placed in the auditorium in memory of JOAN BENDER and JOHN HOP- KINS: They both succumbed to a bad case of mortifica- tion shortly after the final assembly in June, 1954. -Joan Tuttle Bender --John Bradford Hopkinr THE COLONEL

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CLASS PROPI-IECY l HE other day, we heard that GUY DAVIS, while tinkering with his car, had accidentally invented a time machine, so we decided to give it a try. We got in, and then got out into the world of the future. Sure enough, there was faithful old GUY-he'd been wait- ing all that time! The following narrative is com- posed of the notes that we took. As we are interested in seeing how the class of '54 has fared in life, we decided to look up our friends of the past. A newspaper headline jumps out at us fit is a 3D newspaperj : Rocket Reaches Moon I We start to investigate further, but because of a dirty look from the newsstand proprietor, BOB TUDOR, we first dig down for a nickel with which to buy the yellowing tabloid. We find that LEWIS YOUNG, President of the Science-Fiction Club of America, has issued an an- nouncement to the effect that We told you so! Our investment proves sound, for upon careful ex- amination we notice many other items concerning our classmates at B.H.S. One of the first is a picture of Senator ERWIN FLEWELLING welcoming a group of his agricultural constituents from Vermont. Among them we recognize CHUCK LACLAIF., KENNY FISHER, RALPH BOLSTER, and TERRY GROVER. We hope that the boys remember to wipe their feet before entering ERWIN'S office. One note which brings us joy is the news of the acquittal of JOE DYE, who was being tried for at- tempted murder. It seems that someone called him Paul once too often. Further along in the paper is an advertisement which states that a new night club is opening in our fair city, and many old friends are involved. The proprie- tor is ALBERT MIKUSKI, always a skillful rifle shot, who now handles a different kind of shot. He suffers OJ with the job of managing the torrid line of chorus girls which includes DOROTHY CRIPPS, BEULAH HOWELL, SHIRLEY GALLUP, and EVELYN BROWN. With the kind of show those girls put on, a fire extinguisher is placed at every table! The bar- tender is, of course, ED UNAITIS. We hope that he doesn't sample more than he sells! It is rumored that a well-equipped gambling room is out back, being run by that notorious pair, GRACE HECTOR and ELEANOR BULLOCK. They're big wheels, now-roulette wheels, that is. Another item of interest is a picture of a bridge un- der construction. Sure enough, the massive project was designed by TATRO 8: WILSON, Engineers De- luxe . QJOE and WILLIE seem to have done a good job, but we would just as soon not be the first to cross the river by means of their structure.J The Sports Section abounds in mention of old 1954 YEARIOOK 0 school chums. The Hrst thing that we notice is a pic- ture ofthe new professional football team that is win- ning games at the drop of a pigskin. Going under the novel name of the ALL-STARS , the group features BUNNY KERYLOW, PHIL KEMPF, and BOB WARWICK, the expert coaching is attended to by BLACKIE BLACKSTONE. In the background may be seen a bevy of beautiful female admirers, and among them we recognize BEVERLEY ROBERTS, ANN MALCOLM, NANCY MORRILL and BLANCHE NADEAU. QNO wonder the boys win all their games with that quartet cheering them onlj Another item involving members of the class of '54 is the write-up of a recent automobile race. JOAN FRENCH, driving a souped-up Austin, managed to sneak into first place. JOAN HEWITT was also a close contender, but she lost much time when she noticed the beautiful scenery and stopped to paint a picture of it. It seems that KATIE JONES has gone into show business . She is doing well as a lady midget wrestler. Also in this field are ANN HILSON and JEAN GRASSI. Long noted for their fiery tempers, they now settle their differences in the ring. But every time an eligible bachelor comes upon the scene, the fight stops. We guess that the girls would be quite willing to ex- change the fight ring for another kind! Turning the pages, we find a lengthy gossip column by MARYANN JASIENOWSKI. If she is as good at reporting it as she is at causing it, the article must be quite interesting , We see that TERRY LAWTON is still in the hos- pital. He is merely suffering from a sprained toe, but look at those nurses-MARILYN PAGE, MARCIA STONE, NANCY RICE, and BETTY DEGREE! Wow! He'll be in there for months! Also enjoying the scenery at the place of healing is PETE ESTABROOK. He took a bad spill when try- ing to ski and play his sousaphone at the same time. ADELE BAKER is also a nurse, and she never gets a complaint from her patients. That's fairly reason- able, for she's a veterinarian's assistant. A loud clamoring draws our attention from the news, and we look up to see a terrific crowd outside a movie theatre where the Great Lover himself, STEVE PLATA, is putting in a personal appearance. Several of those fighting for a glimpse of their idol and an autograph are SHERRY BARTON, EVELYN CLARK, CAROL SPECTOR, and GLORIA DOM- PIER. Fortunately, STEVE has musclemen HAROLD SNOW and BRAD SARGENT for bodyguards. HAR- OLD developed his muscles shaking sodas, while BRAD got his testing easy chairs at Chromec's. 25

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CLASS WILL IN this year of nineteen hundred and fifty-four we have gathered you, woeful, worthless, woebegone, wilted, and wasted wallflowers here to witness the last will and testament of those fabulous, faultless, faithful, and flamboyant Seniors. Whew!!! MARYANN fHello, big boy!J JASIENOWSKI wills her ability to cast a spell on the older men to Sandra fI'm the most popular girl in town, just ask mej Barrup. ALBERT fJust one of the girlsj MIKUSKI leaves his self-winding voice box to Chris fBut th:1t's the way the skirt's madej Angell in case of an emergency. WILLIE QI used to be a modelj WILSON leaves his size elevens to anybody who thinks he can amble down the halls as conspicuously as WILLIE has the last four years. KATIE fl may be small but-oh! myj JONES be- queaths her size ten chemistry apron to any pint-sized Junior girl. It seems KATIE doesn't mind going around with peek-a-boo skirts and shreddec socks. DAVID fThere's nothing like a shapely, well-built -television setj MILLER passes on his heavy acceler- ator foot to Leigh QI like to fish Model A's out of Sylum Pondj Kendall, Bruce fDon't struggle fair damsel, you're in my clutches ha-ha-haj McCauley, and Richard fJust call me James, the chauffeurji Stevens. ANN QDum-dum-dum-da-da-dum-dumJ MALCOLM donates her pipe dreams of matrimony and a small family who in due time will make up an entire foot- ball team to Stephanie fl wanna be bad, I wanna be evilJ Mullen. Birds of a feather flock together. BERT QThe boy with the radioactive plutonium U-235 mindj BALDWIN passes on his love for the piano, the whole piano, and nothing but the piano to Pat fSkyscraperJ Burrows. We hope that someday Pat will be able to play the Lost Chord without losing it. JOAN QI like those tall, dark and handsome South Americans he-he-heJ HEWITT bequeaths her model- ing strut to Claudia flt glows in the darkj Covey. A graceful walk is really very becoming. STEVE fThe shiek of ArabyJ PLATA wills his un- usual ability to get all dressed up in those real sharp clothes, slicked-down-hair, and shining shoes, then with posies by the truckload he bestows them upon- the florist's customers. This unusual technique goes to Theresa-oops I mean Terry QI'm kind of a posy my- selfj Hubbard. Oh well that's one way to delight the ladies. SUSAN fPromptness is a virtuej HEBB passes on her position as money counter to any underclassman who thinks he or she can take an entire hour to count thirty or forty odd dollars. MARY fMy mother would kill meJ ROONEY be- 'I954 YEARBOOK queaths her unending patience-with a certain piano -to Carol fWell, the light's outj Malloy. Ask Miss Rooney for some motherly advice, she's quite adept at dishing it out-so we've heard. PHIL fResidence--12 Marlboro Avenuej KEMPF passes on his athletic ability to Phil QWomen, I love themj Turner, and Terry fMajorettes are right down my alleyJ Turner hoping the combined efforts will prove beneficial. JO fProtein bread pleasej BURACZYNSKA be- queaths her black, red, yellow, and white knee socks to Dot fCome onna my house-I'll teach you-to danceJ Welcome. We wonder if Miss Welcome will fill them as well as our JO does? KEN fIt's morning MargieJ ORNE leaves his all night parking ticket to Warren fCome with me to the Country Clubj Cross. Maybe if Warren is a good boy he'll be able to take the cheerleaders to basketball games next year. GAIL QSO what if my favorite color is greenj FAN- NING offers to Judy QI draw-pictures that isj Man- ley her gorgeous and much loved cheering uniform- which, we might add, has been witness to a great deal of action. PETE fI'm on the wagonj BENWARE wills his cases of ale, ginger ale, to Kenny Qlf you drink don't drive, here take the wheelj Lynde. We all agree these boys are a couple of cases. JOE fAnyone want to go to Bellows Fallsj TATRO offers his know-how on entrancing the Bellows Falls girls to Johnny QDonny's shadowj Turner. Someday Johnny will find the right girl. To Billy QI'm the large economy sizeJ Curtin and Rochelle fPint-sizeJ Frederickson, BEVERLY QI've been aroundj ROBERTS and BOBBY fl was there tooj WARWICK leave their knack of putting their heads together over homework. BLANCHE QI turned our car into a submarinej NADEAU donates her book The Art of Chewing Gum Gracefullyn to Judy QI hate boysJ Martin in hopes that Judy will put it to good use. BUNNY fMake time while the moon shinesj KERYLOW leaves his ability to throw passes, to Punky QI beat up patrol boysJ Jaquith knowing Punky will go far in this field. To Georgie fl bagged a hundred-seventy pound deerJ Miller, MARILYN QI'm still chasing my two- hundred pound red-headed animalJ PAGE leaves her unused capabilities. George, we are sure, will take ad- vantage of his personality. ARNOLD QPaper legsj BLACKSTONE passes on his stacks of bandages to Harold QI'm ruggedJ War- 27