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

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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

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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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wick. We hope Harold's bones will become more iiexi- ble. BETTY fI'm broad through the shouldersj DE- GREE bequeaths her sparkling soprano squawk to Muriel QA crush a day keeps frustration awayj Fiedler. We are sure if these girls ever got together they'd make a fine quartet. JOAN QLet's get away from it allj FRENCH do- nates her secret on keeping hands lily-white to Barb fIt's a rough life--work, drudgery, toilj Dunn. DONNY QAnd then there's the one about the farm- er's daughterj OSBORN leaves his array of buxom girls, bashful girls, bold girls, and Putney girls to any underclass boy. Variety is the spice of life. Hummm. Wfith our last ounce of waning strength, we, in be- half of the whole Senior Class, will the ability we possess to succeed in all we undertake andto produce the best junior Prom ever, to the sorry, listless and lazy class of Iifty-five. Having bestowed all our earthly treasures and boundless wisdom upon the people from down un- der the mellowed with age Seniors offer you your last chance to gaze with awe upon the incomparable, untouchable, and unmatchable class of fifty-four. -Ann Marie H ilrwz -Paul Arthur D ye Class Song N OW the time has arrived, it's the turning point A new life we soon shall begin- We must follow with care-in the future days- Great Love and success we shall win. We thank you so dear, you who've taught us here- May we meet in the future days! And so our friends, to you we say With thoughts of happiness Good-bye, dear B. H. S.-Good-bye, dear B. H. S. C C ass Jnoifo NOT FINISHED, JUST BEGUNH -Virginia Alice Bristol Class QCFIOIUGU WHITE Ross Class C0 10715 GREEN AND WHITE 28 THE COLONEL