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

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ROONEY kept all in line. The stalwart maidens trying hard to keep step while carrying guns and flags were MARILYN BROOKS and JUNE WAITE. We, the ladies and gentlemen who have served four years at hard labor in the prison on Fairground Road, find that sentimental feeling, called by the elite, nos- talgia, clutching us in various places. However, all has not been worry, work and tests. There have been happy times, too. Remember the day we initiated those lowly, slothful Freshmen. Remember the Christmas dance and JACKI WELLS' parties. What fun LEONARD NA- DEAU had slapping down CYNTHIA PLUMB and de- serting SUSAN DUTTON in Fumed Oak. And oh, how Mr. INGRAM blushed when he sang sweet noth- ings to a certain attractive brunette in The Fortune Teller. CHRIS ANGELL has been neither absent nor tardy from kindergarten through graduation from High School. The end is here. Caps and gowns have arrived, pictures have been exchanged. The thought of Plump and Cir- cumferencen brought tears to many an eye this morning. We, the Class of '56, the go-gettingist gogetters that B. H. S. has ever seen, say Au revoir so that other classes may have a small chance to get ahead. Marjorie Aa'am.r Richard Gale Class Song V Tune: Moments to Remember 0 UR Senior year has come and gone, But yet our memories linger on. We've had four treasured years in high school. The friends we've made, the gay times here, The laughter shared through all the years, Will always tarry in our thoughts. The future years will soon unfurl, And we'll find happiness. But all of this we owe to you, the teachers of B.H.S. As we leave these halls so dear And reminisce of times had here, We'll cherish B.H.S. forever. Elizabeth Cobb Patricia Darling 1956 YEARBOOK 35

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staged by the expert designers of Junior Prom Staging, DANNY MOSMAN and ESTELLE BAILEY ,... to the theme of My Blue Heavenn with Dick Perryis Or- chestra. , We must give credit where credit is due, PHIL TUR- NER and PHIL HOLMQUIST deserve top commenda- tion for their feats in the mastery of the bride's step. QWe thought we would let you know ahead of time that this year they are teaching our class how to do the difiicult step.J We have forgotten one thing-the most important. It is obvious that this year was a struggle-it was. There was one thing and only one thing, however, that kept us going. This was our class ofiicers. Though this was the first thing we did as a class upon entering, it is deserving to be last mentioned Qwe are using the saying, save the best to the last, not last and least j. We elected BOB INGRAM, as presi- dent, DEBBIE ROONEY, as vice-president, CYNTHIA PLUMB, as secretary, and BUTCH LAPAN, as treas- urer. Now we are at graduation, we're SENIORS now. We have the material to make a go at this. So let's see how we did. Dick and Margie lead them in the final step to the immortality of the class of '56. ' Joyce Alexander ' Paul Slone Senior Year Waking up one fine September morning in 1955, the 130-odd members of the Class of 1956 realized that this was the long-awaited time when we would step into the limelight as unrestrained Seniors-er, that is-unre- strained until we were confronted by guards at each portal, and mess hall sergeantsl Suspiciously we crept down the corridors to our respective havens-Mr. Miller, already waving SAS receipts, chaperoned a mob into 226. Mr. Davis, singing his theme song My Dome Will Shine Tonight, herded his flock of refugees into 223. Mrs. Holmes CML Chaffey says We call her Kitty. J purred enticingly to lure some 12th grade felines into 222. Miss f Dial material, please. j Jacobs was on hand to take attendance in 221. Having failed to learn our lesson in our Freshman year, we soon re-elected LEONARD NADEAU to boss us around-democratically f?j. To assist in case of revolution, which wouldn't have been surprising, PHIL HOLMQUIST was chosen, PATRICIA DARLING was to take notes and if necessary, summon MARTIN LA- PAN to provide money. A capable group was elected to counsel Mr. Miller in such vital matters as spending student money, regulating student breathing, and devising new bills of rights, to mention a few. They were ROBERT INGRAM, PAUL 34 STONE, LEONARD NADEAU, MARTIN LAPAN, CYNTHIA PLUMB, DEBORAH ROONEY, PATRI- CIA DARLING, and BARBARA EVANS. Soon after our advent Andy Natowich was seen skulk- ing through the halls carrying a lasso. The boys who were roped into being human steam rollers and battering rams were JOHN TURNER, PHIL TURNER, TERRY TURNER, DANNY MOSMAN, HENRY KEMPF, MARTIN LAPAN, PHIL HOLMQUIST, and JOE BOBEE. Not long after football season closed Coaches Rounds and Kenison appeared perched upon soap boxes. After taking out insurance against floor burns and cracked skulls JOHN TURNER, MARTIN LAPAN, HENRY KEMPF, TERRY TURNER and RICHARD SODER- BERG headed for the gym to try some sharpshoot- ing. PETER HAWKS, DANNY MOSMAN, ALAN DUNKLEE, and DONALD FULLAM took off for the slopes and some tree dodging. A little later Andy was out again handcufiing volun- teers QPJ for some practice to find out who could chase who around the diamond first without tripping. He rounded up RICHARD SODERBERG, ROGER SPARKS, TERRY TURNER, and HENRY KEMPF. Mr. Kenison, still strutting after a successful ski sea- son, corralled DANNY MOSMAN, ALAN NADEAU, ALAN DUNKLEE, STEPHEN HOLDEN, BUTCH LAPAN, PETER HAWKS, PHIL HOLMQUIST, and PHIL TURNER to push cinders and sawdust from place touplace. '-The unearthly warbling seeping out of Room 210 faf- fectionately called the music roomj was the result of Miss Gates' valiant efforts to form a choir. DEB- ORAH ROONEY, MARILYN BROOKS, JACQUE- LINE WELLS, MARJORIE ADAMS, PETER BEEBE, STEPHEN B-ARRE, ROBERT INGRAM, RICHARD SODERBERG, JAMES MASTERS, WILLIAM CUR- TIN, CAROL MALLOY, ANTONETTE SAK, LEE WEATHERHEAD, JEANNETTE THURBER, DA- VID ALLBEE, PAUL STONE, and DONALD LEWIS also tried. The other varied sounds which roared from Room 210 were the results of Dr. Forbes theory that noise might make up for lack of talent. His more talented proteges were: STEPHEN BARRE, JOYCE ALEXAN- DER, RICHARD GALE, DAVID HODGE, PATRI- CIA DARLING, WILLIAM CURTIN, ELIZABETH COBB, TERRY HUBBARD, JOANN LOOMIS, ANN PARKHURST, DONNA LEE RETZ, and JANICE PREBLE. The band was led by those snappy High stepping strutters MARY CARLEY, CAROL MALLOY, and BARBARA EVANS, who were in turn led by a lass with flame-colored hair, SANDY BOYCE. DEBORAH THE COLONEL

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CLASS WILL WE, the mighty, marvelous, magnificent, majestic, class of nineteen hundred and fifty-six, being of sound minds and bodies, do hereby bequeath to the childish, crazy, churlish, chuckleheaded, classes of '57, '58, and '59 this, our last will and testament. BUTCH QI can do my homework after my glasses come, Mr. Millerj LAPAN, leaves the ability to get to school on time, after a rough night of emptying bottle after bottle-of milk-to Pat fjust wait till I'm twenty- onej Irish. We hope that Pat will at least get to school by third period. To Nancy QI'm not bashfulj Madden, JEANETTE QI've caught my manj THURBER, leaves her ability to wait four years. Both these girls have interests in flying. PHIL fI'm always in early-in the morningj TUR- NER, leaves his parking rights in the town yard to David Cnobody will beat my record of 125 secondsj Thomas. To Mary fl don't believe in neckingj Robb, MARJIE fgot a Winstonlj ADAMS, leaves her ability to use her build constructively. We assume that Mary's voice will change again before she graduates. To Bob QI've got a hot-to-go '54 Fordj Luke and Bill fmine's a '55 Oldsj Warren, DICK Cmy hair isn't bleachedj JOHNSON passes on his ability to keep a car on the road in good shape for more than a year. Let's hope these boys keep their cars on the road. To Dwight Qjust call me Humphreyj Miller, BILLY QI'm a great drummer-just ask mej CURTIN leaves his job as projectionist for Mr. Davis. We hope that Humpf will have as much fun in the dark as Bill did. SUSAN QHow do you like it? It's from Parisj DUT- TON, passes on to Bonnie fl like St. Mike'sJ Burgess, one pair of her toreador pants. We hope that Bonnie can wear them, as well as Susan has done. To Ray ffm scared of femalesj Grout, FOO FOO Clock out girls, here I comej HOLMQUIST, leaves his life size photo of Marilyn Monroe, that he keeps in his locker. We hope that Ray will find as much inspiration from this as Phil did. ESTELLE Qjust want a little band of goldj BAILEY bequeaths her homemaking talent to Leueen QI've got all kinds-of wealth untoldj Hector. We hope that Leueen uses it wisely. DAVID Qlook, green smoke, Mr. Vosej HODGE, leaves his unique chemical ability to any under-classman who thinks he can blow up the lab as Dave has done. JACKI Qmy hair is not bleachedj WELLS leaves to Joan QI never go parkingj Manley the ability to get along with more than one boy at a time. We sure hope Joan doesn't have any trouble. To Lanny fah come on, let me cut inj Westerlund, 36 TERRY QI'm the strong silent typej TURNER leaves his ability to use silence effectively. We hope that Lanny will take the hint and be more like Terry. JOHN Qlet's pull a quarterback sneak, fourth down eighteen yards to goj TURNER, gladly bequeaths to Art Freeman his extraordinary ability to handle the pigskin. DEBBIE QPete can't come over on school nightsj ROONEY and PETE fnasty breaklj BEEBE pass on their knack of getting along to John QI love to play with Joyce-duets of coursej Wheeler and Joyce Edson. We hope that they last as long as Deb and Pete have. MARY QI'm going to teachj CARLEY passes on to Dottie Haus her majorette uniform. Let's hope Dot re- duces a little to get into it. PAUL QYes, Dianej STONE bequeaths his tremen- dous mental powers to John flet's go to Europej Hooper. To Susan fGet me a doctor-'s sonj Mazelli, MAR- ILYN QI've signed with the Globetrottersj BROOKS leaves her unusual athletic ability, however, on taking a second look, Susie is doing all right by herself. DANNY fCome here, Cindyj MOSMAN passes on his hunting ability to Larry QNO, Maryj Robinson. We won't quibble over what they will hunt. CHRIS QI'm not fatj ANGELL, leaves her ability to get along with upper classmen to Franny QI like to ride- horsebackj Cersosimo. On second thought we guess this freshman doesn't need any help. To Judi fit's almost tomorrowj Manley, BEVERLY Qit's never too latej BEARSE leaves her ability to throw a good party and still have the house left. BOB fl like wild partiesj INGRAM, leaves to Bunny Jerard the ability to ask a girl to dance rather than al- ways cutting in. To Bernie QI'm real popular with the girls, just ask mej Colburn, DICK QI'm not shy, when you get to know mej SODERBERG bequeaths his ability to get girls to go out with him, without bribing them. DICK fbut really, Mr. Chaffeyj GEEHR passes on to his sister Julie, the ability to spend hours of studying with a member of the opposite sex without making it look suspicious. To Uncle Carl, we, the senior class, bequeath a beauti- ful blond assistant to help him with his many chores around the building. The executors of this oflicial document only hope that you will give us at least a ten minute start from the audi- torium before coming after us. Sandra Mary Boyce Stephen Alun Barre Witnessed by: Carl H . Miller C lmrler Datfif THE COLONEL