Essex Junction High School - Joy Yearbook (Essex Junction, VT)

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Burlington Ferieda Amelia Roberts “Biddy” Fair Committee (3, 4). Ferieda is always here but never has much to say (except sometimes in English class). She is one of those kinds that believe in burning the midnight oil in order to appear among the bright scholars of E. J. H. S. “Now Ferieda gives us dignity Of which we’re very glad. For we have not very much. Though we're not so very bad. Wesley Wood Smith, Jr. Colchester “Sunny” Class Baseball (1), School Football (3), Class Football (4), Baseball Captain (3), Dramatics (3), A. A. Entertainment Committee (4), Class Secretary and I reasurer (2, 3), Commencement Speaker (4). A pioneer coming from the sandy desert of Colchester, known by all as Sutinv. He always takes part in all athletics and when cooking days come around he is always there. His motto is, “Slow and steady wins the race. Behold the child bv nature’s kindlv law; Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.” Page twenty-eight

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Essex Junction Muriel Dorothy Pike Stowe “Muriel Chairman Sandwich Sale Committee (4), Dramatics (4). Muriel came to us from the mountainous country of Stowe. We were very glad to have her come because we lacked girls (instead of boys, as classes previous). Muriel sometimes forgets herself and gets on the wrong train. 1 wonder why? (Is it because she wants to go to Norwich) ? “Better late than never. Harold Arthur Peck “Peck School Baseball (1). Class Football (2), Fair Committee (4), Class Historian (4). The original wild man of Borneo. lie is harmless, although his subterranean mutterings sometimes sound very ferocious to one who is not familiar with him. lie is very popular with his teachers for his quiet and studious behavior and in time will probably be an expert shot with chalk and erasers. 'Tis rumored that he recently bought a season ticket to Jericho via the B. L. in order to save bicycle tires and shoe leather. “Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind?”

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 . , ), Pair Loni- mittee (3, 4), Associate Editor The Clarion (4), Freshman Reception Committee (2, 3, 4), Senior Reception Committee (2), Dramatics (2), Senior Reception Usher (3), Class Poetess (4). Maude expects some day to be a teacher of domestic science and the present indications are that she will be successful. She has already presided over the lower grades and as a result the children are better athletes. As for cooking—why. she made a doughnut once that cracked the concrete floor when it popped out of the kettle. It was then, when evading said doughnut, that Maude first did the “goose step.” “Fair as the leaf upon the stream And fickle as a changeful dream.”