Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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15 The next morning when Hank and Lem arose, they looked toward the horizon and beheld a strange sight.At first they thought it was just anoth- er dust storm, but soon they were able to make out£ the figures of heavily loaded wagons and many, many horsemen, coming rapidly toward them. Hank, as soon as his brain had. begun to function, gave Lem a queer look, screeching, Now, you have don» it.It's a strike , and if we don't clear out we'll be killed! Thev very, very hurriedly put their few belongings together and, taking one last look at the rich brook, started sorrowfully away. Lem, who had been about ready to cry, finally yelped, Cheerji up. Hank. It's better than being murdered! And besides, now we can go to Ne vady. Howard Olmstead '40 tt- - -! - -! - News Flashes This is radio station F. J. C. in Franklin, Vermont, bringing you the latest news of 1959. A reunion of the class of 1939 is being staged here today. In honor of that class we will give a brief review of the life of each member. Donald Ashton is now the captain of the U. S.S. Mauratania. He has worked his way up from the bottom through a series of promotions, and hones for another promotion soon. We can still remember the time when he told the sailors that girls onlyvbroughtAtrouble, and within ten minutes he himself was trying to date a pretty blond. Loyd Gyr, our farmer, is also here today with his little family of seven. After graduating from high school , he went to work on the farm and was soon married. You have all heard of the famous manle sugar he makes. And oh, yes, we ought to ask hin about that huge DumDkin he is growing for a world wide exhibit. We hope for his sake that it will Drove even larger than his expectations. Here comes the rose among thorns, Ruth Harrison, now a'lIrsT to you. She graduated from high school with second honors, took up nurses train- ing» graduated as a registered nurse, and was soon the head, nurse in the hospital. But after that it wasn't long before we heard wedding bells. In the last ten years she has been very busy taking care of her three children; so that little yellow house on the hill is really a home now. Next - Robert Irish! Who has forgotten the times his fawe has come to us on the screen? It was an eventful day for him when he was discovered as the screen hit of 1947 .But, although he was a successful actor, he soon tired of his work and retired to his estate at Brown's Cor- ner. Even if he is now a gentleman farmer , how many of us will ever forget his most popular hit, Man of the Ozarks ?

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16. You all know the voice of our next member, Winston Pierce. He start- ed out as a crooner over W.Q.D.M., radio station at St. Albans, Vermont, cut something happened. Imagine his surprise (and ours) when he was asked to sing over 3ing Crosby's programl After that his suecess was made. Now he has his own programs over three of the leading networks. He also con- ducts a small band as a side line. But don't be surprised if tonight you find, him conducting a chorus of alley cats to the tune of Sweet Adaline . Last but not least comes Aihmon Richard. For a while we thought we vtf would have two sailors but an accident changed all that.The ship which he was on exploded off the coast of an island. He was rescued by the natives , but left blinded by the explosion. He became so interested in the natives while he was there that he decided to stay as ajf missionary. It was only three years ago that he made his important discovery that the juice of two leaves crossed with a certain herb, would cure blindness. Today, with his eyesight restored, he plans to give the money which he made from his cure to the government for building better ships. Next week he again sails for his island as he calls it -to stay. He is taking his new wife with him, and who xnows but what he may make another discovery. 3iiu now, as our time is up, and we have comoleted our reviews, all we iB» e h°Pe y°u old timers get to see them all today, and we hooe e shall be hearing more about them twenty more years from now. So long. Class of 1939, and best of luckl Larlorie Cates '40 assisted by a few other members of F. J. C. Alumni News Graduate of '38 Robert Magnant, now a freshman at the University of Vermont, was placed on the Dean s L st for last semester. Magnant is enrolled in the College of Engineering, and received a B average. Aloha Towle is attending Johnson Normal School this year. Carrol Hull, Bernice Fields, Stanley Greene, and Geraldine Lothian havfi employment in their respective homPS. Vermont”810 r°wle Jr« is now employed on his uncle’s farm in Fairfield, Hammond snfaralant 18 bulldins a Bhop for hi“self and working on Calvin Elizabeth Horsj n is spending the year at her home, ball team1”8,11 HUl1 Went °n th® southern triP wit,h the U.V.M. base- Armold Whitney '35, who is with the U. S. recently been East on a short vacation. Navy at San Francisco, has