Hartford High School - Hartford Key Yearbook (White River Junction, VT)

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Smith, Herbert Sumner Berty” Scientific Football 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Basketball 2, Asst. Manager 3; Stunt Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Prize Speaking Program 3; Class President 3; Senior Play 4; Year Book Board 4; (’lass Attorney 4; Masquers 4; Home Room Activities 3, 4; Junior Prom 3; Boys’ State 3; 7th Grade Reception 4; Harvest Hop 4; Barb” Editor 4. “I have no desire to underestimate the worth of physical comfort. “Berty” is the last member of the famous Smith family, and is well known for his good looks, as well as his good luck at sports. He is our main-stay in athletics. But, Berty, why does your face color up at the mention of West Lebanon? It's only the town across the river, It won’t bite! [28]

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General Kay, Noreen Angela Basketball 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Ski Team 1, 2, 3; Stunt Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Outing Club 1, 2, Secretary 3; Class Treasurer 2; Photography 2, 3; Prize Speaking 3; Class Vice-President 3; Home Room Activities 3, 4; Student Advisory Board 3; Bowling Team 3; Masquers 3, 4; Junior Prom Chairman 3; “Optic” Asst. Editor 3; “Barb” Asst. Editor 4; Freshman Reception 4; Year Book Board 4; Operetta 4; Band 4; French III Club 4; Senior Play Program 4; Harvest Hop 4. “Persuasion is better than force.” We know' that Noreen sincerely believes in the above quote, because, during our four years’ association w'ith her, we have come to depend upon her good judgment in all of our problems. Robert, Margery Janet “A iutye” Classical Stunt Night 2, 3; Latin Club 2; Music 2; Home Room Activities 3; Junior Prom 3; Freshman Reception 4; French III Club 4; Harvest Hop 4; Senior Play Committee 4; 7th Grade Reception 4; Masquers 4. “It is best for us all to think over our bad deeds and hope in the future that they will be overshadowed by the good ones to be accomplished.” Margery is always around to find out if anything has to be done, and then she goes ahead and does it. We all appreciate her for it and know that she will succeed in all that she attempts. Savage, Everett Charles Scientific Music Festival 1, 2, 3, 4; All-State Band 2, 3, 4; Watson Prize Speaking 3; Stunt Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; “H.M.S. Pinafore” 1; Junior Rotarian 2; Bug Club 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Harvest Hop 4; Student Advisory Board 4; Masquers 3, Treasurer 4; Boys’ State 3; Senior Play 4; Music Concert 4; French III Club 4; Swing Banl 4; Tow'n Meeting Play 4; “Florist Shop” 4; Orchestra 4. “We must have reasons for speech, but we need none for silence.” Mr. Savage is definitely the actor of the class, both a good actor in dramatics and a bad-actor in behavior. He is everywhere at once, and if you are unable to see him, you can most certainly heal him. Shepard, Betty Louise “Shep” Scientific Stunt Nite 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, Co-captain 4; Prize Speaking 3; Masquers 3, President 4; Home Room Activities 3, 4; Junior Prom 3; French III Club President 4; Freshman Reception 4; Student Advisory Board 4; Senior Play 4; 7th Grade Reception 4; D. A. R. Girl 4; Year Book 4. “The house w'as small, the welcome was large— so be our lives.” Betty has been most successful in her four years of high school, and we know that she will continue her life with success. To our class president and always-ready friend, we wish good luck. [27]

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CLASS PROPHECY One day about a year ago — I believe it was in the middle of June, 1964—as I was poking around in the attic of my mansion home, located in Sydney, Australia, I noticed, in a remote corner, an old, brow n pasteboard box, bound with white string. As it seemed vaguely familiar, I was curious to learn what it contained. I cut the string with my knife, removed the lid, blew away the dust, and lo and behold —-saw at the very top of a stack of old books, yellowed with age. the “Hartford Key of the Class of 1941! I spent nearly two hours inspecting the old book, looking at the now antiquated pictures, and perusing Jean's History. Many scenes flashed before me—“The Ghost Train,” the Junior Prom of 1940 — and countless others. Then there was the Class Prophecy, written by myself. Luckily, nothing that I had predicted ever happened. 1 wondered how I could possibly have forgotten about the book for so long. It bad seemed an unforgetable volume on one June night in 1941! 1 excused myself, however, by saving that my becoming a multi-millionaire through teaching kangaroos to wage war on the underworld with machine guns had permitted no time for such things. And yet I had never really forgotten the old days nor the old crowd. There were a few of my old classmates that 1 was aware of, for they had become internationally famous. Noreena Raykowski (Noreen Ray back in high school) had become one of the world’s foremost singers through her interpretations of the old classics, such as “Rumboogie” and “In the Mood. I had already read every novel that I could find bearing the name of Anne Benson Miller. Her best work, now known as the “Great American Novel, had been filmed. It was a gripping mystery concerning a blue petunia which grew in a window box, entitled “High On a Window Sill. Her husband. Mark Miller, drew all of the cover designs for “The Saturday Evening Post.” Little did we think in the old days that among the most prosperous members of our class would be Ellen and Ella Alger, the fair owners of the Alger Aspirin Tablet Company, whose annual income was a paltry thirty thousand dollars! Charles Blood and Marjorie Jennings. I knew, were employed as the head chemists in the world's largest chemistry laboratory, in New York, where they had toiled ever since their discovery of the element, Vermontium. in 1951. Betty Lovell now held the world's record for distance sw imming speed, having recently swum the Atlantic Ocean in two hours and fifty-one minutes. Jean Jockel had toured in Asia for several years, teaching the Chinese the Highland Fling, which the Chinese government had decided to adopt as their army’s new marching step. All these facts I had gathered here and there. But what had become of the other members of the Class of '41? Then and there 1 decided to find out. About a week later I boarded a special plane for old White River, which would reach the Junction in about four hours. I had at first planned to stop a moment to visit President Roosevelt in Washington, but. having heard that he was so busy with his stamp collection that lie might not lie able to run in the coming election, I had given up the idea. As 1 seated myself on the velvet cushions, 1 became conscious of the pilot, who was walking briskly past me, towards the pilot room. Something alxiut him seemed familiar, but I could not quite place him. Then it came to me in a flash! Those eyes! Those shoulders! That build! It was Earl Goodell! I followed him into the pilot room, where he was standing by the controls. A look of happy recognition flashed across his face. “Everett Savage!” he cried. “Yes, I exclaimed, “and you. Earl! How on earth do you happen to lie here? “Well, he replied, “after graduation 1 took up flying, and as. a result, here I am. pilot of one of the country’s finest planes. You remember. I didn t drink, I didn t smoke, and 1 didn t chew! [29]