Leland and Gray High School - Messenger Yearbook (Townshend, VT)

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s , Page 29 CLASS HISTORY - Sophomore Year cont'd After that came the Halloween party in which each class put on a stunt. They all tried hard to win but we came out ahead and won the cider, which proceeded to disappear quickly. This was the second year that we had won first prize. The next thing on the list was the intramural games. we lost to the seniors but beat the freshmen in a game which Pop Larmie was the star. we earned no money this: year but all in all we had a swell time and then came the end of a perfect year. ' ' ' Edward Medea CLASS HISTORY - Junior year when school opened in September, we found that our class now had only 18 members. At our first class meeting, Mark nimock was elected presidentg Walter Meyer - vice presidentg Ioan Service - secretaryg and William Knight - treasurer. In the fall we received our class rings that we had been waiting so patientlg the last three years for with the colors green and gold on t em. In the spring we had the annual Junior-senior prom and everyone had fun in preparing for it. It was called he 'Is- 1and Rromn.and for decorations we had galm trees that we had made ourselves. On the wall we had a ig picture of az hula- hula girl drawn on a large piece of paper. The senior girls wore leighs to distinguish them from the rest of the girls during the Grand March as we had Judges from other schools to choose a Prom Queen from the senior class. Not too much wigemade, but everyone looked as if they were having a goo? Also in the spring we invited the sophomores to go with us on a class picnic ,to Lake Spofford. we all went in a truck from Jamaica and had a lot of fun both going and coming back. While we were there,aome of the kids went ro1ler-skat- ing, gome went swimming, while others just sat around and watched. when we get back to Brattleboro, everyone went to the movies and had a lot of fun. - R After that graduation rolled around very fast, but we cou1dn't quite believe that next year we would be the ones who would be graduating. Don Elliott

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AWG LH GLASS HISTORY - Freshman Year g In september l9b5, twenty-three scared freshmen walkei up the steps into their new school for the four coming years. Everything was very strange-from what we were used to, so it took quite a few weeks to become acquainted with the new stu- dents and teachers. we found it wesn't too hard and lots of fun after we became a little adjusted to the school. ' After we had been allowed a few weeks to get nacquaint- ed', we had a class meeting where we found that Mr. Monroe was to be our class advisor for our four years at Leland and Gray. Walter Meyer became president, Leon Gibbs became vice- -president, Ph llis Robbins took the job of secret , and Raymond Cobb had the Job of acting as treasurer. argor our class flower we chose the pink carnation. In the fall we decided to have a class picnic, so M . Monroe invited us to use his camp above Jamaica for an after- noon and evening of fun. Almost everyone in the class was there and we all had a wonderful time singing songs, playing games and having refreshments. Later came' Halloween, and each class was asked' to do stunts at the partys Our class won the first grize which was a box of chocolates, for an original pantomime a out Row1ey'e Wold blue busnq In the spring we had another class picnic. This time M . Ernest Allen of Jamaica offered.us his camp in West Jamaica. Most of the class turned out and everyone had a wonderful time. - A So came the close of our first year at Leland and Gray, but we were all looking forward to our sophomore year here.- A Sylvia Bills . CLASS HISTORY - Sophomore Year For our soph more year Philip Castle was elected presi- dent of our class. walter Meyer was elected. for our vice- president. !ChaunceyJ Wi1liam'Knight was to be our treasunl' and Joan Service our secretary. Joan Service and Philip Welker were elected to the student council. These officers were to serve for the half Bair only and were're-electedeqgh for the rest of the year. advisor was Mr. Monroe who s done' a swell Jobs During our sophomore year we were to gain some new stu- dentsg Philip Welker, Edward McGee, Philip Castle,and Bernard Hoard.' By the end of-our next year we were to lose Philip Castle, Bernard Heard, Leon Gibbs, Joan Service, Ida Chase, and Elwood Styles. The first event after school opened was initiation days Those poor freshmen, they will always remember its '

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Page 30 ' , CLASS HISTORY - Senior Year Walter Meyer was elected president for this, our last year at Leland and Gray, with Meri Larmie as vice-preside nt, Cynthia Pearson as secretary, and Sylvia Bills as treasurer. Ihr. Monroe continued the job as our class advisor. We want to express our appreciation for all the help he has gl e us during our four years at Leland and Gray. kf New members this year were Donald Elliott, Arthur Bissell Philip Welker, Diana Prior and Polly Lyman. Diana Prior left us after a short time due to unforseen circumstances, We were very sorry to have her leave us. H We of the senior class were given Room 5 for our own home room this past year. p In November, we put on the first hentertainmentg' the WHunter's Balln. At the dance we sponsored a raffle. The three turkeys we raffled off went to William Rogers, of Town- shend, Vermont, Bruno Maki, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Robert Brooke, of Newfane, Vermont. Everyone had a wonder time. We had Dick Perry's orchestra, which did a wonder job of playing. Our treasury was reimbursed considerably. In April, we had our annual 'Country Fair' which tur out to be a huge success. There was a variety of games, a fortune-telling, dancing, and refreshments. All o .us eng ourselves, even when it came to cleaning up the gym -a- wardsi ' 6 I ' i On April 22, we had our dance the WSeniors' Last F11 A lovely table lamp was raffled off, and the music and! . 6 i and ful ful ned so yea er- ng!! re- freshments were enjoyed by everyone.- ' A We left on our class trip to New York on May 2 . wMr. and Mrs. Coughlin accompanied us as chagerons. We madeq trip by train, and had loads of fun on t o way down. Wen rived in New York at about eleven o'clock, and went stra to the hotel. The rest of the day we did various things. of us went on tours, while others went to a baseball game went sight-seeing. That night we went to see the play, an Button Shoesn, which was very interesting, and which wer enjoyed immensely. The next day was filled with all kind things. .We returned home late on the 27th, worn out, happy. We wish to express our appreciation to all who he to make our trip a success. Also to Mr. and M s. Cough who were a lot of fun, and without whom our trip would been impossible. U the ar- ght ome or igh all of but ped in, ave A Polly Lyman l