McIndoes Academy - Spitfire Yearbook (McIndoes, VT)

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This is STARTIME While we were having the time of our lives and choosing our shoes, 'we were also developing stars in our class. Now we 'wish to present to you the stars of the class. Each has become a shining star in our own blue heaven. They have sparkled and glittered in a field of stars because we are all brilliant. But it seems their brilliance is just a little brighter. Behold the stars! The best school citizens are Richard Nelson and Donna Goss. The most likely to succeed are john Gilmour and Donna Goss. The most ambitious are John Gilmour and Donna Goss. The most cooperative are Alton Maxwell and Edith Hammond. The most dependable are Richard Nelson and Norene Lang. The most courteous are Alton Maxwell and Norene Blake. The most popular are Alton Maxwell and Edith Hammond. The most friendly are john Crown and Norene Blake. The most versatile are Alton Maxwell and Edith Hammond. The best athletes are Alton Maxwell and Ruth Ann Griffin. The best dancers are Maurice Slayton and Camille Sicard. The most musical are Richard Annis and Edith Hammond. The most sportsmanlike are Alton Maxwell and Ruth Ann Griffn. The most talkative are Richard Annis and Norene Blake. Those with the best sense of humor are John Crown and Ruth Ann Griffin. The neatest are john Crown and Norene Blake. Those with the best form are Alton Maxwell and Norene Blake. The quietest are Richard Nelson and Donna Goss. The best looking are Maurice Slayton and Edith Hammond. Those with the prettiest hair are Maurice Slayton and Norene Blake. Those with the prettiest eyes are Maurice Slayton and Norene Blake. Those with most attractive personality are Alton Maxwell and Norene Blake. Those with the smoothest line are Maurice Slayton and Edith Hammond. Twinkle, twinkle, senior stars, May you be just what you are, And in this world travel far- Travel far o'er sea and land, Yet hold yourselves above no man. MAKING TRACKS Prophet: I am a member of the F.B.I. Do you know what that means? So you don't know? Well, it means Footprints Being Investigated? Here on these sands in 1966 are deep impressions of footprints. The seniors have passed this way. They have been making tracks in the past ten years. Their impressions are traced on the sands and cannot be erased. They show that the seniors walked here with an upward look and a iirm tread-going places. They are unwavering and true. They point toward progress and achievement. They lead to the right places, the true goals of accomplishment in all fields of activities. You know, I can tell something about each senior by the tracks he makes. Each expresses the individual and his achieve- ment and what he is doing today. I see this in their footprints. They are all suc- cessful, making tracks-Our class president went this way. Here he goes! Mac. Look at those beat-up sneakers. Looks like Mac has been hard at work coaching that team of his. 14

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Before the end of the school year Gail Bedell, Art Royal, and Buddy Bedell left us, decreasing our membership to nineteen. Our advisor in this step was Mr. Powell, Business Teacher. We reached the first hurdle in our pathway at this, our Junior year of high school life. School morale and spirit became depressed but with Edith Hammond as president, john Gilmour, vice-president, Norene Blake, secretary, Ann Pollard, treasurer, and Alton Maxwell and Ruth Griffin as our representatives to the Student Council we boosted our own morale. We increased our budget with profits from food sales and a dance. We sponsored a junior Prom but this proved unsuccessful. Our faculty advisor was Mr. Bowler, Social Studies Teacher. For the trying stretch of the senior year we elected officers as follows: Alton Maxwell, presidentg Camille Sicard, vice-president, Edith Hammond, secretary: John Crown, treasurer, and Norene Blake and john Gilmour, Student Council representatives. Financing our yearbook and class trip were the last financial obstacles in our path. To overcome them we produced the annual senior play entitled f'Shy Guy directed by Mr. Bicknell. Needless to say the play was a successful one and we made a tidy profit. We elected our yearbook staff and collected money by selling advertising space in the publication. We had money-making projects such as paper drives, school newpaper publishing with Norene Lang, editor, selling of refresh- ments at basketball games, and selling candy and milk at school. Historian: Camille Sicard was our class poet. She was always panning her lines to our yearbooks and notebooks. Here is Cammie. This will be a short poem: I don't want to be a bore. Our class is always on the go, So I haven't time for more. Donna is a brilliant girl, Her brains will take her far. John is a bespectacled lad, He's never without his car. Edie is a pretty lass, She is going steady, though. John Crown is quite an actor, He always gives a good show. Susie is a basketball player, Shels very good, you see. Richard Annis is a happy lad, His days are filled with glee. Norene Lang has one ambition She wants to be a wife. Richard Nelson wants a farm, He says that is the life. Norene Blake's great desire Is to have a home of her own. Mac is on our basketball team His name is widely known. Ann is quite an active girl, She loves office practice. Everyone is Roycels friend, Toward none does he bear malice Cammie is a cheerleader, Nursing is her chosen career. Maurice is a hotrod driver, At speed laws he does jeer. Helyn is a friendly girl, You really must confess. This poem wasn't to be long? Looks like I was slightly wrong. 13

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Here's Royce. Gee, he's wearing sneakers too. We have heard that the team he is coaching has done very well. Here comes Dick Annis. He's wearing nice, sensible brown loafers. just the thing for his job as TV technician. There are Norene Lang and Norene Blake in very comfy slippers. They wear them while they are cleaning their houses. Edie has on very pretty high heels. She'd get anyone's vote for the best-dressed teacher of the year. Gee, will you look at the shoes John Crown has on! I guess he has been pretty suc- cessful as an actor. Ann looks comfortable in her flats. Nearly all of the girls in the office where she is a secretary wear them. Susie always wears these oxfords when she does her house work. She says they are so comfortable. Here is Donna. She is wearing white shoes for she is an X-ray technician, you know. Richard Nelson is attired in high rubber boots. They are very important in farm work. Helyn likes to wear loafers while she cleans her house. Maurice looks very sharp in those shiny black shoes. He is a successful mechanical engineer. Here is Cammie with her white shoes. She is happy in her job as a nurse. Look at john Gilmore's shoes. He always wears them in his laboratory where he is a scientist. As I told you in the beginning, I am with the F.B.I., Footprints Being In- vestigated. But just now I feel like a heel investigating and telling you all about the private and professional lives of the senior class of 1956. So if you'll excuse me, now, Iyll be making tracks away from here. SENIOR CLASS SONG fMel0dy: It's Almost Tomorrowuj My Mclndoes, my Mclndoes, we bid you adieu Our reflections in the future will be borne from you. Our goals we will be seeking We will strive for the best And all our summons will answer the test. V It's truth and honor We will stand by. Your teachers have always Taught the reason why We should have high ideals And do any job the best. Now that you've taught us We will have to do our best. Our hearts will be warm, dear, When we remember you And all of our cherished friends Who were so true, We will have pride and joy when We think of you. We will always wave a verbal banner Of Gold and Blue. 15