Milton High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Milton, VT)

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Blue and Gold 5 as secretary and Ruth V illemaire was our treasu- rer. Our two student council members were George White and Bernard Roque. The student council then elected George as president. Miss Holden was our home room teacher in our 12th year. That year we also had Doris Jackson join us. One of our means for earning money for our class trip was to sell magazines. Out of our sale of 35935.20 we made a profit of 832672. One of our annual events was the Minstrel Show in which most of the Seniors participated. Dancing chorus was composed of eight Senior girls who were Norma Duffy, Claire Roussin, Janet Fisher, Virginia Adams, Barbara Peltier, Nancy Manley, Carol Vantine, and Barbara Shepard. Four of our Senior boys David Blatt, Burton Wells, Ernest Dubuque, and George White were endmen while Bernard Roque acted as Interlocutor. During the intermission the chorus girls went among the audience selling fudge and made 3510.00 toward our class trip. At the Halloweien Carnival we had two booths. In one we had a Paddle Wheel and in the other we had a Baseball Throw. We all had our turns in working in either one booth or the other. On November 17th the high school presented four one-act plays. The seniors put on a play called High Windowv. Those in the cast were Dorothy Dubuque, Carol Vantine, Joan Granger, David Blatt and Ernest Dubuque. This play won high honors but the class of '54 had the plaque presented to them. The Christmas Pageant was presented on two nights, the evenings of the 21st and 22nd of December. The Glee Club proceeded in with a candlelight ceremony from the back of the Au- ditorium. They sang the Seraphic Song which is sung every Easter time at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Ten boys Walked for the Kakeii that year. This was the first time Milton High had such an event. The Seniors who Kake VValked,' were George VVhite, David Blatt, Yates Rousseau, Burton Wells, David Sweeney, and Bernard Roque. The gym classes, both boys and girls, gave a very nice tumbling act. David Blatt was the only senior who took part in that act. Under the direction of Miss Holden the Senior Class three act play, June Madf, went off suc- cessfully on March 16th. The Seniors who par- ticipated were Carol Vantine, Betty -Scribner, Norma Duffy, Janet Fisher, Nancy Manley, Vir- ginia Adams, Tracy Ryan, Burton VVells, George White, Dale Laughlin, Frank Tourville, Wayne Steady, and David Blatt. After much planning and waiting March 24th finally arrived. This was one of the biggest days in our four years of high school. Most of us were up bright and early that morning, as that was the morning we left for New York City. The Vermont Transit bus met us at school at 5:30 A. M. Soon we were on our way, 28 seniors, Mr. and Mrs. Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mayville, Miss Swindell, Miss Kellogg and two juniors, Wayne Lafayette and Jerome Limoge. We stop- ped in Glens Falls for breakfast and Reinbeck for dinner. WVe stopped at Hyde Park for an hour after dinner and visited the late President Roosevelt's home, museum, and library. We ar- rived at the Hotel Piccadilly at 4:25 P. M. We were assigned to our rooms and then we went to a broadcast that night. Easter Sunday we went to Church. Some of us went to Riverside Drive and others to St. Patrick's Cathedral. That after- noon we had a tour of Rockefeller Center includ- ing a trip to the Observation Tower. Then in the evening we went back to Radio City Music Hall saw a magnificent stage show and heard the Seraphic song which we had sung at the Christ- mas Pageant. Monday morning we had a Down- Town tour of the Bowery and Chinatown. In the afternoon we went for a boat trip around Manhattan Island. In the evening we enjoyed a play called Happy Timev. After the play we were entertained with a dinner and floor show at Wivel's Restaurant. Tuesday morning wc -.vent to the Empire State building and shopped through Macyis. At 2:00 that afternoon we left for home, a tired but happy group. of students. We chose blue and gold for our class colors, and the yellow rose for our flower. Note how it grows on our garden wall. The Senior Ball was held May 30th. This was the last big event of the year before Gradua- tion. DAVID SWEENRY, Chairman NANCY BARROYVS HENRY BLOW RTADELAINE IJECLAIRI-1 BARBARA SHEPARD

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4 Blue and Gold Several members of our class took part when the band played at the Armistice Day Parade, and after the parade enjoyed a free turkey din- ner. The band also played Memorial Day for the Legion Parade. Since we didnit have any Minstrel Show that year, we started basketball practice very early. 'he girls, team had a very successful year. The girls from our class who played were Barbara Gonyeau, Barbara Sheperd, Barbara Peltier, Norma Duffy and Elaine Limoge, The boys, team carried twelve men and won twenty games out of twenty-seven enough to get into the CU tournament played at Burlington, Our members who played were George White, Burton Wells, Dale Laughlin, Bernard Roque, Tracy Ryan and Henry Blow. That year there were six cheer- leaders and only one represented our class, Janet Fisher. About the middle of April baseball was well under way. The last of the month we played our first game defeating St. Anneis. We battled our way to a successful season. The members of our class who went out for baseball were George White, Frank Tourville, David Sweeney, and Tracy Ryan. On the afternoon of Memorial Day we played a double header. The first which was with the alumni, we lost 4-3. The second with Fairfax, we won 7-6. 9 JUNIOR YEAR In September of 1949 the class of ,51 once again gathered with old and new students to be- gin a new chapter in our lives. That year study hall was known as our home room, with Mr. Morris taking charge. He was also our class sponsor. Time for the choosing of class officers came. Barbara Gonyeau was elected president, Ernest Dubuque, vice-president, Barbara Shep- ard, secretary, and Burton VVells, treasurer. Members on student council were Janet Fisher and Dale Laughlin. We received our class rings on September 8. We were then in the best of spirits. First came the Minstrel Show with practically everyone taking part. VVe repeated the show at North Hero Community Hall a week later with another capacity audience. Then came the Operetta with Virginia Adams, Evelyn Varney, Elaine Limoge, Janet Fisher, Carol Vantine, Claire Roussin, Burton Wells, George White, Frank Tourville, Ernest Dubuque, and Bernard Roque taking part in the cast while the others were in the Glee Club Chorus. In March for the one-act play contest we pre- sented The Bishop's Candlesticks with Carol Vantine, Nancy Manley, David Blatt, Bernard Roque, Frank Tourville, Yates Rousseau, and David Sweeney participating. We won first prize. Basketball season opened with a great num- ber of new players. Those who made the boys, team were Bernard Roque, Burton Wells, George White, Dale Laughlin, Henry Blow, and Tracy Ryan. Those who made the girls' team were Barbara Gonyeau, Barbara Peltier, Barbara Shepard, Elaine Limoge, Norma Duffy, and Ruth Villemaire. Cheerleaders were Janet Fisher, David Blatt and Yates Rousseau. In late April we organized a girls' softball team. Ann Spears was chosen to be our captain. Others taking part were Norma Duffy, Janet Fisher, Joan Granger, Madelaine LeClaire, Betty Scribner, Barbara Shepard and Ruth Villemaire. In May we decorated the gym for our Junior Prom in a Dutch Holiday fashion. Again in May our class was well represented at the Music Festival. Taking part in All State Chorus was Janet Fisher and in the All State Band were Nancy Manley, Barbara Shepard and George White. Ruth V illemaire played the Graduation Processional and Recessional. George White was chosen as Class Marshal. Barbara Gonyeau was chosen to attend Girls, State at Montpelier last June and David Sweeney and Burton Wells to attend Boys' State at North- field. 4-P SENIOR YEAR But time, that thief, stole our eleventh year in school, and at last we became Seniors. Folks, have you ever been a Senior in high school? You say you have? Well, then I know you will enjoy hearing about the times we had. Good times were had by all, studying, taking part in sports, and carrying on our other activities. We elected the following officers to S6l'V6 us. Burton Wells was our president, David Blatt was our vice- president. We then voted for Ernest Dubuque

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Clzzss ropheay 6 Bl ue and Go nmmnuumnmmmn mmm:nnunnnum unnuunnunuunnuummun mmmmmunnmn unnnmun nmmmmmnunnunmmn ummuunmu mum41IuuInunuunnunnumanmuunnnmumnmmunnm ROM OUR superior height as Seniors, hav- ing reached this point, we are not unmindful of our past toil and do not forget those who are coming after us and are endeavoring to follow, distantly of course, in our footsteps. We have truly left our Footprints on the Sands of Timev, but we know well that no other class can hope to step exactly into those amazing tracks. Some of you may be pondering mentally just why no one can do it, but you are all wrong in your conclusions. It is not because the tracks are too big, it is not because they are perfectly plain to the naked eye, it is not because they are crooked and straggling, and it is not because they wander aside into paths. How our hearts swell with pride when we consider the real reason. Do I need to put it in words? Is it not sufficient for you to gaze in soulful admiration upon this extraordinary class of 1951. Is it not written upon our extraodinary faces, all over our brachycephalic heads and even in our graceful and commanding poses. Let us now bring our minds to gaze on Foot- prints on the Sands of Timev, in the year of 1961. I am a member of the F. B. I. Do you know what that means? You don,t know ? VVell, it means FOOT- PRINTS BEING INVESTIGATED. Here on these sands are deep impressions of footprints. The seniors of 1951 have passed this way. They have been making tracks, important tracks in the last 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 firm tread-going places. They are unwaver- ing and true. They point toward progress and achievement. They lead to the right places, the true goals of accomplishment in all the fields of activities. You know, I can tell something about cach senior by the tracks he makes. Each ex- presses the individual and his achievement and what he is doing today. I see this in their foot- nunnuunnmmnmnnnnummmunuun mmnanuIuuu1uunu1uunununnnnIInnnnnnunnnunnnnnnnnmnnunnnnIunnnnnnI1InummIIInnIInummmmnmnn.- 5 mnnmuunnnunnnn1unumunnmmm nnuuIIsuInnnnnuuunnununnnnnnnuIanInn1InvnnnnunnuIImmsu1nnunnnnnnnnnIannumuuIuuuInuu1numunnnummf prints. They are all successful, MAKING TRACKS. First we start with the footprints of our class president. Burton Wells-Burtie enjoyed New York so much when he was there that he returned four years later and bought a business around the cor- ner from Hotel Piccadilly. If you should ever go to New York, stop at the Opera Inn where you will obtain immediate service. Next we see Yates Rousseaufs footprints in the sand. Following in his brothers footsteps Yates joined the Air Force. He now is mechanic of his brotherjs plane repair shop and is stationed in Washington, D. C., where Dollyv is close at hand. Whose prints do we have here? They look like a nurse,s print. Oh yes, they are Claire Roussinls. As a nurse, graduated from the Fanny Allen Hospital, Claire has done well. She joined the Air Force, and after her discharge she return- ed and is now Supervisor of nurses at the Fanny Allen. Betty Scribner-Betty attended johnson Teachers, College immediately after school. Af- ter completing her studies, she became a teach- er in King High School where Willie Morris is Principal. Doris Jackson-Doris graduated from nurses, training at Dr. Mann's Hospital. She now is a nurse at the Mt. Mansfield ski center, Where she takes much enjoyment in taking care of the in- jured skiers-especially Bernard, who skis there often. Henry Blow-Henry joined the navy after leaving school. He' re-united with a certain Senior girl whom he married and now she and their family follow him from po1't to port. Carol Vantine-Having received high honors from Columbia University, Carol is on her way to becoming famous in the scientific world. Be-