Northfield High School - Rambler Yearbook (Northfield, VT)

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THE RAMBLER EVHOV OC! Junior Prom The greatest event in the history of our class was our lavish Junior Prom pre- sented Friday, May 13, 1949. With the ideas for decorations based on superstitions, the Co. F Armory was gaily decked with balloons, crepe paper and confetti. To gain admittance each couple was obliged to walk under a ladder and separate at a bread and butter post. The faculty section was entered through a huge decorated horseshoe gateway. GOOD LUCK, 49ers was hung above the orchestra-each letter covered with small, hand-made shamrocks. In the center, tossing colors over all the room and add- ing splendor to the highly decorated hall, a crystal ball was suspended. This ball was hung directly above our prize attraction, a beautifully decorated wishing well At midnight the U. V. M. Catamounts were interrupted by the unsuspected downfall of balloons and confetti which, unfortunately, dropped with more force and rapidity than had been expected. Shortly before 1:00 A. M., weary but still inspired seniors and other dancers helped themselves to the sagging streamers. Since then, the Junior Prom of '49 has been considered one of the most mem- orable events in the history of Northfield High School.

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SENIOR HCTIVITIES

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THE RAMBLER g Ne:- Front row fleft to rightj - Irene Hebert, Betty Hardaker, Pat Mazuzan. Sccmzd row - Millard Stranahan, Barbara Pregent, Mario Berno, Frances Palmer, Nina Perry. Third row - Alfred Ouel- lett, Dick Richardson, Gordon Merrit, Jeff Rumney, Bob Brassard. Senior Pfay Pretty Carol Colloway fPat Mazuzanb is in a desperate situation as head of a family of eccentrics! Sister Ione CBetty Hardakerb has gone ga-ga over psychiatry! Little brother Sid fRandall Bellj is crazy for shoot-'em-up gangster films and comic books! Aunt Eunice fHazel Greenslitj is an easy prey for phony mediums and occult- ists! And then Carol Colloway inherits an old haunted farmhouse, to which she moves her family immediately. How each member becomes cured of his phobia on one wild, stormy March evening, forms the plot of this hilarious farce. The haunting of a blood- spattered, head-bandaged ghost, the appearance of a ferocious gangster fRichard Rich- ardsonl and an escaped maniac flrene Hebertb, all delightfully chilled the spines of the spectatorsg while the hysterical antics of the jittery maid, Allie Katz fBarbara Pre- gentl, and the lisping Dicky Bird 1Richard Richardsonb, moved them to screams of laughter. Other characters included Minerva Hawkwood fNina Perryj, the mournful housekeeperg her daffydil nephew, the crippled Benjy fGordon Merritlg Rex Rosner fAlfred OuellettJ, a young plastic surgeongand Clemuel McClatchin fBob Brassardb, an eerie undertaker! The third act revealed that the blood-curdling happenings were not genuine, and the play had a surprise ending which sent the audience into gales of merriment. The play opened in the old haunted house late at night. Carol and her family are just arriving and Minerva is trying to make them feel at home in her own way. They soon turn to the subject of ghosts and she tells them of a man killed in this house many years ago. She says he was murdered with a red-hot poker by his half-crazy wife, who is now in the insane asylum on the other side of the hill. His eye, which the wife put out during one of her spells, is preserved in a jar on the mantle. This man Hugo now