Orleans High School - Sword Yearbook (Orleans, VT)

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CHARLOTTE DEWING: Charlotte accompanied Madeline to Pratt Whitney where she became acquainted with Willie the welder, and she now lives in a spacious trailer outside the factory gates. CYNTHIA GRAY: Cynthia attended Middlebury College, and is now teaching English at O. H. S. On the sideline, she is a publicity agent for Graylawn Products. WARREN HILLIARD: After studying music very hard under Miss Hopkins in O. H. S., Wog is now the leading trombonist in the Downbeats, a well- known Vermont orchestra. BEVERLY HUSSEY: Beverly is very happy in her present position which is keeping house and carrying dinners daily to the foreman of the cedar oil still. HATTIE KAHLSTROM: A familiar sight on the Brownington road every day is Hattie driving to Orleans to buy groceries. We can imagine her as a busy little housewife, scurrying about her farm in Brownington. JULIUS MUER: Julie is really in the chips! He is now sole owner of Muer’s Casino in Reno. Girls, drop in with your third husband and lose your first husband’s money. ERNEST PERRY: This little blonde, curly-headed senior went out into the big cruel world searching for a wife. After traveling around the world tirelessly searching for someone to suit him, he finally decided there is no place like home. CLYDE PLACE: Clyde’s possibilities for using the knife were discovered early in his childhood. Therefore, after his graduation, he decided to take a course in slaughtering from Joe Boulanger, and believe it or not, he now has his own meat market. DORIS SIMPSON: After her graduation from O. H. S., Doris decided that it was her patriotic duty to join the WACS. She reached the honorable position of corporal, and became known all over the United States for her worthy disciplinary feats. After the war, she returned to Or- leans to take over the defense company, thus relieving Mr. Schoppe of his strenuous duties. PAGE TWENTY-THREE

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out of the original twenty-five that started in graded school there remain only eight. They are Madeline Davis, Cynthia Gray, Jac- quelyn Turnbull, Phyllis Decker, Evelyn Barney, Raymond Boulan- ger, Warren Hilliard and Carl Stevens. We wish everyone and especially those entering the armed forces, and also our sponsor, Mrs. Davies, all the luck in the world and hope that she enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed her. A Look Into the Future EVELYN BARNEY: Evelyn is now running a dress shop after being graduated from Lasell College. Drop into her Ever Wear” shop for clothes that fit. RAYMOND BOULANGER: Raymond joined the Navy in the year 1945, and after reaching the peak in a naval career, he retired to his farm in Coventry Swamp which was left to him by John Keeler, his former employer. GERTRUDE BROOME: Gertrude was under the influence of the Home Ec. while in O. H. S. and is now taking the part of the better half on a large farm in Wyoming, while her children run around the house. MARION CORROW: Marion carried out her plans of becoming a secretary. She is now employed as private secretary to Carl Stevens, president of the Mudson Car Company in Detroit, and we hear that she likes her position very much. MADELINE DAVIS: Madeline, soon after graduation, went to work for Pratt QC Whitney, in Hartford. Deciding that she would like a more interesting career, she became the wife of Dean Wheeler, and they now have a happy little family. ELAINE DEAN: After leaving O. H. S. Elaine obtained the position as typist at Bray’s Wood Heel Factory, and after a few years was the second member of our class to retire on a farm in Coventry Swamp. PHYLLIS DECKER: Phyl became a registered nurse at New Hampshire Memorial Hospital in 1949, and after being Superintendent of Nurses at Brightlook Hospital, she became the wife of a country doctor. PAGE TWENTY-TWO

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ARVILLA SMITH: With her diploma in one hand and her shorthand book in another, Billie started on her secretarial career. She has been ad- vanced to private secretary to Henry Kaiser. A little birdie told us that she is going to resign soon to become the wife of a high school sweetheart. EDWARD SMITH: Eddie joined the Navy along with the other boys of our class, and certainly didn’t fail the reputation of the Navy of having a girl in every port. After the war, he decided to establish his residence in Hollywood where he is now private secretary to Lana Turner. CARL STEVENS: After tramping for a couple of years in the infantry, Carl then motored to Detroit where he set up a small business of repairing Model T’s. Carl, who lets no grass grow under his feet, built this business up into what is now known as the famous Mudson Car Company. JACKIE TURNBULL: The favorite Pin-up” girl of the senior class of '45 exercised her beautiful limbs by hitch-hiking to Hollywood where she came under the impression of a leg artist. She now has a well established business in downtown Hollywood where she paints girls’ legs for a dollar. ANN WIGHTMAN After receiving her diploma, Ann journeyed to sunny Cali- fornia and established her residence in Hollywood where she was soon discovered by a talent scout. Be sure and see her latest pic- ture, Heavens, and All This Too,” co-starring with Jon Vanson. Class Gifts To Ernie Perry, we present these vitamin pills that you may grow into a second Charles Atlas. To Edward Smith, we present this substitute class ring to give to Ida so that you may wear your own. To Madeline Davis, we present these scissors that you may keep Wheeler’s hair trimmed in the near future. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR