Orleans High School - Sword Yearbook (Orleans, VT)

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1950 volume:

I I Orleans High School ) Senior Year Book j I ! Class of 1950 Table Of Contents Page Class Song 4 Dedication to Mr. Dermody 5 Sponsor’s Message 6 Principal’s Message ... 7 Faculty 8 Graduating Class—pictures, sketches, activities 10 Class History 16 Valedictory Address 18 Salutatory Address 20 Scholastic Standings 21 Seniorscope 22 Class Prophecy 22 Class Gifts 24 Class Will . 25 Familiar Scenes at O. H. S. 27 Familiar Scenes on Main Street 27 Athletics 28 Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Squad Pictures 31 Baseball and Cheerleaders Pictures 32 Freshman and Sophomore Class Pictures 33 Junior Class and Future Farmers of America Pictures 34 Advertising ........ 35 4 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Class Song FAREWELL DEAR ORLEANS (TUNE: WHISPERING HOPE) Now we must go separate ways, To where a bright future beams, Out in the great big wide world Opportunity toward us leans. Now that school days are over, Now that our studies are done, We can go out in this wide world, Under a glorious new sun. CHORUS Farewell, Dear Orleans, oh how sadly we go, Opening the doors, to the world we’ll soon know. Now we are leaving dear Orleans, Our life work has begun, We want to thank all our teachers For the kind work they have done. This is a great world before us, We will be now on our way, Hope for the sunshine tomorrow, To brighten our coming days. CHORUS Farewell dear Orleans, oh how sadly we go, Opening the doors, to the world we’ll soon know. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 5 i ♦ f { 'DEDICATION FRANCIS DERMODY We dedicate this year book to MR. DERMODY who, through his patience and understanding, has helped to teach us the meaning of friendship arid loyalty CLASS COLORS: Royal Blue and White CLASS FLOWER: Carnation CLASS MOTTO: Knowledge Is Power 6 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Sponsor's Message When day is done we think of the night ahead, or beyond, to the next, new day. Day and night both have their part in our lives. The day to earn our bread; the night to take our rest. Now you have come to the dawn of a brand new day—your future. All these past days and nights worked to this day. Many things were attempted, many things done; you worked, you earned. What each has is what he attempted, did; is how he worked and earned. I wish for you to look to your future in the world as you have here in school with the faith of a young heart. For a young heart has faith in itself and in the world about it. A young heart expects from life what it puts into life and meets every day with courage, with hope, and with dignity. God bless you and good luck. Frank Dermody O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 7 Principal’s Message PRINCIPAL ROLFE W. SCHOPPE To the Class of 1950: It Has been said that graduation from high school is one of the first great milestones in a young person’s life. You have now reached that point. Sometimes we talk about life beyond graduation as though it would be quite different, and in many ways it will be. We call that time our future. It rests, however, on the foundations we have already built. If we have built well, we need have no worries about the days ahead because habits and attitudes have already been formed which will carry us on safely. If we recognize now that much time has been wasted and that we could have done much better in high school, let’s give a little thought to strengthening our foundations so that our days ahead will stand a better chance of being happy ones. Only castles in the air” are built without foundations and that kind like my dreams, fade and die.” Good luck to you as graduates, and may you always enjoy your memories of O. H. S. Rolfe W. Schoppe 8 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL FACULTY PRINCIPAL ROLFE W. SCHOPPE B. S. in Ed. History, Geography FRANCIS DERMODY B. A. French, Latin, English, Gen. Math. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL D 10 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Class of 1950 FREDERIC ALEXANDER, “Doc Ambitious, logical, easy to get along with, Freds ambition has always been to become an M. D. He has participated in many extra-curricular activities during his four years with us. but has not lost sight of his goal, as is testified by his scholastic standing. The best of luck in realizing your ambition. Fred. All State Chorus 4; Northern Vermont Festival Chorus 3. 4; Freshman Chorus 1; Boys Glee Club 2, 3. 4: Mixed Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Boys’ State 3; Freshman Reception Committee 2: Junior Prom Committee 3: Dramatic Club 2; Press Club 4: Class Play 2, 3. 4; School Play 2; Captain of Magazine Drive 3; Student Council 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2. 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. DALE AUSTIN, “Gordie” Dale, an Original, widely known for his basketball ability, is a popular member of the class of ’50. Although in school he usually appears half asleep, he is always ready for a joke and good time. The best of luck to you. Dale. Freshman Chorus 1; Press Club 1, 2; Fire Club 4; Patrol 1. 2, 3. 4: Class Play Staff 2, 3: Class Officer 3; Student Council 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3. 4; Northeast- ern Vermont All-Tournament Team 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4: Dramatic Club 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Fresh- man Reception Committee 2. ERA LOU BARNEY. “Lou Noted for her slowness, Lou, an Original, is an outstand- ing member of the class of ’50 and has taken part in many extra-curricular activities. Her ambition is to be a nurse, and we think she will make a good one. The best of luck to you, Era. Freshman Reception Committee 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orches- tra 1, 2, 3, 4; All State Band 1, 2. 3, 4; Northern Vermont Music Festival Orchestra 3, 4; Freshman Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 3; Mixed Glee Club 3; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club 2, 3, 4; Officer 3, 4; Class Play 2, 3. 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. LEO BOULANGER Leo, an Original, full of pep and always on the go. is a hard worker and one wrho will succeed, especially in getting a good time out of life. His ambition is to see the world. Lots of luck to you, Leo. Band 1: Freshman Chorus 1: Freshman Reception Com- mittee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Class Plays 3, 4; Student Council 1; Baseball 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 11 RONALD BOWMAN. “Ron” One of our outstanding members and an “Original,” Ron has played an important part in nearly all the activities here at O. H. S.. and also has the distinction of being the highest ranking boy in the class. Your determination should help you climb the ladder of success, Ron. The best of luck. Northern Vermont Music Festival Chorus 3; Freshman Chorus 1; Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Press Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Fire Club 4; Patrol 1, 4; Class Play 3; School Play 2; Class Officer 1; Athletic Asso- ciation President 3; Basketball Manager 2; Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4; Northeastern Vermont All-Tournament 4; Baseball 2, 3. 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. EDWARD BURDICK. “Ed” Wherever something is going on, there you will find Ed. Always ready for a good time, Ed also rates high in co- operation, and has been outstanding in athletics. Good luck, Ed. Freshman Chorus 1: Boys’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Mixed Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Double Quartet 2. 3. 4; Northeastern Vermont Music Festival Chorus 4; All-State Chorus 3. 4; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Dra- matic Club 2; Press Club 1, 2; Fire Club 4; Patrol 1, 2, 4; Class Plays 2, 3, 4; School Play Staff 2; Class Officer 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association Officer 3. 4; Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4: Captain 3, 4; Baseball 1. 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. ALICE CHABOT Alice’s outstanding characteristic is her pretty smile. Although very quiet, she has proved to be friendly and help- ful, and we are pleased to count her one of us. Good luck to you. Alice. Freshman Chorus 1: Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Mixed Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Northern Vermont Music Festival 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club Staff 4; Class Play Staff 3; Senior Annual Staff 4. ESTHER COFFEY. “Tetta” Salutatorian of the class, Esther has been active in many extra-curricular activities as well. Her humor has provided us with many unexpected laughs. We know you will make a success of life, Esther. The best of luck. Band 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; All-State Orchestra 4; Northern Vermont Music Festival Orchestra 3, 4; Fresh- man Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; F. H. V. Officer 3; Junior Prom Committee (3); Dramatic Club 2; Press Club (officer) 2, 3, 4; Patrol 3: Class Play 3, 4; Class Play Staff 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. 12 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL JUNE DUTTON The baby of the class, June's first, but not only, love is HORSES. Well known for her merry laugh and her “temper,” June has been a co-operative and well-liked member of the class. Best of luck. June. Freshman Chorus 1; Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Northern Vermont Festival Chorus 3; F. H. V. 3; Officer 3; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club 3, 4; Class Play Staff 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 3, 4: Softball 3. 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. FOREST EMERSON, “Brownie” Friendly and always ready for a good time, Brownie's” main interests in school have been with Agriculture. Scho- lastically “Brownie. another Original, finished 8th. We’d like to wish him the best of luck. F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; F. F. A. Officer 2, 4; F. F. A. Judging Team 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Class Officer 4; Athletic Association Officer 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. ARMAND FORTIN. “Milo Milo is a friendly and quiet boy, another “woman-hater.” He is always seen in the company of “the boys.” He has been outstanding on second base on the baseball diamond, and we want to wish him continued good luck. Boys’ Glee Club 2; Mixed Glee Club 2; Class Play Staff 3, 4; F. F. A. 1; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. RICHARD HEATH. “Dick” Dick, curly headed and with a mischievous gleam in his eye, is usually quiet and reserved. He proclaims, perhaps too loudly, of being a woman hater. His main interests have been in Agriculture during high school. Good luck, Dick. F. F. A. 1, 2. 3, 4: F. F. A. Judging Team 3; Junior Prom Committee 3; Class Play Staff 3; Senior Annual Staff 4. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 13 WILLARD HERMAN, Woody Woody’s favorite pastime seems to be arguing over the merits of his favorite pro teams. He has been especially outstanding in basketball this year. Woody has a good disposition, and rarely loses his temper, and we know his good nature will help him succeed in life. Good luck, Woody. F. F. A. 1, 2, 3. 4; Officer 3. 4; Patrol 1. 2; Baseball 4; Bas- ketball 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. ROSE HUNT. Rosie Rose can be serious, but seldom is. Never a dull moment, when she’s around. Although our prophecy says she will go to California and become a hairdresser, we think she will stay nearer home and become a Mrs.! Good luck in whatever you do, Rose. Freshman Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4: Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Northeastern Vermont Festival Chorus 3: All- State Chorus 3; F. H. V. 1, 2, 3; Officer 3; Junior Prom Committee 3; Dramatic Club 1. 2, 3: Press Club 4: Class Play 2, 3; Class Play Staff 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. HERMAN KETTLE. Bud” One of the best known and most popular boys at O. H. S.. Bud has always been an outstanding figure in athletics. His ambition is to be a big-league baseball player We know you have the ability, Bud. The best of luck to you. Freshman Chorus 1; Boys’ Glee Club 2; Mixed Glee Club 2; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Dramatic Club 2; F. F. A. 4; Press Club 1, 2; Fire Club 4; Assistant Chief 4; Patrol 1. 2, 3, 4; Lieutenant 4; Class Play Staff 2. 3, 4; School Play Staff 2; Class Officer (Presi- dent 1. 2): Student Council 1. 2; Athletic Association Officer 2; Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4: Captain 2; Northern Vermont All- Tournament Team 1. 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4: Captain 2, 3. 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. EMILE LAPIERRE. Bill” The oldest and one of the best-liked boys in the class is Bill, who joined us in the third grade. After a year in the Army, during our first year of high school, he rejoined the class of '50 and has been a co-operative and loyal friend to all. Bill and his car are well-known throughout Orleans. Good luck. Bill. Boys’ Glee Club 2. 3, 4: Mixed Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Northeast- ern Vermont Festival Chorus 4; Freshman Reception Com- mittee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Dramatic Club 2; Fire Club (chief 4; Patrol 2. 3. 4; Captain 4; Class Play 2. 4; Class Play Staff 2; School Play Staff 2; Magazine Drive Captain 4; Class Officer (Treasurer 2. 3; Athletic Associa- tion (President 4; Baseball Manager 3, 4; Basketball Man- ager 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. 14 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL ALBERT LONG. Al” Al. class president for the last two years, has one of the best dispositions in the class. Because of his ready grin, he used to be known as “Smiley. He plays the piano and the saxophone, and is a welcome addition to any gathering. Best of luck, Al. Band 1. 2. 3. 4; Orchestra 2; All-State Band 3. 4; North- eastern Vermont Festival Band 3. 4; Freshman Chorus 1; Boys’ Glee Club 2. 3, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3: Drama- tic Club 2; Press Club 3. 4; Class Play 4; Class Play Staff 2. 3; School Play Staff 2; Business Manager of Curtis Mag- azine Drive 3; Class Officer 3. 4; President 3, 4; Student Council 3. 4; President 4; Basketball 2. 3. 4: Baseball 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Staff 4; Press Club Officer 3. 4. YVETTE MASON. “Vet Yvette, scholasticallly the highest ranking member of the class, has been outstanding in athletics as well as studies. An Original, she is full of fun, likes to dance, and rates high in co-operation. Best of luck. Yvette. Band 1. 2. 3. 4; Orchestra 1. 2. 3: All-State Band 1. 2. 3. 4: Northeastern Festival Band 2, 3, 4; Freshman Chorus 1; F. H. V. 2. 3; Junior Prom Committee 3; Dramatic Club 2; Press Club 2. 3, 4; Officer 4: Patrol 1; Class Play 4; Class Play Staff 2. 3; Athletic Association Officer 4; Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4; Captain 4; Softball 1, 2; Senior Annual Staff 4. POLLY PARKER After spending her Junior year at Concord, N. H.. Polly returned to O. H. S.. to finish her high school career with us. Usually up to some deviltry, Polly is always ready to do her bit in furthering any worthwhile project, too, and we know that she will make a success of life. Good luck to you, Polly. Freshman Chorus 1; Girls Glee Club 2, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2, 4; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Dramatic Club 2; Press Club 4; Class Play 2. 4: Class Officer 2. 4: Student Council 2; Officer 4; Basketball 1, 2, 4; Softball 1, 2; Senior Annual Staff 4. BRENDA SCHOPPE. “Bren Ranking fifth scholastically in the class, Brenda has taken part in many extra-curricular activities and has proven both friendly and co-operative. Her spare time is spent reading, or with “Pete. and she would like, in the future, to write. To another Original we wish the best of luck. Band 2, 3. 4; Freshman Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 2. 3. 4: Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Northern Vermont Festival Chorus 3: All-S ate Chorus 4: Freshman Reception Committe? 2; Junior Prom Commktee 3; Dramatic Club 2; Press Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Editor-in-Chief of Hourglass 4; Class Play 2; Class Play Staff 3: Class Officer 1; Student Councii 1: President Girls Athletic Association 4; Vice President of A A 3; Manager Girls’ Basketball 4; Assistant Manager 3; Editor-in-Chief of Senior Annual 4. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 13 PAULINE SIMINO, “Squirt” Short and blond. Pauline is seen but seldom heard. She has a flaming blush when someone teases her, and has been a friendly and well-liked member of the class. We wish her the best of luck. Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Northern Vermont Music Festival Chorus 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. ANITA ST. PIERRE, “Neet” A quiet, friendly girl, Anita’s interests here at school have centered around the Home Ec. room. She is always cheerful and willing to help. Her hobby is writing letters. Best of luck always, Anita. Freshman Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2, 4; F. H. V. 2, 3; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club 4; Class Play Staff 3; Senior Annual Staff 4. PERLEY SYLVESTER. “Speed” Perley is a member of the quieter section of the class. Although we have heard little from him, he has always been an important and very co-operative member of the class. He has been interested in baseball and is an able pitcher. The best of luck to you, Perley. Fire Club 4; Athletic Association Officer 3; Baseball 2. 3. 4; Senior Annual Staff 4. MARILYN WRIGHT The title of “Good Citizenship Girl” which Marilyn won fits her very well. Scholastically seventh in the class, blond, and friendly. Marilyn is most often seen in the typing room. Her ambition is to become a secretary. Good luck. Marilyn. D. A. R. Good Citizenship Award 4; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior FYom Committee 2; Press Club 4; Officer 4; Class Play Staff 2, 3, 4; Senior Annual Officer 4 (Assistant Editor); Freshman Chorus 1; Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Glee Club 1. 2. 3, 4; All-State Chorus 4; F. H. V. 1, 2, 3; Girls’ State 3. 16 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL ROBERT VINTON. “Bob” Bob. well-known for his excellent singing voice, has taken pare in many activites here at O. H. S., especially regarding Glee Club and F. F. A. Your cheerful disposition will be an asset to you wherever you go. Bob. Good luck. Freshman Chorus 1; Boys’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Double Quartet 2; Northern Vermont Festival Chorus 2, 3, 4; All-State Chorus 2, 3. 4; Music Scholarship Candidate 4: F. F. A. National Chorus 4; F. F. A. 1. 2. 3, 4; Officer 3. 4; F. F. A. Public Speaking, F. F. A. Judging Team 2, 3, 4; F. F. A. District Officer 3; Freshman Reception Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Press Club 4; Officer 4; Senior Annual Officer 4. Class History ’Twas the third of September in ’38, quite a few remember that date—when we started school. Eighteen scared little cherubs” began their education under Miss Dorothy Porter. Among them were our nine originals: Dale, Era, Leo, Ronnie, Eddie, Esther, Forrest, Yvette and Brenda. In the second grade all went well ’til we started to read and learn to spell. We all remember the Eskimo scene we made in the sand box. Miss Kimball, who is now Mrs. Ciechanowicz, was an able teacher and lots of fun. Our third year was with Miss Renfrew. This was the year Bill came to our class. All we originals remember the day we made butter by shaking a pint of cream. We then proudly served it to the first and second grades along with crackers. We also enjoyed a trip to Dudley’s sugar place on Water Hill. Some of us were a little sick the next day. Right, Era? Three years had passed and we went upstairs, under the supervision of Miss Thelma Stearns. In the fourth grade we tackled long division and multiplication tables. Our musical talent blossomed in the form of a toy orchestra. We also recall that we got a lecture on traffic rules, because Frances Norris (a new-comer to our class) was nearly run over by the train. Up still another notch to our fifth year. Here Miss Marshall taught us. An important occasion was an invitation to a party given by the sixth grade. One boy, who is now in our class, said to an original, I gotta take you to a party, are you going to go?” She said, I suppose so.” My, how times change! Now at the half-way mark, we all hoped to make the seventh grade with care- ful preparation. Wasn’t that play we put on a riot? The title was The Beanville Community Christmas Tree.” The boys got so silly chewing licorice for tobacco they nearly O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 17 missed the spitoons. As a good teacher Mrs. Leslie told us we couldn’t have candy unless we brought some for all. So someone promptly did. Sooner than we would have believed possible, we were in the Junior High. With Mrs. Chadwick we studied budgets and girls’ physical education, which we thought rather strenuous at times. We certainly thought we were big to be in the high school building, having study halls and homework. We soon changed our minds about the homework, however. In the eighth grade, Miss Litchfield, now Mrs. Houghaboom, had our room. Our teacher thought we were a saucy bunch, and no doubt we were. General Math, was hard, but we managed to get through it and into high school at long last. School spirit got into our blood and the boys won the Junior High Championship at Newport. Our Freshman year was with Mr. Barton, and our high school fun had just started. Of course, we all dreaded Freshman Reception, but it was more fun than punishment. A lot of new faces from Albany, Irasburg, Coventry, Brownington, and Evansville joined the ranks and brought our membership up to thirty-four. This year we took an interesting trip to the freezer locker with Mr. Barton as guide. Our Sophomore year we planned quite a surprise for the Freshies. We really had fun putting on Freshman Reception, visiting the Freedom Train, and putting on our first class play. No Tuxedo” was a swell play even though we didn’t get the cup. We had loads of fun with Mr. Dermody and Miss Morse as coaches, and who doesn’t remember the party afterwards? Our Junior year studies moved on as we made our plans for the annual Junior Prom. By popular request, Mr. Dermody remained as our sponsor another year. We put on a Junior Prom which was a great social success. All of us were happily rewarded for the long hours we had spent drawing and cutting out fish, deep sea divers and fish-net decorations. Our class play, Charity Ball,” was a fine success, as was again the party afterwards at Dermody’s. Our Senior year—the end of high school work and fun. Mr. Dermody decided he could stand it to be our sponsor this last year, which pleased us all. Our final class play, Dad Takes a Rest Cure,” was hard work, but we enjoyed the party afterwards, and now we are looking forward to the day when 25 of us will receive our diplomas. As we look back through the years, some things stand out in our memories. Each one of us remembers different things, special events, but as a class we’re sure we’ll always remember: Freshman Reception; playing post-office at Ron’s birthday party: the day we had a fire at school—and Bill was gone!; Ron’s discovery of the 2 a. m. fire; those basketball games; Bud and Mariam; Bill and Annette; Pete and Brenda; getting our class rings; play rehearsals; Butts;” Kay Morse—a swell person; Junior Prom; Graduation week; Last Assembly; O. H. S.; and most of all, Mr. Dermody and the class of 1950. 18 O. H S. SENIOR ANNUAL An Early History of Vermont VALEDICTORY ADDRESS On the morning of July 4, 1609, a Frenchman and his Indian companions glided silently into a beautiful lake which they had not seen before. This French- man, Samuel de Champlain, undoubtedly was the first white man to sail through this lake to which his name was later given. At that time it was known as Lac des Iroquois.” From his canoe he saw the very high mountains to the east and the valley of the lake.” Champlain and his friends spent about three weeks in exploring the lake. This was the first exploration of any part of the state of Vermont by white men. Very few Indians lived in Vermont when the white men first came here. Hunting and war parties would camp all summer in a good place. Some of these places were at Newbury, where the Indians raised corn on the Ox Bow, Seymour Lake in Morgan where there was good fishing, and Shelburne, at the mouth of the LaPlatte River. The pottery and stone implements found in Vermont indicate that both the Iroquois and Algonquins visited, even if they didn’t settle. How- ever, all evidence seems to show that the Champlain Valley was held off and on, now by the Iroquois and now the Algonquins. The Algonquins held the territory until they were driven out by the coming of the Europeans. The Iroquois never left a name of mountain, river or lake. The Indian names we have were given us by the Abenakis. The Iroquois had five different tribes. These were the Mohawks, Oneidas, Senecas, Cayugas, and Onondagas; known as the Five Nations. Later the Tus- caroras living to the south joined in; then they were known as the Six Nations, Among the Algonquin tribes were: the Pennawok, Massachusett, Mohegan, and the Abenakis. The Coosuck, another tribe of the Algonquins, iived on the broad flats from the Connecticut River to Newbury, known as Coos Meadows, until the white men drove them to Canada. A few Indian villages were continued for some time after the white settlers took possession of the state. The longest to remain were some Saint Francis Indians, formerly the Abenakis, who lived until after the Revolution on the Missisquoi River a few miles below Swanton. A few Mohegans lived near Arlington. There were also peaceful tribes who lived in Vermont. They left no writing. However, pottery and implements have been found to tell us they iived here. These tribes dwelt in small villages seldom of more than five hundred inhab- itants each, enclosed by stockades consisting of one, two and sometimes three rows of posts set upright in the ground and close together. Each tribe had a chief who led in war, directed in hunting, and was considered authority in matters of weight. In times of great danger the tribes of a race united and put them- selves under the leadership of the chief of the most powerful tribe. No full-blooded Indians now remain in the state; but there are still among those counted as white, a few who, more or less, are tinctured with the Indian blood. Champla'n is the person known as the founder of the state. It is said that when first seeing the Green Mountains in the east he said, Vois lcs Verts Monts, which means, See the Green Mountains;” and thus the name, by which these mountains and the state of Vermont has since been known, originated. The first point in Vermont occupied by white man was Fort St. Anne in 1666, on Isle la Motte in Lake Champlain. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 19 Within and around Fort Dummer grew up a settlement which was called Brattleboro. This has been called the first permanent settlement in Vermont, though it is posssible that the town of Vernon, which was then a part of Northfield, Massachusetts, was settled previous to this time. In Brattleboro was born John Sargent, who was probably the first white child born in the state of Vermont. The settlements in Southeastern Vermont did not increase rapidly. There was land to the south, on both sides of the Connecticut River to be settled, but the Indians were so savage and warlike that it was not safe for the few settlers to go away from the town which was already settled. After the French and Indian War it was possible for them to make settlements on the Eastern side of the state. Colonel Jacob Bayley established a settlement which he called Newbury. The first settlement by the English in Western Vermont was in March of 1761. It was when Captain Samuel Robinson of Hardwick, Massachusetts, founded Ben- nington. Arlington was settled in the year 1763; Manchester was settled in 1764 by some people who came from New York. After Champlain fought the Iroquois with firearms and gunpowder, the white settlers, as they came into the region, were subject to frequent and terrible attacks from their savage foes. In an effort to protect so far as possible the French interests, Fort Saint Anne was built on Isle la Motte, one of the large islands on the western shore of Lake Champlain in 1664. There wasn’t any settlement in the Champlain Valley, other than military outposts, until in 1730, a few families came from Canada to locate at Chimney Point where they built a crude fort. The following year they built a more serviceable fort across the narrow lake, on what was latter called Crown Point. They named it Fort Saint Frederic. Carillon, later Ticonderoga, was fortified in 1755. While the French had been moving from the north, the English had come from the south and in 1724, a settlement and a fort were established at Fort Dummer. Other forts and stock- ades were built in the years following, and numerous Indian raids and massacres caused terror and suffering to the settlers. Of a number of settlements during these years, the only one to become permanent was that at Fort Dummer. There were land troubles going on about the time that Arlington and Man- chester were settled. What is now Vermont was claimed by both the state of New Hampshire and also by the state of New York. The governor of New Hampshire at that time had made grants of land of one hundred and thirty-eight townships west of the Connecticut River, when the King of England decided that the eastern boundary of New York, north of Massachusetts, would be the west bank of the Connecticut River. The governor of New York then began to grant land that New Hampshire had already sold to other people, therefore making the settlers on the lots pay for their land again or give it up. There was also trouble between New Hampshire and the state of Massachusetts over the boundary of Vermont. New Hampshire claimed that Massachusetts was placing its state line too far north and was taking in territory that rightfully belonging to her. Those overlapping claims caused much confusion for about ten years, when, in 1740, the King of England ended this dispute by giving New Hampshire even more than she demanded. This took from Massachusetts twenty- eight new townships, between the Merrimac and Connecticut Rivers, besides a large amount of vacant lands. Vermont was the first independent Republic on the American continent. Thus we can see the remarkable degree of initiative shown by these early pioneers in settling the state. Finally after much hard work they petitioned the Union for admission. In 1791 this admission was granted, and we were the fourteenth state to enter the Union. Yvette Mason 20 O. H. S.. SENIOR ANNUAL The Riches of Vermont SALUTATORY ADDRESS Vermont is a state rich in many ways. But how many of us realize just how rich it is? First of all, it is well known the world over for its maple products. Few city dwellers have ever seen a large sugar orchard with every tree filling one to four buckets. Neither have they seen the sap being boiled down in large evaporators and drawn off as golden syrup. Millions, however, have tasted Vermont’s maple syrup, sugar, candy or maple cream, all of which are far superior to any substitute found anywhere. Only those who have tapped trees realize the work involved each spring when five to five thousand sugar maples are tapped. Of course, there is also the job of washing buckets and keeping a roaring fire under the rapidly boiling sap. In many of the large sugar orchards a pipe line is connected from the trees directly to the sugar house. Other methods of gathering sap are with a tank on a sled drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor. An older method, seldom employed now, is carrying the easy-to-spill liquid on a shoulder yoke. All the hard work and long hours are soon forgotten when a whole family or neighborhood sits down to eat that typical Vermont dish, Sugar on Snow,” com- plemented by puffy raised doughnuts and crisp pickles. No doubt our most important money-making industry is dairy products, which bring up a discussion of farming. Walter Hard, the co-author of This is Vermont,” said, Farming in Vermont is a way of life.” Soon several indignant farmers and farm organizations pounced on him. They declared that Farming was merely a matter of putting so many pounds of food into one end of a cow at a certain cost and taking so many pounds of milk out of the other end of the cow at a certain price.” The work would show a definite profit or loss. The bulk of Vermont dairies are small farms run by one to three men. Most milk is sent to some nearby milk plant and ends up in a city milk market. A large per cent of these farmers grow most of their own vegetables, some fruit, and raise hens and turkeys as sidelines. The rest of this milk, not used in liquid form, is made into powdered, skim and sweetened condensed milk as well as cheese, butter and ice cream. In 1940 a small cheese business grew up in Healdville. Its cheeses are sent to famous restaurants where they are used for special occasions. A cheese factory in Londonderry, Vermont closed during the war but has recently reopened. Three years ago the Kraft Company opened a factory in South Troy, where Kraft’s Cheddar Cheese is produced. Many farmers’ wives, who happen to have a surplus of sour milk, make it into cottage cheese, or Dutch cheese as it is sometimes called. Butter and ice cream are manufactured by United Farmers of New England, Equities, Inc., H. P. Hood and Sons and Bordens, as well as other creameries. Poultry raising and egg production are considered profitable businesses. Many turkeys are raised here each year. Later they find their way to Thanksgiving feast tables. Long hours and careful attention to detail are needed to raise poultry. Eggs are a very salable product around large cities. Tourist resorts the year round have become a large source of Vermont income. People come to our state to ski, travel, view our scenery, occasionally to visit some distant relatives or just to relax and have a wonderful time. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 21 First, perhaps, we should mention the Lakes such as Champlain, Memphre- magog, Willoughby, Seymour, Fairlee and Bomaseen. Doctor William Howell said as he looked at the Bay of Naples, The most beautiful view in the world except one; a Lake Champlain sunset as seen from Burlington.” Lake Memphremagog was called the Lake of Beautiful Waters” by the Indians. Steady steamer service is maintained between Newport and various Canadian points during the summer. Lake Willoughby nearby is said to perhaps resemble Swiss scenery more closely than any other scenic Vermont spot. To get back to the tourists, boarding houses and tourist homes are growing in number each year. Many city dwellers, particularly New Yorkers, enjoy the fresh vegetables, fruits and milk, along with spacious lawns and tree-shaded homes. Hotels and cabins absorb a great deal of business and money each year. Ski resorts are excellent money-makers. Great numbers of people enjoy a week-end in the country skiing and eating delicious home-cooked food. Some hosts say skiers are easier to care for than any other group of tourists or sports enthusiasts despite their wet clothes, snow laden boots, sticky wax and boisterous laughter. This past winter, Vermonters have lost millions of dollars due to the lack of snow. However, there is always another year and the true Vermonter never gives up the fight. In our state alone there are some forty places which have runs, jumps, ski tows and lodges. Next we might turn to the Vermont foot path, known as the Long Trail. This path is two hundred sixty miles long and extends the entire length of the Green Mountains. There are fifty cabins along the trail which starts on the Massachu- setts border and ends on the Canadian border. We all know that hunting and fishing are great sports here in our state. Such animals as deer, bear, fox, partridge, rabbit and wild-cat are hunted extensively. Beaver, muskrat, foxes, skunks, raccoon and mink are trapped. Salmon, trout, perch, bass, bullpout and other varieties of fish are caught in the abundant streams. I dare say there are many members of this audience who rather be out fishing instead of listening to my talk. How often do we think of our state’s specialties? The Arlington Memorial and the pillars which support the United States Supreme Court are fashioned from Vermont marble. Granite for monuments, talc for tires, paper, and powder, asbestos for insulation and minute amounts of gold and silver have been success- fully mined here. Think of the colleges, libraries, schools, summer camps, museums and scenery of Vermont and the natural resources it has. Think of the sturdy, kind-hearted people who live here—in the Green Mountain state. Would you want to live elsewhere? William Grant said, Here the hills are the greenest, the air purest, the waters clearest, the skies brightest, the women fairest, and the men bravest; and where better can one live, than among these things?” Esther Coffey SCHOLASTIC STANDINGS (upper third of the class) Yvette Mason 89.85 Era Lou Barney 86.48 Esther Coffey 89.72 Marilyn Wright 86.29 Ronald Bowman 89.03 Forrest Emerson 86.11 Frederick Alexander 88.00 Albert Long 85.11 Brenda Schoppe 87.00 22 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Seniorscope PATIENT HEALTH RESORT AILMENT PRESCRIPTION Rosie 39 Oldsmobile Anson Married life Anita Home Too many letters Fall in love June Clayt’s and Tab’s Love for horses A little affection Polly Over Mr. Leslie Acting foolish See a psychiatrist Bren With Pete Stays out too late Be in by midnight Lou Baby-sitting Lonesome A male companion to sit with you Tetta At Polly's Getting silly See less of “Chocolate” Marilyn Brownington Ctr. Fluttering eyelashes Keep calm Squirt Irasburg Too quiet Act like Lou Yvette With Pat, Ike or Jeannine Pat Get Pat out of the Navy quick Alice Grandma’s house Stays home too much Just have fun Ron Derby Jeannette Buy a car for Derby trips Ed Where there’s something doing Too much swing Get a car Dale With the boys Rolled up pant legs Get more sleep Woody With the boys Too much night life Less flirting Bud At Racines’ Too fast for basketball team Join major league A1 Clayt’s and Tab’s Too many girls Go steady Fred Family Ford Stubborn Agree occasionally Bill Around Annette Try a pint of milk Dick Home Too many curls Don’t be so mean Milo Father’s store Woman-hater Take lessons from Fred Bob Coventry Tenor voice Insure your voice Speed Irasburg Too slow Try keeping up with Squirt—she moves fast Leo Clayt’s and Tab’s Too many girls Find one girl only Brownie With the gang Too many cows Get a girl Class Prophecy FRED ALEXANDER. After leaving school Doc” attended UVM and received a doctor’s degree. He is now living in Irasburg and has a successful medical practice and is a scout for the Boston Braves in his spare time. DALE AUSTIN. Gordie” joined the police force in New York City and is now police commissioner of that city. ERA LOU BARNEY. Lou” went through nurses’ training at Salem, mar- ried a doctor and settled down in Boston. LEO BOULANGER. Leo” set out to see the world after graduation and is now owner of the Stork Club” in New York. RONNIE BOWMAN. Red” attended UVM for four years, when returning, married his high school sweetheart” and now owns Clayt’s and Tab’s restaurant. ED BURDICK. Ed joined the Air Force for three years. After his discharge he became Broadway’s newest singing star. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 23 ALICE CHABOT. After graduation Alice attended Burdett Business College and then became secretary to a millionaire who was won by that cute smile. ESTHER COFFEY. Tetta” joined a professional women's basketball team, and later returned to Orleans where she is happily married and coaching the O. H. S. girls’ team in her spare time. JUNE DUTTON. June went West and now owns a large Dude Ranch out in Texas where she has an excellent business of raising pure-bred Palominos. FORREST EMERSON. Brownie” went to Agricultural school and later returned to take over his father’s farm. He is now married and has four boys to help him with the farm work. ARMAND FORTIN. Milo” after graduation went to woodworking school and later returned to his home town of Irasburg where he now owns a large woodworking factory. RICHARD HEATH. Dick” attended Agricultural college at Randolph; after four years he moved to Kentucky where he now resides with a wife and tour curly haired tots” and is head executive of the H. P. Hood Company. WILLARD HERMAN. Woody” graduated from high school basketball directly to the New York Knickerbockers with whom he now plays during the winter and is broadcaster of the Red Sox baseball games in the summer. ROSE HUNT. Rosie” attended Concord Beautician School for four years and then journeyed to California where she is now private hairdresser to V’eronica Lake and happily married to a movie director. HERMAN KETTLE. Buddy” is married to his high school sweetheart” and is residing in the Bronx where he plays left field for the New York Yankees and it is rumored he is the highest paid player in baseball today. EMILE LAPIERRE. Bill” went to fireman’s school and then entered New York City’s fire department where he has worked his way up to become the Fire Commissioner of the city. ALBERT LONG. Al” became a commissioned officer in the Navy. He is keeping up the tradition of having a girl in every port, and is now stationed in Honolulu. YVETTE MASON. Yvette became secretary to the President of the Nation- al Life Insurance Company for five years and then married her last high school sweetheart, Pat. She now lives in Miami, along the seashore. POLLY PARKER. Polly” went to Nurses School in Hanover and later became private nurse to Mortimer Snerd, with whom she frequently appears on Edgar Bergen’s radio show. BRENDA SCHOPPE. After graduation Bren” married Pete” and they are now living in Orleans and are the proud parents of triplets. PAULINE SIMINO. Squirt” attended Mount Ida College and then became Air Line hostess on the Fournier Never Fail Airline Service.” ANITA ST. PIERRE. After graduation Neet” attended secretarial school and is now secretary to the President of the United States. PERLEY SYLVESTER. Speed” took a medical course at UVM. He finished his internship and is now a brain specialist in Irasburg. ROBERT VINTON. Bob” was discovered by a talent scout from MGM and is now the latest Bobby Sox idol. His latest musical movie is Adventures of Mr. X.” MARILYN WRIGHT. After graduation, Biondie” attended secretarial school. She is now employed by Glen Dodge, the mayor of Orleans. 24 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Class Gifts FRED ALEXANDER—To Doc” we present this stethoscope to help him in his future life. DALE AUSTIN—To Dale we present this magnifying glass to aid him in his detective business. ERA LOU BARNEY—To Lou” we present this thermometer so that she may keep track of her patient’s temperature at all times. LEO BOULANGER—To Leo we present this plane ticket to fulfill his dream of visiting The Four Winds and the Seven Seas.” RONALD BOWMAN—To Ron” we present this cook’s apron to keep his pants clean while working at Clayt’s and Tab’s. EDWARD BURDICK—To Ed” we present this microphone so he can continue being the nation’s number one crooner. ALICE CHABOT—To Alice we present this shorthand tablet to aid her in her secretarial work. ESTHER COFFEY—To Tetta” we present this whistle so that she can keep order while coaching the girls’ squad at O. H. S JUNE DUTTON—To June we present this Palomino that she may use to start her ranch. FORREST EMERSON—To Brownie” we present this pitch-fork to aid him in his farm work. ARMAND FORTIN—To Milo” we present this piece of lumber to start his woodworking career. RICHARD HEATH—To Dick” we present this pretty girl to act as his secretary in his work as executive of H. P. Hood Son. WILLARD HERMAN—To Woody” we present this paper doll that he may never be in need of a girl friend. ROSE HUNT—To Rosie” we present this rolling-pin so that she may keep law and order in the family. HERMAN KETTLE—To Buddy” we present this baseball bat so that he may break Babe Ruth’s home-run record. EMILE LAPIERRE—To Bill” we present this fire engine to start him on his fire-fighting career. ALBERT LONG—To Al,” our sailor, we present this address book to keep the addresses of the traditional Girl in every port.” YVETTE MASiON—To Yvette we present this sailor to take Pat’s place until he gets out of the Navy. POLLY PARKER. To Polly we present this alarm clock so that she may never be late for any engagement now that school is out. ANITA ST. PIERRE. To Neet” we present these stamps to that she may keep up her correspondence with the Armed Forces. BRENDA SCHOPPE—To Bren” we present these hand-cuffs so that she will always have Pete by her side. PAULINE SIMINO—To Squirt” we present these stilts to add to her height. PERLEY SYLVESTER—To Speed” we present this car equipped with a governor so that he will never break a speed limit. ROBERT VINTON—To Bob” we present this pencil and paper so that he may keep up his writing of poetry and songs. MARILYN WRIGHT—To Marilyn we present these curlers so that she may keep her hair looking nice. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 25 Class Will We, the members of the Class of 1950, know that we have certain gifts that should be passed on, so we hereby of our own free will declare this to be our last Will and Testament. To: Butts”—Esther Coffey’s ability to talk without profanity. Beebe”—Edward Burdick’s long, unshaven beard,” so that he may look more manly Jackie Michaud—Polly Parker’s ability to wear straight skirts. Chocolate”—June Dutton’s hearty laugh. Pauline M. G. Letourneau—Brenda Schoppe’s pocket-edition books. Dot” Kettle—Yvette Mason’s place as Captain of the Girl’s squad. Jean Alexander—Rose Hunt’s noon-hour walks. Joyce Miles—Marilyn Wright’s fluttering eye-lashes. Neil Harrison—Alice Chabot’s sweet smile. Mary Dawson—Anita St. Pierre’s ability to act grown-up. Marvin Markres—Dale Austin’s turned-up pant legs. George Nelson— Bud” Kettle’s natural curly hair. Merle Kettridge—Ronald Bowman’s bear skin” coat. Pauline Cloutier—Pauline Simino’s ability to control her temper. Vernon Larabee—Emile Lapierre’s love of fires. Fanbelt”—Albert Long’s physique. Richard Shover—Brownie Emerson’s (milk) bottles. Cecil Broom—Robert Vinton’s tenor voice. Gordon Harlow—Dick Heath’s curls. Robert Alexander—Fred Alexander’s physique, quietness and manners. Ernest Rundgren—Leo Boulanger’s muscles.” Donald Gallup—Perley Sylvester’s quietness. Joe” Boulanger—Woody Herman’s popularity with the girls. Annette Butler—Another senior Bill.” Jerry Eastman—Some more Senior boys to hang around” with. Mrs. Houghaboom—a quieter, more co-operative bunch of Senior girls. Everett Morse—Armand Fortin’s knowledge of woman hating!” Mr. Barton—Another Senior first seven. 26 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL Mr. Schoppe—A History class that will take his advice. M iss Parker—An English Lit. class with fifty members instead of nine. Mr. Leslie—Some more devoted Ag. boys. O. H. S.—A detective to patrol the locker rooms. Girl’s Basement—A larger mirror that will stay there! To Mrs. England—A more co-operative Hourglass staff. O. H. S.—More vacations! Trophies”—A Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy.” O. H. S.—Some new campus steps. Huff Studio—Another nice-looking” Senior class to photograph. The Basketball Teams—A bus to transport you to and from games. To the School—More parties and school spirit! The Laboratory—Better equipment. The School—A daily morning Assembly. O. H. S.—A Student Council that will meet on schedule. Orleans—An organized Teen Town.” Orleans—An active interest in school affairs. Mr. Dermody and family—The Best of Luck” from the Senior Class! Considering ourselves to be sane and in legal condition to do so, we hereunto seal, publish, and declare again this to be our last Will and Testament. WITNESSES:, Polly Parker June Dutton Class of 1950 Mr. Dermody Orleans High School O. H. S. SKNIOR ANNUAL 27 Familiar Scenes At O. H. S. Leo—fooling with the girls. A1—grinning. Perley—minding his own business. Rosie—coming in from her noon-hour walk. Bill—wisecracking. Woody—telling tall tales. The Irasburg gang—running to catch the bus. Esther—being witty. Marilyn—working on the Hourglass. Dale—half asleep. Ed—bothering somebody. Bob—playing the piano. Mr. Schoppe—remembering History dates. Mr. Dermody—helping somebody. June—talking about horses. Bud—needing a shave. Polly—coming in late. Brenda—trying to make Era hurry. Fred—talking to the girls. Anita—tending to business. Dick—being mean. Yvette—writing to Pat. Milo—with the boys. Alice—smiling. Squirt—blushing. Forrest—with Woody. Era Lou—looking sleepy. Louis—Being quiet. Ron—arguing. Familiar Scenes On Main Street Bud’s car just going through. Bill’s car—parked. Okie.” Mrs. Dermody and Chris. KERM’S Brenda—buying the latest pocket-edition book. AUSTIN’S Bob—talking to Yolie. CLAYT’S and TAB’S Ron and his white apron in the kitchen. June being a good waitress. Brenda and Era and Joyce. Bill and Annette and Stevie. Ed and Dale. Woody—about to take off for parts unknown (or Barton). Leo—feeding the Jukebox. 28 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL ATHLETICS 1944-45 The basketball record of the boys of the class of 1950 began in the Junior High. In the seventh grade, we already had a team. This year, the Junior High entered the first Graded School Tournament at Newport, with a team picked from the two classes consisting of Pete Dow, Ed Burdick, Dale Austin, Bud Kettle, Bill Lapierre and Ron Bowman. Bill and Ron took turns playing guard on the first ream. The boys were beaten in the first game with Newport West School by one point, 16-15. 1945-46 This year, with more experience, and again with Mr. Barton as coach and Forrest Emerson as student manager, the boys entered the second Newport Tour- ney. The first team was made up of Ed Burdick, Bud Kettle, Dale Austin, Ron Bowman, and Bill Lapierre. Substitutes from our class were Arthur Dow, Richard Glodgett, and Woody Herman. Remember the picture Mrs. Conly took of the first five in front of the post office just before the game? This year it was a different story. Orleans beat Island Pond in the first game, downed Sacred Heart, and went on to win over Newport West School, becoming the Champions of the 2nd Annual Graded School Tournament. Dale Austin, as right forward, Ed. Burdick, as center, and Bud Kettle, as left guard, were elected to the All-Tournament Team and were we proud! The championship trophy won by the boys was presented in Assembly to the school by Captain Bud Kettle. Shortly after this, the boys were given a banquet. The place cards were in the form of basketballs and said Orleans Junior- High Champions, 1946.” 1946- 47 In our Freshman year, the High School varsity basketball team was composed of Irvin Bennett, Bruce Bowman, Buster Perry, Rich Cloutier, and Bud Kettle, who played on the first five all season. Ed Burdick and Dale Austin also saw- plenty of action. Remember the time Ed as a sub saved the day for the team in the game with Island Pond, by making the baskets, tying the game, tying the over- time, and winning the sudden death period; and the write-up he got in the paper? Orleans was in the Northeastern Vermont Class B Tourney this year and Bud Kettle, as left guard, along with Bruce Bowman, a Senior at the time, was elected to the All-Tournament team. Orleans lost to Hardwick in the final game at this time. In March of this same year, our class team entered the Freshman Tourney at Hardwick, and lost by one point to People’s Academy in the semi-finals, 23-22. The first team was Dale Austin, Ed Burdick, Bud Kettle, Woody Herman, and Ron Bowman. Forrest Emerson was manager, and Mr. Barton coached the boys. 1947- 48 During our Sophomore year, the high school varsity team became Ikey Barney, Norm Cloutier, Bud Kettle, Dale Austin, and Ed Burdick. Substitutes from our O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 29 class were Woody Herman, A1 Long and Fred Alexander. Ron Bowman served as manager. The boys’ record this year was 8 wins and 11 losses. Shortly after the close of the season, an All-Vermont Basketball Annual was published. The write-up for Orleans under Prospects” said: Captain Ed Burdick, Herman Kettle, and Dale Austin form a veteran nucleus which may help Orleans regain some of her old time basketball glory. The Rapiers should cer- tainly improve considerably on last year’s mediocre record.” This year our class team entered the Sophomore Tourney at Hardwick. We beat Hardwick in the first game, but lost in the next to Morrisville, again by one point. During our four years, several members of the class have been active in F. F. A. basketball, mainly Woody Herman, Richard Heath and Armand Fortin. Woody Herman has been on the F. F. A. first team all four years. 1948- 49 During our Junior year, the high school varsity team, with one exception, was made up of boys from our class. Pete Dow (’49) played left forward, Woody Herman played right guard, and Bud Kettle, Ed Burdick, and Dale Austin started out in their old positions. Also on the game squad, and letter-men, were Ron Bowman, Fred Alexander, and A1 Long. Bill Lapierre managed the boys. Captain Ed Burdick suffered a knee injury soon after the start of the season, and was out for the remainder of the year. Harry Jensen (’49) played Ed’s position, center, during his absence from the court. The boys took turns as Acting Captain. Total points for regulars this year were: Dale Austin, 205; Bud Kettle, 146; Ed Burdick, 76; and Woody Herman, 37. This season, for the girls, Yvette Mason, first team center forward, made a total of 193 points. Also on the squad were Esther Coffey and June Dutton. Brenda Schoppe served as assistant manager. Orleans again entered the Newport Northeast Vermont B” Tourney this year, winning over Barton, but was beaten by Lyndon in the championship game. Bud Kettle as left guard, and Dale Austin as Utility player, again made the All- Tournament team. Orleans was presented with the runner-up trophy, plus the tournament basketball. This year, the boys won over the Sophomores and the Seniors to become the Champs here at school in the class tournaments. 1949- 50 During our Senior year, the same veteran team returned to the court, with the addition of Ron Bowman, who played right guard, and with Woody Herman moving up from his former position as right guard to play center. F.d Burdick played left forward, Dale Austin, right forward, and Bud Kettle, left guard. Fred Alexander and A1 Long also participated in all the games. Ed Burdick was again elected Captain and Bill Lapierre served as manager. Orleans gained third place in the Northeastern Vermont league this season. Entering the Newport Tourney, we lost to Barton in the first game, but won over Hardwick in the consolation game, and won the first consolation trophy. On the girls’ squad, Yvette Mason, Esther Coffey, June Dutton, Polly Parker, and Brenda Schoppe (as manager) were letter winners. Yvette Mason as center forward, and Esther Coffey, as center guard, were on the first team. The boys finished their high school basketball career by again becoming the champs of the inter-class games, while the girls tied for first place with the Juniors. All in all, the class of 1950 is proud of the basketball record of its boys. 30 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL The class of 1950 has also excelled in baseball. Eleven members of the class have participated actively in baseball during our high school career. The most difficult year to obtain a position on the squad was, of course, our Freshman year. The boys who made the squad this year were: Bud Ketttle, Fred Alexander, Ed Burdick, Dale Austin, and Armand Fortin. During our Sophomore year, Albert Long, Perley Sylvester and Ronald Bow- man made a successful attempt at the squad. Regulars this year were Bud Kettle, Armand Fortin, Ed Burdick, Dale Austin and Fred Alexander. In our Junior year, Emile Lapierre, Leo Boulanger, and Willard Herman made (he squad. During our Senior year, the squad was as follows: Fred Alexander, pitching; Armand Fortin, second base; Dale Austin, third base; Bud Kettle, shortstop; Ed Burdick, center field; Albert Long, catching; Willard Herman, first base. Subs were Ronald Bowman, catching; Leo Boulanger, pitching; and Perley Sylvester, also pitching. Until our last year, Mr. Barton coached the boys, but during the ’49-’50 season Mr. Dermody took over the coaching job. How did you like those exercises in the gym, boys? Rugged, eh? Several of the boys deserve special mention for their ability on the diamond. Bud Kettle has played with the Town Team since the summer of ’45, before he entered the eighth grade. He was elected Captain of the squad in the fall of ’48, and continued to hold the position his Senior year, also. He has played nearly every position, and been especially outstanding in left field. Fred Alexander has been outstanding as a pitcher, while Armand Fortin has excelled on second base. Emile Lapierre has managed the boys both his Junior and Senior years. Athletics play an important part in every boy’s schedule, and the boys of the class of 1950 have played an important part in athletics! May you have continued success, boys. BOYS’ BASKETBALL SQUAD Front Row left to right: Albert Long, Ronald Bowman, Dale Austin. Capt. Ed Burdick, Woody Herman, Bud Kettle. Second Row: Coach Barton, Fred Alexander, Robert Mayette, Allen Hemenway, Bob Graham, manager, Emile Lapierre. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SQUAD Front row, left to right: Polly Parker, Esther Coffey. Pauline Cloutier, Dorothy Kettle, Capt. Yvette Mason. Mariam Racine, Yvette Cloutier, June Dutton. Second row: Joyce Wells; assistant manager, Joyce Dow; Jeannine Letourneau, Bettie Montague, Coach Schoppe; manager, Brenda Schoppe; Lucy Smith, Alice Long, Mary K. Dawson. 32 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL BASEBALL Front row, left to right: Robert Alexander, Woody Herman. Dale Austin, Capt. Bud Kettle, Albert Long, Armand Fortin, Leo Boulanger Second row: Manager. Emile Lapierre; Perley Sylvester, Fred Alexander, Ronald Bowman, Paul Preseault. Ed Burdick, Coach Dermody. CHEERLEADERS Left to right: Pauline Letourneau, Pauline Cloutier, Izola Place, Jeannine Letourneau. Janice Bowman, Yvette Cloutier, Glenn Stone. FRESHMAN CLASS Front row, left to right: Erlane Macie, Pauline Letourneau, Evelyn Fortin, Janice Bowman, Betty Herman, Clarabelle Choiniere, Esther Kahlstrom, Marlene Cleveland, Joyce Miles. Second row: Joseph Boulanger, Gertrude Bcsaw, Jacqulyn Michaud. Glenn Stone. Joyce Wells, Annette Butler. Vernice Larabee. Third Row: Roderick Phillips, William Leahey. Aurele Souliere. Ronald Hardie, Alexander Macie, William Perry. Last row: Ross Hoyt, Karlton Orne, Mr. Barton, Lawrence Maxwell, Allen Hemenway, Everett Morse. SOPHOMORE CLASS Front row, left to right: Mary Archambault, Evelyn Austin, Alversa Aiken, Yvette Blodgett, Rita Brodeur, Yvette Cloutier, Lorita Davignon, Arlene Wright, Beverly Smith. Second row: Roberta Hancock. Izola Place, Jeannine Letourneau, Miss Parker, Lucy Smith, Gertrude Twombly, Carol Goodhue, Jean Alexander, Barbara Herman, Elaine Wright. Third row: Gordon Harlow, Douglas Wightman, Neil Harrison, Donald Gallup, George Nelson, Robert Dean. Last row: Jerry Eastman, Paul Preseault, Murray Stevens, Richard Shover, Clinton Sutherland. JUNIOR CLASS First row. left to right: Dorothy Kettle. Pauline Letourneau, Jane Griggs. Mary K. Dawson. Pauline Cloutier. Doris Laberee, Wanda Kahlstrom, Priscilla Smith, Mrs. Houghaboom. Second row: Florence Butler, Joyce Dow. Alice Long, Pauline Daniels. Mariam Racine, Bettie Montague, Patricia Elliott, Marilyn Webster, Jeannette Thereault. Third row: Merle Kittredge. Cecil Broome, Robert Barry, Robert Graham, Henry Stevens, Sallie Aldrich. Audrey Lanou. Fourth row: Ernest Davignon. Philip Boulanger, Marvin Mackres, Robert Mayette. Last row: Robert Gray, Ernest Rundgren, Vernon Larabee. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA First row. left to right: Mario Barberi, Forrest Emerson, Willard Herman, Vernon Larabee, Robert Vinton, Cecil Brooms, Ernest Rundgren. Jerry Eastman. Mr. Leslie. Second row: Roderick Phillips, Lawrence Maxwell, Clinton Sutherland, Neil Harrison, Darrell Russell, Paul Lemay. Third row: Alexander Macie, Ernest Davignon, George Nelson, Donald Gallup, Robert Dean, Hubert Simons. Fourth row: Herman Kettle, Ross Hoyt, Robert Mayette, William Leahey, Merle Young. Last row: Karlton Ome, Merle Kittredge, Everett Morse, Richard Heath. O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 35 THE CONVERSE COMPANY Maytag-Frigidaires - Utility Gas -Furniture- ORLEANS, VERMONT Graduation is a time when congratulations are in order for the excellent standard of your class in O. H. S. Let us extend them to you and to your sponsor, Mr. Dermody, who has guided you for the three years. May you all meet with nothing but success in any of your future undertakings. -Gus Burdick- DUDLEY’S Department Store THE STORE OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE DIAMONDS - WATCHES JEWELRY - NOTIONS DRY GOODS - GROCERIES BOOTS - SHOES Best Wishes to the Class of ’5ft Eugene P. Dudley o. h. s. '22 Tel. 50 We Deliver Orleans, Vermont 36 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL COMPLIMENTS OF BLAKE’S GARAGE USED CARS AND AUTO PARTS SALES AND SERVICE FOR ALL CARS PHONE 71-2 TYDOL GAS OIL ORLEANS, VERMONT PARK VIEW GARAGE A. C. Stannard, Proprietor MACHINE SHOP EQUIPPED GOODYEAR TIRES EASTERN BATTERIES ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 37 To The Seniors of 1950 An Optimist A Pessimist One with a cheerful frame of One who feels bad when he feels mind that enables a teakettle to good for fear he’ll feel worse sing though in hot water up to its when he feels better . . . nose . . . Anonymous Anonymous From The Huff Studio Brown’s Texaco I.G.A. Service Cor. East and Liberty Streets Super Market Orleans, Vt. Tel. 220 TEXACO GAS. OILS AND QUALITY MEATS GREASES GROCERIES MARFAK LUBRICATION QUAKER STATE MOTOR OILS FRESH FRUITS AND GOODRICH TIRES TUBES VEGETABLES AUTOLITE BATTERIES A good place to come for honest Lanoue Bros., Phone 123 and dependable service 38 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL COMPLIMENTS OF J. B. COLTON CO. GROCERIES - HARDWARE - BUILDING MATERIALS MOBIL FUELS Phone 90 Orleans, Vermont COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF OF C. E. Jenkins “Red Wing Pavilion” “YES, WE HAVE S. S. PIERCE FINE-FOODS’’ SKATING AND DANCING O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 39 COMPLIMENTS OF VERMONT - AMERICAN FURNITURE CORP. Orleans, Vermont Austin’s Drug Store COMPLIMENTS THE REXALL STORE OF A Registered Drug Store Over 40 years of Complete Drug Store Service Phone 33-2, Orleans, Vt. COMPLIMENTS OF R. W. CURTIS General Store Garage Phone Orleans 151-3 Evansville Vermont The Old Milkman Brownie Emerson “PYROFAX GAS SALES AND SERVICE Congratulations to the Class of ’50 Stott Bros. Gas Co. 573 E. Main St. Newport, Vt. 40 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL COMPLIMENTS OF CON V ERSE FUNERAL SERVICE Quality-Service-V alue member or Through our memberships in the National Funer- n al Directors’ Association and The Associated Fu- ll PUNE HAL ( 1 neral Directors’ Service, we are able to serve our r 1. clients anywhere in the UNITED STATES. Wc Cp are as near as a telephone. Call us first. We will .....ks � '«� • relieve you of all the details. 87 MAIN ST., NEWPORT. VT. 27 CHURCH ST., ORLEANS, VT. TELEPHONE NEWPORT 470 TELEPHONE ORLEANS 80 COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF OF Bray Clieek-R-Boa rd Wood Heel Co. Orleans, Vermont O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 41 COMPLIMENTS OF Ezra Taylor M. P. Willard Orleans, Vt. GENERAL MERCHANDISE GOOD GULF GAS GROCERIES Brownington Ctr., Vt. TOBACCO CANDY A. Fortin Son Irasburg, Vt. COMPLIMENTS OF GROCERIES MEATS SOCONY GAS AND OIL Senior Class 0. H. S. Tel. 97-11 PRINTERS To the Orleans County Public since 1904 And Doing More Business Now Than Ever Before Conscientious, Careful, Correct Printing That’s the Answer Gilpin, Hunt Company, Inc. BARTON AND NEWPORT, VERMONT 42 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS Central Savings OF Bank Trust Co. Gray lawn Farms Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Ine. Orleans, Vermont COMPLIMENTS OF AMOCO FILLING STATION Franklin Skinner Orleans, Vermont Phone 150-3 COMPLIMENTS OF Stanley M. Sheperd PLUMBING AND HEATING Phone 44-3 Valley House An Ideal Home For Tourists and Fishermen GOLFING - FISHING HIKING - RIDING MOTORING - RESTING L. Currier and F. Bolduc, Props. Orleans, Vermont Orleans Garage GENERAL REPAIRING Phone 130 Orleans Vermont O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL 43 COMPLIMENTS OF The Orleans Commission Sales, Inc. Auction Sales every Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. Dale Eastman Dave Gallup Tel. 57 and 95-2 Orleans, Vermont COMPLIMENTS OF Dr. T. F. Gage Orleans Vermont COMPLIMENTS OF Anderson Mfg. Co. Bridge Sets HARRY N. ANDERSON 44 O. H. S. SENIOR ANNUAL COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF OF Kipp Clayt’s Tab’s Cafe Insurance Agency 28 Years of Satisfactory Service Lanoue Bros., Prop. COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF OF Harold J. Caron Chainev’s Farm Machinery and Repairs Barber Shop Tel. 49 Orleans, Vt. Orleans, Vermont STEVENS CO. for your DEAN’S Fishing equipment Sporting equipment GROCERIES AND PRODUCE Bicycle equipment VARIETY, SERVICE, AND LOW PRICES. COME IN AND Phone 61 SAY, “HELLO!” Jerry’s Radio Service Congratulations Class of 1950 We have appreciated your patron- Gerard St. Amand, Prop. age through the years. Good luck and happy days to each of you. Radios, Parts, Tubes, Phono Changers k HUM'S RECORDS AND NEEDLES 44 MAIN ST., ORLEANS. VT Phone 231 Orleans, Vt, “The Most of the Best for the Least. ’