Orleans High School - Sword Yearbook (Orleans, VT)

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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.

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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

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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.