Peterborough High School - Hilander Yearbook (Peterborough, NH)

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SEPTEMBER 5, 1951 THE TIME IT ALL STARTED Around the Town THERE WERE 17 boys and 18 girls in a happy first grade at the Central School Wednesday morning, the first time in four years that the ladies have edged out the sterner sex. . . . Ata quarter ofnine, 15 minutes after opening time, every- body had a desk, everybody was working, everybody was quiet. ... (No loitering along the rocky road to learning, even for first-graders). . . . Pigtails were fashionable. . . . Marcia Wheeler's were the longest, with cousins Avril McQuillan and NancyLammiasrunners-up. . . . Kay Ellen Dart, first of the Dart grandchildren to be enrolled at the Central School (also one of the pigtails contingent), was working busily away at her desk, and Mar- sha Wilder, third of the Wilder children, was equally busy at her desk in the back row. Marsha’s landscape revealed a house under red, green and blue clouds. . . . Johnny Smith, looking very, very serious, was at a small table with David Clukay, who was attacking his work with determination, and nearby was Harley Cass (very dap- per in a green corduroy jacket. . . . Perkiest of the curly-haired girls was Grace Goodwin, and blondest of the blondes was Heather Johnson, who, from a vantage point in the front row, could calmly sur- vey the scene. . . . Another pretty blonde was Susan Brighton, who was drawing a picture of a little girl playing in the snow. There were some bright green fields, too, in the landscape, but, after all, any- thing can happen in New Hamp- shire. . . . Debbie Kimball, one of the calmest of the first-graders, obligingly revealed what was virtu- ally a work of art, an American flag, two clowns (distinctly recog- nizable as clowns),and asandpile. . . . MacDonald Smith Moore, looking like a reasonable facsimile of father Richard, showed his draw- ings in a courteous way, though he insisted they were only designs” and confessed that he cannot play the piano even though he can draw (he doesn't like brushes, though). . . . Sartorial impressiveness and first-day-of-school chic went hand in hand with the studious atmos- phere. . . . Linda Whitney’s la- vendar jumper was much admired, and Donna Eastman’s dark green dress was dashingly accented by a starched white collar. . . . Nancy Nutter's little red and green san- dals matched her green sweater, and Diana Nichols'smart grey dress was trimmed with tiny red parasols. . . . Interesting statistics about the first grade revealed that two of the girls were born in England (Heather Johnson and Avril McQuillan). . . . Robert Holden went the farthest for his vacation, all the way to Color- ado (he had the poised look of a much-travelled man.) . . . Rob- ert Hanson was the one who was clinging most tightly to his lunch. Billy Mason looks like his brother Donald. . . . Nancy Payne looks like sister Joyce. . . . Sandra and Gordon Tatro are brother and sister. . . . Arline Ryan was a runner-up to Heather Johnson in blondeness. . . . Donald Moffat lives next to the school, so distance is not his problem. . . . Before we stop, we'd like to say that the two first- grade teachers, Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Crittsinger, looked just the way girls should on their first day at school . . . summery and cool and crisp . . . and that seeing them with their 35 charges was the best possible way to launch the best sea- son of the year.

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THE HILANDER Published by the Class of 1963, Peterborough High School Peterborough, New Hampshire

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To Miss Hancock, Mr. Yeo and Mrs. Kendall, in grateful recognition of the help they have given us.