Randolph Union High School - Galloping Ghost Yearbook (Randolph, VT)

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F GALLOPIN6 GI-IOST Class History The GOOD SHIP '57 set sail with a fair breeze and a crew of forty little mariners, with Mrs. Norton as captain and Mrs. Huse as first mate. Although we have encountered both fair and stormy weather for twelve treacherous years, we have finally reached our destination with sixteen of our original crew. Under the command of Mrs. Norton, We used to gallop around the deck on little brooms while singing a song about a hobby horse. We read the adventures of Dick, Jane and baby Sally and answered to the call of Little Yellow Bird. We sailed along smoothly to the second port and exchanged our captain for Miss Kinville. It is remembered that at times the weather became so rough that she resorted to chewing her glasses so strenuously that the result was broken bows. In this year we threw over our hook and pulled in Patty Battles, Julie Milo, Monte Tabor, Donna Manning, Ronnie Howard and Arthur Boright. Our new captain tried to reform Ronnie Howard of biting his nails by making him wear gloves. Others of us were reformed by the sign BABY boldly written on our backs. It was here that Wanda grieved to the extent of tears over her failure to carve an animal from soap. At port number three, our captain was again exchanged for Mrs. Stokes, who ruled with an iron hand. She kept us posted on world and town affairs as well as drilling the multiplication tables into our little brains. We seemed to remember Ray Hedding getting badly shaken, but not by the rough sea. It was in this catch that we netted Liz Parker and Sam Richards. We continued along to the fourth port where Miss Walbridge took over the helm. This year we pulled Christina Bugbee, Pauline Connolly, and Joseph Johnson aboard. We really learned our geography here and had much fun playing map guessing games. We had a small mutiny aboard this year. It seems that while playing prisoners, base, Carol Dustin's team had captured Sheila. Wanda's team tried to get her back and this brought about a real hairpulling battle. Carol hates to admit that Wanda was very proud of her victory since Carol was a bit larger. We cruised along to the fifth port and took on Mrs. Menard as captain. It was here that Carol Stockfisch joined our crew. We memorized The Barefoot Boy and had our first taste of show business when we presented Johnny Appleseed. In all our glory, we sailed into port six where Miss Marshall was our commander. We were very proud to elect our first class oflicers in this year. They were: president, Larry Monroeg vice-president, Wanda Cox, treasurer, Monte Taborg secretary, Ronnie Howard.

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GALLOPIN6 GHOST We sold candy bars to make money. Our crew was so large and rugged that we were forced to use a life boat which resembled Beanville school, with Mrs. Rowe as captain of it. We swapped ships every once in a while so that we all experienced this life boat. Miss Marshall tried to make artists of us while Mrs. Rowe taught us about the birds and the wild flowers. Our ship navigated on to junior high and we pulled aboard Forrest Manning, Melissa Hockman, Susan Hesaltine and Marilyn Benoir. We took on Mrs. Birchard as captain and Miss Strong as first mate. Our class president was Patty Battles. Our Student Council members were Elizabeth Parker and Arthur Boright. This year we won the magazine drive and gained Hamburg, a stuffed dog, who has been the mascot on deck ever since. We also wrote letters to some prominent persons in the United States, who answered with suggestions and advice for our treasure chest. This year was the first time we ventured further than the playground for our class picnic. A good time was spent at Bear Hill State Forest Park. As we maneuvered along to the next port - number eight, Miss Hoffnagle took over our ship and we glided along smoothly with the assist- ance of Miss Marshall who helped with science and also tried to help us learn about historians' voyages. This year we chose for our president, Neil Webster, and vice-president, Patty Battles. Our Student Council members were Ronnie Howard and Wanda Cox. We were all surprised one day when Miss Hoffnagle received a box of chocolates and decided to share them with her crew. She passed out the top layer, but the second layer proved to be nothing but stones and was not very tasty. Ah! Our first glimpse of land! We threw our net and what a catch! We gained Gordon Small, Ray Chase, Ronnie Greenwood, Bob Braley, Virginia Upham, Jackie Maloney, Volney Blodgett, Linda Chadwick, Phyl- lis Brassard, Martha Jewett, Rita Cady, Lillian Salls, Ethel Hurlburt, Evangeline Sherman, Gerry Tabor Davis, and Carl Capron, who have proved to be great crewmen and an asset to our crew. We were put under the supervision of Miss Johnson and Mr. Gaidys. We earned some money by having food sales Csailsj. This year we won second prize for our Hallo- we'en float, which was a graveyard scene. Our carnival play, Make Room For Rodney, also won second place. A As first mates aboard ship during our sophomore port we had Mr. Streeter and Mrs. Earle. We received our first real pep talk from Mr. Streeter. We chose as our president, Ronald Howard, as our vice-presi- dent, Gene Shapiro, our treasurer, Neil Webster, and our secretary, Linda Chadwick. Our Student Council members were Sheila Whitney and Ron- ald Greenwood. Again our carnival play, Life of The Party, won second place. This was the year of parties and Liz Parker started them off with a pajama party, which was a howling success. At our junior port., we drew Mr. Parker and Miss Farino as our com-