Richford High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Richford, VT)

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4 - R.H.S. Searchlight .nm no re.s'z'defzf'.v ddress Parents, members of the school board, Super- intendent Haggerty, teachers, underclassmen, and friends, good evening. On behalf of the Sen- ior Class of 1951, I would like to take this op- portunity to welcome you to these Commence- ment exercises which mark the end of a path of a twelve year aspiration toward a definite goal, the receipt of our diplomas this evening. It is ce1'tainly a good feeling to have the sup- port of a fine town like liichford and to know that behind every brick and stone in this build- ing there stands an interested and alert citizen who will put his every resource to the wheel in an effort to ease the task of learning and make run more smoothly the machine of education. Errors, we have made many. Honors and at- tainments, perhaps few, perhaps many. joys, sorrows, victories, defeats,-there have been too many to count. Now as we stand on the thresh- old of a new world of learning, we look back with mixed feelings of sorrow, and happiness. 'I his evening marks the attainment of a landmark in our lives but it also marks the close of the hap- piest days of our lives. I would like to speak to the underclassmen for a moment. All others need not listen. Scores of older people have told you to enjoy your high school days to the utmost for they were the happiest of your entire life, past cunmnuanmmunuuuuunuu muuumun jj , . si 2 5 5 2 3 5 mum-is 5 mu-mana and future. If you are anything like I was, you dismissed the advice with little thought. Perhaps tonight, at graduation, if you heard the same words echoed by one whom you all know and have been in close relation with the past few years, it would make an impression. If by so doing, one, just one, student can realize this ex- perience, it certainly is worth while, take my word for it. That is why I am going to say this now. Live the rest of your high school days in such a manner that you will derive the most pos- sible from them. Graduation may seem a long way off -to the unclerclassman, but it is upon you before you realize it. Cone from you are your happy school days-never to be recaptured. I can feel it now even as I stand here in clear view of all of you. I can feel the reluctance of the whole thing. To the other listeners, we would like you to know how gratifying it is and how much we ap- preciate all that has been done for us during our sojourn through Iiichford High School. I am certain that I speak for all when I say that we are better qualified to either extend our educa- tion or cope with the problems of a troubled world. Thank you. BRUCE IIODGMAN J- -X 1 Wi I l xsane .-f1 .Lf

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S.Scr1rchlight 3 19 5 1 Commencement Week Program 3 SUNDAY, jUNE S . . . High School Gymnasium liacculaurcatv Address NVEIJNICSIJAY, .IUNE G . . .. ,. . . , High School Gymnasium Class Day Excrciscs TIIUHSDAY. IUNE 7 . . .l,.o ., . . . . High School Gymnasium Senior Prom FRIDAY, JUNE 8 , . , . i... . . . . . High School Gymnasium Graduation Excrciscs Awards Q UNlVE.llSlTY OF VEllNlONT SCHOIJARSHIPS jauct T. Taylor Auhrcy N. Bashaw Bcckcr Collcgc AW2ll'll--iJ21llCt T. Taylor Balfour Awarcl-Aim E. Bicknell D. A. ll. Good Citizenship fllflixhllll ll. Bicknell

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R.H.S.Scarchlight 5 QI!!!flIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlf!II!!!I2211221211IIIIIIlIXIII!!!I!!illlIIIIIlIIIIIllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIII 151311223 By Adrien Brcault and Roger Lumbra, Ir. -a as gi 5 5..HIt.H..I.II...1...........................1.................................... ---HHinHmnIn.i,I...mmmtttm.I-...............-I.-.Imt. initin.1in1.I.II.I.......H..H...H...H.HHm..In.IIn.II.--.I-mi-...n......-. -mmmmnmi--I--I-...mlm ----mmm.I-.......... Sonny-Hi Adrien! Adrien--Well, hi Sonny, long time no see. lVhat have you been doing with yourself? Sonny-Oh! Nothing much, just a little loaf- ing and as little work as possible. lt certainly seems good to see you. Adrien-We havenit seen each other since the night of june 8, 1951. Wonder what ever be- came of the kids that dropped out of our class, like liomauld Benjamin, Dennis Boright, Shirley Combs, Helen Cummings, Eugene Ma1'tel, Lu- cille Perro and Annette Smith? Sonny-l don't know, they just seemed to vanish into nowhere. Adrien-Remember our first year of Senior high? lt seems like a long time ago, but I can't remember the officers that year. Sonny-Yes, Bruce Archambault was presi- dent, Aubrey Bashaw, vice-president, Helen Cummings, treasurer, Ann Bicknell, secretary. Adrien-ltemember our first three weeks as freshmen? Boy, we thought we were big stuff then. But we soon got that taken out of us at the Freshmen Initiation. Sormy-Remember dressing up in our Indian costumes, and all the things we had to do for the Seniors? Adrien-Then came our first exams and boy were they tough. But we somehow managed to struggle through them. Sonny-Can you remember our sophomore vcar Adrien? f Adrien-Yes, and we didn't do much that year besides our sophomore hop in which every- one did a lot of quibbling over committees. Sonny-Also we were a little more sure of ourselves that year. Acltrien-The class officers that year, I re- member, were Aubrey Bashaw, president, janet Taylor, vice-presidentg Ann Bicknell, secretary, and Jacqueline Coodhue, treasurer. Sonny-Then came our junior year. We were getting older, and a lot more seemed to be hap- pening that year. Also we started our famous Saturday night dances. They were quite a suc- cess weren't they? E E inmunum.-ummmin iI-14In1111I11i11I1it1IIII1IiI-I-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-III--4IIIIIIuu-IIIIIImImimmm-umIim1un-mnmmnmmiE5 mum1unumuuunmmmmuuuuumnuummuum1uummumnmnnnnmnnnumnnnIIIInuIunuuuuunnumnmmnIummnnnmmnum? Adrien-Yes, and there was certainly more fun had, than money made that time and all the rest of our junior year. Sonny-Adrien, remember that time our class had a food sale in which there was some sort of a mix-up and every one brought baked beans? Adrien-Yes I do, and Mr. Bicknell also ar- ranged for educational movies for each class. Sonny-Oh gosh! then came our senior year and how stndious We were going to be that year. Adrien-That certainly turned out to be a Hop for right after the first of the month we started preparations for freshmen initiation. Sonny-I can still see initiation day fourth period in the morning with all the freshmen sit- ting on the floor. Adrien-About that time Mr. Bicknell got high blood pressure and made them all sit back in their seats, much to our displeasure. Sonny-Then came basketball season once more with old veterans going around with aches and pains for a week after it started. Adrien-Then came preparation for the Christmas Ball, and what a job that Was. Sonny-And we only made ten little dollars. Adrien-Remember what a gyp we thought we were getting when Mr. Bicknell told us we couldn't have so many movies. Our fear was soon erased when we saw what swell basketball teams we had. E Sonny-And our possibility of going to the tournament was so close this year that it wasn't even funny. Adrien-Following basketball came rehersals for the animal Minstrel show, and the senior play. They were both big hits and a large sum of money was certainly cleared. Sonny-Well, Adrien, there goes that Atlas blackout whistle which means back to Work for me. Adrien-It seems only yesterday that we were back in old Bichford High. Well, so long Sonny! Sonny-So long, Adrien!