Rutland High School - Talisman Yearbook (Rutland, VT)

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NITA WARD has Wahiecy Do you believe in miracles? Many do not, but I want to tell you what happened to me this morning. I was looking out the open window when before my eyes I saw a newspaper come toward me bathed in yellow light. I reached out for this imaginary paper. I looked at the date-December 16, 1952. I noticed many articles about R. H. S, graduates of 142. Listen, while I tell you what 1 saw. 1 saw a picture of Edna Beauchamp in this paper, the caption- Dis- tinguished American Chosen Honorary President of Gordan's Select School for Select Boys. In the theatre section there was a column by the famous Eddie Smatresk, movie critic, CI'1e got his training at the Paramountj Alice johnson was honored with a medal for driving 100,000 miles without an accident. After riding with her while in high school, We can appreciate this. In the book review section I saw a review of The Average College Man, written by Barbara Dupuis. If we remember correctly, she has known enough college men to be an authority. There was a small advertisement at the bottom of one of the pages, Nice PictureseDone Nicely ,-jones and Kellogg Photographers. Dick jones is the outside mang Kellogg takes the Hnicen pictures. In the public notice column there was an announcement that Alison Cady was made manager of a E. W. Woolworth store, the first lady to manage one. What progress for the Defense Stamp salesgirll There was a picture of Natalie Eeather, Sally Dorsey, and Sally's dog Lar. The mayor was giving the dog the prize at the annual Midffown Dog Show. I couldn't fi ure out what Natalie was doing in the picture. I suppose, as usual, she talked iierself into it. For the lirst time in history a lady has been employed by Lucky Teterf' Who should be the honored one but our own Elizabeth Congdon? Many articles written about the foreign situation were the work of Ethel Spahn. We knew she got a lot out of Mr. Davis's Ancient History class. In the Sports Section I found a number of interesting items. An article

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55255 Uqfibly Bob Rondeau headed the unlor Prom commlttee and slullfullx orgam ed the Good Shlp R H S IH the gym VVho can forget the green rowboat that hung perllouslv under the balconv? Ten young men of the class were sent to Boys State 1n Northfield Vermont for a week of pO1lIlCS Two hundred and hltv boys elected oe ones thelr governor and our bovs all held hrgh pOSltlOUS The Hlgh School baseball team was runner up ln the state champlonshlps m 1941 and several of our class were varslty men ln basketball football and track we were dolng our part There was much speculatlon toward the clo e of the year concernlng the sensatlon of becomlng Senlors 1t was only three short months before our v1s10n of power was reallzed 1n the fall of 1941 we began the long last m1 e The hrst thmg we drd as SCHIOFS was to welcome the mcommg Fresh men We had become hardened campalgners and lf was a delrght to see the Freshmen talclng things serlously Thev turned out to l'e a rather decent sort and we treated them well accordlngly The responslbllltles of class presldent were turned over to Dlclc Fuller Gerald Moore was vlce presldent ohn Hoag secretary Ken Rabldou as treasurer handled over four hundred dollars ln class dues What a job' The new Momtors became standard equlpment whlch meant that now there was always someone nearbv to polce rn the rlbs Orr Monltors have operated verv efhclently wlth oe ones as thelr leader Thev enjoyed guldlng the wanderlng Frosh mto the fold After many weeks of rehearsal seventeen semors staged the comedy Don t Talce Mv Penny whlch met Wltll enthuslastlc acclalm from all quarters Soon after th1s the mus1cal comedy Fur and Warmer drew large crowds and made another h1t Great excltement was aroused over the selectlon of the valedlctorlan and salutatorlan as we were all close contestants 1.orra1ne ohnson and Mary Lee Finally won the honors and the remalnlng one hundred and hfty eight of us trled to be good sports about the whole thing 1n the lournallstlc world Bernard Kazon made a prlze w1nn1ng paper out of the Red and Whlte and the Talrsman stall be an thelr Job And now comes graduatlon and we shall be toget er for the last tlme ts classmates The school that has seen us through these lmportant years of our llfe Wlll never be forgotten 1t has been here among hne young men and vxomen that we htve seen our Ideals and ambltlons develop And It has l'een here that vxe have been Inspired and encouraged bv our prlnclpal and faculty We leave to be absorbed by another world Wherever we go we shall lteep the memorles of our vears 1n the class of 42 nearest to our hearts 1 I .I lv Z 4: . nr 4 1 1' , . v ' ' 1 .I .1 7 1 ' . , ' C Y .J 1 . L ' . 1 . . J 1 I t V . 1 . f . . j j , 1 . 1 ' sa y ,, . . . , . J , , L ,. - - L4 - n L . 'L L ' 1 . . 1 L . . '. ' L .1 L1 - H - - - L i L, tt . L . v - , - c t L . , L. I 1 L , I . ' - as rs ! t L ..

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glass Wlaiiecy on Pete Bove the famous fighter from Vermont stated that sometlmes h w1ns and sometrmes he loses but through all he IS loyally supported by ask the man who owns one Harrlet Lash Une of the league teams The Ver satlle Vermonters was composed almost entlrely of members of the class of 42 Rutland Hlgh Thelr manager Charles Floyd Martln got hls tralmng for thls job by belng nursemard to Coach Flaltz s Red Ralders The league s most promlslng player LOUIS Fusco was a member of thls team He played short stop and he stopped em all One of our hlgh school s best football players turned out to be a baseball player ohn Hank Llnd Gerald Moore and Myles Pratrco drd all the base runnrng for the team What' Strll runnmg? The busrness manager was Bob Rondeau he always could talk anyone 1nto something and hlmself out H1s greatest ablhty was shown ln gett1ng r1d of the money Even the bat boy was from Rutland ohn Gregory Freeman Speed Horton s name was mentloned as thelr bus drrver Thelr most loyal supporter was Francrs Murray He alwavs dld lrke baseball an way There was an artlcle on the Art Exh1b1t at the Mahaney Art Gallery owned and operated by Dan Margaret Halls plcture Rhapsody ln Red palntlng Two Sarlors and Une Shrp by Yolanda Lanzlllo was the most questronable pamtlng n the exh1b1t1on The famous astronomer Dr Walter Semecle announced the dlscovery of a new star by Fern Goodyear and ul1a Hesse They sald We were takmg our customary evenxng walk when we looked up at the heavens and there lf was What one won t see when out walklngl Thrs super natural paper told of an orchestra that grew out of the 42 graduates at R H S The leader of course would be Rutland s jlve man Earle Sharrow The rest of the orchestra was composed of gIflS but I guess Earle could hold hls own Martha Smlth was plavlng the drums her motto l want to make some UOISC Mlldred Skuba was playlng the saxaphone Elam Stratton the hddle she learned watchlng the hddler at Mendon Margaret R1chardson was at the plano She had nothmg to saw to the press Wlll mlracles ever cease' Grace Wlsell was ln the band too The artrcle dldn t say what she played but she sald to the press All we need now IS Mlss Moran Dhu Leonard and Elame Gulflre were shown boardrng an ocean llner for a trip around the world We always knew they would go far , , ' e C 1 Y, I ll , Y I , U Y ' Y Y Y Y ' -I fl l! ' - Q .. ,, ' , . , -J . 1 y . and White fstill loyal to R. H. SQ won wide acclaim. The surrealist I ' . Y ' -I ' ' ll T 1 ll ' YY . . . , , .4 T1 ' Y V I T bl r Y . . r K I ' .I ' JY - - 1 - u V I A , ,