Spaulding High School - Our Echo Yearbook (Barre, VT)

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We began our Sophoinore year with a little more confidence in ourselves. The hurry and scurry of finding classrooms was old to us. Then, too, there were the fresh- men who looked up to us. They made us feel quite worldly and mature. For our class officers we chose George Milne as President, Marcy Rouleau as Vice-president, Pauline Rouleau as Secretary, and Audrie MacLeod as Treasurer. These four di- rected the work on our Sophomore Hop which was held in October on Friday the 13th. It was complete with black cats, witches, and un- lucky numbers. The Hop was one of the best dances of the year and quite a sizeable profit was turned into our treasury. This was the year that we chose our class rings. The committee—all girls- spent an entire morning choos- ing and finally narrowed the choices down to three. In the final vote we selected one with a blue stone as a background which was quite unique. For the first time in five years, Spaulding, with a top-notch team, won the state championship. We treked down to Boston but were sadly defeated by a superior Somer- ville five. As the end of the year approached, we looked forward to the next when we would finally be upperclassmen. We highlighted our sophomore year, and at the same time proved our dramatic ability, by winning the Inter-class Play Contest with an old- fashioned “mellerdrammer” called The City Slicker anil Our Nell, com- plete with a sneering, mustachioed villain and a shy, country flower. None of us will ever forget our hec- tic preparations for that play, which included building what we hoped re- sembled the “settin” room of a cabin in the hills and finding some very hilarious costumes It took a lot of work, but we feel it was worth it! Nellie Beard................Mary Lyons Violet Beard.......Susan Nichols Toby Snodgrass......Donald Mon Sheridan Douglas.....Leon Lnduni Clanbel Worth. . .Maureen Devine Aunt Marthy................Joann Reed Dan Tucker.......Lorenzo Chiodi Frank Beard.........Raymond Dion Minnie Beard................Lois Franco Stage Manager, George Milne Our Sophomore Class Officers Back Row: George Milne, Marcy Rouleau Front Row: Pauline Rouleau, Audrey MacLeod SLOWLY BEGIN TO TAKE FORM Sophomore Class Play Cast Reminiscing Back Row: George Milne, Stage Manager; Raymond Dion; Lorenzo Chiodi; Joann Reed Front Row: Donald Mori; Mary Lyons; Lois Franco; Maureen Devine Missing from the picture arc Susan Nichols and Leon Induni 11

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Our Freshman Class Officers Back Row: George Milne, Markey Sassi Front Row: Madeline LaGue, Pauline Rouleau Back Row: Bert Rouleau, Marcy Rouleau, John Rontowski Front Row: Jason Realini, Eugene Pacetti At last the long awaited day had arrived. In September of 1948, we entered Spaulding as inexperienced freshmen. It took us about three weeks to get accustomed to high school. After that period of going into the wrong rooms and forgetting what class came next vanished, things really began to happen. Our first social was the Freshman recep- THE RAW Our J.V. Cheerleaders chosen that year were: Carmen Matte, Janet Murphy, Jackie Eastman, Nancy Cyr, and Madeline Lague. The latter two were later chosen varsity cheerleaders. During the year our class received quite an honor in the field of sports. Our J.V. team went through the season undefeated, and a tion which was sponsored by the Student Council. At this social we met many new friends and classmates. We showed good judgment in electing class officers that year. They were: President, Markey Sassi; Vice-president, Madeline Lague; Secretary, Pauline Rouleau; and Treasurer, George Milne. MATERIALS . . . freshman homeroom won the inter-homeroom basketball tournament. The Freshman Class presented their play, The Ring and the Look. These students proved their dramatic abilities by taking second place honors in the inter-class play contest. We had made a good start ana so on to the next year. 10

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Back Row, Arthur Solomon, Russell Camire Front Row; Eveline Samson, Janet Murphy Exciting is the word to describe the atmosphere during the week be- fore the memorable trip to Boston. Many memories of hotels, restau- rants, and the game will always be in the minds of those who were lucky enough to attend. Although, to many students, the Boston Tournament was the high- light of the year, an equally enjoy- able performance was the Junior Play. The play proved to be so realistically presented that chills were running along the spines of many members of tne audience. Of course, Jackie’s rescuing Ronnie from Maureen eased the tension and gave the play a happy ending. THEY GO THROUGH THE Jackie Shepard, Maureen Devine, Sandy Philip and Ronnie Thow in High Window ' their first stab at drama Marcy Rouleau goes in for a lay-up to compete a per- feet breaV-a-way at Boston Garden in ike JN(. E. Tourn- ament game against Bridgeport, Conn., which wc lost 57 to39. 12