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

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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

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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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Remember our Junior Prom? The results of six months of hard work! Then that May evening— a nice warm Spring evening; we rode up to the Auditorium in ex- pectation of a wonderful time We weren’t disappointed. Ex- cited couples in their best clothes hastily checked theiT coats and hurried on to the main floor. As we walked through a white gar- den gate lined by Dirch trees, we saw a large wishing well in the middle of the floor flanked by trees and grass. Covering the walls were favors with little wishing rings attached—one for each person You didn't have to guess to discover our theme was “Wishing. ’’ The Norwich Gren- adiers furnished the musical background for our gala affair. It was quite a view from the bal- cony; wishing well crowded by couples throwing in pennies, gaylv decorated “wishing” walls, and couples having a wonderful time dancing to the haunting melodies of the Gren- adiers. Remember our Junior Prom? A penny in the uislung uvll, goo«i iralics tonight we foretell PLANING PROCESS AND EMERGE As juniors we were kept busy with games, dances, and the usual activities; but the highlight of the year was our Prom—a huge success! The class showed good judgment when they chose as their officers: Arthur Solomon, President; Eveline Samson, Vice-president; Russell Camire, Secretary; and Janet Murphy, Treasurer. Delegates to Girls’ and Boys’ State were chosen, and on the Monitor posts could be seen a few honored juniors proudly wearing the symbolic badge. Another outstanding event of the year was the winning of the State Basketball Tournaments. School was closed for two days to allow the students to attend the New England Tourney at Boston Gar- den This trip is one which will well be remembered by all who went, although Bridgeport did prevent us from bringing the desired honor home Yes, we were caught up in a whirl of excitement during our first year as upper- classmen and eagerly awaited the day when we would be—Seniors! 3