St Johnsbury Academy - Lamp Yearbook (St Johnsbury, VT)

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 25 head of a correspondence school for this subject. Mac—Janice Wakefield is one of the hostesses on the Pan-American Airlines. Before she became a hostess she was the only professional woman parachutist. Kay—Betty Weiner runs a smart hat shop in Florida. Part of her success is due to Dora Leclerc who skillfully balances the budget each month. Bill—Bruce Willson, demonstrator for the Remington Company for the past fifteen years, has come back to the hills from the plains to put his trusty rifle into action again. Dot—Ann Winslow, who studied dietetics, is now a private dietitian for her husband and her four year old twins. Red—Taking his habit of acquiring warnings with him, Kenneth Wright is always at odds with the law. Before Alden Sears became a judge, he was Kenny’s able legal adviser. Kay—Marjorie Wyman, who married soon after her graduation, is now the mother of seven children. She conducts a fur farm in North Danville. Bea—Want any more pumpkin phosphates? Everyone—Sure. Bring ’em on.

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 24 Kay—Marguerite Morency was recently cited for bravery when she rescued four people from drowning and applied her knowledge as a Red Cross. nurse in warding off bad after effects. Mac—Bob Morrison, as manager of the Peacham First National, began a fad when he started an open air store. In winter he provides all customers with skis to make their selections. Bill—The popular new comic strip, “Lottie Lamb,” which has replaced Donald Duck, is drawn by Academy alumnae, Marian Young and Eleanor Morron. This appears in the Little Rock Daily Rocket edited by Charlotte Russell. Red—Barbara Root leads her own travelling group to entertain the various army camps. Included in her troupe are Paul Swett who does blackface roles, John Poole the tenor soloist, and John Nadeau who is featured as A Mysterious Voice. Mac—Carol Nutting, M. D. is the founder of the well-known Nutting Institute for disabled mountain climbers and skiers. Elwin Wemmelman, former ski champion, is one of her more famous patients. Kay—Madeline Ovitt is district supervisor of all Woolworth stores in northeastern Vermont. Dot—Barbara Perry is secretary to Mr. Algernon of Algernon, Algernon, and Turlewhiff, lawyers, who claim that the whole court system of New York would collapse if anything happened to Barbara. Bill—George Quimby is now concertmaster in the Vt. Symphony Orchestra and runs a successful taxi from Passumpsic to St. ]., on the side. Red—Earl Rodger, who holds the speed record in aviation, recently invented an airplane engine which uses liquid air as fuel. The invention he is working on now-is an airplane without wings. Kay—The world’s foremost tobogganist, Margaret Stanhope, gave an exhibition of her skill last winter when she successfully navigated Fairbanks’ Mountain. Mac—Has anyone seen or heard anything about Prescott Stearns? Bill—Oh, he is now a basketball coach and always stresses the fact that playing basketball is an art. His lectures always open with this line, “When you come into the basket from an angle you can either play the backboard or—.” Dot Anita Tegu is one of America’s rising young poets. She is now in South America gathering material for a series of poems to promote more good will between the two continents. Scott Vance, as a result of his best-selling non-fiction book (based entirely on first-hand information), on “The Art of Skipping School, is the

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26 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLASS WILL We, the members of the Class of 1942 of Saint Jolmsbury Academy, in the county of Caledonia, Vermont, being in fairly good health and of comparatively sound mind and cognizant of the approaching time when our school day ties shall be severed, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. Our composite characteristics as a class, our scholastic excellence, our contributions to the extra-curricular life of the school, we retain so that in years to come the class of ’42 may be singled out by the trustees, principal, faculty members, and alumni secretary as a class worthy of emulation. Charles Ashworth leaves his rosy cheeks to Doris Mayette so that she won’t have to get her coloring out of a box. Ida Bennett leaves her position at the Grey Shoppe to any under classman looking for a job. Robert Porter leaves his interest in freshman girls to any on-coming senior. Scott Vance leaves his ability to argue (Period) Milton Whitney leaves his chickens to the Academy Dining Hall in case eggs are rationed. Carl Kuniholm leaves his fickleness to Arthur Harriman. Robert Leonard leaves his rides to and from West Burke to Wilma Blake. Larry Lumbra leaves his “brogue” to Jerry Schneider. John Nadeau leaves his position at the bakery to anyone who wants to make dough quick. Joe Corbin leaves his deep-toned voice to all those timid freshmen who are always losing their voices. Cornelius Hayes leaves his ability in English to any senior who has to struggle next year to pass it. Winston Adams, finding nothing better, leaves his car. He hopes that it will stay together. Paul LaChance wills his drumming ability to John Wesley and hopes John goes over BIG with Mr. Fink. George Quimby wills his curly hair to Edward Plumlcy, knowing this will add to Edward’s glamour. Kenneth Drew wills his salesmanship ability to Kenneth Gibson. Helen Dustin leaves her 24 pairs of shoes for the rummage sale of next year’s distributive education class. Betty Louis wills the dimples she hasn’t got to Natalie Ruggles. Alwilda Lyster leaves her long distance calls to Virginia Blesi. Charlotte Russell leaves her dances to the Brantview girls. Mary Tone)- wills her rides to and from school in the truck, to all the lazy underclassmen. Dorothy White wills her blushes to Mary Quimby. Clementine Babcock wills her interest in the Woolworth Store to Marvourine Daniell.