Vergennes Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Vergennes, VT)

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12 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Clovis Yandow “Josey” “Put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” Stunt Night 1. Scrap Drive 1, Apple Picking 1-2, Basketball 3-4, Basketball Captain 3, Baseball 3-4, Class President 3. Treasurer 1, Patrol 3-4, and Presentations 4. Clovis is known as the Cazanova of V. PI. S. There seems to be something about you that we just can’t resist, Caz. He also was one of the star forwards on the Boys’ Basketball team. 194 6 Class Colors—Blue and Gold Class Flowep—Yellow Rose

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BLUE AND WHITE II Alice Wallace “Sunbeam” “Silence is Golden.” Vice President 4. Music 2-3-4, Senior Play 4, Press Club 4, Blue and White Staff 4, and Methodist Youth Fellowship 3-4. Alice wishes to express her appreciation to all those who have made her high school education possible, especially Dr. and Mrs. Alan W. Wright. Walter Wood “Walt” “Knowledge is better than wealth.” Middlebury High Treasurer 2, and Apple Picking 2. Vergennes High Basketball 3-4, Captain 4, Senior Play 4, Junior Prom Committee 3, Baseball 3-4, Class President 4, Mixed Chorus 3-4, Minstrel Show 3-4, All-State Chorus 4, Class Will 4, Co-Manager Magazine Campaign 4, Blue and White Staff 4, and Patrol 3-4. Walt transferred from Middlebury High to Vergennes High in his junior year. He made an immediate “hit” with all of us and was captain of the “Celebrated” Boys’ Varsity his senior year.

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BLUE AND WHITE 13 CLASS HISTORY Back in 1942 we took our place as the Freshman class of Vergennes High School. After electing Paul Wright, Clovis Yandow, Betty Norton and Jim McEvila as class officers, we settled clown to a year of work and fun. The first major event of the year was Freshmen initiation. Everybody dreaded its coming, but it wasn’t really so bad. True we paraded up and clown the streets looking like monkeys, but so had every class before us. The best part came after the initiation at the gym. when the seniors treated us to cider and cookies and pronounced us full fledged members of Vergennes High School. With Mr. Gile as class advisor we participated in the school scrap metal drive sponsored by the American Legion. Prizes were offered for the three classes collecting the most. However, everyone did so well they raised the prize money and gave us a dance afterwards. When it came to “Stunt Night, we put on a show called “Majoress Bowwow and Her Amateurs,” a facsimile of the Major Bowes radio show. We took second place. We started our Sophomore year with Mr. Berry as our new principal, and Mr. Templeton as class advisor. The following took over as class officers: Jim McEvila, Glenn Purcell, Fred Bull, and Colleen LeBeau. With the help of some of the city’s organizations, the school organized a recreation hall in the Haven block. The students did most of the work in preparing the hall and later enjoyed the benefits of it. That winter we went on a sleigh ride to Panton and afterwards had hot chocolate and cookies. Our Junior year we started off by electing Clovis Yandow. Jim McEvila, Phillip Griffith and Betty Norton as class officers. Then under the guidance of Mr. Palermo, we sponsored a Hallowe’en dance and gave prizes for the two best costumes. The really big event of the year was the Junior Prom, given for the Seniors. With some crepe paper, a crystal ball, four colored spotlights, and a little work, we had one of the best decorated halls in the state. A reception was held for the Seniors from 8:30 until 9:00, and dancing, with Jack Collins’ Orchestra. from 9:00 until 1:00. Everyone had a good time and it was a great success. When our class came together last fall we found we had thirteen members left. Many of our former group had joined the different branches of the service to help Uncle Sam. Walt Wood took over as president and Alice Wallace as vice-president, while Phillip Griffith covered both secretary and treasurer. Mr. Berry and Mr. Galipeau were our new class advisors. One of the first problems of the year was deciding on a Senior play. We solved that by choosing the romantic coinedv, “Garden of the Moon.” With Mrs. Wright as director and the whole Senior class as cast, the play was a success in every way. A staff was chosen for the “Blue and White” and work was started on the Christmas issue. We had a fairly good paper and completely sold out the first edition. Our commencement issue, we hope, will be even better. By a student and faculty vote. Betty Norton was chosen good “Citizenship girl” of the year. Graduation will bring an end to this history, and also to four years of work and fun in this building, which in a way has been our workshop. Here we have prepared for the important business of living. In the years to come we will be separated, but we will always look back at our four years spent at Vergennes Ffigh School with pleasure. Francis Burroughs, ’46.