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

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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.

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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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14 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS PROPHECY It is the year 1966. A huge airliner is just leaving LaGuardia Field in New York City. I’m air hostess on the plane and have just discovered that one of my old classmates of V. H. S. is a passenger, namely. Walter Wood. The pilot of the pfane is Clovis Yandow. As Clovis has proved to he very efficient, I can relax and find out all about the class of '46 from that noted writer and critic. Walter Wood. First Walt tells me that under the name of “Troubador Cupid” he runs a column of advice to the lovelorn in the newspaper, “Time of My Life. And that he is now on his way to Boston to appear as a love expert on Radio Station V. H. S. on the Information Please Program. Only yesterday he received a letter from Betty Norton, who, in spite of her blonde hair and blue eyes is having quite a time to capture her “man.” She feels that this is because she is “pleasingly plump.” So Walt recommended her to one of his former classmates, Margaret Little, who has a gym for fat farmerettes. Margaret married after leaving high school and found farm life so dull that she set up this school. Her remedy is a great deal of exercise, staying out nights, and chewing gum for facial muscles. Anyway, I hope she can help Retty because she really deserves to settle down now after 20 years of nursing at the We Cure ’Em Ail Hospital. Now I’m going to tell you about the other members of the Class of ’46. Philip Griffith is teaching a course in Home Economics at Shoe. Horn Bend. Just to be different they hired a man to teach Home Economics for they could tell that Philip was most capable of handling such a position. Alice Harrow has lived a very glamorous life since she left V. H. S. Her first husband started her on the road to fame. He was the owner of the famous Midway Hotel in Chicago and the proud possessor of one million three hundred and forty two thousand dollars. But while on a visit to Peru, Alice fell in love and married a Peruvian. But it didn’t last long. Now she is living with her 17th husband. She seems to be doing all right for herself but is having quite a time to manage her children. Maybe it’s because she has thirteen. Roberta Shepard opened a kindergarten over in Bristol. She has been so successful with children that she has written many articles for “Parents Magazine” on child care. Jean Daigneault works for a New York firm. She’s a model of all types of clothes from dungarees to tailored suits. Francis Burroughs really found his calling. Everyone reads about the cases he has won in the courts. As a lawyer he is unsurpassed in ability. And last but not least, we come to the better part of the senior class of ’46. A gentleman who has really stuck by his native state—Alfred Jerger. Since Alfred was the only member of the class to stay near home he decided to open a ranch. He calls this ranch “Tex Care-away’s Hangout” or “Smoking Guns and Smouldering Souls.” Here we are so busy reminiscing about our classmates that we didn’t even know that our faithful pilot had once again reached the destination on time. Now that we’re down out of the air we’ll continue our normal lives. But it certainly is gratifying to realize that all of the class of ’46 are so successful and have made a mark in the world. Alice Wallace, ’46.