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

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BLUE AND WHITE I'J CLASS HISTORY As we look hack to the year 1945, we remember how 45 of us entered Ver-gennes High School and took our places as official members in the Freshman class on September 21, the date of initiation. We elected the following as class officers: President, Paul Chapman ; vice-president, Marie Blakely; secretary. Barbara Evans; treasurer, Marlin Blakely; Mrs. Nelson, our class advisor. In February we put on a very successful Valentine dance with Mrs. Wright as our chaperone. In September of '46 we elected as class officers: President, Viola Moses; vice-president, Erwin Clark; secretary, Grant Laber; and treasurer, Marvin Blakely. This year was a lucky one for our class, because we won first place in Stunt Night with a take-off of a number of well-known radio programs. As a special added attraction we had “It Pays To Be Ignorant,” an appropriate program for our less intelligent classmates. Our Junior year we elected Constance Thorne as president; Robert Field, vice-president; Grant Laber, secretary ; and Bettie Sullivan as treasurer. We held vie dances every Friday night all winter to earn money, so that our Junior Prom would be the best ever to take place. This great event was held on May 28. and we were the first class ever to make a profit, which totaled $1C0. The interior of the gym was decorated in the form of a ship in artistic hues of blue and silver. A silhouette of a ship was engraved on the programs, and the dances were named after various ship-board terms. We had “The Storm of Colors” and two crystal balls, that made us dizzy even though the punch did not. Music was furnished by the “Black Panthers” of Middlebury College, and I am sure everyone enjoyed themselves. At least our class thought it was the finest and most successful prom ever to be held, although we might be prejudiced. Delegates chosen from the class to go to Girls' State were Constance Thorne and Barbara Evans. Marvin and Marlin Blakely, our Boys’ State representatives, had everyone looking twice. We began our Senior year by electing Grant Laber as president; Marjorie Husk as vice-president; Barbara Evans as secretary; and Erwin Clark as Treasurer. One of the most important and certainly most entertaining events was the Senior Play. “A Ready Made Family” by Jay Tobias. This was a three act comedy, directed under the able hand of Mrs. Thurber, and was believed to have been one of the best, with a well-chosen cast and a capacity audience. We sold apples and milk during recess all year to collect enough money so that we might go on a class trip. This long anticipated trip to Montreal to see the Ice Follies began on Friday, February 11. We stayed at the Lau-rentien Hotel, a new 22-story structure. The Follies were beautiful, especially the costumes and lighting effects. On Saturday morning we went shopping after which many went on a sight seeing tour of the Wax Museum. Shrine of St. Joseph, and many other places of interest. We started for home that afternoon. tired but happy, with many fond memories of two wonderful days. Viola Moses was chosen as Good Citizenship girl of the year, and we were proud that she was the state-wide choice as well. On March 20. we journeyed to Montpelier to visit the State Legislature and we were given a dinner at the Brown Derby by the Town Representative and a Senator from Addison County; we also met Governor Gibson. After dinner we visited “Redstone” the new home of the Vermont State Police, and also went through the National Life Insurance Building. Throughout our four years in high school we have tried to obtain the goals we have strived for. Only by help and understanding of each other have we (Continued on page 20)

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IS YKKGKXXES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ODE (Tune: “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi ) The time now is near, and the season's here When we must say goodbye— As years go by there will oft return mem Vies Of Vergennes High 'The Blue and the White will lead on thru the fight. And the grey and green will try To win first place and carry the light— For the honor of Vergennes High! E. A. Sullivan. 40

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20 VEKGEXXES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS PROPHECY The year is 1060. and the place. Ver-gennes, Vermont. The class reunion has been called for the class of '49. As we walk down the street we see that many of the people we know back in '49 have come a long way. One of the few exceptions is Paul Chapman, who is head pinboy at Blakely's Bowling Alleys, owned and operated by our old classmates. Marvin and Marlin Blakely. Grant Laber. after many promotions, has become second vice-president of the J. C. Penney Company. Shirley Hunt. Marie Bodette and Marjorie Husk have become world famous for their method of combatting radioactivity in the atom bomb victims of the Third World War. during which they were army nurses. Erwin Clark has become Congressman Clark who, it is rumored is going to run for I7. S. Senator in the next senatorial election. Viola Moses is private secretary to Congressman Clark, and has the upper hand in all his affairs. Robert Highee is one of the biggest contractors in Vermont, and is building a new high school here in Vergetines. not that we really need one. only the old one burned down this year. Robert Field and Robert Parker both reside in Ferrisburg, where they are prosperous farmers. They visit the Ice Follies every winter in Montreal because they enjoyed them so much when we went there on our class trip. Bettie Sullivan is working for Northeast Airlines as a flight stewardess, and has caught a handsome pilot after all these years of looking for the perfect husband. Ann Milo has become Ann Russett, and the little Russetts aren't so little. Barbara Evans was a nurse for a while, but now she has married a famous brain surgeon. Rita Bradley and Bobby Evarts still have their weekly spat, although they are now married, they were on speaking terms the day they were married for a change. Glenn Griffith is operating a subsidiary of Eastman-Kodak here in Ver-gennes. He has been trying to get a raise for a year but he is still so quiet and bashful that he has been afraid to ask for one. Connie Thorne is Dean of Women at Middlebury College, and the girls don’t have to worry about coming in late at night because she understands their problem. Eunice Muzzy is running a children's nursery in this city and is quite a disciplinarian because of all she received in school. Geraldine Lawrence gave up being a nurse and has married a college professor named John. Muriel Benedict has married and is living in Weybridge with her husband and six children, maybe they will keep her tied down now. Betty Jenkins is physical education teacher at V.H.S. and has a young basketball player named Jim Smith, in her class, a relation of the one she always was kidding with. Yvonne Davis has married and is living in West Addison, she gives singing lessons in her spare time. I have given you a brief glimpse into the private life of my classmates and also of myself, so will close for now. until we meet again at our next reunion. Erwin Clark. '49 CLASS HISTORY (Continued from page 19) been able to carry on the work laid out for us. Those years seemed to fly by, and suddenly we find ourselves at that fork in the road where each goes his own way. maybe never to see some of his friends again. We hope, though it is hard to express our thought, that we have been able to show the underclassmen through the lines of this history, how much fun we have really had. and that dee]) down in our hearts we regret leaving the school that has become so much a part of us. Constance Thorne '49