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

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BLUE AND WHITE 21 STUDENT VOTE Most Popular Girl...Constance Thorne Most Ambitious Girl......Viola Moses Cutest Girls...........Barbara Evans Marguerite Bradley Best Looking Girl......Barbara Evans Biggett Wolfess........Bettie Sullivan Best Sport.............Betty Jenkins Quietest Girl .........Yvonne Davis Most Cooperative Girl.......Ann Milo Best Dressed Girl.....Constance Thorne Best Personalities....Constance Thorne Bettie Sullivan Best Dancer ............ Betty Jenkins Wittiest Girl .........Eunice Muzzy Most Studious Girl ....Yvonne Davis Least Studious Girl....Muriel Benedict Most Likely to Succeed...Vio'a Moses Constance Thorne Least Conceited .......Shirley Hunt Best Disposition ......Marjorie Husk FACULTY VOTE Most Popular Girl....Constance Thorne Most Ambitious Girl.......Viola Moses Best Looking Girl...Constance Thorne Cutest Girl ...................Barbara Evans Most Likely to Succeed Constance Thorne « Best Sport ......................Betty Jenkins Quietest Girl ........... Yvonne Davis Most Cooperative .........Viola Moses Most Intelligent .........Viola Moses Best Disposition ...Constance Thorne STUDENT VOTE Most Poular Boy.........Marlin Blakely Most Ambitious Boy ....Paul Chapman Best Looking Boy.......Marlin Blakely Biggest Wolf...........Paul Chapman Best Sports............Marlin Blakely Marvin Blakely Quietest Boy...........Robert Parker Most Cooperative Boy....Grant Laber Most Intelligent Boy.Paul Chapman Best Dressed Boy........Marvin Blakely Wittiest Boy ..........Robert Field Best Personality ......Marlin Blakely Best Dancer ...........Marlin Blakely Most Studious Boy .....Robert Field Least Studious Boy.......Robert Higbee Best Disposition..........Robert Field Most Likely to Succeed....Erwin Clark Paul Chapman Least Conceited ..... Robert Parker FACULTY Most Popular Boys.......Marvin Blakelv Marlin Blakely Most Ambitious Boy.....Paul Chapman Best Looking Boy.......Paul Chapman Best Sport ............Marlin Blakely Quietest Boy ..........Robert Parker Most Cooperative ....Marvin Blakely Marlin Blakely Most Intelligent ......Paul Chapman Most Likely to Succeed...Erwin Clark Wittiest Boy ..........Robert Field Best Disposition ......Robert Higbee

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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

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22 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS WILL We, the members of the class of 1949 of Vergennes High School of the City of Vergennes. County of Addison. State of Vermont, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make, publish, and declare the following as our Last Will and Testament: I. Muriel Helen Benedict, do devise and bequeath to Frances Poulin my extra dates. Maybe you can have a different one every night now, Frances. I. Marlin Robert Blakely, do devise and bequeath to Janies Smith, my abil-itv at basketball. Maybe you can play twice as well next year. Jim. by adding mv ability to your own. I, Marvin Donald Blakely, do devise and bequeath to any Junior bov my corner seat. It's the only place you can sit and talk without being caught. I. Marie Rose Bodette. do devise and bequeath to Barbara Charbonneau. my ability to start an argument in American History. It comes in handy, Barb. I. Marquerite Irene Bradley, do devise and bequeath to Lucille Collom, my ability to write notes without being caught. You seem to get it every time. Lucille. I. Edwin Paul Chapman, do devise and bequeath to John Stebbins, my place as poorest writer in school. 1 know you are trying hard. Jack. I. Erwin Arthur Clark, do devise and bequeath to Mike McGrath, my trombone so that you can blow off steam without annoying anyone, especially those in Mrs. Thurber’s study hall. Mike. I. Yvonne Lorraine Davis, do devise and bequeath to Jean Higbee. my quiet manner. It sometimes pays to be seen and not heard. Jean. I. Barbara Ann Evans, do devise and bequeath to May Ross all the Saturday night dances. I hope you will be as faithful in attending them as I have. May. 1. Robert Stanley Field, do devise and bequeath to Clement Loohv. my car. Someone has to do the running around. Clem, and I mean strictly in the line of duty. 1. Glenn Harlan Griffith, do devise and bequeath to Alan Mack my silly grin and blushing face. You seem so sober, Alan. I, Robert Philip Higbee. do devise and bequeath to Alan Langeway my English hook. I wonder if you will get as much out of Shakespeare and Chaucer as I did. Alan. I. Shirley Alberta Hunt, do devise and bequeath to Norma Bodette. my job at Stephens’ Pharmacy. I hope you get to know the Mayor as well as I do, Norma. I, Janet Marjorie Husk, do devise and bequeath to Henry Sisters, my ability to write poems. I know you certainly need it. Hank. I. Betty Eileen Jenkins, do devise and bequeath to Betty LeBeau. my basketball ability. Not that you need it so much, Betty, but I thought you might use my height. I. Grant Stanford Laber, do devise and bequeath to William Baldwin, my title as “Casanova of the Senior Class.” The only thing you have to have is a steady girl. Bill, for protection. 1. Geraldine Ruth Lawrence, do devise and bequeath to Louis Champagne my gum, so that you may get caught oftener than I did. Louis. 1, Ann Marie Milo, do devise and bequeath to Mary Charbonneau. my dressmaking ability. 1 heard you lacked that technique. Mary. I. Viola May Moses, do devise and bequeath to Stephanv Thompson my extra A’s. They do come in handy, don’t they, Step, 1. Eunice Winifred Muzzy, do devise and bequeath to Doris Burroughs, my “corny jokes.” They really help to liven up a study hall. Dorie. I. Robert Field Parker, do devise and bequeath to James McXulla, my quiet way. You know. Jim. I just can’t see you taking it easy. I. Elizabeth Anne Sullivan, do devise and bequeath to my sister. Jean, (Continued on page 22)