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

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BLUE AXD WHITE 23 ADVICE TO THE UNDERGRADUATES Since I. Marie Rose Bodette, am the most intelligent member of nv ’ class, it is my privilege to pass on a few bits of advice we have absorbed through our four years of high school. If any of you want to know how to stay out till the wee small hours in the morning and still look wide awake next day in school, see Paul Chapman. Would you like steady correspondence with Buckham Hall at the University of Vermont? Maybe Shirley Hunt will share hers with you. If you want to learn efficiency and how to get along with everyone, you should see Viola Moses. She is tops in everything. Some of the noisy Sophomores could profit by a few lessons on the “Art of Keeping Quiet” from Yvonne Davis. How do you do it. Yvonne? Would you like to learn how to spend a full and interesting evening at home? See Ann Milo. You know, don’t you, Ann ? If you would like free lessons on how to milk a cow. see Bob Parker and Boh Field. You should know, fellows? Girls do you want to he able to ride in a fast moving car calmly ? Marjorie Husk says she will he glad to explain her technique to anyone. If you want a big smile even on the darkkest of days, see Connie Thorne. She somehow always manages. Do you have trouble getting your studying done in a short time? If so. see Muriel Benedict. She has done it for four years. If you want to he tops in sports and liked by all your classmates, see Marlin and Marvin Blakely. They really are swell boys. Men. do you need a house buift on short notice? Bob Higbee says he can build one in no time. Right. Boh? There has been a rumor around the Senior class that there is an excess of college and high school hoys coming in from Middlebury. Any of you lonesome females who are interested are cordially invited to see Bettie Sullivan and Barbara Evans. You would be glad to get rid of them. huh. girls? Do you want your teachers to truly love you? Grant Laber says he has an entirely new formula. Do you want to he a varsity basketball star? Watch the technique of our Betty Jenkins. Eunice Muzzy has let it he known that if any of the awkward Freshman want dancing lessons, she will gladly oblige. It you want to he slow and still go places, see Erwin Clark. How do you do it Erwin ? We hear next year there is going to he a left-hehind male around Vergennes First come, first served, so please see Gerry Lawrence. How about it, Gerry. If you would like a fresh copy of that new book How to Ride and influence Horses, see Marie Bodette. She has one, hot off the press. To he forever amazed at the wonders of the world, observe the technique of of Glenn Griffith. He is always amazed. If you need a new dress to wear in a hurry. Rita Bradley says she makes one in no time. Seriously our four years of high school have been very happy. We are sincerely grateful for the patient help of all our teachers and to our parents for making their milestone in our lives possible. We hope that of the advice we have just given, some of it will do some good and that the next Senior class will he as happy and successful as we were. Marie Bodette. '49 CLASS WILL fContinued from page 22) my place as “Number 1 Red Head in High School. Some gentlemen may prefer blondes. Jean, hut I’m sure you can prove different. I. Constance Ann Thorne, do devise and bequeath to Alice Tucker my height. When there’s a crowd. Alice, vou never can he found. Ann Milo. ’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)

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VEKGENNES HIGH SCHOOL 24 SENIOR CLASS TRIP CLASS OF ’49 On Friday, February 11. at 1:30 P. M.. a chartered bus. arrived at V. H. S. to take the Seniors on their long-anticipated trip to the Ice Follies at Montreal. On the way the trip was shortened by much singing, talking, and merry-making. Before we knew it. it was 5 :00 o’clock and we were entering Montreal. The hotel where we were to stay was the Laurentien, a new 22-story structure on Dominion Square. This is the first post-war hotel to be built in Canada; thus it is completely fire-proof. After being shown to our rooms, which we found so luxurious that we hated to leave them, we freshened up a bit and went out to supper. At 7 :30 the class met in the lobby to go to the Follies. Taxies were used as a means of transportation. When we arrived at the Montreal Forum, we were ushered to our box-seats by a courteous usherette. Promptly at 8:30 the overture began as the houselights dimmed, and preparations were made for the first feature of the show. 1 he main features were: “Fountain of Versailles.” All Aboard for Candvland. “California Centennial. “Aladin's Lamp. “Coney Island, “Mardi Gras at Tewr Orleans. and “Aero Dynamics. To us the Follies were nothing less than colossal. One could not help thinking how much work had gone into the production of the show as a whole, and also the technique of each individual skater. Many things contributed to the perfection which was manifested; one was the precision timing, also the elaborate costumes and the many different lighting effects. Especially effective were the Conti-Glo costumes used in the Mardi Gras which created a multi-colored effect, with no lighting whatsoever. The grand finale “Aero Dynamics. starred 32 Ice Folliettes and the entire company which consists of a total of 86 persons. After the Follies we went out to eat and evervone was in at 12:00. the des- ignated time. We will not disclose the exact hours of retiring, but everyone was up surprisingly early Saturday morning. We had breakfast, went shopping, ate lunch and then many of us went on a sight-seeing tour which took in the Wax Works, Notre Dame Cathedral and St. Joseph's Shrine. At 4:C0 P. M., a tired, but happy group reluctantly piled onto the bus and once more headed homeward. Everyone had a grand time and there was also much to be gotten out of the trip) from an educational and cultural standpoint. We arrived in Vergennes at 8:00. more tired, but with the thoughts of many fond memories in our minds. Grant Laber Constance Thorne THE SENIOR PLAY The annual Senior Play took place on November 9, 1948. at the Vergennes City Hall. It proved to be a tremendous success due to the superb talent of the Seniors. Under the direction of Mrs. Harris Thurber it was said to have been the best play ever presented by a high school class. The play was a comedy in three acts by Jay Tobias called “A Ready Made Family. The story centers around the sophisticated Mrs. Agnes Mavtvn. played by Bettie Sullivan, and her three children and the aristocratic Hen-rv Turner, played by Grant Laber. and his two children. Mrs. Martyn met Mr. Turner at the sea shore, they fell in love and were married, unbeknown to their children. The couple return home and immediately the children start planning ways and means to break up the couple. Mrs. Martyn’s children were Marilee. played by Rita Bradley, who succeeded in infuriating Mr. Turner with her baby talk; Bob. played by Erwin Clark, whose epileptic fits put Mr. Turner in a dither; and Grade, played by Ann Milo, who stole the show by acting the diabolical part of a typical brat.