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

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FRONT ROW: M. Stephens, M. Gale, A. Adams, L. Derway, V. LeBeau, S. Murray, J. Gebeault, G. Bristol, M. Booth, J. Barrows, J. Jenkins. SECOND ROW: Miss S. Whalley, (instructor), J. Collett, T. Charbonneau, L. Cunningham, R. Clark, E. Chamberlain, L. Husk, P. Milo, L. Clark, D. Sheldon, D. Curler, E. Smith. BACK ROW: R. Spade, H. Spencer, C. Chapman, J. Parkinson, R. Smith, B. Lasher, N. Rose, D. Burnett, S. Olson, J. Rivers, P. Hallock. Eighth Grade On September 9, 1953 Rocket ’58 entered Pit 8 at V.H.S. under the command of President John Collette. His fellow space officers were: Vice-President Tommy Charbonneau, Secretary Gail Bristol, and Treasurer Robert Smith. We blasted off into space with Commander-in-Chief Miss Shirley Whalley, at the controls of our Master Space Ship. Descending into the spacelocks of Mercury, we left our ship in Pit No. 7 to attend a Christmas Dance. Having completed this social maneuver, we headed our craft toward Mars. After a short time of just cruising along in our Master ’58, we eased it into a pit at Vents to enjoy another dance. Much to our sorrow, our Commander-in-Chief, Miss Whalley, was assigned to another interplanatory position and our new Commander, Mr. Edward Watkins, took immediate control of our space crew. After blasting-off from Venus, we headed our ship to Pluto where our basketball cadets had several games with other space cadets. Our teams did not have much luck in these interplanatory events, but we gained good experience even if we won only one game. We cruised through a field of little meteors but steered our Rocket clear of any disasters. Our ship righted, we headed it toward graduation and coming events in our space time. Smooth sailing is expected and we shall soon be landing on earth to change space ships to a higher rank. By John Collette A daytime sighting squad of 34 Seventh Grade Rocketeers carefully mapped out their cruise into V.H.S. last September, to try to conquer subjects such as mathematics, English, science, geography, and spelling. Our extra-curricular activities included basketball, volleyball, baseball, and snowballs, with an occasional spitball in the air. Some of our rocketeers drifted into Drill Team and Band. We were active socially, too, putting on a grand Christinas party in which we had flying saucers i n the form of paper plates, and flying discs in the form of candy and dry ice. All pupils, teachers, and guests received gifts. Our class officers were: .Alice Jackman, president; Mary McNulla, vice-president; Brian O’Connor, secretory, and Paul Quinton, treasurer. Mrs. Vema Evarts was our faculty adviser. By Alice Jackman FRONT ROW: E. Blair, J. Burnett, B. Brown, M. Sauter, C. Gregory, A. Jackman, J. Norton , C. Tucker, E. Chamberlain, C. Brill, D. O’Connor. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Evarts (faculty adviser), S. Caswell, F. Rheaume, M. Abair, S. Mitchell, M.J. Rivers, F. Ouellette, M. McNulla, J. Wagnor, T. Clark, L. Rheaumo. BACK ROW: W. Douglas, S. Wright, F. Hall, D Ouellette, C. Heisler, R. Desjadon, R. Cunningham, L. Brown, P. Quinton, R. Hallock, P. Lawrence, L. Wimett. Seventh Grade