Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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74a .fwfqfuoan President s Address It rs mx pr IX rlege as presrdent of the Class of 1947 to express the sent rments of mx felloxx classmates It IS xxrth sober hearts that xxe leaxe these halls xx hrch haxe meant so much to us rn the xears past We are xerx fortunate to haxe xxrth us srx drscharged serxrcemen xxho haxe returned to finrsh therr hrgh school trarnrng From the Naxy xxe haxe HA 1 c Max Irrsh xx ho serx ed txx entx three months rn thrs coun try SAI 3 c Howard lxaylor xx ho returned after txx enty months rn ser xrce thrrteen of them 1n the Pacrfic Theatre and 'Nlotor Machrnrst s 'Vlate 1 c Robert Harxey xx ho serx ed thlrty four months txxenty four of chem rn the Pacrfrc Theatre From the Marrne Corps the men vxho returned xxere Sergeant Garland Fletcher xxrth fifteen months serxlce eleyen of them rn Chrna Sergeant Harry Marden xxrth thrrty SIX months eleven of them rn the Pacrhc Theatre and Pfc lxorman Nelson xx ho serxed srxteen months nrne of vxhrch xx ere rn Chrna One member of our class Ronald Brrckey rs absent from graduatlon because he IS strll IH mrlltary seryrce The xarrous members of the faculty haxe made our days at W H S pleasant ones We realrze noxx that rt has not been at all easy for our teachers We hope that they haxe found us cooperatrxe If at trmes we haxe not met thelr expectatrons vxe are extremely sorrx We oxve more to these rnstructors than xxords or feelrngs can express Needless to say we are eternally rndebted to our school board super rntendent and the toxxnspeople for the splendrd opportunrtres they haxe presented us We also express our gratrtude to Mrs Curtls Gough xxho has gulded us safely and xxrsely through thls our most memorable year To you all xxe can say rs Thanks a Mrllron To the underclassmen xxe lcrxe our slncere hopc that you xxrll do those thrngs that xxe haxe farled to do It IS best to realrze before your final xear that you are gorng, to get out of school only xx hat you put 1nto rt True success lres ln dorng exery task to the utmost of your abrlrty You xxrll face many trylng srtuatrons before recerxrng your drploma but re member that each encounter can leaxe you a better person rf you solxe rt satrsfactorrlv If you meet an rntrlcate problem that tends to steer you astrax consult one of your teachers and he xx1ll do all that he can to gulde vou Make xour teachers feel that they are here for a purpose Manx people thrnk that they must become star athletes or outstand rng students to achrexe popularrty but real popularlty rs measured rn terms of good sportsmanshrp xxrllrngness to cooperate and a keen deslre to become a better and more beneficral 1nd1x1dual We hope that xx hat xxe haxe done max serxe as an example for you to folloxx and that xxhat xxe haxe left undone max be finrshed by those to come We are countrng on xou the underclassmen to carry on the school honors and tradrtlons As xxe 1o1n the alumnr of Waterburx Hrgh School our hearts are filled xx 1th the gax memorres of our darly a soclatrons rn the classroom the com panlonshrp xxe found on the basketball Hoor the baseball Held the dra matrc productrons the muslcal orgamzatrons and other school actrvrtres So as xxe the Class of 1947 take our places rn the xx orld xxe leaxe xxrthrn these xx alls the most cherished possessron of our 11x es our youth NIALLOLM NELSON 0 I 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 V ' V 1 ' V 1 V 1 V V ' V V V V- ' ' - 1 , 1 V 1 V V ' V 1 V V ' 1 V ' V 1 1 - V. 1 1 1 1 . ' , W , 1 A 1 1 A 1 V V 1 V ' V- 1 V - J- ! ' lv ' ' ' V 1 1 1 V . 1, r 1 . V' ' V 1 V' V 1 1 , . . 1 4 V. . 1. V . , 7' -1 1, ' , 1 ' 1 1' ' 1' ' 1' 1 ' V ' V V ' ' 1 1 1 , ' . 1 1 , 1 . v 1 . l ' 1 ' 1 . . V 7. ' , 1 1 7' 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 1 . 1 1 71 v 1 ' 1 V V ' V ' ' ' 9 1 V V V ' 9 1 ' 1 V - v Y - 111 , , - . y . . Y 1 AV k1k1 1 ,1 ' VAV. 1 'K1 V LV ' x1 L1 V V AV K1, 1 K1 , I , , , , , ' 14 , ' ' sv 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 V ,V ' 1 1' 1 , 1 V' 1 1 V c 1 A1 ,-K1 V V 1 I A1 L1 1 V ' 7- L1 1 V V ' ' I 1 K1k1 L1 ,V V A K 1 1 . V V V 1 V r V 1 - , ' ' 9 , , V V 1 ' V V ' 1' 1 N 1 1' 1 v 1 V' ' 1 D, 1 1 V 11 . V 1 1 N . U 1 1 V ' 1 1 1 - W 1 1 1 1 V 1 1 1 1 ' V T 1 1' 1, 1 1 , 11, 1 1 , , V V V V V V V V V ' 1 V 1 V ' V 1 1 v 1 1 ' ' N , 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' . . 1 1 Q Y 1 l ' 1 1 1 H 1 V 1 Q 1 - W 1 1, 1 1 , 1 , , - 1 7. 1 1 ' ' ' 1 , 1 1 , 1 V 1 V ' V 1 V V V' ' 1 v ' ' s ' 9 K V S 41 1 1k 1 1 sy . L 1

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71,1 fmaam History of the Cfass of I947 As I gaze rnto the clear xxater of Butler s Pond xx atchrng the rlpples of that grgantrc gorgeous bodx of xxater mx thoughts reflect back to the fall of 1933 xx hen an rnnocent group of xoungster namelx thrs Class of 1947 approached the Great Halls of Learnrng Enterrng our first xear of learnrng xxe xxere under the tutelage of 'NI1ss Olmstead who spent the dax dryrng tears and bloxxrng noses That first dax xx as a hard one xxe xx ondered xx hat rt xx as all about When asked hoxx he lrked school Allan Luce made the remark that srnce he hadnt learned anythrng he xx ould haxe to go back the next dax and he s strll xvrth us We can t all be rntellrgent can xxe Allan Durlng our second vear xxe xxere under the gurdance of Nlrss Irma Nlalloxx xxho latcr became Nlrs Prentrss Nlarslrall We thought xxe xx ere rust about the lest but found out drfferentlx xx hen Paul DeQelle xx as p ac ed 1n under the teacher s desk for berng., a bad box He seemed xerx c rlm and serene xx hrle serxlng hrs term on the floor and xx hen lunch trme c rme our teacher drdnt haxe any We strll xx ould lrke to knoxx xx here rt xx ent Bx anx chance could you tell us Paul? Thrs year xxe xx ere appalled xx hen xxe learned that there xvere years and years of educatron ahead of us We xentured rnto the thrrd grade xx 1th Nlrss Bertha Joslxn behrnd the desk and nobody under rt thrs year We xx ere noxx on the upper floor and felt more rmportant Our sxxelled heads and opened traps must haxe drs couraged Mrss Joslyn because xfxe acqurred a nexx superxrsor Mrs Pugh Also an actrxe member of the Class of 41 rorned our partx namely Patrrcra Morrell The next year found us rn the fourth grade and an attempt xxas made by Mrss Wheeler to teach us the fundamentals of manners but she appar ently drdn t succeed Hrstory geography and long drxrsron kept us enter tamed after school Also our rnterest rn musrc began and that explarns the soft melloxx tone of the Class of 47 ed her xxrth the questron Drd xou mrss mx Class xesterdax The replx from xoung Mrss Randall xxas 'Nlo not xerx much Durlng our fifth xear xxe xxere under the leadershrp of Nlrs Carl M11 l Thanks to chexxlng., gum and fractrons one could enter the classroom any trme after 3 30 P M and see a studrous class not because xxe xx anted to but because xxe had to For the first trme our C lass Casanoxa John Magnus got star rx ex ed at Patrlcra Nlorrell In sprte of our lackadarsrcal exrstence xxe mox cd rnto the mrddle burld rng to pester Mlss Jackson the folloxxrng year Throughout the course of the year xxe xxere prepared for Junror Hrgh Then started another ro mance Bernard Keefe xxas undecrded betxxeen a trro of Patrrcra Vlorrell Sallx Randall and Jean Guptrl For hrs brax erv hc xxas presented xxrth a beautrful huge red harr rrbbon bx Nlrss Jackson We xxrll haxe to ad mrt that rt certarnlx looked xxondertul on xou Bernard and the Class of 41 agrees that he hasn t changed Then came that ex entful day xx hen xxe xx ere grceted at the door of the sexenth grade our first xear of runror hrgh bx N11 s Flora Carpenter xxho kept us somexx hat subdued Hoxx ex er xxe xx ere alloxx ed to change classes and attend assemblres xx hrch proxrded much satrsfactron and excrtement for us We usuallv found our proper classrooms about txxentx rnrnutes late but no srgnal xx as sent out for anx lo t rndrxrdual Mrss Laura Demcrrtt trred to corral us for her home room durrng our erghth xear I , n , - rv , . . ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1, 1 A rl. .1 , v 1 7 S ' 1 1 y 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 v . 1 , 1' , , . , . 11 D ' ' 1 1 7 ' D v .. , , . A ' ly v ' A ' A .l '.'.' A rl ' 7 ' ' D A. I L. y . u, 1 . 5 1. - I 1 4,1 1 D r 1 , 1 1 v Q v 2 K. . L, . , A. . v . 2 ' , v . 1 ' 1 . 1 1 ' v V V ' 1 1 v 1 Y 1. 11 7 '! ' ' 7 1 ' ' 1' ' 1 1 -1 1 1 y ' A A .. r V n . In 1 V v . V 1 N v ' 1- ' , ,, rs r-u ' ' , , y ' ' 1 v 7 I N v I 1 ,1 I 1 . . - s r s - .', : f '- A I n y L A ' . . . , . . , , , , cr as . , .1 . T' 1 ' 1 1 7 One day, after bally Randall had been absent, Mrss Vx heeler confront- 1 1' 1 ' U ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 1 1 Y - 1 1 4 v 1 54' v 1 v 'Y 1' r ty . Y 1 1 1 1K1 ' ' A L1. 1 1 ' - Q 1 . . 1 1 -4- 1 1 er. . ' f f ., .. Y . K 1 . ' l r 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 ,, 1 v v V o 1 n A 4 A n A y L 1 v 4 11 I -1 AA ' 4 1 1 f 11 1 ,, . K., , K, . U, 1 . . . 4 .. A . . . , - 1 1 A I ' r L1 1 g - 1 . 1, K. 1 . . . L , 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1. 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1' . . N, . . ' ' ' l ' 1 1 - 1 v' 1 , 7 , U' A 1 . 1 1 ' ' ' ' , ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1, 7 Y ' L u r-vv , v . ' , ' . ' . , t' A FS , ' 1' 1 ' 1 1 v v , Y V 1 Y ' , 9 , 1 Q z 1 1 1 v ' ' 1 1 , 1 1' .' 1 1, 1 ' 1 1 1 1' r . - Y 1 Q U .