Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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7fze foaglnofm Close bx on a ljullfllllg xxas a colorful placald proclalmrng that NIEIIX Deal the Chdm131OH xx restler xx ould meet all comers Remembellng hoxx she prled her x1Ctlms up rn hlgh chool xxe xx eren t SUlDI'1S9Cl that she had no comers Another lgn adxe1t1sed the nexx book on the market bx Bumpx Nlartln It xxas the stolx of a great sxxlmmer named Ixaufman Yes It xx xs our oxxn Dlck Kaufm xn At last he had found somethlng he could do better than plax basketball We notlced a couple of people hurl xlng doxxn the docks toxxards the boat Bccausc ot the mox 19 thcx h1d rust made The Loxe ot Nlx I rfc thc txxo stars Walter Ioxxe and lydla Ianglols xx cre taklng a compulsory tour around the xxolld As thc scene st zrted to change xxe IlOtlC8ll a xxould be pol1t1c1an bc 11 Ing the s1g.,n Note For Nle Dot Nlorlell for Nlaym I xx1ll do xx ondcrs for xou Wc declded that xxe xx ould do our oxxn xx onderlng and looked elsexx hcle Nothlng xxould be complete xxlthout somethlng fantastlc from our class and xxe found It 1n Fantasla the C1tV of perfectlon which xx as float mg far aboxe th1s old planet Here xxe smelled somethlng xelv strong, commg, from a local lab Yes xou re rlght It xx as John Brunell mlxrng up one of hls xx onders to the xxorld and to hlmself' We left John and rence Dufresne Fhey seemed completelx absorbed 1n a book bearlng the tltle The Professlon of Loafing ln Ten Easy Lessons Then xxe xxere attracted by a slgn 'Hake 'Wore and Better Nluscles and saxx Nlary Tler ney conductlng a class 1n gy mnastrcs We alxx axs thought that bclng such a smart glrl xxould get her more than muscles' We prob xbly xxould haxe seen much much more ln our crx stal ball lf xxc had not been attacked by txxo large poxxerful looklng 1Hfl1X1dlJ2ilS Well sa1d one of them as they dragged us doxxn the xllev I dont knoxx hoxx these vuys get out of thelr rooms ex erx night but they do and each tlme xxe find them lookrng, 1nto that old fish boxvl The other attendant sald Sax xxhat d1d these guxs do before thex ended up rn th1s sanatouum' Well I heard that thc fortune teller I mean the one that thlnks he 15 xx as the ed1to1 of Farm Hobbx but hls hatred of xxork and loxe of mrschlef caused hrs breakdoxxn The other character llked hrstorx so much IH h1s school d'1xs he thought he xx as George Washlngton and xx as hauled 1n for slgmng, W3ShlHgTOD s name 1n a hotel reglstel Wrth th1s Jack and I xx ere ushered 1nto our SDHCIOUS sultes ID the left xxlng Well I suppose xou xxon t bellexe what xxe saxx 1n the crxstal ball but 11115 the truth I m sure of It aren t you? HAROLD Box DEN J oHN KEEFE 1 1 ' I 1g 1 s 1 1 . - r 1 1 . , ' 1 1 1 1 , 1x1 1' ,1 1 . . , . ,I 1 l '1 'I I 1 . l C 1 1 , 1 a ' 1 1 L1. . S' 1 1 'L1 1 1 1 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1. 7: I 0 12 K1 1 1 ' , 7 4 Z ' I .1 g K1 . J- 1 0 4 V I 1 ' 1 1 1 V' V 45 v ' v I ,s v 1 1 v .1 I 1 A t 4 A, A . ' . , ' 1 ' 1 4' 7 1, 1 1 . ' 1- 1 . .1 1 1 f . 1 1 ' L. , .1 . A1 2 V . v . 4. Y. ,, , W I r 1 ' ' ' Ji ' r 1 A v 1 ' . 1 1 1' 1 , 1 1 H y ' 4 1 . , . . . N . 1 1 1 ' , , 1 , 1 .. . , V . . r 1 i1 . 1 K1 K1 ' v 1 L1 ,- . r 1 v , .r V V . . . ., V . . , . 1 V 1 1 1 I came upon two famlllar figures who proved to be Bob Sherman and Laxv- n 1 ' 1 v 1 ' I . ' if ' ' y v !7 V Y , . . .. .. 1' 44 I 1 1 ,7 1 . ' . , A I4 4 1 . , 1 ' I - 1 . ' . 1 1 1 ' 1. 1 1 ' f1 1 1 1 1 5' 1 Z Y V ' 1 1 ' n Y 1 I ' 1 , , . . 1 1 1 ' 7 ' ' 1' 1 , .. at vs , ' , , , an 1 , . . ' f f . z y, v 7 1 I 1 1 1 1 ' K ' C L .1 7 9 l . V . r . 1 ,, 4 1 . ii 1 1 . 1 1 1 7 ' 7 1 ! ' 1, ' 11 ' ' 1 1 1' ' 7' 54 . , . ' 1. , , , . '-1 1. 1 ' 1 U 1 1 9' ' 1 1 1 .K1 . K 'I1 1 v . 1 5 4 . .L1 1 v K1 5 A r n A r x 1 1- '1 1 1 1 7 . 1 1 1 ' 4 v 1 1 . , . . U . L . , . .Y , rv 1 . , . . . , . 1 - A ,

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7fze .fanqlzoan other than Bud Sweet. He seemed to be enjoying the job of sitting behind the cash register at the Slappy Sweet Slop Shop. In back of the shop was a lanky rndryrdual He yyas telling a group of tourists that he had been a lumber baron but after his fifth wife dry orced him he had decided he would take up professional loafing By the way that was Ernest Rob bins From the Slop Shop we looked up the ayenue to the local school house where we found two of our hard working grrls One was Grace Abare who w as rurrnlng the commerclal department The other w as Eye lyn Brown the principal s wife w ho was yust running Before this coun try scene disappeared yve saw Theda Nelson emerging from Moron Court yy 1th nine little half Nelsons The next yrew was quite different It showed a collectlon of sky cr apers You guessed rt rt w as the city When you think of a crtv vou think of some poor policeman w ho has to walk h1s beat and a policeman was the first person we noticed Under a blue unrform was the manly form of Bob Bordeaux Near a gorgeous penthouse yye saw Playboy Don Nelson parked 1n his gy roplane flirting with Eyelyn Krlby who was mow ing her small roof top lawn rn an attempt to hide her excitement W should haye told her that she had gone oy er the same section three times Soon yye spotted a night club ow ned by Phyllis Falardeau We could hear the strains of Swanee being crooned by that soloist Eleanor Preble And there was Bill O Brien being thrown out by the bouncer Doug Clifton' B111 must haye thought he could get rn free just because he was Miss Preble s chauffeur He should haye known that the only place you can get free admittance for being a chauffeur rs at a basketball game Soon a very important looking building appeared before us and as our super X1SU8l srght penetrated its wall we found Lawyer Willard Breen pleading the case Marv Jane Talbert ys Dr Joan Mason Mary had once ow ned seven prize dogs which became sick all at once She took them to Dr Mason to be cured but the latter yust hastened their death Attorney Breen wishing to display his talents w as fighting for both sides of the case so that he might be sure to win in the end Next yye obsery ed the Cutemanbleed Barber Shop where Dick Belanger a barber w as g1y ing Bob Campbell a dentist a yery close shaye Dick was beratrng Bob for extracting two teeth that he hadnt wanted pulled Hearing the words Ah' Sweet rey enge we sadly looked aw ay At a busy street corner amid roaring traffic w as Melyrn Dunphy engaged rn a yrgorous cony er sa be a salesman but we couldnt make out w hether he w as selling., an article or himself Next yye sayy the Pat Quinn Model Agency Just enter mg., the agency w ere fiye of the w orld s most famous models Tina Jones The Fycs Jean Drrstoll The Smile Betty Smith The Prohle Wrnr fred Sw eeney The Islgure and Marilyn Haryey The H 111 Then yye yy ere at the docks yy here an Australian sheen owner yy as try mg, to conyrnce the people that her VK arren sheep yy ere superior to others At the mention ot Warren we knew that Chri trne Eurrch yy is trying to pull the w ool oy er omebody s ey es Farther doyyn the dock yye sayy a ship s Q rptarn trying, to get ready to et sall but the hip creyy yy rs in no hurry and C C G Captain C rtherlne Crandheld couldnt eem to round them up This slnp yy as called the Grandheld Special for Lonely Hearts V . . A6 V Y 77 . 1 D . 1. v . 1 fs. 1 ' 1 ' Y ' - . N, . . ' 1 v , , . V 1 ' . ' V V V - , . . . , . , . , . . . V 's 1 V V . 7 - ' Y. . . - . . S - V - . V . 'X Y Yr Y l . ' Y . . 7 7 R - . e v 7 1 ' ' Y . Y . . . ' u rv ' , ' . , . . , . . Y . 1 ! ' . 7 . . Y . 9 7 1 1 7 7 , V .. . . 7 n 1 . , , . 7 7 . - , ss 19 Y ' V ' V' 7 Y Y Y 7 ' . v , v l V ' 7 H V V H V V V V V V . . , . . , . . Y u V. y Y . V. v H - Y 7 ' tion yy'1th a young lady who proved to be Barbara Morse. He seemed to Lf K 1 ' V 1. ,V L1 ' y 1 Q ' ' . T 1. V ' V V 1' . . . . ' . A W . . T y v 1 q 1 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 .4 r .Y v ' s n, A W ,H ' , . an ' H ' an , ' 'v ' ' 1. - 1 - T 9 ,Y I v ' . V U . V .' V . s V V H ' J' .V r 9 1 4 . . 2 ' V V . , V V 1 , 1 . '. . 3 V , 1 V. V . V- . - Q 1 Q V 1 V Q. 1 Q 1. 1. 1 1 v' ' 1 S 1 . M g V 1 4 Q v' 1 v 1 4 4 u - 1- 11 ' 4' 1 . , 1 .2 , ' V-V' ,- ,- - . tV S Lu- ' 7 - S ' 'S . - V2 K. ' . .tV ' . . .. 2 K 1 ' , s I s 1 ' 1, 1 .4 tt 11 ' lla - Q v 1 Q 1 i.

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'Wie .fan-gfroan Class Essay FINIMUS COEPTURI We the Class of 1949 haxe chosen fo1 our motto Fmlmus Coeptu11 1We F1n1sh to Beglnj because xxe feel that th1s ex ent 13 onlx a tentatlxe concluslon and serxes onlx as a short stop ox 61 xx h1le xxe carrx ou1 progress onxx ard toxx a1d success We feel that It IS hardly a d1scont1nuance from our educatlon to begln somethlng conce1x ably d1fferent but that the real meanlng of commencement 1s not the finlshlng, but a commenclng of edu catlon the educatlon of real l1fe Our S6dlCh fOl knoxx ledge 19 not com pleted 1f xxe noxx beg1n to put our knoxx ledge lnto poxx er As xxe open our ex es to the future xxe obsexxe more 1ntr1cate goals ahead of us xxh1ch xxe w1ll face xx1th self confidence We reallze that as the youth of today and the c1t1zens of tomo11oxx ou1 lmmedlate task and ultlmate goal IS that of maklng our country a better place 1n xx hlch to l1xe to carry to the ch1l dren of the next generatlon the hope and falth xfxh1ch our forefathers haxe handed down to us Let us make ours a country that knoxxs no d1scr1m1nat1on and un American or un democrat1c p1 e1ud1ces and aboxe all a place xx here there IS tolerance for the people of other races other peoples rel1g1on and other people s thoughts For the xx ar agamst lntolerance greed and lgnorance IS eternal and those xxho dedlcate themselx es to It glxe thelr llV6S no less for they may l1xe to see some fractlon to the battle won W1th determlnatlon xxe go out to un1te xx 1th the other classes that hax e graduated 1n prevlous years and the thousands of other students graduat mg thls year to help estabhsh a firm and lastlng peace 1n our country as well as ln other countr1es that the COm1Hg generatlon w1ll not haxe fear of aggressor natlons and threat of conihct As xxe made preparat1ons ln school to enter lnto a more adxanced phase of llfe xxe felt at tlm6S a b1t d1 COUlag9d but xxere eventually reas sured by the tra1n1ng and guldance xxh1ch an understandlng faculty so xx1ll1ngly contr1buted Our plans for the future should by noxv be formu 1nto soclety to undertake the buslness of llfe It s a l1fe of smlles and a l1fe of tears It s a l1fe of hopes and a 11fe of fears A bl1nd1ng tor1 ent of ra1n and a br1ll1ant burst of sun A b1t1ng tearmg pa1n and bubbllng sparkhng fun And no matter xx hat 3 ou haxe don t enxx those xou meet It s all the same It s IH the game The bltter and the sxx eet If thmgs dont look so cheelful Just shoxx 1 llttle fight F01 ex exx b1t of darkness there s 1 llttle lnt ot hght FOI ex e1x blt of hatled there s a httle blt of loxe FOI ex Sly cloudx Ill0lIIlI1g, thexe s a mldlllght n1oon aboxe And noxx xx1th ou1 oxx Il spcclnc goals Ill m111d xxe leixc chool to lJL1.,lIl 1 nexx ph 1sc of lltc 1cmembc11ng solcmnlx ind NlllLt:'lLlN that xxe haxe comm 1 long xx 1x togcthu but xxe t1ll haxe 1 long xx 1x to go CHRINTIN x IONE il ll W V , , R C4 ' ' i .'99 9 ' ' v ' 9 3 ' A nf K ' V K v 3 A - v 1 v ' v 7 . A . . . .V . V , A . .V . V V . - . V . , I , . : ' ' ' ' . ' - y v .v ' ' ,- 4 1 y ' 1 . V , . D . . , A - . V V I , 7 . . V . V V Q u I 1 YL ' . l , - ' A . ta 9 V 9 V . , . . 9 , V . . . ' 3 . . , kr , . . . . . V V . . K . VV V . V . . .Q V V - , 1 u n LJ 1 4 lated at least to the extent that we will not be bewildered as we step out as yi . 1 . w ' 1 . . ., ., ,N ' v 1 . w 1 - K, u .K ,a Q n 1 1 Q , v . B' , 7 Y Y A ' . , v 7 v V y , W . W . 1, - JV - . V . , . , ' 7- l L s .i . x 1 v L , L. V, . 2 , V V V VV . . V V . . . .V V 1 v Q V . ' 4 A ,y , . . ' v v 7 ' ' ' ' ' Y e V 1 . r 1 .1 n . . r 4 ' nf ! ' , ' . V' . . A. ,,' ' , ,. , V, ' ' , 2 .1 S, Ar' 1 v EA., ' ,' ., ,.' ri. x .Z Va' .-js , V ,.j . ,Z y. ,Z V r, A . v S ' , . 2 .Q , r 1 - . Q . 1' S.