Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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LONGI-IORN Class History Down Memory Lane As I slt hele looklng at mv class DICIUIES of the tll t fexx glades It bllngs back manx DFQCIOUS memorles It sets me to thlnklns, of all the un forgettable GXDQIIQHCQS xxe xvent through dullng our tlvlng DIOCGSS of glOW1I1g up The f11Sf lncldent that comes to my mlnd IS the debut of the Class of 52 lnto the fil st grade The poor dlstraught teachels xvele trylng ln xaln to obtaln older among us Cherubs Mls Llttlefleld flantlcally tl led to get llttle Mary LOUISE DeCell down from hel desk top from xxhele she xxas buslly slugglng erflsels at all the deal chlldlen as they came ln the dool You may thlnk xxe lmprox ed as xxe passed lnto the second and thlld gl ades Well xxe dld ln xx ays but nex Q1 theless xxe xxere constantlv con fl onted Wlth xx hat seemed at the tlme xelx SQIIOUS problems Sally Lease Wlth hel cute plgtalls had a falthful companlon to accompany hel to school qulte often the tluant oflicer Incldentally they became good fl lends through thell fleqlltillt xx alks wlth each Othel Oh Ves the spelllng bec' I must tell you about It One vxlntry mornlng Mlss RGICIS thlld grade had a spelllng bee Llttle blonde Ann Mlll1HgtOH xx as the xxlnnel at least as I lemember she xx as the centel of attractlon that day When hel tuln came around she ploudlv stood up and sald ple P I E then shot out the dO01 llke a flash to the loxx Q1 depths of the school As xxe adx anced 111 school yeals one of oul maln lntelests xx as folk dances These caused qulte a lumpus betxx een blue eved Patty Exx an and freckled Sallv Spence when thcx both xx anted the same danclng paltnel chubby Wlttle Bobby Qulnn Bobby by the xx av xxas llght IH h1S gloly usually plcklng the one who was the most eagel to clean the Q1 asels fol hlm These l'Y'1Ql'1'lO121blQ yeals passed all too qulcklx and soon xxe WSIB on the thleshold of hlgh school eagelly axfx altlng the Fleshman Receptlon xx lllch xx as to lnltlate us fomallx lnto the foul best yeals of oul school llfe Our FGCQIJTLIOD xxent off wlth a bang all of us loslng oul dlgnltv and prlde perfolmlng such undlf nlfled tasks as cleanlng the fl ont walk xx lth a tOOthb1 ush and lolllng peanuts across the gym H001 W th our noses' The foul xx ho had the honor of becomlng oul first hlgh school class OHICGIS Wele Paul Houllhan presldent Dlck Tucker XICQ D1 esldent Sally Spence S601 etaly and Ramona Belangel treasuler Oul class adxlsel vxas Ml Rovxe When xxe ellteled oul sophomore yeal undel the counsel of M1 Dolan xxe all felt a tllfle mole gl0VSll up and began taklng a H1016 actlxe palt ln the 3Ct1Vlt1CS of hlgh school The slate of OIIICQIS changed xxlth Ann Mllllngton becomlng class ples ldent ROg91 Merchant X1C61J18S1d6l1t Eleanol Blgeloxx tleasulel and Joy Baltlett secletaly We became a contrlbutlns fdCt01 to the athletlc actlxltles wlth Rachel Rlchardson Ann BIlll1f1gtOIl Sally Spence Bal bara GlbbS Joy Baltlett and Sklppel Mol se on the basketball squads Our fl1St stab at dlamatlcs was oul sophomole plax A Date F01 Bobbv Sox It was gl eat fun and consldellng thc IYIQYDLI lence ot all con cerned It xx as xx ell donc lecelxlng manx compllments u 44 A 4 4- 4 . 4 44,4 4 A4 .S 4 4-4. 44, rf N7 I' Iw. I ' . kr ' V - 4' I 4 4 4' 4 ' 4 44 4 , L 'I . 4' I , . 1 4 4 v I . . Y . I I I . 1 R . 4 4 . I 1. I I . I . ' 4 - 'K4 4 4 - 4 4 L4 44 L4 K K4 7- 7- c 4 4K4 4 4 f 4 4 L4 4 4 ' 4. 4 ' 4 ' 4 4 4 ' ' 4 I I H 7 ' ' v r 1 v 1 4 - 4 , , I I E 4 , 4 C A4 7 4 1 4U4 A4 4 . A y 4 L47 . A 4 4 K 4 ' . , I, 4 4 - 44 4 I 4 , l I - I 3. I' 4 Y 4 . N . , . N I 1 . . I . , ' ' 44' 4 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 , I, I ' 4 4 . 4 4 . , I V I . . N . N Y . I 'i . T I I I . A 4 f 1 4L4, 4 4 L4 A 4 L4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 - 4 4. ,I. I I y 4 4 44 44 4 4, . . H U 1. . . 1 ' 1 4 1 1 K 4 , 4 A 4 4 I A 'II . II U7 II 7 A 4 4 ' 4 44 4 4 ' ' 4 ' 4 ' I I , I , , I' I l ' I' ' 7 ' ' I ' 'IN 1 I' ' ' . 41 . 7 v. I . , I K . Y 1 . . S . A . . r . i 4 Q 4. I 1 o 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I . 4 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 4 4 . ' 4 ' 4' - 4 ' 4 K 1 1 1 ' 1 4 4 I 4 - 4 - 4 1 4 4 4 4 44 4' 4 , I 4 , 4 . I I I 7 V 7 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- . 4 4 4. ' 7 4 44 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 V 4 4 1 I A . 7. . . . A W I S- I ' 4 4 ' 4' - 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4. 1 1 K v 1 L 1 4 4 4 4 4 , I 4 . . . r I A . f . Y. . Q . , Q I ' 4 4 ' 4 - 4 - 4 ' 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 ' 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 U 4 4 ' 1 H 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4' 4' 4 ' ,4' . ' - . I I k I. . ' 44 4 4 3 - ' v' 4 . ' 4 , , I 4 V I .

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LONGI-IORN Presidents Address It IS a great prlyllege and honor to speak on behalf of my fellow class mates the Class of 52 of Waterbury Hlgh School At thlq tlme we are gathel ed to recelye credlt tor success that of com pletlng our h1gh school 6,dUC3tlOIl We would l1ke to express our apprecl atlon to the faculty yy ho have IH such great measure contrlbuted to our success To the underclassmen we would say hrst of all be proud of your school Fhere 15 no stronger support for a school than the school sp1r1t expressed ln the actlons of every student Ours IQ an excellent school and offers many opportumtles vshlch untll thls tlme many of us dld not real IZQ Do not forget that you are the populatlon of the school and every one of you helps make It what It 19 Thele zre many dutles to perform 1n whlch an underclassman can cooperate fullv As a member of the Student Coun c1l he can help keep students satlsfied by hearmg the1r suggestlons plan nlng recreatlon for them and malntalmng law and order If he 1s not 1n such an orgamzatlon he can take pr1de ln the appearance of the bu1ld1ngs and keep paper and books out of the halls He can be qulet and punctual 1n passmg between classes There are many opportun1t1es for all students to show thelr school bplllt so try to keep thls school one of whlch we w1ll always be proud and 1n settmg h1s course for the future Never agaln Wlll he be so young or so amenable to suggestlon and guldance by people dedlcated to the wel fare of youth We hope that all of you underclassmen and especlally next vear s senlors yylll take fullest advantage of the educatlon offered you ln a school 1n whlch prmclples of democracy l1ve and are practlced dally You must never forget for an lnstant that we leave school to face the greatest threat to democxacy and worlo freedom that has been known 1n all hlstory Iearn all you can about school government and 1ts functlon find out how you along Wlth all the others can prevent the commun1st1c threat from destrovmg the hfe our forefathers bu1lt for us Learn now or brutal experlence w1ll teach you You along w1th the 1est of us are the people upon whose shoulders w1ll rest the problems of the yy orld To the school dlrectors supermtendent faculty and parents we w1sh to express our deepest gratltude Wlth your cooperat1on and asslstance these past fevy years haye been made yaluable to us Especlally to our pr1nc1pal Mr Rowe and our advlser Mrs Gough go our deepest thanks for patlence understandlng persey erance and guldance Such thanks cannot be exp1essed 1n words we can only try by ou1 adherence to duty and by our personal mtegrlty to show hoyy well they have succeeded ln teachlng bv the example glven As we prepare to leave we do so w1th a tmge of sadness It IS really not as joyous an occaslon as many plcture lt for we reallze that we are leaylng chlldhood behmd and fun and frlends Behmd us too w1ll be our school Whlch vye w1ll proudly call our Alma Mater To my fellow class mates I want to wlsh happmess and prosperlty 1n the years ahead But 1f happmess and prosperlty are not to be our lot I hope that when we meet agaln ln later hfe vye shall stlll reflect the strength of charactel confl dence and self respect that have been glven to us here at Waterbury H1gh bchool ROGER MERLHANT O .7. 4 S . I U- I , 1 3 . ., . . . . .., Y A X n Bl' - f ' r 7 4 ' kv y K A ' A ww if u ' w ' Q , .u ' . . A . A A r A A1 A A N ' 1 I N v 1 . I A A , A A, A ' u C A 7 A A. C A ' 1 A K A A J ' Y A L A A A A A, ' , 9 ' ' 1 7 ,. . . . . . , These four years play a d6ClSlV9 part ln moldlng a student s character A A ' . . , , . Y. Y . . A, K L' 7 . , . 'ir I Y o 1 l A . 1 L , 7 7 v v ' 7 , . ' 7 7 W . y . A. A A A A ' Q 7 '! 7 7 7 Y 7 7 '- 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 't Y . 7 A 7 7 ' 1 . 1: 4 ' 7 7 v y Y Y D 7 7 A 7 A 1 , 1 '- ly s , . . . 7 7 4 . . .. y 1 . ' - 7 7 - l . . 7 Y . A,

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LONGHORN Carroll Iahue Sklppv Woodruff and Tommy Wells kept themselves breathless falthfully 1unn1ng around the rlwer regardless of the changlng elements of weather keepmg ln trlm shape for the track meets In what seemed l1ke no tlme at all we had become IUHIOFS a llttle older a l1ttle more sophlstlcated and deflnltely a very utal part of Water burv Hlgh The honor of cla s presldent and cl iss marshal for the senlors was bestowed upon Roger Merchant Ann MllllHgt0H filled the ofhce of vlce presldent Elleen Ashley as secretary was kept busy taklng notes on all our varlous pro1ects and Rachel Rlchardson our treasurer found plenty to do 1ust countlng and keep1ng track of 111 the money we made Thls year our basketball stars lncluded Barbara Glbbs Ann Mllllng ton and Sklpper Morse the latter belng one of the famous Northern League Champlons Thls mdeed was a basketball season long to be remembered by all Our second attempt at dramatlcs was Sugar and Splce a one act play coached by our new aduser Mr Hosk1ew1cz Starrlng IH th1s com edy were Sally Spence Ann M1ll1ngton Joy Bartlett Tommy Wells and Maurlce Balley Wlthln a short tlme after our play lt was t1me for the annual prlze speaklng contest Our yunlor class was proud to enter four contestants Elleen Ashley Ann M1ll1ngton Joy Bartlett and Thomas Wells Flrst prlze Went to Joy Bartlett In the field of muslc Ramona Belanger and Ann Mlll1HgtOH were chosen to tlckle the1r vocal chords at the All State Muslc Festlval 1n Bur llngton Muslc students 2YV3.lt th1s festnal w1th bated breath ID hopes that they w1ll be chosen to attend Now came the most magnlflcent event of the year the Junlor Prom the nlghts 1n preparatlon for thls 8XClt1Ilg event The tlme crept closer and we worked harder staylng up t1ll the wee wee hours trylng to get the last decoratlon 1n Its approprlate place Then the awalted day came It was finlshed and a spectacular s1ght lt was' The Escorts a very com petent band from MOFFlSXlll8 prox lded the enloyable muslc for our Treas ure Island theme With the concluslon of the prom the yunlors made a startllng dlSCOV ery In the 8XC1t6I116I1t of the prom and varlous other 3.Ct1W1tl6S we had forgotten all about puttlng on the trad1t1onal Junlor three act play Leave It to the class of 52 to be dlfferent and break a long tlme trad1t1on of Waterbury Hlgh We were reallv sorry but we dec1ded we could compen sate by puttlng on an extra speclal one our senlor year In the late sprlng the faculty chose two glrls and two boys from our class to represent Water burs Hlgh at Glrls and Boys State Elleen Ash ley Ann M1ll1ngton Daxld Welch and Roger Merchant were the lucky ones Elleen Ashley elected governor of Glrls State also had the rare opportunltv to go to Glrls Natlon 1n Washlngton for a week durlng the summer xacatlon Elleen IS the hrst g1rl ever to be chosen from Water bury to go to G1rls Natlon and needless to say we were all tremendously proud to have her as a member of our class Fall rolled round and the blg moment came We were at long last senlols grown up now or supposedly so and well prepared for the year of hard work we were fat ng To f1ll the all lmpoltant role ot senlor presldent we re elected Roger Merchant wlth Maurlce Balley ass1st1ng hlm as uce presldent Nancy Slavton competently hlled the ofhce of secretary md DdX1d Welch kept track of ou1 evex lncreaslng plle ot money J s . 1 ' K . , . . , . .. ' v . K W I , t t . r 1- . w 1 N 1 W I 1 . . . , . . , . . . I I a 1 - 1 'I 1 v 1 ' . 'r K 9 K 7 ' 1 c 1 .. S ' t, 1' ' X, T' . , . .. , . , ' s . 1 H 1 ' U 1 - t . , V v I Y. . . . . .Y - , , . t . . ' 7 7 F L 7 . l . , 7 7 7 ' 7 K - - o L ' A . 7 . . . , . and every Junlor worked d1l1gently, yet cheerfully, for seven days and half . . C l 1 1 I ' 5 , t ' ' GK !7 X 1 1 . s, ' . V. . . . ,, ' 9 7 . ' 77 . . 7 1 . ' ' , . . - . . . . I . Y - ' sf 7 I Y . I . , N, . - 7 7 I 7 . , . 1, . , , . , t N . Y V K . . .v , 1 . 1 - 4 I w, ' 1 1 7 ' 7 1 v I . 4 s , 1 . , , ' , - s 1 - ' 7 7 .C 1 . . u. 1 1 . 1 . . - D u 4 l 1 I 1 . 1 1 1. v . D 4' v rl n 1. , , , ns x x ' , 1 . h - 1 I 4 u 1 1 Y. U s C