Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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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

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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 Basketball' Xes we st1ll kept the teams xunmng smoothly assxsted by our sen1o1 stars Hazel Dolan Arlene LaRow Barbara G1bbs Ann M111 lngton and Sk1ppe1 NIOISQ Ann Nhlllngton became the captaln of the glrls squad Not long aftel school commenced we had an all out magamne sale to earn some more money fol our class trlp to New York Elleen Ashlev wlth sales leachlng S143 and Rachel Rlchaldson w 1th 33199 took top hon 01s as salesmen Skippy VVOOd1l1ff and Tommy Wells w ele fast 1unne1s on the X1ClO1l ous track team wh1ch took the State champ1onsh1p These tneless boys went to the New England tlack meet whele they made a good show1ng Sklppy Wood1 uff was the proud captaln of the team Now the t1me came fo1 us to ploye ou1 worth 1n puttlng on a thlee act play As I Hl9l1tlOl'I6d pleylously we wele determlned to haxe th1s play extra speclal Undel the VVISQ dlrectlon of our coach and adylsel Vlrs Gough we chose a h1lar1ous comedy Evel Slnce Eve One 651360131157 n1ce feature about ou1 plav was that lt had a cast of fifteen membels Wh1Cll gave a large numbe1 a chance to pa1t1c1pate Among those 1n 1tS cast w e1e Ramona Belanger Ann M1ll1ngton Sally Spence Elleen Ashley Joy Baltlett Carloll Lahue Tommy Wells Rogel Merchant Mauuce Ballev Bobby Qulnn Sklpper Morse Bey erlee G1 out M110 Mal shall Sk1pDV Woodruff and Daud Welch As you may haxe real17ed ey e1v boy 1n our class had some part 1n the play Incldentallv we only haye ten boys anyway and thev all d1d a noteworthy 1ob Thanks to the full coopel atlon of all concexned 1nc1ud1ng p1ope1ty managels sound d1rector tlcket sell ers promptels the cast and ou1 yery capable coach Mrs Gough the play was a huge success d1aw1ng a crowd of Iiye hundred w ho seemed to en1ov the play as much as we enyoy ed nuttlng It on 1 m sure It IS agleed bv all that th1s ext1a speclal play duly compensated for ou1 neglected 1un1or one We d ba1 elw IQCOX eled from the aftel eiects w hen the tlme rolled around for ou1 one act so there was a great deal of hustllng and bustllng to get It 1nto shape on tlme But we d1d 1t' Under the eXpe1t gu1dance of Mrs Gough we put on a mvstelv comedy Nobody Sleeps w 1th a sur prlse endlng whlch the audxence duly appleclated Those Stiilllllg 1n It w ere Jean HOIHQI Sally Spence Ramona Belanger Joy Ba1tlett and Tom my Wells And now came the blg ey ent fox wh1ch we had so cheerfully tolled throughout ou1 fou1 yea1s of h1gh school and whlch we had always looked fo1 ward to ou1 class t11p to New Yo1k Clty The hours spent sell1ng con cesslons magazlnes Chustmas cards puttlng on food sales plays dances and all our other money lalslng prolects w ele all forgotten WV1t1'1 the com mg of the eagerly awalted ey ent The t11p was ey en mole th11ll1ng and more fun than we had antlclpated and A Q1 and tlme w as the YQld1Ct of all Thls tllp was the cllmax to twelve VGHIS of wo1k and worry whlch ln splte of ey 61 ythlng we legletfullv leave behlnd Howey er as we hopefully face the futu1e w e are all conhdent that the membels of the Class of 52 of Waterbu1v Hlgh w1ll meet w 1th success ln whatevel they may do' J OY BARTLETT Y 7 v w . 1 1 A ' r w Y 4 I 1 . 17 1 1 1 v', 11 1 ' 4 W C l I ' ' '1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 ' 4 ' , 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - ' , 1 1 by 4 AL v 1 K ua I 4 4 a . r .a n 'I N 1' - 1 1 t , 1 , 1.4 , 1 1 1 1 1 . 7 1 4 7 1 1 1 1 11 7' . 1'- V 1 1 . A nn 7 1 1 ' , . 1 7 7 ' . 1 1 7 1 ' ' , 1 - . . A K1 7 K1 , 1 , 7 K7 . 7 K . . 1 K1 1 . . 7 K1 1, A L7. 7 . me , ' 11 , ' 1 K 1 - s ' Yr W I 1 l nw ., ' '-1 . v I I A . . . . Y 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 fu I A. 1 f 1 . '-1 1 7 1 7 1 . 11 .1 1 ' 1 1 K 1 ' n 1 v' Y 7 4 7 4 . v u 1 1 - ' 4 1 . 1 1 1 f 7 ' ' .1 l N 1 1 . . - 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 7 7 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 7 . 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 . 1 . . . , . . A 7 K 7 1 Y 4 ' A - w .w M W . V H . . 1 1 1 G . , 1 7 1 v 4 1 - 1 V ' U 1 1 1 - 1 7 f ' ' , 1 . . I . . . 1 . I 7 N 7 ca 11 7' - ' 7 11 1, ' 3 7 1 11 7 1 1 . - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1. 7 A 7 7 1 1 . S . 7 4 1 -7 11 . I v 7 K 1 y 1 S1 1 7 1 I 7. S - I l W 1. ' Nr 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' - A , 7 7 ' 1 K7 7 1 1 . 1 V 1 1 ' ' I 4 it - ,, 76' ' ' l , 1 ' ' 1. V v I 4 V mx 4 v y I I - - 1 1 l 7 1 I 7 4 I l Y Y 1 1, ' 1 1 7 1 7 1 ' 7' 7' 1 ' 7 1 U 1 1 .