Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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LONG!-IORN Class Prophecy Who Knows 7 How thlngs change ln ten years' I know I we been do1ng some lnvest xgatlng You see sex en years ago when one of my experlments 1n college blew up IH mv face I sprouted wlngs and took off Once up here and you wlll notlce I sald UP hele I became Interested ln our new spaper The Celestlal and offered my SQFVICGS as a reporter The paper IS reallv beautlful It comes out once a vefzr and IS hand prlnted wlth colors from the ralnbow There are plctures storles news and ex en a few fzngellcal caltoons Phat s our mam proyect and we all look forward to It with gl eat expectatlons But let s get back to mv artlcle whlch IS appearlng ln th1s year s 1ssue My angellcal upper ups wanted to know what all the people on earth poor souls were dolng that graduated IH the year 1952 Slnce I w as a member of such a group I was asked to report on my classmates Of course I agreed as I wx as dylng oh excuse me we don t use that expresslon up here as I was anxlous to know what the gang was do1ng I was made 1nv1s1ble and told to get gO1Hg Flrst I floated down to Waterbury What memorles It brought to mlnd c pec1allv the school I drlfted through the halls and whom should I see Lut Edna Demas She looked xery th1n and poor I couldnt help wonder mg what she was do1ng st1ll 1n school I later found out from St Peter that she had been appolnted chlef halo pollsher for all the k1ds at W H S but had recently gone bankrupt No bllS1I19SS you know' Next I flew up to the llbrary where I found two books wrltten by mem bers of my class Admxral Lahues Hlstory of My Crulses on Thatcher Brook and M110 Marshall s Fssay on the Coocoon Stage of an Ayrshlre Cow Flea ln the State of Ve1 mont for the Sprlng of 1962 I would l1ke to have stayed and read them but I dldn t haye enough tlme I could hear Gabrlel playlng The Sldewalks of New York I took thls as a hlnt for me to go to New York and floated off ln that d1rect1on On my way I was pu77led to look down and see a thumb all by 1tself on one of the mam hxghways mot1on1ng towards New York Upon close lnvestlgatlon I found Bob Qumn who had taken up the honorable profes slon of belng a hobo rechnlng under a tree and smuggly watchlng hrs IH ventlon The Bummlng Thumb wlth an electrlc slgn abowe It readlng New York You see Bob mlssed the class trlp to New York and he s st1ll trylng to get there Really ambltlousl After reachmg New York I dr1fted around trylng to f1nd someone who looked farrnllar When I saw a large crowd at one of the plers I declded to try my luck there Trlpplng down the gang plank of the liner Queen Mary was Madame Arlene Sayah wearlng her latest style Comfy De presslon Shoes w1th electrlc dr1lls IH the heels that bore 1nto the sldewalks thereby maklng her as short as her husband When a reporter asked 1f she had any remarks about her new shoes she rephed Why not buy a pa1r of Comfy Depress1on Shoes and you too can have that s1nk1ng feel1ng I left and soon found myself ox er the Pmk Elephant Nlght Club where Roger Melchant was d11 GCtlIlg h1s all qul muslcal entltled Mer chant s Moppets It looked qulte lnterestlng I passed through the roof and found myself backstage u here I thought I saw some fam1l1ar faces I . . . , v . . rI K I' . , T I' Il ' . . N 1 V l 1 I I . 1 . . I , I I , I ' ' I V ' rw 1 I t , I I . , ' ' 1. ' U 1 'I .I 1 ' 1 ' yu I U I , I I , W if ,, 1 - 1 1 I , c I I I . D 1 I I , 1 I A . 1 I R . I U c I - . Il v. ' ' Il, I Il, I, . 4 , , . . r 7 ' 7 c II. I' ' ' I . . A . , . . . x f . r . . , ' . ' ' , I U I I I I I . - A , I' ', c . ' ' I Y w , 1 I. I , y ' 1- . 7 1 4' , , I , , I 1 . . 1 W' Q L I . . 1 . . . 1 - 9 sq . I, L I . I I I N 1 ' 7 - , . . V . . ., . , . . V . 1 A ' , ' v U ' ' , I, I xv ' a as - , I J . 1 . . ,, . . , I Y . l K a Y Y . . H . ,, . Y . I . , as , . . . . . I 1- ' 1 r f ' ' .. a . 66 . H . . . . Y . . 1 a .N . Y , . - 1 s . 1 1 1 o K , ' 7 . ' u y v 9 ' . ,, . . . 1 . i . . I , , I V '1 1 . I I . , ' an - Q 9 A ' 9 , ' ' ' 1: a 1 ' , an ' - ra I I , 1 K v . . .N I. l . . H - f . . H ' ' . ' I . . ' L 1 4 A , f six ,I D 1 I 1 1 Y I 1 1 ' . l i A 1 I , 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 .

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LONG!-IORN Slnce I wasn t ln any partlcular hur1y I floated out f1 ont a11d sat down at a r1ngs1de table to make sure I dldn t mlss anyone The l1ghts dlmmed and wl1en they came up the1e was A1lene LaRow domg a snake dance and w ho w as accompanymg her but Salhe St IOUIS w1th her one glrl orchestra She was playmg the bass d1 um w 1th one foot harp wlth the other DIHHO w 1th he1 rlght hand Xylophone VVlth her left plus a harmonlca to keep her mouth occup1ed I dont behexe anybody ex er reallzed that elther of these glrls had so much talent The act had no more than begun w hen there was a blg commot1on 111 the corner It turned out to be nothlng to get exclted about though lt Was 1ust Carmeta Musclebound Holmes the bounce1 electlng anothe1 customer She must go to Jean HOFIIGI s Physlcal Cultu1e Gym Oh I d1dnt tell you Yes Jean Horner the only g1rl who ever acted he1 age 1n ou1 class IS the dlrector of a gsm It IS noted for bu1ld1ng up the body Everyone s attentlon w as brought qulckly back to the act as a beaut1 ful dark haned g1rl stepped out upon the stage I thought she looked l1ke someone I ought to know and sure enough lt turned out to be my old part nel 1n cr1mes Ramona Belange1 She has yust finlshed he1 mate1p1ece The Rmso Rhapsody for Tw ID Washboards 1n the Key of E llIll'101 She s been Worklng on It fo1 the last ten years Afte1 that act I found I had to leaxe I drlfted down the st1eet not see1ng anyone I knew when bang starlng me 1n the face was a DIC ture of Sk1p Woodruff' The slgn Sald he was runnlng for p1 es1dent of Bolton Flats that IS When I had recoy ered from the shock I not1ced that the plcture lf that s what you want to call lt was pasted on the front of a woman s dress shop I st1ll hadnt found all of my classmates and I flguled some glll mlght poss1blv be w o1k1ng In thls sw anky shop I passed through the key hole and who should nearly walk on me but Sk1p M01 se It seems he was the ow ner of the shop and dld the chooslng of all the models As I 1emem ber he was the shy type 111 scl1ool I should th1nk choosmg the models would be a te111f1call5 ha1d qob for h1m but he appea1ed to be enyoymg h1mself I hea1d a customer ment1on that the famous 1nte11o1 deco1ato1 Sall Spence had 1emodeled the shop As I looked around I wonde1 ed why I hadnt notlced the lnterlor befo1e now It had 1ed Walls d1amat1cally streaked yv1th s1lx 61 purple rugs and orange ce1l1ng p1nk cha11s yellow cu1ta1ns and fuchs1a shades Gads I now see why she IS back x1s1t1ng Wate1burv Poor g11ll Afte1 my eyes became accustomed to the shall I say loud colo1s I saw another classmate Pat Helbert who w as modellng a fu1 llned bath 1ng su1t des1gned especlally f0l ILSkllYlOS by Janet Day1s Anothe1 creatlon of Janet s was the Bull Dog All Yea1 Coat w h1ch g1ows fur IH w1nte1 and sheds It du11ng the summer Ve1y economlcall Just as I was leax mg Tommy Wells 1an through me Afte1 I had pulled myself togethe1 I heard h1m exclalm Ive done 1t' Ixe done 1t' I ye finally completed a set of false teeth that w1ll play The Sta1 Spangled Banner when you chew ' After that 6p1SOd6 I dec1ded Id better leave bQf0Ie somethmg else happe11ed I floated a b1t further down the street and came to the DIITEI ent Look Beauty Saloon owned by Eleano1 Blgelow Through the w1n dow I saw Eleanor cuttlng some D001 LIIISUSIJQCIIIIQ., customel s hall 1n that style she o11g1nated w hen she w as a senlor 1n h1gh school Now she calls It The Splral Stancase W1th the F11nge On Top hancut 9 ' 1 1 1 7 . . 1 . , . ' ' , 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 . w 1 1, . . 1 I , ' 7 I . J 1 1' ' 1 ' 1 1 1' I . I , , 7 . . v. 1 2 . 1 7 1 1 ' ' ' 1 I . 7 . . . ' K I . 1 11 K 1- 1 T T ' ' 1 1 ' If 77 ' ' 1 1- 1 1 L 7 7 1 171 ' 1 ' 7 I . , ' 7 7 . . . . 1 'V 7 1 ' ' , . v . . V I I I ' , ' I I . Y I 1 1 . 1 ' I , I , - 1 ' ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 , , . I . I , 66 ' D ,' , ' ' ,77 1 I I I . . . N N 1 1 ' 1 1 1 7 ' 1 . Y Y i -1 . . . Y . - 1 I - I, . Y . . . 7 7 7 1 Y 7 7 N , I I I ' 7 1 ' 1 ' 1 A . I ' 7 I , I ' ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1. 1 - II V I I I . II 1 ' 11 I W I . I I I 7 Il II Il. I' I ' 1 ' 1 ' 1' , I , . I . I I 1 11' 1 1 1 1 5 1 w 7 1 1 1 1 1 - K 1 f 1 1 1 1 V . , 1 1 . . 1 K 1 7 7 'Y 1, 1 ' ' 1 1 1 II 1 I I 1 ' : I s , S 1, '.', 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' I II 1 , ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 '1 ' 1 1'1 I I I I I . 1 ' '1 1 1 '5 . 1 7, 1 ' . I I , 1 ' 1 1 1' 1 I I . . 1' 1 1 , I . 1 . . H 1 . ,Y . 7 , 1 . . ' 4 7 1 1 5 1 t , I I 17 7 77 U . . 1 . . , 1 . 7 L , ' 1 H ' 1 . I ' 1 17 4 4 ' ,' - V L 7 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 17 ' 1 ' I I ' 7' I , Il I 7' I I I' I I I I l I V' l ' I' 7 I' . v Il Il . H . I . 4 v . 4 1. ,, I . A , 1