Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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May 9. The sophomores entertained Gamma Sigma at a bacon bat. The invitations were written in French. May 12 Older Girls’ Conference at St. Johnsbury. Dorothy Bailey and Mary Graham delegates from Gamma Sigma. About fifteen other girls went, ac- companied by Miss Garvin. May 13. Lost! Another ball game to Peacham. Score 16—5. Batteries, Holden and L. Rowe; Sherwin and Abbott. May 20. Hurrah! We won a ball game, playing Peacham on our diamond. Score, 16—13. Batteries, D. Rowe and L. Rowe; Garvin and Cam- eron. Umpire, Van Dyke. May 23. The freshmen girls royally entertained Gamma Sigma at its last meeting of this year, trans- porting the girls to East Ryegate, where supper was served on the lawn at Ethel Roberts’ home. Then the girls went through the paper mill, after which they danced until nine o’clock. Even the sophomores re- ported a good time. May 24. Game and tempers of all players lost at Bath; Score, 13 to 12. Batteries, Chandler and Knighton; Sherwin, Gar- vin and Cameron. Umpire, Knighton. May 29. The Senior Play, “Close to Nature,” was given for the benefit of School Activities. Those in the cast were: Blanche Blood, Gladys Gray, Lloyd Willis, Ellsworth Amidon, Gerald Roberts, Alonzo Gris- wold, Norman Cameron, Porter Farwell, Kenneth Mor- rison, Mary Graham, Frank Abbott, Charles Grant and Dorothy Cameron. Splendid success. Dancing after the show. June 6—8. Cramming and exams. June 10. Class Day. June 11. Baccalaureate Sermon. June 12. Graduation. June 13. Senior Ball.

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92.77; Salutatorian, Ethel Symes, whose average is 92.44. Gerald Roberts holds third place. Apr. 6. An alarming fire drill, at which there was real smoke, was held. No casualties. Senior pictures for “The Chatterbox” were taken by Herbert Patch of Randolph. Everybody dressed up. April 8. A banquet was given to the mothers, daughters and friends of Wells River High School. Supper was served at six o’clock after which talks were given by some of the ladies. Miss Ha el Doody intro- duced the toast-mistress, Mrs. George Symes. The talks were as follows: “The Girl in the H. me,” by Mrs. Charles Grant of South Ryegate. “The Girl in the High School,” by Mrs. William Lackie, Ea-,t Rvegate. “Patriotism and Citizenship,” by Mrs. Fred P. Learned, Wells River. “Girls Will Be Girls,” by Miss Ruth Randall, Wells River. Vocal solos were rendered by Mrs. Daniel Farwell and Mrs. Herbert Crabtree. “The Girl in the Community,” by Mrs. Samuel Hutchins, Wells River. This is the first affair of its kind that we ever had, and as it was a success in all ways, we hope to have more of them. Apr. 10. Clarence H. Dempsey, State Commis- sioner of Education, visited school. Apr. 17. Juniors entertained the club at Ruth Norris’, at which time Ruth was initiated. Apr. 21 The seniors of Alpha Delta Rho suitably initiated the following Juniors: Theda Learned, Mer- rill Jolliffe, Charles Grant, Norman Cameron, Porter Farwell, and Ellsworth Amidon. Apr. 28. We played our first baseball game at Newbury losing by a score of 11 to 9. The game was very slow and loosely played. Batteries, Carlson and Avery; Garvin and Abbott. Umpire, Beattie. May 3. In a slow game full of errors, we lost to Newbury on the home field. Score 18—14. Batteries, Carlson and Avery; Garvin, Richardson, and Abbott. Umpire, Van Dyke. May 6. Another game lost, to St. Johnsbury Vo- cational school, 9—8, at St. Johnsbury. May 8. Ethel Symes and Dorothy Cameron at- tended Sub-Freshman Day at U. V. M.

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A FORENOON AT W. R. H. S. 8:15. Prof, rings ten bells and finds only one in working order. General settling down of all present. 8:20. Lyda and Wilda put in an appearance, both out of breath. Most of South and East Ryegate follow. 8:22. Marjorie and Edith discuss all the thrill- ing things that have happened to them since three o’clock of the previous day. 8:30. A voice from the front of the room— “Must I remind you to stand when you speak to anyone ?” 8:40. Lund appears (loaded with books???), looks guiltily toward the teacher, then begins to wonder what the lesson for the next period is. 8:45. Armstrong, whose tongue has run con- stantly from the time he got seated, is shut off by a command from the teacher. 8:50. The usual remarkable exhibits of “How to Walk,” by the brilliant Sophomores. Beulah Grant looks as though she were going to the guillotine instead of Algebra 4 class. 8:55. Harold Wilbur makes a trip to the waste paper basket. Erwin Miller discovers he can best learn his lesson by gazing at the wall in the back of the room.