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

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10:35. 10:40. 10:45. 11:00. 11:15. 11:30. 11:35. 11:38. 11:45. 12:00. 12:04. 12:05. “Chummy” gets a call because Porter is making eyes at Ethel Roberts. “Bing” and Richardson draw pictures to entertain each other. Roben hunts up his lost ruler looking as scared as usual. The stampede of French sharks (?) to- ward Theda begins. Lloyd beats Frank- ie to it. Frankie looks crushed. Bob Brock consults either the dictionary or the Bible. Big jar! Building shakes! Blanche and Mary are coming up stairs! Chief of Police while in charge of room is visited by many knowledge seeking un- derclassmen. Marjorie makes the usual visit to Alice Rosa and Elizabeth Laternau who sit directly in front of—eh—well, Charles Wilson, maybe. All cops become blood thirsty and look for arrests. Everyone begins chewing pencils, books, erasers, or anything. Teachers start guessing if the bells are working—they finally do. Mad rush homeward.

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9:00. Wilbur goes to the waste basket. 9:01. Henry and Armstrong make and discuss a new invention. 9:05. Wilbur goes up again. 9:08. Lloyd decides he can’t do his Latin with- out supernatural aid so he visits a Senior. 9:10. Wilbur has more paper to put in basket. 9:12. George Kidder writes a note, sticks it in his shoe and, as he supposes, cleverly passes it to Harold Wilbur. 9:15. Wilbur journeys to the basket—probably with that note. 9:20. SILENT—lots of work done before 9:25, the beginning of the next period. 9:30. “Herb.” Sherwin calls on Ellsworth for help in Geometry. Bob Brock entertains “Bing” in “Herb’s” absence. 9:55. Marjorie makes a mad dash for the pencil sharpener. 10:00. All but the Freshmen show how well they can march out to recess. 10:10. The Junior School joins us for assembly. Wendell Whitcher shows signs of fear he might not be let in so dashes ahead of Marjorie Learned. Porter and “Chummy” decide they want to sing “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” but Lloyd in- sists on “Sweet Genevieve.” Prof, gets our crimes off his mind. 10:18. Charles Wilson inquires about the French lesson but before he finds out has to go to class. 10:30. Marjorie and Edith have to change seats.

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First they rolled the cigarettes, Then they rolled the hose, Now they roll the overshoes, What next, no one quite knows. Morrison (In English History) “Armstrong, what did the invention of the steam boat bring to Eng- land?” Armstrong: “Well they could go on canals easier in steam boats then they could in coaches.” Roland Pudvah (reconstructing sentences in Eng. Ill). “My best friend is a girl with blue hair and brown curly eyes.” Laughter from all. (Roland’s second attempt). “No! My best girl is........... He gives up. Bam Arthur, mourning over the vollev ball defeats, resolved to get revenge some way so he signed up with the girls in their contest. Prof: “What is meant by the English short horn cattle ?” Kidder: “Why, they must mean goats.”