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

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THE CHATTERBOX 11 A class meeting was held and the officers elected for that year were: George Gymer, President; Gladys Laturnau, Vice- President; Elizabeth Farwell, Secretary and Treasurer; and Miss Magwood, Class Adviser. The Freshmen rules were made by the Sophomore Class and I am sure that all of us co-operated in the best of spirit to carry out these rules. A social was held at the school house April sixteenth in charge of the Freshmen. The second year found our Class much smaller with an enrollment of only eight. They were: Elizabeth Farwell, Sarah Martin. Gladys Laturnau. Mildred Byers, Eleanor Wilson, James Thomas, Donald Adams and Robert Murphy. (Some of the former members of our class had transferred to different schools, and some had entered a different class.) The faculty remained the same except that Miss Hill took the place of Miss Magwood and Miss Keating. During this year, Mildred Byers moved to St. Johnsbury with her parents where she attends St. Johnsbury Academy. We began our third year with the same enrollment except that Elizabeth Farwell had gone to Vermont Academy and there were two new members; Leola Guyette, from Richmond High and Herman Pudvah, from the Junior Class. Mr. Boughton was our new Principal. A class meeting was called and the officers elected for the coming year were: Sarah Martin, President; Gladys Laturnau. Vice-President; James Thomas, Secretary and Treasurer; Class Adviser, Mr. Wright. On gathering for our fourth year’s work we found that Leola Guyette had returned to Richmond and Margaret Douse had come back to us from Woodsville High, making a class of eight. The faculty had changed completely; Mr. Muir was principal; Miss Munsell and Miss Farman, the assistant teachers. At the first class meeting, Eleanor Wilson was elected President; Donald Adams, Vice-President; Sarah Martin Secre- tary and Treasurer; Mr. Muir, Class Adviser.

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10 THE CHATTERBOX (Hlass Saij Paris CLASS WELCOME We, the Class of 1929, Welcome you to our Class Day Exercises. We are glad to see so many of our friends here, for it shows their continued interest in all the school activities. We appreciate all that you have done to make our four years of school life in Wells River a successful and happy preparation and we hope that the future classes may have the loyal support that we have had. This day for each one of us holds a different meaning; to some it means only the beginning of their education, while to others it is the end of their school life. But to all, it means that they have gained this much in the educational world. We hope that the under-classmen will support the stan- dards of the school, using their ability to raise the ideals. Thus, the Class of 1929 addresses you, friends and asso- ciates of Wells River High School. ELEANOR M. WILSON CLASS HISTORY At the opening of school, Sept. 4, 1925, there were en- rolled in the Freshman Class, seventeen pupils, this being the largest class that year. The enrollment was as follows: Harry Adams, Winston Bone. Mildred Byers. Margaret Douse, Ray- mond Dunbar. Elizabeth Farwell, George Gymer, Gladys Latur- nau, Wilbert Laveau, Sarah Martin, Robert Murphy, Mildred Roberts, Janies Thomas, Agnes Wells. Eleanor Wilson, Clayton Wright and Francis Wright. Being Freshmen, we were natur- ally green and awkward. We had been told the terrible things of which High School consisted, and we were, of course, frigh- tened by all we saw and heard. The faculty for that year was: Mr. Wilfred Owen, Prin- cipal; Mr. Melvin Wright, Ass’t Principal; Miss Ann Magwood and Miss Helen Keating teaching the languages.

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12 THE CHATTERBOX In October Margaret Douse was obliged to leave school. On December 10, 1928 we added six new members to our class from Woodsville High School, namely Carrie Nelson from Boltonville and Aurora Garbati, Dorothy Williams, Katherine Bailey, Evelyn Ingram and Helen Tillotson from South Rye- gate. We gladly welcomed them and hope that they have en- joyed being in our class, if for only a short time. The class has had three different principals, six different assistants, twenty-six different members and is completing its course with only five of the original membership. During our four years in Wells River High School, we have entered into three school plays, two operettas, have been active members on the Chatterbox Staff and the boys have taken part in basketball and baseball. Now that we are about to graduate we hope that the class has left behind them something besides “just memories” and. also, that all members of the class will do sonlething in later life to make old W. R. H. S. proud of them. ELEANOR M. WILSON VERMONT To many tourists, Vermont is not as they had pictured her. Looking back, they realize that they have been misled with theories and a few baseless impressions drawn from fic- tion and newspaper articles. It takes more than cold, black print to portray Vermont, and in order to fully appreciate God’s handiwork, one must visit this state personally. Today, Vermont is more than a recital of statistics; it is more than an account of the scales manufactured here annually, and far more interesting than the number of miles of buildings which can be faced with marble and granite and roofed with slate. The international boundary line on the north is broken by a small portion of Lake Memphremagog, a natural beauty spot frequented more and more by American tourists. The “wil-