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

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IS ONE TODAY WORTH TWO TOMORROWS? What would this world have to live for if it wasn’t for tomorrow? The thoughts of all men are on a better tomorrow. Will his business fail? Will lie be able to purchase that “little home” lie has longed for. or continue to quarrel with his father-in-law. Mother, when Johnnie wants to go to the movies: “You can go tomorrow — it is a better movie, besides, 1 want you to o clean the attic.” But ma, I’ll have to do that tomorrow. I’m going on a hike today.” The ambitious student, just home from college, eager to work and have a place in the sun, after returning from a fruitless search for a position, is he discouraged? Is he downcast? Xo. because there is always a tomorrow. Many pessimists live only for the doubtful pleasure of forecasting the downfall of the world — tomorrow. Many think of tomorrow as an alibi for the laziness of to- day. They sit in their easy chairs and think of what they are go- ing to do tomorrow: rake the lawn, clip the hedge, wash the car, and so on. And when tomorrow has come they sav. “Oh, I’m so ‘busy’ now. I'll do it tomorrow.” Perhaps some can thuik up better excuses than Judge Puffle in “Room and Board.” In politics tomorrow” plays an important part. A presi- dential candidate promises to balance the budget if he is elected. He is elected and the budget will be balanced — tomorrow. Mussolini will withdraw troops from Spain — tomorrow. Today they are needed. You cannot escape from tomorrow, it is the hope of all. Is one today worth two tomorrows? —John Perry Hooker ’41

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(Ehattprlmx Sponsored by the Senior Class Senior Issue June 1938 Editors: Gertrude Johnson ’38 Margaret Goodell ’38 Assistants: Athletics: Helen Flanders ’39 Frederick George ’40 Alumni: George Downing ’41 Seniors: Inella Brock ’40 Business Assistants: Business Manager: Scott Rowden ’38 Advertising Manager: Clara Knight ’38 Circulation Manager: Ernest Dargie ’38 Assistants: Inella Brock ’40 Bernice Crapo ’41 DIRECTORY Lynford Wells, Principal Jean Lamb Adelaide Lanphere Richard Sprague Adine Far well Lois Stanley Nora Darling English, Science. Mathematics French, English, Latin Commercial, Home Economics Junior High, History Music Intermediate Primary J. Stewart Garvin, Superintendent School Directors—Ellen B. Goodell, Thomas B. Farwell, Lyman H. Wheelock

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4 THE CHATTERBOX IN BEHALF OF THE “RED DEMON” The village of Wells River is very fortunate in owning a very necessary article of fire fighting equipment, even if some of the townspeople don’t believe it. The chemical wagon, locally known as the “Red Demon”, has done more good than ail the other fire-fighting equipment around these parts. It is interest- ing to look at the equipment used by the firemen of a neighbor- ing town, a horse-drawn hook and ladder department, with no horse to draw it. a rather slow-moving vehicle compared with the speed of our own fire-engine, which when under way and on the level can do 50 mph., even if it does climb rather slowly. Within the past few years it has always been possible to go to a fire in Woodsville, a much larger community, and find the fire completely extinguished by the Wells River fire truck before the Woodsville firemen and their equipment arrived at the scene of the fire. Times have greatly changed and we are very pleased to see that Woodsville has obtained a new fire engine that will be a great asset. The engine in the fire truck is not of the best and only one person in town can seem to handle the truck properly, but con- sidering the financial standing of this village it would not be very wise for the trustees to even consider the purchase of a new truck, unless the taxpayers would like to contribute the sum of six to ten thousand dollars on top of their already staggering burden. Some people in Wells River think that we should have a new truck and I suggest that if they want one they pay for it themselves or else put themselves in the places of some of the other taxpayers of the town. Scott Rowden ’38