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

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January 28— The next meet was triangular including Spaulding High School of Barre and Morthfield High School of Xorthfield and the competion was much harder. On account of illness Mr. Wells and Frederick George were unable to go to Barre where the meet was held. One casualty—a broken ski. We took third place in both the downhill and slalom and a first and second in cross country, eventually placing third. February 4— The Silver Fox Outing Club Carnival was conducted by our twin town club. The downhill and cross country events were held in Wells River on our Baldwin trail, which had been relaid along much of its course to repair hurricane damage, and on the King’s Mountain course. The slalom and dashes were held on the Club Tow, the skating and snowshoe events were held on and near the Club rink. There were eight schools represented and Wells River tied for fourth place with Dow Academy of Franconia. Score 2814 points. Among the scorers in the senior events Harvey Goodell took three places in the ski events with Frank Farnsworth taking two in the skating and Benjamin Hanson and Kenneth Alger each placing in snowshoe events. For the Juniors John Goodell took two places in ski events and Donald Bidwell two in skating. John Goodell also tied for the junior high scorer medal. Although we were noticeably weak in girl’s events and the dashes the ski team was well balanced. February 12— The ski team went to St. Johnsbury for a meet with the, 13 Ski Club. The results were— 13 Ski Club ll'A, Wells River IO 2. High spot was Harvey Goodell roaring down the moun- tain to win the downhill in record breaking time. February 25— The ski team competed in the annual Monroe Outing Cluib Carnival. It was the ski team’s most successful day of the 31

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THE SKI TEAM . Although the snow was a little late in coming this season the ski team competed in six meets and was generally success- ful. Everybody on the team placed in at least one meet with this the first year of competition for four of the boys. The members of the team were Harvey Good ell, Reginald Rowell and Frederick George—Juniors; John Goodell, Frank Farns- worth, Perley Knighton and Donald Bidwell—‘Sophomores; Robert Johnson—Freshman; and Donald Merchant—Eighth Grader. January 21— The first competition of the year was a practice meet with Woodsville High School from across the River. We took the first four places in downhill and placed a very close second in the slalom. On account of lack of snow the cross country and dash were omitted. The result computed by the point score system was Wells River 198.6 and Woodsville 185.6. 30

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Season when Wells River won the meet with 71 points to Mc- Indoes Academy’s 47. This was the second successive year that Wells River has won the meet thus giving us permanent possession of the plaque. Every member of the team placed in at least one event and the team placed in each event. In the ski events Reginald Rowell, Harvey Goodell, John Goodell, Frank Farnsworth, Perley Knighton and Donald Merchant were in the running, the first four each winning his specialty. Inella Brock, Eleanor Rowden and Marjorie Farnsworth enter- ed the ski events and Benjamin Hanson, Kenneth Alger and Robert Johnson the snowshoe events, Hanson winning the dash handily. February 18— The ski team competed in the Central District Elimination Meet for the Vermont Interseholastic Championships. The team «did not qualify to compete in any event in the finals, placing fourth, with a third being necessary for placing. The teams competing with point score was as follows: Stowe High 298.4, Spaulding High 289.7, Northfield High 279.1, Wells River 273.4, Burlington 268.6, Waterbury 251.1, Morrisville 230.3. Summary— Generally speaking our best event was the cross country in which Harvey Goodell finished first in three events. John Goodell placed first in slalom twice. Reginald Rowell paced the pack home on one downhill course while Frank Farns- worth took control of the dashes, Benjamin Hanson of snow- shoeing and Donald Bidwell of the skating, all assisted by seconds and thirds from the others and it was these seconds and thirds which really made winning scores possible. Nobody on the ski team graduates this year and, with the experience gained from another round of competition, Mr. Wells and the team are looking forward to a better season next year. Only let us have our snow early rather than late and no hurricane to embarrass us with necessary reconstruction. 32