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

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Goodell, second, received salutatory honore, and Margaret Hatley and Robert Winship tied for third and fourth place. The Alumni cup was presented by Mrs. Lindsay, President of the Alumni Association, to the class of 1940. In April a travelogue on Panama was given by Mr. and Mrs. James Moore. Mr. Moore has lived in Panama and h's description of the people, homes, customs and the country was very interesting. He had several souvenirs of the weapons and handicraft of the natives and he showed several reels of motion pictures taken of the Panama canal, cities, jungles, animals and natives. Nearly every Tuesday morning there is a motion picture show. The High School owns a projector and is a member of the Fleming Museum Motion Picture Club. These shows have been from one to four reels in length. Eight of the pictures have been from a series, “The Chronicles of America”, his- torical films made by Yale University. There have also been several pictures of different industries, travel and science. Mr. R. E. Noble, State Supervisor of Secondary Educa- tion, gave an address before the junior and senior classes on Wednesday, May 1, on the topic, “Teaching as a Profession.” BANQUET The Local Men’s Club sponsored a Fathers and Sons Ban- quet to which the boys were invited. A most enjoyable eve- ning resulted including eats and a movie, and discussion by the State Fish and Game Department. OLDER BOYS’ CONFERENCE Two boys, Robert Winship and John Hooker attended the State Older Boys’ Conference at Burlington in the Fall and six boys attended the North Country Conference held in Woods- ville in the Spring. 18

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Alger, Ed Bailey, Gene Laturnau and Skeet Bailey; also the interlocutor, Frederick George. Interspersed throughout the program were several specialties by the primary pupils and numerous numbers by the orchestra. EXTRA COURSE A course in family relationships was conducted by Mrs. George who was with the group of Juniors and Seniors for six weeks of discussion. The last meeting was public and included a movie and general forum. Mrs. Porter W. Powers is conducting an art class for in- terested gilds and boys. There are about thirty-five in the class, divided into three groups: metal art, raffia design, and block printing. The class meets for one hour each Thursday morning and the pupils are so much interested that they hope it may become a regular subject next year. ASSEMBLIES AND MOVIES The first assembly of the year was a ladies Fashion Show enacted by the High School boys. This was very successful with the boys strutting their stuff in fine shape. Edward Bailey described these “glamour girls’’ very appropriately with the volume and accent of a side show “barker”. This show was accompanied by a few numbers from the High School Orchestra. The Freshman boys displayed their talent by doing a scene from a doctor’s office with such success that they were given the pleasure of repeating it at “Novelty Night”. The members of the cast were Sheldon Hanson, Donald Merchant, Henry Moulton, Gorden Phelps, Olavton Placy and Gordon Robinson who starred in his role as a doctor. At the end of the fourth term of school an assembly was held to announce Senior Honors and for the presentation of the Alumni Scholarship cup to the class having the highest scholarship average for the first semester. Edward Bailey with the highest average received valedictory honors, Harvey 17

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SENIORS KENNETH ALGER (General) Kenneth is the farmer of the senior class. He is almost invariably late in the morning because his old cow simply refuses to be milked before eight o’clock, this making it impos- sible for him to get here on time. An- other factor is his slow arrival in his tin Terraplane which emits a series of noises unlike any we’ve ever heard come from an automobile before. Ken- neth is going to Randolph Agricul- tural School next year and you can be sure that we’re all very proud to have with us a representative of America’s oldest industry—agriculture. EDWARD BAILEY (Col. I‘rep.) Almost any day Junior may be heard expounding some new chemical theory to a crowd of open-mouthed listeners. He is class chemist, and plans to specialize in that field in col- lege. Besides, he took first honors this year in his class. Junior took an interest in skating at Woodsville this past winter and whether this had any connection with the rumor about his being interested in one of the fair maidens of our neighboring village we can only surmise. Junior expects to go to Northeastern next year and we hope he has the best of luck. INELLA BROCK (General) Who is it that’s tall, tells good stories and talks endlessly ? That’s right, it’s Inella. She is one of the up-and-coming young damsels of the modern age and she’s everybody’s friend, whether young or old. Rumor has it that she is skillful at: winking at the boys in second period studyhall, performing chemistry experiments the wrong way, and speaking to strange men at the movies. Inella plans to take a P. G. course back here so that means we shall have her to liven things up a bit in the senior room next year. 19