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

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WILLIAM PLOURDE (General) Bill came over here from Woolsville this year and although we haven’t known him long, we think he’s a good fellow. He gees clattering around in a little Ford and sometimes he even drives a Packard. Bill is an amateur photographer and develops his own pictures. He is an exceptionally good dancer and we suspect that this fact rather than his beauty accounts for the interest the ladies take in him. We don’t know what Bill plans for next year but whatever it may be, he will succeed because, as they say, “he’s been around”. REGINALD ROWELL (Commercial) There goes Reg around the comer on two wheels with that gray Ply- mouth vide open! He’s very adept at that sort of thing although we might add that occasionally he puts another dent into the fenders. Some things Reg does well are: dance, make butter and spend money. Also we heard that he is a frequent visitor on Back St. It seems strange to us that so many of the seniors have nightly business in that locality! Reg plans to work in the creamery after a course at Cornell and we join in wishing him success in his vocation. ROBERT WINSHIP (Col. Prep.) Bob is pretty tough or so he thinks. Really though he’s not as bad as he would have folks believe. Bob is a basketball player and a big-league sports fan as well as a confirmed pipe- smoker. He poses as a woman hater but when he is seen, deep in a ping- pong game with a member of the fair sex, amid a whole row of smiles on his part, we wonder. Bob wants to enter the profession of pedagogy, preferably in the field of history, to impart some of his acquired knowledge to the future generations. 21

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FREDERICK GEORGE (Col. Prep.) Fred is one of the most popular boys in school. He is president of the Student Council and secretary and treasurer of the senior class. We have heard that he has a “den” re- modeled from his workshop and which is a real nice place. Fred is on the ski and basketball teams and a very competent member of both. He works at the I. G. A. store and we heard that the fellows there aren’t the only “Merchants” with whom he is rather friendly. Fred wants to go to some trade school next year, probably Wentworth. HARVEY GOODELL (Col. P ep ) Who’s that fellow out on the basket- ball floor directing a crowd of players? Who’s that near the top of the Nose Dive giving last minute instructions to the ski-team ? It’s Harvey, cap- tain of skiing and basketball. Harvey is one of the best sports we know, not only in games but in every day life. He is taking very commendable salut- atory honors this year. Harvey has not decided where he is going to col- lege but perhaps a firm conviction on that point as well as an interest in the feminine portion of the world will develop suddenly and without warn- ing. MARGARET HATLEY (Col. Prep.) Margaret was the highest ranking girl in her class this year. She hails from a little place called Ryegate Corner and is the only senior to rep- resent a small village. Among the things she does well are: playing a piano, dancing, flirting, and bothering Bob Winship. Margaret has been acting as school stenographer this year and has done the very competent jobs of making over permanent rec- ords, mimeographing, and filing school materials. Next year Margaret plans to go to North Hampton for a busi- ness course and it goes without say- ing that we’re all going to miss her. 20

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OUR FACULTY MR. J. STEWART GARVIN Not particularly noticed in the rou- tine of our every day school life but always present in a crisis is our Su- perintendent, Mr. Garvin. We are made to realize his presence from the opening day of school throughout the year and commencement. His car is a familiar sight in the school yard and it is not unusual to see him playing ball with the school boys. Our annual Junior High Track Meet would indeed seem lacking with- out him as would other interscholastic events. MR. LYNFORD L. WELLS Mr. Wells came here from U. V. M. via Johnson, Vt., and has shown him- self to be a most versatile person. It is to him that everyone goes seeking helpful advice and a solution of his problem. Besides his duty as Principal he teaches the sciences and advanced English. As side lines Mr. Wells finds time to ski, to coach girls’ bas- ketball and to manage all interschol- astic get-togethers. It should be mentioned also that under his tutelage much has been done toward raising our scholastic stand- ards and in regard to student govern- ment, as well as promoting a very satisfactory guidance program. MR. RICHARD M. SPRAGUE Mr. Sprague came here in ’34 from Trinity College. Besides being advisor to the School Boy Patrol he is a very enthusiastic sport fan. He coaches the boys’ bas- ketball team and he keeps up the boys interest in track and soft ball. Mr. Sprague offers an intensely in- teresting course in history and eco- nomics and also teaches junior high subjects. For summer diversion he keeps in trim as a counselor at Camp Abnaki. 22