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

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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

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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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MRS. ADELAIDE H. LANPHERE In the years Mrs. Lanphere has been here she has proven herself to be both efficient and capable. She teaches commercial subjects and heme economics. By using her inge- nuity she changed the dingy, dull Home Economics basement into one of the most cheerful rooms in the school. Mrs. Lanphere, with the aid of her class, annually puts on the Harvest Supper and Christmas Bazaar, doing an especially fine job. She also helps in arranging card parties and produc- ing school plays. MRS. JEAN C. SPEAR Mrs. Spear came here in ’34, the year when the present seniors were entering the seventh grade. She teaches English, Latin and P’rench. Much of her time has been spent in promoting the social activ- ities of the school. She organized the school orchestra in which she herself plays the violin. It is through her efforts that school dances have become a success. Her first two years were spent in teaching us the essentials of ballroom dancing. Also she has taught girls’ tennis. Last year she married Mr. Edgar G. Spear and we are happy to say has become a permanent resident of the town. MRS. ADINE H. HARWELL We will never be able to look back at Wells River High School without remembering Mrs. Adine Farwell. With her we shall always associate some of our most pleasant high school memories. It is with her that we meet for a Friday morning period of song. It has not been easy for her to coax music from the changing voices of fifty-odd students every Friday morn- ing. However, this she has succeeded in doing besides teaching us to ap- preciate the songs and lives of a few noted composers so that we shall go into the world not entirely ignorant of the beauty in music. 23