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

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CLASSES The mighty Seniors, That number four, Are full of wisdom But are in want of more. The Junior class Is large and strong, With eleven pupils, A mighty throng. The Sophomore class, I must say, Is the high school leader To this day. The Freshmen Think they’re mighty fine To have one pupil That will shine. —Bill Kowden ’48 IN MEMORIAM When the mist comes up from the dell And the light seems to fade with remorse, I think of dear, old Nell Who was once our trotting horse. The sulky wheels are silent, The whiffltree, useless and still, The wind in the trees sings a song of lament For Nell has gone over the hill. No longer will she race at the country fairs, No longer on sleigh rides we’ll go, For Nell at last is free from all cares In the land where the warm breezes blow. But the memory of Nell still lingers, Though not as in the morn she stood, But as she looked as she lay ’neath my fingers— My, but she tasted good! —Virginia Hamel ’44

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You say that patriotism is just bunk? But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. You’ll find out if we don’t win this war. But we will win it. Then you’ll think that you helped. But people will know you didn’t. If they saw you riding all the time When gas and tires were rationed Well, they will know you didn’t do what you could. Those of you who aren’t at all patriotic, But pretend to be, Don’t think you’re Americans. For you aren’t. You might as well be in an Axis army. As be a traitor to the home front. Again I say What are you doing to help win the War? —Dorene Pudvah ’46 ARBUTUS Little flower in woodlands bright, You are to us a welcome sight, Telling everyone of spring, And the joy which it will bring. Pink and white in your mossy bower, You’re ofttimes called the spring Mayflower. You’re like a lovely lady, Who’s all dressed up for spring. You bring us joyous tidings, Which ought to make us sing. —Lncile Judd ’48 16

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★ W. R. H. S. SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN Adams, Bernard Adams, Donald Adams, Douglas Bailey, Albert Bailey, Bruce Bailey, Edward Bidwell, Donald Brock, Robert Carbee, Christine Carbee, Irene Chamberlin, Richard Davis, Lyndol Degree, Alec Deming, George Darling, Hollis Downing, George Deming, Larry Deming, James Driscoll, Austin Farwell, Jerome Flanders, Robert Flanders, Roger Forehan, Clayton Foss, Stanley Farnsworth, Frank George, Frederick Goodell, Bailey Goodell, David Goodell, Harvey Goodell, John Hanson, Benjamin Hanson, Sheldon Hamel, Robert Hesseltine, Russell Hooker, John Hutchins, Charles Hudson, Robert Hinman, Claude Johnson, Raymond Johnson, Robert Keeler, Howard Knighton, Perley Laturneau, Eugene Laturneau, Herman Leonard, Kenneth McClure, Lester Murphy, Eugene Murphy, Robert Merchant, Donald Murray, Wilbur Miller, Harold Phelps, Gordon Placey, Clayton Powers, Porter Plourde, William Rattee, Donald Rattee, Paul Rattee, Roland Rogers, Robert Rowell, Reginald Rowden, Scott Sawyer, Edward Sawyer, Wilfred Symes, Horace Valley, Ora Wheelock, Wheatleigh Winship, Robert 18