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

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J [p © (Rtr5 BOYS’ BASKETBALL Wells River High School boys’ team produced the strongest quintet they have sported in quite a few years and turned in many spectacular games.. The squad was composed of several returning veterans: Bob Garvin, Dean Rowden, Everett Dargie, Captain Clif Stearns, and Ray Hunt, six-foot transfer from Orleans High, who proved to be a standout. Bill Rowden, Tink” Winchester and Roger Simmons, all freshmen, rounded out the squad as substitutes, and Harry Bickford, who left at the end of the season to join the navy, turned in a couple of creditable performances at a guard post. Bob Normand, Junior” Hunt, and Clif Stearns did the bulk of the scoring, with Bob Garvin a stellar guard, ably assisting. For the first game the team journeyed to Waterbury and were defeated 45-17. Although the score was one- sided, the game was well played and interesting to watch, and the team gathered valuable experience playing on a big floor. The team developed steadily throughout the year finishing the season in a blaze of glory by winning five straight games. The spirit of the team throughout the season was excellent. Three of the season’s five losses were setbacks by Class B teams, which are a step above Class C to which Wells 3

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WELLS RIVER ALUMNI IN THE SERVICE Adams, Bernard Adams, Donald Adams, Douglas Bailey, Albert Bailey, Edward Beckley, Norman Besaw, Charles Bidwell, Donald Brock, Inella Brock, Robert Carbee, Christina Carbee, Irene Chamberlain, Richard Darling, Hollis Davis, Lyndol Degree, Alec Deming, George Deming, James Downing, George Driscoll, Austin Farnsworth, Frank Farwell, Jerome Flanders, Robert Flanders, Roger Forhan, Clayton Foss, Stanley George, Frederick Glynn, Jasner Goodell, Bailey Goodell, David Goodell, John Goodell, Harvey Hamel, Robert Hanson, Sheldon Hesseltine, Russell Hooker, John Hudson, Robert Hinman, Claude Hutchins, Charles Johnson, Raymond Johnson, Robert Judd, Keith Keeler, Howard Knighton, Perley Jr. Ladeau, Roland Lamarre, Leon Laturneau, Eugene Laturneau, Herman Leonard, Kenneth McClure, Lester Meader, Ernest Merchant, Donald Miller, Harold Murphy, Eugene Murphy, Robert Murray, Wilbur Park, Paul Phelps, Gordon Placey, Clayton Plourde, William Powers, Porter Ratte, Donald Rattee, Paul Rattee, Roland Roberts, John Rowden, Scott Rowell, Reginald Sawyer, Edward Symes, Horace Valley, Ora Vigneau, Wilfred Villeaux, Joseph Wheelock, Wheatleigh Winship, Robert 30

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River belongs. The other two losses were to Concord, one of the strongest Class C teams in the northern part of the state. The team was coached by Mr. Garvin and Mrs. Rowe. We wish to thank all those townspeople who made possible transportation, and we are especially grateful to Mr. Garvin and Mr. Rowden for transportation to every game. The scores of all games played: Wells River 17 Waterbury 45 Wells River 31 Danville 24 Wells River 14 Concord 31 Wells River 32 Groton 19 Wells River 21 Danville 18 Wells River 27 Bradford 37 Wells River 17 Concord 44 Wells River 26 Bradford 44 Wells River 58 Newbury 18 Wells River 47 Mclndoes 16 Wells River 36 Mclndoes 1 1 Wells River 26 Groton 18 Wells River 33 Newbury 15 Total, Wells River 38 5 ; Opponents 340. High scorer of the season was Stearns 151; other scores are as follows—Bob Normand 131, Junior” Hunt 86, Bob Garvin 16, Dean Rowden 2, Tink” Winchester 4, Harry Bickford 5. An all-opponent team has been picked with: Bouchard, (Concord) guard Hall, (Waterbury) guard Baker, (Concord) center Talbert, (Waterbury) forward Kingsbury, (Bradford) forward Calkins, (Danville) utility Next year’s team is very hopeful with Junior” Hunt and Bob Garvin, co-captains, Dean Rowden, Tink” Winchester, Bill Rowden and Roger Simmons all back 32