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

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SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The school orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. Spear, made the first public appearance of its second year at the Hilldale League Prize Speaking and Spelling Contests on November 6. Most of the mem- bers journeyed to St. Johnsbury to hear the U. S. Marine Band on October 12. Many other appearances were made at high school affairs during the year. This year’s members are: Mrs. Spear, violin; Betty Cushing, flute; Ann Sherwin and Ida Wilson, clarinets; Dick Sherwin, saxophone; and Harriett Pudvah and Donna Cusano, pianists. These members par- ticipated in the League Orchestra on April 30. —Dick Sherwin ’54 --WRHS---- SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL The School Safety Patrol was continued this year under the spon- sorship of the State Highway Patrol. Members belonging to the school patrol were chosen from the Junior High. Captains for the year were Beth Evans and Daniel Hourihan; lieutenants for the year were Frederick Kaiser and James Come. Mrs. Spear was the director. The State of Vermont considers the School Safety Patrol such an im- portant part of school life that each year a field day is held for mem- bers. Members from Wells River attended again this year. ------WRHS--------- ONE-ACT PLAYS On Wednesday, March 17, the classes of W. R. H. S. and the Junior High presented four one-act plays. They were The Silver Arrow” presented by the junior high, ' The Uninvited Ghost” by the freshmen, The Ghost Wore White” by the sophomores, and Stoney’s Brides” by the combined junior and senior classes. The directors were as follow: Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Gibson, Mr. McPhetres, and Mrs. Spear. The junior-senior play was the winner and it went to the League Play Festival at Mclndoes Academy. — Eleven —

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry Breckenridge ....... George Breckenridge .... Mrs. Lennox ......... Helen Allen....... Cecile Allen .... Clancy ...... Wiggins .... P-Sam .... Delicia ................ John Demeritt ............. Dick Sherwin ............ Patty Roben ..........Rosemary Basch ... Geraldean Brock ... Gordon Brown ... Everest Gould Andy Bullard Ida Wilson Stage Manager ................................... Charles Come Prompters....................... Yvonne Grenier, Jeanette Gould Director ................................................. Mrs. Spear —Geraldean Brock ’54 ----WRHS--- THE MUSIC PROGRAM Again this year Mrs. Rowe arranged to have the Hilldale League Music Festival at Wells River. Each school sang two individual selec- tions; then, all participated in the big combined chorus under the di- rection of Mr. Walter Paskevich. The Glee Club sang at the Public Speaking Contest and also took part in the Commencement Exercises. John Demeritt, Geraldean Brock, and Ida Wilson were chosen to represent the high school at the Vermont Music Festival at Burlington as members of the All-State Chorus. Dick Sherwin, Ann Sherwin, and Betty Cushing played in the All-State Band. This year a new policy was adopted by the Glee Club. Various officers were elected as follows: president, John Demeritt; vice-presi- dent, Ida Wilson; secretary, Yvonne Grenier; librarian, Connie Egner; assistant librarian, Donna Cusano. — Ten — —J. Demeritt ’54

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LIZ WASN’T WORTH IT How long I had waited for a chance to buy a car. The day final- ly came. I had enough money to make the down payment and I could easily keep the others up with my weekly pay checks. First, I had to decide what make of car I wanted. How did a person know what kind to buy if he never had had one before? I had no idea so I priced all the cars- in every garage in town. By the price elimination method I chose the Ford.” The manager said I could have the one I liked best for a twenty-four hour trial. My final decision was a light blue Ford” with white side wall tires. I signed the papers, made the down payment and took her for a spin to show her off. For the first month she worked like a charm. The girls had de- cided to call her Liz.” We took Liz everywhere. Every Sunday Liz got a bath whether she needed it or not and sometimes we gave her a wax job, providing the weather was warm enough. One week we took Liz to Canada on a camping trip. This is the time she started acting up. She insisted on stalling every time we hit a red light going through Montreal and, after demonstrating her ail- ments to a French garageman and paying five dollars for her repairs, we continued our journey. After keeping a close watch with the map and road signs we turned onto a very rough back road. As we pitched down over a hill we flew into the air. We had hit a large boulder on the side of the road. Landing, we found the muffler had a hole and one spring was gone. Temporary repairs were made; that is, enough so we could make it home. — Twelve —