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

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Ida Mae Chamberlain — Employed at the First National Warehouse, North Haverhill, New Hampshire. Philip Currier — Student at Kenyon College in Ohio. Kenneth Fiske — Student at University of New Hampshire. Elaine Guay — Class of '54, Becker Junior College, Worcester, Massa- chusetts. Samuel Hutchins — Student at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Paul Kaiser — Class of '54, Becker Junior College, Worcester, Massa- chusetts. Jane Rowden — Student at University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. WRHS CLASS OF 1953 Adele Bailey — Student at Green Mountain Jr. College, Poultney, Vt. David Bidwell — Student at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hamp- shire. Caroline Boyce — Student at Concord Commercial College, Concord, New Hampshire. Irene Chamberlain — Living in Bath, N. H. Marlene Carr — Working in Lancaster, N. H. Priscilla Drown — Living at home, Wells River, Vermont. Mary Egner — New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massa- chusetts. Charles Marden — Employed at First National Stores, Wells River, Vt. Constance Mayhew — Mrs. Carlos Welch, living in Springfield, Vt. Russell Sulham — U. S. Air Force. — Twenty-jive —

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CLASS OF 1951 Barbara Bailey — Medical Secretary at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, New Hampshire. Frances Bailey — Mrs. Clarence Farris, living in So. Ryegate, Vermont. Reynold Boyce — Student at University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Herbert Chamberlain, Jr. — Farming, Bath, New Hampshire. Ann Demeritt — Mrs. George Allen, living in Union City, New Jersey. David Egner — U. S. Marines. David Gonyer — Employed at Twin State News Times, Woodsville, New Hampshire. Rachel Simmons — Employed at Wells River 5 10, Wells River, Vermont. Horace Symes, Jr. — Student at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. —WRHS— CLASS OF 1952 Stephen Bailey — U. S. Army. Stanley Boyce — U. S. Army. — T iventy-four —

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CLASS HISTORY The class of ’54 started their schooling in Wells River on Septem- ber 8, 1942. Oddly enough, that class consisted of 4 students also. They were Francese Chamberlain, John Demeritt, Patty Roben and William Stanley. During our three years of mastering the ABCs under Miss Darling, we gained Freeman Hitchcock, Antonio La Croix, and George Ranno. We lost William Stanley, Francese Chamberlain, and Antonio La Croix. Entering Mrs. Stanley’s room in 1945 to learn the more difficult things in life, mainly fractions and geography, we were a class of eight: Geraldean Brock, John Demeritt, Freeman Hitchcock, Ruth Leonard, Ida Mae Nelson, Patty Roben, George Ranno, and Richard Sherwin. After three years, we were shoved out into the cold, cold world, the Jr. High. Frightened we climbed those big stairs, noticing that all of our fourth grade classmates were not among us. During the years, we had lost Patty Roben but had gained Charles Come, Patricia Gadwah, Lunnie Clark and Robert Provencher. Freeman Hitchcock had moved but returned to good old Wells River later. After two long years of science and social studies, we became a full part of the high school. The only change in classmates was the loss of George Ranno and Ruth Leonard, leaving us with a class of 10. They were Geraldean Brock, Lunnie Clark, Charles Come, John De- meritt, Patricia Gadwah, Freeman Hitchcock, Ida Nelson, Robert Pro- vencher, Richard Sherwin and Eleanor Simmons. We elected the fol- lowing officers: President, Robert Provencher; Vice-President, Richard Sherwin; Secretary, John Demeritt; and Treasurer, Geraldean Brock. The sophomores did their best at initiating us but we managed to sur- vive until June. We toured Vermont on a class trip at that time. In our sophomore year, our officers were: President, Richard Sher- win; Vice-President, Geraldean Brock; Secretary, John Demeritt; and Treasurer, Ida Mae Nelson. That year we lost Patricia Gadwah. We initiated the freshmen in a grand style. Our junior year saw us losing Robert Provencher. We elected Charles Come as President, John Demeritt as Vice-President, and Richard Sherwin as Secretary-Treasurer. Candy was sold and suppers were held to defray the expenses of the Junior Prom, which was held in June. In our senior year, the class was composed of Charles Come, Geraldean Brock, Gordon Brown, John Demeritt, Ida Nelson, and Richard Sherwin. Our officers were: President, John Demeritt; Vice- — Twenty-six —