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

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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 —

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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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President, Geraldean Brock; and Secretary-Treasurer, Richard Sherwin. During the year we lost Ida Nelson, who moved to Ohio, and Gordon Brown, who joined the Air Force. The senior play was produced. The only member of this class who has attended Wells River Graded and High School for all 12 years is John Demeritt. —Richard Sherwin '54 ----WRHS- CLASS PROPHECY My two toned, salmon pink, Belaire convertible space ship had just come to a screeching halt on the most modern planet, Pluto. I stepped out of my ship, floated across the run way and entered the Plutospace Cafe to have my afternoon cup of plupee. It seemed good to sit down and rest my bones after a strenuous day of delivering 2,000 Plumo vacuum cleaners. Noticing that it was getting dark, I realized I must hurry if I were to find a vacant motel. After paying my check, and dashing out the door, I ran into a cart of hot dogs, being pushed by a tall thin man with a white beard. I should say he was about 60 years of age and not at ali bad looking. Having tipped over the cart, I began to help the gentleman gather things together again. I mentioned that I had just arrived early in the morning from Wells River, Vermont, located in the U. S. A. The kindly old gentleman offered me a hot dog and asked if there still was a printing place in Wells River under the name Sher- win. Then all at once a bell rang. I was speaking to an old class- mate from high school. I introduced myself as I knew he hadn’t recognized me. Then there was endless conversation for the next hour. Dick had been having hayfever and the doctor had suggested Pluto as having a good climate for his condition. Dick had been here in Pluto for six years. When he left Wells River he had taken a dozen hot dogs from Paul Hinman’s store and he now had the first hot dog business on Pluto and by far the largest business. Dick informed me of a very good motel at 49 Plu Avenue where I could stay for the night. I called a space taxi and arrived at the motel in time to fill their last vacancy. I had the taxi wait outside as I planned to do a bit of touring bef ore going to supper. The driver asked if there was any place I had a preference to seeing, and I replied that I wished to see as many of the high spots as — Twenty-seven —