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

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CLASS OF 1954 Geraldean Brock Student at Becker Jr. College, Wor- cester, Mass. Charles Come U.S. Army. John Demeritt U.J . Navy Richard Sherwin Mt. Hermon School, Mt. Hermon, Mass. THE MUSIC PROGRAM Again this year Wells River was able to have music through the courtesy of Mrs. Rowe who gave her time freely. This year the Hilldale League music festival was held at St. Johnsbury Trade. Each school sang two in- dividual selections; then, all participated in the big combined chorus under the direction of Mr. Paul Zeller. During the course of the year the Glee Club sang at the Christmas program and also took part in the Commencement Exercise. Connie Egner, Ida Wilson and Yvonne Grenier were chosen to represent the high school at the Vermont Mu- sic Festival at Burlington as members of the All-State Chorus. Ann Sherwin played in the All-State Band. This year the Glee Club felt the loss of male voices, but since the beginning of the year it has in- creased in size. The Glee Club wishes to express their appreciation to Mrs. Rowe for the time and quidance she has given to make the music a success.

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Alumni CLASS OF 1952 Stephen Bailey Stanley Boyce Ida Mae Chamberlain Philip Currier Kenneth Fiske Elaine Guay Samuel Hutchins Paul Kaiser Jane Rowden U.S. Army. U.S. Army. Employed at First National Ware- house, North Haverhill, N. H. Student at Kenyon College, Ohio. Working at home. Employed with Attorney Edes in Woodsville, N.H. Student at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Employed at Happy Hour Cafe,Wells River, Vermont. Student at University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. WRHS CLASS OF 1953 Adele Bailey David Bidwell Caroline Boyce Irene Chamberlain Marlene Carr Priscilla Drown Mary Egner Charles Marden Constance Mayhew Russell Sulham Student at Green Mountain Jr. College, Poultney, Vermont. Student at Nichols Jr. College, Dudley, Mass. Student at Concord Commercial College, Concord, N.H. Living in Bath, N.H. Working in Lancaster, N.H. Living at home, Wells River, Vt. New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Mass. Employed at First National Store, Wells River, Vermont. Mrs. Carlos Welch, living in Springfield, Vermont. U.S. Air Force. —19—

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Senior date Jlistoi V Here we are just starting out in the first grade with Miss Darling. We are a funny looking group in various shapes and sizes, but determined to learn. In the first grade the future class of 1955 consisted of four boys and three girls; Dudley Bickford, Douglas Hatch, Larry Lamarre, David Riggie, Gertrude Bijolle, Lee Farwell, and Ida Wilson. We struggled through the elements of reading, ’riting, and ’rithmatic, and went along into the second grade. We lost Douglas Hatch and Gertrude Bijolle, but gained two new classmates, Francese Chamberlain and Margaret Mays. In the third grade we really began to enlarge. We still had the se- cond grade class plus Frank Bailey, Rosemary Basch, Eva Nelson, and Lorayne Simmons. ’We really felt grown up when we finally made it into Mrs. Stanley’s room. There we spent three more years furthering our education. When we entered the fifth grade we discovered that we had lost David Higgie and Eva Nelson, but we gained Reginald Corliss, Ruth Leonard, Patty Roben, and ivonne Grenier. In the sixth grade we discovered that we had lost Frank Bailey, who had moved to Bradford; Reginald Corliss, Chamberlain m°Ved t0 Saint Johnsbui y» and Francese Then came one of the most exciting days in our life. The day when we finally climbed up those gold plated stairs into the Jr. High Room. In the seventh grade we had two additions to our happy family, George, Ranno and Beverly Mayhew. In the eighth grade we were disappointed to lose Ruth Leonard, but we gained Gordon Boomhower and Harold Gravlin. After eight long years of primary, secondary, and Jr. High school, we became mighty freshmen. Our class consisted of 17 members and was the largest in the school. Donna Andreoletti, Connie Egner, and Bonnie Grapes come down from South Ryegate, and Robert Sargent from Ryegate Corner. From Bible Hill, came Betty Lou Bickford and Jeanette and Everest Flint. In 1953 we became sophomores and took our turn at initiating the new freshmen. We lost Betty Lou Bickford and Lee Farwell in our sophomore year, but gained Dora Dargie from East Ryegate. However, before the year was fin- ished, Dora was transferred to Mclndoes Academy. Throughout our junior and s'enior years we have stayed a solid class of 14 and still the largest in the high school. We look back on our history now and remem- ber all our old classmates and all the fun we have had, but we look with both anticipation and reluctance upon our graduation day from Wells River High School.