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

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C heer oCeatlc erJ Standing, Left to Right: Ann Sherwin, Sandy Roberts, Beth Evans and Harriett Pudvah. Kneeling, Left to Right: Arvilla Boyce, Susan Farwell and Judy Evans. GAILY POSING BETWEEN THE HALVES! 29

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the busy section of the city we saw big banners hanging across the street. BASEBALL STADIUM OPENING TODAY, they read — that's just what we wanted. We hadn't seen a baseball game since Wells River boys had played Groton back in our senior year. As we proceeded to the game, 1 noticed extra-large posters with the picture of a player on ir. We figured it must be a star player, and sure enough, it was none other than Walter Bone. We got excellent seats, even though the stadium was packed. It was the South Ryegate team playing the Red Sox and people from far and near came to see it. Walter was thought of as a new Babe Ruth and he sure packed a wallop with the bat. He had four home runs through the game and w'as walked at least three times. Harriett and I didn't know the modern rules to the game, but we screamed enough at Walter, and the umpire too. We were determined to see Walter after the game so after a little disguising, to look like something that would belong in the dugout, we picked our way through to the locker room. We spoke to Walter, but he only drew out a pencil to sign an autograph, and mumbled something about how did we get in there. We started to take our hats off, and once again become known. Walter almost fainted there and explained that no women were allowed in the locker room. He took us to the hall, and for some time, we had a long talk about old school days. We left the game exhausted, and wanted to go back to our room and turn in, but realized this was our last night here, and we hadn't yet taken in any form of movie or stage show. Across from the hotel, there was a large lighted building with the sign opera on it. Operas didn't appeal to us at this moment, but we still agreed to take in this evening's show. We seated ourselves in the second balcony, and peered through opera glasses to locate the tiny figures. The lights turned red, then green, and a lovely lady floated to the stage to clear her vocal cords. Her long, draped robe and dyed hair made her look divine. She started at an extra high pitch, and went up and down the scale two or three times before she started her real song. Harriett began to giggle and said, ''Arvilla, you'll never guess who that is.” I looked real close and discovered it was Mrs. Gibson, our high school English teacher. After the show, we went to the dressing room to hear of her exciting adventures. We left our singing English teacher and return- ed to our hotel for a very short night's sleep. The next morning, we returned to our airplane and flew back home. I guess we were so excited from the trip and had so much to think about, that we were silent most of the way home. We both agreed that our trip had been some adventure, and maybe in the future, when we retire from our prosperous mines in Alaska, we, too, can settle back in our old home-town. Harriett Pudvah '57 Arvilla Boyce '57 28

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Although the cheerleading squad did not get started as early as usual this year, the seven W.R.H.S. rooters made their first appearance at Mc- Indoes on January 4th. A number of new uniforms were made this year which were identical with last year’s—short maroon skirts and waistcoats. The girls wore white long-sleeved blouses, white knee socks, and sported a pom-pom garter on their left leg on certain occasions. The girls gaily cheered the boys’ team on with many new and original cheers. In several cheers they cleverly used batons which were attractively decorated. Th squad consisted of the following girls: Ann Sherwin, Arvilla Boyce, Sandy Roberts, Harriett Pudvah, Beth Evans, Judy Evans and Susan Farwell. Harriett Pudvah ’57 Orchestra Standing, Left to Right: David Rowe, Robert Whitcher, Frankie Spear, Teddy Fellows and Ann Tyler. Sitting, Left to Right: Harriett Pudvah, Ronnie Murphy, Joan Spear, Ann Sherwin, Susan Farwell, Barbara Spear, and Director, Mrs. Jean Spear. 30