Winooski High School - Carillon Yearbook (Winooski, VT)

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CLASS PROPHECY THE NEW LOOK Time: 1959 Place: Cairo, Egypt Setting: The living room of my home. I have just received a letter from Ann Lister, whom we have all come to know as the Skylark of the Air Waves, telling me of the tenth reunion of the 1949 Graduation Class of Winooski High School. Since I am teaching at the University here in Cairo, Egypt, I was unable to attend the last two reunions. How thoughtful of Ann to stop in the middle of her television rehearsal to write me the latest news. New York City May 25, 1959 Dear Elaine. During my lunch hour I shall write you all I can of our class reunion. You probably know that Raymond Robear is the secretary and as such he read your letter. He is now a full-fledged physician and is vitally inter- ested in cancer control. We all regretted not being able to talk with you, but do envy you those summers of travel through Europe. By the way, did you know that Richard Campbell is the New York District Manager of the United Airlines, and that Douglas Crowley is in the office at Hongkong, China? We did not get to see him, but his wife, Teruke Watanabe, was here to bring news of their two pair of twins. She has traveled home from China by air, of course, bringing all four youngsters with her. If you notice the enclosed picture of our reunion she is the one dressed with an oriental influence. Here is something you will never believe! About two weeks ago I was hurrying along in the wind, thinking more about my hair than the traffic, when suddenly an arm reached out and grabbed me, while at the same time a stern voice said, Lady, you had better watch the stop light.” Looking up sheepishly I found myself staring right into the face of no one but, John Simon. He is just about the last person I should expect to be a patrolman in New York. I had a chance to talk to him at our dinner, and he took advantage of it to kid me, said I should have been televised, then I would never jay walk again. Noella Deforge is now living in Toronto, Canada. Like the Canadian Mounted Po- lice, she will “get her man” at Thanksgiving time. His name is Carlos Guiseppi Van Do- reu. Speaking of television, if you received your last copy of Time magazine you probably noticed that Richard Guertin has been named the sports announcer of the year. He always was so enthusiastic about all sports, but honestly, I would have expected him to play professional football after his spectacular col- lege days at William and Mary College. His sports casts of any game are always better than the real game when you view him with television. At the alumni dinner we all stood up and told what we have done during the past ten years, and are doing now. William Tobin, broke the ice and spoke first. He told of spending all his time trying to perfect an automobile that will run on water, and just recently had been awarded a patent on his in- vention. Now all he must do is get the cars on the market. I’ll be the first in line to buy one. When Frances Brigante started to tell us of her life work, she passed to each of us a dozen eggs. It seems that she has settled down on a poultry farm in Maryland, and is making a huge success at it, especially now that she has broadened into the use of Air ex- press. -27-

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY A three-act comedy “Truth on a Holiday” won prolonged applause when presented on April 19. The story is based upon the childish prank of a college co-ed, Alice Grant, who takes her father for a jolly ride by making him a case study for a term paper in abnor- mal psychology. She describes him as suffer- ing from delusions of grandeur, because she has heard mother say he was planning to run for governor. The psychology professor calls at the home of the victim to check details first hand. It happens to be the very day the father accepts the nomination, Mrs. Grant, much against her husband’s wishes has asked an interior decorator to inspect the house. To cover up his visit she passes him off as a de- tective named Jones. Meanwhile Professor Prickett has assumed the name of Jones also to remain incognito in conducting his inves- tigation. There are hilarious scenes when the two Jones are mistaken one for the other. A kitchen maid who is a puzzle addict finally lands the Professor. No one dares tell any- one the truth for fear of embarrassing con- sequences. The play closes happily with Alice con- fessing to the Professor, Mr. Grant agrees to having the house redecorated and the nomina- tion is in the bag. The maid wins a trip to Honolulu and persuades the Professor to go along with her. Cast of Characters Warren Grant, a lawyer...............Richard Campbell Laura Grant, his wife...................Ruth Lamothe Alice, their older daughter Jacqueline Shirnhaus Mimi, the younger daughter.........Claudette Gratton Keith, their son Thomas Kane Louise Spencer, his fiancee Barbara Parizo Jimmy Long, a reporter William Tobin Professor Prickett Richard Guertin Herbert Goss, an interior decorator Douglas Crowley Stuart Mason, a political boss Frank Vartuli Mrs. Barrett Barrett..................Elaine Beveridge Hildegarde, the maid....................Ruth Hutchins Director—Principal A. P. Couture Stage Manager—-Shirley Hughes Properties Manager—Beverly Lister Technician—Samuel Harris — 26 —

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Did I tell you that Lawrence Cook was there? He was in New York for a news- paper convention, so could be at the dinner. After working as a foreign correspondent for a couple of years, he was appointed News Editor of the St. Louis Globe-Dispatch. He hopes to be publisher some day, but he is doing very well for a man about 28 years old. Another former class member to make good in his field is Frank Vartuli, who told us of his research into social problems for his new textbook. He is lecturing at Columbia Uni- versity this year, on information about Pales- tine. Another prosperous business woman is Lorraine Allen Sweeney, who confessed she had designed and supervised the decorations for the dining room in which we were eating. She has a shop near Times Square here in New York and creates the most unusual table and room decorations for very exclusive Park Avenue parties. Beverly Lister, also was at the reunion. She is now head buyer for the Columbia Rug Company. It is the largest Rug Company in the United States. Beverly has traveled all over the world and someday just as soon as General Jarvis retires from the Army she ex- pects to make a change in her career. There was a Navy Fleet that landed in New York two weeks ago and that is the reason why Lorraine Leclair is here, to see a certain Elmer, more than to attend the re- union. Lorraine has obtained a leave of ab- sence from the hospital where she is Head Nurse, for one month. For the past ten years we have all expected to see a wedding band on her hand, but it still came as a surprise. We had a new poet at our reunion, Thomas Kane. We knew that Thomas could write poetry if he put his mind to it, but Thomas never seemed very interested in poetry until he met Karen Ban Hopp, and she was his inspiration, now he will be inspired by Karen most of the time because there is to be a wed- ding in June. He has dedicated his first book of poems to Karen. She was at the dinner and I can see why she inspired Thomas. To quote Shakespeare, Her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleece.” Shirley Hughes was also at the dinner, having made the trip from Zanesville, Ohio, where she is head of a business college. She graduated from some Ohio College, I do not know which one, and she took special work at the Gregg School in Chicago before she started teaching. She rapidly climbed to the top of her ladder where she is buliding up this school with her radiant personality and her keen business sense. Also at the dinner was a very famous lawyer, Sam Harris. He flew up from Reno to attend the dinner, and there he is kept pretty busy. He had been handling divorce cases. Also he has had quite a few offers to be married, but he has not accepted any as yet. Gerald Greene is now coaching basketball at Fordham University and I, Ann, will be- come Mrs. Gerald Greene on next October 14. Probably the most entertaining member of the class was the one who entered during the program dressed as a clown. He paraded about playing pranks on everybody. He kept us guessing and amused for quite a while un- til finally the last thing on the program he removed his false face to reveal the fact that he was not a man at all. This clown was a girl, none other than Muriel Leblanc. She explained how she had done nothing exciting compared to most of us—she is still at home and is teaching in the same high school where she graduated from. For a hobby she has made several costumes and entertains the children and shut-ins on holidays and at parties. She certainly had us fooled with the clown act. Jacqueline Shirnhaus Rocheleau also was at the reunion. She is kept pretty busy now caring for her five-year-old daughter, and writing her fashion column for the Boston Sun newspaper. Around the University of California there has been much talk about one girl who has just become engaged to Professor Dinglehop- per. All the girls on the campus have had hopes to become the future Mrs. Dinglehop- per, but it seems that it took a girl from good old W. H. S., Elizabeth Leo, to win his heart with her charming ways. As soon as this term is over they plan to be married. The -28-