Hallowell High School - Venture Yearbook (Hallowell, ME)

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The VENTURE 17 decorated and were financially suc- cessful under the supervision of our class adviser, Miss Waugh. On April 7th was held the Annual Bigelow Prize Speaking Contest, an event for which we all had to pre- pare. The winners of the contest were Ruth Johnson and Harold Choate. In March, came the operetta, Springtime, in which the sopho- mores were well represented. Debat- ing was made one of the school ac- tivities. It has grown to be so suc- cessful that this year Hallowell High won both preliminary debates in the Bates League, and qualified for the semi-finals. An affair of great importance to us came up sophomore year, the ordering of the class rings. After much discussion, they were finally decided upon and were delivered the next fall. As juniors, we lost only two mem- bers: Helen Pearce, who went to Kent's Hill, and Clara Simonson, who became Mrs. Kenneth Johnson. Two changes were made in the faculty. Miss Evelyn Waugh, in- structor in history, and Miss Aubrey M. Plaisted, of the commercial de- partment, resigned to spend a year in study at the University of Cali- fornia. Miss Waugh's position was filled by Miss Ellen E. Small, a gradu- ate of Bates. and Miss Plaisted's by Miss Melva Pettingill, a graduate of the Maine School of Commerce. Both have proved excellent teachers, and are well-liked by the student body. The first event of our junior year was the annual reception to the freshmen. We tried to make that night mean to them what it had meant to us: for the recollection of that occasion three years before was still fresh in our minds. Next came the Hokey Pokey Fair. Our booths were the punch table and the fish pond. Our class adviser was Miss Pettingill. The last social event of the year was the junior reception to the sen- iors on the evening of graduation. We worked hard, I assure you, deco- rating for graduation and for the baccalaureate service, and we closed our junior year with a feeling of work well done. After an all-too-brief vacation, we entered upon our duties and respon- sibilities as seniors. We were a bit sad, as we thought of how short this year would be and how soon we must separate and go out into the world, each on his own way. But senior year has held more of joy than of sadness, after all. We were sorry to lose Carleton Hallett, who was obliged to leave be- cause of eye trouble. Arthur Car- bino left us in April to enter Cony High. We were glad, however, to gain Walter Hamilton of 1924, who had returned to complete his course and enter college. After this addi- tion and subtraction, we numbered thirty-three, and thirty-three we are to-day. An event which we shall never for- get is the senior party, given by Miss Haskell at the High School Building. I can speak for one and all, when I tell you that we had the best time of our four years of high school life. At the Hokey Pokey Fair, we had the cooked food and fancy work tables. We worked hard, and, under Miss Haskell's supervision, succeeded in making, the largest amount of money of any class. Our holder campaign should be long remem- bered. Few Hallowell people escaped without buying at least one of these useful articles. Our class was very prominent in athletics. In football, John Murphy was captain, and Charles Gatchell, manager. In basketball, the captain of the girls' team was Dorothy Daw-

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16 The VENTURE CLASS HISTORY The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. I realize how imperfect will be my history of this wonderful class of 1927, but I shall do my best to tell you of its splendid achievements. Fifty-two we were, who trudged up Central Hill on that September day in 1923 to become freshmen at Hallowell High. The hill was steep and our hearts were heavy with dread of the unknown, but we knew, even then, that Labor conquers all , so on we climbed, to meet our fate. The faculty that first year con- sisted of Principal Joseph E. Blais- dell, Miss Jessica J. Haskell, teacher of French and English, Miss Dorothy Judkins, instructor in Latin, Miss Irene Robinson, instructor in his- tory, and Miss Ethel Rice, in charge of the commercial department. When the fall term ended, Miss Robinson left us to become Mrs. Marino Gali- zia, and Miss Evelyn Waugh of Win- throp took her place. Verdant freshmen that we were, we saw the annual reception draw nearer and nearer, our hearts full of anxiety. We had become quite used to finding ourselves in awkward places in our first few weeks of high school life, but to go into society, high society, with our schoolmates of the upper classes looking down upon us, scorning us in public, that was too much! We felt like going home to bed instead of attending that reception and dance. Nevertheless, when refreshments began to appear, we felt more at ease, and, all in all, we really had rather a good time. Soon after entering, we lost ten of our classmates. Riella Currier, May- nard Clement, Harold Emery, Cath- erine Lee, Myrtle Robinson, Henri- etta Sprague, and Thelma Swift left to seek employment, Kennedy Cum- mings went with his parents to live in East Pepperell, Massachusetts, Catherine Leach moved to Castine, and Perthena Miller went to Farm- ington, to make her home with Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Perry. This year, a high school orchestra was organized, which included sever- al members of our class. Anna Em- ery has been pianist of this organi- zation from the beginning till now. The biggest event of our freshman year was the Hokey Pokey Fair, held in the City Hall. We had the ice cream booth, which attracted much attention because of its icy decora- tions. Miss Judkins was class ad- viser on this occasion. We began our sophomore year somewhat wiser, and, certainly, with less dread of what might be before us. The two-session plan was intro- duced this year and has proved a success. There were several changes in the faculty. Miss Dorothy Jud- kins resigned to accept a position in one of the Augusta schools. Miss Ethel Rice left to marry Basil Rob- bins of Ellsworth, and her place was taken by Miss Aubrey M. Plaisted, who came here from Yarmouth High. Mr. Wesley D. Gilpatric, a graduate of Bates, came as sub-master, to coach athletics and teach mathe- matics. Prin. J. E. Blaisdell took over the Latin classes. Our number had lessened still more, for nine of our class were obliged to repeat their freshman year. We regretted their loss, but we were glad to gain Errol Ridgewell, from the class of 1926, George Gree- ley, who came back to school as a sophomore, after spending more than a year in the army, John Scott, who entered from Rockland High, Stanley Horne from Kent's Hill, Iona Haney, from Winthrop High, and Clyde Leighton from Cony. The latter three we lost after a few months. At Hokey Pokey Fair this year, we had the doll table and the punch booth. The booths were artistically

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18 The VENTURE bin, the manager, Helen Graves. Of the boys' team, Arthur Carbino was captain. In baseball, Reginald Trask was captain and Errol Ridge- well, manager. 1 Then came the time when we were to have our pictures taken. For two days we went to Augusta, in relays fand some broke the cameral. But the results were simply great! Of course, they had to be, since the pic- tures were of our class! The last important event of this year, except for graduation itself, was the senior play, His Uncle's Niece, given in May, a production which added much to our fame and fortune. With today, my history ends and the work of the class prophet begins. I am sure the future for us will be as brilliant as the past, for we know and have already begun to use the key to success, Labor conquers all. Dorothy Church, '27. CLASS PROPHECY I want to remind you that it is now the spring of 1935. In Cambridge, where Dorothy and I are living to- -gether, everything is in spring attire, the trees and grass in soft new green, and the people in smart new styles. The spirit of spring pervaded our minds, usually so bent on work, to such an extent that we finally de- cided to ask for a few days off, to shop and have a general good time. Dorothy is head stenographer in an insurance office, and I am private sec- retary to a prominent lawyer. That afternoon, I rather hesitatingly asked Mr. Trafton, my employer. for a few days' vacation. The spirit of spring must have touched him, too, for he gave me a full week off. When I reached our apartment that night, I found that Dorothy had had equal- ly good luck. We began immediately to plan our vacation with a view to getting as much fun and profit as possible out of it. Our first .thought was the Boston theatres, and what they offered. The Shubert was fea- turing a new play, Too Many Wives, that sounded interesting, so we decided to go there. ,lx I'- Of course, we had to buy our new spring clothes first, so next after- noon we Went into Bostonin the little car we had bought some weeks be- fore. We both like Filene's, and went there to look around before try- ing other shops. The dresses, were all attractive, and we were someftime in making our selection. I finished first, and as I was giving directions for my purchases to be sent,'I no- ticed an unusually odd style that a model at the other side of the room was exhibiting. I called Dot's atten- tion to it, and we both went over for a nearer view. As the girl turned and faced us, we found that it, was our old classmate, Erlene Hutchin- son. She was as surprised and de- lighted as we, but could not talk to us then, so we invited her to go to the theatre with us that night. - We all three had supper together at the Ambassador, and talked over old times. Erlene told us that Kenneth Small was the proprietor of a chain of grocery stores, having, among others, one in Hallowell, one in Gardiner. and one in Augusta. He had proved true the old adage, Bring up a child in the way he should go. and when he is old, he will not depart from it. - He was making his home in Hallowell, and was one of its leading citizens. Eugene Arata had attained quite a reputation as a big game hunter, due, perhaps, to his experience' dur- ing high school days. He certainly did get that experience then, as you will all remember. He is also a well- known and popular guide to the Maine woods, making money from the millionaire tourists and hunters who make use of his services.