Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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16 THE PHILLIPIAN BAND The band has been progressing as usual this year but because of scarcity of gasoline we have not had any concerts or attended the festivals. Mr. Clark, who has been caring for the Legion Home on Mondays, has joined in with us several times playing different instru- ments. Because of rationing of gasoline and tires there has been no spelling or debating con- tests this year. We did send two representa- tives, Dolena Walker and Tommy Thomp- son, to the speaking contest at Kingfield, on May 28. MORSE CODE CLASS A class for those who were interested in the study of the International Morse Code was started in February. This course is the same as given by the army. The school pur- chased twenty records and many of the stu- dents have their own sending sets. At the end of twelve weeks Truman Mas- terman, Dolena Walker, and Tommy Thompson passed the ten word a minute testg Earl Eustis, Everett Walker, and Mari- lyn VVing the eightg Myr Lyn Wilbur and Charles Iepson the six. 'By the end of the year several of the students will be able to receive from twelve to sixteen words per minute. ONE-ACT PLAYS SENIORS - BIG BROTHER BARGES IN Bob ....,.........,.,........,..,...............,........, Everett Walker Bill ..,...,.,., ......... W illiam Mills Andy ..,..... .....,..,.....,... E arl Eustis Charlie ....,. ....,, C harles Ellicott III Emily ,.,. ...... N athalie Edwards Agnes .......... Nelda Thompson Becky ,......,,..............,............,..,.. Geraldine Kenniston Helen . .,....,.................,..,... ................... P hyllis Knapp Nat Edwards, of this play, was rushed to the hospital the afternoon of the plays for an emergency operation. Her part was success- fully filled by Dolena Walker. We were very sorry that Nat was sick but were lucky to Find so able a substitute. Incidentally, the seniors were voted as putting on the best play. IUNIORS - WILDCAT WILLIE BUYS A BOND Wildcat Willie Laurel Thompson Gladys .,....,.... Ioe ...,.. Vernon Celia .. Kathie .......,... Bonny Moore Mrs. Wilkins ., lean Thompson Truman Masterman Ronald Haggan Maxine Staples Iris Wilbur Myrtle Voter Marilyn Wing SOPHOMORES - EVERYTI-IING'S REASONABLE Iack Hale ..,..,. Peggy Hale ..... Peter ,.............. . Mrs. Thistle ...,. .,....,. Red .........,,.,... Augusta . .,.. . Maribel .,....... ...,.. Sadie ..,............ Leslie Adley Marjorie Gould Corydon Hardy Beatrice Mitchell Robert Wilcox Delvine Vose Marilyn Mecham Olive Seeley Dr. Blisswell ..................,...,..,.....,.,.. Carmond Moores FRESHMEN-YOUTH AND UNCLE SAM Spencer Erskine ...,...........,......,............... Verne Beedy Mrs. Bill Slocum Dora Roberts ............ Wilma Sargent Mrs. Perry Martindale , ...... ..,.. . Eva Brodsky , .........., .. Sonny Hampton ....,,...... ...,,. Arlena Muocha ....,....., Rose Delaney ....,.... Carl Hoff ner ............. Frances Morgan Pauline Weston Harriet Stowell Ronald Sargent Helen Beal Athylie Wilbur Curtis Beedy Winifred Martindale .........,.,.............. Marie Dunham Because of the absence of Ruby Bickford, Frances Morgan was a substitute in this play. She did very good work and fitted into the part well. THE EXHIBITION In the middle of April the village schools of Phillips and the Valley School gave an exhibition. It was put on in the Community Building and supervised by Mrs. Richmond. There were 150 children taking part from the primary to High School. There were plays, tumbling acts and dances. Fifty-three dollars was netted from this and will be used for the Community Build- ing. l CHAPEL SERVICE On Good Friday the high school and grammar school attended a service at the Methodist Church. There was a good at- tendance with Rev. Clark and Rev. Taylor as leaders.

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THE PHILLIPIAN 15 . . , i 1 . 5 s , .5 1 x ' J ,i, X . t K .4 1 4 y - A 2 . I. Q . f i BAND Front row, left to right: G. Pillsbury, R. McLain, G. Wilbur, I. Wilbur, E. Hagelin, H. Beal, G. Thompson Second row: M. Flagg, I. Richmond, C. Moore, M. Gould, G. Smith, R. Beal, R, Harnden, Leader O. Knowles Third row: N. Edwards, N. Thompson, V. Norton, C. Hardy, M. Wilbur, I. Wilbur, A. Wilbur Our new building proved ideal. lf we could have had mats and other gymnasium have made the work despite this handicap we feel that we have carried on a worthwhile program. equipment we could more interesting, but ln addition to this physical training the most of the boys are members of the Home Guard and receive an additional three hours' training each week. Farly in the fall a group of boys and girls were chosen to go to Farmington to learn to be leaders. They spent the day and learned many new tricks which they have shown the others. We like our physical training course and it is much better than standing around and watching others exercise as many of us have done in the past. MAGAZINE CONTEST ln October the annual magazine contest, sponsored by the Crowell Publishing Com- pany, was held. Frank Beal was the leading salesman, The school earned enough money to pay for the football uniforms and clean up the 1942 deficit. VVe wish to thank all who helped to make this drive a success. NEW CHAIRS FOR THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ln the last issue of the Phillipian the Class of l9-12 suggested that we start a fund for chairs. During the past year we have turned over two hundred and ninety-eight dollars. At Christmas two hundred chairs were pur- chased, and the Legion reports that the last payment has been made.

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THE PHILLIPIAN 17 l 1 ' ' I P? l g ol ll - I ' :it?:i f . .gg gf I bg ' gf Q - 5 T has been very difiicult to carry on an Athletic season this year up in Maine because of the gas and tire rationing. We had to give up football completely as Strong and Rangeley laid away their pads and helmets and dug out their gloves and bats instead. We played only three games last fall, winning two of them, but they served to keep the boys interested in athletics. Interest in basketball seemed to have slack- ened here at P. H. S. this winter: neverthe- less we enjoyed a successful season. With a team composed of Mort Burnham, Chiz Ad- ley, Ding Masterman, Carmond Moore, Al- bert Burnham, Tommy Thompson, Enos Campbell and myself, we took second place in our league and won the consolation at the tourney. The season started off rather poorly with defeats from Farmington High and Wilton Academy. VVilton had one of the best teams seen in this section for quite some time, so this took some of the pain from our defeat. We did, however, redeem ourselves against F. S. N. S., taking them on their own floor by a couple of baskets, and in our return game unveiled our skill to the Phillips fans by trouncing them 45-35. About this time came our now famous bicycle trip to Kingfield, which most of you have heard about. The game over there was close for three quarters, but in the last they scored freely to win by eight baskets. If you remember though, when they came to Phillips, even though they had their first team, even though they rode in automobiles, and even though they had uniforms and a coach, we showed them what we could do by spanking them 33-27. Our next victim was Strong High over whom we won easily, but our next game, at Rangeley, was a little different. Collins and Irish, their key men, were having one of those nights and we came back to Phil- lips with a 36-27 defeat. With lay the next week, we hit our stride again and gained another easy victory. About this time came the highlight of the whole season. It was a Friday night and Rangeley was coming out to show those P. H. S. upstarts how to play basketball. Both schools had their Hrst teams on the floor at the opening whistle, but before Rangeley knew what had struck them, Chiz and I had scored three times to make the score 6-0. The game was very close all the way, but this time we were not to be denied, and walked off the Hoor the victors by six points. Strong High was next on our list, so down we went and brought back a 32-12 scalp. As always, Phillips was one of the eight teams chosen to go to the North Franklin County Basketball Tournament. This year as always one team stood out above all others. Wilton has had one of the best teams that ever participated in a Franklin County Tournament. They had victories over all the small schools in the state, as well as Kents Hill and Rumford. Who would Phillips draw? VVell, you guessed it. We played 3 good game but VVilton was too strong.