Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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24 WINTHROP WINNER and new types of machines for typing, Tim Hopper, Alfred Bond adding., billing., etc. The town's bad example. I d M Such an exhibit should be of interest Bud Flaunwm' 'ww Core not only to those in school but to visi- tors as well. After reading about the activities of this club for the year, you will doubtless agree that this banding together of Commercial students is a fine idea, not only because it increases cooperation be- tween students and teachers, but be- cause it induces students to higher scho- lastic efforts and ambitions. We hope that it may continue asl successfully next year, and grow to be one of the most active, outstanding organizations of the school. Dramatic Club At the first meeting of the present year the following officers were elected for the following year: President, Rob- ert Stewartg Vice-President, Marjorie French, Secretary, Katherine Nedzag Treasurer, Raymond de la Feuilliez. The club also decided at this meet- ing to put on a Dramatic Club play which consisted of just members. The play was a great success, both finan- cially and in the way of talent. The play was put on at the Town Hall on January 23, 1936. The name of the play was Here Comes Patricia . It was coached very successfully by Mr. John LaPlant. The following were in the cast: Mrs. Carroll, Ruth HOUSQ A typical friendly, neighborly, small town home- hody. Elsie Crowder, Marjorie French An up-to-date miss who believes in going after what she wants. hits. Smith-Porter, Virginia Rourke A small town society matron. Angelina Knoop, Lila Gale Another young girl. Patricia Grayson, alias Patricia Hammond, alias Shirley Wade. Daughter of the Governor, Eileen Peacock Jimmy Clark, Carleton Dow A newcomer in Fern Lawn. Elbert Hastings, Alfred Maxwell An English cousin of Patty's. Adam Wade, i Nelson Briggs ,l1mmy's peppery boss. A young man. Those who attended were heard to remark that it was one of the best plays ever presented by this club. Faculty-Student Play The Faculty-Student Play. Deestrick Skule up to Date , was given in the Town Hall, February 18, before a large audience. It was an amusing story of a rural school trying to improve. The professor of the school QMr. LaPlantel was told by the trustees of the school fLila Gale, Virginia Rourke, Ruth House, Marjorie Adams, and the only male member of the board, Thompson Grantl that he must be married in order to hold his position, each feminine member thinking she was to be the one whom he would lead to the altar. But the climax was reached when the pro- fessor announced he was going to marry the meek Widow Jones CMarguerite Tapleyj. There were two humorous school-room scenes showing the pupils of the country school, who were: Gum-- chewing Sabula Sappington and her brother fMadeline Bisson and Carleton Dowj 3 the inseparable Ruth Elder Earl- ington and Bobby Jones Crackenbush fAnita Dostie and Leonard Gaylordlg the shoddy Scroggins family, Charles Augustus Scroggins fWillis Cobbl, Al Smith Scroggins CRobert Drapeaul, Carrie Nations Scroggins lBettyWebbl. the smart alec, Charlie Chaplin Ever- glades CI-laymond de la Feuilliezlg the Merriweather twins, Amos 'n Andy fLeslie Lapham and Howard Millettl: Arabella Macoroni Sistrunk and her brother, Baby Bennie Shafto Sistrunk f Marie Audet and Henry Debloisl 5 Will Rogers Tiddlewinks, the school-room nuisance CRussell Swiftl. It is hoped that a faculty or faculty- student play will be an annual event. Betty Webb.

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 23 Frou! Row, lvft to riglzf: Miss Marguerite Tzipley, Marie Auclet, l.ucile Frost. Stvnislm Slonina, Mabel Risson, Marjorie Collins, hlacleline llisson. Bark Row, Ivff In riglzf: Myrtle Oakes, lidna Young, Estelle l.cwia, Ruby Sinclair, Eugene Audct, Phyllis Melville, Helen Cummings, Arlene Knight, Marguerite Fleury. Commercial Club This year the Commercial Depart- ment has organized something new in united school activity which has proved to be practical and has brought mem-- bers of the organization some real en- joyment- a Commercial Club. The club, under the leadership and di- rection of Miss Tapley, began the year right by electing as its officers the fol- lowing members: President, Stenish Skninag Vice-President, Lucille Frostg Secretary, Ida Edwardsg Treasurer, Helen Cummings. As the secretary later dropped Bookkeeping, one of the three Commercial subjects necessary for membership, she was automatically removed from the Club. Marjorie Col- lins was elected to fill her place. In order to have a club pin one must remain in the club for three successive ranking periods, or in other words, keep an average of about 85W in all commer- cial subjects for at least eighteen weeks. Those members remaining in the Club for an entire school year receive a cer- tificate. On March 4th the club held a typing contest in order to obtain money for paying for the club pins. The contest was divided into A, B, C, and D classes, according to the rate of speed attained. The winners were: I. Edwards, H. Cum- mings, H. Faulkinham, and E. Tibbetts. Throughout the year members of the club have been awarded certificates and pins for accuracy, speed and fluency in typing and shorthand, by the Grefrg Company, which were presented in as- sembly by Miss Tapley. Later the club hopes to give an ex- hibit of commercial papers done bv club members, also showing some of the old

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 25 lirunt Rare: Mabel llisson, lfileen Peacock, Marjorie French, Phyllis Melville, Arlene Parker. Buck Rafe: Nelson Briggs, Leonard Moore, Horace llurr, Mr. Thompson Grant, Lara NN'aterman. Alfred Bond, VVillis Cobb. Senior Play The Senior Class presented the three-act comedy, Sally Lou , on the evening of April 23 in the Town Hall. The play was very ably directed by Mr. Thompson Grant of the faculty. The cast included the following: Sally Lou Fomstock, an angelic miss, Mabel Hisson Dot Reynolds, a debutante, Marjorie French Mrs. Reynolds, Dot's mother, Eileen Peacock Flossie Blaine, a sweet young lady, Arlene Parker lilsie, a maid, Phyllis Melville Charlie Allerton, interested in the beautiful but dumb, Alfred Bond ,lerry VVilson, a long-suffering young man, Willis Cobb James Bradley, Sally l.ou's uncle, Nelson Briggs Percival Weymouth, an uplifter of gangsters, Horace Burr Lefty Dillon, of the profession , l.eonard Moore Riggs, a lawyer's clerk, Lara Waterman Robert Stewart filled the position of business manager and Waldo Lincoln that of stage manager. The ushers were Edson Stevens, Leroy Merrill, and Eugene Audet. Radio Plays The pupils of Winthrop High School have been very fortunate in obtaining a series of radio plays. These plays are designed especially for high school dra- matics to promote radio training. The neighboring schools of Cony, Hallowell, and Gardiner have similar series and offer a friendly competition. In the presentation of such plays, the students are introduced into the atmos- phere of radio life. This fact tends to encourage the responsibility and better character of the student. As broadcasts have to be carried on with down to the