Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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Editorial . The majority of students at AnsonWAcademy feel that the time has come when some badly needed improvements must be made in our school in order for the students to obtain the maximum 'benefit from Anson Academy. We have watched many new things develop and it has opened our eyes to the fact there are many more things we could do to make this a better school! and we are wholly behind every idea to promote improvement. W VVe have given thisvmuch thought and con- sideration and' have chosen a few items that come before our eyes daily thatwe wish to discuss. It would take but one day for any- body to sit at our desks in the main room of the school, for them to be convinced that these seats are inadequatej unsanitary, uncomfort- able, badly broken,Aand all repairs have been made that can be madej desk tops are cracked so that writing is fairly impossible. seats are cracked, some backs are broken. and rounds are gone. VVe have unable to find out just how old theseseatsiearenlntit we feel that they had served their usefulness long ago. To make it clear that we are not biased on the question, our State Supervisor of Secondary' Education visited our school this spring and made similar comments. t It is our' desire to promote dramatics and public speaking in our school hall and, with the few seats which do' not number enough to seat our student body, we can not accommodate our spectators without borrowing chairs from community buildings. This not only means much time and effort, but some organizations do not want to lend their seats to the Academy as often as we need them. The few old seats and setteesthat we have are badly broken and worn out, and, with 3tl'1e reinforcement that the in- dustrial arts' classes have given them, they did not hold. Although the North Anson Reel Co. and the Beaver 'Wood Products Co. have been very generous with their trucks to transport chairs, we know that we have inconvenienced them many times. We have the paint to redecorate the interior of Academy Hall and we are in hopes that a way can be found to do this painting soon to cover the present shabby appearance. We have a room on, the north side of our school building that could be made into an attractive and much needed library. This room is accessible to all other rooms in the building without passing through any other room. We have a small numberiof books, mostly reread many times, magazines that have been donated by interested townspeople, and the school has bought a fewimonthly magazines which the students enjoy very much. VVe would like to have the walls rehnished, attractive draperies, new books and book shelves, a set of modern encyclopaedias, a few comfortable chairs, and a good reading table in this room. Many of our students are obliged to come' to school early in the morning. Such a room would en- courage many students to enjoy good litera- ture and also serve as a pleasant room to pre- pare their daily work. Recently we have tried to improve our gen- eral appearance outside our buildings. Students have been very cooperative in keeping off the lawns, keeping waste paper cleaned up, and they are very anxious for the impression of visitors to be that we want our Academy to be attractive. Our lawns need new topsoil and to be seeded and rolled and some shrubbery set outaround the buildings. lNe have no out- door Hag and Hag pole which would give us great pride to see on our school grounds. Our walks and driveways need to be levelled and ce- mented to prevent muddy and rough conditions and to add to the appearance of our grounds. lVe all enjoy and appreciate the efforts al- ready made on our athletic Held and are in hopes that this held can be made smoother and enlarged so that we can play baseball on our own school grounds. We are trying to revive baseball at Anson Academy without an ade- quate field for playing our home games. We have outdoor backboards to be put up in the Held as soon as the ground can be made smooth enough to prevent injuries. As a student body we are very anxious to promote improvements at Anson Academy and we ask the cooperation of everybody to assist us in obtaining our goals. Ttuenfy- Three

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as it did so. XVhen he regained consciouness he was aboard ship. The many men gathered around seemed strangers to him. He had lost his memory. The ship returned to New York. During his leave Wayne found a job in a factory there. Three years passed and he was again return- ing to New York, from the Orient. aboard a freighter. Meanwhile in VVayne's home town his mother was very ill. The doctor turned from her bed- side and wiped the perspiration from his face. During that second, Mrs. Kingsley died with her son's name on her lips. At the same time on high sea a freighter caught fire. Nothing could be done, for the fire had too great a start. A young man stum- bled on to the deck and stood looking at the sky. Suddenly he smiled and said, Don't worry, Mom, I'm coming . And in a whisper he added, I'll Be Seeing You. -MARY hlxcouzzs '48 Analytical Johnny 1 have a neighbor who is one of the best information centers that ever was under one head. His actions are normal and his sense of humor very keen. Do you know how John gets his information about every person in school? His method is so simple that most people overlook it. From what I have observed I think I have learned his valuable secret. The first thing for me to expose is his un- canny knowledge of his friends. He jokes with them humorously and finds out their interestsg what they like to do, whom they like, what they are most usually seen doing, and enjoying. He works so smoothly that he is capable of finding out what he wants to know from the person himself and right under his nose. After studying a bit he can tell what a per- son is going to do, just from a word slipped accidently by the person himself. It would be hard to forget how he made Miss Hight tell of her adventure tying up three boys' scarfs. It happened sometime in the first period on a Wednesday morning. The hands of a couple of students of A. A. tempted by the Twenty- Two devil were all that were needed. to do it. All three promised not to tell who did it. john being one of the sufferers who had a nice time untying his scarf, did not say much and I. not being able to find mine. was merely told I would find mine soon. Uf course I was in- quisitive so I found that three persons were involved in it. Vyere we getting anywhere? Not much. That was just what they wanted. Then John decided we would just spy and keep still. Johnny being the kind to get around without being noticed. at last discovered an- other person with Miss Hight and Bruce Paine. The three were no longer mysterious scarf-tyers. NYalter. being the other scarf vic- tim, agreed with us in everything we said or did. johnny decided he would use his knowledge on the three to find out. so this is how he worked. He had watched Miss Higl1t's actions dur- ing the school year and he had decided she would be the best one to get to tell us who did it. Telling me to agree with him and Halter. he said we would blame it on Miss Hight and say that Bruce had told us so. Boy! That started things going. Bruce said he didn't tell us. Then -Iohn. Pop. and I would tell Bruce that he could stop pretending because it wouldn't do any good. Of course Miss Hight thought Bruce told us because we could not have known any other way. She came right out with it after Bruce got mad and left the room. This made Iohn's knowledge of Miss Hight show up so he told her we didn't know who did it and that was our way of finding out. I don't think this will help John from know- ing what you students of A. A. do, because he has one more year to pester you all and Johnny knows how to do it. -ERNr:sT Mooov '46 junior: Mama, do people that lie ever go to Heaven F Mother: NVhy, of course not, junior. junior: f'Gee. I bet it's awful lonesome up there with only God and George Wlashingtonf'

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Basketball Banquet The members of the Anson Academy basket- ball teams were honored Friday night, March 15, at the second annual basketball banquet. A delicious baked ham dinner was served by the girls of the home economics classes under the able direction of Miss Elsie l-light, home economics instructor. Mark L. Pullen. presi- dent of the Board of Trustees of the Academy. acted as toastmaster. Included at the head table were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pullen, Mr. and Mrs. VVilliam Mansfield, Rev. T. Albert Lawrence. Principal and Mrs. Robert B. Merrill, Miss Frances jackson, Dwight Gould. Ernest Moody, and Miss Katherine Ela. The program opened with a prayer by Rev. T. Albert Lawrence of the North Anson Con- gregational Church followed by the singing of the first verse of America , Between the serv- ing of the courses, group singing was enjoyed under the direction of Miss Alice Richardson. music supervisor, with Mrs. E. O. judkins at the piano. Rev. Lawrence also contributed a vocal selection to the singing. Following the banquet, the captain of the girls' team, Katherine Ela. was introduced, who made a few remarks about her team. In clos- ing, Miss Ela presented a gift, in behalf of the members of the basketball teams, to Miss Hight and then called upon Muriel Dunphy, a teammate, who presented a gift to Miss jack- son. coach of the girls' team. Ernest Moody. captain of the boys' team. spoke next. making a few remarks concerning the boys' team and thanking the townspeople for their support of the school's basketball teams. ln closing, he presented a gift to Mr. Merrill from the mem- bers of the boys' team. Miss Frances jackson, coach of the girls' basketball team. presented varsity basketball letters to the following girls: Katherine Ela, Blanche Mullin, Muriel Dunphy. Rebecca Briggs. Lelia Newell, Mary hludkins. Dorris Skillings. Muriel Moody, and Ruth Newell. Miss jackson also introduced next year's cap- tain-elect. Muriel Dunphy. Muriel was also elected most valuable player of the current season by the popular vote of the members of Tiuvlzfy-Folzl' the girls' team and was presented a gold bas- ketball as a token of this honor. Mr. Merrill. coach of the boys' team. stated that he felt that the town's support of the school athletic program was far above average of the other towns of equal size. He then pre- sented varsity basketball letters to the follow- ing boys: XValter Ela, Chester Briggs, Ernest Moody, XYarren Bessey, Ralph Manzer. Merle Skillings, John Young, and Bruce Paine. Fol- lowing the presentation of the letters, Mr. Mer- rill announced Chester Briggs as captain-elect for the 1947 season and that XValter Ela was elected by the boys' team as its most valuable player for the 1946 season, who received a gold basketball as a token of this honor. Following a few remarks by Mr. Pnllen, the toastmaster, he then introduced Col. Bill Mansfield, retired Army oliicer and former coach at XVinslow High School, who turned out several state championship teams while at the lYinslow institution. Col. Mansfield told several interesting stories regarding his experi- ences while on combat duty in the South Paci- tic as well as giving some highlights of his coaching career. The banquet was then adjourned by Mr. Pullen and a dance was enjoyed by all present with music by Ted King and his orchestra. The tables were decorated in maroon and white, the school colors, with candles, tiowers. and all the accessories. lYaitresses wore white aprons decorated in maroon. Place cards were in the form of paper basketballs. The appear- ance of the hall and the whole affair suggested a great deal of hard work on the parts of all concerned. Assisting in the preparing and serving of the banquet, in addition to Miss Hight. Miss Pul- len, and the members of the teams, were the following students of the school: Phyllis Coro. Florence Coro. Betty Petty, Eleanor Ketchum, Mary jacques, Sadie Ligbtbody, Shirley Yiles. Ruth Buzzell, Carmen XYhitaker. Rose Bessey. Evangeline Manzer, Lillian Young, Lucile Ber- ry. Edith Spencer. XYilma Hartwell. Dorothy Allen, and Katherine Turcotte. The banquet was adjudged highly successful