Ashland High School - Echoes Yearbook (Ashland, ME)

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FUTURE HOMEMAKERS First row, left to right: G. Burby, L. Libby, S. Belyea, M. Soucier, E. Rand, Mrs. Baird, F. Page, M. St. Peter, B. Sawyer, P. Davenport, C. Morrison, C. Poitraw. Second row: C. Beaulier, J. Caron, CI. lfleininu, L. Bragdon, E. Soucier,J. St. Peter,E. l-lafford, A. Bolstridge, L. Mountain, E. Caron, D. Howes, E. Howes, N. Bradgdon. Third row: J. Currie, P. Flcming,M. Colbath, ll. Baxter, J. Brewer, M. Bartlett, J. Beaulier, M. Lafland, A. Reed,M. Crowley, M. O'Clair. Fourth row: P. Pelkey, C. McGraw, J. Martin, J. Searway J. West, E. Sylvester, M. Walker, A. Coty. C. LaBlance, A. Hafford, M. Hancock. S ,F g r-ggrsfsfsgge . ir 'S alma 5' 3355 i u s e 2 kggr.. ,Wil-. h . V g.s.,:yEs..,., 2, J ,ie . r 2 f F. F. A. First row, left to right: C. Bragdon, M. Graham, D. Sylvester, R. Davenport, B. Wright, Mr. Belyea, H. Searway, E. Cowett, C. Bodge, C. Savary. Second row: G. Milliard, B. Beaulier, L. O'Clair, V. Fleming C. Caron, D. Howe, F. Tardie, O. Carney, S. Bolstridge, E. Chasse. Third row: R. McLean, P. Latland, F. Patchell, R. Robinson, C. Goodblood, E. Cyr, D. Colbath, P. Eastman, M. Sutherland. 25

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L wfv ll 'W Q,. First row, left to right: R. Davenport, P. LaBelle,l-l. Baxter, H. Searway, S. Belyea, E. Cowett, M. Soucier. Second row: Mrs. Tilley, B. West, C. Bodge, T. Coffin, R. Bolstridge, I. Prue, Mr. de Freese. SENIOR PLAY December 11th and 1Z.th,the Seniors presented the three-act comedy Those Websters, at the Ashland Grange Hall. At last, the big night had arrived and the performance went off with a bang! Bill fHazen Searway, was having girl trouble and figured his steady, Belinda QSandra Belyea, was taking him a bit too much for granted. Also, having flunk- ed an important history exam, he was ineligible for football. After many ex- asperating moments, to which Liz fPat LaBelle, added much excitement, Bill finally took another exam and passed. Shirley Mae fFay Soucier, proved to be an unusual addition to the play. The third act solved all difficulties for Spring City High and the Webster family. THE CAST Bill Webster -. . . . . fWho had growing pains, . . . . Hazen Searway George Webster . . ....... this father, .... . . .Everett Cowett Jane Webster . . ..... fhis mother, . . . . . Helen Baxter Liz ....... . . this kid sister, . . . ..... Pat LaBelle Belinda Boyd . . . . . this steady , . . . .... Sandra Belyea Jeep Stanley ........ . fBill's pal, ....... . Raymond Davenport Dolores Mason ,,,,.,,,,,, fJeep's Steady , . . ...... Betty West Kitty ,,,,,,,,, ,, fMr. Webster's secretary, ,,,, ,,,, J eannette Prue Mr. Watt , ...... fhandy man and taxi driver, ....... Rodney Bolstridge Shirley Mae Stringer ........ ffrom Charleston, ........ Fay Soucier Emil Stulir ........ . . fnobody's steady , ..... . . Clyde Bodge Football Coach .... . fof Spring City High, . . . . . Terry Coffin Sandra Belyea 53 24

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55 fC'7f3w ,ni Fi LJ 'C' Wx is A 'ti Z' P 6 , , ,K 4 as-qg 6 -- 4 U A 'Y 'r ' 4 lk gi THE FATAL TEST FLIGHT My name? Dana Michael. My age? Forty-three. My profession? A Navy test Pilot My story all begins back in September 1950. Some of the men and I were test-flying a new jet propelled navy plane. We were flying along at 2500 feet, going about 600 miles per hour, when suddenly there was a long noise and one of the men shouted, Michael, the plane is on fire! I said, Get into your parachutes and jump! After the men had alljumped,l went into the cockpit and managed to get the plane down safely. But as I started to get out of the plane I saw my co-pilot, Jim Andrew, with his shirt sleeve in the door. He said, I was helping the men into their parachutes, after they had jumped, the door blew closed and my shirt got caught in it. We had just got out of the plane and were looking around to find out the cause of the fire when he shouted Look! I looked, and found that a bare wire had touched a piece of steel in the plane and had caused a fire to run along to one of the auxiliary tanks on the end of the right wing and this had caused an explosion. We were still looking around the plane when suddenly I noticed a flame on the left wing and I shouted, Run! We started running fast as we could, but got only about 20 feet from the plane when it exploded. We landed in the hospital. I was out in three weeks,but Jim Andrews' in- juries were more severe. Two weeks later I got a call from the hospital. Jim had died of a heart attack which was caused by the shock of the explosion. When I returned to the barracks, I told the boys. We had a very good funeral for him, in fact, one of the best I have ever seen. Ihave been working successfully for the United States Navy for twenty years now and have earned my promotion. Tomorrow, I can retire for the rest of my life and the Captain says that I will start getting my pension in about one month. Nowl hear the Captain wants to see me about a new plane that he wants me to try, that is, if I want to. Well, I most certainly do. So I guess I will have to wait for that promotion, but I don't mind waiting, as I will be doing what I most enjoy, test flying new planes. Philip Lafland '56 26