Bridgton High School - Corona Yearbook (Bridgton, ME)

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5 THE CORONA William Potter. Patricia Sanborn, Allan Saunders, Thomas Skelton. Dorothy Smith. YX'yvern Smith. Ruth Stiles. Richard Taylor, Beatrice Unnold. Gordon VVeyniouth. .-Xlgier Milton XVoodbury. Dorothy Vlwiiiaii, and Helen York. Soon following our entrance to Bridgton High School we were initiated and a Freshman Rec fption was given. Thus, we were introduced to the faculty and upper- classmen. Our first important business was the election of class ofhcers, and here let me say that we have been very conservative in our choice of Presidents. In four years. we have had only two. Patricia Sanborn was president during our Freshman and Sophomore years, while Eli Kroot held the office during our junior and Senior years. As for the other officers, the Freshman year our Vice President was Roy Crosby. Secretary was Dorothy Smith. and our Treasurer was Katherine Bresette. VVil- fred Bcwley represented the class in the Student Council. In our Sophomore year. the officers were: Yice President. Marie Meserve: Secretary, Dorothy XVynian: and Treas- urer, Virginia lfogg. This year, we, as Sophonlores, were allowed two representa- tives in the Student Council and we voted that Alice Knight and Wilfred Bowley should have the honor. When hluniors, Marie Meserve was again elected Vice President, Alice Knight was elected Secretary. and Virginia Fogg served a second term as Treasurer. Still advancing we now had three representa- tives in the Student Council: Laura Dris- kell, Wyvern Smith, and Maurice Blake. Now it is 1945. One might say that we as a class are Usanforized shrunk. for there are only seventeen of us leftz Here we are: Maybelle Blake, Adrienne Crabtree. liulalie Davis. Laura Driskell. Mary Ed- son, Kathleen Emerson. Richard johnson. Lois Kimball, Eli Kroot, Gwendolyn Leavitt, Clorie Leighton, Hazel Moyni- han. Patricia Sanborn. Thomas Skelton, Dorothy Smith, Wyvern Smith, and Ruth Stiles. This year our class officers are as follows: Eli Kroot, as already mentioned. Presi- dent: Yice President, Patricia Sanborn: Secretary. VVyvern Smith: Treasurer, Richard Johnson. Senior members of the Student Council are Dorothy Smith, Lois Kimball, Patricia Sanborn, Thomas Skel- ton. and Ruth Stiles. Through the four years the enrollment of our class has steadily decreased. A great many of the boys are now in the armed forces. some of the girls are mar- ried, and still other students have trans- ferred to other schools. Now our gradua- tion is speedily approaching but we still think back to that day in 1941 when we all met' for the first time. To those who have left us we say that we wish they were still with us. Good luck to them and all of us.

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THE CORONA 5 IF I HAVE LOST, I HAVE ALSO GAINED The contest tempted me. I entered it with the greatest of hopes, but the results were unsatisfactory for I lost. Yes, lost. I was disappointed, perhaps a bit sulky for what had I to be glad about after I had lost? A team of hockey players lost their most important game. They, too, were downhearted, and some were angry, and still others were quarrelsome. VVhat did they all say? We lost. Yes, of course, but hadn't they forgotten something as I had ? Forgotten something? Yes! They for- got that although they had lost they had also gained. I, too, forgot. You perhaps wonderingly inquire, But, if you lost, how could you possibly have gained? Let us consider the explanation. The con- test appeared simple and, glancing at it, I made up my mind that surely it would be easy to win. It said that entries must be typewritten. I did not heed the instruc- tion. There were doubtless other reasons, too, for my failure. I gained in the knowledge that I must not underestimate the difficulties of a task. I learned that rules must be applied if favorable results are to be attained. Let us now consider what the hockey team gained. The dem- onstration of a weak spot in their defense showed them where to apply their atten- tion to prevent further defeat. The coach, through their dissatisfied grumbling, found that each thought another respon- sible for failure, and he held up to them the standards of true teamwork. If I have lost. I have also gained. It is a' good thought in time of failure when efforts and hopes seem fruitless. Anger. wrath, or sulkiness will tend to fade to a realization of all the points gained. Les- sons from previous experiences will serve as guidance in future attempts. RUTH STILES, 45. Qizinrg nf the On September 8, 1941. we, the Class of 1945, a fine group of boys and girls, gathered at Bridgton High School. We were somewhat bewildered- under the stares of the upperclassmen, but hopeful of the future. After we had finally settled down to be- ing a class, there were sixty-one of us. Of this number, three were from Sweden, eight from Naples, and six from Harri- son. Also, we had several members from North Bridgton, West Bridgton, and Sandy Creek. Should a teacher have called the roll, the following persons would have responded: Iona Barker, Maurice Blake, Maybelle Blake, Wilfred Bowley, Katherine Bre- Qlleum nf 1945 sette, Melvin Briggs. lYilliam Cannell, Harry Chapman, joan Chandler, Adri- enne Crabtree, Roy Crosby. Harry Cross. Diana Davis. Eulalie Davis. Laura -Dris- kell, Carolyn Edgerly, Mary Edson, Kath- leen Emerson, Virginia Fogg, Kurt Frier, Clifford Harmon. Walter Hewson, Myrtle Higgins, Albert Howard, Albion Irish, Richard Johnson, Lois Kimball. Benjamin Knight, Florence Knight, jack Knight, Owen Knight. Thornton Knight, EliKroot, Gwendolyn Leavitt. Clorie Leighton, Bar- bara Libby, Dean Libby. Frank Libby, Shirley Libby, Ralph Linscott, Reginald Mains, Marie Meserve, Ralph Moulton. Hazel Moynihan, Robert Peary, Charles Pelletier, James Porter, Selma Porter,

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CLASS OF 1945 MAYBELLF LOTTIF BLAKE .S'usir Age 17 COLLEGE French Club 145 : Senior Play 145 3 Class XVill. LENA ADRIENNE CRABTRICF RFIIllU Age 17 GENERAI, French Club 12, 3, 45: Glee Club 11, 3, 453 Cheer- leader 1-153 Senior Play 1453 Joke Editor on La Petite Revue 135: UB. H. S. Quacksu 145: Class Prophecy. EULALIE MA E DAVIS Davis Age 18 COMMERUAI. LAURA MARGUERITE PJRISKFLL 1.0lly Age 18 COLL:-:GE Intramurals 13 5 French Club 12, 3, 453 Glee Club 11, 2, 3, 453 Senior Play 1453 Band 11, 2, 3, -15: Orchestra 11, 45 5 Activities Editor on La Petite Re- vue 135 5 B. H. S. Quacks 1-15 5 Address to Under- graduates.