Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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5 THE Mfeu NTICOOK 29 the now familiar grey skirts, white blouses, and gayly colored suspenders. Then the day of reckoning came with our first rally, and we were struck with the realization that we hadn't any cheers. It was now December, and from day to day we had postponed practicing by convinc- ing ourselves that we had plenty of time. Uh dear! What to dol? There was Qlence for two seconds-then the light dawned. Miss Goodwin, we breathed. We gladly relinquished our stud- ies for a goodncause, tthough I haven't the opinion that the teachers thought likewisej and went upstairs to make spectacles of ourselves. There we went through a trying forty five minutes and came out with the opinion that cheerleading wasn't such a cinch after all. And we unanimously agreed when debut time arrived-the game with Boothbay. All day long I couldn't keep my mind in school, my studies were sadly neglected, and I had- n't eaten a thing all day. Then as the zero hour approached the five of us, feeling as if we were going to the dentist, went through the movements in our minds. But, thank goodness, Boothbay had no cheer- leaders: thus no competition. So we thought but we were sadly mistaken. Without any they made more noise than we did. The evening passed, our nervousness decreased, and by the time our boys had chalked up a victory we were completely at ease- iwell, almos't thenj. Cheers, yes, we needed some new cheers. Most of them were as old as Methuselah. So letters went to Florida, Oregon, and all over the United States and that is how we got our trademark, Down by the River. So. before the nex't game in which we would present it, we practiced and re- hearsed and practiced some more until we were absolutely sure we were in step. But all our bright plans went up in smoke, the Y was bulging with people, and we realized that there was a good percentage from Rockland. All our carefully laid plans were completely forgotten in our bewilderment. And oh. those Rockland cheerleaders were so cute and experienced. But we lived and nobody noticed whether or not we were out of step fl hopej because the game was enough to hold anybody's interest. And thus we trucked through all the games: Thomaston, VValdoboro, Lincoln, and all 'the rest. For all the hard work, nu- merous practices, aching shoulders, and sad cases of laryngitis we are very glad that one of our passing fancies is a reasonable success Cahemj and peeks of fun. - C H S - FACULTY Carlton P. Wood, University of Maine, B. S. in Education Science Lester Shibles, Colby, A. B. Mathematics Ethel Oliver, Bates, A. B. English Bertha Clason, Bates, A. B. Latin, U. S. History, Business Law Helen McCobb, University of Maine, Rock- land Commercial College, B. S. in Education, M. of Education. Civics, Economics, Business Math, Bookkeeping. Elcey Sawyer, Malden Commercial College, Commercial Subjects Ruth Collemer, New England Conservatory of Music, Glee Club Milford Payson, University of Maine, A. B. French, English. Jean Goodwin, University of Maine, B. S. Home Ecoomics Stanley Frye, Gorham Normal School, Manual Arts Chester Hammond, Longy, Instrumental Music Anna Keating, University of ,Maine, A. B. English, Spanish, History. - C H S - COMMERCIAL AWARDS The following students have received 'their Gregg Shorthand Certificates: 60 word tests-Phyllis Baird, Glee Bryant, Barbara Dickey, Myrtle Mashall, Jeanette St. Clair, and Louise Wade. 80 word tes'ts-Phyllis Baird and Myrtle Marshall. 100 word test-Phyllis Baird. The following have passed the typing speed tests: 30 word-Phyllis Baird, Viola Brownell. Glee Bryant, Barbara Dickey, Myrtle Marshall, Verna Norwood, Justina Shute. Jeanette St. Clair, Ruth Thurlow, Louise VVade, and Erwin Fitzgerald. 4 - C H S -- Lieutenant - Commander Frederick F. Richards, U. S. N. R., former faculty mem- ber of Camden High School, has been pro- moted to the rank of commander.

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,-N U- f...v...-a... .,.. ....,.- ,, .. C. H. S. CHEER LEADERS Seated Qleft to rightl: Eleanor Brown, Patricia Rich, Prudence Weaver. Standing fleft to rightjz Myrna Curry, Kay Hobbs. CHEERLEADING ? ? ? .Xhl xxvlllll an ideal XYQ had ilUllC it again. Ya-s. thrcc lirown heads. a red onv, and the wcll known lwloiidc trcsscs had Come out of sccl11sio11 alter a coulmlc of hours of com- 1wa1'i11g lmraiiistornis. .Mid o11 tl1a't nieinoralile day of Uctolwr. 11i11c-tc-1111 llllllflI't'Cl llllfl forty l-tlllf. thc- cxrcllt-11t idea fso we tholtghtl of C'lH't'I'lQ1lIllllQ' was lNll'll. 'l'l11- Ill'Xl ste-11 was Ctll1YlllClllQ' Miss Mc- fiolmli. .Xftcr :1 hot Zlllfl fc-vcrish clclmate o11 whom would fall thc plc-as11r1 ' of asking her. thc- lirc- of IIS tronpcd ClUXYIlS'lZlll'S to- gctlicr. lllll' lc-ct wc-rc shaking in our l1row11 lU1ll.l'l'S, two ol' Kay's l.lllgl'l'llZlllS we-rc chew- cd to thc quick, and my haiidkcrcliief resem- lvlvd Il worn Ulll tlothcs linv. Hut, ZL1JlJZlI't'Il1- ly. ulll' worric-s w01'1- in vaiiigfor l1CZlI'lllg tht- story ll7ClXX'Ct'Il licms and hawsl slim' was as 11111011 e11tl111scd as wc wcrc. lust thc 'thing thc school 111-1-rlsff-1-s11c- cially at thc rallies. lfivc he-arts sank to the tocs. and wv ln-lt as if we had just stepped from a Cold show- er. XYQ llilflllil CHUlllCKl on jllllllblllg' Zlflllllltl 111 front ol all thc Classes, Mr. Wood, and the teachers in 'that small space. Hut liaving swallowed that land it wont down iniglity hardy thc' cost111111- 1llIOSllHll ZIFUSC. XYhat arc wc going to wear? For thc sccoud timc we went into seCl11sio11 getliis t1111c with an additional person, Miss lioocl- wm. Iwo days later we had sccurcd sweaters and the Cllec Club skirts much to our sorrow, they rlcfiliitclv not madv for action. That plan was 1l0llCKl--llllll the nvxt day wc l'lllQ'I'gQ'1l g-Wy H111 XYOVQ' Zlliilll- with

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BASEBALL 1944 Camden finished its season with seven wins against three defeats. This left us tied with Rockland for second place. The season might have been considerably better if it had not been for several unexpected heart- breakers. Camden beat the Champion Thomaston 'team twice but was unable to play the breaks and dropped three tough games. Conway deserved to win the Vinal- haven game, but the Rockland game was a Comedy of Errors. The only excuse given for the loss to Lincoln Academy was the heat as the team said, but that doesn't seem much of an excuse. Once again we are indebted to Mr. llorr for coaching us through another season. He has been an able coach and has co-operated with the school in all its activities. Our only regret is 'that we could not have celebrated the fs birth of his son, May l9, by a victory over Rockland. llere is a summary of the scores: Camden Won 73 Lost 3 Camden 5 .Rockland 4 Camden l-l Yinalhaven 0 Camden 3 Vinalhaven 8 Camden fm Rockport 2 Camden 3 Lincoln .-Xcademy 8 Camden 8 Thomaston 6 Camden 7 Rockland 8 Camden 9 Rockport 8 Camden 8 Lincoln Academy 6 Camden 12 Thomaston 4 lotals: Camden 75: Opponents 54. -- C H S - Camden vs. Rockland Camden opened its season with a 5-4 vic- tory over Rockland. Rockland scored first in the first inning and held the lead up to the sixth. Trailing 3-0 going into the last half of the sixth Hodson opened with a SI 01 t.' single. Burkett walked and two wild throws tied it up. Rockland picked up another run in the top of the seventh and lead 4-3. Trail- ing by this score in the last of the ninth, Camden rallied. XYilliams tripled and suc- cessive singles by Bryant, Hodson, Tim. and Leonard put the game on ice. Camden vs. Vinalhaven 1st game Camden had little trouble in winning its second league game of the season l-l-0. Be- hind Bryant's three-hit pitching and backed by a eighteen hit barrage, there was little to worry about. Grindle, NYilliams. True. and Knight each got two hits a piece for Cam- den while Conway. Coombs, and l-lelwick got the only hits for Vinalhaven. Camden vs. Vinalhaven 2nd game In the second game of the doubleheader it was a different story. Conway had the Camden sluggers baffled and won out by 33. Conway was very effective allowing only four hits, two by Hodson, and the others by Burkett and True. Carver's two hits and Greenleafs 'triple paced the Yinal- haven attack. Camden vs. Rockport Camden won its third game of the sea- son at Camden 6-2. Bryant pitched all the game allowing ten hits and striking out nine. Camden got off 'to an carlv lead in the second inning and was never headed, Bryant, Burkett, Knight, and XYadsworth each connected for two hits while .'Xnnis's three singles were tops for Rockport. Camden vs. Lincoln Academy Camden High lost its second game of the season in its first game away from home 7-2. Lincoln scored three times in the first inn- ing and was never headed. Burkett relieved Bryant, who had a sore arm, in the third