Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEGUNTICOOK CAMDEN, MAINE 7 A TYPICAL SENIOR SCHOOL DAY 4:00—Frank Stearns goes to bed af- ter a long, hard night at the filling station. David Brown gets up to go hunting. 4:30—Jim Bickford gets up and starts for school. He likes to get there early to study. (????) (You don’t suppose it’s a girl friend, do you?) 5:00—“Clarence” opens the doors and gets a fire roaring in the fur- nace. If it wasn’t for him we’d have no school. (No heat . .. no school.) But what would we do without him? 5:30—Mr. Walker gets up and tries to start his Chevrolet, so he can get to school on time. 6:00—Bob Collemer gets up now in case he might have a flat tire on his trusty Ford. (He hates to be late for science class.) 6:30—Dennis Calderwood climbs in- to his powerful Dodge and plows through the deep Lincolnville snow drifts. 7:00—Miss McCobb starts off in her “speedy” Hudson and makes seven miles in seven minutes. Route 137 doesn’t resemble the Maine Turn- pike, does it? 7:30—Some of the lazier boys (in- cluding myself) get up and eat and start off for the day’s work. 8:00—“Lovers” talk in the corridors. Miss Oliver arrives for the day to try to teach the kiddies about verbs and Hamlet. 8:15—School begins. Miss Oliver takes attendance and then gets out her slip of paper and writes down invitations to stay with her at 3 p.m. on Thursday. 8:30—Frank Stearns arrives at school. Mr. Wood knows the excuse ... “I overslept.” 9:00—Time to go hear Miss McCobb say, “According to statistics.” 9:45—Period Three—You wish it were three o’clock. 10:30—What if Frank Rankin, Ever- ett Fizer and I are the only seniors in 4th Period Machine Shop? “Jack” couldn’t stand any more. 11:15—Time to eat! The noon hour goes by like a flash, but what do you want for your money? 12:30—Miss Oliver adds a few names and checks to her “Thursday night list.” Why can’t we keep quiet? 1:00—Mr. Payson decides that he “can’t tolerate” about three of us any longer, and it is “zero for the day,” and out we go. 1:30—The lab bursts into flame and Mr. Wood wonders, “Why does this have to happen to me?” 2:15—Time to see if we can remem- ber who wrote Hamlet, or how to diagram complex sentences. 3:00—Free at last! (Except those who have to pay for their sins com- mitted in school.) 4:00—Frank Stearns reports for work at the filling station where he, once in a while, “fills his shoes” as well. 4:30—In the baseball season Ted Wil- liams wallops a home run to beat the Yankees and Jim Bickford turns the radio off and says, “Just luck.” 5:00—Parker decides to leave Irene’s house and starts to sing, “Good- night, Irene.” 5:30-6:00—Most of us are eating. Can’t raise cain on an empty sto- mach. 6:45—Some of the characters amble toward the movie theatre hoping to see Betty Grable or Richard Wid- mark. 7:00—“Some of the boys” gather at the “gas station” for an evening of gossip and jokes. 8:00—Someone comes into the filling station and says, “Take me to Rockland.” The answer frequently is, “Take a taxi.” 9:30—Frankie Stearns closes up and starts for home, but seldom gets there earlier than one o’clock. 10:00—Some of us go to bed. Not very many though. 11:00—Helena has to ask “Ronnie” to leave so she can get some sleep. 12:00—“Wish tomorrow were Satur- day so I could sleep,” say a lot who stay up this late. 1:00—Warren Conant tells Ken

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6 THE MEGUNTICOOK CAMDEN, MAINE Albert and Chubby, we believe the fact is, Are walking ’round the world to keep in ractice. ile Parker, we read, is away fighting the war, Irene is trying to keep wolves from her door. Comical Maurice, always good for a joke, Has made a fortune selling aspirin and coke. Photography is Orman Goodwin’s great passion; He takes pictures of women in his own fashion. To serve his country as a Marine Was the destined fate of Sammy Green. Neil Libby has surprised us all; He sells fish, both large and small. Margaret Hansell owns a drugstore, Collecting male patients by the score. Jeanette Milliken really has a job, Trying to decide between Lawrence and Bob. Faith has not had time to marry; She’s too busy being a secretary. A singer is the fate of Everett Fizer; He’s taking A1 Jolson’s place singing “Liza.” Bobby Collemer now is getting his fill; He married Joyce Robbins of Lincolnville. Kenneth Hardy has written a tale Of skiing on the Megunticook trail. Jimmy and David have joined the Red Sox; Instead of pitching balls, they’re pitching rocks. Denny is married, just take a look; It isn’t funny because he’s the cook. Margaret and Winifred are right in their prime; They’re nurses and having a grand old time. Thelma, we see, is doing fine as a model; She has learned how to walk and not toddle. We flipped just to make sure, a two-headed dime, It was Allen for Ann; we knew all the time. Chorus girl Winnie is in the right direction; She can wiggle her body to perfection. Annie is a famous dressmaker; Her husband is the city’s baker. Mary and Sylvia both said “I do,” And got themselves good husbands too. Donald has learned to toot the flute, But all he can play is, E-ut. Bebe Leonard is still a Lincolnville fan. Donny Rossiter’s the best dancer in the land. Arlene Witt, the newest senior lass, Is now working in her home state, Mass. Louise Richardson now has life cozy; Her children’s names are Bob and Rosy. Frankie Rankin, our glamorous sensation, Is now a mechanic at the Seaview Station. Betty Perry is now in perfect health; She married a man of great wealth. Jimmy Crockett races cars in his leisure; He calls his latest model “The Stripteaser.” Slave markets are over; girls, don’t rush Dave. He can only have one for a slave. Red-headed drummer boy, Stearns, the ladies’ man, Is training in Florida while getting a tan. John has invented a new dance; He calls it his “Grace”ful Prance.” All of Charlie Masalin’s wishes came true; He finished Annapolis and wed Betsy too. Miss McCobb and Mr. Goddard were swell as advisors and coaches And we think of them again as each Junt- approaches. The diary is done, the pages are through; Now we will bring our lives to you. We traveled the world over, met people of appeal, But they didn’t equal our classmates who were ideal. Your Classmates, —“Nat’ and “Elle,” ’51 WE CAN DO IT! “With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin. Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done and he did it.” These four simple lines from a well-known poem by Edgar A. Guest contain in them a profound meaning for all of us. In this day and age, we, the seniors who are graduating from high schools, must learn to hold our chins higher than ever before. We must be able to prove to the generations ahead of us that we are going to be capable of carrying on the tasks of tomorrow- in the United States. We must set a goal for ourselves and work steadily toward it, never giving up, until the height is reached. It is going to be our job to get the world out of the turmoil into which we are going deeper each day. “There are thousands who’ll tell you it can- not be done, There are thousands who’ll prophesy failure.” but, if we, the future citizens of the United States, leaving behind us all thoughts of revenge and concerning ourselves only with helping to straighten out the w-rinkled pattern of the w-orld, lift up our chins and go at the venture with the zest of a true American—the job is as good as done!

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8 THE MEGUNTICOOK CAMDEN, MAINE Hardy to take it easy going through town and to get his muffler fixed. 2:00—Ken runs out of gas and drops “Sonny” off and heads for home. (Lincolnville.) 3:00—Bob Rowe puts away his motor tune-up kit and decides to “hit the sack.” 4 :00—Hey! This is where we came in. Hope everybody has had an excit- ing day. —Don Laliberte, ’51 NOTICE—WANT AD Attention, graduating males be- tween the ages of 16 and 60. Uncle Sam can now supply you with jobs. Good pay, board, room and opportun- ities for advancement. Skilled per- sonnel desired but others will greed- ily be accepted. Steady employment for next 4 to 6 years, or, if desired, lifetime. Generous retirement plan. Burial expenses paid including a handsome grey velvet and chrome casket. Must buy your own headstone. Must wear uniform while employed. Uncle Sam will furnish them. Your choice of color if you act quickly. Khaki, blue, or green. Excellent pay. automatically banked, taxed, with- held, drawn on, and cut down by your employer, Uncle Sam. If interested in choice of uniform color, call us at once. If not, we’ll see you later in khaki. —Jim McGrath, ’51 SENIOR PLAY CAST MILTON CHRISTIE DORIS HOPKINS PARKER LAITE HELEN PAYSON JAMES McGRATH JANE ROBBINS IRENE FITZSIMMONS KENNETH HARDY CHARLTON RYDER ROBERT ROWE NATALIE PAYSON BLANCHE LEONARD DAVID CROCKET ELEANOR LUNT ELSTON HOBBS —Helena Poland, ’51 STUDENT COUNCIL Seated: Minnie Tranquillo, Ronald Banks (Vice-President), Mr. Wood (Advisor), David Crockett (President), Alfred Darrow (Secretary), Filomena Tranquillo. Standing: Christine Plaisted, John Giffin, Halsey Murch, Parker Laite, Barbara Haynes, Alton Parker, Wilbur Baird, Milton Christie, Basil Arau.