Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEGUNTICOOK 29 Smaller ensembles have furnished music during the school year for the Senior Play and the FHA Style Show. Individual members have played so- los and duets for several church and fraternal organizations in town. F. H. A. FHA was resumed last fall with the following officers taking the lead in this year’s activities: President, Jean Wilbur; Vice President, Sally Crockett; Secretary, Cheryl Rey- nolds; Treasurer, Jacqueline Rey- nolds; Historian, Lois Inman; Par- liamentarians, Alice Whitehouse and Luella Crockett. The club’s main activities and ac- complishments for the year are as follows: A masquerade ball was held early in the fall with Dick Harvey’s Orches- tra providing the music for dancing. Before Christmas, FHA members contributed and mended outgrown clothing, which was given to needy families. Also, as part of its charity work for the year, the club purchased dish toweling which was made into towels by members and presented to the Pine Tree Camp for Crippled Children. Two of the regular monthly meet- ings featured very interesting speak- ers. In January, Mrs. Howard Rol- lins told us of her family’s exciting trip to California. The chapter mo- thers were also introduced to the club by their daughters. Chapter Mothers are Mrs. Lewis Megquier, Mrs. Eben Randlett and Mrs. Philip Raynes. In April Mrs. Inga MacKellar, a profes- sor in the Home Economics depart- F. H. A. First row: Nancy Buck, Elaine Hoffses, Lois Inman, Alice Whitehouse, Sally Crockett, Miss Drysdale (Advisor), Jean Wilbur, Cheryl Reynolds, Jacqueline Reynolds, Luella Crockett; Second row: Geraldine Wiley, Earlene Beale, Karen Megquier, Dawn Pierce, Ann Ludwig, Charlotte Hunt, Mary Raynes, Sheila Billings, Thelma Small, Evelyn Dean, Ellen Maxcy; Third row: Jane Packard, Margaret Lawyer, Beverly Witt, Mary Perkins, Rachel Mitchell, Emily Randlett, Betsey-Jo Ruiter, Joyce Milliken, Rebecca Bullock.

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% 8 BAND First row: Julia Spear, Patricia Barker, Fi lumen a Tranquillo, Jacqueline Reynolds, Virginia Ellis, Willis Monroe, Doni» Wheaton. Richard Harvey, Basil Amu, Leo Rivard, Thelma Small, Merritt Blake. Second row: Sandra Goodwin. Judith Sawyer. Joel Morse, Sheila Billings, Thomas Powers, Ralph Kelley. Robert Regnier, Robert Marshall. Robert Cain, John Pitman, Lawrence Nash, Robert Dean. Donald Barter, Mary Huntley, Joan Hart. Third row: Norman Davis, Thomas Manning. Arnold Hopkins, Peter Blake, Harriett Thomas, Cheryl Reynolds, Howard Hamalainen, Millard Kugley. Fourth row: Edna Coathup, Mary Bennett, Earlene Beale, John Christie, Judith Young, Lois Inman. H X M 5 PJ o a 2 H •-H O o o

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30 THE MEGUNTICOOK ment at the University of Maine, spoke to the group on “What Home Economics Has to Offer High School Girls.” The Waldoboro freshman home economics class members were our guests to hear this speaker and the refreshments were made and served by freshmen. During the year FHA members in the home economics classes prepared and served refreshments to the teach- ers in School Union 69 and to the PTA. In May the FHA presented its an- nual Style Show with the co-operation of local dress shops. Between show- ings, the band provided incidental music. Lois Inman chairmaned this affair, which was completed with a dance. The Camden club supported Jean Wilbur as a candidate for first vice- president of the State FHA. Sally Crockett and Mary Perkins headed the transportation committee for the girls who attended the State Conven- tion in Gorham. The club completed its year’s acti- vities by traveling to Old Orchard Beach for an outing. CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS After a lapse of three years, vocal music was reinstated in the high school under the direction of Mrs. Esther Rogers. This course was open to all students who had free study periods on Friday mornings and who wished to sing. The classes were well attended; total enrollment was over ninety. Just before Christmas the chorus sang for the first time in public at the Christmas Pageant, which was presented by the combined effort of the band, chorus, and dramatics de- partment. Two performances of this Pageant were given, one on the after- noon of December 18, for the special enjoyment of the Grade School, and another for the general public on the same evening. On the stage of the Camden Audi- torium, a brilliant pantomime of the Christmas Story was staged by the dramatics instructor, Mr. Earl Mer- cer. Those who took part in it were: Shepherds, James Dean, David Jack- son. Roger Plaisted, and Robert Ran- kin; Kings, Edward Thomas, Stuart Carle, and Paul Davis; Joseph, Bruce Young; Mary, Joyce Milliken; Angels, Barbara Tounge, Sally Crockett, Joyce Harvey, Lvn Abbott; Children, Ruth Raynes, David Rainer. John Christie was the narrator. The scenery was designed and made by David Jackson and Phyllis Young. The chorus sang many beautiful Christmas carols with the band’s ac- companiment. Other musical highlights were the trumpet duet, “The Green Cathe- dral,” played by Merritt Blake and . Thelma Small accompanied by Jac- queline Reynolds at the piano, and a bell solo by Harriett Thomas. Late in the spring a mixed chorus was selected from the general group. SPECIAL HONORS Several students at Camden High School have received recognition for outstanding achievement. Barbara Crabtree was selected as the DAR Citizenship Award winner from Camden High School. Mary Bennett participated in the State Foul-Shooting contest at South Portland. The girls’ basketball team set a new state record by winning 84 straight games. Last spring Margaret Keller, Filo- mena Tranquillo, Arnold Hopkins, Bruce Young, and Richard Harvey attended Girls State and Boys State for a week. The girls went to Colby College and the boys to the Univer- sity of Maine. During the week they studied the complexities of state and local governments. Jean Wilbur was a candidate for 1st Vice-President of the State FHA