Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEGUNTICOOK 23 HI-LITES MAJGAZINE DRIVE Seated: Ann Mitchell, John Pitman, Jean Wilbur, Edward Thomas, general manager: Elaine Lord, Elizabeth Ames, David Duncan. Standing: Alan Carr, Sandra Ruiter, high salesman, Ramona Drinkwater, Morgan Elmer. CURTIS MAGAZINE DRIVE On Wednesday, September 14, an assembly was held in the gymnasium. Its purpose was to organize the school for the annual magazine drive. Again this year Mr. Robert Sprague was present to introduce the proced- ure which should be followed for the best results. He then named the room captains for the campaign. Senior Edward Thomas was chosen manager. Joan Campbell, high salesman for the first day, received five dollars. Sandra Ruiter, high salesman for the entire drive, was awarded a record player. The seniors won fifty dollars for the largest class sales. All who had sold at least one subscription at- tended a special movie at the Camden Theatre. The twenty-one highest salesmen went to Bangor to see the Holiday on Ice show. This year was the most successful. The grand total was 32,075.24 l FRESHMAN RECEPTION Freshman Reception was held on September 30. This hilarious event, lasting for one day and night, was received very well by the incoming freshmen. Each freshman was instructed on what to wear and how to conduct him- self. The poor freshmen wandered around all day in preposterous get-

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22 THE MEGUNTICOOK FRESHMAN CLASS At the beginning of the school year seventy-eight freshmen reported to their classes. The class meeting was held shortly with Mr. Leach, class advisor. Officers were elected as follows: President Herbert Litchfield Vice President Frank Morong Secretary Joan Marshall Treasurer Carolyn Spear We also elected two Student Council members, Priscilla Dougherty and George Underhill. Our candidate for the Carnival Queen was Frances Cain. She was crowned Queen at the ball. Basketball players were Leroy Bennett, Herbert Litchfield, Carl Milli- ken, Richard Wilbur, Frances Cain, Patricia Crabtree, Ann Mitchell and Joyce Leland. Cheerleaders were Mary Bartlett, Delores Kaler, Jane Harmon and Joan Marshall. Many of the freshmen made the band. A class party was held at the Snow Bowl. Joan Marshall Class Secretary

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24 THE MEGUNTICOOK I 4 SENIOR SHOW Lawrence Nash, Richard Moody, Ronald Leadibetter ups, doing ridiculous stunts and tasks. Although some of them were ready to call it a day at 3 p.m., the seniors weren't. Friday evening the weary freshmen were put through their paces to the amusement. of the upperclassmen. Both classes displayed good sports- manship. Some of the more humorous events were the egg shampoos, the singing, and the baby carriage scene. A dance followed the reception. SENIOR SHENANIGANS OF '56 Shortly after the opening of school in September, a formulating commit- tee was organized for the planning of the senior show. On this committee were the following seniors: Keryn Laite, Sally Crockett, Ronald Lead- better, Linda Marshall, Donald Bar- ter, Joyce Harvey, Lawrence Nash, Jean Wilbur, Roger Plaisted, and Ed- ward Thomas, who served as chair- man. Ideas were collected, studied, re- vised, and accepted: Senior Shenani- gans of '56 was adopted as the name, and rehearsals were started. The show consisted of a variety of acts, with the opening and closing numbers sung by the entire senior class. Each of the acts had its own chairman, who reported to the general chairman. The show was under the direction of Roger Calderwood, of the faculty, and was presented twice- once for the grade school students and then for the general public, on the evening of October 28th. HARVEST BALL The juniors' Harvest Ball, on No- vember 4, was a gay success thanks to the support of the student body. Corn- stalks, pumpkins, hay, and a bright moon and stars added to the atmos- phere. The dance chairmen were Sandra Ruiter, John Pitman, Mary Ames, and Anthony Nuccio. The mu- sic was by I-Iavener's Orchestra. , . . - OPEN HOUSE Wednesday evening, November 9, Camden High School held Open House in observance of National Education