Clinton High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Clinton, ME)

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CLASS OF 1953 Seated, Left to Right— C. Rand, S. Stephens, C. Steeve3, F. Besse, R. Jones, S. Maynard, J. Tardiff, T. Jenness Standing, Left to Right—R. McGowan, C. Cullen, P. Pierce, C. Dow, J. Cates, M. Noel, C. Walker Standing, Left to Right—G. Tuttle, W. Scott, G. Stearns, C. Bowie, W. O’Neal, E. Killam The class of ’53 entered school in the Fall of 1949 with an enrollment of 24. We lost one member, John Cameron. The following class officers were elected at our first meeting: Presi- dent, Frank Besse; Vice President, Robert Jones; Secretary, Caroline Steeves; Treasurer, Shirley Stephens. Robert Jones and Catherine Rand were chosen to represent the class on the Student Council. We were re; resented on the girls’ basketball squad by Sally Maynard, Catherine Rand, and Shiriey Stephens, while Robert Jones, Gene Stearns, Glendon Tuttle, Frank Besse and Walter Scott represented the boys’ squad.

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CLASS OF 1952 Seated, Left to Right—J. Clukey, M. Dangler, C. Wishart, R. Cogswell, R. Poulin, S. Steeves, B. Barnes, P. Nelson Second Row, Left to Right—C. Dixon, L. Patterson, B. McGowan, C. Gerald, V. Beale, M. Noel, C. Magaw Third Row, Left to Right—E. Moore, D. Kelly and R. Steeves The Sophomore Class entered Clinton High School in the Fall of ’49 with an enrollment of twenty pupils. Although we gained two new mem- bers, Roger Simon, who soon left, and Verna Beale, we lost two, Diana Grant and Jacquelyn Sylvester. At our first class meeting the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Ronald Cogswell; Vice President, Sally Steeves; Secretary-Treasur- er, Roland Poulin. Members on the student council are Roland Poulin and Jacquelyn Sylvester. Clyde Wishart was chosen to take Jacquelyn’s place on the student council when she left. Two weeks after school started we held a successful initiation and record dance in the town hall for the class of ’53. Roland Poulin and Robert Steeves played on the basketball team. The girls who played were Jean Clukey and Patricia Nelson. Sally Steeves, Margaret Dangler, Barbara Barnes, and Patricia Nelson were cheer- leaders.

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BOYS' BASKETBALL Seated, Left to Right—G. Keene, R. McKenney, P. Brown, G. Scott, R. FleweDing, E. Stevens Second Row: K. Perry, M. Killam, R. Steeves, D. Cain, G. Stearns, L. Monk, and F. Besse Third Row: G. Tuttle, R. Poulin, W. Scott, R. Jones, E. Killam The boys’ basketball practice started early in November with twenty boys but we had only practiced a few times when four of the fel- lows dropped out. This year we were coached by Mr. Johnston, whose effort and understanding helped us win many games. “Rip” McKenney, with his sensational dribbling, was high scorer for the year with 410 points. Flewelling, Brown, Captain Keene, and Scott also did an excellent work in their field and charity throws plus a zone defensive set-up which was hard to break. We were always backed by a skillful group of subs and reliable managers, Elwin Steeves and Ed- ward Killam, and a faithful score keeper Arthur Steeves. The record set this year was twenty-two wins against three'•defeats. We ended our successful season by participating in the Kennebec Valley Conference tournament at Winslow, and also the Western Maine tournament at Farmington. Although we lost the preliminary game at Farmington to West Paris,