Clinton High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Clinton, ME)

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Class History We, the class of 1951, entered Clinton High School in the fall of 1947, with an enrollment of fourteen. Later, Dolores Thompson and Gretta Duplessis joined our class, and Arnold Harrison left us. At our first class meeting, we elected officers as follows: President, Rufus Crosby; Vice-President, Charlene Steeves; Treasurer, Phillip Brown; Secretary, Barbara Cullen; Student Council Members, Jeannette Mello and Arthur Steeves. On September 13th, we were initiated by the Sophomore class. Our class was well represented on the basketball teams: Rufus Crosby, Kenneth Perry, Phillip Brown, Lauris Monk, Grover Scott, Charlene Steeves, Eleanor Stinson, Lois Gibson. When we returned to school in 48, we found an enrollment of eighteen pupils. Later, one new member joined us, Arlene Patterson. The class officers for our Sophomore year were: President, Arthur Steeves; Vice-President, Viola Columb; Treasurer, Kenneth Perry; Secretary, Charlene Steeves; Student Council Members, Phillip Brown and Lauris Monk. On September the nineteenth, Freshman Reception was held, and we initiated twenty-one Freshmen. Representing our class on the basketball teams were: Grover Scott, Phillip Brown, Kenneth Perry, Lauris Monk, Rufus Crosby, Charlene Steeves, Lois Gibson, Eleanor Stinson. Two girls from our class were cheerleaders: Eleanor Stinson and Charlene Steeves. We entered in 1949 as Juniors, with a class enrollment of seventeen pupils. Later we lost Charlene Steeves, Wayne Tuttle, and Rufus Crosby. Heather Roundy and Merlin Killam joined the class later in the year. We had a class meeting and elected officers as follows: President, Kenneth Perry; Vice-President, Barbara Cullen; Treasurer, Viola Columb; Secretary, Eleanor Stinson. Grover Scott and Lois Gibson were elected as members of the Student Council. In the fall, we sponsored a hayride which was greatly enjoyed by everyone. Our big event of the year was our Junior play, “Cracked Nutts,” which was sue- ! V —= cessfully given April 11th, under the direction of Mrs. Dunton. - On September 5, 1950, we returned to school as Seniors, with an enrollment of twelve members. Later, Viola Parsons, Heather Roundy and Charlene Brann left our class. At our first class meeting, Kenneth Perry was re-elected President; Lauris Monk, Vice-President; Charlene Brann, Treasurer; Barbara Cullen, Secretary; Student Council Members, Lois Gibson and Arthur Steeves. Lois Gibson was chosen to take Charlene Braim’s place as Treasurer when she left. On October 25th, we presented our Senior play, “Desperate Ambrose, under direction of Mrs. Drew. The play was a success as well as a great deal of fun to do. On the basket- ball team this year are: Lauris Monk, Kenneth Perry, Phillip Brown, Grover Scott, Elwin Stevens, and Arthur Steeves as scorekeeper. Our class colors are white and gold and our class motto, “Climb Though The Path Be Rugged.” Our graduation on June 7th will mark the end of our four happy years at Clinton High School. 11 Lois Gibson, '51

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The Seniors ELWIN STEVENS Baseball....................1,2,3,4 Basketball.....................2,4 Basketball Manager...............3 “Desperate Ambrose”..............4 Stage Manager J. P...............3 Freshmen Rec. Com................2 Trip to Legislature..............2 Yearbook Staff...................4 ARTHUR STEEVES Honor Roll...................1,2,3,4 Class President...................2 Student Council...................1 President S. C....................4 “Desperate Ambrose' ..............4 Yearbook Staff....................4 Usher.............................1 ELEANOR STINSON Basketball...................1,2,3 Cheerleader....................2,3 Glee Club....................1.2,3 Trip to Legislature..............2 “Cracked Nutts”..................3 “Desperate Ambrose”..............4 Yearbook Staff...................4 Freshmen Rec. Com................2 Secretary........................2 10

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Trip To The Moon There she sits, the giant golden rocket-ship, with the maroon stripes, shining in the mid-afternoon sun. The mechanics are busy checking the controls, fuel, and engines, readying her for its destination, “The Moon.” Every citizen of Clinton is on hand to see this great feat. Here comes the Captain with his Co-Captain, in a jeep. Why, it’s none other than Captain “Easy” Monk, and the tall fellow looks familiar. I think that I have seen him; why it's Co-Captain “Big” Brown. They are my former classmates who have become famous for their daring adventures. Captain Monk is now standing in the jeep and is going to speak. “My friends,” he said, “my colleague and I are not only taking this trip for the ad- venture, but we have heard rumors and we believe that the class of 1951 is lost on the moon.” Let’s see, the class of 1951 is my class. I think that I shall sneak aboard before they take off, for they may not let me go if 1 ask. 1 made the ship just in time, for my two classmates entered shortly afterwards and seated themselves at the controls. Suddenly the ship lurched upward and out into space. 1 came out from hiding and told the boys my reason for coming, and when they realized that 1 was a former class- mate, they forgave me. The ship was going at a tremendous speed and within a few minutes later they told me to brace myself for the landing. We stood in the doorway of the ship and looked at the countryside and the nearby mountains. I reached back and picked up a pair of binoculars. With these I saw “North Overshoe” just over the mountain. The boys and 1 headed in this direction and sure enough there was a town of about forty buildings. We hustled down in hopes of finding trace of our classmates. We went through the swinging doors of a hotel and asked the owner if he knew of “Ken” Perry. He told us yes, and that he stayed at the big house across the street with five friends. We hurried across and knocked. The door was opened by a young girl dressed in white. The Captain told her whom we wished to see. She led us to a large room and left us. “Well here they are. Holy smokes, look at what their doing! What’s ailing them? And sure enough they were acting very queerly, indeed. Over in one corner, Grover and Elwin, dressed in diapers were creeping around on all fours with their nose to the floor, and howling like a bloodhound on the trail of a runaway slave. Look at Perry, said Captain “Easy. We turned and looked in the direction he was pointing. Perry, to my surprise, was dressed as a girl and was playing with dolls. Then from the other end of the room we heard a large commotion. We turned and there at the farther end of the room was Barbara, Lois, and Eleanor. We started to- wards the girls, who seemed to be perfectly normal. After covering about half the dis- tance we stopped, for suddenly each one of the girls screamed, then turned and banged 12