Cornish High School - Pine Cone Yearbook (Cornish, ME)

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LET TOBY DO lT 9 'tiff Yi 'wi' t 2 if , The big night came on Thursday, November 20, and seven proud Seniors paraded on to the stage of Pike Memorial Hall to give their presentation of the four-act comedy, Let Toby Do It. The stars of the show, in the order of their appearance werl Talow? - Larry Welch as Toby Perkins, a boy of all work. Russell Jack as Uncle Josh Simpson, everybody's friend. Carlene Day as Mary Sanders, Uncle Josh's ward. Geneva Day as Roxy, a great help--in love with Toby. Linwood Perkins as Henry Simpson, Uncle Josh' son. Robert Watkins as Frank Kalton, from the city. Barbara Stone as Lizzie Evans, somewhat crooked. The entire action ofthe play centered around the living room at the rear of Uncle Josh's store. The plot wove all the characters into a robbery which presented a problem to everyone until Toby came to the rescue, retrieved the stolen money, and named the culprit. The final curtain came down on two happy couples--Roxy with her Toby, and Henry with his childhood sweetheart, Mary. The two accomplices in the crime, Frank and Lizzie niet Justice and Uncle Josh is happy again, knowing that all his problems have been solved. Although nervousness was inside all seven Seniors, we had but one thought in mind--The show must go on. And that it did. Due to the keen directing of Mrs, Ulix?'J5lin3'f Eurqlinglish teacher, the skillful work of Mrs, lrva Copp, who so generously gave her time to be our make-up artist, and the assistance of Roger Sawyer, our ever-willing stage attendant, our play was a great success. Linwood Perkins '53 Priscilla Outhuse '54

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Student Councll The Student Councxl elected the followmg offlcers at the begmnlng of the year Presldent Russell Jack Vxce Presldent Lmwood Perkms Secretary Charlene Day Treasurer Prlscllla Outhuse Sergeant at Arms Leonard Day The Student Councxl has been m operatlon for three years now Meetmgs are usually held on the second Wednesday of each month when questlons of the moment are brought up and dxscussed Some pertment matters dlscussed thls year have been purchaslng new umforms for the cheerleaders gettlng 1TlS1gl'llaS for all umforms and raxsmg funds for the athletxc assoclatzon Our most recent dxscusslon was whether or not to buy from Ch1pman s Pharmacy an electrlc corn popper proceeds from whlch we hope will help fmance our athletxc program

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La Chose On a dark and dreary tught a young boy came runnmg down the path that led to h1s home He stopped suddenly for somethmg caught h1s eye a shlny lrregular object He p1cked It up put It ln h1s pocket and started for home The next day h1s mother gomg through hxs pockets before washmg hxs pants found the strange object and placed lt 1n a closet where she kept all the thmgs he gathered She never gave It another thought but one day the next week her httle boy came ln and wanted to show the strange object to hls 11tt1e frlend She went to the closet and reached for the object Her fmgers grasped xt and started to contract around It when It sllpped hit the floor and cracked An oozlmg mass came pourmg out We should go back now to a tlme when thxs object was llvxng on a dlfferent planet The only llfe there were these orgamc bacterla and when the planet exploded after gettlng so old the bacterxa formed 1nd1v1dual spores around each other to protect themselves and were sent hurtlmg mto space m whzch they had been travelmg around for a very long tlme One of the many spores got close enough to earth to be attracted to It and when lt hit the earth s atmosphere lt exploded formlng smaller bacterla which turned to spores almost lmmedmately When cracked open 1f they found the envlronment necessary for l1fe they started growxng The strange thmg moved slowly across the floor as the young mother stood there m awe It was growmg by the mlnute It oozed around her screamed but once and was gone The thmg started for the chlldren and they ran out the door crymg just as the mallman was passxng by H saw the thlng comlng after the chlldren and stopped p1cked them up and drove qulckly toward town He not1f1ed the Cwll Defense post and w1th ln twenty four hours the natlon s top scxentlsts were vvorkmg on the project of ellrrnnatmg the thmg They fmally came to the concluslon that an H bomb set off under lt would blow 1t to death or the tremendous heat would kxll lt The thmg had been scourmg around the hmlls for somethmg to eat and had caused conslderable damage The sc1ent1sts rounded up some cows and other anlmals and tled them one after another leadmg the thlng into the wastes of the country The thmg went steadlly toward the spot where the bomb was hldden then The men surroundmg the spot smlled when they saw the sudden burst of smoke for they were safe The monster was destroyed Thelr smlles soon faded a look of horror came mstead 'or mllllons of llttle spores were droppmg all around them breaklng open upon 1mpact and beglnnlng to grow M Larry Welch 53 I l . , . , . . . . . 3 . , I . , . 1 1 . . , . . . Y R . Q . , . . . foot and, before she knew what was going on, it started devouring her: she . . . . . e I ------t ---- '--- 0 , . . 1 1 4 ! I