Deer Isle High School - Gatherer Yearbook (Deer Isle, ME)

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Commencement - 1947 Baccalaureate Address May 25, 1947, Dr. Milton McGor- rill delivered the Baccalaureate Ad- dress to the graduating class. Mrs. Berenice Scott was the organist. The school was marshalled by the junior class marshal, Frank McVeigh. Class Day Exercises May 27, 1947, Class Day exercises were held in the high school. The program was as follows: Address of Welcome .,............,l.,............,.........,. Haskell Class History .....r.....,,,.... Beverly Dunham Class .Prophecy ............ Rosamond Eaton Presentation Of Gifts .........,..... Marjorie C.,,,.,,.,,,.......,..,.......,....Haskell, Myron Hardy Class Will ..,.....rr....,,..r...,............. Robert Betts Address to Undergraduates ,,........,...,,........ Norma Billings Class Poem ....,.....,.,.,.....,...,.. Goldie Spofford School Song .,,..,......... ,..l.....,...,..,.......t..,,......., A Il The Graduating Exercises The graduating class of McKinley High School held their graduation exercises at the Church-on-the-Hill, Deer Isle, on May 28, 1947. Frank McVeigh, junior marshal, marshall- ed in the graduating class and the school. Mrs. Berenice Scott was the organist. Problems in American Life was the theme of the essaysg the speakers were the three honor pupils. The program follows: Processional Community March ...,,,,.... ,...,....,....,.........,.,, , , Junior Marshal, Frank McVeigh Invocation .....,.....,... Rev. E. L. Manning Co-Worker with the Doctor .........,...... . Marjorie Hill, Salutatorian Send Out Thy Light .......,.,.........................,, . Gounod Chorus ll The Fictitious Road to Success ......... Gilbert Taylor, Honor Essayist Free Time and the First Offendern... Robert Haskell, Valedictorian Softly Now the Light of Day ...,.,... .. C. M. 'von Weber Ki Chorus Conferring of Diplomas ..,.....,..................., . Supt. Ralph Smith Bene-diction ..,............ Rev. E. L. Manning Recessional Community March ....... ............... K ern Twenty-three

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Mr, Matheson, Clara Howard, Frank McVeigh, Lucy Small, Lindsey Milan A thletic Association The Athletic Association was re- organized in the fall with the follow- ing oflicersz Frank McVeigh, presi- dentg Lindsey Milan, vice president: Lucy Small, secretary g and Clara Howard, treasurer. The great event of the year was the fair in October, sponsored by the Athletic Association to secure money for athletic equipment. Each class built and decorated its own booth. The senior class sold apple cider and doughnuts, taking in 353.85. The juniors had a white elephant table and raffled a beautifully decorated cake made by Mrs. Christine Picker- ing, making the proceeds from their booth 383.60 The sophomores' pas- try booth took in 357.60 The fresh- men sold 320.75 worth of vegetables, Tzvenfy-tzro and the eighth grade sold 311.85 worth of canned goods. A dance was held after the fair. The grand total from the whole fair was 3275.71. Ex- penses Were 343.633, leaving a profit of 323508. From home basketball games 3479 was taken in. Expenditures up to the time The Gatherer goes to press have been as follows: 2 doz. baseballs and bats ..... ..,...... 3 79.98 12 baseball suits .,,........ 1 ..216.00 Badminton set ...... .... 25.00 Basketballs ...... ,.... . 21.00 Referees ............. 165.00 White shirts girls ..,. .,.. . 31.00 Bridge tolls ........,. . .-.-77.00 Gov. taxes .,..,,....... 79.00 Fold basketballs . 16.50 Score board ......,,..,.., 1.15.00

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,i, unsucmeauscurttixfa JSI: sf l sw is s N ss ' fel r is 5, S . 7 N tv., 'tis ,gf V ..+ .1 ' ' JUNIOR PLAY Left to right: C. Betts, B. Pickering, W. MacDonald, C. Billings, F. Pickering, C. Dunham, C. Barbour, D. Poitras, S. Eaton, G. Barbour, C. Howard, G. Haskell, L. Milan, Mrs. Eaton, W. Spofford. Senior Class Play The senior class play Free Ad- vice was presented at the Town Hall' on November 10, 1947. In this pro- duction Priscilla Capen and Dowe Eaton were outstanding as the teen- age daughter and son who tried to straighten out the affairs of the Adams family. Richard Knowlton, also, was very convincing as the father of the family, Elizabeth Hill, as the combination spinster-aunt and career woman, was decidedly realis- tic. Christine Dunham, as Sissy the colored maid, offered considerable amusement for the audience. Mrs. Tll'l' II ty-fozl r Eaton very ably coached this play. The cast follows: Frank Adams ............ Richard Knowlton Rath Adams ...,... Charlotte Hutchinson Nadine .,...................... Mary Alice Barbour Patsy .............................,......... Priscilla Capen Sandy ................................................ Dowe Eaton Alberta Adams ...........,...,.. Elizabeth Hill Sissy Davis c ......... Christine Dunham Elizabeth Hudson ......... Eleanor Eaton Dale Starke ..................... Frank McVeigh Professor Hancock ............ Donald Davis Stage Manager ............ Frank Pickering Property Manager ...... Wilfred Conary