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

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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

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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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Christmas Plays On December 19, 1947, two one act plays were presented by selected lower classmen for the Christmas program. Selling Christmas This play was directed by Eliza- beth Hill under the supervision O1 Mrs. Matheson. The cast was as fol- lows : Alice Robinson Nan Maxwell . Muriel Wilson . .,....,.. Norma G1'0ETl12tW ,.it,......,..,...Judith Haskell Howard Ida Randall .,,..,.,,i........ ,...,, C loria Barbour Don Jameson ,.,,,..,,,,.....i...,. .Wilfred Weed Nelson Shields Scott ....,,....,...........,...,...,...., , ......,,...., ,, .Bruce Haskell Bernard Spoiforq No Room at the Inn The second play was directed -by Mary Alice Barbour and was super- vised by Mrs. Eaton. The cast was Town Meeting Play Maid to Order, the Town Meet- ing play, was presented by the junior class on March 1, 1948. Frank Pickering appeared as the perturbed young husband who re- sents the prolonged visit of his wifes titled retainers. Lindsey Milan as the British Sir Cecil, complete with mon- ocle, cane, and accent, gave an out- standing portrayal. Chandler Bar- bour, as the college friend who mas- queraded as a maid in order to spy upon the English relatives, gave an amusing performance of a rather dif- ficult role. Sylvia Eaton, as Come-on Kate, proved to be sufficiently slangy and hard-boiled to 'meet the most ex- acting requirements for a gangster's role. The play was coached by Mrs. Eaton. The cast included: Jimmy Sawyer .....,.,.... Frank Pickering Elaine Sawyer ...,..... Christine Dunham Sir Cecil Tapper ..,............ Lindsey Milan Lady Constance Tapper ,..,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,.,....,...Cornelia Billings Ronald Clark ,,.......... Chandler Barbour Jack Blakeslee ..,,........ Charles Barbour Come-on-Kate ,.,...................,. Sylvia Eaton Bunny Cole ......... .....,.,..... C lara Howard Gilbert Rawlins .........,,.Wilfred Conary as follows: Malthar ....,......... .........,..., . ,Betty Powers Her mother ............,... ,Teresa Waterman Her father .........,...,........,. Hubert Billings Innkeeper .,,,,.... ..,,........, . Duane Gray Joseph .,..... Mary .,,........,.....,...........,.., .........,.Norman Haskell Gillian Waterman Three Wise Men .....,...,..... .., ,.,,.,... Jerauld Hutchinson, Erland Dun- ham, .Philip Thompson. Angel Singers ...... ......,. ..,.. S 3 'lvia Eaton, Clara Howard, Marilyn Davis, Brooksie Thompson. Bobby Rambles ......,......., Ben Pickering Mrs. Forthington Smyth Spofford Lyrica ,.,,.........,... .......,...... D olores Poltras Mrs. Jones .............,.... Geraldine Haskell Stage Manager .....,....,..,....... Charles Betts Property Manager MacDonald Twenty-five