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

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GATHERER STAFF First row, left to right: Norwood Greenlaw, Virginia Billings, Burt Weed. ,Second row: Rhea Conary, Regina Billings, Mr. Larlee, Barbara Perez, Joan Haskell Carol Woodman. GATHERER STAFF In this, the fifty-first anniversary of the g'Gatherer, we, the Gatherer Staff, have tried to present a true and interesting picture of our school life. We hope that this 1953 Gatherer', will be a valuable souvenir dur- ing our moments of reminiscence in later lifq In our endeavor to reach this goal, we have incorporated a few new ideas into the general scheme of the book, in order to make it a more interesting account as well as one of lasting interest. Wie have alloted to each class an illustra- ted section, and a chronological history by which we hope to make our record a more complete one. And there you have the Gatherer of 1953 as the perhaps too proud editors see it. We have worked for completeness, compact- ness, and interest. Members of the staff are as follows: Edi- tor-in-Chief, Virginia Billings, Assistant Edi- tors, Joan Haskell, and Carol Woodman, Business Managers, Norwood Greenlaw and Burt Weed, Activities Editor, Rhea Conaryg Sports Editors, Regina Billings and Barbara Perez. We wish to express our sincere thanks to the townspeople for their support of the book, and to Mr. George Larlee for Hkeeping the ball rolling.

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6 THE GATHERER SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Class of 1953 President Norwood Greenlaw Vice-president Virginia Billings Secretary Rhea Conary Treasurer Barbara Perez Class Colors: Old Rose and White Class Advisor: Mrs. Matheson September, 194-7, was the first time our class was assembled under the roof of Deer Isle High School, where we would be work- ing together for the next six years. We were seventh graders then and very grown up. Eleven in number and high in spirit, we could just wait until the day would come when we would be freshman, and two years later that day came. When starting this long pull, our num- bers decreased. Pearl Hardy, Clyde Haskell, and Larry Judkins left us. Our teachers were Eldrige Elkhorn, Joyce Webster, Margaret Eaton, Charlene Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Matheson. Our advisor for our four years of high school was to be Mrs. Mathe- son. A special '5party was given in our hon- or at the Morey Farm. The traditional Freshmen Reception. With shaking knees, we arrived in our curious outfits to be initia- ted. It wasn't half as bad as we had antici- pated. At that time we became really mem- bers of Deer Isle High School. Soon we began appreciating the finer things of life and tried our hand at writing short poems.Mrs. Mathe- son submitted some of our poetry to a state contest where four of us, Virginia Billings, Rhea Conary, Barbara Perez and Regina Billings, won prizes. We started our sophomore year with a bang, giving a party for the new candi- dates. We had lost a valuable member of our class, Franklin Haskell, but we still kept up the paces of school life. We published our special news paper, the Sophomore News , in which we had features, sports columns, and news articles. The only change in the faculty this year was the replacement of Miss Joyce Webster by Miss Alice Plevock, We looked eagerly forward to the annual School Fair, and felt very proud and happy when our booth won third prize. When starting our junior year, our num- ber had sadly shrunk again. Philip Hall left us and before the end of the year George 'Haskell left. There were only five of us now to tackle whatever problems or entertain- ments we had. It was going to take work and school spirit, something which we like to think we have. Our elaborately-scalloped booth at the fair won second prize, we sold white elephants. There was a minstrel show given, under the direction of Miss Plevock, in which all of our class took part. Virginia Billings, Barbara Perez, and Sonny Green- law were endmen. Regina Billings was Mr. Interlocutor, and the Deer Isle Seranaders, the four junior girls, sang two numbers. Mr. Blanchard replaced Mrs. johnson on the faculty as commercial teacher and Mr. Davis became our new coach and junior high teacher, replacing Mr. Elkhorn, now in the army Returning as seniors, we found that the Wool had taken a change for the bettc The Main Room was repainted and new storm windows were put on. The downstairs rooms were also redecorated. More changes in the faculty took place. Mr. Douglas Blanchard was replaced by Mr. George Lar- lee, and Miss Alice Plevock, by Miss Lucille Hughes. Our booth at the fair won first prize this year, with its brightly-colored scenes and the hand-drawn deer of the front. Enclosed herein are the remaining ac- counts of our final year. We, as seniors, look back on our years to- gether at Deer Isle High School as one of the happiest times of our lives. Although we are glad that the long pull is over, we will never forget that feeling of oneness that We had all through our years at school.