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

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20 THE GATHERER blindfolded the fish eyes suddenly turned to tasty, roly-poly grapes. Another performance was a duo be- tween little Johnny Sullivan and his classmate Helen Carter. While one lay on the floor at the foot of a big six foot ladder the other climbed his way to the top of the ladder with four squishy raw eggs. After cracking the eggs the pur- pose was to land it on the mouth of the person lying on the floor. Somehow or other though the eggs didn't quite hit their target and the gooey yellow yolks of eggs were caked in the hair and all over the person's face. Each had a turn to drop four eggs on the other. -These were only two of the many ex- citing stunts of the evening. Although at the time most of the freshmen thought their torturers were absolute creatures I'm sure they all agree now that it was all fun and feel that they are now really and truly members of Deer Isle High School. The freshmen are now anxiously awaiting for next year's Freshman Re- ception where they will have the honor of initiating the present eighth graders into good old Deer Isle High School. JIM WINTERS RECORD HOP On October 12, 1956 the ole' Town Hall was really jumping. All the teen- agers were rocking 'n' rolling t-o the newest hit tunes sung by top recording artists. Why all this commotion? Seems the Deer Isle High School cheerleaders in an eifort to raise money for new uniforms induced Jim Winters, a WABI radio disc jockey to come and host a Record Hop for them. Their idea paid off ex- tremely well for they took in a little over a hundred dollars and cleared more than fifty. The hall was jammed with young and old alike who were busily having their arms autographed by the obliging Mr. Winters. This was a novelty that thus far only Deer Isle had come up with. At intermission and at varied inter- vals during the evening the popular d.j. gave away free records to those who could guess the name of that particular platter first. The hall was gayly decorated in a musical theme. The top tunes werein silver paint on signs that announced to all present what the current favorites were at Deer Isle High School. Brightly colored records were scattered over the walls with names of songs written on them. A colored picture of Elvis graced one side of the refreshment booth. The Hop came to an end at eleven o'clock and we all said a grateful and happy goodbye to a very tired Jim Win- ters hoping that we might be able to do this again real soon. LIBRARY CLUB ' A few weeks after school had started eighteen girls were gathered in Mrs. Eaton's room. They were assembled for the first Library Club meeting of the year. At this time the officers for the year were elected as follows: President-Carley Torrey Vice President-Sandra Eaton Secretary-Treasurer-Audrey Eaton This year we subscribed to ','Life , Saturday Evening Post , Seventeen , Boys' Life , Popular Mechanics , Hot Rod plus The National. Geo- graphic and American Girl that were newly added this year. We also received gift subscriptions to the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek which we deeply appreciate. Six new members were added to the Library Club this year. They were Joan Eaton, Claire Colwell, Clarice Colwell,

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THE GATHERER 19 ANNUAL CURTIS DRIVE Shortly after school started this year, Mr. Robert Sprague, the Curtis Maga- zine representative, paid his annual visit to our school. He greeted us with his usual gaiety and made us laugh with his jokes about students and teachers. All too soon the fun and laughter ended, and the seriousness got under way. Mr. Sprague told us of the wonderful oppor- tunity for us to earn extra money for our school activities this year by selling a few worthwhile magazines to the peo- ple of our town. This opportunity was not to be all work and no fun. Wonder- ful prizes such as a watch or record player were offered for the first prize winner. A basketball, pen set, blanket, and many other worth while gifts were offered to other winners. Before Mr. Sprague left us he gave us some helpful pointers on selling techniques which we eagerly welcomed. Annette Shepard was chosen as the general manager of the Magazine Drive. It was her responsibility to collect all the money and subscriptions for each day from the class captains, and record the class progress each day. The class captains were: Senior rs,....... . ..,,.sss Annette Shepard Junior ss......., rsssss...,. S andra Eaton Sophomore .ss,. ..,r . ssss T homas Cole Freshman ,,.s.iss,sc.....,. John Sullivan Eighth Grade Dianne Dickinson Seventh Grade T ss.. Thomas Colwell Our school quota this year was SL000, although we did not quite reach our quota we came very close by taking in 8899.52 The general fund received its share of the 95899.52 which was 323704. John Snowden was high salesman this year with 582.00 with Audrey Eaton a very close second with 2B81.13. John chose the record player for his prize and Audrey selected the Brownie Flash Camera. Claire Colwell was third. Her selection was a very warm blanket. There were twenty-one other prizes of- fered for the next twenty-one highest salesmen. We all enjoyed this years magazine drive and we are looking forward to the time next year when Mr. Sprague will pay us another visit. FRESHMAN RECEPTION Bright and early on a brisk Friday morning September 28, 1956, twenty- two conspirative and secretive sopho- mores began their pursuit of the ever anxious and excited Freshmen in order to begin to dress their subjects for the annual Freshman Initiation. These lit- tle green Freshies had to wear their crazy mixed up costumes everywhere they went during the day. It was cer- tainly a sight to see watching the new- comers submissively carrying tons of books for the respective individuals they were assigned to that day. At 7:30 that night the freshmen made their journey to the Town Hall to perform many humorous and exciting stunts. This year the ever imaginative sopho- mores had many new angles for their initiation. It was held at the Town Hall thus enabling for the first time in years the townspeople to attend. After the sophomores had finished torturing the poor scared little freshmen a record hop was held to prove that they weren't such monsters after all. One of the outstanding spectacles and sights of the evening was Marcia Eat- on's well performed stunt. The leading sophomores showed Marcia a dish of slimy ole' fish eyes telling her that she would have the great privilege of walk- ing through them barefoot and have the extreme honor of actually eating one of these delicacies. After Marcia was

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LIBRARY CLUB Seated: Mrs. Eaton, A. Eaton, C. Torrey, S. Eaton, Clarice Colwoll, G. Donovan 1 i Stamlingt A. Sliepzuli, C. Carll-i', B. NN ood, J. Ellis. B. I ickr'i'ing:. Claim- Co i'Iaton, li. Powers. D. Cousins, M. Heansslor, li. Mcllonalrl, B. Eaton. STUDENT COUNCII. Slamling: A. Haskell, T. Colo, Clarico Colwcll, D. Dickinson. Sealed: J. Eaton, E. McDonald, A. Shepard, Mr. Sullivan. S. Eaton, J. SllllXXllLll H 3 . 1 ickering. Compliments of WATSON'S DRY CLEANERS Ellsworth Maine