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

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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

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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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22 THE GATHERER Belvia Weed, Evelyn McD-onald, and Judith Barbour. Many new books have been added to our library as gifts. Among some of the best are: The FBI Story, The Ton- tine, Volumes I and II, Marie Antoinette, Little Boy Lost, Gone With The Wind, Elephant Walk, Rebecca, The Golden Hawk, and numerous Reader's Digest Books. At this time we would like to thank the V.F.W. Auxiliary for graciously do- nating such a fine selection of books that will be enjoyed by all. A very eiective means of collecting dues from over due books has brought to the club over 55.00. We will use this, and the money given us by the town to buy new books in the fall. Mrs. Eaton with the help of some of the librarians has been trying to repair some of the torn books. This and many other worthwhile tasks have been per- formed by the librarians throughout the year. With the ever helpful assistance of Mrs. Eaton, the Library Club has been very successful. STUDENT COUNCIL A few Weeks after school started, each senior high class elected two mem- bers, and the seventh and eighth grades elected one member from their classes to represent themselves in the Student Council which was supervised by Mr. Sullivan. The following people were elected: seniors, Annette Shepard and Beatrice Pickering, juniors, John Snow- den and Sandra Eaton, sophomores, Thomas Cole and Evelyn McDonald, freshmen, Clarice Colwell and Joan Eat- on, eighth grade, Dianne Dizkinson' and the seventh grade representative was Alice Haskell. The officers were elected as follows: President-Sandra Eaton Vice President-John Snowden Secretary-Treasurer-Annette Shepard Any suggestion which the students have is told to the representative of their class and it is then brought up before the Student Council. The Student Council has taken up many things throughout the year with the assistance of Mr. Sullivan. It has served as arbi- trator to many important problems one of them being the policy of choosing class rings. It has been established by the Council to invite the ring salesmen to come to the school on a specified day and time to display their rings. The class members are then to decide upon which company and the style of rings that they desire. This is to be done on an annual basis. The Student Council sponsored the annual Harvest Fair this year and deco- rated it in an autumn theme which proved to be very attractive. The Coun- cil also put on a Spring Dance, March 4 to take the place of last year's Valen- tine Ball. The Town Hall for the Spring Dance was decorated in pink and light green streamers around the windows and stage. Mae Williams and her orches- tra again took charge of the music and all in all it proved to be a very enjoyable evening. The profit that was made was to be used in other school activities. On the 29th of March our Student Council was invited to join with the other Councils to go to the Maine Stu- dent Council Conference in Orono, Maine. But because all of us had previ- ous engagements we had to refuse the invitation!