Dennysville High School - Dentonian Yearbook (Dennysville, ME)

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I LITERARY I LITERARY CONTEST A writing contest was held by the Junior Yearbook staff between Feb- ruary 1 and March 8, for the best short story, essay, and poem. One dollar was given for the first prize in each group. The judges were Mrs. Munson, Mrs. Grant, and Mr. Long- more. The results were as follows: Essay First prize: June Kilby First Honorable Mention: Martha Sanford Second Honorable Mention: Barbara Brown Short Story First prize: Eleanor Leightcn First Honorable Mention: June Kilby Second Honorable Mention: Janet Leighton Editorial First Honorable Mention: Alton Ward Second Honorable Mention: Marjo- rie Lund Poems First prize: June Kilby First Honorable Mention: Martha Sanford Second Honorable Mention: Charles Hobart Third Honorable Mention: Gloria McDonald Fourth Honorable Mention: Joan An- tone 2143121414 ON GOING SHOPPING Shopping really is a wonderful pastime. Pastime, did I say? Nay, it is virtually a lifetime proposition. For instance, it's this way: I arise bright and early and fresh in the morning. As we live quite a way from any shopping center, it will be nearly noon before I arrive. Of course the salesgirls will be out to dinner, but never mind, I have a memorandum, in just a the shopping will be over few moments. No aches, no pains! Any similarity, between that last statement and the blythe assurance of your friendly dentist, is purely in- tentional. Just as you have succeeded in snar- ing a salesgirl, or at least caught her eye, and decide upon the object you wish to purchase, you hear a, not so faint, Halloooo! You turn as if mortally wounded only to find yo,ur best friend beside you. The cry, some- thing between that of a dying calf and that of a fatally struck soul in bodily anguish, has been given by Jimmy, Johnny, Sally, your best friend, remember? But be honest pal, if they were your best friends, would they do that? I thought not but to con- tinue. Amid friendly advice and en- thusiastic criticism about the desired purchase, you are induced to purchase this, that or the other. Then, feeling somewhat like the hero of a one man raid, you are about to saunter indif- ferently toward the doorway, when NYLONS is shouted. In a split sec- ond, there is a mad rush and you find yourself carried along with the crowd. What a dizzying, whirling, madly fighting, mass of feminine humanity. When you finally reach the counter you discover to the salesgirls' appar-A ent surprise and distress that the last pair of nylons have just been sold.

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v 20 THE GOSSIP CLASS GIFTS This year it was decided that I should present the gifts to the Senior Class of Dennysville High School. I sincerely hope that these gifts will serve to remind you of many happy days spent at D. H. S. 'Eleanor to June Kilby: To June, I give this little Hudson so that when Roy's breaks down they won't miss any dances. Eleanor Leighton: I give you this P. T. Boat, Eleanor, so you can go to meet John. Martha Sanford: This book on How to Dance in Ten Easy Lessons is for you Martha, so you and Eddie can perfect your Rhumba. Shirley Ward: To you, Shirley, I present this bride and groom set. It is to be used on yours and John's wed- ding cake. Boys: George Carr: I will give you this book, George, on How to Win Friends and Influence People . It might help you later on. John MacLauchlan: To you, John, I give this little book. It is to keep all the telephone numbers. Alton Ward: Alton, I'm giving these bobbypins to you to help keep that wave in your hair. June Kilby SENIOR ACTIVITIES The senior class officers are as fol- lows: President ..,........,........,,........ Alton Ward Vice President John MacLauchlan Secretary ............,.,.............., June Kilby Treasurer ...................,.... Shirley Ward The first success of the year was the reception for the freshman class on September 14. On April 29, 1946 at 8:00 P. M. the senior class presented a three act play Second Fiddle directed by Mrs. Munson. The cast of characters was as follows: : Minnie Carson ..,.. Eleanor Leighton Marion Baker ....,..,,.,....,......., June Kilby Joan Keeler .........,,..,..., 'Shirley Ward Wilbur M ...,..,.....,.....,............. George Carr Janet Williams ...... Martha Sanford Harold Werple John MacLauchlan Dorothy Van Straaten ..........,................,.. ......Mae Marshall Mrs. Keeler ......,.....,,.... Helena Mahar Mr. Crouch ......... ......,..,..,. A lton Ward The entire action of the play takes place in a living room of Aunt Marion Baker's winter home, on the west coast of Florida. A Joan Keeler, who has become mar- ried to Harold Werple by accident, is tryiiag to get a quiet divorce. Mrs. Keeler, who thinks Joan is happily married, comes to the house, and while there, meets Dorothy Van Straaten, Harold's fiancee. Things end happily, however, as Dorothy decides she doesn't want him if he's married, and Harold and Joan find out they care for each other and are re-married. The play was followed by a dance. On January 11, 1946, the senior class held a pie supper and dance in the high school. Music was by the local orchestra. The senior class, accompanied by Mrs. Flora Case Grant, attended one day at court last fall in Machias. In March they were invited to attend Town Meeting with Mrs. Munson. During April and May the seniors have been planning eagerly for grad- uation and have planned the follow- ing program: May 26, Baccalaureate May 31, Commencement May 31, Graduation Ball June 1, Class Trip

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22 THE GOSSIP This, however, does not dampen the salesgirl's spiritg she cheerfully pro- ceeds to show you some delightful samples of cotton stockings, size 8 1j2. It does not seem to matter, of course, that you wear a size 9 1l2. Finally you get out of the store, into the fresh air and stagger away to the depot to take a bus or a traing or if you are a for- tunate soul you may have a car. To- tally exhausted you thankfully relax a- gainst the cushions. All cares are for- gotten, for the moment, and you de- cide that maybe the day was worth the struggle. When you reach your destination and go into the house, someone shouts, Did you get this? that? etc.? You smile horridly, for, alas, the thought occurs to you that you may have forgotten something. All too true. You discover that you left the most important of your pur- chases somewhere along the way. But never mind there'll be another shop- ping trip soon. June Kilby '46 Dk Pk bk Pk FIRST HONORABLE MENTION A Better World or a Larger One A post war world means a sort of lazy world to me, and won't that be grand? Just think of the things that we won't have to do in the home that we have been slaving over for years. Of course this is only a teenage's idea of the wonderful world. I call it won- derfulg mom would probably call it laziness. I think of many things as I go from day to day, and I have summed it all up like this. I will give you an idea of how I like to live. I'll let you in on this muchg it will be a world of ease. First of all we will start with the morning, as that is when we begin the day. Wouldn't it be wonderful if: We had Frank Sinatra to sing, Theres a Hot Time in The Town of Berlin to wake us up each morning. We had a nice cozy room in the morning and some automatic device to take off the light covers over us. Then if we are too tired to rise, how about a magic mattress that will raise us up so we won't use too much energy? We go to get washed, push a but- ton and water comes trickling outg another button and the face cloth is next, ditto a third time and catch the soap as a place in the wall opens up just after we receive the wash- cloth. Step on a pedal and a towel will be seen coming out of nowhere. Press the buttons and the articles you have been using will go nicely back to place, much to please mother. We would have a button to push and a maid to rush out and dress us and get us ready for school. We press another button and our breakfast comes in on a slide to us. We are now sitting on a plush lounge. We were out late last night, so we are tiredg being this way, we have an escalator to take us to meet our auto- giro. By this time our pilot has a red plush carpet out, so we won't get our shoes dirty while crossing from the es- calator to the plane, and oi we go to school and try to get there on time. We meet some of our friends as we dip in and out of the hills. We invite them to ride with us. I'm afraid we are going to be late, so all we do is turn on our portable television set and tune in on our class- room, and take our lessons from there till we get to school.