Dixfield Regional High School - Dixie Blueprints Yearbook (Dixfield, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1956 volume:

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YEARIBOOK STAFF Seated left to rrght C Drury M Morse E Towle Mrs Greene D Grrffm Stand mg M Stearns J Hall N Hunt F Porter S Vaughan M Bhck J Adams E Weld D Gagnon G Blodgett A Adams Back R Gordon B Elltott C Soule R Chtlds F Hlggens Edrtor tn Chtef Photography Edttor Sports Edttor Actxvmes Edttor ASSISIBHIS Lrterature Edttor Alumm Edttor Advertxsmg Charrman Assrstants Bustness Manager Typists --------------------- EMMA TOWLE DIXON GRIFFIN WILLIAM ELLIOTT MEREDITH MORSE DONNA GAGNON FREDERICK I-IIGGENS ANNE ADAMS MAIUORIE BLICK JOANNE ADAMS CARRIE DRURY CLIFTON SOULE REVELLO GORDON FRANK PORTER ROBERT CHILD SANDRA VAUGHAN - - - EVELYN WELD IEANETTE HALL MARIORIE STEARNS NANCY HUNT GLORIA BLODGETT MARIORIE BLICK Ehdh4A ITDVVLE DIXON GRIFFIN ROBERT CHILD FRANK PORTER ALANELUNGWOOD GERALD GORDON GLORIA BLODGETT MEREDITH MORSE EDWARD COOLIDGE ELE CORMIER WILLIAM ELLIOTT ONOR PARTS 94.878 91.578 91.227 88.933 88.375 87. 774 GSI s6.42y U' 85.80 85.578 85.535 85.428 85.053 'lunar-'P' Jfacultp X ax Af, r C-Ly vlffw MW Q' x QW JW 5 WU WM V 3 Q L? Qi? AX X 1 15 'O 5 if 'I Q! ll I gr Rf 1500? DELORES GALLANT HARRY S BROWN Prrncrpal LINCOLN L G Sub Master of M Athleuc rr tor Bates M Ed 38 U of M Algebra I Scrence a SOC131 Studles FRANCES M BROWN Dean of Grrls Bhss Busmess College of M Columbra Umversrty Commerclal 'Wav rw-ni I HAYES Grrls Coach of M S Scrence and Math MURIEL E. LARRABEE Lxbranan and La Plume Guls' Glee Club, Orchestra Sponsor Colby College, A.B. '46 Franklm College. A.B. '41 Englrsh I and II Laun, Enghsh, CIVICS M 'UN JOHN MERRILL Senror Play of M A Socral Studles C3 MARIORIE W. GREENE Yearbook Adv1sor I U. of M.. B.A. '53 French, Enghsh, , Soclology. Speech ,XX V 'XXX 'J il J -12': N h W 4624 . LV A N? vsp- We I ! e xc 1 R X , , ON . U. ., B.S. '20 ' L ' ' '29 . . .' . .. .S. '51 U- -. B-S- '55 . C 4 f' 5 . , f 1 S x l T ' . , . ,X ww Cflxif U. ., B. . '52 U. .. B. . '49 fl K- Svemurs , . 1 . F , ' . 1 in . . 1' , X 'sf W A ' f ff ' f , N 1,1 al 3 I ly 1 fy' 1: ulii 1? W AM,S ELLIOTT if ,1 if 5 ' ji fl! fl Q! fzhddggrial Arts XZ J ,Wg Jfulfclxls MAL 3,4g Baseball W' iff ly 1f5,f3,4'g student Council JI jf' ,lf 2,3941 Football 1, 3,43 Q ,J im' D'1Club 2,3.4g Hockey li ' 34-SkiTeam1234- 1 Carnival King 3 Senior Ui Prom 4 Dramatics Club 1 2 3 La Plume 3 Junior Prom 3 Yearbook 4 Rotary Club Guest 4 Senior Play 4 Address to Graduates 3 Fresh Reception Comm 2 Grad Comm 4 E AKEM VL' fy ,EMA e 2 L lum M' jf 4 k 1 Glee Club C er a1C1u M eption p unior Prom 3 W4 c51f7fFFQRD WMCHAS M N V 4 liff' 7 lrfdustnal Arts VLA.Whery 1 2 Senior Play 4 ics lub 1 2 NANCY Esrsa HUNT Commercial Course Senior Play 4 Commercial C1ul12 3 4 Yearbook 4 f Wig! LUN O KJ flixrdrf NG! I K. J: uffsvl. vw ' J W J P Ans 4: Wy? f'l.2a3. Baseball Captain Ng: Hockey 1.4: Fresh. y ion 2- Senior Play ' ' Club 2 3,4 Dra- matics Club 2 3 Grad Comm 4 Junior Prom 3 Junior Town Meeting 3 Senior Prom 4 DENNIS LEE CALDEN Den Industrial Arts Junior Prom 3 Senior Prom 4 Ski Team 2 3 4 IOANNE EVON ADAMS College Course Orchestra 1 3 4 Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Dramatics 1 2 3 La Plume 3 Asst Manager Softball 3 Junior Prom 3 Yearbook 4 Senior Octet 2 4 ROBERT J CHILD B0 College Course Secretary Treasurer Dramatics Club 1 Vice President 2 Junior Prom 3 Secretary of Student Council 4 Senior Play 4 Yearbook 4 oi Q Bijkfb Qfld' ., ecfjr. 1 : 4. ' . : 1, A . I . . ky WM! 0 ' J m al rs H I H MV VMJS 11, . I e 3: D ' Y ' . : , 5 '1 I 0 b2' Q u n o ,4g h. ' , G A . ' : . 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V - V ' f Gkgf ALAN R ELLINGWOOD College Course Student Counctl 1 3 4 Pres of Student Councrl 4 Student Councll Con ventron 4 Semor Play 4 Orchestra 1 3 Dramattcs Club 1 2 La Plume VV A FRA clgirdwtrs Wwcmefm ,Glu VQJZSEC 00 m 3 4 4 Ca of M zrne Sec etary T eamrer 2 t ft a Class Rrng Comm 2 Wrnter Carnrval 3 Grad Comm 3 4 FR md? fclglsa rank a A ts Aka 4 Dra u 3 W1 t arntval Cr ntry 3 4 One Act lay2 Fresh Receptton Comm 2 Semor Play 4 Yearbook 4 Iunror Prom 3 MAJORIE STEARNS Marge Com mercral Course Glee Club 1 2 Softball 2 Commerc1al Club 2 3 4 Iunror Prom 3 Semor Play 4 La Plume 3 EDITH WYMAN Edre General Course La Plume 3 Glee Club 1 2 3 Dramatrcs Club 1 2 Fresh Receptron Comm 2 Junror Prom 3 Cheer leader 3 4 Sub Cheer leader 2 Co Head Cheer leader 4 Commerctal Club 2 3 Softbal14 Grad Comm 4 Semor Prom 4 RONALD A GAGO miitkg I Q 00 Ji vfflub ?3 ecretary mor Prom 3 Semor Play Comm 4 Vtce Pres 2 Grad Comm 4 Semor Prom4 MAUD E STORER Maudre General Course Transfered from Weld Yearbook 4 Semor Play Comm 4 Softball 4 DLXON D GRIFFIN Dlx College Course Vlce Pres 1 3 Stude Councrl 1 2 3 Iunror Pr 3 Boys State3 Rep af Rotary 4 Yearbook 4 La Plume 3 Dramatlcs 1 2 Orchestra 1 Skt Team 1 2 3 Track 1 2 Semor Play 4 Semor Play Comm 4 Sports Ed of Boys Sta Newspaper 3 Semor Prom 4 Grad Comm 4 N L JJ . 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OI' ' , ff ee tr 5573 if 1 Q J GLORIA A B G o Commercial Orchestra 1 Glee Club 1 2 Fresh Recept1on2 Dramattcs Club 1 2 3 Winter Carnival Queen Candidate 1 Winter Carn1 cal 1 2 3 Commercial Club 2 3 4 La Plume 3 Semor Pla Asst Carn1 val Quee andi are Man aer ,X A Ewilf Sonny Industrial Arts My VW Aid JEANETTE L HALL Ro Commercial Course Softball 1 2 3 4 Dra matics Club 1 2 Glee Club 1 2 Fresh Recep tion Comm 2 La Plume 3 lunior Prom 3 Senior Play 4 Yearboolrfl Girls octet 1 2 34,411 f H1 pwfjilfgjl 'Fwy Mriiii t t J .gt MARIORIE ANNE BLICK Margie College Course I Class Officer lg Student Council 1. 2.3.45 Student Council Convention 4g Glee Club 1. 2.4g Orchestra 3.43 Girls' Octet 25 Office Girl 2.3.45 Senior Play 4: La Plume 2.3g Yearbook 4' Grad. Comm. 4. EDWARD L COO 1 fvyldutrta 2 ff o CARRIE E DRURY L5 Commercial Cour Softball 1 2 3 4 Dra BIICS Club123GeClu is 2 Winter Carn 11 i 4 Qu an 1 te n a er 3 a1C1 4 ne Ac a La Plum 3 Asst anager of Softba 2 Pub rctty Manager of Maga 4 Fresh Recepuon bm 2 Junior Prom 3 S io R P Prom 4 Senior Play G Comm 4 ROBERT GENE COBURN Bobby Industrial Arts Track 4 Senior Play 4 X 0 ' ffl! x . f X A . '. ,. ' GE . f t 1 1 A L. L ...ff . l . ,- .I ' . ' l , A . : 1 . .- Rf!! Xxx jx ' I f Q17 g , . xy . tt. r ' I I ,. :, . 5 ,' 5 Q -L O : ' Q4 ,I ' ' Q S 3 ' F L -- -V g ,A m I 2.3, Q - t y2g 2 lun' ro 3. 5' , ff. ' , ' , R . ff 1: M a : ' 3 2 F Cl- L 4 .. Y.. tn 7 A Q XA . , . : - N ,, s H . : . z. - I 2 . , l A : ' : ' .44 . : Y A I . A V45 R35 'if frtQiZf?f1,Q pl? if L :Ig vlbf Lpb LET S REMEMBER Drxres 2 St Doms 1 State Champs rn Football 1955 Party after Semor Play Calden s blast at Jay Buddy Wrng rn Cormectrc rt Mert Judktn s Camp Stanwood Park and The Wrgwarm Good trmes rn D H S durrng 1955 and 56 Btlly s passes to Revello rn football Gagnon s black eye Mrs Greene s study hall The Hockey Tournament of 56 The yearbook advertxsrng trrps CAN! YOU IMAGINE 1 30 Party after Graduatron Class trrp of 56 Athletrcs wrthout Junror boys Donald Hebert WIIIIOUI THREE grrls on th Meredrth at College Marjorre mad at Dtxon Ltghts out at Mr Hayes at 10 O clock Revello rn the Maunes Wrlton gtrls wtthout Drxfreld boys Senror grrls w tholt Jumor boys Carrre wtthout Denms Edrth marrred Jeanette gorng away to school Coach Gordon wtthout a good team Ixone of the Senror grrls gorng steady The Senror class wrthout a party pooper Sandra and Terry breakmg up for good Judy E wrthout a frrend The Jumors quret and pohte for one day Mr Hayes srngrng opera Mr Merrlll rn the Olymprcs Bobby Chrlds studymg at mght Newtre Stowell wrthout a wlse remark Jack Adams wlth a strarght face Katy Norms and M Leslre mmdtng therr Drxfreld grrls wrthout out of town boys Chemrstry lab wrthout the Jumors Alan Elhngwood srngrng rn a night club Rrchard Magoon not rn detentton hall e stung OWN love affarrs 1. A A . 2. A . 3. A 4. A 5. A A A l 6. A ' 7. A 9. A A A 10. ' 11. . ' 12. ' 13. A A A 1. A 2. A ' 3. A A A 4. . . . 5. A O 7. A . ' 10. A ' 5 : ' X 11. Meredith without a ring around her neck 12. A A ' A 13. A A 14. A 15. A 16. ' A A A 17. A A 18. A 19. . A A 20. A A A 21. . A A 22. . A A A A 23. A A A 24. , . . 25. A A 2i'. A . A A A A A 27. A A A A - - 28. A A A 29. A A A A A STELXTIIUR ST A THSTHQS Most Rehable Best Dressed Btggest Fhrts Worst Pest Class Iokers Best bookmg Cutest Class Daredevxls Shyest Most MUS1C3.l Most Talkatlve Most Studxous Best Students SENHUR ST'THS'TlICS Shortest T allest Most Athleuc Best Actmg Abrlrty Best Galt Prettrest Ey Best Worst Pull wrth teachers Best Pal Most Popular Best Dancers Best DISPOSIIOH A Q9 X , Cfwvpuvf JR Q gk x fg Aff? fgunnnrs K3 Q5 K W Of , ,iQ M VJHP VwfL ' ' CT NNN ,Q U 'I D VJ J L 1 x ,Eff M My W W 1? --::i: in J f' K 1 7 . J J J u U .1 Q sv! , - f X N' J - -.1 I - 1 I 'I XXXCB X K93, it SESS iiixsgl IS Fust row left to rrght L Lane J Mxllett H MacPherson S Young I Hodsdon R Hayes R Wrng D Gagnon K Norns M Leslre G Jones I Frsh Second row A Towle J Jordan L Skrdgell K Torrey L Smrth E Coolrdge I McGu1re I Walker S Mrnnrck C Chrld E Knox E Tyler G Hanson C Waterhouse I Grrardxn 1 Hodsdon F Wrng W Prrest Thrrd row W McGu1re R Robrnson L Mclntue D Berry D Mrtchell J Rock D Hebert N Blodgett D Thrbodeau L Allan M Hardy J Adams N Stowell C Ellts M Smrth R Blrck On the frrst day of school we Junrors entered two drfferent homerooms Mr Merrtll was one homeroom teacher and Mr Hayes the other We all seemed to realrze that th1s year would brtng us nearer our goal At our frrst class meetrng the Iollowrng offrcers were chosen Regrnald Wrng Presr dent Sandra Young V1ce Presrdent Jacquelyn Hodsdon Secretary Donna Gagnon Treasurer Donald Thxbodeau Donald Hebert and James Rock were the Jumor mem bers selected to DC on the Student Councrl The Student Councxl Alternate was Lauren Allen Our Iunror guls on the cheerleadrng squad thrs year were Donna Gagnon Carolyn Waterhouse and Katy Norns Katy was un able to cheer very much due to a knee rn JUYY La Plume rs berng edrted tlus year by us and thus far we have tumed out four successful rssues Martlyn Leslre rs the stu dent edttor and Mrs Gallant the faculty advrsor Our class reporter for the yearbook rs Donna Gagnon On December 21 1955 we Iunrors under Mrs Greene s drrectron presented two one act plays at the Tuscan Opera House they proved to be a success For the Wtnter Carmval we chose Carolyn Waterhouse as our candrdate She d1d a frne Job and we were all proud of her at the Coronatron The Junror Class rs very proud of the Jockey matenal whrch we turned out thrs year Three of our boys made the All State Team thrs year Donald Hebert and Newton Stowell the frrst team and lack Adams made the second Another actrvrty whrch our class under took thrs year was Junror Pnze Speakrng We re not sure how rt wtll turn out but we re hoprng for the best Donna Gagnon , . I I 9? rt, Xxv Q Y . gg 1 5 r' I ' li' 11 ' e A 4 Q JP .Q 'ak p 5 p .v S if ' 5 lk ,f J' 1 Qupbumurzf 4' ffyyv wf'AXAlMX 'X MW' jr ,J M W if yi' 4V P JJ I x Ok AJ ' fi X9 V XV F' I ff , fi X I a 1 , 1 1 4, 9 First row left to right L Jones C Hitchinsorl S Smith K Crockett I Elliott S Russell L Welch D Chase J Fletcher S Durant M Donahue Second row D Palmer F Higgins F Stone D Mitchell B Nash R Parker B Fish E Towle R Dunham R Meserve H Palmer J Marble G Dolloff T Calden C Conant I Gill D Hutchinson D Scrlbner R Therriault A V1tt1a L Francis R Cole K Blodgett V Child On the first day of school we Sopho mores found we had IWO hOmCr001US OHS Larrabee the other was under Mrs Greene At the first class meeting we elected the following officers with Mr Parker a.s our class advisor Sandra Russell President Larry Welch Vice President Judith Elliott Secretary Treasurer The Student Council representatives are Judith Elliott and Jerome Marble the Alter nate is Larry Welch The Freshman reception given by us was a big success for the Sophomore class this year The ring committee chose very nice looking rings for our class On this com mittee were Judith Elliott Sandra Russell Jean Virgin Dennis Palmer and Frederic Htgg s For the Annual Winter Carnival Queen Candrdacy Sandra Russell was chosen to re present our class To support our candidate we had a dance for the Grammar School a street sold tickets and sold chances on a Scotch cooler Sandra placed second in the Contest Several members of our class were active rn sports this year Four participated in foot ball and four on the hockey team Our class should have more ambition in the next two years to participate in sports Much to our grief we lost a member of our class Robert Walton during the summer in an accident We are looking forward to having two more wonderful years of high school Frederick Higgins I l ' . ' : . . . ' ' ., . ' . . . . ' . . , . . . . . . . , . . : . . . ' ' 0 1 0 . I I I I I I . I I I I I I I I I 0 I I I O I I I 1 ' I I . I I I I 0 I I l . I O I I I I 0 I O I I . , ' 1 ' v ' I room was under the supervision of Miss food sale at the High School and one down . 2 l . I . I S . . ' . . - . . , - . I . I ' ' I I . ' in . Wg M169 Qfwfj Jfresbmen fggyggf OO uf .A Q5-5 H WWW Q . - ,-.l vf4,, F --.v ' 'i-iq. 'ggg1.zH's 1', ZS 111111iQa1Q2Qg'123gz' -f f .42-12-1-.2-111 M ':a1He12212z:z1- ' .gQE1f1551Q1: ,v,'-. 1- 2 V' 1211221 -,'-,'.V '.,QA ,z -,',' 12iHl22i12E'-13?.3121 L' 12123351 - ' 221131. R ,,4 W,A, .4 f . .Q. x 1 SX - f ..-. ' V ' - - fwm wbbyjifly i Fust row left to rrght G Morse G Morse J Hudon P Frost M Skrdgell W Waterhouse S Krdder R Stowell D Grlffrn M Mrllett A Adams J Palmer S Swett Second row V Downs R H1tch1nson S Frost L Boyrngton B Howard J Dak1n Mrss Larrabee Pl Paulrn C Merrrll B Robbms D Defoe C Stalmuke D Young H Chrld Th1rd row E Guardrn D Frost W Wh1te H Wrrght G Wrlhamson D Robbms E Coohdge J Con nery T Hanson S Horne R Magoon L Noyes R Roussrn S Adams D Clark W Palmer E Dolloff M Holman R B1den On the openmg day of school 46 Fresh men walked 1nto a new experrence w1th Mr Palker as our homeroom teacher Regrstra t1ons w1th schedules were handed to all to be frlled out It was confusmg at f1rst but after the f1rst few days everythrng went smoothly Wrth M1ss Larrabee as faculty adv1sor the f1rst class meetrng was held The followrng class offrcers were elected Presr dent Rand Stowell V1ce Presrdent W1l11am Waterhouse Secretary Treasurer Sandra Krdder Student Councrl Representatrve Deborah Defoe Alternate Student Councrl Representatrve Marrlyn Skrdgell The Freshmen were duly treated by the Sophomores at the rmtratron and receptron Wh1Ch made our membersh1p rnto D H S off1c1al Durrng the huntmg season the class and school were saddened by the death of a classmate Donald Mayo krlled rn a hunt ing accident. When the annual magazrne dr1ve was conducted the Freshmen brought 1n the most money and were rewarded w1th an 1ce cream party Then came the Wrnter Carnrval Deborah Defoe was chosen Freshman queen candrdate w1th Anne Adams as manager Debbre was crowned queen of the 1956 D H S wrnter carnxval followrng an acuve campa1gn of sales and shows J' 4, f' A Waterhouse Ridder Stowell STUDENT LO L XTLHL L 25- Seated left to rlght D Hebert I Marble A Ellmgwood R Chrld Mr Brown Standtng D Defoe J Ellrott L Welch W Elltott M Blxck L Allen S Vaughan D Grrfftn J Rock D Thtbodeau S Russell Randy Stowell M Sktdgell At the begtnnmg of our frrst Student Counctl meetmg th1s year the followtng off1cers were elected Presrdent Alan Elltng wood Vrce Presrdent Jerome Marble Sec retary Robert Chrld and Treasurer Donald Hebert The Student Councrl members are chosen by theu class The Semor Class re presentattves are Alan Elhngwood Robert Chlld Drxon Gr1ff1n Wllltam Ellrott and Mar1or1e Bllck Donald Hebert Donald Thrbodeau James Rock and Regtnald Wrng represent the Jumor Class The Sophomore representatrves are Sandra Russell Judy Elhott and Jerome Marble Deborah Defoe and Randy Stowell represent the Freshmen Class We are dxrected and advlsed by our Pnnctpal Harry Brown Dunng our weekly meetmgs we have drscussed the followmg topxes and actrvrtres freshmen 1n1t1at1on student councrl dance wtnter carnxval magazme drtve assembly programs food sales and class soctals Last fall erght student counctl members wtth Mxss Larrabee attended the State Stu dent Counctl Conventton at Watervtlle Hrgh School v , f, 1 'YN 11 I A ' X eng ' ' 1 l l I ' '---fxfvqir A l I , ,X I , I .Q I . 3 L. r lv g I :s 1 u 1 o ' 0 n 1 . . 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ILJIBRARIIANS Left to rlght K Norrts M Skldgell M Bllck D Gallant C Drury D Grrffrn E Towle The llbrary has shown a great deal of There has been a few new books and xmprovement th1s year under the supervtsron d1ct1onar1es added to the lrbrary smce school of Mrs Gallant There are seven student opened last fall We are rn hopes that thrs hbrarrans who have alded Mrs Gallant 1n hbrary system wtll contmue as II IS of revlsrng the books and use of the lrbrary great asststance to the students The lrbrar The lrbrarrans have set up a card mdexrng rans of thrs year are Carrle Drury Dotty umt whereby rt w1l1 be much easrer for the Grrffm MarJor1e B11Ck Jean V1rg1n students to work at the hbrary Marrlyn Skldgell Katy Norrrs Emma Towle UFFHCE GIRLS Left to rrght M Morse Mr Brown D Gagnon M Bllck C Waterhouse Durmg the year of 1955 1956 Mr Brown had four capable offrce grrls They were Meredrth Morse Donna Gagnon Carolyn Waterhouse and Ma.rJor1e B11ck Three of the grrls took the commercral course and one took the college course The many errands and dunes of an offrce grrl are good experlences whrch w1l.l help them along when they go out tnto the bus1 ness world of today We the offrce g1rls of 1955 and 1956 w1sh to express our thanks to Mr Brown for hrs patxence and kmd understandmg durmg thrs past year I a.,,J.i. ,nntnn A31 ':. '. .' . . ' . . . .' . . .'lC I I I I ' . I 0 - : ' . .I . ..' .. .' .., I I I ':. . . . . . . ' . . . . . : . ' ' , . . , I .. .. . . . . I Qtbletirs fw 0 QHAMIPS 955 xv' .,,:als:' l sn I an Ll Front row left to rrght D Thrbodeau L Welch J Adams F I-hggms R Gordon C Soule L Allen Back row D Palmer Manager T Robmson N Stowell B Elhott J Rock D Hebert R Gavnon Coach Gordon bww-S' R. GORDON D HEBERT F HIGGINS ,QW Dlxfreld l-hgh successfully defended theu srx man trtle and won the Whrttamore Memorral Trophy for the thrrd year rn a row rn the State of Marne Coach Gordon deserves much credrt for such a successful season Some of the mayor xnstances of such a season are as follows The hard runmng of Don Hebert Terry Roblnson Ron Gagnon Newt Stowell Lauren Allen the hard rush mg defense from Clrff Soule Jack Adams Fred Hrggrns Jrm Rock the accurate pass mg of B111 Ellxott and the amazrng pass recervrng of Rev Gordon Let s hope next year s eleven man team w111 be Just as successful as our SIX man teams have been PLAYER Gordon Robrnson Hebert Soule Gagnon Adams Rock Allan Welch 88 Drxfleld Drxfreld Drxfreld Dlxfreld Drxfreld PERIODS TACKLES POINTS SUMMARY OF GAMES Elrot York Leavrtt Monmouth Leavrtt Elhott to Gordon Pass Gagnon galns 5 yards J Rock C Soule T Roornson CRUSS QUUNTRY ,.n,,...-.. if fi M yr Front R Bltck R Brden F Porter R Wmg W MCGUIIC Back L Noyes Coach Robert Parker R Coburn The cross country track team had a very successful season thrs year under the excellent coachmg of Robert Parker New unrforms and warm up surts were bought by the htgh school They had srx meets whrch were as follows fLow score wrnsj Drxfteld Gould Drxfreld MEXICO Drxfreld Ph1ll1ps Drxfteld Phtllrps Drxfreld Mexrco Dtxfreld 20 Phrllrps Captain Buddy Wmg led hrs team through a vrctorrous season that carrred them to the state meet They journeyed to the Untversrty of Marne to run agarnst 21 teams In a freld of 130 runners they placed 4 25 60 73 and 90 grvrng them a t1e for 9th place Wrng s 4th place rn Class B was 7th place rn state competrtron grvrng htm berth at the New England Conference On November 18th Buddy and Coach Parker traveled to the Umversrty of Con nectrcut campus Over 150 of the top New England cross country runners were gathered there to race for h1ll and dale honors Buddy was off to a great start leadmg the pack over the ftrst h1ll As the harrrers rounded the freld Buddy was struck wrth chest parns caused by a pulled muscle In sprte of thrs handrcap he ftmshed 48th They are lookrng forward to a promrsmg year next year as only two of the members are semors 1 fi , K xiao N Xtyy J i , Rhys , za ' I x i It - 5 ,eil I I . . . . ' . . . 3 ' ' 43 20 - n ' ' 20 A 41 ' . ' ' 22 ' ' 33 ' ' 48 ' ' 66 , ' ' ' 22 ' 36 ' ' . ' . . . . 35 , ' . The D1x1es under the great leadershrp of Coach Lrncoln Gordon have just frnrshed the best season rn D H S for at least ten years The team thts year had a twelve and two record the debrts comrng at the hands of Watervrlle and St Doms both oy only one goal The St Doms game went rnto frve overt1me perrods The greatest vrctory thrs year was the nrght of March 26th when the team played St Doms at the St Doms arena 1.11 Lewrston Wlth a lot of Drxfreld sprrrt and cheerrng be hrnd them the Drxres came out on top 2 1 the frrst txme any school boy hockey team 56 hockey team We wrsh to congratulate Don Hebert and Newt Stowell for makrng All State frrst team and Jack Adams and Jrm Grll for playrng on the second team The All Stars rncludes players chosen from Lewrston Watervrlle and Drxfreld wrth the D1x1es playrng seven men on the team These were Jrm Grll Terry Robrnson Jack Adams Don Hebert Buddy Wrng Newt Stowell and Revello Gordon Tournament trme rolled around and the DIXIBS were rn good shape as they rocked over Watervrlle 6 4 rn the semr frnals The next game was the brg one wrth St Doms The Drxres went on to the rce wrth hrgh sprrrts The Doms drove rn the ftrst two goals but the D1x1es weren t put out as Don Hebert and Rev Gordon tred rt up Then rn the thrrd perrod Bud Wrng put the Dtxres ahead 3 2 Wrth about three mrnutes left to play the Doms tred rt up makrng the game go rnto overt1me The Drxres never gave up untrl the Doms scored the frnal goal rn the frfth ovemme perrod The townspeople students and espe crally the team can be very proud of the DIXICS record thrs year The D1x1es scored 60 goals to the op posrtrons 20 Here rs the summary of the games Dtxfreld Drxfreld Drxfreld Drxfreld D1xf1e1d Drxfreld Drxfreld Drxfreld Drxfreld Drxfreld Drxfre ld I V Drxfreld Drxfreld 3 Top Scorers of the Don Hebert Bud Wrng Newt Stowell Peanut Ellrs Lauren Allen Rev Gordon Terry Robrnson St Doms! V Berlm N H Lewrston Berlm Watervrlle St Doms Lewtston Watervrlle Kents H11 Kents H111 Mechamc Falls Watervllle St Doms Drxres - I ' ' '7 . . . - ' ' ' ' 4 ' . . . ' n ' ' 2 . . . . 4 , . . . . . , - . . 5 , 1 r ' . V V' - I . . 8 . ' ' - ' ' . . 6 ' has done this. We can be very proud of our Dixfield 2 Hebron . A . . . 6 . B S E B LL Back row left to rxght C Soule Manager F H1gg1l'lS N Stowell I Rock CoachL Gordon F Stone J Adams T Rob1nson Front row D Thlbodeau D Hebert B Elhott R Gordon L Welch L Allen C Swan CARY SWAN BILL ELLIOTT LAUREN ALLEN Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Frrday Tuesday Frrday Tuesday Frxday Tuesday Frlday BASEBALL SCHEDULE Aprrl 24 Apr11 28 Ma May May May May May May May South Pans Gould Brldgton Mexlco Norway Brrdgton South Parts Mextco Gould Norway H A H H A A A H H The Drxres baseball team d1d very well last year wrnnrng the Western Marne Baseball Champlonshxp Wrth many of last year s 11ne up due to return to the dramond thrs sprrng the team should do as well provrded outdoor condltrons are favorable true DIXIE spurt l LARRY WELCH DON THIBODEAU FRANK STONE ' ' 6 J ' C J Y 1 ' 1 J ' 4 ' C J 3 C J ' 11 ' Q J 15 ' C D ' 18 ' QAQ 22 C J ' 25 C Q Whatever the outcome of the season, we may look forward to games played with-the f 7 A r W ,I I A ,M SUIPTBALL Fld, QAM Frrst row left to rrght E Knox S Vaughon M Morse J Hall C Drury J Mrllett Second row R Hayes B Frsh J Frsh H MacPerson M Donahue J Elltott E Charrty J Adams We are all lookrng forward to a good Freshmen season under the supervrsron of Mr Hayes We won 8 games and lost only 3 games who wrll be our new coach We are hoprng The followrng veterans from last year s to have our old veterans and a lot of new ftrst team are Elarne Knox Sandra Vaughon ones from the Freshman class The Fresh Merrdrth Morse Jeanette Hall Carrre Drury man class rs a brg group and we are sure Judy Mrllett and Judy Ellrott there are some good players among them We were very lucky We lost only two of our frrst team and we are sure that the places can be frlled by the up and comrng Left to right-C Swan M Morse Sponsor Mrs Gallant W Elliott SJLNHUR C L ASS Ulf ll HLJILRS Llsllf FRLEADERS Bl B Left to rrght D Gr1ff1n C Waterhouse S Vaughan D Defoe E Wyman D Gagnon J Ellrott The Cheerleaders who returned thrs year were Semors Edrth Wyman Sandra Vaughan Junrors Carolyn Waterhouse Donna Gagnon Two new cheerleaders were chosen one from the Junror Class and a second from the Sophomore Class They were Katy Norrls and Judy Ellrott The two alternates were Dotty Grrffm and Debbre Defoe Not long after our new Cheerleaders were chosen Katy was forced to leave the squad because of a knee rnjury It was de crded by the co head cheerleaders and the three other regulars to alternate the subs grvrng them each equal opportunrtres Two new unrforms were bought by the cheerleaders fQ1fllRlL,S Left to rlght K Norrrs J Adams J Hall M Leslle The Glrls Quartet IS an orgamzatron the musrcal program for the memonal ser made up of four members under the d1rec vtce of the V F W and also are planmng of Katy Norrrs Thrs group has been gorng for the musrc festrval for two years They are a non profrt group srngrng for drfferent town and commumty The members of thrs quartet are Katy organrzatrons Thrs year they have par Norns Marrlyn Leslre Junlors Jeanette trcrpated rn school assemblles presented Hall Joanne Adams Senrors 1 'I J J 1J1 J l l ,Ka 8 : . , . , . . . , . . . . . . 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' I I I I I Qrtihities MX V JW X SENJIUR PLAY , A 1 1'Q Q '-Fi Seated left to rrght M Morse N Hunt C Drury S Vaughan W Ell1ott C Swan E Towle G Blodgett M Blrck M Stearns Standtng R Coburn R Gordon C Chase F Porter Mr Merrrll D Gr1ff1n C Soule A Ellrngwood R Ch11d W Palmer R Gagnon E Wyman E Weld S Wyman M Storer J Hall G Gordon M Macomber The D H S Annual Semor Play was presented on December 15 and 16 of 1955 Under the relrable drrectron of John Merrlll the play w1th a cast of 16 members was successful The members of the cast and play COIl'l IUIIICCS WSIS Barbara Pearson Mr Bradley George Brgelow Mrss Wheeler Mrs Aldrrch Mtss Johnson Mrss Eggleston Gertre Mrss Shea Mr Patterson Mr Nelson Mrss Prke B111 Vechrtto Mr Fergurson Sandra Vaughan Wtllram Ellrott Clrfford Chase Emma Towle Glona Blodgett Meredlth Morse Marjorre B1lCk Marjorle Stearns Came Drury Revello Gordon Clofton Soule Nancy Hunt Frank Porter Dtxon Gnffm Alan Ellrngwood Stage Hands Make up and Trckets Robert Ch11d Gerald Gordon Denms Calden Frank Porter Mark Macomber Wendell Palmer Jeanette Hall THE SENIOR PLAY COMMITTEE Left to rlght M Blrck D Gnffrn C Drury l N L R A Z Henry Aldrich --------- Cary Swan Meredith Morse Seated left to nght D Gallant D Gagnon T Robrnson M Leslte N Stowell C Waterhouse J Adams Standrng G Hanson K Torrey D Thrbedeau H MacPherson R Marble R Blrck I Dakm I Hodsdon M Donahue J Hodsdon L Lane L Allen D Grrffm J Mrllett J Walker La Plume publtshed by the Junror Class had a very successful year nettmg a reasonable amount of money and provxd mg valuable experrence for the staff Art1 cles on class news dramatrc producttons sports dances the Alumm scholarshrp contests and other humor were rncluded A secuon of the paper was devoted to the Jumor Hrgh who showed constderable mterest H1 ll The Staff conststed of Edrtor rn Ch1ef Asststant Edttor Sports Edrtor Acttvrtres Edttor Exchange Edttor Ctrculatton Edttor Class Edrtor Art Edrtors Faculty Advrsor Class Re porters- Junrors Manlyn Leslle Newton Stowell Terry Robmson Donna Gagnon J ack Adams Lauren Allen Iacquelme Hodsdon Robert Blrck Donald Thtbedeau -Nlrs Gallant Josephlne Hodsdon Sandra Young , , ' ' , Typists ----------- Jeanette Fish Junror Senlor Sophomores Freshman Carolyn Waterhouse Drxon Grtfftn Myrna Donahue Jerome Marble Joanne Dakrn Karen Torrey Donna Gagnon Carolyn Waterhouse Iacquelme Hodsdon L1ll1e Lane Iackle Walker Helen MacPherson Elame Knox Geraldtne Hanson The G1r1s Glee Club now under the dxrectron of Mrss Larrabee has resumed tts actrvrtres after a one year lapse Wrth a good background rn three part harmony thrs group expects greater success wrth more members rn the future The offrcers elected Chatrman Katy Noms Lrbrarlan Manlyn Leslre Front row left to nght K Torrey J Frsh S Young M Leslre M1ssLarrabee Norrrs S M1nn1ck Back row K Crockett J Adams D Defoe A Adams N Bhck M Akers S Russell S Weston M Donahue J Ellrott Frrst Sopranos are Joanne Adams Sandra Russell Sandra Young Sally Mrnmck Anne Adams Deborah Defoe and Myrna Donahue Second Sopranos are Mar1lynLesl1e Jeanette Flsh Karen Torrey Kathleen Crockett and Emma Towle Altos are Kathleen Norrts Maryorre B11Ck Judy Ellrott Dottre Grlffen and Mary Akers Sheryl Weston an erghth grader 18 accompanrst The Orchestra ts underway for the second year under the drrectron of Mrss Larrabee We have a varrety of musrc and are hopmg to attend the Musrc Festlval thrs sprrng Sandra Blden a Trombone player was absent when the prcture was taken Front row left to rrght Marjorre Blrck Earle Towle Robert Blrck Freddre I-lrggrns Second row Katy Norrrs Lucy Howard Margaret Elsemore Trmmy Hanson Rand Stowell Rrchard Cole My rna Donahue Thrrd row Sandra Russell Joanne Adams Mrss Larrabee Drrector Larry Welch -1 1 1 . 1 1 .. . Q 1 . . :. .... .. . .K. . .. - 1. 1 .1 11 1: 11 11 . . . ' 1- 1. 11 11 11 s . 1 1 1 1 1 -. . . 1 s . 1 1 . , .. 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 u 4 1 2 1 1 1 . ' ' l I I ' 7 . - . , ,Y , 1 1 I 1 I 1 in Z DRAM ATHCS CLUB First row left to right K Gerrish J Elltott A Towle J Hodsdon M Leslie D Hebert C Swan K Norris C Drury G Hanson G Blodgett E Weld Second row C Waterhouse J Adams I Hodsdon S Russell E Wyman H MacPherson M Akers J Merrill L Lane M Morse J Walker D Gagnon M Donahue S Minmck S Vaughan E Towle Third row W Priest F Porter L Mclntire I Gill R Gordon D Thrbodeau W Elliott I Rock L Allen D Scribner D Mttchell N Stowell R Wing E Towle At our first meeting we elected the following off1cers President Cary Swan Vice President Donald Hebert Secretary Carrie Drury and Treasurer Katy Norris We talked about One Act Plays to be put on in the future IUNIIOR PRIZE SPEAKING Junior prize speaking which had been discontinued for several years resumed activities this year under the direction of Mrs Greene The school contest was held at the Opera House on March 15, with the follow- ing students in competition: Leon Mclntire Marilyn Leslie, Robert Blick, Kathleen Norris. Jack Adams, Geralding Hanson, Maurice Hardy, and Carolyn Waterhouse. The Grand Prize, a trophy, and medals to four other winners were awarded by the V. F. W. organization. Three of these speakers were chosen to compete in the county contest at Paris on March 28. We selected the following One Act Plays The Singapore Spider Where The Cross Is Made and Coming Around the Mountain Left to right: K. Norris, C. Drury, D. Hebert C. Swan. Left to right C Drury N Hunt S Vaughan M Morse The D H S Commercial Club held IIS first meeting on January 3 elected President Nancy Hunt V1ce President Sandra Vaughan Secretary Meredith Morse and Treasurer Carrie Drury The Commercial Club mem bers have been earning money to buy addmg machines for the Com mercial Department We have sold cards and had a turkey raffle in order to buy one now selling cards in order to buy another adding machine next year We are plannmg to have one meeting a month in which we have panel discussions prepared by the students NATIONAL I'IONOR SOCIETY The following students were chosen as members of the National Honor Society Meredith Morse Dixon Griffin and Marjorie Blick The faculty is planning to have two or three more meetings during the remainder of the year in which to choose three more students for the N H S COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFICERS 1956.1 The following officers were adding rnachihe this year. We are U CLUB Back row left to rtght C Ellts J Rock D Thrbodeau L Allen L Welch D Mttchell Mtddle row N Stowell D Palmer R Wrng Coach Gordon J Adams T Robtnson F Hrggtns Front row C Soule D Hebert B Elltott R Gagnon C Swan R Gordon Under the leadershxp of Coach Ltnc Gordon the D Club was agarn orgamzed for the second conse utrve year for the purpose of g1v1ng recognttron to semor ath lettcs of Dtxfreld Htgh School Thts year offrcers are Presrdent B111 Ellrott Vrce Presrdent Don Hebert Sec retary Treasurer Ron Gagnon Those rece1v1ng Jackets thrs year are B111 Elltott Rev Gordon and Ron Gagnon In order to recetve these Jackets one must earn s1x varstty letters durrng hrs four year pertod and one letter must be earned durtng hrs sentor year ln order to rarse money to buy the Jackets the club sold raffle trckets on two chrckens Next year the D Club should have much to look to because there are s1x or seven Junrors who wrll recetve Jackets The club also bought champtonshtp emblems for the football team fr ia IN TER L NRNHX XL UF N06 ,ay 1 J Krng DIXON GRIFFIN Queen DEBORAH DEFOE The annual 1956 D H S Wrnter Carm val was the most successful event that D H has had for many years The hard work of the students and the fme superv1s1on of the faculty IS the mam reason the Carmval was such a great success The Queen Candrdates and Managers were Semor Emma Towle Manager Mer1d1th Morse Junror Carolyn Water house Manager Katy Norr1s Sophomore Sandra Russell Manager Myrna Donahue and Freshman, Deborah Defoe, Manager, Anne Adams. The nrght of the Carmval Ball, the g1r1 that brought rn the most money was crowned Queen. Sports compeuuon was held to determrne what boy 1n the school should be Krng. On the evenrng of the Carnrval Ball Deborah Defoe was crowned Queen and Drxon Gr1ff1n was crowned Krug by the Krug and Queen of last year's Carn1va1 The hall was very beautrfully decorated under the frne supervrsron of Mlss Larrabee Everyone who parucrpated 1n the Carnr val of 1956 knows what a great success It was 6 1 R .Z:Q,4',fN 5 LA LzL,f,L'faQf5 C'igCL 544 -JZALLJIK 11 Front rowl Marble H Moore Back row C Waterhouse I Elhott E Towle S Russell L-11, V L! pf?'if ZJWJWZML ,541 L L U' A 14716 ,V ffw Kf M, 8 XL I VN! W -J Left to nghtg W. Elhotr, D. Gnffm, D. Defoe. J, Elllott. 1 gxczlvpgyk ' J J ,ln V . 1 2,7 'fl ZLY 5-KL!,,-J -I L I .V L V-bjqgf ffm, ,A l Q Q of 14 X4 R. K fe, 1? 1' 'ki' x ' RSX!-c l P4 I . , ,,. 4 U tgp .123 , X X X , ff f LQ! ,, l o 35 1 - Ji 1 . fb? ..L71! if ,I ,I f XL 7 f X ' ,e ee , 4 Sl-IARPENING A PENCIL Sharpenmg a pencll may seem lrke an everyday occurrence but sometrmes rt can be extremely drffrcult There 1S a lrttle more to rt than most people antrcrpate To begm w1th the pencrl may need sharpenrng for a number of drfferent reasons fly It may be a new pencrl and sharpenrng rn th1s case rs absolutely necessary 12, The pencrl may have broken Thrs usually results from bear rng too hard on the delrcate lead 13, The pencrl may Just be a b1t dull and ID need of a close shave 14, The obJect rn mentron may not need sharperung at all It may be the wrrter who merely needs a change and an ex cuse to leave hrs Job and have a chat Wllh other frrends at the pencrl sharpener There are also a great many drfferent ways tr1c sharpener you Just wart whrle rt chews the pencll shorter shorter and shorter! What an appetrtel Next there 1S the mechanrcal sharpener where you turn the crank and the shavrngs keep sprllrng out of an already over flowrng contarner The thrrd type IS found rn rather peculrar forms the most popular berng on the end of a small ruler Sometrmes a toy car or doll may be the camouflage of thrs rather messy sharpener The shavrngs have no place to go and are as a rule wrdely drs trrbuted over the floor Lastly a knrfe sharp rf possrble may be used There rs one way to escape all thrs fuss and bother It rs much more convenrent and s1mpl1f1es matters consrderably the no cap mechanrcal pencrl whrch rs EVER SHARP Sally Mrnnrck 57 ESSAY ON CHEWING GUM To be an expert gum chewer, y u must follow these rules Q11 Chew at least a package a day C21 Snap rt unceasrngly C31 Make sure rt stays 1n your mouth Q45 Always frnd rt relaxrng Let s start wrth rule No 1 If you can afford to buy a package of gum a day by George you ve made rt to frrst base In accordance w1th rule No 2 1f you can snap gum wrthout havrng someone snap at you then you ve slrd rn at second base As for rule No 3 you re a neat chewer rf you keep the gum rnsrde your mouth and you re headed for thrrd base Next comes the hard est test of all If you can chew a pack a day wrthout havrng your Jaws ache your ears w1th you Brother you ve made a home run! Katy Norrrs 57 THE LITTLE OLD FORD As I was leavrng the store after work one Saturday rn the fall of 54 1I was st1ll ra1n rng hard as rt had been for the past two days Hurrrcane Carol was strll ragrng and the water was r1s1ng raprdly As I was crossrng the budge between Drx freld and Peru, the water lrne was nearrng the level of a budge I proceeded on my way hrttlng many brg puddles of water runnrng across the road I was almost home when I rounded one comer and saw about fCont 5 . . . 0 to sharpen a pencil. First, there is the elec- crackle, and your mother thoroughly fed up two feet of water across the road I proceeded slowly through the water and, reachrng the other srde gradually started to prck up speed Around the next comer the brrdge was out and rmmedrately I stepped on the brake There was none I was movrng at a fast rate toward the washout Nervously I started to shrft to lower gears then to reverse Strll comrng closer to the water I notrced a drrve way and qurckly tumed rnto rt I was safe at last I sat there for awhrle untrl my heart stopped Jumprng I drdn t get home that nrght but when the brrdge was reparred I took the Ford home and frxed the brakes One close call was enough for me Robert Chrld 56 CAN HUNTING ACCIDENTS BE PREVENTED? come very promrnent rn recent years and rt rs gettrng worse If someone shoots someone else whrle huntrng he rs frned a few hundred dollars and he loses hrs lrcense for a number of years I thrnk that rf the penalty for shoot rng someone were more severe the hunter would be more careful of what he was shoot rng at There rs also the problem of hunters from out of state who buy a lrcense to hunt but don t know what a deer actually looks lrke Maybe rf everyone who purchased a lrcense took a color blrnd and recognrtron test and one on the use of frrearms also the number of huntrng accrdents could be lessened some what No one seems to know what the solutron rs but rt rs a problem whrch we wrll have to cope wrth rn the near future Frank Porter 56 SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP What are the dutres of a school crtrzen? These are a few of the thrngs a good school crtrzen does He carrres out hrs assrgnments to the best of hrs abrlrty He volunteers for extra dutres whenever possrble He trres to make school lrfe as pleasant as possrble for hrmself hrs classmates and hrs teachers Showrng hrs best qualrtres and best manners when representrng hrs school rs another of the thrngs he does He obeys hrs school s the lookout for ways to Improve hrs school and when thrngs go wrong he doesn t just complarn he trres to thrnk of somethrng to remedy the srtuatron He helps school actrv rtres such as socrals and athletrc actrvrtres School crtrzenshrp means to me that I have the above dutres to fulfrll and the followrng rrghts to enloy the rrght to carry on the tradrtrons of my school provrded that I do not abuse the prrvrleges granted to me the rrght to enJoy my school lrfe and other school actrvrtres the rrght to take an actrve part rn governrng my school I can take part rn any school actrvrty such as baseball football hockey the band prrze speakrng fCont Q The problem of hunting accidents has be- rules. A good school citizen is always on or debatrng provrded that I keep good marks ln my studres There are many prrvrleges whrch schools gzrant and these should never be abused Recess and season trckets to all of the home games are tn my book the two prrvrleges whrch should be the most chenshed School cxtrzenshrp IS made up of varrous dut1es and oblrgauons whrch must be fulfrlled We have oblrgatrons to our teachers to ur fellow students to make school pleasant and enjoyable for them to our parents and our school to take good care of our books and other school property and most of all to ourselves to make the most of our chances to obtarn a good educatron We need school crtrzenshrp to teach us to be good crtrzens of our country It seasons us and makes us aware of our rrghts and dutres as a crtrzen We should do our best as school c1t1zens because the records we establrsh as students w1ll follow us wherever we go to look for a Job be rt next door rn the next state or across the country Hubert Palmer 58 QUALITIES OF A TEACHER From the teacher the average student I am afratd expects far too much l-le expects the wrsdom of the ages the patrence of Job and the understandrng qualrtres of a close frrend However the teacher who has a gen urne lrkmg for hrs students who has the abrlrty to explarn that though he may not be a foun tam of knowledge he, too IS rnterested rn learmng and IS w1ll1ng to study wrth the student thus grvrng benefrt to both w11l frnd that hrs employees students are co operatrve A teacher must be able to laugh to make class trme fun as there must be moments of garety rn every busrness In serrous drscussrons the student must feel that the teacher 1S srncerely rnterested rn what he has to say that leamrng IS a co operatrve busrness wrth both teacher and student takrng part Emma Towle 56 ETIQUETTE Etrquette IS somethrng that should be grven much thought The foundatron of etrquette rs krndness frrendlrness farrness self control gent leness and self respect The rmportant thrng about good manners 15 that they make others feel at ease Krndness leads one to offer another the better seat to avord ern barrassrng hrm erther by word or glance and to lrsten to htm grve hrs oprnrons Gentleness keeps one from tallung roughly and domg offensrve thrngs such as rnterruptrng others or couglung 1n someone s face Self control prompts one to make hrs vorce clear and pleasant Self conscrousness prevents many people from berng charmmg Q Cont J . . 1 0 - , . - ' ' - used every day, everywhere, and should be Here are a few of the many ways that etrquette may be used at school You should use your best manners at all umes When you are addressrng a teacher Mr Mrs Mrss should always be used You should know how to rntroduce people to others and how to greet new people It rs very rmportant not to be rude to your teachers and classmates Interruptrng others should be avorded Etxquette rs rmportant whrle eatrng meals at the school cafeterra It would be rather embarrassmg rt' the teachers or some older person ate near you and you drd not know how to act Please thank y-cg and all other courtesres should always be used Glorra Blodgett 56 I SPEAK FOR DEMOCRACY Amerrcans to defrne the system of government and lrvmg of the country rn whrch they lrve the Unrted States The term rtself has a very general meanmg the defrrutron of the word depends upon the oprnron of the mdrvrdual who 15 defrmng rt Democracy IS a system rn whrch the nghts of the 1nd1v1dual rrghts as freedom of speech freedom of the press the freedom of assembly and the rrght to peaceably petrtton the government for a redress of grrevance These c1v1l rrghts can readrly be seen m the everyday actrvrtres of an average Amerrcan When he rs on hrs way to work he meets hrs fnends on the bus and they get together almost rmmedrately an argument concernrng polrtrcs or some other tssue starts In dorng so they rnvoke the rrght of freedom of speech and of assembly after the argument has subsrded Mr Average Amerrcan takes out hrs newspaper and reads about the farmers grrevances concemrng the food surplus srtuatron If he should stop and thrnk he would frnd that here was an example of freedom of the press to prrnt the truth He would also have a case rn whlch the farmers rnvoked the rrght to peaceably petrtron the government for a redress of grrevances Throughout the average workmg day of an Amerrcan he rnvokes many rf not all f the amcles whrch are declared under the Brll of Rrghts The word democracy 15 used to rndrcate a system of government where socrety IS drs trngurshed by the absence of prrvrleged and that rt 15 a government whrch rs controlled by the majonty of the people The rdea of democracy rests on the solrd attrtude that the rnterests of all the people are better served when they are controlled by all the people rather than a srngle class even though that srngle class may be more rntellrgent It fur ther rests on the rdea that rf a wrong actron prevarls for a trme rn the long run the common sense of the majonty of socrety w1ll recogmze and correct rt A democracy 15 drstrngurshed by the fact that rt has no klflg or rulrng ' . . . . . y . . . . . I 141 T' 1 or . , o . , . . . . ' . ' 1 I . D ' I I I 0 Democracy is a term used by many aristocratic classes: as well as to indicate . . . . . : . . . . R . . . . I . . . . . . ' . . . . U , I 1 l I ' , . . . , . . . . . . ' I S . . or rulrng class as a monarchy or HIISIOCIZCY but IS governed by the people through e presentatrves elected by them A democ racy IS also educatronal because ll develops the 1ntell1gence and d1sc1pl1nary conduct of the people by the sense of respons1b1l1ty and the sharrng of governmental control Democracy as stated by Lrncoln govern ment of the people by the people and for the people Mark Macomber 56 DUSK OF LIFE Death treads many pathways It may come upon us as an accrdent by natural causes or as the horrrble 1ntent1on of some one else MIIIIOHS of people fear the pathways of death Whrch of us hasn t at one t1me or another sard I dread gorng mto the woods for fear of be1ng shot or These hrghways are Just a death trap today Death mlght come suddenly or rt mrght come slowly and cruelly Everyone has hrs own 1dea as to the way he would lrke to accrdent and another may be brutally rn Jured and suffer for months only to never draw another breath Drseases do the same People should not fear the ume when therr 11fe shall end nor should they care how lt wrll end for He shall d6C1d8 the trme and the manner Thrs certa1nly must be for the best Drxon Gr1ff1n 56 A SNOW STORM As we were dI1Vl.Ilg back from our Chnstmas vacatron the snow was fallrng heav1ly We wondered rf we would get home The busy road crew kept the road open so that we arnved at our home that nrght Thrs IS only one of the worrres and fears that a snow storm can bung Another 15 an avalanche such as they have 1n Swrtzerland where the reg1on 1S very moun tarnous The people who lrve 111 these areas ltve rn constant fear of the thunderrng snow sweep1ng therr house or sometrmes a whole vlllage away Yet these people st1ll stay and 11ve then whole ltves 1D these areas because they have a determrnatron to l1ve the l1fe they want and nothrng IS gorng to get the better of them A snow storm means much hard work for the men who keep the roads open It also makes work for the men who have to get up early and shovel theu drrveway and then they are late for work at the mrll But we 1n our youth look at rt rn a drf ferent way We usually laugh when we see that someone s car rs stuck Each person has a drfferent 1dea of a storm Some l1ke It and some do not But we know that God has g1ven them to us for a good reason Robert Blrck 57 X E BUDDY WING . I - . . . . Q . ' . . . D . ' , . n meet his end. One may die instantly in an ak ' ALUMNI 55 Laura Charlty Employee Dramond Match Druscrlla Defoe Student at Green Mountam School Vermont Roger Downs Employee D1amond Match Hector Grrardm Employee D1amond Match Clayton Harvell Employee Dramond Match Maynard Harlow Student at Hanford In strtute Connectrcut Judy Hawkes Employee Boston Massachusetts Terry Holman Employee Oxford Paper Co Davrd Home U S Navy Robert Johnson Student Portland Marne Ntla Knox Employee D1amond Match Thomas Langervm Student at U of M Barbara MBCPDCISOHQOIIHO, Housewrfe Rumford Marne Dor1s MacPherson Employee rn Florrda Gerald Mrller U S Arr Force Bradley Morrrson Employee Morrrson s Gar Douglas Nash Student, Bentley College Boston Hayden Newman U S Marrnes Robert Phrllrps U S Navy Warren Smlth Employee Farmrngton Marne Mane StorerQLaPlantj Housewrfe rn East Drxfreld Leon Therrrault Student at Bentley College, Boston Lyle Whrte U S Navy Ann Waterhouse Home Takmg Correspondence course Louvse Wrng Employee D1amond Match ALUMNI 54 Dav1d Berry Employee Stowell MacGregor Betty BerryQSwanj Student at F S T C Natalle Clark Employee Oxford Paper Co Roger Cobum U S Army Celra Cochran Student at F S T C Roberta Drury Reglstered cosrnetologtst Errold Ellrs U S Au Force Ronald G1ll, U S Arr Force John Hanson U S Navy Donald Howard Student at Boston Umverstty Gall Hutchrnson, ltvtng at Carthage Frank Hutchmson U S A1r Force Clayton Lrbby Employee D1amond Match Patr1c1a Macomber fSoulej Employee at Stowell MacGregor s Offtce Dale Magoon Employee at Stowell MacGregor Alfa MSIIIHCGOUIDICZU, Housewrfe Rumford Joyce McGu1re Nurse at Marne General Hosprtal Portland Marne Lors McGu1reUam1sonj Housewrfe rn West Peru Ronald Mclntlre U S Navy Barbara McLeodfAntenj Housewlfe Lew1ston Mary M1llerQCharrtyj Nurse rn Washrngton Rxchard Mrller Employee rn Pennsylvanra Davrd Palmer U S Arr Force Marlene PepperfPalmerj, at Drxfreld Peter Schofreld S Navy Wayne Swan, U S Arr Force Clrfford Walker, S Army Drtson Welch U Arr Force Jamce Whrte, W A F Lawrence Whrte S Mr Force ALUMNI 53 Irvmg Adams Employee at North Jay George Averrll U S Army Erleen BrownlGallantj Employee at Stowell MacGregor s Off1CC Anna Chtldtl-Iebertj, Housewrte rn West Peru James Chlld Employee at Stowell MacGregor Rowena Colllns lrvmg rn New Hampshrre Helen Crockett Student at Mame General Hosprtal Portland Marne Gardner Defoe Student at Dartmouth College New Hampshrre Maxrne Dunham fNorr1sj Housewrfe rn West Peru Dexter Durant, Employee at Stowell Mac Gregor Grace EgglestonQHa1nesj Housewrfe rn Lew1ston Donald Ellts, Employee at Stowell MacGregor Ann Fa1rbanksQCunn1nghamj, Housewrfe Alabama Harlan Frances, Unemployed Susan Grose, Student at Marne General Hosprtal, Portland, Marne Rrchard Hames, U S Army Manorre H111 QI-Iarlowj, Housewrfe rn Mexrco .. . . 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Janrce HodsdonQHallj Housewtfe rn Dtxfreld Menon Iudkms U S Navy Clayton Ladd Employee at Trmberlands Methyl Magoon Employee rn Pennsylvarua Drane Mendes Employee rn Washrngton D Barbara RecordsfMayoj 1-Iousewrfe rn Dlx freld Robert Robinson Employee at Stowell Mac Gregor Alton Stone U S Army Clayton Swan U S Army Mrlford Webster U S Army Ieannrne Whrte Student at Colby College Rrchard Whrte Employee 1n Washmgton Elarne Wrrght Employee rn Lewrston ALUMNI 52 Alton Arsenault Employee 1n D1xf1eld Frances Crosby Student at Westbrook Jun lor College Joan DeFossefDerossej Employee at Stowell MacGregor s Offrce Douglas Clark Employee at Oxford Paper Wrlma McGu1refDazellj at West Peru Arthur Cobum Student at New Brunswrck Peggy Hansonfwhrtneyj Housewrfe rn Dlx freld Stephen Rollrns U S Navy M3IC13 LCSIIBKLSRVIIID Housewrfe rn Dlx freld Wtlltam Cunmngham U S A1r Force Leona M3SICIm8HcMlllS, Housewrfe rn Bryant Pond Preston Donahue U S A1r Force Paulrne Ha1nesfCarro1D Housewrfe rn Dlx f1eld Elwood Bryon U S Army Faye Sm1thfOatesj Housewrfe rn Cal1fom1a Donald Horne U S Arr Force Beryl WebsterQDona1dl Housewrfe rn North Ja Clayton Magoon U S Navy Ruth Wrng Employee at Ellrott s Drner Earl Stmneford U S Army Hazel Weld Employee 1n Boston Bertram Martm U S Navy Quentm Sm1th U S Army Mahlon Cochran lrvrng rn Weld Douglas Mclntrre U S Arr Force ALUMNI 51 Daveen Hutch1nsonfHoughtonj Housewrfe rn Carthage Dale Brrggs Employee at Sampson s Market Rumford Drane Gordon Employee tn Vtrgrnra Wardwell Gerrrsh U S Navy Louise Hall fwhrtneyj Housewrfe rn Weld Danrel Masterman U S Navy Rowena N1lefBrownl Housewrfe rn Connectrcut Stanton Taylor Employee at Stowell Mac Gregor Sarah Kenney QHenryQ Housewtfe rn MEXICO Clayton Chrld Student ln Massachusetts Nancy Wrtham fRossj Housewlfe rn Orono Walter Cunnrngham U S Navy Natlre Towle Employee rn Rurnford Harry Sm1th Employee at Dramond Match Joyce JacobsQAndrewsj Housewlfe rn Stdney Hawkes Student at Unrverslty of Marne Mary Frances BrownQBartlettj Housewrfe rn Drxfreld Earlen Hall Student at St Xavrer College Nova Scotra Sarah Vaughan QDruryj H0l1SCW1fe rn Dixfreld John Chrlds U S Navy Elrzabeth HuntQLanej Housewrfe 111 West Peru Frances Bryon Employed Edrth W1ll1amsonfBrownj Housewrfe rn Drxfreld Munel KnoxQBuswellj Housewlfe 1D Buck freld . ' . . ' C. , i , D.C. . Frank Haines, U.S. Army. California. y. Qhhertlsers I '7 ix X0 X xl , X X M31 , ,W x b ' fx Us P 'T '5 Q - - 7- g.- fi Zfffe QM! C LASS PHOTOGRAPHER 1956 Brunswick, Maine IVICDTQRK SOIQIS GAQAGE Used Parts Wreclung Serv1ce Weldlng D1xf1e1d Tele LG Z 4668 IVIOT-QEQISCJNES GAQAGE Inte 1-natlonal W111YS Sale s and SCTVICC R1d1onv111e Tele. 1060 Y M . - 7 Y ' 4 v 5 TIIVIBEELANDS INC Dxf1dM f!'L'6'Z7MJ'ZZ mfg TRUST COMPANY P 'M TQCDC-SET? P-IOLINAAN i ie , aine , 7 ln' ,f L' more Falls, Maine Membe F d 1 D 't I C p t C mpliments fb ? of fazueff We fzzyaz DIVISION COATS 8: CLARK INC Spools Dowels Novelties Mxlls at D1xf1eld Malne Dover Foxcroft Malne Q Q-f VV T GPA N T Rurnford Mame 4705? fhfiiw Shoes Hosxery Handbags Stores m Portland Lewxston Augusta Rurnford Lawrence Mass ...- . . I Q I 7 I IX, I , 'ff' 6 .- . Q - . , .. , . 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QQ 'ITT' M C ompllme nts of THE ,W MATCH CCDIVID NY ...Q D1xf1e1d Ma1ne S C ornplune nt s of Cornphrnents of MARTIN T YPEWRITER H I EXC HANG E RESTAURANT Auburn Ma1ne Good Food Comphrnents of Fountain Servlce lHARDING'S SPORTING Goons co 31 33 Maln St D1xf1e1d Ma1ne Comp11ments of JOE'S BARBER SHOP Open 7 a m to 6 p m D1.xf1e1d Ma1ne Phone LOZ 4501 D1xf1e1d, Ma1ne A A . 1 s T - 9 . . 0 - . , . . . . , - TOVVLE 5 HARD WARE Atlas Power Tools Speed Queen Washers Norge Refrlgerators Black and Decker D1-1lls Dxxfxeld Maine Best Wxshes 93t4f!65f DRUG Ma Ln Stre et Dlxfxeld Mame 6746? 4 JEWELRY STORE WALTER R KERSEY 130 Congress Street Opposlte Post Off1ce Rurnford Maine Comphments of I4 G I-I I-CDCLDTI-:Ii C ONTRAC TOR Ask for Quotations on Transrt Mix Cement LEWISTON WELDING CO Weldxng Equxpment and Supphes Lew1ston Marne Dmal 4 4589 8 LEBLANC S V1ncent 81 LeBlance Inc Central Maxne s Largest Store for Men and Boys 4 188 Lxsbon St Lewxston Me I LOUIS VINCENT GERALD R LeBLANCE Complunents of LATHAM S SERVICE STATION .Tay Mame Compllments of MASON STORE Carthage Mame I 'f , ' I I I I Wilton, Maine , Y I . , . 0 l 0 . . . , . 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