Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

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GRAY, WILLIAM, Bill Bill wants to be an undertaker. We hope you will, Bill, it's a good cheerful job for you. Also Bill is fond of dancing. Quite a combi- nation. Junior Exhibition, Class Play C4Jg Baseball Clj, C2J, C3J, C415 School Orchestra. JONES, MERLE Merle's taste runs to P. G.'s. He has had quite a strenuous time to avoid the wiles of a certain senior girl, but he's anchored safely at last. You made a good choice, Merle. Junior Exhibition, Class Play C4Dg Basketball C3D, C455 awarded second in prize speaking contest, Baseball C455 Presentation of Gifts. JONES, VERNE, Deacon The class artist! If there are any remarks to be made, any cute stunts to be pulled olf, then Verne shines. Junior Exhibitiong Class .Play C4Jg Baseball C3D, C455 Class Prophecy, PINNACLE Board CSD, C45- HYSOM, PEARLE Pearle likes to go to Albion for reasons best known to herself. Albion is a nice place, Pearle. so it's all right. Junior Exhibition.

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PERKINS, ANNA 'AA rolling stone gathers no moss. One thing that Anna can do to perfection is to tele- phone. Favorite occupation is churning. PINNACLE Board 141. SANBORN, MYRTIS You're doing good work here, Myrtis, but sometimes we wonder if your mind doesn't wander away to Honolulu. You broke our baseball captain's heart, anyhow. Junior Exhibitiong Captain Basketball 1313 President Glee Club 1313 Class Play 1415 BLITIIICSS Manager PINNACLE 141, Popular Girl Contest. THOMPSON, MERRILL, Puss Merrill and his cornet are inseparable and we are glad that they are. We can always de- pend upon him and he is a good example of school loyalty. Junior Exhibitiong School Orchestrag PIN- NACLE Board 131. TURNER, LEWIS, Lewic We can't say anything too good about you! Most of the swelling has gone down now, and we are hoping that by graduation you will be able to get a hat that is large enough. You hold the honor, anyway, of being the class barber. President of Class 111, 1215 Junior Exhibi- tiong Baseball 111, 121, 131, 141, Captain Baseball 1413 Basketball 131. 141g Manager Basketball 1415 Class Play 141, PINNACLE Board 1415 School Orchestra.

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Lewis Allen Tumer Lewis A. Turner, son of Mr. and Mr-s.' Fred.A. Turner passed to the higher life, Thursday, March 1, at Augusta. General hospital, following an operation for appendicitis, Feb. 13.' YI-Iis age was 21 years, ten months and 23 days.. - He wals,a. promising young man of sterling character and genial dis-C position. Who loved. .everyone and was respected and beloved by all. He was graduated from Erskine Academy ln 1923, Oak Grove Semin- axgy in 1924, had taken two years at Colby College and was a. member of Kappa Delta, Rho fraternity. This was his second year at teaching school and he had hoped to resume his courses at Colby and- graduate 'from there later. Lewie was a, lov- ing son andvbrother and his passing loaves -a. vacant place in the home circle which never can be filled. ' He expressed the belief that if it were God' will he would get well. He is survived by his parents: one brother, Fred L. Turner: a sister, Marie Turnerg two aunts, Mrs. Lo noraL L. Fish of -Apple-ton and Miss Cordelia, Turner of Portland and a largenumber 'of cousinsf - '- ' ' Funeral set-viceswere held at the home Saturday afternoon and were attended by, many relatives and friends. Frank E. Jones of South China, ofhcialted, assistedby Elliott C. Hammond of Plamtsburg, New York, both ministers of the gospel, wlth,F. E. Moody of Windsor in charge. -The -Weeks Mills choir sang two appropriatethymns, In the Garden and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. ,T13e.ma.ny beautiful Horal tributes bespoke the love and esteemtln which he was held. Interment was .made In the family lot in Sand Hill cemetery. A In Memoriam One precious to our hear-ts has gone, voice we love-d is stilled. 1 place made vacant in our home The' The Can never more be filled. A Our.Fa,ther in His wisdom called The boon Hls love had given: And though on earth the body lies. The soul is safe in Heaven. ' - His Mother. Somerville, March S, 1928. x