Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 86 of the 1948 volume:

The ERSKINE ACADEMY C QIHHHC 1 cz 1 cgi: ,Y '7CHlNP3k 1 9 4. S To MIQS. FLORENCE EIQSKINE ln sincere appreciation For lwer Friendly smile and motlwerly advice we gratefully dedicate this issue ot U65 Qinnacfa l Front Row, Left to right: Annie Haskell, Marcella Sennett, james Gracly, Dorothy Dowe, Emily Russell, Barbara Rackleff, Carolyn james, Frances Black. Second Row: Clyde Casey, Iona French, Randolph Doe, Paul Sennett, Geneva Lewis, Thalia Turner. Absentees were: Lorraine Lavene, Bessie Freeman, and Marie Gould. Pinnacle Staff Co-Editors-in-Chief EMILY RUSSELL DOROTHY DOWE Associate Editor BARBARA RACKLEFF Literary Editor ANNIE HASKELL E Graduates IONA FRENCH CAROLYN JAMES Advisors FACULTY Social Editor FRANCES BLACK Music MARIE GOULD Athletics RANDOLPH DOE LORRAINE LAVENE Jo kes PAUL SENNETT Alumni THALIA TURNER MARCELLA SENNETT Business Managers JAMES GRADY CLYDE CASEY Circulation Editor GENEVA LEWIS Exchange Editor BESSIE FREEMAN Cover FRANCES BLACK Front Row, Left to Right: Miss Beverly Hancock, Mr. Richard Braley, Mr. Earl Higgins, Mrs. Florence Erskine, Miss Patricia O'Donnell. Second Row: Mr. Lawrence Arltver, Miss Lucy Nash. Faculty PRINCIPAL EARL HIGGINS MR. RICHARD BRALEY Mathematics Science MISS PATRICIA O,DONNELL MISS LUCY NASH Languages Home Economics MR. CLARENCE ARBER MISS BEVERLY HANCOCK Social Studies Commercial MRS. FLORENCE ERSKINE Dormitory Marion THE PINNACLE ANITA AMES Nita Silence is the most Perfect herald ofjoy. ' Operetta Ig Chorus 1, 2, 3g Basketball 2, 3, 4g Letter in Basketball 3, 4g Softball 1, 23 Hiking Club Ig President of Class 15 Minstrel Show 3. Nita, although you have been rather quiet in some respects you have proven your ability on the basketball floor. Here's the best of luck to you in your future life at Marrs. ' FRANCES BLACK :iF-Tanya 'Twas her thinking of others That made you think of herf' Operetta 15 Chorus I, Zg Cheerleader 2, 3, 45 Letter in Cheering 2, 3, 45 Social Editor of Pinnacle 4g junior Play 3g Junior Prom 3g Minstrel Show 3, 4g Senior Play 4. We have certainly enjoyed your ability during your four years here at old E. A. We sincerely hope that you reach the top in your artistic career. FREEMAN BRANN Freeman Fools rush in where angels fear to tread -but- Short accounts make long friends. Cony High I, 2, 35 Erskine Academy 45 Basketball 43 Baseball 43 Minstrel Show 4. Well, Freeman, although you have been with us only a little while we certainly have been aware of your presence! Smooth sailing, Kid! LILLIAN BRUSO uGabby:s What I am to be, I am becoming , Softball 2, 35 Minstrel Show 4g School 'Bookkeeping 43 Typing Award 3g Shorthand Award 35 V. A. Work 3, 4g Co-Salutatory. Although you have been with us only three years you have excelled in all your class work. Here's the best of luck to you and George. THE PINNACLE CHRISTINE CHAPMAN Chris Happy go lucky, fair and free, Nothing ever bothers me. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4g Letters in Basketball 2, 3, Softball 1, 2, 3, Chorus 1, 2, Hiking Club 1. Gee, Chris, you will certainly be missed in the dorm next year as well as on the basketball floor. If you do go to college we know you will reach the top. DOROTHY CHILDS UDOIU We must have reasons for speech, But we need none for silence. Minstrel Show 4. You haven't been very active here at E. A. but we know you have been right there cheering for us just the same. Best of luck in the future. CHARLOTTE COOK Char Let us be happy while we're young. Secretary of Class lg Music 1, 25 Chorus lg Minstrel Show 1. Charlotte, l'm sure all the Senior Class will join me in saying that we have enjoyed having you with us for all your four years. Best of luck! HAROLD DOE Hokey Those who stay out with the midnight owl, Can't get up with the barn yard fowl. Hingham High 1, Thayer Academy 2, Erskine Academy 45 Football 1, 2, Track 1, Z, Basketball 1, 2, 43 Student Council 15 Senior Play 4, Santa Clause 45 U. S. Marine Corps, World War II, Victory Medal, American Theater Medal, Pacific Theater Ribbon, China Service. The class of '48 was glad to welcome you to its midst and you certainly made a hit, especially with the girls. Keep up the good work and keep smiling! THE PINNACLE RANDOLPH DOE Kfskipw Thus enclth our first lesson. Hingham High 15 Saint Paul's School for Boys 2, 3g Erskine Academy 45 Junior Varsity Football 2g junior Varsity State La Crosse Champion- ship 3g Winter La Crosse 2, 35 Varsity Football 35 Varsity Basketball 45 Monitor Staff 2, 35 Model Airplane Club 23 Spectator Club 3g Mono- gram Club 3g Cvlee Club 25 Senior Play 4g Pinnacle Staff 4. Say, Skip, we were all glad to have you back to graduate with us and your classmates join in wishing you success at U. of M. next year. You're bound to hit the top. DOROTHY DOWE l'D0ffie,, Life is what you make it. Freshman Play 13 Operetta lg junior Prom 33 Vice President of Class 33 Co-editor in Chief of Pinnacle 43 Co-Salutorian 4g I'm sure the kids at old E. A. will miss that happy laugh and cute smile of yours next year, just as much as you miss your sailor boy. Smooth Sailing to you, Dottie! CHARLENE ESANCY Charlene Be good and you will be happy. Chorus 2, 33 Minstrel Show 35 Christmas Festival 3. Your four years at Erskine have certainly flown by and I'm sure the time from now until your sailor comes home will go just as quickly. Best of luck to you, Charlene. IONA FRENCH Onie ' 'KOn with the dance - Let the joy be unconfinedf, Science Club lg Volley Ball 24 junior Play 33 Minstrel Show 3, 45 Pin- nacle Staff 4g Olee Club 2, 3g Class Gifts 4. Well, Iona, we will certainly miss your friendly smile and sense of humor next year. You have been a good sport and a swell friend. Best of luck to you and Hubby.l' p THE PINNACLE MARGARET GOWER ulviaggieav Drifting and dreaming. We'll miss your smile next year at E. A. Here 's hoping that you decide your future very soon. Best of luck, Maggie. JAMES GRADY Jimmy To friends, a friend. Basketball 2, 3, 43 Co-Captain Basketball 43 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 43 Treas- urer of class 23 Secretary and Treasurer of Athletic Fund 23 Operetta 13 Business Manager of Pinnacle 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 1, 2, 3g Vice President of Student Council 33 President of junior Class 33 President of Senior Class 43 Boxing 33 Christmas Festival 1, 2, 33 junior Play 33 Endman lglgnstrel Show 3, 43 junior Prom 33 Senior Class Marshall 33 Class i ts 4. You have certainly been active in your four years at E. A. and your place on the basketball floor will be hard to fill. Here's all the luck in the world to you Jimmy, from us. ATWOOD GLIDDEN Atwood Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove. Baseball 1' President of Cl 2 S d , ass 3 tu ent Council 23 Maine National Cwuard 4. We just want to remind you to keep that little old Ford of yours in the middle of the road and you'll certainly get there. Best of luck, Atwood. HARLAN' GLIDDEN Harlan L'Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Baseball 2, 3, 43 Boxing 33 Maine National Guard 4. Harlan, you haven't been too active during your four years but we have enjoyed our f ' d h' ' y rien s ip as a classmate. Whatever you do in the future we'll all be cheering for you. THE PINNACLE ANNIE HASKELL Annie The world deals good naturedly With good natured people. Operetta 15 Softball 1, Z, 3, 45 Basketball Manager 3, 45 Junior Play 35 Senior Play 45 Pinnacle Staff 3, 4g Minstrel 35 Cvlee Club 35 Letter in Softball 35 Letter in Basketball 3, 45 Hiking Club 15 Christmas Festival 35 Address to Undergraduates 4. . Annie, that happy disposition of yours as well as your acting ability will be missed next year. We know that whatever you attempt to do you will certainly succeed. MAURICE HASKELL V Jackie ' Cares make a young fellow gray. Freshman Play 15 junior Play 35 Student Council 25 Basketball 35 Boxing 35 Assistant Basketball Manager 15 Senior Play 4. Q jackie, we have reached the parting of the ways. We've heard you are planning to attend U. of M. next year. lf you carry on in the same manner as you have here you cannot fail. CHARLES HAMLIN Charlie Work less Q live longer. Minstrel Show Z5 Baseball Z, 45 Endman Minstrel Show 45 Assistant Manager Basketball 4. We're certainly pleased to have you back to graduate with us, Charlie. It's been fine knowing you and good luck always. CAROLYN JAMES Carolyn Character is the corner stone of success. Student Council 1, Z, 35 Pinnacle Staff 2, 43 Cvlee Club 1, 2g Freshman Play 15 junior Play 35 Senior Play 45 Minstrel Show 3, 45 Operetta 15 Cheerleader 2, 3, 45 Letter in Cheering 2, 3, 45 Freshman Reception 25 junior Prom 35 Christmas Festival 2, 35 Treasurer of Class lg Vice- President of Class 25 Treasurer of Class 45 Valedictorian 4. Carolyn, there will be a big gap in Erskine next year. We will certainly miss you in our school plays and activities. We wish you all the luck in the world next year at college. ' THE PINNACLE LORRAINE LAVENE ' 'Lorry The face is a mirror reflecting the mind And thoughts of its possessor. Softball 23 Basketball 2, 3, 43 Letter in Basketball Z, 3, 43 junior Play 33 Senior Play 43 Variety Show 33 Operetta 13 Secretary and Treas- urer of Class 33 Secretary of Class 43 Social Editor of Pinnacle 33 Girls Athletic Editor 43 Minstrel Show 43 Glee Club 1. It is needless to say how we'll miss you next year at Erskine, Lorraine! We have appreciated your fine work in basketball and your good sports- manship. Your happy laugh will long be remembered here. Best of Luck. GENEVA LEWIS Geneva Ambition is the ammunition Needed to hit success. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 Letters in Basketball 3, 43 Softball 1, 23 Chorus 1, 23 Minstrel Show 23 Operetta 13 Pinnacle Staff 2, 4g Usher at Junior Prom 33 Co-Captain of Basketball 43 Honor Essay 4. Geneva, you're going to be missed around old E. A. next year in sports and in your classes. The class of '48 all join in wishing you the best of luck at college next year. Keep up the fine spirit you have shown here and you will be a success. GEORGE MCKENNEY George Grin and Grind. Freshman Play 13 Senior Play 4. You're going to be missed next 'year George, especially by the Freshman Girls!! Loads of luck to a swell classmate. LOIS NORTHRUP ul-You But let me laugh a while, l've much time to grieve. Operetta 13 Softball 1, 2, 3, 43 Assistant Basketball Manager 4g Fresh- man Play 13 junior Play 33 Senior Play 43 Letter in Basketball 43 Letter in Softball 33 Hiking Club 1. It's going to seem .funny at the dorm next year without your friendly pranks. Keep that big smile and you're sure to be a success. 5959 THE PINNACLE VIRGINIA NGLIN Ginger Not on the heights, but climbing. Safety Patrol 1, 25 Lunch Patrol 1, Z5 Girls Athletic Association I, 23 Tennis Club 23 Orchestra I, 25 School Nurse Assistant Ig Secretary to Mr. Braley 45 Acrobat team I. Although you have only been with us for a short time and have been very quiet you will be remembered by your classmates. Here's hoping you are able to go on with your education. Best of luck. DEAN NOWLAND Dean Look beneath the surfaceg let not The several quality of a thing Nor its worth escape thee. Baseball Z, 3, 45 Basketball 3, 4. Dean, you're going to leave a vacant place at E. A. in sports, and in classes. Keep up the good work and you'll reach your goal. DANA NELSON , Boss What shall I do to be forever known, And make the age to come my own? Baseball I, 3, 45 Basketball 3, 43 Freshman Reception Z5 National Guard 4. Dana, you're right! What good will Shakespeare do you in your future life with dots and dashes. Best of luck to you. EMILY RUSSELL csEmmymy Either I will find a way, Or I will make onef' Basketball Ig Freshman Play lg Softball Ig Operetta lg Associate Editor of Pinnacle 35 junior Play 35 Student Council 45 Co-Editor-in Chief of Pinnacle 4. You've surely shown us that you are a willing worker and a fine class- mate. Keep that friendly disposition and winning smile and you will reach the top. ' ' THE PINNACLE MERLE SIEGARS Merle Be silent always when you doubt your sense. Operetta lg Christmas Chorus 1, Z, 3, 4g Graduation Chorus lg Minstrel Show 3, 4. Although you haven't been too active, you have proven your singing ability. Keep up the good work and you're bound to succeed. MARCELLA SENNETT Rusty These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee and be thy love. Swimming Club lg Student Council 15 Minstrel Show 4g Basketball 3, 4g Pinnacle Staff 4g Representative to Student Legislature 43 Senior Play 43 Honor Essay 4. Marcella, although you have only been with us two years you have made a great many friends here at E. A. Loads of luck to you in your future life. I FRANK SHOREY F-rank A merry heart doeth good Like a medicine. We're glad to have you back from Uncle Sam's Navy to graduate in our class. You've certainly been a big addition especially as far as a certain red head is concerned. Smooth Sailing, Frank! BEATRICE TURNER UBMH Live pure, speak true, right wrong. Christmas Chorus 4. You have been very quiet through your four years at Erskineg never- theless you have made many friends. Best of luck to you, Bea, THE PINNACLE PAULINE WOODWORTH upennyxx Imitation is suicidel' ' Basketball 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 29 Representative to Student Legislature 4g Senior Play 4. You have only been with us one year but we feel as if we've always had you as a classmate. Best of luck in everything you attempt in the future, Penny. ERNEST WATSON Vmigef Everything comes to him who waits.', Freshman Play lg Basketball 1, 23 Baseball 1, 2, 43 Basketball Man- ager 4. Well, Ernest, the basketball team will miss you as their manager as will all the rest of the students at E. A. Best of luck in whatever you attempt. LUCILLE WENTWORTH Lucy ' Silence is golden. Although you have been very quiet during your four years at E. A., Lucille, you have made many friends. We are confident that your de- termined manner will help you reach your goal in life. THE PINNACLE Honor Parts CAROLYN JAMES Valedictory DOROTHY DOWE Co-Salutdtorians LILLIAN BRUSO MARCELLA SENNETT First Honor Essay GENEVA LEWIS Second Honor Essay Graduation Parts GEORGE MCKENNEY Class History ANNIE HASKELL Address to Under Graduates ATWOOD GLIDDEN Class Will EMILY RUSSELL Class Prophecy JAMES GRADY I Class Gifts IONA FRENCH l Class Colors: Blue and Gold Class Flower: Yellow Rose Class Motto: Semper Ficlelisl' mm THE PINNACLE Best Remembered For ANITA AMES - Bob Marr FRANCES BLACK - Drawing on the blackboard FREEMAN BRANN - Corney jokes LILLIAN BRUSO - Talking!!! CHRISTINE CHAPMAN - Skipping lunch DOROTHY CHILDS - Georgia CHARLOTTE COOK - Flirting,' DOTTIE DOWE- Bob McKean SKIPPY DOE-His old love affair HAROLD DOE-His favorite teacher CHARLENE ESANCY - Her Sailor IONA FRENCH - Her married life ATWOOD GLIDDEN - His convertible HARLAN GLIDDEN -His fickle eye MARGARET GOWER-HCI vacations from school JIMMY GRADY - Tardiness ANNIE HASKELL - Being Crood??? GEORGIA HASKELL- No current event MAURICE HASKELL - Brief answers CHARLES HAMLIN - Charming manners CAROLYN JAMES- A guy from Conv GENEVA LEWIS- Sitting in a front seat LORRAINE LAVENE - Basketball GEORGE MCKENNEY - Correct answers DEAN NOWLAND - Bashfulness DANA NELSON - Arguing VIRGINIA NOLIN - Car trouble LOIS NORTHRUP - Man trouble EMILY RUSSELL - Reading MERLE SEIGERS - Arriving a day late for school MARCELLA SENNETT - Temper FRANK SHOREY - Francesl' BEATRICE TURNER - Being quiet LUCILLE WENTWORTH - Dot's friend PAULINE WOODWORTH - Her Male Cof course we mean Hmailnl ERNEST WATSON - His popularity with the girls 18 THE PINNACLE WE ARE SENIORS NOW YES, HERE IT Is, nineteen hundred and forty- eight, and although it hardly seems true, we are Seniors. It is a fact that we are. We have managed to make it even with the C's, D's, and F's on our report cards. Probably to some of us four years have dragged by, but for the majority of us, we wonder where it has gone so quickly. As we look back to our Freshman, Sopho- more, junior, and Senior years in high school, we notice that we have changed during these four years. We have grown up, although some of us still may not act it. We look at things much differently now than we did four years ago. When we first entered high school we began to realize that now was a good time to settle down and learn somethingf' We knew that we had to start preparing ourselves for the time when we were out of school and had to start thinking for ourselves. That is what we have been doing in the past four years. Oh, we know our teachers have been dis- gusted with us and wanted to wring our necks, but they have struggled along with us and brought us through. Every girl andi boy going to high school wishes to hurry and get finished. But nearly everyone who is out of school now will say school days are the best days of your life. We'll say that, too, someday. Now, the big event has finally arrived. Graduation is here. We are excited and happy about it. But how will we feel graduation night when we are handed our diplomas? Shall we be happy or sad? Shall we want to laugh or cry? Most likely it will be a little or a lot. Well, Seniors, we shall soon find out. -Dorothy Dowe '48 CONCENTRATION WHEN SOMEONE says to a friend, 'KA penny for your thoughts, he is probably offering an unnecessarily high price. Unless the friend is an unusual person, the chances are that at any given time his thoughts, or the contents of his mind, are not worth a penny either to himself or anyone else. Perhaps I have overstated the case, for in anyone's day there are moments of useful thinking. There are moments of resolu- tion, of pleasant memories, of lofty emotion. But the mind is exceedingly restless. It is nearly always roving about over a broad field without much direction. It settles for a little while on some idea, memory or problem, then it flits quickly to something else. If your companion says to you, What are you thinking about? you are likely to look at him -in surprise and say, I really don't know. You may remember a few of the many things that were in your mind at about the time the question was asked, but probably most of your thoughts were too trivial to be ex- pressed. If spoken out loud they might sound foolish. One must not let his mind get completely out of hand. A person who spends too much time in reverie or day-dreaming, or who lets his mind wander undirected, will never accom- plish much. The doer, as distinguished from the dreamer, must learn to control his mental processes. He must learn the very difiicult but highly useful art of concentration. Some people master this art to a supreme degree, and they are able to do more work than others can. It frequently happens that a statesman, a business executive, a great general has achieved his power and success largely because of the fact that he could keep his mind on any subject he wished. I-Ie thus avoided the waste of time which occurs when one's mind is constantly flying on and off the problem with which he is working. Whenever you try to fix your attention upon any point, scores of intruders will undertake to divert it to something else. Only the strong- willed can overcome them. W -Emily Russell '48 THE PINNACLE 19 PUBLIC SPEAKING AND MUSIC As we Look through the list of subjects offered to us students at Erskine Academy, we do not find public speaking and music included. Why were these two important subjects precluded from our curriculum? Was it overlooked by the administration or was it the lack of teachers? Whatever it might have been, I feel these two subjects should be maintained on our elective list of subjects. Everyday of our lives we come in contact with public speaking. While going through high school, we do not realize how important public speaking can be to us after we graduate. To progress in this world of today we must have education. What good is education to us if we cannot speak intelligently and without embarrassment? People judge us by the way we talk and conduct ourselves. Many em- barrassing situations could easily be prevented if we had public speaking training in secondary schools. lt is a subject that can be of great value to every student in school. Music helps to build the spirit of a school. A school band or glee club would help to arouse school spirit. Every student would have a desire to participate in the various en' tertainments put on by the musical depart- ment. There is, no doubt, talent which has been hidden that could be revealed among the students. A boy or girl might find out that he or she wanted to make his or her career in music. One period a week should be devoted to Appreciation of Music. Music can be so interesting if we know its background and the reason for its very existence. These are two subjects I wish could be re- turned to Erskine's curriculum in the following years to come. Both will enrich the present and future happiness and success of all who are privileged to participate. -Barbara Rackleff '49 THE WATERMELON There was a watermelon Growing on a vine, And there was a Pickaninny A watching it all the time. And when that watermelon Was a ripening in the sun, And the stripes along its back Were coming one by one, That Pickaninny hooked it And took it all away. He ate the entire melon In just one single day. He ate the rind in pieces, He finished it with a grin, And then that watermelon jumped up and finished him. -Mary Tibbetts '50 RECOMMENDATIONS A GENTLEMAN put an advertisement in a newsf paper for a boy to work in his oflice. Out of nearly fifty who came to apply, the man se' lected one and dismissed the others. I should like to know, said a friend, the reason you selected that boy, who brought not a single letter w not a single recommendationfl You are wrong, said the gentleman, he had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful. He gave his seat in- stantly to that lame old woman, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his hat when he came in, and answered my questions promptly, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly. All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table, and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding. When I talked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails. p THE PINNACLE Do you not call these things recommenda- tions? I do! I consider them far more im- portant than letters of recommendations. - Virginia Nolin '48 IF HOPE HAS FLED Do you think that life is troubled And this world is filled with strife? Do you think there are no pleasures To be enjoyed in this life? If you are downcastg feeling blue And receive no hope from what you've read, Then think, my friend, and bring to mind The similar times when hope has fled. Did not the way open up ahead? Did not a solution come tolmind? And did not hope return to you, And your troubles leave themselves behind? Then have patience, donit despair, Give way to hope and not to sorrow. For the road is lighted, up ahead And today's troubles are gone tomorrow. -Gale Rutledge '49 YE WI-IG ENTER HERE BACK IN 1882 a woman by the name of Mary T. Erskine wanted to build a high school for the town of China. In March of that same year the matter was discussed at town meeting and a suitable location for it could not be agreed upon. Mary Erskine took things into her own hands, because of this disagreement, and in April, 1882 had a deed drawn up and appointed a board of trustees. The following year a school house was built and ready for use on the site of the present school. She called it Erskine High School. In 1891, Erskine Academy was incorporated and was given its present name. Until then the name Erskine High School was retained. Though school opened in 1883 the first graduating class was in 1892. Up until that time the students attended school by the term and left whenever they felt they had had enough education. In 1892 there were five who finally had gone through the four years and graduated. In 1882 trees were planted. These beautiful rock maple, pine, oak, and elm trees make today a setting for the school, located as it is on a level stretch of land. In 1900 a building for boarding and rooming students was completed. It housed 15 boys who paid two dollars a term. They furnished their own food and fuel. The girls, dormitory was built in 1928. The girls earn a portion of the expense of their board and room. Gur gymnasium, having been recently re- modeled, is suitable for basketball and other activities. It has had many important im- provements including the raising of the ceiling this past year. Erskine Academy is now on its 63rd year. A school has got to produce to last that long. Erskine is for the rural youth although it serves the town and the surrounding com- munities as well. The rural youth seems to do better here. He gets better marks and more satisfactory results in his efforts toward his educational goals. Twenty years ago, the enrollment at Erskine was 39 boys and girls with two teachers. In 1946 there were nearly 150 students with seven teachers. There are 36 different subjects of- fered in the four courses: College Preparatory, Home Economics, Commercial Course, and the General Course. Students from Erskine Academy making certificate grades of 85 per cent may enter College without examination. This Academy is also accredited by the New England College Admission Board. Gn the whole, Erskine Academy is a very good school. We students attending it are very happy and would like to interest you in entering Erskine after your grammar school days are over. - Marie Gould '49 THE PINNACLE 21 Would that God would grant us power To fashion a lasting peace. Would that He would now decree That forever war must cease. If He would only do this Think what joy we'd share, With universal brotherhood Peace and kindness everywhere. -Janice Zwicker '49 E. A. TEACHERS Our teachers here at old E. A. Number from one to seven, Although they are quite fair to us We're thankful there are not eleven. Our principal is first on the list, Mr. Higgins is his name. He teaches us our algebra, And if you're puzzled he will explain, How x equals a number And what M and L stand for, I-Iow plus turns out to be minus, He really lays down the law. Next we see Miss OlDonnell, Ah! yes, and Senior English Class. She also knows French and Latin And if you fail to study you surely will not pass. Although she teaches you what a participle is, And how to tell a noun, She is a real fair teacher And seldom wears a frown. Also there's our Coach Braley Who heads our athletic teams. Besides this he teaches U. S. History And we have to write lots of themes. He has an agriculture class And one for veterans too, This he carries on in the evening When his daily work is through. Now we come to Miss Hancock, The glamour girl of E. A. She heads the Commercial Department, And really earns her pay. She teaches us how to write Shorthand, The curves, circles, and lines. A better sport than she is Would certainly be hard to find. Mr. Arber comes next in line, A friend to everyone, He teaches Sociology and French, ' His work never goes undone. He is another English teacher, Miss O'Donnell and he mustzconspire, To get us students to do Whatever they may desire. Now for Miss Nash and Mrs. Erskine They rule over the Dorm. Miss Nash as Home Ec. Teacher, And Mrs. Erskine, the girls to reform. You have to be in at IO o'clock, And you must make muflins each morn, They really are good teachers But strict surels you're born. I guess that's all of our teachers, They really are a good staff. And though we often complain They're always good for a laugh, And I know that next year, If any of them are gone, They will always be remembered As old E. A, carries on. - Carolyn James '48 Z2 THE PINNACLE THIS IS NO DREAM! THIS EVENING as I lay on my bunk listening to the radio, I thought I heard someone tapping at the door. Thinking that it might be Emily bringing me some food, I immediately jumped from the bed, put on my slippers Cas Miss O'Donnell objects to my going bare- footj and bathrobe, and went to the door. Opening the door to let Emily in, I became petrified, for there standing before me was Mrs. Erskine, who says that lights and radios are to be off at 9:40 and it is now 9:41. She was standing with a pistol in her hand. I tried to speak, but words failed me. Then it happened-she shot me three times. I am dying now and have not much time to write. My last words are: Never send your daughter to the dorm.'l -Pauline Woodworth ,48 BASHFUL BERT Dear Johnny, Am having fun here on the farm With Aunt Lucy and Uncle Mert, But best of all the fun I've had, Is watching Cousin Bert. Cousin Berty, as you know Is oh, so very bashful He doesn't speak to any girls Because he doesn't dast too. It usually is, when 'ere he sees A pretty maid a ' comin, He acts like he is scared to death And turns, and starts a runnin'. Well, one day, My fat Aunt Lucy QThatls Berty's mother you seej, Was all dressed up and ready for guests Who were dropping in for tea. Mrs. jones, from down Log Town Was bringing her niece, Mary Ella, She had come from the great big city, And a huntin! for a fella. She got one look at Cousin Bert. Poor cousin, what a time!! He ran 'cross the field as fast as he could With Mary Ella close behind!! johnny, I tell you it was really funny, To watch poor Berty run, But funnier still, when I tell you What Mary Ella done. She took off her shoe with the big-high heels And threw it straight and clear, It whizzed through the air as fast as could be Striking Berty behind the ear. It's needless to say that she finally got him And the're in on the couch right now. Mary Ella is pleading for Berty to kiss her And Berty is wondering how. Well, johnny, I guess I had better close And get back to my work. But, honestly john, I have to laugh, When I think of Bashful Bert. - Frances Black '48 DORM LIFE The dormitory is a place, Where only girls can stay. I'lI tell the boys just in case Mrs. Erskine heads their Way. At five-thirty come and eatg Or you'll wish you had. Red-flannel hash and something sweet, To feed us hungry lads. At nine-thirty lights are out, And not a single peep. Cr you'll hear Mrs. Erskine shout, Keep quiet, I want to sleep! -Louise Tibbetts '49 THE PINNACLE 23 ERSKINE ACADEMY ANGELS We sit so still Not even a sound, Each one in his seat, No walking around. We study so hard To gain our good ranks. No cheating or copying Cr children's pet pranks. We all love our teachers So sweet and so fair That we'd stay there forever If we thought they'd be there. We're such good little students We all do our bestg And we study day and night, Without any rest - just to get our lessons in, To gain a little praise From our sweet loving teachers, And their understanding ways. You now have heard our story From friends so dear and true, You can either, Believe it or not. I really don't - do you? wFrank Shorey '48 In English one day the Seniors were asked to write down three words, not related to each other in any way, andthenthey wereinstructed to write a short story using those same words. Here are some of the results: The words used here are loquacious, lyric, and insipid. The lyric is a poem which expresses the emotional feelings of the author. This poem can be sung as well as read. When the poet is writing one, he is usually thinking of some night spent with his lady friend. If a person doesn't care for this type of enjoyment, these poems are very insipid. Most authors who write this type of poem are loquacious. These insipid poems are written because the loqua- cious author wishes to express his feelings about love. -Freeman Brann '48 The three words used here are hat, dog, and flag. Women are very much concerned about having a new hat for Easter. It must be a habit passed down from generation to genera- tion. Dogs get habits as well as humans, such as barking at a flag, or destroying a hat if they get a chance. A hat, a dog, and a flag have something in common as far as being nice goes. Some are nice and some are not as nice as they could be. just like everything else in the world, there has to be some things nicer than others. Writing this theme is worse than shopping for a lady's Easter hat, or even worse than listening to a dog bark at a flag all day when there isn't any excuse for it. -Frank Shorey '48 MY DAYS AT ERSKINE I'm ready to give a great big cheer To Erskine Academy which is so dear, live done my work, I've had my fun, Here next year, I know I'll come. All my teachers I adored. I never felt one least bit bored, I know I'll miss them every one - They taught me not to be so dumb. I'll say good-bye to every friend. My first year has come to end. Vacation days are drawing near, I'll see you all again next year. -Lauretta Cummings '51 24 THE PINNACLE TOO MANY FISH Two fishermen went out one day To see if they could catch 'nough fish To bring them pay, on that one day To buy them all that they could wish. The boat was old and it leaked fast But fish were thick and they did bite. They both leaned back against the mast And pulled in fish from left and right. The boat was getting filled up fast, All those fish filled it like a tank. The fish had too much weight at last, The boat tipped up on end and sank. The moral of that story was That if you want to stay afloat Be careful what you do because Too many fish can sink your boat. -Gale Rutledge '49 THE LOUSE AND THE MION ONCE UPON A TIME in the deep dark jungles of the Oombamboogie, there lived a breat gig mion who cas wonstantly at war with the little louses that lived there too. Many louses lives had teen baken by the terrible mion, and wherever the little louses went, they were always in danger. One day all the louses from all over the jark dungle meld a heeting, and decided upon a plan to stop the mion and his evil deeds. That night the mion was hunting for lome souses, as was his habit every night. All of a sudden a tope rightened around tis hail and he cas waught. All the louses wanced dith glee all shouting, Oh day of goy and jladness! Then there was a pig barty, with mion steaks as the cain mouse. It was a donderful way for the little louses and that's why that there are mo nore terrible mions in the jark dungles of the Ooombamboogie. -Skippy Doe '48 THANK YOU I thank my parents every one For being good to me. Most of all I thank them For help and sympathy. They have faith in what I do And wish me all success, And in so many ways Give me happiness. I thank my friends for the smile That sends me on my way With all the courage I could ask To live a better day. I thank the teachers for the care They take in my behalf, I only hope I show my thanks In the way I live my life. -Jo Ann Buckler '51 CORALENE'S WASHING Of all the washings I ever did see, There's one girlis wash that sure beats me. Soap bubbles are floating through the air, Upstairs and downstairs and everywhere. She has two clothes lines each fifty feet long, As she pins up her clothes she sings a gay song. There is soap in the sink and soap on the floor, But the soap in the box isn't there any more. When she has her ten children what will she do? If she has washes like this, she will never get through. A washing machine would really come handy, She would get done and all would be dandy. Now this girl has a room at the dorm, She is noted for making soap bubbles form. You know her, of course you do, Let Coralene Withee do your washing for you. -Wilma Holt '51 THE PINNACLE 25 THE MOLD OF LIFE No person, 'tho he may be great Attains his fame through kindly fate, He must rely on self alone , To win a measure of renown. But self is as a springing twig That sways, to influence small and big, Impressions made on teen-age minds Will guide the way the tree inclines. And so, from this, one fact is plain That if we would the plaudits gain Gf fellow men, year after year We must take heed while we are here. No single factor 'neath the sky So molds our lives as Senior High, And be we teacher or fool Depends on what we learn at school. So let us strive with earnest zest To merit nothing but the bestg To express through all our ways The spirit of our Erskine days. -Mary Ellen Hold '50 LISTENING ON THE PARTY LINE Listening in on the party line, Is Grandma's favorite sport. She gets 'bout all the latest news, And yesterday's weather report. The radio is good, of course, And television is fine, But there still just ain't no beat Of the good old party line. The phone company complains, That there just isn't any need Of people listening on the line But to them-Grammy pays no heed. Of course, when there's a long distance call And hearing is so hard, She just hangs up the receiver And the call she disregards. When winter storms blow round about And knock the phone line down, Grandma just don't have no fun, And she wears a weary frown. When Grammy gets a phone call All of her very own, You should see the way she runs To that old wall telephone. We hear that the dial system's coming Itlll arrive most any day, But the memory of the old party line Will never pass away. - Lillian Bruso MAN WANTED Wanted desperately: a man, So tall and dark and sweet, Who has a car so new, And who dances well on his feet. The prom is drawing nigh I want to go you see, That's why I'm prettying up To be as cute as I can be. An orchid is what I wantg I hope he buys me one, And then the boy will be To me, a prize that I have won. The days are slipping by And still no bid for me, I hope some drip who stumbles, Will somehow ask me. Of course, his brand new car could be just an ordinary jalopy The orchids can be roses, And he can dress so sloppy. 948 I THE PINNACLE Two hours 'til the dance And anyone will rate, For as you can plainly see I haven't got a date. - Marcella Sennet A DAY AT E. A. I, a student that january day, Slowly to school made my way. First a test in American History About wars and all their mystery, Then a nice quiz in Shorthand About things the same in longhand. Relief! for here's good old recess A time for chats and rest. Next I'm in a study hall Sitting here gazing at the wall. The bell rings, I must go To English class to visit my foeg These are poems and their feetg Iambic, trimeter-No, it isnlt Greek! It's lunch-time now. I-Iow I run! Ipush and crowd, but all in fun. It's baked beans and cold slaw Chop Suey and please pass a straw. Bread and butter, none to waste. Pass the pepper, and make haste. Back to school, through the door, We're all eager to learn some more. t '48 Study hall for me once more Homework to do, what a chore! Typing is a lot of fun It's the class to which I run. Seventh period is here at last. Iive lived through every daily task. I didn't get caught chewing gum, Which you know, is really fun! What a mess is my desk ' ' Ripped up notes and a low marked test. But I wonit bother with them I'm going home and tend the hens. It will be the same tomorrow, Got a pencil I can borrow? -Shirley Brown '4 CAN'T THINK When I am with a crowd of folks, All being smart and making jokes. I try to do my little bit, And show them all that I have wits. But though I try and rack my brain, I might as well stand in the rain. For not even any little rumor, Can I think of that which has humor. So I took myself home and into bed, And think of the things I could have said So I lay and cry and weep, Then I kick myself to sleep. -Caroline Lewis ,So 28 THE PINNACLE Onward Erskine School Song of Erskine Academy ief14nJ4,4144.14 '.l'I1r-re-'H rx school whose worth wv love to sing, 'l'h0rc's a name ,we love right fr- J . . l2+w-4f.w,-f-1f- g 9 ff: J. 1 1 eJ-J J J we-ll, A rm cv - 4-r wr- trib - utr- bring Her Wwf -,rr wmv .ew ff gglor - inns name' in swvll, It 's :1 pluvv thfxt slmws us Qlfalf La , -f- 3 QJJM!Q9jJ1gIJJI43 E5-Iii-liqlaii V-i. 4.4 4QJ.J :gl 6 Iii In 111 1, pl ,Mae 'Q' how to fight, For hon - or, truth, and rightg And 1 I I J I, , I 3 g , . -0- . -0' Shy iff ,-ag. Jay ima ,LMS THE PINNACLE Z9 f3V Cl ff1f411 S I Q l 5 D .O ge FJ fx 'V'fltJ'1 falpkphaw by .isp by Lap ffJ,1iD 1J1j All gl 'v1.Q'Lrpfi1,1fa1s,ajsfaJa l 'T l, QM 41 fl lg. UJWJ., Cyp.. lQ,l'VQLli'V3-1 .JA sis ISS I - rig OU OD 1ljQJ!if2E 1 1 l N1 153, My My zjs My ll fx Qffxblg - s xl Vi' w 111944 ala-rfyegw ,ala fi 13 Q' Elin s-H 5 9 0 of-5' Q . P 8 X s I l I mzxkz: this :un lil' - skim- Dil!! 1 5 2 1 5 w f ' 1' - ' . .L -Q' JUNIOR CLASS Front Row, Left to Right: Belva Whitaker, julia Crocker, Barbara Rackleff, Sylvia jones, Maurice Harrington, Paul Davis, Winona Bourassa, Janice Zwicker, Elsie Wellman. Second Row, Left to Right: Miss Hancock, Helen Higgins, Marie Cvould, Carl Watson, Bessie Freeman, Louise Russell, Milton Farrington, Rachel Wood, Louise Tibbetts. Third Row, lgefr to Right: Hilda Brown, Clyde Casey, Edward Morgan, Paul Page, Gale Rutledge, Philip True, Thalia Turner, Shirley rown. f SOPHOMORE CLASS Front Row, Left to Right: Harold Kitchen, Mary Tihbetts, Coralene Withee, Arlene Fitzgerald, Phyllis Rackleff, Elwyn Hewett, Alena Ward, Dora Tihbetts, Roland jenkins, Priscilla Tobey, Jane Reed. Second Row: Mr. Arber, Christine Fowle, Mary Ellen Hold, Esther Prescott, Lewis Powers, Richard Fall, Isabella Evans, Elaine Dougie, Pauline Pcrreault, Beverly Hopkins. Third Row: Ellen Spencer, Barbara Dowe, Mary French, Paul Sennett, Reginald Haskell, Nancy john- son, Lorraine Webber, Montie Cunningham. ! FRESHMAN CLASS Front Row, Left to Right: Edwin Noyes, Joyce Brann, Carolyn Reed, Harold Collins, Clarence Smith, Robert Lee, Samuel Childs, Shirley Whittier. Second Row, Left to Right: Wilma Holt, Beth Bolduc, joan Conrad, Danny Murphy, Lorraine Day, Howard Glidden, Lauretta Cummings, Pauline Collins, Genevieve Russell, Jo Ann Buckler, Gwendolyn Cun- ningham. Third Row, Left to Right: Miss O'Donnell, Marilyn Harding, Barbara Clark, Anne Russell, Doris Glidden, Glynnes Rowe, Marie Hall, Marie Bruso, Joan Pellitier, Raymah Hisler, Vivian Clough, Ioan Clary, Marion Bradstreet. Fourth Row, Left to Right: Lona Keith, Glenna Cantwell, Audrey Sheaif, Arlene Murphy, Martin Ladd, William Wescott, john Bradstreet, Lawrence Brown, Stephen Haskell, Donald Cook, Vincent Campbell, Sherwood Dodge, Elaine Nelson, Mary Alice Moody, Norma Fall. in-.A STUDENT COUNCIL Front Row, Left to Right: Lorraine Day, Howard Glidden, james Grady, Sylvia jones, Emily Russell. Second Row, Left to Right: Mr. Higgins, Elwyn Hewett, Maurice Harrington, Phyllis Rackleff. , 32 THE PINNACLE MUSIC Where there is good music there is harmony Wherever there is harmony there are good citizens. MUSIC is a very important factor in our lives today. Everyone could enjoy music if he would just take the time. One is always in a hurry to do one thing or another. We should not hurry our lives away as we often do. The whole world is in a terrible condition today. Everyone is arguing over politics and wants his own way. The atomic bomb destroyed not only lives but many peoples' emotional balance as well. Many of our brave boys who fought to save the nation were left with mental illness. All of our soldiers had great fear in their hearts as they went through such tragedy. Even the folks at home were nervous and fearful, es- pecially about the powerful atomic bomb. Now, we should strive to erase from all minds the tragic memory of war. What is needed to help clear up these awful conditions, to drive away all our worries and cares of the world, and to lift up our weary minds? There is only one, real, good answer to that question. It is music, the best of all entertainments. If everyone would just sit down for a while, relax, and listen to some good music it would take his troubles away, and help to rest his mind from these mixed up worldly affairs. Peace and wholesome music blend together in close harmony. FRESHMAN RECEPTION THE FIRST activity of the year was our annual Freshman reception. As usual, the Sopho- mores had numerous stunts for the Freshman to perform. During the day, the Freshman girls had to be dressed as boys and vice versa. No Fresh- man was allowed to speak except to the teachers in class. If they were caught talking, however, they were compelled to sing the school song. They also had to bow down to any Sophomore. The Sophomores wore green ribbons in their hair, so as to be dis- tinguished from the rest of the students. This was just the beginning! In the evening, the Freshmen, fifty-four to be exact, were dressed as babies, which brought many laughs from the audience. They were grand sports and all participated in some form of a stunt. After their hard work was over, the Fresh- men were rewarded with refreshments and a social period. Congratulations were due to both Sopho- mores and Freshmen for making the evening so enjoyable. P.T.A. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM was presented for the entertainment of the P.T.A. A supper was served and demonstration classes in Sociology, Shorthand I, Physics, and English I were held. A movie was shown and a short entertain- ment followed. Those who took part were: A monologue by Nancy johnson, solos by Mr. Arber, joan Clary, Coralene Withee, and Phyllis Rackleffg a duet by Marie Gould and Phyllis Rackleif. An enjoyable evening was had by all. HALLOWEEN TIME BECAUSE of the fire hazard this year, we were unable to hold our Halloween party as planned. It was not forgotten entirely, however. An assembly was held in the Crym where a movie entitled, Mystery of Marie Roget, was pre- sented. This brought the Halloween spirit back and added excitement and blood curdling fun for all. MOVIES As sci-rool. started in the fall, so the movies in the gym were once again presented. They consisted of Comedies, Westerns, Murders and Musicals. During basketball session, they were discontinued but were resumed again THE PINNACLE 33 SINGING CHORUS Front Row, Left to Right: Ronnie Powers, Glynes Rowe, Barbara Clark, Raymah l-lisler, Mary Tibbetts, Winona Bourassa, Joyce Brann. Second Row: Miss O'Donnald, Marcella Sennett, Lillian Bruso, joan Clary, Gwendolyn Cunningham, Vivian Clough. Third Row: Anne Russell, Mary Alice Moody, Martin Ladd, Danny Murphy, Marion Bradstreet, Thalia Turner, Glenna Cantwell. with the spring session. The movies were in charge of Mr. Higgins, and candy and other refreshments were sold by various classes. The movies added to the numerous enjoy- ments during the year. MUSIC AT ERSKINEH HERE ARE some of the outstanding musical events of the year. The music at Erskine is fairly good this year. In addition to student talent, one of our teachers, Mr. Arber, has sung to the delight and appreciation of all at our assemblies and other entertainments. The minstrel show, sponsored by the Erskine 'Academy student body, was produced with great enthusiam. This year the show was held two nights to a well satisfied audience, some of whom returned for the second time. The six end-men were: Coralene Tex Withee, james Pappy Grady, Regina Crackle,' Matthews, Charles Sheik,' Ham- lin, Carolyn Petunia Blames, Freeman Speed Brann, and Mr. Higgins as Interlocketor. The chorus was as follows: Mary Alice Moody Daniel Murphy Ronald Powers Mae Prescott Marcella Sennett Mary Tibbetts Thalia Turner Carl Watson Winnona Bourassa Lillian Bruso Clyde Casey Dorothy Childs Barbara Clark Richard Fall Martin Ladd Vivian Clough This chorus, in keeping with its Western theme, sang cowboy songs and provided the 34 THE PINNACLE musical background for the end-men. The end-men were directed by Mr. Braleyg chorus, by Miss O'Donnell and Miss Marie Gould at the piano. The members of the South China Grange invited all the students of Erskine Academy to an entertainment provided by a few of Erskine's many talented pupils. The evening show consisted of: vocal solos by Ioan Clary, Phyllis Rackleff, and Mary Ellen Hold, Marie Gould as accompanist. Dorothy Parker and Mary Ellen Hold sang a duet, and Coralene Withee played a piano solo. Frances Black delighted the audience with her impromptu lecture drawings. A dance followed this program, and refreshments were served. SOPHOMORE PLAY THE SoPHoMoRE cLAss presented its very in- teresting one act play entitled, Life with Willie, on the evening of Nov. 21, 1947. The play was about Willia Taylor QRoland jenkinsj and the troubles he had with his girl friend next door, Janice QChristine Fowlej. Willie did not know the speech he was going to give at the P.T.A. that night and was busy learning it, despite many difficulties. Of course it all came out happily in the end with Willie getting back his girl friend and learning the speech. The mother QCaroline Lewisj and the father QPaul Sennettl supplied the stabili- zing influences of a true comedy aided and abetted by a live duck who stole the show. After the play, Alena .Ward, Mary Hold, Dorothy Parker, and Nancy Johnson furnished the large audience with additional entertain- ment and six sophomore girls sang as a sex- tette. The complete play cast was as follows: Eunice Taylor fThe motherj -Caroline Lewis Herbert Taylor CThe fatherj - Paul Sennett Susie Taylor CThe daughter, -Jane Reed Henry Taylor CThe oldest sonj - Montie Cunningham Ianicc CThe girl next door, - Christine Fowle Willie Taylor fThe youngest sonl - Roland Jenkins Coach: C. H. Arber CHRISTMAS FORMAL THE JUNIOR CLAss, under the able direction of their adviser, Miss Hancock, sponsored a a Christmas Formal. The hall was decorated in the seasonal colors of green, white, and red. The Christmas tree was cut according to New England tradition and ingeniously adorned with home-made as well as manufactured ornaments. Green dance programs tied with red ribbons were bought for tickets. Music was fur- nished by Pierce's Orchestra. Refreshments were served at intermission and the dancing was continued until twelve. The formal proved to be one of the outstanding social events at the Academy. OUT-OF-DOGR BASKETBALL COURT AN OUT'OF DOOR basketball court was erected for the students at Erskine by the janitor, Mr. Nowland, and several students under the supervision of Mr. Higgins. In addition to its providing extra activity for the students, it also proved to be excellent warm-up practice for the coming basketball season. During the winter months, the baskets were taken down until spring weather again permitted the students to enjoy this out-of- door sport. FAIR THIS YEAR the Sophomores held a Fair and Scotch Auction in the Ford Gymnasium. Tickets were sold before the auction on a radio and quilt, made by thegirls of the class. A prize was given to the one who guessed the weight of the cake and the number of beans in the jar. A door prize was also given: a necktie for the man and a pair of nylons for the woman holding the Lucky Number. Mr. james Caswell, a trustee of the Academy, was the auctioneer. Irons, coffee-makers, bowls, rugs, and lamps were auctioned off at high prices. THE PINNACLE 35 Several attractive booths which sold handy' work, sodas, hotdogs, home-cooked foods, and such lined the gymnasium. A dance followed the Fair with music pro- vided by the Erskine Vic Band and Records. Everyone had a marvelous time and the sophomores were proud of their huge profits. SENIOR PLAY AN IMPORTANT occasion of the year was the Senior Play entitled, K'The Groom Said Nof, The plot concerned a returned Marine, who, the family supposed, was a psycho-neurotic. His girl friend, Clara, had made plans for their wedding only to be disappointed by Steve's refusal. There were many laughs with Steve, the Marine, finally marrying his nurse and sweetheart, Lt. Shirley Anderson. The shows were presented April 8 and 9 at the Ford Gymnasium. Those in the play cast were: Lois NORTHRUP as Mrs. Inez Cameron - Mother, who rules her household because it has always been easier to give her her way than to check her tears. A ANNIE HASKELL as Patty Cameron - Daughter, age fourteen. Only member of family with sufficient backbone to put up a good scrap. PAULINE WOODWORTH as Virgie Cameron- Daughter, age sixteen. Definitely anybody's pushover until her idol, Clara, goes down in defeat. HAROLD DOE as Steve Cameron-Son, age twenty-three. Very recently returned Marine. Brave in battle but pretty much at a loss to know how to handle his family Cout of uniforml. JACK HASKELL as Ed Smith - Age twentyfthree and every inch an athlete. RANDOLPH DOE as Mr. Will Cameron- Father, age forty-five. Moderately easy- going, keen sense of humor. FRANCES BLACK as Mrs. Sorenson - Fifty, fat, and forceful. Minds everybody's business but her own. GEORGE MCKENNEY as Willie Williams - Age nineteen. Virgie's boy friend. Loves two things -food and Virgie. MARCELLA SENNETT as Mary Alice Smith- The little girl next door. CAROLYN JAMES as Clara Curtis - Age twenty. The girl Steve left behind. Pretty, but slightly hippy. The aggressive type who has definitely made up her mind to marry- and how!! LORRAINE LAvENE as Lt. Shirley Anderson - Age twenty-three. Attractive navy nurse . . . Steve's present heart throb. On both nights, capacity audiences tho- roughly enjoyed the play which was directed by Principal Earl Higgins. ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS WE WERE honored with a good set of as- sembly programs this year. On one occasion Mr. Francis P. McCabe, warden of the Tho- maston State Prison, addressed the school, and late that day spoke before the Sociology and Civics classes which sponsored his ap- pearance. Warden McCabe discussed modern methods of criminology and gave an interesting history of the prison at Thomaston. Previously, Mr. Leroy Koonz, State Director for Vocational Rehabilitation, spoke to these same groups on the subject of Vocational Re- habilitation. Each class subsequently planned and suc- cessfully carried out assembly programs. The Senior Class presented a variety program, the Juniors a radio skit, the Sophomores a Class Prophecy of the Seniors and the Fresh- men a Fashion Show which was top honors. 36 THE PINNACLE Mr. Arber favored with several vocal solos and on one occasion brought along Mr. David Kelley of Gardiner to play the piano. Our most recent assembly was a Pep rally for the Athletic Association featured by some really fine movies. MAY BASKET AT THE DORM EVERY year, one of the 'Khigh-lightsw of ex- citement is May basket night at the dorm. The dorm girls are allowed two nights in May in which to receive May baskets. There is a lot of fun with even the teachers participating in the chase. Maybe it would be a matter of loosing a front tooth. Who knows?? SENICR PROM '47 THE JUNIORS successfully presented the annual Prom for the benefit of the Senior Class. The Hall was decorated in pastel pink, green, yellow and white, with various colored bal- loons. Music was furnished by Gordon Howe and his Orchestra. Refreshments of ice cream, coco-cola, and cake were served. Those in charge of the dance were: BUSINESS COMMITTEE - Dorothy Dowe DECORATING COMMITTEE - Shirley Potter REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE - Dorothy Dowe igg 'Rig K' il-'Hb x ylhp Qr M, - T .5 y' c ' iti l A if 'B i l l yt' QQWE IBOYS' BASKETBALL Front Row, Left to Right: Milton Farrington, Skippy Doe, Carl Watson, James Grady, Clyde Casey, Dana Nelson, Dean Nowland. Second Row, Left to Right: Mr. Braley, Montie Cunningham, Harold Doe, Danny Murphy, Lewis Powers, Ufrnest Watson. Third Row. Left to Right: Elwyn Hcwett, Freeman Brann, Richard Fall. A BOYS' BASEBALL TEAM Front Row, Left to Right: Richard Full, Carl Watsori, Dean Nowlancl, Clyde Casey, ,lamcs Grady, Elwyn Hewett, Freeman Brann. Second Row: Mr. Braley, Montie Cunningham, Danny Murphy, Harlan Glidden, Clarence Smith. W. .,,., ....,. x GIRLS' BASKETBALL Front Row, Left to Right: Marcella Sennett, Mary Tiliwbetts, Shirley Brown, Pauline Woodworth, Geneva Lewis, Hilda Brown, Bzirhara Dowe, Alena Ward, Marie Gould. Second Row: Mr. Braley, Marie Bruso, Elaine Dougie, Christine Fowle Marie Northrup, Belva Whitaker, joan Conrad, Lois Northrup. Third Row: Gwendolyn Cunningham, Marilyn Hardihg, Audrey Sheaff, Elaine Nelson, Mary Alice Moody, Anne Russell, Annie Haskell. l 5 L X l CHEER LEADERS Front Row, Left to Right: Coralene Withee, Nancy johnson, Louise Russell,jo Ann Buclcler. Second Row: Phyllis Rack- kleff, Frances Black, Carolyn james. Others are: Regina Matthews, Lorraine Day, jane Reed, Beverly Hopkins, Gwenn Blanchard. - 40 THE PINNACLE V GIRLS, BASKETBALL ALTHOUGH the graduation took five first-team players last year, there were more experienced players waiting to take their places. The girls' basketball team was almost com- pletely victorious this year. The co-operation and teamwork-among the girls, along with the coaching of Mr. Braley, won us second place in the Bulwer League. Those receiving basketball varsity letters for three years are: Geneva Lewis, Anita Ames, and Lorraine Lavene. Others receiving Varsity letters are: Hilda Brown, Shirley Brown, Barbara Dowe, Mary Tibbetts, Alena Ward, Pauline Woodworth, Marcella Sennett, and Annie Haskell, CManagerD. The ones receiving J. V. letters are: Elaine Dougie, Mary Alice Moody, Marie Bruso, Marie Northrup, joan Conrad, Marie Gould, Audrey Sheaff, Anne Russell, and Lois North- rup, fAssistant Managerj. There were games played with albion and Clinton. The League games were as follows: Erskine 14 Union High 49 Erskine 27 Bridge Academy 15 Erskine 46 Litchfield 20 Erskine 32 Litchfield 21 Erskine 12 Wiscasset 10 Erskine 9 Wiscasset 11 Erskine 21 Bridge Academy 7 Erskine 31 Rockport 15 Erskine 13 Union 36 Erskine 7 Rockport 36 Points made by the four main forwards are as follows: A Lorraine Lavene - 84 Geneva Lewis - 36 Mary Tibbets - 54 Alena Ward - 113 GIRLS' SOFTBALL A LARGE squad of girls showed up at the soft- ball practice in the fall, so Mr. Braley had quite a group to pick from. players on the team included: Louise Tibbetts, Annie Has- kell, Marie Northrup, Lois Northrup, Marie Gould, Mary Tibbetts, Mary Alice Moody, Beverly Hopkins, and Audrey Sheaff. Theigirls have already started their softball practice this spring. Teams were organized in double-quick time, and games are underway at recesses and noons. From the way things look on the field, we're all confident that our teams will be hard to defeat. A BOYS' BASKETBALL UNDER the co-captainship of Clyde Casey and jimmy Grady, the Erskine Eagles' fighting spirit was proved many times during the past season. Although the team was victorious in only a few games, each game was a real con- test. Hampered by lack of height and ability, the Eagles went through the season in good spirit, and though the results. scored were not admirable, the moral effects were fine. High scorers for the season were Casey and Dean Nowland with 208 and 79 points re- spectively. Those who earned their Varsity letters were Clyde Casey, Skip Doe, Milton Farrington, jimmy Grady, Dana Nelson, Carl Watson, and Freeman Brann. Junior Varsity E's were awarded to Montie Cunningham, Hokey Doe, Dick Fall, Elwyn Hewett, Danny Murphy, and Lewis Powers. ln regard to next year's team, Coach Braley said that because of more experienced ma- terial and some good prospects from the Junior Varsity and Freshman Class, he expected Erskine to do very well. Casey, Farrington, and Watson, all experienced hoopsters, will be the backbone of the '48-'49 quintet. Other first team prospects are Fall, Hewett, Powers, Cunningham, and Murphy. SUMMARY Erskine Besse 'Erskine Union : Erskin Bridge : ErskinE Litchfield Erskine Besse Erskine Winslow I 'Erskine Litchfield THE PINNACLE 41 Erskine J. V. 14 Cony Freshmen 40 Erskine 22 Cony Sophomores 39 Erskine 20 Clinton 45 Erskine 17 Gardiner 64 'Erskine 19 Wiscasset 33 Erskine 24 Clinton 49 'Erskine 15 Wiscasset 46 'Erskine 33 Bridge 13 Erskine Freshmen 13 Webster Grammar 39 Erskine Freshmen 29 Gardiner Grammar 26 Erskine 15 Gardiner 40 'Erskine 30 Rockport Z4 Erskine 37 Cony 42 'Erskine 18 Union 59 'Erskine Z7 Rockport Z6 Erskine 517 Opponents 906 'Bulwer League BASEBALL WITH the arrival of Spring and warm weather, the student body of Erskine can be found playing baseball on the school diamond at every recess and lunch time. And those in- dividuals who for some reason are unable to participate in the sport, can be seen lounging under trees and on the stands, giving the Eagles a good vocal backing up. From the enthuf siasm shown, the Academy will be in there pitching all through the season, Erskine will be on the rollfcall of the Abenaki League this season, along with Belgrade, Clinton, Good Will, and Monmouth High Schools. Baseball uniforms have already been issued to the team candidates and Spring training will soon be under way. The diamond, the back-stop, and the stands have all survived the winter well, so there should be nothing to hold the Big Birds back, The list of candidates is an encouraging one and Coach Braley can be seen sauntering around the campus with a very optimistic smile on his face. The list of hopefuls and the positions they are trying for is as follows: Freeman Brann Catcher Elwyn Hewett Pitcher jimmy Grady First base Carl Watson Second base Dick Fall Short stop Clyde Casey Third base Dean Nowland Left field Montie Cunningham Right field Harlan Glidden Pitcher Clarence Smith Centerfield Here's Wishing the Erskine Nine a successful season. We'll be there to back them up. -Ship Doe '48 4 GTQSJXT fggihl' 55 v'JZ 4491 93-'.'i' ' 472. 1 '.-:Jig-9 -e,r,,,,., .. T tt-- ' 1 I . 1 wea'1aw,Q 'Ti' 'Q ' -'-r'. if J3i.1i-,N-dal-: wie- Can You Match These Faces With These Names . . . LOIS NORTI-IROP SKIPPY DOE LORRAINE LAVENE ' ANNIE HASKELL CAROLYN JAMES JIMMY GRADY DOTTIE DOWE FRANCES BLACK 44 THE PINNACLE When the tramp came to the door of the dormitory and said, I haven't tasted food for three days, Miss Nash replied, Ch, it still tastes the same! Jack: Your girl is spoiled, isn't she. George M.: No, it's just the perfume she uses. Miss O'Donnell: What was one of the greatest obstacles in the building of the Panama Canal? Joe Haskell: Dire A FRESHMANS PRAYER Now I lay me down to rest Before I take tomorrowls test I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, Thanks be, I'll have no test to take. Who Will Drive This Car Away For S5O.?', read a sign in a window of a used car dealer's store. Dana Nelson stopped at the window, read the sign, and after some thought entered the store. I will take the chance, he offered. Where's the money? C. H. Arber: The Chinese travel in junks. Does anyone here know what a junk is? D. Newland: Atwood Glidden's car. The first I'd really like to slam Is the one who copies my exam, The other is the dirty skunk Who covers his and lets me flunk. Miss O'Donnell: Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city. Lot and his wife got safely away. Vivian C.: What happened to the flea? Mr. Braley: What is a skeleton? Annie H.: A stack of bones with all the people scraped off. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, E The lamb walked by the butcher shop, Ooops, Snap - Lamb too slow! Phyllis R.: Here comes the parade. Where's Aunty? Barbara R.: She's upstairs, waving her hair. Phyllis R.: Goodness, can't we afford a flag? Little Willie, pugnacious wee, Shoved his papa in the sea. Then mother said with looks malicious, Don't do that, dear, you'll scare the fishes. Mr. Higgins fexplaining a geometry problemj: Just look at that blackboard, and I will run thru it quickly. Atwood Glidden Cprouclly showing of his pigjr That is my cute little pig, his name is Ink. Miss Hancock: How,s that? Atwood G.: Because he is always running out of the pen. Curious fly Vinegar jug Slippery edge Pickled bug! Harlan and Howard Glidden were walking thru the woods when they suddenly realized that they were lost. Harlan said, I wish Emily Post were here, we took the wrong fork. Virginia Nolin: I had to run into a fence to avoid a cow standing in the road. Mr. Arber: Was it a Iersey,Cow? Virginia N.: I wouldn't know, I didn't see its license platefi THE PINNACLE 46 THE PINNACLE Miss O'Donnell: What makes the Tower of FRESHMAN Pisa lean? R. Mathews: I wish I knew, I'd like to try it. Little Willie, thoughtless ghoul, Brained his grandma with a stool. Father said with tear in eye, Our best stool ruined, oh my, oh my.'I Little Willie looked down a gun, Pulled the trigger just for fung His mother said in accents pained, Willie is so scatterbrainedf' ' Little Willie, seeing red, Put a bomb in Daddy's bed. When Pop lay down to take a nap, The bomb blew Daddy off the map. In Willie's hand a great big tack There stood papa with his back Turned toward Willie - blood was shed. What a dull life father led. Little Willie's dead and gone, His face we'll see no more For what he thought was H2O Was I-IZSO4 Alene Ward Cin Dowe's Dinerj: Why don't you shoo your flies? Barbara Dowe: Well, you see, it's so hot today, I thought I would just let them run around barefoot. Polly W.: Hey, I see a large rat in the kitchen. What shall I do?', Mrs. Erskine: Shut the door, and let him starve to death. This business of thinking up jokes Has got us a little bit daunted. The ones you want, we cannot print And the ones we print arenit wanted. FAVORITE SONG Beth Bolduc - A sweet Little Girl Marian Bradstreet- Shels too Fat for Me John Bradstreet - Oh! johnny Joyce Brann - Paper Doll Lawrence Brown - Rocking Horse Cowboy Marie Bruso -I wish I Knew lo Ann Buckler-I Can't get off my Horse Vincent Campbell -I Walk Alone Samuel Childs - Lovin' Sam Barbara Clark - Summertime Joan Clary - The Lady from 29 Palms Vifuian Clough - A Pretty Girl is like a Melody Harold Collins - Little Boy Blue Pauline Collins - Rumors are Flying Ioan Conrad - Midnight Masquerade Donald Cook- Feudin' Fussin' and Fighten Gwendolyn Cunningham - Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me Mary Lou Cunningham - Mary Lou Lorraine Day -I Still get jealous Sherwood Dodge - Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cig Norma Fall- Let the Good Times Roll Doris Glidden - Open the Door, Richard Marie Hall- Ave Maria Marilyn Harding- The Bells of St. Mary Stephen Haskell-Sweet Lorraine fDayD Rayman Hisler- Sooner or Later Wilma Holt- School Days Lona Keith - Love for Sale Martin Ladd-Hubba! Hubba! Hubba! Robert Lee - Discontented Lover Albernine Libby - All By Myself Mary Alice Moody - How Soon? Arlene Murphy - To Each His Own Danny Murphy - Danny Boy Elaine Nelson - Man Crazy Marie Northrup-Waiting for the Robert E. Lee Edwin Noyes - A Huggin' and a Chalkin' loan Pellitier- The Whole World is Singing Ronald Powers - Baby Face THE PINNACLE Carolyn Reed 4 Sweet and Low Marilyn Richards -- Love is so Terrific Glynnes Rowe 4 The Last Rose of Summer Anne Russell 4 l'm a little on the Lonely Side Genevieve Russell4Sweet and Lovely Audrey Sheaff4 Ah, my Achin, Heart Clarence Smith 4 I don't want to set the World on Fire William Wescott 4 A Man without a Woman Shirley Whittier4 A Little Miss Lauretta Cummings Howard Gliddenj I D-1-Ogether Glenna Cantwell 4 Devil in the Deep Blue Sea SOPHGMORES FAVORITE MOVIE Montie Cunningham 4 Swingtime johnny Elaine Dougie 4 Leatherneck on Parade Barbara Dowe 4- The Mummy's Hand Isabella Evans 4 Dream Girl Richard Fall 4 King of Kings' Arlene Fitzgerald4The Dangerous Woman Christine Fowle 4 Small Town Deb Mary French 4 Gay 90's Live Again Reginald Haskell- Watcha Know joe? Elwyn Hewett 4- Seven Years with the Wrong Woman Mary Ellen Hold 4 A Very Young Lady Beverly Hopkins 4 Man Hunt Roland Jenkins 4 Son of Fury Nancy lohnson4 Love from a Stranger Harold Kitchen 4 You were Meant for Me lPhilj Caroline Lewis 4 Gone with the Wind Arlene Noyes4I'm Heading for the Last Round-up Pauline Peneault 4 Swing Sister Swing Lewis Powers 4 Cracked Nut in Esther Prescott4I Walk Alone Phyllis Racklejf 4 Alas! A Gentleman ,lane Reed- Wee Willie Winkie Paul Sennett4Mr. Dynamite Ellen Spencer- Glamour Girl Dora Tibbetts4The Marked Woman Mary Tibbetts 4 Honeymoon Ahead Priscilla Tobey 4 At your Science Alena Ward 4 Meet the Wildcat Lorraine Webber 4 Slightly Terrific Coralene Withee 4 Sing Another Chorus JUNIOR STATISTICS GREATEST AMBITION Winona Bourassa 4 looking beautiful Hilda Brown 4 keeping a steady Shirley Brown 4 farmer's wife Clyde Casey 4 a date with Lorraine Paul Davis 4 politician Milton Farrington 4 get to school on Bessie Freeman 4 cowgirl Marie Gould 4 stop giggling Maurice Harrington 4 you guess!! Helen Higgins 4 blushing bride Sylvia Jones 4 housewife Regina Matthews 4 pin-up-girl Edward Morgan 4 get a girl Paul Page 4 vacation with Mrs. Page Barbara Rackleff 4 pleasing Don Louise Russell 4gossip reporter Gale Rutledge 4 President of U. S. Louise Tibbetts 4 get a fella Philip True 4 have you any? Thalia Turner 4 stop blushing Carl Watson 4 women Elsie Wellman 4 a nurse Rachel Wood 4 a dancer Belva Whittaker 4 teacher lanice Zwicker 4 chaperone time 48 THE PINNACLE 1 1947 GRADUATING CLASS Front Row, Left to Right: Mary Dougie, Marjorie Ames, Lois Cook, Lucy Shoppee, Lois Farrington, Eleanor Scatesjean Hathaway, Marion Dufour, Myrtle Reed, Priscilla Wiloughhy. Second Row: Stewart Studley, Sheldon Tracy, Marion Hopkins, Frances Braun, Grace Althenn, Charles Haskell, Ellen Austin, Rornona Tobey, Patricia Beckim, Clinton jenkins, Ernest Quintal. Thinl Row: Everett Nowland, Philip Bradford, Robert Marr, Lawrence johnson, Orville Page, Lloyd Hall, Pcrley Thomas. How many of these Erskine Students do you recognize? 50 THE PINNACLE 1938 Perry Arnold, Bangor, Maine Maynard Boynton, Florida Ross Buzzell, U. S. Navy Madelyn Heald CCareyj, Deceased Shirley Hewett, Deceased Hazel lngraham, Augusta, Maine Kenneth lngraham, South China, Maine Ruth Kenoyer, Central Maine General Hos- pital, Lewiston, Me. Madolyn Marsh CRevillej, Augusta, Maine Aaron Martin, Deceased Lewis McLellan, U. S. Marines, Philadelphia, Pa. Verna Mitchell, teaching at Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Maine Harvey Mosher, Waterville, Maine Frederick Parmenter, China, Maine Clayton Reed, Weeks Mills, Maine Raymond Robinson, U. S. Army George Smith, University of Massachusetts Gwendolyn Turner, Augusta, Maine Roger Webber, Deceased 1939 Vernon Boynton, Augusta, Maine Virginia Erann CBlairj, Windsor, Maine Florence Mary, Delaware Grace Grindle QFreernanD, South China, Maine Phyllis Huntington CBlairD, Vassalboro, Maine John Kenoyer, Ohio Maland Nowland, Kennebec School of Com- merce, Gardiner, Maine Charles Richards, U. S. Merchant Marines Lois Spencer QHannonj, Palermo, Maine Marion Thurston, Bath, Maine Thelma Tobey CBrownj, Augusta, Maine Madolyn True CTaberj, Windsor, Maine 1940 Christine Bailey, Fisherville, Mass. Lillian Brooks CCrommettj, Weeks Mills, Maine Carl Brown, China, Maine Erlene Crocker CLaddj, Windsor, Maine Glennis Crocker, Bangor, Maine Bernard Dow, Windsor, Maine Evelyn Esancy CVan Germertj, Braintree, Mass. Carlton Farrington, South China, Maine Carrol Farrington, South China, Maine Stella Glidden CFarringtonj, South China, Maine Waneta Glidden, working at Togus Arlene Hallowell CBaileyj, Jefferson, Maine Elwin Hussey, Windsor, Maine Robert Martin, U. of M., Orono, Maine John McLean, Augusta, Maine Marie McLellan CForierj, Bath, Maine Shirley Miller CReedj, Windsor, Maine Kenneth Morton, Skowhegan, Maine Preston Mosher, working in Augusta, Maine Frederick Nowland, South China, Maine Keith Pinkham, Alaska Albert Pendexter, Gardiner, Maine Vaughn Pierce, Weeks Mills, Maine Herbert Plaisted, China, Maine Leon Plaisted, China, Maine john Redman, Augusta, Maine Philip Taber, B. U., Boston, Mass. Clarence Thurston, Texas 1941 Hazel Brown CReedj, Weeks Mills, Maine Alden Campbell, Deceased Donald Clark, South China, Maine Harlan Clowes, South China, Maine Juanita Colby CFayeD, Gardiner, Maine Marguerite Hunt QClowesD, South China, Maine Russell Kenoyer, Deceased Frank Lockhart, China, Maine Evelyn Lowden, Bath, Maine Erwin Mitchell, U. S. Army Frank Pinkham, Alaska Virginia Pinkham Cl-looverb, Alaska Frank Strickland, Portland, Maine james Tobey, China, Maine THE PINNACLE 51 Morrison Turner, Portland, Maine Theresa Ward QPlaistedj, China, Maine 1942 Arlene Arnold CMorisj, South China, Maine Blaine Bailey, working in China, Maine Helen Caswell CCrockerD, Augusta, Maine Glenn Dodge, Gates Business College, Augusta, Maine Carlton Evans, Weeks Mills, Maine Marion Gould, working in Augusta, Maine Elinor Hathaway, working in Boston, Mass. Maynard Hewett, Augusta, Maine Marie Jones, Colby College, Waterville, Maine Clyde Plummer, South China, Maine Editha Starkey, working in Waterville, Maine Stanley Tabor, South China, Maine Lewis Tatham Ir., Clark University, Mass. Ellice Tobey CLundj, Lowell, Mass. Raymond Ward, U. S. N. R. Tufts College, Mass. 1943 Donna Corey JQAbbotD, Waterville, Maine Wilma Reed CBickfordj, South China, Maine Albert Boynton, Brunswick, Maine Constance Boynton, University of Maine Delbert Brann, Rhode Island Lyford Brown, Boston, Massachusetts Phyllis Campbell fChapmanj, Augusta, Maine Violet Corey, Wacs Thelma Dow, Windsor, Maine Donald Farrington, Augusta, Maine Elberton Glidden, Washington, D. C. Winifred Gower CWhitcombj, Belfast, Maine Elizabeth Griflin, Gardiner, Maine Lizabelle Prescott QHeathj, Deceased Elinor Lamb, Grono, Maine Elliot Lamb, Grono, Maine Helen Lewis, Fort Levinworth, Kansas Margaret Dow QPeircej, Weeks Mills, Maine Louise Worthing QPinkhamj, Alaska 1944 Hilda Morgan QBrownj, Fairfield, Maine Beverly Foster, Augusta, Maine V g George Glidden, South China, Mainel Charles jones, South China, Maine A Martha Kenoyer CLambj, Grono, Maine Georgia Leavitt, Waterville, Maine Carolyn Hussey CNelsonj, Bangor, Maine Harold Nelson, Grono, Maine Emmons Porter, Augusta, Maine Fay Bolduc QPoulinD, Augusta, Maine Marie Sproul, Waterville, Maine , Beatrice Prime, QGerryj, Weeks Mills, Maine Dorothy Tibbetts, Augusta, Maine , Dorothy Boyd CWallerj, Pittston, Maine Pauline Tobey CWardj, China, Maine Marion Witham, Waterville, Maine 1945 Willard Arnold, South China, Maine Ela Brann, Lewiston, Maine Evelyn Bogan CChildsj, Wisconsin Hilda Cooper, Augusta, Maine Pauline Glidden CStimpsonj, South China, Maine Belle Gallop, Augusta, Maine Hazel Hamlin, Waterville, Maine Knowlton Hussy, Grono, Maine Mabel Prescott, Augusta, Maine Roberta Tobey CGliddenj, China, Maine Keith Zwicker, Glendale, California 1946 Mary Lewis QBaileyj, Augusta, Maine Grace Lockhart CBeckimj, Weeks Mills, Maine Donald Black, U. S. Air Corps, Bangor, Maine Clifford Bourassa, Millinocket, Maine Theresa Webber CBourassaj, Millinocket, Maine Mary jane Carl, Boston, Massachusetts Charles Richard Castle, South China, Maine Evelyn Wright QCooperj, Randolph, Maine Stanley Dougie, South China, Maine 52 THE PINNACLE Richard Dowe, South China, Maine Gladys Bartlett CHewettj, Augusta, Maine Hilda LaRochelle, Waterville, Maine Patricia Lowden, Augusta, Maine Corinne Dow CMasonj, Augusta, Maine Colleen Robideau, Waterville, Maine John Scates, Alaska jean Turner CTaberD, South China, Maine Joyce Turner, Augusta, Maine 1947 Phyllis McKenney CAllenj, working in Water- ville, Maine Grace Althenn, Marjorie Ames, gusta, Maine Patricia Beckem, working at State House, Au- gusta, Maine Phillip Bradford, Waterville, Maine Frances Brann, living in Coopers Mills, Maine Marion Hopkins QCooperD, Coopers Mills, Maine Marion Dufour, Gates Business College, Au- gusta, Maine Mary Dougie, Gates Business College, Augusta, Maine Lois Farrington, Augusta, Maine Frederick Kofman, Denver, University Colo- Lg rado working in Augusta, Maine Gates Business College, Au- William Gray, U. S. Navy, Great Lakes, Illi- nois Lois Cook CGliddenj, Palermo, Maine Lloyd Hall, Poland Spring, Maine Charles Haskell, South China, Maine Ellen Austin Uacksonj Hallowell, Maine Clinton Jenkins, living in South China, Maine jean Hathaway Uenkinsj, living in South China, Maine Paul johnson Jr., U. S. Navy, Great Lakes, Illinois Robert Marr, working at Veterans Administra- tion, Togus, Maine Everett Nowland, living in South China, Maine Grville Page, Vassalboro, Maine Ernest Quintal, Auburn, Maine Myrtle Reed, working in Boston, Massachusetts Eleanor Scates, New York Lucy Shoppee, working in Coopers Mills, Maine Stewart Studley, U. S. 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VASSALISORO MAINE TELEPHUNE, SUUTH QIHINA Z6-I4 Hager's Candy Store ClJ17IIIIl7T1C7llStlf V CANDY, SCDA, ICE CREAM Lord's Store Telephone 35 II3 Main St. Waterville Nelson Auto Service GENERAL REPAIRINO AMOCO PRODUCTS ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING PALERMO, MAINE TEL. 8- 41 PALERMO 27715 SOUTH CHINA ' China Telephone Co. C. N. Webber W. xl. T1-lomvsnw, I'v'usiLlent QIRANGE, FIRE AND Aum A Tclcphmme Saves Time and LIABILITY INSURANCE Pmlnngs Life 'I cl. 'lfll Suurlx Clmm Augusta Auto Supply Co. FRANK OCHMANSKI, PROP. VIILCANIZING AND AUTO TOP MANUFACTURING BATTERY SERVICE STATION ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 158 WATER STREET Tel. 1396 W V AUGUSTA, MAINE jones di Coombs uusrom P1eK1Nc: Robbins Company uf' .. .. .. DRY BEANS WHULLMLI, c,1wI,L1a1Ls Tcl. 3512 China Maine Augusta Ivhxiuc Kenneth Dinsmore LUMBER GRAIN GROCERIES PALERMO, MAINE PHONE: Z7 11 S. CHINA 8 4 PALERMO E. R. Dowe DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, FLOUR, SHOES HARDWARE, PAINT, OILS, ETC. lAClC1J1lUllC1 South China Z7-21g Palermo 8-31 Fulcrum, Maine ,W , , , W, ,, W -...i,.....l..?..i.,.,..,,7V V , . , .,,v,.. .. Y Parlf's Diner QUALITY A- SERVICE - CLEANLINESS 176 Main St. Waterville, Maine Tcl. 189 Waterville Hardware 6' Plumbing Co. PA1N'r AND ELECTRICAL suvmas Z0 MAIN STREET' TELEPHONE 4115 WATERVILLE MAINE . ..,h-vf. Y-, L-. ,..,,---. M...-...-1.- , Cmnplirmgms of CLASS OF 1950 Roy V. Grindle PLUMBING AND HEATING . TEL. Z5-2.3 SOUTH CHINA MAINE W. B. Bailey GENERAL MERCHANDISE TEL. 15-S CHINA, MAINE Buzlders Supply Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER LUMBER OF ALL KINDS QIOHNS MANVILLE PRODUCTS BENJAMIN MOORE'S PRODUCTS ARMSTRONG LINOLEUM, Tcl. 2961 I8 WA TER S l. HALLOWELL, ME. Turner cQ Hallowell, Inc. AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE AUTO--LITE COMPLETE MOTOR REBUILDINU UNITED MOTORS SERVICE PHONE: 827 87 BANGOR ST. AUGUSTA Q:U7llI7II.TTIL'VlIA nf CLASS OF 1949 -- HOUSEWARES IN OUR DOWNSTAIRS STORE -- MYERS I SINKS PUMPS G K TUBS AND V Augusta's Combinations PARTS Great Hardware Store PLUMBING SEEDS PITTSBURGH PAINTS A SUPPLIES - EVERYTHING FOR FARM -GARDEN-HOME ---- Compliments of Sears, Roebuck and Co. 199 WATER STREET AUGUSTA SERVING FOR FORTY-SIX YEARS D. W. Adams Co. STORES IN AUGUS TA HALLOWELL GARDINER WINTHROP Emollcd in the Thrifty Sawing Plan Mail and phone orders promptly flied f 0 S T E N ' S Since 1897 FINE CLASS RINGS. ANNOUNCEMENTS. AWARDS REPRESENTATIVE: G. R. BRUCE WALKER 19 MONTREAL ST. PORTLAND MAINE 1848 Augusta Savings Bank 1948 ESTABLISHED 1848 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE SAVE IN A SAVINGS BANK Banking lw mail Member Federal Deposit i7lSH7'll7lCC c,:O7'fJOTLlfIO7l THE STORE AHEAD HUSSEY HARD WARE CO. The Store of 50.000 Items When in need of HARDWARE Call Augusta 1727 or 1728 , Compliments of S . . Gifts Lionel L. T ardzfi' Picture Framing jeweler 250 Water Street 133 Main St. Waterville Augusta Dakin Sporting Goods Co. GUNS AND AMMUNITION CAMERA SUPPLIES REPAIRS ON BIKES GUNS GAS LANTERNS GAS STOVES, ETC. 25 CENTRAL ST. 67-69 TEMPLE ST. BANGGR, MAINE WATERVILLE, MAINE Augusta Lumber Co. THE IRFPARTMFNT STORE FDR BIIILI'5lNUH CTOAI EIIEII OILS AUGUSTA PI-IGNE ZISS MAINE SHOES AND RUBBERS for the whole family E' E' Smith Quality Shoe Store GROCIERIES GRAIN 234 WIITQTI' Street Augusta Mninc PARK Sz. POLLARD D' n 'D M'TD 'D ' FEEDS Compliments of The f. C. Penney Co. Augusta Maine Augusta Maine Compliments of j. B. Farrell Co. Leon S. Pratt, D.M.D. QUALITY - DENTIST MEN'S AND BOYS' Augusta Maine CLOTHIN G P--?'T -H-MPP Complimemts of FE. l ., ., . .S. We Give Thrifties Tou ouge Jr D D Office, 50 Main St. 237 Water St. Augusta Waterville Maine Parmenter Farms HA ,S Elmore grain products GAS ELOUR AND SHAVINGS POULTRY SUPPLIES GROCERIES CA PJINS Dealers in LIVE POULTRY AND EGGS Tel. 1936-4 Allgllsm Tel. South China I3-23 Macomber, Farr 62 Whitten INSURANCE KIND H WHERE AMOUNT DEPOSITORS TRUST COMPANY BUILDING AI IGUSTA TEL. was MAINE Berfyfs, Inc. Socony Filling Station ACCESSORIES SINCE Iooo TIRES BATTERIES SANITONE CLEANERS W. E. McWiIIiams, Dealer 155 WATER ST, AUGUSTA I Bangor St. Augusta Maine OUR PRICES MAKE OUR TERMS KEEP NEW FRIENDS OLD ERIENDS Augusta Furniture Co. OLDEST FURNITURE STORE IN AUGUSTA 107--113 WATER STREET AUGUSTA, MAINE Emery Brown Company DEPARTMENT STORE ALWAYS AIMINO TO QFFER STYLE AND QUALITY A LITTLE BETTER THAN USUAL WATERVILLE MAINE Puritan Restaurant Comlvlimenfs Of WE SPECIALIZE IN SEA FOOD AND Thurston Gilman SHORE DINNERS Gilman STEAKS AND CI-TOPS AT ALL TIMES OPTQMETRISTS Air Conditioned for Your Comfort 151 Main St. Waterville 148 Main St' Waterville BURPEES SEEDS GROW Cnmpzfmm of Harold Iflff Kimball Cn. Gallert Shoe Store AGENTS 'il Main Street l Phone ZS! Waterville Warm-ville Mmm We invite the Students and friends ol ERSKINE ACADEMY tu lwank with the Federal Trust Co. A FRIENDLY INSTITUTION Waterville, Maine ' Mmnlvm' Fcclcncl Deposit Iiisurmicv Cm'fmm'1lrim1 THOMAS BUSINESS COLLEGE OFFERING SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR MEN FOR WOMEN DIUNIOR EXECUTIVE TRAINING SECRETARIAL ACCOUNTING I TRAINING VETERANS COUNSELED FOR FULL INFORMATION WRITE OR CALL ies MAIN STREET WATERVILLE, MAINE TEL, 362ER L . , SternsDepartmentSt0re S Waterville and Slcowhegan H ,S SL M I C, The Sim for MEN and BOYS ART U'ffIZNffTAN S3128 'mm Waterville Maine DQ :!SLQiJji3FjM General Insurance ---f- Surety Bondsf'---Notary Public y The Weeks Agency William A. ami Eilua W. Weeks Tcl. So. China 3 22 Weeks Mills, Maine Compliments of Proctor 49 Bowie Co. HARDWARE AND LUMBER WATERVILLE, MAINE Tel. 4564-457 Compliments of A Furniture Tliat Makes Friends Infants and Children i Specialty Shop WE EURNISI-I HOMES 75 Temple St. Waterville Z1 Main St. Waterville W. S. Pillsbury 49 Son IOI-IN DEERE FARM EQUIPMENT DELAVAL MILKERS AND SEPARATORS EAIRBANKS WATER SYSTEMS WATERVILLE M AINE Money to Loan This Mutual Savings Bank always has money on hand to loan to those, worthy of credit, who may wish to lauy or build a I-Iome. PK ik ,if 7F Pk Inquire About Our Easy Payment Plan Waterville Savings Bank 182 MAIN STREET WATERVILLE, MAINE R0y'5 Taxi Compliments of Pl 'C 454W Richards jewelry Store C'omn1eruial Street 121 Main gfmm Augusta Maine Waterville C0mPlim6T'fS Of ONE GOOD SAW HORSE II-I. NOT KI ,K I ,ITE Barney's Lunch W C OR B HOT DOGS WORKS OOOIW Ol IR SPECIALTY Front Sr. Waterville Tel' Flatbush 44 Compliments of Dexter Drug Stores, Inc. N 1 118 MAIN STREET 1- C' Penney CO' WATERVILLE, ME. IREPARTMENT STORE Tel. 2095 Z CLINTON AVENUE Phone 1588 WINSLOW, ME. Waterville Maine Tel. 363 fflLll.llfl1Cf'3 cEMl'l1CCCf'I3 J cElLIIl'llflYDS MOUNT VERNON, MAINE Barred Rock Poultry Pure Bred Chester White Swine Pure Bred Guernsey SL Holstein Cattle Manager: George Rackleff Tel. Mt. Vernon Il-A-6 Catherine's Candy Shoppe Drop in and Svc l ls Wlren You Come to Town 186 WATER ST. TEL, 652-W AUGUSTA Gardiner Savings Institution GARIWTNFR, MAINF Incorporated lune 26, 1834 Safe Savings For Over A Century Cwmrvlimenfs of Sunny Acres Tea Room AIIen's Cash Market S- LI-GY PROP- ALFRFD E- A1-VPN LUNCI-IES f --Q- DINNERS CROCERIES --fe TCE CREAM Across from Colonial, Theatre Route 17 and 32 V50 Water Sr. Augusta Coopers Mills, Me. L. G. Balfour Company ATTLEBORQ MASSACHLISETTS Class Rings and Pins Commencement Invitations Diplomas --W Personal Cards Club insignia Memorial Plaques Representative: Donald B. Tupper Z lvie Road Cape Corrage, Maine For better grades I-Ind better sight, ,N A studenfs need is lots of light. 0153 For washing. knitting I HPAQ And baking pies, .T G Good lightis the thing to save Mom's eyes. gg I 6 'Q For working, bowling And reading the paper, Dad finds good light a real eye-saver CRecYdIL3 Klflowatt YDLIR ELECTRICAL EERVAFIY Har-co Wallpaper Stores, Inc. FINE WALLPAPERS AND PAINTS WINDOW SHADES '--- -SPORTING GOODS 323 WATER STREET AUGUSTA, MAINE Bernard E. Dow GARAGE ' OENERAL REPAIRINO EIECITTRICST GL ACYTELENE WELDING TEL. 28 5 SOI iTH CHINA WINDSORVILLE M N. Perlfzns Company AND UNIVERSITY CAP AND GOWN COMPANY BOSTON I MASSACHUSETTS julzet - Yvonne CLEANERS TeI. 1675 217 WATER STREET ' AUGUSTA, ME. TIRES SL BATTERIES REPAIRED Texaco Servzce cQ Garage Statzon BEN DODLGE, PRQP. Telephone 3 4 SOUTH CI-IINA MAINE FOR PI-IOTOGRAPI-IS OE DISTINCTION Vogue Studio 184 WATER STREET AUGUSTA, ME. WHEN IN AUGUSTA VISl'P THE State Restaurant STEAKS CI-IOPS SEAIJOI 315 M7 WATER STREET AUGUSTA, ME. George E. Frye WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Zbl WATER STREET AUGUSTA, ME. KILROY'S ARMY NAVY STORE 56 Temple St. Wate1'viIIe, Me. Tel. 1028 AI The Greatest Line of ARMY SL NAVY Goods in Maine Thurlow E. Crummett GENERAL STORE HARDWARE AND PAINTS TEL. 1872 NO. WI-IITEEIELD CJUlllfIII7VlC7ll.S uf Qzzfes Taszhass Goffege 263 WATER STREET Augusta, Maixlc Ijurzlpllrrxczlls uf A FRIEND Lincoln S. Reed HARDWARE GENERAL STORE DRY GOODS SEEDS DRUGS FERTILIZER SCHOOL SUPPLIES OAS AND OII OROCERIES MEATS ORAIN PUBLIC! GARAGE SOUTH CHINA, ME. TEL. 7 5 WEEKS LMILLS, ME. TEL. 11'-4 Spearen Brothers Agency Fm WETI-IERILL'S ATLAS PAINT SOUTH CHINA, MAINE Tel. 30--Z Mums oaoosiuss GRAIN ' st HARDWARE LAUNDRY SL DRY CLEANING 'BOATS GL MOTORS . . . For Rent Pick up service in con- nection with the Augusta Non Resident Steam Laundry Hunting SL Fishing Licenses Issued SUNDAY PAPERS PROMPT FREE Ar 8:50 Sunday Mornin Deliveries on all Orders upon request Films SL Developing Telephone or Come In SO. CHlNA'S OWN TAXI Z4 HOUR SERVICE e-- ANOTHER FIRST in the Fastest growing Little 'Town in Ameriti Kennebec Savings Bank A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK Organized 1870 The Class of 1948 Wishes to ,lnhilflk IYHE ADVERTISERS who have made this l'innaele possible, fiualleially OUR REWARD as Official Photographer for the Class of 1948 is in knowing that the Erskine Academy has received the finest in Photographic service and quality. IN YEARS TO COME we would enjoy working with the graduating class and vearhook staff as much as we have this vear NEXT YEAR iet vi- a I oi The Warren Kay Vantine Studio EN CORPORATED 132 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON. MASS- oflutographs cflutographs