Farmington High School - Laurel Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

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THE LAUREL 19 Free Air-Hunt. The Phantom Lover - Mace. Never the Twain Shall Meet-McCully and Sargent. The Reckless Lady-Merry. 'Dhe Normal Girl-Nickerson. The Mysterious Rider-Parker. Casey Ryan-Ryan. just a Musician -Russell. Broken Telephone Wires-Small. The Man Next Door-Taylor. Those Under Classmen-Taylor. Her Movie Star-YVeathern. A Lost Woman-VVeymouth. Seventeen - Whitney. Speed Cop-Whitney. A Reader of the Bible-Wright. O. Whitney, '3o. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS Heaven Journal ST. PETER, Editor ' tBy St. Whitney, special for Heaven Journalj Great excitement reigned here yesterday due to the fact tlhat St. Peter failed to ad- mit seven applicants for heaven. Due to lack of space I shall be unable to go into detail as to history and records of the ap- plicants and can only list their names and cause for failure of admittance. Adrie Barrows-Failure to translate French daily while in F. H. S. Lloyd Hunt-Failure to impress on the minds of the people that 'he had It . Ruth Weymoullhw-Failure to refrain from saying, ? remarks. james Mosher-Failure to interpret the grunt language to Prof. Diusmore while in F. H. S. Frances Weathern--Failure to keep words inclosed within two lips . Carolyn McCully-Failure to refrain from studying while in F. H. S. Dorothy Haines-Failure to replenish the supply of stationery used up dur- ing her -Senior year at F. H. S. St. Peter, although not allowing them -entrance, bade tlhem rest and refresh themselves in 'preparation for their long return journey. This they did, starting -back soon after mid-day. WHY SOME SENIORS WEAR GLASSES Carolyn McCully wears them in order to obtain A's! 'Olive Whitney wears them to get out of annual eye test!!! Last 'but not least, Gordon Bragg wears them to balance his head! fPlain case of necessityj PERSONALS OF THE CLASS OF 1930 IN 1945 Long-Distance Flight Results in Disaster! Long-distance flight made by Donald H. Averill from Temple to the VVright house from wlhere, alas, Frances had flown to the night club at Stanwood Park where she trips the light fantastic on the top of a tea table. Latest Discovery of Famous Scientists Clyde Taylor, the famous scientist, after years of experimentation, has just discov- ered a wonderful powder, which is said to cause anyone who uses it to grow up. It is not very likely that Mr. Taylor will spend the rest of his years a bachelor, if the powder produces the desired effect. Most Elaborate Double Wedding Ever Held! New York-At the residence of Mr. Hardy, owner of a chain of popular the- aters, on June 18, a double wedding was held, when Miss Florence Adams and Miss Norma Nickerson, both of Farming- ton, became the wives of Mr. Carroll Hines and Mr Milton Deane, respective- ly. Mrs. Hines is the only dauglh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Adams and Mrs. Dean is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Nickerson. Mr. Hines and Mr. Deane are both managers of N. Y. theaters. Friends wish tlhem a prosperous and happy life. QThey need it.j

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18 THE LAUREL ' SENIOR Do1NGs ! Adams, F.-Following the Films! Averill, D.-Getting used to staying in town. Barrows, A.-Dancing at V. I. S. Hall. Berry, R.-Patroling his beat-South Hall - I1Villows. Bragg, G.-Applying Slickum to his Holy Terrors . Bunnell, E.-Giving NVilton t'he once over . Callahan, J.-Designing humorous sketches. Cook, M.-Modernizing Bailey Hill . Deane, M. -Graining the old grey mare. Dunn, E.-Waiting for' week-ends to come. Flood, B.-Keeping H tabs on Junior Room. Frederick, D.- Teaming Lizzie . Gould, H.-Keeping her hair curled. Haines, D.-Writing letters to?!?!? Hodgkins, D.-Commuting from Farm- ington Falls. Hunt, L.-Getting over his affairs !! Mace, D.-Tinkering the old Dodge. MoCully, C.-Waiting for a hair cut!! Mosher, J.-Developing his vocal chords! ' Nickerson, N.-Trailing the Nor- mals ! ! ! A Parker, A.-Training for Public Speaking . Russell, V.-Week-ending at New Sharon. Ryan, D.-Clhewing his pencil. Small, E.-Dreaming of Maine School of Commerce. Taylor, C.-Escorting that certain Freshman . Weathern, F. - Talking! Talking! Talking! VVeymouth, R.-Trying to get in . VVhitney, O.-Thinking up Wise cracks . VVright, F.-Singing Oh Charlie, My Boy . O. Whitney, '3O. WISHES Ofh I Wish I had someone to do my Math. for me. -Helen Gould. E I had my 'history-work book up to date. - Donald F rederick. I had my graph made.-Leo Campbell. I was a Frenchman.-Certain French Students. School would close for a year.-Whole Student Body. I never had to Debate.-Juniors and Seniors. The recess bell would ring.-Any of us. The Second Period would be omitted.- Senior Latin Class. I could control my laughter.-Olive Whitney. Teacher Wouldn't call on me.- Monday Morning Student. My rank card was betterp it 's been sick so long.-Wihole lot of us. All my wishes would come true.-O. Whitney, '30. LIBRARY NOTES F OR many years our library at Farming- ton High has- been sadly neglected. But we are now the proud possessors of many new volumes, among which are the fol- lowing: Innocents Abroad-Adams and Hines. The Skyrider-Averill. We'll Dance the Nite Away-Barrows. Girls - Berry. Tarzan the Untamed- Bragg. Nervous Wreck-Bragg. Home Maker-Bunnell. The The The Slhort Stop- Callahan. The Flirt-Cook. The Valley of Silent Men-Deane and Mosher. The Silent Woman-Dunn. Strawberry Blonde-Flood. Keeping Up with Lizzie-Frederick. The Long Shadow'-Gould. The Cave Girl-Haines. A Princess of Mars-Hodgkins.

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20 THE LAUREL . Babe Ruth the Second! New York-Award of championship in Baseball won by Callahan, former famous star of Farmington High School. First Woman Broadcaster of Prize Fights! From Station WJZ the prize fight be- tween One-eyed Mace and Cock-eyed Frederi-ck was broadcast by Miss Evelyn Dunn. The fight was to determine the world championship. It continued twelve hours, at the end of which time both were rather winded. Another light will take place in the near future. Moran and Mack Revived! Famous comedians of lifteen years ago are revived by Mr. Lloyd S. Hunt and Mr. Raymond Berry. Tlhe critics report they are even better than their prede- cessors. Both men are very popular among the ladies and it is rumored that Mr. Hunt is soon to marry one of the sweethearts of his high school days. However, this will not leave Mr. Berry without companionship. Famous Entertainers ! The famous singer, Miss Maxine Cook, and the noted toe dancer, Frances Weathern, will stage an act in New York this coming Spring. It will be the main attraction of the New York theaters. Miss Weathern is married to the famous movie star, Buddy Rogers, but she uses her maiden name on the stage. Typing Record Broken! The world's typing record is now held by Miss Beryl Flood of Farmington. She typed 150 words a minute with no errors for two hours. Largest Producing Hen Farm! 'The largest producing hen farm is owned by Mrs. Edward Hopkins fMiss Vivian Russellj and Mrs. Donald Tracy fMiss Ernestine Smallj, of New Sharon., Although their husbands share in the work, the business is run almost entirely by Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Tracy. It pays to have a business education. New Actor Discovered! Hollywood is much excited over the discovery of the new actor, Mr. Gordon Bragg. He will play the part of a villain. 'Much success is assured him. This is prolbably due to his training in Farming- ton High School. Que thing is to be re- gretted thoughg he thas a double chin, something which he dreaded in his youth. National Dance Prize Won by Miss Adrie Barrows The National Dance Prize was won this year by Miss Adrie Barrows of Temple, Me. This is a great honor. She made tihe following statement to the re- porters: I credit the winning of this prize back to the dances at Temple, Me. The prize was a silver loving cup pre- sented by the owner of the famous Venetian Night Club of Chicago, Mr. Walter Sargent. Wanted: A Husband ! Am girl 32 years old, good looking and sensible, have no 'bad habits. Call at this oflice and -by paying for this ad. you can hear the rest of my dharms.--Dorothea Hodgkins. e' The Book of use Month! The best book of the month is The Mlan I Love by Miss Helen J. Gould. It is said to 'be one of her experiences. It is rumored that more books will follow after the many other experiences in her life. n New Authofs Song Very Popular! James MoshJer's new song 'hit, Say You Love Me, Sweetheart, is going over big. Anotiher one is on its way, She Said Yes, But Oh How She Lied. E