Farmington High School - Laurel Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

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i' LAUREL 'A' work in church choirs and private study in music. OCT. 21 The annual Farmington - Wilton football game. Score - Q Censoredj. OCT. 31 During the month, Prin. Iohnson, Mr. Gould, Mrs. Bryant, and Miss Caldwell have planned a system whereby the students of our school will receive point or credit awards for participation in extra-curricular activities. Nov. 10 Mrs. Pearl has offered to coach girls' basket- ball this season. 46 girls have signed up and practises will commence soon for the initial game with lay. News reporters for the Franklin lournal F. H. S. column were chosen this week. These girls are to keep the townspeople posted on the doings at F. H. S.: Dorothy Comstock, Pauline O,Shaughnessey, lean Carter, lean Rob- inson, Elsie Currier, and Alice Skwara-Elsie Currier to he chief reporter. Nov. 11 Farmington ends its football season by win- ning its last two games. The Greyhounds edged Winthrop out 12-7 and swamped Kents Hill 45-0. Final standing-Wins 2, Losses 4, Tie I. Nov. 15 Are your fingers crossed? Rank cards, no, rank sheets, out for the first quarter of the new ranking schedule. What'd she say on yours? Aw, lemme see. Nov. 16 Parents Night. Mom and Dad note our im- 'provements and chat with the teachers. A pro- gram at the Community Center is topped off by the one-act play, H Elmer and the Lovebugfi starring Earl Goodspeed, Ruth Gile, Ioyce Streeter, and Marie Iohnson. Nov. 27 Corinne Hardy and Rachel Luce, both jun- iors, win the awards in the Nutrition Week projects-Corinne the best essay and Rachel the best poster. Nice going, girls. And right handsome fand healthfulj baskets of fruit. Nov. 28 Mrs. Erna Howard as faculty sponsor organ- izes the weekly Stamp and Bond Sales with Lawrence Brackley flater succeeded by Frank Kenneyj as general manager. Solicitors for the various classes are: freshmen-Elden Churchill and Beula Blanchardg sophomores-Maynard Towle and Herbert Wing, Marie Iohnson and Iohn Cutler, juniors-Richard Hodgkins and Ioyce Streeterg seniors-Barbara Ialbert and Alice Skwara. Ioyce Foss handles the ordering and checking. Sales for this first week get off to the start of 152054.70 DEC. l Some of our Commercial students have al- ready achieved awards in their work. For Complete Theory Certificate for knowl- edge of shorthand principles-Miriam Koh- tala, Pauline Phillips, Beverly Plaisted, Irene Paradis, VVilma Kyes, Ieannette Turner, Maurice Walker. For Order of Gregg Artists for shorthand penmanship-Dorothy Davis, Genella Moore, Pauline Phillips, Rachel Luce, Beverly Plaisted, Mavis Grant, Virginia Tardy, Maurice Walker. For Order of Artistic Typist: for accurate set- up of official Gregg test-Beverly Plaisted, Maurice Walker. Dae. 8 F. H. S. opens its basketball slate by winning at Livermore Falls 37-30. The team looks good and Coach Pearl looks forward to a champion- ship team. Miss Ruth Griffiths of the Normal School presents the orchestra and glee clubs a Distin- guished Service citation from the Music War Council of America. F. H. S. and W. G. Mal- lett School share honors as the first schools in the state and among the first five hundred in the nation to receive such an award. DEC. 11-15 All students, in order of classes, are invited by Mrs. Bryant to the library for Activity Peri- ods to hear the Old Carols of Christmas and Dickens' A Christmas Carol from RCA Victor recordings. Quite a Christmas-y week! Marie Iohnson, under Mrs. Webster's direction, decorated the boards with a border of Christ- mas bells and a Christmas scene.

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i' LAUREL 'A' DEC. 14 The Senior Class present as their annual play, Old Doc, the immortal story of the small town doctor, and thereby httingly dedicated to the late Charles, W. Bell, who was in reality the Franklin Old Doc of Farmington and County. Iohn Gagne plays the lead, with Mil- ton Henderson and Iune Taylor in the major supporting roles. Profit to the class, 35100.55 DEC. 15 At the Christmas assembly, the radio sketch given by the English 3-A class is just what we need for the cheery Christmas spirit. Dick Hodgkins is Old Santa, Christmas tree and all QThanks to Mr. Iohnson and Richard Lidstonej and Alan Keith and Yours truly finish off with Super Sudsf, Two weeks' vacation and Merry Christmas to all. IAN. 1 Here we are right in step with the little New Year. May he grow in stature beyond the Old One. The cafeteria reopens and hot lunches are again being served to a larger group than ever, approximately 40 students a day. Miss Skillin plans thenourishing menus enlarged this year to two dishes. Our Home Ee. girls prepare and serve the lunch with Mrs. Linnie Hawes at the helm. A sample menu for a week looks pretty good, eh? Monday-Scallop potato, fruit juice Tuesday - Vegetable casserole, carrots Wednesday-Corn chowder, raisin salad Thursday- Macaroni Sz tomatoes, fruit jello Friday-Vegetable soup, fruit juice IAN. ll The Home Ec. girls are the cynosure of all eyes today in their new dresses, wools for those who have had sewing before and silks or cotton for those beginning. Very good-looking were an American Beauty wool with white an- gora buttons, hand-made, a twopiece yellow wool, a two-piece navy skirt and jerking a black wool jumper with white ship motifs on the pockets. I IAN. 12 Five more cheer-leaders added to our troop :along with Iohn Bell, Frank Kenney and Curtis Berry. They are Eleanor Stevens, Ieanette Thompson, Anne Deering, Shirlie Richards, and Ioyce Streeter. And with Tournament Time coming two especially peppy new cheers: Victory Cry Victory! Victory! That's our cry! V -I-C-T-O-R-Y ! Will we win it? You're doggone right! Farmington! Farmington! Fight! Fight! Fight! Go Back Go hack! Go back! Go back to the woods! You haven't! You haven't! You havenit got the goods! You haven't got the rhythm! You haven't got the jazz! You haven't got the team that Farmington has! IAN. 13 The Seniors repeat their performance of Old Docv at the Forster Memorial Building at Strong on a 50-50 money basis. Net profit to class is 2525.00 Several voiced the opinion also that several of the cast did an even better job than in their initial appearance. The gift of the Class of 1944 arrives from the shop of our local carpenters and builders, the O. P. Stewarts. This is a long-awaited maga- zine rack for the library that will relieve the congestion of the former combination maga- zine-catalog shelf. It is good-looking, complete with name plate and a practicable addition to library equipment. IAN. Z3 The Greyhounds, after a previous win over their arch-rivals, the VVilton Eagles, go over to Wilton and defeat them again 38-35. This puts the Greyhounds leading contenders for the tournament as the Academy boys are the de- fending champions. IAN. 24 Approximately 30 high school students are at- tending a weekly dancing class conducted at the North Church by Miss Maloney of Port- land. These classes are held each Wednesday at 8:30 when ballet, ballroom and tap dancing are all taught. This opportunity is one long