Farmington High School - Laurel Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1951 volume:

Wuton ii WILTUN, The Friendly , - x ' , .AQ H A Til CIUYQ 195 Pubiislaecl by ti-ie Laurel Board of Farmington High School Editor-in-chief . Photograph y Editor Alumni Editors . Literary Editor . .fl.v.fi.rtat1t . Busim's.f Managers Assistants . C lass Editors Scni or Iunior . . Soph om orc . F resh man . S ch ool Calendar Typisls . Assistant: Exchanger . . Faculty Advisor . Farmington, Maine THE LAUREL BOARD . . Ieanne Rounds Lillian Goding QPriscilla Edwards fDavid Ellis Marilyn Bergeron Glenda Lamkin Uoan Lcgcrc QRichard Marquis Qliarbara Crosby Qlilainc Robinson Estllcr Babb Peggy Iohnson Gearry Ranger Mary Anne Tarbox fSylvia Hodgkins fCharles Murray fDavicl Ferrari fMiriam Salo fMildred Welch flnez Sargent fl-Iazel Baud Avis Hopkins Nirs. lvfarion Bryant l l I' Scaled: Anna Lee-Languages 8: Math, Iola Perkins-Music, Marion Bryant-English ac Librarian, Th0ma5 Maynard-Principal Sa History, Margh Webste -Art, Rclla Sinnamon-English 8: Science. Mary Louise Roberts-Phy. Ed. Standing: Gcorgianna Wilson-Commercial, Gordon Anderson-Commercial, Howard Crozier-l'l1y. Ed., Richard Gould -Science ai Math, Walm- Rcccl-Ass't Principal 8: Guidance, Frank Hannaford-Industrial Arts, Lincoln Iohnson-Math ak Band, Leslie Whittcmore-English, Sncial Cafcteria i lnscott - Hume' Fr. 25: Dm matics, Thais Sruclics 61 Sen for Section Declica teal to Qur Classmates Pfc. Bernard Arden Davis Pfc. Roger Neil Parlin Pfc, Collis Willard Ames USMC God rest you, happy gentlemen, Who laid your good lives down, VVho took the khaki and the gun Instead of cap and gown. GUY ERNEST ALEXANDER, IR. Gyzcr Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: Industrial I can resist anything but temptation. Football l-2-3--l-- Co-Captain -l, Baseball I-2-5-el, Basketball I-2-3--l-Co-Captain 4, Fair Booth I-2-3--i, Senior Play -l, The Thing -l. Comment: Rugged, undisturbed .... unless you happen to arouse his temper. KEITH GRANT ALEXANDER Keithie Intended Vocation: Work at Home Course: Industrial A closed mouth catches no flies. Football l-2-3-4. Basketball I-2-3--l, Baseball l-2-3-el, Track 2-3--l, Vice President 3, Football Dance 4, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show, 3, Senior Play Ticket Committee 4. Comment: Reserved . . . . a lot of fun when you get to know him. KATHERYN MAXINE ALLEN Kathy Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: Home Economics Bc yourself-ape no grczrtizrss, Bc willing to pass for what you ure. Girls Choir 1, Mixed Choir 2, Fair Booth 4, Softball 3-4. Senior Play Make-up Committee 4, F.H.A. 1-4, Field Hockey 3, Basketball 4. Comment: A ready smile .... often a little late with a good excuse. JOHN FRANKLIN AYER, IR. lack Intended Vocation: Cook Course: General you want peace, the thing you've gut to du Is jus' to show you're up to fightin' tu. Farmington: Football l. Sullivan: Basketball 2-5, Baseball 2-3, Glee Club 2-5, Iunior Dance Committee 3. Farmington: Basketball 4, Track 4. Comment: Tall and personable .... We are all glad you returned to graduate with us. ESTHER MAY BABB Esse Intended Vocation: University of Maine Course: College Give to the wvrld the best that you have and the ' best will come back to you. New Sharon: Mixed Chorus 1-2, Basketball l-2, Softball I, Activities Club 1-2, Slmroniu 1, Student Council 1. Farmington: Mixed Choir 3--l, Art 2-3--lf Basketball -l, Field Hockey 5--l, Orchestra 3-4. Girls Glee Club 4, Laurel 3-4, Harker 5. Fair Booth 3--l. New England Music Festivals 5, G. A. A. 3, Senior Play Prompter -l, The Thing 4. Comment: Friendly, versatile. Where there's excitement you'll find Esther. HOLMES KEN TON BAILEY Pierre Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: College I Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Football 2, Basketball I-2-3-4 -Co-Captain -l, Baseball -I, Track 1-2-3-4, Winter Sports l-2-3-4 - Captain 4, Dramatics Club I, Cooking Club 1, Orchestra l-3-+I, Mixed Choir I-2-4, Fair Booth 1-2, New England Music Festivals I-3-4, Senior Play 4. Comment: A good history student . . . . always telling corny jokes. LOUIE EDWARD BARKER Lou Intended Vocation: Mechanic Course: Industrial The govd old times -all times when old are good. Basketball l, Baseball I, Track I, Winter Sports 1, Class Treasurer 1, Art I-2-3-4. Comment: Handsome .... a Fine fellow and a gifted art student. I-IAZEL MILDRED BAUD Intended Vocation: General Office XVork Course: Commercial loy's recollection is no longer joy, While memory is n sorrow still. Barker Typist 4, laurel Typist 4. Comment: Seldom heard from but her presence is always appreciated. FRANK EMERY BEAL, IR. Frankie Intended Vocation: Air Force Course: Industrial The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. Mixed Choir 1, Track I-2, Football 3-4, Art l'2-3--l. Comment: Frankie. could always get through -with a football. RICHARD VILES BEEDY Dick M Speedy Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: College ' It is all right to drink like u fish if you drink what a fill drinlgs. Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3, Vice President 2, Treasurer 3, Football I-2-3-4, Basketball 1-2-3-4, Track I-2-3-4, Baseball I-2-3-4, One-Act Play I, Senior Play -I, Fair Booth 4. Comment: Stubborn .... Will always be remembered for those 6 points in our last Wilton football g2ll11C. MARILYN IOYCE BERGERON Intended Vocation: Nurse Course: College Light another's candle, but don't put your own out. Freshmen Frolic Floor Show 1, Softball 1, Public Speaking Usher 3, Senior Play Usher 4, Class Treasurer 4, Office Girl 4, Laurel 4. Comment: Petite, a good French Student . . . . She and her companion, Anne. set our standards high. IEAN LAURICE BLACK Pipper Intended Vocation: Nurse Course: College Good, better, best: Never let it rest Until your good is better, And y0ul' better best. Dramatics Club 1, Art 1-2-3-4, Field Hockey 3, One-Act Play 3. Band -l, Senior Play 4, Band Concert Usher 3, Barker Staff 3, P.T.A. Radio Play 1, F.I-I.A. 2, Public Speaking 3. Comment: You never know what to expect from our actress of younger roles. GEORGIE HELEN COCHRAN George Intended Vocation: WACS Course: Commercial In summer, spring and also fall, I do not like to work at all. In winter as you may have guessed, My favorite indoor sport is rest. Farmington: Girls Glee Cluh 1. Mixed Choir 1, Art 1-2-344, Graduation Usher 2, Play Day at F.S.T.C. 1. Wilton Academy: F.H.A. 3, Gay Nineties 3, Mixed Choir 3. Comment: With hells on her toes she comes and she goes. FRED ALANDER COLE Intended Vocation: Machinist Course: Industrial What good is fun if you don't have it? Fair Booth 2-3-4, Senior Play Stage Committee -l, Campaign Manager for Class Elections and Carnival Queen 4. Comment: A poised and enthusiastic manager of two very successful campaigns .... we'll see you in politics. HELEN RUTH CONLEY Deceased, May 3, 1951 Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: Home Economics Everyone is bound to bear patiently the result of his own example. Camden: F. H. A. 1-2, Glee Club 1-2. Farmington: F. I-I. A. 3-4, Field Hockey-Assistant Manager 4, Basketball Manager 4, Art 2-3, Fair Booth 3. Comment: Helen, you surely were a help to the coach and girls in the sports you managed. GUY FRANK DAVIS Intended Vocation: Air Force Course: Industrial Battle is for those zlzafs smallf For the bigger they are the harder they fall. Comment: Cute . . . . usually can be found driving his green truck. CLARITA CONSTANCE DeWOLFE Clete Intended Vocation: Medical Secretary Course: College Home Economics Remember this, and also be persuaa'ed by its truth - the future is not in the hands of fate, but in our- selves. Girls Glee Club 1-2-3, Mixed Choir I-2-3, New England Festivals l-2. Orchestra 1-2, String Ensemble 1-2, New England Concert Festivals l-2. Fair Booth 2-3, Art 2. F.H.A. 3--l, Field Hockey 3, Softball Manager 3, Band 3--l, Senior Play 4. Comment: Boastful, true to Maine . . . . she can always find something to do. FRITZ ROBERT EDWARD EATON Bob Fritzy Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: Industrial Happiness is no laughing matter. Football l-2-3-4, Basketball 2-3-4, Baseball l-2-3--I, Track 1-2-3-4, Fair Booth 4. Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3, Student Council President -l, Senior Play 4. Comment: Big and jolly .... always slugging somebody, but what would we dn without him? PRISCILLA ARDIS EDWARDS Pris U Intended Vocation: Home Economics Course: College Make but few explanations. The character that cannot defend itself is not worzh vindicatin g. Cheerleader 2-3--I. Barker I-2-3, Laurel l-2-4, Dramatics Club I, Field Hockey -rl. Girls Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Mixed Choir I-2-3-4, Orchestra 1-Z-3-4, Senior Play 4, New England Music Festivals l-2-3, Parents Night Program I, New England Concert Festivals 3-4, Class Secretary 2. Magazine Contest l-2, Lyre Club 4, Freshmen Frolic Floor Show 1, D.A.R. Candidate 4. Comment: Mischievous, friendly .... with her interests often turning to Mt. Katahdin. DAVID ROBBINS ELLIS U Dave Intended Vocation: F.S.T.C. Course: College lt isn't by size that you win or fail- Be the best of whatever you can. Football 1-2-3-4, Basketball I-2-3-4. Baseball l-2-3--I, Track I-2-3-4, Winter Sports 2-3-4. One- Act Play 2, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3. Senior Play -l, Fair Booth -i, l.rlm'el -l. Class President 1-2-3-4. Comment: Capable, amiable, neat .... no wonder he was president for four years. RUBY IO LANGEN Katrillkzl Intended Vocation: F.S.T.C. Course: College Ah-nous nc sommes plus d'enfanls. f We are no longer children Q Art 1-2-3, F.H.A. 1-2, Mixed Choir 3, Field Hockey 3, Drum Majorettc 4. Ofhce Girl 4, Student Librarian 3-4, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 5, Fair Booth I-2-3-4. Gen. Chairman The Thing 4. Comment: Exrcitable . . . . A friend to everyone. Your parties were swell, Ruby. IOAN CYNTHIA LEGERE I0 lody ll Intended Vocation: Nurse Course: College It is better to be courted and jilted Than never courted at all. Orchestra 1-2, Girls Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Mixed Choir 2-3-4, One-Act Play 1, Ticket Chairman 2, Laurel Board Business Staff 3-4, Public Speaking 3, Spear Contest 3, Girls State 3, Fair Booth 1-2-3-4, Phy. Ed. Exhibition 1, New England Music Festivals l-2, Senior Play 4, Class Trip Club Leader 4, D.A.R. 4, The Thing 4. Comment: Efficient . . . . Ioan is always collecting money for someone or something. CECIL WALDO LIBBY Cec Intended Vocation: Farming Course: Industrial Somewhere, somehow there is a way. Football 1-2-3, Basketball I-2-3-4, Track 1-2-3-4, Fair Booth I-2-3-4, The Thing 4. Comment: Cecil enjoys himself wherever hc happens to be. IOSEPH ADDISON LINSCOTT Ioe Intended Vocation: Air Force Course: College Better to be happy than brilliant. Football 1-2-3-4, Basketball 1-2-3, Football Dance Committee 4. Comment: Man of few words .... a great liking for the out-of-doors. ELEANOR IUNE LOVELL Betty Ellie Intended Vocation: Modeling School Course: General Friendship that flames goes out in a flash. Madison: Mixed Choir l. Farmington: Art 2, Usherette at Senior Play 3, Fair Booth 3-4, F.l-I.A. 3-4, Senior Play 4. Comment: Boisterous . . . . always headed for somewhere in a hurry. RICHARD ROGER MARQUIS Dick Mark Intended Vocation: Maker of Orthopedic Appliances Course: Industrial Thinlq much, speak littlcu write less. Football Manager 2-3-4, Baseball Manager 1, Laurel Business Staff Manager 3--l, Sadie Hawkins Dance General Chairman 3, Student Council 2-5-4. Comment: Businesslike . . . . a sports enthusiast whose capable management was an asset to any ICZIITL MYRON RONALD MOORE Mike Intended Vocation: Air Force Course: Industrial Love and a cough cannot be hid. Comment: jovial in a quiet way .... full of fun when you get to know him. ELIZABETH LOUISE MOSHER Liz Intended Vocation: Teacher Course: College What I must do is all than concerns me, not what other people zhinkg I have a mind of my own. General Chairman Freshmen Frolic 1, Class Secretary l, One-Act Play I-3, Student Council 2, Fair Booth 1-2-3. Girls Glee Club l-2-3-4, Mixed Choir 1-2-3-4, Orchestra I-2-3-4, String Ensemble l-2-3, New England Music Festivals 1-23--I, Concert Festivals 1-2-3, Field Hockey Manager 4. Comment: Practical .... a good worker when she gets interested in something. RAMONA ARQLENE NEWELL Monie Blondie I' Intended Vocation: Beautician Course: Commerical You must be content sometimes with rough roads. Girls Glee Club I, Freshmen Frolic Floor Show 1, Fair Booth 3-4, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3, Cheerleader 3-4. Senior Play Make-up Committee -I, Art 1-5--I, Barker Staff 2, Tag Day Com- mittee 4, F.I-LA. -I, Football Banquet Committee 4. Comment: Cheery .... Shes not as quiet as she sometimes seems. DAVID AUSTIN PATRIQUIN Dave Intended Vocation: Business College Course: Industrial Never learn to-day what you can forget lonzorrow. Football 4, Track 1-4, Inter-class Basketball 2-3--I, Mixed Choir'3, Stage Manager Senior Play 4, Fair Booth 2-3, Baseball el. Comment: Happy-go-lucky . . . . too bad he waited until his senior year to join the Greyhounds on the gridiron. RICHARD BENIAMIN PAUL Dick Intended Vocation: Army Course: General Hard wood makes a hot fire. Comment: A man of many interests .... the least of these is school. BASIL LIONEL POWERS Baazil Intended Vocation: Undecided Course: Industrial Be slow in choosing zz frivndp slower in changing. Comment: Nothing much bothers Basil . . . . usually driving his Cheve' LILLIAN IDA RACKLIFF Lil Lily Intended Vocation: Armed Services Course: General In the life of a young man the most essential thing is the gift of friendship. New Sharon: Mixed Choir 1. Farmington: Usher at One-Act Plays 2-3, Fair Booth 4. Comment: Always happy .... her friendly personality has made her many loyal friends. RICHARD HENRY RACKLIFFE Dick 'l Intended Vocation: Physical Education Instructor Course: General W in without boasting and lose without excuse. Basketball l-2-3-4, Track I-2-3--l. Comment: A relentless pole-vaultcr .... you should go far in your chosen work. IEANNE ALBERTA ROUNDS Ieannie Intended Vocation: F.S.T.C. Course: College The elevator to success is usually Cl'0ll'dC'df Try the stairs. Girls Glee Club 1-2-4, Mixed Choir l-2-3-4, Orchestra l-2-3-4, Barker 2-3, Laurel Editor-in-chief 4, Student Council 4, Dramatics Club 1, Girls State 3, Freshman Frolic Floor Show I, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3, New England Music Festivals I-2-3-el, Senior Play 4, Parents Night Program I, General Chairman Sophomore Vic Dance 2. Comment: Intellectual, talkative .... a horn leader and capahlc editor of thc Laurel. RITA MARY GLORIA ROUX Muscles Intended Vocation: Beautician Course: Home Economics And though she be but little, she is fierce. Cheerleading 2-3-4, Basketball 2-3--l, Softball 2-3--l, Field Hockey 3, One-Act Play 1, Freshmen Frolic Floor Show 1, Sadie Hawkins Floor Show 3, Winter Carnival 2-3, Art I-2-3--l, Mixed Choir 2-3, Girls Glee Club l-2-3, Orchestra 1-2-3-4, String Ensemble I-2-3, New England Festivals I-2-3--1, Barker Stall 3. Comment: Our able concert mistress in Orchestra .... always ready for a good time. MIRIAM BERTHA SALO Intended Vocation: Office Work Course: Commerical Each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass, A bvolq of rulesg And each must make, 'Ere life is flown, A stumbling-bloclg Or a stepping-stone. Art 4, Senior Play Program Committee -l, Barker Typist -l, Secretary to Librarian 4. Comment: Pretty, stutlious .... true to the stantlartls Temple has set. INEZ ELIZABETH SARGENT Skeezix Intended Vocation: Secretary Course: Commercial The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. Girls Glce Club 1-2-3--l, Mixed Choir 2-4, Orchestra 1-2-3-4, Barker Typist 4, String Ensemble l-2-3, Girls State Alternate 3, Lyre Club -l, New England Festivals l-2-3--l. Sadie Hawkins Dance Committee 3, Senior Play Program Committee 4. Comment: Sweet and silent, until she gets into a musical organization. PEARL SWAYZIE SMITH Smith Intended Vocation: Nurse Course: College In thy face I see the map of honor, truth, and loyalty. Art I-3--l, Senior Play Usher -l. Comment: Quiet, conscientious .... Pearl, your untiring eflort to do better was an example to all of us. DONNA PATRICIA SOMMERS Blondie Sommers Intended Vocation: Artist-Housewife Course: Home Economics I shall laugh myself to death. Cheerleading l-2-3-4, Basketball 2-3-4, Softball 2-3--I, Field Hockey 3-4, Class Campaign Manager 4, Sadie Hawkins Dance-General Chairman and Floor Show 3, Chairman of Iunior Dance 3, F.H.A. 4, Winter Carnival 2-3, Art 1-2-3-4. Comment: Vivacious .... Her Farmington loyalties sometimes stray, hut a megaphone will always bring them hack. ANNE IOYCE STAPLES Intended Vocation: Nurse Course: College The w0rld belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool. Softball l, Barker 2, Public Speaking 3, Art 4, Senior Play Usher -l. Freshmen Frolic Floor Show l. Comment: She has well upheld '1'emple's tradition of producing the more scholastic portion of the class. PAUL RICHARD STEVENS Mo Intended Vocation: Army Course: Industrial It is well to moor your bark with two anchors. Comment: Easy-going . . . . a real pal to the friends that know him. DENNIS CUTHBERT STRAW Dennie Intended Vocation: Armed Services Course: General Friends are like fiddlestrings, They must not be screwed t0o tight. Baseball 1, Basketball 1-2-3, Football 2. Comment: Good-looking .... Dennie has made many fast friends during his four years at F.H.S. GEORGE RAYMOND SWAIN Intended Vocation: Marine Corps Course: College Few of us truly appreciate good health until we are dcpriffed of it. Football l-2-5-4, Basketball l-2-3-el, Baseball I-2-3-4, Vice President l, Football Dance Ticket Committee 4. - Comment: The Marines are missing a grand guy. The Class of '51 appreciates his presence. DWIGHT ARNOLD TUTTLE Blossom Intended Vocation: Armed Service Course: General The wildest c0lts make the best horses. Basketball l-2, Track 3-fl. Comment: Lackadaisical in his school work but great lun in any outside activity. LAWRENCE EDGAR VIOLET Larry Fickle Intended Vocation: F .S.T.C. Course: College Hang not all your bells on one horse. Art I-2, Fair Booth 1-2-3-4, Football 2-4, Baseball 4, Basketball 2, Senior Play 4, One-Act Play -l, Sadie Hawkins Dance Floor Show 3, Mixed Choir l-2-3, Orchestra 4, Football Dance Decoration Chairman 4, Candidate for President 4, New England Music Festival 4. Comment: Loud but likeable . . . . The class good humor man until he gets in a mood. WALLACE RAYMOND WATSON Intended Vocation: Mechanic Course: Industrial A good worlqman is known by his w0rlQ. Basketball 1-3-4, Football 1, Baseball I-3-4, 'Track 3-4. Comment: Calm, easy-going . . . . has the girls swooning over his deep voice. MILDRED SADIE WELCH Millie Slim l' Intended Vocation: Secretary Course: Commerical God giveth speech to all, song to the few. Basketball 2-3-4, Softball 3-4, Field Hockey 3-4, Graduation Usher 2, Barker Typist 4, Laurel Typist 4, Girls Glee Club l-3-4, Mixed Choir l-3-4, Play Day at F.S.T.C. 4. Comment: Our feminine athlete . . . . Millie's loads of fun but watch that temper BARBARA ANNE VVHEELER Barb Barby I, Intended Vocation: Nurse - Course: College If I can't do great things, I can do small things in a great way. Orchestra I-2-3-4, Mixed Choir 2-3-4, New England Music Festivals l-2-5-4, Basketball - assistant manager 2 -manager 3, Softball --assistant manager 2-manager 4, Fair Booth 3, Film Dance Committee 3, Senior Play Ticket Committee 4. Comment: Good disposition .... You'll find Barb where the fun is and in the middle of the group. GLENWOOD SCOTT VVHITE Whity Gleny Intended Vocation: Farming Course: Industrial The soul without imagination is what an ob.vert'atory w0uld be without a telesrope. Baseball 1-2-4, Track 4, Basketball 3, Art 3-4. Comment: Prankish .... Always sccn on his way from the home room to the shop. H ILDA ELLEN WI-IITN Intended Vocation: Home Economics Teacher Course: A friend that you have to buy won't he worth what you pay for him, no matter what that may be. Girls Glee Club 1-4, Mixed Choir I-3-4, F.H.A. 4, Play Day at F.S.T.C. Manager Girls Basketball 3, Senior Play Make-up Committee 4, Graduation Usher 2. Comment: Tall . . . . always does what she does well and accurately. LEON E. WYMAN Intended Vocation: A. E. Mechanic Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. Fair Booth I-2, Art 3-+I. Comment: Iovial, impish . . . . with much skill as a poster-maker and a great dislike for women. RICHARD BRYCE YORK Intended Vocation: Air Force There is light enough for those who wish to see, And darkness enough for those of the opposite disposition. Lewiston: Glee Club 1-2, Basketball l, Minstrel Show 2. Monmouth Academy: Class President 3, Dance Committee 3-4, Basketball 4, F.F.A. 4, Glee Club 4, Pinafore 4. Farmington: Class Vice President 4, Senior Play Committee -1, The Thing 4. Comment: You came late but you made friends quickly enough to make up for it. CLASS OFFICERS AND STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS Freshman Year President D. Ellis I-'ice President G. Swain Secretary E. Mosher Treasurer L. Barker Student Council R. Marquis Sophomore Year President D. Ellis Vice President R. Beedy Secretary P. Edwards Treasurer A. Frary Student Council R. Marquis E. Mosher Iunior Year President D. Ellis I ice President K. Alexander Iohnny Home Economies 1, Art 3, Assistant Cl 39 Course: Industrial KK 3, Course: General l Secretary L. Goding Treasurer R. Beedy Student Council R. Marquis R. Parlin B. Davis Senior Year President D. Ellis Vice President R. York Secretary l L. Goding Treasurer M. Bergeron Student Council I. Rounds R. Marquis R. Eaton K. Bailey Class Insginia Class Flower ..................,. American Beauty Rose Class Colors ...,.. ..................... P urple and Gold Class Motto .......... Climb though the rocks be ruggedf' The LAUREL U ncfercfasses CLASS OFFICERS Seated: I.. Rctllcvski '54 secretary, ll. Davis '54 president. I. Morrill '53 secretary, D. Luce '53 president, D. Ferrari '52 president, H. Bosworth '52 secretary. Standing: I. Howatt '54 vice president. I. Fortier '54 treasurer, ID. Butler '53 treasurer, R. Dyer '53 vice president, A, Smith '52 vice president, G. Lamkin '52 treasurer. Name Leita Lovell Arthur Mitchell lohn Hodgkins Velora Harris Harriet Sturtevant Roberta Porter Verna Luce A Day at the Fair CLASS OF 1952 Attraction Heroes of the High Trapeze. Yodeling - V audvillc Act Swimmer's Paradise -- a tank 15 ft. long and 10 ft. deep. Vaudeville Blues singer. Mary Marvel in person. 18 Comment The Artistocrats of the circus. An excellent singer of hill- billy ballads Our second Esther Williams. Roberta played the Iuniors thru The Thing . Good addition to F.I-LS. Sports. ' The LAUREL Name Ieanette Waite Glenda Lamkin Blaine Robinson Iudy Flint Iudy Lincoln Merle Smith Alan Smith Betty Hawes Carroll Lesperance Arthur Lambert Pat Iones Betty Metcalf David Bosworth Kenneth Wagner Charlie Murray Lauris Bailey Vernon Hodgkins Fred Pillsbury Claire Greenlaw Barbara Crosby Deanie Folger Donald Turner George Pillsbury Phillip Hobbs Wayne Mowatt David Ferrari Sylvia Hodgkins Avis Hopkins Hazel Bosworth Freda Farrington Fancena Osborne Glennis Haley Carolee Stewart Attraction In charge of Arts and Crafts booth in Exhibition Hall. Queen of the Spangled Troupe. Vaudeville - Charleston Art- ists. Horse Show Ring-Ticket Seller. Smith Brothers Daily Boxing Match. Featured Vocalist attraction under the Arcs. Daring Motor Drome Act Death Dodgers in person. The darlings of the show- the Clowns. The grand climax with the Big Cats H-the Lion Tamer! Star of the Ice-capades. Our Star Equestrienne Popcorn Vendor. At the race track passing out religious pamphlets to evil doers. Darkie Trumpeteers. Siamese Twins. Head Waitress at Congrega- tionalist Booth. French Fried Specialty Stand. A mistress of ceremonies. 19 Comment Thanks for all the posters. Excellent example of our all- around girl. You should have been born 30 years ago. Congratulations on your horse picture in the Exhibition Hall. You guys should try fighting Ioe Louis and Ezzard Charles. What will the soprano section do when the Iuniors walk away with Betty? Careful everyone! Are you insured? Drive carefully, folks. lt's nice to know a fellow with a swell sense of humor. Thar ain't no sense in gettin' riled. Our second Sonja Henie. Pleasant - high spirited - a skillful horsewoman. And can he yell! A great help to the Student Council. Do what you think is right regardless of the other fellow. Slow it down a little, suhs! A good thing- friendship. One with grace and depend- ability. A help in the High School Booth. Always ready with a good joke or laugh. The LAUREL Name Dianne Soulc Kenneth Churchill Goldena Thomas Loraine Nies Rachel Stevens Ioyce Wright Doris Conley Elizabeth Robbins Mary Collins Ted Bradley Albion Tracy NValter Webber Peggy Iohnson Name Akerley, Arnold Allen, Herbert Andrews, Marjorie Besaw, Ioseph Butler, Diane Butterfield, Margaret Conley, Arthur Cook, Lawrence Craig, Alice Cyr, Loretta Deroche, Donald Dingley, Sally Dunn, Phyllis Dyer, Roderick Ellis, Larry Givens, Constance Coding, Robert Goodwin, Stewart Gray, Dorothy Hall, Robert Hardy, Marilyn Harris, Nora Hinckley, Louise Attraction Fortune Teller. Guess Your Weight Specialty. Chief Messenger for Fair As- sociation. Behind the Scenes Custodians of the circus ward- robe. Majestic Lunch Harness repair men at track barns. Executive job in the Big Tent . Queen of the Balancing Art- ists. Comment Tops in school-a good stu- dent of human nature. A whizz in math. Goldie's always dashing around. Our future clothes designers. Come right this way for quick, service. Wit, willingness and work- manship. lt's better to be seen and not heard. Do you use gum to hold that glass? A Day at the Zoo Species Gorilla Deer Camel Iaguar Eagle Weasel Wild Goose Boa Constrictor Wild Sheep Panther Stork APC Wild Goat Moose Monkey Muskrat Baboon Rhinoceros Rattlesnake Kangaroo Bat Porpoise Flamingo CLASS OF 1953 Comment Able-bodied. Takes care of himself. Quiet, watchful but fast to move. Always doing for the good of others. Quiet, but when he opens his mouth, quite a roar! Smart, stately, willing to go places. In some cases disrupting, but helpful in others. Reliable. Usually on time when migrating. Quick to grasp anything. Gentle voice but frolics now and then. Hardest cat to tame. Not confident enough to put other foot down. Tame and gentle, but terrible if riled . Sure-footed and likely to go places. Tall, moody, but hard to get down. Small, agile, and trained, nice to have around. Cunning, but easy to get with right methods. Strong in both body and mind. Fearless and gets his stomach full if possible. Nice to look at, but watch your step. Free transportation for the first that hop in. Sensitive and Hifrjts around after dark. Always found with the same school . Only when stirred up does she come out of hiding. 20 The LAUREL 0 Name Species Comment Huart, Richard Owl A wise, old guy in everything. Hutchins, Constance Walrus What cold glances except on bright days! Jackson, Marion Wolverine Beware of those sharp, white teeth if you get too close. Kershner, Kathleen Zebra Sleek. Could easily start a stampede. Lambert, lane Wolf Likes to prowl and howl at night. Libby, Doris Hippopotamus Has a lot of weight to throw around and if provoked, might do so. Linscott, Willard Fox Bold and proud of being fast and wise. Lovell, Natalie Parrot Talks considerably and curses once in a while. Luce, Barbara Alligator Slow and in most instances, harmless. Luce, David Antelope Graceful and easy going. Magno, Raymond Loon At certain times lets out an echoing yell. Merchant, Nadine Dove Likes to bill and coo with her own kind. Merrill, Arlene Whale Calm and pleasant one moment, blowing her top the next. Metevier, Malcolm Chimpanzee Skillful with his hands. Morrill, Ianct Laughing Hyena Laughs whether in reason or not. Nies, Eleanor Cheetah Only cat that can't withdraw her claws. Niemi, Aster Boar When with own herd, is ferocious, but alone? Orcutt, Francis Opossum Deceptive. A very good actor. Osborne, Helen Ground Hog Comes out of hiding only on sunny days. Pond, Doris Hen Hawk Constantly watching for her prey. Porter, Lloyd Cougar Likes to hunt ffor girlsj but being hunted? Poulin, Simonne Tiger Twins. Poulin, Yvonne Leopard Similar, but the first has stripes, the second spots. Rand, Cecilia Tortoise Slow, but almost always sure. Ranger, Gearry Bear Moderate, but if necessary, as quick as the rest. Richard, Arlene Crocodile Slim and beady eyed. If teased, will snap your head off. Richards, lohn Armadillo Hard on the outside, but soft at heart. Schanck, Thelma Beaver Lives in an out-of-the-way place, but is important. Small, Alden Lion Loud of voice, but fairly gentle with females. Smith, Leonard Coyote Is being trained by the fox and should be ready when the time comes. Stevens, Carolyn Ostrich Quiet and quite bashful. Stewart, Roy Rabbit Not talkative, but hops to it when needed. Taylor, Gayle Porcupine Because of her coat one should watch one's step. Tracy, laqueline Otter Useful and helpful in doing good. Tyler, Arthur Giraffe Tall in stature and quite silent. VVatson, Donald Raccoon Sleeps during day, has fun during evening. VVebber, Peter Skunk Like Iimmy H, commands respect. Welch, Arthur-erm Seal With a little more training she will handle a ball quite well. White, Arlo Elephant Makes loud bellow if victorious. A good memory. Whittier, Paul Buffalo Can stand on his own feet unless something bowls him over. NVithey, Betty Gazelle Graceful and silent-moving. 21 The LAUREL Name loyce Adams Wilfred Atwell Roger Bachelder Ianice Besaw lohn Brownrigg Malcolm Butterfield Minnie Butterfield Muriel Cochran Shirley Cook Irene Cushman Edgar Davis Harold Drake Iames Dyar joseph Fish lane Fortier Kenneth French Philip Gagne Howard Greene Fernand Grimard Lois Guest Carolyn Hackett Donald Haney Sheridan Hargraves Charles Harris Catherine Hiscock Elaine Hoar Ioyce Hobbs Benjamin Howatt Iudith Howatt Myrtle Hoyt Harry Keach Ioanne Kearney Terrence Keef Barbara Kent NVendall Kolreg Elizabeth LaBree Elizabeth Ladd Roger Ladd Lewie Manter Ross McCormick Autice Moore Elizabeth Osborne Quinn Parker Lawrence Parent A Day with Fate CLASS OF 1954 Sign Pisces Libra Leo Gemini Scorpio Aquarius Aquarius Scorpio Pisces Gemini Scorpio Scorpio Scorpio Cancer Aquarius Aries Leo Virgo Aries Sagittarius Leo Aquarius Gemini Gemini Scorpio Leo Virgo Virgo Aquarius Aries Leo Cancer Aries Gemini Scorpio Gemini Scorpio Leo Taurus Scorpio Taurus Libra Capricornus Leo Z2 Comment F icklc Gifted Faithful Generous Loves praise lndolent Pleasing Polite Changeable Would make an excellent teacher Self-controlled Enjoys Hattery Patient Strong determination Usually calm Executive ability Dignilied Active Stubborn Fond of children Enthusiastic Undisturbed Happy Lively Practical Truthful Proud Afiectionate Fond of Aquatic Sports A leader Noble Ambitious Obstinate and independent Dual personality Valiant Unselfish Sensible Brave Fearless Courageous Emotional Gifted Slow Quickly prejudiced The LAUREL Name Sign Comment Brenda Perry Taurus Dangerous Robert Pond Libra Peace loving Gloria Porter Leo Courteous Donald Rackliff Taurus Strong-minded Beverly Robbins Sagittarius Quick Regina Robbins Aquarius Quiet Ronald Robbins Aquarius Seldom illtempered Fred Pratt Aquarius Restless Irene Richards Pisces Trustworthy Lola Redlcvske Pisces Pure of mind Alton Redlevske Capricornus Hard worker Raymond Seavey Libra Dislikes hard work Roger Smith Leo Sympathetic Iudith Soule Scorpio Ambitious Iudith Straw Cancer Fickle in love Mary Anne Tarbox Cancer Fond of travel Marianne Tardy Taurus Gentle Philip Tracy Aries A thinker, a builder of air castles Ianette Walker Aquarius Agreeable Michael Walsh Gemini Skilled with hands Dwight Webber Aries Energetic Raymond Webber Capricornus Careful Gloria Welch Leo Zealoiis Ioyce Welch Capricornus Economical Elnora Wetmore Saggitarius Honest Edith Weymouth Libra Careldss in money matters Donald Whitney Pisces Easilyfled Gail Westcott Saggitarius Impulsive 1 CLASS OFFICERS AND IN SIGNIA CLASS OF 1952 Treasurer D. Butler President D. Ferrari Student Council L. Ellis Vice President A. Smith I. Besaw Secretary H. Bosworth u T,.C,mu,.c,,. G. Lamkin Class Flower .,........... ....,,,....,........,.... C arnation Smdem Council D. Turner Class Colors ...................,........ Fuchsia and Gold N' Folger Class Motto ...... Less than our best is failure. C' Mu f'Y CLASS OF 1954 Class Flower ., ........,... American Beauty Rose President E. Davis Class Colors ......................,......... Green and Silver Vice President I. Howatt Class Motto ........ He who kills time murders Secretary L. Redlevske opportunity. Treasurer I. Fortier CLASS OF 1953 Student Council T. Keef Presidcwt D. Luce Class Flower ...... ......,..,.....,.......... B lack Orchid Vice President R. Dyer Class Colors .......................,........ Black and Gold Secretary I. Morrill Class Motto . .........., You can't u ndo what's done. 0- - -The LAUREL o School Calendar April, 1950 - March, 1951 A-P-R-I-L The Sophomore Varsiteers 2 won the noon Basketball Tournament, defeating the Freshmen Greyhounds 12 - ll. The Seniors netted 1575 from their class play Clarence. F.H.S. rated very good 3 in the Franklin County One-Act Play Contest, presenting Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers . The cast included A. Small, F. Orcutt, I. Black, H. Sturtevant, and E. Mosher. The Mixed Choir gave an 5 Easter Concert Benefit for the State Festival. A violin solo was given by E. Mosher, a saxophone by D. Watson, a vocal by P. Webber, and a vocal duet by l. Sargent and R. Porter. Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers 7 was presented in the pre- liminaries of the State One-Act Play Contest at Cony High School Augusta. Square dancing is still a popular noon activity. Mr. Reed accompanied A. 8 Staples, A. Mitchell, C. Brinkman and I. Rand to the Student Legislature at Augusta. The Home Ec. girls served a buffet supper to the county One-Act Plays contestants. Mr. Gould held an intra- 9 mural indoor track meet at the Community Build- ing: Iuniors lst, Seniors 2nd, Sophomores 3rd, and Fresh- men 4th. B. Hawes and P. Edwards sang for a local Philathea pro- gram. At the Public Speaking In Contest I. Legere and D. Butler won the highest honors. Others were E. Vin- ing, S. Dingley, N. Folger, A. Staples, l. Foster and A. Mit- chell. F. H. S. Instrumental Trio played-R. Roux, l. Sargent, R. Porter. The students attending I2 the New England Music Festival at West Spring- Held, Mass. were E. Mosher, B. Wheeler, M. Stinchiield, I. Redlevske, G. Sayward, P. Edwards, E. Vining, E. Hamil- ton and B. Hawes. D. Butler spoke at the 13 Franklin County Public Speaking Contest at Strong and received second prize. School closes tomorrow one week for spring vacation. 20 seniors and Mr. and I5 Mrs. Hannaford started on their trip to N. Y., NVashington, and Shenandoah Caverns. 30 girls reported to Miss Sinnamon for the Hrst softball practice of the season. Mr. Roger Kwam, a IB Greenville, Ohio high school graduate, spoke to the students on World Peace and his experiences in Europe and Asia. E. Keith and G. Sayward won awards in the State Poetry Fellowship Contest for high schools. Capt. Iames Colletta spoke an in assembly on Behind the Enemy Lines. 7 sophomores enjoyed roller skating and bowling last night at Skowhegan. 24 Q- mn! N 4' N . N su, fbfif. - ' 1 .5 .- . -' f . E 'rf' - X ' K if 1 , :W '. , Lf' 3 , YL - fs' K 1 1 , l NT5uf5Qs6+?NMg3:nL Z -1, 5 X X f Q if Q ' W ki ,i A-aff! is-3a a4efi gfgigsgp- 'rfmliiffi A - Muni: fafzkk , if ,pen Q?5Q5pNAf ffmxxfkz ,QW S. R :fu-iv-v X ik wa Ne hiv 'Z x.,. .- M1 4 ' , in x W S '51 ff 1 . 4, 7332? Q , 34 i W ' , i f, f fisvixe. . Nx- if Ka. K , f.. ,ff wi 1 ., , ,,,,,v M . A , -' has :I-1-mu Q r Q A .Qs K 4 L - , .W N, , . 1 M, H gf sf if- .:ff -1 if 'L Q2-ISSN wma: 15: . Q.-3: i xx M -- ' EWR M1 f A The LAUREL M-A-Y Gould's cindermen open- The Festival beneHt fca-l George Chapman, F.1-1.5. 3 ed the season today with a 755-2-412 win over the Panthers of Waterville High School. IU tured Les Belles Chan- teusesg vocal solos by I.l Hosfelt, B. Hawes, and P. Ed- wards, and instrumental solos by I. Redlevski, cello, R. Roux, violin, and A. Small, clarinet. Mrs. Bryant was reader. 12 alumnus, was guest soloist at our Band Concert. Stu- dent soloists were I. Metcalf and E. Vining- trumpets, A. Small-clarinet, I. Redlevski - baton twirling. The Girls Choir, Mixed 13 Choir and Orchestra members attended the Eastern Maine Music Festival at Augusta. Mrs. A. Kershner and Mrs. I.. Merrithew instructed the Home Ec. girls in the popular Swedish Weaving. I r i 1 P. Brinkman scored Hrst 14 places in the javelin, dis- cus and shotput in the trackmeet win over Gould Academy. A softball game was 15 played at Wilton with the F.H.S. girls defeating them by a score of 44 -11. Dixfield, however, defeated us Thursday 20 - 10. F.H.S. girls won a soft- 18 ball game at Kents Hill by a score of 14 - 8. The 1950 Laurel anniver- sary issue honoring the alumni 1940-1950 was distributed to- day. I I The Orchestra members IQ left today to attend the New England Music Fes- tival in Rutland, Vermont. F.H.S. girls were defeated 17- 14 in a softball game by the lay girls. Candidates for the Fresh- 21 man Cinderella Dance on Iune 2 are: A. Richards -D. Luce '53, H. Bosworth -A. Lambert '52, I. Foster- I. Linscott '51, and N. Con- nors-I. Adams '50. P. Heath was the pitch- 23 ing and batting star as his team swept a pair of three-inning tilts in a 3 to 1 game against NVilton Acad- emy. F.H.S. girls defeated Wil- ton girls in softball. 56-10. I F.H.S. Greyhounds won 21 the county track cham- pionship. B. Davis and P. Brinkman set records. F.H.S. Band escorted the Am. Legion in the Memorial Day Parade. I. Redlevske, Senior Majorette, led. Greyhounds set records in 28 the mile and medley races and P. Brinkman won three Hrsts as they finished second in the invitation Bates Relays at Lewiston. 25 The LAUREL J -U-N-E F.H.S. prize winners in I the annual Poppy Poster Contest were D. Soule and M. Metevier lst., N. Haney Znd., E. Hamilton 3rd., and R. Rioux, L. Barker hon- orable mention. The freshmen candidates, 2 A. Richards st D. Luce, were crowned Cinderella and Prince Charming at the Cinderella Dance sponsored by the Class of '53, D. WVat- son tied H. Allen for the pie eating contest. S57 was made. The Sadie Hawkins 5 Dance netted the Iuniors 380. Everybody enjoyed the square dances and great impersonations. Sub-Freshman Day. The 9 eighth graders visited and each class went through their next year's schedules. The sports letters and cer- tificates were given out in the afternoon. The Barker editors-E. 13 keith, M. Stinchfield, and I. Redlevski - surren- dered their duties for the year to a voluntary staff for the Iune issue consisting of 4 sen- iors, 6 juniors, and 4 soph- omores. The Senior Class Banquet I5 was held at Worster Hotel in Hallowell. The toast- master was G. Morrow. The menu was roast turkey. Baccalaureate was held at I8 the Old South Church with Rev. Herbert Wil- ber, preacher. Student Graduation Com- mittee: Seniors N. Barker, C. Brinkman, N. Connors, K. Frasier, E. Keith, G. Lamkin, I. Tarbox, and P. Brinkman. Class Night was held at Ig the Community Center. The Will was read by E. Viningg History by H. Thomp- song Prophecy by L. Sturte- vantg Gifts by I. Green, G. Lamkin and the Class of 1950. The orchestra in attend- 20 ance at the New England Audition Festival in Rut- land, Vermont received a cer- tificate giving them highest rating. 53 F.H.S. seniors are 21 graduated. Special hon- ors were awarded as fol- lowsg E. Keith - Valedictorian Hood Dairy prize Perkins Latin prize A. Staples- Salutatorian DAR Citizenship Cothren Fund L. A. Smith lst. prize C. Brinkman -- L. A. Smith Znd. prize I. Rand - U. of M. Scholarship G. Lamkin - Becker College Key C. and P. Brinkman- Balfour Plaque W. Hemingway- A. Knowles prize M. Stinchfield - K. Fraser- Popularity Plaque Others benehtting from the Cora B. Cothren fund were I. Redlevski, L. Keach and P. Webber. 26 The LAUREL S-E-P-T-E-M-B-E-R School opened with 256 6 students for morning ses- sions this week. Two new Phy. Ed. teachers - Mary Louise Roberts and Howard Crozier. 7 of our Faculty attended Summer Schools. Football practice began 1 today with 44 boys out including 25 veterans. 35 girls are out for field hockey. S. McMackin has entered school in Scarboro. The football team de- n feared Dexter in a pre- season scrimmage. F.H.S. began all day ses- sions with an honorary activity period. G. Swain spent 4 weeks this summer in N. Carolina with the Marines. D Livermore Falls High dc- 13 feated F.H.S. in a practice scrimmage. Miss Sinnamon has accepted the position of Barlger staff advisor this year. Mr. Iohn Lee, a Chinese I4 student now in Colby, spoke to many classes on World Affairs. 40 new books have been added to the Library: Fiction - 123 Non-Fiction -- 28. F.H.S. defeated Bucks- I6 port High 19-13. G. Alexander and R. Beedy scored 2 and 1 touchdowns respectively. Miss Lee's French class is beginning correspondence with foreign students. F.H.S. defeated Mexico 23 High in a 7--6 battle. G. Alexander scored F.H,.S.'s only touchdown in the first period and K. Alex- ander kicked the extra point. Newly - elected Varsity 28 cheerleaders are D. Som- mer, R. Roux, P. Ed- wards, R. Newell and N. Folger. I.V. cheerleaders are I. Flint, P. Iohnson, B. Hawes, H. Sturtcvant, and D. Butlerf Allan Pierce opened the 26 F.H.S. Assembly Pro- gram with a talk and movies on his cruise around the world on the 96 foot sail- boat Yankee. Wilton I.V.'s defeated 21 F.H.S. I.V.'s 40-11 in a very one-sided battle. VV. Mowatt and D. Wiles are the hikers for the summer - 2 weeks over the Appala- chian Trail. F.H.S. tied Williams 29 High 0-0 in their first gridiron duel under the arcs. Members of both teams played an excellent game. About 40 students, who 30 will work in three relays, have signed up to work in the cafeteria, opening Oct. 2. 27 Q. 30M Y W 'M 33-Q l Q K A uf' Q N if as . f. 3 K f l. 5' if M Nw., 3 as Qi A ., ,, . K b . QQ Q1 3' . S K x A K R5 W iw, gg, W Sv QE x x K x - Q X , .1251 sf ' in ,, 1 K. w ' Q-5:72 X-.. - V Q, Q k X 25.28 my Q fe 1 M gf w M :Q 1, E . l i l ,Q I W mi? 1 X M f - H x it 'V Il Q lil fx Af X 42 X f' X -Y ' ,ij .fu B - R-s i Q 1 QS LAQMS , . ue' Y R 'F' K i i A if ,Q ,X i .K xi A X 5 1:35 a 5 .,.. f . QQ - . K 3 A .:' :J tifv -13 12, X - LL-x . ' I - 3 1 SES ' 1 I X Eli, x 'N F1 , .A 1- wi .-EAS:-:, fQi'EN:'- Q.- ii A ' - 1 X.x- - .X I Lx--- X5 X ' . :muvsw-wwasg. 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'i f 3 5.1 ' ' -2 .,, f ' 2 - -1. : I ,Z .1 X Y ? T H X K 'P K 'i V D Q Q b . 5 N',',,- 'K . ...V ,, is Q:. W ', 2 ' 1 1 S fx m . 57 ' AS S! ,:.'f F5 '.,. ':' . ' X 14 ' f, - if A Q54 Q, ' 5 - . ' x X is 7 -51. E -- A X Q Q V i x- K' Q Q Ng mi Q X KF in me X N X4 A NN W is Q . rv .x.,. . - . -. -5: ,.:,,.:w . f , . , ,. - . . ,. ' :'. ' 31 T - - I Fx X V X 55:5 ff? Q5 in 1 4 Q se fs, 3 , . -1 f.- Q Q '? N, Y V xg? if Q x 'fi v S 5 ' 12 , M 3 r X R 5 ' 2 Q X l X Q X f K xg 1 an 5 N hx f WI Q- ? k km QW N' mx Q N? fi is X X X s if '55 g -if, 1 . K . 1 - .Qrr:.1j1g ' gl' W. v 5 1 If . Y X, Q, A QW WW- Mm 1 A gf- K K Y ,. . w . Q ,, N W Q - -- Sql Q: M ,N - MA 'Q if uv 5' sk X an x Rig. 3 , S - -K IEE ini EE T pf-:die The LAUREL 0-C-T-O-B-E-R The F.H.S. I.V.'s over- 2 threw the Skowhegan I.V.'s 12-0. Linscott and Beal each scored a touch- down for F.H.S. F.H.S. lost their First 1 game to Gould Academy, 37-6. Mowatt made the only tally for the Grey- hounds. Class elections were held 9 at the Community Center under faculty supervision. Voting Democrat or Repub- lican, the parties split the major offices. Resulting presidents - D. Ellis, D. Ferrari, D. Luce, E. Davis. The newly elected Stu- 11 dent Council had its first meeting and elected R. Eaton, presidentg R. Marquis, Vice Presidentg I. Rounds, secretaryg and D. Turner, treasurer. The history classes of 12 F.H.S. took a field trip to Fort Western in Augusta, and to the Good Will School at Hinckley. This trip was very interesting and educational. Old Orchard defeated 14 F.H.S. 34-13 with Beedy making a spectac- ular 60 yard run for one tally, and Ellis scoring the other touchdown for the losers. The following have been 16 chosen for the Barker staff: M. Andrews, D. Butler, B. Crosby, C. Given, E. Hoar, G. Taylor, I. Waite, A. Welch, and A. White. FHS String Ensemble played for the Old South Silver Tea. F.H.S. tied Iay High 20 School 0-0 in a hard fought game. The Class of '51 has chosen Mother is a Freshman for its class play. Tag Dayl The cheer- 21 leaders were lead by R. Roux and D. Sommer in raising money for new uni- forms. F.H.S. girls were defeated 2-l in held-hockey by Wil- ton, there. F.H.S. girls won their 24 hrst held hockey game in two years, l-0 against M.C.I. All students enjoyed the movie Last of the Mohi- cans U, the Hrst of a series sponsored by English Depart- ment. F.H.S. defeated Foxcroft 28 Academy 19-0 under , the arcs at the Hippach Field. Beedy, Beal, and I. Linscott scored the winning touchdowns for F.H.S. F.H.S. girls were defeated 2-0 in Held hockey by Wil- ton. Laurel class editors cho- 30 sen are M. Tarbox '54, G. Ranger '53, P. Iohnson '52, E. Babb '51. The faculty attended the State Teachers Convention in Lewiston. 33 The LAUREL N-0-V-E-M-B-E-R Paul Burke, formerly of 1 the Disney Studios, amused the F.H.S. stu- dents with his cartoon draw- ings, at one of our Assembly Service programs. Mrs. Bryant attended the 2 State Librarians Conven- tion at Lakewood, both Thursday and Friday. Freshman Dayl Girls: 3 men's long underwear, silk hose, high boots and hair parted and slieked in the middle. Boys: long underwear, loud mis-mated socks with one garter and mittens. The O'Brien Roller Skat- 4 ing Team demonstrated roller skating methods at an F.H.S. assembly program. Students taking part were D. Bosworth, C. Lesperence, A. Akerly, B. Robinson, E. Babb, P. Iohnson and B. Crosby. 2,000 football fans were 11 amazed when the F.H.S. Greys upset the Wilton Eagles 7-0. F.H.S. outfought, and out- played a hitherto unbeaten Wilton. Book Week. Art classes I3 featured a window dis- play in Fkln. Cty. Sav- ings Bank. F.H.S. Library exhibited 25 new books, numerous posters and book jackets. Hallowell defeated F .H.S. 11 in the last two minutes of play with a safety 2-0. The Senior Class play Mother Was a Freshman netted the class 515831. F .H.S. Orchestra played. x The movie Smoky' IQ was enjoyed by all stu- dents today. Mr. Reed and Miss Sin- namon accompanied Mr. Green to Boston this week- end to a regional conference on Remedial Reading. Mr. Reed's Problems 22 Class listened by tape re- corder to General Clay's speech in the Crusade for Freedom, and the ringing of the Freedom Bell in Berlin, Germany. F.H.S. played its First 26 basketball game of the season in the new Wilton Academy gym. Wilton won the game 38-21. Dedication services were held before the game. The following Bm'lQer 28 editors have been an- nounced: Nov.-V. Luce, Dec.-G. Lamkin, Ian.-A. White, Feb.--B. Taylorg Mar.-D. Butler, Apr.-I. Waiteg May-A. VVelchg Iune--M. Andrewsg Ex- change - B. Crosby, Busi- ness - C. Given. Girls Choir gave a 29 Thanksgiving program over the PA system. Home Ee. II girls made the cookies for the F.S.T.C. Thanksgiving baskets. School closed for the Thanksgiving Holidays. 34 The LAUREL, D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R Guilford defeated F.H.S. on its home court by a 61 - 32 score. The majorettes sponsored g a food sale at Barker's for new uniforms. For the second time F.H.S. lost to a smooth Guilford team, the score being 18-55. The Class of '52 have 4 received their class rings. The rings are plain, with a background of black onyx on blue. About 75 attended the 8 honorary dinner for F.H. S.-Wilton Academy football squads and coaches. Mike Loebs, of Colby, was guest speaker and showed movies. Home Ee. girls pre- pared the dinner. The cheer- leaders were waitresses. Ianet Morrill has received IU an interesting letter from her 17-year-old French penpal who lives in Belgium. Ianet's French class has been corresponding with students from France. Everyone enjoyed the I1 assembly speaker Nut- chuk, an Eskimo, who almost made some of us wish we could have the same expe- riences he told us about. l A lovely Christmas scene Dover-Foxcroft defeated F.H.S. Greys showed an I2 adorns the library black- the Greyhounds 52-33.114 improvement but lost to board, done in colored It marked the fourth' Winslow by a 58-38 chalk by L. Wyman, G. straight defeat for the F.H.S. score. White, and L. Barker. five. The Christmas movie Si- lent Night, Holy Night was enjoyed by all students today. Christmas Holidays. 15 School closed for a two weeks' vacation. The library has received 6 new fiction and 2 non-fiction hooks. In the preliminary, F.H.S. Iayvees lost to Winslow lay- vees 39 -- 29. P. Brinkman led the 22 Alumni to a win over the Greys 47-29. The F.H.S. girls won their Alumni game 27-2l. The F.H.S. Greyhounds 30 were defeated by Dover- Foxcroft Academy 49- 32. In the preliminary, the F.H.S. Iayvees defeated the Foxcroft Academy layvees 33 77 35 The LAUREL J-A-N-U-A-R-Y The juniors held a Vic 5 Dance in the main room which netted them S510 in spite of basketball competition. F.H.S. was defeated 54- 30 by Mexico High, at Mexico. The Greys lost again to 9 Hallowell by a score of 53 - 40. In the preliminary game the Hallowell Iayvees defeated the F.H.S. Iayvees 41-37. F.H.S., after losing their 12 first 9 games, saw their Hrst win, by defeating Williams 53-37. Washington Trippers held a benefit ballroom dance in the Main Room. 1515 was made. Rangeley lost their first 16 game of the season to F.H.S. 34-31. Wilton freshmen defeated F.H.S. freshmen 39-20 in the preliminary game. Ioan Legere has been cho- 18 sen by the Faculty and Senior Class as D.A.R. candidate for F.H.S. The movie Captain Eddie , was shown in the main room. This was the story of Eddie Rickenbacker, the ace pilot. The F.H.S. 1951 ski meet 20 was won by VVilton Acad- emy who defeated F.H.S. 54-51. Kingheld also com- peted. Madison edged out F .H.S. 23 47- 46 in a tight game. F.H.S. girls were set down 25- 13 in the prelim- inary game. R. Roux was high scorer with 6 points. Mr. Kimball and Mr. 24 Hardy have been taking pictures this past week for the Laurel. The cheerleaders held a sandwich sale between classes for payment of their uniforms. The Greyhounds couldn't 25 get started against Hallo- well and were defeated 50-27. The F.H.S. IV's won the preliminary game 36- 27. ' Midyear ' Exams! P. Iohnson, 350 Carnival 21 Queen, crowned B. Ladd as '51 Queen. B. Ladd and R. McCormick led the Grand March. The Queen presented the Dr. Bell Memorial Trophy to L. Rollins, captain of the Wil- ton Academy Ski Team. New officers of the F.H. 28 A. are L. Foss, presidentg H. Sturtevant, v. pres- identg C. DeWolfe, secretaryg and I. Wright, treasurer. Chairman for refreshments- entertainment is D. Sommer. Advisor is Mrs. Linscott. 30-Madison placed a 49- 37 defeat on F.H.S. Madi- 31 son IV's also won the preliminary game 40-30. VVilton girls defeated F.H.S. girls 36-33. M. Welch was high scorer with 14 points. 36 9 , S s 5 4, fi . .X. . K .ip xr - ., 'Huis -.4 ,Q I vm its - . 2 . .f W 2 - 'W 1 Q'-3 1959: xml Q, 3 A. - - X X wg? www Q L Sv., 'F' I .f gg K M. 3: K ..... v ?:? 2 . in v NHL. X, I .451 3 , 45' 1 .. gm' , -11 it If -an if MQ 4.4: Maj , W-w mg x g: ,A X. ,Y - A -M L5- Q. f ?1rf?SS fi? NZ iNS' , ' Hi' 'Lire ' Ms- A M, , f.r,w, f w ggg gamgaffW5ia:1imf:: 'A y, '-i Q it- .51 fr-91 V X A 'G Q 1 A T. , sr' gp if by af 5' ,A I ,Q Q 'E wi K - X N , X Qs Q x Q A f 5 Q J : : w 'Q ,iw f m S2 . ,T f , E 5 5 24 I is 4g,zNf'?' - Mag, 3 I K . Q , -f Vs' ,ff 3 if V 5, jf M '- 'rg D ,vs X 1 P' Q S - Q xi- sz. - 4 AN is ' .5 H as ...ns . ,331 4 ,:L X iififf V11 1 21124, if j 4, v xx V w: - ' fr was' ',.1 Y , i fws 5 f ' Q I X -i :ff fi,-fl ' , X' lx.. --: . . . Q sw K f 7 'W T'1',.: - 2 , pix 4 k K 4 af. - 'R 1 ' . Q .,.:.,, . 9 M25 . . fissg' ' , . ! 1 Q 'I 'Tw I few X U1 -dl r'....--M-V-aw Q Tp, F1 Q iw ,A if 'f 5. .lu k ' I xx xx S - .. T a . Zi, Q 2 1 5 I I fl' jg! 1 Q K? V 3 ' g r , Q 'Yi 5'-QE 5 xx' L 1 ' f W .f - if .fin ' ' A A S 1 9 ,I W. 9. Sv ,V .I 4 4 4 3 , - f W . ' X - -.'.fV 'liisQ',4,, 'ga M I-gms' L -K , 1 ' fjgQ,x.Q :fm H ,I g 3 Q 5 V, :gg ff - v ' ' x . f , ' ig? ' 5 s fig Q - -.N X 3:53 X45 il -2 up 4 x 0 Tl1eiLAUREL 0 F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y The lunior Hobos nip- 1 ped the Varsiteers by only 1 point and thus had a perfect record with 6 wins and no losses. There was no school Friday due to hazardous driving conditions. Rangeley gained revenge 2 for their only loss of the season as they swept a 54-33 triumph over F.H.S. ln the preliminary game F.H.S. IV's downed Rangeley We 52-31. Mexico defeated F.H.S. 3 39-34. K. Bailey was high scorer for F.H.S. with nine points. The Mexico IV's also won their game 39-11. S F.H.S. girls are preparing for the coming Rotary Talent Search. Count was school. saw it Thursday and the seniors and sophomores Monday. The movie The 5 of Monte Cristo seen by the entire Freshmen and juniors F.H.S. girls lost to Madi- B son High, which has been undefeated for three years, 38 - 20. M. VVelch was high scorer with 20 points. Lieutenant Iames VVhit- 7 taker of the Assembly Service, spoke on H21 Days on a Life Raft. He was the co-pilot on the Ricken- backer plane that crashed in the ocean. F.H.S. defeated Williams 8 High of Oakland, 69- 44. Bailey took game honors with 22 points. F.H.S. IV's routed Williams we 58 - 43. 16 F.H.S. girls assisted in the local house to house Heart Canvas. Despite a driving rain 9 and hazardous travelling, not to mention that the lights were off for an hour, the Iunior-Senior Variety Show still went on. The winning class, the Seniors, were pre- sented a plaque by Mr. Iosiah Baird. At the Iay Winter Car- 10 nival F.H.S. was defeated by a scant 4 points. W. Mowatt and P. Webber skied in the Colby State Meet at Andover. D. Turner was entered in the snowshoeing which was called off. Recordings of The Lone- some Train honored Lin- coln's Birthday. In the Franklin County 11 basketball tourney pre- lims, F.H.S. was able to keep a margin of 39 - 36 over Phillips. In the Finals F.H.S. de- feated Rangeley 41- 37. M. Salo and P. Edwards 18 were announced by Prin- cipal Maynard as Valedic- torian and Salutatorian respec- tively. Thirteen other stu- dents had an 85 or better av- erage. Charles Diehl of Auburn 26 has accepted a three-year contract to become prin- cipal of F.H.S. He succeeds Thomas L, Maynard, assum- ing his new duties today. The 1951 Laurel goes to press. 37 0 The LAUREL O Literary I SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE Parlez-vous Francais? Sprechen sie Deutsch? Habla usted Espanol? - And how about English? Are you able to answer these questions? Most of us can't. Those who can have spent much time and effort in acquiring this knowledge. Is it wasted? Wouldnit it be wonderful to be able to sit clown and write a letter to any part of the world without having it go through an interpreter? VVell, why not an international language? There is one you know, Esperanto , invented by a Dr. Zamenhof. lt is taught in a number of colleges and schools. Many firms now use it for business purposes. But if it were taught in all colleges and schools all over the world many problems might be solved. Think of the money and effort saved on trans- lation and interpreters. Perhaps we could more easily understand the customs and problems of other countries and not think them strange. It would render literary masterpieces and scientific works accessible to the world at large. If we all spoke an universal language, this war-weary world might enjoy years of peace through complete understanding. One Lan- guage. One World. QOpen the window, here goes my Latin booklj Mary Anne Tarbox '54 DATING Dating is a world-wide custom, carried on by boys and girls of the proper age. It is a normal habit of young people, but still there is much controversy on this subject. Dating has been carried on through many generations, but the differences are astounding. People of ancient times chose a wife or husband for their children. A dowry was offered and those who could afford to pay the most were considered the most suitable wives. As civiliza- tion expanded, so did the art of capturing a mate. Men began to choose their own wives. Often the strongest man won the fairest lady. Finally came the dating stage. Whenever a date was arranged, a chaperone must be chosen by the parents. Usually a stern woman got the job. A good chaperone watched the young people under her care, very carefully and did not allow hand-holding. The two people merely got ac- quainted, as any couple should before marriage. Now we have changed the custom again, and adapted it to our every-day living. Our an- cestors would be shocked at our behavior, no doubt. As boys or girls graduate from grammar school, they become young gentlemen and young ladies, capable of choosing their own friends. Fads such as wearing sweaters alike, or fraternity pins, indicate a steady M couple. Engagement rings are symbolic of intended marriage. The American way of dating is more lenient than that of the other parts of the world. I like the American way and think other high school students should appreciate rather than take ad- vantage of it. I believe that modern dating prepares our generation to meet the world with better outlook than our ancestors'. Constance Given '53 PREIUDICE! There should be no such word in the Eng- lish language. People who are prejudiced are those who are unlearnedg who know little about what they are talkingg or those who have had an unpleasant experience. I believe everyone is equal no matter what his race, color, religion, or nationality. As I see it that's what God meant for us to believe. As I look back over my short span of lifetime I realize I, myself, was once prejudiced - against Negroes, or black people. That today is a very widespread, common prejudice. I used to hear awful things about the Negroes. People said they killed white people, they had street brawls, drunken free-for-alls. Almost everything was said about them. They never told me about these kinds of things done by white people. Of course the shoe was on a different foot then. Since I have entered high school I have learned of such doings, also Negro lynchings. 0 The LAUREL 9 Then all of a sudden my lifetime opinion of Negroes and different colored skin people took a turn for the better. My father went to Port- land to work in the shipyard. He then found a rent and my mother, my brothers and sisters, and I moved there too. I thought everything was lost for me, having to leave all my school- mates and friends. I was then in the Fifth grade. Really life had just begun. Of course it took us a few weeks to get settled and make friends. I think one of the most pre- cious friends I made was a little Negro girl. This girl and I were like sisters in a respect. I also enjoyed her father and mother, sisters and broth- ers a good deal too. I then began to realize- Maybe they aren't so bad as I've been told about. Down by my street there was another street which was almost wholly Negroes. Some of these Negroes were as bad as I'd been told about. It was then that I fully realized the whole situation. Negroes in a sense are like us. There are intelligent Negroes, just as there are intelligent white, there are Christian Negroes, just as there are Christian whites, there are talented Negroes, just as there are talented whites, and sad to say bad i' Negroes, just as there are bad whites. I believe that if Negro children had as much chance to get education and grow up normally as white children there wouldn't be so much prejudice as there is in the whole nation today. Some of these Negroes would grow up to be- come just as good citizens as whites. Of course there will always be bad Negroes, but look at some of the crimes committed by white people. I think this experience has taught me two lessons which I will never forget. It has affected my whole life. Number one lesson-not to believe all the malicious gossip I hear. Lesson number two-the Negroes, Chinese, Czechs, Rummanians, etc. are just as good as we whites, if given a chance. I still cherish and will always remember my little Negro classmate. I hope I never forget her, as she is the reason my thinking was changed from bad to better. If once you make a true comradeship you will never forget, even though you may be thousands of miles away. Especially one which has had such an affect on your whole life. Mildred Welch '51 HENRY MORTON ROBINSON Henry Morton Robinson is an interesting example of an extremely capable and versatile author, who until just recently had received little recognition, although he had served literature as a teacher, editor, critic, essayist, poet, historian and biographer. It was his latest novel, The Cardinal , published in 1945, which brought him wide acclaim. Robinson does not deal noticeably with any one subject or background, his works being as varied as his experience in the Field of literature. From reviews of Private Virtue , Good Public he seems like a hard-boiled politician to meg and in Fantastic Interim , his favorite nonfiction work, he gives an outspoken record of American manners, morals, and business dur- ing the twenties and thirties. QI quote the New Yorker, The former show one extreme, but he is more often pictured as working with the Held of religion or human kindness as is shown in his poem Litany for a New A.E.F. , The Cardinal , and Eflies' Compound In- terest , a short article. I have listed Mr Robinson's contributions to the literary world which show his types of writ- ing. As a roving editor of the Readc'r'.f Digest he wrote several hygiene articles, such as The Organ Heart-Wondrous and Courageous and the Riddle of the Lymph . In these he his sub- vividly and understandingly explains jects, showing careful research and an earnest desire to have them understood and given their just value. Robinson's The Fine Art of Diag- nosis seemed trite and insincere compared to his other works, though there were clever in- cidents told concisely. Eflies ' Compound In- terest is a happy tribute to a little old lady, whom he makes a friend and an example to all. As a reviewer and critic of Iohn O'I-Iara's I-Iere's O'Hara he is fair and doesn't grudge praiseg he also gives solid, sincere criticism. I cannot be a judge of his poetry as I am familiar with only one poem, Litany for a New A.E.F.,', but as this prayer for freedom is in an 39 3 - - The LAUREL 2 English textbook of good repute he must be accepted by educators-which would seem to speak favorably for all his poems. The Car- dinal is a beautifully done religious novel, a story of our democracy in which Stephen Fermoyle rises from a poor boy to wearer of the red hat . A vivid vocabulary always impresses me, and his is one of the best, I think: tiny, trans- parent vessels somewhat like knotted lace H,- 'A can squeeze, twist and literally wring out the contents of their chambers at every lubb'I. Robinson's ease in mingling fictional characters with such real people as Pius XI, Pius XII, Merry Del Val and Governor Alfred E. Smith is indeed an art. The many levels of priesthood so lovingly portrayed, from Dollar Bill Monag- han , saintly Father Halley in poverty-stricken New England, to Pius XII who was destined to bear the burden of the loneliest, loftiest, most exacting office in the world QI quote the author, show a Hue understanding of human nature and also the necessary degrees of holiness which make up a church. His power to make the smallest incident indispensable to the plot, such as furthering an injured Frenchman's hobby, is important in holding his readers' in- terest. I have read few books with so many compelling and completely believable characters or where contrasting personalities are used to such an advantage-Celia and Dennis Fer- moyle, the former, Fathers Morgan and Halley, the latter. All reviews of Mr Robinsons works that I have read praise him, but not so much as it seems to me he should be praised. Much of his work seems to be used as educational material and he himself was asked to teach at Columbia, so he must rank fairly high among his contem- poraries. This unit of work has been of twofold value educationally. I now understand something of the mechanisms of a critical analysis and know The Cardinal to be one of the best written books I have ever read. I enjoyed learning about the author of this book, his other works and also the knowledge I gained about the Cath- olic church, especially its problems and stands on various subjects and the inside view of the famed Vatican city. Priscilla Edwards '51 THE MUDLARK by Theodore Bonnet The MUDLARK by Theodore Bonnet is a very popular book in our school library and well rated in the New York Times Book Review, and Harp:-r's Magazine. The book has an at- tractive jacket which will immediately catch one's eye. The MUDLARK is a highly enter- taining book of the days when Victoria was Eng- lar1d's queen. We have vivid sketches of the Queen, her palace, her late husband Albert, her servants, and the Prime Minister, Mr Disraeli, as well as other distinguished people. In general this book features a little ragamuf- fin by the name of VVheeler or Ha'Penny, as he was often called by the docksmen and his friends. His mother was a barmaid in one of the London inns. His father he knew nothing about because his mother would never allow him to talk about him. When his mother died, VVheeler was taken to live with his bachelor uncle, who lived up over one of the inns that lined the dock. Wheeler seldom saw his uncle, because if he was not out on the barges with the sailors he would be detained by one of the bar- maids. I-Ia'Penny got his own meals fwhen- ever he atej by either begging from the kind Oriental merchant who lived down by the dock or from one of the sailors who once knew his mother and took pity on her little son. Some- times he would salvage his food from the trash cans as the other barefooted beggars did. Some- times they looked for handouts on the street, but the passers-by would only spit at them or say some abusive language to frighten them off. There was not a street, a crook, or a turn that Wheeler had not investigated. He knew London from one end to the other. Sometimes he would go on long walks, being away from his so called home for days. He would obtain his food in the usual manner and continue his walking until he was satished he had seen everything there was to be seen. There was only one place where he had not been and which he would 9 I -'Il-he LAUREL 0 like very much to see. Yes, it was Windsor Castle! His curiosity was aroused about this royal palace and how it differed from the man- sions of the great millionaires. Surely, it couldn't be better. Well, he was going to find out. Gathering all his courage, he slipped past the guards, came upon an open door or gate and entered. He had not taken a step when the ground seemed to give way and he found him- self falling down an open coal hole which had carelessly been left uncovered. From here on things happened so fast the little ragamuffin could hardly keep track of them. He works his way through the tunnel and Ends himself in an elaborate dining room, the table set, evidently waiting for the arrival of some important person. I-le feels himself being pushed behind heavy crimson hangings by the scullery maid, Noonan, only to be discovered by Mr. Brown, a Scottish retainer to the Queenis late husband, the Prince Consort. This same evening Mr. Disraeli had dined with the Queen in the hope of persuading her to purchase the Suez Canal. Later in the evening Mr. Disraeli and the domestic staff discovered Wheeler and Mr.,l3rown. The latter, who had taken a great liking to the boy, had even gone so far as to let the little boy sit on the Queen's throne. But Mr.-Brown was very drunk and he was found thus by the Queen and Mr. Disraeli along with the rest of the occupants of Windsor Castle. The Mudlark l' is taken to Scotland Yard where he is investigated, as it was believed he was mixed up in some criminal gang and wished to steal something from the Castle. He was suspiciously regarded by the Parliament and discussed in the Press. A very dramatic in- cident takes place when Mr. Disraeli defends VVheeler in a brilliant speech, a speech that was to take a great effect on the Queen and her staff, as well as Parliament. It even affected the little barefoot ragamufiins, the poverty-stricken coal miners and their families. He accused England as a whole of not taking care of her children, of the hundreds of children that were thrown into the Thames River by parents who couldn't afford to care for them because of their shabby dwellings and their meager diets. He openly accused the orphan- ages for their cruel treatment, the welfare homes for not doing their jobs, and Il10St of all the Parliament. I think that the author, Theodore Bonnet, wrote this book to show the conditions during the reign of Queen Victoria. I also believe that he wrote this to picture the Queen more vividly, to show just what kind of woman she really was- how she acted towards her people, fwhether she worked for their good or her ownj her own private life, her sentiments and charms, her many achievements, too. I-Ie also points out how a small poverty-stricken orphan helped his fellow-friends by impressing the Queen, espe- cially when he referred to her as the Mother of England. The author writes with understanding of hu- man nature as for instance, Wheeler's desire to see VVindsor Castle-a dream of all youngsters. Mr. Bonnet also writes with pathos: the filthy, unhealthy conditions that the children in the slums grew up under, the wistful and mournful Queen who had never really recovered from the shock of her husbands death. He writes in detail, using two pages to describe the lavishly decorated rooms of Windsor Castle and of the beautiful costumes worn by the Queen. He writes with a knowledge of background too- the streets of London, the slang and expressions used by the sailors. I liked this book very much and I believe that any high school student would, especially if he likes history. It is not difficult to understand and it is written in large print. The conversa- tional style which is much used by the author is colorful as well as educational and humorous. Marilyn Bergeron '51 SONGS AND SWEATERS The subject My Favorite Music sounds pretty easyg you just pick a type of music or a composition, elaborate on it a little and presto - you're through. So just home from orchestra practice and in a musical mood, what could be easier? That's how it looks but here's how it is-. Popular music I think, but no, I like classical music and there areiall the songs from the mu- sical productions. Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers U The LAUREL U fwith Hart or Hammersteinj, Kern and a dozen others that have taken a bigger place in America's hearts than the general run of popular music and yet cannot be called classical. I try then, to judge from the stand-point of performer. I like to hear the Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra and I like Spike Iones. I like Rise Stevens and I like Doris Day. To me music is an important part of daily living and its types are like the different moods one passes through. Perhaps it can be compared to a complete wardrobe of sweaters and blouses. At a school dance you wear perhaps an angora sweater or a jersey blouse, smart and fashionable, and you want to listen to songs that have been popular in the past and the present-sweet jazz, waltzes. For church you wear a classic white blouse and sing hymns, many of which have captured as big a place in your heart as the white blouse has in your wardrobe. Then there's the dressy affair, a highnecked blouse with lace and ruffles or a high fashion note with a plung- ing neckline to correspond to the classical music. And as a final touch, to go with that blouse that looks like a newspaper, or the old white shirt with all the kids names on it, there are the comic tunes, not actually of any musical value except in making a more balanced diet of music- tunes like All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth 'I Hallelujah I'm A Bum , The Thing . All of these I like in their places. I have just one gripe, Cowboy Songs. Each is just like the last one. Each is accompanied by a guitar which has absolutely no musical tone but is one continual rattle. Each singer has no expression at all in either song or voice except one dramatic wailing retard at the end. But in the other types of music, I do have particular preferences. In the classical bracket I like Chopin, Strauss, Tschaikowsky, Haydn, and more specifically, Rachmaninoffs Prelude, Men- delssohn's Spring Song, Dvorak's New World symphony and Humoresque, I.eybach's Fifth Nocturne, Rosey's Barcarolle, Schubert's Un- finished Symphony, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Brahms' Hungarian Dance, Schubert's Moment Musical and Ave Maria, and in the 42 vocal line the Chocolate Soldier, Aida, Madam Butterfly, and Carmen. From the middle bracket I like Indian Love Call, Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, Without A Song, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Bells of St. Mary's, On the Road to Mandalay, I'll Never Love You, A Perfect Day, Bewitched, Wonder- ful One, With a Song in My Heart, Be My Love, and music from such shows as Brigadoon, Olglahoma, Svuth Pt1CI.fC, Showboat, and the Pirate: of Penzance. In the popular bracket, I fancy Mood Indigo, La Vie En Rose, Thinking of You, l'll Swing Along With You, My Happiness, A Tree in the Meadow, Forever And Ever, I'm Forever Blow- ing Bubbles, It Might as Well Be Spring, It's a Grand Night for Singing, and Kokomo, Indiana. So it really isn't as simple as it looked. Think how empty a wardrobe would be without a blouse and how much more empty life would be without music! Ieanne Rounds '51 AUTUMN GLORY Now is the time of year when Mother Nature, taking her widest brushes, dips into the most vivid colors on her palette. In the evening we see the warm yellow of the harvest moon, and in the morning this same shade seems to be reflected in the fading golden- red and the hardy chrysanthemums that have resisted these first frosts. There is still the late yellow corn, sweeter than it tasted all summer- probably because we realize each ear may be the last for this season. Now, mixing a bit of red with the yellow paint she produces an orange color satisfactory for her squashes and pumpkins. She touches the bittersweet with practically the same shade, and the clusters of bright mountain ash berries disappear as migrating cedar waxwings eat their full. She is lavish in her use of reds-alder, lily- of-the-valley, hemlock and jack-in-the-pulpit seeds all feel her brushstrokes as she applies this color to attract the birds. Partridge and check- erberries hide their brightness under evergreen leaves. 0 The LAUREL O She keeps the pine and spruces in their regular dark green, for she knows they make a beautiful background for the colors she loves to use. She also knows the value of all shades of brown, like those she uses for oak leaves, beech- nuts, horse chestnuts, and the fields of still- standing cornstalks. But her greatest and best display of all comes when she splashes color on the trees. Then her enthusiasm is boundless and every color is used with boldness. The maples especially feel her skill and become perfect color prints in the land- scape. People travel for miles to see this miracle of fall, and is it any wonder that we all wonder at this glory of autumn? ' Diane Butler '53 BORN TO THE CLOTH Lillian Hyde was born in Newfoundland, one of seven children. Born of a sea-faring father, and having sea-faring brothers, her life in the little Newfoundland town was a rather drab one. In order to earn spending money she went to the local dressmaker's where she picked basting threads by the hour. After she finished school she apprenticed herself to the dressmaker for several years to learn the trade - not to cut and sew by patterns as most dressmakers do now, but measure the person, find out the design she wanted and cut and make the paper pattern. Then she would cut and finish the garment. She also learned to cut and sew furs and many times has been offered a position by the leading fur- riers of the state. Most of her brothers and sisters came to the States, and it was through one of her sisters who married a sports editor for the Boston Post that she met Mr. Hatch, who was then a sports writer for the A l71t'l'l.C0f1 Horse Breeder and other papers. Shortly after the birth of her daughter Nathalie, she came to Farmington to live with Mr. Hatch's father, who was at that time a widower. Although an excellent seamstress, very little did she know about cooking. She has often spoken of the great patience the elder Mr. Hatch had in teaching her to make biscuits. For as she has often said, Whenever I would go home and want to learn to cook, Mother and my sisters always had sewing to do, and they always told me they could cook more easily than I, so for me to tend to their sewing. It was a long time after she came that my grandmother taught her the line art of making a custard pie. After the death of Mr. Hatchls father and with the coming of the automobile, people from all over the county, and especially the four hundred came to her to have garments made or remodeled. Many are the humorous stories that she can tell of people who brought work for her to do. She frequently laughs about one time she was asked to piece a garment and had so little cloth furnished her that she worked for three weeks trying to do it. However, she kept at it until she had succeeded and when she had finished no one would ever know the garment had been pieced. While she patiently sews she reminisces of the past, telling about and showing samples of elab- orate gowns. Because of her training she never reveals the names of any of those for whom she works. She often smiles and chuckles to herself about the different patterns and styles that the different types and classes of people will choose. During the last few years, because of ill health, she has done very little sewing and spends the winter in Winthrop, Mass., with her daughter, who teaches school there. To keep up with the times, she visits leading fashion shows and subscribes to the leading fashion magazines. No one seeing this plainly dressed, white haired, little lady working in her Hower garden would ever think that her hands were capable of transforming pieces of cloth into the loveliest gowns and coats, and that old worn fur coats could be made into the best of evening wraps by her. Although I have known her all my life and she has lived in the neighborhood for forty years, visiting back and forth with her neighbors, being friendly to all, I have never heard her called by her first name. For people outside of the family it is always Mrs. Hatch and for people in the family Lil . Is- it the charm and grace and inate dignity of this English lady that does it? For, in every sense of the word, she is a lady born to the cloth. Elizabeth Mosher '51 0 The LAUREL 0 OUR FARM HOME If we could but know all about our present home from the time it was First settled, it would no doubt be interesting. I have picked up some rather interesting accounts from listening to dif- ferent old codgers that have lived in and around our community. Our farm home has been in three different towns - South Strong, Industry and the present New Vineyard. At one time when there was :1 question of lines, my folks went to look them up. They were found in Skowhegan. So the farm has also at different times been located in three different counties, then too, as if that weren't enough, in three different states. When they Finally got done juggling, we were dropped in New Vineyard, Maine, County of Franklin - or founded to that effect. The first couple fl don't recall their names, that settled where we now live, came on foot and carrying what belongings they owned in a carpetbag. 'They put up a small log hut, cleared their land and planted their First crop to corn. I remember hearing them tell how the Mrs. used to go out with torches and keep the bear from the corn. At another time later on, there used to be quite a community right on the farm. Where our cistern - that holds our water supply - now stands, there used to be a store. VVe have some- where about an old ledger that was used for accounts, which is rather interesting. Their principal supplies seemed to be tobacco and molasses. Later the building that was used as a store was moved to the present site where we now live and is the main part of our house, on- to which additions have been built. Iust above the house was the church and across the road the school house. At that time the people in Fairbanks attended this church as it was the nearest. I have heard Austin Hardy, who was a former owner, tell how his mother used to go down the hill, which is about a half mile, to do her wash- ing. It seems at that time there was a well there with soft water. She had an archway built up of rocks where she used to heat the water. Later a windmill was erected where our pump house now sits. The winds were so strong it kept blowing down. So finally a house was erected and the water was pumped by 11 gasoline engine. Q I imagine that a hundred years from now probably what happened when my brother, sister, and I were growing up will sound quite as interesting, and I am wondering if it will seem as primitive to the future generations. Louie Barker '51 MR. RINGTAIL Many books, stories, and other literature have been written about one of the most amazing animals which is common in the woods and countryside of North America. The raccoon, or ring-tailed raccoon, as he is known to many people, is one of the most beloved by nature lovers in America. During the past summer I have had the opportunity to watch them as they run wild and enjoy their antics as tame ones romp and play in their runs. The coon is one of the cleanest animals of the woods. He will carry his food quite a distance to wash it before eating. I have seen them wash candy that has been given them. Gum drops are their favorite sweet. The farmer deems him a very destructive fellow. He likes to tear corn to shreds. He will climb the stalks, rip off the ear of corn, and the top of the stalk. A pair of these creatures will ruin an acre of corn in one night. The raccoon is hunted for its fur, which is made into women's coats, which are very expen- sive. The meat is quite greasy, but some people think it's like chicken. So goes the life of the striped wonder of the woodland. Fred Cole '51 . TESSA MAE She was doomed! I knew it from the minute I saw her. She was the largest and homeliest of the batch of six, but she was the one my mother and I wanted, so we got her. I had been teasing for a puppy for a long time, but now we had Tessa I wasn't so cheerful about feeding her and cleaning up her messes. She was born on Iune 21 and we brought her home when she was a month old. When she came, our two cats scratched her every chance they got. She was only a baby and tried to be friendly by 0 The LAUREL I going up to them and nipping their ears and knocking them over with her awkward paws. I-Icr first month with us wasn't too pleasant as my father was still at summer school, my mother worked all day, my patience was not so good as it should have been, and, of course, the cats avoided her as much as possible. I guess I forget to mention that Treve, our old dog, was her father, and her mother was a very nice beagle owned by Scott Benson. That is the reason we came to have her. Treve didn't know what to make of her. As far as he was concerned, being a father was fine, but he hadn't planned on having one of the puppies live with him! Tessa, from the very start, thought Treve was wonderful, and so, in her lovable, puppy way, she tried to play with him. I-Ie would growl, move around, and snap at her. That didn't bother Tessa Mae. She still thought he was tops. My father made a pen for her so she could be out-of-doors. She was large for her age. I-Ier legs were twice as long as they should be and her tail was very long. I-Ier head was smallg but her eyes were large, brown and intelligent, and often looked as if she were laughing. a nd One day Tess was on her new chain Ieanie Luce, the little girl across the street, was eating a bag of potato chips. First she would give Tessa one, then she would eat one, neither one making a sound. This went on nearly half an hour. Tess was quite a pup to take on a walk. She managed to wind her leash around my legs every three or four steps. Then she would walk along, and the next thing I'd know she would give a leap and we'd go after a squirrel or a bird or just run for the fun of it. As time went on the whole family loved Tessa very much, even the cats. VVe soon learned that she was an unusually good puppy. She never destroyed anything in the house, was very little trouble, and seemed to want to be good. On Christmas day my mother held her for a while, and it was then we noticed a slight twitching in her stomach. We thought, perhaps, she was cold. ' One day later Ianet heard a commotion down cellar. She went down and brought Tessa upstairs. We saw she was covered with foam and blood and had finished some sort of fit. My mother and father took her to Dr. Russell that night, and he said she had cholera but we might be able to save her. I-Ie gave her an injection and us three kinds of pills to give her. Tessa made a brave iight to live. She was happy with us and knew how much we loved her, and I am sure she didn't want to leave us. But the convulsions came more and more often, and on Ianuary 4, 1951 Tessa was put to sleep by Dr. Russell. I guess the whole family cried. My father built a box and my mother lined it and put her favorite toy beside her. I didn't see her being buried. My father found a lovely spot between two trees in the flower garden to place her in. Only Treve, my mother and father were thereg but my mother said it was dark and cold and the wind blew and my father's little prayer was, Dear God, help us love as the little dog lovedf, Iudith Howatt '54 THE TRAGEDY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE I-Iave you ever considered what you would do, how you would feel, if suddenly you became a cripple? Would you feel better, or would you look upon your aflliction as a challenge, a test of your true character? Are you sensitive? That is one of the greatest burdens for a cripple, because there will be incidents that are unavoid- able. They could make you very miserable if you let them --like falling in public or having a lady with an excessive desire to let you know what a poor boy you are, nearly cry on your shoulder. Even though there are many dis- advantages for a cripple, he still can find much content in life, more than many of his normal friends. Take me for instance. I was a normal boy of an average family. We lived on a farm and worked hard. I loved sports, especially football. I dreamed of the day when I would play for Farmington High School, as my brothers had done. Then came the blow. It was the summer of 1945. I was thirteen. Things couldn't have been better: the war was over in Europe and O The LAUREL 0 my three brothers had come through without a scratch. I was very proud because I had just returned from Connecticut where we had watched my brother Barney graduate from Officers Candidate School, he had completed a six months' course in four months. Not only that but he was in competition with students that had completed two years of college, while he had completed only two years of high school. Then to make things still more complete another brother, Bob, returned home unexpectedly. So you see I had plenty to cheer about. But Fate sometimes has a queer way of evening the score, for it was just five days after our return from Connecticut, that I came down with infantile paralysis. ' During eight months in the hospital, I worked and fought that I might be well some day. At first my recovery was rapid, then it became slower, and slower until it stopped. It wasn't very long before I realized I would never play football again. I think this hurt me more than anything. I also knew life would never be the same, but I didn't see any reason why I couldn't make out all right. I have kept up my interest in sports though I couldn't play. I have enjoyed managing the football team for three years. I do a lot of fishing and go hunting occasionally. My condition has improved so that I now need only a cane for help in walking. As I have said there are advantages for the handicapped person. I have niet very good and influential people. Then too, I am able to learn the very profitable trade of the bracesmithg this would be impossible for me if it were not for the State of Maine Rehabilitation Program. But most important, I have learned to appreciate the simple things of life, and I have discovered that the more I put into life, the more I get in return. Richard Marquis '51 A REAL COMMUNITY PROIECT It all started when they needed money for a Dental Clinic The purpose of the Dental Clinic was to see that all the grade school children had their teeth treated against decay. Naturally the Mothers' Club took a stand on the matter and, knowing that money would be needed, they decided to have a concert. This concert, it was 46 decided, would feature local talent and so it was christened, The Pops Concert . That was in 1949 and the concert was a big success. Selections on the program were by the high school principal, a bass, who once had sung at the Metropolitan Opera House, a young girl who is going to the Boston Conservatory of Music, and a number of members from the local church choirs. From this concert came the idea of a community orchestra. One of the town's most active and musically-minded citizens, also the mother of two young boys, decided that there should be something for these talented people to do where they could all benefit from their mutual ability. The first meeting was really humorous. Every- body arrived with instruments, plus music, but no one with anything that could be played by a group without much transposing. At the second meeting they got down to business, elected their officers, and formed a committee to see about some music. Conductors were the next big problem. The musical director at the State Teachers College plus the one at the High School were very help- ful. The lady that started it helped and a local dentistis wife conducted several numbers. A post ofiice clerk and some others also had a hand at the baton. Of course there were people whom they knew could play an instrument. They were asked first. Then there was that group of people who own instruments and play a little. These people were sought out and sometimes persuaded quite forcefully to come. When all had assembled there were still a number of important things lacking. This took more canvassing. For instance, the son of two members was men- tioned. He is musical , offered the high school director. He plays the piano in my or- chestra. Now he is playing the tympani for the Community Orchestra. The enthusiasm grew until the orchestra was invited to play at a second Pops Concert. They used the money from this performance to buy some more music. They also decided on a per- manent director. The Pops Concert was suggested again this year, only now it was taken for granted that the Community Orchestra would be the main fea- O The LAUREL O ture plus some guest artists to vary the program. The concerts are now an annual affair, some- thing to which the people of Farmington look forward. The Orchestra has brought the other musical groups closer together and it has made the whole community music conscious. Esther Babb '51 A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE As I near the completion of my senior year in high school, l very often think of a turn of events which eventually lead me to this turn in the road of life. When I was attending grammar school, in the eighth grade, like most boys, school was just one more handicap to a good time and carefree days, and I was biding my time until I thought I would be on my own. Graduation came at last. During the summer, my oldest sister spent her vacation at home. OE course in time con- versation turned to what was ahead for me. She, being a graduate from F.H.S., entered her strong bit of persuasion that I should by all means go there. Naturally I was horrified at the thought, but with everyone against me there was just no way out. Somehow I managed to get by through the fall and winter. In the spring conversation everywhere turned to baseball and the Grey- hound Team. One of my hometown friends suggested that inasmuch as I had pitched on the grammar school team, I try out for the Grey- hounds. After much thought, I entered my name as a candidate. That Hrst game with both cheers and jeers and the mingling of the stu- dents was just about the turning point for mc. Although it was one of the hardest things I ever did, I decided to stay with school and surely this decision has never been regretted. Paul Heath ,Sl WHAT A LIFE! NVhat a tough predicament! Ierry, the best all-around kid in the Senior class and its pres- ident, had asked her, Cherry, to go to the dance of the season with him! lt had happened in a roundabout way-his asking her to go to the dance, I mean. As this was his Hrst year at Beverly High, Ierry didnit know very many of the lower class- menq and as Cherry was a Soph.-well, she didn't stand too great a chance of meeting him. After many failures at getting him to notice her she gave up hope. The week before the dance was walking gloomily down the stairs, at same time he was hurrying up the stairs. she the Yes, you guessed right-there was a collision. As he helped her up he said, I-Iaven't I seen you around before? She felt like saying, No, you big oaf, I've just been practically killing myself to get your attention, that's all. But she checked herself in time, and said, very indifferently, Maybe you have- I've been com- ing here everyday since school opened. O.K. enough of that, laughed Ierry, Here, let me carry your books. It was surprising how well they got along those next few days. Ierry came over three evenings so they could do homework together. I-le was good at geometry which Cherry abhorred-but she really could help him in Latin. Not that they studied all the time. Good- ness, they had so much in common to talk about. They both liked chocolate walnut sun- claes and always read Dick Tracy! And then he asked her to the Pigskin Prom! Her heart practically Hipped right over then. When she said she'd go, he said they'd have to celebrate and how about some tennis. She felt so warm all over that there was no need of put- ting on a jacket after their exciting game. And that's where the trouble started! First a shiver, then a chill and now this! I-Ier mother had to tell him yesterday that Cherry couldn't go. Probably he's taken Pat to the dance, she thought. Oh, my nose, where's that Kleenex? I think I'm going to die. A call for me, Moms? Who? Ierry? Isn't he at the dance? He didn't go? I-Ie's coming here? Oh, Mom, my lipstick quick! N D. Butler '53 MONKEYSHINES AND POLITICS The overthrowing of my pet monkey's throne by a newly acquired raccoon proves to me that animals can think My monkey layne has long ruled the animals at my house. At meal time, for instance, pups and kittens turning up their 47 I The LAUREL a O noses get their vitamins by Iayne. Her procedure is quite simple and could be executed by distraught mothers. Iayne merely takes them by their ears and pulls. Of course, Iayne has seen to it that she has already eaten the choicer tidbits, but after all! Everything was going along as Iayne liked until a week or so ago when a 'coon by the name of Bertha, took up residence with us. Bertha didn't approve of Iayneis strong-arm methods and took matters into her own hands. Now if Iayne, in a moment of forgetfulness, reverts to her old methods Bertha is always there to see that justice is carried out. After all this is a democracy! Anne Frary '51 DEAR DIERY Iune 11 Dear Diery: Today was a rainie day and Gram made me stay in. I did go to the barn but I am sorry because I had to dig the mud of my boots after woods. I wanted to go Hshen today and try to catch OL FIGHTER. I have never seen him as you know but I know he is there. I still mis MOM and -DAD. Gramp sez I should grow up and be a big boy bout it an Gram sez you cen not bring back the dead. I should think I would be able to go up there in HEAVEN for just the night any way an then come back. Of course if there is some fish as big as OL FIGHTER up there I had just as soon stay. I wil ask GOD if he wil tak me up there tonight. I still etch where I got the pizen ivy. Gram has me put some thing on it all the time, Most every night Aunt Nelly teaches or tries to teach me some spellin or how to writ nice as she says. 'Tonight she gave me some gum but I got to snappin it an she tol me to put it on a piece of paper until later. If I go to HEAVEN I wil tel you al about it. GREG. Iune 12 Dear Diery: I don't know if I went to HEAVEN or not for I did not dream at all, so mebe I went. If I did not go mebe I een go to night. Aunt Nelly 48 said she did not have no more gum. Gramp gave me some spruce gum but it did not snap. All she gave me was studen. She had a map and showed me where I was born in conecktecut and where I am now in Maine. It rained to day too, but I went out in the barn and jumped in the hay. Then I got so I could squirt the milk from the cow into me like Gramp does to the big cats. Gram had to wash my shirt and I washed my hair to. This morning Gram washed my ears out but I usely cen get away with it. Gramp said for her not to be so rough cause he was a boy once. Sure he. was but what has that got to do with her bein rough? I do not get it at all. I learned that two cats are goin to have some baby kittens. There are 9 cats in the barn and 3 in the house an shed. - Greg Iune 13 Diery, I donot think I have gone to HEAVEN yet but I think I will prety soon cause I pray prety good. I pray every night to. My pizen ivy is still spreaden and to night Aunt Nelly made me draw 10 pictures of it so I wood no what it looks like. It rained most al day but I donot kare cause Gram made some gingerbread man cookies and I et five. They were big. I jumbed in the hay today an Tom The Bully com over with his father. He saw me jump in the hay and he said he cood go up higher and jump. He was daring me to but his father was ready to go. The Bully is 14. I will be 9 in December. THE Bully said he would come over sometime and he would get me to jump from the topest beem. Gram tol me not to go up there but I told Tom I could jump it. I never have even tried. I will do my best. We are going to see who can jump widest from there to. Aunt Nelly still teaches me. She helps me spell some of these words in here. Greg Iune 14 Dear Diery, It was good to day so I went fishen. I cout 7 perch, 1 cat Hsh, but no OL FIGHTER. Some- day I will get him. 1 cat has some little baby N I The LAUREL 0 cats. I want 1 but Gram said NO. Gramp said I can pick a puppy out when we get one. He said it is too small to go away from its mother now. I am goin to teach it all kinds of tricks. Prehaps we can be in a big sircus. I have never ceen a sircus. Gram says it must be a HE. Gramp sez I can name it. I will to. I have not seen TOM the BULLY, but I no he will come. Gramp tol me a long time ago that I could get hurt from up there. My pizen ivy is wose. Gram tol me not to jump in the hay caus it turns my ivy to sours. I wont til Tom comes. I think Aunt Nell gets tired of tellen me how to spell words. From now on I wont ask her. Greg Iune 15 Dear Diery, IgotOLFIGI-ITER ! I l I I ll I was on the bridge and around the bend I heard a big splash where a fish jumped. So I snuck up an dropped my line in real quite like and pretty soon he took it. Well he give it back but he took it agin an for good! I took him home right then an Gramp measured it--24 inches an 5 pounds! We had it for supper and it was good. I saw Tom the Bully to. He is comin over to morro to jump. Iust us tow no. I just knowed I would get OL FIGHTER. I had a dream last night. There was Tom, me and somebody else I dont no who. We jumped from the topest beeem and he got hurt real bad. fohter boyj I can go to Heaven OK now. That is if God will let me. I will put tomorros date on tomorros page as usual. I will write more tomorro night. Greg P. S. Had my picture took with OL FIGHTER Iune 16 Iune 19 Dear Diery, Somethin happen. I dont know what. My room is white. There is a strange women here helping me write. My head is banaged up. I tell the words and she helps me write them. She says they brought my diary. I have been asleep for days she says. Mommy, Daddy have been here. They say they will come back for me soon. Iill sign tomorrow's date now. I want to write my own name. Greg Iune 20 lean Black '51 The LAUREL NO WINTER Across the way The lawn is green As if it were May. Soft winds, clear skies Summon the day. Traffic thickens. No ice and snow, but Cold stinging winds, Heavy, low sky Mark November blows. Across the way Sun and shadows On a new house play, As if it were May. The garden has greens And lettuce too, Petunias still Wear a bit of fur. Among the pine wood, Dew hangs in garlands. Where pools lie dark, A spirit commands Each star to its place, Admires its work, Then soon is gone - Having touched OH Myriads of sparks Upward in haste. Across the way, The lawn grows green As if it were May. But frost lies white As sugar on the hills, And dawn shows pink, When flies the night. The world now yields The new year's challenge With winter on the fields. Althea Fortin '51 THE STATE AT FIVE People come in and people go out- Some are pleased, others in doubt. They stop at the window, pass in a dollar- Why spend so much when you need a ne collar? The next stop is candy, pop corn and stuff- Some eat hearty, others just bluff. They pass in their tickets, go find a seat- The children all squeal to have such a treat. After it's over they get up and leave- To some it's amusement, to others reprieve. Some eyes are dry, some eyes are wet- Where've they been? To the Movies you bet. Goldena Thomas ,SZ OPINION - 1951 'H' School is happiness, glory and glee, Work is that not appealing to meg School is my classmates so pleasant to meet, Work is backache, headache, sore feet. Guy Davis '51 ARCTIC OWL 'H' A snow white owl in bitter sky Where cold sharp winds of winter cry, Flew down through the Northern Lights, Silver paths in his silent flights. Through jagged trees stark in the snow, The Cygnus stars above him glow, He comes to pines and settles there Eyeing some small mouse's lair. Althea Fortin '51 AUTUMN PROMISE I ventured out in the woods one day To see the forest in scarlet array. The leaves were singing and dancing about And reminded me of the quickness of trout. W I TheL AUREL 0 I could not stay for the hour was long And the wailing wind would destroy their song. Mother tree was crooning but this I heard- Courage, my leaves, -till spring brings the word. Althea Fortin '51 WANDERLUST I heard the call of the pipes one day, Pitched high and thin their melody play: Over the hills in the winter night The call rang out in the cold scented lightg Now here the sound is sweet and clear, A pleasant tone to eager earg And there it softly disappears- Appealing-wavering, like the tears Of Daphne Heeing Apollo's dart As the ringing Pipes of Pan depart. Althea Fortin '51 PROGRESS 'H' A little spring in the mountain side Yields a stream that soon grows wide. Then other brooks unite and meet To make a river-full, complete. Stream-you're always in a hurry- Why do you forever scurry? As down the mountain side you tumble, Do you never fall or stumble? It's true-I'm always gathering speed. It's not a quiet life I lead. But always there are those behind- If we should miss, then they will find. Peggy Iohnson '52 TOLERANCE He comes within three feet of me To find his lunch upon our lawn, He has no fear upon our lawng Perhaps he thinks me just a fawn And not a man at all. He finds His food where food seems not to be, And sings whatever song he can, Attends DOI in the least to me. But there is plenty room for both. His lunch and mine are not the same. I like his song -he may like mine - If not, perhaps my key's to blame. Philip Tracy ,54 BELATED RETURN H The wind sang in the elm trees tall Where down by the lazy brook, The beaver and the muskrats romped In the place that I forsook. Luck smiled on them and not on me For I was not there that day, And missed the joy of seeing them VV hen they had come out to play. The moon rode high when I returned And scampered down to look - Iust tracks in the sand met my eye And some ripples in the brook. Dianne Soule '52 - ' lst prize in 1951 Maine Poetry Fellowship Contest for High Schools M Accepted for New England edition of 1951 Nat'l High School Poetry Contest 51 C The LAUREL O Alumni 1950 Elaine Adams-Mrs. Albert Wells, Columbus, Georgia Iames Adams-Maine Maritime Academy, Castine Clare Bailey - F.S.T.C. Nancy Ann Barker-Westbrook Iunior College Ioyce Berry -Mrs. Guy Buck, Iay Carl Brinkman - Bowdoin 'Paul Brinkman - Bowdoin Nancy Connors - Westbrook Iunior College Kenneth Fraser-U. S. Marines Ianet French -Mrs. Keith Seely, Stratton Beverly Grant-Mrs. Hollis Rackliffe, Enid, Okla. Ioseph Green - Bates Edwin Hamilton - F.S.T.C. Walter Hemingway -International Paper Com- pany, Livermore Falls Ronald Hiltz-U. S. Navy Lester Hutchinson-At home, Farmington Neil Iohnson -First National Store, Farm- ington Corrine Keach -Gene's Restaurant, Skowhegan Lorene Keach - F.S.T.C. Elizabeth Keith-U. of M. Chestine Kennedy- Mrs. Robert Alexander, West Farmington june Kershner-Emery's Store, Farmington Marcia King-Acton, Maine Gloria Lamkin-Westbrook Iunior College Stella MacDonald-At home, Vienna Lyndon McMackin-U. S. Navy lack Mastine-U. S. Navy George McCormick -U. S. Navy Betty McCully-Mrs. Reino Hill, Farmington Robert McCully - Forster Mfg. Co. Ware- house, Farmington Iane Metcalf-U. of M. Albert Mitchell - F .S.T.C. Roxie Moody-Mrs. Montford Grover, Farm- ington Gordon Morrow-Employed -Metcalf's Mill Lucy Mosher-M.C.l. Ioyce Petrie-Mrs. Donald Emery, East New Portland Edna Luce Pillsbury-Mrs. Verdell Pillsbury, Farmington Falls Iames Rand-U. of M. Ieannine Redlevske-Mount Ida Airline Host- ess School, Mass. Leo Rioux - Employed - Farmington Dowel Products Co. Ieannette Savage-Coating Dept. Oxford Paper Co., Rumford Residence Ridlonville Galen Sayward - Bowdoin Dale Sinskie-Sinskie's Garage, Farmington Alice Staples-College of Our Lady of Mercy, Portland Anthony Skwara - Employed - F rary's Mill, Dryden Marilyn Stinchfield-Burdette College, Boston Loraine Sturtevant-College of Practical Arts and Letters, B.U. lack Tarbox-State Highway Construction, Camden Harriet Thompson-Mrs. Robert Fortier, Farmington Everett Vining-Employed at home, Farm- ington Priscilla Webber- I. I. Newberry's, Farmington Dean Wiles- F.S.T.C. David Yost-F.S.T.C. 1949 Harold Allen- Employed by Harvey Smith Blaine Atwood-F.S.T.C. Elaine Beal-F.S.T.C. Eleanor Beal-Maine General Hospital, Port- land Robert Bean-Coburn's Mill Adelbert Beedy-U. of M. Myron Bergeron - F.S.T.C. Albert Cole-Employed by Ray Hall, Mount Vernon Fred Collins-First National Store 0 The LAUREL 0 Estelle fLambertj Collins-Mrs. Fred Collins, Farmington Louise Davis-U. of M. Carl Goding-U. S. Army Ramona Hammond - F .S.T.C. Milton Hill-Coburn's Mill Elinor Horton -U. of M. Richard Iohnson-U. S. Marines Betty Kershner- Howard's Rexall Store Granville Knowles-U. S. Army Edwin Kohtala - Employed at home, Vienna Caroline Ladd - WACS Lloyd Lake-U. S. Air Force Roy Lamkin - F.S.T.C. Kathleen Lovell- Mrs. Lloyd Huntoon, Range- ley, Maine Iohn McCormick-U. S. Air Force Iohn McKenzie - U. S. Air Force Ierlean Meader -Information desired Wilson Miles-I. W. Woolworth Co., Water- ville Thomas Newell- North Anson Reel Co., North Anson, Maine Prentice Nile-North lay, Norrwock Shoe Co. Layton Patriquin - U. S. Army, Korea - Miss- ing in Action Patricia Richards-Nurses Training, Lynn Roland Roux-U. S. Air Force Richard Russell- U. S. Navy Anna May Small-Mrs. William E. Shardlow Ir., West Farmington Alan Smith - U. of M. Gaynelle Smith - Bursar's office, F.S.T.C. Lillian Smith-At home, Temple Aura Straw - Mrs William Daye Ir., Iay, Maine , Phyllis Taylor- Employed by Kenneth Walker, Geneva, Ohio Helen Tracy -Franklin Memorial Hospital Calvin Tyler- Employed by Mark Mosher, Temple Ioan Webber - Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. Lillian Webber-Mrs. Clarence White, Mount Vernon Ieanette Wright - F.S.T.C. Richard Wright-U. S. Army Lawrence Yeaton-Employed by Milford Beal, West Farmington 1948 Adria Adams-F.S.T.C. Beulah Adams- At home Charles Adams- Bass Shoe Factory, Wilton ' Iohn Adams-U. S. Army Colleen Ayer- Mrs. Raymond Titcomb, Farm- ington Carl Berry-U. S. Navy George Berry- Forster Manufacturing Com- pany, Farmington Barbara Blanchard-Mrs. Lee Wilson, Farm- ington Beula Blanchard - New England Telephone Company, Farmington Elden Churchill-U. S. Navy Eleanor Compton - F .S.T.C. Ioan Craig-Maine General Hospital, Portland Anne Deering-Beautician, D. W. Adams Company, Augusta Kenneth Durrell-U. S. Army Caroline Ellis- Mrs. William Savage, Farm- ington Beverly Farrington -Mrs. Leo Karkos, W. Farmington Robert Fortier- Farmington - K. Foster, Con- tractor Harriett Gage-Nurses Training, Central Maine General Hospital, Lewiston William Gile- G.S.T.C. Charles Grant-U. S. Navy Lee Gray- U. S. Marines Robert Grover - B. D. Moore, Farmington Rowena Hammond - Mrs. Harold Swain, Chicago Doris Hardy - X-Ray Technician, Tulsa, Okla- homa Constance Huart-Mrs. Iohn Cutler, Farm- ington Alice Karambelas-Information desired Hazel Kelley - Mrs. Rodney Burwood, Sumpter, South Carolina Cecil Kendall- Farmington Dowel Products Company Donald Kenney - G.S.T.C. Harold Kyes-Kyes' Store, Allens Mills Frank Look - U. S. Army Clifford Luce - U. S. Army Katherine Marena-Mrs. Theodore Tracy Ir., VV. Farmington 0 The LAUREL O Lloyd Melvin-Fred O. Smith Mfg. Co., New Dorothy Comstock-Mrs. Harold Iudkins, Vineyard Farmington Blanche Merrill-Mrs. Lee Stewart, Farm- Iohn Cutler-Farmington Water Department ington Katherine Davis-Mrs. Almont Burbank, Wil- Sylvia Moore - I. I. Newberry Company, Farm- ton ington Stanley Ellsworth - U. of M. Eugene Mosher-Employed at home, Farm- Norman Ferrari-U. S. Army ington Ioan Fortier-Mrs. Richard Pinkham, Hyatts- Elizabeth Noonan-Mrs. Iohn Adams, Farm- ville, Maryland ington Beatrice Fraser-Forster Manufacturing Com- Clifford Paine-U. S. Navy Helen Pillsbury-Mrs. Kenneth Iames, Liver- more Falls Hope Pillsbury-Mrs. Lance Bryant, Livermore Falls Leona Redlevske - Mrs. Robert Bean, W. Farm- ington Ieanne Robinson-Ieanne Wing, Hardy's Studio, Farmington Virginia Rossier - F.S.T.C. Elizabeth Russell-Perry Kindergarten School, Boston Iohn Sjostrom-U. S. Air Force Durwood Stevens-Remington Arms Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut Reginald Towle- U. S. Army, Korea Marcelle Tardy-Mrs. Iohn Bell, Farmington Theodore Tracy - Forster Manufacturing Com- pany, Wilton Lillian Trenholm -Mrs. Ernest Perkins, Bethel Albert VVells-U. S. Army lean Whitney - F.S.T.C. Mildred VVhitney-At home, W. Farmington 1947 VVinston Archer- Working in Connecticut Grace Bachelder-Mrs. Robert Butterheld, Farmington Falls Evelyn Barker-Mrs. Floyd Brackett, Industry Barbara Beale-Mrs. Richard Titcomb, Farm- ington Audrey Bosworth -Mrs. Albert Bergeron, Farmington Marion Bradley - Littleton, Mass. Richard Bradley-U. S. Army, Korea Leonard Brooks-U. S. Navy Ralph Bryant-U. S. Air Force Scott Butterfield - Bellevue Hospital, New York City Lawrence Churchill- Knowlton McLeary Com- pany, Farmington Louis Collette-U. S. Air Force 54 Q pany Office, Farmington Majorie Gaskell -Life Insurance Company, Portland Benny Gay-U. S. Air Force Richard Green- Bowling Green, Ohio George Greenwood - U. of M. Roberta Howard - Mrs. Reynold C. Avery, Phillips Donald Hutchinson-U. S. Air Force Marie Iohnson -Cornell University, New York City Melville Iohnson, Ir. - U. S. Army Leonard Luce - Fred O. Smith Company, New Vineyard Marie Luger - Mrs. Earl Brown Ir., West Farm- ington Robert Morrill - F .S.T.C. Richard Neil -Information desired. Iohn Newcomb-Mallory Farm, Strong Lewis Newcomb - Wilton Woolen Mill, Wilton Thelma Newell-Office of Capewell Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn. Pauline O'Shaughnessy-Currier Insurance Agency, Farmington Doris Rackliffe-Mrs. Henry Lizotte, Auburn Gloria Raymond - Mrs. Iames Toothaker, Lewiston Shirley Richards - Mrs. Harold Roberts, Spring- Held, Mass. William Richards - Bass Shoe Co., Wilton Eleanor Stevens-Mrs. I. Edgar Paradis, West Farmington Glenn Stowe-U. S. Army Robert Suomi -Employed in Cambridge, Mass. Ieanette Tompson-Mrs. Robert Stevens, Bos- ton University Maynard Towle-Farmington Dry Cleaners Reginald Walker - Employed by Linwood York Laurence Whitney -U. of M. Herbert YVing- Barrows' Mill, Farmington Inclex fo Advertisers Page A. and L. Cash Market 90 Dan T, Adams 66 Al's Frozen Custard Sz H. M. Ice Cream 90 Armand's Socony Service 63 Auburn Maine School of Commerce 89 Babb's 68 Wayne W. Backus 86 Bacon Taxi 69 Bailey's Furniture Co. 82 L. G. Balfour Co. 85 A. G. Barker 69 J. W. 8x W. D. Barker 67 Barton's 88 G. H. Bass Kr Co, 82 Beedy's Barber Shop 77 Richard Bell 89 Black's Barber Shop 59 Fred A. Blanchard '70 Bonney's Lunch 81 Marion H. Boyce 61 Lawrence Boyce 90 Brookside Filling Station Inside back cover Brown's Jewelry Store 57 Burgess Shoe Store 64 Frank W. and Benjamin Butler 74 F. L. Butler Co. 58 Carsley's Store 83 Carter Milling Co. 59 Class of 1952 54 Class of 1953 75 Class of 1954 78 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 79 Cole's Beauty Shop 74 Collins Shoe Store 64 Cram's Jewelry Store 77 Curtis Gardens 68 Gordon Davis 70 Davis Kr Rolfe 87 W. Raymond Davis 8z Vincent B. Davis 57 Dill's Men's Shop 87 Don's Flower Shop 88 Earle's Barber Shop 69 Emery's 66 Exchange Hotel 70 Farmington Dowel Products Co. 82 Farmington Dry Cleaning 8: Steam Laundry 58 Farmington Farmers' Union 74 Farmington Motor Sales :Sz Service 71 Farmington Oil Company 57 Farmington Welding Kr Radiator Service 76 First National Bank Inside back cover E. E. Flood Co, 63 Forster Mfg. Co.. Inc. 72 Foster Whipple Co. 78 Franklin County Savings Bank Outside back cover Franklin Farms Products Co. 66 Frary Wood Turning Co. Inc. 82 A Friend 57 Gagne's Gen. Store 90 Arthur A. Gordon 79 Grant-Jones Co. Leon Grant Leroy Hammond Hardy's Pharmacy Hardy's Studio Dr. J. F. Harris Harris Sporting Goods Hidden Acres Currier C. Holman Hodgkins Store, Temple Horn Motors Howard's Rexall Drug Store Husson College Jacobs' Market J oe's Market Jordon's Cash Market M, E. Knapp 8z Son The Knowlton Sz McLeary Co. Inside back cover 68 84 70 71 67 74 56 65 73 79 64 88 66 60 81 65 86 The Kyes Agency Edgar H. Kyes Lambert's Garage Lambert's Shell Station Lamkin's Poultry Farm L. R. Lewis, Druggist Livermore Falls Trust Co. Louise's Diner Dr. Frederick C. Lovejoy A. S. Lowell Luce's Studio Magoni's Maine Consolidated Power Co. Maine Skewer Sz Dowel Co. Marble's Model Cleaners Wilfred McLeary Co. F. L. McLaughlin Metcalf Wood Products Co. Midtown Variety Store Mills Sz Mills C. B. Moody B. D. Moore Morton Motor Co. Mark Mosher J. J. Newberry New England Furniture Newman Motor Co. New York Store Dr. Rowell Orr Parker Spring Camps Pearson's Sporting Goods Peoples National Bank W. M. Pierce, D.D'.S. P1'obert's Market Ranger's Feed Store The Red Store Richards Socony Richvale Farm Rive1'side Greenhouses Dr. E. E. Russell Russell's Service Sandy River Kennels Sawyer's Market Sinskie's Motor Mart Fred 0. Smith Mfg. Co. Harvey R. Smith Harold Spear State of Maine Garage Starbird Lumber Co. State Theater Stearns Furniture Co. C. W. Steele Co. Stewart's Lunch Strong Wood Turning Corp. Stoddard House Stowe's Taxi Stuart's Lunch Tague Real Estate Exchange Tarbox 8x Whittier Taylor's Garage Titcomb's Dairy Lindsay Trask Triangle Bus Line Tripp Appliances Frank N. Vanderhoff, Real Estate Voter's Dining Room Page 81 75 60 58 73 66 80 67 83 62 56 69 83 62 87 64 70 62 91 80 78 59 60 91 59 43 74 65 68 77 79 68 57 91 65 59 90 91 56 67 81 88 63 69 72 67 77 60 78 83 74 64 61 62 67 66 91 71 69 74 84 87 89 81 87 86 H. Norton Webber, Portland Press Herald Representative 75 Weber Insurance Agency 63 Western Auto 88 Gerard S. Williams 70 Wilton Lumber Co. 83 Wilton Trust Co. Inside front cover Wilton Woolen Co. 58 Win's 61 White's 57 Whitney's Store 84 Willey's Restaurant 91 York Brothers 77 The LAUREL RIVERSIDE GREENHOUSES 153 MAIN STREET Farmington - Maine Compliments of HIDDEN ACRES DAIRY Farmington, Maine LUUE STUDIO SCHOOL PORTRAITURE A SPECIALTY PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE SINCE 1912 Congratulations, Seniors, and Our Thanks For Your Patronage Farmington, Maine Dial 4920 56 O The LAUREL 0 Compliments of F Com an Br0wn's Jewelry Store P y TEXACO Products and H e a t i n g OPTICAL DEPARTMENT FARMINGTON, MAINE On Broadway Ofiice Plant . Dial 4855 Dial 4490 Fa1'I'IlIIlgt0Il Maine Farmers' 212-4 Compliments of A FRIEND Compliments of W. Raymond Davis and Vincent B. Davis Compliments of W. M. Pierce, D.D.S.l For SCHOOL SUPPLIES of All Kinds Goto I WHITE'S On Broadway 57 The LAUREL WILTON WOOLEN COMPANY Wilton, Maine Manufacturers of AUTOMOBILE CLOTH VISIT OUR REMNANT ROOM LAMBERT'S SHELL STATION Strong, Maine FIRESTONE TIRES EXIDE BULLETIN Tel. 38-3 F. L. BUTLER COMPANY Building Materials Fertilizer OIL COAL FARMINGTON DRY CLEANING and STEAM LAUNDRY ALTON CORSON, Prop. 58 0 The LAUREL I 1 Compliments of THE CARTER NHLLING CO. West Farmington, Maine Compliments of B L A C K ' S BARBER SHOP Compliments of J. J. NEWBERRY WHERE VALUES OUTWEIGH DOLLARS B. D. MOGRE FRIGIDAIRE Happy Cooking Metered Gas Service D L Water Systems Washing Machines Electrical Appliances FARMINGTON - - - MAINE For the Student Complete Lines of CLOTHING - SPORTSWEAR THE RED STORE, Inc. The LAUREL MAINE GARAGE Dana M. Butterfield, Prop. STATI Dial 2596 MAlNE'h FARMINGTON, FALLS, MAINE Welding Tires - Tubes 'W General Repairing Range Sz Fuel Radiator Work Greasing - Washing Gas Sz Motor Oil . .lOE,S MARKET Meats and Groceries FARMINGTON FALLS, MAINE I N T E G R I T Y in any business is very essential. Most especially in an automobile dealership, where 8031, depends on old customers. Selling cars, trucks, service accessories and tires for 40 years, has established permanently ' INTEGRITY AT MORTON'S Featuring CHEVROLET - FIRST AND FINEST AT THE LOWEST COST DRIVE THE LEADER PONTIAC - The Luxury Car in the Low Price Field LOWEST PRICED CAR with HYDRAMATICDRIVE CHEVROLET TRUCKS - Advance Design FIRST in VALUE - FIRST in SALES Bring your transportation Problems to us. Franklin County's Biggest Dealer can HELP YOU. MORTON MOTOR COMPANY Farmington, Maine Dial 3354 24 Hour Service 2659 Nearly Everyone Likes MORTON'S Service 60 The LAUREL LAMBERT'S GARAGE ' Studebaker Sales A East NVilton Road FARMINGTON, MAINE Farmers' 632-11 Farmers' 4-11 Garage Residence MUBILE GASOLINE Sz OIL Mobile Tires - Batteries - Accessories MARION H. BOYCE New York Life Insurance 8a Lake Avenue - Dial 4934 FARMINGTON STEWART'S LUNCH Opposite Hippach Field FARMINGTON, MAINE W I N ' S Groceries - Meats - Beverages - Frozen Foods FARMINGTON - Dial 2841 i l 1 61 The LAUREL I METCALF WOOD PRODUCTS CO LONG LUMBER and BUILDING MATERIALS West Farmington Flat and Shaped Woodwork for TOYS and NOVELTIES Maine Both Phones West Farmington, Maine Compliments of MAINE SKEWER 81 DOWEL CORP. FARMINGTON, MAINE Compliments of STRONG WOOD TURNING CORP. STRONG, MAINE The LAUREL ARMAND'S SOCONY SERVICE Farmington, Maine MOBILE GAS MOBILE OILS - MOBILE TIRES WASHING LUBRICATIONS Dial 2766 PHONES Farmers' 10 S A W Y E R ' S Groceries, Meats, Provisions OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS Quality and Service D I 3344 Farmers' 203-31 Compliments of the WEBER INSURANCE AGENCY Farmington, Maine Insure and Be Sure Compliments of E. E. FLOOD COMPANY The Family Shoe Store OUR FIFTY-SECOND YEAR IN BUSINESS Everything in FOOTWEAR 63 O The LAUREL Compliments of BURGESS SHOE STORE BASS OUTDOOR FOOTWEAR Wilton, Maine Phone 315 HOWARD'S REXALL sion: Fountain and Luncheonette SPECIALTIES School Supplies KODAKS - CAMERAS and Accessories FARMINGTON, MAINE Wilfred McLeary Co. HARDWARE PAINT STOVES Plumbing Supplies Pyrofax Gas Service FARMINGTON - MAINE C . W. Steele Company RANGE AND FUEL OILS HOME GAS SERVICE Gas Appliances Timken Silent Automatic Oil Burners ' YOUR OLDEST FUEL DEALER Farmington - Dial 4725 - Main C O LLI N S SHOE STORE Farmington, Maine 0 The LAUREL 0 CURRIER C. HOLMAN '02 LAWYER Farmington, Maine M. E. KNAPP 81 SON International Harvester Refrigeration McCormick Farm Implements Sz Farmall Tractors Welding Sz Radiator Service FARMINGTON ----- MAINE The NEW YORK STORE 9 RANGER s Quality F00dS,, Groceries - Meats S. S. Pierce Specialties Birds Eye Frozen Foods Delivery Service ALBERT DeWOLF, Prop. Farmington - Maine FARMINGTON - - MAINE 65 I The LAUREL O DAN T. ADAMS NAN T. ADAMS TOM F. ADAMS Farmington, Maine EMERY'S J ACOB'S MARKET We Have a Complete Line of Birds Eye FROZEN FOODS and ICE CREAM WE DELIVER - PHONE 138-3 WVilton, Maine STOWFFS TAXI FARMINGTON - MAINE Compliments of Compliments of Franklin L . R . L E W I S Farms Products Co. DRUGGIST Farmington, Maine Strong Maine 66 0 The LAUREL O C pl f DR. E. E. RUSSELL Compliments of LOUISE'S DINER Main Street WILTON - - MAINE J. W. 81 W. D. BARKER DR. J. F. HARRIS Motor Cars and Trucks ACCESSORIES FARMINGTON - MAINE Dial 4828 Dial 4750 Farmington - Maine STODDARD HOUSE M. F. King, Prop. HARVEY R. SMITH Esso Gas 81 Oil ATLAS TIRES BATTERIES Sz ACCESSORIE-S Farmington, Maine C O T I1 e L A U R E L I Complmm of CURTIS GARDENS LEON GRANT STRONG Used Cars Arliue Curtis, Florist Attractive FLORAL DESIGNS Farmington - - Maine f0l' All 0CC21Si0IlS Farmers' 38-71 B A B B ' S D. ROWELL ORR . I C E C R E A M Dentlst CONFECTIONERIES Telephone 155 2 Quebec Street WILTON MAINE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK Farmington, Maine Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 68 O The LAUREL O Compliments of E A R L E ' S Barber Shop Always Ready to Serve You Tarbox 81 Whittier PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS MAGONPS Fruit, Candy, Tobacco FOUNTAIN SERVICE Call . . . BACON'S TAXI For Prompt Courteous and Service LUNCHEONETTE Dial 2185 Farmers' 5-2 18 BROADWAY Farmington - Maine PHIL BACON, Prop. Compliments of Sinskie's Motor Mart A. G. BARKER Victor - Columbia RECORDS . 0 The LAUREL I F. L. MeLAUGHLIN GAS - OIL - ICE CREAM SODA and GROCERIES 140 Main Street FARMINGTON - - MAINE Gerard S. Williams ATTORNEY AT LAW Odd Fellows Block BROADWAY, FARMINGTON, MAINE Walgreen System HARDY'S PHARMACY The Prescription Store GORDON DAVIS Apparel Sz Dry Goods Farmington, Maine 28 Broadway - Farmington, Maine DIAL 2711 Compliments of Compliments of EXCHANGE HOTEL Fred A. Blanchard Farmington, Maine ' 70 The LAUREL DUANE A. HARDY PHOTOGRAPI-IER Portrait Commercial Studio at 24 Broadway Dial 4500 Farmington KAISER-FRAZER WILLYS FARMINGTON MOTOR SALES AND SERVICE Bear Wheel and Steering Service 40 Main Street Farmington, Maine Dial 4565 Compliments of the TAGUE REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE Specializing in FARM and SUMMER PROPERTIES and' TAGUE MERCANTILE AGENCY Notes, Mortgages Bought and Sold Accounts Collected Firot National Bank Building, Farmington, Maine Service Guarante d 71 I The LAUREL COMPLIMENTS OF FRED O. SMITH MANUFACTURING co. New Vineyard, Maine LAMKIN'S POULTRY HODGKIN S STORE F General Merchandise Baby Chicks Fuelite Bottled Gas Service and Gas Stoves - Appliances Poultry Supplies ecooleratoraa Food Freezers Dial 2407 Farmington - Maine Dial 2243 The LAUREL ' ' Worthwhile Opportunities For COLLEGE and BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATES A Great Name In Weodenware For Over L A 60 Years ' E I The LAUREL I COLE'S BEAUTY SHOP 14 MIDDLE STREET COLD PERMANENT WAVE A Specialty Dial 2840 STEARNS Furniture Co. COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS INLAID LINOLEUMS INSTALLATION SERVICE Upholstering and Refinishing Norge Appliances FARMINGTON - - MAINE Harris Sporting Goods Store SHOE REPAIRING GUNS Sz AMMUNITION SKI REPAIRS 8z SUPPLIES Farmington, Maine Frank W. 81 Benjamin Butler ATTORNEY AT LAW Farmington, Maine FRANK W. BUTLER BENIAMIN BUTLER 1888-1934 Farmington Farmers, Union GENERAL FARM SUPPLIES GROCERIES Farmington - Maine Compliments of Newman Motor Co. BUICK 8z OLDS. Q Sales 8z Service FARMINGTON - MAINE 74 The LAUREL 1 MAIN READ The PORTLAND PRESS HERALD PORTLAND EVENING EXPRESS PORTLAND SUNDAY TELEGRAM For State of Maine News H. NORTON WEBBER Circulation Representative Franklin and Oxford Counties Dial 4847 STREFT FARMINGTON, MAINE EDGAR H. KYES 81 SON General Store CLEARWATER MAINE Compliments of C L A S S O F 195 3 75 0 The LAUREL 0 compumcms compumcms of of B E E D Y , S YORK BROTHERS OSCAR BEEDY WEST FARMINGTON Barber MAINE ARTHUR A. GORDON WINDOWS - DOORS - FRAMES HARDWOOD FLOORING CEDAR and FIBER SI-IINGLES W A L L B O A R D House Finish of All Kinds HAROLD J. SPEAR Public Accountant 76 Main Street Res. Dial 2410 Res. Farmers' 603-2 Farmington - Maine Mull Dlal 2417 Dial 2141 FARMINGTON FALLS, MAINE Keepsake Diamonds Silverware - Jewelry Hallmark Cards ff VISIT OUR SPORTING GOODS DEPT. Cram's Jewelry Store WILTON, MAINE Tel. Wilton 33 PARKER SPRING CAMPS LUNCHES and MEALS Fried Clams A Specialty Dial 2336 FARMINGTON - MAINE The LAUREL Farmington Welding and Radiator Service Anything - Anytime - Anywhere PORTABLE and SHOP EQUIPMENT PIPE THAWING Phone Farmers' 13 Night Phone Dial 4763 24 HOUR SERVICE Howard Greene, Prop. . I-1-v ll I The LAUREL 0 Compliments of FOSTER-WHIPPLE CO. FARMINGTON, MAINE Dress and Work Shoes Menis and Boys' Compliments of CLASS OF 1954 Clothing Dial 2645 STARBIRD FOR YOUR LUMBER CO. Plumbing and Heating BOX SI-IOOK LONG LUMBER COME T0 BUILDING SUPPLIES C. B. MOODY Strong, Maine TEL. FARMERS' 61723 The LAUREL V ' WARD'S RIVERSIDE TIRES Sz BATTERIES A Quality Product at a Fair Price When in Need of TIRES 01' BATTERIES-Relnelnber US- We Have Tl1en1 in Stock TAYLOIVS GARAGE All6ll,S Mills, Me Farmers' Phone 159-4 Drink COCA - COLA in Bottles COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY FARMINGTON, MAIN E PEARSON'S GOODS STORE All Kinds of Athletic Equipment WHOLESALE PRICES TO TEAMS AND SCHOOLS 50 Main Street, Farmington, Maine HORN MOTORS Sales FORD-MERCURY Service FARMINGTON, MAINE 19 0 4 The LAUREL I RUSSELUS SERVICE 160 Main Street - Dial 4551 GULF GAS and OIL THE KYES AGENCY HOWARD E. KYES and CARLTON F. SCOTT INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Philco REFRIGERATORS - FREEZERS - RADIOS Wiltgn, Maine Tire Service Batteries N- E- 148-2 Farmers' 7-11 Tripp Appliance Store MAYTAG JORDAN'S Washers - Ironers - Freezers GaS Ranges ' CASH MARKET ADMIRAL Radios Ranges Refrigerators WEST FARMINGTON, MAINE EASY Washers and Ironers Dial ,750 Authorized Sales and Service .- DIAL 4770 FARMINGTON . A MILLS AND MILLS Law Office SUMNER P. MILLS PETER MILLS F31'llII1IgIOl1 - - Maine BONNEY'S LUNCH Noonclay Specials HOME-MADE PIES f 80 The LAUREL Livermore Falls Trust Company y,S I 5 4 M053 Q' O i : 46 r- ' S Z ' 'i j 2 2 Y 21 .4- E-1. rv 4- i I : 9 Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Company 81 0 A The LAUREL 0 VISIT US FOR COMPLIMENTS F E O COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS F Pianos - Radios - Records MUSICAL MERCHANDISE CO. Brass and Stringed INSTRUMENTS Accessories and Repairing , Baile Furniture Co. Farnungton, Maine y LIVERMORE FALLS, MAINE Tl 2223 A Simple Guide to OUTDOOR FOOTWEAR B U Y- B A S S C. H. BASS 81 CO. VVILTON, MAINE COIIIPIIITICIIIS of FRARY WOOD TURNING CO., Inc. Wilton, Maine 82 0 The LAUREL O Compliments of Maine Consolidated Power Company FARMINGTON : : MAINE Compliments of CARSLEY'S STORE General Merchandise NEW VINEYARD - MAINE Compliments of Dr. Frederick C. Lovejoy DENTIST STATE THEATRE 64 WILTON LUMBER CO. Wilton, Maine TEL. 190 Building Supplies - Lumber Paint - Hardware - Coal Plumbing - Heating LINDSAY TRASK Jeweler FARMINGTON - - MAINE Gifts for All Occasions Est. 1855 i The LAUREL Compliments of A WHITNEYS STORE 81 CABINS Farmington, Maine LEROY HAMMOND Quality Poultry Products Farmington - - - Maine Compliments of TITC0lVlB'S DAIRY Farlnington Dial 4959 FARMINGTON STUDENTS Remember to Patronize Your Advertisers Compliments of C L A S S O F 1 9 5 2 84 The LAUREL L. G. BALFIIUR CIIMPANY Attleboro, Massachusetts Gclinown wherever there are Schools K Colleges CLASS RINGS AND PINS COMMENCEMENT INVITATIONS DIPLOMAS PERSONAL CARDS CLUB INSIGNIA - MEDALS AND TROPHIES Represented by - DONALD B. TUPPER 2 lvie Road Cape Cottage, Maine The LAUREL Letterpress Offset l o I E f a a -- on The Knowlton 8. Mcleury Company PRINTERS n Farmington, Maine Analine Branding V 0 T E R 9 S Compliments of Dining Rooms WAYNE W. BACKUS Hospitality and 66 99 Good Food Special Parties Accommodated East Wilton FARNUNGTON, MAINE 86 O The LAUREL O Farms 81 Homes For Sale List Your Real Estate with we Sell Better Lwmg Frank N. Vanderlioff DAVIS and ROLFE REAL ESTATE BROKER All kinds of Real Estate Telephone 19 Main street Home Appliances - Heating Dial 2012 Farmington, Maine Compliments of DILL'S MEN'S SHOP Inc. 12 Broadway FARMINGTON Men's Furnishings, Sportswear, Luggage QUALITY MERCHANDISE AT POPULAR PRICES Compliments of MARBLE'S MODEL CLEANERS Franklin County's Largest Cleaners Serving all of Franklin County FARMINGTON WILTON 87 I The LAUREL I Compliments of WESTERN AUTO SANDY RIVER KENNELS, Reg. Beagles - Collies MR. 8: MRS. VERNE W. VIOLET ASSOCIATE STORE AND SON t Farmington, Maine Farmington, Maine Route 2 Dial 2533 BARTON'S Boston, New York and Maine LEADING PAPERS - DAILY 8: SUNDAY GREETING CARDS MAGAZINES POPULAR SHEET MUSIC Confectionery, Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco 35 BROADWAY, FARMINGTON GRADUATION FLOWERS and CORSAGES DONQS FLOWER SHOP Dial Farmington 2473 Open Daily - Sundays K-- Holidays 5 8:30 to 6 7 to 9 P. M. ' COMPLIMENTS OF HUSSON COLLEGE Muine's largest School offommerciul Training C. H. HUSSON' Y 157 Park Street President - Free Catalog Bangor, Maine The LAUREL AUBURN MAINE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE A BUSINESS COLLEGE OF MERIT AND DISTINCTION Six-Week Summer Session, June 18 to July 27 Fall Term Starts September 6 Catalog on Request PAUL S. SEAVEY, Mgr. AGNES C. SEAVEY, Prin. 53 Court Street Tel. 2-2171 Compliments of TRIANGLE BUS LINE FARMINGTON MAINE RICHARD H. BELL Currier Insurance Agency Established 1884 FARMINGTON - - MAINE All Kinds of INSURANCE and SURETY BONDS 89 O T h e L A U R E L I Compliments Compliments of of GAGNEQS A 81 L GENERAL STORE CASH MARKET New Vineyard Maine Stl-Ong Maine Compliments of Bakery Products A L 9 S DECORATED CAKES FROZEN CUST ARD Vlfedding - Anniversary - Birthday and HOME MADE lawrence Boyce, Salesman ICE CREAM SHOP 8A LAKE AVE. FARMINGTON - - MAINE FARMINGTON - - MAINE DIAL 4934 TIRES, MOBIL RICHARDS -mugs, PRODUCTS .TI Batfes' SOCONY STA I ION Aww II? , S , If STRONG - - - MAINE LUBRICATION' A SPECIALTY Phone 42 90 0 ' The LAUREL O Compliments of Com liments of P PROBERT'S MARKET lVl1dt0wn Variety Store Dems in SUN06O GAS 82 OIL Tydol Heating Oils CLOTHING Sz SHOES STRONG - MAINE STRONG - - - MAINE 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Sunday Hours STUART'S LUNCH C pl A Good Place to Eat of MARK H. MOSHER Open from 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. STRONG, MAINE Opposite Toothpick Mill RICHVALE FARM Golden Guernsey Milk Farmington Dial 4563 WILLEY'S RESTAURANT Upstairs over the Hole in the Wall ' and WILLEY,S VARIETY STORE 40 L BROADWAY FARMINGTON, MAINE 91 AUTOGRAPHS ir. :qw a' 3 U ' u 5a 134 5.. X . f 1 if A -gf, VER, L K ,. X. r' wi., 3 gk f 'CPM ff- VF ' ,. 'P s l gi fi' 3, 1 r GRANT-JONES CO. LADIES, WEARING APPAREL DRY norms Farmington, A Maine Compliments of Brookside Filling Station inc. SOCONY PRODUCTS Wilton Q - Mlillli THE FIRST NATYONAL BANK 2 Farmington, Maine mmm- of me new-.1 num amen Qs - 1' . lx ,ffl I G3 K .e E '-E 'i?l 22'f?'Ln-244: K W. , Y ' SW ' 5.22-..L. I