Farmington High School - Laurel Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

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9 The LAUREL 9 DATE EVENT COMMENT March 1 Public Speaking Semi-finals NVinners-Q8 out of 165 D. Soule, D. Butler, S. Dingley, C. Given. I. Black, A. Lambert, D. Bosworth, G. Ranger. 9 Vic Dance Sponsored by Class Trippersf, Held in Main Room. Profit about 151375. 9 Dual Ski Meet Defeated Kents Hill 200-180. 12 Baseball 30 candidates reported. 12 Spring Football 20 players present. 12 FHS Band Invited Strong Highis players to join them. 12 School Assembly--open to public Major Paul Cyr spoke interestingly of world espionage. 14 New England Music Festival Those attending it with Miss Iola Peakins were at Lewiston Mosher, B. Wheeler, P. Edwards, and B. Hawes. 1-l Visit to State Legislature Class of '52. Chaperoned by Principal Diehl. 16 Vic Dance Sponsored by school majorettes for uniforms. Profit 58.00. 20 Franklin All-Star Basketball K. Bailey, G. Alexander, K. Alexander played with the Southerners, who won 43-34. 20 Franklin All Faculty Basketball Coach Crozier played on the South Franklin game team that won 42-38. Z1 Visit to State House Seniors were chaperoned by Mr. Reed and Mrs. DeWo1fe. 22 Music Aptitude Tests Carrol Poulin gave school music tests and dem- onstrated several band instruments. 30 Vic Dance Put on by Class Trippers 'i at the Community Center. Profit 152300. April ' 3 Orchestra and Band Concert Mr. Poulin again demonstrated some of the band instruments and conducted a question ' period. 4 Food Sale at Barker's Garage Sponsored by Class Trippersf' Profit 153300. 6 Semi-Formal Dance at Theme: April Showers Community Center Sponsor: Class of '52 Orchestra: Bob's of Wilton Profit: 58.00 8 Rummage Sale Sponsored by Class Trippers and held in the old school cafeteria. Profit SS-10.00. 10 Party and Dance in FHS An FHA project to raise money for general use. Auditorium Profit 810.00 11 Public Assembly A singing trio known as the Griffin Trio put on a musical program in the Community Bldg. 12 Public Speaking Contest Ratings-Excellent: C. Given. Very Good: S. Dingley, I. Black, D. Bosworth, A. Lambert. Good: D. Soule, D. Butler, G. Ranger. 13 School Assembly Held in the Main Room to start the vacation. Some of the Public Speaking group gave their selections.

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SCEIOOI Calendar March '51 March '52

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U The LAUREL I DATE EVENT COMMENT April 13 Class Trip-Washington and Twenty-one students left Farmington by bus New York for Washington and then on to New York. 19 Spear Speaking Contest D. Bosworth won first place at the Spear Speak- ing Contest at Bates. 25 Baseball A scrimmage baseball game with Wilton ended in a scoreless tie 0-0. 27 Inter-class Track Meet Won by Seniors with 83 points. juniors made 25 points, Sophomores 20 and Freshmen 13. 28 State-wide Speaking Contests D. Bosworth and S. Dingley won first place in at U. of M., Orono their respective divisions. May 1 Baseball F.H.S. opened its regular season by downing Phillips 17-2, at Phillips. 1 County Speaking Contest C. Given won second prize in the County Con- test held at Strong. 2 Track Meet Skowhegan defeated F.H.S. in the First track meet of the season 72-45, at Farmington. 3 Baseball The Greyhounds won their second game of the season at Kingfield 8-4. 4 One-act Plays An evening of one-act plays was put on by the underclassmen of F.H.S., with Mr. Leslie Whit- temore coach. Freshmen - Elmer and the Lovebug by Beatrice McNeil. Cast Ianie Collier ....... ,.............. ..,..,.. M . Tardy Ieanie Collier .,,.,. ...... I . Besaw Susan Collier ...,.. ........ I . Soule Elmer Collier ......... ..,..,,. L . Parent Fannie Belle ........... .,......,.,..... I . Fortier Luke Lawson ......... ........ D . Brownrigg Hubert Brown ....... .......,.,...., T . Keef Millicent Carr ....,..............,....,......,.. L. Redlevske Sophomores - The White VVilber Brown. Cast Mrs. Blake ....,.......,.....,...... Olhcer Ierry Nolan ....,.. Marion Blake .........,... Eleve Moore ......., Mrs. Frazier ............... Phantom by P. Dunn S. Goodwin L. Hinckley D. Libby B. Luce Ethan Sharp .................. ..... A . Akerley The White Phantom ,... ............. L. Ellis Curtis Frazier ...............,.....,.,,............. G. Ranger Iuniors - My Late Espoused Saint by Frank Durham. 25