Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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EDITCDRIALS HSEBAGO DIARY This document is the personal di- ary of three Freeport High School students, who were missing for a week in the wilds of the Sebago Lake region. The participants of this experiencc and likewise, co-authors are: Ken Warner, Bill Dunning, and Art Ken- dall. Feb. 18, 1945. 10:15 We left Freeport, accompan- ied by Mr. and Mrs. Warner and Ken's sister and brother, bound for an isc lated camp in the wilds of Raymond Cape on Sebago Lake. 10245 Stopped at Yarmouth and purchased 17 pungent smelling smelt' for bait, for the outrageous price c 35 cents. 12:00 Stopped by drifts 2 miles from camp, we continued the trek on snowshoes Qsnow 4 ft. in driftsl. 1:00 Reached Warner's camp. 2:00-3:00 Lunch prepared by Mrs. Warner Cveal chops, sandwiches, tea and cheese. 4:30 Ken's folks returned to Free- port, leaving the three adventurers to their doubtful fate. 4:30-6:00 Snowshoed out to see Image Rocks and Hawthorne's Cave COld Nat used to write in therel Snow 1 ft. deep on ice and ice about 1 1l2 ft. thick. 6:00-6:30 Supper prepared by our cook, Art Kendall. Chicken soup, co- coa, and cheese. 6:30 to 8:00 Ken repairs fishing lines, while Art and Bill read, Pick- ett's Charge aloud from Reader's Di- gest. 8:00-11:00 Played cards and dis- cussed politics and international sit- uation. 11:00-3:00 We slept fbelieve it or notj. February 19, 1945. 3:00 A .M. Dunning awoke grip- ped by pangs of hunger and the in- tense cold. Starts a fire and causes e- nough commotion to wake up an army. This has a surprising effect on Art and Ken. Art entertains with groans and imitations, while Ken throws shoes and all other available objects. Dun- ning peacefully continues to play an- cient records on the victrola and daint- ily sips cocoa until 4:00 A. M., when he is finally overpowered by two grog- gy figures, and chained to his cot. The three cots were huddled around the kitchen range. 4:00 A. M. Back to peaceful slum- ber. CBRRRRRHJ 5:45 Bill awoke the household screaming to go fishing, 6:00 Art Kendall brewed break- fast, fbacon, cheese, omelet, toast, co- coa.J 7:10 Went down to lake and set out four lines near the point, too cold to stay, 7 below zero. 8:10 Stumbled into camp in a half frozen stupor, everyone caked with frost. ' 8:30-9:00 Art and Ken thawed out on stove while Bill, the staff artist sketched the camp. 9:10 Dunning went to check lines

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THE CLARION 19 Velma McAllister, Betty Litchfield, Fredia Marston, Lewis Groves, Law- rence Lunt, Archie Dennison, James Winchell and Clyde Nicholson, cheer leader. New pupils who came this year are: Laura Smith, from Oakfield High, Vir- ginia Heath, from Deering High. The Freshman Reception committee were: Betty Litchfield, Marilyn Brown, Georgia Merryman, Sidney Merrill, Clyde Nicholson, Lewis Groves. The stunts were performed in the after- noon, in the evening a social was giv- en for them. The Sophomore class takes pride in the fact that they contributed to the Red Cross 31315, which was the larg- est contribution in the four classes. There are four Sophomores who haven't been absent or tardy this year: Georgia Merryman, Richard Pulk, Laura Smith. Maxine Webber '47 Class Editor FRESHMAN CLASS Our class began with fifty-five mem- bers this year but twelve of this num- ber have left school. Some joined thc armed forces, some moved away and others took up different jobs. Our basketball members are Jerry McCoubrey, Keith Miller, Kenneth Wilson, William Lunt, George Lowell, Grenny Hudson, Luella Libby, Pauline Litchfield, Patricia Bernard, Janice Capen, and Laura Winslow. Pauline Litchfield represents us in the Student Council. Jerry McCoubrey and Keith Miller two of our best athletes have recently moved away. Jerry has gone to Mary- land, and Keith has gone to Bath, Mc As usual the Freshman class wan pushed around a great deal at the be- ginning of the year, but now we art really quite well established, and we intend to keep right on the job. We have not as yet elected our of- ficers because there were many new students whom we had not come to know well and we thought that it wat only fair to wait until we were well acquainted with each other. Our class also sponsored a social at the beginning of the year. Barbara Williams has not been ab- sent or tardy this year. Kenneth Wilson '48 Class Editor SOPHOMORE CLASS Front Row: J. Blanchard, E. Phillips, B. Litchfield, L. Bailey, F. Estabrook, L. Dill, F. Marston. 2nd Row: M. Webber, L. Smith, M. Smith, B. Cogswell, G. Merryman, J. Puiia, F. Pervier. 3rd Row: E. Holmes, F. Litchfield, V. Heath, R. Merryman, R. Pulk, Miss Little. 4th Row: B. Britt, E. Weed, L. Groves, C. Nicholson. Back Row: L. Merryman, L. Lunt, V. McAllister, M. Brown, S. Merrill, J. Winchell, A. Dennison. FRESHMAN CLASS Front Row: G. Hudson, V. Willett, P. Litchfield, E. Ham, L. Winslow, R. Curtis, K. Wilson, D. Cassaboom, W. Lunt. 2 Row: J. Weed, B. Chandler, Mrs. Merryman, V. Hall, R. Brand, P. Bernard, N. Emerson, M. Smith, T. Dunning. 3rd Row: P. Wordon, B. Williams, H. Williams, G. Stilphen, E. Norton, B. Dearborn. 4th Row: L. Tuttle, J. Davis, L. Libby, M. Harp, D. Towle. Back Row: R. Lavers, W. Taylor, J. McCoubrey, R. Tryon, G. Lowell, G. Fournier, S. Brewer, E. Giles, E. Osgood, J. Capen.

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THE CLARION 21 9:30 Dunning returned, no fish fnaturallyj. 10:20 Ken went to tend lines,- no fish: explored for wild game. 11-1:00 Snowshoed out to where our lines were frozen in the ice, pulled them up with no fish. Warner claimed he heard a wild cat factually the snow plowj. 1 :00 Returned to camp, rebuilt fire and had lunch of chicken noodle soup, hamburgers and onions, and last but not least, cheese!!! 1:45 Art Kendall plodded to shore to get water, he returned bearing news of big game. The three hunters rushed mad- ly into the woods in search of this game, only to see a cooney rabbit's tail vanish down in a hole. The dis- appointed hunters shuffled back to camp after expanding 19 shells each on unliving targets. 3:00-5:30 Went cusk fishing thru ice at tip of Frye's Island, no luck. 5:30 Loafed and thawed out. 7:00 Art mixed up supper of spam, beans, spinach, cheese. 8:00-11:00 Played cards and lis- tened to victrola, then off to a full night's sleep. COh, Brother! IJ February 20, 1945 2:23 A. M. A half frozen Dunn- ing staggered to rebuild fire. 2:30-8:20 Peaceful slumber- QBRRRR! lj 8:20 Warner awoke mob rattling stove and building fire. 9:00-10:30 Breakfast prepared by Art Kendall of hard boiled eggs Csup- posed to be softj toast, bacon, and cheese. 10:30 Dunning elected Cforced by knives and gunj to go to South Casco for provisions. 11:00-12:00 Warner and Kendall replenished supply of wood, and re- turned to find they had been locked out, but entered by jimmying the back window. 12200 Art Kendall shoveled a path to road. 1:00 Art and Ken met Bill at Lamb's Beach, staggering with a 50 pound pack on his back. 1:30 Arrived at camp to find to our great pecuniary, the contents of Bill's pack, he went after cocoa and cheese, but returned with one can of clams, two cans of orange juice, one pound of coffee, six turnovers, three pounds hot dogs, five bottles of soda- pop, one can of chocolate syrup, nine oranges, 1l2 dozen eggs, a stiff back and a broken constitution. P. S. He for- got the cheese. 2:00 Ate lunch of beans, hot dogs, tarts and cheese. 3:00-3:15 Repaired snow shoes and prepared for fishing expedition. 3:20 Snowshoed to tip of Frye's Island to fish cusk. We set out seven lines baited with strips of smelt and built a fire in an emergency fisher- man's shack. We caught four nice cusk, largest 20 inches, 2 1l4 pounds. 7:30 Returned home to find fire out. 8:30 Supper prepared by Art, veg. soup, fried clams, toast, turnovers, cheese. 9:00-11:00 Ken Warner cleaned cusk, Art and Bill took lesson on clean- ing fish. February 21, 1945. 8:30 Warner woke up and started fire. 9:00-9:30 Breakfast-fried eggs, bacon, cocoa, cheese.