Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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I . MARION LACASCE, Casey Pos'r-GRADUATE Counsrs Born February 24, 1927 Residence, Fryeburg, Maine Basketball fx, 2, 3, 55, Co-Captain 145, Hockey fl, 3, 55, Co-Captain Q45g Skiing CI, 2, 3, 4, 55, Ski Club Vice President Q55g Softball fl, 2, 3, 55, Captain C459 Volleyball QI, 25, Archery f15g Tennis fl, 2, 3, 4, 55, Athletic Association CI, 55, Secretary C25, Vice President Q35, President f45g Play Day C15g Girl Reserves Cr, 2, 3, 55, Secretary K45 g Orchestra C 3, 45, One-Act Plays f45g Senior Drama 145, Property Manager, Senior Drama f55g Student Council Q15g Prize Speaking Q35. Merry, Likable RAYMOND ALBERT SMITH, Ricky MECHANIC AR'rs COURSE Born April 22, 1927 Residence, Stow, Maine Retiring, Alusive, Stern L. IUANITA WILKINSON POST-GRADUATE Counss Born September 13, 1926 Residence, Lovell, Maine Basketball fr, 2, 3, 55, Co-Captain f45g Hockey fr, 2, 3, 4, 55, Softball CI, 2. 3, 4, 555 Volleyball fl, 25 3 Archery f25g Athletic Association C1, 2, 3, 4, 55, BELL Board Learned, Iovial, Willing

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IOYCE MAE VVHITE, Io Hoxxiia ECONOIXHCS COURSE Born October 29, 1916 Residence. East Conway, N. H. Glee Club C3. 45. Ioyful. Modest, Wary WOODBRIDGE BROWN, Woody COLLEGE Coivnse Born Iune 22, IQZ7 Residence, Montclair. New Iersey Entered from Geo. Innes fMontclair5 Iunior High School ,4.'l. Entered Bowdoin College, Iune, 1944. Football 12, 353 Class President f35g Christmas Play 135g Operetta Cz. 35: Baseball co. A I Willing, Buoyant ROBERT LAWSON CRAWFORD, Hob AGRlCUL1'URiXL COURSE Born Iuly II, 1917 Residence. Hiram. Maine Entered from Gorham High School '42. Future Farmers of America Cz, 35. Reluctant, Lively. Carefree GEORGE HERBERT CUSHMAN, Carlin Miacnfmic Aivrs Comma Born September zo, 1927 Residence. Lovell. Maine Baseball Q3, 451 Track C353 Skiing fr, 2, 3. 45. Gay. Happy. Confident RUSSELL P. COTTON GENER.XL Couitsra Born August 4. 1926 Residence. Hiram. Maine Reliable. Patient. Consistent

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LZl?7 6ll'Zl7 6 OUT, OUT, BRIEF CANDLE As the first rays of the early morning sun peered in at the Windows, the ancient house seemed to take on new life. Where, the night before, had stood a barren hulk against the sky, now reared the form of a shabby, yet picturesque building standing with pride upon the hillside. Two or three old elms on the lawn stood majestic guard over the old place that the people of the little town had come to look upon as a historic memorial to the famous family it had once sheltered. On the other hand the youngsters of the village regarded the Bancroft House with awe and not a little fright. The grounds were in excellent condition, it is true, and the house itself had undergone a few minor repairs at the hands of the local ladies' club, which sponsored its being open to the public, but it struck a weird note in the imaginations of the younger generation, nevertheless. Toward noon the seclusion of Bancroft House was broken by the approach of an automobile, from which emerged three middle-aged women of the town, the hostess committee of the afternoon to greet visitors to the historic landmark. From twelve oiclock on through the afternoon, groups of sightseers drove up to the house, and a few parties on foot straggled up over the hill for a tour of the in- terior. The inside of Bancroft House was in keeping with the outside in that, with the exception of a few sundry repairs, it was entirely commemorative of the colonial period. So completely had the structure maintained its original atmosphere, one scarcely would have been surprised to see Grover Bancroft coming in at the side door and his wife, Susan, running to meet him. In the dining room, the table was set as though, any minute, the wealthy colonial family might gather around to eatg and, in the kitchen, pots and pans adorned the walls, while an ancient tea kettle steamed on the old wood stove. Visitors marveled at the skill with which the rooms had been brought to life. It seemed hardly possible that this weather- beaten, yet stately, mansion had not been inhabited for nearly a century. The house appeared fully capable of carrying on the Bancroft name so it should not be forgotten now that the last of that renowned family lived no more. All afternoon visitors arrived, some with picnic lunches and others with sketch books and pencils in hand, but as dusk approached fewer came, until finally, as the sun began to lose a bit of its brightness, the three women came out, turned the key in the door and drove away. Once more the house was alone. Apparently nothing remained to break its soli- rude, yet it had no appearance of loneliness which most abandoned houses bear. Rather it seemed relieved to be unburdened of all those mortals who had invaded its rooms that day. if if 'X' W fl