Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

Page 19 text:

THE QUILL 17 liar ,f -A O QW 6 if - 1l'llV. 1 lllilxkx If N 1 l X-XTHLEQ'TlLE H , ! I ffiiii 1 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 21 Alumni Sept. 30 Brunswick Oct. 5 Morse Oct. 12 Waterville Oct. 19 Skowhegan Oct. 28 Bowdoin Frosh Nov 2 Rockland Nov. 11 Hallowell Nov. 16 Cony Gardiner was fortunate in having Charles Hinds back as coach. The season opened GHS Opp. with the team using the balanced line as Home O O they had the previous year, but this was Away ZO 6 changed for the unbalanced line, as the Home O 2 former proved less effective. Away O 34 The 35 squad made up in fight for Away O 6 what it lacked in weight. When given a Away 7 12 decent break, they proved that they could Away 13 O go places. Among the promising candidates Home O 6 were Co-captains Norman Ooggin and Bill Home 18 O Donovan, Harry Drisko, johnny Lasselle, 66 58 Speed Merrill, Dallas Edwards, and others.

Page 18 text:

16 THEQUILL THE DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatic Club try-outs were held soon after school began. The new mem- bers brought the total membership of our club up to thirty-six. At the October meet- ing the new members were initiated. A box social and skit by seniors made up the No- vember meeting. ' At the December meet- ing there was a Christmas tree. Gifts were exchanged, and to each gift humorous lines were attached. One of the Athletic Fair plays was presented. At the January meet- ing the juniors presented two plays, and the p.rogram for the next meeting was spon- sored by the sophomores. A contest was held in connection with the annual play, Cappy Ricks, to see who would sell more tickets, the seniors and freshmen or the juniors and sophomores. The losers were to furnish refreshments for the April meeting. The juniors and sopho- mores won. Along with the refreshments a play and monologue were presented. The juniors and seniors were to be in charge of the May meeting. The question of Dramatic Club letters was discussed several times through the year, but no definite conclusion was reached. Gardiner High School's contribution to the State One Act Play Contest was The Last Flight Over. The district contest was held at Bath, March 27, 1936. The radio play entitled lack Teer was presented over WRDO by a group of the Dramatic Club members. The annual Dramatic Club banquet was held June 9, 1936, at the Johnson House. Robert Linsley, president of the club, acted as toastmaster. Toasts were as follows: Benefits of the Club to its Members, Mercedes Follansbeeg Duties of the Mem- bers to the Club, Anna Goodspeedg What the Club Can Do for Gardiner High School, Anna Ellingwoodg The Club's Who's Who, William Brann and Forrest Hubbard. DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY On February 12, 1936, Cappy Ricks was presented by the Dramatic Club in the Gardiner High School auditorium. Forrest Hubbard, taking the part of Cappy, stormed about the stage while Robert Linsley, play- ing Matt Peasley, kept him in check. Other members of the play were: Betty Pomeroy Robert N ewlwuse Natalie Cousens Augustus Demers Thomas Demers Anna Gooclspeed Merrill Cousens Ellen Murray john Skinner Florence Ricks Edward Singleton Cecil Pericles Bernard Lucy Ricks Brookfield Edith Mann and Elinor Hodgkins were business managers, and William Brann was stage manager. Between the acts the Gardiner High School Orchestra played selections directed by Miss Eva M. Towne. A saxaphone solo was played by james Foote, who was accom- panied on the piano by Robert Gingrow, a piano and violin duet was given by Virginia and Carol Storm, a vocal duet was sung by William Brann and Robert Gingrow with Veronica Gingrow at the piano.

Page 20 text:

18 THE QUILL G. H. S. O - ALUMNI O In their first game of the season, the lighter orange and black played a superb defensive game in holding the heavier Alumni team to a scoreless tie. The Var- sity forward-wall played a nice offensive game, but the backs could not seem to ad- vance into their opponents' territory. Don- ovan's punting and Edwards' tackling for the varsity and Kidder's ground-gaining for the Alumni were the outstanding events of the game. G. H. S. 20 - BRUNSWICK O Gardiner's fighting orange and black team, taking advantage of every possible break, won their first major game of the season. End-sweeps, blocked punts, intercepted passes, and line smashes, all combined, gave the team the game. 'Outstanding players for Gardiner were Norm Goggin, Cecil Smith, Vern Stuber, and Speed Merrill. For Brunswick, Estes and Pletts were the lead- ing ground-gainers. G. H. S. O - MORSE 2 The Hindsmen were opposed in this game by the Morse football team and Mr. Hard Luck himself. Several chances were mis-used as the Gardiner team lacked their punch of the week before. It was a hard- fought game until the last quarter when Edwards, Gardiner's center, made a bad pass over Bill Donovan's head, the ball rolling into the end-zone. Donovan made a good try at taking the ball out, but the Morse-men were on him before he could succeed. Donovan, Stuber, and Goggin were outstanding for Gardiner. G. H. S. O - WATERVILLE 34 The result of this game with Waterville was no surprise to the Gardiner fans. Al- though the orange and black played heads- up football all through the game, they were no match for the heavier, quicker, and smarter Waterville High Panthers. Tommy Cosgrove, Waterville's 136 pound substi- tute left half-back, was the outstanding per- former of the day, scoring two touchdowns. G. H. S. O A Skowi-IEGAN 6 Even though Gardiner lost the game by one touchdown, they pulled a surprise on the predictions of many interested specta- tors. This was a good game, very fast and at times very furious. The Skowhegan score came in the third stanza and was made by Oddy. G. H. S. 7 - BOWDOIN FRosH 12 Again Gardiner's football team was chased by the jinx when they were defeated by the Bowdoin Frosh team. The orange and black were the superior team all through the game and only two blocked punts and a lucky forward pass enabled the Frosh to win. Goggin, Donovan, Ricker, jordan, and Drisko were the outstanding players for Gardiner. G. H. S. 13 - ROCKLAND O Recovering their old-time fight and scor- ing punch, Gardiner's orange and black team fought their way into a victory over Rockland. Most of the plays were line smashes and always were successful for a good gain. Edwards was by far the out- standing player of the game on the defense. Hawkins played a beautiful game, scoring all of the points. G. H. S. O - HALLOWELL 6 Because of their victory the week before, the Gardinerites were expected to over- come Hallowell. But this did not happen on account of an unfortunate fumble in