George Stevens Academy - Mountain Echo Yearbook (Blue Hill, ME)

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B G S A Calendar 1943 1944 EPT 7 Howdy Classmates' The 1943 1944 school year op ned today at Blue H1ll George Stevens Academy w1th the en rollment of .s1xty three students and the followmg faculty members Mr John F Harr1man Pr1nc1pal Sc1 ence B1ology and Phys1cs Farrmng ton Normal School and Un1ve1s1ty f Ma1ne M1s M1ldred C H1nckley Hlstory C1v1cs Problems f and Mathemat1cs Un1vers1ty of Ma1ne Mrs Hazel Snow Ass1stant French Unrverslty of Ma1ne Un1vers1ty Mlss Constance Robertson Ass1stant Commerc1al Subjects Malne School of Commerce ASSlStE1llt Democracy EIlg1lSh and and Boston Grace H1nckley Gerald1ne Candage and Do1a Mar1e Veazle were 1n today Sept 15 We were g1ven an 1nsp111ng talk by Mr Small Sept 22 The Senlor Class was 1ncreased today Wlth the enrollment of James Gra ham who lS taklng a P G course awa1t 1ng entrance to the Navy Sept 25 Freshman Recept1on' See the Freshman pushlng the peanuts across the floor For the flrst trme the Freshman Receptron was held at the L1brary Aud1 tor1um We all enjoyed the party Sept 29 Today starts the fifth year of our band Thrs year we practlce band under the able superv1s1on of Mr Ander son Sept 30 No scavanger hunt today s ra1n1ng' October 4 We had a very welcome VIS 1tor Mr Sprague salesman for the CLITUS Publ1sh1ng Company He was heart1ly welcomed by all The magazlne contest has started Mary McGraw 1S captam of the Navy team and Walter Butler IS cap ta1n of the Army team Whlle Frances Tor rey IS General Manager Today d6Cld6S who w1ll be the Wlllllel' of the volley ball tournament Don t tell me the boys are weaung dresses'J Why no the Senlor and Freshman g1rls are playmg too The Junror boys were vlctorlous Whlle th g1rls v1ctory went to the Freshmen A treasure hunt was enJoyed by all Lou 159 B1ll1ngs and Paul1ne Hunnewell found the 01rls t1easure Junlor Gr1ndle and Fern Robertson found the boys Oct 6 Look your prettlest SSIIIOXS' M1 Foster lS here to take your p1ctures Oct 8 Today IS loll1pop day for the w111ners of the volley ball tournament Oct 11 An army mule was g1ven today for the person sellmg the largest number of magaz1ne subscr1pt1ons Roger Leach was the proud wrnner Oct 18 The magazlne contest ended to day Wlth the Navy team w1nn1ng over the Army team The grand total was S241 50 he was presented w1th a S25 bond All others who sold subscr1pt1ons rece1ved e1ther money or war stamps Oct 19 Reports today' The first rank 1ng per1od IS over and xt looks as 1f almost everyone has made a good start Oct 20 Today we had the afternoon off because the teachers and some of the students had to help 1n lSSl1lllg Rat1on Book No 4 Oct 21 The Sen1ors went to Bangor They v1s1ted the paper m1ll 1n Buckspor' and the WLBZ broadcastmg statlon 1n Ban gor A few who were 1nterested went to the Bangor School of Commerce whlle others went to the movles or d1d var1ous other thrngs Oct 26 Tonrght a Hallowe en SOCIHI was held at the L1brary Aud1tor1um Everyone was enJoy1ng h1mse1f so that he forgot all about the spooks Wh1Ch were runn1ng around outsxde Oct 27 We say Farewell to our school teachers and classmates for a few days We are hav1ng a vacat1on dur1n0 Teachers Convent1on Nov 1 The War Stamp and Bond dr1ve started today at school We are hop1ng to rece1ve a large percentage 1n thls dr1ve each month so the school w1ll be able to' NlOlf-'7',- .' 'I 'll 15 0 0 0 0 - Q . t . O Q hi - ' . . ' Q. . I . . . iv 1 O . - ' Sept. 9-Early visitors. Janice Gillis, Dale Astbury was our high salesman, and D ' -1 D It- 1 b T - , v - ,

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EdW3ld Snowman and Do11ald C'l'11k played on the Varsity basketball team and made a good showing Bill Blfnsdell Gei ald Wotton George Snow and Louls F1e d ma11 played on the J V team Gerald Wotton was our 1ep1esent1tve lll the Orchest1a Malcolm Hinckley and Geiald Wotto11 C01llZl1bllt6'd then s IVICQS to the Library Stafl On the whole the Sophomo1e C1188 has a very good I6COld and we hope to Pllllllllll vuth even bettei success 11ext xeu Ge1ald Wotton 4F THIS IS STATION F R 0 S H PRFSEN1 ING CLASS OF 41 Characters Louise Billmgs James C111t1s Eaton Maynell Haskell Paul111e HUIIIIS well H11ry Jones Sheldon Leibliton Maiilyn Matthews Florence P611 Mina Rob itson Ailean Staples Fausa T01 xey Ramona Wood and Jos phme Pt tengill Act I Election of Class Off'lCB1S StHlllllg Ramona Wood PlGSld6llf Marllyn Matthews Vice PlE'SldEll't William Babson S cretary and 11easu1e1 Act II Freshman Recept on We had no d1ess rehearsals but the cos tumes were very timely the female mem b rs of the cast appearing in slacks U1 overalls and the n1ale members Ill long excruciatingly becomine hoop SklltS C hn an Yes vue d1d have a WHIIT1 16 ccptionl It was getting, even hot by the t me we had pushed peanuts the length of th H001 with ou1 noses What t11 L, abo1' ' 'voic flOl1l Without F1esh1nen sing' Iie hmen 1111 SLSLPLLICHIIY musical 'J to 1esr Aint I evei Donna et a gal in llly 1111159 Pct III Time Chustmas Place M1111 Room Play Jllllllly Chiistmas pie sented by Ailean Staples Jo sephine Pettengill Mina Rob 61tSOl'1 a11d Ramona Wood of the F1eshman Class and mem bers of othex classes Afte1 the play the1e WSIS punch and co kves fOl all seived by the Fiosh Act IV Fieshnian SODYIOYIIOIG Speaking, EXhlb1tlOll The1e meie Ailean Staples M3UllC0 Du1en Pauline Hunnewell Josephine Petteneill I'lFlOll 1 Wood and Louis Billings t'1k111,O pa t Of COUISG vve weie scaied almost ou of ou1 wits but b13VCly we tucked ou fea1 'may in ou1 QL11V6lll'1g young hearts and th show did go 011 Man ll1El'1lb61S took part 111 the Variety new XRll1Ch vsas held Oll May 19 M luxe Diven 'lou '1 yaiiety of new and t 15 tlme to si Good b e s vc1 xe enJoyed ou1 piogiam H1116 111 abain next yea1 The only change will b the name of the station Olll nc st will be H0111 station S 1 I lllllllbl? two on your dial Scphomores We welcome you wa11nl Ramona Wood 47 H MHl'X'l'.1XlN ICVIIH . I L . 171. S 1 I . v . - . . - , . ,1 c , . , . ' V ' 7' 3 - ' . 4 S - 9 . ' . I C ' .- . . . inffl '. . ! ! ' Nl' e ' 1 ' . . 1' ' 1 L-3. ' - 1 H, 1- ' ' , O. AIA ' 'I lv 1 . 1 7' . . yy Q .I Q v: L- ' ' .'. I H- . - nv ' . ' J. K7 ' lx - -,---VT- ' 3 , - - - - - YF- C C - . Q 1 . H I HU - . ' - . A K ' William Babson, Maurice Duren, Bernice We Freshmen tried our skill at oratory, , -1 V I ' I ' ' V I c . 'l 'I - , 1 ' , 'O' 1 . A . ' ri , '. '. ' 2.1 1 4 'fe .' r'0' 9. ' -1 . - - V - H - 5' 7 v KL ' A - ' , e ' Q - Q I . ' ' 1' U . ' c Y . ' . 'I h V 4 . ' . Y A, , .N - L E v ' 1- I ' ' ...... ' - ' I El ' '. ' ' ' ' . ' ' , e- ' . ' ' 'le 1 f 0' ' . ' ' . , i new it 1' ' xy - y o. if ' s- y 1 ha' ' ' ' , ' . - O . ,' l .. e ' ' ' ,- 1 ' e ' . ' ' c 3 bzcaclca' ' ' -O-'L . . , . y X .N 1. -,,., V y . D , - 1, - . : - v, - . ' .

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NIOITVI' XIN l CHO fly a M1nute Man flag Nov 5 The percentage of the students part1c1pat1ng 1n the stamp drlve today 1S Semors 100W Jumors 100! Sophomores 16 2 307 Freshmen 100 f Well Sopho mores lt looks as lf you ve got to do better than that Nov 8 Th1s lS the first day of Amer1 can Educat1on Week Nov 9 We had the afternoon off and a program was scheduled to be held at the Town Hall but as 1t ralned the program was postponed Nov 11 Th1s lS Arm1st1ce Day and so no school for us The band made 1ts first publlc appeararce th1s year It was very good The se1v1ce flag was dedlcated Nov 12 All the classes are 10075 1n the Stamp Drlve Good work students Our plogram for Amerlcan Educatlon Week was held at the town hall tomght The band played several select1ons A short play was presented by several students 0' B S A The Glee Club made 1ts first ap pearance under the d1rect1on of Mr An derson Nov 18 The annual Senlor Play was held at the Town Hall tomght The name of It IS J1m1ny Cr1cket starr1ng Donald Blsset The other characters 1n the play were Evelyn Wh1tESld h1s w1fe Frances Torrey Irene the1r datehter Mary McGraw Denms the butler Roger Leach Grace the ma1d Lou1se B1ll1ngs Bla1ne Wh1t6S1d6 h1s son Barney P1per Calvxn Roberts Irene s fiance Gordon Emerson Ierry F1tzgerald J1m1nys pal George Snow East S1de New Yorkers L1z MarJor1e Young Mag Shella Babson Bess Conn1e Butler The play was very successful Nov 19 Agaxn t e school LS 100W Ill the Stamp Drlve Nov 25 and 26 Thanksgzvmg V8.C3.t1Oll Nov 25 The M1meoqu1llettes Club spon sored a dance at the l1brary audltorxum Nov 30 Repart cards were glven out Dec 1 Today we are havlng tryouts for Cheer Leaders Mary McGraw Louls B1ll1ngs and Jane Grmdle were chosen Dec 3 Ton1ght the boys play the1r first basketball game of the season Bar Har bor IS the challeng1ng team Come on Stevens' Get that ball' Oh well boys you trled Dec 10 Some of the boys are col lect1ng paper magazlnes and old cartons and del1ver1ng them to Ellsworth We had a pep rally to get us ready for ton1ghts game Wlth Brookl1n Vxctory for us Dec 16 The basketball teams went to Brooklln They came back clalm mg another vlctory Dec 17 We had a Chrlstmas assembly w1th Chrlstmas tree and presents and a weeks vacat1on ahead' Dec 27 Back to school agaln Dec 31 Hattle Nevells P1per and Lucy Herr1ck v1s1ted us A basketball game w1th Gllman Hlgh School 1n the evemng 1944 IS here Jan 3 Dawn Plerce and Gerald1ne Can dage former students of G S A v1s1ted Jan 4-A basketball game wxth Bucks port Better luck next tlme boys Several of the boys who are nearlng 18 years of age took mental tests for the Army A1r Cadets Jan 5 The boys went for the1r phys1 al exam1nat1on Those who passed ney P1per Jan 6 MISS Arleen Genthner R N VIS lted the school th1s afternoon and had talks Wlth many 1nd1v1dua1s The basketball team went to No1theast Harbor to play Jan 14 We played two games of basketball wxth Bucksport The 0f1rls played the1r first game of the season WhlCh proved to be a very exc1t1ng one w1th a final score of 25 19 ln favor of Bucksport Jan 17 Report cards were recelved to day Jan 20 Today Fern says good bye to us For three and a half years he has b en wlth us at G S A but now he has a blgger Job to do that of servmg h1s coun try Good bye and good luck Fern Jan 21 Two games of basketball wlth Sulllvan We Won' 1 ll J G , ' u ' , 01 . , rf 5 1 I . . , , , fl fr Q 1 , ' fn . , 1 - ' , . . , - - , . . ' , l 1 Y ' 1 ' T l , . I - . . A A Q . . - . . . ' , . 1 . , ' I . . 1 -c. ' ' . Denton Whiteside .......... Walter Butler were Walter Butler, Dana Conary and Bar- . . G . . . . v , V - . . - , O ....... , , . ., ' Y ............ , 1 .......1... 4 h. I . . . , . , 7 . . . . , h - -- ' ' 5 n. ' ' . , - cs . - ' - ' ff ' ' - l ' . , Q A - U I Q. A . I . V . .K - . 1 - l.