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

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NFXIX If N KTION XL HONOR NOCIILTX FIOIIL Row She-lla Bxb Ou Fmuces Torrex Mibvl We mklxe tm P9111 Cxrtex Wdltfl Butlfxr Rogcx Leach 0118410 Andcr on Back Rfuxw Stephen Jane Grmdle Marx 'VIcC,1rdw LOUISE Blllmgs

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XIHUXI UNI 10 ORCHESTRA ' HE olchestra was orgamzed at the be gmmng of the school year w1th Mr Anderson as the dmrector Mus1c was pro v1ded by the orchestra at the Sen1or plav Some members partlclpated m the Mu 1C Festlval 1n March w1th comb1ned or chestras of Blue H111 and Ellsworth Members of the orchestra extend many thanks to Mr Anderson for worklng wlth them Loulse Blllmgs 47 THE GLEE CLUB HE Glee Club beg,n the school year wlth forty two members The oilicers chosen to lead the orgamzatlon for the sea son were Kenneth Marks presldent Donald B1SS6t v1ce presldent She11a Bab son secretary Mary McGraw 11brar1an We possess a good llbrary of muslcal selec UOIIS and have used a number of them w1th success Our club has appeared dur mg the year at the Educat1on Week pro gram Freshmen Sophomore and Junlor Sen1or speakmg eXh1b1t1ons For the1r part 111 the Ellsworth Blue H111 Mus1c Festwal held on March second and seventh the club Jomed Wlth Ellsworth 111 Slllglllg two num bers Officers and members wlsh to express thelr appreclatlon to Mr Anderson for h1S tlme and patlence expended 1n maklng our year a success Donald B1sset 45 V1ce presldent THE BAND E Band was orgamzed agam th1s year w1th the Reverend Arv1d Anderson contmumg hxs leadersh1p for another sea son The first rehearsal found twenty tive mstrumentallsts assembled We have contr1buLed muslc to the Le glon SGYVICG Flag Ded1cat1on Educatlon week program and one home basketball game The feature of the season was the Mus1c Fest1val 111 March w1th the combmed bands slxty five mus1c1ans of Ellsworth H1gh and George Stevens Academy We plan to fimsh a busy year wlth our partl c1pat1on 1n the Jubllee and Memorlal Day parade The presldent officers and fellow 1111181 clans apprec1ate Mr Andersons generous g1v1ng of h15 tlme Kenneth Marks Pxesldent 44 DRILL TEAM NCE aga1n we have started our Dr1l1 Team and ten glrls are candx dates They are Maur1ce Duren Bermc Eaton Paulme Hunnewell Mar1lyn Mat thews Florence Pert Fausta Torrey Mma Robertson Josephme Pettengxll Shella Babson and Frances Long They are tak 1ng 1nstruct1ons from Mary McGraw and Jane Gr1ndle two veterans of last year Our first appearance at Whlch we were represented by Mary and Jane was the yomt concerts of Blue H111 and Ellsworth The publ1c first saw all the members of the dr1ll team on May 9 when wc marched w1th the band at the Jubxlee and agam on Memorlal Day We w11l be sorry to lose the three Sen lors Mary Shella and Frances Long next year but We mtend to carry on and do our best Paulme Hunnewell 47 THE MIMEOQUILLETTES CLUB IN January 1943 twelve glrls and one boy orgamzed a club for the purpose of wr1t1ng to the boys from Blue H111 ln the serv1ce The first problem we had was to draw up a Constxtutlon and declde upon a , , , , . -'H 'f ll Cl -, 1 . A A 4 . L - 1 , . . V- v ' ' S. - , - - - y . . 1 ' .za 1 ' . , . ' Y 1 Y Q , 'Il ' 9 .V - ' . ' . ' ' 'n . 7 y .. . , , - , - 1 v , Q - . ' ' Y - , , M U - - , . r ' . ' H - v , y ,. . - Y , X. . . x 7 3 U . 1 ' u v , ' . . ' 1 - . . , . r . .. . . q n s

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A X 1 name Thls was done and presented to the Student Counc1l for acceptance or rejec txon It was accepted and our club was ofliclally the Mlmeoqulllettes Club B G A the M1fl1O be1ng for mlmeograph ull for Pen and ettes for glrls sxnce we lost our only male member Our officers were elected and our first letter was sent out Several enthuslastl letters were received from the bovs tellxng us how much they enjoyed lt Of course that gave us a new xncentl e and we worked doubly hard on our second letter Our first publlc appearance was as a sponsor for a famous dramatlst and basso profundo Edward Brlgham Our letters were dlscontrnued durlng the summer months but 1n the fall we took up our tasks aga1n w1th slxteen mem bers all ready to start More and more re P1165 came 1n from the boys and we declded to make them proud of us We put on a Thanksgwxng dance and made a llttle money Fun? Of course' In January we sponsored a dance and card twenty five dollars A wonderful t1me was had by all The officers clected for th1s year are as follows She1la Babson presldent Mary McGraw v1ce presldent Frances Torrey treasurer Belva Hunnewell secretary Today we are st11l worklng hard on our letters to make them more 1nterest1ng and enjoyable We work to keep up the morale of the boys ln the servxce and they keep up our morale by wrltlng back to us Mary McGraw 44 NA'IIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Pres1dent Sheila Babson Vlce presldent Walter Butle 1Stephen Sylvester! Secretary Treasurer Frances Torrey ON the evenlng of February 11 precedlng the Freshman and Sophomore Speak mg three Junlor boys Pearl Carter Nulo Anderson Roger Leach and one Senlor g1rl Mabel Wood were 1n1t1ated 1nto our Na tlcnal Honor Soclety Wlth Walter Butler ln the Army A1r Corps and only three of us left to take part ln the 1n1t1at1on of the new members lt was necessary to call upon our alumnl members Hattle Pxper and Cather1ne Herrlck very graclously took the parts asslgned to them Precedlng the l1'l 1t1at1on the Natlonal Honor Soclety ban quet was held at the Congregatlonal ves try Our Soclety IS belng responslble for the payment of the award medals for perfect attendance scholarshlp and Clt1Z8IlS We have been proud of belng Natronal Honor Soclety members and hope that as years go by a great many more B G S A students w1ll become worthy Soclety mem bers STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL Flrst Selectman She1la Babson Second Selectman Walter Butler Thxrd Selectman Nnlo Anderson Secretary Mary McGra'w Treasurer Frances Torrey Cass Representat1ves Senlor Belva Hunnewell Junlor Donald Blsset Sophomore Gerald Wotton Freshman She1la Babson Our regular Student Counc1l meetmgs were held on the first and th1rd Wednes days of every month and SDGCIHI meet1ng were called whenever necessary 'Ihe first act1v1ty sponsored by the Stu dent Counc1l was the volley ball tourna ment The Junxors were the lucky wmners The Snow Queen campalgn and corona t1on was under the dlrectxon of the Student Counc1l The Snow Queen She1la Babson the first attendant Mary McGraw and the second attendant MarJor1e Young were bedecked wlth g1ftS contrlbuted by the merchants grccers the drugglst iior1st and beaut1 clan The councll wlshes to express ltS appreclatlon to those people who so klndly gave glfts The movles whlch were agaln run by the Student COUHCII of B G S A have brought good dxvldends thxs wlnter .22 MUl'.'TAlN li 'HU of I I S. Ay H . ,, . . . ' . . ll - U, HQ fl U ll H - - . ' 'c , y 5 party in the gymnasium and made about Clerk ........... . ............ Roger Leach . . - ' ' S . h C I .7 . I ' A . . . , ,