Groveton High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Groveton, NH)

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Senior High Boys' Basketball Team CTop Photob R. Hall. Top row: C. Griffith, Managerg W. jordan, R. Roberge, D. Woodward? Left to right, bottom row: T. Styles, R. Baird, R. Chase, J. Styles, L. Doherty, F. Taylor, R. Meunier, R. Boucher, Coach--Mr. Campbell. Senior High Girls' Basketball Team CMiddlc Photol Left to right, bottom row: K. Moore, P. Hopps, Captaing M. McCormack R. Blodgett, Coach, Miss Dearborng J. Pike, L. Hall, M. Mills. Top row: M. Mat: thews, S. Laurhammer, B. McKeen, M. Ellingwood, J. Wadleigh, A. McFarland, J. LeClerc. Junior High Boys' Basketball Team CI-Bottom Photol Left to right, Bottom row: D. Woodward, F. Taylor, T. Styles, Captain: W. jordan, A. Roberge. Top row: H. Irving, L. Doherty, Coach R. Bergeron, J. Brennan, D. LaBrecque. Groveton junior High, coached by Mr. Roger Bergeron, defeated Whitefield in the preliminaries, North Stratford in the semi-finals and Berlin junior High in the finals to win the North Country junior Championship held in Berlin in March, 1946. In addition to winning the championship, we were able to place three boys on the all-tournament team: Frederick Taylor, Theodore Styles, and Louis Woods. The loleal Pattern Many times in my life, when my behaviour causes me to doubt my judgment in making wise decisions, I apply a poem written by Rudyard Kipling to each little mistake. The poem is simply called 'flfl' and its advice is what I would term an ideal pattern for anyone to use to enrich one's life. When the world seems very black, and every dream has failed, the words of Kipling provide an understanding for all that has happened. Like an antitoxin, they inject new spirit into defeated hearts and brighten the path of happiness. There are times when this poem is reproving and its gulding words are sharp when I realize the wrongs I've committed, and it is then that I've learned to change my actions to different directions. Thus these words of judgment are strong in many ways, but it would be useless to end this theme without quoting the first few lines to freshen its wisdom in our minds. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you: And make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about don't deal in lies Or being hated don't give way to hating. And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise. Patricia Perkins I2 5 l

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Boys' Basketball-1946 - '47 GROVETON TAKES OPENER Sparked by Louie Doherty and Dick Chase with 22 and 14 points respectively, the Purple Powerhouse opened the season by taking the first game of the year from a strong Lincoln quintet with the score 47 to 38. LITTLETON FALLS BEFORE POWERHOUSE Taking Littleton on their own fioor for the first time in four years, the Big Purple teamed up to take an impressive victory, 31 to 15. Doherty of Groveton and Stoddard of Littleton were the stars. Baird's backboard work and his blocking of many shots kept the score low for Littleton. GROVETON 36, BETHLEHEM 30 Doherty and Chase teamed up to make 34 of Grovetonis points as the red hot Powerhouse went on to win the third straight. A. McCullock was the whole show for Bethlehem as he scored 18 points and was a whiz on defense. POWERHOUSE TAKES LANCASTER, 38 TO 36 Trailing all through the game, the Purple Powerhouse came to life in the closing seconds of the game as Dick'7 Chase sank two baskets from center court, one to tie and the other to win. Louie Doherty also played an outstanding game, netting 23 points. Sammy Baird as usual was good on the backboard. POWERHOUSE TAKES FIFTH STRAIGHT Taking their fifth straight game of the year right in stride, Groveton kept at the top of the White Mountain League, pushing Gorham into second place as they beat them by the score of 43 to 37. Doherty and Chase with 22 and 11 points respectively were high for Groveton, while Holmes pushed in 18 for Gorham. GROVETON WINS AT NORTH STRATFORD By the score of 38 to 25, the Powerhouse won its sixth straight game without defeat. Out of these six games, four are White Mountain League wins. Sparking the Powerhouse to victory was Dick Chase with 16 points and, incidentally, Dick went through the game without making a foul, and if you don't believe it I will be glad to show you in the score book. High men for North Stratford were Brown with 9 and Wheeler with 8. GROVETON SLAUGHTERS ST. JOHNSBURY With every man on the squad taking part in the scoring the Groveton quintet went on to win its seventh straight game by the score of 65 to 22. Mooney, St. johns- bury center, was the standout for the visitors. COLEBROOK IS NO MATCH FOR POWERHOUSE Groveton picked on Colebrook, 62-27, to win the fifth straight league game and the eighth straight game of the season without defeat. Chase and Doherty paved the way with 30 and 20 points respectively. LITTLETON IS OVERPOWERED IN LAST HALF, 61-37 After playing a good ball game the first half, the Littleton quintet began to fold up at the hands of the Groveton Powerhouse as the pressure was put on in the last half. Dick Chase and Louie Doherty combined to make 46 points. GROVETON IS TOO GOOD FOR LANCASTER The Purple Powerhouse rolled merrily along to take its 10th straight game without defeat, taking Lancaster by the score of 45 to 35. Louis Doherty and Dick Chase easily dropped in 16 points apiece. Joe Hall thought he would like to help the cause, so he scored seven points. Lancaster points were evenly divided. POWERHOUSE TASTES DEFEAT FOR FIRST TIME Tasting defeat for the first time, after winning ten straight games, the Powerhouse quintet looked more like a kindergarten team as Lincoln couldnlt seem to miss a shot. The score was Lincoln 65 and Groveton 27. Hall was high man for Groveton with nine points as Boyle scored 22 for Lincoln. l26l