Groveton High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Groveton, NH)

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GROVETON GOES TO NORTH STRATFORD-JAN. 10, 1947 The New Year handed us bad luck when Marilyn Mills, one of our best players, did not return to school. Also two more of the first six were unable to play in the game against North Stratford. Although the girls put up a very good fight, they had to submit to a smashing defeat of 34-12. COLEBROOK AT GROVETON4JAN, 16, 1947 In this second game of the new year, the girls took another defeat from Cole- brook. The game was a hard contest, with plenty of speed, spirit, and fight. The final score was 22 to 20. LITTLETON AT GROVETON On January 26, the girls met Littleton for the return game and went down in another defeat of 20 to 11. The girls played a good game and tried hard to keep up with the Littleton team. LANCASTER DEFEATS GROVETON On january 28, the Lancaster girls defeated us by only one point on our own floor. They kept the contest close during most of the game, with Lancaster taking the lead in the final quarter. GROVETON TRAVELS TO LINCOLN Our girls started out well, giving jus a two-point lead at the half but failed to do as well in the last half, which ended for us in another defeat of 23-15. GROVETON AGAIN TRAMPLES GORHAM On january 31, the girls played in Gorham. By each playing well individually and also giving a very fine example of team-work, they easily took a long lead in the second half, defeating the Gorham lassies 30-13. NORTH STRATFORD AT GROVETON A wild cheering crowd saw the girls handed another defeat of 27-19 at the hands of the Stratford lassies. The girls fought hard to win and tied the game up in the last quarter, only to have Stratford take the lead again and win after a hard fight. GROVETON AT COLEBROOK On February 14 Groveton went to Colebrook to play their last game of the season. An extra share of ill-luck seemed to be with us when ffTweet Hopps and Lorraine Hall were both injured and had to receive the care of a doctor. The girls gave all they had to win the game for their absent team-mates, but they were defeated 26-18. GIRLS vs. BOYS IN FINALS On Friday, March 7, the girls played the boys in a benefit game. The boys had to wear a boxing glove for a handicap but won by a score of 34-28. This was a fun-for-all game, and the audience seemed to enjoy it as much as we enjoyed play- ing it. Noon Hour Club The noon-hour pupils held a meeting at the beginning of the year to elect officers and suggest activities to be carried on during the year for the purpose of entertaining the pupils during the noon hour. I The officers are: President, Patricia Marshallg Vice President, Beverly Barnett, Secretary-Treasurer, Marjorie Stoddard. The president then nominated a committee to get games and keep the club organized. Those elected were: Clarence Curtis, Robert Savage, Chandis Gibson, john Pepau, and Marcia Gadwah. On December 6, 1946, a social was given. This social was for the purpose of getting money to buy games for next year's club. Activities now available are cards, basketball, volley-ball, Chinese checkers, high jump, bingo, and dancing. We hope to have shuffle board, and ping pong soon. l28l

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GROVETON LOSES SECOND STRAIGHT After playing good basketball the first half of the season, the Purple Powerhouse blew up in the last half to lose, 53 to 32. Doherty was the big star for the Purple and the Gray, while Penney stood out for Gorham. POWERHOUSE ENDS SLUMP The Purple Powerhouse ended its losing streak by crushing North Stratford 56 to 44. It was Doherty and Chase all the way with 18 and 19 points respectively. Upon winning this game, the Purple Powerhouse clinched the White Mountain League. DOHERTY GETS WHITE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE RECORD Louis Doherty, scoring 37 points at Colebrook, brought his total up to 19.1 to surpass Pauquette's record by one point. Louis scored 30 points in the last half. This gave him an average of 19.1 points per game. Groveton easily went on to win the game S5 to 29. GROVETON 89, ST. JOHNSBURY 27 Groveton romped over St. johnsbury, 89 to 27, finishing the regular scheduled games for the season. Louie Doherty with 29 points and Dick Chase with 28 points led for the Powerhouse. Winning this game brought Groveton an invitation to the State Tournament at Durham, N. H. STATE TOURNAMENT AT DURHAM, N. H. Groveton SO, Hillsboro 38. Groveton played its best game of the season at Durham as they ran all over Hillsboro in the preliminaries. The Powerhouse was hotter than a ten cent pistol that night, especially Doherty who scored 24 points and Chase who dropped in 16. Sammy Baird did a good job of working the ball in and taking it off the backboard. In the semi-finals Groveton met Woodsville, and Groveton was always ahead the last three quarters. Woodsville's all-state center, Smith, couldn't stop Doherty as he dropped in 28 points. The Purple Powerhouse came out on top by the score of 48 to 36. Groveton went in to the finals only to get beaten by a tough quintet from Pinkerton. Nevertheless the townspeople should be proud of the basketball team for the showing that they made at Durham. Groveton lost 39 to 34 which is only five points, and Pinkerton High is two and one-half times as large as Groveton High. Although Groveton didn't win the tournament they placed two men on the All-State team. They were Louis Doherty and Richard Chase, Girls' Basketball-1946-'47 GROVETON vs. LITTLETON-DEC. 6, 1946 The opening game was played against the Littleton Lassies on their floor. This was also our first League Game. Competing against height and a strange fioor, we were handed a 29-16 defeat. GROVETON vs. BETHLEHEM The second game was played on December 10 when the girls left for Bethlehem to go down to another defeat of 17-12 after a close contest. GROVETON TAKES ON LANCASTER For the first game on our home floor the girls had to take on Lancaster, their old rival. The girls really fought hard for this game, scoring seven points in the last quarter with only a few seconds left to play. The whistle blew all too soon, leaving us one point behind in a score of 24-23. GROVETON DEFEATS GORHAM The girls had their first taste of victory when they took the Gorham girls on their home floor, December 20, with a 28-23 victory. The girls played good basket- ball and really earned the game. The star scorer was Twe6t'y Hoppe with 20 points. 1271

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ffm. W Last will and testament of the Class of 1947: We, the Senior Class of 1947, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby bequeath on this 12th day of June 1947 A. D., all our Chemistry and English books to the Class of '48. May you all be as glad to give them away as We are. I, RENA BLODGETT, do bequeath my studious nature fwhen it's possible to do otherwisej to Jake Lurvey. Why Work when you don't have to, Jake? I, RICHARD CHASE, do bequeath my athletic ability to Tony Doherty, If you need any pointers look me up, Tony. I, JEAN CHRISTOPHER, do bequeath my admiration for Charlie Griffith to Molly Ellingwood. Isnit he adorable, Molly? I, NATALIE COLE, do bequeath my admiration for tall, dark, and handsome men to Jane Emery. You really can roll the eyes. I, LOUIS DOHERTY, do bequeath my ability to capture the feminine heart to John Lurvey. Don't let it bore you, John. I, DEAN ELLINGWOOD, do bequeath my bashful ways to my sister, Molly and my good looks to Freddy Taylor. tHubba, hubba.J I, CHANDIS GIBSON, do bequeath my name as Charles Atlas to Keith Warren who is already making himself Worthy of it. I I, THERESA GOULET, do bequeath my love for green cars to Joan Gilchris who seems to have a fondness for this color also. I, PATRICIA HOPPS, do bequeath my athletic ability to Shirley Laurhammer, who, we hope, will pile up the scores on my behalf next year. I, ARLENE KINGSTON, do bequeath my quiet, shy ways to Beverly Carver. Arenlt we just the perfect ladies, Bev? I, CONNIE LURVEY, do bequeath my love for the McCormack family to Teddy Styles. Pretty cagey, huh, Teddy? I, PATRICIA MARSHALL, do bequeath my cheery smile to Evelyn Demars. At least welre content to be happy! I, RICHARD MARSHALL, do bequeath my ability of teasing the girls to none other than Neal Lurvey. lim getting jealous, Neal. I, MYRLE MCCORMACK, do bequeath my love for being Mr. Campbells secretary to any junior able to handle the situation. I, ROGER MEUNIER, do bequeath my boastful ways to Gary Normandeau and my ability to keep quiet in class to Donald Riendeau. Especially in math class, Don. I, KARLEEN MOORE, do bequeath my habit of turning my ring around to Gloria McGuire. Doesn't it sort of thrill you, Gloria? I, JOHN PEPAU, do bequeath my love for Percy to anybody who proves him- self worth of it. I, PATRICIA PERKINS, do bequeath my title of ffMan Snatchern to any one capable of carrying on. It really isn't such a boring profession, kids. I, DONALD PIKE, do bequeath all the Work piled on me in my senior year to Donald Riendeau to keep him out of mischief. Is it possible? I, ROBERT SAVAGE, do bequeath my title of a strong Republican to Wilbur Barnett. Don't let them talk you out of it. I, MARJORY STODDARD, do bequeath my love for Chemistry to Marcelle LePine. I'm sure it was the Chemistry I liked. I, JOHN STYLES, do bequeath my fondness for red heads to anyone who is big and strong. Watch that temper! I, PATRICIA SWIFT, do bequeath my enjoyment in giving parties to Lorraine Hall. Just remember to preserve the furniture, Lorraine. l29l