Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1951 volume:

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For flu- many suggestions you llave give-n clnring your Your yvars wiill us. vii' Slhlll dlWVdyH llfllll PlK'dSdl'lt ll'll'Ill0l'I1'a of vour lcinclnc-ssc-s in ns mul our svllool. It is with gum! rvspvvf tlldt we tleelivdif- w tins issue or ill? IAEFQIISOII hu vnu 1 . HARMONY HIf'ilI SCI-IUUI. lllniscrruin' SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Harold E. Carson SCHOOL BOARD Frieda Chadbourne Lisle Chadbourne Shirley Brown Left to right: Mr. Tracy, Mrs. Matijczyk, Mr. Murray, Mrs. Marble FACULTY George L. Murray, B. S. in Education, University of Maine '41. Science, Mathematics Margaret Marble, A. B. Bates College '37, English, History, French. William H. Tracy, Auburn Maine School of Commerce '50 Commercial Course. Evangeline G. Matijczyk, B. S., University of Maine '47, Home Economics,,Genera1 Science. au EDITORIAL BOARD First Row fleft to rightj : Virginia Moran, Kathleen Ames, Cecil Eldridge, Eva Knights, Mrs. Marble. Second Row fleft to rightlz Irene Levensailor. Iva Knights, Iris Downs, Luella Gardner, Helen Giles, Donna Howell, Marie Braley. - Third Row Cleft to rightjz Donald Kimball, Sherman Perry, William Gee, Richard Braley, Daniel Downs, Leo Mitchell, Zane Cray. 1..v1.m1ynl1.n.1nn1.,.,...m1,.u1.,,.1.n...-.,.....,,,1.ln...w.-M.-I ....wiim-.ml-.l..,1-ni1iy..1,,,.1....-...,1L.,,.-.un-.,,, ..m.1nu... FERGUSON STAFF Cecil Eldridge ...,.,...... . .............,......u....................... ...... E ditor-in-chief Eva Knights .......................................................... ...... A ssistant Editor Kathleen Ames, Luella Gardner, Iris Downs ....... ...... L iterary Editors Irene Levensailor, Helen Giles, Iva Knights ..... ...... P ersonal Editors Donald Kimball, Virginia Moran ...............,... ......,.. A lumni Editors William Gee ................................. ...... .... E x change Editor Leo Mitchell, Daniel Downs ....... ............. J oke Editors Sherman Perry, Donna Howell ....... ................. S ports Editors Marie Braley ........................,........ ........... J unior Class Editor William Gee ................................................................ Sophomore Class Editor Zane Cray .................................................................... Freshman Class Editor Richard Braley, Daniel Downs. Durwood LaGross, Donald Kimball ........ Business Managers Mae Braley ............... ..... .... ................ T Y I9 iS'C Seniau RICHARD ARNOLD BRALEY -4B,,,1.,yw Motto: Yesterday's tomorrow is today! Born: November 11, 1933 , Hobby: Sports Ambition: To become great Course: College Transferred from Hartland Academy, 19483 Basketball 2. 3. 4: Base- ball.2. 3. 4: Glee Club 2. 3. 43 Editorial Board 2, 3, 4: Class Vice President 2: Class Treasurer 3: Student Council Secretary-Treasurer 4: Commercial Club 33 Sergeant Finnegan in What Happened to Uncle? 3: Mr. Lorrimer in Aunt Tillie Goes to Townn 4. Richard has the brains in our class, but he has always found time to participate in many activities. May you always strive to get ahead in life. The best of everything to you, Richard. EILEEN MAE BRALEY Mae Motto lf at tirst you don't succeed. try, try again? Born: June 10. 1932. Hobby: Reading Ambition: To be a homemaker Course: Commercial Transferred from Hartland Academy. 1949: Basketball 3. 4: Glee Club 3, 4: Girls' Basketball Club 3, 4: Vice President of Commercial Club 3: Orchestra 4: Usher at Graduation 3: Alicia Ellsworth in 'iWhat Happened to Uncle?l' 3: Pamela Marsh in Aunt Tillie Goes to Townl' 4: Treasurer of Athletic Association 3: Secretary of Ath- letic Association 4g President of Class 3: Secretary of Class -1. Nlae has been of much help to our class because of her ability to make good suggestions. She nlans to become a housewife and we know she will make a good one. We wish you all the happiness in the world, Nlae. DANIEL FRANKLIN DOWNS UUkf ' Motto: Be just to all but trust not all Born: March 27, 1934 Hobby: Model Building Ambition: To be a successful business man Course: College Basketball Manager 4: Student Council 3: Orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4: Vice President of Class 1: Glee Club 2, 3. 4: Class Editor 2: Business Mana- ger of Ferguson 4: Joke Editor 4: Mervin Tucker in 'fAunt Tillie Goes to Town 4. Danny's unquenchable sense of humor has afforded our class much bilarity- His witty remarks another year definitely will be missed. May your life be as humorous as you have made ours, Danny. CECII. FRANK ELDRIDGE Bild Motto: To thine own self be true Born: May 28, 1933 Hobby: Piano Ambition: To become an airplane mechanic , Course: College Transferred from Good Will High School. Hinckley. Maine in 1950: Glee Club 4: Orchestra 4: Charlie One Lung in i'Aunt Tillie Goes to Town 4: Editor-in-Chief of Ferguson 4. Buddy has been very helplul in typing and planning our yearbook. Even though he joined us his senior year. he has added much to the jubilant spirit of our school. Good luck to you in the future. Buddy. HELEN LORRAINE GILES Helen' Motto: lf you look for happiness you will find it Born: October 5, l933 Hobby: Writing letters Ambftion: Becoming a homemaker Course : General Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 All Star Team 3. 43 Glee Club lg Commercial Club 33 Student Council 2, 4-3 Lizzie in Aunt Tillie Goes to Town 4g Personality Editor 4. ' Helen has always been ready to take part in any class activity. She has done much for the basketball team, and we shall miss her help- fulness and cheerful smiles. We know she will make a lucky fellow a wonderful wife. Best of luck to you, Helen. DON N A JEAN HOVVELL Donna Motto: 'EA good friend is better than silver and gold Born: ,luly 17, 1933 Hobby: Roller skating Ambition: To be a nurse Course : College Student Council 13 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 All Star Team 3, 43 Class President 2g Vice President of Class 3g President of Girls' 'Basket- ball Club 3. 4g President of Athletic Association 4g Captain of Basket- ball Team 3g Aunt Tillie Trask in Aunt Tillie Goes to Town 4g Usher of Graduation 33 Prize Speaking lg Sports Editor 4. Donna, once being the shy and quiet type, has overcome it by show- ing her real personality. She has decided to become a nurse and we are sure she will be successful. Best of luck, Donna. PHYLLIS MARCURIET CRAY KIMBALL Pl1yl Motto: Live and learn Born: january 2, 1931 Hobby: Walking Ambition: Becoming a homemaker Course: General Transferred from Limestone High School. 19473 Glee Club 3. 4g Secretary of Class 3g Treasurer of Class 4g Treasurer of Athletic As- sociation 4: Hattie Bing in Aunt ,Tillie Goes to Town 4. Phyllis is a very quiet, unassuming classmate with a charming per- sonality and it gift for making friends. She never refuses assistance to any of her schoolmates. We sincerely wish you the bright, contented future you deserve, Phyl. DURWOOD OLIVER LaGROSfS - Dag,' Motto: Be as kind to one as you would to another Born: February 14, 1932 Hobby: Going places Ambition: To be an automobile mechanic Course: Commercial Baseball 1. 2, 3, 4g Basketball li Student Council 1, 33 Treasurer of Student Council 3g Stage Manager of 4'Aunt Tillie Goes to Town 4g Business Manager of Ferguson 4g Commercial Club 3. Since Durwood's hobby is traveling, we hope his nomadic nature will be satisfied in the future, and that he will strike a smooth course through life. Bon Voyage, Dag. 'IRENE FRANCES LEVENSAILOR Reine Motto: Where there's music. there's joy and no harm' Born: February 4, 1933 Hobby: Eating and singing Ambition: Being a housewife , Course: College Class President 1: Secretary of Class 2: Class Editor 3: President of Student Council 4: Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4-: Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4: Secre- tary of Athletic Association 2: President of Commercial Club 3. lrene, the bubbling little joy maker of our class. has been an en- thusiastic worker and has always been .Iohnnie-on-the-spot when it comes to anything along the entertaining line-Earl or otherwise. Heres to your becoming a successful homemaker. Irene. Lao MARSH MITCHELL chippyr Motto: There is no greater everyday virtue than cheerfulnessn Born: January 20. 1933 Hobby: eSports Ambition: To become an electronic engineer Course: General :Baseball 1 2. 3,: Basketball 2. 3. 4: All Star Team 3. 4: Captain of 'Basketball Team 4: Student Council 2. 3: Secretary of Student Coun- eil 3: Class President 4: Joke Editor 4: Business Manager 3: Com- mercial Club 3: Bill in What Happened to Uncle-?'7 3: Ronald in Aunt Tillie Goes to Town 4. Chippy has always been the big tease of the class. and everyone will miss him. We hope that his ambition proves to be successful. and that his enthusiasm: never fails. Best wishes for a successful future. Chippy. VIRGINIA JOYCE MORAN MGinny', Molto: 4'You can't buy happiness Born: February 8. 1932 Hobby: Roller skating Ambition: To be a champion roller skater Course: Commercial Transferred from Carmel High School. Carmel, Maine in 1949: Cheerleader 4: Usher at Graduation 3: Ellen Neeland in Aunt Tillie Goes to Town l-: Glee Club 3. 4: Secretary of Class 3: Student Coun- cil 4: Alumni Editor 4. Ginny is the best giggler in our class. We all have appreciated your assistance in cheering. May your future always be bright. Ginny. ROBERTA NORRINE WENTWORTH Bobbie,' Motto: Happiness is not perfected 'till it is sharedil Born: July 17, 1933 Hobby: Knitting Ambition: To be contented Course: General Orchestra 2. 3, 4: Vice President of Class 4-: Commercial Club 3: Mrs- Tillie Tucker in Aunt Tillie Goes to Townl' 4. Bobbie, the tomboy of our group, has never had any problems. She has always been the carefree type and we hope you'l1 never have a worry in the world. Good luck. Bobbie. SENIOR PLAY CAST Seated: Donna Howell, Richard Braley, Mae Braley, Mary Boulette. Standing: Virginia Moran, Phyllis Kimball, Leo Mitchell, Helen Giles, Cecil Eldridge, Daniel Downs, Roberta Wentworth, Mrs. Marble. ,,-.,,,--, .,- ..-H --., ,- -,...-...,-...,........-..,.-,,..-....-,...-....-,...-.,...-.W-.,..-..,..,,,i, SENIOR PLAY The Senior class play, Aunt Tillie Goes to Town , was presented on November 17, 1950, in the gymnasi- um. lt was a slam bang success even though it had been presented some years previously. We began rehearsals on October 11th, and had an extra good time in practicing. When Cecil Eldridge became a member of our class, Durwood La- Gross willingly gave up his part to him and became stage manager. at which he did an excellent job. A short while before the presen- tation of the play, Irene Levensailor moved to Abbot and Mary Boutelle was chosen to replace her. She did an excellent job which was greatly appreciated by the entire Senior class. The cast of characters was as fol- lows: Tillie Trask C Aunt Tilliel who dislikes all males ................ Donna Howell Lucinda Talbot CA maid who is anxious to be marriedj ........ Mary Boulette Pamela Marsh CAunt Tillie's niece-J ......... l ................................... Mae Braley Lizzie Parsons lAn inspiring young novelistj ............... ....., H elen Giles Tffllen Neelanl CA slightly troublesome young girlj ...... ...... G inny Moran Ronald Howlani tHe always has an explanationj ......... ........ L eo Mitchell Luther Lorrimerf Ronald's wealthy employer! ...... ............... D ick Braley Mervin Tucker fVVho is in a peck of trouble! ...... ............... D anny Downs Charlie One Lung CA Chinese cookj ................... ....... ........... C e cil Eldridge Mrs. Tillie Tucker fMervin's auntl .................. ....... R oberta Pfeiggwogtg Dr. Hattie Bing QA chnopractorl ...... ........... P hyl is im a , .Bdmaay JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE Jake stood beside his plane wait- ing for the passengers to get aboard, when a man walked up and stood fac- ing him. His swarthy face was heav- ily bearded and he was dressed in ragged clothes. Well, what do you want? snap- ped Jake. I'd like to ride on your plane, the man said, only I haven't much money. g How much have you then? in- quired Jakg irritably. The .man extended his hand, Jake gasped, That, he said, would just about get you off the ground. But you look like you could use a lift, so get aboard. Iill probaby hate myself for doing this. Thank you so much, the strang- er stammered, you'll never regret it. They got aboard the plane and Jake asked the man if he'd like to sit up in the cabin with him- 'jWhy yes,' he said, I would. After they were air borne Jake started asking questions. ffiviy name's Jake Lovejoy, he said, What's yours ? Huh-er-er-just call me Johnny, the man said. Okay, Johnny, how do you like flying? asked Jake. Oh, it's,Z all right, Johnny an- swered. Why are you making this trip? Jake asked. There was a long pause and then Johnny said: Let's just say I'm along for the ride. There was a long stillness after that during which Jake, did some thinking. Now where have I seen that guy before. he said to himself. Where? VVhere? Johnny! Johnny! Wake up! shouted Jake, We're in trouble. Can you work a radio ? I guess so, replied Johnny. Johnny snatched up the mike and started sending an S. O. S. signal. He tried four or five times with no luck. This is the last time, shouted Johnny into the mike, and gave a reading as to where they were- No luck, he said, Guess nobody hears us. Just then there was a splintering crashras the plane hit the ground. Jake? Jake? shouted Johnny, Are you all right? I guess so, was the reply. Come on then, said Johnny, Let's get the rest of the passengers out of this wreck. An hour later all were out of the plane. Of the six passengers, two were dead and one woman was badly hurt. Johnny made her as comfort- able as possible by giving her hot tea. QJHKQ took stock of what they had tc. live on, and how much water they had. As I figure it, Johnny, Jake said later, We've got enough to last us three days if we are careful. On the second day the professor who was unhurt stole all the water and ran out into the desert and never came back. That afternoon the wom- an called Jake to her side and asked who the passenger with the beard was. His name? asked Jake. Yes, she added, I've seen him before but I don't know where. His name is Johnny, Jake re- plied, He came along just for the ride. A That night Jake informed them that he was going to try to makefit to the nearest town and get help. J' No, Johnny said, Your place is here with your passengers, I'll go. 'Tm going and that's final. as- serted Jake, So wake me up in a couple of hours. It will be eight o'clock then and I'll start out. He awoke that night about eleven o'clock and found Johnny gone. Why that no good son-of-a-gun, he said. He's gone after all. Two days later Jake heard a noise and looked up just as a plane started dropping supplies. That night, sol- diers found them and took care of them. On the Way in from the desert Jake asked, Where is -the fellow who told you where we were ? i'You know, that's a funny thing, replied the man riding next to him, He came in from the desert, told us where you were and disappeared back into the desert. Who was he anyway? Why was he with you? I've seen him somewhere but I just can't place him. I don't know who he was but let's just say he was along for the ride. Leo Mitchell '51 WE MOVE The morning was in its infant stage when a raucous voice found its unpleasant way into my dreams. Hey. Lue, get upf' I stoically ig- nored the summons. Time to get up, the voice per- sisted. ,I opened my mouth and emitted an unintelligible grunt. Get up! the voice yelled exasp- eratedly. I propped myself up on my elbow and glared blearily. Can't you see I'm asleep ? I yell- ed back and made a dive for the pil- low to pull it over my head in a vain attempt to recapture my pleas- anti' dream- The next thing I knew the covers were being yanked unceri- monionslv from the bed. We re moving today and these have to be packed, I was informed firmly. All right, all right, I grumbled. You don't have to push. I groped my way into the shower and turned on the tap. The water was ice cold and I received a practical demonstra- tion of the folly of going around with my eyes shut. I shivered into my clothes, hastily ran a comb through my hair, and went down to breakfast. Everyone had finished ahead of me, and I stared unbeliev- ingly at the table. Where's the food? I demanded aggresively. 'Right in front of you, was my short answer. That? I sneered, glancing at a skimpy dish of dry cereal and an over-toasted slice of bread. How do you expect me to live on that? VVhere's the eggs and bacon? Where's the hot chocolate? Where's . . . i' Father, in mute explanation to my question pointed to the stove spread over the kitchen iioor- I sat down and gnawed despondent- ly on one corner of the hard toast. Just then my brother came in shout- ing, Where is my hat? Getting no response he continued, Anybody seen my hat ?'l and finally, You Lue? I'm sitting on it, I replied star- ing gloomily ahead. Well, why didn't you tell me in the first place ? You didn't ask me! as I handed it to him. Thanks, he grunted, Gee, it's fiat. The rest of the day was just more of the same. Skimpy meals and not time enough to eat that. I tripped over disorganized furniture and up- set the goldfish. When night came I was exhausted. Going surrepti- tiously into a bedroom of the new house, I discovered a reconstructed bed. Piling on mattress and bed clothes, I hastily shed my garments and jumped in. With a shudder and a resounding crash the bed collapsed! A voice pierced my confusion. I recognized it as the voice that had started my hectic day. Gee, Lue, you didn't give me time to put in the bolts. You'll have to get up. Get up nothing! I shrieked. Take the headboard off me and then get out! And don't come back until tomorrow. Luella Gardner '53 THE THIRD DIMENSION Interplanetary war is being waged on two planets we Earthmen have yet to discover. The first, similar to Earth, both in its contents and its people, is fighting against people from another planet who are trying to capture the Earthlike planet. To make the story easier to fol- low we shall call the Earthlike planet, Planet X, the other, Planet Z. Planet X is larger and has greater Wealth than Z. This is what started the war. The people who live on Planet Z are under the rule of a greedy dictator who has conquered all the countries on Planet Z and who still wants to expand his reign to in- clude Planet X. The people on these two planets are way ahead of us in the field of knowledge. They have harnessed the atom's great energy, both for war purposes and for commercial pur- poses. Most of --the war is being waged in the. air as the atomic-powered stra- toplanes of Planet X encounter the cosmic-ray Hying saucers of Planet Z. Neither has an advantage over the other and the air-war has now been waged for many months. Planet Z has decided on more dras- tic methods of fighting. The dicta- tor has ordered that all the scientists work together to build cosmic-ray guns that will destroy anything in their path. The scientists are work- ing furiously on the plans and little know what the machine will do, yet driven by the dictator's orders, they are keeping on with their work. Within a month, with the aid of ro- bot-men and atomic engines, the cos- mic-ray gun is finished and assembl- ed. Then comes the test to see how effective it will be. This planet has seven moons revolving around it. These are to be the testing grounds- Exas, the nearest moon, is their first target. It is nearly seven hundred thousand miles off, yet in a split sec- ond after the ray gun is fired, it ex- plodes into nothingness. After this successful feat on one of their moons, the dictator orders that the gun be trained on Planet X's only moon. The same thing hap- pens to this one as did to Exas. Only this time it showers hundreds of meteors Qon Planet X destroying many of the cities there. Seeing that he has a machine that will destroy everything, he sends a message by telephoto to Planet X headquarters. The message reads as follows: We have a cosmic-ray gun train- ed on your planet. Surrender or we will blow you into nothingness just as we did your moon. Rather than surrender and become slaves on Planet Z, the people of Planet X escape to another planet with the aid of their only inter-space troop ship. They leave robots clev- erly disguised as themselves on their planet to Ward off the invaders if possible. When the dictator sees them still on the planet, he orders that the ray-gun be fired. Planet X is destroyed almost immediately, but as the planet explodes it starts a chain reaction with the planets around it until their whole universe explodes. Back on this planet. Earth, in the first dimension it is the year 1945. We are at war with Japan. The place is Nagasaki, where our first atom bomb exploded. As the Planet X ex- plodes, the same instant a chain re- action in the atom bomb starts- This leads one to think that if there is life on Earth, and the Earth is made up of molecules, each con- sisting of numerous atoms, is it not possible that there may be a third- dimension? People living on the atoms as we live on Earth? It seems that this is quite fantas- tic but I know it is true for I am from Planet X. I was sent here to warn the people of Earth to stop waging wars on others before they meet a disaster like ours. Richard Braley '51 PHANTOM WOLF A group of prospectors were gath- ered around a campfire in central Alaska when off in the distance they heard the low wail of a timber wolf. That reminds me of an adventure that was told to me by my father when I was a boy, spoke up a griz- zled old prospector. It's supposed to be true, but you can believe it or not. Bill York came up here to Alaska just after the gold rush started and he, like most other men, went to work panning in the streams. He found gold the first day but he didn't get enough to amount to any- thing. He had been in Alaska for about a year when one day he came upon a young timber wolf with a broken leg. He picked it up carefully and put it under blankets on his dog sled and went immediately to his cabin where he set the wolf's leg and made him comfortable. As the weeks passed, King, the wolf, regained his strength and the leg grew strong. Finally one day Bill took King to the door and set him free. The wolf, now nearly full grown, loped swiftly into the nearby forest and disappeared. That night, as Bill was getting ready to go to bed, he heard sc1'atch- ing and a low whine at the door, which he opened. King was trying to get in. Bill was glad that King had come back because he wanted a big dog as a companion to go with about a thousand dollars in gold dust and nuggets that he had found in some nearby streams during the summer. He left King to guard his cabin against prowlers who might try to break in. Bill had been traveling for about three hours when, as he rounded a sharp bend in the trail, he saw his way was blocked by an armed ban- dit. Hold up there or get a slug between the eyes, shouted the stranger and Bill quickly brought his team to a stop. All right, Where's the gold? growled the bandit. What gold ? returned Bill with a puzzled expression on his face. 1 ll give you five seconus to tell me wnere it is and if you dont lm going to shoot you right between the eyes so that you can watch the bul- let coming, spoke the bandit harsh- .y. At that moment a grey form shot from the woods and leaped at the bandit. It was King! I-le had fol- lowed his master beside the trail and now saved his life. Une uay as he was passing a waterfall, he noticed a shelf under the falls. Jumping onto the shelf, Bill discovered, much to his sur- prise, a narrow cave leading back under the river. On both walls was a vein of gold about six inches thick and leading as far back as he could see into the daik interior of the cave. Bill started mining the gold im- mediately and when he took a load into town many people tried to find out where his secret mine was but no one was successful, not even two ambushers who had attacked him on thle trail home, for King was on the Jo . Bill didn't make another trip to town for about six months and when he did go, his trip was. uneventful but unknown to him, on his return trip, he was followed by a half-breed who wanted very much to find Bill's secret mine. Bill took one load of supplies into his cave and as he came out for ano- ther, a shot rang out up on the ridge. Running up to where he heard the shot, Bill saw the sheriff leaning over the body of a dead man. As Bill approached, the sheriff spoke, Looks like King has saved your life again Bill, I saw him tackle this man when he was getting ready to shoot you. What ? Bill almost shouted, King died about four months ago and I buried him- They looked for tracks and the sheriff almost fainted when he could- n't find any but the ones made by himself, Bill, and the dead half- breed. Gerald Stadig '53 FALSE ALARM Today is February 2, 1951. We, the students of Harmony High School, thought we were about to have a day out of school. At 6:45 a great many of our radios were on in our homes. Johnny Rise and Shine gave a broadcast that all of the schools in Union 63 would be closed for the day on account of the ex- tremely slippery roads. All of those who heard this were very excited. Off came our school clothes and we jumped into our baggy dungarees and shirts with the hope that we would be able to hang around the house for the day and be able to do whatever we pleased. One certain individual left her breakfast dishes and now she will have the task of doing them when she returns home tonight. She usual- ly does them before she comes to school. Every time anyone walked into the schoolhouse someone would walk up to him and inform him that there wasn't any school. Those who had- n't heard the broadcast were Very much astonished. Of course, this called for an explanation. Well, at 8:30 the school day began. At the present moment no one has any idea who sent this information in to WABI. Anyway, the day began and when the attendance was taken there appeared to be seventeen stu- dents who were not in their seats. About 9:30 one of the faculty came trudging upstairs after deciding she would report to school- During re- cess other students could be seen traveling up the road with broken- hearted expressions to the school. One reason that encouraged us to come to school is the satisfaction of knowing that the school lunch pro- gram Will serve apple pie for dessert. Virginia Moran '51 THE LET-DOWN It was a nice sun-shiny day and the corridors were filled with excited voices because of the coming basket- ball game. The cheerleaders Were all prac- ticed up and with high spirits were waiting for the deciding game. The teams were all ready for a tough game but had high hopes for a vic- tory. It was a game deciding wheth- er we were to be third or fourth place in the league. All week long it had been the talk of the town. The people had great hopes for a victory and would al- most bet 6-1 that we would win the game-that is, if they were the bet- ting kind. There was a big write-up in the Bangor Daily News which foretold the score of the important game. Our pictures were in the paper with a write-up about each player and the team in general. Everything went off fine in the forenoon until about 11 o'clock and then came the let-down. We were to leave at one o'clock- in the after- noon because there was a long trip ahead of us. At twelve, the phones were buzzing and the words aston- ished everyone. There was this mes- sage, No game! The reason? It had rained and turned into ice. Iva Knight '52 EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST It has been said that East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. I need not enum- erate how many times this has been proven, but I should like to cite one example. The case of Percival Van Lester- Percival Thadius Van Les- ter to be exact. As Tex would put it, What a dang fool name. Now Tex was a wiry, taciturn in- dividual who thought that a ranch was a place to raise cows, not fanci- fied dudes. But since his employer was Percival's uncle and since the old man said Percival was coming for an indefinite visit, Tex expected that was just what would happen. He didn't expect, however, that Perci- val would be his chargeg that came as a blow. This wasn't going to work. Tex knew that when he met Percival at the station. He could see that in the dude's quick, nervous movements, in his affected manner. This opinion was intensified still more the next morning after breakfast. Tex was trying to teach Percival to ride, and the dude went consistf ently to the right side in spite of Tex's reiterated objections. When Percival asked if it wasn't the same distance up either side, Tex groaned aloud. But he was persistent, Tex was. He made Percival keep trygig. Yes, he was persistent and patient, but only human, so when the dude finally got up on one side of the horse and fell olf the other, Tex gave up in disgust. Go ahead and look the place over, he offered, but don't get lost! As the dude disappeared around one corner of the barn, Tex muttered, Great! Great! This is great! And things continued to be great In less than ten minutes Percival was back excitedly waving a string of rattle-snake rattles big enough to choke a cow. Tex blanch- ed and his lower jaw dropped' Where - - - Where did you get those '? he whispered hoarsely. Off the biggest worm I ever saw! was his answer. t'Tell me. did - - did it bite you? Tex gasped. No, Perciva.l replied nonchalent- ly, but the malevolent little beastie certainly tried. As Tex confided to his employer later, It was kinda unnerv1n'. After that Tex kept an eye on the dude as though Percival wasn't right in his head. The grand climax came, however, when Tex sent him out to milk a cow. Coming into the barn a few minutes later Tex found the dude sitting on a stool regarding the cow with a perplexed expression. Say, he inquired of the Texan, How do you work this thing? Tex gave him a brief demonstration and then left. Just as he cleared the door, Percival came flying out and caught Tex amidships, bearing them both to the ground. As he strug- gled to his feet, he looked back at the barn and quavered, I don't think that animal likes me. This was the last straw. The straw that broke the Texan's back, so to speak. Out of sight of the dude Tex took from his pocket a telegram. It was a cherished souvenir of his trip to Dallas. It read: Dear Tex, Please come home- Your employer. Much as he valued it he would have to sacrifice it, he figured. Sit- ting down on a log he produced a pencil. With this he changed the heading of the telegram to read Dear Percival and the signature to read Your mother. Then saunt- ering around the corner he drawled, t'Hey, Perce, telegram for you. And that was why the next day- but let's quote Tex. East is East and West is West and I never was so glad to see a twain in my life as the one that took back that durn dude. Luella Gardner '53 THE MOST UNFORGETABLE CHARACTER I KNOW Just four short sweet years ago I met the most wonderful person I have ever known. She lives in a small town located about sixteen miles from Bangor. It seems that no matter how wrong things may go for her in her busi- ness life and in her home life, she can always manage to give everyone one of her million dollar smiles. Some of my friends have seen and met her and theyall say the same thing of how nice she appears to be. Let me tell you this, no one knows how nice she really is and how under- standing she is until that person be- comes a friend of hers. She has done so many different things for me to help me through senior high that I will never live long enough to express my thanks to her. One more of her assets is that I think she is as near a truelChristian as I have ever seen or met. And, be- lieve me, by her leading a Christian life it has influenced me to do things that I never would have done before. Virginia Moran '51 HE CARES FOR US How beautiful are the woods in winter! Everything is so quiet and tranquilly glorious' That's the beau- ty of it. The peace that is found there, with God and nothing else ex- cept the trees and even the squirrels on warm days. Just try going out on Snowshoes some beautiful winter day. After getting into the woods there is the most wonderful feeling of being away from everything and trans- ported into another world with only God for a companion. At this time the woods hardly seem real, they are so glorious, all dressed in their finest clothes of lacey frost and snow that God has provided for them. Therefore take no thought say- ing-'Wherewithal shall ye be cloth- ed?' Matt. 6:31. If God gives the trees their clothes, won't He give humans their clothes? Why is it that more people can7t trust in Him? Do all the trees die in the winter? No., Then what keeps them alive? God feeds them by moisture that their deeply embedded roots absorb. Therefore .... 'What shall we eat? ' Matt. 6:31. God feeds the trees so why worry about food? God will give us that too, if we pray to Him sincerely enough. Matthew 6:34 - . . Therefore take no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of, itself .... Iris Downs '53 GRADUATIN G As I sit thinking many times when there is nothing to do, I dream of graduating next year. My, how the three years of high school have gone in H. H. S., and my junior year seems to be going even faster! 'It won't be long before I am a Senior, either. Be- fore I know it graduation will be here. Many of the gang say, Just think one more year and I will be out of here, or, I will be glad when I graduate. I don't look at it that way, for I'm in no hurry to graduate. Thinking about it gives me a feeling of loneliness. You see, I think that a person has all his fun during his high school years. I surely will miss basketball and going on the trips. How excited we got when our teams won the game! Even if we didn't win, it was fun- I will also miss my friends, and es- pecially the ones who were closest to me. Also I'll miss the teachers, even though they did ilecture our group once in awhile. Just think, after we graduate we will all be going separate ways, eith- er on to college or somewhere else. We will be out in the world by our- selves then and it will be so different. Of course we will be meeting new people all the time, but who are truer than your school friends? Instead of being a Senior next Year, I wish I were going to be back as a Freshman. I don't think even a high school as small as H. H. S. should be underestimated. We will all miss it, I am sure. As the years go by and our minds wander back to our school days when we had all our good times, I probably won't be the only one to say Gee, I wish I were back in good old H. H. S. again. Those were the carefree days. Kathleen Ames '52 HUNTING FANTASY I was walking along a river bank on a dull fall afternoon. Looking across the river I saw a large buck deer drinking at the riv- er's edge. Then I heard a noise. Looking up the river, I saw a flock of ducksg looking down river, I saw a fiock of geese. But I thought I had rather have the deer, so I fired at it. The lead of the shell went straight ahead killing the deer. The shell split and half went up river killing the ducks. The other half went down river killing the geese. The gun kicked, knock- ing me down on forty-nine jack-rab- bits. 0f course this killed them all. While getting up I slipped into the river where I filled my pockets with trout. Such was the ending of a most successful day. Dana Huff '53 THE THING This is a story of grief, sorrow, pain. anguish and solitude. The whole, thing started in Florida in the year 1950. I was working with Dr. Blontz and his daughter, Jeanne, whom I hoped one day to marry, in a dismal spot in the Florida Ever- glades. The object of our work was to produce an artificial life. After more than two hundred ex- periments that proved failures, we decided to change from the electronic pulsation method to experimenting with the effect of different rays on the solution which is a secret to me alone now. Still as we worked from dawn to dusk, we failed again and again. One day, it was in early August, I believe, we were sitting on the porch of our lab trying to think of some new method of experimenting. We had tried nearly everything we knew, electric shock, X-ray, Ultra- violet rays, electronic synthesis, we even built an atom-smasher and triei by building different molecules from atoms which were found in the human body. Still we failed to accomplish the feat. But to get back to that day, as we were sitting there each of us thought of ways which might bring to us the breath of life. Then in the form of a small black box came death, disaster, grief, and misfortune. This box, which we found floating in the stagnant waf- ers of the Everglades, had no mark of danger on it. It looked like a small trunk that someone would use in which to keep things that were precious to them. Yet as we opened it and read the notes in it. each of us began to see it was the answer to our vain ex- periments. The box, as we found out bv the notes in it, was all that was left of James Connelfield, a noted scientist who had supposedly dis- appeared in 1894. But he had gone to the Everglades and set up a lab- oratory and tried to accomplish the same thing we were working for. a formula for life. He had contracted a serious disease and knowing that he would die soon. he had worked dav and night in his attempt to se- cure the formula. Just before death smote him, he wrote the notes on his experiments and sealed them in the box with a solution which we knew by the notes was all we need- ed to complete our experiment. It even told us how to build an electric generator which would start the liv- ing thing which we were working for. As we started on our newly inspir- ed experiment, we little knew the horrible thing we would create. Yet we started building the static gen- erator with energy which we didn't even know we had. We worked all day and nearly all night, only stop- ping to eat, for about two months until the experiment was almost ready to come to an end- But as we started the gasoline en- gine that ran the generator each of us had a feeling of danger. Yet we went on. The first shock which we transmitted into the fluid found in the box failed. We knew that if Con- nelfield was right in his figuring, it was we who had made the error. We started by inspecting the huge sta- tic generator for liaws. We found it almost immediately. A small hair was lying across the wires and was causing just enough short circuit to throw our charge off by ten million volts. After the hair had been removed, we checked over all the rest of the apparatus just to be sure it was in correct working order. Again we started the stock trans- mission. This time, as the spark flew from the copper electrodes in the negatively charged liquid, an eerrie glow of a ghostly grey-green color was emitted from it. We now knew that our experiment would be a suc- cess. . As we slept that night the genera- tor continued the electric transmis- sion of positive eons into the liquid. These eons had to be transmitted in- to the liquid for a period of fourteen hours. And as the liquid was being charged, we caught up on a little of our sleep which we had lost in the past month. Q The next day at eleven-thirty seven we shut ofl' the generator and extracted the electrodes from the liquid. It still had that eerrie glow but at about two-twenty in the after- noon the glow vanished almost im- mediately and the liquid changed into what seemed to appear to be a semi-solid. It had shape, yet it seem- ed to have all the characteristics of a liquid. Over the next few days we studied the living form we had created. It appeared to thrive on pure air, as we noted that though it had no mouth, no eyes, or any form or liv- ing senses, it thrived and grew larg- er on the air alone. One day while I was in town for supplies, disastci' broke out in our lab. The doctor had tried feeding the THING solid foods to see how IT would consume and digest it. This proved to be a fatal error. Soon after the THING consumed the food, IT began to grow larger every sec- ond. You could almost see IT grow. Just as I was about to get out of my car and enter the lab, 'screams of anguish, pain, and fright came to my ears from the interior. Suddenly as if there were a great pressure on the inside of the walls of the lab, they seemed to bulge out until they' finally burst and I saw Jeanne and the doctor and the THING. The girl and her father were slowlyhbeing devoured by the mon- strousilTHING that by this time was nearly forty feet wide. It had no shape and seemed to flow over the ground like protoplasm. I came out of my paralyzed con- dition and reached for my high-pow- ered rifle which I always carried there in my car in case of emergen- cies, but until now had seen no use for it. As the THING came nearer I shot into the centerof it, trying to kill it- But then it struck me, it couldn't be killed, it had no heart, no brain. What was I to do? It was growing all the time, and moving along with a rapid pace, destroying everything in its path. As I ran to get out of its way, my foot slipped and became entangled in some vines on the ground. As I fell I felt a sharp pain in my ankle. Whcin I looked at it I saw that it was broken. There I lay with the THING coming toward me. I managed to keep hold of myself, and crawled to the car which was parked on the road to town. I struggled into the seat and start- ed the motor. As I turned to see where the monster was, the THING slipped into the dark waters of the Everglade Swamps and disappeared. When I got to town, I was ques- tioned as to how I had broken my ankle. I told them the story and the town cops went to look for the bodies. They didn't believe my story and seemed a bit suspicious of the disappearance of the doctor and hs daughter. When they reached the scene of the dreadful catastrophy, they found the skeletons of two people on the ground near the stagnant waters where I had last seen the THING. They seemed all the more sus- picious when they saw what was left of the lab. It was practically leveled as if it had been blown up by a bomb. They arrested me and took me to court the next week. Even the jury didn't believe my story- Thats why I am here now, in the state prison- a life term. That is also why I have written this story, in hopes that someone will believe me and hunt for and destroy the THING before it brings death and sorrow to others. Let this story also be a warning to any other scientist, or anyone who tries to create life. For as long as the uni- verse is governed by God, the only living membrane that men will create will be just another THING. Richard Braley '51 Selected as the prize winning essay in a contest sponsored by Harmony Memorial Auxiliary, V. F. W., No. 6781. PEACE WITH HONOR IN AMERICA Peace is something which the Di- vine Power gives us. How we keep it is up to us. But it is infinitely more precious than anything else we pos- sess. Would we deliberately undermine our children's future security and contentment? Not knowingly, but this is just what we are doing when we speak ill of our neighbors because they don't believe just as we do. Those who have been on battle- fields lighting for our country would not want to iniiict such a thing on their children. As Abraham Lincoln once said, A house divided again-st itself cannot stand. The Divine Power which has made and preserved us a free nation. as yet unconquered, will, I believe, discontinue to do so if the quibbling does not stop within our own coun- try. If more people would vote for what they want for government in- stead of quarreling over it, they would be much farther ahead in the long run- That is, if they know what they want. The main thing that threatens our peace is prejudice. Despite the val- iant attempts of many to stamp this out, prejudice rears its ugly head in every town and community in one form or another. The most prevalent form of pre- judice is hating someone for his race or religion. Such a thing is charact- ized by sordid whisperings, cruel snubbings, and, in some cases, even violence. Second only to prejudice is Com- munism. How can there be peace when in nearly every town there are people who are against us and wait- ing to sell us out to the enemy? It is they who are trying to sway our people to Communism, trying to rob them of their birthright, Democracy. Socialism, Fascism, Communism. and all the other isms are just disguised plots to undermine our se- curity. True security is an illusion. We must fight for security every inch of the way. You don't get anything for nothing, least of all security. You get out of life exactly what you put into itg no more and no less. At any cost prejudice must go. Somehow we must reach our people and teach them tolerance and the true value of Democracy. They must be made to sense that all people are created equal. Communism will be easier to cope with than prejudice. I believe that all communists should be prosecuted by the law, and after they have been brought to account they should be taken immediately back to their own country so they cannot take up the thread of treachery where they left it, for such unscrupulous persons prove a menace to our country- I also believe that we should be more cooperative with the powers that rule us, both Divine and mortal. By taking these precautions I feel that Peace with Honor in America can be achieved. Luella Gardner '53 WANTED We'd like a little car With room enough for four Front chrome without a scar And a handle on every door. The model doesn't matter Either Packard or Model-T A motor without a clatter Would suit both Kay and Me. A sftarter with lots of pep A horn with a loud blast It takes off like a jet With four tires rolling fast. Our worries then would end About getting there and back again No more would we depend On other people and our friends. We'd pick up Nita and the gang Then to the dances we'd go When we arrived there with a Bang Harmony's here they'd know. Just any little rattle-trap It shouldn't be too snazzy I We don't feel athomein Cadillacs 'Cause Kay and I aren't jazzy. Eva Knights and Kay Ames '52 ETERNITY Somewhere there is another land Afar across the blueg If you've thought of ever going there, To God you must be true. You must trust in Him and believe in Him, Whatever life may bring, And the victories over eternity His gracious songs you'll sing. When troubles come against you, Just go to Him in prayerg And ask Him for consolationg Never give up in despair. He's a friend of all the children, Whether they be rich or poor. He's a friend of everybody- Just go and knock upon His door. Tell Him that you need a Saviorg Tell Him you have wronged once moreg .5 nd you long to hear His calling From the friend that you adore. He will hear your earnest pleading, He will let you enter in, There He'll give you hope and com- fort, And He'll save you from your sins. So on some glorious morning, I'll pray I'll meet Him there , In the heavenly land of sunshine, And have LOVE, beyond compare. Virginia Moran '51 A MODERN DATE Jim made a date with Jane, Eight o'clock sharp he came- A peep, a blast and roar Brough-t Janie to the door. In the car away they go To enjoy the early showg Then something for a treat With jazz eight to a beat. Now the evening's nearly done And homeward they start to come, Bang! Bang! Bang! and then a flat, So now they've got to fix that. At twelve with tire mended And their date nearly ended, They say good-night to each other And look forward to another. Iva Knight '52 ONE MORE FOUL Three fouls, four fouls, five fouls, you're out That's all that ref knows how to shout. He turns around and looks at me, And says. That foul's on twenty- three. Chip turns on him and is he mad! He says You dirty lying cad! The t'ref says. Do that just once more And you'll find yourself off the floor. Eight minutes passed in the second half, Chippy didn't even dare to laugh. Then it happened, you could plainly see, , He was calling a foul on twenty- three. The game went on for eight minutes more, But Chinpy Mitchell wasn't on the door. He sat on the bench as happy as could be, 'Cause there'd be no more fouls on twenty-three. Daniel Downs '51 A LIFE WITH CHRIST Have you, unsaved though you may be. Considered how wonderful life can be? How life, with Christ, so rich and free, Can keep you contented though poor you may be? If you haven't, then try it now, First on your knees to God just bow. Are we together? Then let us Pray. Dear God, teach us thy loving wayg The way of Christ, of lowlysbirth, Please let us understand its worth. Help us to be 'fishers of men' For we ask it in His name-Amen'.' Now on to life with Christ. our king. Who gives us almost anything. How wonderful this life can be! A life so full, and given that we May some day go and live with Him, VVho is our Father and our Friend. But how to get this Life divine? -- Why Trust in Me and trust in Mine. ' Is what our Lord has said to me And I trust Him implicitly- When you this first step have achiev- ed And in God and His Son believed. The rest will quickly come along. The wonders of His love so strong. And then you'll feel so good that you Will never think of feeling blue. Ju-st try it now and you will find That God is wonderfully kindg And that He surely forgives sins For those who will believe in Him. Iris Downs '53 JUNIOR cLAss First Row Cleft to rightj: Marie Braley, Mary Boulette, Sherman Perry, Donald Kimball, Kathleen Ames, Eva Knights. Second Row Cleft to rightjz Mrs. Marble, Lois Cray, Waneta Lawler, Clif- ton Brown, Hollis Trafton, Basil Ward, Iva Knights, Marilyn Went- worth. -..1...,....,,1-1...-....1,., lu.--.-.flu-1..-..1, -.n1..1..i...1..i,. JUNIOR CLASS ACTIVITIES On September 6th the Juniors con- gregated to exchange notes and gos- sip about vacation. We were all ex- tremely elated at being back with the gang. By the eleventh, however, we had gotten sadly over this phase and had settled down to the general routine of high school life. At this time we held an election and the results were as follows: President, Donald Kimball, vice president, Sherman Perry, secre- tary, Kay Amesg treasurer, Mary Bouletteg class editor, Marie Braley: Student Council, Eva Knights, Lois Cray, Clifton Brown. Mrs. Marble has been our patient class counselor. In September we enjoyed a corn roast, to which each classmate in- vited a friend. Moore's Landing. South Road, was selected as the site 141111. .- 1 1-.11-'11 1.q1u.i1u.1 1 1 1 - of this event. On the chilly evening of September 27th a group huddled together to toast and roast corn. Re- freshments consisted of corn, corn, and corn of which the boys had pro- vided an elaborate supply. When the Senior Play cast was in its third week of rehearsing one of our classmates, Mary Boulette. was chosen to substitute for Irene in the part of Lucinda, the love-struck, man-hunting maid and she received many compliments for her Hne act- mg. On April 6th, Sherman and Eva are to be Master and Mistress of Ceremonies at the annual Talent Show which we hope will be an im- mense success. To the Seniors we extend our sin- cerest wishes for a wonderful future. They deserve the best. MARIE BRALEY '52 SOPHOMORE CLASS First Row fleft to rightl : Luella Gardner, Herman Taylor, Gerald Stadig, Dana Huff, Dale Burdin. Second Row Cleft to rightl : Delmont Howell, Vernon Carr, Hector Lawler, Victor Linkletter, Rodney Curtis, William Gee, Mrs. Matijczyk. 4..-.......n-,.,.-....-,...-.,,.-.,,.-..n-..,.-..,.-....-.........,..,.,,....,.-,.......,..,...-..,.-,,...,,.-,.,......,....,.....H..-.,.......,...,.,-..i,-..,.....!. SOPHOMORE NOTES September 6th a group of Sopho- mores were found hurrying on their way to join the upper classmen for another school year. In this class the girls were out-numbered by boys eight to three. At our first class meeting, held September 8th the following officers were elected: President, Gerald Sta- digg vice president, Dana Huifg sec- retary, Herman Taylorg treasurer. Dale Burding Student Council, Iris Downs, Delmont Howell. Our biggest success was the an- nual Freshman Reception, which was held on September 29th. The Fresh- men were swell sports and partici- pated in all the acts which they had to perform. They were dressed gay- ly and differently and some were slightly covered with lipstick. At the end of the first month of school the class was joined by Ver- non Carr and William Gee and in January, Herbert Pelkey entered our class, making the total, 14. Marie Cromwell transferred to Hartland Academy shortly afterwards, leaving a total of 13 members in the Sopho- more class, in which the boys have the girls out-numbered 11 to 2. BILL GEE '53 FRESHMAN CLASS First Row tleft to rightly Adelma Merrill, Patricia Gourley, Constance Burr, Zane Cray, Gloria Curtis. Second Ron' tleft to rightl : Mr. Tracy, Florence Folsom, Guy Brown, Way- nard Folsom, Gordon Lombard, Winona Knowlton. .l.....,.... -,,....,,.l....,,-,.,,.......................,.............,,...........,.....,......-....-.....-.............,....,..-....-..,.......-........,.....,...-,......,,..-..g. FRESHMAN NOTES The Freshmen began their career at Harmony High on September 6. Included in our class were Leone Cowette, Guy Brown and Gloria Cur- tis from Wellingtong Florence and Waynard Folsom and John Braley, who joined us from Cambridge. Dur- ing the first half of the year, Leone Cowette, Marion Levensailor, Mari- lyn Cromwell and John Braley left US. ' Our first activity was a class meet- ing at which we elected the follow- ing officers: President, Constance Burrg vice president, Gloria Curtisg secretary, Pat Gourleyg treasurer, Zane Cray: Student Council. Gordon Lombard- We were admitted to H.. H. S. on September 29th, when the Freshman Reception was held. Highlight of the evening was Waynard Folsom and his tap dancing act. As a climax to his act, Gloria had the pleasure of massaging his' face with a raw egg, the white of which was wonderful for the complexion. On October 2nd the Freshmen avenged themselves by a successful peanut hunt. After riding around town we decided the Sophies were asleep, so eventually we went home. Participating in basketball were: Florence Folsom, Constance Burr, Zane Cray, Winona Knowlton, Pa- tricia Gourley and Gordon Lombard. ZANE CRAY '54 1951 Sports Harmony High School BOYS: BASKETBALL CLUB ' First Row Cleft to rightlz Sherman Perry, Gordon Lombardg Captain, Leo Mitchellg Donald Kimball, Delmont Howell. Second Row tleft to rightl : Coach, George L. Murrayg William Gee, Rich- ard Braley, Hollis Trafton, Vernon Carr. Clifton Brown, Daniel Downs, Manager. .lgniymir ...U,I1,.,.1,,,.1,...1,-1.-flH-iiu1.m.1....1iui-inu-.- ,.. ,....n...mi-..i...,,,.....,,....,,,1,,,,-.,,,1,,,,..,,,,-.,i.i.,.,1,,,,1,.,1ini....,.,i. BOYS' BASKETBALL Harmony High Scho0l's basket- ball squad came up with a fairly im- pressive season this year, winning six out of twelve league games. We were invited to Winslow for the pre- liminaries of the Kennebec Valley Tournament, February 14. We play- ed against Unity. The score was 72-40 in favor of Unity. The players selected to play in the All Star Game on February 9 were Donnie Kimball and Leo Mitchell. The All Stars dropped a 43-41 de- cision to North New Portland, the league champions. The three high scorers on our club this season were Donnie Kimball, Vernon Carr and Clifton Brown. Our representative for the foul- shooting contest held at the Uni- versity of Maine, was Donnie Kim- ball who dipped 37 out of 50 tries- YEAR,S RECORD Opponents Harmony Alumni 27 23 Clinton 58 30 Bingham 52 34 Athens 17 38 Anson 49 38 Jackman 23 25 Central 24 23 Solon 14 58 Anson 31 34 Bingham 43 31 Athens 9 70 Solon 18 58 Clinton 60 39 Jackman 35 29 Central 74 51 Harmony Town Team 31 34 Unity 72 40 lTournament7 All Stars 41 Central 43 SHERMAN PERRY '52 BASEBALL Harmony High School's baseball squad emerged from the 1950 base- ball season with a 4-6 record. W'ith graduation claiming only three players. we expect and hope to have a much better season in '51, We belonged to the Upper Kenne- bec Valley League along with Bing- ham, Anson Academy. Athens. Solon, and North New Portland. SEASON 'S RECORD Opponents Harmony Athens 17 36 Solon 9 4 Anson 13 38 Bingham 17 G Central 10 2 Athens 4 16 Anson 9 22 Central 10 8 Solon 21 9 Bingham 21 5 Total 131 146 iBatting Averagej LF' Mitchell .423 P-SS Braley .415 2b Mungfer .341 C-CF Kimball .319 SHERMAN PERRY '52 q..,.....,.....,.-.,.,-.W-,..,-HH-...,-,.N-........,..-.,.......,-..,.........................,.........,,.............-....-...,.....,,...,,,,....,..-,,..-.,..-,,..-....-...!. CHEERING SQUAD Left to right: Lois Cray, Virginia Moran: Head Cheerleader, Mary Bou- letteg Dawna Olson. Eva Knights. GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM First Row Cleft to rightj :Mae Braley, Winona Knowlton, Marilyn Went- worthg Captain, Helen Giles, Eva Knights, Kay Ames, Constance Burr. Second Row Cleft to rightlz Manager, Iris Downsg Patricia Gourley, Iva Knights, Florence Folsom, Lois Cray, Donna Howellg Coach, Mr. Mur- ray. elu-n-i- i---m-m.- H- .v-, - .,-, -...'.-,-,- 1,., ... .,.i -- iw- - ... ,... - ..,, - .-- .-- ii.- -..-. - 1.-i. ... -,..-.,,,.-..,,-...,..,..-..+ GIRLS' BASKETBALL We, the Girls' Basiketball Team, have had a somewhat better season this year. Our team has won four games and lost eight. ln the Upper Kennebec Valley Lea- gue, in which we participated, we have two new teams: namely, Athens and Jackman. In the league this year, very good sportsmanship has been shown and we are Very proud to be members of it. Our Girls' Basketball Club has raised money to help meet expenses through selling candy at noon, re- cesses and at games. Chosen to represent Harmony High School in the All Star game were: Helen Giles, Lois Cray and Donna Howell. North Anson won the champion- The two top scorers of the season were Eva Knights and Helen Giles. SEASON'S RECORD Opponents Harmony Bingham 36 North Anson 61 Clinton 24 Alumni 17 Solon 63 Jackman 12 North New Portland 45 Athens 21 North Anson 65 Bingham 50 Athens 27 Solon 55 Clinton 32 Jackman 18 North, New Portland 48 Town Team 32 ship this year. DONNA HOWEI L a1 STUDENT COUNCIL First Row fleft to 1'ightJ: Virginia Moran. Richard Braley, Irene Leven- sailor. Lois Cray, Helen Giles, Joan Rowbotham. Second Row Cleft to rightjz Iris Downs, Clifton Brown, Gordon Lombard. Delmont Howell, Eva Knights STUDENT COUNCIL NOTES The Student Council had its first meeting on September 12, and elect- ed new officers as follows: President .............. Irene Levensailor Vice-President ........,........... Lois Cray Secretary and Treasurer ............ Richard Bralejf The classes were represented by seniority with four members from the Senior Classg three from the Junior Class: two from the Sopho- more Class: one from the Freshman Classg and one from the Eighth Grade. The plans were made to draw up a constitution of new laws to make our school better and more coopera- tive with the faculty. LOIS CRAY '52 l ORCHESTRA First Row Cleft to rightlz Daniel Downs, Douglas Braley, Clifton Brown, Phyllis Kimball, Iris Downs, Winona Knowlton, Irene Levensailor, Cecil Eldridge. Second Row Cleft to rightjz Lois Cray, Mae Braley, Loretta Gourley, Ro- berta Wentworth, Marilyn Wentworth, Margaret Clark. Third Row Cleft to rightb : Eugene Bowdin, Stephen Adams, Hollis Trafton, William Gee, Dana Huff. - ORCHESTRA NOTES On September 14, 1950, the school musicians C271 congregated in the gym to create the initial notes that mean the first orchestra rehearsal. Performing were: Guitars --,Ro- berta Wentworth, Hollis Trafton, L0- retta Gourley, Eugene Bowdin. Dana Huff, Marilyn Wentworth. Violins- Clifton Brown, Phyllis Kimball, Wi- nona Knowlton, Marie Cromwell, Iris Downs. Piano - Irene Levensailor. Clarinet-Daniel Downs. Joining our merry group later in the year were Mae Braley and Lois Cray, 'iHarry James the second and third. A little later Marie Cromwell A'.-- A4 - --I -, -- vr-v - --f-t-w.--nu- uvvv -n:.1nn1.g!p left us to seek greener musical past- ures, namely, Hartland. However, her violin was replaced by Douglas Braley's, so the number of fiddle- sawers remained unchanged. After a few weeks of absence. dur- ing which William Gee, guitar-play- er. joined us, our pianist returned to act as a substitute, since Cecil Eld- ridge had claimed her position. The orchestra is doing creditable work now, thanks to Mr. Lamb, who has discovered musical talent where it was thus far supposed there was none. IRIS DOWNS '53 GLEE CLUB First Row Cleft to rightlz Mae Braley, Winona Knowlton, Joan Rowboth- am, Irene Levensailor, Connie Burr, Adelma Merrill, Dawna Olson, Arleen Ames, Virginia Moran. Second Row Cleft to rightbz Gloria Curtis, Mary Boulette, Jackie Howell, Shirley LaGross, Marie Braley, Beverly Coro, Mildred Adams, Mar- garet Clark, Iris Downs. Third Row Cleft to rightl : Patricia Gourley. Iva Knights, Waynard Folsom, Richard Braley, Cecil Eldridge, Daniel Downs, Lois Cray, Phyllis Kim- ball. .5..-.,..-..,,......-....-....-.,.....,.,-,..,-..,.-,.......,.-. ... .... .. - -.,.,-,,.,......1-....-....-,,........-..,....,.......,.......,-.4......,,-.,,-..+ GLEE CLUB NOTES On September 14, 1950, a group of students assembled in the gymnasi- um with the high hopes of being great talented singers. Although none of us at present are profession-- als, there are quite a few who have improved their voices since Septem- ber. At this time there are 33 who have their names on the attendance book. Accompanists on the piano during our practices were Iris Downs and Virginia Moran. We have tried out many new songs this year and have done exception- ally well with them. The entire Glee Club members want to thank Mr. Lamb for his en-- during patience and his helpful as- sistance in making our Glee Club successful. VIRGINIA MORAN '51 fwb4JQW First Row fleft to rightiz Mildred Adams, Dawna Olson, Arleen Ames, Cecil Chadbourne, Charles Cobb, Margaret Clark, Earl Mitchell. Second Row fleft to rightb: Joan Rowbotham, Jackie Howell. Marie Alton, Errol Huff, Beverly Coro, Shirley LaGross, Mrs. Gardner. Third Row Cleft to rightlz Gary Noyes, Allen Sidell. Richard Cuddy, Ter- rance Robbins, Carroll Braley, Lloyd Wood. +mm-----------mm--ww-----W---wmM+ '4-e '--' -i-i '1-i viii EXCHANGES This year we expect to exchange Clinton with the following schools: Siwth Anson . onson Carmel Solon Skowhegan No. New Portland Newport Jackman Guilford Hartland Dexter Dover-Foxcroft Bingham BILL GEE '53 peuonah JUST IMAGINE A basketball team without Eva and Donny Florence advertising Toni Home Per- manent Basil having 3 dates in a night Hector not being shy Victor not being a farmer School without Sherman Marie grown up Hollis driving a limousine Billy passing a pretty girl without looking twice Waynard with small feet Phyllis being at school on time Durwood coming to school more than once a month Buddy without a typewriter Irene weighing 200 lbs. Mary giggling just half the time Mrs. Marble giving small assign- ments Iva not beating a path to the princi- pal's oilice WHAT THE SENIORS WANT FOR GRADUATION Seniors ............................ 12 Diplomas Helen ...... ........ A home for two Irene .......... ....... H er soldier home Donna ........ ..... N urse's education Roberta .................... A dance partner Virginia ............................ 1946 Ford Phy'l'lis .... A beauty shop of her own Chippy .............. Peace from females Durwood ................................ New car Richard .... ............. A n easy life Daniel ........ ............. N ew joke book Buddy .... .................... A new piano Mae .................... A trip to New York 10 YEARS FROM NOW Durwood will have journeyed around the world Guy will have a wife Luella will be a walking encyclope- dia Buddy will be taking Chinese lessons to find out what he said in the Senior Play Marilyn will be on a ranch in Texas Connie, still man hunting Irene, soloist for Hit Parade Herman will be a man Mary will be a nun Dale-Hard to say Delmgmnt will be reconstructing H. H. Donnie will be Irene's uncle The teachers will have one foot in the grave SUPERLATIVES Studies the hardest ............ Waneta Writes the most notes Mary and Lois Gets kicked out the most Clifton Is absent the most ............ Durwoocl Plagues the girls Cihippy Sz Donny Giggles the most .................... Ginny Likes to dance ............................ Kay Taddy Is the teachers' Headache Writes the most letters ............ Irene Eats the most candy ................ Hollis Visits Hartland the most ........ Helen Is the hardest worker ........ Gerald Is the noisest ......,. Jr. 81 Sr. English Talks the most .............. , ........... Mary FOR RENT Braley's brains for stupid students Home Ec. girls gossip for newspap- ers America.n History books Waynard's shoes for canoes Phylgsshair curling service for H. Iris' hair for a mop Luella for a mopstick Mrs. Marble's figure for a fat girl Marilyn's Waddle Mary's loud voice Home Ec. Bedroom for Freshmen girls Piano in main room High School Orchestra Donna's and Helen's basketball suits Iva's and Irene's friendship to Con- nie and Eva THE THING T-is for Trafton so slim and so tall H-is for Helen the largest of all E-is for Eldridge who is on the ball T-is for Tracy who tries to teach H-is for Herbert who tries to preach I--is for Iva who can't learn a speech N--IS for Nonie as sweet as a peach G-is for Ginny who's THE THING on the beach A DAY IN THE LIFE OF H. H. S. 8:30 Mr. Murray has to wait until gossip parties break up be- fore starting class. 9:00 The Home Ec. girls are pour- ing out their troubles about dates they have had. 10:00 A mad rush for the coke room. 10:20 History starts but we are still having our recess lunch. 11:00 Irene and Ginny are think- ing about dinner. 11:30 Students are arguing in class meetings as usual. 12:00 Hooray! Time to eat! I 12:15 The rafters are ringing be- cause the piano is getting its daily workout. 12:40 Thegbell is ringing but no- body hears it, or at least pre- tends not to. 1:00 Mrs. Marble gives an assign- ment that is an all day job. 1:45 Mary and Mr. Tracy are hav- ing their daily argument ov- er typewriters. 2:00 Supposed to be a study hall, but you couldn't study on your life. 2:45 A slam of books and penci-ls because school is out. THE GLAMOUR BOY OF H. H. S. Eyes .................................... Billy Gee Hair .......... ...... H erbert Pelkey Teeth ............ ..... D elmont Howell Complexion ..... ....... R oflney Curtis Smile ............ ......... T addy Carr Height .... ...... I tichard Braley Manners ..... ......... J olin Braley Clothes .... ...... D anny Downs Pep ..............,............. Clifton Brown MOST GLAMOROUS OF H. Molly, the dress model H. S. THE EDITOR'S Sz A SENIOR'S VIEWPJINTS Tallest ............... Smallest ...... Sunniest ..... Busiest ....... Laziest ........ Prettiest ......... Skinniest ....... Quickest ..... Smartest .... Silliest ............... Handsomest Funniest ........... . Oldest ................... Hardest Worker Hardest Shirker ..... Happiest ........... Gladdest ..... Swellest ...... Kindest ........ Quietest ...... Shyest ..... Hollis Adelma Mr. Tracy Luella Clifton Pat Dan Mal Braleys Connie Billy Sherman Phyllis Gerald Bobby . ............... Mae Reme Mr. Murray Mrs. Marble Waneta Dale THE GLAMOUR GIRL OF H. H. S. Eyes .................................. Iva Knight Hair ............. ....... Teeth .............. ....... Figure ................ ...... Complexion ....... .......... Phyllis Kimball Donna Howell Connie Burr Pat Gourley Disposition ................ Gloria Curtis Manners ......... ........ L uella Gardner Clothes ........ ....... I rene Levensailor Pep ........... Mal Wentworth Height ....................... ....... H elen Giles WHAT A SURPRISE IF:: Donna Howell didn't sit with Sher- H1311 Marilyn Wentworth couldn't play ball Mary Roulette didn't talk Sherman Perry listened in class Connie Burr didn't have her own way Eva Knight didn't argue with Chip- PY Lois Cray didn't flirt Danny Downs had straight hair Cliippy Mitchell didn't tease Helen Giles didn't like Ebby Junior Class behaved Ginny Moran wasn't eating popcorn Waneta Lawler was boisterous Adelrna Merrill grew to be 6 feet tall Rodney Curtis ran out of jokes Mae Braley didn't dream of Ivan Senior class didn't like the Juniors Students had all their work done H. H. S. co-operated with the faculty H. H. S. basketball team won every game Iva Knights wasn't well liked Irene Levensailor stepped out on Earl H. H. S. HOT ROD Body ........................................ H. H. S. Tires ........................ Gordon Lombard and Donald Kimball Fenders ................ Adelma Merrill and Zane Cray Lights ........................ Eva and Hele11 Paint ........................ Virginia Moran Orankcase ....... ........ M r. Murray Radiator .......... ........ I va Knights Battery ........................ Vernon Carr Steering Wheel .... Durwood LaGross Starter .............................. Mr. Tracy Horn .................. Marilyn Wentworth Low Gear ........................ Guy Brown Reverse ......... ....... H ermon Taylor High Gear ..... ............ B illy Gee Neutral ...... ................. G 'loria Curtis Brake ............................................ 2:50 Back Seat ........ Donna and Sherman Front Seat ........ Mary and Wavnard Parking Lights ............ .... Ball Field and Sand Pit Radiator Cap ............ Waneta Lawler Jack ................. .... .... H o ll1s Trafton COMIC' STRIP Maggie and J iggs Connie Sz Donnie Phantom ............................ Mr. Tracy Goofy .......................... Clifton Brown Dixie Dugan .................. Iva Knights Grandma .................... Luella Gardner Mytrle ...................................... Bobby Archie Andrews .................. Sherman Jughead ................ ....... H ollis Buz Sawyer ...... ....... B uddy Hedy Wolfe ...... ...... C onnie Buz Baxter ........... ....... H erbert Patsy Walker ...... .... ....... D o nna Nancy Brown ................. ......... P at Boots ............................................ Kay Blondie and Dagwood .... .... Gloria and Durwood Christy .............. p .........,.................. Eva Pug ....................... ....... M arilyn Minnie Mouser ...... ..... Wi nona Micky Mouse ...... ..... G ordon Humphrey ......... ....... T ubby WHAT STUDENTS OF H. H. S. WOULD HAVE Dummies for teachers Western and love books to study Activities period-hit parade History Class-rest period English Class-conversation Shorthand Class to make wise cracks Home Ee. Lab. to eat in Elevator in place of stairs Sth period to practice basketball French Class to gossip All year with no rules to break Candy room open always 7th period to primp Orchestra period--dancing lessons SENIOR INITIALS V. J. M. Very Jealous Moments P. M. Precious Memories Kept E. M. B. Every Moment Blessed PZ as R. Really Never Worries R. . Ready And Brilliant QUFFFU Hioghursi EIIFZEDCDDII r-4 P7 F' . . Donna's Joyful Heart . Happy Little Girl . Don't Forget Dan . Love Many More . . Down On Love . . Care Free Eldridge Is Forever Lovely BUBBLE GUM I like to chew bubble gum In school or anywhere about, But when I see the teacher coming I always spit it out. B. Coro '55 Winona Knowl T on Go R don Lombard Z A ne Cray Gloria C Curtis John Brale Y Florence Fol S om atricia Gourley Ad Ima Merrill Waynard Fol om Cons ance Burr Guy Brown Knowlton '54 WONDERING When I am buried six feet under And you are walking by, Don't forget to stop and wonder How I got here and why. C. Chadbourne '55 Never be wisely worldly but be Worldly wise -Quarrels. 14 fumni 151311 :1111111111111 1'211'1'- 1.ix'111j4 111411211 1:111.u'1 .X111111Q1111g 1'. 11 111-5: 1,1x111Q 111 HQ1111111115' 11'1 1.111,1111.x'1111 111 91. .VX1 1XX'1'11 - .1Xf11'11f1111g 1'q211'I11 5111111 '1'vz11'11e1's' Collegm- 111 1'1Illll1HlY6f1 111 Slum'- 1111 H1-1'x'111g'j 111 Iv. S. 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Dick: Weren't you surprised when you got the nomination? Mr. Murray: I'll say, my acceptance speech nearly fell out of my hands. Chippy: Do you think they will ship me across? Sergeant: Not unless we're invaded. Sherman: Do you think I'll ever be urafted? Donna: Not unless they start a germ warfare. Mr. Murray: Where is the capitol of the. United States? . Sherman: In loans all over the world. The girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may be right, also she may be left. Donnie: Hey, Connie, what's that you're reading? Connie: What twenty-million girls want. , Donnie: Let me look, I want to see if they spelled my name right. Phyllis: You're not conceited are you? n g Dick: No, but with my brains, looks, and personality, I could be. Dick: Darling, you would be a marve- lous dancer except for two things. Eva: What are they, sweetheart? Dick: Your feet. Clifton: Last night I had a party and we played pin the tail on the donkey. i Perry: What was wrong with that? 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