Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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ONE-ACT PLAYS First row: E. Libby, L. Reed, R. Reardon, S. Goodspeed, D. Stevens, R. Duplisea, M. Duplisea, C. Grant. Second row: Mr. Dwyer, Mrs. Herrick, N. Peary, J. Hill, D. Robinson, S. Archer, J. Frost, Mrs. Patten. Third row: S. Hatch, W. Allen, T. MacKay, C. Remis, N. Reed, C. Tapley, C. Pickard, P. McGinley. JUNIOR EXHIBITION First row: L. Robinson, S. Nelson, M. Griffin, V. Libby. Second row: V. Lord, I). Bemis, A. Boudreau, P. Leathers.

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18 The MICROPHONE offer of Hannibal Hamlin School . . . High School to attend afternoon sessions at the ele- mentary school, with elementary students at- tending in the morning . . . First place for girls in league speaking contest won by Patricia Leathers . . . P.T.A. talent show, Clam-Chowder Cut-Ups, planned to benefit high school . . . Baseball and softball season tickets go on sale . . . Microphone goes to press . . . Patricia Leathers, School Reporter Spelling Contest The school spelling contest was held in October, 1951. Beatrice Lambert of the sophomore class defeated her opponents to become the school champion. Those who rep- resented Hermon in the league contest held at Hartland were: Marilyn Light, junior class; Joyce Stewart and Beatrice Lambert, sophomore class; and Richard Mullen, fresh- man class. Faye White of the junior class was an alternate. Hartland Academy won the contest. Senior Play The Senior Play, “He Couldn’t Marry Five,” was presented Thursday and Friday, November 8 and 9, 1951. The play was a comedy in three acts. The cast was made up of Ethel Bates as Connie, the mother; Melvyn Kitchen as Ralph, the father; Ruth Bemis as Granny, Mr. Barton’s mother; Joan Burgess as Aunt Etta, Mr. Barton’s sisters; Burrill Bridge as Donald Regan, the son of Mr. Barton’s boss; and five daughters, Marilyn Phillips as April, Patricia Woodard as May, Corinne Harris as June, Gloria Shields as Taris, and Golda Overlock as Leona. The play was under the direction of Mr. Clarence Pratt. Other members who took part were Marilyn Brown as prompter. Janice Hatch as ticket chairman, and Eugene Byers and Clarence Homsted as stage managers, Mrs. Byron Smith helped with the make-up. League One-Act Play The school one-act play was presented at Hermon on March 6, at Corinna March 7, and at Orono March 19, 1952. The league contest was held at Corinna this year with five schools competing. They were Corinna Union Academy, Hartland Academy, Newport High School, Carmel High School, and Hermon High School. Hartland won the trophy, with Hermon win- ning second place and Corinna third place. The play, “She Married Well,” was pre- sented at Orono for the State Principals’ Association district contest in competition with Old Town, Orono, and Bangor. Mem- bers of the cast were; Marilyn Light as Sallie Bradford, Linwood Lufkin as Edwin Bradford, Marilyn Phillips as Edith, the daughter; Patricia Leathers as Eula Potter, Melvyn Kitchen as James Potter, and Darrell Bemis as Peter, the son. Principal Lawrence W. Dwyer was director, with Marilyn Brown as assistant director and David Keirstead as stage manager. One-Act Plays The evening of March 6, 1952, marked the annual presentation of four one-act plays in the gymnasium. “His First Girl” was given by the eighth grade. Members of the cast were: Robert Reardon, Robert Duplisea, Sylvia Archer, Doris Stevens, and Eleanor Libby. Mrs. Katherine B. Herrick was direc- tor. “Wildcat Willie’s Lucky Number” was the comedy presented by the freshman class. The cast included: Daniel Robinson, Carline Grant, Shirley Goodspeed, Lois Reed, Neal Reed, Thomas MacKay, and Mildred Du-

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20 The MICROPHONE plisea. Principal Lawrence Dwyer was director. The sophomore play, titled “The Lucky Accident,” included in the cast: Jean Hill, Patricia McGinley, Carlton Pickard, Nancy Peary, Clair Bemis, Colby Tapley, and Joyce Frost. Mrs. Irma A. Patten was director. The league play, which took second prize in the league championship, “She Married Well”, was presented for the first time. The cast was: Marilyn Phillips, Marilyn Light. Linwood Lufkin, Darrell Bemis, Patricia Leathers and Melvyn Kitchen. Principal Lawrence Dwyer was director. David Keirstead, Douglas McGinley. Wil- liam Allen, Tretha Somers, Sylvia Hatch, and Marilyn Brown served as property and stage managers and prompters for the plays. Junior Exhibition The annual Junior Exhibition was held April 3, 1952, in the high school gymnasium. The speaking program was as follows: A Legend of the Lovers’ Leap Anonymous Marie Griffin Number Six Phillip’s Darrell Bemis A Christmas Story ........... Commaerts Patricia Leathers Music Teenicide Reimers Avery Boudreau The Lord’s Prayer .............. Pollock Vanessa Lord Beware of Athlete’s Head .........Gallico Vernon Libby Music Blind Dates Lansdale Shirley Nelson Paw Rents a Modern Apartment........ ------------------------- Anonymous Lloyd Robinson First prizes were won by Lloyd Robinson and Patricia Leathers, second prizes by Dar- rell Bemis and Venessa Lord. All contestants received oratory medals. Lloyd Robinson and Patricia Leathers represented Hermon in the Central Maine League Speaking Con- test at the Hermon Odd Fellows Hall on April 10, 1952. The Glee Club under the direction of Miss Kathleen Hewes, and accompanied by Mrs. Katherine Herrick, sang the following songs: One World ................. O'Hara The Bells of St. Mary’s ......... Adams Chiapanecas ..........Mexican Folk Sony May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You --------------------- Meredith Wilson National Honor Society Last year our school initiated a new chap- ter of the National Honor Society. To be- come a member of this society a junior or senior must have an average of eighty per cent. A sophomore must have an average of ninety per cent. A student is not eligible to become a National Honor Society member on rank alone. The necessary qualifications are leadership, service, character, and scholarship. The following students were in- itiated at East Corinth last year: Marilyn Brown, Patricia Woodard, Marilyn Phillips, Vanessa Lord, and Patricia Leathers. This year the following students will be initiated by members of the Society in the various schools in the league: Golda Overlock, Ruth Bemis, Joan Burgess, Wayne Bishop. Marilyn Light, Muriel Johnson, Chester Heughan, Marilyn Lord, Joyce Stewart, Terrance Reynolds, and Ruth Campbell.’ Patricia Leathers of our school will have the part of scholarship in the initiation ceremony which will be held in May. The officers of the Hermon Chapter of the National Honor Society are: president, Marilyn Light; vice-president, Marilyn Phil- lips; and secretary-treasurer, Vanessa Lord. Future Farmers The Future Farmers have been very active this past year. They have entered many dif- ferent contests at the University of Maine. Douglass McGinley and Clarence Homsted placed first in the Poultry Judging Contest at the Farmers’ Fair last fall, winning a plaque. Douglass McGinley won a trophy for individual honors. In the agriculture room and Future Fai mors room combination, we had numer- ous banners valued at twenty-five dollars. I he Future Farmers’ popcorn machine was lost m the fire also. It was bought last fall