Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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Thi MICROPHONE 27 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL First row: C. Grant, S. Goodspeed, G. Bragg, Co-Captain M. Brown, Co-Captain G. Overlook. M. Light, V. Lord, P. Leathers. Second row: Mr. Pratt, M. Doughty, M. Lord, A. Lawrence, S. Burgess, D. Hillman, M. Duplisea. L. Reed. CHEERLEADERS First row: J. Hatch. Second row: M. Johnson, J. Wentworth, R. Bemis, N. Phillips, S. Nelson.

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26 The MICROPHONE Hermon 63 Corinna 35 Hermon 60 Ho w'land 43 Hermon 47 Newport 55 Hermon 58 Howland 40 Hermon 58 Carmel 42 Hermon 58 Blue Hill 60 Hermon 48 E. C. A. 58 Hermon 44 Hampden 48 Hermon 67 Hartland 60 Hermon 43 M. C. I. 44 Hermon 82 Corinna 68 Hermon 62 Newport 58 At the league tournament we defeated East Corinth and then lost to Newport in the finals. Boys' Baseball Last year the baseball team of Hermon High School won five games and lost six. This year we hope to do much better. The sched- ule is as follows: April 25 Hermon at Newport April 29 Hermon Hartland May 2 Hermon at East Corinth May 6 Hermon Carmel May 9 Hei'mon at Corinna May 13 Hermon Newport May 16 Hermon at Hartland May 20 Hermon East Corinth May- 23 Hermon at Carmel May 27 Hermon Corinna Due to the efforts of Mr. McLaughlin, t team, and local residents, we have a new' baseball field and backstop. This will be an opportunity for summer baseball which will be a great help to the team. Girls' Softball Our softball team this year will have many new faces, as we lost heavily by grad- uation. Despite the loss of these players, we hope to w'in some games. Our 1952 schedule is as follows: April 23 at Corinna April 30 Hartland May 7 Carmel May 14 Newport May 21 at E. Corinth Girls' Basketball This year our basketball season opened November 27 at Blue Hill. About twenty- five girls reported regularly for practice. Mr. Pratt was our coach. He had the difficult job of finding replacements for Carmelita An- drew's and Gayle Lovley who wrere lost by graduation. The letter winners wrere: Mari- lyn Brown, Vanessa Lord, Marilyn Light, Patricia Leathers, Tretha Somers, Grace Bragg, Shirley Goodspeed, Shirley Burgess, Golda Overlock, and Lois Reed. Our season’s schedule was as follows. Exact scores are not available, but the vic- tories are indicated. Hermon Blue Hill Hermon Carmel Hermon East Corinth Hei'mon Hartland Hermon Corinna Hei'mon ‘Hampden Hermon New-port Hermon ‘Blue Hill Hermon Carmel Hermon East Corinth Hermon Hartland Hermon Corinna Hermon ‘Hampden Hermon Newport Cheerleading In cheering this year we have built up many new cheers. This was made possible by the help of our new coach, Mrs. Louise Pratt, and the co-operation of each cheer- leader. We have six regular cheerleaders and one substitute. They are: Janice Hatch, head cheerleader, Natalie Phillips, June Wentworth, Ruth Bemis, Shirley Nelson, Muriel Johnson, and Joyce Frost as substi- tute.

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28 The MICROPHONE Personals Hawk Hit Parade Slow Poke---------------- Melvyn Kitchen Sentimental Journey.. Going on Ads My Heart Cries for You Graduation Sin------------------------- Detention Every Other Day Tests Cold, Cold, Heart................ Faculty You Adorable Redhead Nancy Peary Busybody Pat Woodard Hey, Good Looking Freshman Reception Cry.................. Basketball Girls It’s the Loveliest Night of the Year June 5 Hambone —............. Eighth Grade Soup I’ll Prove it in a Thousand Ways Excuses Wedding Bells...............- Senior Girls Meanderin’ Marilyn Brown Gandy Dancers’ Ball................Senior Ball Remember Me....Dotty Wiles Ethel Bates I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise.. Freshman Class Singing in the Rain...........Glee Club Hot Rod Race............ Phillip Porter Afraid........Driver Training (Mr. Smith) Junior Class A B Cs A is for Avery, our athletic star. B is for Bunker, from Levant afar. C is for Chester, our singer, the best. D is for Dan-ell and David, our pests. E is for energy, the boost of our class. F is for Faye, our gentle, kind lass. G is for Griffin, who makes with the jokes. H is for Hillman and Hammond, our two jolly folks. I is for Intelligence, which will never be dead. J is for Johnson, our shy little redhead. K is for Kitchen, who likes Kaiser, not Ford. L is for Leathers, V. Libby and V. Lord. M is for Marilyn, a good choice of two. N is Nelson, who likes much to do. 0 is for Opposite, our views never clash. P is for Pomeroy, with vim and with dash. Q is for Questions, which we often are ask- ing. R is for Robinson, whose auto’s everlasting. S is for Sidney and Shirley, not brother and sis. T is for Teague, a speedy typewriting miss. U is for Unique, the things that we do. V is for Voudoukis, who’ll always help you. W is for Wiles, who never will sass. X, Y, Z have no representative here in our class. Every last Junior is included in this ditty, and if you believe it, we’ll all be sittin’ pretty. Do You Remember “Those characters” at Freshman Initiation . . . The excitement of the driver training class aroused by the arrival of the training car . .. The tapping of feet during Glee Club rehearsal in the next room . . . Quaking hearts as the first honor roll was announced . . . Excitement of the sophomores over their class rings . . . Marilyn Phillips as the “Wolf Girl” and Pat Woodard as “Wheels of the Future” dancer . . . Stomach aches after Thanksgiving . . . The long trip to Blue Hill for a basketball game . . . Chester Heughan taking over Queen City . . . Teachers scold- ing about the fudge brought upstairs during the Whirl-A-Gig . . . Free F.F.A. popcorn at the Christmas party . . . Worry over the return of the seniors from their visit to the jail . . . Icy roads the night of the sweater dance . .. Goal for March of Dimes over the top . . . The blizzard that set our vacation ahead . . . Qualms of the juniors at exhibi- tion semi-finals . . . Marilyn Brown attends D.A.R. tea . . . Broadway’s first glimpse of Hermon’s four one-act plays . . . “Charges” of electricity take 3 F.F.A. boys to a ban- quet . . . Junior Exhibition becomes last “public appearance” at H.H.S. gym . . . The excitement of the morn of April 4 .. . Teach- ers wasting no time by ordering books be- fore the flames die down . . . Finding “fit- ting” seats at the elementary school . . . Ex- citement of getting the Microphone out near- ly on time??? Pat Leathers, Asst. Editor