Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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SENIOR PLAY First row: L. Robinson, I). Keirstead, M. Light, S. Andrews, M. Lord, M. Griffin. Second rote: M. Johnson, Mrs. Stevenson, C. Johnson, P. Leathers, C. Heu han, F. White, W. Hammond, V. Libby, T. Voudoukis, V. Lord. JUNIOR EXHIBITION First row: N. Phillips, J. Frost, A. White, J. Simpson, R. Hillier. Second row: C. Pickard, L. Lufkin, T. Reynolds.

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The MICROPHONE 19 Calendar Do You Remember? Sept. 3—First Day of School Sept. 16—Senior Play Cast Announced Sept. 24—Magazine Contest Regan Oct. 6—Senior Pictures Taken Oct. 10—Freshman Reception Oct. 16—Individual Pictures Taken Oct. 17—First Term Ranks Oct. 24—Senior Play Oct. 30-31—Teachers Attended Convention Nov. 4—Students Elected Eisenhower Nov. 4—Driver Training Clinic Nov. 6—league Spelling Contest at East Corinth Nov. 10-11—Armistice Vacation Nov. 14—Round Robin at Newport Nov. 18—First Game of the Season at Husson Nov. 26—Magazine Movie—“Francis” Nov. 27-28—Thanksgiving Recess Dec. 3—First Home Game—East Corinth at Mary Snow School Dec. 19—Christmas Parties and Movie Sponsored by Sophomores Dec. 19—School Closed for Christmas Vacation Jan. 6—School Sessions Resumed Jan. 21—Rank Cards—Midyears jan. 23—National Honor Society Members An- nounced Jan. 23—Junior Exhibition Semi-Finals Jan. 23—Junior Class Sponsored Movie Jan. 28—Group Pictures Taken Feb. 2—Sophomores Received Class Rings Feb. 13—League Tournament at Newport Feb. 20—1. Q. Tests Given Feb. 20— Freshman Class Sponsored Movie Feb. 20—School Closed for Vacation Mar. 2—School Sessions Resumed Mar. 10—One Act Plays Mar. 13— League One Act Play Contest at Corinna Mar. 16—Seniors Heard Farmington State Repre- sentatives Mar. 19—Senior Class Parts Announced Mar. 26—Senior Class Sponsored Movie Mar. 27—Teachers Attended County Convention Mar. 27—Junior Exhibition Apr. 10—League Speaking at Hartland Apr. 17—Vacation Began „. , c , . Apr. 27—Sessions Resumed in the New High School May 8—National Honor Society Initiation at Corinna June 6—Senior Class Trip June 7—Baccalaureate june 8—Senior-Alumni Banquet June 11—Graduation June 12—Last Day of School and Pinal Rank Cards FROM THE SCRAPBOOK—The wondering of the students as to how the inside of Hannibal Hamlin would look, and what the new principal and teacher would be like . . . The excited preparations for the Senior Play . . . How the cameras were broken by the senior class pictures being taken . . . The parked cars at the Bangor Drive-In Theatre when the bene- fit movie for the P.T.A. was shown . . . The first time the basketball players practiced in the B.T.S. gym . . . The noise made by candy wrappers during study halls . . . The Eighth grade and Seniors on their trip to Ellsworth . . . Peoples’ lives being en- dangered by the arrival of the Driver Training car . . . The rivalry in the Magazine Contest . . . The dismal look on the faces of the League Spellers at E.C.A. . . . How Hermon spoiled Carmel’s first bas- ketball game of the season with a score of 74-45 . . . The success of the Senior Play . . . Many privileges being taken away after the first honor roll was an- nounced . . . When our five peppy cheerleaders were chosen . . . The happy face of our editor-in-chief when the files of the Microphone were completed . .. “Francis, the Talking Mule,”—our reward for do- ing so well in the Magazine Contest . . . The over- stuffed students after Thanksgiving recess . . . How the elementary students grumbled when the high school patrol leaders took over on the school busses . . . The annual Whirl-a-Gig . . . How hard it was to settle down after Christmas vacation . . . How the Juniors worried over Jr. Ex. tryouts . . . Then, soon after, the congratulating of the winners to speak in the semi-finals and then the further con- gratulations to the eight winners of the semi-finals . . . New members added to the National Honor Society and the officers chosen . . . The sudden need of tape when the class rings arrived . . . The casts chosen for the two one-act plays and the starting of rehearsals . . . The wave of Mumps . . . The night of the plays . . . Richard Mullen’s medal for the best actor in the League Play Contest . . . Marilyn Light being chosen as the D.A.R. Candidate from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 25)

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The MICROPHONE 2l Senior Play The Senior play, “Grandpa’s Twin Sister,” was presented Friday October 24, 1952 at Fifth Street Junior High. The play was a comedy in three acts. The cast was made up of Lloyd Robinson as Grandpa Hatcher: Marilyn Light as Maggie, his cook; Patricia Leathers as Louise, his grandniece; Marilyn Lord as Betty, his granddaughter; Walter Hammond as Edgar, his grandnephew; Marie Griffin as Clara, Edgar’s bossy wife; Sidney Andrews as Ralph Wyatt, a young doctor; Vernon Libby as Henry Collins, a smart lawyer; Muriel Johnson as the Widow Williams, an undying flame; and David Keirstead as Adam McPherson, a specialist in saving. The play was under the direction of Mrs. Madeline Stevenson. Other seniors who took part were Theresa Voudoukis and Faye White as prompters, and Chester Heughan and Charles Johnson as stage managers. Vanessa Lord helped with the make-up. Muriel Teague and Donna Hillman were in charge of the tickets. One-Act Plays On the evening of March 10, 1953, two one-act plays were presented in the I.O.O.F. Hall. The first play was “Wilbur’s Wild Night” under the direction of Mr. Bemiss. Members of the cast were: Robert Reardon as Wilbur Maxwell; Shirley Goodspeed as Betty Lou Maxwell; Ruth Campbell as Con- nie Maxwell; Terrance Reynolds as Mr. Maxwell; Marilyn Lord as Mrs. Maxwell; Vanessa Lord as Miss Turk; Leroy Patten as Mr. Mallory; and Marvin Overlock as Heap Chief Tail Feather. Members of the Glee Club sang three selections under the direction of Miss Hewes. “Shock of His Life” was a comedy pre- sented under the direction of Mrs. Stevenson. The cast included: Richard Mullen as Wil- bur Maxwell; Patricia McGinley as Betty Lou Maxwell; Sylvia Archer as Connie Maxwell; Douglass McGinley as Mr. Max- well; Patricia Leathers as Mrs. Maxwell; and Danny Robinson as Hercules. This play was selected to compete in the league one-act plays presented at Corinna March 13, 1953. In the contest there were six schools com- peting. They were Corinna Union Academy, Hartland Academy, Newport High School, Carmel High School, East Corinth Academy, and Hermon High School. Corinna won the trophy, with Hartland winning second place and Newport third place. Richard Mullen, of Hermon, received an award for the best actor of all those competing in the six plays. Junior Exhibition The annual Junior Exhibition was held March 27, 1953 in the Odd Fellows Hall un- der the direction of Mrs. Stevenson and Mr. Bemiss. The program was as follows: Music The Unknown Soldier Douylass Carleton Pickard The Last Leaf 0. Henry Natalie Phillips The Circus Sorayan Allen White The Snow Goose Gallico Joyce Frost Music Terrance Reynolds The Swan Song Brooks Jean Simpson Mr. Traver’s First Hunt Davis Linwood Lufkin The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne Rena Hillier First prizes were won by Terrance Rey- nolds and Rena Hillier; second prizes by Allen White and Joyce Frost. National Honor Society This organization was created to raise enthusiasm for scholarship and to develop leadership as well as arousing interest for the service of the school. To become a mem- ber a junior or senior must have an average of eighty-five per cent. A sophomore must have an average of ninety per cent. Members are not admitted on rank alone. They must have the qualifications of leadership, serv- ice, character, and scholarship. In May the following students were initiated by members of the Society in the