Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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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

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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 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY First row: P. Leathers, C. Heughan, M. Johnson, V. Lord, Mr. Bemiss, M. Light, F. White, M. Lord, I). Hillman. Second row: S. Burgess, T. Reynolds, L. Lufkin, P. Teague, A. Lawrence, M. Teague. Third row: S. Goodspeed, R. Campbell, A. White, C. Grant. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA First row: T. MacKay, R. Bemis, D. McGinley, P. Frost, W. Allen, Mr. Smith. Second row: R. Dunton, G. Noiles, H. Bates.