Houlton High School - North Star Yearbook (Houlton, ME)

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P THE CLASS OF 1940 Not too Green. not too Wise Class of 1940 High School! The ve1'y thought, before we entered, put fear and yet a thrill into our hea1'ts. We WQl'9 encou1'aged to en- gage in all sportsg and, as a result, we found that, in cross-country. we had the fol- lowing boys out: Clayton Berry, James Boutilier, Lloyd Boutilier, Lloyd Murphy, Lawrence White fvarsityl, William Adams, Donald Thorne, and James Skehan. Other boys also went out for track, including Har- lan Boynton, Frederick McCann. Leighton Bell, and Harold Helms. In baseball, as yet. we have only a few 1'epresentatives, as follows: Clayton Berry, Harold Hoskin, Thomas Donovan, and Jack Keith. But in basketball, the biggest sport of all, we have many-Bell, Berry. Boynton, Donovan, L. Boutilier, Murphy, Carpenter, Gagne, Stockson, and Howe. Tom Donovan has been ou1' best man in football. We are proud to announce the officers elected for the lirst three years: president, VVesley Carpenterg vice p1'esident, Lona Taggettg secretary, Thelma Gartleyg and treasurer, Harlan Boynton. Every class would be proud to have its candidate become circus queen of H. H. S.g but none were ever prouder than we, last year, to have our Barbara. Bell so chosen. Each class has a number of honor stu- dents. but we have been more than usually favored with students of high rank and good citizenship. The following pupils appeared on the last honor 1'oll: Doris Drew, Lona Taggett, Maria Putnam, Barbara Somerville, Phyllis Drake, and Ruth Edwards. They received an average of 90 or over. Although the class of 1940 will not be ready to take the leadership of the school for two yea1's yet, we have a few pupils be- ginning a promising career in basketball. Thomas Donovan, VVillian1 Stockson, and Leighton Bell have done fine work as 1ne1n- bers of the varsity basketball team. Of the sophomore girls, there are many promising young playersg but only two have taken the lead, Geraldine Kearney and Joyce Hovey. The five boys and flve girls who have been chosen to represent us for the sophomore speaking exhibition are Thelma Gartley, Barbara Bell, Mild1'ed Cla1'ke, Roland Mar- tin, and Phyllis McCormick, Harlan Boyn- ton, Thomas Donovan, Harold Hoskin. James Skehan, and Wesley Carpente1'. We are looking forward to a successful and happy futu1'e in which we will contri- bute much credit to Houlton High School. R. E.

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THE CLASS OF 1939 Next fall, we'll be seniors. Class of 1939 In 1935, full of vigor, we began what seems to us the four most important years of our lives. Early in the fall, we elected as our class officers four outstanding studentsg namely. president, Ralph Watsong vice president, Robert Mooersg secretary, Mary Mclntoshg and treasurer, Blanche Kirschbaum. In November, we were feted with a freshman reception. Games and dancing were enjoyed, after which 1'efresh1nents were served. Probably the most interesting subject to anyone is athletics, and on that I bestow the most emphasis. In the junior class are many outstand- ing students, who, sometime during their three years of high school, have served on some athletic team. Those students are Francis Donovan, Delorde Martin, Dorothy Hawkins, Margaret Bates, Mildred Bither, Joyce Lambert, Frederick Farrar, Alfred McGowan, Carl Tomilson, Robert Huggard, Carl Wolhaupter, Dean Herron, Robert Law- lis, John Cassidy, Bernard Conlogue. James NVard. and Cecil Johnson. Practically everyone in the town of Houlton looks forward to the annual H. H. S. Circus. In 1935, one of the biggest honors of the year went to our class, when petitc Leola Kinney was crowned circus queen. Last year, ten speakers who showed ability in dramatics were Doris Dunphy, Irma Comins, Betty Gentle, Helen Ruth Mullen, Margaret Bates, Robert Mooers, Charles Hannigan, Everett Po1'ter, Willard Stevens and George Brown. The speakers representing the junior class this year were Irma Comins, Helen Ruth Mullen, Anna Mae Arnold, Helen Cumming, Lou Hughes, Robert Mooers, Everett Po1'ter. Allison Carson, Charles Hannigan, and Ray- mond Young. It would be well to l10t9 that Miss Irma Comins won the county Spear speaking contest this spring and spoke in Augusta May 6. Yes, my friends, the junior class has had ma11y bumps along the road to success, but there is much more to achieve before the goal is met. May each one of us do his part with a grin and come smiling through at the end! M. M.

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THE CLASS OF 1941 Eager, Ambitious, Effervescentn Class of 1941 Last fall, a large class of 165 freshmen entered H. H. S. Although still newcomers, we have begun already to make ou1' mark in the activities of the school. The officers who will serve us well for three years have been duly elected. They a1'e as follows: president, James Donovang vice president, Jean Crawford, secretary, Joyce Farrarg and treasurer, Philip Mason. We were very proud to have our candi- date, Doris Niles, elected circus queen for 1938. She made a lovely queen and carried out her duties with regal dignity. This year's freshman class is, on the whole, very athletic. A large number of boys made the freshman football squadg and to J. Donovan, M. Logan, and P. Mason, We give three cheers for making the varsity. In basketball, too, we shone. Many boys and girls played on the freshman teams. Laura Rossignol and Gwen lVIcGrew practiced with the varsity all season. A very small freshman boy, G. Newell, surprised all by his amazing win in the freshman cross-country meet at Presque Isle. Orchids to you, other future runners! Over twenty boys and girls reported for tennis practice last March. Mr. Sherman believes that among them are many stars of the future. One freshman girl, Mary Pom- roy, made the varsity tennis squad. At mid-year, we had the second largest number of honor students in the school. The following names appeared on the list: thigh honorsj Do1'is Brown, Jean Crawford, Rosalind Hodgdon, Gwen McGrew, Ruth Palmer, and Laura Rossignol, thonorsb Ronald Henderson, Orin Bither, LeRoy Brown, Catherine Callnan, Barbara Cone, Harold Conway, Robert Cumming, Frederick Doescher, James Donovan, Evelyn Dow. Elizabeth Estabrook, Mildred Haggerty, Sterling Hall, lVIarie Hatfield. Richard lrwin. Lawrence Ketchum, Mary Kirlin, Elizabeth Long, Helen McCormick, Leitha MacDonald, Donald Macllroy, Irene Mooers, Doris Niles, Harold P1'yor, Arthur Ritchie, Celia Sked- gell. Marian Smith, Donald Taggett, Muriel Steen, Richard S'Weet, Marjorie Talbot, Don- ald Thorne, Patricia Waalewyn, Vera Wat- son, Doris Whited, and Charles Wood. The class of 41 hopes that, when its membe1's, some day, take the lead in H. H. S. activities, they may carry the torch on to even higher goals than those already at- tained by present and former Houlton High students. G. M. L W I