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

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THE TENNIS TEAM Left to right, front row, Martin, Hawkins, Captains Frances and Tom Donovan, Jackins, Lambert. Second 1'ow: Grant, Pomeroy, Crawfo1'd, Hallett, Gartley, Titcomb, Macllroy. Third row, McGowan, XVard, Taggett, Popham, Rogers, Spaulding, Russell, Hatfield. Fourth row: Jackins, Coach Sherman, Mooers, Coach Saunders. Tennis For four years now. our racket wielders have yet to drop a single match in high school competition. With all due respect for the recent two-year winning streak compiled by the girls' basketball team, this thirty-three match record made by the tennis team has yet to find its equal. Last season marked the third consec- utive league championship for Houlton's un- defeated and untied aggregations, Although last year's championship team lost many of its men stars such as Don Mason, Ralph Kelley, George Roben, Bob Macllroy, James Milbery. and Clair Bell through graduation. the entire girls' team, with the exception of Jeanette Berry, who was lost via the grad- uation route, will be back with Frances Donovan, Del Martin, Joyce Lambert. Jean Jackins. and Dot Hawkins combining with such boys as Captain Tom Donovan and Al McGowan to attempt to uphold the title of Aroostook County's perennial champs. This year's schedule is by far the most attractive yet drawn up, with two matches scheduled with the Maine Frosh, two with Bangor High, and others with schools in the southern part of the state such as Deering High School of Portland and Cony High of Augusta. XVith the other Aroostook teams eyeing our long string of victories and growing jealously. it will be more diffi- ever to maintain the pace we so long. As this goes to press, the match with the University of Maine has been played and lost, 9-l, This decisive defeat. though no disgrace in losing to coll- ege players, may be laid largely to the extremely late Aroostook spring, so late that oui' boys and girls had practically no outdoor practice, being forced to train in the cramped quarters of the gymnasium. As summer moves in on us and autoinat- ically puts our courts in shape, we may expect results more in line with our reputation cult than have held record-with other high schools, of course.

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f-M4 'Wu A 1 THE BASEBALI. SQUAD Front. left to right: Mason. Ifldwards. K. Taylor. XVatson. II. Taylor, Berry. Logan. Back. Lambert. Gardiner. NVard. Downie, Ayotte. Capt. Tomilson. Albert, Mgr. Thompson. Baseball Baseball prospects in Houlton High for the 1939 season could hardly be called bright. considering the long list of veterans lost through graduation last spring. Vernon Titcomb, Hal Bossie. Fred Monahan. Gordy Bither, Bob Ruth. Ralph Hodgdon. and Henry Cameron will be sorely missed in this year's lineup. Nevertheless, a scrappy and enthusiastic array of underclassmen is working hard under Coaches Tibbetts and Peabody to make them forget their loss. Captain Earl Tomilson. Reggie Downie. Phil Mason. Buck Logan, Ken Taylor. Paul Ayotte, James XVard, Everett Gardner, and newcomers Bob Huggard and Jim VVatson will probably see plenty of action this year. After losing two p1'eliminary practice games with Oakfield, our boys lost to Fort Fairfield and won from Presque Isle in the first two Aroostook League games. At Fort Fairfield, the feature of the game was the effective pitching of Reed, the Fort pitcher, who held our inexperienced boys to five hits, winning 5-2. At Houlton, Presque Isle was surprised by the airtight pitching of our Captain Tomilson, who pitched a threee l1it game, winning 541. This game was feat- ured by the heavy hitting of Houlton in the last three innings, particularly by Mason and Ayotte. Because the team is almost entirely a new one, built largely of sophomore and freshman material, it will be a miracle if we do better than break even in the league games. Yet, as we go to press, it begins to appear that our young team may justify its new uniforms by doing that, or more. The boys, fired with a fine eager spirit, are trying hard and learning fast. Coaches Tibbetts and Peabody very likely have the makings of another championship cluster, if not in 1939, then in 1940. V 1

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g BIS 'ix-S543 LFULE? gif o , i lil f Senior In the month of September, 1934, the doors of Houlton High School opened to admit a class of new, ambitious students. Since that time, they have made history for their school. It is awell known fact that. for three years, girls' athletics have been upheld mostly by the class of '39, For three years. these girls have won the league basketball trophy for Houlton. Our boys, likewise, have been outstanding in athletics. football. baseball, track, and tennis. The class of '39 has twice presented speaking History exhibitions. Twice, Miss Irma, Comins has won the Spear speaking contest in the Southern Aroostook division. This year, an excellent cast presented the Senior play, 'iffhina Boy. In intelligence, also, our class ranks high. Both semesters this year, a senior home room has had the highest ave 9111?-Ie. The first semester, all three rooms led the list. Still more, we have produced two circus queens. The members of this most excellent class, and their activities, are listed below. 10