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

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Iunior Varsity Basketball Under Coach Smith and Reggie Downie, During the season, several boys were dis the Junior Varsity passed a good season, covered who should bolster the varsity in considering the tough opposition which they the near future, among whom are Paul Al had to face. They played 15 games, win- bert, Tom Popham, Al Bell, Joe Skehan ning-nine. Johnny Mooers. and Ralph Grant. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL Left to right: Front row: R. Niles, Cyr, Gardner, Bates, Bither. Second row: Anderson, D. Niles, McNutt, Ford. Back row: McGowan fMgr.l. Hodgins, Hovey, Coach Dobbins. THE FIR TREE Out in the forest covered with snow l lived for many a year. Now I am in a sitting room- Does no one shed a tear? I'll soon die of heat and thirst But no one seems to mind, Covered with candy and tinsel. Would some one to me be kind? I lived a life that was happy Waving in the breeze. Now I'll die the same old death As all the other Christmas trees. -Virginia Cone THE NAUGHTY MOUSE I caught him in a trap one night, That mischief maker in our house. He will not bother us again, That naughty, naughty little mouse. It seems too badg it really does, To spoil his fun like thatg To stop his playful little squeaks, To stop his growing fat. It seems too bad, as I said before, And I'm sure you'll all agree. But he should have known better than that Expecting to get things free. -E. Gardner 21

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Left to right: Front row: R. Fortier fMgr.J, D. Niles, R. Taylor, Mason, Ayotte. Logan, K. Taylor, Coach Peabody. Back row: Lambert, Berry, Tomilson, Donovan, Fowler, Albert, Edwards. unior Division CBasketball The junior division basketball team en- joyed a successful season. The squad was composed of freshmen, eighth grade, and seventh grade boys. The frosh played as a unit, while the seventh and eighth grades combined in one team. The frosh were es- pecially strong, winning about 22 games out of 30 games played. This was a line record inasmuch as the team played all who wished games, even though the others were com- posed of junior and senior boys. Such fine players as Bob and Dick Niles, Bob Ander- son, Paul Hovey, Donald McNutt, and Bill Hodgins should bolster the varsity teams in the near future. The seventh and eighth grade team lost several games at the beginning of the sea- son, but were winning consistently at the end of the winter. They were defeated by only one point by the Limestone Grammar tram, which won the Northern Maine Gram- mar cup. Such boys as Dorson Plourde, Willie Strout, Aubrey Grant, Gerard York, James McGaffin, Billie Riley, Del Cummings. Elliot Berman, and Verne Byers, point to a strong frosh team next winter. Horace McGowan was manager of the team, and the squad was completely equipped with regulation basketball suits. unior Division Baseball The junior division baseball squad is also looking forward to a successful season. With a large number of boys working out under Coach Dobbins, a former Houlton High star. a number of future high school players may be discovered.

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LITERATURE Death By George Nelson 0'er the dark and gloomy valley, Down lnto the cobwebbed cavern, Far beneath the starllt heavens, Rode the black death on his stallion. Fast advancing on the aged, Clutchlng weakly at the young ones, When the time has come to reckon, He will conquer as he has done. Always he has been triumphant: Through the gone and fading ages Will he always be the hero? Or will someone turn the paves Of the book of time and read them? Will they flnd out his great weakness And to death they'll send a challenge And engage in llfe's great battle, Or wlll they find he is eternal, With the God of ages with him? Best to leave hlm as we found him And have patience for his coming. Telephoning By J. Skehan There are several ways to use a telephone. One of these ls to talk distinctly, so that the telephone operator and the person on the other end may hear what you say: but this ls so infrequently used that we won't consid- er it. Another way to telephone is to mumble unintelllgible words when the operator asks for the number, but that has its drawbacks also. Instead of asking you to repeat the number, she rings some number of her own invention: and this wastes a lot of time. One of the greatest problems of telephone customers is how to get rid of long-wlnded old maids who perform as if they were in a talking marathon. I don't think there is much of anything to be done about them ex- cept to click the receiver and pray hopefully into the transmitter, Oh! I wish they would hurry up and get through. But then, I sup- pose they are the ones who keep the tele- phone companies in business. Now, as a final touch in making you a per- fect example of a good telephone customer. I wlll tell you how to enter and withdraw from a telephone booth which has an 'occu- pant. If it is a man, slam the door as softlv as possible to show him you are ln a hurry. Then stamp impatiently outslde. If lt is a woman, bow low and back out as gracefully as possible. But if it is a blonde-well, we leave that up to you. Late Again By Malcolm Logan Up the stairs two at a time- Thls is sure one terrible climb! One more flight and I'll be there, Saved from that teacher's Late stare. What-the bell? Well, don't hurry: All there's left to do is worry. What will now be my sad fate? The penalty for being late- Scolding and an extra session, And I'll walk with the procession Of those who are always Late. again Prelude To Religion By Donald Macllroy Scuff! Scuff! sounded Father Smlth's slippers, as they descended the stairs. Oh-h-um! yawned Mr. Smith, as he shuffled into the kitchen and started to build the tlre. As he reached for a match on the shelf, his half-open eye fell on the clock. He blinked and took another squint at the timepiece. Jumpin' Jupiter! he cried, Why, it's quarter to ten! Forgetting the stove, he dashed back up- stairs and enacted the role of a modern Paul Revere. Thrusting his head through his daughters' bedroom doorway, he proceeded to arouse his two offspring from the arms of Morpheus with oral vibrations. Hurrylng down the hall, he called lustily, Joel Hey, Joe! You'd better hit the deck! It's almost ten o'clock!