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

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THE EIGHTH GRADE Growing fast THE SEVENTH GRADE On their way up 21

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. ,- THE FRESHMEN Feeling their oats ahdin way, on the County Road , you passed through our CuIebra Cut , by the cemetery. and smelled the town dump. Still you did get a good look at the town, spread out on both sides of the Meduxnekeag Stream. And then- ENTERJNG HOULTON Then you were in Houlton, going under the Bangor and Aroostook overhead bridge, by the power house. and down North Street, across the iron bridge to the square. Or perhaps you wanted to save time, so hurried up the dark, woodsy Haynesville Road, up Bangor Street , by automobile came from row to the square. lf you Canada, you probably entered at the New Brunswick line from Wooclstock, and sail- ed by the airport. up Garrison Hill fwhere the Aroostook XVar was fought 6. and then down into town. Or did you follow l'. S. No. 1? If you did, you either came north from Calais or south from Presque Isle. In either case, you saw Houlton at its best. from smooth streets. alongside att- ractive homes. THE SQUARE In any case, you landed in the square. That's where everybody comes. It's like a magnet-150 feet wide, twice as long. and bordered by stores, offices. and two the- atres. You probably ate a lunch there- perhaps at Robinsons bought a paper, perhaps at French's, and then inquired about us. You had to. because Houlton High is just off the main track. HOXV TO GET HERE Alld sofyou got back into your car and drove south on Court Street one block, then north by the Northland Hotel and the Aroostook County Courthouse and Jail. And then-on your right, facing the Meth' odist Church. you saw an old-fashioned brick building that looked like a school. You stopped and asked whether this might be IT-f-and one of the boys playing in the yard sent you on, south a hundred yards, ts another building. Yes. Houlton High is two brick red sehoolhonses--two! That surprised you a little, didn't it? THE HIGH SCHOOL Yesehere we a1'e, on a gravel lot about big enough for three houses. just across the street from the jail, and closely bound- ed on two other sides by the hotel and the Aroostook Hospital. Not much room, you feontinued on page 613 20

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' T ipfifwg Front row, left to right: Gardner, Hawkins, Lambert, Donovan, Mason, Lakin, Logan, Fowler, Henry. Second row: Bell, Wood, Berman, Taylor, Vose, Carter, Smith, Gardner. Rear: Mgr. Hovey, Wilcox. Football, 1940 As far as football was concerned, 1940 was an off year for the Black and White. Foach Tibbetts had plenty of green mater- ial that shaped into a tough, but not quite tough enough, outfit. Constant shifting of positions to strength- en weaknesses kept the boys in hot water most of the season. Even though the squad was smaller and lighter than those of our opponents, the Houlton lads gave their best and weren't beaten until the last whistle. Every time they gave that extra something from a tired body that makes a hard tackle or block, they won a moral victory. ln spite of the scores, some of the games were close. The heavier line of Stearns stopped the shiretown opener at Millinock- et. The Dexter machine rattled off some fine line plays that netted 10 first downs to our four. The Houltonians just couldn't get started in this fracas. The next week, we broke into the win column, avenging the only mar on the 1939 slate made by Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. Mason scored and Russell pushed over for the after-point in the first quarter. Mattanaw- cook retaliated in the third with one touch- down. Late in the game, Little Joe Wilcox pulled down De Roche on the 15-yard line and deprived the Lincoln lads of a sure score. The Brewer game was a one-sided affair, as the score may suggest. 128-pound Ralph Taylor received nearly half the sport page of the Bangor Daily News for his commendable show of courage and fighting heart against such Goliaths as Lyford and Mayo. The Bar Harbor game 0Continued on Page 261