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

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THE' 'CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Front row, left to right: Larson, Dow, Doescher, Hall, Boyne. Second row: Fortier, Grant, Gogan, Gardiner, Coach Stinson, Stewart, Lambert, Smart, Palmer. Cross Country, 1940 Again this year Coach Stinson produced at champion. The Houlton trekkers were set-ond to a phenomenal Presque Isle crew in both the county and state meets, but it was our own Abe Hall who led four- score hopefuls to the tape to cop individ- ual honors at the state meet, and who eas- ily beat the best in Aroostook in the county meet. He set a new course record in the trisineet between Lee, Colby Frosh, and Houlton. Consistent placing by John Dow, Fergy Ferguson, and Pussy Albert balanced the squad. With four of the following lettermen re- turning next fall. Coach Stinson is making plains to bring home a seventh state cham- pionship. His record of seven county, six state. and one national title in the last eleven seasons shows he's justified in plan- making. The 1940 hill-and-dalers combination con- sisted of Captain Sterling Hall, Paul Albert, Irving Ferguson, Earl Bickford, Galen Grant, .Iohn Dow, Philip Boyne, Ken Lar son, and Fred Doescher. Scores: Houlton 21 Maine Frosh A 37 Houlton 42 Presque Isle 17 Houlton 31 Lee 26 Colby Frosh 71 Houlton 23 'Caribou 32 The County Meet lst Presque Isle 23 2nd Houlton 61 3rd A. C. I. 70 4th Caribou 78 The State Meet lst Presque Isle 32 2nd Houlton 105 3rd Old Town 110 4th Portland 116 5th Bangor 118

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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

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM Front row, left to right: Taylor, Watson, Kelley, Bates. Second row: K. Gilland, Bostrom, Coach Wood, M. Gilland, and Titcomb. Girls' Basketball, 1940-41 The 1940-41 girls' basketball team was fondly known as Elsa and the Five Dwarfs . Lanky Miss Bostrum led the Aroostook League in scoring by amassing a total of 199 points in ten games, that's 20 points per game! Jackie Kelley, a vot- eran, Katherine Gilland, Dot Young, and Jean Hovey played fine, cooperative ball under the net. On the other side of the center stripe, Maggie Watson, another vet- and eran, Donna Bates, Marion Gilland, Shirley Titcomb performed nobly for Coach Wood. The girls gained permanent poss- ession of the league trophy this year. Here's a summary of Coach Charles W. Wood's record at Houlton for the past ten years: the total number of games played is 144, 114 wins against 30 losses, the total of points scored by the Houlton lassies in these contests is 3,461 against 2,508 tallied by opponents. Houlton was undefeated in league competition during 1933-34, 1937- 38, and 1940-41. In 1932-33, 1934-35, and 1938-39, the Black and White dropped but one tussle, while in 1931-32 and 1939-40 they lost two. Houlton has won the Aroos- took League crown six times and finished as runner-up thrice during those ten years of fine tutelage. The 1940-41 results: Houlton 23 Patten 13 Houlton 41 Stearns 23 Houlton 36 Shead 34 Houlton 43 Fort Fairfield 8 Houlton 27 Stearns 27 iContinued on Page 273