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

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BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM Front row, left to right: Mason, Taylor, Niles, Captain Logan, Anderson, Lambert, Berry. fSecond row: Asst. -Coach Peabody, Popham, Mgr. Myshrall, Downie, Coach Tibbetts. Boys' Basketball, 1940-41 ' With a wise eye to the future, Coaches Tibbetts, and Peabody selected for their '40-'41 basketball squad a dozen promising underclassmen and combined them with vete1'ans. The result was seven wins against eleven losses, a half dozen of which were lost by only two or three baskets. Around the nucleus of Mason, a star for- ward: Logan, a guard and forward of equal ability: and Lambert. a center and guard, the coaches built a team that was slow in starting this year, but one that will go places in the next two years. The loss of Wolhaupter, Bell, Stoton, and Donovan, all six-footers, was heavily felt. Logan, with 181 points, and Mason, with 92 points, were the big guns for the Black and VVhite. Downie returned to the wars after a year's lay-off and played hard ball. Dick Niles, a sophomore who's a natural, is the boy to watch in 1942. His classmates, Anderson and Berry. are shaping into good ball- players, too. The schedule and scores: Houlton 28 Patten Houlton 26 Stearns Houlton 22 P. I. H. S. Houlton 22 Old Town Houlton 37 Caribou Houlton 26 Waterville Houlton 29 John Bapst Houlton 44 A. C. I. Houlton 30 F. F. H. S fContinued on Page 283

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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

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THE TRACK SQUAD Front! row, left to right: Burlock, Gardiner, VVest, Gogan, Ford, Gidney. Rear: Coach VVood, Henry, Hoskin, Larson. Boyne, Fortier, Mooers, Hickford, Coach Stinson. Track, 1940-41 Around the nucleus of six veterans, dashers Capt. Paul Albert and Earl Haw- kins. distance men Phil Boyne, Henry Ford and Ken Larson. and combination weightman and pole vaulter Clayton Stone, Coaches Stinson and Wood are building a track team. Although somewhat shaky in the jumps, Houlton's prospects in the field and running events look bright. Raw material like Goon Hovey, the human spider, Bob Johnston, and Jerry VVest will bolster any team. Other hopefuls who look good are Bickford, Fortier, Beau- Mooers, Buzz' Gardiner, Fowler, Donovan, Lakin. Macllroy, and Hoskin. 'Considering that about two-thirds of the strength of last years' squad has been lost, Coaches Stinson and Wood have a job on their hands. Houlton usually comes up with something worth watching, watch this spring. Track Schedule May 9 Caribou at Caribou May 17 Fort Fairfield at Houlton May 24 Aroostook--Maine Frosh at Orono May 31 Presque Isle at Presque Isle June 7 'County Meet at Houlton FOOTBALL fContinued from Page 221 was a jig-saw puzzle of good and bad breaks, mostly bad. Mason scored the lone touchdown on our strongest play, a single wing off-tackle formula. Scores: Houlton 0 Stearns 19 Houlton 0 Dexter 13 Houlton 7 Lincoln 6 Houlton 7 Brewer 46 Houlton 7 Bar Harbor 19 Line Average 155 lbs. Backfield Average 143 lbs. Joyce L.: Is Miss White particular in in English? V. Hunter: I'1l say so! She raves if she finds a period upside down.