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

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THE BASEBALL SQUAD Baseball Starting the season with a drastically modified schedule, the Black and White pasturers appear to have the makings of a izither successful nine. At present, merry battles are being waged for most of the positions, Spooner, Niles, Taylor, and Berry, being the only veterans from last year's fine squad returning to the diamond wars. Time alone will tell what the actual team will look like, but the following seem to be on the inside track for regular berths: York '44, catcher, Spooner '42, pitcher: Berry '43, lst base, McGaffin '44 2nd base, Dick Niles '43, shortstop, E. St. Pierre '42, Zlrd base: Elliott Brown '45, Cameron '42, McNally '42, Jack MacNair '44 in the field. The schedule: At Presque Isle May 12 At Mars Hill May 13 Home - Presque Isle May 28 Home - Mars Hill May 21 Gallup Poll Rep.: Occupation? Mrs. M. B .Lambert: Woman Position Wanted: Gentleman with a car EDITORIAL tContinued from Page 43 soon to face the real issues of life: those is- sues will temper the steel in your character. If you are to be an effective weapon to America in this war, you must do, have, and be everything worthwhile. Being and hav- ing both follow doing. The largest factor in doing your best is doing your utmost. Surrender everything you have-your time, your mental, moral, and physical strength, and even our money to the all-out effortg victory is ultimate. When peace again reigns, we will remin- isce and find that that effort was worth- while. The inconveniences we shall suffer in the interim will seem trivial then. As the experience of a self-imposed lash leaves no scar, resolve to swing that lash. Analyze yourself, draw out those dormant abilities, and use them where they're most needed. Plan well your future, for your future and yours and yours will determine the future of 'democracy D. E. M. Quoted from Needle Stewart: I like workg it fascinates me. I can sit and look desires to meet a babe with four good tires. at it for hours.

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JUNIOR DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAM ' Top row: Graham, Richards, Tracy, Miller, MacNair, Coach Dobbins. Lower row: Dunphy. Greaves, Barnard, McCormick, Berman. Junior Division Basketball lnconsistency marked this exceptionally well-coached Dobbins team. In the first en- counter against the Hodgdon Junior Var- sity, Elliott Berman swished the nets mag- nificently to rack up a total of twenty-one points, and Bill Bernard hit the jackpot for fourteen. 'To this high-scoring duo, Bob McCormack Houlton 26 Houlton 24 Houlton 14 Houlton 31 Houlton 35 Houlton 29 Houlton 35 Houlton 24 Fort Fairfield Caribou Presque Isle Merrill H. S. Fort Fairfield A. C. I. John Bapst Presque lsle and Stan Greaves were teamed at forward: Basil Dunphy played at guard, and Bob Mc- Nair and Paul Miller filled in quite capably Seamans in band practice: Hey, Mr. Sherman, somebody just threw an egg at when needed. Usually playing boys older than selves and much larger, this scrappy littlte outfit rang up a fairly good record. Elliott Berman, hard-working guard, beautiful baskets to win thrilling ball games me! them- Twice threw Mr. Sherman: No wonder, you've been playing like an omelet all year. Bonnie J: Mother, did you say th-it old vase on the piano had been handed down at Fort Fairfield, and against Merrill at Houlton in the last few seconds of play. Some of these boys will undoubtedly make their varsity debut next winter, while the ohers season up under the expert tutelage of the former Colby Peabody. luminary, Woodrow Houlton 44 Hodgdon 16 Houlton 25 Caribou 21 Houlton 32 A. C. I. 36 from generation to generation? Mother: 'Yes, dear, I value at highly. Bonnie: Well, this generation just dropped it. J. Putnam fyawninglz Yes, sir, I drank ten cups of coffee for breakfast this morn- ing. Mr. Marsh: Does it keep you awake? John: lt helps. Ho-hum!

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v,-rw. if ' Mau na TH ld TENNIS 'I' ICA M Top row: Clifford. Russell. Plourde. Hoogins, lWCC0l'1ll?1Ck. Chadwivk, lloore. l'.owt-r row: liusst-ll. Crawford. G.1rllt'y, 'l'nylor. Nickerson. Titr-omlv. Tennis With Aroostook iA'fl2'll0 tennis definitely rind Russell. lfor the girls, Gnrtley. Craw- oti' for this spring. leugue oii'it'izils have tortl. llnllott. Taylor, Nickerson. and Hus- nnule- plains for intrnniurzil tennis. and for at sell will battle for the five open positions. f-ounty tt-nnis i0lll'llZllllPlli. Sinve the shire- Ilowovt-r, it seems very prohuhle that other town:-rs lnnve not yet been in the vourts. rttvket, swingers will tllsplave some of the thvrt- is niuvh doulwt us to who will repres- lt-tterinen, und the intra-inural tournament ont tht- svhool in the vounty tournament. will definitely tell the story. Avnilnhlo for servivt- in the hoys' field Aroostook County Tournament, June 1. irt- letternn-n Plourde. lVIcCormiok. Hodgins, tRoys ut Caribou. girls at Fort Fnirt'ield.l Track XVith duztl nn-nts vnut-ollod duo to tho war oiiit-1'g1eiit'y, tlu-re is lt-ft only tho county moot toward which tfouvli Stinson and his truvkstors run look forward. Oi' course. the lllllllill inter-t'lusss l'0lllllE'lill0ll will he held. with the juniors in all nrohuhility dominat- ing tho fit-ld. lu tlivt. nmtftitfully all ot' tho outstanding nn-n on the squad are from tho Class ot' '-423. The single exception is Don llhilhrivli. n sophomore ot' whom pgreztt thxngfs nrt' expected lu the hroztd Jump. To girnor ninrliers for Houlton lligh, lloh tlogrgtli in the disuus, Holm Johnston in the shot, Hill Ford in the 440. together with .lorry West, and Ken Larsen in half-mile and mile. loom as the backbone of a h1u'd-work- ing sqitutl. The schedule: Inter-tilass Meet. May tl, lil. 15, IS. 20. 22. Pounty Moet May 29.