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

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tw 1 A s w 'Q ,E Q 1 - THE SENIOR BOYS thu- varsity sports: Rusty and Sanford were doing bm-tter than good in tennis. Elsa and the five dwarfs were coming into their own in basketballfe-specially Elsa!! We seem to bo a vurse on French teachers for some rt-ason. Our new instructor. Miss Alice Ann Donovan, was replaced during her ill- nm-ss by NIV. Xviillillll Boyd, good ole lIoppy . We all trucked off to the senior last rhapol. took our share of awards. and Ilvvztiiit' seniors. Ah. blessed day when we tore into the sen- ior litNblllS to bo their orcupants! Hut gosh. ws' didn't know we were going to he so busy! 'l'o start the year oft' right, we helped put on-r tho Furtis campaign to the tune ol' 551.1230 and, ot' rourse, the state sales champ- ionship. Mala-ohn. Shirley, and .lark led that littlo slouglrpvtter. 'l'hc-n we duly elected onr rlass ot't'ic'ors. .lack Moore. presidentg Shirley Titromb. vivo president: Horam' Ltlvtlowan, svrretnryg and Arlean Taylor, tra-ttsurm-r. The- whole school wo1'k stopped in rc-n1o1nIn'ai11'e of the death ot' Reggie llownio. our classmate and a grand any too. ln football. Malrolni. Ralph, and Rusty dis- illl5Illit4llt'tl themselves. Heres to tho champs ot' Aroostook County, though they lwvt-1' won a game! Along about this time came the senior play. snow. and basketball. 'l'he perform- ances of Phil Boyne and Edith Dickinson and a fine east, of Shirley. Ralph, Carol, Elsa. Pauline. Sally, John, Richard, Leo and Jack made The Barretts one senior play folks won't forget soon. After basketball. in which Ralph Taylor and Bud Berry tex-'42l played some wonderful QIHIYIPS. we 1-amv to the history-making cowboy chapel. To the songs of Mary Ann, Elso. Bill. Al and .Is-tlgc- Marsh. we all had one grand tinn-. There were many other good c-hapvlsg but, from a shootin' point of view. this was the bost. On March 25th, the scholarship rare ended with Malcolm coming honn- virst. Edith and Carol neck and neck for sec-ond. and .lean Hanson trotting home with the third honor part. Twenty-two othors also placed in the money with averages ol' DOW or better. Malcolm had the extrvnwly high averapge of 9fi.R1'Z. Carol and Edith 9ti,1tt'W and Jean St5.TT L. XVQ- soon elected our senior king and out-ell candidates. Johnnie Mooe-rs and Mar- garet, Mclvlonigle. And. of 1-onrso, we had our 1-irvus play. a melodrama right from thc- banks of the Mississippi entitled Littl4- Nell . Little Nell Gardner, that frail lass who proved that beauty and brains do go to- tContinued on Page 403

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Senior Ilislor By John Moorc ln the fall ot' 19238. with the golden aulnnin leaves gently falling on the campus, lt5 ol' the worst-behaved kids in town canic tcar- ing through the portals of lloulton lligxh to disrupt its serenity and peacctnlness t'!l. Aftcr our first day. the teachers and board of education had a hurried conference, As a result of unanimous approval. the six-year high school was introduced, and we we-rc held back from senior high activities for one more year. To the relief ot' all sopho- mores, juniors. seniors. and teachers -this sci-nicd to hold tts ln our place for thc tiuic being. Our first year was not so eventful----Lucy l'aradis was our candidate for 111109111 Ralph Taylor and Bud Berry played swell basketball games against Hodfqdon and oth- er teams. We elected class officers: Bryce Lambert. presidentg Shirley Titeoinb, vice president: Ruddy Berry. secretary: and Ruth Nickerson, treasurer. lVe waded through first-year Latin. As You Like It, and orated Four Score and Seven . Every- one thought of Ralph and Ruth, Bud and Joyce. and .lint and Marie in the same brcath: and we underwent the first barricr fit-:H 1 ,- s-ss. W in our young lircs---ra'ztl honest-to-goodness exams! Our sophomore year. we began to grow np -wcll. a little. That was the year when Sally Packard was our candidate for queen: West Acton sent us one ol' its citizensg wo began to go to senior chapel tbut our ranks :got thinner with each chapel. never did know whylg we had our sophomore speak- ing. read Julius Caesar, and also got by lit- tle J. Caesar in Latin, As for the romantic zznfilc. only Ruth and Ralph remained of the l'rosh days. Our class suffered a great loss in the absence ot' Madame Briggsg though no longer our instructor, she still is our friend and takes a great. interest in school atltiirs. Among the half dozent substitute lfrench teachers was Miss Judith Brooks. Retneniber Judy, kids? Our junior year. we really began to go to town. l-Because of I-lryce's sickness, we had to elect a new president of our class-, John lloskin. Joyce Crawford and Bob Hogan represented us in the circus royalty. Mal- colm Bernian won second prize in the Elks essay contest and Edith Dickinson got first in the W. C, 'I'. ll. essay contest, Ralph Tay- lor and othcrs were really going places with THE SENIOR GIRLS '

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Senior Biographies DATES. DONNA JOY--English Club 43 Tumbling Act 4, Pres. 43 H-Club 3. 43 Twirl- Ing Corps 3, 4, Pres. 43 Basketball 2, 3, 4. BATES. GEORGE ERNEST-Future Farm- ers 1, 2, 3, 4. IIERMAN, MALCOLM IRVING--Valedictoiv img Football 2, 3, 43 H-Club 2, 3, 43 High- ster Board 4, Editor 43 North Star Board 4: Creative Writers' Club 33 Winner in Northern Maine Elks Essay Contest3 Speaking Exhibition 23 University of Maine Speaking Exhibition 3: Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 43 English Club 3, 43 Honor Society 3, 43 Jun- ior Divison Orchestra 13 Student Manager for Curtis Campaign. BITHER, JEANNE ROSELLE-Home Room Student Council 43 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, V. Pres. 33 Triple Trio 1, 2, 3, Trio 1, 33 Honor Society 3, 4, Sec. 43 English Club 3, 43 Speaking Exhibition 2, 33 North Star Board 3, 43 Class Prophecy. BLAKE, KENNETH BOSTROM, ELSA LUCILLE-Basketball 2, 3. 43 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 1, 23 Pianist for Boys' Double Quartet 3, 43 Sen- ior Play3 English Club 43 H-Club 2, 3, 4, Pres. 33 Dramatics Club 4. IIOYNE. JOHN PHILIP-English Club 43 II-Club 43 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 43 Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Circus Play 43 Senior Play3 Cross Coun- try 3, 4, Capt. 43 Speaking Exhibition 33 Winner of Aroostook League Speaking Contest 33 2nd in N. E. contest at Colby, 4. BROOKS. MARGARET MARY-English Club 3, 43 Bangor High 1. BROWN, MONTSAUL FRANK-Bridge water High 1. 23 Hodgdon High 3. BROWN. PHILIP RALPH-Future Farm- ers 1, 2, 3, 4. RURLOCK, BETTY CAROL--Basketball 3. 4: H-Club 4. CAMERON, BERNARD MICHAEL-Form bull 43 Baseball 3, 43 H-Club 4. COREY, ARLINE RUTH CLARK, GOLDIE HONOR-North Star Board 33 Glee Club 4. CLARK. GRAYDEN MILTON-Future Farmers 2, 3. 4. CLOWES, EDMUND JOSEPH--Hi-Y Club 3, 43 Boys' Glee Club 1, Highstcr Board 4. CRAWFORD, JOYCE MARION-Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 43 Tennis 1, 2, 3,42 Circus Queen Can- didate 33 H-Club 3, 43 Basketball 2. CUNLIFFE, PEARL ELIZABETH-English Club 4. IJICKILNSON, EDITH HELEN-Co-salutw torian3 English Club 3, 43 Honor Society 3, 43 Senior Playg Speaking Exhibit 2, 33 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 43 Basketball 33 second in Spear Speaking Contest 33 County Speak- ing Exhibition 33 Dramatic Club 4, Pres. 43 North Star Board 3, 43 Home Room Student Council 43 Winner in Spear Speaking Con- test 4. DOODY, REUBEN, JR.-Cross Country 1, 43 H-Club 43 Speaking Exhibition 3. DOW, WILFRED STANLEY-Highster 43 Baseball 2, 3. DRAKE, HILDRAD EILEEN - English Club 4. DUNPHY, RICHARD TRACY-Hi-Y Club 3, 43 English Club 43 Dramatic Club 43 Or- chestra 1, 2, 33 Band 1, 2, 33 Junior Division Orchestra 13 Senior Play3 Track Assistant Manager 2, 3, Manager 43 Highster 43 North Star Board. DUROST, DONALD DOUGLAS-Bridge water Classical Institute 1, 2, 3. FORTIER, ALICE PATRICIA-Hodgdon lligh 1, 2, 33 Home Economics Club 4. FORTIER, WILMA LUCRETIA l+ O,S'l'ER, MARY ELIZABETH FOSTER, MILDRED PAULINE -- CARIIINER, AGNES ASTRID-Home Eco- nomics Club 4. GARDNER, CAROL MAXINE-'Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 43 English Club 3, 4, Pres. 43 Honor Society 3. 43 Speaking Exhibition 2, 33 Sen- ior Play3 Circus Play 43 Twirling Corps 3, 43 Tumbling Act 43 Co-salutatorian3 Cheer Lender 43 Dramatic Club 43 Home Room Council Member 43 North Star Board 3, 4. GARTLEY, MARIE E.--4I'ennis 1, 2, 3, 43 II xsketball 23 H-Club 3, 4, V. Pres. 43 Senior Play Committee3 Circus Play Committee. CILLAND, KATHRYN FAYE-Basketball 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 2, 33 H-Club 3, 4. CILLAND, MARION ALICE-Basketball 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 2, 33 H-Club 3, 4.