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

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A Tribute to a Friend .85 This year lloulton High School lost one of its inost outstanding inusic instructors ind teachers. lllr. Ivan Silk'l'lllilll. a grad- uate of llehron Acadelny. the llniversity of Maine, and the National School of Music, has carried out for the past eight years a very successful prograin as director of our hands and teacher of ldnglish in the Junior and Senior lligh Schools. Since 1936, his first year at lloulton, he has steadily huilt up the school's inusie department until today lloulton High School possesses one of the inost outstanding hands in the state. Thru his efficient pro- gram a steady flow of students from the primary grades and Junior lligh have re- placed vacancies in the hands lllildv hy graduating seniors. For the past five or six years Mr. Sherman has attended sununer sessiousat the liniversity of Maine as well as Bates Uollege, and today he is the holder of li. A. and M. A. degrees. Before eoniing to lloulton High. Mr. Sherman held the posi- tion of principal at Alhion lligh School for four years. ln Fehruary Mr. Shcrinan re- linquished his position here to accept the prineipalship of Newport Iligh School. lle is now teaching physics, plane geometry, and algebra in addition to fulfilling his duties as principal. We were very sorry to lose hiin hut. wish hiin lmest of luck in his new position. Richard Lyeette VARSITY BAND

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Senior Class History lu the fall of 1940 many shy, awkward youngsters entered the halls of Houlton iligh School. Finally, after a long: elapse ot' time, they became used to their new surroundings: but they still held the upper classmen in awe. That first year they e- lected as class officers, for the first three years: Jose Duron, President: Millicent Thorne, Vice President: Robert Burns, Tl'0ll,Slll'0l'2 and Kathleen XV'ilsou, Secre- tary. ln thc sophomore year they lost most of their shyness! ! l That year the last annual ll, H. S. circus t'or the duration was held. The candidates for king: and queen were Phyllis Gray and Francis Skehan. That year most ot' the girls spent their spare time chasing freshman boys. The romances, of course, weren't very steady, cxccpt Freddie's and Kathleen's. In the field of athletics, lluse Tibbetts was shap- ing Grant, Plourde, Byers, York. and Mc- tlaffin into a promising: varsity basketball tcam. The .Iunior year saw many of their boys go into the armed forces. Jim McGaffin. llilly Riley. and Jack Stuart were those who left to take up arms for Uncle Sam, At the end of the year we lost Aubrey Grant. Dorson Plourde, Leo Urafts, and Bud Stewart. York. Byers, Plourde, Grant, and lVlcGaffiu tthe latter as long as he was herel made themselves known on the bas- ketball floor. The romances of that year were interesting: Anne and Gidney, Joyce and---Jack 01' Joe? ?. Verne and Dorene or Joan? ?. Pat and Bill Ford, and Ilarriette and Jim. The class was also well represent- ed in the English Club and Honor Society. Finally, their treasured hopes were ful- filled, and they entered the senior rooms as their proud occupants. The class offi- cers were as follows: President, Larry Woodcockg Vice President, Dorene Larson: Treasurer. Francis Skehang and Secretary, Har1'iette XVatson. Joann Kittredge was voted to be the D. A. R. Candidate, and l.ois Doescher represented ll. H. S. in the annual Spear Speaking Contest. Their Senior Play, Every Family Has One , was successfully presented with an outstand- ing cast, consisting of lflarriette Watson, Lois Doescher. lVladelyn Farr. Joyce Rob- inson, Bernice Porter, Audrey Dunlap, HONOR SOCIETY