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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
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Dorene Larson, Verne Byers, Jerome Clifford, Robert Smith, Francis Skehan. and Larry Woodcock. This play was ably directed by their beloved teacher, Betty Thomas. The talented songbird, Harriette Watson, as in past years, made the class proud that she was one of them. Their little romances this year included Joann and Verne ,Joyce and Joe, Pat and Larry, Norma and Scotty, and, of course, Jerome and Gloria. After the third ranking period Junior Wise Juniors! The class of '45 is doing its best to uphold that tradition of wisdom. Nearly every organization in the school has members of our class. Oh, we are im- portant-at least we think so. Take the basketball team for instance. What would lt be without our class president, Bob Mc Cormflck, to say nothing of Billy Bernard, Elliott Berman and the lanky Bob MacNair? The junior Speaking 'Contest is always an event. 'This year the contestants were as follows: fit goes without saying that we thought they were goody Tim Donovan, Nydda Barker, Ralph Brewer, Patience Ann Williams, Harold Noyes, Gloria Dow, Donald Feeley, Jane French, Elliott Ber- man and Alma Brown. The alternates were Joyce Cumming and Gerald Campbell. If I am correctly informed, our class has done more in its three years' sojourn in Houlton High to make life interesting for the faculty than any other class that ever passed through its portals. There is Donald Feeley for instance--always coming into class long after the teacher has given him up for lost. Then, too. there is the little matter of keeping him awake once he has arrived. A yeast cake and on alarm clock might help out there. Patience Ann so often uses carbon paper ln the preparation of her lessons, that some one ought to see about getting her a type- writer. Cute glrl, Peggy-lots of poise--and words. Speaking of cute girls, have you heard about the day Joyce Cumming got Margar- the class honor parts were announced as follows: Valedictorian, Harriette Watson, Salutatorian, Marion Brewery and third honor part, 'Teresa Langley' They have had very many good times at H. H. S., and are bidding goodbye with sincere regret. They will always cherish the memories and grand times they have spent within its walls. Norma Jeanne Hallett Notes et Duffy's seat in the third period. Yes, the one in front of Dean Ingraham. Nice boy, Dean, likes lots of air-especially when it is slender, blonde and wears glasses. Speaking of air, did you all see the pleas- ant little breeze that blew into Room 13? Not bad. Not bad at all on the eyes! The commotion you heard down the hall comes from Room 14. It boasts some of the world's champion whlsperers. If you don't think so, just ask Miss Lancaster. We are fine in an argument, too - which side we take doesn't seem to matter much. At least not to Billy Brewer, who can al- ways find something to rave about. A few added attractions from the class are Elliott Berman, who fancies he ls quite a wolf g Phyllis Grant, a real life wolf- us g Joyce Either, a man-hater: Tom Hug- gard, the blond sheikg Miss Whited, a most sophisticated young lady: and of course the love 'em and leave 'em guy, Bob MacNair. :Shall I go on-I could tell you about the-but perhaps I had better not. Many members of our class are in the Armed Forces. The most recent to leave for a life on the bounding deep ls Billy Rush. Grand guy, Billy. Here ends my notes. We are glad that we are Juniors ln Houlton High School, and we hope with a lot of luck and as littlework as possible, to be seniors some day. A. J. B.
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