Jay High School - Breezes Yearbook (Jay, ME)

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FRESHMAN NEWS Front row, left to right: Arlene Chicoine, Roy Gonnella, Charlotte Wagner, Rene Couture, Richard Brackett, Clyde Grover, George Boudreau, Verna McDonald, Diana Frecker. Second row: Carroll Howes, Laurie Legere, Mike Hagberg, Jeannine Deshaies, Joan Goings, Joanna Ryder, Elizabeth Lamkin, Judy Farrington, Marcella Dyke, Ronald Groleau. Third row: Mabel Moore, Carroll McDonald, Connie Roy, Alberta Kittredge, Elaine Cameron, Elmer Marthila, Robert Hoppe, Rodney Spiller, Reino Marthila, Lester Deane, Barbara Jerry, Janet Purington, Clarisse Beaulieu, Betty Morse, Mr. Simoneau. Fourth row: Larry Dubord, Jean Cheli, Sylvia Waite, Pauline Moreau, Louise Therrien, Aldea Beaudette, Joan Foss, Dorothy Jolicoeur, Madeleine Raymond, Ann Pineau, Antonio DiPompo, Lucille Pomerleau, Grace Couture, Lionel Dubord. The Freshman Class entered Iay High School with fifty-three pupils: two have left during the year. The class ofhcers are: President .,.,...........,........ ..... I lonald Groleau Vice-President ...,., ......,, L ionel Dubord Secretary ................ .,...........,... E lizabeth Lamkin Treasurer . ...,,.... ...................,...... l -ester Deane Representatives to the Student Council .......r Richard Hrackett and Dorothy Iolicoeur About a month after school opened, Fresh- man Reception was held with a dance follow- ing. R. Hoppe was the only Freshman boy who played football. Those who went out for bas- ketball were: R. Marthila, E. Marthila, L. Deane, and C. Howes. Among the girls in sports were: Farring- ton, A. Chicoine, L. Therrien, A. Beaudette, D. Iolicoeur, I. Ryder, I. Purington, C. Roy, S. Waite, V. McDonald, C. Beaulieu, E. Cameron B. Morse, R. Tessier, G. Bradeen, L. Pomerleau, A. Pineau, and I. Cheli, G. Couture is the only cheerleader from the Freshman Class. I. Foss, L. Therrien, G. Bradeen, G. Bou- dreau, and M. Hagberg are in the band. Many Freshmen have joined the Glee Club. They participated in the Musical called An Evening with Stephen Foster 'ig D. Frecker was a member of the cast. The two candidates for carnival queen were I. Farrington and D. Iolicoeur, with R. Hoppe and C. McDonald as their managers. On March 9 and l0 the class went to Au- gusta, half the class going each day by bus with Mr. Bemiss. We visited the State House and saw the Legislature in session. All the Freshmen are proud to say they at- tend Iay High School. 5 page fifteen

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SOPHOMORE NEWS Front Row, left to right: Shirleen Gross, Beverley LaPointe, Gladys Berube, Aline Legere, Nicholas Doiron, Rita Bergeron, Cecile Duval, Mariette Morin, Doris Reed. Second Row: Jean Chapman, Janice Spiller, Althea Seamon, Bertrand Raymond, Laurier Fournier, Miss York, Virginia Gonnella, Paul Davenport, Florence Fournier, Eugene Fournier Third Row: 'Bertrand Turmel, Frank Moore, Adrian Fournier, Kenneth Howes, Donald Bryant, Aurelieus Couture, Albert Babbie, Bernard Shank, Emilio Breton, Conrad Thomas Robert Greenleaf. Fourth Roiav: Doris Legere, Evelyn Beaulieu, Gilbert Dalton, Paul Therrien, Margueret Tibbetts, Annette Perron, Louise Reed. We began school this year with an enrollment of forty-three silly Sophomores. Three of our classmates left, leaving us with a total of forty. To represent our class we chose the following officers: President ,..... ...,.. ..... L e o Legere Vice-President .. ...,.. Laurier Fournier Treasurer .......,... Gladys Berube Secretary ,.........,.... Althea Seamon Student Council ...... .,., I anice Spiller and Leo Legere Ball held Ian. 15, at Murray Hall, we had two classmates as Queen candidates, Florence Fournier and Aline At the annual Carnival page fourteen Legere. Paul Therrien and Bertrand Turmel were their managers. Our class had the honor of having Aline Legere elected Queen. ln the Stephen Foster program several mem- bers of our class participated. Those with speaking parts and solos were: Gladys Berube, Conrad Thomas, Ianice Spiller, and Laurier Fournier. Others were in the choruses. Virginia Gonnella and Adrien Fournier played varsity basketball while K. Howes, N. Doiron, A. Couture, E. Breton, A. Fournier and P. Davenport saw service on the football squad. During the year we also got our class rings, of which we are very proud.

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EDITORIAL COMMUNISM In Europe and throughout all the world to- day the practice and theory of communism is rapidly spreading its poisonous doctrine to such an extent that the democratic nations the world over are endangered. We have the tendency to believe that this form of government is relatively new, but this is due only to the fact that it was not until VVorld War II that a communistic nation played an important part in world affairs. Un- til then, communism was only thought of as the type of government which ruled in Russia, but now since the recent war communism has enveloped about half of the European nations and is trying to envelop the other half as this is being written. The communists in France, Italy, and Germany are trying desperately to throw the people and the governments into con- fusion, by strikes and other means, in order that they may more easily overthrow these govern- ments. In our American way we are apt to say, What does what the communists are doing in Europe have to do with us, and what is so bad about Communism, anyway? U As we all know, today Europe's business is our business: for with modern planes we are only about five hours' Hying time away, and should the rest of Europe fall into the hands of the communists, America would stand almost alone as the bulwark of democracy. The harm of a communist government is easily seen. It stands for everything opposite that of a democratic government. There is no free enterprise, for the government controls all the land, industries, mines, railroads, and all the equipment used in these occupations. There is no freedom of worship. The true commu- nists believe in no God, but believe the state or government to be supreme. Examples of their oppression of freedom of religion are the unjust trials and condemnation of Cardinal Mindszenty and fifteen ministers of the Protes- tant faith, who were held by them. We in America should be grateful for the blessing of being in a country which is free, and we must be on guard, for there are com- munists in America who are waiting for some page sixteen chance, such as an economic depression, to do all in their power to influence good American citizens to the doctrine of communism. Emerie Richard, Editor A NEW IAY HIGH SCHOOL I believe that the Town of Iay needs a new high school. I base my belief on my observa- tions while I have attended the present school for the last four years. I believe that the present school is inadequate in size and teaching staff. It should be large enough to take care of the students who come in from rural areas in the town. A new school should have the same subjects as the schools in the larger towns. Among these should be manual training. art, more lab- oratory work, and an agricultural course. It should have a large gymnasium for such sports as basketball, volley ball and physical gymnas- tics. I believe that the idea of both Livermore Falls and Iay getting together and building one large school that will Ht the requirements which they now both lack is very good,-but where will they put it? The proposed place, in front of the old Livermore Falls building, is inadequate as there is no place for expansion. There is no place in Ohisholm that would be large enough for a high school and gymnasium. The only place that I can see is the place where the present Iay High School now stands. This place has enough land surrounding it so that it may be expanded to make room for a gymnasium and a baseball diamond. The present high school now leads in com- mercial work but it is lacking in manual work and college preparatory work. It doesn't have a large enough laboratory to accommodate all of the pupils who want to take chemistry and it does not have facilities for the teaching of physics. The Town of Iay will have to do something very soon if it wants the students of Iay High School to be as well prepared as the students of other schools of the same class. William N. Ierry, Assistant Editor