Kingfield High School - Abram Breeze Yearbook (Kingfield, ME)

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ATHLETICS K f i- X ew 71 ' I X 4 P5 Y

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Week of February Z1 February Z3---The boys' basketball team went to Lewiston to participate in the Western Maine Small School Tournament, They were winners in their first game by one point, Mr, Clunie chartered a bus for the students who wanted to attend, February 25---Boys played again and won, February Z6---Saturday, The boys were called back for a final try at winning the title of Champions of Small Schools in Western Maine, They brought back the title and the cup, Week of February Z8 March Z---All juniors, Seniors and teachers attended Career Day which was held at Farmington High School, We all enjoyed the day, March 4---Mr, Clunie announced the speaking parts for the Senior Class, They are as follows: Richard McLaughlin, Valedictorian, Wanda Bradbury, Salutatoriang Ray Hinkley, Honor Essay, Faye Hewey, Class History, Arlene Niles, Class Will, Lillian Nile, Class Prophecyg Roscoe Durrell, Class Trip, Elizabeth Packard, Gifts to Boys 3 Eugene Wing, Gifts to Girls, March 5---Saturday, again, The boys lost a hard gaxne to Schenck High School of Millenocket and, also, their chance to be champs of all the small schools in the state of Maine, Week of March 7 March 9---Movie for Senior Benefit, Thank you, Mr, Lade, March 11---The All-Star game of the Franklin County Small School League was played at Phillips tonight, The Kingfield girls lost to the All Star girls, but the boys won, Both games were exciting from start to finish, Both teams brought home the cups for being champs in the league, March 12---Luce's Studio sent a photographer today to take some pic- tures of the boys' and girls' basketball teams with their trophies, Week of March 14 March 16-- -An agent from Luce's Studio talked with the Juniors today about their graduation pictures for next year, March 18---A banquet to honor the boys and girls playing on the basket- ball teams was given by the American Legion and Auxiliary, After the dinner Mr, Charles Wilson showed slides of Kingfield scenes and people, We enjoyed them very much, March 23---All juniors and nearly all Seniors went to Augusta, today to attend a session at the State Legislature, March Z4---Ken McKensie show in town, benefit of Seniors, April 1---Sophomores held a Social in Webster Hall, April 8---Senior Play, The Funny Brats , April 14---Concert under the direction of Mr, Dann, given by grades and High School Music Chorus, April 15 ---Freshman Social, Vacation begins, April ---Local Talent Show, No definite date has yet been set, Seniors leave for Washington Friday April 22, We all hope they have a pleasant trip, May Z 5 May june june june 1 7 - - ---County Convention at Farmington, No school, 30---Memorial Day, 12 -- -Baccalaureate, 16 - - -C ommencement, -School closes, bringing to an end the school year 1948-49, Lillian Nile '49 ZZ

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GIRLS' ATHLETICS Athletics for the girls this year have been confined chiefly to basketball, We did, last fall, play softball and volleyball during Activity Period, We hope to again this spring, We may be able to form a softball team and play a game or two with other teams, We did this last spring, playing two games with the Strong girls, The basketball girls, under the able coaching of Principal Clunie, have finished a very successful season, The squad lost two players from last year's team, Christine Donahue and Viola Reid, but it gained new ones from the Freshman class, Early in the season the squad chose a manager Lillian Nile '49 and as assistant manager Louise Taylor '50, The team played eighteen games in all: Seven non-league games, ten league games, and the All Star game, They lost four of the non-league ones, but, of the four, three were with Class M Schools, They won all ten of the games, thereby be- coming Champions of the Franklin County Small Schools League, Because they were Champions, they played, at Phillips, in the All Star game against the team composed of three All Star players from each of the other schools, The three Kingfield girls chosen as All Star were Naida Loucks '49, Bettie Packard '49, and Dena Vose '50, Following is a list of the girls on the squad, Forwards Dawn Davis '49 Bettie Packard '49 Dena Vose '50 Helen Knapp '51 Beatrice Morrell '51 The schedule of games played and the scores follow, Home starred: Kingfield 26 'FKingfield 28 'Kingfield 45 Kingfield 10 'Kingfie1d 2.4 4'Kingfield 27 '9'Kingfield 27 'Kingfield 32 Kingfield 30 Farmington Jay North Anson Jay Rangeley Town Team Strong Stratton Phillips Guards Naida Loucks, Captain '49 Arlene Niles '49 Ruth Donahue '52 Gloria Dyer '52 Eleanor Pinkham '52 Virginia Trask '52 Irma Turner '52 games are 4'Kingfield 28 Mexico 34 '9'Kingfie1d 34 New Sharon 13 Kingfield 27 Strong 23 Kingfield Z3 Stratton 16 fKingfield 22 Phillips 7 Kingfield 34 Kingfield 1 6 Kingfield 22 BOYS ' ATHLETICS New Shar on l 8 North Ans on 1 8 Rangeley l 6 The boys were very fortunate to have Mr, Graham for their athletic coach again this year, He asked all boys who were going to run Cross Country or to go out for basketball to meet with him after school, September 27, A large number answered that call, Both groups began running at once in order to get into condition, The boys who ran Cross Country were Gene Boyce, Wendell Dunham, Russell Riggs, and Austin Thompson for Juniorsg Leo Boyce, Hedley Reid, Odlin Thompson, and Richard Trenholm for Freshmen, Friday, October l, they ran their first meet over their own course, Because of the unfavorable weather not all of the teams that were invited participated, On October 8, the boys went to Rangeley to run against Phillips, Rangeley, Stratton, and Strong, The Kingfield boys won the meet, The following Tuesday, October 12, the boys journeyed to Bates College, Lewiston to run against the Bates College 24