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

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THE ABRAM BREEZE 15 those particular days. Later, they made yeast bread at school and took it home to bake it off, because of the lack of baking facilities at school. At home they made various other kinds of bread. They have made apple and mince pies which had to be baked in various homes. Along with this work they have studied foods and nutrition. In the clothing field they have studied the different kinds of fibers a d fabrics, colors and clothes. They have studied gntenm and are at present attempting to sew some. They can cut and baste at school, but all stitching has to be done at home. Some have learned to crochet lace. It is mostly this group of girls and their teacher that have carried on a hot lunch program for the'Stanley School. Beginning with the Monday before Thanksgiving they have pre- pared a hot dish, cocoa, some form of soup or chowder, baked potatoes, or chop suey each day during the winter months. They even served their apple and mince pies to the high school students who were taking their lunch at that time. Although this has meant extra work outside of their class, it has provided much experience for them in the actual cooking of food. Virginia Trask '52 TO GRADUATES At this time an impending crisis of ever increasing importance faces this country and its graduating classes of 1951. Many graduates ask,'What am I going to do?' or 'What ca lfdo about this situation?' In answer, it is safe to say to the graduate: Plan: make your plan fit into the events of the coming years. Pick a vocation which will conform to your plan and one in which you can do your best. Then, take up that vocation which you have picked and strive to excel. To answer the second question is more difficult. For one thing, all physically fit young men and women On behalf of the students of King- field High School the editors of 'The Abram Breeze' extend thanks to the residents of Kingfield who have helped us during the current year.Among other things, you have attended our ath- letic contests, and helped to make our Carnival a success. You subscribed to will form the nucleus of the greatest army in our history. Enlist in the armed services in order to help your- self and your country. Many vocations are waiting for you there.If you can't enlist in the armed forces, you can enter a defense plant or some type of work which will enable you to better yourself and at the same time strengthen your country. Educators and skilled technicians are badly needed to teach and build a strong nation. These two things you can do. Plan for your own and for your country's welfare. Carry out your plan to the fullest extent. Henry Carey '51 magazines, and you donated scrap paper to increase our school funds. We are all deeply grateful to Mr. Charles Wilson who gave us a set of history books containing 22 volumes, and also a large relief map of the United States. For all these things we tha k all of you. Henry Carey '51 E' fx .W Y. - N 2. I :Qi I Wolff IQ X

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14 THE ABRAM BREEZE closed because of some current epi- demic. ' Many things are different now from what they were in 1906, but Kingfield High School is still sending its graduates out into the world. They still face the problem of deciding what they will do with their lives and what they owe to their country. And once again Kingfield is facing the problem that it solved earlier at the turn of the century - the problem of adequately educating its school population. Within the last five years it has had to double the teachf ing staff at the little school to take care of the increased enrollment. Later on, those enlarged classes will work their way up through the grades and rooms at the Stanley School to become members of Kingfield High School. Will there be room for them? What is even more important, will there be offered to them courses that will best enable them to become re- liable and responsible citizens? THE NEW TROPHY CABINET In the past four years Kingfield High School has won trophies in all the branches of athletics in which the school has participated. Although we were very pleased with the awards and we appreciated the efforts of our teams and their respective coaches, we were sorry that we had no suitable place to display these trophies. The cabinet which we had wasalreadyfilled and overflowing with cups won in former years. New cups were placed on a table, sometimes getting hit and damaged, and often gathering dust. It was, therefore, with much pleasure that we viewed a new cabinet which the town had built during the summer into the wall between the main hall and the principal's office. Now displayed in it are our newest trophies, no longer crowded together on one corner of a table, but arranged in the new cabinet where all who visit our school nay view them. Paul Cory 'Sl AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS We have added to our equipment this year a tape recorder and a film-strip projector. The recorder was largely financed by the Crowell-Collier maga- zine subscription contest in which Kingfield participated last fall,- the first time for several years. ln the contest the Seniors and the Freshmen teamed up against the Juniors and the Sophomores. The latter team won, with prizes for most sales for girls and for boys both going to students in the Sophomore class. They were Beverly Boynton and Edward Flannigan. The film-strip projector was pur- chased for the benefit of all the grades in the Kingfield schools with funds obtained from a scrap paper drive. It has already been used by several groups. These two machines, along with the moving picture projector which we already had, give us opportunity to take advantage of some of the newer audio-visual aids in education. Paul Cory '51 HOMEMAKING A new class was offered to the students of Kingfield High School this year. It has been named Home- making and it has included study about many of the numerous and varied tasks that do go into homemaking as well as the growth and behavior patterns of children and adults and their problems of fitting into family life. Although we have a good supply of textbooks, we do lack most of the equipment to Carry on such a Course to best advantage. The girls made pickles and tomato juice last fall with equipment brought from home for

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YEAR CALENDAR Week of September 4 Sept.4 - Labor Day Sept. 5 - Holiday-so soon. Teacher's Meeting at Phillips with our new super- intendent, Mr. Allen, presiding. Sept. 6 - School started today with all classes, general assembly, and election of class officers. The student body was pleased that all three of last year's teachers were back for another year. Sept.7 - First boys' baseball practice today, Sept. 9 - Phillips played baseball here today. Week of September ll Sept. 12 - Student Council Picnic at Spring Farm. Boy, what fun! Softball. baseball, football, hotdogs, cold drinks, and toasted marshmallows. Sept. 13 - Played Phillips in base- ball over there and lost. Sept. 14 - Played baseball with Strong, here. We won today. ' Week of September 18 Sept. 18 - Baseball again: this time at Strong. Sept. 20 - Today dawned bright and clear. Farmington Fair for us. No studying today. Sept. 23 - Everybody goes to World's Fair. The Seniors are very busy with their booth. Week of September 25 Sept. 25 - through 28 - Freshmen are trying to make themselves sick this week so they Won't have to appear Fri- day night. Sept. 29 - You guessed it! Freshman Initiation and dance. Week of October 9 October 10 - The Juniors are happy today. They picked out their class rings. Cbt. 13 - Our Cross Country boys won a dual meet with Phillips tonight. Week of October 16 Oct. 16 - Please don't say it's so! But 1 guess it is. Six weeks exams today. Cbt. 17 - Some more exams today. Who did you say was smart? Cbt. 18 - Chest X-ray today for all those over 14. Oct.20 - Franklin County Cross Country Meet today at Wilton. Congratu- lations, Boys, for the nice first place you won. Week of October 23 Oct. 25 - One session today. State Teachers Convention the rest of the week. We can use a vacation. Week of October 30 Oct. 31 - Magazine Contest ended today. We made for ourselves S58. Week of November 13 Nov. 16 - Seniors had their pictures taken today. Hope no one breaks the camera. Photographers were from the Warren K. Vantine Studio. Nov. 17 - Classes this morning only. Carnival in the afternoon, and 'Wil- bur's Wild Night', our play, at night. Later there was Beano and the drawing of the lucky turkey ticket. Beverly Chadbourne won the turkey. Week of November 20 Nov. 20 - The Home management girls made the first hot dish for lunch to- day. They served hot cocoa, and it was good. Nov. 21 - Basketball season opened widia bang here tonight when the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams beat Bingham. Nov. 22 - One session today. We can all go home a d talk turkey for Thanks- giving. Nov. 23 - No school. Week of November 27 Nov. 27 - Hound Robin Basketball here tonight. Visiting players came from Strong, Stratton, New Sharon Phillips, and Hangeley. Nov. 28 - How time flies! Here it is time again for exams. Played Bing- ham over there and aqain beat them. Nov. 29- Finished Exams today. Nov. 30 - Officer Boudreau came today and gave us strict instructions