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

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Editorials there at the same time, we were rather limited to the parts of the college we could visit. However, there were conducted tours around the campus. The flag ceremony was held on the lawn to Miller Library, with all the girls forming a huge circle around the Hag pole. During the summer I attended a Girls' State Banquet at Strong for all girls from this area who have been to Girls' State. The feature speeches after dinner were given by Marilyn Graffam and Anne Dyar, both of Brewer, and both delegates to Girls' Nation in Washington, D. C., as girl governor of Maine 1953 and outstand- ing delegate of 1953 respectively. Marilyn gave a very good summary of all the political business involved in electing a President and the appointment of his THE ALUMNI I attended the annual Alumni Banquet of Kingfield High School, June 6, 1953. It was held in the newly finished American Legion Hall, which many of the graduates had not seen before. I was to give part of the entertainment that evening, that is how I, an undergraduate, happened to be there. All during the supper, which couldn't have been better as it consisted of roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, hot rolls, string beans, molded salad, and lemon sherbert. I tried to keep calm by listening intently to the music provided by Mrs. Wing. When we finished eating, Phyllis Sea- mon, president of the 1953 Alumni, served as Mistress of Ceremonies. She called a cabinet, and being a national congressman, as well as seeing our national government in operation. Anne gave a vivid account of their trip, bringing to us all the thrill and excitement that must have been felt by all ninety-six girls at Girls' Nation. Girls' State makes it possible for us to meet new friends, get acquainted with the different places in our state and under- stand more fully the workings of our government. I am truly happy that I was chosen to attend. I want, once more to extend thanks to the American Legion Auxiliary which sponsors Girls' State and to the Carrabassett Lodge of Rebekahs of Kingfield, who made it possible for me to attend the 1953 session of Girls' State at Colby. Leone Chadbourne '54 BANQUET business meeting to transact any business. Group singing followed and I am sure everyone had a good time. Next she called on Mr. Osier, who before the program had told me he was nervous. He rose looking as calm and cool as ever. His piece was very amusing and everyone had a bright face when he finished. His reading was followed by several selections by the quartet. Then it was my turn. I prayed I would make no mistakes. When I reached the stage and saw the friendly faces of those seniors, I was determined to do my best. With the closing lines I thought, Even though it is quite an ordeal for any F resh- man, banquets are rather nice. Louise Philbrick '56 BABE RUTH AWARD This year the same as last year, we voted on the Babe Ruth Good Sportsman- ship awards. The students wrote letters nominating a boy and a girl and giving reasons why they thought that person should have the award. The four that were nominated were Shirley Wilbur, Leone Chadbourne, Mahlon McMullen, and Norman Knapp. The Student Council members, excluding any nominee, con- ducted a meeting for the purpose of getting everyone to cast a ballot on these four. The awards, as determined by the ballots, went to Leone Chadbourne and Mahlon McMullen. Richard Lovejoy '56 Page Fourteen

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DIRIGO BOYS' Last June I had the privilege of being sent to Orono for a week as a delegate to Dirigo Boys' State. The opportunity was provided me by the local American Legion Post. We reported on a Sunday night and were assigned rooms in the University of Maine dorms. The directors provided a very interesting and full schedule. Each morning we were roused by a loudspeaker at six o'clock. We cleaned our rooms for in- spection and ate breakfast about seven 0,- clock. During the morning we had classes and meetings and a quiz over what we were supposed to have learned the day be- fore. In the afternoon we had meetings until two oiclock, then engaged in basket- ball or softball until supper. In the evening we had town and party meetings, rallies, and entertainment. There were two hundred sixty-two boys there from all corners of the state. We were divided into six towns, two counties, and three political divisions, Nationalists, F ederalists, and Independents. The two major parties had one hundred ten mem- bers each and the other forty-two of us were Independents. We set up town, Editorials STATE 1953 county, and state governments by elec- tions, with the political parties vying for power. The parties held rallies and put on lavish demonstrations in the government. The boys running for high political oflices made political speeches and circulated posters and literature. I was elected rep- resentative to the legislature from our town. We had committees and acted on bills for the improvement of the state. While we were there we had several well-known members of the government as speakers. Included among them were Governor Cross, Attorney General La- Fleur, Maine Supreme Court justice Ray- mond Fellows, Maine Tax Commissioner Ernest johnson, and several members of the state legislature. Boys that could play musical instru- ments took them and we had an excellent band group worked up by the second day. Some of the boys printed a daily paper about the goings-on of Boys' State. I think Boys' State is a very worthy pro- ject and would be interesting and educa- tional to any boy. ,Norman Knapp ,54 WHY 1 LIKED GIRLS, STATE To anyone who might ask me if I went to Girls' State I am very pleased to answer, Yes, I didf, Girls' State has given me a broader understanding of the way our government is run and how the peo- ple who do the work in the offices are elected. Girls, State is a nation all by itself. It is divided into two political parties, Nation- alists and Federalists, two counties, Honesty and Courage, six towns, Freedom, justice, Truth, Loyalty, Democracy, and Faith. Each girl has the opportunity to be an officer in one of the three governments if she so chooses and is elected. I was Page Thirteen town clerk in the town of Loyalty, County of Honesty. Several interesting speakers were pres- ent and they were willing to answer any questions we might have. A trip was planned for all two hundred twelve of us girls and the counselors to go to Augusta for the swearing in of our girl governor. Each girl was expected to be present at all meetings, at all flag ceremonies, to keep her room neat, and to participate in some sport. We stayed on the beautiful Colby College campus on Mayflower Hill in Waterville. Because of the other groups

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Editorials MY TOWN During the last of September and through the middle of October, when the leaves are all colors-green, red, yellow, and other shades-my town is beautiful. In the West you can see Mt. Abram, around to the North are Sugarloaf and Vose Moun- tains. In the East is Stanley Hill, and then farther south is Freeman Ridge, along with other small hills. You can see most of these beautiful spots from almost any place in Kingfield. Kingfield also has some small ponds. Tufts pond is one of the better known. There are cottages around the small bowl- like pond, which can be seen from the ledges above it. Kingfield is a clean town in which Houses are neat and well painted. That gives Kingfield a pleasant appeal to the outsiders that come for ,hunting deer, for bird hunting or fishing, or just for vacations. My town is one of which we all can be proud. Robert Trenholm ,56 THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL For about three weeks before school started I looked forward to it with great expectancy. But when the final week came, how I hated to go back! It seemed that the summer had gone and I hadn't done anything outstanding. Labor Day came and two days later school was to start. I said to myself, What is worse than going back to school? On the spur of the moment I asked 'my father, Do I have to go to school this year?,' Meanwhile I said to myself, I hope he makes me go, but he answered, That is up to you, but I think you should go. So I went back to school as a sophomore. I really expected to dislike going. How- ever, it turned out that school wasn't the terrible ordeal that I had imagined it might be. A moral could be drawn from this story: Nothing is so bad as it may seem when you are dreading it.', Barbara Nichols ,56 OLD ICE BOXES AND REFRIGERATORS Is there an old fashioned ice box or refrigerator in your attic, storage room, or barn? If there is, is it endangering some innocent childis life? Could some child climb into it and never climb out again? Old ice boxes and refrigerators are taking a great toll of our children's lives today. Hardly a week passes in which we have not heard or read about at least one child being suffocated in one. One week this summer nine children in two different states of our country met death by this unnecessary menace. Why do these things happen? They happen because to playing children these discarded boxes seem to be good hiding places, however, once they are in, they Page Fifteen can not get out. And no matter how many times you tell a child not to do a thing you can never be sure he will not do it. How can we stop this needless destruc- tion of our children? The answer is simple. One way to stop crime is to remove the motive. Why not do it in this case? Destroy your old ice box or refrigerator, or, if you do not want to destroy it, remove the cover. Start a campaign in your town to clean up all the old discarded boxes. Be sure you are not guilty of leaving one around. You and I, everyone of us, must do all we can to stop this unnecessary killing of our children. We owe it to them and to ourselves. Beverely Chadboure '56