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

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realrze how fortunate we are to lrye rn the Unrted States And rt rs wrth truly grateful hearts that we bow our heads rn thanks for our bountrful meal Anne Wrllramson 6 IF COLUMBUS COULD RETURN What would happen rf the Amerr can people woke up some mornrng to see three old Spanrsh vessels rn Boston Harbor? Or what would Columbus say rf he saw the metropolrs of New York Boston or San Francrsco Would he be ashamed of the turmorl that thrs coun try rs 1n'7 Would he be sorry he ever had the great expectatrons that he drd '7 I belreve that rf he could see only the good parts of our brg crtres and sub urbs he would feel proud that he was the rnsprratron of the other men that really drscovered Amerrca But he wouldn t see only the better parts of our great country he would see the slums and waterfronts He would see skrd row and ll the other drrty places of that he had helped drscover the Unrted States or would he be ashamed? What causes such a strong and democratrc country to have these drs honorable places? Is our country too brg or rs rt the people? Do we have people rn the country that dont care enough about freedom to help keep rt? What would he say rf he could see the too long lrst of Juvenrle delrnquents'7 Why can t a country wrth so many peo ple rn rt lrve a clean peaceable lrfe'7 Why cant the men women and chrl dren help to clean up then nerghbor hood and not leave rt to the polrce and frre departments and other pubhc serv ICQSQ There are not enough of these men workrng for the publrc to keep the streets all clean and not enough polrce to clean up all the crooked deals and robbers It rs up to the people to keep the country clean and honorable Take a look around your nerghborhood and ask yourself Would Columbus be proud to lrve here? John Car ey .36 Literature IF COLUMBUS LANDED NOW If Columbus should land on the shores of Amerrca now rn 1999 h would be very surprrsed at the great changes that have taken place When he came to thrs contrnent he found only a wrlderness unsettled and undeyel oped The only rnhabrtants were In drans so called by hrm because h thought he had reached the East Indres If he should come now he would frnd tall crtres wrth the bustle of the many thousands of rnhabrtants greatly drffer ent from the quret forest of long ago In the softly waymg gram rrelds rn the forests and rn the factorres of the na tron he would frnd rrches even greater than those he had hoped to find rn the Orrent Our type of government would as tound hrm rn hrs day people had no vorce rn the government He lrke the Amerrcan people would soon see that democracy rs best The many rnventrons whrch we take so much for granted would certarnly evrsron automobrles trarns telephones arrplanes movres radro and electrrc l1ghts'7 What would he thrnk of the huge shrps that are many trmes larger than the Prnta the Nrna and the San ta Marla? Sanrtary hosprtals together wrth the recent progress rn medrcrne would rmpress hrm greatly We have rndeed come a long way toward conquerrng drs ease srnce hrs trme If he should tour the Unrted States from the rocky coast of New England through the troprcal luxury of the South the rollrng plarns of the central states and the snow capped splendor of the Rockres he surely would frnd much at whrch to marvel In the Words of a popular song Our land rs the brggest our land rs the best If Columbus could have dreamed of the future productry eness of our land he would haye dred a happrer man se cure rn the knowledge of the wonderful new country he had drscovered Anne Wrllramson J6 PAGE TVX lf NTY SI- VI' N O . ' v , ' V ' Y , p 1 . A A . i i . Q . .' n ,V ' ff, e . . ,5 ' t Q , Y ' ' - 7 . - .-, ' , - ' e o 7 ' ' ' ' . u , 7 , Y v 1 - Y v ' v , D ' '- , ' . V Y. . ,.. . ' - , I v ' ' . 1 , ' - . 1 - Y v ' . n 1 . . ' , ' , . I . . - .. . , v 7 , 1 ' , ' Z . ' . . our country' would he be proud to Say amaze hrm. What would he thrnk of tel- . l ' I I ! ' i ' 7 1 ' - , , ' . - . , ' . . 1 Q 1 ' Y ' . . . 4 . , . . 1 Y - 1 V ' . , . . ' , 1 ' a - 1 Q . 1 0 . 1 l , 1 ' - ' , ! . Y . ' . ' '- . . , , . . . , ' ' v ' . - . ' U ' . . ' ' . ' Y . 77 . 1 u ' . , . 7 ' , ' . D V y ' ' v - 7 I H Q ' . 7 1 . ' . 77 ' ' , . v ' ' ' 77 , .

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Dramatlcs Under the drrectron of Mrs Chad bourne the Senlors presented therr three act play Take Three Grrls on Nox ember 19 The cast Crncludrng the Bower Srsters of radro famel was as follows Aprrl Bower Helen McLeary May Bow er her srster Murrel Wrnter June the thrrd srster Amanda Wrnter Hester owner of Hopp Inn Joanne Meldrum Tracy Cow en clerk Methel Atwood Madam Zola fortune teller Shrrley Wrlbur Dwrght Aswell wants to marry May George Dawson Wanda Larkrn former schoolmate of hrs Jean Morrrson Bertrne Bower the grrls aunt Joan Packard Jonah Jackson Dwrghts pal Sonny Dyer Cllnton Asw ell Dwrghts father Clrfford Norton Davrd Edgerly George Dawson and Frank Howard were property man agers Davrd sold trckets whrle Shar lene Norton took them and gave out programs The Senrors offered a good evenrng s entertarnment and they made qurte a profrt to use for therr Class Trrp March 18 the school presented the followrng program A one act dramatrc play Elrzabeth readrng The Wreck of the Hesperus by Charlene Knox readrng Casey at the Bat by Eleanor Chadbourne s o n g s Grandfather s Clock and Parntrng the Clouds wrth Sunshrne Dorrs Meldrum accompanred b3 Patrrcra Norton a one act comedy Elmer and the Lovebug The profrt from thrs performance was drvrded be tw een the Student Councll fund and the Senror fund The cast for Elrzabeth follows James the father John Carey Wllllam hrs marrred son Albert Car ey George unmarrred son Clrfford Norton Farth marrred daughter Patrrcra Norton Hope marrled daughter Shlrley Wrlbur Charrtx unmarrred daughter Methel Atwood Cousrn Marg wrse but forgetful Dorothy Trask Elrzabeth the blrnd housekeeper Murrel Wlnter Thrs was the play our school pre PAGE TVB ENTY LIGHT sented rn the county contest rn Strong on March 23 The cast for Elmer and the Lore bug was Janre Collrer Garl Thompson Jeanre her twrn Amanda Wrnter Elmer therr brother George Dawson Susan a younger srster Lourse Phrlbrrck Fannre Belle the mard Beverely Chadbourne Luke Law son a college student Sonny Dyer Hubert Brown Janre s frrend Rrchard Lovejoy Mrllrcent Carr Susans frrend Joanne Meldrun Fay Dorrs Meldrum Wanda Mary Boyce Wrnnre Adelra Meldrum Three frrends of the twrns Cecrl Elmers frrend James Wrllramson Mrs Chadbourne coached both plays Davrd was stage manager and Davrd and George had charge of the propertres PUBLIC SPEAKING On March 29 the followrng pro gram was presented rn Webster Hall The Yellow Streak Eleanor Chadbourne Hannrbal s Weddrng Belle Dorrs Meldrum Brotherly Love Blanche Douglas Arlrngton Where Sleep the Brave James Wrllramson The Blessed Damosel Beverely Chadbourne Brothers rn Bedlam Lourse Phrlbrrck Camrlle Jean Morrrson Frrst prrze w ent to Lourse second to Jean thlrd to Beverely and honor able mentron to James Lourse Jean and James entered the County Contest rn Strong March 31 Jean spoke rn the frnals rn the eve nrng GIRLS CHORUS The Grrls Chorus under the super xrsron of Mrs Wrng has consrstcd of seventeen grrls Agarn thls year they sang at the Baptlst Church on Chrrst mas Sunday and Easter Sunday They sang rn the annual Musrc Festrval rn Webster Hall on Aprrl 1 May 13 they wrll srng at the County Teachers Meet mg rn Strong O 1 '1 ' . - ' v ' . , . , - u ' H u , , - Y ' ' 99 : ' Y 0. Y 1 I Q Y ! y 1 ' 1 ' ' - . ' 1 , Q , 1 n Y 1 1 ' - ! D , . 9 7 . . 1 , 1 1 V ! . . H , . 1 1 . v w , 1 1 . ' .. , , 1 1 1 . , . . , . 1 , 1 1 1 7 . Y . , , , . I 7 7 I 1 Q - o , . . , , . - . Y , at n ' 46 ' 7 ' !7 1 , . '. ' u , 97 ra ' H, ' as S 1 ! ! dl W ' ' , H . Daddy Doc Patrrcra Norton 9 v u ' , n , ' as 11 T 7 1 - - 1 n K4 1 1, 9 9 ll if ,u ll ' ' ' 1 Y, .1 ' l . ' -1. u , , ' 11 ' ' ' V ' - ' - J 7 .1 ' vi , ' ll , n ' . . , , , , Y I, , . , .- ' 1 . , . , it ' . Y! , . 1 b . . , . , . . . .. . . , , . n , 1 , .. ! Q. l 1 's , 1 1 1 1 , ' 9 - y 1' v 1 11' ' ' ' 1 y . 9 - - , , .. , ' oy v' 1 , , . 1 ' 7 . ,