Lawrence High School - Diary Yearbook (Fairfield, ME)

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE S9 2lPPy Flu e v T TALE r. WE I 1 A,-7 f MARIE Mane was a llttle glrl llvmg ID Sunny Italy She had snapplng eyes whlte teeth and a brlght cheerful smlle that matched her many colored dress Marne wanted to come to the Great Amerxca A frxend of her father s had Just tumty and had told them marvelous storles of the land across the sea We wlll go, sald Tony Marle s father Marle was Jubllant She rushed to school to tell her frxends How they envied her the adventure to a new world' Soon they were on their way Marle was thrllled beyond descrlptlon as the bug shlp bearmg her and her parents moved out of the harbor She couldn't stand stlll She darted hxther and thxther about the shlp exammmg everythmg and askmg more questlons than ten people could answer At last they came m slght of the Statue of Liberty and after some delay they en tered New York Harbor A man whom Marle had never seen be fore met them and embraced her father and mother Come he saxd I w1ll show you where you can go and tomorrow we wzll speak of the future What a strange country' Everywhere were automobxles, trams electrxc cars and tall buxldmgs Mane mlssed her qulet home amxd green fields and brxgnt flowers but she sald nothmg Was not Amerlca the land of her dreams and the home of oppor tumty' The next day thexr frlend called at their lodgmg house m the forelgn sectlon H told her father that he knew where they could make money among people of their own natxonallty It was a small town ln the central part of Malne They packed up and moved to Mame lt was hard They could talk wlth no one and no one could talk wxth them but Marle was qulck to learn and m less than a year she could speak English fluently Marxe went to school where she learned qulckly Soon she was a black eyed lass of sixteen and the belle of the town At the age of seventeen she graduated from hxgh school wlth hlgh honors She secured a posltlon m the bank at the nearest clty and made herself so useful that m tlme she became prlvate secretary to the presldent of the bank She contmued to hve wlth her parents on thelr tlny farm She travelled to and from work m a small car she had bought for the purpose And then she met hxm Hxs name was Tony He had Just come to town as chlef engmeer of a construction crew Llke her self he was from far away Italy He had worked hls own way m the world and was now a success It was the old old story and soon the presldent of the bank was lookmg for a new secretary and Tony was buymg a weddlng rmg M H '29 Page Fxve 2 Q iv Q , J -H 3 J -.1 ' l ' in .. v I - l - .' l 1. 8 L V L J fy QQ . , 1 I lfg . g X I I 7 l 'T'i ' ' l'l Ill .J A ' l V -L- . . . . . . - - - - I e returned from the wonderful land of oppor- Her father bought 3 small farm, At first ll ' ,Y ' ' ' Y - ' ' l u n . ' u ' I ' . ' . . . I . ' . '

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE Two new members have entered the Ju mor class Dorxs Fltton and Elsle Roberts Mlss Fltton IS a former student of Water vllle hxgh school She IS takmg the com merclal course and IS already a great fa vorxte among us Mlss Roberts comes from Dover Fox croft She IS takmg the classlcal course We hope she w1ll enJoy our class as much as we enjoy havmg her a member of xt The class so far has been very successful and we hope It wlll contmue to prosper Ir... SENIOR CL XSS On Monday mormng of September 10th we met agam as a class It dld not seem possible to us that vacatlon had gone so qulckly and that ut were returmng to Law rence hlgh as semors After a few days we were sorry to learn that many of our classmates had not returned wlth us Now as senxors we number twenty sxx The whole class extends lts welcome to MISS Eva Ames who lS a new member of our class She came to us a few weeks ago from Parxshvllle INew York We elected class offlcers at our first class meetlng Of course Chapman Goodwm was re elected presldent Carl Ackley elected vlce presldent DOTIS Ham was re elected secretary Murlel Pooler treasurer Ethel Bragg and Clalr Cotta members of the student council Kenneth Totman audltor and once agam Mxss Pxllsbury was re elected our class advxsor There are elght members of our class takmg the commerclal course fourteen tak mg the sclentxfic course whlle four are taklng the classlcal course A masquerade soclal was gxven by the class m our school gymnaslum The first thmg on the program was the grand march and clrcle At thxs time the prlzes were awarded to the four havmg the best costumes and the two havmg the fun nxest costumes Flrst prlze was awarded to Florence York second to Agnes Gllbert thlrd to Gall Hassen and fourth to Stuart Robertson Page Four The first prlze for the funmest costume was awarded to Murlel Pooler and the second to Gerald Ferland The Judges were Mrs Bry ant Mrs Curtxs and Mr Henderson We were then taken by SUTPFISC when we saw a processlon comlng down the stalrs It was a mock weddlng glven by the mem bers of the faculty Thxs proved to be very mterestmg to every one present A short entertalnment followed the mock weddmg It was given by Chapman Good wm and Kenneth Totman They were masked to represent colored men The last number was a clog dance glven by Arthur Goodwm accompanled by Frederlck Gowell and Cllnton Smlth who played harmomcas At one end of the gym stood a fortune tellmg booth ThlS proved to be the busiest place of the evenlng Candy popcorn and peanuts were sold Games were enJoyed by everyone The mu s1c was furmshed by the school orchestra Much credlt for the success of thls event IS due to Florence York and the members of her commlttee whlch mcluded evexv member of the semor class Li We wxsh to thank the class of 19 for ltS loyalty to the school Thls was shown by the glft of lts class money wh1ch was used for the purchase of a vlctrola thus fillmg a great need ln the ty pewrltmg and Engllsh departments The glft has been appreclated very much L..i GAVEL CLUB L- The Gavel Club has been re organlzed thls year with the followlng offlcers Pres ldent Chapman Goodwm VICE presldent Ethel Bragg secretary Doris Ham treas urer Cormne Belanger llbrary commlttee Helen Cralg Carl Ackley and Moody Flmt Several meetlngs have been held and m terestmg programs carrled out The club has purchased several educatlon al records for the school vxctrola, to be used ln connectxon w1th the study of the classxcs and IS othelwxse provmg to be a very useful orgamzatlon 1 ' , - ' , . , . . , - 1 . - A z . , . . 'X . - . l . ' ' . v- 1 1 - 1 1 ' ' , . . Y .17- , . . . , . - 3 , - 3 - , . , D . V .. . 1 1 1 , . 'u ' I T 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' I - . , , .. , 1 1 I ' ' 1 3 1 1 1 - 1 ' ' . - 1 1- 1 ' 1 . .

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE THE BIG GAME Many shouts and cheers came from the bleachers from the throng of people gath ered there wlth one great purpose IH mmd What could lt be The last basketball game of the season was bemg played tomght Watervxlle hlgh was the opposmg team and nelther team had lost one game durlng the whole season Hence the crowd gathered to see the great vlctory Whlch team would w1n Some thought Watervllle others thought Law rence Many declslons were made but the maJo11ty of the people were kept guesslng Wlll the tlme ever come for the game to start Isnt It seven thlrty yet I have been waltmg an hour It seems Is xt only fifteen mmutes past Watervllle wlll w1n dont thmk Lawrence hlgh has These were snatches of heard above the hum of was flymg around from seven? Ithlnk you Dont you a better team? the conversatlon voxces Popcorn one Slde to the other banners were wavmg nerves were twltchmg and people vscre shoutmg At last seven thuty arrlved and the play I -'L- . 1 1 ' , ' . . 9 ' u ' ' ' ' n ' Y . ,, . . . Q . . . . , - D ' Fl . ll UI Y ! P . . . CK Y ' - y . , - . y . . l . 7 v . - . l ' Y? . 61 ' ' 1 , . . l Y . . . . , ' ' , , ' I . . . . , , ' ' 1 ' I ' ' H 1 - A' cs n . , . . f ' f - Taking one good aim she threw the ball. 7 , . . Q - Y ' , '- ' . 1 . . ' ' , ' , - . ' . 1 t. Y ' u vs - U U 1 I . ' u n - , ' I 9 - - an ' . . . . '. . . ,, . . . 2 - A , 0 ' ll Y! ' ' ' ' ' Z A, 1 . A . . 1 P - 1 . X. v . . . , . , s , Y l 4 ll . 1 ' 9 f . . . . . , H , . 1. , . . . , 1 7 ' . ' r ers were on the floor Marjorle Sampson and Dolores Smlth were guards Ifrances Walker and Geraldme Jerry Whlte were forwards Elizabeth Betty Kexth was the sxde center and Helen James was the Jump mg center for Lawrence Hxgh The Watervxlle hlgh players were Ruth Wxllls and Florls Dusty as forwards Jos ephme Joe Prlest and Mary Dyer as guards Grace Brown as sxde center and Carmen Kennedy as Jumpxng center The game started amld the cheers and shouts of the people The players were alert and on thelr toes Both teams were up to date Every glrl on the team knew every play but through some fouls and wlth thclr luck Waterville hlgh had won ten pomts wlth only slx for Lawrence hxgh at the end of the first half of the game Prospects looked very dull for Lawrence Hugh wlth Watervllle scormg ten pomts to thexr slx and wlth Marjorle Sampson one of Lawrence s best guards off the floor wlth Page Slx her nose 1nJured and bleedmg makmg lt necessary for a substxtute Florence Porter to take her place People were fast changmg thelr mmds xn favor of Waterville Hlgh Waterville w1ll surely w1n thxs game people were heard to say wlth Margorle Sampson not playmg and Watervxlle hxgh already four pomts more than Lawrence hlgh Cheer up Lawrence someone shouted well beat them yet Jerry Whlte the best player on the team lS gomg to make five more pomts before the end of the game and Watervllle lS not gomg to get any more The guards wlll see to that The last part of the game started The ball went all around the gym glvlng Law xence one more pomt Four more pomts were needed by the Lawrence high girls to wm the game Would they get them? Shoot' Shoot for the basket Frances' was heard from the audience as at last the ball fell lnto the hands of Frances Vlalker They walted to catch It when lt came down Around on the rxm of the basket lt rolled then down lt came rxght through the bas ke Hurray for Frances the people shouted and then above the nolse of the throng loud and clear came the Lawrence hlgh cheer Just a few more mmutes to play' Who wlll wm'7 We wllll We w1ll' were the crles heard all ove1 the gym Ruth Wxllls had the ball and passed xt to Florms Dusty Florls threw xt toward the basket and mlssed Dolores Smlth caught the ball and threw xt to Betty Keith who then threw lt to Frances Walker She trled f0l the basket and mlssed People stood tense for a moment and held themr breath Who would catch xt when xt came down For just a moment they watched then down came the ball rlght lnto the waltmg hands of Jerry Whlte The basket Jerry' You can make lt' Shoot for the basket' Lawrence Hlgh shouted Up went the ball xt landed on the hoop of