Littleton High School - Record Yearbook (Littleton, NH)

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. dll! mgome As editor of your RECORD I would like to take the opportunity to acquaint you with the changes and additions we have made over last year's yearbook. Perhaps the biggest change we made is in the advertisment section. To save space and expense we have made a list of sponsors rather than hav- ing the usual block form advertisements. This has given added space to use for pictures and write-ups which we hope you will appreciate and improve upon in the yearbooks following ours. We feel that the two new feature sections that we have added, are a big improvement. In one sense, a yearbook is a picture book, and in years to come the section of informal shots will cer- tainly help us to visualize the best days of our lives. We are sure you will enjoy the section of baby pictures which were offered very reluctantly by the members of our graduating class. Other things which we think will help make this book a treasure for the seniors and an enjoy- ment to everyone is the increase of pictures along with write-ups. We are very proud of the pages on our junior Prom. This was one of the most wonderful days of the four years at LHS, and I am sure this will brighten the high school memor- ies in years to come. We have added such things as a list of Remem- ber Whens, which, in a nutshell, reviews the laughs and happy times we've had in school. An added feature in the 1953 yearbook is the Adjec- tivus Initialis which so cleverly describes the in- dividuals in the senior class. We, of the senior class, are very grateful to Mr. William Morris, the faculty advisor of the RECORD. He has been a great help to us, not only with the yearbook, but with our senior play, the prize speaking contest, the spring production of three one-act plays, in making arrangements for our class trip which he chaperoned, and also in the class room. I am sure the whole class is with me in extending our thanks to him. As we sit down and read the class history from our yearbook, a smile of reminiscence comes to us. We look back on the happiness of the last four years: then, when we turn the page to the prophecy, the smile vanishes and we stare ahead and ask the big question ------ I Qbinmf Graduation-then what? Twelve years ago we boarded the ship called the Educator, Alto- gether we passed from one port to another, always knowing that someone would be waiting at the next port ready to prepare us for the journey ahead and to guide us on our way. It has been a long trip and once in a while we ran up against rough waters, but there was always someone at the wheel who had made the same journey on the same ship before us. With their leadership and our determination we passed through them, learn- ing something new from each storm. As is always true, some of our passengers took a shorter trip than others and left the ship, but new passengers were always joining us and offer- ing something new to the journey. And now the Educator is just a few miles from the end of her part of the journey for us. At the next port many ships will be waiting for us to get aboard. Here is the port where we separate, each of us going on a different ship. Some of us already have our tickets for the next trip and others are waiting to look the ships over and sail on the one they like best. Some time ago we began to look toward the day when we would anchor in this harbor. Now as we sail along, each day moving closer to the ship that will take us on that new and strange voyage, we begin to realize that when we leave this port we'll be no longer one group on one ship. The friends who we have lived with for twelve years, with whom we have shared our pleasure and troubles, and who were always ready to lend a helping hand when needed, will each embark upon a voyage toward the destina- tion he seeks. The time has come when we must leave the routine set up by the investors of the Educator and set foot into a new world-a world of decis- ion and competition. Through the years we have learned that if we -11

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UA. femf 514 Front Row: left to right-J. Ricard, P. Clarke, S. St. Lawrence, J. Corey, C. Johnson. Second Row: L. Foster, A. Rioux, E. Rowe, N. Stevens, N. Ross, R. Corey, N. St. Lawrence, A. Lane, A. Leonard, S. Walter, Mr. Morris. Third Row: J. Beal, R. Ryan, G. Houle, M. Ross, C. Copenhaver. A. Ruggles, S. Eastman, R. Dunham, R. Gadbois, N. Lehan, R. Corey. Fourth Row: J. Simonds, H. Cullen, I. Finn, J. Lane, P. Kinsella, J. Tunney, F. Bugely, L. Allen, J. Roddy, M. Reynolds, N. Dempster. JMX, .... Another school year closes and you may now open your H1953 Record Yearbook. TLP Your enjoyment and appreciation of this publication is our reward for the time R and effort put into its pages. Ln. The Record Staff has done a grand job under the able and friendly direction of Mr. Morris. E 1 Special recognition goes to Nancy St. Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief, whose untiring efforts and initiative have kept things rolling smoothly. C 9 Assistant Editor Roberta Corey also deserves recognition along with Literary Editor Eleanor Rowe, who has helped prepare this for the press and given us her 0 , literary talents. D Nancy Stevens and Nancy Ross, Business Managers, have done a great deal of work outside of school as well as in school collecting ads and taking care of Financial R 3 and Business matters. Art Rioux and Janice Beal are to be thanked for their artistic ability in our D various drawings and sketches throughout this book. We are grateful to Leon Foster and Shirley Walter for their work as Sports Editors. Many others deserve recognition for their efforts and co-operation in helping with the presentation of our 1953 Record. -6-

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succeed we must never give up, that we finish one thing just to start another, and most of all- we've learned that nothing is free-you must give something in return for everything you receive. If everyone of us has mastered these, we have gained courage and confidence, and with added ambition are ready to meet the problems and competition of this new world. The change we are about to make means a gain of new friends, not a loss of old ones because: The little lamps of friendship We light along the way Go burning on far down the years And brighten every day. 'Tis love that keeps them burning And sympathy and trust God keep us that no lamp goes out Because we let it rust. Friendship is not something that lives today and dies tomorrow if you don't make it so, but it can be yours as long as you want it to be. What we have learned, whether from someone else or from experience, is something we cannot lose or have taken away. With these, friendship and education, each of us is ready to face what the next harbor holds. In closing may I wish each one of my class- mates the best of luck, and may each of you select a boat of ambition and arrive at the port of success. Wblflfy CPZQLWFFIILTF Editor J f- T87