Livermore Falls High School - Banner Yearbook (Livermore Falls, ME)

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THE BANNER I3 GERALD SI-IARLOW Gerald found out that cows were tough For his auto was stoutly whacked. tGerald's the boy with the big black car And he always has it packed.J ROBERT SOPER Robert, the boy who never skipped school, Always obeys the Golden Rule. A joyous fellow he is indeed. The omens promise that he will succeed. ARNOLD STURTEVANT Arnold is quite shy and coy, At heart he's but a little boy. To madden him we call him banker , A name for which he does not hanker. PRISCILLA STURTEVANT Priscilla is going to U. of M. Her talent in music stops mice and men. Danny Boy's stealing her heart away, But will Richard return and reclaim it some day? WILLIAM THOMPSON Look at our studious Thomp Across the sports fields romp. He's first in work and first in play. May success continue on his long hard way. ELAINE WADE Elaine's a quiet, studious lass, The future nurse in '47's class. May her ambition soon come true And success be hers when she is through. FRANCES WEBSTER Frances is a girl with lots of luck, Especially so with a fellow called Chuck. May she succeed in the coming year, Whether she's married or starts a career. ERNESTINE WHITCOMB She's one of the top rankers in our class, And her ability and ambition we know will last. As for the near future, we know not her plan, To reach the top she most certainly can. ANITA WHITE Anita comes over from the West Side. She may not be the teacher's pride But when she plays at basketball, She gives a thrill to all in the hall. VIVIAN WILKINS Vivian's a girl who is hard to beat. As carnival queen she was very sweet. She still seems to like to share her sway With a classmate of ours, residing in Jay. JAMES WILLIAMS J is for Jimmy with wavy brown hair. A is for armyg he served two years there. M is for Mas for whom he does care. E is for everything the future will bear. S is for skiing in the time he can spare. JACQUELYN WRIGHT If she isn't Wright, who is right, That girl with round, baby-blue eyes? But the question is, Will she stay Wright Or her name be spelled otherwise? ADDITIONAL GRADUATES IN CLASS OF 1947 Other ex-G. l.'s than those pictured with the Senior Class will be receiving diplomas in lune. They are Robert Boucher, Robert Chandler, Perley Corkurn, Andre Couillard, Harry Holt, Eddie Iacques and George Merkle. Lyyli Korhonen will also graduate this year. 0 DIPLOMAS GRANTED IN 1946 The following servicemen were granted diplomas at Graduation exercises last Iune: Roger Castonguay, Frank Dallessandro, Martin Griffin, Blaine Hardy, Leger La Pointe, Elmore Nichols, Otis Patten, and Linwood White. if X Q0 '! '3' F .:i.fi5i'.??fQ7fi,, -3 . 5,95:a1'-'f-aggf P f 'Ts-. '71---::'::---., ' 57' C fs:-.. ' 542. . ' ' nga Ri pSEE3' .qt N - Qfxg ,oev L

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THE BANNER 15 Our Graduates in Service 1932-1938 From a total of 68 graduates from L. F. H. S. in these years Q1932-1938j 61 pictures are represented in the three plate pages. Two of the 68 graduates, Capt. Ford Berry '33 and P.F.C. Dana Edwards '36, were included in the 1946 BANNER under the column heading, They Gave Their Lives. Pictures of P.F.C. Alfred Cox '32 and Capt. Carroll Parker '32 were not available in their families. It was impossible to contact in any way Louis Quaglieri '33, Benoit Poisson '36 or Albert Castonguay '37, so neither picture nor record of these three men is included in this 1947 issue of the BANNER. It is hoped that in the 1948 yearbook these men can be represented. 1 9 3 Z fNo picturej Pvt. Alfred Cox '32 served with the 157th Regiment f2nd Battalionj, 45th Divi- sion. In this Sixth Army Group, Cox saw a great deal of action in Sicily, Salerno and An- zio. The Battalion participated in the Battle of Bloody Ridge, helping to clear a vital road to Messina. It battled on the beaches of Salerno, slugging it out with Kraut Armor and Infantry. After 72 days of front line duty, it was relieved to prepare for the Anzio landing. There, during the Battle of the Caves, it held tenaciously for six days to its position until the American Artillery with pinpoint accuracy broke up the German onslaught. For its heroic stand the battalion received a Presidential cita- tion. Later the division landed in Southern France and was in combat 86 days and nights from the landing beaches to the hills of the Vosges Mountains. 1. C. R. M. Gardell Mandigo '32 was called to service December, 1940. He was on the U. S. S. Memphis for three years. He attended a radio and radar school at Norfolk, Virginia, where he was made Chief Warrant Officer. He was then stationed in France and in Northern Africa helping in the setting up of radio sta- tions and specializing in the field of trouble shooting . After the war he attended school in Washington, D. C. He was stationed on the U. S. S. Appalachian where he took part in the Atomic Bomb Test in the summer of 1946. At present he is stationed in French Morocco, Africa. CNo picturej Capt. Carroll Parker '32 A. C. was in glider training from the beginning to the end of the war. He was an instructor in many phases of glider service. Part of this time he was stationed at Bowman Field, Ky. He served in occupied countries from the Philip- pines to the Iapanese home islands. 1 9 3 3 2. Leslie Botka '33 M.M. llc, enlisted in the navy August 15, 1941, at Portland, Maine, and was discharged at Lido Beach, New York, on September 28, 1945. After doing patrol duty out of Boston for several months, he was transferred to Quonset, Rhode Island, where he spent one year and a half doing crashboat duty. From Quonset, he was sent to Miami, Florida, to ferry crashboats from Miami to New York for the British and Russian governments. In Iune, 1943, he transferred to a crashboat squadron and to a secret training base to train men for am- phibious landings. In Ianuary '44 the entire base was moved to an island, which incidently was a hiding place for the pirate, Captain Teach, better known as Blackbeard. He re- mained with the unit which was training men in radar counter measures, secret weapons, and methods of handling rockets until discharged. At present Botka is a second semester sopho- more, majoring in Mechanical Engineering at U. of M. WHS SCHI 3. P.F.C. Clair Bunten '33 was inducted April 23, 1945, took infantry training at Camp Croft, S. C., reported to Camp Meade, Md., was trans- ferred to Camp Campbell, Ky., where he was assigned to the 10th Inf. 5th Division, a combat outfit of the European Campaign. He is authorized to Wear the Expert Infantryman's Badge, received his discharge Dec. 13, 1945, at Atterberry, Ind. 4. TI4 Iames Chiaravalloti '33, enlisted in U. S. Army Nov. 3, '43, served until Ian. 30, '46. when he was honorably discharged at Ft. Dev- ens, Mass. Sgt. Chiaravalloti was in the Medi- cal Detachment 3rd Inf. Regt. stationed at Camp Butner, Durham, N. C., for Basic Train-