Madawaska High School - Owl Yearbook (Madawaska, ME)

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-O 'Q a T H E O VV L Page 13 ememher hs Wlauhguhlin Ibanez On the night of April 28th the High School Seniors presented a play which was a great success. This success was partly due to the ability with which Miss L-eflaire, our English Teacher, directed the play and partly due to the cooperation of the actors an-d their good work. The name of the play was Hobgobli'n House , an-d what a house it was ! Gerard Soucy put chills in our bones in the person of Darius Krupp, a fearful hunchback, who was always telling weird stories. He had two tough looking characters as his confede- rates in crime who were only slightly less fearful in appearance. They were lifluebeard Bronson, played by Conrad .'Xlbert, who was an escaped flunatic, wi l1 Hector Cyr as Bill lVi'lkins, his keeper. Germaime Collin was admirabffe in the part of a rather stu-bborn. but courageous sipinster by the name of Priscilla Carter, who took efficient care of her two nieces .lill and Marion, played by Mildred Dionne and Irma lllichaud. Their fboy-rfrienrds were fine cha1ps,.lack Loring and Frank Harlow, played iby James Price and Durward Goodell. liiliner tSonnyj Hourgoin was tops in fun- making while acting the part of Henry Goober, a funny-faced Negro, who had a habit of stuttering. lilmer was ably assisted in his comical antics by Lucille Albert as Delilah NYorts, a good-natured negress, and Mildred Violette as Susan Parkins, lthe Henglisl1' 'tlusekeeperf Last ibul not least, Patricia Albert added an atmosphere of mystery to the play in the per- son of the headless phantom, and other ghost- ly apparitions, only to prove at the end lo be the kidnapped daughter of a millionaire, The stage assistants were Louis Albert, Unias Martin, XYilfrid Levasseur, and Norman Pelletier. The play was attended by a very large audience and the gate receipts were larger than any heretofore taken at a Maidawaska Senior Play. Adrien MORNEAULT Irma MICHAUD Elluniurs REIAIR ROW flelft to rlgihtl : Mr. Dadgle, Ardfvisorg E. lS0'ucfy, L. Oyr, L. Folnigemie, A. Mi- eihauud, A.Dionne, J.Ta:l:l'if, R. Sammy, A. Cayer, J. Roy, L. Sirois, L. Bouefhard, L. Beau- pre. - C. Dairgfle, Cl.iC'yr, 1-1. L3,'lO'I1'1'bf3', G.PeC11etier, L. Car rier, M..Garon, R, Dufour, E. Bouicihmfd, H. Gerard.-G. Dufour, C. L-achanee, O. Gendreau,J.fC'yr, B. Sirois, G. Barron, E. Albert, D. Oyr, A. Cote, Yivette Rioux, D. Gocldell. R. Bouchard, T. Oyr, C. Sirois, B. Messelcar, M. Drurfour, A. Tniboldeau, A. Sirois. li 9' H --,L..-. L, .,, ,, ...- A ...TTQQ1 . f'Qff ,,.v 1. -iQ L-MAL., -,- ,,,,, W, .........-.....,llf

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Pagel2 THE OWL' MII lf' iBuems DREAMING In school sometimes I dio dream, And then my mind is not so keen, My thoughts are very far away, I can't rememfber things they say. But now with finals creeping near, I ll have to keep awake, I fearg Or else in june she-d many a tear. Ifve decided right away, To pay attention every day, In June Iill then -go up the aisle, With a very happy smile. Mertie CAHOON, '39 MAINE My state has a beauty rare, T-o which no other can. com-pare. Its farms have always been its pride, By hills and forests vbeauitified. Wi-ld animals abound in Maine, Brave hunters come in search of gameg And fishing is as fine a sport, From lakes and streams the prize is brought. Now is'n't it just very plain, That if a boy is -born in Maine, He'll want to say how grand and great It is to live. in Maine, My Staten? Onias MARTIN, '39. TIME FLIES Things we have to do to-day Should not be left until to-morrow. He who works the 'lazy way Is laying up a store of sorrow. Each new day brings tasks and cares Which confront us all the more. For 'now we'r-e faced with yesterday's share Of what we should have done before. Let this poem teach you how As you travel -life's uneasy way, To do your daily duties nowg For to-morrow too soon becomes to-day. Gerard SOUCY, '39. A PRACTICAL JOKE Inf you ha-d a pair of skates, Would you go skating on a lake? If you would like to have some fun, Go on a lake and try to run. I took the sign that says Thin Ice Put it where you couldn't see it twice, Then hid myself behind a tree, And patiently waited a sigh to see. Soon. along came a guy I know, To put on his skates sat on the snow' Then he went skating on the lake, To the iplace where I knew the ice would break I laughed aloud when he fell in, Because he went where the ice was thin. When he hit the water he began to shout Till-l I had to go and help him out. U Valere TARDIF, '41. THE ATTEMPT There was a man from Pumipkinville Wfho -pitch-ed baseball with very much skillg He gave all the baseball fans a thrill When he signed with Louisville. There they put him through the mill The different ways they sllammed the pill In just one single batting drilil 3 Now he's back in- Pumpkinville. Durward GOODELL. '39 GOOD OLD WEATHER A lot of people used to think That tlhis new year was going to bring Things so very different From the years prece-dent. The March winds 'did not choose to blowg April showers turn-ed to snowy The Iiiay iilowers may bloom in juneg 'Cause the whole wor-ld's out of tune. The july heat may never come. From the ever-hiding sun 3 Therefore th-e girl who wants a man VVi.ll have to go without a tan! Raynald D. DUFOUR,'40 Nil Qc

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Page14 THE OWL -MII QQ- hiturials THE NECESSITY OF LABOR Many of the Englishmen who first .came to Virginia were members of the gentry, and as gentlemen they had' never been accustomed to work. All their liv-es they had been waited u-pon 'by servants. They k.new little about the tasks which fafced them in the America wild- erness, but, amlbitious for wealth, t.hey set out in the little vessel which 'brought these adiven- turers to Virginia. The vessel was small and had a smalll cargo space, so they clould brivng food enough for only a few months. Yet, eager to secure the riches of which they had dreamed, they spent their time foolishly searching for gold, silver, and precious stones while their stock of provisions 'grew lower and lower. It was not long before the thoughtful ones s-aw, with concern, the coming of a day when their supplies would be exhausted, and star- vation woulld follow. For a time, some relief was -gained 'by buying cor-n from the Indians 5 but the stor-es of the redmen were poor, and as the weeks passed, conditions grew worse. In the midst of this crisis one of the lea-ders persuaded some of the men t-o drop their hunt for gold and turn their -efforts to the getting of food. The stubborn, or lazy, ones were quickly brought to terms by the leader's orders that He wiho will not work shall not eat. The .leader's .rule is a simple answer to the question why rich men work. If these early settll-ers in Virginia had found corn and po- tatoes as 'free as the air, it wouldi not have been necessary to drop their hunt for riches and give their time and energy to tililing the soil. But corn, unlike air, is Scarce. Nature does not furnish us with it in quantities to be had for the aski-nfgg it comes only in return for work, and rich me-n 'need work t-o protect their fortunes. If the wants of man could be supplied with- out work, there would' be no farming, n-o ma- nufacturing, no buying or selling, no .paying or receiving of wages, nothing of what we kno-w as activity in the world of industry. Occasionally, it is true, our wants may be satisfied without any exertion on- our part, as in the case of our inheriting money, but even in these instances someone had to work to accumulate the money. In short, our desire to have things which can only ibe Secured throuigh effort, -and to achieve goals whi-ch can be reached only by striving is the chief reason why we work. Success, in any language, means a goal that is not attained except by hand work. That do-nothing attitude will not make our for tunes in this life, neither will resting o-n our once-won laurels bring us any nearer to our shinii-ng goal. No man is born into the world whose for while work is not 'born with him. There are always work and tools to work with for those wiho will. We should make the most of our lives and ever keep our motto, Labor Conquers All , ringing in our ears. If we were to advertise in the Lost and and Found , departme-nt of the newspaper for our lost time, the article would read some- thing like this: Lost: Yesterday, somewhere 'between sun- rise anfd sunset, two golden hours, each set wit-h sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. Mertie CAHOON. IMPROVE-MENTS I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE IN MY SCHOOL T-h.is-sehool, like anfy other, is by no means perfect. It lacks many things which it should have, and which we hope to have sometime. There are not many improvements I should like to make, but as you probably noticed yourself, we haiv-e no clubs as we used to have. Clulbs, I should say, are a necessity. T'hey bring together the puipiils from different class- es. I remember that last year we had several clubs, which were, howe-ver, 'not so very acti- ve. Let us start cluibs this year, an-d keep them active the rest of the year. Another imiproveme-nt I think this school needs is assemlbily programs. We shouuld have more get-togethers in the gymnasiumg have one act plays, lectures, educational movies. Lasit year we had a volley ball set and some paddle tennis sets, but this year they were not lent to us. For some unknown reason, we were unable to secure the use of t-his equip- ment. Another game we had last year was hand-iball, which we haven't pilayed yet this year. We could halve weekly games between the teams choseni at the beginning of the year. I think that if .arrangements for these acti- vities were made, no children would be stand- ing around the halls in the morning and du-- ring the noon-hour. We started the intra- mural teams, why not keep them goin-g by having games played for a championship of these different ga-mes? Normand PELLETIE-R, '41 'll' 9