Mattanawcook Academy - Pine Needles Yearbook (Lincoln, ME)

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PINE NEEDLES SENIOR CLASS, I946 MARIE OLIVE BAMFORD Butch College Classical Courseg Glee Club 15 Minstrel Show 15 Pho- tography Club 15 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 45 Band 1, 2, 3, 45 Librarian 25 Autumn Leaf Dance 45 Usher 3. We all know Butch so gay and friendly Won the heart of her man, Emery. And with her smile and carefree way She makes new friends most every day. DOROTHEA ALLEN BLOOD Dot College Classical Courseg Glee Club 1, 3, 45 Librarian 2, 3, 45 Junior Red Cross Council 25 Photography Club 15 Usher 35 Fresh- man Reception Committee 45 Autumn Leaf Dance 4. 'Tis indeed a great responsibility This being the oldest of the family As an example I could be better, But why will they always wear my sweater? THELMA BOUCHARD Peggy Home Economics Course5 Glee Club 1, 2, 3,45 Home Ec. Club 15 Minstrel Show 15 Freshman Reception Committee 45 Autumn Lear Dance 4, Barn Dance 3. When 'Ihelma smiles and starts to ryhme, She has our interest anytime. As her merry spirit to us imparts Among her treasures are many hearts. ROBERT BROOKS Bob English Courseg A. A. Director 15 Photography Club 15 Pro- jector Crew 2, 3, 45 Glee Club 1, 2, 35 Senior Play 45 Basketball 3. 45 Assistant Manager 35 Manager 45 Baseball 35 Freshman Re- ception Committee 45 Barn Dance 35 One-Act Plays 3. Quiet and timid are his looks Oh, yeah? You don't know our Brooks! Just see the wicked gleam in his eye No fun ever passes him by! GRACE MARJORIE BROWN Goop Commercial Courseg Librarian 3, 45 Commercial Club 2, 35 Sec. and Treas. 45 War Stamp Salesman 25 Sec. to Mrs. Cook 45 Basket- ball 1, 2, 35 Photography Club 2, 35 Tatler Board 45 Home Room Vice-Chairman 15 Freshman Reception Committee 45 Class His- tory. A reliable guard at basketball, 'Till her appendectomy case last fall. Studious, exact and always at work- But laughter and gayety she doesn't shirk.

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MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY 11 had been in the service since Pearl Harbor. When the war ended in 1945, he was still in the hospital getting treatments for shell shock and flesh wounds. When he was finally given a furlough, he took a quick trip to Cali- fornia-home. Walking down the fa- miliar streets, he recognized a barber shop where the boys used to hang out, and he went in for the same old hair cut. To his surprise he Wasn't wel- comed. In fact he was told to get out- no Japs allowed. Standing again in the street, Joe looked down at his uniform. Didn't that uniform mean anything? Couldn't they see? He looked at his chest of ribbons. Yes- there they were still, five campaign ribbons, three battle stars, two purple hearts, two crutches-and one leg. As he walked slowly down the street, one of the voices of the shouting men back in the barber shop registered in his mind. Once a Jap, always a Jap, they had said. Is that a tear glistening on his cheek? Joe--a Jap? Well, he was born in California and has never been to Ja- pan, but his ancestors far back were Japanese. His eyes are a little on the slanting side and his color slightly yellow. But hasn't he proved to these selfish Americans that he is true to the colors? Two purple hearts aren't e- nough-you might earn a hundred and still the people back home forget that the war was fought and won for all the peoples of the world, regard- less of the race or of the ancestry. Must we always fight this thing called racial intolerance? Aren't people ever going to grow up? Such thoughts as these passed through J oe's mind. Weeks later Joe was discharged from the hospital with an artificial leg. He went back to college where he was majoring in languages, but those looks he received every now and then on the street still hurt- hitting below the belt, Joe called it. Hearing this story of Joe makes you stop and think a little, doesn't it? Is this what we won the war for-so that we could continue racial troubles at home? If so, we lost the war and we have lost the peace. I don't judge an American by the slant of his eyes or the color of his skin. I believe that an American is an American through and through by his acts, his deeds, and his faith. I ask you as Americans-what do you believe?

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MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY MARILYN RUTH BROWN Babe College Course3 Transferred from Leicester High School '453 Home Ec. Play 4. Marilyn is a new girl this year We hope she has liked it here Proudly we hail her as part of our class, Hoping she won't forget us in years to pass. PAULINE BROWN Pop' General Courseg Photography Club 13 Glee Club 13 Autumn Leaf Dance 43 Barn Dance 33 Freshman Reception Committee 4. Chewing gum is Pop's delight. ln studies, too, she, does all right. Never tardy, always here 'lo give our class her share of cheer. WILLIAM COPELAND CLARK Billy General Courseg Photography Club 13 Assembly Committee 1, . Senior Play 43 One-Act Plays 1, 33 Freshman Speaking 13 Foot- ball 13 Basketball 3, 43 Baseball 3, 43 A. A. Directors 43 'l'atler' Board 43 Pine Needles Board 43 Home Room Chairman Maga- zine Drive 33 Class History. Temperey, noisy, with spirits high He must play basketball or die! With an eye for the gals whether light or dark, '1'his is our whiz-bang Billy Clark! NORMA JEAN CLAY 3'Flip College Classical Course 3 Dramatics Club 43 Senior Play 43 Fresh- man Speaking 13 One-Act Plays 1, 33 Home Room Chairman Mag- azine Drive 33 Lights Out Cast 43 Junior Speaking Contest 33 Speaking Contest at Schenck 33 Glee Club 1, 3, 43 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 43 Band 1, 2, 3, 43 Freshman Reception Committee 43 Autumn Leaf Dance 43 Barn Dance 33 Basketball 43 A. A. Director 23 Pho- tography Club 13 Tatler Board 1, 2, 3, 43 Pine Needles Board 2, 3, 43 Class Prophecy. Personality plus and that isn't all- Her exceptional marks never seem to fall. Friends and virtues she has many, Faults and enemies-we guess she hasn't any! PATRICIA CRUCIANI Path English Courseg Transferred from Winn High School '44. Still waters run deep , you'll agree That fits our Pat right to a t . She does her work and then with joy Rushes out to meet a certain boy.