Mechanic Falls High School - Pilot Yearbook (Mechanic Falls, ME)

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M. F. H. S. Pilot LEXVISTON TOURNAMENT M.F.H.S. 26 Jay 21 M.F.H.S. 20 Clinton 23 M.F.H.S. 26 Norway 22 HEBRON TOURNAMENT M.F.H.S. 24 Rangeley 20 M.F.H.S. 27 South Paris 35 M.F.H.S. 21 Williams High 27 BASEBALL The Baseball season this year will be very short but the boys are expect- ing to have about eight games. There are twenty-five candidates out for base- ball and it looks as though a good team will turn out. Some of the most promising candi- dates are: R. Keene, D. Lewis, L. Hutchinson, Dana Raymond, D. Pet- tengill, D. Mills, L. Chase, G. Rowe, R. NVells, Plummer. C. Swift was elected manager. Although the last year team only won three games out of eleven played, the scores were very close. The team was: C. Clark, L. Hutch- inson, R. Keene, A. Richardson, R. Taker, C. Tripp, mond, R. Benson, The summary: 27 C. Strout, C. Ray- F. Curtis, L. Chase. M.F.H.S. 5 Norway 11 M.F.H.S. 14 Monmouth Academy 6 M.F.H.S. 5 Norway 11 M.F.H.S. 6 Winthrop 8 M.F.H.S. 8 Leavitt 15 M.F.H.S. 5 Winthrop 4 M.F.H.S. 7 Jay 11 M.F.H.S. 4 Leavitt 6 M.F.H.S. 6 Jay 8 M.F.H.S. 0 Monmouth Academy 6 M.F.H.S. 10 Lisbon Falls 'I TRACK The spring track team will be very good this spring as the same boys are on the team as last year. They are: R. Keene, Robert XVes- ton, D. Lewis, F. Williams. Manager Dana Raymond. This same team holds the Pole vault from last year at Hebron. First Place, R. Keeneg Second Place, Robert VVes- tong Third Place, Donald Lewis. Chester Raymond, 37 rcors' ATHLETIC rznrrou

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26 M. F. H. S. Pilot BOYS' ATHLETICS FOOTBALL Due to the fact that the squad was small the team didn't engage in much outside combat. However, they did have practice games with Winthrop, Norway and South Paris. The following boys were on the squad: R. Keene, F. VVilliams, C. Ray- mond, M. Brackett, C. Swift, L. Hutch- inson, R. Wells, M. Purington, O. Farr, F. Mitchell, L, Chase and R. Elliott. CROSS COUNTRY The Cross Country team is made up of boys from the Freshman and Sopho- more classes. They are expected to have one of the best teams that Mech- anic Falls High School ever had. The boys are: Harry Thomas, Jr., Donald Raymond, Gerald Rowe, Har- old Jester, Arthur NVhittier, NVilfred Duchette, Gerald Harwood and Don- ald Spiller. TENNIS As the tennis courts are now com- plete it is hoped to have a team next year. BASKETBALL The 1936-37 Basketball season prov-- ed very successful. The team was en- tered in the Lewiston Small Schools Tournament and also the Hebron Tournament. In the preliminaries of the Lewis- ton Tourney, Mechanic Falls played jay, winning by a score of 26-21. The boys lost to Clinton in the Semi-Finals by three points Q23-201. The Consol- ation Game was played with Norway and this was won by a score of 26-22. Mechanic Falls the winner, Richard Keene was chosen All-Tour- ney Center, Keith Cole, All-Tourney Forward, and, Robert XVeston, Tour- ney Guard Qsecond teamj. Hebron Tournament took place a week after the Lewiston Tournament. The first game in this tournament was played with Rangeley and the M. F. H. S. boys made a good showing for the school by winning the game 24-20. The Semi-Finals game was lost to South Paris, the score being 35-27. It was said that this was the fastest game ever played in the Sargeant Memorial Gymnasium. The Consolation Game was played with Vtfilliams High and the score in this game was 27-21 in favor of VVilliams High. Chester Raymond received a trophy for being chosen All-Tourney Guard in the Hebron Tournament. The starting line-up for most of the games was as follows: Dick Keene, Center, Kit Cole, Bob XVeston, For- wards, Chet Raymond, Frank XVil liams, Guards. The substitutes were: Dana Raymond, Leighton Hutchinson, Dick VVeston, Foteos Mitchell, Bill Hobbs. Out of seventeen games played this season there were but three defeats. The scores were as follows: M.F'.H.S. 42 Alumni 41 West Paris M.F.H.S. 23 Oxford M.F.H.S. 23 Casco M.F.H.S. 30 South Paris M.F.H.S. 37 Winthrop M.F.H.S. 40 Gould Academy M.F.H.S. 25 Jay M.F.H.S. 31 Leavitt M.F.H.S. 21 South Paris M.F.H.S. 20 Jay M.F.H.S. 42 Gould Academy M.F.H.S. 37 Winthrop M.F.H.S. 23 Norway M.F.H.S. 36 Oxford M.F.H.S. 40 Leavitt M.F.H.S. .26 Norway

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28 M. F. H. S. Pilot M. ii-11 iw. ' I I . ,, i ' - me Ia I1 Ill' . T He knew he would have to hurry today if he was to be back before the storm Started. A snowstorm in the North was something to be respected. lt might last a day or it might last a week. XYhen the wind blew the snow into drifts over a manis head, and when the mercury in the ther- mometer disappeared, the trapping business was for younger men than Jim. Nevertheless, mid-morning found .lim barely a quarter of the way around the line. The snow seemed a little thicker, and a slight wind was sway- ing the trees, making the snow fall off and drift to the ground. .-Xt noon .lim was still trudging along from trap to trap and it was over an hour before he came to his customary stopping llace. He built a small fire and filled his which to mal-'e tea. Hs- felt unusually tired and his coat, while frozen with a crust of snow on the outside, was damp with perspiration on the inside. lt was definitely snowing harder now and the wind nearly succeeded in ex- cup with snow with tinguishing the hre. He did not rest today as was his habit at his mid-day stop, but started immediately on his return trip. Being on the trail after dark in this bad storm VOICE OF THE NORTH It was the truth, He could not de- ny it. Old .lim Allen was getting old. He wouldn't tend a trap line in that cold country many more years. He- ing on the line all day in freezing weather was getting beyond his en- ilarance. llit it was fall again and .lim was repairing his traps and getting his snowshoes into condition. He was thinking that before many days he would have to hire young Robert Page, with his tlivver, to take him out to his shack to repair the roof. It was morning and several weeks had passed. There was a light snow fallingg the Hakes were drifting lazily onto the hugh jack pines. The pines seemed to be protecting a small shack from which smoke arose from a piece of stove pipe protruding thru the roof Finally, the door opened and out step- ped an old man, a faded mackinaw on his stooping shouldersg shoulders that had known the weight of many packs. They now carried several traps of va- rivus sizes, .lim Allen, for it was he, closed the door and stepped to the side of the shack where a pair of snowshoes were stuck in a snowdrift. jim put the shoes on and started on his tramp around the trap line.