Mexico High School - Pep Yearbook (Mexico, ME)

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THE 1946 PEP PAGE FIVE Some are sad, some are mad, some are glad-Rank card day affects us that way. Assembly with Jessie R. Taylor, reader of monologues. If we throw snow balls at noon, we have to go sit in Mr. Thomas's office and wait for him. It's fun throwing snow balls, but it's no fun waiting for Mr. Thomas, it's less fun when he ar- rives-so, no more snow balls. Pintexico Fair preparations-no time for anything else. More fair-Manual training classes are busy building booths. The Seniors finally decided on a definite plan for a booth. It was really no secret-they just cou1dn't make up their minds. The Cuckoois Nest was shown after school for the grade children. First day of the fair. One session of school. The play was good. The Ju- nior booth was good enough to take first prize. Second day of the fair. Auction sale with Mr. Hanson as auctioneer. Prizes awarded-chickens, wood, tablecloths, butter, dolls, etc. . . The dance spon- sored by the student council was the final event. Saturday, the first day of vacation. Clean-up committees clear up the wreckage. The senior committee strolled in between ten and eleven o'clock after being waked up via telephone. Merry Christmas! Someone did some planning during vacation. Lots of changes are going to be made. JANUARY Mr. McLeod begins the New Year right by joining the faculty of M. H. S. Girls' basketball practice. Band prac- tice. First game of the season. We won. The boys are busy preparing Hanson's Field for a skating rink. There's talk of starting a hockey team. The Winter Sports Team is organized with Mr. Norton as coach. Mr. Dyer arrived to finish out the year in Miss Darrah's place. She's getting married. He's married, girls. Girls' gym classes are starting. The boys got their football letters at a special assembly today. We played Rumford. Berlin beat us. I mean--really. The new schedule is working out well, especially the activity period at the end of the day. It's a busy period. Because some of the bus students haven't been behaving, they all have to wait in school until bus time. Big storm. No school. Next Saturday we have to pay for our day off last Friday. We gain a half day, though. We'll be having one session. Everybody connected with school ex- cept the students met at three o'clock, so we went home. The seniors are having their gradua- tion pictures taken. They look hand- some and beautiful all dressed up. The March of Dimes is on. FEBRUARY The group pictures for Pep were taken bright and early, beginning in period one. Did any ten o'clock scholars lose out? A Saturday in school. We didn't win the game with Oxford. We came out on top with Jay. Snowshoe Clubs are organized for boys and girls. The basketball teams went to Berlin. The Winter Sports team went to Beth- el. They placed sixth in the finals. We got criticized for riding on the bumpers of cars. We got criticized for throwing snow- balls. We're being pretty bad lately. Today, We were warned about marking up desks and walls. Today, four boys skipped school. They'll be sorry, because Mr. Thomas found out. How's the makeup work, boys? Lots of prom talk now-informal or semi-formal? Some fun-only one session. What a storm! Back to school after three and a half days 05. We started the day with movies in the first period.

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V r 'I P PAGE FOUR I F l 5 THE 1946 PEP No school tomorrow because Colum- bus discovered America 453 years ago. Rally for the game with Madi- son. James Fraser and Robert Leav- itt gave us pep talks. According to the cheering that followed, they made some impression. q We lost Saturday. Leo Maillet made Norman Arsenault blush today when he popped the question. Lorna Doone is quite a book in its romantic spots. The debating team met after school. More recruits are needed for the band. The Juniors have quite a collection for the fair-a chicken, an end table, a cord of wood, and a calf. The end table must fit in somewhere, but where? Lots of talk about the fair. Less talk and more work, says Mr. Norton. Mr. Thomas had us all worried about which class he was going to visit next. Rally for the game with Berlin. The last of the six week exams were given today. The band is scheduled to play Sat- urday. Rank cards were given out. We have four whole days to get over the effects, while the teachers attend the state convention. Q The honor roll was announced. James Fraser led the Seniors, Margaret An- derson the Juniors, Marilyn Rumley the Sophomores, Irene Trembley the Freshmen, and Fern Crossland the eighth grade. Fern Crossland was the highest ranking student of the school. We all envy Arlene the nice car she rides in to school lately. x Tryouts for the play, The Cuckoo's Nest, were held today. NOVEMBER First day of November. Very dull. Rally for the game with Gould. Only one session so we could attend the Gould game that was postponed on Saturday. All the pleasant things seem to happen at once. In addition to getting the afternoon off, we had an assembly-piano music, Chopin and-Boogie Woogie. The result of the game wasn't so pleasant. The eniors are making plans for their Washington trip. The girls of the Commercial Club are busyisoliciting food and money for the footliall banquet to be held after Mon- day'S game. They called on Mr. Nor- ton to put on the pressure for the money collection. The results of the class officer elections were announced. No more school for three days. We had a rally for the Armistice game on Monday. Coach Cobb read greetings from some of the alumni, Robert Allen, Eddie Martin, and ' George Worthley. Jim Fraser, Supt. McGuire, Coach Cobb, Mr. Stowell, Coach Lap- ham, and Cecil Burns spoke. Ru ford beat us yesterday-very muldlm so. We montributed to the Junior Red Cross. We'11e all set for our day off the Fri- day pafter Thanksgiving. We made it up by going to school today. Miss Ruth Harris, a friend of the Nortons, spolqe to us about her three years at a prison camp in Japanese territory. The lbeginning of a short Week-only a day and a half to go after this one. Bas etball practice every day now afte school and every evening. Oneisession, so we had time for only clas es. We're off until Monday. Pla rehearsals and basketball prac- tice A. take up all our extra time lately. opular extra-curricular activity late y is sandpapering desks-no as- sem ly credits attached to it, though. Six eeks' exams are on the schedule onc Fou more. classes-four exams for some of us t day. Girls sign up for basketball afte school-those who had pep eno gh left after the tough day. All in t oys over sixteen years of age met e gym-army, navy or air corps talk . l l DECEMBER We lstarted the week right by getting out, fifteen minutes early-faculty meeting. Thei chairmen of all fair committees disclussed big plans for a big fair. -r i. 1 4

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r I 1 PAGE SIX THE 1946 PEP The coaches and referees for the in- ter-class games were announced today. Inter-class games for the boys. Inter-class games for the boys. g MARCH It was the Sophomores versus the Fac- ulty at basketball tonight. The Sophs are the champs. The girls' inter-class games were or- ganized today. Girls' inter-class games. Girls' inter-class games. The three one act plays were pre- sented this evening. The Juniors and Seniors voted to combine the Hop and the Prom and go fifty-fifty on the profits. What profits? Rank cards. Lucky bus students. Some leave at three o'clock. Mooncalf Mugford and the rest of the cast went to Madison this afternoon to enter the district contest. We won the preliminaries, competing against Madison and Rumford. Plans are being made for holding the finals here next Friday. Senior class parts are announced with the warning that classes still go on and on. The chemistry and physics classes are preparing for the science fair at Lew- ' f M51 -4 I.. 4 25. 29. 1. 3. 5. 8 9 11. 15. 16. 22. 23. 26. 29. I iston, scheduled for a week from Saturday. The Sophomores are all excited over class rings. The semi-finals were held in the gym this evening. We won. So long for a week?s vacation. 1 APRIL No April fooling, our chemistry stu- dents went places at the fair. Only part of a class to sit through this afternoon. The rest of the P. M. was used for taking pictures. We were entertained by a talk on Iran. Special assembly in honor of the stu- dent council. They've been assigned new duties. We have a new school bus. Base all is taking up most of the time, alon with preparations for the dance. Our play cast was chosen to go to the NewyEngland festival. One whole study hall had to stay after school. Softball hopefuls meet in room 10 to sign hp. Soft all practice. Spec al rally for our extra special playlicast and coach before they left for ochester. The beginning of the week, the begin- ningy of the last ranking period, and the end of this. R 1 Qyrff. ' 1 655- 1 5 F I 1 N i