Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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THE LIGHT 23 JUNIOIH, Back row, left to riglit-Imiicv Upton. Kc-itll I.:-iqhton. Rolu-rt Spruggiiv. Leighton Roberts, Earl Dow, Donna Burke. Si'C0llfl row--Joyce Fickett, Ramona Kinglhorn. Evelyn Sawyer. Elsie F1lIlllil16'l', Sylvia Leighton. Front row-Iezm Mitchell, Jean Leighton. CLASS HISTORY On September 20, 1943, the junior class num- wt- could hold our own with the upper clussnicn beting twenty-one entered M. H. S. as F1'CSll1l1f?ll. But it was all in fun and we got along very well We were a little shaky for the first day or two, Our principal was Mr. Jellison, lst assistant Mrs but we got over that as soon as we lJL'CtlI1lC Strout, 2nd assistant Miss Bacon, and superin- accustomed to the teachers and found out that tcudeut Mr. Vurney.

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24 THE After we had settled down we elected our class officers: Elsie Faulkner, president, Jean Leighton, vice president, and Donna Burke, secretary. Then on October 15, came what we had been dreading, Freshman Reception. But we all will- ingly took part in it and put it over with a bang. On October 20, Mr. Sprague visited us and got us started on the school magazine drive, and we Freshmen really did our part. Now it was the 19th of November and the Bazaar was here and the play Herbie and the Mumpsf' Most of the Freshmen took part in the Bazaar and Evelyn and Elsie really made the play a hit. After the Bazaar the organizing of the basketball squad was under way. Jean Leighton was the only Freshman girl that played on the girls' regular team, although Jean Mitchell, Janice Upton, Elsie Faulkner and Evelyn Sawyer played as substitutes. Earl Dow was the only boy that played on the boys' team. , During the year we had one more Freshman added, and that was Waide Sawyer. He left, however, after a short time. Five members of our class left school. They were Charles Burgess, Franklin Coffin, Oscar Sprague, Althea Hall, and Winona Rumery. When school was closed in June for the surn- mer we had been reduced from twenty-one to sixteen. After a Joyful vacation we came back to M. H. S. September 12, 1944, as gleeful Sophomores, numbering sixteen. We were certainly glad that we were Sophomores as we had cut the four years down to three. Our faculty remained the same with the excep- tion of Miss Bacon, who had become Mrs. Varcoe and had been replaced by Mrs. Georgitis. We also had a new superintendent, Mr. Leach, to begin our Sophomore year. A few weeks rolled by and we had a class meeting to elect our class officers. Janice Upton was elected president, Jean Leighton vice presi- dent, and Donna Burke secretary. On the evening of October 18, the play The Hummingbird Hiccups was presented. Elsie 'and Jean Leighton were the only Sophomores that participated in it, but their very fine acting helped very much to make it a success. Then on November 17th, the Bazaar was here again, and the play Wedding Kne1l. Although LIGHT no Sophomores took part in the play they worked very hard in making the Bazaar a success. Now that the Bazaar was over it was time to start organizing the basketball squad. Jean Leigh- ton and Janice Upton played on the girls' main team and Evelyn Sawyer played as a substitute. Earl Dow was the only Sophomore boy that played on the boys' team, and he played on the regular team. On February 1, we had aptitude tests. Then came June, time for school to close for an- other summeris vacation. Our class now had been reduced by three. Elsie Faulkner had moved away and Rolla Anderson and Harry Strout had left school. This had reduced our class to thirteen. We wondered how many we would have left by our graduation in 1947. On September 10, 1945, we came back to M. H. S. as Juniors. Now we were really coming down the home stretch. Our class had increased by two as Elsie had come back again, and Ramona King- hom entered. We now had only two teachers to begin school. Mr. Jellison had gone to Ellsworth to teach. Mrs. Ceorgitis had left and only Mrs. Strout remained. Mrs. Strout and Mrs. Schoppee started school, and taught for a few weeks before a principal was obtained. Mr. Stinchiield, an Army lieutenant, was released and took over the principal's job and we started school normally again. Now it was time to elect class officers. Evelyn Sawyer was elected president, Keith Leighton vice president, Jean Leighton secretary and Elsie Faulkner treasurer. Then came the Bazaar and the play Thin Ice in which Jean Leighton, Elsie Faulkner, Joyce Fickett, Ramona Kinghorn and Evelyn Sawyer took part. The play was a big hit and enjoyed very much by the audience. After the Bazaar was over it was time to organ- ize the basketball squad. Earl Dow was the only Junior boy that played on the boys' team. Janice Upton, Jean Leighton, Evelyn Sawyer and Elsie Faulkner played on the girls' team. Mrs. Schoppee left us at Christmas and Mr. Strout substituted for her for a week. Then Mr. Wieden took his place to finish out the year. Our class now has been reduced by one more as Juanita Ray has left school. We hope that it will start increasing rather than decreasing. -Keith Leighton, '47.