Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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46 which was followed by a dance lasting until eleven o'clock. The Bazaar ended with good profits, thanks to the people who attended evening. each class receiving either in the afternoon or -Joyce Fickett, '47. YEARBOOK CALENDAR Sept. 10-Rattle! Crash! Bang! No, not an acci- dent, but school began. Sept. 13-It isn't an engagement, but the sopho- mores ordering class rings. Sept. 21-Knock, knock. VVho's there? Mr. Leach, of course, our superintendent. Oct. 17-M. H. S. girls all rush to Burnham's for paint. I wonder why? Oh, t-hat's it. Mr. .Stinchfield, just out of the Army, has arrived. Oct.'18-Why the police force? It's Election Day of class officers. Oct., 24, 25, 26-They're off! They're off! For seventy-two hours at a state convention in ,Portland Novi.2-Hooray! Hooray! It must be circus day. fWait, it's gone right by, but left us twelve alittle Freshmen on the sly. Nov. 22, 23-With the delicious aroma of roast turkey and pumpkin pie we started for our Thanksgiving vacation without a sigh. Dec. 21-Peanuts! Pop Corn! Candy! and Chew- -ing Gum! Washington County's BIGGEST and BESTEST Bazaar. We are sorry to say that at this time Mrs. Schoppee had to leave us. Ian. 7-We had a new teacher for a week, Mr. Francis Strout. 14-Greetings because it's Mr. Wieden. 11-Don't laugh! We can't help it. Pic- tures were taken. 12-Lincoln's Birthday was observed by opening exercises. Toumament at Ionesport by the Sea. 22-Yippee! No school. Good old Wash- ington. March 4-Miracles do happen. This is one. Two and one-half hours off for Town Meeting. March 6-Mr. Frank B. Rich gave an interesting talk on Maine. March 22-Mother Spring knocked at our door and left a little vacation of seven days. Ian. Feb. Feb. Feb. April 1--Yes, it's here! Our two men teachers turned a certain little cabin on the Cherryfield road into a bachelors' apartment. Urgent! A good cook is in need of. April 4-junior Prize Speakers had a matinee for the grade pupils. 'On this morning Supt. Leach awarded a shield, charter and certifi- cate for our continuous War Savings Program. April 5-junior Speaking Contest! Three cheers! April 9-Gee, we're fortunate. A Longfellow and Whittier right here in school lean Leighton and Mariorie Anne Wallace were awarded certificates from the National H. S. Poetry Ass'n. April 10-Yvonne, our future nurse went to Ban- gor today to take an examination. In later years she will provide us with medical care. What's this? No class ring this time, the real thing. Dellie came bouncing in, sporting an engagement ring. Quadrangles at Cherrylields. Come, juniors, put us on the map once more. They did. First honors. Winners of big trophy. April 12--Elsie and Ramona spoke at County Public Speaking Contest. Elsie placed in finals. April 15-Our year book went to press today amidst the hurry, scurry and worry, but it's there. May 3-OOOOHHHH! Who said that? Lights out! It's the Hobgoblin House presented by the Seniors. May 20-Notice! No photographer will need to assist in picture taking next year as our own artist, Mary Strout, will be filling the position. june 2-Baccalaureate Sermon. june 6-Graduation. Good-bye until another year. NHOBCOBLIN HOUSE Everyone was talking about it! It was to be the biggest, the greatest performance citizens of Millbridge had ever seen. People from the big cities of Steuben, Cherryfield, Harrington and Addison were living in anticipation. Could it be that t-hey had finally found a rival in Millbridge? It would ruin their reputation as actorsl Finally the night of the opening performance came. Millions thronged the huge entrance, seek- ing an opportunity to become a member of the vast audience. The doors were forced to be. closed a full hour before the curtain rose on the great show. Backstage the actors hustled and bustled about, putting the last minute dabs to their

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TI-IE LIGHT 45 JUNIOR SPEAKING On April fifth, nineteen hundred forty-six, five frightened Juniors sat on the stage in the Alumni Hall at Millbridge. Then the Erst one steps calmly to the center of the stage. It is Janice Upton, who speaks Afraid of the Dark. This story takes place in a death row of a penitentiary where a Mexican, a tough guy and a captain are the char- acters. The captain teaches the Mexican to believe in Jesus and not to be afraid of the other side of life. The Mexican goes to his death singing, with faith in God. Next Ramona Kinghorn gives Jean- Marief' Theresa is married to. an old man, Joel, but shc still loves her long lost sailor, Jean-Marie. Jean-Marie comes back and tries to get her to go away with him but she stays with her husband. Our third speaker was Elsie Faulkner, who gave the selection, Homecoming, This made many people get ont their hankies. lt is a story of an American and a German who roomed together at an American University. When the war broke out in 1914 each went to fight for his own coun- try. In a fierce battle, Johnnie wounds Fritz seri- ously, not knowing it was he. A tender scene takes place between the two comrades. Johnnie is wounded and they both die. The pathos was broken up by the humorous selection The Waltz given by Joyce Fickettj It is a story of a young girl who goes through agony and hardships while dancing with someone who walks all over her feet. The iifth selection, Mary Stuart, was to have been given by Jean Leighton, but because of illness she was unable to participate. The last selection, The Wheels of Timef' was given by Evelyn Sawyer. This was the story of a doctor's wife who was selfish and unthoughtful of her husband's work. By a mistake, a telegram was sent to her announcing his death. This made her realize, too late, how much she loved him. He comes back, however, and there is a joyous end- ing. The very fine music was supplied by Mr. Paul Leeman. Supt. Leach acted as chairman of the contest, introducing the speakers and awarding the certi- ficates and prizes. Medals which had not arrived at that time will be presented later. Elsie Faulkner won first prize, Ramona King- horn second and Joyce Fickett third. The first two speakers spoke at the Quadrangular Contest at Cherryiield on April the tenth and won lirst prize. They went to the 'County Contest at Ma- chias on April the twelfth. Elsie was chosen to speak in the iinals. She will go to the Eastern Division of the Spear Contest at Bangor on April the twenty-sixth. -Evelyn Sawyer, '47, THIN ICE On the evening of December twenty-Hrst, nine-- teen hundred and forty-five, the Junior Class of Millbridge High School presented a one-act play entitled Thin Ice. ' This was the story of four old gossips. There was inquisitive Mattie Beagle, Kate Ryan withg an incendiary temper, Mary Pryor with her ever- lasting aches and pains, and Laura, with energy in abundance. Last but not least was Lucile, Laura's daughter, who was being courted by Jimmy Ryan, Kateis son. Mattie tries to start trouble between Kale and Laura by telling lies to each one. However, all ended happily with the Four gussips chewing on a juicy bit of gossip. The characters were: Mattie Beagle .... ., .,,.. ....... J ean Leighton Mary Pryor , .... ...,.,. ..,... . . . Elsie Faulkner Kate Ryan ..,......, ..,,. . ..... R amona Kinghom Lucile MacGregor .,.....,.,. .,.,... ..,.. J o yce Fickett Laura Mac-Gregor ....,...................,..... Evelyn Sawyer This play was a success. A great deal of credit for this goes to Mrs. Strout, who coached the cast patiently. -Evelyn Sawyer, '47, THE M. H. S.'S BAZAAR Millbridge High School held its annual Bazaar Friday afternoon, December 21, 1945, at the Alumni Hall in Millbridge. Each class at M. H. S. had separate booths. The freshman class sold tickets on a panda, had a popularity contest, a sandwich bar, and a baseball game. The sopho- more class sold tickets on a grocery basket, had fortune telling, a dart game, a war stamp and bond booth, a game called Pitch Your Pennies and also a game called Seven Come Eleven. The junior class had a Christmas tree, a game called Test Your Skill, a department store and a game called Lucky 13. The senior class had a game called Spin the Wheel, a popcom stand, a hotdog stand, and they sold tickets on a guess cake and turkey. In the evening each class had a short play,

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THE LIGHT 47 make-up, checking cue, and adhering to the final instructions of the famed producer, Raymond Stinchfield. This cast of experts included: Darius Krupp, the old caretaker of Hobgoblin House . . ....,. ...... . . 4...,......... ...,. . Alton Strout Miss Priscilla Carter, the present owner .... Madelyn Strout Marian Carter, her niece . , Helen Ray ill Carter, Marianis younger sister Vera Helen Freeman lfrank Harlow. Marian's fiance , ..... ...,...... W illiam Edes lack Loring, Iill's fiance ........ , ..., Robert Sprague Susan Parkins, Hcngli h 'ousekcepcr'i. Delvine Sprague Henry Coober, the darky gardener ............. Alvah Tibbets Delilah Vferts. the darky cook Blueheard Bronson, an escaped maniac Bill Williams, his kcencr ,.....,,. ...,...., The Headless Phantom?? . . .,., . , At last the curtain rises! The joy of the audience was reflected on their faces and by the wild uproar which shook the mighty walls of Millbridge Alumni Hall. Then-all was quiet! Not a sound! The show began! From beginning to end it was thrills, excitement, fright, and laughs. This nonpareil entertainment takes place in a lonely, isolated house in the Ozarks. A dornineering, dictatorial spinster, Aunt Priscilla, has bought this house and forces her two nieces, Jill and Marian, there to get them away from their fiances, jack and F rank, whom she considers fortune hunters. Susan, Henry and Delilah are also with Aunt Priscilla. Soon after their arrival at the house they dis- cover it is believed to be haunted. Darius Krupp tells them wild, hideous stories about ghosts and badly frightens the servants and the two nieces. Jill and Marian beg Aunt Prissy to allow them Martha King Douglas Eldridge Richard Pinkham . Mary Strout to marry jack and Frank, but she will not unless they wish to lose their inheritance, which their father left them. They finally promise Aunt Prissy they won't marry until she gives her permission at the end of six months. But Frank and Jack drive down to the house to see the girls and among the four they arrange to scare Aunt Prissy in going back to Spring City. The boys dress up as ghosts, scare the servants and almost succeed in scaring Aunt Prissy, but she.discovers the plot and orders the boys out of the house. However, before they leave, they frce a kidnaped heiress who is being held in the house, catch the kidnapers, get :1 reward of seventy-five -thousand dollars, Aunt Prissy gives her consent to the girls' marriage, and all ends happily. What a performance! Never before or never again will there be such a show! It will go down in the history of Mill- bridge High School and be recorded in all the text hooks. The curtain calls were so numerous that it was difficult to keep count of them. Con- tracts were signed and Hobgoblin Housei' is still running on Broadway. --Vera Helen Freeman, '46. FRESHMAN RECEPTION In past years, it has been the custom to have the so-called green Freshmen do some hilarious stunt or perform some ridiculous act before a very amused audience on the night of their initiation into an honored place at M. H. S. How- ever, customs and traditions do change, as was found out this year by the newcomers. The upper classmen were very mysterious con- cerning the role they, the freshmen, would play once they were on the stage. What they did not know was that only a selected few would be chosen to act as representatives of the new class and to do the downing for them. The night of nights arrived! Thirteen bewil- dered Freshmen Were, each in turn, ushered onto the stage to be introduced to the audience by Madelyn Strout, toastmistress of the evening. Fine! That was over. Now what have they in store for us? asked each one of them to him- self. Each class had planned some form of enter- tainment that evening. This was meant to wel- come the Freshmen in such a way as to make them feel like one of us and at the same time to do it in an entirely different manner. There were several features of the evening, each one outdoing itself in quality. There was a pantomime play by the sophomore class called Lodhinvar, and a courthouse scene with members from each of the upper classes. This act was where four freshmen, namely Gordon King, Arlene Tibbets, Sherry MacLean and Paul Mitchell, provided some impromptu acting. Would you be interested in knowing that Gordon King had been brought before Judge Alton Strout for such an absurd thing as being accused of sitting on the flagpole the whole noon hour and depriving the other poor freshmen of such a pleasure? A sad story! He was found guilty and duly punished, as was the other three defendants. Paul Mitchell was forced to demonstrate how he had stealthily crept up behind Sherry MacLean and kissed her so artfully behind the ear. The curtain was brought down with a roar of laughter.