Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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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.

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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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48 THE What were those sweet strains coming from the stage? Why, that was thc M. II. S. quartettc, Elsie, Janice, Evelyn and Delvine, serenading the audience. When Miss Sawyer and Miss Faulkner sang Two Sleepy People the spectators marveled. They 'had never dreamed that so much talent could be packed into M. H. S. The next performance was a short skit about a southem colonel. Then the main feature of the evening-a spine- tingling, thrilling melodrama superbly acted by Elsie Faulkner, Douglas Eldridge, Frank Gay and Evelyn Sawyer. Elsie, a poor, widowed mother of two children was being pursued by a scoundrel- ish villain fFrank Gayj who was determined to marry 'her. There were a tremendous number of humorous lines and- Oh, nol don't touch me. Keep that sinister figure away from me, could be heard from the mother fElsie Faulknerl as the villain burst into the room, clot-hed in black garb and a Jerry Coloma moustache. Alas, the villain was finally killed and at the end of the play the family was debating whether to throw the body into the river or how to dispose of it. Every performance of the evening was highly successful, probably due to the clever coaching of the faculty. The reception was well attended by townspeople and residents of neighboring towns. Music was fumished for the dance by Mrs. Mae Stewart and Robert's orchestra. -Madelyn Strout, '46. MAGAZINE DRIVE Knockl Knockl Mr. Stinchfield rushed up the aisle and answered the exuberant knock. There seemed to be some- thing in the way the echo resounded throughout the schoolroom that warned the students they were about to be led on a merry-go-round of laughs. Yes, they all knew to whom that smiling, congenial, jovial face belonged. Of course, you guessed right, the field manager for Curtis Pub- lishing Company, Mr. Robert Sprague. I am not making a mistake in the name and confusing it with a junior of the same name. He entered the room. Oh, my, how those faces did burst into grins. As he walked down the aisle, he winked at the girls, cast joking amorous glances their way and proceeded to discuss with the principal the forthcoming magazine drive. LIGHT This was by far the most enjoyable afternoon which wc had spent for many a day. He always demonstrated his jokes by the use of pupils' names. This time Elaine Ray and Irving Phinney were the objects- of his jests. After we had had our bit of fun and foolishness, he grew serious for a moment and told us the way in which thc drive was conducted. He displayed the prizes and gifts that would be ours if we all pitched in and did our bit. With the aid of the faculty members, he chose the leaders of the drive: Madelyn Strout, general manager, Douglas Eldridge, captain of one team, and Elsie Faulkner, captain of the other. The school was divided into two groups and the leaders of each team cast fire and determination into each of its salesmen to out- rival the other side. Competition and emulation ran high during the ten days of the drive. Then it was over. Each captain notified his team that they had gone over the topg had exceeded the three hundred fifty dollar goal. Jean Mitchell, the high salesman for the duration of the drive, won a Bulova watch. After the drive was over and the excitement had receded, the students told themselves they would have to calmly wait until. next fall when they would again hear that familiar knock and the principal would go quickly up the aisle to usher in the ever-loved Mr. Sprague. A sad part of the situation will be that the present Senior class will be absent from this cheery reunion. +Madelyn Strout, '46. BASEBALL AT M. H. S. IN 1945-1946 Last year, the M. H. S. baseball team had a very successful season, winning all games which they played. The team was coached by Mr. Ielli- son, and was as follows: catcher, George Youngg pitcher, Earl Dow, first baseman, Douglas Eld- ridgeg second baseman, Richard Pinkhamg third baseman, Frank B. Cayg shortstop, Keith Leigh- ton, left fielder, Milford Ray, center fielder, William Edesg right fielder, Alton Strout. Substitute players were Alvah Tibbetts, Ioseph Morrison and Irving Phinney. The boys practiced at Edward Leighton's field on the Wyman road. The games played were two games with Cherrylield, two with Harrington, one with the Millbridge town team and two with Steuben. All these games were victories for M. H. S.