Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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77fa9a56ae Qmpadga MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN The annual Magazine Campaign in which the school participates each year was held in November. This year there were two teams, the boys of the school opposed the girls of the school. Janace Tardy was the captain of the girls' team and Clem Maynard was the captain for the boys. The others in charge were as fol- lows: Jean Boylan Richard Small Betty Garrison Delina Paradis Richard Brown Freshman Captain Richard Chaplin Eighth Gr. Capt. Roger Williams The school sold 3305.95 in magazine subscriptions. Their commission from that sum was 310728, which was turned over to the Athletic Fund of the school for equipment. Business Manager Asst. Bus. Manager Senior Captain Junior Captain Sophomore Captain .,-....4g4Qj.g,.-.-.,.. Speiiiaq Zanlea! SPELLING CONTEST The league spelling contest was held at Hermon high school in October, 1949. Newport was represented by four girls: Betty Garrison, Gloria Tibbetts, Betty Look and Nancy Day. Virene Booth and Barbara Fletcher went as alternates. Corinna won the contest and Hartland placed second. The highest speller was from Hart- land. Hermon students served cider and doughnuts to the contestants after the program.

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SENIOR PLAY Row lc F. DeBeck, W. Maynard, E. Parker, R. Plummer, W. Potter, J. Boylan. 2nd Row: L. Dow, G. Conant, V. Booth, J. Flagg, I. Sewell, Mrs. Carter. SENIOR PLAY The three act play, Aunt Tillie Goes To Town , was held in the Town Hall November 29, 1949, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Carter. In spite of the bad weather, we had an excellent crowd. The scene of the play takes place in AuntTillie'ssummer resort. Aunt Tillie is strictly against all men until she leaves to collect the inheritance left to her by her uncle. Then the plot begins to thicken. Aunt Tillie soon gets back with a letter from her uncle saying that an attractive woman like her should get married. At this mo- ment she changes from a man hater to a man hunter. Comedy was added to the plot by the antics of Mervin and Ronald who were trying to avoid a Chinese pursuer. Mervin tries every imaginable type of disguise including a rain barrel and women's clothing. Aunt Tillie finally marries the first man she meets, who happens to be Mr. Lorrimer. This makes every- thing result in a happy ending of the mad happenings that took place while she was away. Cast of Characters Aunt Tillie Trask Eunice Parker Ronald Howland Billy Potter Luther Lormier Ronald Plummer Lucinda Inez Sewell Lizzie Parsons Dr. Hattie Bing Mervin Tucker Charlie One Lung Pamela Marsh Ellen Neelan Aunt Tillie Tucker Business Manager Stage Managers Gloria Conant Virene Booth Clem Maynard James Flagg Frances DeBeck Jean Boylan Lois Dow Inez Sewell Jean Boylan Virene Booth James Flagg

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v fu iff - may 9 V.A-v M . xi D m y K Wi ,vi K f SN X '- Q .. if .shi rg. vi 5, .gfik 'Q CHEERLEADERS I. Sewell, M. Bryson, C. Gilman, B. MacKenzie, C. Brawn. CHEERLEADERS Cheerleading tryouts were held about two weeks before basketball season started. There was a turnout of twenty girls. Out of this group our veterans of last year, Inez Sewell, Connie Brawn, and Gloria Gilman were chosen again. Betty MacKenzie and Marilyn Bryson were also chosen for the squad. This year we added substitutes so that we could have five girls every night. They were Norma Twitchell and Eleanor Gothberg. New suits were purchased this year, which brought up the morale of the girls. The suits were made in two pieces with the jackets of white satin and the skirts of blue satin. We also acquired new megaphones of blue, with a white 'N' on the large one. Whether it was win, lose or draw the girls were always there with pep and plenty of school spirit.