Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAxEs Frankly we th1nk there 1s only one thlng vsorse IU a school yoke depart ment than stupld remarks and tale puns and that IS repr1nt1ng 1okes that have already appeared 1n a dozen oth 1 pubhc magazlnes or school pro ductlons It IS our COIlt6T1t1OH that 1f we are golng to pflllt mate1 1al that IQ not or1g1nal w1th our school we W ant lt to be worthwhlle Consequently vse a1e lncludmg a sect1on for thoughts we have l1ked GREETINGS PROM ALUMNAE At thlQ the most glorlcus commencement IH the h1sto1y of our Alma Wlate1 we the alumnae turn our hearts and thoughts Oak Grox ewa1d F01 the past SIX or sex en yea1s we have x1sual1zed a castle not 1n Spam but on the Kennebec Now we a1e lnformed that ou1 dream 1S a real1ty have not actually looked upon ltS splendo1 we have all 19C61V6d letters co11ta1n1ng lengthy pa1agraphs of ecstat1c descrlptlon It IS an 1nsp1rat1on to us to know that all dreams are not thln 311 It IS also enllghtenlng to know that dreams do not come tl ue IH one brlef day or nlght The1e are many thmvs that go toward maklng dreams lealltle love fa th work DGISQXQFHHCQ patlence and the ablllty to rlse aboxe keen dlsappolntment In the mldst of our Joy 1n the real1zat1on that our hopes and des11 es have Leen fulfilled vue the alumnae conslder these thlngs and devotedly acknowledge Mr and MIS Owen Dleamers of a D1eam that has come t1ue BEVERLY POWELL 27 jLlNlOR DLPARTMEINT LNJOYS PAGEALTRH 6 7 4 y . .A . Y . . - . Q . . . . . t , , . I 9 R . . n .A . Q. . , Y Y . . ' , . - 77 4 as 7 1 H 7 ' . . 7 V 1 7.x . 4 . . , ' 4 . 1 . . Y that our castle is complete from foundation to towers. Though most of us . 47 1 D i o ca . l . . s - 9 i v 1 1 7 , . . . . Y . . l w r ' ' ! 9 ! I 7 , . , , T . , v . ,

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COMMENCEMENT PLAY, TOLD IN A CHINESE GARDEN

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