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

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OAK LE XVES thelr colol ful costumes or the plctulesque aesthetlc numbers done Ill flow 1ng robes under the spothght The evenmg closed w1th a bedt1me St01y by Ahce Wh1tt1er Jones who mvxted them all to m 1ke 1 b1g clrcle around the Hreplace IH Brlggs Hall whlle she 111'1y6d IH Easteln robes told them 1 lovely legend ot the Palest1n11n Clnderella Mrs Owen had blg pltchels ot toamy m1lk brought ln and as soon as It had dlsappealed everyone w IS wlshed a happy good nlght Immedlately atter b1eakt1st on Sunday mornlng ou! guests had theu plctures taken and then evelyone p 11t1c1pated IH a tleasure hunt that led to the Rendevvous where soux emrs tor each one and 1 box of m1n1atu1e chocolates were hldden Ou1 guests 1ttended church w 1th thelr st11dent hostesses and went fol a 11 alk atte1wa1ds untll d1nne1 tlme The1e w IS anothe1 rest houl ln ant1c1p 1t1on ot the long tllp some ot them would t 1ke befole 1each1ng home and then they all gathered wlth the1r parents at 1 charmlng te1 ln the Cl13.Wl1'1g' 1oom ot Brlggs H111 The 1el11ctance w 1th whlch some ot our llttle guests sud tarewell W IS vely flattermg to us lS w IS the 1nd1gn 1t1on ot one l1ttle glrl who S3161 th It lt w IS perfectly ho1r1d she could come to Oak GIOYL and 11de those beautllul ho1 ses We w e1e 1ll so charmed wlth our guests th lt we are lookmg tolw ard e1ge1ly to 1 Slmllal partv next yeal We w e1e honoled at our tea by the NVlf9 of our Governor whose daughter w IS one ot ou1 Week end guests All ot the parents who came for the1r daughte1s 1nd other guests w ho w e1e he1e on Sunday afternoon were 1nv1ted to the tea w h1ch Mrs Owen gave and It wh1ch some of us telt much h0HO19Cl to be asked to asslst ANOTHER OAK GROVE ALUMNA IS HONORED We were as happy as M1s Owen when she shared .1 secret w 1th us regardmg some of the many w ondertul pl1ns tor next year Long before It was publ1cly announced we knew that an lmportant new posltlon w h1ch had been created on the Faculty was to be occupled bv one of our own charmmg graduates w ho IQCQIX es he1 B S ln Home Econom1cs and Chlld T1a1n1ng th1s June It IS none other than Dolothy Ann Colomy who entered Oak Grox e ln the Jun1o1 Dep 1rtment was 1 student here for seven years and has all the talents sparkle and 5,1 ace ot a typ1cal Oak Glove glrl TVIISS Colomy w1ll be d11 ectly 1n eh1rge of the 1ct1v1t1es of the younger g1rls besldes seulng IS D1et1t1an and Soclal Seeretuy to plan all ot the many teas and lovely part1es AIIS Ow en dellghts to glue tor small g'1OLlpS both he1e at school and at he1 chalmmg country home Roseme1e Mls O11 en says 1ny loom that D01 othy Colomy enters lmmedlately has more sunshme 1n It 1nd we can haldly walt to prove It next September 9 2 s x A A C A '- ue ., 1 e 2 2 1 , ,S t L, , 2 .1 , ch, , . 7 2 Y , . .Z . ' I U Y C . . E . Q l C A A' C C ' Y I YC sv A C C ' . c c N c ZA' 1 K L X ' . c ' 2 1 c c ' lc .' 1 4 C. A C C 1 C x1 Y l . 1 LY Au K R 1 Y. . 1 4 v Q v I 1 7 1 1 . . 1 . 4 wg 1 u C A 4 I I D I 6 l h 1' I v s C A C v 1 . l ' 1 f A C C K 1 z ' ' .1 z . ' e ' I I D 1 vc A . Y f 1 v . 1 1 A C A C L C A C A C s V2 . .A 2. . . . 2 . ,UH t. ' ' 1 Q. 77 1 ' 1 ' ' . to be ln the TOLllth grade because lt meant she had to YV2llt so long bBf0l0 S C , 1 , . . L, C . , , . 2 I 1 A V 4 ' . I V J I I c 1 - C c c t c ' I Q r y 1 Y v . 1 1 ' - 1 A ' E X. . c 1 , V 12 L1 l 1 - A1 K. I 3 ' ' e 1 2 1. .1 1 1 1 1 I Y. Y A Y I C . C C . h 1 T 1 1 1. C As. . Y C L1 in ' Y L C 1 V. ku c A ' 2 . . v . v V D 1 V . I V ' L C A Y ' Y 1 ' . l iw I Y 1 1 f 1 1 z , sz .' 1 I 1 I1 I . l v c , . l, L c 1 c c ' Q, s as ' 'fe ' 'e 1 12' ' 1 C ' . V V A C i K 1 1 1 . v 11 c , A . A . V 1 I 1 1 1 . ' Q A C A 1 A . l I Y 9 Y . ' C C a

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OAK LEAvEs Levlston each gnl has an opportunlty to go forxx ard wlth the thlng Wh1ch appeals to he1 most and ln xx nlch she has the Qreatest talent We are all th11lled ox Q1 the pl ms of our Alt teachel fO1 her folelgn study thls sum H191 both becau e of the 1oy It Wlll bung he1 and qulte selflshly because of all xfxe knoxx that Mlss Lex1ston wnl bung back to us for the comlng year W E ENTERTAIN The b11ds xx e1e s1ng1ng and May foulteenth xxas a perfect mornlng We VKQIB Sllllply on tlDtO6 to see the a111x al of the twenty llttle S1Ste1S who xx 91 e to be our guests unt1l the next aftel noon Careful plans had been la1d long Ill 1dx lnce xx 1th a speclal faculty as xx ell IQ a student hostess asslgned to each httle gue t As the houl fo1 luncheon approached motols xx hlrred up the h1ll and pfu ents left then daughtels xx 1th us The ma1o1 xty vxere 1n the fifth O1 slxth g,1ade but some xx e1e only ln the thud We VN916 all 1ust th11lled xx 1th the d1fLf91GHC6 these young guests made 1n ou1 plans and 1n ou1 lntelests Lunch xxas a me11y hou1 xx 1th a selenade song for each guest 1nd then thcx hld a 1est hou1 xx hlle xe made leady fol the blg Rld mg Competmon of the afternoon Oul guests xxele ln loxe xx 1th the fleet holses and qu1te 111 e stasy oxe1 the Roman udxng Cossack lldlflg' and holse xx is at a gallop Betxxeen the R1d1ng Competltlon and dlnner our guests spent the tlme gettlng cqualnted xx 1th each othel and xlsxtmg the looms of thelr hostesses and f11ends Ill each do1n'11to1y Immedlately after d1nne1 ind xxhlle xxe xxele makm 19'idY fOl the Gymnastlc Exhlbltlon our fucnds xx e1e ente1ta1ned by M1ss B1 oxxn xx ho led them 1n some dehght ful songs We could not fall to do ou1 best at the exh1b1t1on IH the evenlng vxhen xxe vx e1e suppo1ted by such adnnung guests 1n the balcony vxho xx ere qulte 1n ecstasx xx 1th the sxx an dlxe ox G1 the blcf :xy mnast1c ho1 se and some of the fancx malchlng to sax nothmg of the l1x ely Swlss 1WOUHtEl1I'l661S IH X 'Regis 8 C .1 K K , vc . . . 1 ,1 . n, I . V- . x ti 1 a 1' v v 2 kv 1 n v 1 I . - 7 y 4 tx' Y . 11. Y L I xi. 4 ' ' l S . . ' ' ' 7 . 1 ' rf , v 1 v ' '4 . 7 1 ' 1. Y. . 1 1 7 W . A . J . 1 o z ' 5 ' ' ' x' - ' ' ' '- . T . . , A V 1 . V V. 1 X . . V 1 1. . , 1. . such Western stunts as picking a sombrero from the ground while the - -' A 1 v - 1 ' ' 1 v y ' ' - . .. , , 1 1 Y ' ' ' ' ' 1 7 ' 3 t 7 H . Ty Y . .V . . 4 . no -l L1-f' s.ox1f .N ll 'gf' .mf U wg I I 'f ' 'Ki 1- A , A if - - 7 W mf' ! .Q A . . ,c

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OAK LEAVES OUR FRENCH FRIENDS One of the most altogether dehghtful unlque and lnterestlng Frlday evenmgs of the entlre yea1 came on Aprll twenty second after the pre lll'l'l1Il3I'y trlals 1n our va11ous French classes when ten advanced students and five from the beglnnels class whose essays had been Judged best del1v ered them before a group of dlstmgulshed yudges and promlnent repre sentat1ves from the Cel cle Francals wh1ch was sponsorlng these contests IH a group of leadmg schools Evervthlng was French 1n word and Splrlt fl om the openmg welcome by our own teacher Mademolselle Zorbaugh to the bestow1ng of many compllments and the awardlng of the gold pr1zes by Dr d Argy Presldent of the Cercle Francals Two of the hlgh spots of the evenlng were the Slllglllg by Napoleon Marcou 1n whlch our d1s tmgulshed guests 1o1ned on the choruses and an eloouent oratlon bv Jules Savalm the learned edltor from Paus of Le Flanco Amezzcazn Our pro glam closed wlth the slnglng of the Marselllals but much to our dellght ou1 guests lmgered to converse ln French Wlth our teachers and some of ou1 students On May thlrd Vlrglnla Scales from the senlor group and Wlnlfred G1 eenvx ood from the begmnels group appeared 1n an mterscholastlc com petltlon ulth s1m1lar wlnners f1om other schools and much to our dellght u cn though the ma1or1ty of the contestants had had the advantage of l1v lng ln French speaklng famllles the gold prlze for the semor group was avwalded to V1rg1n1a Scales We also felt comphmented by the fact that ou1 Jumor Department glrls were 1nv1ted to repeat thelr French folk songs as a part of the final program We are overjoyed to hear from our F1 ench fuends that they w1ll sponsor a Slmllar and more pretentlous con test next year TO OUR ALUMNAE Greetlngs Alumnae' It s good to be back at Oak Grove agam' There have been more wonderful xmprovements slnce I graduated 1ust five years ago The brlck towers of Brxggs Hall whlch top our h1ll make Oak Grove look llke -1 castle on the Rhlne At the foot of the hlll IS beautlful Gannett Fleld and the Gymnasxum has moved down to be near by Then there are galdens terraces green lawns and shrubs everywhere There are to be three Oak Grove graduates on the Faculty next year Julla Brown Dorothy Colomy and I We re hoplng that a lot of you w1ll be hele for Commencement The Class of 1932 IS one of the largest and best Oak Grove has ever graduated We re all proud of them and we know you xull be The othel dav a frlend of mme asked me lf I llked the glrls at Oak G1 ove now as well as the glrls we used to have For a second I d1d not know qulte what to sav Then I told h1m that the glrls at Oak Grove now 10 . Y fn 0 - - . Q, . . L A ' r K . - L, L' 1 LW, T L L T L . 4 -I L' 7 9 . , . . . . , 1 . L , a' ' r ' r L 1 9 - .. , A - I - ra LI I L' 7' c L, 4 r L pw k ,. i V . N, . . . , K - . . Y. . . . Q . 7 ,vx ,- ' ' X r 1 ' - Y 7 L, L L K n . . , . , . L . , L L . K s . , L, . . , . . 5 Y ' 1 . L 0 , 7 7. 1 . . . . . 1 XT . L . 7 I . .